I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 269 Compared to my nephew, I trust you Daming more.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhu Zhangui came to the city wall, watched from the telescope and began to make siege equipment and dig trenches on the opposite side, frowning tightly.

Last night's surprise attack did not take place.

When Zhu Zhangui had just assembled his troops and was about to go out, for some reason, he suddenly felt uncomfortable for no reason.

The old man once said that if you suddenly feel ominous in your heart when deciding on a certain military action during the war, you must trust your own intuition, because this is the soul deep in your heart and God, and then give You issued a warning.

In fact, not only the military, but also ordinary people in their daily life, if something related to themselves happens, they will feel flustered or uncomfortable.

Although this statement is a bit nonsense, even superstitious, many generals who lead troops to fight believe it.

So Zhu Zhangui gave up the sneak attack last night, and chose to let the soldiers have a good night's rest, and prepare for the next battle of defending the city that does not know when it will end.

Zhu Zhangui's hunch was very accurate.

Although Waisi is a bit more power-minded, he is also very good at military affairs, otherwise the lords below would not agree to let him lead the battle.

He knew that the Ming army had a penchant for sneak attacks, and how could he be unprepared given the lessons learned from the troops they sent to Daming to sneak attack on the bombing camp.

When the army camped, he arranged for a large number of crossbowmen and heavy armored men to ambush, preparing to counter-kill the attacking Ming army.

In the end, I don't know whether it was because the Ming army was too small in number, or they didn't plan to sneak attack. They had tens of thousands of people, and they just lay in the ambush and waited until dawn.

Siege warfare is a very complicated battle, not to say that besieged is a fat meal.

It is even more impossible for a large number of soldiers to rush up with a ladder like in later generations of film and television.That behavior is simply brain-dead, and it has no effect at all except to give credit to the enemy.

In ancient siege, in addition to surrounding the enemy's city, it was necessary to dig trenches on the periphery and manufacture various siege equipment.

This series of things can't be completed in a few days, or even more than ten days.

Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, when there is sufficient time.

If time is tight and there is an urgent need to break through the city, it is still possible to rush up with a ladder.

However, such cases are rare, and most of them follow the formal steps.

In addition, there are other methods of siege warfare.

For example, besieging a point to fight for aid, besieging Wei to save Zhao, can be said to have various tactics, the main purpose of which is to accomplish strategic goals, how to fight depends on how the commander-in-chief of the army thinks about it, and how the current situation is.

Although Waisi is from the Western Regions, he has done a good job in preparing for the siege.

According to the method he learned from the Central Plains, he came up with a siege, and at the same time, a certain distance from the city wall, he dug a huge trench and built a wall.

Due to the lack of troops in his hands, Zhu Zhangui could only stand on the city wall and watch.

Looking at the orderly siege preparations outside the city, Zhu Zhangui scratched his head annoyed.

Now he regrets that he didn't bring a few light artillery over when he rushed.

If he had brought a few cannons with him when he came, he wouldn't be looking at the enemy like this now, making pre-war preparations.

"Wait, artillery!"

Thinking of artillery, Zhu Zhangui suddenly froze for a moment.

Daming's artillery barrels are all provided by himself. He has too many barrels.

where is thisThis is the capital of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

It should be no problem to find a hundred or so craftsmen.

It doesn't matter how deep their research on artillery is, as long as they can fire shells.

As for the gunpowder, Zhu Zhangui decided to collect some materials in the city to configure it himself. It was really not enough, and the big deal was to buy fireworks from the supermarket and dismantle the gunpowder inside.

Even stuffing fragments of iron nails into the fireworks bombs can still kill the enemy when they are shot out.

Even if you can't kill the enemy and scare the bastards in the West, it's still no problem.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhangui told Hu Yu to watch on the city wall.He took his own guards to find craftsmen to collect materials for making gunpowder.

As soon as the lost son Mahama heard that his future grandson-in-law needed craftsmen, he sent all the craftsmen in the palace over without saying a word.

Originally, the old man planned to wait for Zhu Di's envoy to come, and then compromise and negotiate terms.

As for why he didn't talk to Zhu Zhangui, the reason was that Zhu Zhangui was too strong, and there was a black heart cotton beside him who was helping to speak, wishing to take away the whole empire as a dowry granddaughter.

This old man has a stubborn temper, no matter what Zhu Zhangui and his granddaughter say, he is uncompromising and insists on waiting for the envoy sent by Zhu Di to come over to talk.

The old man was uncompromising, and Zhu Zhangui couldn't help it. Who made him fall in love with his granddaughter.

Moreover, this place will also be the territory of Ming Dynasty in the future, and the future generations will also be the inherent territory of our country, with local plots. If it can be resolved without war, it should be resolved without war as much as possible.

