Two artillery regiments of the Qin Army continued to bombard Nanchang City for five days.
The artillery regiment mainly attacks the city gates and weak areas of the city wall.
Su Xiong used a telescope to view the condition of the city wall of Nanchang City.
According to his experience, the city walls of Nanchang City will be unable to withstand artillery bombardment in the near future.
There are now cracks visible to the naked eye on the city wall.
Li Zhengfeng, Zhu Shi of the First Army, walked up to Su Xiong and said with a smile: "There is good news from the Second Division. They have defeated the Poyang Lake Ming Army.
The Ming navy in Panyang Lake surrendered to us.
Our army's transport ships will be able to sail unimpeded in Poyang Lake from now on.
The Second Division is also investigating the situation on the Yangtze River. There are Ming troops in the southern Zhili area who are reinforcing Jiujiang City.
The Second Division was already fighting against the Ming Navy near Hukou County.
There is also a steady stream of Ming naval forces coming from the south of Zhili with a large number of transport ships."
After Su Xiong heard the news, he said firmly: "After we captured Nanchang City, we immediately went south to control the Yangtze River and block the Yangtze River's waterway.
Jiujiang is an important town on the Yangtze River, and the Ming army cannot continue to support Jiujiang.
There are too many Ming troops supporting us, and if we want to capture Jiujiang City, we will suffer more casualties."
Lu Chenyang excitedly ran over to report: "Commander, the wall of Nanchang City was blown down by us.
Our army has already rushed into Nanchang City. If we wait for a while, we will be able to completely eliminate the Ming army in Nanchang City."
Su Xiong patted Lu Chenyang hard on the shoulder.
"Why don't you quickly go and command the troops to report the good news? Just send a messenger over.
It was really because of poor command that the Ming army was driven out of Nanchang City.
Then you just wait and make a self-examination in front of everyone in the army."
Lu Chenyang's face turned red. He came to announce the good news in person, but it made the army commander unhappy.
"Commander, I'm going to command the troops right away. I'm really going to be driven out of Nanchang City by the Ming army.
Let alone writing a review, if you beat me to the bottom and reduce me to a top soldier, I won’t have any objections."
Lu Chenyang trotted towards Nanchang City.
The first division, with companies as units, gradually cleared out the Ming army in Nanchang City and all those who dared to resist them.
In the evening, Nanchang City was completely cleared by the Qin army.
Su Xiong felt relieved and said happily: "All the soldiers have entered the city today, and we can finally have a good night's rest.
Only after you recharge your batteries can you fight better."
They began to enter Nanchang City, where ordinary soldiers could have a good sleep in the city.
Su Xiong stayed up late reading the information sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau and the secret guards.
These are all previous materials, but they have just been sent to Nanchang City.
The situation is changing too fast now. He needs to deduce the trends in various places based on the current situation and find the weak points of the Ming army.
The northern battlefield is progressing smoothly, and King Qin has completely eliminated Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting.
It was only a matter of time before these two most elite Ming armies in Henan took over Henan.
The secret guards have heard that Zhu Cixiang, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, has gone south from the capital.
Su Xiong could also deduce from this sign that King Qin Su He was fighting very well in the north, forcing Emperor Chongzhen to arrange a retreat.
He felt that Emperor Chongzhen had not arranged this retreat well.
Emperor Chongzhen arranged for the crown prince Zhu Cixiang to live in Nanjing.
There was a surge of anger in Su Xiong's heart. This was not because he looked down upon Su Xiong and thought that Su Xiong was unable to capture the city of Nanjing.
Buddha competes for a stick of incense, and people compete for a breath. He wants to show his true ability to Ming Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty's Nannan Zhili area, the Donglin Party led the gentry to organize group training.
They recruited their own servants, tenants and refugees.
The Tuanlian armed forces in the Jiangnan region have replaced the Ming army and become the largest armed force in the Jiangnan region.
Su Xiong made a special mark and asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to conduct an in-depth investigation into the strength of the gentry regiment in the southern Zhili area.
These Ming gentry pulled people in too fast. Even if these people were cannon fodder, they would cause great harm to the Qin army.
The First Army had previously collided with the regiment training armies of the gentry in Jiangxi and Fujian.
These people have weak combat power, but are extremely resilient.
Normally, if the Ming army suffered 30% casualties, they would collapse.
The armed gentry regiment suffered about 50% casualties before collapsing.
The gentry practiced armed training and divided into small groups.
The generals of the small group are all relatives. They come from the same clan or are related by marriage.
The soldiers were their tenants and domestic slaves, and the gentry controlled their life and death and the life and death of their families.
These people are on the battlefield, and few of them will surrender.
Even if the weapons they use are very crude, their overall strength is slightly stronger than the Ming army.
Their attack on Jiangxi this time was so fast that they did not give the Ming army a chance to assemble.
The garrison is still relying on the main cities captured by the Qin army and fighting hard with Jiangxi's regiment training armed forces.
Su Xiong opened the military intelligence report sent from the rear.
