Chapter 309 Dirt Plane

Although he was afraid to die, Wang Dehua still went to the front line. Dengzhou Camp was a feudal town, and this view has been agreed upon in the current imperial court. As a eunuch, it seems that he was sent here by the emperor to be a prisoner. Wang Dehua's life in Dengzhou is not bad at all, and it is even very moisturizing.

Five hundred silver dollars a month of filial piety came from the salt works and the grain depots, and then there was nothing to do. Dengzhou Mansion's taxes, never had to worry about him, when the time came, he paid on time, twice a year, a bill of exchange was sent to the Beijing Division, and the household department directly withdrew silver yuan from the bank. Sometimes Wang Dehua thinks that the feudal towns of the Ming Dynasty are like this, which is actually quite good.

But you can't think like that, that's a political mistake. As a servant of the Heavenly Family, what he has to do is to carry out the emperor's will. Any person or thing that may pose a threat to the emperor's rights must be reported in a timely manner and supervised and restrained.

Wang Dehua has experience in going to the battlefield, but it is an internal battlefield. It's the first time for Jiannu, and he's really afraid. It's not that I'm afraid that the Dengzhou battalion will lose the battle, but I'm afraid that Chen Xie will just find an excuse and kill him. It's too easy to die on the battlefield, and the reason is too easy to find, especially against Jiannu.

At first, Wang Dehua said that he was sick, but he couldn't stand the emperor's orders, so he could only go to the front. When he arrived on the battlefield, half a month had passed since Chen Xie sent troops to Gaizhou.

Standing five miles away from the battlefield, Wang Dehua still felt unsafe. The binoculars in his hand trembled and almost fell to the ground. This thing. That's good. It's just borrowed, and I'll have to return it later. He knew that the recitals of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China impeaching Chen Xie were piled up. Generally, when encountering such a situation, let alone military generals, civil officials can't resist. But Chen Xie is the same as if he has nothing to do, what to do, and Dengzhou is the same as if he is fine.

That's confidence! The officials under Denglai may not be of the same mind as Chen Xie, but they are absolutely the same in terms of interests. The court is already planning how to divide and disintegrate Dengzhou officialdom. A storm was foreseeable. I don't know what the guy who is looking at the city from above will do when the time comes.

Three days have passed since the wrecker removal work, and the difficulty is getting more and more difficult. The first trenches were relatively easy to make, and then the combination of wooden fences and trenches. As the distance progresses. Casualties gradually mounted. If it's an ordinary Ming army. The casualties of more than a dozen people a day are really nothing, but here in Chen Xie, it is really distressing.

The will of the main forces of the Houjin to resist was very strong. A number of Frann cannons were found in the city. Since the fixed gun positions were eliminated, Zilharang discovered a new method, several people carried the Fran cannon, and fired a cannon to change places. As a result, as the clearance advanced to within 100 meters, the casualties began to increase significantly, mainly the casualties of the people.

In Chen Xie's eyes, the people are also a valuable resource, otherwise there would be no need to come from the peasants of Henan. Liaodong has a small population and a lot of arable land, and it is simply not enough to rely on the current 100,000 people.

"We have to think of a way to reduce casualties." When Chen Xie was talking to himself, Chief of Staff Su Haochen suggested in time that he could let the riflemen get on the balloon, get closer, and condescendingly hit the gunner, or simply make the fuse a little longer and throw the grenade down.

Well, that's a good idea. Chen Xie listened to the spirit, and immediately ordered: "Stop the attack and go back for a meeting." ”

It is very rare that the Dengzhou battalion retreated after fighting for a morning, but Tong Jia, who led the troops to attack, had a very bad feeling, and came to Jierharang's side and said: "Master, the green skin doesn't know what tricks to do." In the past three days, the casualties in the city have been less than 2,000, and if this battle continues to be fought like this, the people will not be able to hold on. ”

Zilharang also had a headache, and the Dengzhou battalion was too evil to fight, so he was not in a hurry at all. Just grinding with you slowly, aren't you worried about the main force of Houjin coming back? Looking at the Dengzhou camp that was in the back, Zilharang's brows were furrowed, and there was nothing he could do.

Wang Dehua had the honor to observe Chen Xie's military meeting, and in his mind, Chen Xie's opening remarks were a bit nonsense, what is the death of a few people? Since you are worried about the casualties of the people, this is also called the general army of the Ming Dynasty? Although he was disdainful, Wang Dehua didn't dare to talk nonsense, and he came in with his ears, but he didn't plan to speak, so as not to provoke Chen Fanzhen.

"The casualties of the people are a bit big, and we can't rub shoulders with Zilharang like this. I thought of a way to see if it would work. The sappers sent out a few skilled carpenters, made a coffin, filled it with gunpowder, and put a lid on it. Go back and build a few shield carts, and it's okay to slow down. Early tomorrow morning, concentrate your fire on the section of the city gate for me, and then push the shield cart up and bang the guy. ”

As soon as Chen Xie said this, everyone was energetic and a little excited. Su Haochen knocked on the table vigorously and said loudly: "It's quiet, the master hasn't finished speaking." What did you do earlier, but now I'm excited. ”

A group of young staff officers were said to be red-faced and inexperienced. I really haven't fought a tough battle in the past. In fact, Chen Xie had already thought of this trick, and he hoped that these young people would take the initiative to think of it. It's a pity that they still lack this awareness, pull out the seedlings to help them grow, pull out the seedlings to help them grow, pull out Haizhou, it should be enough for Huang Taiji to be honest for a while.

