The wall of Hanzhong City is fifteen meters high, and there is a two-meter-wide moat outside the wall.
Su Xiong observed Hanzhong City and wondered from which direction to attack the city.
Su Zhuang asked: "Commander Su Xiong, should we use siege mines to attack the city?
We can't dig trenches because of the moat, and I'm afraid that the enemy's firearms on the wall will attack and directly set off siege mines."
"We first fill in the moat and use conventional methods to attract the attention of the defenders.
You find a gap in the artillery fire and rush directly across the moat.
Once you cross the moat, the cannon can't hit the bottom of the city wall."
Su Xiong directed the soldiers to pack soil in sacks.
Facing the cannonballs and arrows on the Hanzhong city wall, they rushed to the edge of the moat.
The soldiers began to fill up the moat with sacks.
Eighth day, noon.
It took one morning and more than 500 casualties, but they finally filled in the moat outside Hanzhong City.
The soldiers carried tall ladders, put them on the city wall, and climbed up the ladder to attack the city.
This is mainly to attract the attention of the defenders.
The casualties during the siege were huge. The rolling logs smashed down from the city wall and the gold juice kept taking away the lives of the soldiers.
Su Zhuang carefully observed the firing frequency of the cannon at the top of Hanzhong City.
He saw that another round of cannon fire was completed and immediately gave the order.
"Engineer battalion, attack."
Every four elite soldiers of the engineering battalion carried a siege mine.
There were eight siege mines in total, and the soldiers carried them and ran quickly to the bottom of the Hanzhong city wall.
When Wu Jie saw the actions of the thief in yellow, he felt that this offensive was unusual.
At this time, a close servant told him that King Zhu Changhao of Rui had come to support him with the young men in the city.
Wu Jie immediately walked down the city wall and went to meet King Zhu Changhao of Rui.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty treated the feudal princes like pigs, but they, who were ministers, especially military generals, did not dare to show their displeasure to the feudal princes.
The proper etiquette must be followed so that people are speechless.
Otherwise, if he is impeached by civilian officials, it will easily bring harm to the family.
When Su Zhuang saw that all the siege mines had crossed the moat, he immediately felt relieved.
Other soldiers who were attacking the city helped the engineers to dig together.
They raced against time to bury all eight siege mines under the Hanzhong city wall.
The soldiers made preparations and lit the flares.
After Su Xiong saw the signal flare, he immediately ordered to stop the siege.
The harsh gong sound sounded, and the soldiers stopped attacking the city one after another, and ran back with all their strength.
After hearing the sound of the gong, the soldiers of the engineering battalion immediately lit the fuse of the siege mine.
They quickly ran back to the military formation.
There were several roars in succession, and huge smoke rose.
When the smoke cleared, a section of the northern wall of Hanzhong City was blown down by a siege mine.
A large gap more than five meters long was torn open in the city wall.
Huge drums sounded, and the entire army launched an orderly charge.
They encountered no effective resistance at all.
The officers and soldiers who were lucky enough not to die would also be injured by the huge shock wave.
Su Shan led his men into the city first, and he saw many officers and soldiers with weapons in Wengcheng.
He thought to himself that the number of officers and soldiers in Hanzhong City was wrong. Why were there so many people?
Without hesitation, he immediately commanded the troops to charge.
He had almost rushed to the front of the formation, but the officers and soldiers had not yet responded. Su Shan thought he had encountered an ambush.
Soldiers are preparing to throw grenades.
These officers and soldiers suddenly reacted.
One of them shouted: "The rebels are coming, everyone, run away!"
It's like a flock of sheep fleeing in all directions when encountering a tiger.
Su Shan saw that several of them were wearing silk and satin, and were surrounded by soldiers wearing armor.
Thinking that they were big shots, they immediately led their troops to surround them.
These people had no will to resist and simply laid down their weapons and surrendered.
All the troops entered the city and began to directly clear out all the resisting officers and soldiers, and soon took control of Hanzhong Fucheng.
