Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 444: Conquering Guangzhou, Emperor Wu and Emperor Qing have conflicting ideas

This battle,
All captured recruits were unarmored, the prisoner army wore first-generation full armor, and the veterans wore second-generation plate armor.

At the strong request of the corps commander-in-chief Gan Changsheng, Wu Ting approved the application to issue plate armor to the veterans.

Simultaneously,

The weapons were also slightly adjusted. The veterans used spears as their main weapon and a long sword hanging from their waists as their secondary weapon.

Unarmored recruits, all equipped with swords and shields.

of course,

Trust has its limits.

……

The supervision team was still murderous, holding torches and standing next to the 2-pound rapid-fire gun.

After this ultra-light artillery was equipped to the army, it quickly received strong praise from front-line infantry.

Now, it has spread to all infantry platoons.

One cannon is equivalent to 1 flintlock rifles.

At the critical moment,
With the help of a 2-pound gun, light infantry can withstand attacks from enemies three to five times their number.

The barrel is obviously shortened and the muzzle is slightly flared.

The advantage of this design is that it is easy to load.

This artillery has eliminated all unnecessary burdens and achieved extreme weight reduction.

There is no sight either, just a white line drawn on the barrel (from muzzle to breech) for rough aiming.

……

And within the Wu army,

After many discussions, the artillery officers prepared to gradually cancel the 3-pound gun organization.

future,

The 6-pound long gun will be used as the main artillery of the field corps, supplemented by 2-pound rapid-fire guns to fill the firepower gap.

The 12-pounder cannon, as the legion's direct artillery, can be carried or left in the rear baggage camp at the legion's discretion and will not advance with the infantry.

No other objections.

The only issue that was controversial among the various corps was the 12-pounder gun.

The 2nd and 5th Corps believed that the 12-pound gun was still too heavy and suggested casting a 10-pound gun instead.

The Guards and the 4th Corps strongly opposed it, believing that 15-pound guns should be cast to increase their power.

Anyway,

The 12-pounder gun has an awkward position, being both conservative and conservative, and is unpopular with both sides.

……

Seeing that the siege infantry had already entered within 100 feet of the city wall, the Wu army's artillery increased the firing rate and strongly suppressed the Qing army in Guangzhou.

The flag officer Enlu raised his musket in panic and fired indiscriminately.

Shouquan, the flag officer, held his head and dared not stand up.

The captain passed by and whipped him hard, roaring:

"Get up quickly and fight back."

Auspicious sign in South China - old man Suna also came over with a matchlock gun.

"Sir, I will take them, and it will be good if I see blood."

The captain nodded and prepared to go and tell the submachine gun position next to him to pay attention to the firing rhythm.

Just walked out 3 steps,
call out,
A cannonball flew past, and the captain's head disappeared in an instant.

……

Suna was drenched all over, and his snow-white hair and beard turned red in an instant.

He instinctively closed his eyes and dreamed of the tug-of-war between the Ming and Qing dynasties more than 100 years ago.

He silently lifted up his robe to wipe off the liquid, then opened his eyes.

The world is blood red!
beside,

The young Qiqi Ding Shouquan took off his ox-horn bow and threw it into the sky.

Many red cannons on the city wall fired at the same time, and the aging heart was made uncomfortable by the sound of the artillery.

Suna quickly stuck his head out and quickly retracted it.

It was seen that the Wu army's auxiliary troops were pushing the trench bridge and rushing forward, and the moat was about to lose its defensive significance.

……

Most of the water in the moat was drained, and with the addition of a trench bridge, it instantly became a thoroughfare.

Even scarier is the ladder truck.
This huge machine was almost level with the city wall, supported by dozens of pairs of wooden wheels and pushed forward by hundreds of people.

"Quick, blow up the ladder truck."

Guangzhou General Fu Min became anxious and rushed out of the city gate tower yelling.

The Eight Banners gunners desperately adjusted their gun positions, trying to aim at the ladder vehicle as much as possible.

Under the city,

Wu Jun's riflemen were also in position, firing in groups.

Just to prevent accidental injuries,
The bullet landed as far away as possible, into the city.

