Chapter three hundred and thirty seventh unbearable rebels
However, like many people who experienced important historical periods, they did not feel anything unusual around them. The same was true for Wu Shigong at that time.
On November 2, the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, four modified two-pound cannons officially started firing. On this day, the Runing Battalion fired a total of twenty artillery shells, eighteen of which were fired into the city. And on the next day
, the calibrated artillery fired all thirty-six shells at or near Shuicheng, Dengzhou City.
On the third day... there were no more shells on the third day. Why? There were no shells for these artillery pieces. When Liang Hui purchased these artillery pieces, he only purchased thirty-four shells at the same time. And during this period
Within a short period of time, the number of rounds increased by only 30 due to intensive construction, which could no longer support such a high frequency of firing.
However, the shelling by the Runing Camp brought great panic to Kong Youde's rebels. It should be said that the effect of the shelling by the Runing Camp was not very great, and the bottoms of the two ships were finally damaged.
.However, because the damaged ships are all in Shuicheng, although repairing them is a bit troublesome, it is not completely impossible.
But with such a steady stream of shells coming from the air, the rebels were not sure how long the bombardment would last. You know, after a long period of shooting like this, all the ships in the water city will one day be smashed and sunk.
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The rebels originally thought that if Dengzhou City was breached, they would still have an escape route by boat, but now they felt suffocated as their escape route was cut off.
For the rebels, this kind of bombardment also brought about an anxiety, that is, they must be prepared for the death coming from above their heads at all times. In the Ming Dynasty, no one had the awareness and training of air defense, and the rebels did not know what to do.
How to guard against these shells falling from the sky.
This is just like Britain during World War II. The German V1 and V2 missiles actually did little damage to British personnel and materials, but these missiles brought heavy psychological panic to the British government and people. So much so that the Allied Air Force
The primary target of attack has become the same as those missile launch bases of the German army.
During these days of guarding the city, what was somewhat different from the tranquility at Wu Shigong's place was that Kong Youde had arranged for the rebels to break out of the city from the west of Dengzhou City four times. Although these four attempts to break out of the city were all defeated by the Ming army.
, but it also caused huge casualties on both sides.
But Wu Shigong came with such an unexpected air attack, which seemed to break the backbone of the rebels. They did not dare to leave the city anymore, and immediately huddled in the city, and mobilized artillery and heavy troops to the landing.
The southern city wall of the state city is used to combat this biggest threat at present.
But what made the rebels extremely uncomfortable was that they had no way to stop the Runing Camp's artillery fire. Because the Runing Camp's artillery fired in a curve, there was no need to expose it at all, and their positions were all set up on the back of the mountain. So the rebels
The artillery set up by the army at the top of the city did not cause any damage to the Runing camp except for firing a shot with great force to embolden themselves.
Now we can only go out of the city to remove the artillery position of Runing Camp. First, we attacked at night. On the night of the third day, a group of 500 rebels took advantage of the darkness and left Nancheng. When they reached the foot of the mountain,
.Being beaten by the Runing Battalion, which had been prepared for a long time. After leaving more than 80 corpses, it was not clear where the Runing Battalion's attack came from. The rebels' night attack army
So he fled back to Dengzhou City in despair.
The rebels' night attack troops did not know that they had just left the city when they were discovered by the secret sentry arranged by the Runing Battalion outside the city. Night attacks and counter-night attacks are also key training subjects of the Runing Battalion. The rebels' night attacks
This is completely a trick on the class door.
Then came the storming. But the rebels' storming was even more ineffective. On the morning of the fifth day, the rebel army's three thousand troops drove out of Nancheng. They walked a hundred steps forward and then stopped to look at the artillery position.
I took a few glances at the top of the mountain, and then returned home without firing a shot.
On such a steep mountaintop, we face the prepared Runing camp. How can we attack this? We don’t necessarily have to risk our lives.
However, the Runing camp was also angered by the rebels' night raids and strong attacks. If a tiger doesn't show off its power, will it think I'm a sick cat? When it launched again after a three-day pause, all of a sudden the creation of these days and the rest of the Ming army were
The two-pounder artillery shells collected by each battalion were all empty.
Without the artillery shells, what should the Runing Battalion do next? Wu Shigong came up with an idea - to launch propaganda bombs. On the artillery position, in addition to the four two-pound artillery pieces, the Runing Battalion also transported several
One-pound artillery pieces were prepared for the defense of artillery positions. Now, these one-pound artillery pieces were about to be used.
The craftsmen of Runing Camp connected a rope to the one-pound artillery shell, and then tied the rope to a closed wooden basket. The wooden basket was not big, and the wooden boards on the walls of the basket were very thin.
Full of leaflets.
And it was not easy to write so many leaflets in such a short period of time. Wu Shigong came up with another idea, which was to carve promotional patterns and slogans on a piece of wood, and then use this piece of wood as a template and dip it in ink.
Print on paper quickly.
