The government and army were surrounded on all sides. Fifteen thousand troops surrounded a mere Mingjiang city. However, there were only about two thousand wolf soldiers in the city, and among them, there were only five hundred of Huang Gongsheng's direct henchmen. The rest of the troops were relatively honest at first, but the court
As soon as the army arrived, it was inevitable that they would be ready to move.
Huang Gongsheng's situation has become difficult to fly, but he is unwilling to sit still and wait for death.
Huang Gongsheng has the courage to fight to the death, but he always feels that he has not reached that point yet, because his father Huang Enlong only has three sons, not even a daughter. Now that the two legitimate sons have been killed, even if the army fights
What if we enter Mingjiang City?
Of course, Huang Gongsheng also knew that the officers and soldiers had two options:
One is to simply do nothing and just change Siming Prefecture to native land and set up exiled officials. However, Huang Gongsheng believes that the army will not do this because Siming Prefecture is a large state of Siming Prefecture and its status is extremely important.
, if the officers and soldiers do this, the Huang family may form a mass opposition and even cause riots. At least it stands to reason that Huang Zhiting would not be willing to see Siming Prefecture return to its native land.
This is actually what Huang Gongsheng doesn't understand about Huang Zhiting's actions. Siming Prefecture is so important to Siming Mansion. Even if she doesn't like her and insists on sending troops to show the majesty of her master's family, there is no need to recruit the imperial army.
Ah, isn't this inviting a wolf into the house? Does this stupid girl think that the imperial court mobilized troops and mobilized people like this just to help her show the majesty of the master's family?
Humph, even if I am defeated by then, it still depends on how you, stupid girl, will end up!
The second choice for the army is to find another one from the Huang family to take charge of Siming Prefecture. However, this is easier said than done. The key is that if you choose a family with Huang Chengzu, Huang Zhiting and his daughter, how can they get along with each other?
If it is nearby, then the court will still gain nothing and be busy in vain; conversely, if a branch that is estranged from Huang Chengzu and Huang Zhiting is found to take charge of Siming Prefecture, then the Huangs will definitely not do it.
Therefore, no matter how the court chose, Huang Gongsheng felt that it was not suitable, so in the end the court just punished him and then continued to let him resume his position.
As for whether the imperial court would simply leave Siming Prefecture to the Siming Mansion to handle it, Huang Gongsheng thought it would not be the case, because the imperial court would never consider strengthening the Cen family, the head family of the Huang family.
As far as the chieftains were concerned, the imperial court's consistent attitude was to weaken them.
Obviously, Huang Gongsheng had no understanding of Gao Pragmatic.
Out of such considerations, Huang Gongsheng felt that the current attitude of the court was actually the same as in the past. They mainly wanted to "save face" - after all, they were killing brothers, although it was not that unusual among chieftains.
However, the Ming court has always been particularly strict with this kind of behavior.
In particular, Huang Gongsheng has found out that the one who went south this time is the new Guangxi inspector. These inspectors like to find faults. Not long after he took office, this inspector heard that he had killed his brother and killed his brother. It was inevitable
It's human nature to be a little annoyed.
It seems that we need to send someone to the security guard to admit his mistake. By the way, we may also have to spend a few dollars to take care of things...
This is the disadvantage of being in a remote place. Huang Gongsheng didn't know Gao Pragmatic's origin and background at all. He only regarded him as an ordinary official, thinking that he would be able to turn this page by admitting his mistake and doing everything in place.
Just when Huang Gongsheng was preparing to send someone to admit his mistake and start counting and preparing gifts from the Siming Prefecture treasury, the artillery battalion led by Ni Zhonghua had already crossed the Mingjiang River and reached the southern line.
Artillery battalion, this is a highly pragmatic term. In fact, people in the Ming Dynasty these days prefer to use "car camp" to refer to the artillery units that are concentrated and used. Ni Zhonghua is very happy that he can lead the artillery battalion. He believes that this is the reason for the high-level artillery battalion that he used before.
The benefits of being extraordinarily humble in front of the stage.
In this battle, the Han army as a whole probably won't get much military exploits. Only Ni Zhonghua, who leads the artillery battalion, is very likely to get some military exploits. He might be able to become the deputy commander-in-chief when the time comes. This is
Take a big step forward.
In the Ming army, commanding the chariot camp was not an opportunity that ordinary people could get, because the Ming army had different war ideas from those of previous dynasties, and attached great importance to firearms.
Before the Ming Dynasty, "emphasis on doctrine over weapons" had always been the mainstream military thought. Most military strategists advocated seeking victory. Although they still held a positive attitude towards the role of weapons in war, they did not pay attention to the update and development of weapons and equipment.
Not enough attention was given.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, the situation began to change. Compared with the past wars in the era of pure cold weapons, firearms played an unprecedented role, and the concept of winning wars that focused on "victory with weapons" began to appear in various discussions.
When Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, discussed military strategy, he not only required the commanders to be good at using previous formations and tactics flexibly, but also emphasized the use of firearms and the need to win with weapons. At present, the most famous military strategist of the Ming Dynasty
Qi Jiguang also attached great importance to the role of weapons and equipment, and believed that "having elite soldiers without sophisticated weapons to help them is said to be weak." (from "Jixiao New Book·Sibling Chapter·Artifact Explanation")
Marx once said: "With the invention of new combat tools, namely shooting firearms, the entire internal organization of the army will inevitably change. The relationships by which individuals form an army and can act as an army will also change. The relationships between the various armies will also change."
Changes have also taken place.”
This change was particularly evident during the period of the Ming Dynasty when both hot and cold weapons were mainly used as firearms, so that the Ming Dynasty's army-building ideas also became increasingly mature.
Structure determines function. With the new development of firearms and their widespread use in warfare, it caused changes in the internal structure and organization system of the Ming Dynasty army. This change was most obviously reflected in the creation of specialized firearms troops in the Ming Dynasty.
The most famous one is of course the establishment of the Shenji Battalion, which gradually separated the firearms soldiers from the infantry and formed an independent branch of the army. The creation of the Shenji Battalion greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, which is similar to the European formation of the Shenji Battalion in Spain in the early 16th century.
Compared with the musketeers, the Ming Dynasty firearms corps was created about a century earlier.
It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was not lagging behind at this time, at least in terms of military development ideas.
Later, with the further development of firearms, the Ming Dynasty began to establish firearms vehicle battalions, which better solved the problem of mobile combat with firearms.
The chariot camp has several types of organization: heavy chariot camp, light chariot camp and chariot and cavalry camp. The chariot camp is actually a firearms camp. The firearms are shielded by chariots and can be easily maneuvered by vehicles. The chariot and cavalry battalions serve as artillery units.
A form of combined force of cavalry and infantry. It is the product of the development of firearms to a certain stage and represents a new combat effectiveness.
But what Ni Zhonghua was even more happy about was that Gao Pragmatic gathered all the train camps on the Northern Line and gave him command.
This practice was not common in the Ming Dynasty, but Ni Zhonghua had heard of it - Liu Xian once did this kind of thing (Note: In the historical records of Liu Wei, there is a saying that he made good use of the car camp.), but
It was his first time to command such a large-scale car camp operation, so he was quite eager to try it.
Of course, since Guangxi is a poor province, there are no General Tianwei and Second General Shenwu in this battle. There are 3 Generals Honglei, 14 Generals Feilei, 24 Generals Jiesheng, and Mielu.
There are 30 cannons, 60 tiger crouching cannons, and 60 tornado cannons. There are a total of 109 large and small Franco aircraft.
The statistical unit of "position" is a characteristic of the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty liked to call medium and large artillery a certain general, so as to use "position" to refer to it.
Although there is no statistics, Ni Zhonghua estimates that artillery pieces above this number may account for at least more than one-third of the entire Guangxi official army's mobile artillery.
With so many cannons hitting Mingjiang City, Ni Zhonghua felt that Gao Xunping was giving himself credit. If he still failed to seize this opportunity, wouldn't he, Mr. Ni, be stupid?
Without waiting for Huang Zhiting to express his position, Ni Zhonghua observed the position for a while and then began to order the layout. At the same time, he sent someone to ask Huang Zhiting to send wolf soldiers to protect the car camp - although Ni Zhonghua did not think that Huang Gongsheng had the courage to fight out of the city.
But be careful and you won't make a big mistake. Anyway, the friendly troops are chieftains and wolf soldiers, so if you don't use them, you won't use them in vain.
Although Huang Zhiting was very unhappy with Ni Zhonghua's attitude, for the sake of these two hundred "generals", she still pinched her nose and admitted it - after all, it was much more cost-effective to destroy the city with artillery than to use the lives of her wolf soldiers to fill the gap.
Huang Zhiting had been confronting Huang Gongsheng at the foot of Mingjiang City in Siming Prefecture for nearly a month. It was not like she had done nothing. The moat in Nancheng had already been filled in by her wolf soldiers. Ni Zhonghua's cannons could reach the bottom of Mingjiang City if they wanted.
However, Ni Zhonghua felt that his work was already complete, and he was unwilling to take such a risk. He only placed 3 generals from the three Honglei generals, 14 generals from the fourth Feilei general, and 24 generals from the fifth victory general on the outside of the original moat.
The main entrance and front wall of Mingjiang City were ready to start firing. The remaining cannons, tiger crouching cannons, cyclone cannons, and large and small Franchise guns were arranged at the back and moved according to the opportunity.
More than a thousand wolf soldiers sent by Huang Zhiting were divided into two teams and guarded in front of the carriage camp. The queues of these wolf soldiers seemed to be quite orderly, but they were a little restless, but not for anything else, but for the first step after the city was broken.
Charge into the city and rob...
However, at this moment, a small white flag suddenly flew from the tower, and a hanging basket was lowered from the tower. A man jumped out of the basket and shouted: "Wait a minute, do it, wait a minute, the villain is asking to see you on the order of the Second Young Master."
