Chapter 33 Ci is not in charge of the army

"Probably not, it's not up to you." Zhang Su said: "Please tell Zheng Zongbing that the country is newly established, and he is lenient to recruit people, but if Zheng Zongbing thinks that Cao Ying does not have thunder means, it is a big mistake, and please Zheng Zongbing not to make mistakes and be Fang Guozhen's second." ”

Zheng Cai took a deep breath and was about to say something. Zhang Su has already brushed his sleeves away. Only his voice was faint and said: "Business matters, everything is as usual, it's just a big thing, and I invite Zheng Zhilong to talk about it." ”

Zheng Cai's heart precipitated countless thoughts, and finally his face was as calm as water, and he said, "Let's go too." ”

After Zhang Su came back, he immediately explained to Zhang Xuan, but he was a little apprehensive and said, "General, this attitude is a little too tough, right?" In case ---"

"Everything is different from person to person, and different methods are used to deal with different people, Zheng Zhilong is now in charge, and he looks very powerful, but he is still a businessman in essence, a pirate, and he can't get rid of the habit of a thief. What is the habit of thieves, it is natural to bully the soft and fear the hard. The tougher you are, the more worried he is, and if you are soft, he thinks you can't do it. Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Su was convinced on the surface, but there was a trace of doubt in his heart, and he secretly said in his heart: "Zheng Zhilong, this person, it seems that he is also a hero, how does Zhang Xuan think that Zheng Zhilong will not be able to support it?" ”

didn't know that all of Zhang Xuan's judgments came from the changed future.

Zheng Zhilong surrendered after only two or three defeats with the Qing army, knowing that he was not a tough person.

Zhang Xuan actually saw that Zhang Su and Cao Zongyu were not too convinced. felt that Zhang Xuan was too risky.

It's just that because of Zhang Xuan's prestige in the first war, he didn't dare to harden it, and at this moment Zhang Xuan found out in a trance, he realized that the history he had learned in later generations was his greatest wealth, even though history has been changed by himself now.

But the people of history do not change. The nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, and many people's choices in history are certainly forced by circumstances, but they also have the inevitability of their character.

The only thing that worries Zhang Xuan is that what he knows about history is really the original appearance of history?

Zhang Xuan shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

A lot of things, it's useless to think about it, anyway, he has already bet.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong made a decision, but half a day later, Dinghai was in a hurry, Ruan Jin sent someone to report: "Zhoushan is almost all out of the army, there are as many as a thousand ships, there are about 30,000 soldiers, Xia Guan fought with Shi Lang, the vanguard of the official army at sea, defeated, lost three ships, 300 soldiers, has returned to Dinghai, Dinghai only has 3,000 new soldiers, and please send reinforcements quickly." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly. At this moment, the generals around him are ready.

Deng He, Wang Jin

Cai, Shen Wanteng, He Hutou, Zhang Yuanhai and other Qin Meng followed Cao Zongyu to attack Fujian, and they were not around.

The main force of Runing under his command, the two battalions of Linying and Xiping, plus his personal army, are only about 7,000. The other ministries are located in other prefectures.

Zhang Xuan said: "Send an order to Ruan Jin, let him lead the Dinghai soldiers and hold Dinghai for five days. ”

"Yes." Immediately someone was ordered to give the order.

Wang Jincai whispered: "My lord, I'm afraid that the new soldiers will not be useful, and Dinghai City will not be able to hold on for long." Shall we send troops sooner? ”

"I know." Zhang Xuan said: "After the order, all the sergeants and soldiers will rest except for the necessary vigilance. ”

Zhang Xuan walked straight into the inner room, folded his clothes and lay down, and rested.

The more battles he fought, the more Zhang Xuan understood what it meant to be a soldier without mercy.

Fighting a war with less to win more is all an evil way, and fighting more with less is the right way.

No matter how bad Zheng Zhilong's army was, it had already proved its strength by surpassing Zhang Xuan's strength by several times.

Although Zhang Xuan seems to be full of confidence, when he is alone, he may not be without apprehension in his heart. Let him only choose the method with the highest probability of winning. And not the method with the least casualties.

As long as the officials and soldiers are convinced, Ningbo City will not rescue Dinghai. Let them fight to storm the city.

Siege warfare has always been the most physically and morale-consuming war, and it is Zhang Xuan's opportunity to make the officers and soldiers tired under Dinghai City.

