Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 185 The Weakness of Artillery

Liaoyang City was taken down, but the surprise tactics were no longer used.

Because when Abatai and Tong Yangxing ran away with their people, Cao Wenzhao was leading the army to clean up the chaos in the city, and there was no time to chase them.

At this time, the defenders in Shenyang City must have received the news, no matter how stupid Dai Shan was, he would not be able to open the city gate and wait for them to pass.

In other words, it is already impossible to raid Shenyang.

Taichang stood on the gate tower of the south gate, looked at the huge Liaoyang City, sighed slightly, and then said decisively: "Zhisheng, you take 2 people to take over Liaoyang City and guard it here. I will lead the army to attack Shenyang."

This!
When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you lead the army to attack Shenyang?"

Taichang smiled back and asked: "Where do you think is safer, in Liaoyang city or in the army?"

Uh, well, it is indeed safer to have an army of more than [-]. This city of Liaoyang has just been taken back from Jiannu, and there are not many spies of Jiannu in it. If the emperor enters the city, it will be really dangerous .

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he had no choice but to cup his hands and said, "My minister obeys the order."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said loudly: "Ma Shilong, you lead 2 troops to take over Liaoyang City, and assist the supervisor Sun Chengzong to guard it here. The rest of the generals should immediately gather their troops and continue to march north. Today, we must march again." Fifty miles."

Why me again?

Ma Shilong's face changed slightly when he heard this.

He also wants to charge forward, and he also wants to make contributions!

The problem is that the emperor seems to think that he is good at defending the city.

Alas, no way.

He could only cup his hands helplessly and said, "The general will understand."

The rest of the generals clasped their hands excitedly and said, "Observe the order."

Soon, the [-] Shenji Battalion, Shenwu Battalion soldiers and [-] Liaodong Army infantry inside and outside the city began to gather in the south of the city.

In less than an hour, 15 horses and horses have been lined up in neat squares one after another, ready to go.

Taichang got on his horse without any hesitation, then waved his hand, and said in a loud voice: "The whole army is heading north, let's go!"

There was no way, he had to take Shenyang City before Nurhachi led the cavalry back, otherwise, he would be in big trouble.

At this moment, he was attacking all the way, attacking wildly, and didn't build any city fortress at all. The 15 cavalry under Nurhachi might not be able to do anything to his [-] army, but they can run to the rear to cut off the food road!

Therefore, there is no delay at this moment, and Shenyang must be taken as soon as possible.

The army rushed all the way, and arrived at the south bank of the Hun River less than ten miles away from Shenyang City in the afternoon of the second day.

At this time, you can no longer rush forward recklessly, because the Hongyi cannons in Shenyang City can blast to the north bank of the Hun River, and you may eat shells when you cross the river.

Fortunately, Jianu had not had time to destroy the stone bridge over the Hun River.

The sun was setting, and the sky was full of red clouds. Taichang looked at the river water that was reflected red, and he couldn't help feeling secretly in his heart.

This is the place where Qi's army and white soldiers fought bloody battles with Jiannu in history. It is rumored that in that battle, even the water of the Hun River turned red, and the setting sun turned into a bloody sun under the reflection of the water of the Hun River!
Qi Jin definitely didn't know that in history, this is where he and all the soldiers of the Qi family army were buried!
In the battle of Hunhe, all [-] soldiers of the Qi family army were killed, and the [-] white-armed soldiers were all killed. The two invincible armies of the Ming Dynasty were besieged by nearly ten times the elite of the Eight Banners, with one dead and one disabled!
Fortunately, he saved the two armies with an imperial decree, and the battle of Hunhe did not start at all.

At this moment, the situation has reversed, and they have fought back!
Taichang raised his binoculars to look at Shenyang City in the distance, and then looked at the terrain on the other side of the river, then asked: "Xing Zuo, there are only eight Hongyi cannons in Shenyang City, right?"

Liu Xingzuo nodded quickly and said, "Yes, there are two gates on each wall, on both sides of the gatehouse."

Two red barbarian cannons, and Jianu didn't have binoculars. If they spread out in a line and pushed them across in a long snake formation, Jiannu would probably be able to kill one or two people at most in each round!
This is the biggest disadvantage of the artillery at the moment. The shell cannot explode and hurt people through the sputtered shrapnel, but can only hit people through its own weight and speed.

