After Zhu Youlang arrived in Fengjie, he immediately listened to Wen Anzhi's information collected from Chongqing.

Today, the supreme commander of the Qing army in Chongqing is Governor Gao Minzhan.

This person was a confidant of Governor Li Guoying, and after Li Guoying was promoted, he recommended Gao Minzhan to take over as governor.

The Qing court, in line with the idea of stability, accepted Li Guoying's recommendation and granted Gao Minzhan the post of governor.

In fact, the Qing army's control over Sichuan was extremely limited, and it was basically concentrated in Chongqing.

Gao Minzhan, the governor of Sichuan, said that it was almost the same as the governor of Chongqing.

But it is such a city of Chongqing, Gao Minzhan can't defend it well, if it weren't for Li Guoying's support, his governor's position would have been deprived by the Qing court long ago.

In the twelfth year of Yongli, Wen'an's liaison with the thirteen families of Kuidong attacked Chongqing.

Gao Minzhan was so frightened that he almost abandoned the city and fled, but in the end, it was the general soldier Wang Mingde who repeatedly persuaded him to reluctantly agree to hold on.

If it weren't for Tan Hong and Tan Yi to mutiny and kill Tan Wen, Chongqing would have hung a bright flag now.

This kind of greedy person who is afraid of death can also be the governor of the Qing court, which is enough to see that there are not too many talents in the Qing court.

There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys are kings.

According to Wen Anzhi, there are about 30,000 people in Chongqing today, of which 20,000 are green battalion soldiers under Gao Minzhan.

The remaining 10,000 people were the original Sichuan Dongming army brought by Ertan.

That is to say, the total number of defenders in Chongqing was only 30,000, which was divided into Cheng Tingjun, the chief soldier of Chongkui Town, Wang Mingde, the chief soldier of Jianchang Town, and Ertan.

This is even less than Zhu Youlang imagined. Originally, he thought that the Qing army would have 50,000 people after integrating the forces of Ertan.

In this way, it seems that the chances of winning the plan to attack Chongqing have increased by a few points.

Chongqing's geographical location is very special, as it is the confluence of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River.

If you want to attack Chongqing, you naturally have to have a sailor. Otherwise, even if Chongqing is taken, the channel cannot be cut off, and the Qing army can withdraw along the river by boat in time.

This is unacceptable to Zhu Youlang.

The thirteen families in Kuidong said that they were all stationed along the Yangtze River, and there were many bamboo rafts and boats in their hands.

Don't underestimate these boats and rafts.

Large boats such as fortune boats and wide ships may be sharp on the sea, but on inland rivers, such small boats can often work wonders.

Even if Zheng Chenggong's invincible sailor is transferred to Chongqing, there may not be thirteen boats and bamboo rafts that are easy to use.

It's a pity that now the ships in Fengjie have been taken away by Ertan as a gift to the new master. Although Wen Anzhi has ordered people to hurry up the production, even the construction of bamboo rafts will take time.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhu Youlang could just study the specific strategy of attacking Chongqing with Wen Anzhi.

There is no doubt that the siege must rely on artillery and other weapons of destruction.

Wen Anzhi: The last time they attacked Chongqing for a long time, they suffered the loss of not having artillery in their hands.

But there's no way around it.

At that time, Nan Ming was already poor and paid for his crotch, and the monarchs and ministers stared at him in a hurry, where could he still make some artillery for Wen An's use?

Even if there is, the weight of the Hongyi cannon is difficult to transport to the city of Chongqing by water!

However, since Zhu Youlang came to Daming, everything has been different.

He had a number of Prussian guns in his hands, many of which were light field guns, and the transportation was extremely convenient.

On this march, Zhu Youlang ordered people to bring dozens of gates.

These cannons may not be able to directly knock down the city walls, but there is no problem in aiming at the weak underbelly of the city gates, battlements, and towers.

The artillery in Zhu Youlang's hands was basically front-loading smoothbore guns, mostly six-pounder guns, and some twelve-pounder guns.

The six-pounder and twelve-pounder guns were very similar in shape, because they were lighter and could be used flexibly on the battlefield, and they played a great role during the Napoleonic Wars and the Franco-Prussian War.

The six-pounder guns and twelve-pounder guns in Zhu Youlang's hands had both solid and grenade shells, and the ratio was perfect.

The only problem is that after the Kunming Garrison, only a small half of the ammunition of these artillery pieces remained, which was enough to take Chongqing when it was full.

It is not possible to get supplies for a short time after the fight.

On the contrary, flintlock pistols and needle guns were less used in the defense of Kunming, and there was more ammunition.

Zhu Youlang also brought the newly recruited new army with him on this march.

The purpose is naturally to let these recruits see blood and grow as soon as possible.

His guns are basically equipped in the new army, and after a period of training, the new soldiers have mastered the use of guns.

In general, the use of firearms is much simpler than that of cold weapons.

It takes at least three years to train a good archer.

And to train a firecracker, a few months is enough.

Compared with the cumbersome steps of using arquebuses, flintlock pistols and needle guns have been greatly simplified in the way they are used, and there is no difficulty in learning.

As for the front-loading rifled gun, it is even simpler, it is simply a boon for recruits.

Of course, Chongqing is an important stronghold of the Qing army in Sichuan, and there should also be artillery in the city.

Although these cannons are not as flexible as the field guns brought by Zhu Youlang, they are very powerful and very sharp when used to defend the city.

According to Wen Anzhi, the last time the Ming army besieged Chongqing, many soldiers were killed by flying shells, which made him very heartbroken.

Zhu Youlang felt that it should be necessary to popularize the role of the trenches for him.

"Look, Inspector, I call this thing a trench. It can be used as cover for soldiers to prevent damage from bullets and shells coming from the front. ”

Zhu Youlang drew a simple schematic diagram and explained loudly.

"Trenches?"

Wen Anzhi naturally hadn't heard of this name, but after some explanation by the Son of Heaven, he did feel the effect of this thing.

"Isn't this similar to an authentic tunnel?"

"You don't need to dig that deep, and the soldiers don't have to go completely underground, just as a bunker."

Zhu Youlang said in a harmonious voice: "It doesn't take much effort to dig trenches, but the benefits are obvious. With the trenches, the soldiers were able to reduce many casualties in the face of the artillery fire of the Eastern captives. ”

Of course, this was only in terms of artillery bombardment by the Qing army.

If you really want to completely take Chongqing, you still have to charge. At that time, casualties were inevitable, and Zhu Youlang could only minimize the casualties as much as possible.

"Do you want someone to give it a try?"

Wen Anzhi obviously didn't fully believe in this trench that was miraculous in the mouth of the Son of Heaven, and sincerely made a suggestion.

Zhu Youlang, who was like a stream, readily agreed.

For this kind of novelty, the best way to make Wen Anzhi and others accept it is to let him see the effect with his own eyes.

The artillery of this era was basically a solid gun, relying on the crushing feeling or ricochet attack brought by the huge kinetic energy of the cannonball.

In the face of trenches, such shells are completely powerless.

For the trenches, Zhu Youlang is very confident!

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