Chapter 298 Attack on Zhenjiang III
Xu Chengqing shook his head and directly rejected Li Shouye's plan: "The rebels will never give us a chance."
Liu Minsheng, the supervisor of the army, said sharply: "We think it is best not to save him."
The identity of the eunuch made Xu Chengqing very uncomfortable. This Liu Minsheng came here halfway. It was common practice for an army of more than 30,000 people to be supervised by an eunuch. Most military men did not like eunuchs.
Just when all the generals were a little angry, Xu Chengqing found helplessly that Liu Minsheng's words seemed normal.
Rescue, faced with the awkward situation of encirclement and rescue, weakened Danyang City's defense; without rescue, Xu Shiji was also a general of the Duke of Wei, and both of them had military positions in the Governor's Palace of the Fifth Army, which was inconsistent with emotion and reason.
Upon seeing this, Liu Minsheng said: "We are not unreasonable people. Why don't we send people back to Nanjing quickly to inform the Nanjing princes about this matter and let them make a decision? Since they are thinking of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements, There is enough time, and General Xu can also make a move to rescue Li Jiaji."
Xu Chengqing took a cold breath, thinking that the dead eunuch in front of him still had two brushes, so he nodded: "Then we will act according to Eunuch Liu's wishes and send someone to inform Nanjing as soon as possible."
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"preparation..."
"put..."
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
"Cooling the gun body..."
As buckets of ice water were splashed on the body of the Shenwu Cannon, the white mist steamed from the body of the cannon, but it could not be dispersed for a while.
Tang Kainian walked to the front of the formation and looked at the already empty ammunition box: "What's going on on the other side?"
The commander of the artillery regiment directly under the Longwu Army was directing his men to quickly cool down the gun barrels. When he saw Tang Kainian coming to the artillery array in person, he stood at attention and saluted: "Reporting to the military seat, the artillery array opposite has no more fire after two rounds of fire." Fire."
After saying that, he chuckled: "According to the military seat's order, five rounds of artillery fire are fired every two hours. However, the military seat cannot receive the ammunition, and the logistics bureau must quickly transport it."
Tang Kainian smiled and kicked the regiment commander, and then cursed: "The Mud Logistics Bureau is still in Suzhou, and the large army's supplies are being sparingly used. You should also take it easy and fire each salvo instead of five guns. "
"Report...
Military seat, urgent order from the Duke. "
Tang Kainian took the military order and opened it, then put the general's order away. When he looked at the artillery regiment commander, his relaxed expression was gone: "Order, the artillery will cover the infantry operations. There is no need to save them. Use up all the artillery shells."
Chen Cao did not go to the encirclement in person to provide reinforcements, but stayed at the foot of Danyang City with two new garrison divisions. Instead, he asked Song Che to lead two divisions of the Dingwu Army. However, after three days, there was still no one in Danyang City. movement.
Chen Cao thought about it, and finally figured out one thing, that is, Xu Chengqing would not care about Xu Shiji's life or death at all. His primary goal was only the safety of Danyang City, unless Chen Cao withdrew his troops.
With this idea, Chen Cao deliberately feinted, and the Danyang defenders immediately went out of the city to pursue him. It was precisely because of Xu Chengqing's action that Chen Cao saw Xu Chengqing's original intention clearly.
Therefore, Chen Cao would not waste time with Xu Chengqing at all, so that Chen Cao, who had been fooled twice, became a little angry with Xu Chengqing. While ordering Song Che to return to the army, he also issued a death order to Tang Kainian of Lijiaji.
Destroy Li Jiaji Xu Shiji's troops at all costs.
At the top of Danyang City, Xu Chengqing looked at the rebels who were beginning to gather and sneered: "Did you see it? Chen Ni couldn't help it anymore."
After Xu Chengqing received the reply from Nanjing, he sent the official document to Lijiaji intact. After summarizing the battlefield situation, the Nanjing princes all believed that not rescuing was the best policy, and ordered Xu Shiji to break out of the encirclement and return to Dan. As a disciple, he also ordered Cao Jiang Navy Division Zhao Tianlin to send troops south to meet Xu Shiji, who broke through the encirclement and headed north.
So much so that when Xu Chengqing looked at Chen Cao's army outside the city, he thought it was adults playing tricks on children.
Innocent...
"Send the order, the whole army is ready, the rebels are ready to attack, let the musketeers enter the trench position, all the defense equipment is ready, each battalion sticks to its position, and the rebels must not be allowed to take advantage."
Chen Cao outside the city naturally didn't know that Xu Chengqing was mocking him on top of the city. Instead, he looked at every Northern soldier on top of Danyang City as if they were looking at dead people.
"After this battle is over, anyone who captures Xu Chengqing alive will be heavily rewarded."
This is the first time that Chen Cao has offered such a high price in a fight. Even when he fought against the You Shiwei brothers in the past, he never had such a high price.
"Pull up all the artillery and use artillery to cover the actions of the third division. In addition, let the engineers prepare and prepare all the explosives. Danyang City will be rebuilt by then."
