Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 383 Attack
"What does Hong Aiqing mean to launch an attack on Xuanzhen now?" Chongzhen looked at Hong Chengchou, his face gradually relieved.

Hong Chengchou nodded, "Your Majesty, that's what I mean. According to Zhao's current speed, it is estimated that he has probably reached Shanxi Town, and he may have already started to attack Shanxi Town. It is entirely possible to attack Xuanzhen at this time." .”

"Master Hong is right, and I agree with Master Hong's opinion." Minister of War Liang Tingdong said.

Although Wen Tiren is very dissatisfied with Hong Chengchou, who is in the limelight, but now he is helpless. After all, Hong Chengchou's method is really good, and Hong Chengchou's method is said to be in Chongzhen's heart, even if he disagrees, it is useless .

Wen Tiren cupped his hands at Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, Lord Hong's method is also acceptable to me."

"In that case, I will leave this matter to Hong Aiqing. Hong Aiqing, I ordered you to be the governor of Xuanda, to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, and to be the Marshal of the Army. I will also give you the sword of Shangfang. You have the right to kill first and then play. Suppress Zhao thieves." Chongzhen pointed to Hong Chengchou and said loudly.

Hong Chengchou hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times and worshiped Chongzhen nine times.

"My lord, thank you Your Majesty."

Walking out of the palace, Hong Chengchou had just returned to his home, and before he had time to enter the door, Hong Chengchou saw Gao Qiqian rushing towards him with a large group of people.

Hong Chengchou knew that Gao Qiqian must have announced the decree for himself.

Hong Chengchou was an official in Shaanxi before, not in the capital city. Even if he led the soldiers of the Qin army to Beijing, Chongzhen did not arrange a definite position for Hong Chengchou, so Hong Chengchou either lived in his house in the capital during this period, or He trained soldiers in the Qin army's garrison.

"Master Hong, the miscellaneous family would like to congratulate Master Hong on his promotion every step of the way." Gao Qishi came down in front of Hong Chengchou with a group of guards, and said to Hong Chengchou with a smile.

Hong Chengchou bowed back and said with a smile: "Gao Gonggong is a very busy person now, why come to me now when you have time."

"Haha, isn't Master Hong knowingly asking this question? Our family is here to announce the decree for you." Gao Qiqian said and took out the decree.

Hong Chengchou hurriedly said: "Gao Gonggong wait a moment, let me prepare."

"Then Master Hong, let's go quickly."

A few quarters of an hour later, Hong Chengchou took the imperial decree and sent Gao Qiqian away with excitement.

"Come on, let's go to the barracks." Looking at the back of Gao Qiqian leaving, Hong Chengchou led several family members to the station to arrange Chongzhen's orders.

Zhao Wen stood in front of the station, holding up his binoculars and looking at the Shanxi town not far away, "It seems that the entire Shanxi town is under martial law."

Standing behind Zhao Wen, Li Xiaosan looked at Shanxi Zhencheng with disdain, "My lord, even if Shanxi Zhencheng is under martial law, so what? Can it withstand our offensive?"

Zhao Wen didn't talk to him, he still held up his binoculars and quietly looked at the city walls of Shanxi towns and cities.

Through the binoculars, Zhao Wen saw soldiers patrolling everywhere on the city wall, and the city wall was also piled full of defensive equipment.There are countless things like rolling logs, rocks, and maces.

"Give me an order to build artillery positions from now on, and launch an attack on Shanxi Town at dawn tomorrow morning. By the way, I am sending a few people to persuade them to surrender. It would be best if Shanxi Town can be taken down peacefully." Zhao Wen Turning around, he looked at Li Xiaosan.

"As ordered!"

Not long after, the artillery carried by the Chinese army slowly walked out of the barracks under the pull of the horse, and went to the open space in front of the barracks.

At this time, Zhao Wen was only five miles away from Shanxi Town.

At the same time, more than a dozen war horses rushed out of the barracks and galloped towards the town of Shanxi.

After a while, the war horses stopped outside the moat.

"Today, our army is suppressing the border, and we can take down Shanxi towns and cities in an instant. My general does not want to hurt innocent people. If you surrender quickly, my general can still save your life. If you persist in your obsession, when the time comes But don't blame us."

Surrounding the moat, these soldiers kept shouting loudly at the defenders in Shanxi Town.

At this time, Chen Dehai, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, was patrolling the city wall. When he heard these voices, his expression darkened instantly.

