Since the defenders had expected that the Qing army outside the city would try their best to make up for their losses during the day, the Qing army's shelling caused minimal damage to the defenders.
All heavy weapons were removed before sunset. After nightfall, only sentries were still on duty at the top of the city, sending out flares from time to time to observe the situation in the distance.
Most of the remaining soldiers evacuated to rest underground at the base of the city. As long as they didn't disgust everyone by defecating in public, they could do anything else.
During the day, the soldiers who rotated around were all fast asleep. To them, the artillery fire from the Dog Tartars was not as loud as the snoring of some of their companions. They had long been accustomed to it.
"Did you hear that?"
"The dog, the Tartar, and the donkey are at their wits' end!"
"The prince said that dog Tatars bully the weak and fear the strong!"
"you do not say!"
"Then if I am strong, the enemy will be weak!"
"You dare to fire off a few cannons when it's dark. That's something only losers do. If it's a man, he'd do it during the day!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Nowadays, everyone likes to work the night shift, because there is nothing much to do at night, and the dog Tatars dare not launch an attack on the city rashly. They can't even cross the moat, let alone climb to the top of the city.
If we really send a small group of elite soldiers, even if they avoid the observation posts and kill the sentries, they will not be able to withstand the crazy counterattack of the defenders in the city, and their lives will be in vain.
The city gate is blocked in both directions. It is impossible to send someone to open the city gate. Even if the defenders cooperate, it will take a long time to do so.
Besides, the defenders have already accepted the benefits from the Crown Prince, so how can they cooperate?
If you expect the Qing Dynasty to give charity to young ladies to make everyone happy, then you might as well work for the Ming Dynasty honestly, so that you can have both dignity and face.
"Did you hear the sound?"
"Where did the noise come from? How many days has it been? Do you think Dog Tartar is a rat and can dig holes since he was born?"
"If we really dig a hole in the ground, we will use smoke and try again and again. This is how I deal with mice in my hometown!"
"Haha! Okay, okay! It'll be up to you then!"
Water tanks were buried underground in Chenggen in advance to monitor the sound of Donglu digging holes, but it seemed that no movement was heard.
The opponent is very self-reliant. It is estimated that they will not adopt such a reluctant tactic until the normal siege methods have failed.
Besides, the capital city has a moat. If you dig a hole in the ground, you have to dig very deep to avoid the moat. Otherwise, water leakage will cause trouble.
"The dog Tatars set off cannons in the middle of the night. This is deceiving others!"
"That's called self-deception... deceiving others!"
"You know a ball? It's obviously the same thing!"
Those losers outside the city are quite capable of doing anything. It's been an hour and they still haven't stopped.
What effect can this blind attack with black light have on it?
Anyway, the defenders can't understand it at all, so just let them go.
"Brigadier! Are we not going to fight back?"
"Return the eggs! It's pitch dark outside the city, and the Dog Tatars just want to use the cover of night to launch an artillery attack! Let's rest and wait until daybreak to deal with the Dog Tatars!"
Chen Guowei watched in the gatehouse for a long time. While praising the prince for his ability to predict events and his ability to predict events, he also laughed at the fact that the dog Tatars had been reduced to sneak attacks at night.
This must be because the losses during the day were too great. For the sake of face, they had to show off at night and carry out artillery bombardment at night. Even the artillery unit of the East Palace Guards could not guarantee the effectiveness of the bombardment.
Is it becoming popular among the Dog Tatars to deceive themselves?
Tsk tsk!
This is definitely the new fad!
Because the shelling was so frequent, the people in the city couldn't sleep well. They were not worried about the dog Tatars coming in directly. There was just a loud sound for a while, which was really annoying.
Many people were so excited that they couldn't sleep because they heard the prince's heavenly music on Chang'an Street in the afternoon. It is said that listening to it once can live one day longer.
Because the prince returned from his study tour in the fairy world, the objects he invented were all fairy objects, which naturally contained fairy energy. When he heard the sounds made by the fairy objects, he could also get a little bit of the fairy spirit.
If you listen to it once, you can live for one more day, if you listen to it ten times, you can live for ten more days. If you listen to it every day, you can live longer than a hundred years, but you can live for at least twenty or thirty years longer!
Therefore, many people are thinking about going to Chang'an Street tomorrow, maybe they can hear the prince's natural voice again, and this can add another day to their life.
Everyone is also looking forward to the "Jingshi Daily" published tomorrow morning, which will publish the entire process of shelling the Dog Tatars. This is a rare issue and must be collected as a souvenir.
It's very difficult just to get up early to buy newspapers. The Tatars won't let you sleep easily at night. It's really abominable. If you catch a living person, you have to show off.
Even if you pay ten cents for a piece of meat, it will sell out if you show it to hundreds of people at a time.