But yesterday, when the old man heard that his nephew had brought troops over, he compromised without saying a word.

In the words of this old man.

If he takes refuge in Daming, he can still be a prince in the future. Although he has no rights, he can live the rest of his life in peace.

But if his nephew wins, based on what he knows about that nephew, his whole family will die.

So out of the consideration of his wealth and life, the old man was also a bachelor, so he directly signed the certificate of surrender to Daming on the spot.

That is to say, from last night, all the areas managed by the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the Western Regions have become the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhangui was not polite to the old man, and the artisans who sent them directly accepted all the orders.

After arranging some people from the guard battalion and explaining to these craftsmen how to make cannons, Zhu Zhangui took people all over the city to collect materials.

Although Pharah was an important place on the Silk Road, there were not many raw materials for making gunpowder.

After a day of collection, Zhu Zhangui roughly calculated that he could produce at most 500 catties of gunpowder.

Coupled with the various types of explosive packs he carried when he set off, the gunpowder that Zhu Zhangui can use is about 1000 catties.

According to the Ming Dynasty light artillery charge standard, the gunpowder fired by a light artillery is about 4 catties.

In other words, the more than 1000 catties of gunpowder in Zhu Zhangui's hands is only enough for two hundred and fifty or sixty shots.

According to his plan, each city wall is equipped with 30 cannons, and there are 120 cannons on the four walls, which is only enough to fire each cannon twice.

Even if it is mixed with ammonium nitrate, the 1:1 ratio will only double the amount.

What is the use of the cannon to fire four times?

Do you want to hear it before the battle?

So I can only buy fireworks bombs.

But he had never used the gunpowder in the fireworks shells as a propellant before, and Zhu Zhangui could only pray that this thing could really launch the shells.

In order to ensure that the medicine in the fireworks shells can be used, Zhu Zhangui personally led people to study it.

After an afternoon of research, Zhu Zhangui confirmed that the medicine in the fireworks bomb was indeed usable, but it was just the propellant underneath.

Although the gunpowder in the big ball above can also fire shells, I don’t know if it’s too much mixed in. It’s not far away, and sometimes even sparks are emitted directly, and the shells are still lying inside.

For this reason, Zhu Zhangui bought a lot of fireworks bombs, and asked the craftsmen to start dismantling the propellants under the supervision of soldiers.

Those explosive gunpowder with little effect were packed into explosive cans and explosive bags, and iron staples and broken stone tiles were stuffed inside. Zhu Zhangui planned to use them as explosive bags.

Both sides are preparing and waiting for the day when the war will break out.

Presumably the day when the war started, the scene must have been very tragic and bloody.

Zhu Zhangui and Waisi are preparing, while Jianghuai is losing strength and fighting against the enemy's left-behind army.

Wrong thinking is the promise, aroused the fighting spirit of the commander-in-chief Kuxian.

Facing Daming's tyrannical firepower, this guy used the lives of his subordinates to quickly push the Shenji Battalion down.

Chalishi is a small city in the eastern part of the Tianshan Mountains. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it is the best place for defense.

Jiang Huai led his troops to arrive here two days ago. In order to get back his meritorious service and regain his position as commander, Jiang Huai was also cruel.

Just letting his brothers rest briefly for one night, they launched a fierce attack on the enemy.

The war lasted for a day and a night, and both sides lost a lot.

The 5000 Western Region soldiers defending the city injured at least 1000 people, and the attacking Shenji Battalion also suffered 600 casualties.

"Jiangtou, gather all the artillery pieces and cover me. I will charge up with my brothers to see if I can blow up the city directly."

The head of the First Army, who was also temporarily recovering, saw another squadron being beaten down by the enemy, and anxiously hammered a boulder next to him, proposing a desperate attack.

Now the senior officers of Shenji Battalion are all committed crimes and meritorious deeds. If they don't get to Fear quickly, their careers as officials will be over.

Jiang Huai ignored him, but silently watched the enemy's city defense with his binoculars.

You can't be impulsive in siege operations, you must be calm and calm, and don't be disturbed by the things around you.

This was the first sentence Zhang Fu taught him when he worshiped Zhang Fu as his teacher, and he also deeply remembered it.

Although he knew that Zhu Zhangui's place was dangerous and urgently needed reinforcements from his side.

But he can't help it.

Siege is not the same as interspersed combat.

Interspersed combat doesn't need to control the city at all, just go straight to the target.

Zhu Zhangui led 2000 people directly through the past, without considering the logistics issue at all.

As for how to solve Jianghuai, I don't know, anyway, when he went out alone with Zhu Zhangui, he was never hungry.

And Dun Dun is delicious, where did I come from?He didn't dare to ask, nor would he ask.

But now that he has a large army of more than 2 people, he can't go around the city. Once he does that, his logistics will be completely over.

