Chapter 1002: Top Secret Fortifications
readx; Huang Taiji secretly ordered the officers not to provide medicine to the wounded soldiers of the Han Army Banner. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis is a good example of the ruthlessness of the supreme ruler of the Manchu Dynasty, not only against his enemies, but also with his slaves.
Of course, he was forced to do this out of desperation, because the injuries suffered by these soldiers were not ordinary minor injuries, but serious injuries that were absolutely disabled. The biggest advantage of the Manchu cavalry was that it was flexible and flexible, and such wounded soldiers could neither fight nor ride horses, and had to waste food and medicine to feed, which was completely a burden.
And for the Han people who have no use value, Huang Taiji will never have half pity. If these people die on the battlefield, he doesn't even bother to dig a pit and bury them, just let the dead rot on the battlefield. But now that the wounded soldiers are back, you can't just click a knife because it's useless, after all, now that Huang Taiji has been proclaimed emperor, his ambitions are extremely inflated, and he also needs to win people's hearts, so that more traitors can work for him.
Therefore, Huang Taiji actually hated the uninteresting Tong Yangzhen in his heart, and he secretly ordered the officers not to provide medicines, in fact, he hoped that these wounded soldiers would die of serious injuries, so that he could get rid of this burden. But in any case, it is impossible for all the five or six hundred wounded soldiers to die, and there will always be some cripples left who can do nothing.
It was only at this time that Huang Taiji vaguely guessed the true intentions of the Ming army, and couldn't help but gasp, secretly sighing that he had been on the battlefield for decades, what kind of enemy had he never seen, but such a vicious opponent was the first time he had encountered it!
Not to mention how the Qing army camp housed the wounded soldiers, the city near the Taiping Gate of the Beijing Division was a different scene. On the one hand, the first wave of enemy attacks was easily repulsed, and the defenders naturally cheered; But on the other hand, they feel that the fight is very unenjoyable, because the core contents of this "No. 1 combat plan" are two: first, save themselves and achieve zero casualties as much as possible; Second, only wound and not kill the enemy, only shoot the legs, not the head, chest and abdomen!
Most officers and men do not understand this combat plan, especially Article 2. In their opinion, the Han army banners besieging the city are all shameless traitors, everyone is punished, and they are still angry when they are all killed, why should they spare their dogs and put them back?
However, the military order was like a mountain, and no one dared not to resolutely carry it out. At this time, instead of celebrating the success of the city, the commander Zhou Yang was reprimanding a few bird-gunners who accidentally shot the enemy's head: "Damn, at such a close distance, everyone else is very accurate, why can't you just hit it?" Didn't you say that if you can't aim accurately, you can't shoot, and you can't shoot your head? ”
Several young bird gunners looked helpless, and defended themselves with tears of grievance: "General, we were aiming quite accurately, who knew that those cowards were really cowardly, running and mixing garlic under their feet!" When we were shooting, he just fell down, and it was supposed to be a leg, but it ended up hitting his head! ”
Speaking of this, all the soldiers, including Zhou Yang, couldn't help laughing, and Zhu Youzhen also smiled and persuaded: "Forget it, forget it, those dead ghosts are the urging of the king of Hades, we can't stop them if we want to, right?" ”
The soldiers laughed again. Taking advantage of the brief calm on the battlefield, the sappers in charge of logistics brought fragrant stewed meat, steaming steamed buns and rice porridge, and the soldiers devoured them. Another small group of sappers descended from the city in rope baskets to the outside of the city, and retrieved the arrows that had been shot in the previous battle. Everything is carried out in an orderly manner, just like daily training. The officers and soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion, who were not the old foundations of the Qin soldiers, were very nervous when facing the Qing army for the first time, but now they have also relaxed, and their fear of the enemy has been swept away.
Only a few high-ranking generals, such as Zhu Youzhen and Xie Sheng, knew the mystery of the "No. 1 Operational Plan." Because Zhu Youzhen's overall strategic concept was to firmly attract the Qing army near the Beijing Division, on the one hand, to use the advantage of defending the city to kill and injure the enemy, and on the other hand, to reduce the Qing army's damage to other regions. All specific tactics must be subordinated to this overall strategy.
Therefore, long before the Qing army besieged the city, Zhu Youzhen and Xie Sheng and other generals studied and formulated several sets of combat plans, which were used in different battlefield situations. This battle plan was specifically designed to deal with the Qing army's exploratory attack.
Since it was a tentative attack, it was impossible for the Qing army to send too many troops. If the firepower of the Ming army's counterattack is too fierce, it will expose its strength, and it will not scare the Qing army back. That was certainly a quick success, but the overall strategy was frustrated.
Therefore, the first point of this combat plan is to control firepower. Artillery is never used, and the number of birds, bows and arrows is strictly limited, as long as the enemy does not suffer casualties as much as possible, and the enemy cannot attack the city.
And the biggest guarantee for the success of this battle plan is the earthen platform in front of the city wall. Where is it a platform of earth, but a well-designed and constructed fortification! A foot above the ground was the roof of the fortification, all of which was hard stone, and was only covered with a layer of earth to hide people's eyes and ears.
Below the roof, there are two rows of shooting holes inside and outside, which are usually blocked with masonry from the inside, and then pasted with soil on the outside, which can never be seen if you don't get close to it. When fighting, as long as the masonry is removed from the inside, the bird gun can be poked out of the shooting hole to shoot.
In particular, the inner row of shooting holes is specially designed to attack the enemy army that is attached to the siege of the city. When the enemy army set up a ladder to attack the city, it must be facing away from this fortification, which happened to be a live target for the Ming army's birds. Even if the enemy army is not close to the city wall, the fortified bird gunners can cooperate with the soldiers at the head of the city to form a crossfire, so that the enemy army is overwhelmed.
As for below the ground, there are connected tunnels. The whole dark passage is not completely penetrated, but divided into a small section, each section of the dark passage can only accommodate more than ten birds, even if the enemy army attacks the dark passage, it can only enter this small space, unable to attack the Ming army in other sections.
The inside of the tunnels was also paved with stones, and each section had a narrower tunnel leading from under the city walls to the city. During the battle, the Bird Gunners entered the fortifications through the tunnels in the city, and when they needed to retreat, they retreated to the city through the tunnels, and then blocked the tunnels with stone gates, so that the enemy could not attack the city through the tunnels.
This fortification is one of the top secret projects in the Jingshi expansion project, the construction team is all workers from Qinwangzhuang, the construction site is tightly sealed, and the construction time is mostly selected at night, so even the ordinary workers who participated in the Jingshi expansion project are completely unaware of its existence.
Previously, the White Lotus Sect had also drawn a map of the defense of the city of Jingshi, but they didn't know that there was such a fortification. Later, Liu Aita made a counter-plan and sent the city defense map to Huang Taiji, but naturally there was no fortification. The Qing army was completely ignorant of this fortification, blindly attacked, and did not suffer a big loss.
As for only wounding and not killing the enemy, this is indeed Zhu Youzhen's evil. He doesn't pity the life of the traitor, he has even more ruthless means later!
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