I am afraid that the army that I, Jiang Suo, and Song Ming spent all their efforts and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on training will not play a decisive role.
However, Governor Xiong also told him that he did not expect to "win", as long as it was not a "disastrous defeat", a "win" would be achieved by inflicting more casualties on the Kun thieves.
"As long as you can let the thieves know that there is no one in the Ming Dynasty except me!" Xiong Wencan said, "You have done a great job. Even if all these servants are killed, I will not hesitate."
Yi Haoran was so shocked that he almost dropped his jaw. He originally thought that when Xiong Wencan summoned him to secretly teach "strategy", he must be under the command of the "Baoxin Army". Since its establishment, this army has spent tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Xiong Wencan regarded it as a treasure and asked him to "use it with care" when fighting.
Yi Haoran couldn't help but secretly admire him. He didn't expect that this high-ranking official, whom he had been secretly slandering for "recruiting people for his best job", would have such courage.
"The humble position must fulfill the mission!"
Yi Haoran thought twice and decided to deploy his troops in Bangshan, which is an important place to control the Guijiang River and an important support point outside Wuzhou City. Once the Kun thieves occupy this place, they will form an overlooking situation over Wuzhou. They must use them
With superior artillery fire, this place must be attacked.
In addition to the 500 new troops stationed at Bangshan, Xiong Wencan allocated another 500 troops to his Chinese Army Supervisor, also commanded by Song Ming.
The strength of one thousand soldiers was a huge combat force in the late Ming Dynasty. Many general soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty could only rely on two or three thousand soldiers. Xiong Wencan invested such capital here, and Yi Haoran besides supervising the soldiers
We have no other choice but to "fight to the death".
Seeing that it was getting dim outside, his servant came to report: Everything is ready, do you want to leave the city immediately?
"Let's go immediately!"
Xiong Wencan woke up very early, and the sky was just getting brighter. Since the Australians invaded, Xiong Wencan had not slept well. He fell asleep very late and woke up very early. In fact, since he took over as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Wang Zunde stayed
The mess has been giving Xiong Wencan trouble sleeping and eating.
The most reasonable and cheapest way to deal with pirates is to recruit. Appease one family, support the other, and "fight thieves with thieves." No matter who wins or loses, it will only benefit the government. This is how Zheng Zhilong was recruited as a guerrilla general back then.
, with the support of Xiong Wencan, they eliminated all kinds of pirates along the coast of Fujian, which was a headache for the imperial court. Zheng Zhilong's military exploits made his holy family members continue to rise, and his official career was bright.
Being promoted to the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, it is expected that the Holy Emperor also wants to make new contributions in Guangdong, where the situation is more complicated. However, the Australians have a huge appetite, and the price of the Qiongya Deputy General Soldier promised at Piyun Tower failed to tempt the Australians.
, but instead gave him a warning to let him take care of himself and seek transfer as soon as possible. With the current attitude of the Australians, it is obvious that they are at least trying to tear the earth apart and become the king!
Losing Guangzhou first, and then Zhaoqing, it is hard to say whether the Chaoshan Deputy Commander-in-Chief can hold the defense - but Xiong Wencan thinks it is unlikely.
If Wuzhou was lost again, it would be easier for him to commit suicide by throwing himself into the ring, and save the chance of being taken to Beijing and cut off in two by the Jin Yiwei Suo.
In order to ensure that he can continue to thrive, Wuzhou must defend. Now he has taken two preparations.
On the one hand, there is the suggestion of Chang Pu, the magistrate of Enping County: burn the city and clear the countryside. Chang Pu's strategy is as follows: Nancheng faces the Xijiang River, and the Australians who come by boat will definitely choose to conduct the main attack in the relatively open Nancheng. So in
Nancheng gave the Australians a loophole to lure them into the city, and then set fires everywhere in the city to attack them when they were in chaos. If the attack under the fire did not work, they would break out from Beiyunmen and leave the Australians with no food left.
Wuzhou City, forcing them to withdraw from Wuzhou.
This is a very vicious strategy. Even if the Australians can capture Wuzhou, they will be left with an empty city full of scorched earth, with no food, grass, or money. After the chaos, the people in the city will inevitably be killed and injured. When the plague comes, plus countless
Thousands of refugees need relief,
Although Wuzhou is an important water transport town on the Xijiang River, most of the roads from Sanshui to the west are not grain-producing areas, and there are Yaodongs that have withdrawn their defenses from Dongshan Mountain and are out of control. Xiong Wencan knows that these Lidongs have long been prone to chaos.
Retreating will inevitably lead to large-scale Yao chaos. The Australians will not only have to transport food against the current, but also suppress them along the way, and their military strength will be very tight. At that time, there will be no other option but to retreat.
The other side is Yi Haoran's city defense strategy. He believes that setting fire to the city, not to mention whether it will be useful to the Australians, given the organizational level of the Wuzhou City defenders, once the fire breaks out, the Australians will be in chaos before they themselves can
.I’m afraid it will collapse thousands of miles by then.
Yi Haoran's opinion is that relying on Wuzhou's terrain and city defense, as long as the arrangements are properly made, there will be no big problem in defending the city for several months.
The intersection of two rivers in Wuzhou has abundant grain reserves. Except for the small open land in the south of the city, which is surrounded by rivers and hills, it can also rely on the Guijiang River and the Xunjiang River to continuously transport grain from the agricultural areas upstream. Unless Fubo's army takes Wuzhou in one go,
If it is a long-term siege, it may not be possible to trap the city.
