Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After building the big camp, Qin Liangyu gave these tired soldiers and young men a good rest for two days.Then Qin Liangyu didn't care whether the main force of the Ming army came later. After leaving a thousand soldiers to guard the camp, Qin Liangyu began to attack Luanzhou City.

Apart from her strong competitive spirit, the main reason for Qin Liangyu's approach is that in previous battles, Qin Liangyu knew the Ming army's virtues very well, and she didn't have any doubts about having any friendly troops to cooperate in the battle. what hope.During the She'an Rebellion, Qin Liangyu fought many battles, all of which were completed while the friendly army was "on the sidelines".

Qin Liangyu is also very experienced in attacking cities. At the beginning, after she ordered the troops to line up, she saw that the Houjin army in the city did not dare to go out to fight in the field, so she sent those young and strong peasants to start around A U-shaped trench was dug at the city gate to prevent Luanzhou from suddenly opening the city gate and sending cavalry to attack the formation of the army attacking the city.

Wu Shigong looked at Qin Liangyu's actions with some doubts, because when he attacked Li Yaozi's cottage, he used artillery to attack through the gate of the cottage.But now that Qin Liangyu dug this trench, although the cavalry in the city could not get out, the soldiers outside the city could not enter either. It was tantamount to giving up the passage of entering the city through the city gate.

So Wu Shigong asked Qin Liangyu, "Why did Chief Qin seal the city gate and not try to attack from the city gate?"

After hearing Wu Shigong's question, Qin Liangyu was not impatient. In fact, she already regarded Wu Shigong as her junior in her heart, so Qin Liangyu began to teach Wu Shigong the knowledge of siege: "All cities, especially These fortified cities in the north have the strongest defenses at their gates. Therefore, if you attack the city through the gates, firstly, you may not be able to break through the well-built and well-defended gates; secondly, beat the gates to death , and the troops cannot be deployed, and wars of attrition often occur at the gate of the city, and the casualties of the soldiers are too great."

"So, under normal circumstances, the city is attacked from the city wall, and then the city gate is opened to allow the army to rush in. In comparison, the casualties of attacking the city wall are relatively small."

However, Qin Liangyu's explanation of the traditional siege method did not dispel the doubts in Wu Shigong's mind.So Wu Shigong went on to say: "Then why don't you use firecrackers and artillery to attack the city gate? If the city gate is blocked by sand and stones, there is nothing that Wang Laozi can do that day. If it is not blocked, using firecrackers and artillery will have a miraculous effect. Beizhi also attacked a cottage before, and used firecrackers and cannons to break in through the gate of the cottage, with almost no casualties."

"Oh?" Wu Shigong's words aroused Qin Liangyu's interest, "Tell me, how did you attack this cottage?"

It was not easy for Wu Shigong to have the opportunity to show off in front of Qin Liangyu, so he immediately introduced it to Qin Liangyu.Qin Liangyu listened carefully, and kept interrupting Wu Shigong to ask some questions, and Wu Shigong answered them one by one.

After Wu Shigong finished introducing all the situation, Qin Liangyu thought about it carefully, and then said to Wu Shigong: "The method you mentioned may be feasible. In this way, I will let you choose a manpower and try to attack the city gate."

Because the soldiers drawn from other thousand households had never received any training in attacking and defending cities, Wu Shigong also brought his [-] infantry and artillery with him.And Qin Liangyu also sent [-] white soldiers led by Ma Xianglin and some young and strong peasants to protect and cooperate with Wu Shigong to attack the city gate.And, in case the city gate is opened, these white soldiers will also rush into the city first.

After all the personnel were mobilized, Wu Shigong pulled Shumo up behind him, and said to him: "Shumo, this matter of attacking the city gate is under your command. Don't embarrass me, young master! "

After the expedition, Shumo has been hiding behind Wu Shigong's back, habitually playing the role of playing soy sauce.In his mind, it would be best if he didn't do anything and just go back in peace.

But now that Wu Shigong is so well-rounded suddenly, Shumo is a little at a loss.But Wu Shigong arranged for Shumo to direct, which also made sense.In the previous offensive and defensive drills, Shumo's performance was the best.This is also unanimously recognized by Wu Shigong's officers.Wu Shigong felt that he might not be as good as Shumo in this respect.

And at this time, if he wants to show off in front of Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin, why wouldn't Wu Shigong push out Shumo, who is best at attacking and defending cities under his command?Seeing Shumo staring at him in surprise, Wu Shigong gave Shumo the back of his head and scolded, "What's wrong with you? Hurry up!"

Shumo seemed to wake up all of a sudden, he quickly said "oh", and ran over to give instructions with a sad face.

Seeing Shumo's appearance, Ma Xianglin approached Wu Shigong, and asked with a smile: "Your personal soldier seems to be a little strange? Is he really good?"

Wu Shigong also replied with a smile: "This kid was born as a school boy of mine. He is very talented in attacking and defending cities. It's just that he is too afraid of death. It's okay not to force him."

