Chapter 624: Settle Dengzhou City in three days

"Let's go!"

"Let's go in and talk!"

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The group entered the temporary headquarters.

The temporary headquarters is made of wood, and it is bright and transparent. The gap between the woods is also large, and the north is constantly blowing in, and you can feel the obvious wind when you stand inside. But at this time, everyone's body is hot, and the north wind doesn't care about this at all.

The sunset shines in from outside, reflecting a beautiful circle of light on the ground. Sitting inside the temporary headquarters, you can directly see Dengzhou City. At this time, Dengzhou City was also bathed in the sunset, and all the city walls seemed to be covered with a faint golden light, which looked exceptionally beautiful.

The city was silent, and there was no trace of the Tartars, only the white flags and inlaid white flags of the Tartars were hanging listlessly. It may be that the flag is entangled in the flagpole and does not stretch out, and looks more like a spirit flag than a military flag. Between the battlements and the battlements, you can see the piles of debris, and it is not known what the tartars are doing with them.

Faintly, there seemed to be blood stains near the city gate. It is said to be dog blood or chicken blood, which is used to get rid of demons and destroy demons. The Tartars probably thought that the Tiger Ben Army must have used some demon spell to cause their defeat. Under the guidance of the Immortal Heaven, they were determined to use the blood of the dog to deal with the demon magic of the Tiger Ben Army.

The Tiger Ben army surrounded Dengzhou City, believing that the Tartars in the city could also feel that their time was short, and at this time they must be praying for the blessing of the Immortal Heaven. As for the rebels in the city, if they are still alive and have not been eaten as food by the Tartars, they should be praying for the blessings of the gods and Buddhas.

For Kong Youde's rebels, Zhang Zhun certainly has no sympathy. The loyalty of the army is like the chastity of a woman, and once it is defiled, it can never be washed away. A renegade army, in his eyes, is absolutely to be despised.

"I'm going to congratulate you on the New Year!"

After entering the temporary command post, Zhang Zhun stood in front of all the officers, kept bowing his hands to the New Year, and said with a smile. The officer, who was not yet married, also received a symbolic red envelope with a handwritten blessing from Zhang Zhun himself.

All the officers laughed excitedly. This year's Chinese New Year is really a bit special. Zhang Zhun was determined to deal with the Tartars of Dengzhou City during the Chinese New Year, and they both felt a little unexpected and excited at the same time. originally thought that Zhang Zhun would let the Tartars of Dengzhou City live a few more days, but as a result, they really lived a few more days.

The Tartars in Dengzhou City are also pitiful. After being besieged for half a year, I believe that life must have been extremely miserable. thought that after the New Year, there would be at least a month or two to live, but I didn't expect that Zhang Zhun couldn't wait to launch an attack on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

"Originally, the New Year was supposed to be peaceful and peaceful. However, we have to have a special year! The rumbling of the siege is the sound of firecrackers to celebrate the New Year! I believe that in the future, everyone will think that this is the most meaningful Spring Festival! ”

"We've let the Tartars live for half a year longer, and we've done our best. We're hospitable after all, aren't we? However, if the Tartars are obsessed and refuse to raise their hands in surrender, then we have nothing to do. Treat the enemy with the same ruthlessness as winter. Now, it's time to settle the ledger! ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Zhang Zhun began to mobilize for battle.

In fact, there is no need for Zhang Zhun's combat mobilization, and the troops below are already screaming. Can they not scream? The rest of the troops were at the forefront of the fight against the Tartars, constantly making achievements, and they were the only ones who were monitoring the movements of the Tartars in the rear. The other troops were fighting in full swing, and the good news kept coming, so they could only watch from the sidelines, and of course they were unhappy in their hearts. Fortunately, Zhang Zhun did not forget them, and immediately gave them a big gift package after the New Year.

The Chuangzi Battalion and the Pinzi Battalion are both the main forces that are scheduled to attack Dengzhou City, so while monitoring Dengzhou City, these two troops also repeatedly practice how to attack Dengzhou City. They had no doubts about the attack on the city of Dengju. The only thing Zhang Zhun did was to advance the time of the attack.

"In three days, do you have the confidence to solve Dengzhou City?"

Zhang Zhun said loudly in anticipation at the end.

"Yes!"

The officers replied loudly.

The tartars in Dengzhou City are now wilted cucumbers, and they can be picked without much effort at all. The whole tiger army has such determination. At the beginning, the arrival of the Tartar was menacing, and he was also beaten back, not to mention the current semi-crippled state? Therefore, the morale of the Tiger Army has risen to its peak.

After the battle mobilization, Zhang Zhun and the others sat down and carefully studied the battle plan. In fact, the battle plan was drawn up early in the morning, and now it is just taken out to see if there is anything that needs to be improved. Zhang Zhun actually likes to study the battle plan very much. This thing is always about excellence, there is no best, only better.

