Qiming 1158

Chapter 1047 Three days, just three days
In fact, it has always been a controversial topic among the senior generals of the Ming Dynasty who can fight the most.

Some people think that Su Jue, the commander of the Liaodong Corps, who pacified Liaodong and overthrew the Wanyan Yong regime, is the most capable.

Some people also think that Su Haisheng, the commander of the Qilu Corps who pacified Guanzhong, destroyed the remnants of the Jin Kingdom and the main force of Xixia, was the best able to fight.

Some people felt that Han Jinggui, the commander of the Hebei Corps who recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun and fought against the grasslands, was the most capable.

Who is the head of the five tiger generals has been a hot topic of debate since the Ming army was officially established.

Especially a few days ago, there was the resignation of Sun Ziyi, the former commander of the Yanyun Corps, the succession of Li Xiao, and the emergence of the newly established Hexi Corps and its commander Jiang Liangping. Now it is quite easy for the senior officers of the Ming army to be the best at this topic. arouse controversy.

But this did not prevent the soldiers below from expressing respect to the generals who had made great achievements in battle.

In the face of the great generals with great military exploits, Xu Tong was quite disciplined and did not dare to surpass them at all.

Zhang Yuejing still likes Xu Tong's modesty.

"It's right to be modest, but don't be too modest. You should acknowledge your own credit, and don't take it if it's not your own. Your credit is recognized by the Daming Emperor, and your courage is also praised by the Daming Emperor himself."

Xu Tong smiled, his heart was excited, and his face was a little red.

The two continued to talk for a while, and Zhang Yuejing took him to the artillery position.

The artillery positions are set in the front enemy area, because they are worried that the Song army will also be equipped with super long-range weapons such as large ox crossbows, so this distance cannot guarantee the absolute safety of the artillerymen. Fire bombs.

Nonetheless, Zhang Yuejing also prepared some defensive facilities for the artillery positions because of the glorious record of the Song army killing the Liao army marshal with the Eight Bull Crossbow.

After Xu Tong arrived at the artillery position, he was quite shocked to see the copper and iron giant beast as long as ten feet long.

He immediately stepped forward and stroked the body of the cannon. He took a look here and patted it there. His face was full of curiosity.

"How heavy is this general cannon?"

Xu Tong looked at He Feihu, the commander of the Shenji Battalion.

He Feihu smiled and said, "It's more than two thousand catties, and there are even some heavy general cannons weighing three thousand catties. Generally, they need to be transported by large ships by water. If they are transported by land, they need to use special large vehicles. General vehicles can't carry them at all. verb: move."

"Oh my God, it's that heavy?"

Xu Tong was greatly shocked: "How much iron does it take to cast it? Is it really powerful?"

"It's quite large, and it was specially prepared for a strong city like Xiangyang."

He Feihu stepped forward and stroked the body of the cannon: "If Master Xu is not in a hurry to go back, you can keep it to watch tomorrow's battle, and we will show you and others who have never seen the cannon fired together to demonstrate why His Majesty spends Big money to build this new firearm."

Xu Tong glanced at Song Jun's military village, which was faintly visible in the distance, as well as the vague and almost invisible Xiangyang City and Fan City, and his heart was full of yearning.

"Okay, then I'll stay and see if this cannon is really that powerful!"

The Shenji Battalion's attack is scheduled for the fifth day of the fourth month. According to the plan, the Shenji Battalion will be divided into three parts and advance toward Fancheng from three directions. First, the artillery will be used to destroy the defense facilities around Fancheng, and the Song army around Fancheng will be completely destroyed. Village, to create opportunities for the main force behind the Henan Corps.

The task of attacking the fortifications was completely handed over to the artillery of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenji Battalion. The elite cavalry of the Henan Corps only provided protection tasks later to prevent the Song army from jumping over the wall and taking the initiative to attack.

According to the predetermined plan, the Shenji Camp will take about three days to completely destroy all the Song army villages around Fancheng, destroy the general village, and defeat all the soldiers in the general village, and then force Fancheng.

After completing the siege of Fancheng, almost another army will arrive to break the enemy. They will attack from the east and reach the east of Xiangyang City through the cabinet gate. In this way, the army has completed the three sides of Xiangfan Second City. Surrounded, leaving only the mountains to the west.

"Three days?"

Xu Tong did not listen to the military arrangements after that, but had doubts about this number.

"Yes, just three days, as long as three days, Shenji Camp will be able to destroy all the Song army camps around Fancheng."

He Feihu is very confident about this.

Xu Tong was dubious and reserved his opinion.

I can't think of a quick breakthrough method even if I think about it, can Shenjiying do it?

That night, Xu Tong ate at the Shenji Camp's residence.

Then he found that the food of the Henan Corps was really good. The menu that night was braised pork, pork and vegetable soup, and full-bodied pancakes. Had a bowl of meat and found that the taste was really good, very good.

"Is our food good?"

He Feihu sat beside Xu Tong and swallowed a large amount of fat and thin meat in one mouthful, his face full of satisfaction.

"It's really good. Although we can have a full stomach there, eating meat is still a rare thing. Although we raise a lot of goats, they mainly produce milk and make cheese, and we rarely eat meat."

Xu Tong also swallowed a large piece of meat and felt a great sense of satisfaction.

"When I first joined the army, it was similar, but I was able to eat enough. How can I have such good conditions now?"

He Feihu rolled a piece of meat into his mouth and chewed it, and then smiled: "But I thought it was pretty good at the time, as long as I can eat enough, now I eat better and better, eat meat regularly, There has never been a shortage, days like this are really unthinkable in the past.

Of course, the days to come will be better and better. You have no conditions now, but after this battle, Jinghu and Jiangxi will be joined together. At that time, the peasant army will be our Daming army, and a Jiangxi Corps will be set up. At that time, our food was equally good, and we ate meat. "

With that said, another large piece of fat and thin braised pork was swallowed by He Feihu, his mouth full of oil.

"That's a must!"

Xu Tong felt a mixture of excitement and satisfaction in his heart. This feeling stimulated him to eat two bowls of meat, one bowl of soup, and seven pieces of cooking cakes in one night, and his belly was about to swell.

Early the next morning, the weather was fine, and Xu Tong had another breakfast with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion. He ate the cakes, meat, and soup that he had not eaten last night. After he was about [-]% full, he started. The entire army is ready, and operations can be launched at any time.

The sound of war drums and horns continued to sound, and the entire offensive part of the army entered a state of first-level combat readiness.

The main force participating in the battle today is the Shenji battalion, and the Shenji battalion is divided into three parts, attacking the Fancheng defensive circle from three directions. Xu Tong and He Feihu attack the Fancheng defensive circle from the due north.

(End of this chapter)