Chapter 282: Hangzhou can't be lost

After ordering this, You Shiwei still felt that it was inappropriate, so he looked at his eldest brother You Shigong: "Big brother, it is better for you to take a part of the soldiers and horses from Qiantang Gate West Lake into Qiantang County and help Mu Qishan defend the city." ”

You Shigong nodded and said, "No problem, I'll order the three thousand men and horses of the headquarters to help guard Qiantang County." ”

You Shiwei shook his head: "Three thousand is too little, give you five thousand, and let General Zuo transfer 10,000 horses, and you will enter Qiantang together." ”

Zuo Liangyu was frightened by You Shiwei's eyes before, and now let him do things, he didn't dare to be sloppy, so he hugged his fists: "Don't worry, the general will send two battalions of men and horses to be commanded by the deputy commander-in-chief;

Daniel Zhang Xu Yong..."

"The last will be..."

"The two of you each lead 5,000 people from your headquarters, and you will guard Qiantang with the deputy commander-in-chief, remember, all actions must be under the orders of the deputy commander-in-chief, otherwise the military law will be ruthless."

"Yes..."

Zhang Yangming heard that You Shiwei had transferred 15,000 people to help defend Qiantang County, but when he was about to stop it, he was stopped by a group of officials, and Kang Rate said: "Your Excellency, you are also considering the safety of Hangzhou, if you lose Qiantang County, the West Lake Water Gate will be exposed to the rebels, and Hangzhou City will have no danger to defend, and guarding Qiantang is guarding Hangzhou." ”

Zhang Yangming nodded, extremely worried, thinking of the safety of Qiantang, he asked the Hangzhou government officials to recruit the families of the wealthy families and the green-skinned thugs on the street again, and even released more than 1,000 prisoners in the Hangzhou prison.

"In this way, there are 50,000 people in this Qiantang County, and it should not be a problem to hold on for ten days and half a month."

Just when Zhang Yangming was still comforting himself about the Qiantang County incident, eighty miles south of Hangzhou, an army of officials was galloping towards Hangzhou.

Qi Changguo, the general of Taizhou, mobilized more than 3,000 soldiers from Taizhou to go north after killing the envoy of the prison army, and he had only one purpose, to assist Chen Cao to break Hangzhou.

At this moment, the whole army was marching in the Jiuling Mountain in Jinhua Mansion, and in order to hide people's eyes, the whole army did not even take the official road.

Qi Changguo looked at the three thousand Taizhou soldiers who followed behind him, all of which were composed of the descendants of the Qi family's army, and the guerrilla Qi Xianye immediately stepped forward and said: "Uncle, you can reach Hangzhou in more than seventy miles." ”

Qi Changguo immediately unfolded the map nearby, and said after a long time: "Our army secretly went north, and the inspection department did not see it along the way, maybe all of them were transferred to Hangzhou. ”

Phoenix Mountain Wan Song Ridge stands in the southwest corner of Hangzhou, different from Nanjing's Zhongshan Purple Mountain, Phoenix Mountain Wan Song Ridge is like a piece of jade embedded in a corner of Hangzhou, the people of the time compared Hangzhou to the appearance of the jade seal; And the Phoenix Mountain Wansongling is the gold inlaid jade on the jade seal of the country.

Qi Xianye is the younger brother of Qi Xianzong, and at this moment he is serving as a guerrilla and goes out with his uncle Qi Changguo, and after hearing this suggestion, he agreed: "Uncle is reasonable, if our army enters Hangzhou from Wansongling, it can take the southern city of Hangzhou, and it can also create momentum for Guogong." ”

Qi Changguo was also desperate this time, but thinking that his son often mentioned the benefits of Songjiang in his letters to his family, he couldn't help but want to bring all his family members to Shanghai County.

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The north city gate and the northern section of the city wall in Qiantang County have been almost damaged at this moment, and Wang Xiaojie has also used up all the spare shells of the Shenwu cannon brought by Chen Cao, and it is estimated from visual inspection that the casualties of the guard army on this side of the north city gate are at least more than 1,000 people, although the number is not large, but the psychological deterrence brought by the shelling is not something that Wang Xiaojie can imagine.

"Commander, when will you attack?"

Faced with the inquiry of the herald beside him, Wang Xiaojie put away the Qianli tube, but he had been waiting for Chen Cao's order, Chen Cao's original idea was to shell Qiantang County, forcing You Shiwei in Hangzhou to think that they were going to launch a general attack today, so as to make a wrong dispatch order, but the Qiantang defenders in front of him seemed to be really greedy for life and afraid of death, and they have not shown their heads since the shelling began.

Chen Cao was not far away from two miles, and Qianli Tube also saw the appearance of Qiantang clearly: "Is the mobilized Weisho army in place?" ”

Zhao Xin spoke: "Back to Grandpa, the more than 20,000 guards recruited from Jiaxing have all been in place, just waiting for Grandpa's order." ”

"Send 5,000 people up, hand them over to Wang Xiaojie's command, and tell those guards that the rewards and officials will remain unchanged."

"Yes..."

When Wang Xiaojie saw the arrival of the 5,000 guards, he ordered a 1,000-house to launch a tentative attack on the county seat of Qiantang.

These guards transferred from Jiaxing all knew that as long as they took Qiantang County, there would be 10,000 taels of silver and the actual reward of the hereditary commander.