The strong women of the Eight Banners who were carrying ammunition to the city wall were constantly shot and fell to the ground, causing great chaos.

……

The Guangzhou city wall flashes with lights.

Various firearms spewed flames, and from a distance it looked like the New Year.

Li Yu saw it clearly through the telescope, and couldn't help but think in his heart, "Even rabbits will bite when they are angry, let alone humans."

The garrisoned Eight Banners soldiers who were about to die were quite brave.

in fact,

Li Yu could have made them lose their bloodiness, but he deliberately stimulated their bloodiness.

In this world,

The person who most hoped that the entire Eight Banners clan would regain their bloodiness and would rather die than surrender on the battlefield was Qianlong.

The second person is Li Yu.

The world is so magical.

No one could have imagined that the one who supported and agreed with him the most was the enemy chief.

……

"Your Majesty, I will lead the troops."

"Go."

Miao Youlin jumped on his horse and rushed straight to the battlefield.

He felt,
The battle to defend the city has reached a critical point.

Both sides were gritting their teeth and holding on. Whoever gave up would lose first.

Arriving at the artillery position,

Miao Youlin pointed at the artillery captain:

"Half of the artillery will bombard where it is, and the other half will move forward to provide cover alternately."

"Yes."

Under the command of the officers,
The 6-pounder was propelled by manpower, while the 12-pounder was pulled by pack horses.

"The 5th Infantry Regiment moves forward 1 mile and splits into the left and right wings to cover our army's siege~"

"Yes."

The captain commander of the 5th Regiment quickly conveyed the order to each battalion and company.

Most of the soldiers in the regiment are new recruits.

Miao Youlin wanted them to see a real battlefield.

After approaching within a mile of the city wall, the new recruits suppressed the Qing troops on the city wall from the side with smoothbore muskets, while also intimidating the 1st Expeditionary Army.

……

1st Expeditionary Force,
It was sandwiched between the Qing-Wu War.

At this moment, we are suffering the most horrific casualties~
The new recruits who were rushing to the front carrying ladders on their shoulders were knocked down in groups by the Qing army's guns and artillery. It was a horrific sight.

Ladder,

Drop it to the ground and pick it up again.

There were constant deserters among the new recruits whose wills collapsed, and they were then stabbed to death on the spot by the old soldiers who had turned their backs on their relatives.

The veterans were covered in plate armor, their spears were held flat, and their formation was tight, like a bulldozer.

Whenever they met new recruits on the road, they would stab them without asking why.

This cruelty not only shocked their own people, but also the Qing army.

on the city wall,
Governor-General Yilhang felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and Governor Zhao Shisheng was shaking like a nervous person.

Everyone has the same feeling in their hearts.
Familiar, too familiar.

The Qing army described by our ancestors are back again?
……

"Governor, please transfer the Green Camp from Guangzhou to take over."

"Okay, let your Fu Biao come up and carry it for a while."

Zhao Shisheng stumbled down the city wall and found the generals who were on standby.

"Today is the day to serve the court. Each of the brothers in Fubiao will be rewarded with 10 taels. Go ahead."

"Whoo."

The Guangzhou warehouse was completely emptied and piled up into a mountain of silver.

Before climbing the city wall,
The 3000 soldiers of the Fu Biao who passed by took one ingot of official silver each, and no one scolded them if they took two ingots.

At this moment, I really can't care about the details.

Fu Biao joined the Flesh Furnace with his weapons.

at this time,

The Wu army's artillery fire was slightly weak, but the musket fire was a real headache.

The point where the bullet will land is unpredictable and cannot be predicted.

50 feet inside the city,
A roof crackled as if it was suddenly covered with hail, and the tiles were instantly pierced by falling bullets.

The lightly wounded soldiers of the Eight Banners who were placed here were more seriously injured.

……

Fu Biao is the most elite member of the Green Camp in Guangzhou.

They took over part of the city's defenses.

They fired alternately at the city with muskets, and the rhythm was well controlled.

Anyone who has seen it will have to admit that the officers of Fu Biao put a lot of effort into their daily training.

