Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1212 Trap the city or dedicate it?

The "effortless effort" that Liu Xin said did not appear in the end, because the next day Musali quietly came out with a message explaining his current situation.

On the whole, Musali was indeed welcomed like a hero, and King Geeta I did seem to show special respect and trust to him, but this trust was not thorough enough, because although King Geeta I handed over the city defense of Phnom Penh to him on the spot. took him, but did not hand over the command of the Imperial Forest Army in the inner city.

The Cambodian Royal Forest Army has [-] people and is well-equipped - of course, this is a relative concept. In short, in Musali's view, if he dedicates the city at this time, although it is not impossible, it is not possible to talk about "doing the best" .

He also said that although the Ming Dynasty soldiers are invincible, it is not a problem to fight in the inner city of Phnom Penh, but the [-] Imperial Forest Army will make the Ming Dynasty soldiers spend some money, and he is deeply disturbed by this.

In addition, he also said that there is still a lot of wealth in the inner city of Phnom Penh. In case the outer city is lost, Gita I, in desperation, went to Lutai like King Zhou, and burned himself and all his treasures with a torch. , it would be a fly in the ointment.

In the end, he finally said his thoughts: I hope Liu Xin can launch a massive offensive, and it is best to shock Geeta I in Phnom Penh, because in this way, he is more likely to gain the power of the whole city mobilization authority, so as to offer Phnom Penh City with both hands intact.

It should be said that Musali's proposal is still very attractive, because Liu Xin also knows that Jinghua has a very heavy task now. If Phnom Penh City is destroyed, it will probably take time, effort and money to rebuild in the future. Take down a complete Phnom Penh city directly, the less damage done to the city, the better.

However, this idea is actually in conflict with Musali's plan itself - you want me to fight so loudly that it can give a huge shock to Geeta I, but also hope that I will not destroy Phnom Penh City, so what do you want me to do? beat?
However, Liu Xin is Liu Xin after all. She was a wise and near demon in the past, and a person who once made Gao pragmatic even feel terrible.

She didn't convene the generals to discuss first, but she quietly settled the account to determine the play.

In the afternoon of the same day, Musali received Liu Xin's reply from the detailed operation. After carefully writing down every word, he followed Liu Xin's reply to do the corresponding things.

Early the next morning, since arriving at Phnom Penh, the "Ming Army", which had been repaired for a day and a half, was finally about to take action. Although it was stated that the army only had 2 people, it was not as strong as the defenders in the city, but this attack was only The preparations for the offensive saw Jita I in the city, his relatives and relatives, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty trembling with fear.

Not for anything else, but for the hundreds of artillery pieces in front of the Ming army, and the forest of knives around the artillery after the bayonet was loaded!
Musali on the watchtower in the city looked solemn, turned his head slightly, and said to Gita I: "Your Majesty can see the difference between the Ming army's battle formation and our army?"

Geeta I didn't understand military affairs. Hearing that, he just shook his head nervously and said hoarsely: "I can only see that their team is really... very neat."

Of course, the half-hearted Gao pragmatism is particularly heavy, and the garrison in Jinghua is so strict that it seems to be going to the National Day parade of the Red Dynasty.The formation of this bayonet array is not to mention looking horizontally and vertically. Even if you look at it diagonally, the slashes are straight. This is something that even the Liu family's surrender to the Japanese and barbarians can't do it. Must be shocked.

Of course, an expert like Musali is also very shocked, because the more expert he is, the clearer it is. It is not easy to train the queue, and it is even more difficult to train to this level. Anyway, he has only seen the description in the book, Seeing him for the first time in his life.

However, Musali did not want to emphasize this point, so he said solemnly: "The military appearance of the Ming army is indeed something that the minister has never seen before, which also shows that the strength of the Ming army is definitely not fortunate, but the minister would like to remind Your Majesty's cannons are in front of them."

Mu Sally was good at pointing out more than 20 No. [-] cannons in front of the army formation, and said, "Has Your Majesty seen such huge cannons before?"

Hmm... The No. 20 gun is not the biggest gun in Gao Yushi's hands, but it is a common gun in the current fleet, and the garrison will not use it under normal circumstances.The more than [-] No. [-] guns in front of me were transported by Gao Jing's squadron to Puliange to build a temporary dock for Liu Xin. The purpose happened to be to conquer Phnom Penh, but Liu Xin thought they would not be needed. Cheng Xiang finally had to push it out to let them show their faces.

