Daming Military Empire

Chapter 335 Blood-Stained Dragon Banner
After Lu Xiangsheng led a 20-strong army to set off with the Beiyang Navy and the Beihai Fleet, news was sent back from the sea to Fangcheng Xingang every day, and then sent to Siming Mansion by telegram. At first, Zhu Cijiong received all good news:

On the first day, Lu Xiangsheng unexpectedly landed on a prominent peninsula below Haiphong City without losing a single soldier;
The defenders of Haiphong City fled the next day, and the Ming army occupied Haiphong City without losing a single soldier;
On the fifth day, the defenders of Haiyang City fled, and the Ming army occupied Haiyang City without losing a single soldier;
On the eighth day, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to Shenglong City, wrote a letter of persuasion, and shot them into Shenglong City.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong thought that Annan should be able to take it easily. Even if the Zheng family in the city did not surrender immediately, as long as the Tianxiong Army and Guanning Army bombarded them for a day or two, they should surrender. , but certainly not many, otherwise it would be impossible to abandon two cities in a row.

As a result, on the ninth day, news came from the front line of Shenglong City that the Annan Army in the city had hundreds of Dutch cannons with a range similar to that of the Ming Army's [-]-style howitzer. Lu Xiangsheng organized artillery to confront the defenders in the city. The artillery has suffered thousands of casualties!
Upon receiving the news, Zhu Cijiong's heart skipped a beat. This time, he might be in serious trouble.

Sure enough, on the tenth day, news came from the front line of Shenglong City that the Annan Army in the city was fighting stubbornly, and more than half of the artillerymen of the Tianxiong Army had been killed or injured.

If things go on like this, Lu Xiangsheng has a total of 20 infantry, [-] a day, and they will be gone in [-] days. In the end, he must not be forced to use cavalry to attack the city. No, he must go to support immediately.

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and simply led the First Army Corps of the Imperial Guards to Xingang, Fangcheng by train, and ordered the Second Army Corps of the Frontier Guards to catch up. As for the Dingliao Army and Wuwei Army, they stayed in Siming Mansion with 70 soldiers Ten thousand captives began to build the railway leading to Thang Long City. Anyway, Annan Army was almost surrounded in Thang Long City, and there would be no danger in building roads at this time.

No. On the 11th day, Zhu Cijiong had led the First Corps of the Imperial Guards to Fangcheng Xingang, and the Beiyang Navy had also rushed back to meet him. Just as he was leading the army to board the ship, news came from the front that the Tianxiong Army had [-] troops. The artillery casualties were exhausted, but the artillery in the city was finally cleared.

Hearing the news, Zhu Cijiong let out a sigh of relief. It was finally over. Next, he only needed to mobilize all the artillery to flatten the arrow stacks on the city wall, and then he could easily attack the city wall with the support of the barrage. This Dragon City does not need him It can also be won by going to support.

However, it is naturally impossible for him to run back when everyone is here, so he simply let the first regiment of the Imperial Guard continue to board the ship and rush to Shenglong City as originally planned.

As a result, on the 12th day, when Zhu Cijiong arrived at Haiphong City, another bad news came. The Annan Army in the city actually had thousands of muskets. Fill in the surface!
When Zhu Cijiong heard the news, his nose was almost crooked. This Dutchman is so insidious that he dug such a big hole for him. Sooner or later, he will have to settle the debt with them!

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes were even more angry. The small city of Shenglong actually caused him to lose so many troops. The most important thing is that he has not yet started to attack the city. I heard that the emperor is coming soon. Could it be that time? Let the emperor personally command to attack the city?He can't afford to lose this man!

Therefore, he transferred [-] infantry from the Guanning Army overnight, and early the next morning, he gathered all the siege equipment, laid out his formation, and prepared to attack the city.

In other words, how did the cavalry make siege equipment so quickly? It seems that they only made it for three or four days.

According to the previous progress, it is true that it cannot be built so fast, but now it is different. Daming has a strong military industry system, and the siege equipment will naturally not lag behind. Many things are ready-made.

For example, the wheels of well rails and siege vehicles used to be made of large logs on site, but now they are all cast steel wheels, which are covered with rubber and embedded with bearings. They are durable and can be installed on the well rails and siege vehicles.

What's more, well rails and siege vehicles don't need to nail several rows of densely packed wooden squares like before. Now they are all made of steel plates. As long as the frame is built, the iron plates can be nailed upwards. The force is also super strong, not to mention that it can prevent shells, but ordinary flintlock bullets can still be blocked.

Now, Lu Xiangsheng was standing under the railing of a well, ready to climb up and lead the charge himself.

However, this time he was stopped, and almost all the senior generals of the Tianxiong Army surrounded him, saying in a hurry: "Master Lu, you can't go, Master Lu, they have guns, Master Lu is too dangerous . . "

Lu Xiangsheng patted the armor on his body and shouted: "Shut up, I'm not wearing armor. Ordinary bullets can't penetrate at all. If you are afraid, get out of the way!"

He couldn't penetrate a body with armor, but his arms, legs, and even his face didn't have armor, so bullets could still penetrate him, so a group of senior generals still surrounded him to prevent him from going.

Lu Xiangsheng yelled angrily: "Don't get out of the way again, military law is in charge!"

The generals didn't dare to stop them anymore, but one general said unwillingly: "My lord, why don't you let me lead the army to charge for a few rounds to try, if it's too bad, you can go again."

Lu Xiangsheng pushed the general away, and said without turning his head: "Try what, the so-called vigorous effort, then decline, three exhaustion, when you rush for several rounds and all morale is gone, what a fart!"

The generals were speechless, and could only watch helplessly as Lu Xiangsheng climbed up the well, and then, with a wave of his big hand, shouted: "Come on." He led the army straight to the city wall.

The city wall is now gloomy and gloomy. The wreckage of more than 100 artillery pieces is piled up in the east and west. She huddled tightly behind the parapet, her eyes full of fear.

The artillery fire of the Ming army was so fierce that they couldn't take it anymore, but they had no choice but to retreat. The passages leading to the southern and northern city walls were blocked by the Zheng family's supervisory team. The head of the Zheng family Zheng Bing even personally led the supervising team to stand under the eastern city wall. He threatened that anyone who dared to retreat would be chopped down, and their family members would be arrested and all beheaded!
Under such circumstances, who would dare to retreat? Fortunately, the Ming army seems to have used up all the shotguns. Now they are all using solid bullets. As long as they shrink carefully behind the female wall, they will not be hit. They will always go up. For the city wall, the artillery will no longer be able to bombard it. As for who will win in the end, it is really hard to say.

Because the infantry of the Ming army under the city is only about one hundred thousand, which is about the same number as them. Although it is said that the army has bombed wildly in the past few days, and more than [-] people were killed or injured on the east wall of the bombardment, but they are the defenders of the city. It is the attacking side, the difference in numbers is not considered a disadvantage, if it is not for the Ming army's too many artillery, they are really not afraid!
Of course, regardless of whether they were afraid of the Ming army, they had already rushed forward, and a bloody battle was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)