Nanming Yiming

Chapter 89 The Power of the Bastion (for Subscription Support)
Zhang Tianlu and his younger brother Zhang Tianfu joined the army bravely. At first, they served as banner officers under the Shaanxi governor's department, and later served as generals in the Cao Bianjiao department of Lintao general army.In the 11th year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to deputy general and stationed in Guazhou.Chongzhen was promoted to general soldier in 17 years.

During the Hongguang regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Shi Kefa, a bachelor, ordered Zhang Tianlu to station Guazhou as a forward.

In May of the first year of Hongguang (1645), Duoduo, Prince of Yu, led an army to the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhu Yousong, King Fu of the Nanming Dynasty, was captured.Prince Yu ordered the former official to join the conquest, and he was under the Han Army Xianghuang Banner.

Then Belleboluo sent Gushan Ezhen Yechen to lead his army to crusade against Huizhou, and Zhang Tianlu led his army to follow him to pacify Huizhou, and made many achievements.

In December, Huang Daozhou, a scholar of the Longwu Dynasty, led troops to invade Huizhou. Zhang Tianlu attacked him, beheaded his general Cheng Sisheng and more than ten people, and captured the general soldier Li Yaoguang and others.In the first month of the first year of Lu Jianguo (1646), he fought against Wuyuan, captured Huang Daozhou, and sent him to Nanjing to kill him.The troops were divided into Qimen, Jiangwan, Jiekou, and Huangyuan, and the four groups chased and arrested the rest of Huang Daozhou.Go to Kaihua County, Zhejiang Province, and descend to its city.

In February, with meritorious service, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Huining Chitai (Anqing Mansion, Huizhou Mansion, Chizhou Mansion, and Taiping Mansion).In May, give a first-class crown clothing.

Ming Gaoan Wang Zhu Changqi (the seventh son of Ming Renzong and a branch of Huaijing Wang Zhu Zhanqi) mobilized thousands to harass Wuyuan. Zhang Tianlu led his deputy Xu Handing and others to attack, and captured Zhu Changqi and the supervisor Jiang Yudong in Yankeng.

In the first year of Yongli (1647), he was awarded the admiral of Jiangnan.In the second year of Yongli (1648), Xulai surrendered his meritorious service and was awarded the third-class Adahafan.

Zhang Tianlu at this time can be said to have outstanding military exploits and prosperous official career.By continuously strangling the Ming clan and various anti-Qing officials and righteous men, he successfully became a banner man.

Huizhou has always been a place of prosperity, and Zhang Tianlu, who is stationed there, has always lived well.After Chongming was captured by the Ming army, Zhang Tianlu was ordered to lead his troops to garrison Wusong.After the Tianxiong Department went south, it directly took over the defense of the entire Songjiang Prefecture.

The Ming army dared to shoot money directly from him, how could Zhang Tianlu bear it?
Fearing that the Ming army would transfer money overnight, Zhang Tianlu personally led 1000 cavalry to Tianjiazhuang first.

The distance between Songjiang and Jiaxing itself is not very far. The Pegasus galloped for less than two hours before the Qing army arrived at the outskirts of Tianjiazhuang.

It was already late at night, Zhang Tianlu did not attack rashly, but ordered the cavalry to surround the place quietly to prevent the Ming army from escaping.

At this time, Tianjiazhuang had already been expanded. Looking at the towering courtyard walls and turrets outside the village, Zhang Tianlu couldn't help taking a breath. This is not a Zhuangzi, it is clearly a small city.

What surprised him even more was that on the high slope to the southwest of Zhuangzi, there stood a strange city with irregular shape.

Taixi's bastion is completely different from the square city in the east, and anyone who sees it for the first time will find it extremely strange.

There are many ravines, walls and small forts in front of this strange city.

Although I haven't seen the mystery of this bastion for the time being, the soldier's intuition told Zhang Tianlu that there is a lot of weirdness in this strange city.

Under the night, Tianjiazhuang was filled with a sense of murder. Zhang Tianlu decided to stand still and wait for dawn before attacking. In order to ensure that the Ming army could be wiped out in one fell swoop, Zhang Tianlu even ordered artillery to be brought in from Songjiang overnight.

After dawn, the sentry of the Qing army came to report: "My lord admiral, there is no Ming army guarding Tianjiazhuang. There are only some straw figures tied on the courtyard wall and turret."

The workshops in Tianjiazhuang had already been relocated, and there was no one in Tianjiazhuang at this time.After the Qing army entered Tianjiazhuang cautiously, they carefully inspected every corner and found that apart from some empty houses, there were only some empty warehouses left.

Zhang Tianlu also felt very strange after entering Tianjiazhuang. The Ming army put such a strong Tianjiazhuang and did not stick to it. What kind of ecstasy formation was it?

But this place is extremely strong, just right for camping.After repeatedly checking that there was no fire and the Ming army was in ambush, Zhang Tianlu ordered Tianjiazhuang to be his camp.

