Tong Puhan, the commander of Uzhen Hachao, walked up to Sahalian with a high air of arrogance and said mockingly:
"Master Sahalian, times have changed. Now when fighting Nikan, you can't just use brute strength, but also use your brain. Your Majesty asked your servant to ask you, who ordered the vest attack just now?"
Saha Lian usually doesn't take these Han slaves seriously at all. Tong Puhan has the same nature as his father Tong. They both rely on flattering their masters to get to the top. After they become successful, their tails are raised to the sky. This dog slave has never seen the Shellfish Flag Master in the past. He nodded and bowed more respectfully than a dog. Now, relying on the emperor's favor, he trained the Uzhenha Super Artillery and Fire Gun Soldiers. He thought that his combat power exceeded that of Master Baylor, and he became more and more unruly.
"I am your master!"
Saharian, like Duoduo, was the youngest son of the Aixinjueluo family. He had been pampered since he was a child. How could he tolerate his slaves being so presumptuous? He slapped Tong Puhan hard on the face, beating Commander Wu Zhenha Chao. He staggered and fell to the ground.
Tong Puhan's head was buzzing, and when he raised his head, there was already a slap mark on his face.
"Go away! You ignorant dog slave! I can cut down the Nikan city wall even with a knife at Zheng Hongqi!"
Tong Puhan did not dare to fight back after being beaten. He just glared at Saharian, took a few coated guards, turned around and left angrily.
Next to Saharian, Ge Shiha asked in a low voice: "Master, do you still want to fight?"
Saharian looked at the fortresses in front and said angrily: "What are we going to fight for? The coats are strong, so let them go. You go and call the vests back. Don't rush, let Uzhenha catch up."
Dorgon didn't care about this little episode that happened before the game. He ordered Zhengbaiqi to quickly clear the front channel and let Uzhen Hachao continue to move forward.
Uzhen Hachao, who was hit by his vest, rearranged himself. The two thousand people were divided into ten columns, with each team of 200 people, advancing towards the ten small fortresses at the front. When they were about 300 steps away from the fortress, Uzhen Hachao The column turned into a horizontal formation, and ten British instructors blew their whistles. Everyone stopped advancing, raised their flintlock muskets, and aimed at the Qi army's musketry soldiers hidden behind the fortress crenellations.
The red flag was waved by the Hong Maoyi instructor in front, and the Wuzhenhachao artillery position immediately boiled. Hundreds of artillery began to cover the fortress group and suppress the Qi army's artillery fire.
At the same time, two thousand Uzhenha Chao Fire Gun soldiers were divided into ten teams, with two hundred people in each team besieging a fortress.
The defenders of the outer forts only had five to fifty people on each pier. The heavy artillery set up by the Qi army on the top of the fort had been destroyed by the Qing army in the previous rounds of shelling. Only some small field artillery and flintlock guns were hidden in the fortress. Fight back from behind the crenel. Of course, such firepower could not hinder the impact of the Qing army that was more than ten times greater.
When the firecrackers on both sides were firing at each other with firecrackers, the surviving trench-filling coats began to destroy the parapets around the trench, clearing the way for the ladder trucks behind to advance. The Qi army was stretched thin and used its limited firepower to deal with the approaching enemy troops. In Uzhenhachao, there were only two sporadic forts trying to prevent the cannon fodder from demolishing the parapet barriers.
The packers carrying hoes and hatchets were like gray ant colonies, quickly swarming around the last parapet. Some used hoes to dig the roots of the wall, while others were busy cleaning the caltrops on the ground.
"Pull the mine cannon! Hurry! The soldiers in front can't hold it."
In a small fortress closest to the parapet, a Qi Jun general ordered.
"Old Zhang, mine cannons are meant to deal with carts and Tatar artillery, they can't be pulled!"
Mr. Zhang grabbed the mine rope and pulled hard without any explanation.
"You know how to use a hammer. If the wall falls, the Tatar artillery will come up and hit Shenyang City directly! Our mission is to defend the city, not these broken turtle shells!"
Before he could finish his words, a loud thunder was heard outside, and a dozen Qi soldiers squatting behind the crenel were shaken back by the shock wave.
A giant mine cannon buried in front of the parapet was detonated by the defenders. After the explosion, a mushroom cloud rose from the ground, and thousands of iron nails and tiles shot out from the magazine, sweeping dozens of meters around like a heavy rain. At the position, the coated cannon fodder that rushed to the front and was concentrating on their work was immediately swept away. A gap appeared in the dense ant colony, and the ground was covered with residual limbs. The coated cannon fodder that was not killed fell to the ground and wailed in pain. roll.
