All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 64 Siege
'The modification has been completed, and the reward will be issued.'

'Note: One hundred and twenty ginseng roots of ten years old, ten ginseng roots of fifty years old, and one ginseng root of two hundred years old will be distributed.'

"In the fantasy world, these ginsengs wouldn't even be eaten by dogs." Looking at the distant Shenyang City, Chen Ran clasped his hands and laughed, "It will take at least ten thousand years."

Keep it for now, you never know when you might need it.

The things rewarded by the system can be kept forever as long as they are not taken out, and there is no need to worry about them going bad.

More importantly, things in the storage space can be taken out, but things from the outside cannot be put in.

"This means that the things in the space can be taken away." Chen Ran, who analyzes things when he has nothing to do, came to the conclusion that "try to keep the good things."

Ginseng is a good thing, especially the one that is 200 years old. It is absolutely hard to come by and is the best quality for saving lives.

After taking the reward, I gathered my thoughts and continued to focus on the city in the distance.

Ever since losing this city ten years ago, the Ming Dynasty has become almost obsessed with it.

The Ming army swarmed in like a tide and surrounded the entire city from all sides.

Their morale is high and they are eager to fight.

Especially the soldiers from Dongjiang Town and Liao Town, their commander promised before the war that they would go home and share the land if they won the battle!
Each person starts with at least 100 acres. The more military merits one has, the more points one gets, and one will also be given a plow horse.

For ordinary soldiers, nothing is more attractive than farming.

As for whether Chen Ran's action was a rebellious one, who among the soldiers cared? They only cared about who would not let them divide the land.

The morale of the guest troops was also very high.

They all received enough food and wages, which they had never even thought about, and Marshal Chen never cheated them when assigning tasks, and never deducted any points when distributing military merits and spoils.

In this way, morale will naturally be high and they will be willing to fight.

"Ten days." Looking at the tall walls of Shenyang City, Chen Ran gave a deadline in his mind: "Take down the city within ten days."

The millions of Liao salaries paid in advance have been spent. After all, the army of more than 100,000 people has sufficient food and salaries. Only 40% of the Liao salaries is left, which is used to pay for the initial preparations and departure expenses. Now, almost all the food and daily necessities are paid out of Chen Ran's own pocket.

Not only the supplies provided by the system, but also all kinds of supplies accumulated by himself.

There is no time to waste, we must capture the city as soon as possible.

More than a hundred cannons were pushed up, and pits were dug and earth was piled up to build artillery positions.

Most of these were red-coated cannons used to defend cities in various parts of Liaozhen, the kind described in memorials as "one shot could cause destruction for dozens of miles."

Chen Ran spent a lot of manpower and material resources this time to transport them all here.

In addition, there were large-sized cannons for navy use that he purchased through Johann Adam Schall ...

Even among those holding tools for surveying were many French artillerymen from Xiangshan County.

The roar of cannons was earth-shaking.

More than a hundred thousand-jin heavy artillery concentrated their firepower to bombard the south city wall, with an extremely shocking momentum.

The cavalry of various tribes trampled everywhere, sweeping through villages, towns, post stations, and population centers.

The Jiannu villages and towns lost a large number of young and strong people, and they either fled early or suffered a catastrophic disaster.

Without the young and strong men holding swords, the Jiannu’s grassroots rule collapsed.

Those bondservants who were forced to work picked up their hoes and dung forks and vented the anger that had been suppressed for years.

The situation was as tragic as when the Tartars massacred the Liao people.

"This is what you deserve." Chen Ran, who heard the news, looked at the smoke and flames rising from the villages and towns in the distance, and remained unmoved. "Come and see, all the people of the Ming Dynasty who were slaughtered. I have avenged you."

The Tartars massacred the Liao people, and millions of people died tragically under their swords.

They invaded the capital area, slaughtered and looted more than one million people, and their lives were worse than death and worse than dogs.

It was fortunate that Chen Ran destroyed them in advance, otherwise hundreds of millions of people would have died tragically at their hands in history!
Now it's their turn to enjoy these, there is no need to complain, it's all they deserve.

