Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 189 Coming Out of the Mountain ([-])

When the Tartars in Jiangning gathered a large army to collect food and grass to defend the city, Qiu Tianxing had already led his army to sit in the city of Lu'an Prefecture, ready to march west to Hefei, the capital of Luzhou.

In the Battle of Lu'anzhou City, the security regiment did not force the Tartars to surrender, and finally relied on the heroic sacrifices of the regiment members to win the city, but it also caused thousands of casualties.In order to vent his anger and to warn those who came later who tried to resist, Qiu Tianxing beheaded all the high-ranking civil and military officials captured in the city for public display, and the city was covered with heads for a while.

After taking down the state city, the headquarters army rested in the state city for ten days.During the ten days, Qiu Tianxing also expanded the guard battalion to the size of a column.

Now Qiu Tianxing has an army of [-] in his hands. During the fortified battle of Lu'an Prefecture City, Qiu Tianxing dispatched several battalions of troops in turn.After such a bloody battle, these tens of thousands of troops can be regarded as an army.The next thing to do is to use battle as a substitute for training, and refine elite soldiers in life and death.Those who can survive the brutal battle are naturally elite soldiers, and those who fail to survive are eliminated.

A few days ago, the headquarters got in touch with the first battalion.After learning that the headquarters had captured Lu'an Prefecture, Chen Chen also sent troops to approach Chuzhou to put pressure on the Tartars.

When dealing with the first battalion, the more than [-] Tartar soldiers and horses sitting in the city can also deal with it.It's just that tens of thousands of soldiers from the headquarters suddenly appeared in Lu'an Prefecture, and the Tartar defenses in Luzhou Mansion and Chuzhou were crumbling. It was only waiting for Qiu Tianxing to command the army of the headquarters to move eastward.

Although it is not difficult to win Luzhou Mansion and Chuzhou with the help of the First Battalion, but facing the strong city of Jiangning, Qiu Tianxing is very worried.

Jiangning City is also the Nanjing City of later generations. Emperor Hongwu of the former Ming Dynasty spent huge sums of money to build such a strong city for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji and Zhu Family Dynasty.But history is always so good at joking. When he was surrounded for the first time, someone opened the city gate and dedicated the city to Zhu Di. When he was surrounded for the second time, the whole city simply surrendered and dedicated the city to a foreign race.The tall city walls and impenetrable defenses simply became a joke.

Although some people surrendered to offer the city twice, Qiu Tianxing would never be arrogant and think that he also had such treatment.With this kind of self-awareness, it is very fortunate that Qiu Tianxing avoided what happened to Zhu Chenggong in history.

So, in the face of the heavy defense of Jiancheng and Tartars, how to attack Jiangning?
At this time, Qiu Tianxing thought of a TV series he had watched before, called Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.In the TV series, the soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom conquered Jiangning City by burying explosives in acupuncture points and blowing up the city walls.

This is a good idea, but the explosives required will be massive.

"Explosives can be buried underground, what about the day?" Qiu Tianxing muttered to himself.

The words "heaven and earth" entered his mind in an instant.Suddenly he thought of a weapon, that is a hot air balloon!

"Hot air balloons can carry people as well as objects. If a hot air balloon can be used to carry tuanding and explosives, the hot air balloon will be lifted above Jiangning City, and the tuanding will throw explosives on the city wall in the sky. Regardless of the damage to the Tartars What a lot of casualties, this blow to morale is definitely just now!" Qiu Tianxing became more and more excited as he spoke, and subconsciously mentioned the mantra from his previous life.

"Just, how to make this hot air balloon?"

Thinking of this, Qiu Tianxing became troubled again.Qiu Tianxing also fully agrees with the saying that science and technology are primary productive forces.Qiu Tianxing is also clear about the direction of future war development.From guns and artillery to aircraft, tanks and ships, there will be more talk of sea and air control in the future.Just because of strength, the security regiment has not established a real weapons research institute until now.

