Win the Ding 1617

The county seat of Shanghai was captured by the Qing army!

The pressure in the Shanghai business district has suddenly increased!

Shanghai's defensive posture is generally based on the county seat of Shanghai bearing the brunt, blocking the enemies from the west and north. The county seat's position in defensive operations is like a pass city in the inland city.If the attacking party wants to take down the city, it must first conquer the pass city before launching an attack on the main city.

A green flag was erected on the city head, marking the capture of the county.The appearance of our own military flag on the top of the city greatly encouraged the morale of the Qing army.Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison and swarmed towards the county seat.It doesn't matter whether you are a small river or a trench, just rush through it.

As far as the eye can see, the tens of thousands of green flag soldiers of the Qing army are densely packed, spreading from north, west, and south, like a flood.

Under the flag of Zhijinlonglong and Pingnan General, Luck Dehun reined in his horse and stood up.Although it took a day of hard work to capture Shanghai County at nightfall, based on his assessment of the combat effectiveness of both the enemy and us, the result is quite good.At least he can accept it.

"The order of the general is passed down. According to the rewards issued before the war, the first to reach the county seat will be rewarded! The first to break the city, the general officer will be promoted to one level, the general in charge will be promoted to two levels, the battalion officer will be promoted to three levels, and the soldiers will be rewarded! "

"All battalions and towns are on alert! Be prepared for nighttime sneak attacks by the Nanban! The artillery team dragged their cannons into the county town and built forts outside the city, preparing to attack the business district tomorrow."

This night, both the Ming and Qing families had a sleepless night.

Both sides are desperately building fortifications, reinforcing the fortifications, and sending a small group of scouts to check out.There are civilian husbands and luggage vehicles constantly coming and going to transport gunpowder, cannons, projectiles, arrows and other materials to the front of the line of fire.

The artillery teams on both sides are desperately repairing the artillery positions, hoarding shells and gunpowder.

This night, the positions of both sides were brightly lit, and they rushed to work overnight.Numerous bonfires and lanterns illuminated their positions like daylight, and from time to time there were short and intense bursts of gunfire, sword clashes, screams, and moans that gradually disappeared. These were the encounters between small groups of troops from both sides. A short but brutal encounter broke out.

Behind the front line, the armies of both sides are resting and eating.

"Damn, Nanban eats really well!"

Two Green Banner soldiers on duty twitched their noses greedily in the darkness, sniffing the aroma of food coming from the direction of the business district.

Accompanied by the night breeze, the smell of food and blood from the battlefield, the smell of charred corpses, and the smell of fireworks from burning wet wood came from the business district, vaguely coming from nowhere. Intermittent groans came, mixed together.It has become a unique mixed auditory and olfactory impression on the battlefield.

But what could be more appealing to two hapless hungry souls than the smell of a meal wafting from a distance?

“Smell of stew!”

"Salted fish stewed with chunks of fatty meat."

"The white rice in the big bucket is really delicious!"

People fighting on the battlefield do not have too many requirements for diet. The oil and water must be large enough to meet the consumption of fat and protein by physical strength, and then it must be salty enough to meet the requirements for salt.For the rest, it must be large enough to be eaten open.

Looking at the shadowy lights in the distance, several carts and a dozen pickers picked up large buckets and small buckets of food. The soldiers of the Hongwu Army lined up to receive their own food, and the scent wafted. The two green flags Bing felt even more unbearable hunger.He couldn't help but secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and quietly turned his head to look in the direction of the county seat.

The county town is even more noisy.

The battalions and towns are organizing dinners.

"Donkey Ball!"

"Don't fight with me!"

"Day you ancestor!"

Amidst the sound of cursing, hundreds of people frantically surrounded the Huotou army, and countless hands put the dishes and chopsticks into the food burden.

There, too, are vats of rice.Unlike the food supply of the Ming army, the food of the Qing army was much better.The Ming army marched and fought, and ate a lot of food.This kind of food is steamed with rice, then exposed to water, repeated several times, and finally some dry rice is obtained, which is somewhat similar to the compressed biscuits of later generations.