At this time, Zhang Tianlu's 3000 troops had completely surrounded this weird bastion.After running around the bastion, Zhang Tianlu noticed some unusual features of the castle. There was a five-pointed star-shaped fortification around the bastion. No matter which direction the troops attacked from, they would be attacked from multiple directions. , which is impossible for ordinary cities.

So Zhang Tianlu ordered Diao Shigui, chief general of the Qing army, to lead 500 soldiers and horses to charge the bastion.

Zhang Tianlu belongs to the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army, and it is impossible for his 5000 men to be all elites. Naturally, it is impossible to use his own direct troops for the dirty work of probing and attacking.

At this time, the Qing army had rushed within a hundred steps of the bastion, and the soldiers of the Jiaxing Battalion asked whether they wanted to shoot.

Qian An said: "The Qing army doesn't know the range of the Ming army's Lumi blunderbuss at present, so don't expose all the firepower points, wait for the enemy to enter 70 paces before firing."

Diao Shigui followed Zhang Tianlu along the way and killed many Ming soldiers. Although his subordinates were not considered the elite of the army, they were still better than ordinary green battalions.

I saw the Qing army in front holding their shields, fighting towards the bastion with high morale.

Seeing that the Qing army had entered within 70 steps, the Ming army was not polite, and followed Qian An's order.

"Bang, bang, bang"

For a moment, countless white smoke rose in front of the bastion, and the Qing army under the bastion was whimpering and wailing, and a large area fell down in an instant.

They also fought against the Ming army many times. They thought it was quite safe to hide behind the shield at this distance.Unexpectedly, the firecrackers of the Ming army actually pierced through the large shield directly, and the cotton armor on their bodies was also directly pierced by the Ming army.

Where has the Qing army seen such sharp firearms?This is not a charge, it is simply death.

After just two rounds of shooting, more than 200 people from the Qing army fell in front of the formation.

Diao Shigui saw that something was wrong, so he ran away, shouting as he ran, "Ming army's weapons are sharp, everyone retreat!"

Seeing the Qing army running so fast, Qian An felt a little regretful. If he knew earlier, he should have let them go and fight again, so that none of them would be able to escape.

Zhang Tianlu's face was livid at this time. He had heard that Qian Mo's Ming army's weapons were sharp, but he didn't expect it to be so terrifying. He lost more than 200 people in the blink of an eye.

He also knew that Diao Shigui was not responsible for this defeat, and if they ran a little later, the whole army might be wiped out.

However, the defeat in the first battle greatly affected the morale of the Qing army.How can he boost morale if he doesn't take Diao Shigui under the knife?
Zhang Tianlu scolded angrily: "Commander Diao Shigui was greedy for life and afraid of death, and fled before the battle, which caused the morale of our army to be low. Someone here will drag me down to practice military law."

Seeing the coach get angry, Diao Shigui immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "The humble job is not good in the first battle, and I hope the coach will show mercy outside the law and allow the humble job to take the blame and make meritorious service."

All the generals also interceded one after another, saying: "I also hope that the admiral will read the merits of General Diao Shen in the past, and allow him to take the blame and make meritorious service."

Seeing everyone begging for mercy, Zhang Tianlu got off the donkey and said: "For the sake of everyone pleading for you, I will spare you this time, pull you down and beat you hard with 20 military sticks."

In fact, the level of firearms in the Han army flag is also very high. Kong Youde's surrender to the Qing directly improved the level of firearms in the Qing army, and his subordinates even had an elite firearms unit.

Although the Zhenghuangqi of the Han army under Zhang Tianlu was not as elite as Kong Youde's firearms troops, they were still equipped with a large number of artillery and firecrackers.

At this time, the red cannons of the Qing army had not yet arrived, but the chariots used by the Eight Banners were already in place.

So Zhang Tianlu gave an order, and 1500 Qing troops began to push into the bastion under the cover of dozens of Liang chariots.

The Jingnan Battalion fought against the Qing army's chariots in Si'an Town before. At that time, because the Jingnan Battalion had no artillery, there were not many ways to deal with the Qing army's chariots, and they could only be attacked after they were placed at close range.

At this time, Tianjiazhuang's bastion was also equipped with a large number of tiger squatting guns and French machine guns. In fact, he was no longer afraid of these chariots, but with the lesson from the previous time, Qian An did not dare to order to shoot directly from a long distance. Dropped the car of the Qing army.

At this time, the Qing army's chariot had advanced to a distance of 70 steps from the bastion, and Qian An ordered the Lumi blunderbuss to start shooting.

Sure enough, at this distance, even the improved Lumi blunderbuss could not penetrate the Qing army's chariots.

Seeing that his chariot can effectively defend against the firearms of the Ming army, the Qing army accelerated the pace of advancement when they came.

But soon they found that their carts could not be pushed, because the front was not a flat ground, but many trenches less than half a meter deep had been dug by the Ming army. These trenches could not hide the Tibetans, but the carts could not hide. It is impossible to push through.

