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Chapter 110 The second explosion in history

The ancestors have been playing with heavy armor for a long time. In the Song Dynasty, there was a shortage of war horses, so they paid special attention to heavy armor. The infantry armor at that time generally weighed about sixty kilograms.

In the ten years of Shaoxing, when the Song Dynasty's army was at its strongest, in order to be able to fight against the Iron Buddha of the Jin Army, the Song Dynasty also developed heavy infantry, whose armor load even reached a hundred kilograms. It was for this reason that although the Song Army could They fought against the Jin Army's cavalry, but were unable to pursue and annihilate them.

Zhu Yijiong started his career in Taiwan. Apart from walking on thin ice at the beginning, it can be regarded as fate or divine help later on.

This is also due to the time and location he lived in. It was a prosperous place in the southeast and it was the end of Kangxi. Not to mention the south, the officialdom in the north was almost rotten to the root. It was also the northwest that had to fight against Junggar for a long time. Not too awesome.

In the past, the Ming army fought a miscellaneous army composed of green battalions and young men, with almost zero combat effectiveness, resulting in repeated victories in both field battles and sieges.

Such smoothness made Zhu Yijiong ignore the equipment of heavy armor. At present, it is still an era where hot and cold weapons alternate, with cold weapons being the mainstay and hot weapons being the supplement.

The Chuzhou offensive and defensive battle is an example. Although the first campers were brave enough to kill the enemy without fear of death, they were unable to show their personal bravery when faced with a Qing army that was several times larger than their own in leather armor.

It seems that after returning from this battle... no, we have to start preparations now and let the Ordnance Bureau trial-produce the heavy siege armor attached to the First Ascension Camp.

Not only did they first enter the camp, but the Ming army also had to have corresponding heavy infantry and cavalry. At least before the epoch-making innovations in gunfire and artillery, these two arms still played a decisive role in the war, with arms like the French dragon. cavalry.

In the next few days, the Ming army continued to attack the city, but it was different from the massive attack on the first day. In the following days, the Ming army basically bombarded the city with artillery. experience.

Of course, the first-up camp was also dispatched, but the thunder was not strong and the raindrops were light. They basically retreated after two casual attacks. Moreover, the same first-up camp was often attacked only once. After two full days, the Ming army suffered heavy losses. It was less than half of the strong attack on the first day.

"Hahaha, these Ming thieves are really a mob. Even if the thieves supervise the country to conquer the country, they are still so helpless." Looking at the Ming thieves retreating like a tide from the city, Xue Shijie laughed heartily. After three days of defending the city, , he had completely underestimated the army of Ming thieves outside the city.

In his opinion, the Ming thief army outside the city seemed to have a large number of people, but its actual combat effectiveness was only that much. He really didn't know how those colleagues in Fujian were completely defeated.

He is completely invincible, and with such courage and combat power, he dares to claim... well, it's not a claim, it was said by his colleague Dai Kun, the Wenzhou commander-in-chief who defended the city with him this time.

Xue Shijie turned his head and was about to make a joke, but Dai Kun frowned and suddenly said: "No!"

Xue Shijie was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What's wrong?"

Dai Kun shook his head: "The Ming thieves can't be that simple. Even if they can't capture Chuzhou, they won't waste time here."

Xue Shijie said: "Is it possible that the Ming thief is unwilling to give up, so he insists on destroying my state?"

Dai Kun looked calm and said: "If the Ming thief is really determined to win, why has the intensity of the siege been getting lower and lower in the past two days? It is not even half of the first day. The Ming thief has an army of [-], and they are all real. Thief!"

yes!That was an army of thirty thousand. Although Chuzhou claimed to have forty thousand, which was ten thousand more than the Ming thieves, but with the remaining thirty thousand, everyone knew what was going on.

It is said that siege requires ten times the number of troops to ensure victory, but in fact, if the Ming thieves on the opposite side really attack the entire army of [-] real thieves, Chuzhou will not be able to defend it, at least the city wall will definitely be lost.

