, today's first more delivered! , Zhang Zhun did not have too many instructions for the siege of the Liaodong Army, and let the three chief officers handle it by themselves. He wanted to see how the Liaodong Army attacked the city. The siege of the Tiger Ben Army has always been a blasting method, and for other methods, there is basically no training, so it's good to observe it now, maybe when it will be used.

Because they did not carry siege weapons, Huang Degong, Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Bianjiao, the three chief military officers, all gathered together to discuss how to enter the city as soon as possible. There is not even a ladder around them, which is a bit of a headache to say. This is a very fatal thing, without siege weapons, you can't enter the city smoothly. Unable to enter the city smoothly means that their raid is completely meaningless. After dawn, the rebels' defenses must have been strengthened.

The end of the Ming Dynasty was a period of alternating cold weapons and hot weapons, and the ways of attacking the city were also very complex and diverse. The most common, of course, are ladders, wells, ladders, etc., and then rushing cars, battering rams, trebuchets and the like, and occasionally digging tunnels, diverting water and pouring water, etc. The more advanced ones are the artillery.

The problem is, they can't do all of the above. In a short time, they could not find the siege equipment from other places. Even if it is to make a ladder, it will take time. Seeing that the sky is about to brighten, where is the time to make a ladder?

At this time, they regretfully remembered that when they were leaving, they had forgotten to carry siege equipment at all. At first, they felt that it was Zhang Zhun's fault. If it weren't for Zhang Zhun's desperate urging, they wouldn't have forgotten it. They need two days to prepare, isn't it just to prepare siege equipment?

But then they think about it, and they feel that it was their fault. As the chief military officer, "I knew that the purpose of coming to Xingshan Fort was to attack Xingshan Fort, which was a typical and clear battle, but I just didn't expect to carry siege equipment." If this kind of thing is spread outside, it will be laughed to death. If you don't bring siege equipment, how can you attack the fortification? How did you, the chief military officer, become a soldier? Is it possible that even such a thing "must be taken care of by the Governor himself?" Why don't you ask the Warden and the Overseer?

"Lord Dudu, how did your Tiger Army enter the city?"

Finally, Huang Degong came over helplessly and asked Zhang Zhun for advice with some expectation.

In fact, asking Zhang Zhun for help "is also a matter of no way." The three of them all agreed that in the face of such a situation, Zhang Zhun should not have any good solution. Zhang Zhun is a human being, not a god, and he simply can't make siege equipment in such a short time. However, with the idea of using a dead horse as a live horse doctor, Huang Degong still came to Zhang Zhun.

"Blow open the gates."

Zhang Zhun said with great ambition.

"How do you fry it?"

Huang Degong asked a little puzzled.

"I can't tell you just yet."

Zhang Zhun smiled and sold a pass.

Unless you have willingly put on the uniform of the Tiger Army and "fought for the Tiger Army", the secrets of the demolition technology will not be told to you. If you fumble and blow yourself up, don't blame me! Black explosives are absolutely dangerous items in this era, although they are not as powerful as Tm explosives, "but if you don't get it right, you can blow a person apart and have no bones left, it's still no problem at all."

"Then ......, Lord Governor, we didn't have any siege equipment with us" and couldn't enter the city quickly. Time was pressing, and it was too late to rush to make siege equipment. Can you order the Tiger Army, blow the gates open, and then we will settle the rest of the battle? ”

Huang Degong said euphemistically.

In siege warfare, breaking the city is the most critical step. The battle for the breach of the city was the fiercest and most brutal, the bloodiest, and the most testing of the commander's nerves. The success or failure of a siege depends on whether it can be broken. As long as you can successfully break into the city, the next battle will be easy. Huang Degong was confident that as long as the Tiger Ben Army blew up the city gates, there would be no problem for the three of them to end the battle.

At the same time, Huang Degong's heart also faintly looked forward to the tiger army's ugly appearance. Because of last night's rapid march, the three chief officers of the army felt very faceless, and they wanted to find an opportunity to save a little dignity. Your tiger army walks with bullishness and walks fast, but fighting is not necessarily bullish. We're going to see how long it will take for your Tiger Army to break the city gates, and if you Tiger Army doesn't practice fake tricks, we don't mind despising you fiercely.