The Eighth Army also fought very quickly in Fujian. When they wrote the military report, they had already captured the southeastern coastal areas of Fujian.
The Eighth Army defeated Zheng Zhilong's hometown, Anping Town, Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province.
Without Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, the Eighth Army will take over all of Fujian and it will be just around the corner.
Su Xiong looked at the current overall situation. On the southern battlefield, the Qin army already had a huge advantage.
Jiangxi and Fujian were captured by the Qin army, and the Ming army's sphere of influence in the southern battlefield was reduced to only the southern Zhili and Zhejiang provinces.
The Ming Dynasty wanted to maintain the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but they couldn't maintain it with just the land of the two provinces.
No matter how weak the Southern Song Dynasty was, they still occupied a large area south of Qinhuai.
Su Xiong believed that the Ming Dynasty should be allowed to maintain the situation of the Southern and Northern Dynasties with the land of the two provinces.
All the Qin troops in the southern battlefield should go home and sell sweet potatoes.
Boom, boom, boom.
There was a knock on Su Xiong's door.
"Captain, I am Li Zhengfeng and I have an important report."
"Zhengfeng, come in!"
Li Zhengfeng held an official document in his hand.
He handed the official document to Su Xiong and said: "The Military Intelligence Bureau urgently reported that on March 11, the Second Army and the Fifth Army had arrived near Jiujiang Prefecture.
They were attacking Jiujiang, but the Ming Dynasty's Southern Zhili continued to send reinforcements to support Jiujiang Prefecture.
A large number of Hongyi cannons and grain and grass reinforcements were brought to them.
The Ming army filled the Dafu ship with stones and scuttled it in the Yangtze River.
Block the Yangtze River waterway west of Jiujiang, and rely on Jiujiang City to block the Yangtze River waterway.
The Yangtze River Navy has no way to intercept Ming's support."
Su Xiong opened the detailed report from the Military Intelligence Bureau.
The Second Army and the Fifth Army jointly attacked, but they were unable to capture Jiujiang City.
It is because the city walls of Jiujiang City have been replaced by reinforced concrete buildings.
It only takes three to five days for artillery shells to attack the three-piece earth and masonry city wall.
When attacking a reinforced concrete city wall, if the wall thickness is more than half a meter, it will be measured in months.
The leakage of cement technology had been anticipated by Qin Jun.
Cement technology is too simple, and this technology is not strictly confidential.
After learning about the method of making cement, as long as a craftsman who can make porcelain can make qualified cement after many experiments.
The Ming army has only now imitated cement, and their speed is already very slow.
The Ming army used the cement they had worked so hard to produce not in Nanjing City, which was closely watched by the secret guards, but in Jiujiang City, and disguised it in advance.
Su Xiong found that if he wanted to capture Jiujiang, he must first cut off the Yangtze River and cut off the continuous support to Jiujiang from the Ming Dynasty's southern Zhili area.
Su Zhuang and others were unable to cross the Yangtze River and sent their army to attack westward.
By doing this, it is easy for the Ming army to cut off the supply line and divide and surround them.
"It's already getting so late, and we can't go out at night.
The Second Army and the Fifth Army have been attacking Jiujiang City for such a long time, and they did not miss this night.
Let the soldiers rest well today, and we will officially set off tomorrow."
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Su Xiong looked at the broad river in front of him. They set off from Nanchang Prefecture and finally arrived at Hukou County.
After the Second Division took control of Poyang Lake, they immediately remodeled the original naval warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy that surrendered to them, and equipped them with Qin army artillery.
The Second Division also cut off the Yangtze River, and South Zhili was unable to support Jiujiang.
After Su Xiong captured Hukou County, he ordered the Lu Chenyang Division of the First Division to attack Huizhou Prefecture in the south of Zhili.
The Third Division, Chen Zhongwen, followed the Yangtze River to occupy Pengze County and further blockaded the Yangtze River.
Su Xiong took the second division and the refitted warships and rushed west to Jiujiang Prefecture.
He was going to join forces with the Third Army and the Fifth Army.
Let the Third Army and the Fifth Army know that the First Army has cut off the Yangtze River, and they no longer need to send troops to risk trying to cut off the Yangtze River.
At the same time, the Ming army in Jiujiang City was in despair. They had become an isolated city without any reinforcements.
The Qin army's warships galloped on the Yangtze River. In this short Yangtze River waterway, there were many Ming army naval warships escorting the Ming army's transport ships.
The Qin army's warships immediately engaged the Ming army's navy.
Harness the power of rocket launchers and artillery.
As long as the Ming Navy warship is hit.
The ship will be blown apart immediately.
The warship modified by the Qin army was attacked by the Ming army's hot bombs, which ignited part of the hull.
There is a special water pump on the warship, which can pump out a large amount of seawater and douse the ignited hull.
The engineers responsible for ship repair immediately took tools and plugged the leaks in the warship.
These warships are not very powerful.
The Qin army's march was a bit slow, but they eliminated all the warships of the Ming navy along the way and captured dozens of transport ships preparing to go to Jiujiang.
