I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 419 Outside Zhijin Pass
Zhijin Pass, Guizhou.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

Dozens of firelights flashed from the camp outside the city, and there was a deafening roar.

Before anyone could react, they saw bursts of vibrations coming from the Zhijinguan city wall opposite and the mountains on both sides, and it felt like the entire mountain was shaking.

"Damn it, the city wall at Zhijin Pass is too thick. I feel that hitting it with Krug Cannon has no effect at all."

In the camp outside the city, General Geng Dang of the Shenji Battalion looked at the shelling effect of the Krug Cannon and couldn't help but complain.

"It's not that the Krug cannon is not powerful, but it's too difficult to aim. Zhijin Pass is located between two mountains. It's a small place. Many shells hit by it can't even touch the wall of Zhijin Pass, but hit directly on the wall of Zhijin Pass. It’s amazing if it works on the mountains on both sides.”

Huang Degong, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, was not surprised at all when he saw that the Krug Cannon was so ineffective.

The terrain of Zhijin Pass is incomparable with that of Guli County in front. Guli County is located in a mountainous plain and there is no danger to defend. However, Zhijin Pass has a dangerous geographical location and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Thinking of this, he could also understand why the Shuixi Song clan had been able to stand for many years without falling. With the topography of Zhijin Pass, it was difficult to break through the city.

After listening to Huang Degong's analysis, Geng Dang immediately shook his head. He naturally recognized the answer in his heart, but he just couldn't swallow it.

Then he turned to look at the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were still loading ammunition and preparing to shoot again, and sighed heavily.

With Guli County's super powerful performance, after arriving at Zhijin Pass, he volunteered to ask the Shenji Battalion to go to battle first.

And this time, in order to show his strength, he put out half of the Zhenwu Army's Krupp cannons, more than 40 of them, and prepared to show the enemy at Zhijin Pass how powerful his Krupp cannons were.

But I never thought that the situation in Guli County was completely different from Zhijinguan.The narrow terrain of Zhijin Pass requires precise aiming, which exposes the problems faced by these gunners.

Although the gunners of the Shenji Battalion are also trained, they also have tools such as rulers.However, the impact point of the artillery shell is also estimated by the rangefinder and the gunner, although it can also be done through test firing and other methods.

However, the special terrain of Zhijin Pass makes test firing and ranging difficult. Even if the impact point of the projectile is determined by test firing, the impact of each shot will cause the Krug Cannon to take a few steps back, which requires re-ranging. , very troublesome.

"Oh, if I had known better, I would have invited that Western instructor from the capital. He is very good at ranging and aiming."

"Don't think about it. What's the use of being light and what's the use of accurate shooting. The Krupp C artillery we brought south this time are okay in field operations, but they are weak in siege. Otherwise, we were in Guli County last time. There will also be no specially built forts.

The current Zhijinguan city has thick walls and high walls, and it is not possible to build forts. In addition, the Krupp gun model is not good enough, so the effect is destined to be poor. "

Huang Degong's eloquent comments left Geng Dang speechless. Just as he was about to retort, he saw the orderly soldiers galloping from a distance.

"Report! The Commander-in-Chief has invited General Huang and General Geng to go to the Chinese army's tent to discuss matters. There must be no mistake."

The two of them were not surprised when they heard this, and immediately prepared to mount their horses and head to the Chinese army's tent.

"Sir, will we continue the bombardment later?"

At this moment, Lieutenant General Geng Dang saw that he was about to leave, and the effect of the Krug artillery bombardment was not very satisfactory, so he immediately asked Geng Dang if he wanted to follow up. "Fight! Why don't you fight? It's not like all the cannons can't hit! Keep fighting!"

"Yes!"

Huang Degong laughed and shook his head when he heard this, and then took Geng Dang to the Chinese army camp.

The Ming army camp outside Zhijin Pass was much larger than before, stretching one or two miles away.

The reason is that not only is the Zhenwu Army stationed there, but since the Shuidong Song clan was wiped out, Zhu Xieyuan has used his remaining main force, the [-] Guizhou Guardsmen under the command of Yang Yumao, the General Soldier of Guizhou, and the [-] elite soldiers led by the General Soldier of Datong. All were sent over.

In other words, the most elite troops of the imperial court in the southwest are now stationed outside Zhijin Pass. This time, Zhijin Pass must be conquered in one fell swoop, otherwise they will not give up.

"My lord, my lord, my lord, my lord."

As soon as the two of them entered the Chinese army's tent, they saw all the generals and generals above the rank of staff general in the camp had arrived. It seemed that there must be something important to do this time, so the two of them briefly thanked Jiang Lin, Yang Zhaoji and others before leaving. Standing aside, waiting for the words of the three commanders in chief.

I saw three generals sitting in the middle of the tent. General Yang Zhaoji of Datong was in the middle, and Jiang Lin and Yang Yumao were sitting on his left and right sides.

From the order of seats, we know that the attack on Zhijin Pass was led by Datong Commander-in-Chief Yang Zhaoji.Although he had not participated in the previous battle in the valley, in the eyes of outsiders, he was suspected of coming here to take credit.

But everyone in the Zhenwu Army didn't care. One thing was that Yang Zhaoji and Yang Yumao had wiped out the Shuidong Song family, which was a great achievement.

Secondly, Yang Zhaoji left the capital and went south with them, and when going south, the emperor personally told the Zhenwu Army to obey the orders of the veteran general Yang Zhaoji.

In addition, they cooperated smoothly when they captured the White Lotus rebels in Shandong, so the Zhenwu Army and others admired Yang Zhaoji very much.

After a while, seeing everyone arrived, Yang Zhaoji didn't want to delay any longer.He coughed slightly, then looked around at the crowd and asked slowly:
"Where is General Geng Dang of the Shenji Battalion of the Zhenwu Army?"

Geng Dang felt a thump in his heart when he heard this. He felt that it was not good, but he did not dare to neglect. He quickly stepped out of the queue and bowed back:
"The end is here."

"I have been asking your Shenji Battalion to bombard Zhijin Pass for the past few days. It is now the third day. I just don't know the effect or any progress."

Geng Dang groaned secretly when he heard this, thinking that Yang Zhaoji wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and punished the Shenji camp when he saw that it was ineffective.However, now that the matter was at this point, he did not dare to say too much, so he could only answer truthfully.

"For your information, Lord Commander, the city wall of Zhijinguan is high and thick. It is built with huge stones. It is only more than a hundred feet wide. The wall is connected to the cliffs on both sides. There is only a stone gate in the middle for entry and exit, so it is difficult to aim.

I dare not deceive the commander-in-chief. Our Shenji Battalion has been shelling for three days, but the effect is really not significant. "

As Geng Dang spoke, he looked at Jiang Lin who was sitting beside him with a look of help.But Jiang Lin might have known about this for a long time, and she looked at Geng Dang expressionlessly, not knowing what she meant.

"This Zhijin Pass is indeed well-deserved. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I originally thought that the Krug Cannon could play some role, but now it seems that it is a bit difficult."

Unexpectedly, Yang Zhaoji not only didn't get angry when he heard this, but started to analyze rationally. This made Geng Dang confused for a moment, wondering what kind of medicine was being sold by Mr. Yang.

(End of this chapter)