At this time, the Qing army did not have tools for filling soil, so it was impossible to fill these trenches.At present, there are only 50 steps away from the bastion, and the Qing army began to break away from the chariot and charge.

The sound of "bang, bang, bang" continued to sound again, and the Ming army began to harvest the Qing army.

There is still a gap between the training level of Jiaxing Battalion and Shenji Battalion, and the time between shooting is longer.After paying the price of more than 300 people killed in battle, the Qing army finally rushed under the outer fortifications of the bastion.

Zhang Tianlu was also very excited to see that the Qing army had successfully reached the bastion. Although the casualties were relatively large, they rushed to the bottom of the city anyway.

But they overlooked one point, the bastion is not a city wall, and it is not that you have entered a blind spot for shooting when you rush to the bottom of the city.The Qing army who finally rushed to the city was continued to be shot and killed calmly from multiple angles by the Ming army gunners who had loaded their ammunition.

Then they found a long slope through which they could rush up to the outer edge of the bastion.

However, this slope was too long for the Qing army. The Qing army who managed to escape from death was shot by the Ming army's musketeers directly behind them before taking a few steps. The firepower here was more intensive.

After a while, the first batch of 600 Qing troops who rushed forward were all shot dead by the crossfire of the Ming army, leaving no one alive.

This is because Qian An deliberately slowed down the shooting rhythm of the Jiaxing Battalion, otherwise the Qing army would have no chance to see the slope.

Moreover, the distance at which those chariots were blocked was also within the shooting range of the tiger squatting gun, because no matter how close the gun was, they would not be able to hit them, and everything was calculated.

But at this moment, Qian An was not going to fire. He hit too hard and knocked Zhang Tianlu away; or if he took a detour to support Hangzhou, Qian Anke was about to cry.

Seeing that they were about to go to the bastion, it was a pity that the lack of troops was relieved by the Ming army, and Zhang Tianlu also felt it was a pity.

Fortunately, the car can still effectively resist the firepower of the Ming army.

So Zhang Tianlu decided to adjust his tactics and use more chariots to put his troops 50 steps away from the bastion.

Then besieged the Ming army on all sides and took the bastion in one fell swoop.

Zhang Tianlu was sure that the Ming army concentrated all their firepower on the front, so he attacked all the way, and the Ming army could naturally concentrate their firepower on him.If he besieged on all sides, the Ming army would lose sight of the other.

However, to besiege the Ming army on all sides, there must be enough troops. Right now he only has 2200 people left. In order to ensure that he has enough troops to break through the city, Zhang Tianlu decided to make a desperate bet and transfer the 2000 people stationed in Songjiang. .

Although the reinforcements from Songjiang Mansion hadn't arrived yet, the red-clothed cannon he sent overnight had arrived.

After investigating last night, Zhang Tianlu found that this place was weird, so he specially sent people to transport 4 red cannons overnight, just to deal with this strange bastion.

The prototype of the Red Clothes Cannon is a long-tube, spindle-shaped cannon invented in Europe in the 16th century. It was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty and was quickly imitated.All cannons of similar design are collectively referred to by the Chinese as the Hongyi Cannon, also known as the Hongyi Cannon.

The barrel of the red cannon is long, the wall is thick, and the caliber is large. The overall shape gradually thickens from the muzzle to the tail, which is in line with the principle that the chamber pressure changes from high to low when gunpowder burns.There are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body. The gun can adjust the shooting angle based on this axis, and the shooting range can be changed according to the amount of gunpowder. There are front sights and rear sights, and the trajectory is calculated according to the parabola, with relatively high accuracy.

The heavy Hongyi cannon is about 3 meters long, has a caliber of 110-130 mm, and weighs more than 1 ton, which is almost equivalent to a European 12-pound cannon.

The ammunition is heavier, ranging from several kilograms to even 10 kilograms.Projectiles are mainly spherical solid bullets made of stone, iron, lead and other materials, and the purpose is to physically destroy the target when the shell directly hits the target.

Zhang Tianlu's four red cannons weighed 4 tons and had a maximum range of 1.5 kilometers.

At this time, Tianjiazhuang was only 1 kilometer away from the bastion, and the power of the red cannon was even greater at this distance.

After observing for a while, he found that this Tianjiazhuang is really well built, and there is a flat land in front of the village, which is especially suitable for artillery positions.

So he quickly ordered the gunners to set up the guns and prepare to bombard the bastion.

The gunner began to prepare for firing after adjusting the front sight and rear sight on the gun body.

Although the hit rate of the red cannon bombing the moving target is relatively low, but at a distance of 1 kilometer, and such a big bastion, it can basically achieve a hundred shots.

Sure enough, the first shot hit the bastion, and the Qing army also cheered!

I saw shells hitting the bastion one after another, but the bastion basically didn't respond.

The solid bullets hit the ancient version of "reinforced concrete" composed of "fairy lime" and stones, and only made a small depression.

The soldiers of the Jiaxing Battalion hid in the bunker early.

Zhang Tianlu was also dumbfounded, what kind of monster is this castle?Even the red cannon couldn't be fired.

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