Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 230 The First Battle
When the premonition appeared, Su Hao froze on the spot for a long time. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time. It wasn't until thick smoke billowed from the chimney of the steam engine ship that Su Hao came back to his senses.

The world began to change?
Su Hao didn't ignore his premonition. His current strength can be said to be the strongest in the human race. Except for those canonized gods and old ghosts from the underworld, basically no one living alone is his opponent. Now, this sudden whim can never be his fantasy.

But after thinking about it for a long time, until Hou Xun's steam engine started to move, he didn't figure out what this sudden premonition meant, after all, there were too few relevant clues.

However, he knew that this change was definitely caused by the steam engine, but he didn't understand how the steam engine affected the world. If ordinary people were unable to fight back against the giant ship's cannon in the previous life, it would be understandable, after all No country is bigger than giant ships and cannons.

But there is a way of practice in this world, and the giant ship cannon will not be that effective in the face of those high-level practitioners, unless the ship is equipped with a large number of strong men.

If one wants to affect the entire world, one must develop technology at the level of missiles, nuclear bombs, and supersonic aircraft. Otherwise, it will be difficult for technology to deal with the real strong.

At least ordinary guns and artillery are difficult to deal with first-class warriors wearing heavy armor. The six senses of this level of warriors are extremely sensitive, and they can sense even the slightest threat, unless it is a supersonic missile, which is too fast for him to react .

However, it will take at least one or two hundred years to develop to that point. He doesn't think that he can predict one or two hundred years later on his whim. If he can, then he will be a god.

At this time, Hou Xun's steam engine boat had already started to wander on the lake. Although the speed was not fast, it was much faster than manpower rowing.

"Hou Aiqing, let your son come back."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said.

"Sir, go here."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Hou Yuangao quickly said, now the lives and wealth of the Hou family are at the mercy of Su Hao, if Su Hao really wants to investigate Hou Xun's disobedience, then the Hou family will be ruined.

After a while, Hou Xun returned to the shore under the leadership of Hou Yuangao.

Seeing Hou Yuangao and Hou Yuangao father and son who were kneeling on the ground, Su Hao suddenly felt a little headache. If he really wanted to commit the crime of resisting the decree and disobeying Hou Xun, then not only Hou Xun and Hou Yuangao would die, but even those in the scientific research institute would die. The children of the Mo family must die too.

More importantly, in the court of Daqi today, the three schools of Law, Mohism, and Taoism are the main pillars. Officials of Legalism mainly come from civilian officials and subordinates who surrendered at the beginning, while officials of Taoism mainly come from folk Taoists. It is mainly Mohist children like the Hou family who practice organ skills.

Now Hou Yuangao is the leader of the Mohist family, if so many Mohist disciples are mobilized, then the three-legged structure in the court will definitely collapse, and now the war with Ming is just around the corner, it is not a good thing that there will be civil strife in the court at this time.

After thinking for a long time, Su Hao finally said: "Hou Xun, if you resist the order and don't obey it, according to Da Qi's law, you will be executed all over the house."

Hearing the four words of copying and cutting, Hou Yuangao and Hou Xun's father and son couldn't help shaking.

Fortunately, at this time, Su Hao continued: "However, considering that your father worked hard for the court, I am not a ruthless person. I will give you a chance to redeem your crimes. You can go to Huang Xiang and the others. I want a kind of If you can research a new iron-smelting method, one that can smelt large quantities of iron, within half a year, I won’t hold you accountable for resisting the decree; if not, don’t blame me for both crimes!”

Hearing Su Hao's words, Hou Yuangao, Hou Xun and his son were immediately overjoyed, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you for your kindness! Thank you for your kindness!"

Although Su Hao's request is very difficult, as the leader of the Mohist family, the Hou family can definitely gather a large number of Mohist disciples to study together. It is not impossible to research a new iron-making method.

"Go down."

Su Hao waved his hands and said.

"I retire!"

After Hou Yuangao and his son saluted again, they slowly retreated.

Looking at the figures of Hou Yuangao and his son, Su Hao turned his head to look at Liao Qing who was beside him, and said indifferently: "Let's keep a close eye on anyone who approaches Hou Xun."

As for the power that made Hou Xun do such unreasonable and stupid things, he also has some uncertain guesses. Maybe this power is the way of heaven he guessed before. After all, even illusion can't be so mysterious Sleep.