Even mere expressions can't relieve the hatred, they have to cramp, grind the bones, and make dog blood into blood sausage!
More couples are disturbed and unable to sleep. The long nights are so long that they can only turn on the overtime mode. In ten months, there will be a baby boom in the capital...
"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's not good!"
"Why are you panicking?"
"There are people selling His Highness's immortal portraits on the street. There are paintings and statues. They say that if you offer them, you can enjoy blessings, avoid disasters, and absorb the immortal energy!"
"Haha, there are still people taking advantage of this opportunity to make money!"
"If Your Highness doesn't send factory guards to stop it quickly, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Yang Jinchao was even more anxious than the young master. If he just let it go, he might not know what trouble would happen.
This matter was not something he encountered himself, but one of his godson saw it and felt it was important, so he reported it to him.
"What kind of trouble can there be? This is Min's intention. I have always been open-minded, how can I interfere? It should be noted that this matter is easy to clear, not easy to block. Can you understand Dayu's control of water?"
"..."
Yang Jinchao didn't understand what was being said, but he knew he had to nod, otherwise the little master would think he was an idiot.
"When my portrait becomes popular in Minjian, I will announce that statues not produced by Ouchi are not qualified to use fairy energy. Only by purchasing regular products can you enjoy the fairy energy. Do you think that ordinary people can not buy genuine products? ? In this capital city alone, if one hundred thousand households buy it, and one statue is sold for five taels of silver, that would be five hundred thousand taels!"
You can make money, but you have to pave the way for me to make money.
You drink soup, and when the time is right, I can eat meat directly.
"Your Highness is wise, I am ashamed of myself!"
"Okay, I don't mean to blame you, get up!"
The young master is really wise and far-sighted. Even when he thought of this matter, Yang Jinchao was not only shocked, but also filled with admiration like a surging river.
"Instruct the relevant yamen of Ouchi to come up with some drawings first. I will see if any of them are pleasing to my eyes, and then make samples. Ouchi must not lag behind the outside in this regard. There must also be portraits and statues, and the statues must be divided into wooden parts. , porcelain and metal, the same as other commodities, and are divided into many grades according to the cost, so that the entire consumer group can be covered."
When the time comes, I will prepare a pile for you, ranging from paper, porcelain, wood, and iron to gold, silver, and copper. There are only things you can't afford, and nothing you can't think of.
Generally speaking, the more expensive the fairy statue is, the more fairy energy it releases.
According to the jargon, this is called - sincerity leads to spiritual success!
It seems that I am only one step away from becoming an immortal. How magnificent!
"Yes! Your Highness is wise, I will do it now!"
If the prince becomes an immortal, he, as a chicken and dog, will also be able to ascend to heaven. Yang Jinchao is particularly happy.
He has never even thought about what the fairy world is like. From now on, he must run his errands well and serve his little master with all his heart.
In this way, I can become the first batch of slaves to follow the prince to heaven. This is a great event that has never happened before!
"Brother Emperor, aren't you sleepy?"
Xiao Feizhai had trouble sleeping last night because of the shelling. Due to the function of the biological clock, he was still yawning even when he got up on time.
"Of course I'm sleepy, but I don't want to go back to sleep for a while, otherwise wouldn't my schedule be messed up? Can a mere Donglu change my schedule?"
Although braids are very rampant, that's it. If you have the ability, just bombard them during the day. The question is, do you dare?
If you dare to stink so bad today during the day, the artillery troops at the top of the city will blow out all your sewers!
"But I'm so sleepy!"
The little fat man almost wants to walk with his eyes closed, but he was tortured a lot last night.
"Whenever there is no shelling from now on, you can sleep whenever you want!"
The braids are nothing more than showing off their power at night, but if they want to affect the rest of the people in the city, they can only maintain night bombardment.
At worst, just reverse the schedule. It's just a waste of lighting supplies, and the pigtails can't be bombarded around the clock, otherwise they'll be looking for a fight.
"All right!"
Seeing that he could have a bowl of fragrant beef ramen early in the morning, Xiao Feizhai didn't care too much about the braid outside the city.
The good thing about the cooler weather is that you can eat beef ramen with endless aftertaste, which is one of Xiao Feizhai's favorite staple foods.
"Your Highness, good news, today's newspaper was sold out as soon as it went on sale!"
Li Jizhou received the news from the servant at the door and immediately conveyed it to a certain prince.
"It's normal. People in the city have limited channels to get news anyway, so all they can do is read newspapers when they have nothing to do!"
The newspaper office delivered the newspaper to the rear residence before dawn, so that the prince could read it when he got up.
If people want to see it, they have to wait until the printing factory prints it in large quantities, and retail sales will be later than the supply to annual users.
Regarding the entire process of yesterday's shelling, the newspaper office has sent many reporters to the troops of Chen Guowei and Ni Chong to conduct interviews.