"Rush over and knock down this wall!"
The white-armored soldiers in charge of the formation waved their long swords and shouted from behind, urging more soldiers to come forward and knock down the parapet.
"Let's go!"
More than a hundred Qi soldiers squatted half-crouched behind the parapet, patiently waiting for the enemy to come forward, and threw grenades one after another.
The wooden-handled grenade fell like raindrops on the shocked coated crowd. The grenade explosion once again set off a rain of blood. The scene was like a hell. The coated cannon fodder that had just been organized suddenly dispersed, leaving only the wounded soldiers lying in the mud. The people were rumbling and wailing at the edge of the trench.
A childish Qi soldier ignored his teammates and stuck his head out to observe the results of the battle. After seeing the coated cannon fodder howling outside the parapet, he grinned and said: "Hahaha, let's blow up the two Tatars." Stupid, let’s see who dares to come!”
"Heiwazi, come down quickly, don't yell."
Before he could finish his words, a harsh roar suddenly came from the sky, followed by a thunderous explosion.
Continuous white smoke rose from the Uzhenhachao position two miles away, and hundreds of artillery shells roared in, hitting the last parapet.
Before Hei Wazi and his teammates could react, they were hit by more than a dozen ten-pound iron balls at the same time. The adobe bricks fell off and hit Qi Jun under the wall, making a dull banging sound. The parapet was smashed. There was a small gap, and the flesh and blood around the gap were all Qi Jun's limbs...
The thick black coated cannon fodder took the opportunity to rush in and rush to both sides along the gap. The thin defense line composed of more than a hundred soldiers could not hold the breastwork, which was more than three miles wide. The general gave an order and the remaining people retreated to In the rear fortress, the resistance continued.
Various light artillery pieces of the Qing army began to slowly approach along the gap in the parapet. They bombarded the fortress as they walked. Compared with the giant red cannons in the rear formation, this kind of light artillery was less powerful, but its accuracy was extremely high. Their addition had a huge impact on the fortress crenellations. The Qi army firing muskets and arrows posed a serious threat.
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The Uzhenhachao soldiers formed a suppressive advantage over the Qi army, and grenades were constantly thrown into the fortress. This grenade was also a product of the Kaiyuan soldiers in the village.
The two outermost fortresses have fallen, and the remaining eight are still making desperate resistance.
After the Qing army, under the command of British instructors, captured the fortress in front, the offensive line continued to march quickly with guns in hand without spreading out.
A Niu Lu Zhengbai Banner armored soldier invaded the captured fortress and arbitrarily killed the Qi army who was forced into a corner. In the end, no one knew who ignited the stored ammunition. The two fortresses together with dozens of real barbarians rushed inside. The armored soldier was blown to pieces by black powder.
Dorgon put down his telescope and ordered the commander of the Zhengbai Banner and the Horse Armor: "The cavalry will follow closely. When a few more fortresses are captured, the Qi army will inevitably collapse. Don't let them escape!"
At the same time, Emperor Du Du personally led the Zhenglan Banner troops and horses to appear on the left wing of the fortress group, making a feint attack. Du Du placed his elite troops within the range of his own Hongyi cannon. According to the plan made before the war, Zhenglan Banner The Blue Banner is always ready to join the frontal battlefield, or if Dorgon's attack fails or is driven out by the Qi army, the emperor will personally be responsible for covering the retreat of the Zhengbai Banner.
However, looking at the current situation, it should not be the emperor's turn to take action today. The Zhenghong Banner and the Zhengbai Banner alone can clear out the more than ten fortresses on the periphery and push the battle line under the Shenyang City Wall.
Du Du's jaw trembled slightly. In his field of vision, the Qi Army fortress was still making its final resistance.
Emperor Du Du is determined to win the city of Shenyang. This is not because he is arrogant, but because he has no choice but to do so.
For this critical battle, the Qing army depleted all the horses and food that could be recruited from all over Liaodong, and all the people aged 13 and above from Dingkou of the Eight Banners were sent to the expedition. The emperor even sent Obai to Sakhalin Island to ask for help from the Cossacks, allies of the Qing, hoping that those who had eaten The human demons can at least send some musketeers to reinforce the Shenyang battlefield.
I don’t know if Batulu Obai rushed to Sakhalin Island to ask for help from the Cossack soldiers before his head was chopped off by Wu Xiao.