Although a small ball of glutinous rice can turn into a big pot after being soaked in hot water, but of course there is no taste, and it needs to be served with salt, vinegar and other things.It belongs to the ability to fill the stomach, but the nutrition is very sorry.

The Qing army fed the soldiers steaming hot rice.Although it is impossible for Liu Zanji to supply the best japonica rice for military rations, most of what they get out is aged brown rice, or even broken rice.However, after all, it is also a new meal, which is much better than those feasts.

"No arguing! No snatching! One piece of pickles per person! Whoever dares to grab randomly, I don't know him with his big stick!" The old pickles were used to accompany the meal. They were randomly cut into pieces of different sizes, and each soldier had a piece. Come to dinner.This is much better than serving it with salt.

Even if it is salty salt, not every Ming army can eat it in his mouth.The monthly salt of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty is two catties for those who have a family.There is no one catty, but it is a common practice among various ministries of the Ming army to deduct half, or more than half, of the monthly salt of the sergeants on the peak.Since a large amount of southern salt appeared on the market, the salt farms along the coast have gradually closed down and no longer sell salt to the mainland. Eat fine salt worth tens of pennies a catty.Therefore, it is also a kind of enjoyment to have some salt when eating rice.

Compared with the days in the Ming army, the quality of life now is naturally much higher.

In addition to rice and pickles, there are other things for these Qing soldiers.

Several Qing soldiers crowded together in front of a half-burned house, and took out a bag wrapped in lotus leaves and oiled paper with three layers inside and three layers outside from their pockets, "This is the bag I was on the road with." The wind chicken I bought is just right for dinner."

"I have this too! I dug it out from a Nanban corpse, a porcelain jar of meat! Damn, I'm slow, otherwise I could have chopped off his head and stripped his clothes to claim the reward! Now I have snatched a meat pot." Porcelain jar!"

"Okay! You can just snicker and go! At any rate, you still have your life to eat other people's meat porcelain pots. Didn't the one who chopped off his head be picked up into the air by a few firecrackers in a blink of an eye?!"

A few Green Banner soldiers were about to enjoy the chicken and meat porcelain pots, when there was another commotion not far away.

"The general is enjoying the wine!"

"The general rewarded you!"

More than a dozen Eight Banners officers and dozens of Eight Banners soldiers escorted hundreds of civilian husbands to come with heavy burdens, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and one can tell that the burden is very heavy.

The half-person-high jar exudes the smell of alcohol, and the small box nailed of white wood attracts people's attention even more.

"The general said that you played well during the day, and you worked very hard. He rewarded you with a bowl of wine, which can warm your body! Let's continue fighting with the barbarians tomorrow! Everyone has silver dollars! The general said, every day People," the leading Eight Banners officer was about to say, but was gently pulled by the Green Banner general next to him, his face was full of "you know" smiles, and the Eight Banners officer stopped talking immediately.

"The general said! This Shanghai county is just a piece of cake, and the real fat is right in front of you! Tomorrow, everyone is good to contribute to the general, take down the business district, and there will be plenty of money!"

"Line up to receive the general's reward! Officers and soldiers are separated!" shouted by the generals and officers of each battalion and town, with their fists and toes, people quickly lined up in two crooked ways.

"Soldiers, spearmen, two yuan each! Sword and shield soldiers, three yuan each! Servants, five yuan!"

Someone shouted the price in front of the queue, and the soldiers were quite happy. Even the most worthless cannon fodder pikemen had two silver dollars in their hands.As everyone knows, this is another trick.The rewards issued by Luck Dehun, whether it is a spear soldier or a sword and shield soldier, are all three silver dollars per person, and when they are in the hands of the soldiers, they have quietly changed.

This trick is also an important part of the essence of Chinese traditional culture.

The National Revolutionary Army was at the critical moment of the Huaihai War, which was a matter of life and death. The former President Jiang Gong transported the silver dollars that Comrade Jianfeng forcibly exchanged in Shanghai to Xuzhou according to the standard of three silver dollars per person. The hands of the adults here are sent to the hands of soldiers and low-level officers, and it becomes two yuan per person.This is not counting the blank part.