Around the Spring Festival, Governor Zhao Shisheng

8% of the internal military officers were reorganized, all the people with connections were laid off, and replaced with honest people who were not well-received in normal times, and they were given official positions and salary increases.

Another 2 kilograms of gunpowder and lead were allocated to Fu Biao to support training.

Such personnel adjustments,
The Guangzhou officials and gentry behind the scenes were grateful, and the honest people were also thankful.

The magic of the world is laughable.

...The Wu army’s first batch of ladders were erected on the Guangzhou city wall.

"Charge, charge forward, the first one to reach the top will be rewarded. Kill people, rob money, rob women."

Zhang Laosan, the officer of the 1st Expeditionary Army Camp, roared, urging the new recruits to climb the ladders without hesitation.

The recruits who were forced into a corner let out chilling and desperate roars.

Holding sword and shield, he climbed hard.

Ants attack the city
It is a cruel tactic in siege warfare.

Rocks and logs rained down on us.

The Eight Banners soldiers held up their knives and threatened the civilians:
"Smash it, smash it quickly."

Any civilian who hesitated for the moment was hacked to death by the Eight Banners soldiers supervising the battle.

then,

He ordered the civilians nearby to throw the body down as if it were a rock.

……

The laborers, gradually suffering from mental collapse, threw down everything within their reach.

Old man Suna saw it with his own eyes.

A civilian with tears on his face picked up a large rifle leaning against the parapet and smashed it down like a rolling log.

He walked over silently and swung his knife.

The civilian fell to the ground and twitched, blood spurting out, sometimes far away, sometimes near.

The body was immediately thrown over the city wall.

Just this act of killing made the old man's eyes dizzy and he sighed that time is unforgiving.

After a while,
All the conscripted civilians were killed or wounded, some killed by the guns and artillery of the Wu army, and some killed by the swords and spears of the Eight Banners soldiers who supervised the battle.

If the Qing army showed their head, their lives would be in danger.

The oil in the iron pot was boiling, but no one cared.

……

Suna held up a knife to threaten the two civilians:
"Lift it up, and put it down."

The two laborers tremblingly lifted the iron pot with a wooden lever and walked to the parapet.

suddenly,

A cannonball hit the city gate tower.

The falling brick fell into the boiling oil and splashed on the arm of one of the laborers.

Scream
The iron pot fell to the ground
The injured civilian was twitching wildly in the boiling oil, and the scalding oil drops that were thrown out made the surrounding flagmen avoid them.

Suna grabbed the spear.

A stab into the heart ended the chaos.

……

Yuexiu Mountain,

The Wu army's gunners finally completed the work of widening the firing holes and pushed out the mountain-splitting cannons originally left behind by the Qing army.

Start non-stop bombardment~
Although the three mountain-splitting cannons did not play a decisive role.

but,

If you look down from a high place, the walls and houses will collapse.

The gunners soaked their clothes and covered the gun barrel with them to cool it down, overdrawing the life of the gun.

Anyway,

Wu Jun looked down upon the captured Qing army artillery.

It has always been melted on site and the waste is recycled into various tools.

……

A lieutenant rushed to the side of Guangzhou General Fu Min,
He clasped his hands and shouted:

"We don't have enough manpower. Send another 5000 Green Camp soldiers up."

"Alright, you must quickly dispatch the city guards to the city and tell them not to bring weapons."

"Whoo."

The city defense camp was frightened by the notoriety of the Eight Banners and the accumulated power of the imperial court, so they obediently threw down their swords and followed them up the city wall.

From the moment you enter the city wall,

They then regretted it.

This place is no longer like the human world, and the Asura Hell is no more than this.

There were cannonballs flying overhead, bullets falling from the sky, and blood flowing on the ground.

……

The moment the black, sticky flaming oil was poured and sprayed, the pupils of the people climbing the ladder shrank sharply.

quickly,

The Qing army threw down torches and a fire broke out immediately.

At least six ladders were engulfed in flames, and the soldiers climbing up immediately fell into the fire.

at the same time,

The artillery of the advancing Wu army also gradually took position.

Crenel,

They were blown to pieces one by one.

The protruding horse-faced vehicles were in even worse condition, being bombarded by concentrated fire from solid bullets and collapsing into ruins.

