The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 25 Preparations before the war
In the afternoon, according to Zhang Cheng's last wish, everyone scattered the ashes into the sea after cremation.

Ding Yi asked the craftsmen in the fort to make a longevity tablet, expressing that he would worship every year in the future. Ruan Wenlong saw it and secretly appreciated it.

It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and the weather was getting dark.

Ding Yi didn't dare to neglect, and immediately brought everyone back to the fort and began to arrange.

There are currently about 360 soldiers in the fort, temporarily divided into six teams.

The first team was led by deputy Qianhu Xu Wei, with Song Fei as deputy, with [-] soldiers, [-] spearmen, and [-] soldiers with swords and shields.

Immediately began training, spearmen in groups of six, three in a row, two rows side by side, with swords and shields on the left and right guards.

The training method is just one word: "poke, poke, poke"

"Chop chop chop"

Xu Wei looked inexplicably, but when Xiao Yongqiu made a move, whoosh, threw a lime bag, his face was covered with black lines.

I am fighting in the Ming Dynasty, and I still need to use such low-handed methods?

The second team was headed by Du Ruhai from a hundred households, Xiao Yongqiu was the deputy, and had sixty soldiers, the same configuration as the first team.

The third team was headed by Zhong Zhennu from Baihu, with Chen Youfu as his deputy, and the deployment of troops was the same as above.

The fourth team is headed by Baihu Zhang Jing, with Xu Bicheng as his deputy, ibid.

The fifth team is headed by Zhao Dashan from a hundred households, with Ma Yue as his deputy, and has sixty soldiers.

Among them, 30 people who can use guns and 30 people who can use arrows are selected.

There is a pier on the left side of the front of Xu Dabao and on the right side of the west, which are 15 meters high, higher than the city wall.

Ding Yi took people to look at the left side of the front first, and indicated that all [-] musketeers were on the pier.

He ordered people to use soil and sandbags to make sandbags, surround the piers and abutments, and leave ten gun holes.

Sandbags are interlayered with wooden boards, covered with quilts, soaked in water, then covered with cowhide in the camp, and then sandwiched with wooden boards, so that almost all of the top is covered to prevent arrows from being thrown.

With such a high pier, the Hou Jin army can only shoot at the bottom. At that time, as long as the musketeers get close to the sandbags and shoot from the hole of the gun, no matter how many arrows are thrown, they will not be able to hit them.

Zhao Dashan was overjoyed to see that it was really safe. The hole in the gun was not big, only the size of a football, but it was more than half a meter deep, which could prevent the gun from being blasted and shot by arrows.

Ding Yi warned Zhao Dashan that when training gunners, don't point straight at the gun hole, but rather sideways, so that even if you want to shoot through the gun hole, it is almost impossible.

"Ten gun holes, I have thirty gunners, I'm afraid it's not enough." Zhao Dashan grinned.

"You don't need thirty." Ding Yi said slowly, "This pier is only this big. You pick the five that shoot the best. I will give you fifty guns, which can shoot ten rounds."

"The rest, put gunpowder in the back, and give you all the guns. Five shooters, shoot in turn to ensure continuous shooting."

"Is there still such a way of playing?" Xu Wei and others who accompanied him listened, suddenly cheerful.

There were nearly seventy guns in their fort, and every time a battle started, the seventy gunners fired at the outside in unison, the sound was astonishing, but they could not hit a few people.

In particular, the Tartars always let the common people of the Ming Dynasty and the descendants of the Ming army charge forward to consume their ammunition.

After firing a gun, it took a while for everyone to reload the gunpowder and ammunition. After they loaded it, the Tartars had already charged close, throwing several rounds.

There was always screams at the scene, and the gunners were killed or injured.

Now they have a lot of guns, because many gunners die, so many guns are useless.

Ding Yi now only uses five gunners, and the others are responsible for loading ammunition, which can almost guarantee that the five guns can be fired continuously.

Coupled with the transformation of this pier, it is almost impossible to cause casualties.

