The Third Army, the Fourth Army, the Seventh Army, and several senior officers of the Imperial Guard walked towards the Chinese army's tent to participate in the military meeting held by King Su He of Qin.
Su Hu saw that it was Chief of Staff Fu Xiucheng coming from the Fourth Army.
He asked with concern: "Chief of Staff Fu, Commander Wu Jie or the Fourth Army, what happened now?"
Normally speaking, Commander Wu Jie must be attending the military meeting on behalf of the Fourth Army.
He didn't come to participate. Either he or the Fourth Army had a problem.
Fu Xiucheng immediately replied: "Commander Wu Jie has something to do and he can't leave.
Twenty thousand Ming troops rushed out from the capital and prepared to attack Changping.
They thought that the cavalry that left some time ago were soldiers and horses belonging to our Fourth Army.
The Ming court thought there was an opportunity, so they sent troops to attack Changping.
Commander Wu Jie needs to stay in Changping to deal with the Ming army's attack, fight a beautiful defensive counterattack, and annihilate the incoming Ming army."
Su Hu said with a smile: "Now the Ming army dares to run out of the city, wait until the four of our armies overwhelm us.
By then, even if they pile all the Ming troops in the capital on the city wall, they will definitely not be able to defend the capital."
Su Hu was so confident that the capital of Ming Dynasty had become an isolated city.
The morale of the Qin army is sufficient and the logistics supply line is very safe.
The Ming army had no reinforcements from outside and no strong troops inside.
How could the Ming Dynasty defend the capital?
They approached the Chinese army's tent and saw a lifelike model of the capital in the center.
Su He saw them coming and asked the security team to take them to his seat and sit down.
"This is a model of the capital that I asked a carpenter to make to scale based on the map of the capital.
Where you are sitting is the wall of the capital that you are responsible for capturing.
As long as one of your four armies rushes into the capital, we will win.
The Fourth Army is responsible for attacking the North City Gate, the Seventh Army is responsible for attacking the East City Gate, the Third Army is responsible for attacking the South City Gate, and the Imperial Guard is responsible for attacking the West City Gate.
Our four armies have surrounded the capital and must not let Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty’s civil and military officials escape.”
After Su He finished speaking, he described his siege plan.
The siege plan was very simple, which was to use the Qin army's powerful firearms and attack the city with artillery.
Just like pulling garlic, occupy the capital layer by layer, first attack the outer city, then the inner city, and finally the Forbidden City.
After Su He explained his plan, he asked:
"Do you have any questions that you need to know about?
If you can make some suggestions, I will adopt them if they are feasible."
Many officers present looked at each other, but no one spoke first.
Qi Gangyi, the commander of the Imperial Guard, was the first to ask in order to keep the scene quiet: "Your Majesty, do we need to restrict the use of cannons during our siege this time?"
Su He glared at Qi Gangyi and said, "What you're asking is that you want soldiers to climb up such a tall city wall in the capital without using artillery to attack the city.
That would cost a lot of money, the mortality rate would be too high, and morale would collapse.
When the time comes, let Ming make a comeback.
How could I use a short attack to attack a long time without using our most powerful artillery?
I have already mentioned the plan just now, using our most powerful artillery.
If the battleship's main gun hadn't been able to be transported ashore, I would have directly used the battleship's main gun to attack the city."
Qi Gangyi continued to ask: "Your Majesty, is it allowed to use artillery to attack the Forbidden City?"
This was the question he wanted to ask.
Su He slapped his right hand hard on the table and said loudly: "You are allowed to use artillery. You will blow up the Forbidden City into ruins, and I will build a new Forbidden City."
But if you let Emperor Chongzhen go, military law will be engaged."
When Qi Gangyi heard what King Qin said, he was completely relieved.
Allowing free use of cannons to siege cities and restricting the use of cannons to siege cities are two completely different difficulties.
Now Qin King Su He allowed the free use of cannons to attack the city. In Qi Gangyi's eyes, there would be no difficulty in attacking the capital this time.
It is only a matter of time before the Qin army captures the capital.
Su Hu asked Su He: "Now the water in the capital's moat is somewhat abundant. It is very difficult to fill up this kind of moat with living water.
During the process of filling in the moat, we were also attacked by cannons and archers on the walls of the capital city."
Su He said with a smile: "I am ready to attack the strong city along the way, and I am ready to deal with the situation of the moat.
When attacking Henan, the small town only needed to be filled with sandbags, and firearms at the top of their city were also scarce.
When attacking a big city like Kaifeng, the moat is frozen, so the things I prepared are not used.
Originally, I wanted to use this thing in Baoding and Zhuzhou, but I didn't expect that it was not used in these two cities.
Now in Beijing, we can finally use what I prepared, which is a water pump.
We just need to block the source of the capital's moat.
