Chapter Ninety-Four: The Battle of Beijing

There are many gates in Beijing, and at this moment, the arrow towers on each gate have been changed to artillery, large and small artillery, filling all the city walls.

Although on this day, the summer army has already made some moves.

However, they did not immediately attack the city.

Instead, the moat of Beijing was first excavated.

Fan Wencheng has put a lot of effort into Beijing's city defense, and naturally he will not ignore the moat.

It is not easy to drain the moat of Beijing City, after all, there are many lakes in Beijing alone, which are connected to the moat outside the city.

Draining the moat is a big project.

It can't be done in a few months.

But where did Cao Zongyu have time, and stayed up for months under the city of Beijing.

Therefore, Cao Zongyu gave an order, and Xia Jun worked together in three aspects, first of all, to cut off the rivers that entered Beijing City, and the rivers in Beijing City were all cut off from the northwest direction of the Gaoliang River and other waters.

Then drain from the face, dig an aqueduct to drain the water from the moat of Beijing.

But as I said before, this approach is a bit too slow.

The next thing that will take a large number of troops is to fill in the moat.

So Cao Zongyu prepared a lot of siege equipment and took out all the ancient brains, but the main ones were shield cars and cave cars.

A large number of cave cars are lined up in a series to form a passage, and then a large number of soldiers pass through this passage to the moat, and throw a large amount of dirt into the moat.

The Xia soldiers had enough manpower, and they almost worked together, and a large number of troops and recruits were sent to the chief.

But the Beijing moat is too long.

It is more than forty miles long.

If you want to fill the moat completely, it is naturally impossible. Therefore, what Cao Zongyu chose was the direction of the key attack, so that the moat was filled.

What the Xia army wants to do, the Qing army naturally wants to try its best to stop it.

The artillery of the Qing army was not vegetarian either.

Countless shells, large and small, were fired.

These corridors seem to be long queues, and they are the key targets.

First of all, the goal of this corridor is large, after all, it stretches for a mile or two, and it is much easier to fight than some shield carts, or the siege equipment in it.

And then there is this promenade, which is a bottomless wooden cart with a sharp roof on it. In this way, many shells will slide away.

But wood is still wood.

Generally, after being hit, it will naturally crack apart. Pour into pieces.

Leak out the soldiers below, and the countless firearms above the city will naturally gather fire to strike. It can be said that the two most serious casualties of the Xia army were when a bag of dirt was smashed down on the edge of the moat. The second is this time.

Xia Jun naturally didn't react at all.

The Xia army's countless artillery counterattacks were also very sharp.

More than a hundred Hongyi cannons fired almost simultaneously, firing at the cannons of the Qing army, as if two groups of fierce beasts were meeting, trying to use sound to separate one from the other.

It's just that Beijing City, that is, Beijing City, is too strong.

It was so strong that the artillery of the Xia army hit the city wall, but it was just a white spot. Break up to a few bricks. But there is no threat to the main structure of Beijing.

Cao Zongyu didn't think about it, blasting Beijing City away, and then killing it like breaking Luoyang City.

It was also after seeing the solidity of Beijing's city wall that he knew that he was wrong. I have to think of another way.

In addition to the city wall, even on the city wall, Fan Wencheng was fully prepared.

On the city wall, there are dense wooden shelves. It seems that on top of each section of the city wall, there is a wooden attic.

Part of this attic protrudes out. Qing soldiers can stand on top and hit the bottom almost vertically. In this case, the general ladder cannot be built on the city wall at all, but can only be built on the shelf.

Countless soldiers waited behind the shelves, spears and guns.

If you want to turn over, you must first leak between your chest and abdomen in front of the Qing army. It's almost certain death. And this wooden shelf is also quite sturdy.

There is a certain anti-artillery function. Also retained the launch port, the cannon can naturally be fired out.

Although these wooden shelves are very strong, they are not the opponents of cannons, but it is good to be able to block them, at least to give the defenders a little sense of security.

And these wooden shelves are easy to replace.

As soon as it breaks, replace it with one immediately.

Such a defense is not said to be impregnable, but it is also easy to implement.

