"Ant-attached siege was originally the next resort. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Zheng Zhilong said, "I have heard some military attachés of the imperial court talk about the siege of the city, and I have also read some related military books. According to them, the siege methods of the Jianyu in Liaodong and the Liukou in the Central Plains are nothing more than siege, cave attack and artillery bombardment. The so-called siege, this is the simplest, surround the city, wait for the people inside to eat up the food, and naturally it will be able to break itself. A few years ago, Jianxuan won in Dalinghe with one move. However, Anping City is not the same as Daling River, we can build the city by the sea and directly enclose the pier inside. Unless someone can defeat us both at sea and on land, the siege will never be possible. If the siege is not dead, then there is only a cave attack.

Generally speaking, there are two common tricks for cave attack, one is to rush directly to the city wall, and then set up a big shield facing the sky and directly start to planing the city wall. However, this trick is not easy to deal with a city like the Dutchman's Geranza, a large shield facing the sky, plus a bracket, ordinary rolling wood and stones, etc., the use is limited. But for the city of Geranza, for example, if you dig a pit here, people can directly bombard you with this cannon here, and there is no big shield in the world that can withstand the cannon. Even if there is, it is not something that people can afford. So, to do so, is almost to death. ”

As he spoke, Zheng Zhilong also stretched out his finger and nodded on the map: "Well, in this way, it will not work for the ants to attack the city and planing the city wall." You say don't you? He looked up at the other brothers.

"Grandma's, the Dutch city is so insidious!" Zheng Zhihu spoke first, "In my opinion, Liu Xiang is not unjustly unjust, don't say that Liu Xiang has never attacked the city, even if he changes people, most of them will not be pleased." I think it's good for Anping to do it like this! What do you think? ”

Zheng Zhifeng thought for a while and said, "Big brother, there are still some siege methods, you can also tell the brothers." ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "The second trick of the cave attack is to dig a tunnel. Digging tunnels is not to stealthily dig into the city. The tunnel is narrow and the ventilation is inconvenient, and even if you dig into the city, it is impossible to get many people through the tunnel. (In the era when there was no forced exhaust system, if too many people passed through a tunnel, the consequence must be that the oxygen in the tunnel was quickly exhausted, and then everyone who entered it was suffocated) The tunnel was dug in order to be able to dig the foot of the wall from the ground. When the corners are hollowed out, the walls will collapse, and then you can rush in. But this trick is also easy to deal with, bury a few poles in the ground, you can hear the sound of digging tunnels, according to the sound of several cylinders, you can roughly determine the location of the tunnel, and then we make a small hole from the top and go down, pour water and smoke into it, and how many people will die in it. Moreover, Anping is surrounded by water on both sides, and it is not difficult for us to dig a deeper moat. With this moat, digging tunnels is even more impossible. Our moats are all living water, and we can't lead them away, so we can only fill them up, but to fill the moat, we put cannons on the city, how many people do we need to fill it? So this trick is also useless. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhilong picked up the teacup placed next to him and took a sip of tea, and then continued: "As for the last move, it is to use a cannon to bombard. It depends on who has more cannons, and who has more cannons than us, hehe...... Our cannons are higher than the others in the city, and they are born to fight farther. Of course, people can also build a higher gun position than us first. However, the British guns in our hands were supposed to have a longer range. Moreover, other people's cannons are meant to march, no matter how big they are, they are not the same. Well, so, I think the Dutch are a good kind of town, but of course, there are no shortcomings. ”

"Big brother, what's the disadvantage of this?" Zheng Zhihu hurriedly asked.

"Arsen, do you know what the shortcomings are?" Zheng Zhilong asked about Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen shook his head.

"This disadvantage is that ......" Zheng Zhilong deliberately lengthened his voice while looking around at the other people, "That's it...... Spending too much money. When he said this, he laughed himself.

"You see, if you build a square city, the walls to be built will be half as short." Zheng Zhilong drew a circle on the map with his finger, "And the city defense of the Dutch, the city wall is low and not steep, it is estimated that it is to prevent artillery bombardment." In this way, the walls will not collapse after a few shells. However, this also made the defense of the city very dependent on cannons and muskets. A small city needs a lot of artillery, so it really costs money. Fortunately, according to our current income, we can afford it, and the money that this city has to spend is not something that will be taken out all at once. So this shortcoming, at least for us, is nothing. ”

After saying this, Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao laughed together. Anping is the base of the family, and the money earned by the family is placed here, spending more money and making it safer, and they don't have any opinions, not to mention that although this kind of city is powerful and expensive, but in terms of appearance, unless you can fly to the sky and look down, it looks very ordinary, not too eye-catching, but it can be regarded as a low-key luxury.

