He glanced at it from the corner of his eyes, and his eyes suddenly widened. Then one of Kong Youde's artillery was hit by one of the three iron bullets. Not to mention the artillery falling apart, the Tianyou soldiers busy around them immediately suffered several casualties, and they were all bloody and smashed.
Speaking of which, the artillery at this time was actually not very powerful. Killing a few people with one shot was already pretty good. However, the deterrent effect caused by artillery is very great.
Kong Youde was not surprised that there were artillery at the top of the city of Lushun. What made him unbelievable was that the Ming army's artillery at the top of the city had not even been tested, but it was so accurate. It was even more accurate than the instructors of the Fo Langji. ! This...how is this done?
After knowing that the Ming army's artillery on top of Lushun City was very accurate, these fake Tatars of the God's Blessing Army no longer arranged and loaded their ammunition so calmly. Even Daishan from a distance could tell that they were a little panicked.
The loading of artillery is a technical job, and improper operation may lead to serious consequences. Moreover, the reloading speed will also be affected by mentality.
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people outside the city and outside the city, the first artillery battle finally began with the roar of "boom, boom, boom".
As soon as the artillery battle started, Daishan's face darkened.
Because he found that when the artillery from the Qing Dynasty hit the city of Lushun, the damage often caused was not as great as imagined. As for the artillery of the Ming army at the top of the city, they could often silence one of the Qing's artillery pieces after a dozen or so rounds. If this continues, Kong Youde's artillery battalion will be finished in less than an hour.
So, he immediately sent an order to ask Kong Youde for questioning.
His forehead was covered with sweat, and Kong Youde, who arrived in a hurry, also explained with some confusion: "Your Majesty, the Lushun city wall is a bit weird. It is not flat (I can't say the word "slope"), and the iron bullets have no impact, so the wall is damaged. The damage will not be as great as when we bombarded other cities before!"
Obviously, he didn't learn enough knowledge from the Flemish people. At present, he still doesn't understand the power of engineering. Come to think of it, Kong Youde is just illiterate.
After finishing speaking, Kong Youde turned to look at his artillery battalion, and then turned back to plead with Daishan: "Your Majesty, we can't continue the bombardment. Otherwise, all the artillery possessions of the Qing Dynasty will be lost. Here it is!”
In this artillery battalion, even Huang Taiji is a treasure. At this time, Daishan also had eyes to watch and knew that Kong Youde was right. The Ming army's artillery on top of the city was so accurate that it was impossible to hit it. It was impossible for him to assign all the artillery battalions here, so he nodded with a dark face and said: "Forget it, let the artillery retreat. The city wall is so short that we can capture Port Arthur without the artillery destroying the city wall!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" After hearing this, Kong Youde breathed a sigh of relief and hurried away immediately, giving the order to retreat.
"Woo woo woo" the horn sounded again, before all the artillerymen could withdraw. The Jianlu infantry, including a mixed siege force of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Han army, began their first siege.
When they saw the Manchu soldiers, they hid behind the carriage and quickly approached the city wall.
This kind of cart is actually like a very large moving shield. Ordinary bows and arrows and muskets cannot penetrate the cart at all, and it can provide a good cover for the infantry behind the cart. Therefore, the carriage has always been a very important war instrument for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties to deal with the Ming military firearms troops.
By the time the carriage arrived within a stone's throw, it was almost impossible to get up. Because the ground was deliberately destroyed by the Ming army, it has become pitted. The Manchu soldiers behind the cart would need to pave the way before moving forward, or more people would need to lift or push the cart to move.
At this time, the artillery on the top of the city began to target the carriages one by one, and began a new round of bombardment.
No matter how strong the carriage is, it cannot stop the artillery bombardment.
With the sound of cannons, Daishan in the distance saw one cart after another being smashed by iron eggs, and the infantry hiding behind the carts were also killed and injured. Seeing this, Daishan's face kept darkening.
On the other hand, Hauge next to him, although he did not smile, was not as worried as Daishan. He even had the heart to comfort Dai Shan and said: "It will be fine just waiting for the Qing warriors to rush under the city wall!"
The Manchu soldiers at this time were indeed brave. After the carriage lost its function, they did not flee backwards, but dispersed and rushed towards the city wall as quickly as possible. Archers and a small number of gunmen fired at the top of the city to cover the soldiers carrying ladders to attack the city.
