The scenery of Northern Sai is very different from that of the Central Plains, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. This environment is not conducive to the combat of the Central Plains soldiers, and it will take some time to adapt. Fortunately, Prince Han's team has strong soldiers and horses, and strong combat effectiveness.
The Qi soldiers quickly advanced to a place seven miles outside Hami City.
With such a large team, Hami City has obviously received some news. The city gate is now closed at noon, and there is no flow of people.
Zhu Gaoxu held a piece of fresh Hami melon in his hand, and after taking a mouthful, the juice flowed out: "Wow, it's so sweet." He bought this from the Hami caravan on the way, so it's a bit inaccurate to say that he bought it.
Because no money was given.
After eating a piece of melon, Zhu Gaoxu wiped his mouth with the clothes of the soldier next door with satisfaction, and then announced: "When we enter the city later, remember not to break the cantaloupe of the fellow villagers during the war. This thing will be given as a tribute to Your Majesty in the future. Your Majesty."
There must be a reward."
"Your Majesty, Hami's melons are sweet, and Hami's girls are probably also very sweet." The soldier next to him showed a hehe smile.
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"You worthless guy, you are just thinking about such things, and you have to prioritize. Although we are here to fight the Hami Guard, we are here to establish our authority. The Hami Guard is our Ming Dynasty's territory after all, and the people inside are also Ming people. We are here to fight.
You can't disturb the people when you go in. When the Chagatai Khanate is attacked, you can do whatever you want, I won't stop you."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Although Zhu Gaoxu usually looks at people messing around without hesitation, he always knows what to do at critical moments, which is why Zhu Di likes him.
Zhu Gaoxu saw that there was no wind at the moment and ordered: "The hot air balloon, take off."
A hot air balloon began to inflate. This was the hot air balloon that Zhu Zhanxang later ordered to be brought from Guangzhou. There were ten hot air balloons in total, and Zhu Gaoxu brought out three.
With the ignition, the hot air balloon slowly inflated and expanded, and some soldiers who had never seen it were dumbfounded.
Being a hot air balloon pilot is very exciting at this time.
Amid everyone's surprise, the hot air balloon flew high.
"Wow, you can really fly. Then we can't all fly in the future."
"I must go up there too."
Zhu Gaoxu interrupted their exclamation: "Don't look at it. Get ready. The cavalry is guarding the Shenji Battalion. The Shenji Battalion has brought out all the latest artillery."
Seeing the Shenji Battalion building the latest artillery called the Hongyi Cannon, Zhu Gaoxu's blood boiled with excitement. The barrel was much longer than the previous one, and it had been tried before, and the effective range reached two and a half miles. You must know that ordinary tigers
The cannon only has an effective range of about one mile.
In this day and age, being able to hit a distance of two miles is already a very long distance.
The Hongyi cannon was loaded on the car and pushed out, and the hot air balloon flew out from the sky. For a while, the soldiers on the Hami Acropolis wall were dumbfounded as they looked at the hot air balloon flying from the sky, not knowing what it was.
Alimu, the commander of the Hami Guards, looked at the flying hot air balloon with confusion, thinking it was some kind of natural phenomenon. He was more concerned about the Ming army not far away.
The cavalry squad, ten people, rode to the city walls and shouted to the Hami Guard soldiers on the wall: "The commander of the Hami Guards, Alimu, disobeyed the Ming Dynasty's edict and violated the agreement. His intention to rebel was clearly revealed. Anyone who surrenders will not surrender."
Kill, anyone who stubbornly resists will be killed without mercy."
"Commander Alimu, the Ming Dynasty has many soldiers and powerful weapons. Why should we fight against the Ming army?" the commander of the Hami Guards asked.
Alimu glared at him: "Are you saying this to shake the morale of our troops when the two armies are fighting?"
"Commander Alimu, ask how many of these people are willing to fight the Ming army."
Alimu glanced around: "You know what the hell, Ming Dynasty has always given in to us, and it is the same now. If we insist on holding on, can they still fight regardless of everything? They will definitely send people to negotiate terms, and then they can be ruthless.
Kill them."
"But Commander, it seems something is not right about this formation. The Ming army seems to be about to open fire."
"I know the Ming army. The Ming army doesn't know how to fire. They like to negotiate. I just delayed it on purpose." Alimu said proudly. They have been like this to the Ming Dynasty for many years. They are like blood-sucking leechworms. Whenever they get a chance,
It will take a sip of blood from the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's focus is not on the northwest, and it always makes concessions in order to maintain the stability of the northwest.
But people's hearts are not as strong as snakes swallowing elephants. This time it is Zhu Gaoxu who comes.
"Fire the arrows and force the cavalry back."
"Commander can't do it!!"
"I think there are only a few thousand of them. Do these people want to take down our Hami Guards? They are just here to negotiate and shoot arrows."
Arrows fell from the city wall, forcing back the cavalry who went to shout.
Zhu Gaoxu smiled disdainfully: "Soldiers, prepare the cannon in red. Let's go into the city to eat cantaloupe. Let's go."
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The cannon sounded, and more than a dozen Hongyi cannons covered it with fire. Seeing that the cavalry was forced to retreat, Zhu Gaoxu opened fire directly, and then the messenger ordered the hot air balloon to fly forward.