Ao Bai accompanied Fan Wencheng to patrol the city.

Fan Wencheng sent the children of the Fan family to each city gate to supervise the battle. In charge of his own affairs, all kinds of material consumption and food consumption in the city are all controlled by Fan Wencheng.

Lian Ao worship may not be as clear as Fan Wencheng.

And all the soldiers and horses in Beijing are under the control of Aobai.

Today is the first day of the Xia army's siege, and Fan Wencheng naturally wants to come up and take a look.

Ao Bai is naturally accompanied.

"Boss, it's a clever plan." Ao Bai said: "The city of Beijing is impregnable, the Xia army is not an opponent, today's battle, except for a few unlucky people in the city, there are almost no casualties, at most more than 100 people." And the Xia army has already lost more than a thousand soldiers, and he can't even pick up the corpses. Since I joined the army, I have never fought such an easy battle. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "General Aobai should not underestimate the enemy, the general used to attack the city, who were the people who used to fill the trenches?" ”

Ao Bai said: "Just gather some people on the spot?" He instantly understood, and said: "None of the people who came to Beijing today are the main force of the Xia army?" ”

Fan Wencheng nodded and said, "If I didn't."

I am mistaken, it should be my surrender army. ”

When Ao Bai heard this, he couldn't help scolding: "The Southern Dynasty is really rich." ”

If Aobai sends someone to fill in the trench, he doesn't care at all, he just drives it away, and when he uses it to fill the trench, he doesn't know whether it is filled with soil or corpses.

But the Xia army, on the other hand, put on a siege posture, and the artillery did not stop from the beginning. There were even some soldiers who fired at the Qing army behind the shield car.

Not to mention, erect wooden corridors to shield these surrendered troops from artillery arrows.

Seeing such a big momentum, Ao Bai took these Xia troops as the main force.

Ao Bai thought that the following were all surrendered troops, his heart moved, and said: "Boss, the city can still collect five thousand horse troops, Ao Bai is willing to go out of the city to fight, and give the Xia army some color to see." ”

Fan Wencheng's heart moved, but he just thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "General Aobai, this thing can't be done. Defending the city is the most taboo, I know, but now is not the opportunity to attack. ”

"Xia Jun is obviously poised for something. And there are only these 5,000 horse troops in the city, once they lose, they will no longer have the power to fight back. ”

"In the future, it will be useful to get the general, but not now. Please also calm the general. ”

Ao Bai is not a stupid person, and said: "What the boss said is extremely true, I am in a hurry. ”

"General Aobai is also anxious for the king's affairs." Fan Wencheng twisted his beard slightly and said: "However, if this Beijing city can be guarded for one day, it will be a one-day work." His Majesty sent a message a while ago, Prince Li counterattacked Liaodong, and His Majesty led troops to knock on the Yongguan Pass. As long as we hold on for a few months, the Southern Dynasties will not be able to support it. ”

"This is the key, General Aobai, you have to keep your temper, this battle is still long."

The city of Beijing is just too big.

The city wall of more than forty miles is naturally impossible to be airtight, Fu Shan can get the news from the city, and Fan Wencheng can naturally communicate with the outside.

Fan Wencheng spread the good news throughout the city.

so that the whole city may have a hope. It is used to unite people's hearts.

Ao Bai said: "The old man taught me. Ao Bai understood. ”

"Report," a soldier knelt beside the two and said, "The Southern Dynasty sent someone over and said that it would cease fighting and collect the corpses." ”

When Fan Wencheng heard it, although there were still sporadic cannons on the battlefield, the sound of artillery fire was really much weaker, and then looked at the sun, which was already hanging in the west. It seems to be sinking into the western mountains.

About half an hour, it will be dark.

Fan Wencheng said: "Yes, let them only send a hundred people to each city wall, no armor, no weapons, only single clothes." ”

It is also a practice to collect corpses on the battlefield, after all, in ancient times, sometimes a siege battle lasted for dozens of days, and if the corpses were not collected in time, it was easy to break out of the plague. It's all conventional.

"Wow." The soldier hurriedly said.

The first day of fighting came to an end with the night.