As for the food of the Ming army just now, it is also strictly implemented as a traditional essence in the army on the other side of the strait.The army on the other side is famous for having green and healthy food standard in the cafeteria.Three meals are low-fat, low-salt, green and healthy. Even if the "president" comes, he can't break this rule and affect the physical and mental health of officers and soldiers.Of course, those low-level officers and soldiers who can't appreciate the good intentions of the chiefs always pursue their appetites, which naturally gave birth to the welfare agency in the camp area. Business is good, and there are always fast food trucks commonly called "little bees" outside the camp area. Troops with camp training sell sausages and pork finger pies.

Think about it, eating such low-fat, low-salt and strictly limited green and healthy food every day, coupled with the meticulous care of the officers every day, asking you to drink 300cc of water when you wake up early, how can you not adjust the personalities of the soldiers on the opposite side? He is so fresh and juicy as bean sprouts just out of water.

Sure enough, the essence of traditional Chinese culture is in Taiwan!Drinking soldiers' blood, beating and scolding soldiers, depriving soldiers of food, and finally causing the soldiers to force the little sisters of the neighbors to do anything physically exhausted, thus preventing such serious violations of military discipline as rape women!Sure enough, it is far-sighted, and everything is under control!

People use all kinds of tools they can find, such as bowls, teacups, teapots, saucers, and plates, to hold wine, and then carefully move aside, taste it mouthful, or pour it into their mouths, letting the mouth and tongue taste buds to experience the pleasure brought by alcohol.

"It would be nice to have wine every day!" The soldiers of the Qing army tasted the taste of wine in their mouths, full of unsatisfactory anticipation.

"The business district has been laid down, not only is there wine to drink, but also meat to eat! There is money! Don't be afraid of meat fat, don't be afraid of money getting in your hands, tomorrow you will work hard to beat the southern barbarians!" Silver to boost morale.

"That's right! In the business district opposite, there are mountains of silver and rivers of shochu! Silk, satin, leather goods, watery girls like flowers are plentiful! It depends on whether you have the courage to go in and enjoy them!"

Noisy and shouting, the loud noise made the two Qing soldiers at the outpost even more hungry.

"Hey! Look!" A sharp-eyed Qing soldier pointed to a dark shadow not far away, and two cooking soldiers from the Hongwu Army each picked up a pair of picks and dumped the contents of the bucket on the ground.That position, they had seen during the day, was a small pit.

"I've heard people say that this group of Nanman eats very well! Even the leftovers are rich! Back then in the capital, in order to rob them of their slop leftovers, even the elders of the Beijing camp took action."

"Let's go!" Not much nonsense, in front of the temptation of food, two Qing soldiers crawled over one after the other.

In the dark shadows, there were several muffled sounds, and a cry that was too late to utter.Two Qing soldiers were knocked to the ground and tied up like zongzi.

"Hmph! Think I didn't find you? Tell you, don't think that you are the only ones who have secret whistles! I have far more secret whistles than you!"

The disappearance of the two secret sentries will naturally not have any major impact on the Qing army with 10,000+ troops.At most, it changed the fate of these two Qing soldiers.

After dawn, horns sounded one after another in the camp of the Qing army, and teams of battalions and horses marched out of the camp, gradually forming an array, ready to launch an attack on the business district.

"Today, my general doesn't want you to conquer it in one battle. As long as you can attack and occupy a piece of territory, this general will reward you!"

In his own formation, General Pingnan Le Kede conveyed his order to the generals of the Green Banner Army towns with a dark face.

"If any town is greedy for life and afraid of death, shrinks back, fights against the wind, works like soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, does not work hard, and follows others' buttocks to find bargains, then just try this general's military methods!"

"I would like to obey the general's military order!" All the generals, deputy generals, and generals stepped in and saluted in awe-inspiring manner.