The shells landed on Hamiwei's city wall, and their power was huge, more than twice that of ordinary artillery. It took just one round to blast holes in Hamiwei's city wall. Commander Alimu didn't even have time to react before the enemy opened fire. This was unexpected.
exceeded their expectations.
Not only that, the second round of bombardment didn't give them any time to hesitate, and they followed immediately.
Taking advantage of the heavy artillery fire, the hot air balloon rose to its maximum height, flew to the city wall, and used air superiority to directly cross the Hami Guard city wall. The soldiers above dropped the explosives indiscriminately at the right time.
The accuracy of this kind of throwing is very poor, but what is the accuracy of an indiscriminate strike? There are not many residential buildings near the city wall, they are all defenders of the Hami Guard.
"Commander, there is also a Ming army in the sky. The Ming army has gone to heaven!"
"The Ming army has gone to heaven!!"
All of a sudden, the morale of the defenders in the Hami Guard was in chaos. How could they fight when the opponent was already in the sky? Isn't this a joke?
The defenders in the Hami Guard abandoned their helmets and fled in confusion. They were attacked from the sky. That was a divine trick. Why don't you run away now and wait to be beaten by the gods?
Under the continuous artillery fire, I was already timid, and the people here believed in gods and Buddhas very much.
Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help laughing when he saw that the battle situation was better than he imagined.
"Cavalry, prepare. As soon as the artillery fire stops, the cavalry will charge."
After this round of bombardment, the morale on our side was high, and the city gates collapsed. How could we not charge now?
When the cavalry approached the city, they marched straight in, killing anyone who dared to resist. With the combination of Akka 47 and shotguns, the Hami Guard soldiers armed with ordinary weapons were no match at all.
The shotgun shows its great power. Each bombardment is powerful enough to kill the head of state of Japan. If it is not enough, then use another shot.
The Ming army immediately occupied the broken city wall of Hami Guard. The defenders of Hami Guard were retreating steadily. The commander, Alimu, knew that there was a dead end and he would fight to the end, but the people around him did not want to die.
Seeing that something was not going well, the commander stabbed Alimu in the back of the heart. Alimu looked at his cronies in disbelief, and then moved his head away.
The soldiers of the Hami Guard presented Alimu's head to the Han King Zhu Gaoxu. Zhu Gaoxu carried the head and hung it under the city gate as a warning to others.
While eating cantaloupe, Zhu Gaoxu ordered his soldiers to capture and behead those who resisted, but did not disturb the civilians.
"Your Majesty, the fight went very smoothly this time. Your Majesty is so powerful."
"Hey, I have to say that the new weapons must be powerful. If we fight like this, I estimate that we can defeat the Chagatai Khanate in half a year."
After all, the Chagatai Khanate was vast and sparsely populated. The main cities were conquered. The deserts and Gobi deserts in other places were not suitable for people to live in. Without cities to rely on, there would naturally be no resistance.
Zhu Gaoxu's face was full of smiles. This battle had a very good effect in establishing his authority. The strange troops attacked and the Hami Guards almost surrendered without a fight.
The artillery was fired in the morning, and the bombardment was dropped in the evening.
The King of Han was still very concerned about fighting. He won such a great victory today, and in the evening he reviewed the shortcomings of today's battle with several important generals.
"Your Majesty, today's battle, regardless of efficiency or damage, can hardly be compared to any other battle." The soldiers were full of confidence.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea. Our hot-air balloon enemies have never seen it. This kind of attack from the sky can easily collapse the enemy's morale. When we entered the city, many people thought that we had tricked the gods.
Come."
Zhu Gaoxu touched his chin: "This place believes in almost the same gods and Buddhas."
"Yes, my lord."
"Then the next step is to arrange for several skilled painters to paint the gods and Buddhas they believe in on the hot air balloon. When the hot air balloons filled with gods and Buddhas fly in, they will be scared to death.
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I didn’t expect that Zhu Gaoxu would be aware of skin bonuses in this era.
"What a great idea, as expected of your prince."
"But the hot air balloon is greatly affected by the wind. If it flies high and the wind is strong, it may be very troublesome for the opponent to have a crossbow array."
"In the future, hot air balloons will still have to cooperate with artillery attacks."
In the Battle of Hami, the news of the one-day peace spread very quickly. Zhu Zhanzhen was stunned when he got the news. He did not expect that Zhu Gaoxu could win the first battle so quickly, which was crucial to the morale of our army.
Of course, the one who got the news was also another Atuanwei who did not obey Ming's instructions.
As soon as the commander of Aduanwei heard about the situation of Hamiwei, he immediately took a small team to Hamiwei to meet Zhu Gaoxu. Hamiwei was stronger than him in all aspects. Such a place was conquered in one day. The Hamiwei army
There are more than 20,000 people, and the Atuanwei only has 15,000, and this is when the cooks and others are included.
The wars in this era are different from what they thought before. It's not about using swords to attack each other. It's not about you defending the city. I have to use several times the force to defeat it. With long guns and short cannons, your sword can be used as a weapon.
Can't come down.
Those who know the current affairs are distinguished. The commander of Aduanwei came to see Zhu Gaoxu with gifts of gold and silver.
Who is Zhu Gaoxu? Naturally, if you dare to give me gold and silver treasures, I will take them all.
At the same time, he said to the commander of the Aduan Guards: "You, the Aduan Guards, will send five thousand troops to join me in the expedition against the Chagatai Khanate."
Others are getting three thousand, but you are getting five thousand because you are disobedient.