Autumn is crisp, both sides of the road are full of neatly cut wheat stubble, not far from the farmer's house next to the wheat stacks piled up like a hill, a few peasants risked the danger of colliding with the army to go down to the field, seize the time to replant winter wheat and sweet potatoes, from time to time frightened to look at the official road, the soldiers of the Han army wear strange military uniforms, the neat queue is long and endless.

This year's weather is generally good, because the speed of information transmission is very slow in this era, and Lin Feng does not know what the harvest is like in other places, but the Gyeonggi area can barely be regarded as a good harvest. This year, there was a rather ridiculous scene in the Jingshi area, and now it was the wolf smoke everywhere in the world in chaos, but the life of the peasants in Shuntianfu was better than any year, due to the sudden rise of the Han army, the rural grassroots power in Shuntianfu was destroyed and exhausted, and the political vacuum lasted for several months, and this year there was a lot less harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and it was not until not long ago that a group of people were selected from among the surrendered officials of the Qing court to serve as local officials, and a small amount of land was collected. Due to the seizure of a large amount of grain in Tongzhou, the Han army has not been worried about food, so Lin Feng decided to simply buy people's hearts this year, symbolically expropriating a little bit of land endowment, and the newly appointed former Qing surrender officials did not have the courage to embezzle and exploit at this time, so although in the war years, the rural areas under the rule of the Han army also appeared a thriving prosperity.

Now the dry food carried by the Han army with the army is also from Lin Feng's whimsy, and I don't know where he learned this set of household goods.

This kind of dry food is said to be called "fried noodles", in general, it is actually a hodgepodge, grinding wheat, soybeans, corn, potatoes and other miscellaneous grains into powder, plus a small amount of dried minced meat and salt in a large pot to fry, this thing is relatively easier to keep than dry noodles biscuit steamed buns, and it does not deteriorate for a long time, and the calories provided are also very high, and at the same time, there is no technical content, easy to produce, except for the lack of vitamins, there are really no shortcomings, although it will be a little troublesome to eat often in the taste, But most of the soldiers of the Han army were born in poverty, and it was good to have something to eat in these years, so there was no picky eating.

It's a little funny, this thing comes from Lin Feng's association when he inspected the Eight Banners settlement, frankly speaking, the Han army is not too much for these hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners, even if it is done according to the Eight Banners' own rules, the defeated side will either be killed or all be slaves, this kind of bad thing Nurhachi was also happy to do it back then, but Lin Feng was very embarrassed on this issue, and it really couldn't do this to kill them all, but it was really not cost-effective to raise these hundreds of thousands of people, After thinking about it, I came up with such a job. It takes a lot of effort to make fried noodles, and it is a labor-intensive industry, which is very suitable for these old and weak and women, so the dry food of the Han army during this period was quite sufficient.

Surrounded by a large number of personal soldiers, Lin Feng climbed a small hill and looked into the distance. Below the hill marched was Lin Feng's Chinese army musket troops, the army was lined up in four rows, and the army was very good, at this point it can be seen that Captain Rick's skills were very good, when he was in Linji County, he had a black hand on his seed, and practiced the queue for several months, and the bitter taste was really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so when the Han army was expanded, those soldiers of the seed company were promoted to officers and turned around and viciously drilled those recruits, so now, The appearance of the musket unit of the Chinese army is the most satisfactory, although it is not known how much combat strength it will have in the event of a battle, but now on the surface, it is clear that this unit has met the requirements of the parade.

Dai Zi, the director of ordnance supervision, did an excellent job during this time, especially after the heaven and earth would take over his family, he had no worries about the future, and he devoted himself to the manufacture of killing tools day and night, and the Jingshi craftsman shed is worthy of Kangxi's carefully selected skilled craftsmen, after the Han army greatly improved the salary, the production capacity has been raised a few steps, after three months of transformation, the Chinese army's more than 8,000 musket troops have all been reloaded, all equipped with flintlock pistols with longer range and higher accuracy, and the reserves of gunpowder and bullets are also quite sufficient.

In fact, the reason why Lin Feng is so confident in this war is also because this firearms unit, although the theory of weapons has long been spurned by the broad masses of people in China in the 21 st century, but Lin Feng this time seems to have fallen into the evil spirit, and firmly believes in this erroneous theory, his idea is quite simple, if the troops equipped with so many cannons and muskets, and after half a year of strict training, can not defeat those Qing soldiers with big swords and spears, resulting in their own defeat and death, it can only show that there is a big problem in his character.

Although Tuhai is strategically clever, so what? Lin Feng rode on the horse and thought viciously, let's not fight with conspiracies, let's fight with you for strength, don't you want to consume me according to the defense of the fortified city, Lao Tzu will bombard you with firearms, I really don't believe it, the city wall of Tianjin can be as hard as a cannon.

"Your Excellency...... I'm sorry I bothered you, but what are you doing?! Rick looked at Lin Feng's hideous expression for no reason, kept twisting the corners of his clothes, and couldn't help but ask strangely. In this large group of people, he was the only one who would ask Lin Feng such a question without any scruples.

"This, Major Rick, I'm thinking about it......" Lin Feng waved his hand awkwardly, turned around and asked, "Where are you now?!" ”

"Dashuai, now we have passed Langfang, and now we are still eighty miles away from Tianjin!"