He walked up to the top of the gate of the city wall, exerted all his strength, and cursed, "You rebels go back and tell Zhao Wen that he is just a dog with a broken spine, who has no eyes on his father, and wants me to surrender. It is simply an impossible thing, you tell him that if you want me to surrender, then wait for the next life."

"These things that don't get in, dare to insult the commander-in-chief, just wait." A soldier said harshly at the top of the city, then turned around and headed towards the barracks.

The other soldiers who heard Chen Dehai's voice also looked angry, "You wait, when the time comes, I hope your bones will be as strong as your mouth."

"Haha, Dog with Broken Back, go back quickly."

"Get out, stepmother's child, get out quickly."

Instigated by Chen Dehai, the soldiers on the city wall cursed at these Xuanzhen soldiers who came to persuade them to surrender.

The soldiers who came to persuade them to surrender walked towards the barracks with gloomy faces.

"My lord, these people don't know how to live or die. They openly insulted you on the city wall. They say you are a dog with a broken spine." The soldiers who went to persuade Zhao Wen to surrender stood in front of Zhao Wen with a look of resentment.

Zhao Wen looked at the town of Shanxi Town in front of him, and couldn't help laughing, "I didn't realize that the chief soldier of Shanxi Town is a man. I just don't know whether you are just being stubborn or my cannon."

Zhao Wen stood in front of the barracks for a short time, then walked back to the big tent of the Chinese army, "Bring me Song Hu, Zhao Daniu and Liu Wu, I have something to give to them."

When Zhao Wen returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, Song Hu, Liu Wu and Zhao Daniu were already standing outside the big tent of the Chinese army.

Zhao Wen pointed to the big tent of the Chinese Army, and said to the three of them, "Go, let's go in."

The three followed behind Zhao Wen and walked in.

As soon as he sat down, Zhao Wen said: "Tomorrow when we attack the city, we will follow the previous tactics, encircle three and miss one, and leave the west gate.

I led the Chinese army to attack the east gate, and Zhao Daniu assisted me.

Song Hu and Liu Wu, you two led your respective troops to attack the north and south gates. Remember, tomorrow's battle must be fast, and within an hour, Shanxi Town must be completely pacified.

I will share some of the artillery carried by the Chinese army with you, and strive to break through the towns and cities of Shanxi in the shortest possible time.

Listen to the sound of the cannon from my side tomorrow. Once the cannon is fired from my side, you will attack me immediately and try to break through the city wall in the shortest possible time.

It has been more than half a month since we set off, and we have only arrived in Shanxi Town now, which is a bit slow.There must be speed. "

"Our speed is actually not too slow. If it were an ordinary army, it would take a lot of time to waste just passing the Yanmen Pass." Song Hu didn't think the speed was slow, but rather fast.

"Compared with ordinary troops, our speed is indeed very fast. But in my opinion, our speed is still a bit slow. I want to take all of Shanxi into my hands within three months. Now you go down and make arrangements .” Zhao Wen waved his hand at several people.

"Follow your orders!"

The three stood up, clasped their fists at Zhao Wen, and walked out.

When leaving Zhao Wen's Chinese army camp, Zhao Wen sent almost five 152mm cannon howitzers to Song Hu and Liu Wu respectively. As for mortars and 107 rockets, Zhao Wen also sent five respectively.

When Song Hu and Liu Wu brought these cannons to the barracks, they began to lead their subordinates, and according to Zhao Wen's instructions, moved their camp to the location arranged by Zhao Wen.

After the transfer, the two also began to build artillery positions.

When everything was done, it was already late at night.

Fortunately, tonight is a clear night, the moonlight in the sky is very bright, and now the nutrition in Xuanzhen soldiers and horses is also keeping up, night blindness is almost extinct, otherwise, it is impossible to complete it in such a short time so many things.

"My lord, the rebels outside the city have made moves."

When Song Hu and Liu Wu started to form troops, Liu Yu, who had been patrolling the city wall, detected them immediately.

Liu Yu hurriedly led several personal guards to the yamen of the general army.

When Chen Dehai heard Liu Yu's words, he jumped up from his chair.

"Is there a move? What move? Are they attacking?" Chen Dehai stared at Liu Yu nervously.

Liu Yu looked gloomy and shook his head, "My lord, the enemy hasn't started attacking yet, it's just that they have divided their forces.