As a heavy artillery rarely used by the garrison, the No. [-] artillery itself exists to conquer the fortified city. It is now the third-generation product of the Jinghua Artillery Factory. Compared with the second-generation product used in the Lang Son Battle, The technical standards have improved a bit, and the craftsmanship has also improved a lot.

If this kind of artillery is replaced by the European expression, it is probably close to the 12-pound gun. Even if it is postponed for 100 years, it is definitely a heavy artillery.Moreover, due to the objective reason of the lack of copper in Daming, the Jinghua Artillery Factory adopted iron artillery (the fleet is still bronze cannon). The thickness makes these cannons look particularly huge and solid, and the dark and round muzzle alone looks shocking enough.

Of course, this shock was for those who knew a little about artillery, but unfortunately, Geeta I didn't understand artillery at all, so he didn't have any special reaction, and he still needed Musali's reminder.

However, even though he was reminded, Geeta I still didn't pay special attention. After all, he didn't have personal experience.

However, before Musali explained the seriousness of the problem to him, the garrison artillery team whose artillery skills were completely above the standard had already started the test firing.

Musali doesn't know the professional procedure and terminology of "test firing", but he can see that the busy gunners on the artillery positions are not dancing, and he understands that the gunners are loading gunpowder and cannonballs.

The savior of the Cambodian army was shocked to look carefully at the watchtower where he was, and found that there was a banner with their Mu family family emblem on the edge of the watchtower, and he was relieved.

Before he had time to speak, there was a flash of fire on the garrison's artillery position in front of the city tower, and a loud "bang" sounded suddenly.

The people on the watchtower only felt a sudden shock in their hearts, and even felt that the watchtower under their feet was shaking. Then, before they understood what was going on, they heard a shrill howl from the city wall not far away.

After all, Musali was the Dinghai Shenpin of the Cambodian army. He was the first to settle down and ordered loudly to let the city wall report the situation.

In the short period of time after the situation report, the Ming army artillery team fired two more artillery shots, which also shocked people's hearts.

This time, even Geeta I, a person who didn't understand firearms, knew how powerful it was. Although he hadn't seen the consequences of that thing, he was already frightened just by hearing the sound.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't dare to be embarrassed in front of so many subjects, his legs and feet were actually weak, and he wished he could just sit on the ground, but now he is just leaning on the fence in front of him with both hands, so he barely stands.

The Ming army fired a total of three artillery pieces, and began to adjust the shooting parameters unique to Jinghua, and the losses caused by these three artillery pieces were immediately reported to the watchtower in the city.

Three shells caused serious damage to three city walls. Two of them had large pits, and cracks with the thickness of fingers appeared around them. The other one was even more serious. Inside the city wall, it even caused a small collapse above the city wall. If the city wall of Phnom Penh City was not thick, the city might have been broken directly if this shot went down.

When Geeta I heard this, his face was pale in an instant, and his knees were about to collapse.

Musali hurriedly held him up, with a very serious expression on his face: "Your Majesty, the state is in danger, Your Majesty is in the world, please go back to the palace to sit down first, here there are ministers fighting desperately - if the Ming army falls into the city, Then the minister is gone."

At this time, Gita I certainly didn't find any loopholes in Musali's words. He just said in a panic, "Muji, General Mu, the power of this artillery is so amazing, Phnom Penh City... can you still hold on to it?"

Musali looked serious: "It doesn't matter anymore, Your Majesty, we have no way out."

Gita I swallowed a mouthful of spit, and struggled for a while, and asked, seemingly unwilling and timid, "This... Ming army... Has it been possible to kill prisoners in the past?"

Musali's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he asked intently, "Your Majesty wants to descend?"

"Ah this... I'm not, that's not what I meant." Geeta I hurriedly said: "I mean in case... if they attack in case..."

Musali said coldly: "If Your Majesty wants to be the Marquis of Anle of the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid the ancestors and sects will not agree."

Geeta I felt a chill in his heart, looked at the surrounding subjects and soldiers, all of them had the expressions of dead parents, he couldn't help but feel sad, all his strength disappeared, and he said weakly: "That's the case, I'll ask General Mu for everything. ."

"Yes, but the minister needs to have full authority to dispatch all the people who can be mobilized in Phnom Penh City, otherwise..."

