The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

"The Battle of Wuzhou was my first battle in Ming Dynasty, and I must win it beautifully, and win it cleanly!"

"My army must not be entangled by Wuzhou City!"

"Pass down the order, concentrate all the heavy artillery in the army, and bombard the city of Wuzhou for this general!"

Liu Shantai's tone was full of firmness.

This is his first time leading the army alone, and there must be no accidents.

If the army stagnated under the city of Wuzhou for a long time, and the strategy related to the Guangxi War was delayed, he would have no way to explain it to Zhu Hongyu.

The Ming army began to advance towards Wuzhou City, the sentry cavalry covered the battlefield, and the Qing army's sentry cavalry scattered outside the city drove into the city.

The horses galloped, the muskets and arrows flew, and the saber became the most agile weapon for killing people!
The living space of the Qing army was constantly squeezed, and the fortifications were retreated.

The Ming army brought field artillery and heavy siege artillery to the battlefield, and professional engineers began to bring a large number of civilian men to prepare artillery positions and corresponding fortifications.

The Qing army also had artillery!

If the artillery of the Ming army did not prepare fortifications in advance, they would suffer a big loss if they confronted the artillery of the Qing army with fortification protection.

Although the strength of the Ming army in artillery is far superior to that of the Qing army!

But it's not like that!
……

In Wuzhou city!

Fan Zhian, the prefect of Wuzhou in the Qing court, and Qi Yuanqiang, the commander-in-chief of Wuzhou Town, stood at the top of the city, looking at the main force of the Ming army coming from the east.

The faces of both of them are very ugly!

"The Ming thief is coming in a menacing way!"

"Wuzhou may not be able to resist!"

Fan Zhian's thoughts are very pessimistic.

Qi Yuanqiang said.

"And don't worry!"

"As long as I can hold on for a while, there will be reinforcements arriving from the rear. The last general has already asked King Pingxi for help."

At present, in the south of the Yangtze River, Wu Sangui is the only one who is capable of breaking arms with Zhu Hongyu.

Even Geng Jingzhong is a step behind in terms of strength!
Therefore, after Qi Yuanqiang received the news of the Ming army's invasion, he sent someone to ask Wu Sangui for help.

However, Qi Yuanqiang really has no idea whether Wu Sangui will send troops to rescue him or not.

Wu Sangui's recent trend of swinging and jumping is too obvious!

Now, no one can guarantee King Pingxi's loyalty to Qing Dynasty!

But now that the Ming army is overwhelming the border, they have no choice but to believe in Wu Sangui.

"Send the army, get ready to face the Ming thief!"

"Mobilize the people in the city and prepare to go to the city..."

Originally, he wanted the people in the city to be cannon fodder to resist the Ming army's siege.

Of course, this mobilization must be mobilized with a knife!
But halfway through, he stopped!
The reason is simple, because he is not sure whether his order can be executed after it is issued.

Zhu Hongyu's threats were still in his ears, and the Qing army in Wuzhou city probably didn't want to cut off their retreat.

If they don't drive the people in front of the battle, there is still a chance to surrender after the defeat.

Surrender and still survive
But if you do something to drive people to the front of the battle...

The Ming army meant what they said, and they did not hesitate to kill them if they said they would kill them.

This thing is really terrible!
In the current Qing army, there are not many who dare to do things that drive people to the front of the battle!
Qi Yuanqiang is naturally the same

"Order the whole army to go to the city to prepare for battle!"

"Gunners, get ready to face the Ming thief artillery!"

Qi Yuanqiang could only prepare the Qing army's green battalion soldiers for the battle.

……

On the second day, the artillery positions of the Ming army were finally prepared after being dug overnight by a large number of civilians.

A field artillery, heavy siege artillery was pushed into the emplacement.

The gunners began to take their positions, adjusted the shooting elements, and were ready for shelling at any time.

The Restoration Army and the Guiyi Army lined up behind the artillery positions, preparing to attack the city after their own artillery suppressed the firepower at the top of the city.

A shield car and a ladder are also constantly rushed out!

The cloud of war is getting thicker and thicker!

"Fire!"

As soon as the Ming army ordered the flag to change, the order to fire was conveyed.

boom!
Boom!

Boom boom boom!
The deafening shelling sounds gathered together, and the gunpowder smoke from the muzzle covered the entire artillery position of the Ming army in the blink of an eye.

Cannonballs, large and small, fell towards Wuzhou City.

The shells hit the city wall, the masonry cracked, and the brick cladding layer fell off little by little.

The destructive effect of the solid shells fired by the siege artillery on the city wall is visible to the naked eye!

The shells of the heavy artillery hit the city wall, and the entire city wall trembled.

Li Tianguang and others stayed behind the formation, staring dumbfounded at the sound of the Ming army's artillery firing on the battlefield.

Reminiscent of Tianwei, truly reminiscent of Tianwei!
Now they understand why the Ming army is full of confidence in the victory of this battle.

With such a powerful group of artillery in the formation, it is difficult to lose!

Boom!Boom!
Some artillery began to use flowering bullets, and the pointed flowering bullets were embedded on the city wall, and exploded with a bang after the fuse burned out.

The flames wrapped in fragments and swept around!
Bricks, rocks, sand, mixed with fragments flew, taking away lives.

The Qing army was overwhelmed by the shelling of the Ming army, and the defenders were forced to withdraw just as soon as they entered the city.

Hide in the recurve angle behind the city wall to avoid the guns!

Because I really can't stand the shelling!
Those fortifications at the top of the city are no different from paper in front of the heavy artillery of the Ming army.

The artillery deployed by the Qing army at the head of the city also began to fight back!
Amidst the smoke, shells fell towards the artillery array of the Ming army.

The Qing army's artillery formations at the head of the city were carefully arranged. Not only did they have thick horizontal timbers as the bottom, but they were covered with loess bricks and stones, which added a cover for the artillery formations.

All around the artillery formation, they are all surrounded by sandbags!

Whether it is against solid shells or flower shells, it has a good protective effect.

It can only be said that now that I am in the Qing Dynasty, I am indeed not complacent in terms of military affairs.

For example, in terms of artillery formation, I, the Qing Dynasty, learned a lesson after suffering several losses at the hands of the Ming army.

Appropriate changes have been made to the layout of the artillery array!
It is no longer the original open-air artillery formation!

However, although the artillery array has changed, the artillery is still those artillery.

Wuzhou City does not have red cannons as city defense cannons. Small cannons such as general cannons and Flang machine guns have a very limited range.

When the shell flies hundreds of meters away, it will exhaust its kinetic energy and land on the ground.

However, due to the rifling of the artillery of the Ming army, even the six-pound Guangfu-[-] field artillery has a range of almost a thousand meters.

Therefore, the artillery array of the Ming army was arranged outside the range of the Wuzhou city defense artillery.

Don't look at the lively artillery fire when the Qing army fought back.

But there are not many shells that can get the artillery array of the Ming army!

Now the fight is lively, at most it is listening to the sound!
Cannonballs flew across the battlefield, making a whining sound.

The artillery battle between the two sides lasted for half a day, and the Qing army's city defense artillery was completely suppressed.

The ascending troops of the Ming army began to attack Wuzhou City under the cover of their own artillery!

Amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the Ming army launched an attack!

The ladder was built on the city wall of Wuzhou, and the Guiyi army began to ascend the city.