Fan Biao stood behind Zhu Jianji and looked at the battlefield in the distance. His heart was shocked for the first time in his life. The strong impact of the scene in front of him made Fan Biao truly understand two words.
Art.
The art of war.
He even doubted whether this was a dream.
Can the war still be fought like this?
Kaohsiung City is nearly two feet high. Although it is not as good as the city walls of those important towns in the Ming Dynasty, Kaohsiung City is made of accumulated rocks and is extremely strong. If you want to attack by force, you can only climb the city from the city gate or with the help of ladders.
The young army of the East Palace is attacking by force.
but……
There were no soldiers attacking the city at all.
It was as if ammunition cost nothing. They were bombarded with artillery from a distance of five hundred steps, and the Huilongying soldiers on the city gate wall couldn't even raise their heads.
Not only could they not raise their heads, but artillery was fired all over the city, causing huge damage.
Fan Biao even suspected that if the bombardment continued like this, Hang Shuihui and Zhao Tai, who were responsible for the defense, would raise the white flag and surrender before the two sides even had a close encounter.
If His Royal Highness hadn't given His Majesty Baozong time to escape, the young army would have entered the city long ago!
Xue Meng has been killed in battle.
When Dai Yi returned to the treasure ship to report the results to His Highness the Crown Prince, saying that Li Jiu had killed Xue Meng with one shot, Fan Biao couldn't believe his ears.
?
What kind of firecracker has such power?
This is the young army that His Royal Highness spent more than ten years building, a war machine that ends the old era and opens a new era?
So fucking cruel!
Fan Biao's heart became lively.
The young army is so powerful...
Then I would go to the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army in Hammer, and it would be great to be a member of a thousand households in the Youjun Army!
Zhu Jianji was sitting on a chair, drinking tea in the sea breeze. He was in a good mood. It was only a matter of time before taking over Taiwan. He had never worried about it. Moreover, if Ming Dynasty wanted to take the road of maritime hegemony, it must also control Taiwan.
It's more than that.
The second island chain must become the base of the Ming Navy.
Estimating the time, he said to Dai Yi: "According to Gu's decree, the offensive will be halved. Let some of the soldiers bury pots and make rice first, take turns eating, and launch the general attack at Shenshi in the afternoon."
The application time is 3pm.
The young army launched an offensive at around 11 o'clock in the morning, giving Baozong two hours. The entire Huben Guard force should be able to carry ten million taels of silver to the ship within two hours.
From the beginning, Kaohsiung had a way out.
The young army only attacked from the front.
There were only scouts on the sides and back, so if Baozong was smart enough, he would listen to Han Shuihui and carry the silver to board the ship from the southeast gate in preparation for evacuation.
Dai Yi immediately went to deliver the order.
Fan Biao suddenly said: "Your Highness, will His Majesty Baozong burn the gold and silver that cannot be taken away?"
Zhu Jianji smiled and said: "Yes, but he can't do it."
Fan Biao understood.
Obviously His Highness the Crown Prince has arranged chess pieces. Even if Baozong ordered Han Shui to destroy the gold and silver that he could not take away when he left, no one would probably carry it out.
Or someone will execute it, but it will be destroyed.
On the wall of Kaohsiung City, Zhao Tai heard the order from Wo Xin Palace, which asked him to take charge of all city defense affairs, with Chen Lan supervising the army. Zhao Tai suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Your Majesty wants to run!
And looking at this situation, Han Shuiping will also follow the Baozong and run away.
what to do?
Keep?
Definitely can't hold it.
The young army had not yet launched a serious attack. They only plowed the ground with their hind legs several hundred paces away. They already suffered more than a thousand casualties in the battle. Even Xue Meng was shot in the head.
If you continue to fight, you will die.
Run too?
But abandoning the position and running to Baozong. After all, Baozong is the Ming emperor of Taiwan, and he has tiger guards at the level of Han. It is not a matter of Baozong to just run back and chop off his own head.
Zhao Tai is in a dilemma.
At noon, the young army's offensive suddenly weakened.
Zhao Tai was overjoyed.
Let's just say that the young army came from afar. How could the extremely lethal artillery and ammunition be used without restriction? There must be a time when it will be exhausted. Without the artillery, if you want to capture Kaohsiung Field with only firecrackers...
…
Not much hope!
After all, except for the Tiger Guards, all the other troops in Kaohsiung City are deployed for defense, totaling more than 20,000 people.
The strength of the army is twice that of the young army.
As long as there is no such artillery suppression, once our side seizes the opportunity, it is even possible to leave the city and counterattack.
If you win big...
Didn’t he become the number one person in Taiwan’s military circle by virtue of his military exploits?
Zhao Tai's confidence doubled again.
really.
A quarter of an hour before Shenshi, the artillery fire of the Young Army suddenly stopped. Zhao Tai took a look at the top of the city and found that the formation of the Young Army began to approach the city wall.
We are ready to attack!
Good opportunity!
Without artillery suppression, as long as you take advantage of the city wall and thwart several rounds of enemy attacks, you will have a chance to turn defeat into victory!
Unfortunately, Huilongying has too few artillery pieces.
When the young army entered the artillery range, dozens of artillery shells were fired, and the enemy's formation was not disrupted!
Zhao Tai complained secretly.
The enemy is rogue. You are attacking the city. What does it mean to set up a long snake formation?
It’s just a long snake formation.
The key is that it’s still so sparse!
Three people formed a group, with three or five steps between each group. This made one's own artillery a joke. What frightened Zhao Tai even more was that although the enemy's formation was sparse, the range of the fire cannons in their hands was actually comparable to that of one's own.
artillery range.
Our artillery had just fired a few rounds when the enemy's volley of firecrackers came!
The range of our own fire cannon is only fifty steps.
The key is that the quantity is not enough.
The effect of intensive shooting cannot be achieved.
This is embarrassing.
The enemy clearly had no artillery to suppress them, but relying on the super long range of the cannons, they still pressed our own soldiers against the city wall, unable to raise their heads. If you were not careful, you would be shot in the head!
The commander around him, Qian Hu, had already lost several people in battle.
Zhao Tai was stunned.
He has never experienced such a desperate battle.
He couldn't even see the enemy, and his comrades and robes around him suddenly had their heads turned into a lake of slurry, and they fell to the ground dead without saying a word.
It's so weird.
And as the enemy troops approached within a hundred steps of the city gate, the terrifying artillery fire came again!
The accuracy of the placement is jaw-dropping.
The defense force that had just been deployed above the city gate was instantly blown to pieces by artillery. In addition, there was also the weird artillery that exploded a large ball of ammunition as soon as it hit the ground. Several rounds of artillery bombarded the city gate wall.
The defense force has become useless!
Zhao Tai briefly weighed it.
The city gate will never be able to hold for two seconds!
Run.
At this time, life still matters.
As expected by Zhao Tai, under the suppression of Dongfeng mortar's ground-washing firepower, the Kaohsiung city gate faced almost no resistance and was rushed away by the siege vehicles of the young army, immediately falling into "street fighting".
The so-called street fighting means that the young soldiers chase and shoot with their guns, and the Huilong camp soldiers scatter like birds and beasts.
It's not so much a battle as it is a massacre.
Huilongying has no power to fight back!
As Zhao Tai galloped towards the Woxin Palace, he looked back and sighed secretly.
The army collapsed like a mountain.
We have 30,000 people, and we have the right time, place and people, while the enemy is a tired army and only has 10,000 people. In such a war, we have been beaten into this shit.
Our own side didn't even have the slightest ability to fight back.
The infant army's battle losses will not exceed one hundred people!