On the evening of the 8th, Su Xiong held a military meeting.
"One regiment detached two battalions and patrolled the city day and night.
It is not allowed to disturb the people, and ruffians who take the opportunity to cause trouble are severely punished.
Su Shan and Li Qingmu, commanding the Second and Third Regiments, followed Chencang Road to support Lueyang.
Today we captured many young men, so we forced them to transport food.
The young official named Wang Zhongce was very talented, so he was asked to organize the young people to transport grain.
Surround his house and tell him that if he dares to run away, his whole family will be buried with him."
Su Xiong interrogated the prisoners and found that these people were ordinary people.
They were all organized by a petty official named Wang Zhongce.
If the engineer battalion did not blow up the city wall in time, organizing so many young men could greatly hinder the siege of the city.
This man is a talented person, and through interrogation he knows that Wang Zhongce's weakness is his family.
Su Xiong directly threatened him and asked him to organize Qingzhuang to transport grain and grass.
The evening of October 8th.
Except for those on duty, all other soldiers are resting.
Wang Zhongce looked at Wang's Medical Clinic, which was surrounded by thieves in yellow clothes.
He could only choose to compromise and help the rebels arrange food and fodder.
Early in the morning on October 9th.
Two regiments, more than 2,400 soldiers and 3,000 young men transporting grain and grass.
They formed a military formation and set off from Hanzhong Mansion along Chencang Road to Lueyang.
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Su He patted Li Qingmu's shoulder, a smile appeared on his tired face.
"Finally I've waited for you, the time is just right."
Su He let the soldiers guarding the city rest. Su Shan and Li Qingmu led the army and were responsible for guarding the city and guarding the prisoners.
"Master Zhou and several Ming generals who led the army, if they are not killed in the battle, arrest them all.
Go to Hanzhong and try them again to win the hearts and minds of the people in Hanzhong.
Inform Wu Donglin to come to Hanzhong and take charge of the trial.
Notify Su Wuniu and Sun Dezhi that the factory can be relocated to Hanzhong City."
Su Que opened the cowhide booklet in his hand and recorded Su He's orders.
Su He came to the county government office, boiled a pot of water to make tea, and leaned on a chair to relax.
He was so nervous these days that he almost failed.
Su He understood that if the reinforcements arrived one day later, they would be attacked by the Ming army.
The group of new recruits under his command simply cannot fight in street battles.
Today's situation is the most dangerous situation he has encountered since the uprising.
In the final analysis, he is still too weak and lacks strength.
On the morning of November 12th, Suhe held a combat meeting.
"We have achieved a decisive victory and now it is time to continue to consolidate our victory.
The Second Brigade and the First Regiment sent troops to capture Jinniuguan and capture the Ningqiang Guards.
We must focus on defending Jinniu Pass. As long as we hold Jinniu Pass, we have nothing to fear from the Ming army in Sichuan.
The first brigade and the third regiment sent troops to Chenggu County and Yangxian County to occupy the southwest of Hanzhong Prefecture.
The first brigade and the second regiment sent troops to Xixiang County to occupy the southeast of Hanzhong Prefecture."
Su He left behind a battalion of the Second Brigade and the Second Regiment to garrison Lueyang and maintain the security of the Chencang Road logistics supply line.
He took a large army and continued to Hanzhong.
When the troops arrived near Jinniuguan, Su Shi, commander of the 1st Regiment of the Second Brigade, led his troops south to Jinniuguan.
After capturing Jinniu Pass, he divided his forces to attack the already empty Ningqiang Guards.
Their large force soon arrived at Hanzhong City.
Along the way, Su He found that the young and strong team behind them were managed in an orderly manner.
Qingzhuang from Baoji County, Qingzhuang from Hanzhong Prefecture, and ordinary Ming military households who were captured.
With a team of more than 10,000 people, there was no problem at all.
Li Fengming is not good at managing logistics, who is helping him?