Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 868 News (Two in One)

The artillery of the hammer bandits made the Ming army on Tongguan tremble.

They have no chance of fighting back at all.

In other words, He Jinzhao didn't even think about taking human lives when facing the fortified Tongguan.

On the second day, He Jinzhao transferred another twenty Hongyi cannons from the ship to increase the fire coverage.

Bomb Tongguan.

Liu Xi hasn't had a good night's sleep these days.

How should I put it, even at night, the hammer bandits will shoot you from time to time.

He discovered that the twenty cannons were not fired at the same time, but gradually decreased, but they were extremely sustainable.

On the city wall facing the hammer bandits, there was simply no way to put a few more people.

Even if the number of people was reduced, soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were killed by shells, and luck was so bad.

Then rumors that the hammer bandit's shells seemed to have eyes spread among the Ming army camp.

Five days.

Five full days.

The number of artillery visible to the naked eye outside Tongguan has increased.

And their front has moved a lot closer.

Liu Xi decided that no matter what, he had to send people to attack the hammer bandits at night, otherwise he would lose all hope of being bombarded just by being bombarded.

After Bai Guangen received Liu Xi's order, he was a little reluctant for a while.

The Hammer bandits made arrangements for the last night attack.

Could it be that after they have gained the upper hand, they won't make arrangements at night?

Listening to Bai Guangen's justification, Liu Xi couldn't help but grabbed his clothes and shouted angrily:
"Be sober, the Governor keeps you here to play a role at a critical moment!

If we don't care about it anymore, we won't need hammer bandits to storm the city gate in a few days.

Our heads will have to be chopped off by a group of soldiers who want to rebel and seek wealth, and surrender to the hammer bandits!
If you don't go desperately at this time, when will you wait?
If you don't go, you won't have a chance! "

Bai Guangen remained silent for a long time, although he was unwilling to face the hammer bandits, but now, if he retreats, he will have to abandon Tongguan.

Not only would he lose his life by fleeing before a fight, but all previous efforts would also be in vain.

The sound of the drums sounded.

The gate of Tongguan opened suddenly, and a car was pushed out from inside, rushing towards the artillery formation of the hammer bandits.

Potential to hit a surprise.

After Zhou Da got the news, he immediately ordered the artillery in the front row to lower their muzzles and aim at the Ming army coming with carts.

Playing the car camp charge, if they can rush to a distance of thirty steps, they are considered lucky.

He Jinzhao observed with a binoculars, always guarding against their deadly tactics.

If the government and army fought street fighting in Tongguan City, it would cause great trouble for the hammer bandits.

But if you choose to go out to fight, you will suffer a lot if you are appointed.

The artillery fired stone bullets, which hit the chariot and smashed it to death. The soldiers of the Ming army pushing the cart behind screamed again and again.

The cannons on the same city, as well as the sky-swapping monkeys like flying crows, began to fire at the Hammer Bandit camp, disrupting the operation.

The accuracy of the Shenhuo Crow is really poor, it is difficult to fly too far, and it is not easy to control the direction.

Those who were unlucky even inserted directly behind the soldiers of the Ming army who were attacking the hammer bandits.

White smoke billowed wildly, and the sound of cannons was loud.

The Ming army, who ventured to operate the disposable guns on the city wall and manipulated the fire and crows, screamed and was injured by the hammer bandit's shells.

Zhou Da asked someone to hold the guns and approach the car camp in front, and at the same time spread out the two wings of the battlefield as a cover.

Naturally, the soldiers of the Ariake Army were able to push the chariot forward quickly.

At a distance of one mile, after the Hongyi Cannon fired a cannon, most of them aimed at the gate of the city.

Prepare to shoot over one shot at a time, preventing more and more officers from rushing out.

Even though the Ming army suddenly went out of the city to attack and escaped the artillery attack, there was a small gap thirty steps away from the hammer camp.

If the Ming army wanted to push the cart over, it would take some effort.

And at a distance of thirty steps, if the firecrackers were fired over, they could completely cause damage to the Ming army.

For a moment, the car camp of the Hammer bandit sounded like popping beans.

The soldiers of the Ming army pushed the wheels on the battlefield and got stuck directly in the trench, with less than two-thirds of the wheels. It was really hard to push forward.

The General Cannon and Frang Machine in the hammer bandit chariot also started to work.

The Ming army couldn't lift their heads from the bang bang bang bang.

Bang.

The artillery in the Ming army's chariot also opened fire suddenly, killing and injuring several hammer bandits.

But most of them are weapons like Flying Vulcan Crow, which can be used at one time.

The gun head pierced the wooden plank in front of the hammer bandit, and penetrated into the armor.

Bai Guangen crouched on the city wall, observing the situation on the battlefield from a distance.

