There are battlefields everywhere in Beizhili now. If you are a small number of people traveling across the battlefield, it is easy for something to happen.

If you really go to Zhuzhou, by the time you get there, the battle may be over.

You might as well follow me. After we capture Tianjin, we will send heavy troops to attack Tongzhou.

Tongzhou is very close to the capital. After the king leads his troops to capture Zhuzhou, the army will also go to the capital.

For the battle to attack the capital, the king will definitely summon the generals of all the armies, and then you can see the king."

After Li Ran listened to Li Dazhuang's introduction, he also recognized Li Dazhuang's suggestions.

"Commander Li, please unload the cargo as soon as possible.

After the transport ship has finished unloading its cargo, these armed merchant ships can help you attack the city. I will take the transport ship back to the seaside.

Admiral Zhang doesn’t know the situation here yet, I’m going to report the news.”

Li Dazhuang said kindly: "Master Li Zhu, please rest assured that our Seventh Army will not waste your time and will unload the cargo of the transport ship as soon as possible."

The soldiers of the Seventh Army quickly unloaded the cargo from the transport ship.

Li Ran evacuated with the transport fleet.

In order to compete for weapons and ammunition in time, the divisions of the Seventh Army all found reasons to come here.

Li Dazhuang looked at the weapons and ammunition boxes piled on the shore, and he smiled happily.

"Chief of Staff, immediately distribute these weapons and ammunition to each regiment.

Let the soldiers have a good meal today and recharge their batteries, and tomorrow they will officially attack Tianjin City.

Now that the Seventh Army has sufficient weapons and ammunition, it will no longer be able to defeat the turtle shell of Tianjin City.

Others will think that our Seventh Army is too useless, and I don’t want to be known as a useless person in the army."

He looked at the division commanders of the Seventh Army and said loudly: "We have enough weapons and ammunition now, please perform well for me tomorrow.

Our Seventh Army still has the task of garrisoning Jizhou.

This force is mainly responsible for defending the enemy forces in the direction of Shanhaiguan and providing sufficient warning time for the army.

Once you receive this mission, it has nothing to do with attacking the capital.

Whichever of the three of you performs poorly, I will send him to perform this task."

Tan Fangyuan, Zhuang Renyi, and Cui Xiuzhu looked at each other. They were all determined to bring out the best in their troops tomorrow.

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In Tianjin City, Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian was very uneasy.

The strength shown by the yellow-robed thieves besieging Tianjin City was far less than what the rumors had spread.

He led the King Qin's army in Shandong and the defense post in Tianjin.

Many of the people under his command are poorly trained troops, only the artillery is stronger.

This was all the old foundation left to him by Sun Yuanhua, the previous governor of Shandong.

Sun Yuanhua was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry by Emperor Chongzhen, who was specifically responsible for casting artillery.

Some of the artillery he trained were taken away by Kong Youde and annihilated by yellow-clad thieves in Shaanxi.

The remaining artillery units were all brought to Tianjin City by him.

Zhu Dadian relied on these artillery and his relationship with Sun Yuanhua to obtain more than 100 Hongyi cannons.

He defended Tianjin City for half a month, buying enough time for Tongzhou and Beijing.

Zhu Dadian felt a little disheartened. The yellow-robed thieves besieged the city for half a month, and the imperial court did not send any reinforcements.

He and the city of Tianjin have become abandoned by the Ming Dynasty.

Even as an abandoned son, Zhu Dadian must fight for more time for the court and never let down the court's training.

Today, he noticed that the thieves in yellow outside the city had undergone great changes.

Except for the first two days, the thieves in yellow kept testing Tianjin City.

During the rest of the time, the thieves in yellow used small groups of troops to test the strength of various locations in Tianjin City.

Zhu Dadian taunted the yellow thieves many times, hoping to trigger a general attack by the yellow thieves and consume the yellow thieves' strength.

None of them were fooled.

Now Zhu Dadian clearly noticed that the entire camp of the yellow-robed thieves was moving.

He immediately ordered the garrison in the city to be more vigilant to prevent thieves in yellow from stealing the city at night.

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It was just dawn and the Qin army had completed preparations for the general attack.

Li Dazhuang inspected the camp and saw that the soldiers had good food today.

They ate white flour steamed buns, and the food was canned fish shipped from Guangzhou.

There was also canned pineapple for dessert after the meal.

He was very satisfied with the morale and condition of the soldiers.

After the entire military camp had finished breakfast, the Qin army lined up in formation, waiting for Li Dazhuang's order to prepare to attack Tianjin City.

Zhuang Renyi stood in front of the Second Division Artillery Regiment, pointing to the twenty new 150-mm artillery pieces ahead.

"You all gave me a good start.

I used 200 boxes of cigarettes and asked the officers of the South China Sea Fleet on the armed merchant ships to teach me.

Why? Because their cannons shoot better than ours.

That's the navy, the art of firing cannons, that's the ability to survive.

With the same cannon, you can only go straight and attack the target in front.

People can shoot out at an angle, making the trajectory form a curve, and attack the target on the wall.

I don't know how much you can master these artillery formulas after you learned the techniques all night.

But I hope these two hundred boxes of Tiger cigarettes are not in vain."

These are Erbai and Tiger cigarettes, the top brand of specialty cigarettes.

Zhuang Renyi only distributes ten boxes for free every month.

He took out these cigarettes and asked the artillery officers on the armed merchant ships for advice. Several of them had put together a stockpile.

The officers on armed merchant ships are really powerful. They adjust the artillery on armed merchant ships.

Zhuang Renyi saw that they had extraordinary artillery skills.

After chatting, I learned that naval officer Wang Doudou used mathematical formulas.

He calculated the cannon in all its configurations and the impact points of the cannonballs.

Wang Doudou taught this technique to all naval artillerymen. With only simple formulas and parameters, the artillery shells can land at the approximate location.

Zhao Walao, the commander of the artillery regiment, immediately stood up and assured: "Please rest assured, division commander, our artillery regiment guarantees to hit the target and will not embarrass the division commander.

This technology is not difficult, the key is the mathematical formula and related parameters."

At the station of the First Division, Tan Fangyuan discussed the plan to attack the city with the officers.

"The performance of this siege is extremely important and is closely related to the future of each of us.

Everyone must show their strongest condition and break into Tianjin City.

Our division also has its own secret weapon.

There is a company of trainers in our division, and you usually say that I treat them very well.

Today is their moment to show off.

Zhao Manggang, are you confident that you can complete the mission?"

A muscular man with a height of 1.8 meters stood up and said: "Please don't worry, sir.

Raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a while.

Normally the division commander spends several times the resources of ordinary soldiers to train us, but now is the time for us to work hard.

Even if we really sacrifice, as long as we can confuse the Ming army, our sacrifice will be very worthwhile."

Tan Fangyuan said in a solemn tone: "When I proposed this plan, I definitely did not ask you to die.

Today is the time for the army to attack, and the hot air balloons will also drop bombs. You will follow the hot air balloon troops to act together.

As long as we can hold on for a few hours, Tianjin City will inevitably be captured by our army.

There are our people in the city to assist them, and as long as they are not exposed, safety is still guaranteed."

Winter! Winter! Winter!
Chapter completed!