With the cooperation of Wang Deyu, the 10,000-strong army captured Deqing Prefecture almost without waste, and the first shot of the personal expedition was successfully fired. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Conquer the state city, reward meritorious deeds, face the 'first hero' of the city - Wang Deyu, although Zhu Youlang despised his character in his heart, but he was still polite on the face, personally gave him a seat, honored Mr., and also gave him a third-level official product, rewarded a number of gold and silver silk, Wang Deyu was flattered, and after a thousand thanks, he returned to the house happily.

Looking at Wang Deyu's disappearing back, Zhu Youlang's face was gloomy, and he was a horse bone, now is not the time to move these traitors and lead the party, how can there be no price for forgetting his ancestors and turning his back on his ancestors? It's not too late to settle accounts with them after the fall.

After pulling out the nail of Deqing Prefecture, the back road of the pro-conquest army was smooth, the advance could be attacked, the retreat could be defended, the grain route was unblocked, and the transportation of grain was relatively safe.

Zhaoqing is connected to Qingyuan in the east, Wuzhou in the west, the north is the Lihu Lake formed by the Beiling Mountains and the ancient river channel of the Xijiang River, the middle is the alluvial plain of the river valley, the east and west ends of the mountains and peaks are stacked on top of each other to lock the river flow, forming the Three Banyan Gorge, the Dading Gorge and the Antelope Gorge, it is a veritable Xiongguan, it is also one of the few fortified cities in Guangdong, it is the biggest nail stuck between Wuzhou and Qingyuan, the pro-conquest army wants to go to Qingyuan to rescue the Sanzhong Righteous Army, it is necessary to capture Zhaoqing first to ensure the safety of the back road.

The defender of Zhaoqing is Li Chengdong's confidant Du Yonghe, and there is a partial division of Li Chengdong in the city, about 3,000 troops are stationed, including more than 300 veterans of Li Chengdong's headquarters and more than 2,000 green battalion soldiers.

When he learned that the Ming army that invaded Guangdong was only about 10,000 people, Du Yonghe breathed a sigh of relief, no longer panicked, he sent people to send the military situation to Li Chengdong in Qingyuan, and on the other hand, he summoned the gentry in the city, fortified the wall, cleared the wilderness, arranged the city defense, and waited for reinforcements.

Three days later, the pro-conquest army drove to the south of Zhaoqing, and between two months, the attack and defense were transposed, and this time the Ming army surrounded the Qing army.

After arriving in Zhaoqing, for two days, the army was camped and arranged, and there was no rush to attack the city, and the Qing general Du Yonghe and Zhaoqing prefect Chen Zhiji and other civilian and military generals did not know what medicine was sold in the gourd of the Ming army.

The setting sun shone on the city, and they looked down at the city together, ten miles south of the city were the camps of the Ming army, and the camps were full of rangers, who were wandering around, monitoring the movements of the city.

"I heard that the puppet emperor of the emperor has personally conquered, and the battle of Wuzhou City, his royal subordinates are quite capable, our Zhaoqing soldiers are outnumbered, can we stop it?"

Zhaoqing prefect Chen Zhiji is also a demoted official, at the end of the second year of Longwu (1646), after the death of Longwu, he had supported Zhu Youlang with other ministers, and was sent to Gaozhou Mansion as the prefect, Li Chengdong hit Gaozhou, he felt that the general trend of the Ming Dynasty had gone, and chose to surrender for the sake of his life and future wealth.

The deputy general Du Yonghe was displeased when he heard this, he frowned lightly and said: "Lord Futai must not increase the morale of others and destroy his own prestige, Zhaoqing is an important town in western Guangdong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, besides, there are still 3,000 elite soldiers in the city, and the puppet emperor only wants to conquer the city with 10,000 soldiers and horses, what a joke!"

Besides, as long as we hold on for ten days and half a month, and wait for the military gate to calm down the thief army in Qingyuan, we will return to help, and when the reinforcements arrive, the puppet emperor will retreat, if you don't measure yourself and continue to attack the city, then it will be better, let's have a front and back attack with the military gate, and destroy them on the spot! ”

"Yes, yes, what General Du said is very true." Chen Zhiji nodded stupidly, hiding his embarrassment.