In addition, the Shenji Battalion is a firearms unit and relies on logistics. Once the logistics is cut off and the supply is insufficient, the troops will hold rifles and bayonets to engage in close combat with the enemy.

This is the helplessness of ancient warfare.

Zhu Di used hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in his several expeditions to the north. Could it be that these people are all front-line combat troops?
Actually not, 60% or even 70% are responsible for logistics.

Of the hundreds of thousands of combat troops, at least half of them must be placed on the logistics line to protect the logistics.

In this way, he was often messed up by the bastards of Duoyan's 3 guards, and sometimes even had to choose to retreat to protect the logistics line due to logistical reasons.

Therefore, for the ancient army, if there is a stable logistics line, half of the battle is already won.

"Old Lion!"

After looking at the enemy's city wall defense for a while, Jiang Huai pondered for a moment, and explained to the commander of the First Army beside him.

"You take the people of your legion back to rest, and then I will let the troops keep harassing them, but they just ring and don't attack."

"After going down like this more than a dozen times in a row, plus we fought with them for a day and a night, the enemy's vigilance will definitely relax."

"Tomorrow at dawn, you and your brothers from the legion will directly launch a fierce attack when the enemy is relaxed and tired, and try to take this city before dawn."

"As ordered!"

The head of the First Army did not raise any objections, and withdrew with the First Army, which had been fighting all night, in response.

As soon as the Shenji Battalion retreated, excited cheers resounded from the enemy walls.

Hearing the cheers in the distance, Jiang Huai chuckled, raised his hand and gave the order to shell.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Artillery Regiment of the Shenji Battalion launched a ferocious bombardment, instantly hitting the cheering soldiers from the Western Regions on the opposite city wall and fleeing with their heads in their arms.

The shelling went on for half an hour, and with the sound of a horn, the Second Army, which had switched positions with the First Army, was divided into several batches and began to attack in scattered lines.

Because they received orders from above, they did not get close to the enemy's city wall. They were just outside the range of the opponent's bow and arrow, and shot at the wall within the range of the rifle in their hands.

The first batch fought for a while, and when they saw that the opponent was no longer showing their heads, they withdrew.

The defenders on the city heard that there was no movement, and looked at it curiously. Seeing that the enemy had retreated, they cheered again.

But as soon as the cheers sounded, the bombardment came again, and then the guys retracted their heads again. When the shelling was over, the second echelon of the Second Army had arrived at the shooting position and began the steps of gun practice.

That's right, it's gun practice.

Due to the scarcity of new types of ammunition, many soldiers did not shoot many times after getting their guns, and there were fewer opportunities to shoot at people in this kind of actual combat.

So Jianghuai withdrew the First Army, which was mostly veterans, and let them rest first, preparing for a tough battle at night.

The Second Army, which has a large number of recruits, is responsible for harassment during the day, and by the way, let these recruits practice marksmanship again.

The fighting started in the morning and continued into the early hours of the morning.

Firework bombs were shot into the sky one after another, bringing a glimmer of light in this dark night.

Every time the fireworks shells light up, there is a burst of intense gunshots.

The defenders of the Western Regions on the city stood ready at the beginning, defending against the enemy's attack at any time.

But as the afternoon passed, the enemy did not launch a violent attack. The soldiers of the Western Regions, who were hiding from the enemy's bullets behind the city wall, gradually relaxed their spirits.

Coupled with the fighting that took place yesterday and last night, many people were already exhausted.

With this slack in spirit, sleepiness and exhaustion came to his head instantly.

More and more soldiers from the Western Regions just leaned against the city wall, listening to the crackling of bullets outside the wall, and fell asleep.

Even if he was woken up by the patrolling officer, he leaned back and continued to sleep as soon as the other party left.

In the early hours of the morning, the intense gunfire slowly stopped.

The sudden silence made many people uncomfortable, and the soldiers from the Western Regions did not dare to look out. They could only look outside the city wall through some gaps.

It's a pity that at this time, dawn is the darkest moment, the moon and stars in the sky have already fallen, and it's so dark outside that it's impossible to see clearly.

"These Ming people are finally tired, so I guess they should go back and rest!"

Seeing the officers looking vigilantly out of the gap, some soldiers muttered a few words in a low voice, then leaned against the wall holding their weapons and snored.

The vigilant officers waited for a while, seeing that there was really no movement outside, and then looked around where the snoring sound was coming from, and slowly relaxed their vigilance.

The reason why the city wall is also pitch black is because as long as there is a fire, the artillerymen of the Ming army on the opposite side will directly blast towards the fire pile.

After suffering a loss last night, the Western Regions have also learned to be smart, and no shiny objects are allowed to appear on the city walls.

