Jingming

Chapter 248 Oops!It's the Divine Machine Camp!
Before the Ming Dynasty, Changsha had only walls built of earth.After the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the city walls of Changsha were destroyed even more.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of the Changsha City Wall.

According to the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, officials and craftsmen in charge can be found for every brick and every section of the city wall project.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave Changsha a solid city wall.According to the length at this time, the Changsha city wall has a circumference of more than fourteen miles, and there are nine city gates on it.

The city wall is two feet and four feet high, and the Xiangjiang River is a natural barrier to the west of the city, and a moat with a width of more than two feet has also been dug on the other three sides.

The battle is imminent, the four gates on the west, two gates on the north, two gates on the east, and one gate on the south are all closed.

Behind the battlements of the city wall on the Duanyang Gate in the south, Tang Peiyu took a long look and went back behind the gate tower with a straight face.

It was already August 27, and the army from the east led by Gu Shilong and the army from the west led by Geng Yongfeng surrounded the east, north, and west sides of Changsha City seven days ago. Ningxiang, Xiangyin, and Liuyang counties have all abandoned their defenses. .

Gu Shilong besieged but did not attack, and one of the three was missing. Tang Peiyu thought he was going to force himself, Zhu Jianjun, Fu Rongzhong and others to flee south to Hengzhou.

But today Duanyangmen came to report that enemy troops also appeared in the south of the city.There are not many people, about two thousand, but the general flag is Shang Botao of Nanchang Wei.

Why did Nanchang Wei come so fast?

Nanchang Mansion is more than [-] miles away from Changsha Mansion, and there are mountains and ridges along the way.

During this month, it will take time for the news to spread to Jiangxi, it will take time for the deployment of troops, and it will also take time for the march.

When he arrived at Prince Ji's mansion, Zhu Jianjun asked eagerly, "Where did the enemy come from the south of the city?"

Tang Peiyu looked at Fu Rongzhong before replying, "Nanchang Wei."

Zhu Jianjun's face changed: and the governor of Jiangxi is Wang Shouren.

"My lord, don't worry!" Tang Peiyu said, "Shang Botao only brought [-] soldiers, and they came here lightly. They came suddenly, and they must have been traveling in the starry night, exhausted. Now the food, grass and military supplies need to be transported by Gu Shilong and Sun Jiao. According to the view of the last general, of course we must defend in Changsha for a few days, and we must not abandon our defense in the south. Please give the order, the last general will lead the army out of Duanyang Gate, and wipe out Shang Botao's troops first."

"Are you sure? Now we must not retreat to Hengzhou, we can only move forward with victory!"

Pu Zitong did not bring Zhu Zaizhen and his elite to Changsha to meet up as promised, and Zhu Jianjun could no longer just give up Changsha Mansion and go to Hengzhou.

With this fortified city, the food and military funds "collected" before, and the dense water network inside and outside Changsha City, Tang Peiyu is sure to stick to it for two months.

Two months later, the drought remained, and the autumn grain was unsustainable, so things turned around.

Now Tang Peiyu is leaving the city.

"My lord, Pu Zitong will not come to help. The final general will stay here alone, and we can't wait for Gu Shilong to divide his troops to the south and completely trap Changsha City to death." Tang Peiyu replied affirmatively, "Geng Yongfeng in the west led Jiuxiwei, Lizhou Qianlong, etc. Husuo remained motionless, and he couldn't tell where Changdewei Zhan Huabi was going now. To the north and east was Gu Shilong's army, and the last general was not allowed to venture out of the city. As long as the [-] exhausted troops in the south were defeated, Gu Shilong would definitely reorganize his army. In the end, the general will return with victory and his morale will be boosted, and then he will be able to stick to it and find a fighting opportunity."

"How do you know it's not a trick?" Zhu Jianjun nodded unsteadily, "Gu Shilong was surrounded by three and lacked one, so he intended to lure the king out of the city and flee south!"

Tang Peiyu shook his head again and again: "Chang Dewei's behavior is already a traitor to Gu Shilong. Now that Zhan Huabi has disappeared after robbing Anhua, Gu Shilong is also worried that he and the prince have already made a plan. If the battle in the south is in full swing, Zhan Huabi However, if he broke out suddenly, then Gu Shilong would be defeated in this first battle! He didn't know that Zhan Huabi and the prince had no plans, nor did he know that Pu Zitong had other plans, so he focused on stability. As long as the prince abandons the city and goes south, Gu Shilong will die Yan is the first to capture Changsha, and there is nothing wrong with it.”

"...But after all, Nanchang Guard has two thousand troops here."

"The final general will lead a thousand elite troops out of the city to fight, and wait for work with ease. This battle will surely be won, please give the order, my lord!"

Today's south must be used as a fuss.