Xue Shijie reacted and realized something was wrong: "What on earth do the Ming thieves want? This is neither a forceful attack nor a retreat, so it's not like they are going to besiege the city..."

As soon as he said the words, Xue Shijie shook his head.

It would be foolish to besiege the city. Chuzhou City had already prepared nearly three months' worth of food. If the siege really lasted three months, the imperial reinforcements would have arrived long ago.

Xue Shijie added: "Is it possible that they are attacking the city openly and secretly trying to attack the city through caves?"

"This..." Dai Kun thought for a moment and was a little unsure.

In fact, he had thought about attacking the city in caves as early as the first day of defending the city. Although he didn't think that the thieves would do this, it was always right to be defensive.

The specific method is to arrange for someone to get a water tank and listen there every day. Also, send someone to keep an eye on the wells in the city. Once the water level continues to drop, they will report at any time, and by the way, they can guess the direction to dig back.

Moreover, attacking a city in a cave also takes a lot of time. It is often necessary to dig several tunnels to confuse the audience. It cannot be completed in less than ten days and half a month.Dai Kun thought it might be this, but he always felt that something was wrong.

"... Let's take a look again! Send the order and ask those responsible for listening to the water tank and looking at the wellhead to be smarter."

"Yes!"

The soldiers quickly went down to deliver the order.

Day two.

Two generals, Dai Kun and Xue Shijie, came to the city early to inspect the city defenses and observe whether there was any unusual movement by the Ming thieves.

When they looked at it, they saw that there had been almost no movement in the past two days. There were only artillery and the Ming thief camp that had come and went to make small fuss. It started to be restless early in the morning. Under the swaying of countless flags, Crowds of people could be seen throughout the camp.

Dai Kun and Xue Shijie were also general soldiers after all, and they could tell at a glance that the Ming army was gathering troops.

The two people instantly realized that the Ming thief army was about to launch a general attack. Although they didn't know why they launched the general attack now, they still didn't dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly ordered the garrison at the top of the city to prepare to defend the city.

At this moment.

"Two chief townsmen, I have not disturbed you two so far today!" But for the first time, Wang Lianshu, the prefect of Chuzhou, also went up to the city wall to inspect the defense.

If it were normal times, Wang Lianshu would not dare to come up, but he heard his subordinates report that the thieves had only attacked on a small scale in the past two days, and the defenses of Chuzhou City were as solid as gold.

Then I made up my mind to come here early in the morning. On the one hand, I really came to take a look, and on the other hand, I also wanted to make a presence felt at the top of the city.

In this way, when reinforcements from the court arrive later or the Ming thieves take the initiative to retreat, and the court rewards them based on their merits, I, as a prefect, will have a reason to say that I have been to the front line in person.

"Master Futai, please get down from the city wall immediately. This city..." Xue Shijie saw Wang Lianshu coming up at this time, and he quickly spoke to persuade him to get down quickly.After all, this sword has no eyesight. If it hurts the prefect, even the commander-in-chief will inevitably suffer.

"Boom!"

A sudden loud noise, like thunder in the daytime, directly interrupted Xue Shijie's words, and then the entire city began to shake violently.

Both the prefect and the soldiers present below were all unprepared and fell to the ground.

Xue Shijie quickly struggled to get up from the ground, stretched out his hand to wipe the black ash on his face, and was about to ask what happened when he heard another loud noise in his ears.

It's still continuous, just like a house collapsing, only the sound is louder.

"It collapsed! The city collapsed!"

"The city has collapsed! The Ming thief knows sorcery, everyone, run away!"

"The city is broken, run away!"

The soldiers' shouts kept ringing in their ears, and both Xue Shijie and Dai Kun were shocked.

Dai Kun struggled to get up and looked outside the battlements. He saw that a section of the city wall not far from the city gate had long since disappeared. The collapsed waste stones formed a slope directly on the fault. The slope was not big, only slow. You can also turn it over while walking slowly.

Finished!

　Ok……

　　
　
(End of this chapter)