This sudden attack was to test the defensive capabilities of the one-two hammer bandits.

It can be seen that their defense is very sufficient.

There was no shortage of gunpowder at all, and the soldiers marched quite neatly.

The soldiers under his command pushed the chariot, even though they escaped the destruction of the artillery, they were all blocked at a distance of thirty steps in front.

They dug a trench there, which was specially used to prevent the defenders in the city from attacking suddenly, and it could also keep the artillery of the hammer bandits.

"Mr. Liu Qian, let's call for gold." Bai Guangen raised his mouth.

Liu Xi was also observing the situation on the battlefield, the Hammer Bandit really had a lot of defense methods.

He wasn't in a hurry to Ming Jin, but wanted to see what tricks the Hammer Bandit hadn't used.

Anyway, these are Bai Guangen's people.

The two decided to attack the hammer bandit at night, but in order to avoid the same situation as before, they had to test it during the day.

It has to be said that the Hammer Bandit's defense is really tight.

Especially good at playing defensive counterattacks, which is a headache.

Most of the Ming soldiers who rushed out of the city would never come back.

Although there were not many people left, Liu Xi still called people Ming Jin, and used them to lure the hammer bandits into the city, just to give them a boost!

But the hammer bandit was too cautious. Despite the sound of gold ringing on the city wall, the Ming army who survived by luck fled into the Guancheng like crazy.

Liu Xi didn't even see the hammer bandits running out of the car camp and launching a tail attack to capture Guancheng.

After the battle was over, Liu Xi frowned and asked:

"Up to now, we don't even know who the leader of the hammer bandits outside the city is!"

"Such a cunning marching formation must be He Jinchao himself!"

Bai Guangen said quite affirmatively, and then he didn't want to go out at night to attack at night.

It was actually Liu Xi who was on the side persuading us that we are already damaged here during the day, and the hammer bandits will definitely not be able to fire or even operate firearms in the dark at night.

If one is not careful, the sparks on their torches can blow themselves up.

Coupled with the fact that we lost a lot of people today, the hammer bandits will inevitably relax their vigilance.

If the sneak attack was canceled at night, wouldn't those Ming army brothers outside the city die in vain?
Liu Xi's words were very reasonable, the hammer bandit had sharp firearms, but at night he was blind.

Just relying on torches to illuminate and operate cannons, even though they are skilled in operating cannons, there are still great hidden dangers.

In this way, the artillery gap between the official army and the hammer bandits can be reduced.

The night raid discussed on the city wall.

He Jinchao ordered people to treat the wounded soldiers and restrain the dead.

The officers and soldiers had artillery, and it was another artillery attack at close range, which was really hard to resist.

"Marshal, except for a few fish that slipped through the net and ran back, there are still a few alive."

Niu Youcai just got the news from the prisoner camp and reported it immediately.

He Jinzhao nodded. What was the intention of the Ming army in this suicidal attack?

"My lord, we should be careful that the Ming army jumps over the wall in a hurry and wants to attack my camp at night."

Without waiting for He Jinzhao to ask questions, Yang Wenyue first put forward his own opinion:
"Otherwise, sending 200 people to destroy our army's artillery is really a bit of an overstatement."

Only when the Ming army ran out of Guancheng more and more, could they have more opportunities to attack their own camp, and then wait for the opportunity to destroy the Hongyi cannon.

"Since they are not afraid of death, then you will send them all the way."

"Yes."

After He Jinzhao gave his instructions, he quickly returned to the tent beside him and opened the letter He Zan had sent him.

After occupying Wuguan, the control of the remaining node levels is very smooth.

Those Ming soldiers didn't know what happened at all, so they were captured by our hammer bandits in a daze.

Anyway, the news was not clear enough, Tongguan Wei Liu Xi did not plan to call other people to support him except to send news to Hong Chengchou when he left the customs.

Because it would be useless for those people to come. Instead, they would consume food and morale in Tongguan, making it impossible to conduct effective unified command.

There are fewer people guarding the gate, and there are also advantages of fewer people.

Although the Hammer Bandit's artillery is powerful, it will take several days for him to smash the Tongguan city wall.

He Zan had nothing to worry about.

The terrain is complex, with Shangluo Mountain inside and Tianzhu Mountain outside.

If the Ming army wanted to cross the remaining veins of these two mountains to support Xi'an, they had to go to Shanyang County.

He Zan is planning to control Shanyang County, and is currently sending people to the junction of the two mountains.

On the other hand, Wu Dading has not received any good news, and the progress is rather slow.

Most of the officers and soldiers in Xi'an Prefecture, as well as the county kings and landlords and gentry, all joined forces to stop the hammer bandits.

They were afraid of losing their property and lives, and they suppressed the peasant uprising even harder than Daming.

But currently facing the hammer bandits, they can only defend passively.

