Chapter 163: The Battle of Naju

If it is said that the Gyeongsang-do uprising was planned by Zheng Chenggong, this is a bit of an overestimation of Zheng Chenggong, but if it is said that the Gyeongsang-do uprising has nothing to do with Zheng Chenggong, it is a blatant deception.

At least Zheng Chenggong knew about this news, and even many of the weapons during the uprising were resold by the Zheng family.

That's why Zheng Chenggong can cooperate so closely with Gyeongsang-do.

Zheng Chenggong's attack on Luozhou can be said to be smooth sailing, even if he did not encounter any resistance, from the landing from the shore, the Xia army completed the assembly under the city of Luozhou.

Zheng Chenggong has never fought a battle with a scale of more than 1,000 people. This can be seen.

Under the city of Naju, the assembly of the army was completed.

There are not only Zheng Chenggong's headquarters, but also Liang Huafeng, and even the Korean rebels from all walks of life, who seem to have hundreds of thousands. However, these Korean rebels were simply farmers. It does not come in handy at all, but only increases the burden on the army.

Go to Korea to fight.

Almost the inside and outside of Korea were turned into white ground, and when the Qing army retreated, almost all the materials that could be taken away were taken away, and the materials that could not be taken away were burned in a fire.

Under such circumstances, both Gyeongsang Province and Jeolla Province faced famine.

Even the materials that have been transported from Japan and Jiangnan are far from enough.

Zheng Chenggong never expected that the first thing he faced was not the war, but the problems in this regard. Zheng Chenggong knew with his toes that this was Azig's calculation.

The means of creating a great famine can be regarded as a success.

"Report." A person knelt in front of Zheng Chenggong and said, "Lord Wang, the envoy of our army, was beheaded by the Qing army and threw his head down the city. ”

Zheng Chenggong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "Okay, so bold." ”

He put away these worries, although he knew that the current situation was not good, but he would not show it above the battle array.

Zheng Chenggong looked at Liang Huafeng and said, "General Liang." ”

Liang Huafeng immediately came out of the queue and saluted and said, "The minister is here." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Before General Zhou went south, he recommended you to me, and today in Luozhou City, I want to see your skills." ”

When Liang Huafeng heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The so-called son of heaven and a courtier, and now Zheng Chenggong has replaced Zhou Fuchen. Liang Huafeng has already won the trust of Zhou Fuchen, and it is inevitable that he is a little worried about the newly appointed Zheng Chenggong.

Worry about being cleaned, worry about being put in small shoes.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong wants to see Liang Huafeng's ability, but Liang Huafeng is not worried, after all, he has real skills, from the Qing army and the Xia army, he relied on his own ability to kill with a knife and a shot.

He said loudly: "Please give the order of the prince." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "The Korean armies are under your jurisdiction, and you will lead your headquarters to capture this city." I'll let the artillery cheer you on. ”

"Thank you, the minister will definitely take Luozhou City." Liang Huafeng agreed, and immediately went down to prepare.

He came to the artillery first.

This time, Zheng Chenggong brought not too few cannons. Most of the gunners were sailors of the Zheng family. The accuracy of the close-range bombardment is good, but the long-range shot is not good.

It's not that the cannon can't shoot at range, but at sea you don't need such a long range at all. It is also a raw hand for bombarding the city wall. Liang Huafeng explained for a long time before he understood what Liang Huafeng meant.

"Boom, boom." Liang Huafeng's attack was spearheaded by artillery.

Gather dozens of cannons in one place, aim at the city walls and fire. The brigade marched under the city. Liang Huafeng is the leader of the neat arrangement. I saw that the clothes and armor were clearly displayed, and in the smoke of gunpowder, it was better to look like a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general.

Liang Huafeng was in the middle of the ranks, giving the order to the front.

The team of people and horses moved forward slowly without hurrying, although the speed was not fast, but it seemed to be as strict as a forest.

It seems that between heaven and earth, there is only the sound of cannons, and these people are like some lifeless sculptures.

The further you go, the more dangerous it becomes.

Standing in the middle of the queue, Liang Huafeng could only hear the sound of cannonballs flying overhead. It makes people's hairs stand on end.

Liang Huafeng understood that there was still a difference in accuracy between the gunners of the Zheng family and the gunners of Zhang Xuan's lineage. Even if it was a gunner under Zhang Xuanyan, it was impossible to avoid accidental injuries.