When the long ladder was erected above the city and the guards began to climb one after another, countless flags were suddenly erected on the ruined north city wall of Qiantang County, followed by muskets stretched out.

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

Wang Xiaojie couldn't help but stand up straight on the horse, and then let out a sigh of relief, the county town of Qiantang after the bombardment was too quiet, and the intelligence also said that it was Mu Qishan's Yunnan soldiers who guarded Qiantang, which was a fully firearms equipped unit.

With the characteristic gunfire of the turtledove's foot, the guards who were still charging fiercely just now were caught off guard, and only 400 of the 1,000 people who rushed up fled back.

A black hand killed and injured hundreds of rebels, Mu Qishan stood on the city wall and nodded with satisfaction, the turtledove foot under his command was bought by Mu Fu from Nanyang at a great price, if he hadn't heard that the old country was talking about the old country and Chen Cao manipulating the inheritance of the Duke of Qianguo behind the scenes, they Mu Mansion would not have been so concerned about killing Chen Cao this time.

Wang Xiaojie looked at the retreating Weisuo army, then frowned, and then he looked at Yuan Shizhong: "Old Yuan, what do you say if we resist with a big shield, and then approach the city wall and attack with fierce fire oil?" ”

In fact, according to the current degree of damage to the city wall of Qiantang County and the strength of the Weisuo army under his command, Wang Xiaojie could completely attack Qiantang in one battle, but Chen Cao's general attack order was not issued, so he could only attack tentatively first.

"Mu Qishan's soldiers are firearms troops, if you guess correctly, they should also be equipped with a lot of fierce fire oil, if our army covers the past with a big shield, wouldn't it be right in their arms? The big shield was contaminated with fierce fire oil and could not be detonated, and the casualties would increase dramatically. ”

"It seems that Wang Xiaojie has also thrown a rat bogey," Chen Cao put down the Qianli tube: "Mu Qishan's people were caught off guard, they are all firearms, and the turtledove's foot gun is on par with our flintlock pistol, but the lethality is greater than ours gun." ”

When the turtledove foot gun was produced as a heavy arquebus, the lead bullet was already larger than the lead bullet of the ordinary arquebus, and the penetration power was naturally much higher.

"Our army still has three field guns, I don't know where my grandfather is going to use them?"

Facing Huang Chunyao's question, Chen Cao looked at the battlefield in the distance: "Wulin Gate, the twenty shells of these three cannons are mainly used to deter You Shiwei. ”

Chen Cao was also worried that You Shiwei would suddenly send troops from Wulin Gate to attack Wang Xiaojie, so he couldn't use up all the artillery on his side, but he was pleased that the geographical environment of Hangzhou was not suitable for cavalry combat at all, and it also ensured that his infantry was not threatened by cavalry to the greatest extent.

"Give an order to Wang Xiaojie and let his command attack freely..."

After Wang Xiaojie got Chen Cao's order, he was also sure at the moment, and the free attack did not matter whether he launched a general offensive or not, or if he took Qiantang County, it was nothing, besides, the safety of Qiantang was related to the life and death of Hangzhou, that is, he felt that You Shiwei, who was in Hangzhou, would definitely not sit back and watch him attack Qiantang County and ignore it.

"The order is that all the guards will attack Qiantang, and the 32nd Brigade will be responsible for covering the siege and strive to take Qiantang County today."

"Yes..."

Woo...

The sound of whimpering horns echoed outside the northern city of Qiantang County, how could Mu Qishan understand that the opponent was about to launch a formal attack.

"Quick, get ready the fire oil and all the equipment to defend the city, the rebels are going to attack the city."

The bombed and shattered Qiantang city wall, an elite soldier can climb up to the city, although they are also condescending at the moment, but the regular sergeants of the rebels who attack together with the Weisuo army are not all Weisuo troops.

At a distance of 180 paces, Fang Qinghua, commander of the 32nd Brigade of the 12th Division of the Shenwu Army, immediately issued an order to shoot from a distance, and the troops launched musket rounds when they were far away.

Although the Turtledove is slightly superior to the flintlock pistol in terms of strike damage, it can reach a maximum distance of about one hundred and forty paces, and although it can reach one hundred and fifty steps, it does not take much advantage of actual firefights.

However, the gunpowder used in the flintlock pistol is a new type of gunpowder refined in the workshop, and although it is still far from granularization, it is several times the strength of the black gunpowder used by the military today.

So much so that when the flintlock pistol is fired, the new gunpowder can produce huge kinetic energy and increase the shooting distance, that is, the shooting distance of the guns under Chen Cao's command now, the distance of the new rifle has reached more than 250 steps, and the actual killing distance has reached 200 steps.

Considering in advance, the defenders were estimated to be equipped with fierce fire oil, and Wang Xiaojie had instructed Fang Qinghua several times before the attack, and now he was shooting at a distance to cover it.

Lead bullets hit the broken walls of the city wall or the faces of horses like torrential rains, and the rammed earth that broke up produced a lot of dust, but after all, some unlucky soldiers were concentrated by the lead bullets and fell to the ground.

If you are too unlucky, you will be killed directly, and if you are lucky, you will fall to the ground and wail, after all, the pain caused by lead bullet into the flesh is not a trivial matter.