Every actual combat is a good opportunity to accumulate experience and improve skills. Although the engineering corps has been established and trained, it still lacks actual combat experience.
After waiting for a long time, the engineering team finally completed the survey and ran back to report the situation to Zhu Yongxing.
"Your Majesty, the soil quality is suitable, and there is no accumulation of water above five feet, so we can use the hole attack and blasting technique." Wang Xie, the engineer captain, wiped his sweat, and the soil and mud immediately turned into a painted face, but he could not hide the excitement and excitement in his heart.
Jumping for joy.
"Is a double-layer tunnel feasible? How long will it take?" Zhu Yongxing felt that since it would increase practical experience, it would be better to build a larger one.
Wang Xie thought for a while and said: "I think it's feasible for me, I can do it in two or three days at most."
Zhu Yongxing smiled and nodded, and said: "Then let's go ahead and get going. Let the auxiliary soldiers dig trenches and approach the city first. This will also reduce your workload, speed up the attack on the caves, and strive to break the city in three days."
The city was broken in three days, and it was not a crazy attack. This was definitely an astonishing speed. Not only Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan found it unbelievable, but it was also something that the Qing troops in the city never expected.
As night falls, the moon moves in the dark blue sky, spreading its wings of light around Yongchang City.
Suddenly, the sound of golden drums in the west of Yongchang City broke the silence of the night and made the nerves of the Qing troops guarding the city suddenly tense.
Yang Shen was dressed neatly and climbed the city to defend against the enemy. However, the expected battle did not happen. In the moonlight, he could only see figures shaking outside the city, and the sound of digging could not be heard.
"This is -" Yang Shen observed for a long time and said to himself: "Dig a trench to block the city gate, do you want to trap our army in the city? Or are you following Zhuge's plan and beating the golden drum in vain to tire our army?
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Originally, a trench surrounding the city had been dug outside Yongchang City, but the Ming army seemed to think it was not safe enough and dug trenches outside the Anding Gate and Yongzhen Gate in the west of the city, as if to completely surround Yongchang City.
Yang Shen didn't know the reason, and the enemy was out of range. He had to wait at the top of the city to watch what happened, and ordered the generals guarding the city in other directions to be more vigilant and not to ignore it.
Thousands of auxiliary soldiers took turns to construct, and soon a circular trench was dug outside Anding Gate and Yongzhen Gate. It was more than ten feet wide but only five feet deep. The excavated soil continued to accumulate, slowly forming a shielding wall.
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Subsequently, the construction direction turned to Yongchang City. Several trenches at an angle of 45 degrees to the trenches surrounding the city were dug forward in a zigzag shape. They turned every thirty meters and dug forward at a speed visible to the naked eye. Soon they were connected with the Qing Dynasty.
The first trench dug by the army cross-connected.
Filling the trenches? The Ming army wanted to fill the trenches in this strange way. It could indeed reduce casualties. Yang Shen seemed to understand, and immediately ordered the artillery on the city to fire to stop the Ming army's actions.
Cannonballs were shot out from the top of the city one by one, hitting the ground and kicking up clouds of mud and dust. However, the zigzag trenches effectively avoided harm to personnel. Unless they were particularly unlucky, they would be hit by solid cannonballs that fell into the trenches.
There is almost no danger.
The artillery fire on the city did not stop, but several trenches still stretched forward tenaciously. After breaking through the first trench, they dug into the second trench, like sharp arrows, piercing the ancient city of Yongchang closer and closer.
"Boom!" There was a roar from behind the earthen wall outside the city, and thick smoke rose into the air. A cannonball sprayed with sparks, like a meteor with a flaming tail in the night, flew across the sky and hit Yongchang.
city.
After a while, a dull explosion suddenly sounded in Yongchang City. The shells of the Tianwei Cannon flew directly over the city wall and hit the city.
"Raise the angle and continue the test firing." Qian Bangchen lay on the earth wall, observed the impact point with a telescope, and jumped down to adjust the elevation angle of the Tianwei Cannon himself.
"Frankfurt's Meteor" (Frankfurt is the location of the main arsenal of the U.S. Northern Army)? Zhu Yongxing shook his head slightly. No, it should be renamed Shaba's Meteor. Because the barrel of the Tianwei Cannon is too short.
Some of the gunpowder was wasted because it was too late to fully burn, but in terms of momentum, it was quite amazing.
"Boom!" was another astonishing launch, and the "Saba Meteor" flew into the night sky with a bright tail. A moment later, a brilliant fire burst out from the top of Yongchang City, and the explosion was deafening.
The tactic of combining tunnel blasting with artillery bombardment was once again plagiarized by Zhu Yongxing and was used by the Taiping Army when they attacked Yifeng Gate in Nanjing.
It is not only engineers but also artillery who use actual combat to test and improve their business capabilities. Although Zhu Yongxing brought all the artillery shells produced by Shaba Arsenal overtime, there were only more than 300 shells, but he did not hesitate to use a third of them
They were all smashed into Yongchang City.
With constant adjustments, the Tianwei Cannon's firing frequency is not high, but its firing accuracy is getting more and more accurate. At a distance of more than 900 meters, the artillery at the head of Yongchang City is completely invulnerable to this kind of curved-firing mortar that is covered by earth walls.
There is no way. The range is one thing, and the ballistic curve is an insurmountable problem. Even the Hongyi cannon may not be able to do anything.
The sound of golden drums suddenly sounded in the south of the city. Yang Shen, who had been protected by his own soldiers and got off the city wall, suddenly woke up. This was a sound from the east to the west, and the enemy's main attack was in the south of the city. He roared loudly and rushed towards the south of the city with a group of troops.