"We're only responsible for opening the gates?"

Zhang Zhun stared at Huang Degong with shining eyes, and asked with a smile.

He knew very well the thoughts of these people in Liaodong. They are still hostile to the Tiger Army. This hostility did not have much to do with Emperor Chongzhen, and was purely a competition between the two major armies of the Tiger Army and the Liaodong Army. In general, the Liaodong Army is still very xenophobic, they do regard Liaodong as their own Liaodong, even if they do not take refuge in the Tartars, they do not welcome the arrival of outsiders, especially the arrival of the behemoth of the Tiger Army.

To be honest, for Zhang Zhun's arrival, Huang Degong and they really don't like it very much. It's just that the combat effectiveness shown by the Tiger Ben Army is indeed strong, and the Liaodong Army itself has a rebellion, so they have to accept Zhang Zhun's arrival. However, if there is a chance to make the Tiger Ben Army make a fool of themselves, or if there is a chance to make the Liaodong Army win the Tiger Ben Army, they will work hard to fight for it. In the final analysis, this is still a matter of the dignity of soldiers, and no one wants to be worse than the other.

"Yes, just open the city gates, and we'll settle the rest of the battle.

Huang Degong hurriedly said.

"Are you sure?"

Zhang Zhun said meaningfully.

He'd already seen it, Huang De. It is selfish to do so. The three of them were testing the Tiger Army, and at the same time, they also wanted to show their faces and save a little face for the Liaodong Army. In their opinion, as long as they can enter the city smoothly, there will definitely be no suspense in the rest of the battle. They just took this opportunity to beat Zu Danian fiercely" to show the strength of their combat effectiveness. But is this really the case? We'll see!

"Of course!"

Cao Wenzhao said loudly.

He was the quintessential militant and couldn't wait. He believed that as long as he entered the city smoothly, he would definitely be able to beat Zu Danian to death. Xingshan Fort relies on high city walls, and everything else is not a problem. Without the cover of the city wall, where can Zu Danian be strong?

"Good!"

"That's it!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said indifferently.

"Okay!"

The three chief officers immediately turned their heads.

"Huang Liang, blow the city gate open."

Zhang Zhun commanded lightly.

"Understood!"

Huang Liang agreed.

Just now, he had carefully observed that the north gate of Xingshan Fort was actually not very strong, and as long as a hundred catties of explosives, it could be blown up smoothly. Every soldier of the Tiger Ben Army usually carries about two catties of spare explosives, and "as long as these spare explosives are gathered, they can be bundled into several large explosive bags" for large-scale blasting operations.

"Wei Ran!"

"Zhao Yuchen!"

"Each of you prepares two thirty-pound bags of explosives!"

Huang Liangxun's command.

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

Wei Ran and Zhao Yuchen were in the right place, and after receiving the order, they immediately got busy. They gathered all the black explosives they were carrying, roughly weighed their weight, "poured them in a dry cloth bag, and then tied the bag firmly" and put a fuse on the outside. An original black explosive bag was made.

"Lord Governor, what are your subordinates doing?"

Cao Wenzhao said a little curiously.

"Prepare for a cannon battle."

Zhang Zhun replied meaningfully.

Cao Wenzhao, Huang Degong, Cao Bianjiao and others looked at each other a few times, but they didn't understand what Zhang Zhun meant. Although the equipment of the Ming army in Liaodong was basically based on firearms, all kinds of muskets, and all kinds of cannons, but "when it comes to the deep understanding of black gunpowder, they are really too far from Zhang Zhun."

The production and use of weapons in the Ming Dynasty were completely isolated, and there was basically no communication between the two sides, and as for news feedback and the like, there was no such thing. The Bureau of Military Affairs and the Bureau of Ordnance, which are responsible for the production of firearms, are typical roles of managing and killing, "They don't care much about the quality and performance of the weapons they produce.

The Ming army units that used firearms were passively accepted by the Ming army. If there is something they are not satisfied with the quality and performance of firearms, they have no channel for feedback. They can only use any firearms that come down from above. As for researching more firearms use, that's someone else's business. This pattern of severe lack of stimulation and motivation led to the Ming Dynasty's firearms exhibition, which has been very slow.