The wonderful thing is that printmaking was invented in this way. It seems that war can really promote the development of technology and social progress! Even art is no exception.
The launch of propaganda bombs was not so smooth, mainly because the correction of the launch was not easy. However, a few propaganda bombs hit Dengzhou City. The smashing of the wooden basket caused the leaflets to fly everywhere, but the publicity effect was not
Almost zero, not because of the capture by Kong Youde's rebel military attachés. The rebels were also at a loss for this novel psychological warfare method. The main reason was that the rebels were illiterate! Wu Shigong's propaganda leaflet was
Flirting to the blind man.
However, as the operation became more proficient, the success rate of the Runing camp's propaganda bombs increased from ten rounds into the second or third city, to ten rounds into the fifth or sixth city. However, the launch of the propaganda bombs had to stop.
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It's not that Runing Camp is in Dengzhou City, so arranging spies to inform Runing Camp of leaflets is not very effective. The reason for stopping is: Runing Camp is out of paper. Paper in the Ming Dynasty is not cheap, even in Runing Camp
In this country, not every soldier is equipped with toilet paper. And in this wilderness, there is no place to find paper. Therefore, there is no raw material for propaganda bombs.
But don't be afraid, the bad guys in Runing camp have many crooked ideas. Since the wooden baskets no longer contain leaflets, they can be filled with soil, bricks, snakes, scorpions, bedbugs, animal carcasses... In the end, Henan was used
Everyone in the army has worked overtime to produce a total of rice fields these days. Anyway, no matter how disgusting it is, the Runing camp treats Dengzhou City as their toilet.
The rebels in Dengzhou City were overwhelmed by the endless disgusting tactics of the Runing Battalion. After several attempts to send troops out of the city to attack the artillery positions were frustrated, Kong Youde summoned the rebel generals at all levels to discuss once again how to face the enemy.
to this situation.
But relying on this kind of negotiation, what good solution can be negotiated? The most important thing is: now is the offensive and defensive change. If the rebels want to pull out the nail of the Runing camp artillery, they must attack it. And as long as
After attacking, the artillery and Dengzhou city wall that the rebels relied on most would no longer be able to rely on them. Not to mention the terrain of Runing Camp.
So after talking a lot of nonsense, Kong Youde winked at a close aide. The close accomplice immediately understood and said: "Commander Kong, Marshal Geng, brothers, I have a question. I went out to attack the city a few days ago.
Brother, do you know which army that official army is?"
A rebel general who led troops out of the city a few days ago immediately replied: "I heard they are a guest army from Henan."
The confidant of Kong Youde nodded, and immediately followed Kong Youde's instructions: "Then I have an idea. Since it was a guest army from Henan, and it was not the Guan Ning cavalry that had a grudge against our old Liao army, it was also
If we are not local officers and soldiers from Shandong, then there is no blood feud between us at all."
"Should the two commanders arrange it and send a lobbyist to talk about it. It is difficult for us to fight out of the mountainous area outside the south city wall where this guest army is staying, but it is also difficult for them to break in. It is obviously the official
The army commander did not allow them to perform meritorious service. This also shows that usually this guest army is also among the official army and is a marginalized role."
"Since we don't have any grudges, it's easy to talk. Tell them to stop temporarily, and we'll be at peace with them. There isn't much in Dengzhou City, but there are a lot of looted things. The money that the brothers have on them will definitely not be enough.
But there are quite a lot of calligraphy, paintings, porcelain and embroidery that are useless now. Picking some exquisite ones and sending them to the commander of the Henan army can be regarded as a friendship we spend money on."
"Your idea is not bad. But who will go out of the city to talk?" an anxious rebel general interjected.
His interruption immediately caused a silence. In the past few days, the rebels had sent people out of the city three times to discuss surrender with Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian. However, all those who had negotiated in the past were killed, leaving only
A few soldiers who had their ears cut off were sent back to Dengzhou City to report the news. This also made the rebel generals who surrendered completely silent in Dengzhou City. But if someone is sent out of the city to negotiate this time,
That is a journey of death.
After waiting for a while, Kong Youde immediately made the final decision: "What Xiao Mao said is a good idea. But brothers also know the danger of leaving the city. Let's do it the old way! Draw lots! Everyone here counts."
"That's it!" Geng Jingzhong also reconsidered.
Now that the two giants in Dengzhou City had spoken, the method of drawing lots was decided. After a lot of fuss, a pale-faced rebel general named Huang Qifai was selected.
Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong left Huang Qifa alone. Kong Youde finally said: "You go to the warehouse later and pick out some valuable things to take with you. Nothing else is important, just ask the officers and soldiers outside Nancheng not to take it."
Just fire more cannons. We also promise not to go out to fight with them. As long as they agree to this, tell them that we will pay ten times the amount of property you brought this time. Anyway, these things can't be exchanged for anything now.
Gold and silver can't be exchanged for any food and grass. They're not worth much money. It doesn't hurt to give them away."