According to Zhang Zhun's estimates, there should still be about 2,000 Tartars in Dengzhou City, and more than 5,000 rebels. That is, the total strength of the defenders will not be less than seven thousand. Because Kong Youde pulled all the Hongyi cannons to attack Huangxian, he did not take them with him when he retreated. Therefore, at present, there are only some Francophone artillery pieces in Dengzhou City, and the number is about ten. The threat of artillery fire was not great.

The way to break the city, Zhang Zhun is still ready to adopt the original blasting method. According to Zhang Zhun's estimate, as long as 500 catties of black gunpowder is enough to blow up the south gate of Dengzhou City. For a long time, Dengzhou City has been in constant war, and the city gate has been very dilapidated. Even if the Tartars are desperately reinforced, it is difficult to strengthen them to the point of being indestructible.

"Who's in charge of the demolition team?"

Zhang Zhun asked with concern.

"Moluo."

Hao Linyong replied in the affirmative.

"Is that him? Very good! That's it! ”

Zhang Zhun nodded affirmatively and said.

As soon as Mo Luo's name was mentioned, the image of the gorilla's warrior appeared in Zhang Zhun's mind. When he bombarded Nanjing City, Mo Luo went up and blew up the Waijinchuan Gate. Later, in several consecutive battles, Mo Luo served as the leader of the demolition team. Now, he's the leader of the demolition team, enough for Dolgon to drink.

After the city gate was blown open, the Tiger Army swarmed up and advanced steadily, and the starving Dolgon, even if he had the ability to defy the sky, would definitely be finished. Although the strength of the Tiger Ben Army is not as large as that of the Tartars, the ability to attack is much stronger, and the mastery of gunpowder is much more powerful than that of the Tartars. These are the advantages of the Tiger Army.

"How's the preparation going?"

Zhang Zhun asked with concern.

"We are going to use 800 catties of ** to blow open the city gate."

Hao Linyong said with great ambition.

"Eight hundred pounds...... That's enough! ”

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

Eight hundred catties of black ** is enough to blow up the walls of Dengzhou City. Blowing up a passage must not be a problem. After the gap is blown open, the flying dragon cannon will lock the area behind the gap of about 20 to 50 zhang, and constantly throw grape bullets, burying all the counterattacking Tartars under the overwhelming marbles, and then the Tiger Ben Army stepped forward to stabilize the gap.

Zhang Zhun estimated that when the Tiger Ben Army opened the gap, the Tartars would definitely fight back desperately. This is psychological habitual thinking. In the past, once the city wall was breached, the defenders would send reserves to fight back frantically, trying to re-seal the gap. Tartar should be no exception. The Tiger Ben Army just took advantage of this opportunity to consume a large amount of Tartar's living power. The more ferocious the Tartar's counterattack, the faster the living power will be consumed.

"Li Yang, are you ready there?"

Zhang Zhun faced Li Yang and asked awe-inspiringly.

To deal with the counterattack of the Tartars, the shooting of the artillery battalion was very important, and Zhang Zhun had to confirm whether the artillery battalion could do the job. The effective range of the Tartar bow and arrow is about 20 zhang, if the Tartar cannot be blocked 20 zhang away, the tiger army that enters the gap will suffer losses.

"Lord Governor, we're all ready. After the gap is blown open, the Wyvern Cannon will definitely be able to cover the area behind the gap twenty to fifty feet. The Tartars wanted to pass through this area and approach the breach, and they had to pay a considerable price. In addition, the Hongyi cannon can also cover an area of 50 to 100 zhang. If the Tartars want to concentrate on the gap, they must also pay a certain price. ”

Li Yang replied in the affirmative.

"Good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

Compared with the Tartars, the biggest advantage of the Tiger Army is that it has a variety of firearms to achieve the strongest power. This kind of cooperation is slowly precipitated by human beings with a history of 200 years. There have been many detours in the middle, and I have paid a great price. Now, because of his status as a traverser, this kind of cooperation can be perfectly brought up in advance, and it can be used to abuse the Tartars.

Subsequently, Hao Linyong gave a detailed introduction to the attack plan after entering the city.

Dengju Castle is an irregularly shaped city, and if it had to be said to be like something, it should be like an irregular fan. The north side is smaller, and the south side is larger. Due to historical reasons, the north of Dengzhou City has always been the location of the government yamen, and the families of the powerful are mainly in the north, and shops, warehouses, temples, etc. are also mainly concentrated in the north city.

To the south of Dengzhou City, it is mainly a slum area. Well, to be precise, the civilian area. The architecture here is relatively complex. Because Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Shandong, admired Catholicism and had a good relationship with Westerners. Therefore, Westerners, mainly Portuguese, built several churches in the city of Dengzhou. For missionary convenience, these churches were located in the southern city, in the middle of the civilian area.