The strong walls of Hangzhou City collapsed under the attack of explosives. Chen Cao did not think that the little alchemist in front of him had a stronger city wall than Hangzhou.
The Ninth Brigade of the Third Division was responsible for the main attack. Although the brigade commander Su Zhongnian was not promoted to the division commander of the New Army like his brigade-level generals, the three divisions of the Dingwu Army were the ace troops. Even Liu Butang, the commander of the Third Division, Not yet promoted, his two brothers Tang Kainian and Tang Yannian at the same time are now the commander and deputy commander of the First Army.
However, everyone in the Third Division knew that the person in their Third Division was a squad leader and would become a senior general in the new division in the future. Liu Butang's promotion would be a matter of time.
Su Zhongnian drew out his own command knife and shouted with his front finger: "Attack..."
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
The two sides immediately launched a fierce artillery battle, but the power was immediately apparent, even Xu Chengqing on the top of the city was shocked.
Because the power of the explosion in front of them was more violent than before, the number of soldiers killed and wounded doubled.
He himself did not know that Songjiang had begun to equip new field artillery, and that transitional artillery such as Shenwu artillery was about to be eliminated by all armies.
Twenty 105 field artillery units all unleashed their power, surpassing the threshold of front-loaded artillery in terms of firing distance and lethality. Not long after, the city where Xu Chengqing was located had been bombed beyond recognition. If it hadn’t been for the heavy losses suffered in Wujin before, Now Xu Chengqing himself may have been bombed to death on the city wall without knowing the situation.
"what happened..."
Xu Chengqing was already a little dizzy from being bombed. Looking at the steady stream of wounded soldiers and dead bodies being carried down, he was a little confused: "What kind of artillery did they use? It's so powerful."
As soon as he finished speaking, with the sound of explosions, a group of soldiers who were blown away flew down from the top of the city and immediately fell into a pulp. Of course, many of them had become broken limbs when they fell.
"Commander, the rebel infantry are coming up."
Su Zhongnian commanded his men to advance. Attacking a city is no better than fighting in the field. You must not line up and march slowly under the city. You can only charge. If you line up and advance, even if the people on the city use cold weapons, they can still defeat the opponent. Cause huge damage.
After three rounds of field artillery salvos, the entire Danyang City had lost its original appearance. In some places, city bricks had been blown off, exposing the rammed earth layer inside.
There are a thousand firearms troops in the trench outside the city, all equipped with turtle-dove muskets, plus auxiliary soldiers who help with loading. The trench is full of people.
"The rebels are coming..."
"Get ready, Mud, get ready...raise the gun...raise the gun quickly...the rebels are coming..."
Fei Jie, deputy commander of the 9th Brigade, personally directed a regiment of soldiers to rush towards the trench.
Feijie, who had long known that there were people in the trench, had no intention of engaging in a trench battle with the defenders in the trench. When he charged again, he ordered to arrive at the trench. When he heard the whistle, he directed all the grenades he carried towards the trench. Just throw it away.
At the same time as the whistle sounded, hundreds of hand grenades flew towards the trench with a trace of smoke. Just when the defenders in the trench fired their first shot, the black wood from the sky fell. Inside and outside the trench.
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
Violent explosions occurred one after another, hundreds of times. Even Chen Cao, who was three miles away, could not help but pray for the defenders in the trench, hoping that they would not be so badly blown that it would be difficult to dispose of the bodies when the time came.
Seeing that Fei Jie had succeeded, Su Zhongnian followed the plan and covered his team of engineers and rushed forward. Naturally, he held up a large shield. Even the manufacturer was afraid of the extremely powerful explosive.
A team of ten engineers crossed the trench full of corpses and ran straight to the gate of Danyang City. With the rapidly rotating engineer shovel, the two pits for placing explosives had been dug. The engineers carefully moved the explosives. A huge amount of jelly-like nitrifying explosive was gently put into the tunnel, and then the soil was quickly backfilled and the lead wire was moved outward.
The defenders on the top of the city were preparing to fight back with muskets. Fei Jie, who was below the city, immediately ordered the entire army to fire. A fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides at the gate of the city.
Up and down, no matter how fierce the firepower of the flintlock gun was, it could not withstand the black guns hiding in the ruins. Countless people fell to the ground after being shot.
"withdraw..."
Following a loud shout from the engineer squad leader, Fei Jie immediately ordered the bugler to blow the retreat horn.
The fuse is made of multiple strands of gunpowder wire, which can block the rapid burning of gunpowder and thus increase time for the retreating personnel. Seeing the rebels retreating in unison, the defenders at the city head thought they had been repelled by muskets, and they were all happy. They were yelling, and some even stood directly on the remaining wall and waved flags.
Because of the tinnitus caused by the last bombing, Xu Chengqing had retreated to a position one mile away from the city gate to direct the battle.
Before he could take a sip of water, he saw a beam of white light rising into the sky, accompanying Danyang City Gate and the entire city wall like a goddess scattering flowers. This scene was like a god coming to the world.
