The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 840
The admonition of sweating more in peacetime and bleeding less in battle is not only deeply understood by the soldiers who charge into battle, but also by engineers.

They skillfully fastened numbered angle steels, and it didn't take long for the lookout posts to be assembled one after another. The city wall of the capital controlled by the firepower of the "God of War" continued to extend, and the enemy troops who were about to surrender immediately noticed the clues.

The sniper who was watching closely at the top of the city noticed a wooden pole with a white cloth tied in front of his eyes, and then slowly climbed out a man dressed as a Ming army.

Under the watchful eye of dozens of pairs of eyes, this Ming army descended from the muzzles of dozens of black guns to the top of the city, tied a rope, slid to the ground and continued to raise his hands and shout:
"The younger one came to surrender. The younger one was originally a gunner in the Beijing camp, and he had to surrender to the bandits. There are still a few brothers behind, please, brother 'God of War', please don't let go of the gun."

Stories like this are constantly happening, and many Ming soldiers who have just surrendered to the bandits have found a way to join the "God of War".

However, the original "Dashun" army who surrendered is very small, which is understandable. After all, these people should have hidden stolen goods of no less than 100 taels of silver on average. Maybe someone else took over the delicate ladies in the capital. Of course, they did not see the coffin no tears.

The plan of the Zanhua Department is to surround the capital and carry out a propaganda offensive, so as to completely discourage the lucky bandits, and finally achieve the effect of surrendering in groups of bandits.

The siege of the capital by the "God of War" soldiers is very different from the siege of Dalinghe City by slaves and Kaifeng City by thieves in history, because in order to prevent a large number of people from starving to death during the siege, "Nanming" stored a large amount of food in the capital in advance.

When the intruders seized the capital, none of the grain depots were set on fire to fight against the thieves. Instead, the intruders obediently let the intruders seize a large amount of grain. The intruders had a lot of grain, so there was no need to rob the people's homes of grain.

Of course, when the grain ran out, the bandits would definitely plunder the people’s food reserves, but it would take a year and a half. In the capital surrounded by the "God of War", how could the bandits hold on until the grain ran out?
The purpose of encircling the capital on all sides is not to trap the enemy, but to better gather and annihilate the intruders.

It is certain that the puppet "Dashun" has completely lost its strength after this battle, and there will be no large-scale battles in the future.

This is like the War of Liberation. After the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin, the following stories appear flat, and it has become the norm to look forward to the wind.

With the combat effectiveness of the firearms of the "God of War" soldiers, it is easy to break through the city wall of the capital.

Commander-in-chief Huang Mingli was not in a hurry, and slowly disintegrated the morale of the trespassers by encircling instead of attacking. He was actually waiting and refused to immediately enter the capital to destroy the "Dashun" puppet dynasty. He knew that it would be easy to defeat Li Zicheng. Wait until the Patriarch in the yellow robe arrives before launching a general attack.

The shelling on May [-] only lasted less than an hour before it ended, and the hot air balloons floating over the capital once again distributed a large number of leaflets.

The content is of course to warn the bandits not to take chances. The bombardment in the morning has already controlled all the defensive artillery in the capital. In the future, only the "God of War" will unilaterally bombard the bandits.

Soon the soldiers and civilians in the capital who lived near the city wall heard shouts. It was that the "God of War" propaganda team had boarded the lookout post and used trumpets to publicize the policy of preferential treatment for surrendered troops.

They also instructed those who were about to surrender how to hold a white flag to the top of the city, how to raise their hands high to show that they were not carrying weapons, and then how to use the ropes left by those who surrendered before to fall down the city and surrender successfully.

There will also be ex-Ming soldiers who have just successfully surrendered with trumpets, telling the former Paoze in the city how to leave the city wall safely.There were too many comrades-in-arms who successfully surrendered, which made the already panic-stricken team of bandits even more restless.

Of course, the thieves were unwilling to lose control of the city wall, let alone allow the soldiers to slip away and surrender. The old battalion organized and picked up matchlock guns to rush to the top of the city and shoot at the "God of War" musketeers in the lookout post.

But things turned out to be contrary to expectations. Whenever a few leaders urged a team of matchlock gunmen to climb to the top of the city, the bullets of the "God of War" seemed to have eyes, and as long as the leaders of the old camp appeared, nine times out of ten they would be shot in the head.

Often a team of bandit arquebus gunners just touched the place where they were going to counterattack, when gunshots came from the opposite side, and the leaders immediately fell down in response. They sacrificed their lives in vain, lying on the ground one by one, not daring to look up.

If there is a leader who has not been killed and is ready to launch again, he will be killed if the action is slightly larger.

Of course, the lookout post far above the city wall has played a huge role. The snipers who have been fed with bullets for these years finally have a chance to play. As long as there is a thieves who are gesticulating, they will mercilessly smash his head. melon.

The matchlock gunners lying on the top of the city were even more afraid to move. They were so embarrassed that they could not move forward or retreat. Fortunately, at this time, the propaganda team at the lookout post began to shout: "Listen up, the people on the other side, throw away the weapons in your hands and crawl slowly. Go to the city wall, there are ropes tied there, and you don't have to worry about it after you surrender."

"Don't move around, or your head will explode."

Not every bandit soldier was willing to be caught without a fight. One person got up and was just about to run wildly, "Bah, bah, bah..." Not only the snipers fired, but the musketeers also fired the flintlocks that had been loaded long ago.

The thieves who tried to escape were beaten into briquettes, and basically they could not see their original appearance. The bullets of this era did not have strong penetrating power, and the damage effect was huge.

Soon there were two bandit soldiers whose faces were splashed and covered in blood, unable to bear the psychological pressure, they cried and threw away their arquebus guns, shouted for mercy, and crawled desperately towards the city wall. With the leader, the next thing It's easy to handle...

The thieves in the capital panicked and were unwilling to participate in the battle to regain control of the city wall. Such emotions were spreading rapidly, and even the old battalion of thieves became tired of fighting, and some big bosses even began to say strange things.

Of course, the former Daming defenders of the capital who had just surrendered to the bandits would not be willing to sacrifice their lives for that postman. Those who could reach the city wall chose to surrender, and those who did not get the chance also formed a small group under the instigation of some caring people. "God of War" strikes back during the general attack.

In the days that followed, as long as the weather was sunny, hot air balloons would fly over the capital to distribute leaflets. The lookout posts were not only shouting to persuade them to surrender, but sometimes some people sang hometown tunes with a Henan accent, and some yelled an ancient Qin opera.

"Call out and tie the tent, the hero couldn't help laughing. A certain person trampled on Tang's camp, and the son who killed him was in grief. The blood flowed into the sea, and the bones piled up with nowhere to bury him. Little Tang'er was killed by someone. Frighten the guts, who dares to come when the horse steps into the fifth battalion..."

The penetrating power of Qin Opera is extraordinary. Many of the thieves hiding under the inner city wall are from Shaanxi. At this time, they are silently listening to the local accent, and the old soldiers are already in tears...

(End of this chapter)