"Two thousand widows?!" Zheng Guang was shocked, Rao was shocked by the current situation with his nine-year war mentality, as Fan Qing said, through Tang Shunzhi's description, Zheng Guang had learned about the weakness and incompetence of the soldiers in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and also knew the fierceness and good fighting of the Japanese Kou, not to mention the commercial powerhouse of Suzhou, the soldiers were never strong, the number was not large, and the commercial function was mainly under the premise that even the politics were suppressed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Such a city, in today's Ming Dynasty, can not have a strong force, so the prosperous Suzhou is rich in civil officials, but I have never heard of a certain fierce general born in Suzhou, it should be said that no matter how strong the army and generals come to Suzhou to garrison, after a long time, will be eroded by the prosperity and happiness of Suzhou, this kind of pure commercial town, should not let the strong army intervene, but also born with military affairs, this is everyone's direct view of Suzhou and traditional concepts.

In this case, Suzhou's initiative to exclude the army, the concept of rejecting war is also very strong, the ability to deal with sudden war, it is conceivable, in such a situation, the number of strong Japanese pirates is still more than the number of the army defending the city, what is the situation, what comparison, fools can see.

So Zheng Guang was shocked, directly grabbed a horse, and rushed to the city wall, Fan Qingyi was in a hurry, and also grabbed a horse, but he couldn't go up anyway, and the guards under his command couldn't stand it.

At this moment, the shouts of the Japanese army from outside the city rang out, accompanied by the sound of violent drumming, like a prelude to the siege, but the night siege is very unfavorable, unless it is a real elite or the premise of sufficient troops, otherwise the night siege will cause greater losses than the day siege, which is a taboo for the soldiers, even if the defenders do not rest, the siege party also has to rest.

So when they heard this, Zheng Guang and Fan Qing were shocked, and the drums were shouted and beaten at this time, not for the purpose of attacking the city, but for deterrence, so that Suzhou City would be in chaos by itself, so that if it was chaotic, it would basically not encounter much resistance.

On the city wall, Zhang Sicheng, who was the first to hear the news, was already frightened to the color of the earth, squatting on the city wall like a trembling quail, and the more than 200 big-headed soldiers on the city wall were also the same face as earth, their legs were trembling, and the few who did not tremble also looked at the black pressure reflected by the torches that gradually converged into a sea of fire under the city, and the number, according to Wang Wei's many years of experience, was at least no less than two thousand.

"It's over, it's over......" Rao is experienced, and has a deep hatred with the Japanese Invaders, Wang Wei also has to surrender to the despair at the moment, such a huge number of Japanese Invaders, plus the Suzhou soldiers who have no actual combat experience, and this dilapidated city wall, as long as the Wolves have a ladder, it is enough to pose a threat, if there are firearms such as artillery, Suzhou will be broken in less than a day!

"Team...... Captain...... There are so many widows, let's ...... What are we going to do...... This...... Damned ...... We're all going to die......" Zhao Song was already confused and couldn't speak normally, and as for the others, they either lost their courage and squatted on the ground like Zhang Sicheng, or they just stood stupidly - scared stupid.

These Suzhou soldiers, who have no actual combat experience, meet those elite and murderous Japanese army, like a little sheep meets a big bad wolf, almost no power to fight back, once they fight in the field, it will definitely be a one-sided slaughter, even if it is a siege war, the result will not be much better.

Zheng Guang rushed to the foot of the city wall first, jumped off the war horse at once, rushed up the city wall, and saw a desperate scene, followed by Fan Qing panting after climbing the city wall, but he had seen the battle scene, and his face changed instantly, almost forgetting to breathe, I felt that this battle did not have to be fought, and it was enough to surrender the city, and if I couldn't do it, I could still negotiate with the Japanese Kou, so that they could not slaughter the city, but only take property, although there was no face and no integrity, at least their lives were saved.

This can only be imagined, if the prefect of Daming surrenders to the "thieves" like the Japanese Kou, even if the Japanese do not kill them, what awaits Fan Qing is definitely the Zhujiu clan from the imperial court.

"Flat ...... This...... What can I do? Biting his tongue and regaining his senses with severe pain, Fan Qing asked Zheng Guang as soon as he opened his mouth, although Fan Qing, who was completely ignorant of the art of war and did not understand the battle formation, had seen the battlefield, but he did not understand it, and in the face of today's extreme disadvantage, there was no countermeasure, and now the only hope was in Zheng Guang.

Zheng Guang was not afraid, nor panicked, after all, when he faced the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry, the degree of severity was far greater than now, but the tricky thing is that his subordinates were all warriors who dared to fight and kill, even if they were facing a desperate situation, they dared to play hedge with the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry, that was the authentic Mengyuan Iron Cavalry, there was no Han Chinese, all of them were Kublai Khan's iron cavalry mobilized from the grassland, although he often failed, but Zheng Guang also defeated the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry face-to-face several times, killed many Mengyuan warriors, and forced Kublai Khan to play the Han people's art of war.