"The boy thinks there is something that could be improved in this city." Zheng Sen said as he pulled out another picture and spread it out on several cases.

"Daddy, you see, with this change, not only will the city be stronger, but it will also be more convenient for the army in the city to go out and fight back." Zheng Sen said.

The city of Geranza, built by the Dutch in Taiwan, is actually a relatively simplified fortress due to cost and other reasons. And Zheng Sen's current plan is actually a copy of the complete version of the large fortress he saw when he traveled to Europe in his previous life. Naturally, it is more complex and more powerful.

"This, this costs more, doesn't it?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Daddy, you see, this is actually adding some buildings to the city of Geranza. Most of these buildings are located outside the main city. We can build the main city first, and then we can expand it if we need to. It's also a record. Zheng Sen hurriedly said.

"That's good." Zheng Zhihu said. Zheng Zhilong thought about it and nodded.

Zheng Sen's proposal to build a fortress in Anping certainly had his own considerations. This fortress was of course prepared in Zheng Sen's heart for the Manchu Qing Dynasty that would be killed in another ten years. Although according to the speed of ordinary traversers, ten years should have been able to fight all over the world, but Zheng Sen's ability is not as good as these people, although he is from science and engineering, but he is not good at shipbuilding, steelmaking, cannon making, rifle or anything. It is even more impossible to be like someone, who went to war every day and opened a fifty-first district at the same time, and in a few years he got all the electrolytic aluminum out, and in the seventeenth century he played with all the searchlights. Zheng Sen felt that if he could produce an infantry of the level of Gustav II and a cavalry of the level of Cromwell's new model army when the Manchus came over, he would be very satisfied.

Zheng Sen also has to face a big problem, that is, even if he is very valued in the family, it is Zheng Zhilong who has the final say in the family. And for now, Zheng Zhilong's performance is quite good. Zheng Sen can't and doesn't need to grab power. In such a situation, the preparation can only be done slowly.

Moreover, Zheng Sen did not want to miss the great era of overseas expansion because of the fierce war on the mainland, and besides, war needs money, money comes from the sea, and expansion at sea is also essential. Besides, some messy things in my Daming, some messy forces, it is really difficult to solve them without using a knife, and Zheng Sen feels that it is better not to use a knife against them. Although Zheng Sen can also recite two lines of poetry before doing it if necessary, it is better to let people do this kind of thing.

Therefore, for a long time, the main force of the Zheng family could only be a more powerful sea power. As for the land, Zheng Sen felt that he could only build a force that was not particularly large in number, but had a very guaranteed combat effectiveness, and used the advantage of maneuverability at sea to confront the Manchus. Therefore, it is very important to have an extremely strong stronghold on the mainland. In this way, the garrison can be reduced as much as possible and more troops can be freed up. Imagine using this kind of stronghold to attract the main force of the Manchu Qing first, and when the Manchu troops were under the fortified city, holding each other for a long time and being exhausted, and then using the advantage of the navy's mobility to land from the flank, cut off the supply lines of the Manchu army, and give the Manchu army a hard beat, this is a good thing that is conducive to physical and mental health.

"Let the Manchus cross the river first, and then use the fortified city, cooperate with the landing flank, give the Manchus a ruthless blow, break the myth of 'the Jurchens are less than 10,000, and the Manchus are invincible', and then directly use the fleet to kill the Yangtze River, destroy all the wharves and shipyards from the mouth of the river to the Three Gorges, sink or plunder all the ships, and cut off the south and north of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop...... Hehe, by that time, what will be the result of the army that the Manchus have already invested in Jiangnan? Their losses will be too great for them to bear. And the situation of the competition between the heroes can continue, and the Zheng family can use troops overseas while maintaining the balance of power on land with other forces, and when the time is ripe, they will sweep the world in one fell swoop......"

Of course, these reasons cannot be said now, and it is estimated that they will not be able to say them in the future.

"Daddy, in addition to building the city, it is also important to find cannon casting craftsmen, shipbuilding craftsmen, and immigration to Taiwan, but I am a little worried that our family's money may not be enough." Zheng Sen said, "But once these things are done well, it will be the foundation of the world, and we can't say that our family can also come to Yongzhen Taiwan like the Mu family in Yunnan." ”