Not to mention these gunners of the Zheng family.

But Liang Huafeng still insisted on this extremely dangerous tactic, because he understood better how difficult it was to attack the strong city defense head-on after the use of a large number of artillery on the battlefield, and how great the sacrifice would be.

Compared with those killed by enemy artillery in a frontal attack, the casualty rate of such accidental injuries is much smaller.

If it was just the beginning, the Qing army didn't know what the Xia army was going to do, but as Liang Huafeng's troops slowly approached the city wall, they naturally knew what was happening.

At this moment, they also ignored the artillery fire at the head of the city, and ventured to the city one after another, attacking the city with all kinds of artillery.

For a while, the city wall that was pressed on the ground was like a giant dragon roaring, and large swaths of gunpowder smoke erupted, and the pungent smell seemed to penetrate Liang Huafeng's blood.

Liang Huafeng's blood also smelled of gunpowder.

"Kill." Liang Huafeng shouted, and rushed to the front. The army, which had been slowly advancing, rushed towards the city wall of Naju as if a snow-capped mountain had collapsed in an instant.

At this time, the artillery behind was still bombarding.

The artillery of the Xia army not only beat the Qing army to the ground, but also dozens of Xia soldiers died under the artillery fire.

If it weren't for Zheng Chenggong supervising the battle here, these gunners wouldn't dare to fight, after all, in the same army, he killed so many of his own people, and he wasn't afraid that others would hit him with a black gun?

Zheng Chenggong held the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and watched carefully, and the large pieces of gunsmoke covered a lot of Zheng Chenggong's vision. However, the general outline can still be seen clearly, and I can't help but sigh in my heart: "Liang Huafeng really has a hand." ”

Infantry and artillery coordination, this concept, Zhang Xuan talked about it in his lecture, but it was just an idea, at least the generals under Zheng Chenggong, few people dared to fight like this. It's not about being afraid or not.

After all, under the command of Zheng Chenggong, there may not be no brave generals, but he did not dare to hand over his back to the artillery. Even if you look at Liang Huafeng's organizational ability, even if you can't capture Luozhou City today.

Liang Huafeng's demeanor can't be hidden.

Suddenly, a red color appeared in Zheng Chenggong's sight, and Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered: "Stop." Immediately, the elite whistle overpowered all the cannon sounds and reached everyone's ears.

The sound of artillery immediately stopped.

Although the sound of cannons stopped, there seemed to be a lingering sound of cannons in everyone's ears.

And at this moment, Liang Huafeng had already killed under the city wall of Luozhou.

A long ladder was erected under the city wall, Liang Huafeng rushed to the front, and after a few leaps, he climbed the city wall.

After climbing the city wall, Liang Huafeng's eyes swept away, but he saw that this city wall was no longer what it looked like, first of all, the women's wall or something, all of them were broken, and there were large patches of blood on the city wall, and stumps and broken arms. There are also many large and small artillery, firearms, some of which have been distorted and can only be used as scrap metal, and some may have the value of repair.

However, dozens of Korean soldiers still rushed up to the city, which made Liang Huafeng feel unexpected.

Liang Huafeng is a brave general, but he is not a reckless man. His bravery is also measured, the reason why he used this dangerous tactic in front of Zheng Chenggong to conquer Luozhou in one fell swoop, firstly, he wanted to show one or two in front of Zheng Chenggong, and secondly, he estimated the strength in Luozhou City.

I have some spectrum in my heart.

In the city of Luozhou, the most capable of fighting is the green battalion of the Han army, but there are only a few thousand, in addition to the Korean surrender army. Moreover, the willpower of the North Korean army is the weakest.

In his mind, as long as he rushed to the city wall, most of the Korean soldiers would flee in fear. It's just that I never thought that the North Korean soldiers could support themselves under artillery fire and have to fight hand-to-hand with him. made Liang Huafeng a little miscalculated.

But things have come to this point, Liang Huafeng didn't leave himself any way out, the siege battle, it was difficult to go first, and if you want to retreat after the first climb, there are few in the history of several battles, but if there is, they all have names and surnames, even if they are in the history books.

Therefore, Liang Huafeng didn't think about retreating, as long as he captured the city, he would have a way to live.