Take command.
Not long after Yang Shen left, an explosion sounded again at the top of the city. Immediately afterwards, a strong white light flashed, and an unprecedented big explosion exploded with a "boom". The earth shook violently amidst the explosion, and the dark night sky
A blinding blood red! The towers of Andingmen began to collapse, and thicker smoke and dust rose up.
Sacrificed by the explosion? Zhu Yongxing was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the truth. The Qing army must have been poorly prepared and the gunpowder was not stored safely enough, so it was detonated by the Tianwei cannon shell.
All vision became blurred, and the smoke and dust raised by the explosion blocked all the towers, creating chaos. People outside the city stared in stunned silence, eager to know the result of the explosion.
"The city is broken?" This thought suddenly came to Jin Wang Li Dingguo's mind, and he almost immediately gave the order to prepare to attack the city.
"Is this an siege? There is no trench filling, no charge, no ladders, no climbing the city..." Zhao Wang Bai Wenxuan swallowed hard. No wonder His Highness Min took the initiative to take on the important task of breaking the city, and left the people behind the city.
The battle is left to himself and King Jin. It turns out that he is confident and has a winning chance!
"With such a sharp weapon, our Siamese army has nothing to fear from the Burmese army. Your Highness Min still has some reservations!" Papi Luoja's adopted son Luang Su and several other Siamese generals watched the shocking explosion from a distance.
, can’t help but re-evaluate.
"Your Highness Min - it's really, really unfathomable." Long Ji Zhao waited for a long time before his eyes recovered. He closed his mouth that had been open for a long time and looked to the side. Several local officials or representatives of local officials still maintained the same attitude he had just held.
That look.
Our Long family has finally taken the right step and hugged His Highness Min’s thick legs! Long Ji Zhao couldn’t help but feel proud. Long Er is already a female official and gets along well with Meng Zhu. If we don’t make mistakes, we should get a title in the future.
There is no problem. When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. The Mo Nailong clan is already quite powerful, and with Longer's identity, the future development is bound to be smooth sailing!
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That night, Yang Shen barely slept a wink, and the Qing troops in the city were also disturbed repeatedly. There were explosions in the west of the city, and the sound of golden drums went east and south. It was unclear where the Ming army was going to attack. In the middle of the night, two rings in the west of the city
The trenches of the city were dug through by the Ming army. The Ming army secretly transported the cannons to the bottom of the city. A fierce bombardment caused heavy casualties to the Qing army, and most of the artillery at the top of the city was destroyed.
As the sky dimmed, the Ming army ended their operations. Yang Shen led several generals to inspect the city defenses. When he saw the situation in the west city, he felt that his confidence suddenly dropped.
The Andingmen gate tower has collapsed, and Qing soldiers and civilians are collecting the remaining bricks and rubble. There are still many corpses around the explosion site that have not been carried away. Some are curled up among the bricks and rocks, and some have half of their bodies leaning out from the rubble.
, bloodstains were everywhere. The city walls were in a mess, with broken weapons and tattered military uniforms mixed among the broken bricks and tiles, and several artillery pieces lying crookedly upside down.
Yang Shen knew that he must not show signs of depression at this time, otherwise his morale would deteriorate further. The Ming army continued to harass the four cities last night, but dug trenches to block all eight city gates. This is not a bad thing in Yang Shen's opinion.
Without a way to escape out of the city, the soldiers in the city had no choice but to fight to the death.
"The enemy wants to use artillery to bombard the city. That's a wishful thinking." Yang Shen showed contempt, pointed to the outside of the city, and said: "The enemy is arrogant, and they don't know the art of war. They don't even understand the necessary barriers to siege a city. It must be known for a long time that it will make you dull.
If the army is defeated and the attack force is weakened, if the city cannot be taken out, the attack will be disastrous."
"What your Excellency said is true." The confidant generals brought by Yang Shen quickly agreed: "Once it is prosperous, then it declines, and three times it is exhausted. As long as our army is not frightened by the enemy's false prestige and persists, the enemy army will definitely
Out of anger, the ants attacked the city, only to incur heavy casualties."
"My lord is wise." Guerrilla Shao Mengkai was very frightened in his heart. The shadow of Tengchong's defeat had not dissipated, but he could not show his discouragement at this time. He pointed outside the city and said: "The enemy is building siege equipment.
It can be seen that his skills are exhausted."
That's right, the Ming army outside the city is constantly transporting wood. Several ladders have been made and placed randomly on the ground. Auxiliary soldiers are also shuttled in the trench to transport them.
Drive out of the city? This idea flashed through Yang Shen's mind, but he was rejected immediately. Seeing that there were many Ming army musketeers in the trenches, driving out of the city was just a battle. Without the protection of the city wall, it was a war of attrition.
This was something the Qing army, which was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, was unwilling to carry out.
"Cover the city walls with soaked quilts and straw, and bombard them with artillery to weaken the enemy. Only a small number of soldiers are left on the top of the city to monitor the enemy, and the rest are on standby below the city. The prostitutes in the city are escorted to the city, and they are splashed with black blood and cannons." Yang Shen.
We had already made preparations, but we didn't expect that the Ming army, without the Hongyi cannon, would still pose a threat to the city wall, and so quickly.
"My lord is wise."
"My lord, if you arrange it properly, there will be no gaps for the enemy to take advantage of."
"Best regards, my lord."
Yang Shen felt sad, waved his hand with a forced smile, and continued to inspect the city defense. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users