When the Tartars broke into Dengzhou City, they expelled all the civilians in the city to Liaodong, leaving no one behind. In other words, the southern part of Dengzhou City is now empty. Those churches, of course, were also empty. All the empty houses were hiding places for the Tartar archers. Especially those churches, the buildings are relatively solid, and they will definitely become the core support of the Tartar defense of the city.

Tartars don't actually fight street fights. However, some of the principles of street fighting are the same as jungle fighting. And the Tartars, who were born in hunting, happened to be good at jungle warfare. Of course, it is the deep mountains and old forests of the north, not the rainforests of the south. The arrows of the Tartars are accurate and ruthless, and as long as they catch the opportunity, it will be difficult for the target to escape.

Hao Linyong reported that according to the previous reconnaissance situation, in the south of Dengzhou City, there was a constant sound of buildings collapsing, or clanging buildings being renovated, and he did not know what the Tartars were doing inside. The only thing that is certain is that the Tartars are trying to use the buildings of the southern city to block the way of the Tiger Army.

"Doesn't sound like good news."

Zhang Zhun said with a gloomy face.

Despite starving the Tartars for half a year, consuming most of their combat power. However, in view of Aobai's bravery at the beginning, Zhang Zhun also had to admit that if the Tartars resisted desperately, they could still cause certain casualties to the Tiger Army. The cold arrows of the Tartars are often caught off guard, and before the battle, it is impossible to predict what kind of accidents will happen after the battle begins.

There are certain casualties, and Zhang Zhun can bear it. There are no immortals in war. As long as the casualties are controlled within a certain range, they can be ignored. However, he could not afford the delay in time. His plan was three days. It can't be more than five days at most, and Dengzhou City must be taken down. He was to spare two battalions of troops.

The transformation of the southern city by the Tartars must have increased the difficulty of the Tiger Ben army to attack the city. In other words, the time spent by the Tiger Ben Army in Dengzhou City may be more than five days. This is unacceptable to Zhang Zhun. The attack was launched on the third day of the new year, and if the eighth day of the new year was not enough to end the battle, in case the Tartars moved south on a large scale, the situation would be a bit passive - he did not have enough reserves in his hands.

"It's not good news."

Hao Linyong also said in a low tone.

The ruined area in the southern part of Dengzhou City is three miles wide. Densely packed buildings, at least a few thousand enemies can hide. And the artillery of the navy can't hit here, so it can only rely on the flying dragon cannon. However, the damage of grapeshots to buildings seems to be ...... It's a little smaller. Solid bullets can destroy buildings. However, in such a large area, how many solid shells do you have to fire?

Therefore, Hao Linyong said expectantly: "The adult's conscienceless cannon, is it okay to ......?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Dealing with the buildings in the city, the conscienceless cannon is naturally the most powerful. A ** bag passes, and the surrounding buildings will fall down. No matter how much the Tartars remodeled the building, it would eventually be in ruins. However, after the power of the conscience cannon broke out, the entire Dengzhou City was also wiped out. It's like Siye fighting Tianjin, all of which are pushed flat with cannons, ** bags and grenades, and the battle is extremely refreshing, but after the war, there are basically no intact buildings in the whole Tianjin. As a result, Sanye later hit Shanghai, and the top did not give such a flat push.

Zhang Lingyun suddenly said: "My lord, our army has designed a small thing, I don't know if it can come in handy?" ”

Zhang Zhun asked curiously, "What is it?" Take it out and take a look? ”

Zhang Lingyun said: "I'll call someone to send it immediately." ”

He immediately went out to give the order. Soon after, someone came pushing a small catapult. The trebuchet was the most primitive siege tool, and it was available during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The Mongols' famous return cannon was a powerful trebuchet. However, the trebuchet designed by Zhang Lingyun is very small. Its main purpose is not to throw stones, but to throw ** packs.

This kind of lightweight trebuchet can easily throw a five-pound ** bag to a distance of about 30 zhang (about 100 meters), and the range is slightly farther than that of a conscienceless cannon. However, its destructive power, like the conscienceless cannon, is actually the same, it is to raze the area around the landing point. Whether there is an enemy or not, let's talk about it first.

For this reason, Zhang Lingyun specially named such a trebuchet "exterminating cannon". It is conceivable that more than a dozen trebuchets can directly blow up a way with continuous projectile ** packets. The projectile distance of thirty zhang can completely make the Tartar have no power to fight back, which is more powerful than a conscienceless cannon. Of course, after the exterminating cannon went berserk, Dengzhou City was completely razed to the ground.

But there is no way, if you want to take down the tartar without paying a little price, it is simply impossible. Rather than paying more lives and time for the price, it is better to raze the city of Dengzhou to the ground. Dengzhou City has experienced so many battles, but it is actually full of holes. Instead of tinkering, it is better to simply tear down and rebuild.

