Chapter 169: Offensive and Defensive Battle of the City Gate (1)
After building the camp, Qin Liangyu let these tired soldiers and young men have a good rest for two days. Then Qin Liangyu didn't care whether the main force of the Ming army came from behind. After leaving a thousand soldiers to guard the camp, Qin Liangyu began to attack
Luanzhou City.
In addition to her strong competitiveness, the main reason for Qin Liangyu's behavior is that Qin Liangyu has a deep understanding of the virtues of the Ming army in previous battles, and she does not have any hopes of having any friendly troops to cooperate in the battle.
What hope? During the She'an Rebellion, Qin Liangyu fought many battles, all of which were completed independently while "spectating" from friendly forces.
Qin Liangyu was also very experienced in attacking cities. At the beginning, after arranging the troops to line up, she saw that the Hou Jin army in the city did not dare to go out to fight in the field, so she sent out the young and strong civilians, and under the protection of the soldiers, began to circle around
A U-shaped trench was dug at the city gate to prevent Luanzhou City from suddenly opening the city gate and sending out cavalry to attack the formation of the troops attacking the city.
Wu Shigong looked at Qin Liangyu's actions with some confusion, because when he attacked Li Yaozi's mountain stronghold, he used artillery to attack through the gate of the stronghold. Now Qin Liangyu dug this trench, although the cavalry in the city could not get out.
However, the soldiers outside the city could not enter, which was equivalent to giving up the passage into the city through the city gate.
So Wu Shigong asked Qin Liangyu: "Why did General Qin seal the city gate and not try to attack from the city gate?"
After listening to Wu Shigong's questions, Qin Liangyu was not impatient. In fact, she now regarded Wu Shigong as her junior in her heart, so Qin Liangyu began to teach Wu Shigong the knowledge of siege: "All cities, especially
These fortified cities in the north have the strongest gate defenses. Therefore, if you attack the city through the city gate, firstly, you may not be able to break the solidly built and well-defended city gate; secondly, you will have to attack the city gate to death.
, the troops cannot be deployed, and wars of attrition often occur at the gates of the city, resulting in too many casualties among the soldiers."
"So, under normal circumstances, the city is invaded from the city wall, and then the city gate is opened to allow the army to rush in. In comparison, the casualties caused by attacking the city wall are relatively small."
However, Qin Liangyu's explanation of the traditional siege method did not allow Wu Shigong to eliminate the doubts in his mind. So Wu Shigong continued: "Then why don't you use firecrackers and artillery to attack the city gate? If the city gate is blocked by sand and stones, the king of heaven will
I have no choice. If there is no blockage, using firecrackers and artillery will be miraculous. Beizhi has also attacked a cottage before, and used firecrackers and artillery to hit it through the gate of the cottage, and there were almost no casualties."
"Oh?" Wu Shigong's words aroused Qin Liangyu's interest, "Tell me, how did you attack this stronghold?"
Wu Shigong finally had the opportunity to show off in front of Qin Liangyu, so he immediately introduced him to Qin Liangyu with frothing at the mouth. Qin Liangyu listened carefully, and kept interrupting Wu Shigong and asking some questions. Wu Shigong also
Answered one by one.
After Wu Shigong finished introducing all the situations, Qin Liangyu thought about it carefully, and then said to Wu Shigong: "The method you mentioned may be feasible. Well, I will let you choose your manpower and try to attack the city gate."
Because the soldiers drawn from other Qianhu households had not received any training in attacking and defending the city, Wu Shigong also brought his 600 infantry and artillery troops. Qin Liangyu also sent a thousand soldiers led by Ma Xianglin.
The white pole soldiers and some young and strong civilians protected and cooperated with Wu Shigong in attacking the city gate. Moreover, if the city gate was opened, these white pole soldiers would be the first to rush into the city.
After all the personnel were mobilized, Wu Shigong pulled up Shu Mo behind him and said to him: "Shu Mo, this attack on the city gate is under your command. Don't embarrass me, young master!"
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After the expedition, Shumo had been hiding behind Wu Shigong, habitually playing the role of the soy sauce. In his heart, it was best for him to do nothing and just go back peacefully.
But now that Wu Shigong suddenly has such a weak general, Shu Mo is a little at a loss. But Wu Shigong arranged for Shu Mo to take command, which makes sense. In the previous offensive and defensive exercises and training, Shu Mo's performance was the best. This is also why Wu Shigong
All the officers under his command unanimously recognized this. Wu Shigong felt that he might not be as good as Shu Mo in this aspect.
And when he wanted to show off in front of Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin, why didn't Wu Shigong push out Shu Mo, his best at attacking and defending the city? Seeing Shu Mo staring at him in surprise, Wu Shigong gave Shu Mo a slap on the back of his head.
, scolded: "What are you making assumptions about? Go quickly!"
Shu Mo seemed to be woken up all of a sudden. He quickly said "Oh" and ran over to give instructions with a grimace.
Seeing Shu Mo's appearance, Ma Xianglin approached Wu Shigong and asked with a smile: "There seems to be something wrong with your personal soldier? Is he really good?"
Wu Shigong also smiled and replied: "This boy is my school boy. He has some talents in attacking and defending cities. But he is a little too afraid of death. I can't do it without forcing him."