The rebels have surrounded the east, south, and north city gates, and it seems that they will be surrounded by three gates.It is getting late now, and it is estimated that an attack will be launched tomorrow. "

Chen Dehai walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back.

"Hurry up and lead your troops, and recruit three thousand young men in the city to prevent accidents." Chen Dehai stopped, pointed at Liu Yu, and said anxiously.

"Obey!" Liu Yu clasped his fist at Chen Dehai, and hurriedly led the guards behind him into the city.

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"Woooooo!"

Outside the city, Zhao Wen's camp sounded the sound of getting up horns. Although the sun had not yet risen and the sky was still dark, under the sound of the horns, the soldiers in the camp dressed neatly and walked out of their tents.

The first thing to do after waking up is to eat, because it is canned food, so the time to eat is very fast, and it didn't take long for it to be over.

Apart from Zhao Wen's camp, the soldiers in Liu Wu's and Song Hu's camps also began to gather at this time.

A ray of sunlight appeared on the eastern horizon, and the sky suddenly lit up.

Zhao Wen stood behind the artillery position. He held up the binoculars and looked at the city wall in front of him, and shouted loudly, "The artillery is ready, and it will start firing in a quarter of an hour."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, the messenger behind him hurriedly passed on Zhao Wen's order.

Liu Yu stood on the east wall facing Zhao Wen with dark circles under his eyes.

Last night, Liu Yu was recruiting young men in the city, and Liu Yu stayed up all night. Now he is very sleepy, and he looks out of the city with all his energy.

"It looks like the attack is about to start. Pass the order, everyone cheer me up, and if the enemy rushes over, hit me hard."

The city wall that Liu Yu was defending was the east wall. There were 500 defenders on this section of the city wall, and there were more than 700 young and strong, totaling more than 2000 to two hundred people.

After Liu Yu's order was conveyed, the defenders on the city wall became tense.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the front, and they held the weapons in their hands tightly.

The soldiers who were in charge of throwing the rolling wood and rocks also hurriedly carried these things to their side, so that it would be more convenient for them to throw them later.

Zhao Wen looked at the sun that had completely passed the horizon, put down the binoculars in his hand, drew out the long knife at his waist, and shouted loudly: "Fire!!!"

Not long after the words fell, the five 152mm cannon howitzers at the forefront of the artillery position opened fire first.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

Five gunshots sounded one after another, and five high-explosive bombs weighing nearly [-] kilograms flew towards the city wall with a whistling sound.

Liu Yu on the city wall changed his face when he heard the whistling sound, "What is this sound?"

As soon as the voice fell, five high-explosive bombs fell on the city wall.

"Bang bang bang!"

The moment the high-explosive bomb fell on the city wall, the high-energy explosive in the shell was ignited by the fuze.

Flames rose directly from the city wall, and huge flames enveloped the location where the shells landed.

The heat wave and shrapnel generated by the explosion swept away in all directions.

The eyes of the defenders near the landing point suddenly lit up, and then they lost consciousness.

The defenders at the landing point were instantly enveloped in explosions and flames, and their lives were taken away without even a scream.

The powerful explosion blasted the city wall into big pits, and the original green bricks on the city wall were shattered by the explosion.

Fragments of blue bricks and shrapnel flew around in a circle with a howling sound.

Shrapnel and brick fragments easily penetrated the bodies of nearby soldiers, and the soldiers who were shot fell to the ground screaming.

Just five high-explosive bombs took the lives of many people.

"What is this?" Liu Yu looked at the scene in front of him, his face changed drastically.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

"Chi la chi la!"

At this moment, 120 mortar shells and 107 rocket shells fell on the city wall.

The 107 rocket launcher has a very fast rate of fire, and within a few breaths, it can shoot out all twelve rockets in the launcher.

The rocket launchers on the five launchers add up to a total of sixty rocket launchers.

These shells, together with the 120mm mortar shells, enveloped the city walls like raindrops.

Explosions continued to appear on the city wall, and the entire city wall was like a sea of ​​fire, bursting with black smoke.

"I said a long time ago that I'm not an opponent, but I didn't listen. How can I fight? How can I fight? How can I fight?" Liu Yu hid in the gate of the city. He watched the constant explosions and flames on the city wall, and his body was shaking. Stop trembling.

"My lord, what shall we do?" A guard crouched behind Liu Yu, tremblingly asking.

"What should I do? What else can I do? Run, if you don't run, it will be too late."

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