Chapter 215: Lu Gongche

Therefore, many of the military operations of the Zheng army in history were actually to plunder grain, and even attacked Chaozhou and other Guangdong prefectures and counties many times, which aroused the anger of many local people, and also touched the anger of many generals in the Southern Ming Dynasty, which eventually led to the failure of the resistance against the Qing Dynasty.

Now that the Ming court has occupied Luzon, it can be regarded as gaining a firm foothold in Nanyang.

With the geographical advantages of the South Seas and the continuous supply of silver taels and materials from the merchant ships of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, the Luzon Ming Court can now pull up a team of more than 100,000 people.

Luzon was also not short of food, and it was more than enough to feed the people and army of the Ming court, but if it returned to attack the Qing Dynasty and attacked the coastal areas of the mainland in the future, the money and grain needed would naturally not be transported from the South Seas.

When Chen Ande visited Liu Yu before, Liu Yu already knew the importance of Dongpu and other places to the Ming Court.

In these days, a large number of people who have escaped the epidemic have also been placed by Liu Yu in the areas of Annan and Zhenla.

These days, the reason why Liu Yu did not move was actually to watch the situation change.

"Since Wang Lidu of Luhai has encouraged Yang Yandi of Meidi to send troops to Dongpu, presumably the battle situation in Dongpu is not optimistic." Liu Yu looked at the generals,

"Lord Xiao, how about the adults leading the army in Dongpu this time." Liu Yu asked Xiao Wu with a smile on his face.

"Okay." Xiao Wu naturally couldn't ask for it, and hurriedly promised.

"Fubo Town, Navy Town, assemble warships, sailors, and send troops to Dayu Island two days later." Xiao Wu ordered to the many generals in the hall.

"Put!" On the city wall, a thunderbolt fired a flowering shell, and the heavy cannonball smashed straight on the dry muddy ground.

More than a dozen soldiers shouted and killed Nainong City.

Suddenly, the cannonball exploded, blowing away several soldiers on the side, and for a while dust flew and mud was scattered.

Dozens of pieces of broken lead smashed the rattan armor of the soldiers and pierced the soldiers' bodies.

"Put!" Seeing that the people were getting closer and closer to the city wall, the flag officer on the city wall hurriedly ordered the surrounding archers to release arrows.

Countless arrowheads, rolling stones, and lead bullets flew down from the city walls, forming a killing net curtain covering the heads of the besieging fans.

"My lord, our army has attacked the city several times in succession, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties." A general couldn't help but be furious when he saw that the corpses of the soldiers under the city wall were piled up layer after layer.

On the high ground not far from Nainong City, Ruan Youjing and his party were watching the battle.

"My lord, if the attack continues like this, I am afraid that before the city of Nainong is captured, the soldiers will have already suffered casualties." Several Zhen La Fan generals on the side were very dissatisfied with Ruan Youjing.

"My lord, the siege car is ready." A Quang Nam soldier trotted over and reported to Ruan Youjing.

"Okay." Ruan Youjing laughed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, come down with me to see how my Quang Nam army is attacking the city."

Several Zhen La Fan generals looked at each other, and they didn't know what medicine Ruan Youjing was buying in the gourd, so they had to follow.

Soon, the Zhenla soldiers under the city of Nainong retreated like a tide.

"Fanren retreated." One of the flag officers roared.

Seeing that the soldiers retreated, the Ming officers and soldiers on the city wall hurriedly changed their guards.

A large number of village soldiers carried barrels of gunpowder and bundles of arrows up the wall.

"My lord, in the past few days, the people have been attacking one after another, and the soldiers defending the city have suffered more than 300 casualties, and most of the gunpowder and arrow clusters have been consumed. Wang Shi looked at the corpses piled up under the city with a tired face.

"Now that the rainy season has passed, our army is holding on to Nainong City, and I believe that Yang Yandi will definitely send reinforcements to arrive." In the past few days, Chen Shangchuan has also been sticking to the city tower day and night.

"What's that?" Suddenly, the soldiers on the walls let out a cry of terror.

I saw that about a mile away from the city wall, a strange chariot several feet high and several zhang long appeared in everyone's field of vision.

The height is almost the same as that of the Nainong City Tower, even if it is more than a meter away, the Ming soldiers can see it clearly.

"Moo." Dozens of local buffaloes led their chariots in the direction of the city of Nainon.

The chariot had five floors, each of which was guarded by archers, musketeers, and even a lot of Western artillery.

"Haha." Looking at the tall chariot in front of him, Ruan Youjing couldn't stop laughing.

The Zhenla generals and soldiers on the side looked at the chariot in front of them with a panicked expression.

"My lord, what is this?" Seeing such a behemoth, he was also horrified and surprised.

"This thing is a rushing vehicle, it is a siege weapon, these days we wait for the Guangnan army to stand still just to wait for this siege vehicle." The Guangnan general on the side explained to everyone with a smile.

At this time, the chariot was being pulled by dozens of buffaloes and was slowly heading towards Nainong City.

The Ming officers and soldiers on the city wall showed fear one after another.

Even many village soldiers secretly retreated to the city tower.

"My lord, what is this?" The officers and soldiers on the city wall shouted in horror and looked at the flag officer in command, who was also at a loss to see the chariot getting closer and closer under the city.

The Ming officers and soldiers present naturally did not know what the chariot under the city was.

As the chariot got closer and closer to the city wall, the Ming officers and soldiers could even see a wizard in a witch robe and a strange mask on the top dancing there.

In an instant, the soldiers defending the city became even more panicked.

After all, this is a time of superstition.

For the unknown, there must be fear.

"If the guess is right, this should be the Lu bus." Chen Shangchuan was calm and calm, and told the soldiers who were guarding the city.

"Don't panic, this is just a chariot." Chen Shangchuan shouted.

This kind of siege is used in the Linchong Lu bus, which is a giant siege chariot.

The car is several zhang high, dozens of zhang long, the car is divided into five layers, each layer has a ladder for going up and down, the car can carry hundreds of officers and soldiers, equipped with machine crossbows, poisonous arrows, guns, halberds, knives and spears and other weapons and equipment for destroying the facilities of the city wall.

During the attack, the people pushed the cart to the foot of the city, the roof of the car could be level with the city wall, and the soldiers rushed to the city through the overpass to fight the enemy, and the car underneath the city wall was destroyed by hitting the wood and other tools.

This kind of behemoth-like military vehicle is not common in battle, it is bulky and limited by the terrain, it is difficult to exert its power, but its sudden appearance often has a huge deterrent effect on the defenders of the city, thus confusing its position.

It is clear that the fear that this chariot brought to the Akito was unprecedented.

Even if the generals of the Ming army informed the defenders of the city wall present that this thing was just a kind of chariot of the Fanren, there were still many soldiers who trembled and retreated.

"Put!" Just as the soldiers of the Ming army defending the city were distracted, the Guangnan soldiers on the siege vehicle began to bombard the Ming city wall not far away with artillery.

Stone bullets were smashed on the city wall, and the officers and soldiers on the city wall were beaten in a mess.

Quang Nam has the port of Hoi An, and countless Spaniards and English people come here to do business and trade.

Quang Nam, which is backed by Hoi An, naturally bought a lot of firearms from the red-haired ghosts in Nanyang.

In the previous rainy season, because the continuous rain soaked the Quang Nam baggage train, the firearms in Quang Nam were dumb, so the Ming people were able to hold on to the power of firearms for so many days.

Now that the rainy season is over, the Fanren's baggage vehicles are naturally transported to the city, and a large amount of gunpowder is also delivered.