As for whether Dinghai City can be defended? I'm sorry, Zhang Xuan didn't have the heart to think about it, and even to some extent, the effect of Dinghai City being captured may be better.

The new pawns in Dinghai City were all divided into fields and granted land by their families. And these lands were all made from the guards officers, and there were a large number of guards in the official army, such as Zhang Mingzhen, who was one of them. The two sides cannot talk about a deep blood feud, but it is definitely not friendly.

With the ability of the officers and soldiers to control their subordinates, it is strange that there will be no slaughter when the city is broken.

If we put aside other concepts, from a purely military point of view, the military action of slaughtering the city is the time when the strength of the army is the weakest, without him, when the city is slaughtered, the large groups of men and horses are scattered, no matter how many people there are, the army that cannot be assembled together is equivalent to no army.

This is when the offense is the easiest time to win.

Of course, Zhang Xuan didn't want to do such a desperate thing.

"Three days." Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Within three days, if Ningbo does not send troops, Zheng Zhilong will probably relax." Three days later, troops were sent out at night. One day, he went straight to the bottom of Dinghai City. ”

As for whether Dinghai City could hold on for three days, Zhang Xuan tried not to think about it.

Dinghai City was under artillery fire.

If Zhang Xuan deliberately asked the sergeant of Dinghai City to send him to death, it was indeed a bit too much. Dinghai is downstream of Ningbo, connected by the Yao River, if attacked from the sea

Dinghai is the gateway to Ningbo, and it is the most important place.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan, the city defense of Dinghai City, was deliberately reinforced.

Most of the firearms cast by Zhang Xuan in Ningbo were reinforced in coastal cities, among which Dinghai City was the most important.

Zhang Xuan dared to let Cao Zongyu take almost all the mobile troops, and it was not that the sailor had not made any preparations.

However, these firearms were made by Wang Dacang, and they were much better than the artillery of the official army, but that also depends on who they compare with.

Compared with Zheng's firearms, Zheng Zhilong smiled.

Zheng Zhilong's main firearms are almost all Western firearms, a small part of which are sold from the West, most of them are cast in East Asia, and many of them are from the Macao Artillery Factory. And they are all naval guns, on the first day of Dinghai City, Zheng Zhilong urged Wang Zhiren's troops to attack.

Wang Zhiren's unit was wounded by the artillery at the head of the city and suffered heavy casualties.

On the second day, Zheng Zhilong unloaded a lot of naval guns from the bow of the ship.

The artillery fire of the officers and soldiers suddenly became much more intense.

In fact, the main point of attack and defense of the two sides is not in Dinghai County, but in Weiyuan City, northeast of Dinghai City.

This Weiyuan City is a city built in the Jiajing period, and it was built by the famous general Lu Bo in the Jiajing period. The reason is that there is Zhaobao Mountain in the northeast of Dinghai County, the mountain is very close to the county seat, once the Japanese invaders occupy Zhaobao Mountain, bombard the city with cannons, then Dinghai must not be defended.

Guarding the sea must guard Zhaobao Mountain.

So Hu Zongxian ordered the construction of a city on Zhaobao Mountain, and this city was Weiyuan City. The city is not too big, small and strong, but the terrain is dangerous, and the cannon can be used to bombard the river.

In addition, the city has the blessing of the mountains, and the official army must attack from the back, which is naturally difficult.

This place, Zhang Xuan has also personally inspected, and it is also the reason why Zhang Xuan is confident that Ruan Jin will stick to it.

It's just that Zhang Xuan ignored the cannon.

In other words, Zhang Xuan mostly used small cannons in wars, and he had never seen the Hongyi cannon that was relied on by the Ming Dynasty as a dry city in this era.

The so-called Hongyi cannon of the Ming Dynasty was a naval cannon. Although there are not many such cannons Zheng Zhilong, it is not impossible, otherwise how can Zheng Zhilong compete with the Westerners at sea. Therefore, on the second day of the battle, as soon as more than a dozen naval guns appeared, the city sergeants were suddenly unable to raise their heads.

This Weiyuan City has never thought of guarding against such a city, a large area of bricks is flying, and the rammed earth in it is also crumbling, and people have a feeling of falling when they stand on it.

However, a city is a city, even if the cannon is sharp, it is not something that can be smashed open with one or two cannons, and Ruan Jin is more worried about the morale of the soldiers in the city.

Tens of thousands of troops besieged the city and bombarded it with heavy artillery, even Ruan Jin had never seen this situation, let alone the soldiers in the city.

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