Master Ding's head is really different, and many people admire it very much.

Only Zhong Zhennu didn't understand: "Will it be too far away? The Tartars have armor, too far away, I'm afraid they won't be able to beat them to death."

Zhong Zhennu is also good at using firearms. The pier is still behind the city wall and farther from the front.

"It's not far away. I'm going to let the Tartars in to fight." Ding Yi said in a deep voice, "After they enter the city wall, they are only a dozen steps away from the pier, and the archery can't hurt the people inside the pier. within striking distance."

"What?" Everyone was shocked.

"We let them in to beat them last time, and beat them to death. Mr. Ding said it's called—" Zhao Dashan shook his head and couldn't remember.

"It's called street fighting." Sein Fei patted him on the head: "The Tartars are good at field fighting, but not good at street fighting."

"Yes, it's called street fighting." Zhao Dashan laughed.

Everyone's expressions were different, but Ding Yi was so bold that he wanted to let the tartars into the street fighting.

Xu Wei looked back at the fort: "There are no alleys in our fort."

Ding Yi chuckled: "If there is no alley, then create an alley for the Tartars."

People were puzzled.

In the fifth team, the injured Ma Yue led the team, and thirty archers went to the room.

Xu Dabao covers an area of ​​more than 3 square meters. There are a large number of houses and various buildings in the fort, and an archer must go up to each building.

Choose taller buildings first, buildings that are difficult to climb, and archers still carry lime with them.

Ding Yi's request to Ma Yue is to let him train archers: when Tartars pass under the building where they are, first throw lime, and then give priority to shooting the opponent with arrows.

The archers are on the roof, which means that it is basically impossible for the Tartars to go up and kill them immediately, and they cannot climb up, as long as they are guarded against the archers of the Tartars below.

Thirty buildings and thirty archers staggered all over the fort, almost like crossfire, and attacks were everywhere.

Everyone chooses the enemy archer who is close to them to shoot first.

Then shoot the enemy's white armor leader and other strong men.

Hearing Ding Yi's approach slowly, all the officers in the original fort stared at each other, unable to believe it.

How many years have the Ming army and Hou Jin fought, and they were defeated every time. Who has seen such a battle.

Thinking of the arrows all over the roof after the Tatars rushed in, and people shooting from all directions, I felt terrified when I thought about it.

The key point is that the Tartars are below and cannot hit the top, and Zhao Dashan's musketeers give priority to shooting and killing the opponent's archers.

If the Tartar archers are wiped out by the regiment, they can almost only be beaten below.

It's useless for you to have a shield. One side of defense cannot be protected in all directions.

Du Ruhai was overjoyed: "There are more than thirty buildings in the castle, send more archers up."

There are more than 80 buildings in Xu Dabao, and there are many barracks, but Ding Yi shook his head: "Some buildings are too short, and some buildings can be climbed without ladders. Thirty buildings are enough, um, you can choose bold ones." of the people, go up to the roofs and throw lime."

There are not many well-trained archers Xu Dabao. Fortunately, after the tartars came in, the distance was very close, most of them were more than ten meters away, and the distance of several meters. Shot.

The sixth team was led by Ding Yi himself, with Wei Jiye as deputy, with 60 soldiers.

15 of them took Lumi guns.The remaining 53 three-eye guns and bird guns all belonged to Zhao Dashan's team.

Zhao Dashan's team only selects the five best players to shoot, and the rest are responsible for reloading. In this way, if there are more than 50 guns in turn, they can shoot ten rounds, and some people specialize in reloading. As long as the guns do not explode, they can almost shoot continuously Keep shooting.

The sixth team took down three of the four gates on the city wall and moved them to the fort.

Including the large bowl guns were also moved to the fort.

Some are responsible for manipulating these weapons, some hold Lumi guns, and a few hold arrows, carry kerosene, and are on standby at any time.

After the six groups were divided, Ding Yi started the construction of the defense project, and the huge project began.

　Seek recommendation, collection, investment, guarantee of finished product, never oversee,

　　


(End of this chapter)