However, this is only his guess, and it is also possible that people from Daming are playing tricks in the dark. After all, Hou Xun is the son of Hou Yuangao, and Hou Yuangao is the leader of the Mo family. Chaos for a while.

"I understand."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Liao Qing nodded in response.

.........

As time passed, the atmosphere of the war became more and more intense. A large number of Ming troops went south along the canal and stationed in Cangzhou.

As more and more soldiers gathered, the entire Cangzhou Wharf once again became a huge barracks, with military tents standing tall.

In the county government office, Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu were both frowning.

"Brother Hong, Da Qi is not easy to fight."

Chen Qiyu was extremely melancholy, he was originally encircling Gao Yingxiang and the others in Shanxi Yuchuan, who knew that things were done well, but the imperial court directly transferred him to deal with Daqi.

"I also know, but the imperial court let us come, there is no way."

Hong Chengchou also had a sad face. Dealing with Daqi is not the same as dealing with those refugee rebels. To put it bluntly, those refugee rebels are farmers who have just put down their hoes. Not only do they have no strong city to defend, but they also have no logistics There are not many supplies, even masters. As soon as the army arrives, those refugees will flee in a panic. Apart from being difficult to chase, there is no difficulty in dealing with them.

But Daqi is different. Daqi's soldiers and horses are all well-trained soldiers, and there are high walls for defense, and there is no problem with supplies. It is not easy to attack the city, and the losses will also be heavy.

"Brother Hong, is there a way to lure Daqi's soldiers and horses out of the city to fight?"

After thinking for a while, Chen Qiyu said, siege is really not an easy task. Sun Chengzong attacked Haizhou Weicheng for a full year, and the defense of Haizhou Weicheng is far inferior to Dezhou City. If you really want to attack the city If it is, it will definitely not be broken in a short while.

More importantly, in addition to Dezhou City, there are also Linqingzhou City and Dongchangfu City. If they gnaw one place at a time, their 10,000+ army will probably die seven or eight times, so a strong attack is definitely not a wise choice.

But if you want to open the canal, you have to capture Dezhou City and Linqingzhou City first, otherwise opening the canal is just empty talk, so the best way is to draw out all the Qi troops in the city and defeat them outside the city.

Lured out of town?

Hearing Chen Qiyu's words, Hong Chengchou also frowned. This is indeed a good idea, but the Qi army is not a fool, it is impossible to give up the advantage of the city wall and fight them outside the city.

"Let's go to Texas City first."

After thinking for a while, Hong Chengchou sighed and said that it is no easier than besieging the city if the Qi army wants to take the initiative to come out of the city to fight them, and he can only play by ear.

...

Soon, the army set out, and more than [-] ships of all sizes came down the river one after another. With the canal as a convenient traffic artery, no one would foolishly walk on two feet.

After arriving in Jingzhou, the Ming army went ashore and began to advance on foot, because Jingzhou is only [-] miles away from Dezhou City. If they continue to go down the river, it will be embarrassing once the Qi army intercepts them in the river. .

Naturally, such a big move by the Ming army cannot be concealed from others. As soon as the Ming army left Cangzhou, the news had already reached Tang Xiangjin's ears.

Texas city.

On the north gate wall, Tang Xiangjin and others watched the Ming army meandering in the distance, everyone looked relaxed. If five years ago, 10,000+ Ming army came to attack, they would definitely panic.

But now there are 20 soldiers and horses in Dezhou City, nearly [-] first-rate warriors, more than [-] second-rate warriors, more than [-] tiger crouching cannons, and more than [-] red barbarian cannons. It will be bloody.

Not long after, the Ming army camped more than ten miles north of Dezhou City.

.........

On the building car, Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu looked at the towering city wall of Dezhou in the distance.

"Brother Hong, do you want to try the defense of Dezhou City first?"

Looking at the nearly four-foot-high city wall, Chen Qiyu sank again. It is not an easy task to climb such a high city wall, let alone withstand the attack of the Qi army.

"Then try the power of the Hongyi Cannon first."

Hong Chengchou said quietly.

"Alright."

Hearing this, Chen Qiyu nodded. For this war, Daming had been preparing for a long time. More than 120 red barbarian cannons were cast alone. Copper was used to cast the red barbarian cannons. For these red barbarian cannons, the imperial court almost All the copper coins in the capital were looted.