Tang Peiyu believed in his own judgment: Gu Shilong didn't know what Zhan Huabi and Pu Zitong were doing now.And if he takes the south of Changsha City as the main battlefield, not to mention the longer transportation route for grain and grass, he may face the sudden appearance of Changdewei and Hengzhouwei at any time.

Shang Botao should have come via Pingxiang and Liling, but he doesn't know about Gu Shilong's scruples - he hasn't even set up a camp yet, so he must be the first envoy to see Gu Shilong and obey the dispatch.

Zhu Jianjun finally issued this order, but with a discount: "General Tang must stay in the city to control the overall situation!"

Tang Peiyu bowed his head to accept the order, feeling weird: Are you afraid that I will run away with [-] elite soldiers?

But Tang Peiyu knew very well that Tang Peiyu needs a victory even more when things have developed to this point!Only by defending the city first and winning a game, and when the more than [-] soldiers of the imperial court ate horses for several months and had to deal with the disaster and retreated a little, could Tang Peiyu gather the refugees, coerce the strong men, and expand his strength to go south.

In this way, even if Pu Zitong and Zhan Huabi joined forces, Tang Peiyu's power should not be underestimated.

At that time, Zhan Huabi might be headed by Changsha Wei, who has already won!
When the capable commander under his command came, Tang Peiyu said solemnly: "In this battle, we should only use the elite to fight, and there is no need to love to fight! Nanchang Wei's tired troops are rushing, and they have little combat power at the moment. As long as they charge for a while, Shang Botao's troops will surely collapse. !"

"The last general takes orders! General, please wait for the good news!"

The soldiers in the south of the city leaned against a mountain in the southeast of Changsha County, and the Liuyang River turned a bend to the east of that mountain.

That place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is a good place to camp.

Tang Peiyu watched from a distance on the city wall, but he couldn't see the movement of them logging and camping.

This further confirmed Tang Peiyu's judgment: Shang Botao was only ordered by Wang Shouren to encircle and help out, but Shang Botao was still waiting for Gu Shilong's order on how to dispatch it.

Could it be that it came too fast, and it was too late to communicate with Gu Shilong as an orderly during the march?

It is indeed possible, and it is coming too fast.

Up to [-] days, more than [-] miles, [-] officers and soldiers, crossing mountains and ridges, Tang Peiyu, who is in charge of the army, knows what this concept is.

This battle must be won!

He was not idle either, besides the [-] elite soldiers, he dispatched another [-] soldiers, Xiangyong, who were ready to go out from the Xiaowu Gate in the southeast of the city at any time to stop the enemy's rescue in the east of the city.

Duanyang Gate is at the southeast corner of the city wall in the south of Changsha City. When you exit the Duanyang Gate, there is a mountain in the south of Changsha City.

On the south side of the east wall of Changsha City, outside Liuyang Gate is Yangmei Mountain.

Today, the "tired army" flying the Nanchang Wei Monk flag is stationed at the foot of Yangmei Mountain, guarding a valley between Changshan and Yangmei Mountain leading to Changsha City.

On the hillside, after the two men galloped back, they got off their horses and came to the temporary military tent, and knelt down on one knee to report: "Two more sentries came from the city. Chase."

"Okay! Loosen the outside and tighten the inside, bury the pot for cooking, and rest on the spot. There must be more than two knights on the rebel sentry, ready to meet the enemy at any time."

After finishing speaking, he asked the person next to him: "How is Wuchangwei in Guifeng Mountain?"

"General, just wait for the cannon to fire!"

"Let Lao Qu pay attention to Fulong Mountain." Ji Weimin, the guerrilla general who led the [-] "tired army", looked at the person next to him, "Brother Si, in the south of Changsha Mansion, I really didn't see Changdewei and Hengzhou David's shadow?"

Sicong, who was ordered to infiltrate Changsha Mansion to inquire about information before, appeared here and nodded with certainty: "It is definitely not here in Changsha Mansion. Changdewei went southwest to Baoqing Mansion after looting Anhua, and now the people there Although the news has not yet come, there is no sign of the army crossing from Phoenix Mountain to Fulong Mountain, and even to the south of Xiangtan."

"Okay!" Ji Weimin looked excitedly, "Although I don't know what's wrong with the rebels, Tang Peiyu never dared to let us gain a firm foothold in the south of the city and approach the Miaofeng Peak outside the south gate. This victory, We must win the Divine Machine Battalion!"

This is not Nanchang Wei who hastily arrived from Jiangxi, but the three thousand picks of Shenji Camp who arrived in Baling County half a month ago.

Now, Gu Shilong gave them the credit, and they couldn't fail to grasp it.

With the cover of the besieging army in the east of the city, they bypassed the big bend of the Liuyang River east of Guifeng Mountain, and they appeared here.