The most serious damage was to the city gate tower, which was hit by two 2-pound shells in succession and collapsed completely, burying more than a dozen flagmen under the bricks and stones.

Wu Jun's artillery was accurate.

Three factors are indispensable:

Best proportion of black powder, gun sights, and firing tables.

……

If it weren't for the fact that all the flag soldiers in the city had no hope of survival and were determined to die~
They would have abandoned the city or surrendered long ago!

The Wu army is too brutal.

Miao Youlin held the hilt of the knife with his hand, watching the whole fight like a clay sculpture.

He suddenly realized,
If we press too hard, it will be like making honeycomb coal, pressing the opponent's coal powder slag into a whole.

Otherwise, how could these useless guys who are good at singing and raising birds withstand such a fierce attack from me?
but,

at this point.

The only way is to be more ruthless!

Continue applying pressure until the container is crushed.

……

"Order all ladders to be deployed. In addition to the staff, military doctors, craftsmen, cavalry, scouts, artillery, baggage, all other infantry should be deployed. Guangzhou must be captured today."

"As ordered."

Miao Youlin also got angry and asked people to raise a big banner to boost morale~
The recruits of the 1st Expeditionary Army turned their anger and fear into motivation and climbed the ladders at a rapid speed.

There were always brave warriors climbing up the city wall, but they were killed by the defenders and thrown off the wall.

Zhang Laosan saw it clearly.
A fierce captured recruit was stabbed by two spears as soon as he stood on the battlement.

The whole person fell on his back into the moat with two spears, splashing water.

The only intact ladder truck finally reached the city wall, and the wooden planks of the drawbridge were lowered and placed on the city wall.

Zhang Laosan's eyes turned red and he yelled:
"Go, get on the ladder truck."

The veterans lowered their heads and ran towards the ladder truck in small steps.

Climb up the wooden steps step by step until you reach the top.

……

boom,
A shell hit the top of the ladder truck and just passed by.

The violent vibration caused two people to slip and fall.

Fortunately,

The ladder truck did not fall apart.

The Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall sighed with regret. The wooden drawbridge of the ladder truck was nailed firmly into the bricks of the city wall and could not be pushed open.

Flag officer Enlu picked up an axe, stood on the parapet and smashed it hard.

Once, twice.

Sawdust flew.

Enlu raised his axe high again to gather strength~
Suddenly, blood flowers bloomed in front of Yue Xiong, and the whole person fell to the ground below the city without a sound.

Old man Suna clenched his fists
My knuckles turned white from being pinched and I felt extremely painful.

Enlu’s grandfather was his childhood playmate and they grew up on the same street.

Shouquan's grandmother was his childhood sweetheart.

Because of the parents' obstruction, they were not able to be together in the end.
party,
Except that I have been buried for a long time.

……

Suna listened to the roars outside the city, which were getting louder and louder, and silently fastened his helmet, preparing for the most brutal hand-to-hand combat.

in front of you,

An ugly face appeared.

A thin man with a bald forehead and short hair hanging behind his ears stepped onto the parapet, holding a sword and shield.

He stared at Suna with obvious surprise.

Something this old?

He must be a high-ranking official, maybe even a governor.

……

"Old Tartar, give me your life!"

"Han Gou, come here."

The two men raised their swords and shields and collided fiercely.

Suna is old after all, has many skills but lacks physical strength.

This surrendered soldier's martial arts skills were mediocre, but he was extremely strong.

Both sides raised their swords and slashed at each other, sparks flying everywhere.

Suna saw stars, lost his balance, fell backwards, and then rolled to the side.

A blade chopped on the floor tiles~
Didn’t cut it!

The surrendered soldiers' faces were full of surprise.
An old man with good armor and good martial arts skills. I was more certain that I had encountered a big fish~
at this time,

One after another, friendly troops climbed up the city wall using ladders.

He was worried that his allies would steal his credit, so he threw away his round shield and scooped up a spoonful of boiling oil from the boiling iron pot next to him.
This is a big killer.

Drink loudly:

"Kneel down and surrender, old man!"

……

(End of this chapter)