"Oh!" Ma Xianglin looked understanding, "No wonder, like a master, like a servant!" After finishing speaking, Ma Xianglin let out a strange laugh.
Wu Shigong immediately pretended to be angry and wanted to hit Ma Xianglin, but Ma Xianglin also tried to dodge and resist. The soldiers around him laughed and watched the fight between the two men. The soldiers who were preparing to attack the city gate were so relaxed when they saw their commander, and they felt happy in their hearts.
Not so nervous anymore.
Although on weekdays, Shumo was a bit muddle-headed in his work, and he was also perfunctory during training. In addition, relying on his relationship with Wu Shigong and Xiuzhu, his usual style was a bit pretentious, so in the minds of other officers, Shumo
At best, Mo is a character who is unwilling to offend him, and Shu Mo has no prestige at all in their hearts.
However, these officers were still convinced of Shu Mo's ability in attacking and defending the city. Therefore, seeing Shu Mo taking command, these officers had no resistance.
It was Shumo's first time to take command in battle. Although the weather was still relatively cold, sweat broke out on his forehead, and even the commander's voice was trembling. Fortunately, he was not so nervous that he was incoherent or messy.
The point of issuing orders.
First, under the command of Shu Mo, Wu Shigong's soldiers pushed out a row of carts. Behind the carts were fire gunmen and swordsmen who protected the fire gunmen. In addition, there were also two groups of cavalry accompanying the carts.
Prevent the Hou Jin army from rushing out of the city.
Gushan'e Jinnamutai, Turge and Tanggudai, who were observing the actions of the Ming army on the tower, saw this situation and discussed it.
Turge said: "Looking at the Ming army under the city, some of them are not good-natured! How about we let the cavalry go out and kill them to weaken their momentum?"
Namutai, who had the highest status among the three, stared at the city wall for a while, shook his head and said: "The Ming army below is heavily guarded. If there are fewer people going out, there will be more casualties. But there are more people going out. I'm afraid of those who surrender."
The Ming army is not stable!"
They thought that there were still more than a thousand surrendered Ming troops in the city, and they needed soldiers with blue flags to suppress them and prevent them from rebelling against the city again. The other two people nodded in agreement with Namutai's decision.
Seeing that the cart was approaching, the Hou Jin Army on the city wall tentatively shot a few arrows, but they were all blocked by the door panel in front of the cart. On the contrary, after approaching the city wall, the fire gunmen behind the cart
I took off a small wooden board in the middle of the door panel from the front of the truck, revealing a small hole in the middle of the door panel.
The fire gun hand put the loaded fire gun into the small hole, aimed at the heads of the Hou Jin army exposed on the city wall, and under an order, fired a volley at them.
The accuracy of the musket is actually very low. At such a small distance, it actually did not kill a few soldiers of the Hou Jin Army. But it was the few soldiers of the Hou Jin Army whose heads were shot, and the small splashes on the city wall.
The stones gave the soldiers of the Later Jin Army a great psychological shock.
Now the soldiers of the Hou Jin Army who were defending on the city wall were in an embarrassing situation - you can hit me, but I can't hit you. They felt very aggrieved. And after shooting for a few rounds like this
, no soldiers of the Hou Jin Army dared to show their heads on the city wall anymore.
So at this time, some white pole soldiers specially selected by Ma Xianglin who dared to die appeared. They first used ladders to lay flat on the moat in front of the city wall, and crossed the moat on the ladders.
Then, several white-armed soldiers held big axes in their hands and began to climb up the suspension bridge. Other white-armed soldiers were also under the suspension bridge, holding shields and watching the movements of the Jin army behind the city wall with vigilance.
The few white-pole soldiers holding big axes climbed to the iron chains hanging the suspension bridge and chopped the two iron chains with all their strength. At this time, there were several Houjin soldiers on the city wall, and they immediately reached out.
He opened his bow and shot arrows at the white-armed soldiers who were cutting the iron chains. All of a sudden, several white-armed soldiers were pinned to the suspension bridge.
However, the actions of these post-Jin soldiers also caused a roar of firecrackers, and these brave post-Jin soldiers were basically beaten to the wall.
Then, a few more white soldiers came out from under the suspension bridge. They picked up the axes that fell on the ground, and then climbed over to the iron chain above the suspension bridge...
Just half an hour later, amid the cheers of Qin Liangyu's army, the suspension bridge with two iron chains cut off suddenly fell down, revealing the gate of Luanzhou City.
At this time, Liang Hui, who had already prepared for the artillery launch, immediately issued the order after the carriage in front showed the gap in the middle. The Franco machine gun at the end of the artillery team first fired towards
A cannonball was fired from the city gate.
Wu Shigong explained to Ma Xianglin beside him: "The purpose of this cannonball is to test whether the city gate is blocked."
After listening to Wu Shigong's explanation, Ma Xianglin nodded. Seeing Shu Mo's commanding method, Ma Xianglin said: "This boy does have a few brushes. You are also a good boy. You have mastered the kind of fire blunderbuss that can only strengthen your courage."
At this point, the power of this fire gun is so great. Let’s do this. After the war, you can give me a few hundred of these fire guns.”