He Jinzhao just wanted to give priority to the military conquest, and the follow-up peasant association officials had not yet been dispatched on a large scale.

Once they are killed by the remaining local tyrants and evil gentry, it will have a considerable impact on the hammer bandits.

Therefore, He Jinzhao would rather have a military victory first, and after laying the foundation, he would give the county kings of Xi'an Prefecture a helping hand.

"My lord, arrangements have been made for the evening."

After Yang Wenyue entered the tent, he first reported the news to the Ming army.

"Ah."

He Jinzhao responded, and picked up another document that Shanxi sorted out.

"Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor and changed his name to Daqing!"

He Jinzhao raised his eyebrows slightly, but he couldn't wait.

"My lord, once Hou Jin proclaims himself emperor, he will either fight North Korea or plunder the Ming Dynasty to show their existence."

Yang Wenyue was taken aback first, and then expressed his opinion.

Cao Bianjiao had seen He Jinzhao's firepower cover and dispatch, and he thought in his heart that if he wanted to deal with this kind of opponent, he would have to have more powerful artillery than him.

But it can be seen from the artillery of the army.

Not only were their cannons not as powerful as He Jinzhao's, even their artillerymen were not as proficient as the Hammer Bandit soldiers.

What to fight him with?
Cao Bianjiao had been thinking about things all the time, and when he suddenly heard about Houjin Tartar proclaiming himself emperor, he couldn't help raising his head: "Really?"

He Jinzhao put down the paperwork in his hand and smiled:
"Little General Cao, why did I lie to you?"

Cao Bianjiao clenched his fists and shook his head, "The Jurchen Tartars really are wolf ambitions!"

"After the lord takes Shaanxi, he can also become king as soon as possible, so as to fight for the world."

Regarding Yang Wenyue's suggestion, He Jinzhao has his own ideas.

"Yellow Tai Guitar once again helped me share the pressure, and I am not in a hurry to dominate.

In any case, I have to wipe out the vital forces of the Ming army on a large scale once, and then take the fertile land in Sichuan before considering this kind of thing.

The land of Shanshan and Shaanxi has been drought year after year, and it is too difficult to support the large-scale military operations of the hammer bandits in order to obtain a bumper harvest of food! "

Yang Wenyue shook his beard and nodded, the Qing army will enter the customs again, this time it can better involve the energy of the Ming army.

Whether it is the bandits raging in the Central Plains or the hammer bandits who intend to annex Shaanxi, they can get more breathing opportunities.

On the contrary, it was Daming who was exhausted and put out fires everywhere because the three parties were fighting everywhere.

According to the command system of the Ming court and the execution ability of the generals and soldiers below, they would not be able to extinguish a fire, but would be at a disadvantage.

Listening to He Jinzhao's words, Cao Bianjiao always had a small lump in his heart, and he was not so comfortable.

But he has long passed the age of youth and frivolity, knowing that people are under the eaves, he has to bow his head.

The designation of Tongguan is unstoppable!
He Jinzhao took out another letter, which was sent by Zhang Fuzhen.

It turned out that the officers and soldiers in Henan really went to attack the land of southern Jin, but they were beaten violently by him.

At the same time, he also guessed that Hong Chengchou would not rescue Tongguan at all, so the lord has enough time to break through Tongguan.

"Hong Chengchou was busy with the six-month deadline for suppressing bandits, so he couldn't take care of this place at all."

He Jinzhao put down the paperwork, looking a little relaxed:

"For the Ming court, they have to give up something if they want to do something.

The emperor's order is more important than Hong Chengchou's operation of a rear base. "

"Master." Yang Wenyue bowed again and said:
"Based on Hong Chengchou's plan, it is impossible for him to simply send people from Henan to attack Shanxi, but he will mobilize the officials and troops from Hebei, Xuanda and other places to attack together."

"Hey, so, I also indirectly helped Huang Taiji?"

He Jinzhao thought that Hong Chengchou must have been ignorant of the news of Huang Taiji's proclaiming himself emperor, so he made such a plan.

Once they mobilize troops to attack Shanxi, it will be easier for the Qing army to come in.

They suffered a big loss last year, and if the new emperor ascends the throne this year, how can they do it if they don't get shamed?

Yang Wenyue pinched his beard and said, "My lord, how can you be sure that the Qing army will still wreak havoc on Xuanda, Hebei and other places?"

"At present, it is impossible for them to make peace with the Ming army and jointly deal with Shanxi. Their main theme is to seize the opportunity to rob Daming."

He Jinzhao stood up and walked to the hanging map:

"Huang Taiji robbed Xuanda and other places last time, plus he robbed the capital last time.

A few years have passed, and both he and the high-level Qing army should know where to rob Daming.

In order to maximize the benefits they plunder~! "

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