Use a water pump to drain the moat quickly.
If the moat is deep, it will be much easier to drain it before filling it in than to fill it when there is water."
After Li Dazhuang, commander of the Seventh Army, saw Su Hu sitting down, he stood up and suggested:
"Your Majesty, I don't think we need to use artillery to capture the Forbidden City.
Our army captured Tianjin City and used airborne tactics.
He directly used a hot air balloon to land and captured Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong.
When the capital city was destroyed, we sent hot air balloons carrying elite soldiers to parachute into the Forbidden City.
In this way, without reinforcements outside the Forbidden City, our army can kill everyone in the Forbidden City and probably capture Emperor Chongzhen alive."
When Su He heard Li Dazhuang's suggestion, he nodded and said: "This suggestion can be considered and decided whether to implement it based on the wind conditions and other conditions at the time.
I will let Qin Shanshui prepare it, conditions permit.
When the city is breached, the guard regiment will be parachuted directly into the Forbidden City."
Su He saw the officers and had no questions or suggestions.
Their attack on the capital this time was a normal siege, using the strength of the Qin army to crush it.
Su He looked at them and ordered: "Today is May 6th. After you return to camp, you still need time to prepare.
On May 15th, all armies will arrive at the outskirts of the capital and set up siege positions. We will meet in the capital."
Fu Xiucheng and Li Dazhuang returned to Changping and Tongzhou with Su He's orders.
Su Hu and Qi Gangyi began to mobilize soldiers from the Third Army and the Imperial Guard.
The main force of the Qin army set off from Huangcun and headed north straight for the capital.
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Su Hu blew out a smoke ring and said confidently: "Our Third Army will definitely be the first to arrive in the capital."
While he was talking, he looked at Yongding Gate in front of him with his binoculars.
On the north wall of the capital, densely packed Ming soldiers stood.
The city walls are also covered with red cannons.
The density of Hongyi cannons was also the most densely packed city Su Hu had ever seen.
Many of the Ming army's Hongyi cannons were not placed directly on the city walls.
Su Hu could tell from the dark muzzles on the city wall that many of the Ming army's Hongyi cannons were hidden inside the city wall.
Under the pressure of the Qin army, the Ming court tried every means to strengthen the defense of the Ming capital.
This design can effectively prevent cannons and hot air balloons from damaging the red barbarian cannons on the city wall.
If the Qin army wants to destroy these Hongyi cannons, they must first break through the city wall.
At first glance, this kind of arrangement is exquisitely designed and very expensive.
Only the capital city where Emperor Chongzhen was located could spend a large amount of silver to protect the Hongyi cannon on the city wall.
Su Hu's scalp went numb just looking at this situation.
We really need to use conventional siege methods to attack this kind of city wall.
Su Hu didn't even know how many soldiers' flesh and blood needed to be filled in.
Fortunately, their Qin army's artillery was stronger and they could directly use artillery to attack the walls of the capital.
Su Hu arranged for the Third Army to set up positions, especially artillery positions, and first deployed them farther away.
The artillery regiment only needs to meet the minimum requirements, and the maximum range of 150 artillery pieces can hit the city wall of the capital.
It is not yet known the range of the Hongyi cannon on the walls of the capital city of the Ming Dynasty.
The absolute safety of the artillery regiment must be guaranteed.
Once the artillery regiment was successfully attacked by the Ming army's long-range artillery.
Their campaign to attack the capital was half a failure.
When Su Hu inspected the position, he came to the southeast corner and saw that the Seventh Army had already arranged its position.
Unexpectedly, the Seventh Army arrived so quickly.
Their Third Army set off immediately after receiving the order, but they were not as fast as the Seventh Army.
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Su He saw that the Imperial Guards and the Third Army had already set up positions at the west gate and south gate of the capital.
He first checked the situation of the West City Gate Guards.
The position set up by Qi Gangyi was very stable, and all the troops were protecting the artillery regiment.
He prepared to use artillery to attack the city walls of the capital, but not to send out infantry to attack the city.
Su He moved counterclockwise around the capital and came to the location of the Third Army.
I saw Su Hu directing the soldiers to set up positions.
Su Hu was very cautious and kept the artillery regiment as far away from the walls of the capital as possible.
He deployed the artillery regiment within the maximum range of the heavy artillery, abandoning other artillery.
The artillery that plays the greatest role in attacking a city is a heavy artillery with a caliber above 150 mm.
Su He saw that Su Hu had made detailed preparations.
He was in the camp, even sacks filled with sand and soil were ready.
He doesn't need to worry about Su Hu.
Su Xiong has a good grasp of fighter opportunities, while Su Hu is bold, careful and decisive.
They are blood relatives within three generations of Suhe, and they are the only two people who have made outstanding achievements in the military.