In other words, the damage range of the artillery at this moment is basically a straight line. As long as they line up in a single row and advance horizontally, no matter how powerful the artillery is, it can hit at most one or two people with one shot.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked again: "General Qi, if you lead ten thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to push the chariot across the river quickly, line up along the river bank, and then push horizontally, there shouldn't be too much trouble. injury?"

Qi Jin cupped his hands without hesitation and said: "The emperor is wise, indeed."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, tomorrow morning you will lead [-] well-equipped soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to cross the river, place the Thunder God gun at a certain distance from the city wall, and shoot at the city wall, and at the same time let the musketeers stand in front of the city wall Fire suppression at about two hundred paces, don't let Jiannu show up."

About one mile away, the Hongyi Cannon was useless, because the Hongyi Cannon could not be thrown upwards at an elevation angle like the small Thor Cannon, so the Hongyi Cannon could not reach the area one or two miles ahead.

Qi Jin still cupped his hands without hesitation and said: "The general will understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said to Man Gui: "General Man, tomorrow you will lead [-] longbowmen to cross the river with Shenjiying, and line up along the river bank first, then advance horizontally, and rush to the city wall for a hundred Within a few steps, throw rockets towards the city wall. Remember, prepare more rockets, and the rockets should be denser where Jiannu’s two Hongyi cannons are located, and try to blow up their gunpowder.”

Hearing this, Man Gui couldn't help but excitedly said: "The general will understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then continued to order: "Cao Wenzhao, you lead the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion to line up on the south bank, ready to respond at any time. He Kegang, you lead [-] infantry to build ladders, Zu Dashou, you lead [-] infantry Build wells and siege vehicles, as many as you can build in two days. Cao Bianjiao, you lead the remaining [-] Shenji Battalion infantry to guard the camp. Luo Sigong, spread the scouts to the east of Shenyang City, and don't let the city The garrison here will spread the news of our siege to the Horqin Grassland!"

Their whereabouts cannot be hidden, but it is best not to let the Mengyuan Horqin Department know about the situation of the siege. In case the Mengyuan Horqin Department takes the wrong medicine, it will be a big trouble to gather people to support Shenyang .

Early the next morning, around Mao's, [-] soldiers lined up neatly beside the stone bridge on the south bank of the Hun River.

Qi Jin waved his hand without hesitation, and the [-] soldiers of the Shenji Battalion immediately lined up their chariots in two rows, passed the stone bridge at high speed, and then continued to disperse to both sides of the river bank.

They neither beat drums to cheer, nor shouted to kill, just pushed the chariot across the river in such a muffled voice.

At this time, Jiannu didn't have binoculars, and at a distance of five or six miles, Jiannu on the city wall could vaguely see ant-sized people pushing something across the river.

Dai Shan rushed over after hearing the news, set up an arbor with his hands, squinted his eyes, and suddenly his face was full of bewilderment.

Ming Jun What does this mean?
He really couldn't understand why the more than ten thousand Ming troops rushed to the south bank of the Hun River yesterday afternoon, and were ready to launch an attack early this morning.

Didn't the Ming army need to build siege equipment?

impossible!

The walls of Shenyang City cannot be climbed up by jumping up. Without siege equipment, how could the Ming army climb up?
Besides, there was only a sparse row of people sent by the Ming army, or there were chariots and the like.

It is impossible for such a small number of people to attack the city wall!

He didn't know what was going on, Qi Jin had already pushed towards the city wall with a line of cars.

This time, Daishan was even more dumbfounded.

The Ming army really dare to charge!
There are so few people, can't they fire?

Even if he doesn't understand artillery, he still knows that this cannon probably won't hit anyone, because they didn't line up in a dense square formation at all!

In the time he hesitated, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion had already pushed the chariot and rushed for nearly a mile, and there was no chance to fire if they didn't fire again.

He could only grit his teeth and ordered: "Quick, fire, fire!"

Anyway, let's hit two shots first to see the effect.

The artillery at this moment is not very accurate, even if people stand still, a single shot may not be able to hit, not to mention the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are rushing towards the city wall with their chariots.

As expected, the two cannonballs also blasted a lonesome, did not hit the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion at all, not even the chariot, the shells fell on the open space dozens of steps behind the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion up.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help laughing.

Now it's all right, as long as you catch the weakness of the Hongyi Cannon and attack it at close range, the most terrifying weapon on the battlefield will most likely be destroyed!

(End of this chapter)