"Oh!" Ma Xianglin looked understanding, "No wonder, like a master, there must be a servant!" After speaking, Ma Xianglin let out a strange laugh.

Wu Shigong immediately pretended to be angry and wanted to beat Ma Xianglin, Ma Xianglin also made a move to dodge and resist, and the soldiers around him also laughed and watched the two men's fight.And those soldiers who were about to attack the city gate were not so nervous when they saw that their commander was so relaxed.

Although on weekdays, Shumo's work is a bit muddled, and he is perfunctory in training, and because of his relationship with Wu Shigong and Xiuzhu, his style of work on weekdays is a bit pretentious, so in the eyes of other officers At most, Shumo is a character who is unwilling to offend him, and Shumo has no prestige in their hearts at all.

However, these officers are still convinced of Shumo's ability in attacking and defending the city.Therefore, seeing that it was Shumo who came to command, these officers did not have any resistance.

And Shumo was taking command for the first time. Although the weather was still relatively cold, his forehead was covered with sweat, and even the voice of the commander was a little trembling.Fortunately, he was not so nervous that he was incoherent and issued orders indiscriminately.

First, under Shumo's command, Wu Shigong's soldiers pushed out a row of carts.Behind the rolling cart are the gunners and the axemen who protect the gunners.In addition, there are also two teams of cavalry accompanying the carts on both sides to prevent the Jin army from rushing out of the city.

Seeing this situation, Gushan Ezhen Namutai, Turge, and Tang Gudai, who were observing the actions of the Ming army on the tower, discussed the situation.

Turge said: "Looking at the Ming army under the city, some people are not kind! How about we let the cavalry go out to charge and kill them, so as to weaken their momentum?"

Namutai, the most senior of the three, stared at the city wall for a while, shook his head and said: "The Ming army below is well-prepared. If there are fewer people going out, there will be more casualties, but there are too many people going out. I am afraid of those who surrendered." The Ming army is not stable!"

Thinking that there are more than 1000 Ming troops who surrendered in the city, soldiers with blue flags are needed to suppress them and prevent them from rebelling against the city again.The other two nodded in agreement with Namutay's decision.

Seeing that the Luche was approaching, Hou Jinjun on the city wall tentatively shot a few arrows, but they were all blocked by the front door of the Luche.Instead, after approaching the city wall, the gunner behind the cart took down a small wooden board in the middle of the door panel in front of the cart, exposing a small hole in the middle of the gate panel.

The firecracker hand put the loaded firecrackers into the small hole, aimed at the heads of the Houjin soldiers exposed on the city wall, and made a salvo towards them with an order.

The precision of the musket is actually very low, and at such a small distance, it did not kill a few soldiers of the Houjin Army.But it was the soldiers of the Hou Jin Army who were headshot, and the small stones splashed on the city wall, which shocked the soldiers of the Hou Jin Army psychologically.

Now the soldiers of the Houjin Army defending on the city wall are in an embarrassing situation - you can hit me, but I can't hit you.They were all very aggrieved.And after a few rounds of shooting like this, no soldiers of the Hou Jin Army dared to show their heads on the city wall anymore.

So at this time, some daring white soldiers specially selected by Ma Xianglin appeared on the stage.They first put the ladder on the moat in front of the city wall, and stepped on the ladder to cross the moat.

Then, a few white soldiers started to climb up the suspension bridge with big axes in their hands.The other white soldiers were also under the suspension bridge, holding shields, watching the actions of the Jin army behind the city wall with vigilance.

The white soldiers with big axes climbed to the side of the iron chains hanging from the suspension bridge, and chopped the two iron chains with all their strength.At this time, there were a few Hou Jin soldiers on the city wall, and they immediately stretched out their bodies and shot arrows at the white soldiers who were chopping the iron chains.All of a sudden, several white soldiers were nailed to the suspension bridge.

However, the actions of these Houjin troops also caused a burst of firecrackers, and these brave Houjin troops were basically beaten to the wall.

Then, a few more white soldiers came out from under the suspension bridge. They picked up the big ax that fell on the ground, and then climbed over to the iron chain on the suspension bridge...

Just half an hour later, amidst the cheers of Qin Liangyu's army, the suspension bridge with two chains cut off crashed down, exposing the gate of Luanzhou City.

At this time, Liang Hui, who was already ready to launch the artillery, waited until the front of the cart revealed the gap in the middle, and immediately issued an order.The Franc cannon on the far side of the artillery team first fired a shell at the gate of the city gate.

Wu Shigong explained to Ma Xianglin beside him: "The function of this shell is to test whether the city gate is blocked."

After hearing Wu Shigong's explanation, Ma Xianglin nodded.Seeing that Shumo commanded very well, Ma Xianglin said: "This kid does have a few brushes. You are not bad, you have played the kind of firecracker that can only be used to strengthen courage. The power of this firecracker is also very strong. It’s so big. In this way, after the war, you will give me hundreds of such firecrackers.”