He was not paying attention to what was happening outside, the Ming cavalry would take care of it themselves.

All attention was focused on the city in front of them.

In ancient times, when attacking a city, setting up ladders to capture the city walls was known as the first to climb the city walls.

Later, with the advancement of technology, trebuchets were invented and people started to fight by throwing stones at each other.

Later, gunpowder weapons developed rapidly and bombarding cities with artillery fire became the mainstream.

Under the continuous bombardment of more than a hundred heavy artillery pieces, the outer layer of the southern city wall first peeled off, revealing the blue stones. Then the stones broke, revealing the rammed earth inside, and then the structure collapsed.

The defenders in the city also launched a frantic attack, trying to destroy the cannons.

Whether it was the desperate charge of the cavalry at the gate or the sabotage by the death squad under the hanging basket under the cover of night, they were all repelled by the tight defense of the Ming army.

After seven or eight days of fierce bombardment, the gun barrels were scrapped or even exploded, and most of the heavy artillery was lost.

Fortunately, the southern city wall could no longer hold out.

As the city wall collapsed, an unprecedentedly brutal and fierce battle broke out between the Ming army and the defenders in the collapsed gap which was more than thirty feet long.

"Lieutenant General Liu." Chen Ran, who was watching the battle, withdrew his gaze and pointed at Liu Xingzhi in public, "Your troops will attack first."

As everyone looked on, Liu Xingzhi's strong body trembled noticeably.

After a moment, he bowed his head and stepped out to salute, "Yes, sir!"

The Marshal called upon his generals in public, and he was powerless to refuse.

"Li Jiucheng." Chen Ran continued to select "the second striker of your army."

".I obey your orders."

"Mao Chenglu"

"Chen Guangfu"

"Geng Zhongmin."

"Kong Youde"

According to historical records, all the generals who surrendered to the Jin Dynasty were arranged by Chen Ran to attack the city in order and fight fiercely with their masters.

First he waved his big stick and said, "If we fail in this battle, we will die. Each unit will advance in turn, and all will supervise the battle. Anyone who deserts the battlefield will be killed!" Then he threw out dates and said, "The first one to reach the city will be credited with the first merit. I will report this to the emperor and will reward him with a title. After the city is captured, one street in the city will be closed off, and all the wealth will belong to the first one to reach the city."

Military law is ruthless, but the rewards are indeed sufficient and leave people speechless.

The first to be dispatched were the captives, the Mongolian Tatars and the bondservants, who carried a large number of ladders as long as four meters and reinforced wooden boards, and rushed to the moat shouting.

Ladders and wooden boards were placed on the moat to form a simple floating bridge for passage.

Some prisoners took the opportunity to cross the moat and climb up along the collapsed wall, shouting that they were under the command of a certain Niulu.

In response, they were met with heavy arrows and flying axes.

At such a tense moment, the defenders will not care who you are and will treat you as an attacking force.

Liu Xingzhi's troops moved forward quickly, strode across the pontoon bridge, stepped onto the ruins and climbed up.

There were more than a thousand musketeers distributed on both wings, providing fire cover for them with volley fire.

Knowing that he had no way to retreat, Liu Xingzhi personally led his servants to rush to the front.

Holding a shield in one hand and a weapon in the other, he gritted his teeth and moved forward.

A dense rain of arrows fell, and screams were heard continuously.

The defenders who shot arrows suffered greater losses than those who attacked the city, because the Ming army's muskets were too dense.

"Is there any hope?" Liu Xingzhi was secretly delighted and rushed to the top of the ruined city under the rain of arrows.

then
He saw the other side of the ruins was densely packed with Tartars!

".Damn it!"

"Bang!" The Jiannu soldiers below fired countless arrows, and Liu Xingzhi and the servants around him were almost turned into hedgehogs.

Even the heavy armor on his body could not withstand such a dense rain of arrows.

"We're over it already?" Chen Ran held the monocular telescope given by Johann Adam Schall von Bell in his hand, looking at the top line where Liu Xingzhi's troops were rushing through the collapsed ruins like a tide. "The Tartars are giving up?"