A trek indeed, but far from being a tired teacher.

"General! General!" Another person ran over quickly, "The suspension bridge of Duanyang Gate has been lowered, and they sent people to attack!"

"Don't worry!" Ji Weimin's eyes became brighter, "Pretend to be in a panic and stick to the army!"

He was transferred from Liaodong to the Shenji Camp by Guo Xun, and now Yizheng Qianhu has been promoted to be a guerrilla general to lead the battle. Gu Shilong gave him the first victory in luring the enemy to fight, and his intention could not be more obvious .

Your Majesty resets the Shenji Battalion for training, this is the real first battle, no one wins but no one loses!

Outside the Duanyang Gate in the south of Changsha, the [-] elite soldiers formed formation first after leaving the city.

After they first established a firm foothold outside the city while being vigilant, the sentry had already reported: "General, the enemy has already known that we have left the city, and they are forming a formation in a panic, preparing to stick to the mountain."

"Go all out and rush to the past!"

There are only three miles of land, and if you march quickly, you will arrive in a moment.

Ji Weimin had already reached a piece of rock with a wide view on the hillside, and then took out a baby from his arms.

This is the treasure that Cui Cance brought to the generals of the Beijing camp before departure, and it comes from Huangming University.

He put the telescope in front of his eyes and closed one eye.

Along the way, he has studied many times.He didn't understand the reason. It is said that His Majesty ordered the masters of mathematics and artisans in the mathematics hall to polish it with colored glaze and fine copper.Although the field of vision is still vague and dim, some movements in the distance can be seen more or less clearly.

There are about 1000 people, the army is quite neat, and the soldiers are not weak.

It's the elite soldiers in the city!

That's also natural, all require the first victory to boost morale.

Ji Weimin put down the binoculars, carefully put them into the wooden tube pinned to his waist, and then said: "Let Lao Qu walk around from the back of the mountain to the outside of Liuyang Gate. When we show the big flag, the thousand When the elite soldiers feel that something is wrong and want to flee back to the city, there must be reinforcements to respond! Tell Lao Qu not to worry, wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and cut off their retreat! If the thousands of elite soldiers like Chang Shawei are all wiped out, Changsha City will surely surrender! The new cannons in the forest are better first, and the swarm of bees they brought out will be destroyed first!"

This telescope is a real military weapon, more useful than the five new cannons he brought out today!
Now it is only the earliest trial sample, and it will be polished more finely in the future. There will be more generals who can own this treasure, and the Ming army will surely become even more powerful.

Cui Shence then said, this is the prestige of His Majesty's avenue of physics.

It took less than a quarter of an hour for a thousand elite soldiers from Changsha Guard to arrive at the foot of the hill where the Shenji Battalion's front guards were defending.

It is very disadvantageous to attack from the back.

But the opponent is the master of fatigue!

The thousand elite soldiers rested for a while, and then began to charge.

"The sword player and the soft wall are in front, guarding the swarm, the firecrackers are behind, the bow and arrow are behind, and form an array to force the past! They all use rockets, and both guns are discarded. Let them mess up first!"

This was a field battle, and in a haste to grab a fighter, he only pulled out five chariots filled with swarms.

Since the opponent is standing firm on the hillside, even if the place is close, there is no need to bring any other guns out.This Nanchang Wei came all the way, and it is even more impossible to bring any powerful firearms and chariots.

There are five cars rushing to clear the way, which is enough for the enemy to be terrified!

This is a field battle. On the field battlefield of Ming Dynasty, weapons of the level of the bowl and mouth gun basically do not appear.

It is too heavy, and it is inconvenient to adjust the angle to shoot upwards when using it, and the range is limited.In addition to the warships, in other cases, they are probably just placed on the city wall to defend the city, or they are transported in carts first, and then unloaded and stabilized for attacking the city.

This is not something that can be done in a hurry.

Now, in front of Changshawei, an elite soldier, are only sword players holding their shields high.Not all swordsmen and poker players in the army are the same. Now some are holding round shields and holding a javelin in each hand.

And some are now tightly holding a large square shield as big as a door panel.

This large square shield is called a soft wall, and the wooden board is nailed with soft wadding or leather.It can not only resist the projectiles fired by the firecrackers, but also the iron spiked plate on the side of the soft wall facing the enemy can also prevent the enemy from approaching.

At the same time, the teams responsible for the swarm also perform their duties.This swarm is mounted on a wheelbarrow, but has wooden feet on either side of the armrest to hold it down.Now, the pawn pushing the cart lowered his head, gritted his teeth and pushed the swarm forward.

Under the protection of the soft wall in front of the swarm, the rest of the people are nervously preparing.

Since you want to set fire to a mountain, you have to use divine fire to fly crows.A cartridge can hold four arrows.The lead wires are connected and can be ignited at the same time.And in this swarming chariot, there are two rows of six cartridges, which can shoot 24 arrows in a short period of time, as far as a hundred feet.

