The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 456

Yang Zhihe was puzzled and said: "My lord, you personally decided to abandon the shore and lure the enemy to go deep." He pointed to the memorial of Hong Chengchou's impeachment on the ground, "His Royal Highness sent you these memorials to express his trust and support. Why... "

"You don't understand the joint." Hong Chengchou frowned and shook his head, "If in normal times, I would make people retreat a little bit, and then cut off the southern army to report victory, no one will mention the past.

"However, the Ming army attacked the outer suburbs of Beijing a while ago, and now Liaodong is in chaos again. People's hearts are fluctuating. Even if you take a step back at this time, it will be magnified thousands of times in the court! The memorial to impeach the old man will be filled. The Wuying Hall is full, even if the Ninth Prince wants to protect the old man, he may not be able to.

"At the moment, we have to hold on until the imperial court wipes out the Ming army in Liaodong..."

Yang Zhihe saw that his face was not looking good, he quickly cupped his hands and said: "By the way, Mr. Dutang, there is some good news."

"Say it!"

"Luck Dehunbeile defeated Xie Qian's rebel army in Zichuan, and only a thousand or so rebels fled to Lijin County." Yang Zhihe said, "Now the main force of the Zhenghong Banner is approaching Fengyang, and they are rushing to Nanjing. It is heard that a while ago The Hongqi Firearms Battalion has been replaced with a new eleven-coin flintlock. This gun is astonishing in its momentum, as powerful as a small cannon, and with the help of such a sharp weapon, defeating the Southern Army is like slaughtering chickens and dogs."

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou finally relaxed his brows a little.The nearly [-] troops of Luck Dehun and Dasu had already arrived near Nanjing, but they were suddenly recalled to Jinan Prefecture, saying that they would replace their weapons and reorganize their training.

Now this elite force is finally complete.This team is trained with the new formation method passed down by Gao Xiang, and equipped with the new "Flintlock", it is said that the combat power has increased several times compared to before!Judging from the fact that they wiped out the Zichuan rebels on the way south, this statement is true.

Just waiting for these 3 people to arrive at the front line of Qiantang, I believe that the current slightly passive situation can be reversed immediately.

Yang Zhihe continued: "My lord, in addition to the news from the Beijing Military Weapons Bureau, that barbarian surnamed Tang has recently figured out a strange hexagonal cannon, which is said to be extremely powerful, and can shoot more than four miles with one cannon." , and the accuracy is excellent, within five shots, it will surely hit the city gate several miles away!"

"Really?!" Hong Chengchou also gasped.Good guy!A cannon with a range of four miles can still shoot so accurately!If this cannon can be assigned to him twenty or thirty times, the enemy army may have become dead souls under the cannon before they ran within two miles during the battle!

"Returning to my lord, it should be true." Yang Zhihe nodded, "The Ordnance Bureau said that all the gunsmiths have been mobilized recently for this matter, and they are stepping up casting, and more than ten cannons will be produced within a month and shipped to Nanjing. "

"it is good!"

Hong Chengchou finally showed a smile, with [-] newly trained Jianzhou flag soldiers, coupled with this amazingly powerful cannon, even if those southern troops were made of iron and bronze, they would be easily crushed to pieces!

What I need now is patience—wait patiently for the arrival of Luck Dehun's army, patiently wait for the arrival of new cannons, patiently wait for Zheng Zhilong to calm Bohai Sea and return to Qiantang...

He breathed a sigh of relief, looked to the south, and said smugly, "Zhu Linmi, wait for the old man to overthrow you as the last beam, and see who else can support Nanming's country!"

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On the north bank of the Qiantang River, Pinghu City.

Zhang Huangyan put his hand on the hilt of his sword, quickly stepped up to the top of the city and raised his eyes to look into the distance. He saw a mass of people's heads surging on the west side, and banners spread all over the place.