The shouts and cries of killing on the battlefield were earth-shaking, and the thick smoke and flying dust covered the ruins.

Chen Ran could not see the battle on the other side of the collapsed ruins. All he could see were hundreds and thousands of Ming troops rushing over in waves.

When he was wondering whether the city would be taken, the sound of fierce fighting suddenly increased.

A large number of Jiannu armored soldiers crossed the top line and counterattacked, forcing back the Ming army that was attacking from above, and even reached the edge of the pontoon bridge.

Many fleeing Ming soldiers lost their way and fell into the moat.

"Marshal~~~"

Shang Kexi, the only one among the old Dongjiang soldiers who escaped being cannon fodder, rode over with a dusty face, "The Tartars' counterattack is too fierce. I beg the Marshal to send more musketeers to suppress them."

"can."

Chen Ran would not refuse such a reasonable request. "Send another ten musketeers over to suppress the Tatars' counterattack."

More than a thousand musketeers quickly ran to join the battlefield. The firepower of the musketeers on both wings increased rapidly, and they used fierce shooting to cut off the subsequent Tatar counterattacks.

"Marshal~~~"

There was another report from the front: "Geng Zhongmin deserted the battlefield and was executed by General Shang."

"Yeah." Chen Ran nodded and glanced at the generals.

"General." Qin Liangyu stepped forward and said, "I will fight you."

Chen Ran hesitated a little, "The general's troops have suffered heavy losses."

In the previous battle of Hunhe, more than half of the 4,000 Sichuan soldiers were killed. He didn't want to let this remnant army go to the battlefield again. They had done enough.

Qin Liangyu saluted again with a solemn expression, and said in a loud voice, "I am willing to fight!"

".Can."

The fighting on both sides of the ruins was extremely brutal. Groups of Ming troops rushed forward shouting, while endless Tartars roared back.

The casualties on both sides were extremely horrific. The ruins were covered with corpses on both sides, and even the moat was densely packed with corpses.

After more than an hour, Chen Ran could no longer sit still. "Is the fighting power of the Tartars so strong?"

The city walls collapsed, the defenders lost their most powerful defense, and the city defense equipment placed on the walls also became useless.

More than two thousand musketeers fired continuously, and seven or eight thousand infantrymen charged repeatedly, but they were unable to capture even the collapsed ruins!

In the past, Chen Ran always believed that the Later Jin was the worst among all the northern tribes.

But today's battle made him mutter in his heart, "It seems that I am not that weak."

"Yue Tuo Beile." A blood-soaked Aobai rushed to Yue Tuo who was commanding the battle and shouted, "There are too many Ming dogs, we can't kill them all!"

Yue Tuo, with a sullen face, said nothing and turned to look at the reserve team behind him.

There are not many young people left, mostly old people and teenagers.

After a moment's silence, Yue Tuo instructed, "I'll give you twenty Niulu and three hundred white-armored soldiers. You must charge forward in this counterattack and burn down the Ming dog's floating bridge!"

Aobai raised his hand and wiped the blood off his face. "Zha!"

The strongest counterattack of the Tartars was launched. Oboi led hundreds of white-armored soldiers to charge first. More than a thousand soldiers from various flags shouted and followed. They pushed back Mao Chenglu's troops in front of them. Facing the muskets fired from both wings, they rushed to the pontoon bridge and threw kerosene torches to set the bridge on fire.

Even Mao Chenglu was beheaded on the spot.

More than a thousand men went out to attack, but only a few hundred were left when they returned.

Every counterattack they launched was like cutting flesh, layer by layer.

Yuetuo breathed a sigh of relief and quietly stuck his head out to observe.

A large number of Ming troops returned and used ladders and wooden boards to build a new pontoon bridge next to the burning pontoon bridge.

The rare smile quickly disappeared from his face.

Yuetuo lowered his head, his eyes full of despair.

"Mergentaqing, the Great Jin is counting on you!"

(End of this chapter)