Soon, the army lined up and escorted more than 120 Hongyi cannons slowly approaching Dezhou City.

On the city wall, Tang Xiangjin spotted the Hongyi cannons guarded by the Chinese army at first sight. Looking at the more than 100 Hongyi cannons, Tang Xiangjin couldn't help but frown. He naturally knew the power of the Hongyi cannons. .

"Ready to aim!"

Seeing the Ming army getting closer, Tang Xiangjin ordered that although the Ming army had more Hongyi cannons, his side occupied the advantage of the height of the city wall, and the shells fired were farther away.

Bali!

Six miles!

Five miles!

Silently calculating the distance between the Ming army and the city wall, Tang Xiangjin ordered directly when he saw that the Ming army had entered the range of the Hongyi cannon.

Although the Ming army is still five miles away from the city wall, the Hongyi Cannon can also be hit at this distance, but there is no way to guarantee the accuracy, but he is not worried about this problem, because the Ming army has 10,000+, which is almost full Outside the city, even the head can hit someone.

boom!boom!boom!
Dozens of loud noises were heard, and then more than fifty solid shells smashed into the formation of the Ming army with piercing screams. In an instant, more than fifty solid shells plowed bloody paths among the crowd. In front of a solid shell, whether it is a person or a siege machine, it will shatter when touched.

For a moment, the entire formation of the Ming army was in disarray. Some guards wanted to retreat, but the next moment they were beheaded by the general's personal soldiers behind. With bloody deterrence, the entire formation of the Ming army stabilized again.

Seeing this scene, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but frowned. He was equally aware of the range of the Hongyi Cannon, but he never thought that with the help of the high wall, the Hongyi Cannon could display such a range at a distance of five miles. Great power.

Although this wave of shelling by the Qi army only caused less than 300 casualties, this kind of long-distance attack was extremely damaging to morale. After all, they could not reach the distance of five miles, unless the army attacked the city.

After thinking for a while, Hong Chengchou said: "The order will go on, the front army will change to the rear army, and retreat two miles."

"Yes!"

Lu Zongmo, the commander in chief who had been standing behind Hong Chengchou, cupped his hands and said.

At this time, Hong Chengchou continued: "By the way, bring me the craftsman who cast the cannon."

"Yes!"

After Lu Zongmo responded, he rode away.

Not long after, the formation of the Ming army changed, and they retreated slowly. After retreating for more than two miles, they rearranged their formation again.

"Fang Dushi, you said before that the Hongyi cannon can shoot five miles away. Now that the puppet Qi rebels occupy Gaocheng, our Hongyi cannon can't match it at all. What should we do?"

Looking at the city wall in the distance, Hong Chengchou frowned. To be appointed as the commander-in-chief of conquering Daqi, he naturally knows military affairs. If he can't suppress the Qi army's red barbarian cannons, then their red barbarian cannons are useless Iron.

After all, if they want to shoot at the city wall nearly four feet high, their Hongyi cannons must be at least three miles away from the city wall. At this distance, the power and accuracy of the Qi army's Hongyi cannons will greatly increase.

More importantly, the Qi army's Hongyi cannons were protected by stomping walls, and their Hongyi cannons could only be placed on the ground. It is estimated that their Hongyi cannons would all be blown to pieces before they took down Dezhou City.

"Back to the governor, now the puppet Qi occupies a high wall. If you want to suppress the opponent, you can only build the fort higher than the opponent."

Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, Fang Rong pondered for a long time before speaking.

"It won't work."

Hearing Fang Rong's words, Hong Chengchou waved his hands and said that it would take too long to build a fort four feet high and enough for more than 100 Hongyi cannons. After all, a lot of stones and sand are needed to ensure the fort solid enough.

And Qi Jun is not a fool, they can build high, Qi Jun occupies the city wall, the same can be done, then there will be no end.

"Governor, we can build a shield car on the outside of the Hongyi Cannon, and put sacks filled with sand and gravel around the car and on the roof, only needing to expose the muzzle."

Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, Fang Rong thought hard for a long time before he said again: "In this way, our Hongyi cannons can get close to the city wall. The Hongyi Cannon will not be damaged either."

"Then build the shield car first."

Hearing Fang Rong's method, Hong Chengchou nodded and said.

(End of this chapter)