The fastest stage of the Ming Dynasty's firearms exhibition was the period of Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua. Because these two people are powerful ministers, they can use a top-down approach to partially supply firearms for the troops, so that the War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau can research more and more advanced firearms. If there are any advanced firearms in the outside world, they will actively borrow them and then imitate them. As a result, the gap between the firearms of the Ming army and the world's advanced level is not very large.

However, after the death of these two people, the study of firearms in the Ming Dynasty basically came to a standstill. Other ministers have no knowledge of Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua at all, and they have no such interest. Folk firearms research, like Zhao Shizhen and others, is not valued by others at all, and they don't even look at it. In this way, the distance between the Ming Army's firearms exhibition and the world's advanced level is getting farther and farther away.

Even, compared to the Tartars, they are falling behind day by day. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he was very encouraged to research and manufacture artillery. To the south of his Shenyang, he also built a cannon casting workshop, which was quite large. After Kong Youde led a large number of Portuguese technicians and artillery craftsmen to surrender to the Tartars, the level of the Tartars' cannons was already above the Ming army. In fact, the number of red-coated cannons possessed by the Tartars is much more than that of the Ming army.

Within the Ming army, the use of firearms was very contradictory. They wanted to use firearms to defeat the Tartars, but they felt that the performance and quality of firearms were not satisfactory. At some point, firearms are not even as good as traditional swords, guns, and halberds. For example, Cao Wenzhao and the like are more reluctant to use gunpowder weapons. His troops were only equipped with some tiger squat cannons, the number of muskets was very small, and most of the soldiers still used traditional swords, guns, swords, and halberds.

As for pooling all the explosives and making them into huge explosive packets, "they really don't understand." They didn't even hear it. In fact, if they knew how to blast the city, the Liaodong Army would not have been so difficult when attacking the city. The Liaodong Army tried to recover Dalinghe Fort several times, but they all failed under the siege. To be honest, the arrows of the Tartars are really very powerful. If you can't enter the city quickly, there are too many people who die outside the city."

Soon, "Wei Ran and Zhao Yuchen each prepared four large explosive bags of thirty catties. The charge of the four explosive packets, combined, is one hundred and twenty pounds, which is almost. However, for the sake of his son's safety, Huang Liang personally prepared another one, a total of five.

At this time, the defenders of Xingshan Fort were still asleep, and except for the sentry, the others did not wake up at all. The sentinels at the head of the city were not aware that there were already many enemies outside the city. The whole Xingshan Fort "still looks very quiet.

"Up!"

Huang Liang shouted in a low voice.

The two demolition teams immediately rushed forward.

This kind of blasting training, every association of the Tiger Army, and even each team, is quite frequent, basically every three days. This is the most skilled skill of the infantry, and of course it requires the most professional training. In fact, each team of the Tiger Army's infantry has at least two or more demolition teams. Each demolition team is composed of three people, "who can carry six large explosives bags at a time."

"Who?"

"Stop!"

The sentries at the head of Xingshan Fort, and now someone outside the city rushed up and hurriedly roared.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Some of the defending sentries began to fire warning shots.

The Ming army in Liaodong is basically equipped with firearms. This is an ancient arquebus that has been equipped since the early days of Wanli, with a caliber of more than 2o mm and a projectile weighing more than 25 grams, and the power is okay, basically reaching 70 meters away. If you are hit at close range, the consequences are still very serious, and the projectile of 25 grams is more than half of the two.

But "as an ancient smoothbore gun, the accuracy of the Thunderbolt is indeed desperate." If there were no hundreds of Thunderbolts to shoot in a unified manner, there would be basically no effect. If the Thunderbolt shoots alone, and the projectile hits the target accurately, it is not the high level of the shooter, but that God is blind.

Hearing the gunshot, the mood of Huang Degong, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao and others suddenly became nervous. They all felt that the Tiger Ben Army would easily be overthrown by so many people, and they must know that "there are thousands of rebels in Xingshan Fort." Fortunately, everything in front of them made them feel comforted. Although the number of the Tiger Ben Army was small, they moved quickly, like rabbits, and quickly pounced on the north gate of Xingshan Fort.

