Liu Kun saw a violent explosion from the artillery on the city wall, and he stepped forward to check the condition of the artillery.
I saw an artillery piece bought by a bandit in yellow at a high price. The barrel of the cannon had exploded. Many artillerymen were injured and lay on the ground wailing.
"Sir, the artillery we spent a lot of money on has exploded."
"Why did it explode again? In just two days, five cannons had their chambers exploded.
If the cannons of the thieves in yellow could explode so easily, how could they have gained such a great reputation?
I used my binoculars to look at the artillery of the yellow-clad thieves outside the city, but their artillery never exploded.
It must be that you don't know how to operate such a precious thing, and you broke the five doors in a short time.
Take them to see the doctor and get familiar with the artillery as soon as possible. If you are not familiar with it, you will hurt yourself."
Liu Kun looked at these sloppy artillerymen and was very angry.
These people are already the best artillerymen in Jingzhou Prefecture.
His status is too low to control the army of Jingzhou Prefecture.
They all relied on the power of his father-in-law and the Liu family's background.
These are troubled times, and the gentry in the south have already sensed danger.
There were gentry everywhere forming strongholds to protect themselves, and he couldn't invite the artillerymen from other places to leave at all.
Liu Kun was reprimanding the artillerymen here at the West City Wall.
The housekeeper ran over with a panicked look on his face and said in panic: "Sir, something happened at the north gate. The thieves in yellow were shooting loudly outside. I don't know who they were fighting with.
The exchange of fire between the two armies was fierce, and we didn’t know what to do.”
Liu Kun looked stunned. If he could fight against the thieves in yellow, he must be the Ming army.
Could it be that there were reinforcements and they reached the capital city of Jingzhou? This is unlikely.
Based on his understanding of the civilian and military generals in Wuchang City, it was basically impossible to send troops without waiting for two or three months.
Liu Kun felt that something was strange. He took his treasured telescope and rushed to the north gate in a sedan chair.
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Wu Ming was not used to wearing armor. He looked at the soldiers in the front row who were good at performing and ordered:
"Before the operation, let the logistics kill a few pigs and fill the blood bags with pig intestines.
There may be telescopes in the capital city of Jingzhou to make this scene look more realistic.
As long as the Ming army from Jingzhou's capital city comes out or they open the city gate, we won't have to act."
They formed a chaotic formation and prepared to rush towards the capital city of Jingzhou.
Zhang Lei, chief of staff of the First Division, quietly walked to the front of the formation.
"Wu Ming, opposite is the Third Division of the Sixth Army. They have already replaced the blank ammunition and loaded the health packs.
We also set up some fireworks to simulate the explosion of grenades.
We must tell the soldiers that blank bullets and normal bullets should be loaded separately.
Don't use normal bullets when fighting the Sixth Army, but use blank bullets when seizing the city, that will be big trouble."
Wu Ming weighed the flintlock gun in his hand and said: "We have no problem, we are using flintlock guns and we don't issue lead bullets at all.
When attacking Jingzhou Fucheng, the performing soldiers retreated and other soldiers changed their rifles to attack."
Zhang Lei slapped his head and said: "I heard Commander Su Shan solemnly confess that I forgot about this matter."
Wu Ming saw that it was already bright and he waved his hand.
The first division of the Second Army pretended to be extremely embarrassed and rushed towards Jingzhou Fucheng.
Except for a few domestic soldiers, their clothes were very shabby and had patches piled on top of each other.
Many holes were burned into someone's clothes.
The First Division only came with more than 5,000 people, and they ran headlong into the Sixth Army that was besieging the city.
Wu Ming held a knife in his hand and charged towards the Qin army with a fierce look on his face.
The team was in a commotion, raised their flintlock guns, and launched an attack on the Ming army.
Flintlock guns banged, and a lot of gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield.
From time to time, people on both sides of the army screamed.
As soon as they covered their chests, blood immediately seeped out. They staggered and immediately fell to the ground unable to get up.
If anyone observes carefully, they will find that the number of soldiers falling to the ground is extremely regular.
If one person falls to the ground in the Ming army, one person in the Qin army must fall to the ground. Basically, they fall to the ground in pairs.
These soldiers didn't know how to act. When someone on the other side fell to the ground, he pretended to be shot and fell to the ground.
Wu Ming saw the Sixth Army's rifles ringing incessantly, and empty bullet casings falling to the ground.
There are also several large iron barrels placed in a blind corner of Jingzhou Fucheng.
Soldiers were constantly carrying firecrackers with wooden sticks and making firecrackers crackle in iron barrels.
This is because there are too few blank ammunition used in military exercises and can only be used in the most core areas.
In other places, this kind of crude method is used to fool people.
The two armies immediately collided with each other, and firecrackers the size of cantaloupes were lit from time to time.
This kind of firecracker explodes at close range and does not cause much harm to people.
