The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 89 Race against time
All the generals in the account took it for granted.They came to Nanchang all because they wanted to get a share of the military exploits, but they didn't want their own people to lose in the siege. It would be best if they waited for half a year and a year to bring down Nanchang City.

"Yang Butang's plan is very good!" Cao Zhijian was the first to praise.

"Subduing the enemy without fighting, Yang Butang is brilliant."

"Just besiege and not attack, let's see how much food Jin Shenghuan has!"

"Correct!"

Zhu Linmei frowned and remained silent.He was the only one present who knew that Daming couldn't afford it now, a huge catastrophe was about to come, and there was no time to wait here until Nanchang ran out of supplies and surrendered.

According to his memory, the main forward force of the Qing army should have gone south by this time, and they also brought a large number of "Qing Xiejun" who surrendered to the Qing. The total number may be as many as seventy to eighty thousand!And its goal is directed at Fujian, the capital of the Longwu Dynasty.

In history, the Qing army broke through Zhejiang in June of the second year of Longwu, and invaded Fujian in August. Longwu was killed because he was driving slowly due to carrying a large number of books.

Nanchang must be resolved as soon as possible, and then Longwu can be brought to Jiangxi to prevent accidents.In addition, it is necessary to prepare the army as soon as possible, so that a large number of troops cannot be held back by Nanchang.

Zhu Linmei glanced at the generals present. The Ming army under the city of Nanchang seemed to have a lot of people, but more than half of them came to join in the fun. Once the situation went abnormal, they could not be relied on at all.

In the defensive battle of Ganzhou in history, Yang Tinglin also gathered 6000 troops, but when the Qing army attacked the city, only his [-] troops stood firm in the city, and the others either fled or watched from afar.

When the city of Ganzhou fell, the reinforcements from all walks of life immediately dispersed, especially those from He Tengjiao and Ding Kuichu who ran the fastest.It is conceivable that when the Qing army's main force attacks Fujian, if Nanchang City has not been captured, there may not be much left of the [-] army.

Thinking of this, Zhu Linmi blurted out: "There are only four more months left, the battle of Nanchang cannot be dragged on for long, it should be decided quickly!"

Everyone in the tent was taken aback.

Wanji wondered, "Your Highness, why are there only four more months left?"

Zhu Linmei is a little embarrassed, I can't say that I counted, and Jianlu will invade Fujing in four months, right?If others don't believe it, it's still light, but it's unbearable to label him as a curse on the fate of the country.

"Hey, well, the main force of Jianlu has left Beijing recently." Zhu Linmi tried to use normal logic and said, "According to the marching speed of the Qing army, they can reach the Huizhou area in at most four months. If the soldiers commit Guangxin by then, There is bound to be a big battle in the northeast of Jiangxi.

"Besides, whether King Lu can withstand it is still a question. In case the defense line of Qiantang is breached, the captive army will go all the way south, and the situation in Fujing is in danger."

Yang Tinglin nodded immediately when he heard the words, and said: "There is indeed an emergency report this morning, saying that the Boluo Department of Jianlu is going south. His Royal Highness King Chenzhou is really worried."

Zhu Linmei only remembered that the person who killed Longwu in history was the traitor Li Chengdong, but she forgot who the commander in chief of the Qing army's attack on Fujian was, and only now did she realize that it was Boluo.

He still has some impressions of this person. Boluo participated in the two battles that determined Daming's life and death before Jianlu entered the customs—the battle of Ningyuan and Jinzhou.In the two battles, he repelled the main forces of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou respectively, and he was one of the main culprits for Jianlu to occupy hundreds of miles of territory outside the Daming Pass.

After the Qing army entered the pass, Boluo followed Duoduo to capture Henan, Shaanxi and other places. He was an important general for the Qing army to defeat Li Zicheng.It should be admitted that this is indeed an extremely difficult guy to deal with.

Zhu Linmei immediately said: "It is best to capture Nanchang within a month. In this way, all the troops can rest for a while, and then gather Guangxin to calmly arrange the defense line and wait for work."

As soon as the words finished, Su Guansheng said: "His Royal Highness King Chenzhou's words are wrong."

He lost a big man in Fuzhou last time, and he has been eager to find an opportunity to show that he is actually very talented in military affairs.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War says: 'A strategy for attacking a city is a strategy for attacking a city. The method of attacking a city is a last resort.'" He shook his head and said, "He also said, 'The method of using troops is to encircle them in ten ways.' Our army now has only The enemy has four times as many troops, and the siege is still insufficient, so how can we blindly attack the city?"

Although Wan Ji was extremely contemptuous of Master Su's level of commanding the army, he nodded at this moment and said: "Your Highness, I have tried to attack by force, but Nanchang City is indeed extremely strong, and the bandits and captives are patrolling the city day and night. With our The strength of the troops, I am afraid it will be difficult to attack in a month."

Zhu Linmin nodded. He naturally knew how expensive it would be to forcibly siege a city in the era of cold weapons, but now is the era when hot weapons are beginning to flourish, so it is natural to use cannons to siege a city.

He said to Yang Tinglin: "Yang Butang, you can mobilize all the heavy artillery in your hands here, and blast the city wall of Nanchang. It shouldn't take too long."

Yang Tinglin was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Jin Shenghuan, an old thief, sank all the cannons in his hand into the Gan River when he escaped. The officer is trying to salvage them. Right now, the only two heavy cannons in our army are still on the way, and Even if it is shipped, it may not be of great use.

"Nanchang City has been rebuilt dozens of times before and after, and it is really a strong city. With two cannons, I don't know when and what month it will be able to break the city."

Zhu Linmi was puzzled and said: "Ganzhou Military Weapons Bureau already has ready-made cannon-casting equipment, and Xu Erlu is also very proficient in the casting process. Now start casting cannons immediately, and you can get more than ten cannons in half a month. Use these cannons to concentrate bombardment , I believe that Jin Shenghuan will not last long."

"More than a dozen heavy cannons..." Yang Tinglin smiled wryly upon hearing the words, "Your Highness doesn't know something, even if you don't have silver taels for casting cannons in your hands, even if you do, there is not enough copper in Jiangxi."

"Not enough copper?" After Zhu Linmi asked carefully, she found out that Yang Tinglin wanted to cast more cannons for defense when he was guarding his mouth. The copper consumption that can be received by the southern Jiangxi prefectures has been exhausted.If it weren't for being poor, Yang Tinglin would have almost melted copper money to make cannons.

"It doesn't matter. If you don't have copper, you can use iron cannons."

"Iron cannon?" Before Yang Tinglin could say anything, Zhao Yinxuan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Highness, if the cannon is a small cannon weighing several hundred kilograms, it might still be usable if the cannon body is made thicker. But if the heavy cannon of two thousand kilograms is made of iron Casting, nine out of ten will explode."

Zhu Linmei smiled and shook her head. He knew that in this era, the mainstream of casting artillery all over the world is to use copper.

Because copper has good ductility, it is not easy to break.However, limited by the iron-making process, the iron for casting cannons often contains a large amount of impurities such as sulfur and phosphorus, which makes the cannon body brittle and easy to burst, so few people are willing to use iron to cast large-caliber cannons.

Of course, there are exceptions, and that is the UK.Britain has high-quality iron ore, and they have the most advanced reverberatory furnace refining method of this era, so the quality of cast iron cannons is not bad.However, due to the complex process, the cost of British cast iron cannons is higher than that of copper cannons.

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