Of course, the Ming army on top of the city immediately responded in kind, with some shooting arrows and some firing muskets. Suddenly, the sound of bowstrings, muskets, and gunpowder smoke filled the entire battlefield.
The war immediately became intense from the beginning.
"Bah, bang, bang!" The ladders were heavily leaning against the city wall. Some of the brave Manchu soldiers were holding shields in their hands and biting the back of the sword in their mouths, climbing up quickly; some simply didn't even hold the shields, just Holding a spear or something like that, he didn't hold on to the ladder. He just stepped on the ladder and rushed up. At the same time, he tried to poke down the Ming army soldiers who were defending the city.
There were also Manchu and Qing soldiers, carrying the collision wood, and rushed towards the only city gate. If a person is hit by an arrow, someone will immediately fill in and continue to carry the ramming wood towards the city gate.
At this time, artillery without explosive shells showed its shortcomings of insufficient lethality. With artillery alone, it was impossible to prevent the Manchu soldiers from quickly approaching the city wall.
Seeing that there are more and more ladders on the wall of Lushun, the Qing warriors are climbing up bravely. Although the casualties during the siege were a bit heavy, they were still within the expected range. Daishan, who had always had a dark face, finally showed a smile.
"Uncle, am I right?" Haug saw it and said a little proudly, "Even without artillery, this little city of Lushun can definitely be defeated in one battle. Look, in those places, I The Qing warriors are about to attack the city!"
Speaking of the latter part, I felt joy beyond words.
But at this moment, they suddenly saw streams of gunpowder smoke rising from the protruding part of the Lushun city wall. Immediately afterwards, those Manchu soldiers who were climbing up fell into the city in pieces, and many ladders even broke and fell down.
In just one move, none of the densely packed ladders originally erected on the city wall were still there.
Under the city wall, there were many Manchu and Qing soldiers who had been rushing up just now. This scene not only wiped out the joy of Hauge and others, but even the Manchu soldiers who had already rushed to the city wall and were about to rush up on the ladder were dumbfounded.
At this time, Kong Youde happened to come to Daishan to wait for orders. After seeing this situation, based on his understanding of artillery, he was the first to react and immediately shouted in shock: "It's a Franco machine gun, that bulge on the side It’s the muzzle of the Fran machine gun, Your Majesty, it’s beyond human power!”
His guess was not wrong at all, it was indeed a Franco machine gun.
The Ming army came across the sea. If they wanted to gain a foothold in Lushun, they had to hold off a wave of Jianlu offensives. This was anticipated before the Ming army set off first. Emperor Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng even discussed and communicated about this issue.
At that time, I thought that the Jianlu would not give the Ming Dynasty too much time to build Lushun City. Based on the impressions of later generations, Emperor Chongzhen gave Lu Xiangsheng suggestions to build a bastion for defense.
If we follow the natural evolution, the protruding part of the bastion that first appeared was actually round. As the wars evolved, it gradually changed to a concave polygon. Since Emperor Chongzhen came through time, he knew that of course it would not be the original bastion, but a mature bastion.
The defensive function of this kind of bastion was actually similar to that in the Ming Dynasty, and the Nanjing city wall had a similar design. However, we have to admit that in medieval Europe, wars between countries were frequent. Each other was a small country with a small population that needed to be accommodated. Therefore, with the emergence of bastions, improvements were born in Europe.
In fact, the emergence of the bastion was also due to changes in the war situation.
In ancient times, warfare was fought with cold weapons at first. Therefore, it was right to build tall city walls.
However, gunpowder weapons slowly appeared later, and the emergence of artillery made the city walls too tall, which actually lost their meaning. Instead, it needs to be thickened to defend against heavy artillery bombardment. As a result, higher requirements were placed on the defense of the city wall, and therefore the bastion appeared.
For hundreds of years after the emergence of artillery, bastions as defenders have been the mainstream. This situation did not change until the actual emergence of explosive shells, which made the bastion vulnerable to artillery, and then the defense situation was changed again, that is, bunker defense was built. The bastion will not be abandoned until this time.
Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen proposed building a fort with a smaller amount of work, Lu Xiangsheng was surprised at the time. It doesn't matter if the city wall can be built shorter, but after deduction, the defensive capabilities of this kind of castle are very powerful. It was also for this reason that Lu Xiangsheng admired Emperor Chongzhen very much. He felt that many things that seemed very difficult to him had become so simple in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen.
As far as he was appointed governor of Baoding, it was actually very difficult for him to rebuild Dongjiang Town on the basis of poverty and nothing. However, the things that seemed difficult to him were solved one by one by Emperor Chongzhen.
First, he needs a navy, which is not just about having a ship, but also someone who is familiar with naval warfare. In a short period of time, neither ships nor soldiers can be defeated overnight. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen transferred the Fujian Navy to him, all of whom were accustomed to naval battles, and solved the problem.
Second, he needs enough elite troops. After arriving in Denglai, he must train an elite army that can compete with Jianlu. It will definitely not be trained in a year and a half. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen assigned him more than 5,000 old thieves. These old thieves voluntarily participated in the war against the captives, and in order to atone for their sins, they had the initiative in their thinking; and their military skills had been honed during their many years as thieves. Therefore, after Lu Xiangsheng trained them for more than half a year, he could safely bring them to Liaodong to fight against the enemy.
Third, how to establish a foothold in Lushun was the suggestion of Emperor Chongzhen, who even used Jinyiwei spies to influence the decision-making of Liaodong Jianlu, making them wait for the navy to "cut off" the Ming army's retreat. Therefore, it was also He was given more opportunities to build the city of Lushun. Even later he found out that the reason why he was able to snatch half of the already built city of Lushun after coming to Lushun was because the emperor used Jin Yiwei spies to induce Liaodong to build captives, which allowed him to gain a foothold in Lushun and get twice the result with half the effort.
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For all these reasons, although Lu Xiangsheng was both civilized and military, it could not stop him from sincerely admiring Emperor Chongzhen.
After the bastion was built, Lu Xiangsheng deployed the Hongyi cannon shipped by ship from a distance to the outside world. Within the range, the Jianlu would not have an advantage. And according to Emperor Chongzhen's suggestion, the shooting parameters were marked in advance, so that in actual combat, the artillery battle with Jianlu could be successfully won.
Then, Fran cannons were placed on the sides, which are the kind of artillery that uses a combination of twin guns. The advantage of this kind of artillery is that it has a short range due to its air tightness. But fortunately, because this kind of artillery is loaded with ammunition in advance, it only needs to quickly replace the musket, and the rate of fire is very fast. The Fran cannon is loaded with countless gravel, and it can attack enemies climbing the city wall from the side at close range. It is simply not too powerful!
Daishan was also a veteran who was used to fighting. When he saw the situation, he knew that it would be impossible to capture Lushun this time. Such a bombardment by the Ming army caused too many casualties, so they had to pay gold and withdraw their troops.
"Dangdangdang..."
When the golden sound sounded over Lushun, all the Jianlu soldiers who were attacking the city breathed a sigh of relief, and they dragged, hugged, and carried the bodies of their accomplices back like a tide. Under the city of Lushun, only the stumps of limbs, broken siege equipment, and blood flowing all over the ground were left.
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious..."
After seeing this scene, the Ming troops on the top of the city shouted loudly. The sound of the sound soared into the sky.
The first battle with Jianlu ended with the Ming Dynasty's complete victory. I have to say that this is a very good opportunity for the Ming army soldiers who fought against the Jianlu for the first time, so that they no longer have the fear of the Jianlu and can show their due strength.
Listening to the tsunami-like shouts of victory from the Ming army officers and soldiers, Jianlu's side was no longer arrogant. They all had gloomy faces and looked at the cheering figures on the top of the city without speaking.
Daishan held an emergency military meeting to discuss how to attack Lushun City.
It cost more than 500 people to make Jianlu understand the power of the fortress-like defense system of Lushun City. How to attack, but they were at a loss. Seeing that his own side's morale was low, even though Daishan was old enough, he was also anxious. By this time, he had understood that conquering Lushun was definitely not as easy as imagined!
But at this time, countless warships appeared on the sea of Lushun Bay, flying the flags of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and North Korea. It was Shang Kexi who led the Manchu and Qing mixed navy to arrive.
Dai Shan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw it. The Tatars were relieved when they saw it.
