Chapter 449 Texas
"Third uncle, let's fight for a while and then withdraw."
Yue Tuo looked at the furious Mang Gurtai, but found that he could not persuade him at all.
Mang Gurtai kicked a coated slave to the ground, then sat down on a chair and cursed angrily: "Minggou is cunning, Amin was fooled, Yue Tuo, didn't you rescue me?"
Yue Tuo smiled bitterly. He had never thought about rescuing Amin, but Amin's plan had been seen through by the Ming army. Before he could annihilate the Ming army, he was surrounded by the Ming army. In the end, he charged twice in a row, but But there was still no way to rescue Amin who was trapped in the formation.
"God willing..."
Mang Gurtai sneered: "Humph, God's will, Yue Tuo, your Ama is said to have surrendered to Ming Gou."
"Third Uncle, Mingren once said that it was unreasonable. Why, Third Uncle couldn't let go of his anger, so he turned on my Amma, whose life or death is uncertain?"
"Sharp-tongued," Mang Gurtai snorted coldly, and then said: "I don't object to Old Fourteen's strategy. After all, he is also thinking about the Qing Dynasty. Since Ama raised the army to establish the Jin Kingdom, after all, it was for our Manchuria. In the future, you will take your red flag troops to carry out the orders of the fourth brother, Texas...
Leave it to me. "
Mang Gurtai called Huang Taiji his fourth brother, thinking that he had already made up his mind. Yue Tuo was stunned for a moment, then understood Mang Gurtai's meaning, and hugged Mang Gurtai with a Manchu courtesy: " Third uncle...you...take care, I will stay in Hejian Mansion, if there is any trouble..."
Mang Gurtai raised his hand to stop Yue Tuo's words, and then nodded gently: "Go back and tell Fourth Brother that there is not a single coward in Aixinjueluo, so go ahead..."
After passing Pingyuan County, it was less than thirty miles away from Texas, but Chen Cao received a report from the frontline scouts before setting off.
"Your Majesty, the Tatars have not abandoned the city of Dezhou. Instead, they have fortified the city and cleared the fields around Dezhou. The gates leading out of the city are tightly closed. Several gates in front are even blocked with sand and gravel."
Chen Cao looked around at the people around him and said, "Are the Tatars going to defend Dezhou?"
Li Yan approached Chen Cao and said: "After Dezhou, it enters the territory of Beizhili. Dezhou is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Hejian, but it is three hundred miles from Hejian to the city of Beijing. From Beizhili, Judging from the terrain, Dezhou is the last important town between the rivers. If Dezhou is defeated, our army can divide its troops along the road to seize the city of Beijing. If the minister is a Tatar, he will naturally defend Dezhou."
"Your Majesty," Zhao Xin's fast horse rushed over: "The news just arrived is that the Longwu Army defeated the Tatar army in Daming Mansion and has recovered Daming Mansion. The Longwu Army has moved north to Shunde Zhending in accordance with the plan previously formulated by Your Majesty. Two mansions.”
Chen Cao nodded, then raised his hand to signal: "The whole army is setting off from Dezhou."
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"Your Majesty has given the order, the artillery will be in position immediately..."
"Every artillery position obeys my order, target the city wall of Dezhou, and the various elements are loading..."
"Get ready to light the fire..."
"ignition..."
'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-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong-dong...'
The artillery unit, under the command of division commander Ning Guoxing, operated like an assembly line. One hundred and fifty Shenwu artillery pieces and one hundred field artillery pieces bombarded the Dezhou city wall 700 steps away. They fired only three salvos and stood still. The centuries-old wall of the South Gate of Dezhou was blasted with a huge gap by cannonballs, and the rammed earth inside the wall bricks was also shattered.
"This is not enough, the infantry cannot attack..."
Ning Guoxing put down his telescope and turned around and told the ordering soldier: "Go and let your Majesty know if you want to continue firing."
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of artillery explosions were heard from Dezhou City, and the sound came from far to near.
"Be careful, the Tatars are firing."
As soon as he finished speaking, the artillery shells flying out of Dezhou City hit the artillery position directly, causing a wave of mud and causing a lot of casualties to the artillery troops.
Before Chen Cao's order could arrive, Ning Guoxing ordered three volleys of artillery fire again, using superior force to suppress the Tatar resistance in Dezhou City.
The shells flew towards the gap again. While Ning Guoxing was still waiting, the messenger arrived and brought Chen Cao's order: "Master's seat, your Majesty's military order, let our troops cover the engineering troops to blow up the Dezhou city wall."
Several years of changes in explosives have enabled the Songjiang Arsenal to manufacture finished explosives at will. After adding fusible substances such as seaweed, the arsenal can turn nitroglycerin liquid into a coagulant, and then create a more powerful explosive. Yellow explosive.
This time, the new explosives were used in actual combat for the first time, and Texas was the first place lucky enough to be used as an experimental city.
Ning Guoxing immediately ordered all field artillery positions to lower their muzzles, mainly to suppress the Tatar counterattack forces on the city wall, but never to cover the engineering troops preparing to bomb the city.
The study of the fire line is still in full swing. At this moment, the method of detonating explosives is still to ignite fire from a distance. Under the cover of artillery, the engineers successfully arrived under the damaged city wall of Dezhou City. After burying explosives at the root of the city wall, the engineering squad immediately withdrew. Within the canal not far away.
Because of the artillery, the Tatar defenders on the city wall did not notice the engineering troops who had already buried the explosives, and could not even see the small flames that were slowly burning along the fuse.
Due to the bombardment of artillery shells, the huge smoke and dust made it impossible to see the smoke generated after the fuse was ignited from the Tatar observation port.
Suddenly, Chen Cao felt the ground shaking while riding on his horse. The horse he stepped on stepped restlessly on the spot. Then there was a huge explosion, and the wall of Dezhou City two miles away suddenly collapsed. .
Song Che, who commanded the front line, was overjoyed and immediately ordered the 1st Division as the vanguard to attack Dezhou first.
"His Majesty's military order orders the artillery fire to be extended."
Upon hearing this, Ning Guoxing turned around and shouted: "Raise the muzzle of the field artillery fifteen degrees, extend the artillery fire into the city, and fire..."
After all the city walls were overturned, there was no more sound of cannons in the city, and not a single cannonball that had previously caused damage to the artillery array flew out.
After an indiscriminate bombardment, Ning Guoxing got the news that the first round of artillery shells he carried had run out. Before Chen Cao got the news again, he found that the artillery had stopped striking. He turned to look at Zhao Xindi and said: "Immediately send an order to the 9th Division to divide." Just encircle Dezhou City on the left and right and let go in the direction of North Dezhou City."
Encircling three and missing one is a conventional strategy, but now the troops of the 1st Division have rushed into the city from the collapsed city wall, and they can be regarded as forcing the Tatars in the city towards the north city from the center of the city.
