In order to avoid large-scale casualties, Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing had the same opinion, that is, they should adopt the attitude of a lion fighting a rabbit and go all out so that the first attack would completely destroy the Ming army's confidence in resistance.
To shake the morale of the Ming army, it is best to force the Ming army in the city to surrender voluntarily, so as to achieve the purpose of subduing the enemy without fighting.
Even if the Ming army does not take the initiative to surrender, an all-out attack can defeat the Ming army in a shorter time, thus avoiding the casualties caused by a long siege.
Therefore, in this battle, conquering Liping Mansion is not the difficulty, but reducing casualties is the difficulty.
After everyone discussed the tactics, the entire army began to make corresponding tactical preparations.
In the past two days, the First Infantry Regiment had made many preparations in advance. Many long ladders were prepared for storming the wall. The artillery also continued to bombard the city wall for two days. However, it was limited by the relatively small caliber of the 500-pound artillery.
, the power was limited, and although the city wall of Liping Mansion was riddled with holes, it failed to completely collapse the city wall of Liping Mansion.
This made Hao Bainian and the others a little disappointed. At the same time, they were looking forward to the eight-hundred-jin heavy artillery in the artillery battalion and the thousand-jin heavy artillery that had just been developed and were not yet equipped for the artillery battalion.
Early the next morning, the Ming army in the city discovered that the puppet Tang rebel army outside the city had made a big move. A large number of soldiers from the Tang Dynasty's new army began to gather out of the barracks and brought many siege equipment with them.
This made the Ming army at the top of the city immediately aware of something amiss, and quickly reported the relevant news to the adults in the city.
Not long after, many adults wearing official robes appeared on the city top. They looked at the pseudo-Tang bandits in the distance, and all of them looked unhappy.
Even though they had little knowledge and had never witnessed any large-scale war, they could still see that after waiting for two days, the puppet Tang rebel army outside the city was obviously no longer prepared to wait any longer and was about to launch a general attack.
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In fact, when they discovered that as many as two thousand more puppet Tang rebels arrived at the city yesterday, they had already guessed that the day when the puppet Tang rebels would launch a general offensive was not far away, and the puppet Tang rebels' general attack,
It will definitely be more violent than the tentative attack of the past few days.
A few days ago, in order to test the strength of the Ming army in the city, Hao Bainian sent troops to conduct a small-scale trial attack. Although he did not conduct a formal assault on the city, he also dispatched musketry troops to attack the Ming army on the top of the city.
That day, artillery and musket fire caused at least dozens of Ming army casualties!
And now, the puppet Tang rebels are about to launch a general offensive. The offensive will definitely be more fierce. Can they defend Liping City today?
Also, when will the army from the provincial capital arrive?
Reinforcements have not arrived for a long time. How can they, the old, weak sergeants and the young and strong, be able to stop the 4,000 puppet Tang rebels who are watching eagerly outside the city?
An atmosphere of despair began to pervade the walls of Lipingfu City!
Many low-level officers, soldiers and young men were already thinking about how to save their lives in the coming battle.
Judging from the posture of the puppet Tang rebels outside the city, it would be a disaster if the city could be defended. But if they were unable to defend the city, they would naturally prioritize their own lives.
After taking a look at the top of the city, except for the military generals, most of the other civil servants left the top of the city. When the battle breaks out, the top of the city will definitely be a dangerous place. They want to return to the city. As for returning
What you do in the city varies from person to person.
Some people asked their servants to prepare the clothes of ordinary people, ready to change into and hide at any time. As for the government offices, they must not stay there, because after the puppet Tang thief army entered the city, they would immediately capture the government offices and other offices.
yamen.
If you want to survive, you still have to hide in an ordinary house.
However, some people asked their servants to prepare poison, ropes and other items, while they were wearing official robes, holding poison in their right hand and white silk in their left hand.
Just wait for the puppet Tang thief army to commit suicide as soon as possible after breaking through the city!
Not to mention these officials, even most of the ordinary people in the city were in panic, fearing that the puppet Tang rebels would be catastrophic after entering the city, especially those wealthy gentry who did not escape from the city. Many people had already begun to regret what they had done.
Didn't escape from the city.
Today, the sun has just risen, and the entire city of Liping Prefecture is already immersed in an atmosphere of despair. It's like a woman who has been stripped naked and thrown on the bed, looking at the strong man in front of him who is unbuttoning his pants and smiling ferociously.
, her delicate body was trembling, and she was still muttering don't come over, don't come over.
However, the man obviously would not stop his actions just because of the woman's scream. After taking off his clothes, a hungry wolf rushed forward, followed by the woman's shrill scream and the man's laughter.
The laughter was accompanied by heavy breathing.
At about eight o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, the new army of the Tang Dynasty, which had completed all preparations, finally began to move. The five 500-jin artillery that had been gathered opened fire first, and then they were pushed up to a position only a hundred meters away from the city wall.
Several 150-pound battalion cannons also raised their elevation angles and began to spray shotguns at the Ming army on top of the city.
After the artillery, there were a large number of musketeers. They did not rush directly, but fired at the city from outside the city.
Huge solid bullets, scattered shrapnel, and lead bullets almost shattered the city top, with rubble flying and screams continuing.
When the guns opened fire, many soldiers who were not holding weapons or wearing armor, and who only had a bag of sand and gravel on their bodies, ran quickly towards the moat.
Hundreds of soldiers acting together were enough to fill out a section of the moat that was only a few meters wide under Liping Mansion City in a short time.
The Ming army on the top of the city obviously wanted to counterattack, but as soon as the Ming army's archers stood on the top of the city to counterattack, they would be beaten into a hornet's nest by the musketeers outside the city with bullets.
The only option is to hide behind the battlements and use projectiles to counterattack, but it is unknown where the bows and arrows will land in the end if they are launched without aiming.
After suffering a small number of casualties, the New Army of the Tang Dynasty finally filled in the moat and created a passage for the army to enter and exit.
At this time, the main force of the siege, the heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, also wore heavy armor and rushed forward with shields and long swords.
Joining them in the charge were light armored sword and shield soldiers, and many of these light armored sword and shield soldiers carried long ladders together.
When the sword and shield soldiers are dispatched, it means that the battle has entered the most critical moment!
Because next, they will climb up the city wall via a long ladder and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army!
Once the Ming army is unable to hold on and the city head, even a short section of tens of meters, is lost, more soldiers from the New Army of the Tang Dynasty will follow. At that time, Liping Mansion can be declared lost!