4333 (the ninth year of Chongzhen), March 29th.
Su Xiong took a warship to the Yangtze River near Jiujiang City.
Not far from the opposite side, there was a naval warship of the Yangtze River Navy, making a whining sound of air whistle.
The First Army, the Second Army, and the Fifth Army officially joined forces in Jiujiang.
The river warships lined up on the river and began to attack Jiujiang City.
The Hongyi cannon above Jiujiang City covers most of the Yangtze River.
The breech guns on river battleships are not scary at all.
Su Xiong asked the artillery regiment to set up artillery positions on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Use the ultra-long range of heavy artillery to attack Jiujiang City across the Yangtze River.
Su Xiong led the First Army Headquarters to formally meet with everyone from the Second Army and the Fifth Army on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
When Su Zhuang saw Su Xiong, he said happily: "Brother Su Xiong, we have been waiting for you.
I don’t know why the Ming army in southern Zhili went crazy and tried their best to support Jiujiang City.
The reinforced concrete city wall is very difficult to attack.
There was no way to blow up the city wall in a short time, so we could only find a way to blow up the Ming army's artillery and destroy the Ming army defending the city.
We managed to blow up a Hongyi cannon on the wall of Jiujiang City, and the Ming army was able to immediately support two Hongyi cannons.
The Ming Army also supported a lot of artillery, even if we used cannons, we killed many Ming Army artillerymen.
The Hongyi cannon on top of Jiujiang City has not yet been turned off.
The most important thing is that the morale of the Ming army in Jiujiang City has always been high.
They knew that the Ming army was constantly supporting them, and if the situation went wrong, they could escape south to Zhili.
The morale of the Ming army was high, but their offensive capabilities were somewhat poor, but their performance in defending the city was excellent.
Our Second Army and the Fifth Army took turns to carry out high-intensity sieges. They attacked continuously for twenty days, but Jiujiang City was not captured."
Su Xiong listened to Su Zhuang's story and said confidently: "Don't worry! Our First Army has cut off the Yangtze River, and Jiujiang City will never receive support from the Ming army again.
It has now become an isolated city. Every cannon in the city is damaged and one of its cannons is missing.
Every soldier in the city suffered one less casualty.
As long as we continue to attack the city, Jiujiang City will not be able to hold on for long."
When Su Zhuang and Su Li heard what Su Xiong said, they both laughed.
After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, Su Zhuang and Su Xiong began to hand over the various rights of the coalition commander.
Su Xiong officially became the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. He took over the command of the coalition forces from Su Zhuang.
Su Zhuang also explained to Su Xiong the details of their attack on Huguang and the various major and minor battles.
Su Xiong had enough understanding of the two armies that he could arrange their battle plans based on what the Second Army and the Fifth Army were good at.
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After Su Xiong listened to Su Zhuang's story, he sighed with emotion: "You guys played very wonderfully all the way.
It only took three months to occupy the large province of Huguang."
Su Li said humbly: "I'm over-praising you. The First Army led by Commander Su Xiong is not bad at all. You have even less time and have already captured the entire territory of Jiangxi.
We are only attacking the main cities in Huguang.
Most of the remote areas in Huguang were occupied by the Ming army led by the garrison and recruited by us.
In some remote places, the war is still going on, but the victory or defeat there will not affect the main battle situation."
Su Xiong looked at the somewhat humble Su Li and said with a smile: "It's not an exaggeration at all, this is the honor you deserve.
We don’t need to chat anymore, I have already understood the situation of the army and will now arrange the tasks of each army."
Su Xiong began to arrange the tasks of each army. The main purpose was to continuously compress the living space of Jiujiang City.
The Qin army wanted to clean up all the Ming army's defensive measures on the outskirts of Jiujiang.
It was night on March 31, 4333 (the ninth year of Chongzhen).
Su Xiong finished writing the report to King Su He of Qin.
He handed the official document to the messenger specially trained by the Postal Department of the General Staff.
The messengers could follow the waterway and rush all the way from Huguang to Kaifeng, Henan.
Su Xiong heard cheers outside.
He walked out of the cabin and met Li Zhengfeng head-on.
"Commander Su Xiong, with our high-intensity attack, we have destroyed Jiujiang City and the Hongyi cannon on top of the city.
The soldiers had already climbed to the top of the city and drove the Ming army off the walls of Jiujiang City.
We have broken through the defense line of Jiujiang City and will soon be able to completely occupy Jiujiang.
Our soldiers do not suffer from night blindness and their combat effectiveness is guaranteed at night."
Su Xiong was very happy when he heard the news.
After conquering Jiujiang, the next stop is South Zhili.
The Ming Dynasty was in the south, with only two provinces left, unable to stop the Qin army's attack.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
There was a major mistake in the previous chapter. The Lingnan Mountains blocked the naval battleships from going to Jiangxi.
The chapter has been revised, the plot will not change, but the navy has been removed.
Revising the text takes time, and the second chapter will come later.
