"Shizheng, there is no one on the city wall anymore. Do you want to arrange a battle camp to rush?" Wang Lin, the standing chief of staff, asked.
Wang Lin was also the battalion commander of the first batch of combat barracks, and later became the deputy division commander. This time he was transferred to the second combat zone and became Qin Rong's deputy.
And with the position of chief of staff, the next time there is a vacancy in the combat division, it is likely that he will be promoted to a full-time position in one step.
"Wait a minute, we have time, don't be in a hurry." Qin Rong shook his head and said immediately, "The purpose of attacking Jinan City is not only to capture this place, but also to take the opportunity to train troops, and our military division has too many recruits. We must choose the safest way to capture Jinan City."
Wang Lin asked curiously: "So Shi Zheng has a better idea to capture Jinan City?"
"My method is very simple, which is to use cannons to continuously bombard the walls of Jinan City. When a section of the wall collapses, I will send people to attack and seize the city gate." Qin Rong said.
Hearing this, Wang Lin frowned slightly and said: "What we are shelling right now is the outermost Wengcheng. If we take down the Wengcheng, there is still a city wall behind it. If we bombard the city walls one by one like this, it will probably take a lot of time."
"It's not us who should be anxious." Qin Rong said in a relaxed tone, "This time we brought a large amount of medicine, just for Jinan City. We are not short of time. We can't destroy the city wall in front of us in one day. At most, we will use more. Shelling for a few days.”
Wang Lin stopped talking when he heard this.
Since Qin Rong's division was already preparing to use artillery, it would be better to use artillery to bombard the walls of Jinan City. It's not like the Tiger Character Banner couldn't afford to consume this medicine.
Jinan City will be captured in two days at most.
The artillery team of the Tiger Flag continued to fire at Jinan City, and only shelled one city wall, ignoring the other walls of Jinan City.
In order to ensure firepower, each combat barracks is equipped with an artillery team.
The artillery teams of several combat barracks took turns to bombard Jinan City, and the corresponding combat barracks were responsible for peripheral security to ensure the safety of the artillery teams.
After all, the artillery team has obvious advantages and disadvantages. Its slow movement speed is most easily targeted by the enemy's cavalry.
With the protection of the entire combat barracks, the safety of the artillery team is guaranteed, and the artillery bombardment of Jinan City can be carried out with peace of mind.
The replaced artillery team should eat and drink after withdrawing. After taking a rest, it is ready to take over the combat tasks of other artillery teams at any time.
The Tiger Flag army outside Jinan City is at ease here, but the people in Jinan City are not so relaxed.
The people and officials in the city all knew that Jinan City was captured by the Tiger Banner Army, and the constant sound of cannons outside the city also confirmed this.
One morning passed, and Cao Wenzhao hid in a remote corner under the city wall without moving a step.
It's not that he doesn't want to move, but the cannons are constantly falling on the city wall. The defenders in the city can't get up to the city wall at all. Even if they try to get up, they can't hold on for long. They either get on the wall or escape down the city wall again.
"General, the tiger thieves' cannons have stopped firing. It's been all morning, and I don't even know how much medicine has been used." A soldier guarding Cao Wenzhao said.
This battle was so fierce that he had no chance even if he tried his best.
What fell on the city wall were all cannonballs, and the enemy was still some distance away from the city wall.
Cao Wenzhao raised his head and glanced at the city wall, and said: "The tiger thieves are preparing to blow down the city wall. I don't know how long Jinan City's wall can last."
They were all old soldiers, and there were no Ming troops guarding the city walls. The Tiger-Charactered Banner continued to fire without attacking, so he guessed the intention of the leader of the Tiger-Charactered Banner army outside the city.
However, he guessed that he had no solution. He could only hope that the walls of Jinan City would be stronger and consume more of the enemy's medicine. It would be better to consume all the medicine brought by the enemy.
Without Yaozi's cannon, it's just a decoration.
"The tiger thief is really rich. He has consumed so much medicine." The soldier next to him said with envy.
The artillery can blast open the city wall, so there is no need for soldiers to fight desperately with the defenders in the city to capture the wall, and there will naturally be fewer casualties.
Everyone who joins the army hopes to meet a commander who cares about his life.
Cao Wenzhao looked very ugly.
The Tiger Character Banner can bombard Jinan City with cannons unscrupulously, and even want to use cannons to destroy Jinan City, which is enough to show that there is no shortage of medicine, and the number of cannons is sufficient.
From this alone, you can imagine how wealthy the Tiger Flag army is.
Such an army would be very difficult to deal with unless the soldiers stretched their hips. He had fought against the people of the Tiger-Character Banner. In his opinion, the other party did not stretch their hips. Compared with the soldiers of the Ming Army, Ding is not bad either.
At this moment, not far away, a yamen servant from the yamen came rolling and crawling to Cao Wenzhao's place.
"General Cao, the superintendent sent a young man here to ask you why the rebels outside the city have been firing cannons? Let General find a way to deal with the cannons of the rebels outside the city." The Yamen servant said quickly.
He would not be willing to come here at all unless he had to.
Cao Wenzhao said: "You go back and tell the commander that the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce and it is impossible to fight back at the moment. You need to wait until the enemy's cannon has consumed almost all the medicine before you can fight back."
"The general understands what he means, but the general should tell the governor in person. Many big families in the city have found the governor, and even Prince De's Mansion has sent people there." The Yamen servant said.
After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said: "You go back first, I will make it clear to the supervisor in person later."
"I'm sorry, but General, you'd better hurry up." After saying that, the officer fled to the city.
He didn't want to stay here for a moment.
Cao Wenzhao looked around the area. When he saw someone in the crowd, he said, "Go over and find Lou Dusi."
The person he saw was Lou Dusi in his mouth.
The soldiers on the side went over and brought Lou Dusi over.
"General, are you looking for the last general?" Lou Dusi rushed over and asked Cao Wenzhao nervously.
He was very afraid that Cao Wenzhao would ask him to lead people to the city wall.
There had already been a governor and two generals who died on the city wall.
"You lead your men to guard here. Once the tiger thieves attack the city, you need to immediately lead the troops to the city wall. Those who stop the tiger thieves will kill on the city wall. Do you understand?" Cao Wenzhao said to the Dusi in front of him.
Dusi secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
As long as you don't let yourself go up the city wall immediately, it will be fine. As for when the people with the Tiger Flag outside the city will go up the city wall, that is a matter for the future, at least you don't need to worry about it now.
"General, don't worry and go back. The general is here and we will never let the tiger thieves board the city one by one." Lou Dusi assured loudly.
The guarantee that came out of his mouth was a free thing for him. Even if Cao Wenzhao was willing to listen, he could say more.
(End of chapter)