"Okay! The Chuangzi battalion used the unconscionable cannon to open the way, and the Pinzi battalion used the exterminating cannon to open the way, so as to advance as soon as possible and minimize the loss of personnel. The offensive line of the Chuang Zi Battalion was to the west. The offensive line of the Pinzi battalion was to the east. Go hand in hand, and want to advance together in the yamen of the state capital. ”

Zhang Zhun made a decision.

Hao Linyong and Zhang Lingyun went separately and prepared to go.

Zhang Zhun then came to the front of Dengzhou City, holding a clairvoyant mirror, carefully looking at Dengzhou City, with the help of the light of the sunset, Zhang Zhun could clearly see that behind the battlements of Dengzhou City, there were actually people monitoring the movement outside the city. Presumably afraid of the snipers outside the city, they did not dare to poke their heads out.

"Dugu, arrange a few people to shoot coldly at the city all the time."

"Don't stop at night."

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

Dugu Hunt agreed and went.

"Bang!"

Moments later, the first shots rang out.

I don't know if I hit the target, anyway, this gunshot opened the prelude to the battle of Dengzhou City. The defenders in the city will definitely be overwhelmed by the sporadic gunfire and will not be able to sleep at night. The little physical strength they had left would be consumed faster in such tension and fear. And this is exactly what Zhang Zhun needs.

At midnight, Zhang Zhun received a report that Zhang Shenyan and Gao Hongtu were coming. For such a major event as the attack on Dengzhou City, of course, the two of them couldn't help but come. After the settlement of Dengzhou City, there were no more Tartars within the control of the Tiger Ben Army. Laizhou Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture, Dongjiang Town and North Korea are completely connected, which is conducive to the integration of resources and the distribution of labor. The Yamen, the prefect of Dengzhou Prefecture, will also be relocated to Dengzhou City.

Of course, this is only one aspect, and the most important aspect is that it was a remarkable battle. Unlike previous battles, this time it was a real battle of annihilation, not an ordinary battle of defeat. Under the high pressure of the Tiger Army, none of the enemies in Dengzhou City could escape. Such a victory, as long as it is human, is willing to witness it with their own eyes.

Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army has not won a decent battle, and there has never been a victory in a sure victory. All battles begin with hope and end with disappointment. Only the Tiger Ben army attacked Dengzhou City this time, and it was a sure victory. No one wants to miss such a historical moment.

In the early hours of the morning, more people arrived. The main thing is to cooperate with the logistics personnel of the operation. The one who took the lead was the most active old man Mao Shunjiang. The large army gathered in Dengzhou City, and the logistical guarantee was of course very important, and the personnel and materials in the rear were continuously sent.

"Yulin, I brought three thousand people."

When the old man Mao Shunjiang saw Zhang Zhun, he immediately said excitedly.

Zhang Zhun was stunned and said, "Third master, what are so many people doing?" ”

Mao Shunjiang hurriedly lowered his voice and said euphemistically: "Yulin, you be quiet, don't discourage everyone's enthusiasm, it's not easy for everyone to come out." ”

Zhang Zhun asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”

Mao Shunjiang said in a low voice: "There is nothing ...... either"

Actually, there is no special reason, that is, during the Chinese New Year, everyone is free, and when they hear that they are going to hit Dengzhou City, they can't help but come and take a look. For the Chinese New Year, I always look for something new. Anyway, everyone knows that the Tiger Ben Army fights the Tartars, and it is nine out of ten. If you don't see this kind of war with your own eyes, you may not have a chance in the future.

Their ideas are not entirely unreasonable. With the pace of expansion of the Tiger Army, the future battles will be farther and farther away from Qingzhou Mansion and Dengzhou Mansion, and the local people really don't have much opportunity to witness the battle between the Tiger Ben Army and the Tartars. Therefore, the battle of Dengzhou City is the easiest and most opportunity for them to participate.

The old man Mao Shunjiang finally said: "We brought 500 pigs, and when we take Dengzhou City, we will slaughter them all, and treat everyone well." ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "That's a good dare!" Thank you! ”

Subsequently, together with the old man Mao Shunjiang, he went to visit and comfort the personnel in the rear. Despite the fact that they came from the rear with a large number of things, they were all tired. Still, almost no one could sleep. Because, they have already learned, the battle will start at noon. Moreover, the sporadic gunfire of the snipers also kept them awake.

Before you know it, it's just before the wee hours of the morning. Everyone knows that the pre-dawn is the darkest. At this moment, Dengzhou City was completely shrouded in darkness, and even the outline could not be seen. Zhang Zhun stood silently in the dark, looking at Dengzhou City not far away. He couldn't see anything. However, it didn't matter, he could feel the presence of Dengzhou City. I wonder what Dolgon is doing in the dark at this moment?