After waiting for a while, until there was a slight light in the east, the officer also felt that the Ming army should go back to rest, coupled with mental exhaustion, he sat on the wall and squinted his eyes to rest.

Including today and night, this battle has been fought for two days and two nights, and even the hard-hitting people can't stand it.

If it weren't for the supervising team behind them, these soldiers from the Western Regions on the city wall would have run away their mothers long ago.

Soon there was a sound of snoring on the city wall, which spread far and far in this silent night.

Hundreds of meters away from the city wall, the soldiers of the First Legion who rested and had a full meal left all the things that could make noise on their bodies in the barracks, followed their legion commander, and slowly crawled towards the city wall.

In front of them, nearly a hundred soldiers carrying explosive packs were advancing rapidly.

The city is built of stone, it can be said to be impenetrable.

In order to blow up the city wall in one fell swoop, Jianghuai directly used hundreds of packs of explosives.

He didn't believe it if he didn't, thousands of catties of explosives were added together, and there was a city wall that couldn't be blown apart.

He didn't count on the direction of the city gate.

This is an important checkpoint. The guys from the Western Regions have set up 4 heavy gates at the city gate.

Yesterday, the blaster rushed over and killed several batches before blasting the first jack gate.

Seeing that the city gate might be breached, the guys from the Western Regions blocked the city gate tightly with boulders and sand.

The jack gate is combined with huge rocks and sand, and it is not so difficult to blast it open.

In addition, there are several horse-faced walls and towers in the direction of the city gate, which is the place where the enemy's attack power is maximized.

Instead of letting soldiers go there to die, it is better to try to blast the city wall.

Thinking back to when they first attacked the Wa Kingdom, the Marine Corps blasted through several gaps in the city wall before they managed to get in.

Nearly a hundred blasters crawled forward little by little, for fear of making a big noise and being discovered by the enemies on the tower.

The team leader, the captain, kept looking back at the eastern sky.

Seeing that the brightness in the east was getting higher and higher, he, who had always been calm, felt urgency in his heart.

Once it was dawn in the east, these blasters who didn't even have armor in order not to make a sound, once they were discovered by the enemy, they would definitely be shot as hedgehogs in the first place.

Time passed slowly, the sky in the east was getting brighter and brighter, and there were faint shouts and curses from officers above the city tower.

Looking at the city wall that was close at hand, the blasters sped up their crawl.

After reaching the base of the wall, a group of people quickly piled up the explosive packs under the wall hand and foot.

This is a selected blasting point.

After two days of being bombarded by artillery fire, the city wall has already had a lot of cracks.

The eastern sky has slowly lit up, and the first ray of sunlight has faintly risen from the horizon.

There was not enough time to retreat, the blasting captain gritted his teeth and ignited the fuse, and ran back with the brothers behind him.

"There are enemies, hurry up... shoot and shoot!"

The run of the blaster alarmed the vigilance of the enemies on the city wall.

The soldiers who were still in a daze quickly picked up the bows and arrows beside them, and were about to shoot arrows at the blasters who were running wildly.

"Bang bang bang..."

A row of gunshots rang out from a hundred paces away, and some archers from the Western Regions who had just emerged had their heads exploded and fell down without a word.

"Damn it, the enemy is attacking, pay attention to defense!"

Looking at the archer lying beside him with a bloody hole in his head, an officer from the Western Regions cursed in a low voice and yelled loudly at the soldiers to take precautions.

Suddenly, he felt the ground tremble slightly, and before he could react, his body flew into the air, and he lost consciousness instantly.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The huge explosion sound spread far and wide under the expansion of the canyon.

Chali lost a section of the city wall that was bombarded with cracks, and was directly blasted into the sky by thousands of catties of explosives.

"kill!"

The elder lion of the first legion in the front row, ignoring the broken bricks, gravel and sand flying down from above his head, pulled out his knife and swung forward fiercely, and was the first to charge forward.

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the First Legion, who had a rest overnight and had a good meal, drew out their bayonets and put them on the muzzles of their guns. They roared loudly, followed their regiment commander, and rushed towards the gap filled with smoke and dust.

One side's morale is like a rainbow, and the other side's body and mind are exhausted.

The two sides met in the gap, and the officers of the Shenji Battalion, who rushed to the front, looked at the enemies who were still rushing up with panic on their faces, and raised their revolvers and fired fiercely.

The sounds of killing, gunshots, roars, and screams all mixed together.

Jiang Huai, who commanded the army in the rear, looked at the large troops of the First Army Corps that had rushed into the city, put down his binoculars, and gave the order for a full-scale attack with a smile.

ps: I'm going to hold a parent-teacher meeting for my children, and I don't have time to write the 3000 words. For the 6000-odd words, let's just make do with it and continue tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)