It's just that to attack now, you need to get closer.

Ji Weimin saw the soldiers at the foot of the mountain roaring courageously to the sound of drums and moving forward slowly. Instead, he ordered: "Let the front army shoot arrows and blunderbuss three times indiscriminately now, don't shoot in volley, and take another twenty steps back!"

Could it be that the shrinking formation makes the swarm on the opposite side play better?

In the eyes of Changshawei's commander and colleagues, he only saw that the enemy troops on the mountain began to shoot arrows and guns without waiting for his soldiers to enter the effective killing range.

Even if powerful men threw arrows into the formation, they were only nailed to soft walls or shields, and no one was injured.As for the firecracker, there is no need to worry about it if it is still far away.

Then, when he saw the enemy retreating in a panic, he didn't suspect fraud, he just thought that the enemy was even more frightened when he saw his subordinates coming out with a swarm of bees.

The range of a swarm of bees is farther than that of a firecracker.

"Fire!" Seeing this, he even gave the order before the swarms entered a more lethal distance.

If the opponent shows signs of collapse under the panic, then this battle will be easier-on the battlefield, morale is more important than anything else.

Nanchang Wei came all the way, not knowing the terrain and exhausted.As for the quality of the local health center, everyone knows in their hearts.The Changsha Guard brought out all elite soldiers from all the guards. Could it be that the 2000 people in the Nanchang Guard are better trained and armed?

The soft wall in the front row suddenly spread out, leaving five openings, and a swarm of bees stayed at a relatively safe distance to erect them.

Just still on the slope, there is an elevation angle.

"Whoosh—" After the fuse was ignited, although the sacred fire crows in several cartridges could not be said to be emitted at the same time, they were not in any order.

The rocket flew upwards with a sharp whistling sound, and many arrows may not have shot into the opponent's formation. After all, there were sword players guarding the opponent's front, and the slope was not smooth, and there were many rocks blocking it.

But the momentum is here.

The commander of Changsha Wei obviously saw Nanchang Wei's soldiers step back a few steps, looking even more flustered.

"Rush over, shoot arrows, abandon guns, swarm and prepare!"

Fighting is chaos!
With all his strength, he wanted to fight a chase.They were all driven up the mountain, they could escape faster.

Generally speaking, only one of the two guns in the hand of a knife player with a javelin is a discarded gun, and the first shot is to kill the enemy in the distance.The second gun is to be held in the hand to prevent the opponent from charging.If the enemy is approaching, this second gun can kill for a while.Only when there are no two shots, that is the moment to draw out the long knife at the waist and fight for your life.

Now that the order came, dozens of javelins pierced the slope immediately.

The distance is already very close, the arrows and firecracker projectiles on the hillside are attacking, and their javelins can also plunge into the enemy's formation-the swordsmen with javelins have extraordinary arm strength.

The thousand elite soldiers of Changsha Guard charged another twenty steps forward, and the front row of the two armies was separated by less than forty steps. The sword and card players with the soft wall had just dispersed, ready to let the swarm of bees shoot a new round.

At this moment, suddenly there were loud noises from the dense forest on the left and right of the mountain.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

Tang Peiyu, who was far away at the head of Changsha City, also heard five indistinct sounds.

His expression changed suddenly: How could Nanchangwei, who had arrived in Changsha in such a short time, still be carrying a blunderbuss?
No!This sound is a little different!
Then, he finally remembered the selection of the Shenji Camp who should have arrived in Huguang.But even if it is the Shenji Battalion, it is impossible to carry a big gun with them!
Besides, how could Gu Shilong use the Xinjing camp trained by the false emperor as a forward?

In the first battle, the casualties were quite heavy!
"It's a trap! Hurry up! Get out of the city for rescue!"

Unless Gu Shilong's army has already circled from Liuyang River to the southeast!
The Liuyang Gate was opened wide, and Tang Peiyu led his troops out of the city.

At the same time as the cannon sounded, Ji Weimin said loudly: "Change the flag! Form an formation! Kill!"

The banner of the Shenji Battalion was erected, and the soldiers who seemed a little flustered before suddenly changed their spirits, and the firecrackers, bows and arrows in their hands began to be thrown down from top to bottom in perfect synchronization.

At the same time, war drums could be heard faintly from Guifeng Mountain in the distance, as well as the roars of an unknown number of people.

Three of Changshawei's five swarms were destroyed in the round of bombardment just now, and the number of sword players in the front row fell to the ground and howled.

The commander and colleague seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water.

Where is the cannon?Why can't I see it?Can hit so far, so accurate?

How did the projectile explode so big?
Oops!It's the Divine Machine Camp!
(End of this chapter)