Outside the customs, facing tens of thousands of slave-building troops, it is common for a city to stand alone for half a year or even a year or two. No matter how strong the Australians are, if they want to conquer a fortified city quickly, they still have to climb the wall. Australian soldiers
With a small number of people, they can't afford it, and they rely heavily on logistics. From Jiang Suo's words, he knew that the Australians consume a lot of money in combat. Generally, after one or two major battles, the inventory of guns, bullets, and ammunition will be used up.
After careful consideration, Xiong Wencan's strategy was a mixed one. He set up trenches in the north of Dayunmen and Bangshan to defend against Australian artillery fire, deployed heavy troops for defense, and filled some ships with sandbags and scuttled them in the shallow waters of the Gui River to prevent the Australians from attacking.
The fleet entered the Guijiang River.
At the same time, he also made preparations to burn the city, stored food outside the city, and sent heavy troops to guard it. Except for a small number of elites guarding key points in the city, most of the people in the city retreated to various key points outside the city. At the same time, he arrived in Teng County
Heavy troops were deployed at key points on both sides of the Xijiang River in Wuzhou to prevent the Fubo army from raiding the back roads and ensure the safety of the grain road.
At 11 o'clock in the morning on April 13, more than ten transport ships sailed out from Changzhou Island and sailed to the north bank of the Xijiang River south of Wuzhou City. At the same time, large and small ships of the West Detachment of the Pearl River Task Force rhythmically fired artillery fire at the south wall of Wuzhou
, suppress the firepower at the top of the wall, and cover the landing troops ashore.
The landing force consisted of Zhu Quanxing's 3rd Battalion and Zhang Dapao's siege artillery battery. The landing site was busy. Army soldiers waded ashore from transport ships; sailors used cranes to load barrels and mounts of various cannons from the ship.
It was unloaded from the ship, loaded on an inflatable raft, and then transferred to the shoal. The artillerymen assembled a simple crane on the shore and assembled the artillery. Not far away, in the center of the river, three cooking boats were floating
Smoke was floating on the ground, and lunch was being prepared for the landing troops.
Zhu Quanxing temporarily handed over the 3rd Battalion to Zhang Dapao, demolishing houses that blocked the line of sight, digging trenches, and building simple artillery forts with sandbags. Since most of the residents in the south of the city had heard about the arrival of the Fubo Army, most of them had fled.
As long as the houses do not hinder the shooting and assault routes, they will not be demolished according to Zhu Quanxing's order. The troops demolished a large number of warehouses and private houses along the Xijiang River. The goods and property left behind were sealed and sealed until the original owners came over after the war.
Claim. In order to speed up the progress of the project, the attached engineer company of the 3rd Battalion used explosives. There was a rumbling sound, and the original houses and warehouses were turned into bricks and tiles in an instant.
By twelve o'clock at noon, the soldiers who were working hard in the south of Wuzhou City were already sweating and hungry. At this time, the cooking boat sounded its whistle and used a small boat to deliver lunch boxes to the soldiers one after another.
Because it was just before the war, the food was richer than usual. Not to mention the rice, the dishes were "chowder", which was cooked with various "dried meats", "dehydrated vegetables" and solid "sauce". Here you can
There are very few things prepared locally, only a small amount of vegetables and eggs, which are also added in and cooked together - all the eggs are beaten into egg drops.
In addition, they were given a bottle of salt soda to quench the heat and quench thirst, and three cigarettes to refresh themselves. While distributing lunch boxes, the cooks used large spoons to fill the boxes with soup, rice or fried rice noodles and shouted: "Everyone, please eat up."
, If the food is not enough, there is still enough here, please eat enough so that you can fight a big victory!"
After eating and drinking, the soldiers were more motivated, and the project originally scheduled to be completed at 2:00 pm was completed at 1:30 pm. The mortars of the siege artillery, the 24-pound howitzers, 12-pound cannons of the brigade artillery, and three slave warships
The 130mm caliber Dagger cannon that was dismantled was placed on the fort, with its black muzzle pointing directly at the south wall of Wuzhou.
Zhu Quanxing and Zhang Dapao inspected the Fubo Army's positions. Zhu Quanxing had the illusion that the Ark of the Covenant that caused the walls of Jericho to collapse was not as powerful as these cannons. Zhang Dapao looked at these his beloved cannons, and his eyes seemed to shine.
, Zhang Dapao likes cannons, and also likes the roaring sound of cannons. The explosion caused by the cannonball hitting the target makes him intoxicated. The cannon is his life, the cannon is his value, and his eyes are the fired cannonballs, which have the power to destroy everything!
How could we not use the cannons that we had worked so hard to transport ashore? The gunners were already gearing up and preparing to use their artillery skills to blast Wuzhou City into rubble.
However, the army's artillery reserves were insufficient. In particular, the grenades for the mortars only had six rounds per gun. As for the naval artillery, the ammunition reserves were even less. When attacking Zhaoqing, the navy consumed most of the artillery shells on board. By the time they arrived at Wuzhou
A few shots under the city consumed some of it. In contrast, most of the army's artillery fired rarely, so each gun had at least one base number.
From Sanshui to Xijiang, there are layers of joint logistics along the way, and the logistics supply has begun to show signs of fatigue. Especially the civilian ships requisitioned to make up for the transportation capacity, because of the lack of sufficient tugboats, must rely on manpower and wind power to travel upstream. Under heavy load conditions
Almost as slow as a snail.
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