Qiming 1158

Chapter 1045 Xu Tong is curious
With such determination, Su Yonglin has set up state-owned handicraft workshops across the country.

He first introduced the industrial production model into the Ming Dynasty, expanded the group of proletarian workers, cultivated the beneficiary groups of the secondary industry, and supported them to strengthen their political power, giving them the ability to safeguard their own interests.

At the same time, a large amount of capital was injected to expand the scale of the factory, to increase the production capacity of the handicraft industry, and to carry out technological innovation at the same time.

He needs to compress this process into a relatively short period of time, otherwise, he may not be able to lead the Ming people to change the world while he is still alive.

It's not easy, it's not easy, but for Su Yonglin, he has no choice.

Now that we have embarked on this road, we must go to the end, and we must not give up halfway.

The power of the first battle blew up the Southern Song Dynasty, completely wiped out the main force of its army, and laid the foundation for the subsequent comprehensive southward movement.

The significance of this battle, in Su Yonglin's opinion, is no less than the battle of Qin Zhao Changping.

The difference is that the Zhao State back then was able to draw 40 people to a decisive battle with the Qin State. How many people can the current Zhao Song regime draw to a decisive battle with the Ming army?

Of course, this is not important to Zhang Yuejing on the front line.

He led the army down the Henan to Xiangfan Second City, and when he saw the black smoke billowing into the sky, he knew that it was the Song army who notified the Xiangfan defenders that they were coming through the beacon tower.

The previous strategic reconnaissance had let him know the tactical preparations of the Song army, but all of this was of little significance to the Ming army. Whether there was a beacon tower or whether it was known in advance was meaningless. Anyway, the Ming army could not be in this situation. Raid.

So there is it, no big deal.

Moreover, Zhang Yuejing originally felt that this battle should be a hard battle, and the battle would be very difficult. The defensive state of Xiangfan Second City made him worried, and he was worried that a bloody battle would cause the elite veterans of the Henan Corps to lose too much, thus losing the ability to continue southward. possible.

However, when he saw the Shenji Battalion heading south from Central Capital and the dozens of general artillery they were carrying, his doubts subsided slightly.

And when he saw the Shenji battalion gunner's test firing of the Great General Cannon, this concern quickly decreased to a completely bearable level.

This level of terrifying bombardment... Not to mention those wooden military fortresses, even the sturdy and heavy cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng, how long can they withstand it?

Zhang Yuejing was really surprised that Su Yonglin did such a big thing quietly.

Then he started to get excited.

At first, he thought that it would take two years to conquer Xiangyang and Fancheng. Later, he felt that it would take a year to work hard, but now it seems that if the power of the new artillery is strong enough, then Xiangfan can be won in two or three months. Heavy town.

But even if he could win, Zhang Yuejing didn't want to win it so quickly, because he needed Xiangfan Second City as a bait to attract reinforcements from the Song army to come to support.

On the second day of April in the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhang Yuejing, the commander of the Henan Corps, led a total of 5000 troops from the entrapment army, the cavalry directly under the Corps, and the Shenji Battalion, all the way south along the Bihe River to the fifteen miles northeast of the second city of Xiangfan.

Then Zhang Yuejing lined up and arranged the troops of the three divisions of the trapped army in the north, east and west directions of the Fancheng defensive circle in the area north of the Hanshui River. surrounded.

Then Zhang Yuejing and He Feihu, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, climbed the hill to watch the Song army's defensive formation, and got to know the specific situation.

"There are still capable people in the Song army, and the defense of Xiangfan is really strong. There are so many military fortresses and trenches. If they attack by force, I think they will have to pay a big price."

He Feihu smiled slightly.

"The appearance of artillery is for the arrival of this day, especially the Great General Artillery. Commander Zhang may not know it yet. Since the Shenji Battalion was formed into an army, it has participated in nearly [-] battles, large and small, but has never used the Great General Artillery.

Because the Great General Artillery is dealing with the second city of Xiangfan, a fortified city in the world, and such a fortified city in the world cannot be encountered at any time. This time, His Majesty gave us the opportunity to attack Xiangfan, and everyone was eager to try. "

Zhang Yuejing laughed and patted He Feihu on the shoulder.

"Then let me see how powerful your Divine Machine Camp is!"

He Feihu led the order, and immediately ordered the 25 general artillery crews of the Shenji Battalion to start building artillery positions, preparing to launch an attack on the outermost military stronghold of the Fancheng defensive circle, and the fifty general artillery crews followed suit. Get ready.

Before the battle started, Zhao Yucheng, a representative of the peasant army Xu Tong's department in the south, came to visit Zhang Yuejing and was entertained by Zhang Yuejing.

Zhang Yuejing took them to visit the artillery position of Shenji Camp, introduced them to the new killing weapons of the Ming army, and told them that they only needed to stay in Xincheng and wait for news, and leave the rest to them.

Xu Tong was very surprised when he heard the news, so he temporarily handed over the command of the army to the instructor Zhou Qiang, and went to the Henan Corps barracks with a guard to observe the operation of the new firearms.

What kind of new firearm can give the Henan Corps so much confidence?
He was curious.

After Xu Tong arrived at the current station of the Henan Corps, he was personally greeted by Zhang Yuejing.

"You are the Xu Tong who brought four thousand troops to Lin'an to intimidate Zhao Guan's family, right? I know you!"

Zhang Yuejing laughed loudly: "It's really courageous. Liu Bei said that Zhao Yun is full of courage. I think you are also full of courage. 4000 people dare to travel thousands of miles to kill Lin'an. It's amazing!"

Xu Tong was a little embarrassed to praise Zhang Yuejing, and quickly humbled himself.

"It's not that I'm amazing, it's just that the Southern Song Dynasty court is too wasteful. Any comrade can lead someone to kill like me."

Xu Tong is quite proud on weekdays, but he also knows that in front of whom he can be proud, and in front of whom he must hold his tail between his tails.

Zhang Yuejing, one of the five tiger generals of the Ming Dynasty, was the first general to follow Su Yonglin to fight, and also the first general to take charge of himself.

As soon as it was established, it was able to beat the Henan Jin Army and expelled all the Henan Jin Army. Later, he participated in the Battle of Guanzhong and the first Ming-Song War. The results were brilliant, and Zhang Yuejing himself was also evaluated as the most capable of fighting among the five tiger generals. one of.

Although this evaluation is still somewhat controversial.

(End of this chapter)