1o-23 Pressure each other

It's not that the Red Shirts don't have the strength to seize Beijing and Tianjin, but they just don't want to, on the one hand, they want to give the credit to Xu Zengshou, and on the other hand, they want to prolong the time of the war.

The two countries fought a national war, not a war of his own, the silver of the household department was dripping, several major military industrial enterprises controlled by Liu Ziguang were producing at full capacity, and there were huge amounts of silver and two items every day, and the war did not stop, and the northern tickets would be sold again, relying on the relationship between the household department and Rishengchang, Liu Ziguang bought a lot of northern tickets under his name, which was bought at the market price, and now it has increased more than ten times, and the war money is really easy to make.

Now the Manchu Qing is already a turtle in the urn, and it can't make any waves, Goryeo is even more of a joke-like existence, Liu Ziguang kept them for his own sake, too quickly to level the Manchu Dynasty, the imperial court will transfer the Red Shirt Army to the west to take over Yuan Chonghuan's work, and as soon as the Western Xia is flattened, the imperial court can be justifiably disarmed, and it will be completely useless, and it will be light if you can't make money.

And Liu Ziguang also plans to expand his power to Beizhili, he wants to prolong the war a little longer, so as to encroach on the mining land here, I heard that the quality of the coal in Kailuan is good, and the men in the land of Yan and Zhao are also very suitable for being soldiers.

Originally, I thought that Xu Zengshou had more food and advanced weapons, and even if he couldn't win, he wouldn't fail, and even if he failed, he wouldn't lose so badly, except for Jinan City, Qingzhou and Denglai were all in the hands of the enemy, and the only mobile force was wiped out.

The tiger is not mighty, you treat me like a sick cat! This is Liu Ziguang's voice at the moment, Hong Chengchou, who is a drop of grace, really thinks that he is the savior of the Qing Dynasty, is it a stinky fart with tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry? Don't you inquire about the fate of those who dared to bite the Red Shirts in history, that is, they were all broken teeth without exception.

Qingdao will be no exception.

Qingdao is a brand new city, it took a year to build, the city wall is thick, the mechanism is heavy, let's say that the material of the city wall, is different from the ordinary city, using a large amount of ash from the distant South Sea Sumatra, this volcanic ash mixed with yellow sand and lime is used as a binder between the bricks, strong and unusual. There is no crack in the outside of the whole Qingdao City, it is all covered with ash, and the stainless steel chisel smashes it and sparks scatters everywhere, leaving only some futile white traces.

The battlements of the city wall are inclined forward, which increases the difficulty of the enemy climbing, and there are arrow towers that are horns of each other, countless firepower points, the city defense weapons of Qingdao City are all hot weapons, even the steam cannons that the Manchus are imitating are outdated here, the large-caliber artillery cast in bronze can shoot all kinds of flowering shells, incendiary bombs, armor-piercing shells, and the original form of the metal storm row gun, thirty-two guns are tied together, and they are fired at the same time, the power is quite amazing, and surprisingly there are several large catapults, In fact, this is not used to throw stones, but a device used to throw large grenades in a curve, which is considered a non-direct-aiming firearm.

There are not many garrisons in Qingdao, not even the 6th Army in the traditional sense, only one battalion of sailors Buyong and a number of armed sailors, their weapons are very advanced, a water of firing pins and firearms, rifled in the barrel, polished breastplates, blue striped sea soul shirts inside, iron helmets and red shirts are the same style, are shrimp tail helmets that can protect the back of the neck, but the top is not red feathers but white feathers.

The tall and strong city walls, sharp weapons, sufficient grain, grass and water sources, just because the Qing army can't even reach the root of the city wall, it will be bombarded to the slag, Liu Ziguang is very clear about this, so he is not worried, not even a ship or a soldier was sent back, but raised a large army to attack Tianjin, causing counterpressure on the Qing army.

The city in the sky, which cost three million taels, put into its maiden battle, that is, to capture Dagukou, in fact, to deal with a fortress of this level in Dagukou, the heavy gunboats of the naval division are enough, the last time deliberately showed weakness and did not use large-caliber heavy artillery, this time it can be used without hesitation, the Beiyang naval division poured south, came to the sea off the mouth of Dagu, and opened a fierce bombardment, so that the whole sea could not see anything clearly, it was all gunsmoke, and the sailors were shirtless and kept loading ammunition under the order of the officer, shooting, cleaning the chamber, and shooting again, Various calibers and various types of shells flew towards the fortress of Otanikou, the intensity of the bombing was a hundred times stronger than the last time, the last time the Ming army only used the most primitive solid iron ball shells, this time it used advanced flowering shells, which were loaded with ** shells and flew to the fortress, the streamlined projectile head landed first, the fuse hit the mercury, the shell exploded, the sharp shrapnel flew sideways, the masonry fragments hit like rain, the seemingly solid bunker was as fragile as paper paste in front of the high-power shells, the Qing soldiers only felt that the whole world was trembling, His ears couldn't hear the sound at all, so he could only cover his head and lie on the ground and pray to God Guanyin Bodhisattva not to accept him.

At the end of a round of shelling, the survivors trembled and got up to see that the whole fortress had changed, except for the outline of the fortress, the superstructure had been completely flattened, the walls were broken everywhere, and the scorched black was black, and the survivors crawled out from under the rubble, all of them were no longer humanoid, their armor was crooked, their expressions were dull, and then they looked around, there were dead people everywhere, and their limbs and arms were hanging on the wreckage of the crossbow guarding the city, and all the weapons used to fight back had been destroyed.

