Yang Dashuai's journey of pretending to be forced almost turned into a tragedy, because he didn't grasp the direction of the wind, and the hot air balloon actually flew straight towards the Qing army camp. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Of course, the Qing army below can be frightened.

This kind of subversion of their imagination flew overhead, and then thought of their opponent's terrifying demon identity, the entire Qing army camp was in chaos, as if a demon king riding a black cloud came, so that the camp was directly bombed, it is said that they were killed and injured by their own crowding and stampede, and for a long time after that, it was used as a laughing stock and was talked about by the Ming army.

However, it is clear that Sabsu has completely resigned himself to his fate.

In the following time, the Qing army always besieged Hangzhou but did not attack, plus a group of reinforcements that arrived later, a total of 100,000 troops were blocked outside the city, and they were so consumed outside the range of the Ming army's artillery fire, and even in order to prevent the Ming army from going out of the city to attack them, they also captured hundreds of thousands of people nearby, and built a simple city wall more than ten miles long on the periphery of Hangzhou. Although these popular uprisings were quickly suppressed, more and more people lost illusions about Kang Mazi and began to regard the Ming army as their savior......

In short, the situation on the battlefield in Hangzhou is sliding sharply to the battlefield two hundred and fifty years later.

As for other fronts, Yin Huaxing, who refused to admit defeat, organized several large-scale offences, and gave full play to his military command ability as a famous general, experimenting with a variety of traditional and non-traditional offensive tactics.

For example, digging tunnels, this one ended at the beginning, because Fenghua couldn't dig three feet to get water, Yin Huaxing knew that his soldiers didn't have the ability of frogs, so the tunnels were definitely useless.

Another example is to build a siege tower, which he built, and the Ming army was very happy to watch them push to the root of the city wall, and then when the Qing army put down the drawbridge and was about to rush to the city wall, a Ming soldier casually threw an inferior gasoline on it to burn ping, and then, and then there was a wooden then.

Another example is the pile of sheep, because the Qing army drove a large number of captured people, so the Ming army did not interfere with their work, and also saw that the Qing army built the ramp to the level with the city wall, just when hundreds of the most elite troops of the Qing army rushed upward, these guys who were full of bad water took out the bamboo tube that sprayed gasoline, and poured the unlucky Qing army with water and irrigation, and then threw a torch over, and then, the same wood was there.

Even in the end, Yin Huaxing was frantically trying to build a dam and then flood Fenghua.

This fortunate discovery was found in time, just Yang Feng was transferred out of Hangzhou, in the theater as a mobile force of the cavalry brigade rushed over, the bastard was beaten violently, plus the local people who were arrested to repair the dam suddenly attacked, the dam was not built but suffered heavy losses, in the cavalry brigade and the second infantry brigade from the city, the local people organized the volunteers to flee in a hurry, all the way back to Ninghai, and even almost by the Ming army turned to the city.

In fact, he has completely failed along the way, and the offensive and defensive posture between the two sides has been completely reversed.

As for Yue Shenglong and Zhao Hongcan, they continued to repair their fortresses, and even the two of them worked together to build a Maginot defense line, from Zhuji in the north to Xikou in the south, with forts and fortresses densely lined up, and under the guidance of Yue Zhongqi, the Ming army also dug trenches. Although they did not have barbed wire in their hands, they also transplanted a large number of low, spiky bushes outside the line, such as stinky oranges, and although it was clear that they were not going to attack, they did form a very effective line of defense.

"Yue Shenglong's son is indeed a talent, it is said that he is testing a new army under his father's subordinates, and he will train the queue according to our combat methods, and all of them use tap muskets, and even build a batch of bayonets to load these muskets."

Gao Huai said.

"What's the use of that, a rifle with an effective range of tens of meters and a rifle with an effective range of several hundred meters to play and line up to shoot?"

Yang Feng said speechlessly.

However, Yue Zhongqi has been impressed by such progress, after all, it was not until the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that the Qing army began to enter the era of queuing and shooting, and Yue Zhongqi was able to take this step one hundred and fifty years in advance, and he was already worthy of his title of the first general in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

"There's another guy who's also building a new army."