"This, in order to reduce casualties, there is a lot of preparation. Find some soldiers with good marksmanship and practice in hot air balloons. The fuse of the grenade can be changed and thrown down. It's just an afternoon of preparation, so let's get busy. Tomorrow we must open Haizhou City, so let's do it, and the meeting will be dismissed. ”

The meeting ended like this, Chen Xie walked up to Wang Dehua and said with a smile: "Lord Supervisor, what else do you have to add?" ”

Wang Dehua's smile is uglier than crying, you have announced the end of the meeting, can you still chat happily? "Well, I didn't say that."

Su Haochen waited for Wang Dehua to leave, looked at the back with disdain and said, "I really take myself seriously." ”

Chen Xie smiled and said: "It's not easy for him to be a prisoner, by the way, the key tomorrow is the suspension bridge, and the winch has to be interrupted." Su Haochen smiled: "This is not difficult, I haven't been going to greet that thing, and tomorrow I will hit the artillery fire." ”

The camp was busy, picking soldiers to get on hot air balloons and practice design in the nearby mountains. The carpenter hurried to make the coffin, the sappers were busy with the length of the fuse, and the artillery was even more fierce, and directly led a group of people to the city to measure the ruler. He didn't take the people in the city seriously at all, and just like that, Zilharang in the city didn't dare to let his men attack.

Early the next morning, the Dengzhou soldiers came again, and Zilharang went up to the city, looking at the artillery that was being prepared with a sad face. It's really a bully, and that ball, there are ten balls coming here today, what is this for?

White smoke rose up, and the people at the head of the city lay down, and they all learned to be obedient for three days. Behind the collapsed battlements, a wall of sandbags was piled up, and it worked well. Today, the city walls are all busy with this. If the shell hits it, it basically doesn't hurt much.

But today seems to be different, the heavy artillery fire slammed against the wall of the city gate, and under the cover of the greenskin team, the small cannons began to push forward. The people haven't moved, is this planning to attack the city gate directly? After thinking about it carefully, Zilharang ordered: "Go, find some people, block the city gate with sandbags, let people prepare fire oil, and once the Ming army approaches the city gate, pour fire oil and set it on fire." ”

The pillars of the winch did not last long, and in less than ten minutes, this section of the city wall was gone, and the pillars were broken, and with a bang, the drawbridge fell. At this time, the small cannon in front also began to shoot, facing this section of the city wall of less than 200 meters, as if the medicine did not need money. The hot air balloon also came, and it flew really close today, and the height was about 100 paces, and the bow and arrow could shoot it. There is no need for Zilharang to greet him, some archers are hand-held.

Several arrows were fired in a row, but it had no effect, and the arrows bounced off, not to mention, and were bombarded by artillery. This distance is really the limit of the bow and arrow. The soldiers in the hot air balloon were not idle, six soldiers in one balloon, one loader for each soldier, and three rifles in turn.

It was lively, banging and banging, and one by one the archers were named. The dense vitality of this section could not be stupid, and the shield carts were dispatched, a total of ten. Only two of them were carrying coffins, the others were under the guise of attracting firepower. The huge shield cart was pushed forward and moved slowly, and when he saw this formation, Zilharang knew that something was wrong. Today is going to be a battle to the death, so hurry up and dispatch people to the city immediately, and it depends on whether you live or die.

There is a roof on the top of the shield cart, and the coffin can not be seen. Some of the people are still filling in the trenches, and they look very realistic. Carefully cover the two shield carts as they approach the city gates. With a bang, several Houjin soldiers carried Fran machine guns and bombarded the approaching shield cart. A wooden shield made of white iron withstood this test. The iron sand, which looked like raindrops, failed to cause too many casualties, but was targeted by the soldiers on the balloon, and three were killed in one hit and three instantly. The six-pounder cannon followed, and greeted him violently. The Jin soldiers who rushed up this section of the city wall died, but Zilharang, who saw that the situation was wrong, couldn't take care of it, this thing was too wrong.

The shield car approached the drawbridge, and the vitality of the city became more intense, and the green-skinned riflemen rushed up regardless of it, resisting the counterattack of the city, and the platoon of guns was like rain, constantly suppressing those golden soldiers who dared to raise their heads with vitality.

In just half an hour, more than 500 people were lost in the city, and this battle was really cruel. The man hid in the corner and refused to move, and several were hacked to death on the spot, while others moved forward like snails.

Tong Jia was anxious, and led his own soldiers to carry a furlong machine and rushed over, and fired a shot at the shield car below. Bullets flew in, and two of their own soldiers were hit, and blood splattered their faces. At this time, Zilharang saw clearly that a shield cart had gone onto the drawbridge. "Pour the oil on fire!" As soon as he shouted, he saw a cannon hit Tong Jia, and the six-pound shell directly broke him in two sections, and his intestines were scattered all over the ground. (To be continued......)