Chapter 261: There is a price to pay

After listening to Huang Chunyao's narration, Chen Cao didn't get angry, just kept knocking on the table, Zuo Liangyu's temperament at both ends of the rat can be understood, this guy's behavior belongs to the opportunistic faction in later generations, and if he wants to maximize his own interests in one thing, he still has to do it without offending people.

"This guy still wants to sell at a price, but he really doesn't know the power of our firearms?"

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "If Zhong Xi doesn't move forward, even Xu Chengqing will not spare him." ”

"The students entered its camp, but they saw that the soldiers were all firearms, but they were the three-eyed guns and bird guns that we had eliminated for several years."

"Newspaper..."

A lieutenant walked to the front of the lobby: "Grandpa, General Tang arrived in Changzhou County with the Long Wu Army. ”

As soon as the Long Wu army arrived, Chen Cao's troops in Suzhou were as high as 100,000, and the 30,000 guards in Changzhou Mansion were used to fight with 100,000 firearms troops, even if they added Zuo Liangyu's 30,000 troops, it was only 60,000.

Tang Kainian and Man Gui came together, and after saluting Chen Cao, they sat down at the map table.

Chen Cao didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Although King Fu's army broke Huaiyuan, but it was blocked under the city of Fengyang, it is reported that the imperial court mobilized as many as 200,000 people from the north and south to surround Fengyang, in order to get King Fu out of trouble and support the pressure on Nanjing's side, this prince still decided to move closer to the west, and strive to reach the city of Nanjing before the beginning of July." ”

The attendees were all Chen Cao's backbones except for Man Gui, an outsider, especially Tang Yannian, who heard that he was going to arrive at the city of Nanjing before the beginning of July, and the whole person was like being beaten with chicken blood, and quickly stood up and hugged his fists: "Grandpa, the last general is willing to be the vanguard, and the headquarters of the Third Division of the Wujun Army will be transferred to defeat the enemy of Wujin first." ”

Several division commanders also opened their mouths to prepare to grab the merit, Chen Cao pressed his hand, signaled quiet, and then said: "Originally, Xu Chengqing's army was stationed in Zhenjiang, but I don't know why it suddenly settled in Changzhou Mansion, this kind of military dispatch is definitely not a good thing, for the sake of safety, it is still the safest movement of people and horses." ”

Saying that, Chen Cao motioned to Huang Chunyao, Huang Chunyao nodded and pointed to the map with his teaching stick and said: "The Longwu Army sent a unit to attack Jiangyin first, cooperate with the naval division to fight, and after taking Jiangyin, surround Wujin County from the north;

In addition, the Dingwu Army marched from the southwest to Zhongxi Zuo Liangyu's department, and the grandfather meant that it could be monitored, and if the other party made a move and then attacked, the remaining army of the Longwu Army cooperated with the Dingwu Army to set off through Gaoqiao and directly forced to Wujin County. ”

This style of play is actually a very conservative way of playing, according to the experience of the Dingwu army in taking Suzhou in one day, Wujin County can not be compared with Suzhou City at all, and it will not take a day to break the city, but considering that Xu Chengqing's army is stationed in Wujin, the enemy must be on guard, Chen Cao has to choose the most secure tactics in order to keep the precious soldiers under his command.

"Everyone, go down and prepare, tomorrow..."

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"Chen Yi's corporal is all firearms troops, although there are cavalry, their war horses are only used for chaste, and there is no serious cavalry pawn;

In addition, Grandpa Guo said that if they could concentrate their forces and rush to their formation, their firearms would be useless at close range, and they could only fight hand-to-hand, and then they would have the strength to fight. ”

Xu Chengqing listened to the general beside him carefully relay Xu Hongji's words, and nodded solemnly, he had never despised Chen Cao's Dingwu army, on the contrary, after arriving in Wujin these days, he had been studying what tactics could be used to defeat the Dingwu army with one blow.

"Commander, the rebels are in formation."

"I don't know if You Shiwei's army has arrived."

Xu Chengqing muttered, and then gathered his mind, Wujin County is five meters high, and it should be no problem to defend the city for three days with 30,000 people, but before the great pressure of Suzhou City being broken in one day, he really couldn't imagine that Suzhou, which is second only to Nanjing City, could be defeated so quickly, so can this Wujin County under his feet block the opponent's first attack?

"They are all firearms troops, when they can't climb along the upper city, will the city gate be blocked?"

Facing Xu Chengqing's shouting, the general beside him spoke: "According to the instructions, everything is blocked with earth, stone and mud tiles, and the earth is rammed, and everything that should be defended in the city has been perfected, just wait for the rebels to take the initiative to attack the city." ”

A herald came in a hurry, and a guerrilla hurried to Xu Chengqing's side after receiving the report: "The general army is not good, Jiangyin City is broken." ”

In just four words, Xu Chengqing was actually a little flustered, Jiangyin plus more than 10,000 young and strong recruits were actually destroyed so quickly.

"Quickly send someone to carefully investigate the specific situation."

Xu Chengqing looked at the Dingwu army that was already lined up in the distance, and then turned his head: "Artillery preparation..."

Hongyi cannon is more than 3,000 catties, which was just bought from the red-haired man, Xu Hongji was very generous to give Xu Chengqing three, plus the prevention of the Franco cannon and the old-fashioned general, Xu Chengqing's artillery is more than fifty pieces, in order to have a good battle with Chen Cao in Wujin.

