please make me king

Chapter 1290 High base and deep ditch
"Master, is this the method of breaking the cannon you said?" Director Gao Qiqian looked at the soldiers in front of him desperately digging the trench with a look of surprise, and couldn't help but wonder.

"That's right!" Zhu Xieyuan couldn't help pointing to the trench in front of him, showing off to Gao Qiqian and others.

"Everyone, don't look at this trench as inconspicuous. It is actually the first way to resist the Hongyi cannon!"

"No matter how sharp the thieves' artillery is, as long as our soldiers hide in it, they will all be unscathed."

It turned out that Zhu Xieyuan had learned the lesson from last time, and returned to Taiyuan City day and night to ponder the method of defeating the rebel army's red barbarian cannon.

A few days ago, when he suddenly remembered the tragedy of being bombarded by the rebel artillery after digging the trench, he suddenly remembered the scene where the clever soldiers jumped into the trench and survived. method.

"This..." Gao Qiqian pondered for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Even if you can dig a trench to avoid the thieves' artillery, so what?"

"Soldiers can only avoid the cannon, but they can't break it!"

"The director doesn't know something." Zhu Xieyuan laughed when he heard the words, "My strategy is called 'breaking the city with the city, breaking the cannon with the trench'."

"Let the soldiers dig trenches and camp first, and then dig the trenches as a road to pass through the enemy camp; use shovels as weapons to break through the enemy's city, and the thieves will not be able to break through!"

It turned out that Zhu Xieyuan's plan was very simple, and he had learned the essence of Zhang Shunli's use of civil engineering technology to fight.

It is to dig trenches first and build rammed earth camps.Then, dig a trench as a passage, and dig it all the way to the rebel camp.

Finally, use digging tools such as shovels to dig out the rebel camp and enter the rebel camp.

This traditional Chinese entrenchment tactic was to some extent the nemesis of the bastion-style camps built by the rebels.

And the engineering method invented by Vauban, the master of siege in Western Europe in later generations, is similar to Zhu Xieyuan's trench tactics.

To put it bluntly, both use earthworks to reduce the damage of artillery to the attacking side, so as to offset the defensive side's firepower and fort advantage.

"His Royal Highness, Zhu Xieyuan made such a big commotion, but ended up camping two or three miles away. I don't know why?" True and false.

"Maybe I want to dig a trench to attack the city!" I have never eaten pork, and I have seen pigs go.Zhang Shun stood on the watchtower and looked at it for a while, then couldn't help frowning, a little suspicious.

"Digging trenches and attacking the city?" The generals were taken aback when they heard this, they couldn't help being surprised, and asked one after another.

"If this is the case, our army's artillery is almost useless, so what can we do?"

In the previous battles between the rebels and the Ming army, the rebels mostly relied on artillery, which also formed path dependence to a certain extent.

Although it is said that the rebel army is not afraid of close combat with the Ming army, after all, it lacks confidence.

"What are you afraid of? The soldiers will block the water and cover it with soil. Can this Zhu Xieyuan still play with flowers?" Zhang Shun smiled confidently upon hearing this.

"Dare to set up camp in front of the king, I'm afraid it's not the birthday man who hanged himself--I'm tired of living!"

"Where is Zhang Dashou? And lead the cavalry under his command to harass and challenge, so that he can't dig trenches and camp with peace of mind!"

"The last general takes orders!" "Mantianxing" Zhang Dashou was overjoyed when he heard the words, he couldn't help standing up and responding.

Not long after, the door of the camp of the rebel army opened wide, and Zhang Dashou led a group of troops to kill the generals.

As soon as Zhu Xieyuan saw the rebels dispatching troops, he also knew that the "shun bandits" would not sit idly by, so he ordered: "Where is Yang Guozhu, the deputy commander in chief, and repel the bandits with me, and protect our three armies to set up camp."

Immediately, a group of soldiers from the Ming army came out to meet him.