Gao Huai then said.

"According to intelligence, Yabu is also training an army in the same way in Suzhou, and they are using a new type of short-barreled musket, although the effective range is still very different from our rifles, but it is far more than the smoothbore gun, it should also be rifled guns, because they can't make rifling in the long barrel, so they have to use a short barrel, the commander of this new army is called Nian Qianyao, a banner man of the Han army, or a jinshi."

General Nian appeared in his field of vision in this way, which made Yang Dashuai a little embarrassed, especially Kang Mazi actually had a rifled gun, which made him feel that the world was getting more and more chaotic. Of course, he didn't have to worry about this, because Nian Qianyao's new army was actually only fifty people, and Dai Zi led those craftsmen who were tired and vomited blood, and it was only during this time that fifty short-barreled rifled guns were made for Yabu.

And the performance is said to be very unstable.

Because there is no high-quality steel, the barrel of these short-barreled rifled guns is still wrought iron coil, fifty rifles are used in less than ten days, and five of them are destroyed because of the explosion, and because of the manufacturing process, the bullets for these rifles are too small to fit in, or the expansion is not enough to rifle the useless bullets go out horizontally, and the materials used to make the bullets are not good, so the rifling is serious and the problem of lead hanging is almost every day.

This is all said by those Qing soldiers themselves, these guys have no sense of secrecy at all, and often complain when they drink and gamble in Suzhou.

Of course, even if there are no problems, Yang Dashuai will not care about these things, saying that now he is just letting Kang Mazi run for a hundred years, whether he wants to abuse or abuse, and now his craftsman has already proposed whether he can make the bullet and the fire cap together, and load it into the chamber from the back, at this speed at most, three or five years at most, he will not need to do it, and the rear-loading firing needle rifle should appear. After suddenly becoming the most respected, the craftsmen were bursting with great creativity, and even began to make their own fire caps, their own rifling, and their own research on the barrel of the gun.

"But this is not a good thing after all, although the Tartars are powerless to attack us, they are blocked outside like this, and the impact on our people is too great."

Gao Huai said.

The defense of the Ming army in Hangzhou was limited to a small area around the city wall, and the original Ming army-controlled area was actually blocked to the periphery of Lin'an, Yuhang, Renhe and other places, although there was no siege, but it also forced the Qing army to hide in the city and did not dare to come out, and the countryside outside the city has taken the initiative to submit to the Ming army, and even basically completed the earth. And now these places can only be abandoned, the people near Hangzhou have been greatly affected by this, and these places will be uninhabited if the city continues to besiege the city, and those refugees who fled to the south bank of the Qiantang River are all supported by the government, and there is a seized grain to support them in a short time, and I am afraid that it will not work for a long time.

"Don't worry about that, I'll force them to attack again soon."

Yang Feng said sinisterly.

Well, the typhoon season is coming to an end, and the day of the autumn season is just around the corner, to put it simply......

It was time for him to go to Beijing to rescue the third prince of Zhu.

"Northern Expedition, go straight to the heart of the Tartar!"

At the high-level meeting of the Ming army held in Changguo, their commander shouted with his fist.

Then there was a jaw slamming on the ground in front of him.

All the civil and military officials were stunned, they really couldn't understand the crazy mind of the marshal, if it was said that going north to rescue the third prince of Zhu was just a little crazy, but in the current situation of the Qing army's 200,000 troops, it is really crazy to cross thousands of miles to expedition to the heart of the enemy! How many Qing troops were around Beijing? There are hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners alone. And how much can the Ming army be deployed? Even if enough troops can be drawn, how much of the Navy's transportation capacity can be carried over? Even if the army can be transported over, can the supply of materials be guaranteed?

"Commander, please think twice, don't be rash!"

Huang Baijia was the first to try to stop his prospective granddaughter.

"There's nothing to think about, the third prince of Zhu is the only blood of Lord Chongzhen, the only heir to the throne of the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether the one who was caught in Beijing is true or not, we can't watch him die in the hands of the Tartars, no matter what the price is, we must rescue him, this time Ben Shuai will personally go out!"