He turned his head and asked Wang Yi, the lieutenant beside him: "Can you find out which team of captives is here and how many troops are there?"

"Go back to the general, report on the horse, it is Yang Chengzu's bandit army, there are more than [-] people."

Deng Shan put the binoculars into Zhang Huangyan's hand, "The flag indeed has the word 'Yang' on it, and he also brought a lot of siege equipment."

"Why is that fellow Chen Tai?" Zhang Huangyan took a long time to fiddle with the binoculars, and said somewhat disappointed, "Could it be that the captives don't look down on us four thousand people?"

Deng Shan said with a smile: "Old thief Hong has repeatedly suffered losses on the north bank of Qiantang. He is afraid that Hangzhou will be attacked by our army, so he specially ordered Chen Tai's Jianzhou soldiers to garrison Hangzhou. I am afraid they will not be able to come to Pinghu."

However, Wang Xiang looked worried, and cupped his hands and said: "Two generals, the Zhe army in the city plus the Polu battalion has less than 5000 troops. Outside the city, there are 7000 rebel troops in Huangding Jiabu Congshan. With these [-] people, the pressure on our army to defend the city is increasing."

Deng Shan and Zhang Huangyan looked at each other and smiled, "I'm not afraid that he will come, but I am afraid that he will not come. If one day Chen Tai's troops come, I will invite the soldiers to eat meat and drink a lot!"

"I led 7000 people in Xiaoshan, and I was able to stop the [-] captives from advancing. Now that we have these weapons brought by General Deng," Zhang Huangyan glanced at the cannon at the top of the city. I really don't care."

Just a few days ago, the [-] Dragon Guards in Pinghu City had boarded a ship and left, and Zhang Huangyan's [-] Zhejiang Army was taking over to defend the city.The next day, Deng Shan led another [-] Polu Battalion to help defend with cannons, thunderbolts, and bird guns.Among these cannons was an [-]-pound cannon brought from a navy warship. Although this cannon had extremely poor maneuverability, it was extremely suitable for defending the city.

When Hong Chengchou learned that the defense strength of the only city on the north bank of Qiantang was greatly reduced by the Ming army, he immediately mobilized all the mobile forces on hand to besiege.

Deng Shan also shook his head with a relaxed expression: "When the old thief Hong found out that our army's attack on the north bank of Qiantang had all moved north along the coast, Pinghu City was just a bait to hold him back, but he mobilized more than 2 people to attack the city. Tsk tsk, I'm afraid I'll have to vomit a few mouthfuls of old blood!"

At that time, the Qing army pushed the siege equipment and tried to approach Hucheng.But they were still more than two miles away from the city, when a cannon roared from above the city, and a huge eighteen-pound iron ball immediately "ploughed" a bloody ditch in the crowd.

Huang Ding hurriedly ordered to turn to the other side to attack the city, but he was still hit head-on by the artillery.Soon, the captive army discovered that Pinghu City, which was an inch of land, had deployed artillery of various sizes on all sides, with a total of thirty or forty artillery pieces.

Huang Ding hurriedly informed Hong Chengchou that the southerners had set up huge cannons in Pinghu, and they must be preparing to defend the city to the death.The latter immediately dispatched another 4000 troops for reinforcements.

The next day, Jianlu mobilized all [-] troops to storm Pinghu from four directions.

When the barbarian army rushed to the city with the cannons, what awaited them was a dense barrage of firecrackers—more than 1000 people in the Polu camp were equipped with flintlocks, and Zhang Huangyan's troops switched to using the leftover guns from the Polu camp. Lumi Gun.

Although the Qing army had a large number of people, they were attacking the city head up, and their weapons were not as good as the defenders. In an instant, they lost two to three thousand people under the constant shooting of cannons and firecrackers.

Only Bu Congshan personally led [-] generals and rushed to the bottom of the city at the risk of death. Before the ladder could be raised, he was surprised to see the Ming army drop sparking "iron balls" from the top of the city.

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