Amidst the sound of the horn, the flag waved.The Qing army lined up densely in front of the county seat, gathered the whole team, and after working for half an hour, they came from the north, west and south to encircle in darkness.The artillery team lined up in front of the formation as before. Although they were all easily maneuverable artillery such as eight-pound guns and Dafolang machines, they could be clearly seen in the binoculars of the Hongwu Army. Baskets were piled up, and the muzzles of the 24-pounder and [-]-pounder guns pointed blackly at the commercial area.

The artillery emplacements lined up were busy for a while, and the auxiliary soldiers and militiamen like worker ants dug the soil with shovels, filled the soil bags, built the artillery emplacements, and carried gunpowder and shells.

Finally, there was a loud noise from the top of the city, and a 24-pound shell roared in, hitting the open space of the business district heavily, and a large iron ball weighing more than [-] kilograms hit the hard ground of the street. Bounced hard, rushed straight, and punched a big gap in a section of the wall.

With the sound of the cannon, the battle in the business district kicked off.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of shells whizzed over, constantly hitting the Hongwu army's position, low walls, trenches, and horses, and dense iron balls jumped and rolled on the street ground in the business district. middle.Several shells landed in the camp of the health battalion, hitting several vehicles, and the hoods caught fire.

With a loud "boom", a six-pound gun erected on the gun emplacement in the trench was hit by an eighteen-pound gun shell, knocking down the gun instantly, and the iron ball accompanied the gun mount. The wheels flew around, and the surrounding gunners were smashed to pieces.

"Damn! When is it the turn of the short-tailed Qing dogs to play with cannons in front of the old men?! Where are our cannons!" The officers and soldiers of the Hongwu Army were in the trenches, their heads and faces were covered with dust in the cave, and they shouted loudly. Yelling and cursing.

The artillery shells on the two artillery positions of the Qing army came in three consecutive waves, and gradually stopped. Obviously, the barrels of the guns were hot, and they needed to stop for a while to dissipate heat.Only those Dafo Langji were still firing yin and yang, cheering for the Qing army that was about to attack.

Finally, the horn sounded on the Qing army's position, and the Qing army rushed forward shouting like a tide.

For a time, looking around from the position that was more than ten miles long, there were undulating waves of human heads and a sea of ​​flags and spears, like the rising tide of the sea pushing colorful garbage from the bottom of the sea to the business district.

"Stay here! The observers of the artillery team and the artillery boats have sent semaphore signals. The Qing army has entered the range of artillery fire. Please tell me whether to fire!"

Pan Linsheng, the general manager of Hongwu Army's Shanghai Camp Office, asked Li Huabao for instructions.

"Wait a minute, tell the four gunboats on the river to wait for the Qing army to move forward for a while. After the forward enters the best range, fire first! Drive the Qing army on the two wings to the middle! Let the brothers in the front pay attention, Cannons, firecrackers, grenades, and thorns were all prepared by the general! After the Qing army rushed into the range of the three-pound cannon, each artillery team opened fire in stages! Cannons over twelve pounds suppressed the rear of the Qing army and acted as a barrier. Continuously shooting, the eight-pound artillery bombarded the middle of the Qing army, and made blocking shots, and the rest of the small artillery, together with the infantry firecrackers, used cannonballs and projectiles, and I will give these short-tailed Qing dogs a good call!"

Short-tailed Qinggou, this is the nickname given to the Green Banner soldiers by the Shanghai Garrison.It means that they shaved their hair and left their braids for a short time, and their days as dogs of the Eight Banners were not long.

On the river, the four gunboats deployed on the two wings of the business district opened their double-layered gun-deck gun windows. The upper and lower layers of gun windows, plus the cannons on the deck, there are as many as forty guns in one ship!This inland river gunboat is specially used to protect several business districts in Shanghai and Hangzhou.Originally, a few ships were prepared for Tianjin, but it was a pity that the situation in the north deteriorated too quickly, so this plan was cancelled, which made Shanghai cheaper.

Looking at the signal flag waving in the hands of the signal soldiers, the commanders of the four gunboats all showed a smile, the kind of smile that can be used for a happy fight.

"Load each gun position! Ready to fire!"

"Pharmaceutical pack filled!"

"Bomb loading!"

"The whole ship fires!!"