In the city of Zhaoqing, the status of civil and military affairs is reversed, Du Yonghe, as the confidant of Li Chengdong, the governor of Guangdong, was sent to guard the military town of Zhaoqing, a full-time party, itself is a great trust, although Chen Zhiji is a civil official, the system respects, itself is just a demote, not at all in the eyes of the powerful military leader Li Chengdong, although Li Chengdong himself is also a demoted general, but he looks down on those civil servants who have no backbone, and usually has no good face to show them, under the rule of Li Chengdong's army, the status of the demotion is not high, Therefore, although Chen Zhiji is the prefect of Zhaoqing and has been a feudal country, he has no right to speak in Zhaoqing, and it is the military general Du Yonghe who has the final say.

Zhaoqing began to be the earthen city wall, Song Zhenghe three years (1113) rebuilt the brick city outside the earthen city, the inside is the rammed earth of the double city wall, the widest point can reach six zhang. The circumference of the city is 12 li, a total of 1,256 zhang, the outer wall is 3 zhang 6 feet high, the inner wall is 2 zhang 3 feet high, the width is also 2 zhang 5 feet, and it can accommodate twenty or thirty sergeants marching side by side. The whole city is convex shaped, with a total of six city gates, of which there are three city gates in the south city facing the Xijiang River, and one city gate in the east, west and north.

Chen Zhiji stood behind Du Yonghe and looked around, Nanxun Gate, as the main gate of the South City, was extremely strong, and there was an urn city, with three or four Hongyi cannons on the head of the city.

Looking at the moat a few zhang wide under the city wall, the dense antlers, the rejection of horses, and the large city-guarding equipment such as the yaksha and the wolf's tooth slap on the city wall, Chen Zhiji patted his chest and finally overcame the fear in his heart. With some confidence.

What surprised the Qing army was that the reason why the Ming army did not attack the garrison outside the city was mainly because they were waiting for the follow-up cannons, and the Hongyi cannons were often thousands of catties, which was very inconvenient to transport. In the event of a siege war, especially a fortified city like Zhaoqing, if there is no Hongyi cannon, it is unimaginable to rely only on cold weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows, and under normal circumstances, it may not be able to fight for half a year.

When six six-pounder Portuguese Hongyi cannons and five thousand-pound Franc machines were successfully transported, the war drums of the Ming army camp sounded, and 10,000 guards and pro-soldiers lined up out of the camp in turn, and set up a siege phalanx a thousand steps away from the southern city.

Before the attack began, Zhu Youlang planned to kill the artillery at the head of the Qing army to clear the way for the attack.

"Aim for the artillery at the head of the city!" The cannon sentry post was long, and a Portuguese man who was proficient in firing artillery gave the order loudly.

The six-pounder Hongyi cannon and the thousand-pound Franc machine were aimed at the place where the Qing army set up the artillery at the head of the city.

"Ignition!"

As the commander's military command flag was waved, eleven artillery pieces spewed out puffs of white smoke, and with a deafening sound, eleven shells flew towards the city.

Four of the cannonballs hit high, swept past the city, fell into the city, three cannonballs hit low, smashed on the wall of the city wall, the city wall shook for a while, the others hit the battlements on the city tower, the solid female wall was smashed like tofu, the splashed bricks and stones flew around, hit the cannon body and clanged, the Qing gunners hurriedly fell to the ground, even so, there were still many injured by the masonry, and the city head suddenly screamed and wailed.

Not to be outdone, the only three or four Hongyi cannons at the head of the city began to counterattack successively, these old-fashioned Hongyi cannons are almost all four-pounder guns, the firing range is not far, only to occupy the advantage of high terrain, only to pose a certain threat to the artillery positions of the Ming army under the city.

However, under the siege of the salvo of the Ming army's Portuguese six-pounder cannon and the super-fast Franc machine, the Qing army's three Hongyi cannons were hit one after another, and the dumb fire fell apart, so frightened that Du Yonghe hurriedly dragged the last Hongyi cannon down and hid it to safety.

After successfully killing the artillery of the Qing army, the artillery of the Ming army did not stop firing, but continued to bombard the head of the southern city, causing the city head to splash rocks, and the brick and stone fragments flew in the air. The Qing army without artillery was like a toothless tiger, facing the roaring shells of the Ming army, they could only dodge and could not return fire, and they were aggrieved.

"Blow up those two tartars!"

Jiao Lian laughed and said, the indescribable joy in his heart, the defense of Wuzhou a month ago, watching the city wall being bombarded indiscriminately by the artillery of the Qing army, but there was no way at all, that nest, now that feng shui is turning, it is the turn of the Qing army to be abused, he naturally wants to enjoy this process.

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