Looking at the sea again, above the fleet of the Ming army, I don't know when a city appeared, a city floating in mid-air, the Qing soldiers opened their eyes in disbelief, yes, it was indeed a huge city in the air, they could no longer withstand the strong stimulation, holding their heads and shouting frantically.

The ambush in the water has been cleared by the Ming army's water ghost team, the chains across the Haihe River have also been blown off, and the flat-bottomed shallow water gunboats have driven into the Haihe River with a proud force, with oil paint painted on their faces, and the sailors wearing blue and white striped sea soul shirts have boarded the Dagukou Fortress with bayonets and firearms, but there is no more to do for them, and the fortress has become a dead city

In an hour, the impregnable fortress of Dagukou was razed to the ground in just one hour, and the Ming army did not use infantry and air power at all, but only covered it with firepower, and as for the powerful city in the air, it only showed its face, and there was no chance to make a move at all.

The Dagu mouth changed hands, the door of Tianjin was opened, the Ming army had shallow water gunboats specially used for inland waterways, which could be driven from the Bohai Sea into the Haihe River basin, the Haihe River is a large water system in Hebei, there are five major streams, can go directly to Tianjin and Beijing, from the mouth of Dagu to the Yongding River under the city of Beijing is theoretically feasible.

Liu Ziguang stood on the Sky City, observing the devastated Dagukou with binocular clairvoyants, admiring his masterpiece while sneering: "Do you really think that I don't have the ability to take Beijing and Tianjin?" Then show you a hand to see if it is my Qingdao in danger or your Beijing in danger. ”

The situation in Qingdao is indeed not optimistic, in addition to the Qingdao base, the Beiyang Naval Division also has the Liuting base near Jimo and the submarine base of Weihaiwei Liugong Island, Weihaiwei is good to say, the Qing army has no naval division, even if it is only separated by a few miles of sea, the Ming army can not be helped, the Liuting base can not be saved, and the nearby prefectures and counties, Jimo, Jiaoxian are all in the hands of the Qing army, and the officers and soldiers who fled from all over the country are crammed into Qingdao City, including many high-ranking officials, and Shi Kefa, the prefect of Qingzhou, is the largest official rank in the fleeing crowd.

Qingzhou is Mangui's territory, but Mangui still respects Shi Kefa very much, because this official who has been delegated by his subordinates once spoke to Liu Ziguang in the capital, and he is regarded as a member of the Zhenwuhou family, Mangui dares not to give face to the officials of the Donglin department, but he does not dare not to give face to the people of the Zhenwuhou family, so the relationship between the civil and military is quite coordinated, and Shi Kefa has governed Qingzhou in an orderly manner, and in just over a year, it has reached the level of not leaving the road behind and not closing the door at night.

The Qing army assaulted Qingzhou Mansion, Shi Kefa personally led the government and the people to resist the city, but the enemy attacked too fiercely, after the casualties, Shi Kefa knew that Qingzhou was not guaranteed, for fear that the Qing army would follow the old things in Jinan and slaughter the city for three days, so he let the master lead the people out of the city to escape, and he wanted to stay and live with the city, the people could not bear to sacrifice his life for the country, and forcibly kidnapped him out of the city to escape, Shi Kefa had to sigh and tell the people not to flee to Jinan, if they want to live, they will go to Qingdao.

Shi Kefa's judgment is very accurate, the Qing army has defeated the army of Wei Guogong and occupied the initiative in the Shandong battlefield, most of the Shandong army is concentrated in Jinan City, and there are few garrisons in other states and counties, so they can't hold it at all, only the base of the Beiyang Naval Division, the city is tall and sharp-armed, and it is a safe place.

The Qing army's pursuers have been following behind, and have captured Dengzhou and Laizhou, but instead of killing people and slaughtering the city, they let the officials and people escape, allowing these people to flee to Qingdao, the last safe island ----in Shandong.

Qingdao has poured in so many refugees, including many officials, so that the guards are very embarrassed, the current Qingdao garrison is the former commander of the Nanjing Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division Lu Ying, but also the old man in the death camp, this person is in Liu Ziguang's subordinates, the ability belongs to the middle stream, and the personality is more stable, so he was left to defend the city instead of going to the north to fight.

They are all flesh and blood compatriots, and they can't watch them killed by the Qing soldiers, Lu Ying accepted the refugees as much as possible, and of course he will also screen whether there are any spies mixed with the Qing army, in fact, Hong Chengchou just wants to use refugees to drag down Qingdao, a large number of people have to consume a huge amount of food every day, eating, drinking, and sleeping all consume resources, and no matter how much grain there is in Qingdao, there will be a time to eat it up, but it is not a way to rely on sea supplies.

The Qing army occupied the prefectures and counties around Qingdao, set up a large camp in the position of the original Liuting airport, the next day the soldiers attacked the city, was defeated by a burst of artillery, folded hundreds of men and horses, the next day, the soldiers came to fight again, Lu Ying looked at the city, was shocked, it turned out that the Qing army stood in front of many Han people, and it was not to fight for a while, and it was not to fight.

The Qing army coerced the people with knives and guns as a precursor to slowly approach Qingdao, only to hear bursts of sorrow and crying, the people helped the old and the young, stumbled in front of them, and those who walked slowly were hacked to death with a knife, and the most annoying thing was that it was not the Eight Banners that threatened them, but the green battalion of the Han army.

Lu Ying's fist clenched and crackled, the Qing army was very cunning mixed with the people, if the cannon was fired, the jade would be burned, and how many old people, women and children would die under their own artillery, but if the cannon was not fired, the safety of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Qingdao city would be threatened, how could this be good!