But it produces huge noise and a lot of smoke, and the visual and auditory effects are extremely good.
They fought fiercely for more than half an hour, Wu Ming tried his best to slow down his speed, and they were almost close to the city wall.
The artillery above Jingzhou Fucheng suddenly opened fire in large numbers.
Fiercely bombarding the positions of the Sixth Army, they all concentrated in a straight line, as if they were trying to open a path with artillery shells.
The Sixth Army could only withdraw to both sides.
Wu Ming looked at the road blasted by the Ming army's artillery.
He bit the bullet and ordered: "Rush over."
Now rush over. The Ming army in the casino is doing this to rescue them.
If you don't rush over, all your previous efforts will be in vain and you can only continue to attack the city. You don't know when we can capture it.
The Fifth Army on the opposite side has captured Chengtian Mansion.
If they delay for too long in Jingzhou, Wuchang Prefecture will lose their second army.
Wu Ming led the army forward and found the main landing point of the artillery in Jingzhou Fucheng.
The artillery in Jingzhou Fucheng began to extend to both sides.
His bet was right this time. The Ming army in Jingzhou City also needed this support force.
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Liu Kun watched the Ming army rush over and said calmly:
"I, Liu Yuanhe, am strategizing and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away.
I was just delayed by the imperial examination. If I had joined the army before, I would have brought peace to the world.
Why let the thieves in yellow gain momentum?
If this Ming army can escape, it proves that they are very loyal to the Ming Dynasty and very strong.
He is not loyal to the Ming Dynasty and surrenders when he sees the thieves in yellow.
They were not strong enough to escape, let alone fight the yellow thief with weapons inferior to those of the yellow thief.
Finally, I used artillery to clear the way and verified that this was the real Ming army.
Now a large army is besieging the city, and we don't know what's going on outside.
I only know that if Chengtian Mansion is attacked by the Qin army, one Ming army may escape.
He deliberately tried it with artillery. If he was a fake Qin army, he would definitely hesitate.
Now they have no hesitation at all. This must be a desperate situation with no way out."
The master immediately bent down and praised: "Master Liu is far more resourceful than Kong Ming.
Emperor Chongzhen did not let you take charge of the suppression of bandits, because he had no vision and missed the talented people."
Liu Kun stroked his beard and saw the thieves in yellow fleeing in panic outside the city, and his confidence was overwhelming.
"Sir, the Ming army outside the city has arrived at the city gate, and we can't open the city gate."
Liu Kun thought for a while and said: "Ask them to hand over the official seal. We don't know who these generals are in the city, but I know the official seal."
The defenders on the city went down in hanging baskets and quickly brought up some things.
"Sir, this is the official seal of that general, as well as some letters written to him by other officials."
Liu Kun looked through the official seals and letters. He saw no problem and ordered: "Open the city gate and let the Ming army in.
If you see a thief in yellow rushing toward the city gate, close the city gate immediately."
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Wu Ming had already arrived near the city gate. When he saw that the city gate was not open, he felt a little panicked.
Now if the Ming army discovers anything unusual, they will attack them with shotguns.
The casualties of the First Division will be very heavy. The key is that these casualties will not achieve any results.
When Wu Ming learned that the Ming army in the city wanted to see the official seal, he smiled.
He has the official seal. This is the real official seal.
In order to enhance the authenticity, he also took the initiative to send some forged letters.
In these letters, there are situations in the past and situations in the recent past.
There are things that the Ming army in the city may understand, and there are things that the Ming army in the city doesn't know much about, but only knows a few words about.
The contents of the letter are all real things, just to increase the authenticity.
If there happens to be a Ming army who understands these things, it can make the Ming army believe in you and his own judgment is correct.
Their preparations were not in vain, Wu Ming saw that the city gate was already wide open.
He threw away the knife he was carrying, took out his pistol, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, come with me."
They immediately changed from the frightened Ming army with no intention of fighting to the Qin army like tigers and wolves.
With a grenade tab in his mouth and a rifle in both hands, he began to rob the city gate.
The Ming army near the city gate fired a few grenades and immediately fled into the city.
When Su Shan saw that Wu Ming had rushed into the city, he immediately asked the soldiers who had changed their live ammunition to charge to support the city gate.
When Liu Kun saw the Ming army rushing into the city, he immediately realized that something was wrong and shouted: "Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly."
There were only a few sounds of grenades exploding before he responded.
If it were other Qin troops, they might enter Wengcheng before taking action.
The dexterous elite soldiers of the Second Army threw out the hooks on their bodies. The dog immediately got stuck on the city wall and climbed directly to the city wall along the hooks.
On the side of the city wall facing the city, there are no cannons or defensive equipment at all, and the defense force is extremely weak.
Other soldiers of the Second Army stormed the city wall through the steps normally.
The rifles in the hands of the Qin army fired very fast, and the Ming army on the city wall and the regiment trained by Liu Kun were armed.