"I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you." Jita I waved his hands haggard, let out a long breath, shook his head and said, "I'll leave it all to you, I... I'll be waiting for your news in the Grand Palace. ." Saying that, he took out half of the tiger talisman from his arms and stuffed it into Musali's arms without looking at it.

Don't think about it, this half of the tiger talisman is a token to mobilize the Imperial Forest Army.

Musali's heart was hot, but his face was solemn, and he bowed his hands very clearly and said: "Chen... follow the order." According to the domestic customs of Cambodia at this time, Musali, a minister of "Chinese" blood, can At certain times, it is used to bow hands instead of kneeling prostrate like the Khmers.

Geeta I didn't bother to pay attention to this at all. When he put the tiger talisman into Musali's arms, he had already turned around and staggered away with the support of two eunuchs.

A group of civil servants also followed him in despair. Occasionally, two or three generals looked at the half of the tiger talisman and seemed to have something to say, but when they saw Musali, whose eyes were extremely cold, they finally shut their mouths under the trembling in their hearts.

Soldiers are the courage of generals. Now all the troops in Phnom Penh must obey Musali's command. Who dares to disobey him at this time?These generals, who had no military power, did not dare to make trouble with Musali at this time no matter what.

In such a situation, if I give you a charge of disturbing the morale of the military, if you say that you kill it, you will kill it, not only you, but your entire family, you can't escape from the top and the bottom.

Everyone is a soldier, who doesn't know the doorway here?

The Ming army has completed the correction of shooting parameters, and now it is about to start the first round of formal shelling.

Musali looked at the garrison's artillery position with a serious look on his face, and professionally conveyed a series of orders, all of which were dispatched to strengthen the city's defense, and by the way, he also ordered the temporary repair of the three damaged city walls.

But all this is just an illusion, or the last performance he showed to Phnom Penh's civil and military officials.After giving these instructions, he went to his White Tiger Festival Hall to "tense scheduling".

The nervous scheduling is real, it's just how to schedule the city.The [-] Royal Forest Army was completely transferred from the defense of the inner city by him, and replaced with his [-] personal soldiers. Facing the questioning of the General of the Royal Forest Army, he just said blankly: "The battle situation is so obvious, don't you still see it? Come out? Right now, if the outer city is lost, the inner city cannot be preserved no matter what. In this case, the Royal Forest Army will naturally come out to guard it. As for the inner city Grand Palace... There are [-] personal soldiers of this general, which is enough, and there will be no more. meaningful."

Originally, several generals of the Royal Forest Army wanted to ask him, "Why don't you leave [-] Royal Forest Army to guard the Grand Palace", but after thinking about it, it's okay - Musali is right, this is the situation, what is there to fight for? use?

In the eyes of these generals of the Royal Forest Army, it is impossible for the Phnom Penh general Musali to surrender to the enemy. If he wants to surrender, he can do it in Kampong Ching Yang, and why did he go to Phnom Penh by himself?Is Phnom Penh a feng shui treasure land, and it is more comfortable to die in Phnom Penh than to die in Pang Ching Yang?

What's more, he has more than 4 troops in Kampong Chingyang, even if he surrenders to the enemy, it is more important to vote like that, isn't it?When he arrived in Phnom Penh, the most important person became His Majesty the King. In the eyes of the Ming army, he, Mu Sally, could not be more important than His Majesty the King.

So everyone still had some doubts, but they still obeyed the order. The Royal Forest Army quickly withdrew from the inner city amid the rumbling of cannons in the outer city, and came to the outer city to assist in defending the city.

Liu Xin, who was outside the city, watched the artillery shelling in turn as usual, but she also had some doubts in her heart: Could something have happened?It stands to reason that such a huge artillery should be able to scare the powers in Phnom Penh just by being placed in front of the battle.

In the end, was Gita I, who had to cling to the military power of the Royal Forest Army tightly and not let go, or did Musali just swindle the surrender before, and everything was nonsense?
But right at this moment, the Japanese soldiers who had been ready to go, suddenly turned on their horses.Liu Xin turned her head and saw that a general of the Liu family army ordered the surrender of the Japanese and barbarians, and told them to prepare to snatch the city gate, and hurriedly trotted towards Liu Xin's side, shouting: "Miss, the city gate. Open, the crest of the Musali family hangs on the tower!"

Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, waved her jade hand, and shouted: "Jianbo Yi Ding quickly occupied the city gate, and the bayonet of the third regiment of the Golden Port Guards followed! Adjust the direction of the artillery team, but do not open fire at will!"
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