And now, he looked around, all the quails who were frightened, and the few who stood were also the waste who were so frightened that they couldn't even move, there was no soldier who dared to fight, such an army, there were 20,000, Zheng Guang had no chance of winning, fighting, the two armies were facing each other, the most taboo thing was that the soldiers had no fighting spirit, once an army lost its fighting spirit, or had no fighting spirit at all, it would definitely fail, not to mention a group of miscellaneous soldiers with no actual combat experience.

After the Tumubao Change, since the orthodoxy of Chenghua, the decline in the status of the military group has caused the army's combat effectiveness to continue to decline, and the northern border is often threatened, the army can still maintain a certain combat effectiveness, and the guards in the southeast hinterland have rapidly degraded their combat effectiveness because of the long period of peace, coupled with the hereditary military service system implemented by Zhu Yuanzhang, which has made the soldiers have no fighting spirit.

Therefore, this garrison in Suzhou is actually about the same level of combat effectiveness as the militia, and it is named as a guard, but in fact, its combat effectiveness is far inferior, compared to the ordinary regular army of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the elite troops of other parties.

Therefore, in a flash, Zheng Guang gave up the idea of organizing such an army to face the Japanese and the Japanese invaders, and instead began to focus on long-range strikes, avoiding the disadvantages caused by direct physical contact, and instead using long-range strikes to offset the lack of combat effectiveness in short-range combat.

"Fuzun! Can there be firearms in Suzhou? Zheng Guang leaned on the city wall and asked, Fan Qing suddenly understood Zheng Guang's plan, and said: "Yes, there are many, and they are still very new, and there are many Francophone guns, all of which are transported to Suzhou for storage and ready to allocate firearms for the regular army on the front line. But ......"

Zheng Guang took a long breath, didn't care about his words, and said quickly: "That's easy to do, as long as there are firearms, I am at least sure that the reinforcements who insist on Futai come to help, the Japanese are strong in close combat, our army only needs to use its strengths and avoid weaknesses, avoid close combat, and use the advantages of the height of the city wall to kill the Japanese army from a long distance with firearms, so that it cannot approach our city wall, let alone attack the city, our army can delay time, and the Japanese invaders go deep into the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty, and there is a danger of being surrounded and annihilated at any time. It won't stay long! ”

After Zheng Guang finished speaking, Fan Qing hurriedly shouted: "Wait, wait, I know that this is of course the best, but, Pingzhi, we have firearms, but no one will use them!" ”

Zheng Guang was stunned: "No one will use it?" What do you mean? ”

Fan Qing spread his hands: "The firearms unit also needs to be trained, otherwise those powerful firearms that are more likely to explode at any time are very dangerous, without training, they can't even ignite and manipulate, how can they kill the enemy?" The armies that can use firearms are all on the front line, and there are only a few, but there are no ones in Suzhou! ”

Zheng Guang closed his eyes and stroked his forehead with his hand, remembering the complicated operation of firearms at this time, and then looked at the army of Japanese robbers outside the city, and said quickly: "I can't control so much!" Fu Zun, take me to the firearms warehouse quickly, I want to see those firearms, Shizun studied firearms quite a lot when he was studying the art of war, and told me some relevant knowledge of firearms, maybe I can operate them! As long as I know how to do it, I can teach the rest of the soldiers to use firearms and stop the Japanese invaders! ”

Fan Qing was overjoyed, and said in his heart that Tang Shunzhi really left a treasure for Suzhou, so he strictly ordered Zhang Sicheng to sit on the city wall and not go down to the city, and then quickly left the city wall with Zheng Guang and went to the firearms warehouse.

After getting off the city wall, I kept seeing the garrison troops rushing in, although all faces were like dirt and quails had no fighting spirit, but they were coming, Fan Qing picked a force that was still a little spiritual, two or three hundred people, I heard that all of them were Suzhou locals, and their families were also there, in order to protect their families, they had to be brave, Zheng Guang nodded, and they wanted this army!

Take them with Fan Qing and Zheng Guang to the firearms warehouse to carry firearms, and plan to let them learn to use firearms under Zheng Guang's teaching, it is late today, the Japanese will probably not attack the city, but tomorrow, the Japanese will definitely attack the city, one night to master the use of firearms, Zheng Guang does not dare to exaggerate, but at least let these firearms roar in the city of tomorrow, otherwise once the short battle, Suzhou will be broken.

Firearms warehouse in the southwest of Suzhou City, the smallest number of people, because of its particularity and flammability and explosiveness, naturally to stay away from the crowd, after entering the warehouse, see those all kinds of firearms, Zheng Guang finally opened his eyes, the Great Song Dynasty after the destruction of hundreds of years of war did not let firearms dust, in the continuous fighting, firearms finally improved.