evil slave

After returning to Dujigensk, Zhao Qiang did not immediately deploy a siege battle, because he hadn't thought of a way to deal with the defenders' artillery. 【】uu There were about 700 civilian husbands and people of various ethnic groups who were sent from Ergun and Udisike, but now there are only more than 100 old and weak women and children, and the rest are all dead.Now even if Zhao Qiang wants to continue to use human life to fill the guns of the Russian army, he has no "cannon fodder" to drive.Before he could solve the problem of the huge loss of troops caused by the storm, Zhao Qiang could only look at Dujgenske and "sigh at the city", not daring to make a decision to attack lightly.

After the Second Infantry Regiment cleared the battlefield and left a brigade to guard the northwest, Qi Zhuang, the captain of the regiment, led the other two brigades to retreat to Dujgensk with the prisoners.The results of the battle have been counted. The Guanning Army itself suffered 360 infantry casualties and 170 cavalry; One hundred and eight people, 350 Mongolians, and 760 young and strong people of various ethnic groups, only dozens of people escaped.In addition, 340 war horses, 690 firecrackers, more than a thousand swords used by the Mongols, and [-] stones of grain and grass were seized.

After the battle results were reported by Liu De, Zhao Qiang, who was worried about the siege, was rarely happy, but his good mood disappeared soon, because he found that in this battle report, there was no mention of civilian husbands and people of all ethnic groups. Casualties.After glancing at Liu De, Zhao Qiang sat down in a daze, and didn't ask Liu De why he didn't list all the dead and injured.

"Marshal, Sergeant Report!"

Seeing that the commander in chief was in a bad mood, Liu De vaguely guessed that it might have something to do with those peasant husbands and people of various ethnic groups. After thinking about it, he wanted to tell the commander in chief another happy event, so that the commander in chief would be happy, and was about to speak. But he heard a report from the guard outside the tent.

After the guards entered the tent, there was one person behind them, who was Guo Pu, the director of the military logistics department in charge of the army's food delivery. It has been raining heavily for two consecutive days, the roads are very muddy, and the weather is getting colder and colder, so the transportation is very inconvenient, so the grain and grass that should have been delivered in three days may have to be delayed for a while."

"asshole!"

Hearing this, Zhao Qiang was furious, stood up at once, and walked back and forth in the tent with anxious and worried face.I'm really afraid of what will come, the army is out, if the food and grass are cut off, Zhao Qiang knows exactly what the consequences will be.

"Master..."

Guo Pu was startled when he saw the commander-in-chief getting angry, and his heart "thumped". He was the chief officer in charge of the transportation of the army's grain and grass.The more Guo Pu thought about it, the more frightened he became, he knelt down abruptly, kept kowtowing his head, and said repeatedly: "Forgive me, Commander, forgive me, Commander..."

"Get up, this commander is not scolding you, nor is he scolding your officer Guo Cao."

Zhao Qiang calmed down, the heavy rain was something no one could have imagined, and it would be helpful to criticize Guo Fei, Guo Pu and others.Signaled Guo Pu to get up: "You go down first, I want to be quiet for a while."

"Yes, sir."

Seeing that the commander did not blame himself, Guo Pu heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated.After he left, Zhao Qiang glanced at Liu De: "How long can the current army food last?"

Without even thinking about it, Liu De blurted out: "Four days." After a short pause, he added: "If we reduce the rations of the soldiers from now on, we can last for three more days."

"No need."

Zhao Qiang waved his hand at Liu De, and walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back. In the distance, Dujigensk City was facing directly, and several artillery pieces at the top of the city were clearly visible.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the delivery of grain and grass cannot keep up. The army lacks the experience of fighting in the field in winter, and does not have enough clothing and fur to keep out the cold. Ke, the goal is difficult to achieve, Zhao Qiang is getting more and more anxious, and the more anxious, the more worried.

Because of Yuan Chonghuan and Ning Yuancheng, Zhao Qiang made a special search for the performance of artillery in the [-]th century.He knew that whether in Europe or China now, the artillery used by the army is front-mounted artillery, and the artillery used by the Dujigensk Russian army on the opposite side is also front-loaded artillery.It is impossible to increase the rate of fire of the front-mounted artillery, because after firing once, water must be poured into the barrel to extinguish the sparks, and a dry cloth is used to wipe it dry after sticking it into the barrel, and then fill it with gunpowder and combustion aids. Then click and release, these actions are quite slow and cumbersome, not including the correction of the gun position.However, every time it is fired, the lethality of the front-mounted artillery is extremely scary. In a straight line, it can traverse dozens of people, and when it lands and jumps into a pit, it can even smash people and horses to pieces.Although it is not as good as blooming, the psychological deterrent effect given to soldiers by front-mounted artillery is the most frightening thing in this era.

How can we win Dujgensk while minimizing our losses?The north wind was blowing outside, Zhao Qiang was so preoccupied that he walked forward unconsciously.Seeing this, Liu De hurriedly followed.

From Duji Gensk in front of him, Zhao Qiang's thoughts slowly came to mind, decades ago, Yuan Chonghuan's tactics in the battle of Ningyuan was to lure Houjin's cavalry into the range of the Hongyi cannon at the top of the city, and then fired, the effect was remarkable, old slave ha Chi was seriously injured and sick after being bombarded by Hongyi artillery in the city of Ningyuan.

When Hong Chengchou went out of the customs to fight the Songjin war with the Qing Dynasty, both the Ming and Qing Dynasties used Hongyi cannons.The Qing army dispatched 37 cannons, [-] Hongyi cannons, and [-] catties of explosives to the front of the battle for the battle of Songshan.Before the Songjin War, due to the limited quantity and poor quality of the Qing army's artillery, they often failed to attack the city, so the offensive was often regarded as a daunting way.As soon as the pine brocade fell, the Qing army attacked the fortified city again, often blowing up the city wall for nearly a hundred meters before attacking.

Blow up the city wall and attack again?In the long-term thinking, Zhao Qiang suddenly stopped, the method of the Qing army attacking the city gave him an idea, yes!Blow up the walls!

"Blow up the city wall, blow up the city wall... how?"

Zhao Qiang muttered to himself, staring at Dujigensk's city wall without moving, which surprised Liu De behind him.After half a stick of incense, Zhao Qiang's voice came from Liu De's ear: "How much gunpowder is there?"

"Eh?" Liu De was stunned, then thought about it in his mind, and replied: "Back to the commander, most of the gunpowder is handed over from Luocha, and the exact number of subordinates is not counted." After finishing the previous step, he asked curiously He said, "I don't know what the commander-in-chief asked this for?"

"What to do?" Zhao Qiang sneered and pointed at the city wall of Dujigensk: "I want to blow it up!"