"What about Liu Laosi, Zhou Peigong and Zhao Guangyuan?!"

The soldiers immediately bowed respectfully, "General Liu's troops passed by boat on the canal, and General Zhou's team walked ahead of us, it is estimated that it should be almost to Tianjin by now, but there is no news from General Zhao's side." ”

"Oh!" Lin Feng nodded. According to the initial plan, Lin Feng ordered Wang Dahai, who had a more stable and cautious personality, to stay in Beijing and set up defenses on the front line of Miyun and Luanzhou Luanhe, monitor the movement of Shanhaiguan, and at the same time ensure the safety of the grain road from Tongzhou to Tianjin.

In the calculation of the Han army, if Tuhai learned the news that Tianjin was besieged, there could only be two reactions, one was to immediately rush to the aid of Tianjin and fight a decisive battle with the Han army in the field, and the other was to ignore the life and death of Tianjin, and go straight to Beijing, and Zhao Guangyuan's cavalry unit was a mobile force responsible for harassing and blocking the attack.

The two garrison places in Tuhai are the most annoying to Tianjin, and there is a canal connection between the two places in Beijing, if you go north by boat, you can come to the city in a day and night, so for the Han army, Tianjin is a must.

When Lin Feng's Chinese army brigade arrived at the city of Tianjin, the sky had gradually darkened, although the light was not good, the soldiers could still clearly see the defenders on the city wall, and the enemies at the head of the city looked nervous one by one with spears in their hands. At this time, Liu Laosi, Zhou Peigong and a group of generals had already completed the camp, waiting for the commander of the Han army at the gate of the barracks.

"How's it going?" After entering the main tent, Lin Feng didn't have time to drink saliva, and immediately asked Liu Laosi.

"Dashuai, the situation is not very good...... Liu Laosi scratched his head and secretly pushed Zhou Peigong.

"Marshal, the defenders have obviously been prepared, the Qing troops in the dock forts outside the city have all been withdrawn, and in addition, the food in the various village markets has also been curtailed, and our teams to clean up the periphery are all emptied," Zhou Peigong frowned and said, "It seems that the Qing army is planning to rely on the city wall to fight with us!" ”

"Has any reinforcements from the Qing army arrived?" Lin Feng's expression did not move, he had already expected this situation, "Has there been any change in the strength of the troops in the city?" ”

"No, we sent a ranger to monitor Baoding, and Lao Zhao communicated with us once in two hours, and I didn't find anything abnormal! The defenders in Tianjin are still those people, about 15,000 or so! In addition, there were four small cannons on the city walls. ”

"Oh, hehe, okay then," Lin Feng turned his head and said to Shi Lang who was standing aside, "Old Shi, your artillery will work hard, and if you unload the cannon, you will immediately give those boys a dismount!" ”

In terms of the degree of training, Shi Lang's work is obviously very satisfactory, when Lin Feng drank a few sips of water and led a group of generals to watch the artillery, the artillery brigade had already entered the gun position and prepared for firing, with Shi Lang's order, Lin Feng only felt a trembling under his feet, his ears instantly buzzed and he couldn't hear any sound, looking up, in the white smoke, the soldiers on the artillery position looked solemn, and carried the shells to fill and shoot in an orderly manner, and the artillery group was no longer fired chaotically as before, but orderly, Step-by-step according to the commander's order, the landing point of the cannonballs was also quite accurate, except for the first few groups of cannonballs, most of the later cannonballs were accurately hit on the city wall, and from a distance, I saw that the city wall was bombarded to the point of bricks and stones, and a large piece of the female wall was blasted open.

Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction, stretched out a thumbs up to Shi Lang, and praised loudly, "General Shi, well done!" ”

Liu Laosi looked at the chaos on the city wall, and ran over excitedly, "Dashuai, are we attacking the city overnight now?" ”

Lin Feng shook his head, "We can't attack, we are tired of marching, this battle is difficult to fight," he patted Liu Laosi on the shoulder, and pointed to the Qing soldiers on the city wall, "Do you know how many defenders there will be in Tianjin City once this battle starts?" ”

"Didn't you say it at first? Just 15,000 people! Liu Laosi scratched his head and said puzzled.

"Alas, the fourth, you have to use your brains, there are five or six hundred thousand people in this Tianjin city, of which there are at least sixty or seventy thousand young people, although it may not be very useful to fight, but it is still okay to throw stones and pour boiling water under the city wall, you say that we rush up so recklessly, how many people will have to die to take it down?!"

"Ahh …… This ......"

Lin Feng patted him on the shoulder heavily, "Fourth, a few of you are my brothers in life and death brought out from Linji County, and now you are all generals, you have to learn more!" If you don't use your brains to fight, how can you do it?! ”

"Dashuai...... I ......" Liu Laosi was very moved in his heart, and suddenly felt extremely ashamed, and his face was red for a while and he couldn't speak.

"Wait a good rest, you can give me a little more leisurely during the war tomorrow, so that I can take care of my body, alas, I am counting on you old brothers now!" Ignoring Liu Laosi, who was grateful, he turned around and said to Shi Lang, "Lao Shi, wait a minute, you tell your brothers, shoot in shifts tonight, fire a few cannons every once in a while, and then shout loudly to attack the city, don't let the Qing army stop!" ”

Shi Lang smiled and said, "Tired soldiers? I understand! ”