The attack of the three Hongyi cannons was indeed very far, as high as three miles, which was also the limit that the Franc machine guns could not reach, and then Chen Cao did not know that the front position of the front army was three miles away from the city.

Three cannons rang out, and before Chen Cao could react, the cannonballs flew towards his position, and then exploded.

is still using a flower bomb, it seems that Xu Chengqing is not ambiguous at all.

"I don't know if Chen Cao was killed."

Xu Chengqing's idea was also wishful thinking, but it did not kill Chen Cao, but affected dozens of Dingwu soldiers, but more than 20 people were killed on the spot.

Frightened, Chen Cao hurriedly beckoned the army to retreat a mile.

"There are actually Hongyi cannons in the city of dogs."

can fight so far, only the Hongyi cannon can do, and it is more than three thousand catties, otherwise the distance is not enough, after Chen Cao reacted, he asked Ning Guoxing to pull the field cannon up, and naturally he had to give them a heavy blow from a distance of four miles, so that they could know why the flowers were so red...

"Knock knock..."

The only three P-1 105 field guns were able to wipe out the only ten shells after several salvos, but under the thousands of miles, Chen Cao clearly saw that the enemy building in Wujin was blown to pieces, and hundreds of soldiers around were affected.

Xu Chengqing was flustered, he didn't know what method the opponent used to throw the cannonball so far, and only the Hongyi cannon that could be hit from four miles away was five thousand miles.

"They only have a maximum of three large Hongyi cannons..."

This is Xu Chengqing's conclusion from the first round of salvo artillery, if Chen Cao's artillery is enough, he will not stop after firing only ten rounds.

But even so, the entire tower of the East Gate City has collapsed, and no one can stand anymore, and his own soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and he himself has been affected by the debris of the explosion, and he has become a flower face.

"Hurry up the walls, the rebels may be storming the city."

However, to Xu Chengqing's surprise, the rebels in his eyes only returned to the previous three-mile battle and never moved again.

"Kill..."

More than a thousand soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the guards rushed towards the city wall with a cloud ladder, this is the Suzhou town soldiers that Chen Cao followed Huang Chunyao's suggestion to recruit, not deliberately used as a human shield wall, this time it was just a wave of temptation, he wanted to find out what other means Xu Chengqing had.

Arrows and artillery were fired, and when the town soldiers rushed to the city wall, the musketeers on the city tower opened fire one after another, and the town soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and then retreated in a panic without receiving Chen Cao's retreat order.

However, Chen Cao also saw clearly the defensive tools on the head of Wujin City in the Qianli tube, and then turned his head to look at Song Che on his side and said: "Tiger squat cannons, three-eyed guns, bird guns, and many general cannons; Said hehe smiled: "It seems that Xu Hongji still looks up to me." ”

There are 10,000 town soldiers and guards in the town, and Chen Cao not only has the slightest problem with soldiers, but also the soldiers of this 10,000 people are all carefully selected and strong, and after taking the settlement fee, they are more obedient than under the previous generals.

Just when Chen Cao was about to give orders, Zhao Xin hurried to the front of the battle and shouted: "Grandpa's big thing is not good..."

Chen Cao frowned, and Zhao Xin said urgently: "The second division of Zuo Liangyu's subordinate to Zhongxi was raided by Zuo Liangyu, and there were more than 30,000 soldiers and horses on the left, and the second division could not resist it, and had retreated to Gaoqiao." ”

Chen Cao's heart tightened, and he suddenly felt that the Wujin County in front of him was a big bait: "Yunsheng, what do you think?" ”

The reason why Chen Cao was not in a hurry was that the two divisions of the Dingwu Army now had war horses, and even if they were in a hurry, they could rush back to Wuxi in one day.

Huang Chunyao's mind turned quickly: "It is reported that Xu Chengqing's initial order was to be stationed in Zhenjiang Mansion, and he suddenly entered Changzhou Mansion, isn't he using his example as bait?"

In addition, when Zuo Liangyu's army students went before, it was generally around 30,000, which was good, isn't it? ”

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain..."

Chen Cao said it himself, and then looked at Wujin County in the distance: "It's really bold, it seems that there are still capable people in Nanjing..."

The war horses of the Longwu Army are not enough, and the second division of the Dingwu Army is basically composed of new recruits, and only the first division of the Dingwu Army can be fought in the past.

"Shi Xiu, you take the headquarters of the first division to gallop back to Gaoqiao, the second division is full of new soldiers, and you must not let Zuo Liangyu take advantage of the loophole."

Song Che did not hesitate, nodded and turned the horse's head to leave.

Chen Cao looked at Wujin County in the distance, and sneered: "I want to see what you Xu Chengqing is capable of...

Ning Guoxing, Shenwu Cannon is ready..."

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You Shiwei was temporarily transferred from Yulin, and was promoted from the deputy general soldier to the chief soldier, and this time he transferred 50,000 troops from Liyang to secretly march eastward, and was only discovered by the rear Tanma when Zuo Liangyu was stationed in Zhongxi.

Zuo Liangyu originally wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but the arrival of You Shiwei made him have to deal with Chen Cao, 80,000 people beat 10,000 people, isn't that like an adult beating a child?