The defenders of Xingshan Fort obviously did not expect that the arrival of the Tiger Ben Army would be so fast. They didn't recognize the person who rushed up at all, it was the famous Tiger Ben Army, and they thought it was someone, so they didn't pay much attention. In the end, there are only a few people, and they don't pay attention to it. Therefore, the gunfire on the head of the city was not very intense.

Soon, the two blasting teams successfully arrived at the city gate. They set up the explosives packs, lit the fuse, and returned without incident. When they returned, without the burden of explosives packs, their movements were obviously faster. A moment later, they were back at the source. Aside from some dust splashing on his body, "there was no damage.

"Alas......"

"No response?"

Huang Degong and the others all looked at Zhang Zhun in surprise.

Didn't you say you were going to blow up the gates? Why didn't a group of people react at all after they went up? Is it a failure? Or do you want to make an example for us?

"Right now!"

Zhang Zhun replied with a smile.

"Boom!"

Before the words fell, an earth-shattering loud bang came immediately.

Huang Degong and the others were caught off guard, shocked, and subconsciously squatted on the ground. When the loud noise passed, they felt that their ears were still buzzing, and they couldn't hear what the people next to them were saying. Everything they saw before them was completely silent. The rest of the Ming army "is basically the same." Some of the Ming troops who were caught off guard were even shocked by the loud sound and sat on the ground.

"Alright, the gates have exploded, you go up!"

Zhang Zhun said with a cold expression.

After a while, Cao Wenzhao and the others came back to their senses and hurriedly turned their heads to look over. Sure enough, through the rising black smoke screen, they could vaguely see that the north gate of Xingshan Fort had basically collapsed. A large amount of bricks, stones, and earth poured down, creating a slope. They climbed up the slope and went to the city.

"Dear!"

"Kill!"

"Kill them all!"

Cao Wenzhao shouted loudly and violently.

Some of the Ming troops outside the city didn't understand what was going on, and when they heard Cao Wenzhao shouting like this, they reacted. Now that the gates are open, what do they hesitate about? Hurry up and get into the city! Once the rebels in the city reacted and closed the breach, they were in trouble.

"Up!"

Huang Degong also yelled.

"Rush!"

Cao Bianjiao simply pulled out his scimitar and rushed forward first.

Under the supervision of the three chief officers, a large number of Ming troops immediately rushed to the north gate of Xingshan Fort. Soon they were burrowing into the black smoke and began to climb up the slope.

The rebels in Xingshan Fort were obviously caught off guard, they were bombed by the Tiger Army, and they had no chance to react at all. The north gate that was blown open was already a mess, and the surrounding rebels were either killed on the spot or stunned, and no one rose up to resist at all. In this circle, the Liaodong Army, which climbed up the slope, was not hindered in any way.

The lethality of one hundred and fifty pounds of black explosives is still considerable. At that time, the buildings were not reinforced concrete structures, they were basically mud bricks and lime, and some were even mud bricks and clay, with only a thin layer on the outside, which was stone or green bricks. Such a structure, of course, could not withstand the bombardment of explosives.

Huang Degong took the lead and "led his troops along the slope into the city, expanding along the streets in all directions."

The other Liaodong troops also followed Huang Degong and them into the city. Overall, their movements were relatively fast and much more active than when they ran away.

After all, the city gates have been opened, and the next battle "will definitely be won by heaven, and if you rush to the front, you will definitely be able to make more achievements and get more rewards." On the contrary, if the gates are not blown open, they must be carefully measured.

"My lord, aren't we going in?"

Wang Shide looked at the blast where the smoke gradually dissipated, and asked in a low voice.

"We don't join in the fun."

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said lightly.

It is not appropriate for the Tiger Ben Army to enter the city at this time. It's not that the Tiger Army is unwilling to participate in the battle, but the purpose of this battle is quite special. The main task of this battle was to take hostages. It is conceivable that in this process, there will be many crimes against humanity. Although war is cruel, it is inevitable that there will be scenes of crime. However, in this kind of thing, it is better for the Tiger Benjun to participate as little as possible.

Besides, if the Tiger Ben Army rushed up at this time, the three chief officers might still think that they were going to grab the credit. Hehe, attacking one Xingshan Fort has to take credit, that's really embarrassing for the tiger army.

"Everyone buys time to rest."

Zhang Zhun turned his head and said.