Su He continued to walk forward. He came to Dongcheng and saw the soldiers of the Seventh Army who were making a fire for cooking.
The Seventh Army has already set up its positions in Dongcheng, and is now acting very leisurely.
Su He walked to the Seventh Army's camp and saw Li Dazhuang holding a cigarette and discussing with Duan Ruide and Pan Hongcai how to attack the city.
"Kings."
"headmaster."
"Kings."
When the three of them saw Su He coming in, they stood up to say hello and saluted Su He.
"Da Zhuang, you are so fast."
Li Dazhuang smiled naively and said: "Your Majesty, I am fighting for time.
Directly ask the soldiers of the guard company to ride fast horses and notify the Seventh Army of the action.
Our army has been prepared for a long time, so we can arrive at the city one step earlier."
Su He patted Li Dazhuang on the shoulder and encouraged: "I hope you can be the first to attack the capital. That will really make you stand out."
He then asked: "The airborne troops you mentioned, call them over and let me see how strong they are?
They are really outstanding, let them act together with the guard group."
Li Dazhuang was very excited and immediately called Zhao Manggang's company over.
Zhao Manggang and others can act together with the guard group.
If he can really catch Emperor Chongzhen, Zhao Manggang will definitely be promoted, and he will also be able to share some of the military merits.
Su He, Li Dazhuang and others walked out of the camp.
Observe the performance of people like Zhao Manggang.
Zhao Manggang and others also knew that this would be the moment that changed their destiny.
Everyone works hard and shows their strongest side.
After reading it, Su He said: "These people have merit.
The grenades can be thrown accurately and far, and the marksmanship is also very accurate.
Everyone has abundant physical strength and strong personal force, especially close combat, which has their own characteristics.
You can let them follow the guard regiment."
Su He discovered that these people had very distinct characteristics of rangers.
These people were tempered by the military and learned to work as a team.
They are different from ordinary soldiers and can already perform some special operations missions.
Su He left the Seventh Army camp and came outside Andingmen.
He saw that the place was empty and there was no Qin army camping.
The Fourth Army has not yet reached the capital.
There are still four and a half days left before the time set by Suhe.
The Fourth Army was farther away and was attacked by the Ming Army. It was normal for them to be slower.
Su He immediately mobilized some troops from the Imperial Guard and the Seventh Army.
Let them block the north side of the capital.
In a normal siege of a city, in order to prevent the troops in the city from desperately resisting, the siege usually involves three towers and one tower.
Su He didn't need to do this. He was not allowed to let go of any of the dignitaries in the capital.
It was these people who messed up the Ming Dynasty, grabbed all the benefits, and took away the last bit of food from the farmers. In the end, the people were in dire straits.
They must accept trial and not become high-ranking officials again.
When Su He rebelled, he wanted to smash the darkest and cruelest group of gentry.
These people will not promote social progress at all and just collect rent.
They are afraid of any changes in society and use their huge power to stop them.
As a result, in the land of China, the skills of most craftsmen can only advance slowly, and there is no technological generation difference from thousands of years ago.
There are also many technologies that have gradually been lost and are not as advanced as previous technologies.
Now the Western countries have broken the shackles and are moving forward bravely.
If China does not catch up, it will be too late, and it will inevitably be beaten if it falls behind.
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On May 14, Wu Jie led the Fourth Army and felt exhausted outside the gate.
Su He got the news and went to the back of the capital to learn about the situation of the Fourth Army.
When Wu Jie saw Su He arriving, he bowed at 90 degrees and said with shame: "Your Majesty, we are late."
Su He helped Wu Jie up, patted his shoulder and said: "You are not late at all, this is one day earlier than the scheduled date.
In the early stage, we also focused on testing. When your fourth army arrived, our four armies officially surrounded the capital.
Capture the Ming Dynasty, the most important city."
Wu Jie saw that Su He showed no signs of anger.
Only then did he feel relieved and issued a military order.
"Your Majesty, our Fourth Army is in good condition now. We can immediately launch an attack on the city. I will definitely capture the capital within a month."
Su He interrupted Wu Jie and said: "There is no need to issue a military order, we will encircle the capital this time.
I don't set a time for siege, and I don't require a bottom line for casualties.
I just need you to break the capital.
This is the battle between our Qin army and the carp leaping over the dragon gate.
If this battle is fought well, everything will be smooth sailing after that.
The Fourth Army first repaired here in Beicheng to prepare for the Ming army to rush out.
When the time is right, I will personally issue an order for you to attack the city at the same time to put enough pressure on the Ming army."
Su He saw that the Fourth Army was a little tired, so he immediately asked the Fourth Army to recover first.
Attacking the capital is not a battle that can end in a day or two, it requires perseverance.
Su He was prepared for a long and fierce battle with the Ming army here in the capital.