Due to the acquisition of countless first-hand information, the amount of information published in newspapers published today is very large.
After some embellishments by the editors, the writing is almost like a review, and readers who are interested in it can enjoy it.
As long as there are enough editing materials, the newspaper can do this every day, and the aunt and uncle of a certain prince can definitely make money every day.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the Donglu outside the city have withdrawn all their artillery to a position three miles away. The deployment scale is relatively loose, making it inconvenient for our army to launch an artillery attack!"
Zhou Yuji personally climbed to the top of the city in the morning to observe the situation outside the city. When he felt that the prince had already gotten up, he reported the relevant situation over the phone.
"If the Donglu don't carry out shelling during the day, then don't worry about them. If they continue the bombardment at night, just let them attack blindly. This kind of insignificant thing will not do much damage to the city defense. Just pay attention to the fact that Donglu will suddenly appear in the city. Just launch the siege at night, and the city must be on high alert day and night."
A certain prince is now worried that the emperor will jump over the wall in a hurry, so he sends his braided army to attack the city at night. Once the defenders are paralyzed and careless, the braided army is indeed very likely.
"Yes! The general will obey the order! Your Highness, please rest assured. The brigade commanders are now on duty during the day, and the general will patrol the city at night to ensure nothing goes wrong!"
Zhou Yuji is still very irresponsible and has a clear division of labor with his subordinates. Moreover, if he doesn't take a look around at night, he won't be able to sleep peacefully.
"Although the task is arduous, Aiqing must pay attention to rest and ensure eight hours of sleep every day. This is also an order and must be carried out! It should be noted that the siege of Donglu did not happen overnight, as short as two or three months, or as long as more than half a year. Aiqing is this The palace's most capable man must not be dragged down."
Now we are competing to see who is broad-minded, fat, and thick-skinned. If you want to be stubborn, just imitate Sima Yi, or imitate Zhuge Liang!
I'm not going out anyway. If you have the ability, you can fly in. If you don't, you can just fire off the cannons.
"Your Highness cares for me so much. I am deeply grateful. I will definitely devote myself to it..."
After hearing the prince's instructions, Zhou Yuji immediately felt warm in his heart. It was a blessing for a military commander to serve his life for such a master.
"Okay, I don't need to say the second part of the sentence. I still hope that Aiqing will march into Liaodong with troops and horses!"
Huang Degong is gone, Sun Yingyuan is injured, and there are not many generals that a certain prince can trust. There are very few people who can support troops without respecting themselves these days.
There are Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui outside the pass, and Zuo Liangyu inside the pass has been chopped down by Hong Chengchou, but Chai Shihua is still jumping around in Gansu, and there are a lot of annoying fleas.
"By the way, Aiqing, did Donglu chop down all the wooden stakes marking the distance outside the city?"
A certain prince suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask him casually.
"Back to Your Highness, I just chopped off a little bit, probably more than 50%, less than 70%."
Zhou Yuji still didn't know why the prince asked the question, so he could only report it truthfully.
"That's good. As long as I find that the Donglu's heavy artillery, especially the red cannons, are within the range of our army's new bronze cannons and rocket launchers, you don't need to ask me for instructions first. You can seize the opportunity and open fire immediately to attack Donglu. Caught off guard."
Don't think that the range of the defenders' weapons is only two miles. They can give you a big surprise even from two miles away!
"Yes! I will obey your orders!"
With the power to strike first and play later, Zhou Yuji felt much more relaxed and could even express himself freely.
The new weapons have strong firepower and a long range. The disadvantage is that they are expensive to produce. One shot can cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Previously, missiles were fired at each city gate, with a total of ninety-six missiles fired, which cost thousands of taels of silver.
If you really do this every day, you can destroy missiles worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in a month.
The consumption in half a year can be imagined, so it must be used with care.
The firing cost of the bronze cannon is much lower than that of the missile, but its power is inferior to the missile. Moreover, Donglu has learned to be smart after suffering a loss once, and will not approach the city easily during the day.
If the defenders do not move to lure the enemy, if they want the Donglu to approach the city again, they can only hope that they will have a heartless and reckless man to direct the battle.
The prince said that in a battle between masters, the competition is not about the advantages of both sides, but about who makes no mistakes or makes fewer mistakes.
Once you make a mistake and are caught by the other party, it may cause great losses and even be fatal.
Donglu made a mistake, and dozens of red cannons were destroyed by Wang Shi.
According to Donglu Arsenal's production capacity estimates, these shortfalls cannot be made up in two months.
Huang Taiji was anxious to get angry, but the cannon body was damaged, which was a complete loss. It could not be repaired and could only be recast.
If you want the defenders' heavy artillery to suffer losses of the same magnitude, then you have to use your brain.
If you can't think of anything, you can only send troops to attack the city...