He estimated that the battle would not end so quickly for the time being. If Zu Danian was really prepared, even if Huang Degong and the others attacked the city, it would take a while to end the battle. If he was caught so easily, Zu Dashou would not have rebelled.

Sure enough, inside Xingshan Fort, there were constant sounds of fighting, indicating that the two sides were fighting fiercely. Almost an hour had passed, and the battle was still not over as the sun had risen. At this time, the soldiers of the Tiger Army were already asleep.

According to their observations in 6 Idian, the battle seemed to be stalemate in the inner fort. It turned out that there was another bunker in Xingshan Fort, and Zu Danian and others hid in this bunker and continued to resist. Huang Degong and the others were about to win a big victory, and they were just one step away, of course, they had to attack desperately. However, Zu Danian's counterattack was also quite powerful, and in a hurry, Huang Degong and they couldn't succeed.

"Maybe we'll have to do it in the end."

Wang Shide frowned and said a little worriedly.

Judging from the current combat situation of the Liaodong Army, there is indeed a lot of room for improvement in their combat level. If the Tiger Ben Army recruited men and horses from the Liaodong Army, what they needed most was strict discipline and strong training. Their potential has obviously not been completely squeezed out. In fact, their potential still exists.

Sure enough, noon had passed, and the battle was not over. 6 Yidian fed back the news from the front, saying that Huang Degong, Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Bianjiao organized forces and continued to storm the inner fort, and attacked more than ten times in a row, but they were unsuccessful. Now, the losses of the three-man army, all quite large.

Fortunately, in the back, 66 continued to have more new forces to arrive, so they could continue to organize attacks.

"Zu Danian, you surrender!"

"Your brother is in Jinzhou, and he has been arrested!"

While talking, the two suddenly heard a loud call from the city, which seemed to be Huang Degong's voice. At the same time, the fighting in the city seems to have slowly stopped.

"Persuasion?"

"Won't fight?"

Wang Shide asked suspiciously.

Listening to the tone of the shouter, it should be that the inner fort has not been breached, so he has to be persuaded to surrender. This is how the so-called soldiers do not tire of deception. Anyway, Zu Danian should not be very clear about the situation in the outside world. If you can threaten Zu Danian to come out and surrender like this, it will be a great achievement!

However, persuasion to surrender when the attack cannot be effective does not seem to be convincing! Since Zu Dashou handed over his rear to Zu Danian for defense, it shows that Zu Danian's determination to rebel is still very strong, and he will not give in easily. Is it possible for him to surrender in such a situation?

Sure enough, they heard a rough voice respond: "You fools! Persuade me to surrender? It's really stupid! It is true that I advise you to surrender. The iron cavalry of the Great Golden Khan is about to arrive, and when the time comes, none of you fools will end well! ”

Huang Degong's voice responded angrily: "Zu Danian, Huang Taiji is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, do you still expect him to save you?" Dream! ”

Cao Wenzhao followed and said loudly: "Zu Danian, Huang Taiji has been beaten to the ground by Zhang Zhun and is no longer in shape. His golden sweat tent was copied by Zhang Zhun, and he dared to come to see Zhang Zhun? It's too late for him to hide! ”

Zu Danian responded loudly: "Zhang Zhun? Ha ha! Zhang Zhun is a lying guy, I'm not afraid of him! If you have the ability, you can call him out to fight me......"

Wang Shide couldn't help but smile slightly, and said slowly: "My lord, if you stand in front, I promise to frighten this ancestor Danian...... "Against you, this guy is crazy." ”

Before the words fell, I heard Cao Bianjiao's voice say: "Zu Danian, this is what you said!" You're going to play against Zhang Zhun! Zhang Zhun is outside now, do you believe it or not? ”

Zu Danian was obviously suffocated, as if he was shocked, and after a while, he said in a tough tone: "Want to scold me? I don't believe it! ”

"Don't believe me? Why don't you believe it? ”

Zhang Zhun's voice came with joy.

He stood about two hundred meters away from the inner fort, with his hands behind his back, looking at the entire battlefield for a long time, and said slowly. When others saw his appearance, they thought that he was a person who came out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Zu Danian's face suddenly changed slightly, and he didn't make a sound for a long time.

Damn, Zhang Zhun is really here!