When the security regiment was first established, the territory was only limited to the vicinity of Yingshan, and there were not even a few blacksmiths.Later, the team developed and only took Yingshan, but then faced the attack of the Tartars.When the first battalion, second battalion, and fourth battalion finally opened up the situation in Henan, the headquarters first won a big victory and then lost in the battle with the Tartars. As a result, the regiment headquarters fled to Xinyang.During this period of time, there is no ability to produce and develop firearms, and all firearms can only be seized.

After staying in Xinyang for more than half a year, Qiu Tianxing escaped alone, and with the support of Ye Su and Ni Zhan, he captured the capital of De'an Mansion, and then completely occupied De'an Mansion.But the good times didn't last long, the Tartars sent Kong Youde to attack the headquarters in just three months, and then the reinforcements from the battalions fought against Kong Youde, and then the Tartars were glad to bring reinforcements.As a result, the battalions of the security regiment failed in the decisive battle with the Tartars, their bases were lost one after another, and their headquarters were transferred to the Dabie Mountains.Because the time was too short during this period, Qiu Tianxing only brought all the craftsmen into the Dabie Mountains before leading the team into the mountain.However, there is also a lack of conditions for weapons research in the mountains, so there is no weapons research institute until now.However, there are still many craftsmen in the headquarters at this time, and now they are under the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tianxing asked Zhou Zhen to recruit him.As soon as Zhou Zhen came, Qiu Tianxing expressed his thoughts.

After hearing Qiu Tianxing's thoughts, Zhou Zhen was taken aback.It's just that he is a well-read person, so he naturally knows the Kongming lanterns of the Three Kingdoms period.The hot air balloon mentioned by Qiu Tianxing is nothing more than a large version of Kongming Lantern.

"This? One person costs a hundred catties, ten dynamite packs cost a hundred catties, and the weight of the hot air balloon itself. In this case, how big should the hot air balloon be? And what if the hot air balloon falls into the sky after ascending?" What should we do when we get down? What should we do if comrades are afraid to enter the hot air balloon? What should we do if the hot air balloon drifts after the wind blows?" After thinking for a while, Zhou Zhen asked many questions one after another.

Zhou Zhen's question made Qiu Tianxing calm down, knowing that this hot air balloon is not something that can be achieved overnight, and it needs to be devoted to research slowly.So, he said to Zhou Zhen.

"Then call some people to study slowly. In the future, this hot air balloon will be a weapon of our security team in air combat. As long as it can be lifted into the air, it will definitely cause a huge blow to the enemy during combat, especially in terms of morale. And in siege At this time, the effect of the hot air balloon is even greater." Qiu Tianxing said to Zhou Zhen.

Hearing Qiu Tianxing's words, Zhou Zhen nodded in response.Just when Zhou Zhen was about to leave, Qiu Tianxing said again.

"Now we still need a lot of sulfur in **, the Ministry of Civil Affairs needs to send more people to collect some."

After nodding his head in reply, Zhou Zhen left.

Since hot air balloons are no longer feasible, the only option is to dig tunnels and bury explosives to blow up the city walls.

Fortunately, Qiu Tianxing has a lot of soil salt and charcoal in his hands, but he lacks sulfur.

While in the Dabie Mountains, Qiu Tianxing began to practice the method of using human and livestock manure to produce soil nitrate, and achieved great success.In the past two years, hundreds of thousands of catties of boiled soil salt have been accumulated.It's just that soil nitrate alone cannot be used for detoxification, and charcoal and sulfur are also needed.Charcoal is easy to solve. There are trees everywhere in the mountains, so it would be fine to cut them directly and burn them, but the lack of sulfur cannot solve it.Therefore, the current security regiment lacks gunpowder for the time being, and can only rely on seizures for use.

If you want to take Jiangning City, you must use a huge amount of explosives, so the gun kit is the top priority at this time.

(End of this chapter)