They concentrated on resisting the Qin army rushing up the steps.
He didn't pay attention to the Qin army who was climbing the city wall next to him.
The elite Qin troops who climbed up the city wall immediately threw grenades.
They fired at the same time with their rifles, and each shot could hit an enemy.
When Liu Kun saw the Ming army showing signs of decline, he immediately shouted: "Kill the thieves with all your strength, kill every thief, and I will reward him fifty taels of silver."
For killing a thief officer in yellow, I will reward him with two hundred taels of silver and a maid."
The Ming army on top of the city could not stop the Qin army's attack.
Liu Kun continued to increase the amount of rewards, but was unable to maintain the morale of the Ming army and Tuanlian armed forces.
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Su Zhuang approached Jingzhou Fucheng. The fierce street fighting ended and the Qin army completely took control of Jingzhou Fucheng.
He has arranged engineering troops to remove the iron cables on the river, salvage the sunken ship, and dredge the Yangtze River waterway as soon as possible.
Su Zhuang saw Su Shan coming towards him, so he went over and patted Su Shan on the shoulder.
"This battle must have been a bit hard!"
Su Shan nodded and said: "No wonder the King of Qin attaches great importance to the gentry's regiment training.
The weapons of regiment training are not good, but these people have a strong will to fight.
The Ming army on the city wall has collapsed, and the Ming army in the city has surrendered to us on a large scale.
These regiments were well armed and relied on their familiarity with the terrain to engage in street fighting with us.
In order to protect their land, these gentry mobilized their domestic slaves to go to the battlefield and performed better than the Ming army.
If it weren't for the poor weapons in their hands, most of them were spears, bows and arrows, which could cause great harm to us."
Su Zhuang asked Su Shan to learn more about the performance of these gentry in group training.
The strongest place for gentry group training is in the southeast region.
He captured Wuchang Prefecture, and further down was the Jiangxi and South Zhili regions, where the Donglin Party had the strongest power.
When Su Zhuang learned about the performance of the gentry regiment, he already treated the regiment as his biggest enemy.
The Qin army captured the capital of Jingzhou and dredged the Yangtze River channel.
After a short rest, they continued their march, with most of the army heading east.
Su Shan's Sixth Army detached a division and turned to the southwest of Jingzhou Prefecture, preparing to capture Yuezhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture and other southwestern Huguang areas.
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4333 (the ninth year of Chongzhen), January 28th.
Su Zhuang looked at the endless lake ahead.
He said to Su Shan:
"Ahead is Dongting Lake. In the pre-Qin period, this place was called Yunmengze, and it was still a large swamp.
I heard from university professors that precipitation is constantly decreasing.
Yunmengze became Dongting Lake.
Dongting Lake stores a large amount of water, regulates the water volume of the Yangtze River, and can also irrigate surrounding fertile fields.
Now is the opportunity for the Yangtze River Navy to perform.
We wait for the Yangtze River Navy to destroy the Ming Dynasty Navy in Dongting Lake, and then we divide our forces."
Su Shan nodded and said: "At that time, most of the Yangtze River Navy will follow you east to Wuchang Mansion.
I will lead a part of the Yangtze River Navy southward to the Xiangjiang River to attack Changsha Prefecture and other areas south of Huguang."
Shui Yunze, the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy in Dongting Lake, is leading the warships of the Yangtze River Navy to pursue the warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy.
The elite Yangtze River Navy has been taken away by the navy, but it is not something that broken ships like the Ming Navy can deal with.
The inland river warships of the Yangtze River Navy absorbed the advantages of many ships and designed warships specifically for fighting in rivers.
There are thirty artillery pieces of various types on the river warship.
Among them, four 150-meter naval guns are used as the main guns. When encountering the warships of the Ming Dynasty, they can really destroy a ship with one gun.
Any warship of the Ming Dynasty that was hit by main gun shells would end up being broken into two pieces at best.
The Yangtze River Navy and the Ming Dynasty Navy started a battle, but only the first salvo was fired, and the Ming Dynasty Navy fled in panic.
The content of the subsequent war is that the Yangtze River Navy's river warships are constantly pursuing the Ming Dynasty Navy.
Su Zhuang listened to the roar of naval guns in Dongting Lake gradually weakening, and the news of the victory of the Yangtze River Navy came.
The Second Army and the Sixth Army will formally divide their forces when they reach this point.
The Second Army continued to advance eastward until it reached Songjiang Prefecture at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
The combat mission can be considered completed only by completely occupying the southeastern region of the Ming Dynasty.
The Sixth Army marched south to Huguang, occupying all areas of Huguang and allowing Huguang to establish contact with the southeastern Dudufu.
The Sixth Army will then be stationed in Huguang as a reserve army. If there is a problem in any province in the southwest, he will immediately send troops to suppress it.