Perhaps the 1,500 heavily armed Cossack bandits on Sakhalin Island are now on their way to Liaodong, or they are still continuing to engage in the pimp business they are good at in the outer northeast, no, the fur business.
The situation in Northeast Asia in the first year of Wuding was complicated and confusing. Several political forces were involved in the struggle for Liaodong. Just like the fierce battle under the city of Shenyang, who would win in the end was unknown.
"Chronicles of the Past" records the deeds of Commander Sveyatoslav. This medieval European general was simple and simple every time he went on an expedition, without tents or baggage. Caesar also said that war must be supported by war.
But Du Du faced the Qi army's strong walls and cleared the country, and the Qi army implemented this strategy very thoroughly. On the vast fertile Liaohe Plain, the Qing army could not get any supplies.
What's even worse is that the more than 20,000 Korean soldiers led by Li Shunyi continued to hold back the Qing emperor.
The Eight Banners army is stationed around Shenyang. The more concentrated the troops are, the more difficult it is to supply. The grain and grass looted and collected from all over Liaodong are about to be exhausted. Du Du has no choice but to capture Shenyang City as soon as possible.
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While the Shenyang defenders were fighting fiercely with various forces in Northeast Asia, the Emperor Wuding in Shandong was also not idle.
In October of the first year of Wuding, the Linqing Qi army continued to advance wildly. The army fought from Linqing to Ninghai Prefecture. After occupying Denglai, it turned south and invaded Yanzhou Prefecture.
The Qi army was invincible, and all the eighty-seven counties in the five prefectures, fourteen states and eighty-seven counties of Shandong Province were happy to welcome the king's army.
Poor people in Qufu, Yuncheng, Pingdu, Wendeng, Linzi and other places even spontaneously arrested local tyrants and evil gentry, tied them up, and sent them to the Qi army camp outside the city.
Emperor Wuding sent Zhang Dong and others to conduct a cursory interrogation of these local tyrants and evil gentry, and then executed all of them who had great resentment among the people and those who were rich and powerful. Their property and land were confiscated. In two months, more than 700 households were massacred and their property confiscated. More than 3,500 households.
Just like what happened in Linqing, after this great purge, all the rich and powerful gentry in various prefectures and counties were physically wiped out. Tens of millions of private properties were returned to the Daqi treasury. Peasants' associations, soldiers, and chambers of commerce took over all industries in Shandong.
As of the end of October, only Jinan Prefecture and the three prefectures under its jurisdiction, Tai'an, Dezhou, and Binzhou, were left in Shandong and had not been included in Daqi's territory.
The reason for leaving Jinan Mansion is not that our emperor is kind or that his butcher knife is not sharp enough, but because Emperor Wu Ding plans to temporarily move the capital of Qi to Jinan. In order to ensure the absolute stability of the capital, he needs a "brand new" Jinan City .
The meaning of "new" is to kill more people and not to allow any opposition forces in Jinan City.
Of course, setting Jinan as the capital was only a stop-gap measure for the emperor. The capital was now in ruins. Looking at Jinan, Jining, and Linqing, from these three cities, only Jinan was barely suitable as the companion capital.
Before the Ming Dynasty, Dongping Lake, Onezawa, Weishan Lake, and the entire eastern part of Shandong were covered by water. Compared with the land of plenty in the south, this place was really poor and poor, and it was not considered a "feng shui treasure land" in terms of Feng Shui.
The environment and transportation here are inconvenient, which is not conducive to the issuance of imperial edicts, and it is not conducive to the spread of public sentiment. Except for Murongde of Nanyan, who went to Qingzhou on the Shandong Peninsula to build a small country, no unified dynasty has ever established a capital in Shandong in history.
This is where the Yellow Flood Area is located. The Yellow River has changed its course many times in Shandong. Although Jinan has a dangerous terrain, the entire rear of Shandong is mountainous and the plain area is small and lacks depth, making it unsuitable as a strategic base.
From a land perspective, Shandong is a peninsula, separated from the Central Plains by Mount Tai. There are almost no transportation options and it is easy to be contained.
According to Emperor Wuding's imperial plan, once the rebellions in the north and south are suppressed, Da Qi's new capital will be selected in the southern part of the Xiangwan Basin (center point coordinates 32.37n, 112e)
Xindu City is connected by five surrounding small cities as its administrative boundaries. The five cities are:
Dengzhou, Xinye, Fancheng, Gucheng, Junzhou.
This area is not only close to the geographical center of China (Ezhou), but is also completely suitable as the capital of the Eastern Hemisphere, far superior to Beijing, Nanjing, and Guangzhou.
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