"Scattering formations and raids!" That Zhang Dashou was originally from the rebel army, and he was quite proficient in the method of raids and raids.

Seeing the cavalry of the Ming army approaching, he didn't intend to fight head-on. Instead, he gave an order, and the [-] cavalry under his command immediately dispersed in units of sentries, looking for gaps to harass.

Seeing the rebel army scattered in all directions, Yang Guozhu couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, and his expression changed drastically.

It turns out that although the Ming army's combat power in this era was impressive, there were actually two fears:
One is afraid of the enemy's large-scale battle; the other is afraid of the enemy's long-distance raids and harassment.

Therefore, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming army was dealing with the large-scale combat capability of Houjin and the small-scale long-distance peasant army, they suffered repeated defeats.

The fundamental reason is not that the Ming army's combat effectiveness or command and combat ability is insufficient, but that the Ming army lacks food and pay.

If it is a small-scale battle, the Ming army can still piece together a force of soldiers and horses with considerable combat effectiveness to fight against the enemy.

If it is called a large-scale battle requiring a large number of war horses or a small-scale raid and harassment, it will expose the fact that the Ming army's war horses are small in number and poor in quality.

Sure enough, after the two sides started fighting, the Yang Guozhu Department of the Ming Army gradually fell into a disadvantage.

The rebel army took the opportunity to rush into the Ming army logging and digging trenches, murdered and set fire, causing considerable confusion to the Ming army.

"Bastard!" Yang Guozhu couldn't help being furious when he saw this, and shouted loudly, "How dare you step forward and fight?"

"Why don't you dare?" Zhang Dashou laughed loudly when he heard the words, "I have been on the battlefield for many years, and no one can beat the long spear in my hand!"

"Okay, take your life!" Yang Guozhu found the location of the Chinese army through Zhang Dashou's reply, and quickly led his servants to charge up.

"Good time!" Seeing Yang Guozhu approaching, Zhang Dashou couldn't help shouting and swung his spear.

Immediately, two groups of people rushed out, one from the left and the other from the right. These people either bowed their bows and set arrows, or raised their matchlocks and "chi chi" the burning firecrackers.

"The thief dares to listen!" Only then did Yang Guozhu realize that he had been tricked by this guy, and he couldn't help being horrified.

"Boom!"

The servants on the left and right resisted desperately, and managed to save him from the formation, but after a closer look, he was hit by an arrow in the arm and his left leg was broken.

Not waiting for the news of Yang Guozhu's injury to come, Zhu Xieyuan saw that something was wrong, and quickly ordered: "Shenshu Battalion Counselor Huang Degong will go to battle, and take over Yang Guozhu's command for the time being."

In this way, the two sides fought from morning to night, and lost countless horses and soldiers. Finally, it was getting late, so they called for gold to withdraw their troops and went back to their camps.

It's just that although the rebels harassed them in every possible way, the Ming army wasted a day's work and managed to initially establish the camp.

"Your Highness, fortunately, the last general did not disgrace his mission, and turned the Ming thief upside down. It's a pity that the general of the Ming army ran so fast that he never captured him and offered it to Your Highness!" Zhang Dashou couldn't help being held up, and reported to Zhang Shunhui in a state of exhaustion.

"Oh, General Zhang has just finished the battle and needs to rest more, why come here in person!" Zhang Shun was startled, and after a little comfort, he quickly ordered his left and right to help Zhang Dashou to rest.

"His Royal Highness Shun, it seems that Zhu Xieyuan really intends to fight me with a high fortification and a deep ditch. If there is no way to break through the ditch, I am afraid that things will change after a long time!" Sun Chuanting could not help but remonstrate.

"Changes?" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "Bai Gu, in all military tactics, the more critical the moment is, the more calm you must be."

"Since this old thief Zhu is out, our army has won!"

"The difference is only a small win, a medium win or a big win!"

(End of this chapter)