Yang Feng said righteously.

It was as if he really had any special feelings for Chongzhen, and even moved many of his subordinates.

In fact, these people have enough political consciousness, they know very well that Yang Feng is at this point today, there is no other choice but to establish himself as the king, and the country he has beaten down is given to a stranger who has no merit, and even the Ming army can not agree. In this case, the third prince of Zhu's family cut off their heads at the entrance of the Beijing vegetable market, which is undoubtedly the best choice, and he can directly claim the emperor on the grounds of Chongzhen's heir and the orthodox heir of the Ming royal family, as for whether to continue to call the Ming Dynasty or what other country name it is, it doesn't matter.

But Yang Feng actually wanted to risk the Northern Expedition, and he personally led the Northern Expedition to rescue the third prince of Zhu, which had to make people really feel Yang Dashuai's benevolence, because he couldn't have any conspiracy, and any of his conspiracies were not as good as sitting comfortably on the painting boat in the West Lake, and then waiting for Kang Mazi to clean up the road in front of him.

"Dashuai, there are more than 100,000 elites of the Eight Banners in Beijing, how many soldiers can you bring to the north?

At present, the army has a total of 10 infantry brigades and 1 cavalry brigade, even if you add the 11th and 12th brigades that have just been recruited and are being trained, there are only 60,000 people, and only 40,000 people have really experienced the war. That is to say, you can take up to 10,000 troops, and this 10,000 army is against more than 100,000 elite Qing troops, and it is also an attack on a fortified city like Beijing and Tianjin.

What's more, this 10,000-strong army is fighting in a strange place thousands of miles away, how to solve the supply problem?

Our army's operations are completely dependent on sufficient logistical support, and the daily consumption of 10,000 troops in continuous combat is staggering. Even if our shipping can be guaranteed, how can the Tatar sailors on the Yangtze River solve it? What if Lan Li kills our logistics?

According to the intelligence, the number of large warships owned by the Yangtze River Naval Division has increased to more than fifty, and each battleship can be equipped with at least twenty or thirty cannons, although this strength is still not enough to fight a decisive battle with us, but it can be done to break out of the Yangtze River estuary, once Lan Li kills the Yangtze River estuary and constantly harasses our shipping line, how can we ensure the supply of materials for this Northern Expeditionary Army?

Also, what if the marshal goes on a northern expedition and the Qing army launches another full-front attack, and our defense line is broken through? ”

Huang Baijia said.

"These are all problems, and I admit that they are all possible, but have you thought about it? Isn't this also a good opportunity to force the Tartars to continue the offensive and then continue to destroy their combat forces in large numbers?

Jiangnan and even south of the Yellow River, the mobile combat forces that the Qing army can use are here, if the 200,000 Qing troops are solved, then there is no Qing army south of the Yangtze River that can pose a threat to us, and even Kang Mazi has no ability to fill the gap in his forces in this area at least half a year.

If we don't, we will still win if we continue the stalemate, but we will force the Qing army to hold on to various cities, and then we will fight one after another, which will not only take more time, but also cause more collateral casualties to the common people.

And this way, although it is a bit risky, can solve the problem in the shortest possible time. ”

Yang Feng said.

"As for those who are concerned about you.

First of all, the problem of the shortage of 10,000 troops, we can actually add another brigade to join the Northern Expeditionary Army, there is no danger in the direction of Fenghua, the second brigade can be withdrawn, replaced by the seventh brigade, and the cavalry brigade provides mobile support, the first brigade is also a bit wasted in Hangzhou, so that the Northern Expeditionary Army can be composed of the first, second and ninth brigades, such strength is enough to defeat Tianjin even if it can't beat Beijing.

As for Lan Li's Yangtze River Water Division.

What I want is for them to come out, the sea is our world, as long as he dares to come out, there will be only one way to die, otherwise this sailor will continue to grow, and it will eventually pose a threat to us, it is better to force him out of the Yangtze River while he is still young, and then beat him to death with a stick. ”

Then he said viciously.