Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 236
Not only was there a big fire, but an explosion soon occurred. The large amount of gunpowder left in the warehouse was not used. At this time, it was all piled up at the foot of each wall. When the fire detonated, the entire warehouse collapsed. It is better to collapse than to stay Use it for captive soldiers.

Yang Chao kept his eyes on the fire, knowing that he saw some shadows flickering towards the city wall in the fire, and stepped on the hanging basket, so he turned his eyes and stared at the barracks of captive soldiers who were being bombarded by cannons .

In fact, Yang Chao knew in his heart that it was really impossible to kill and injure many captive soldiers with these cannons alone.

The barracks camp is about one mile away from the south wall of Haizhou. The Franji cannons in our own battalion, which are claimed to be a thousand catties, are actually three hundred catties. The effective range is actually only one mile. No matter how far it is, it will not have much power. It can really cause damage The most important thing is the five hundred catties general cannon.

Compared with the Fron machine, the general gun is not only heavier, but the most important thing is that it is more airtight than the rear-mounted Fron machine, so the energy of the gunpowder explosion is not lost, and more of it is converted into the kinetic energy of the shell. After going out, the result is that the [-]-jin General Cannon has a much longer range than the [-]-jin Franji. It is easy to hit the captive soldiers one mile away, and it is even powerful two miles away.

Especially now that Yang Chao's artillery formation is on Haizhou City, it is too easy to condescend and threaten the barracks.

But except for the four Francophones and the five General Cannons, the other tiger squatting cannons are useless, and the thirty-pound tiger squatting cannons are farther than the bird guns, and two hundred steps is basically the limit. There is really no threat to the captive soldiers a mile away.

Nine cannons, still not accurate smoothbore cannons, obviously couldn't cause much damage, and Yang Chao didn't place his hopes on the cannons. After all, he wasn't naive enough to be a civil servant. Pawns, defense may be possible, but offense is impossible.

Yang Chao's purpose was only to cause a little panic among the captive soldiers. The first was to cover Zhao Kang and the others who set fire to them, so that the captive soldiers would not send someone to threaten Zhao Kang and the others after seeing the fire in the warehouse and guessing that they had been fooled. .The second is to cause confusion to the captive soldiers at night. Sometimes a little chaos will cause the camp to be bombed when the army is outside, especially when they are tired, nervous, and tired of fighting. It is impossible to maintain a high fighting spirit all the time. If there is fatigue and war weariness, will the camp be bombed?

After a round of shelling, Yang Chao saw that the barracks of captive soldiers began to roar, but it stopped soon. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. The will of these looting groups was stronger than Yang Chao imagined. Except for the group who are about to die from robbery, they probably don't take their own lives seriously.

Yang Chao couldn't help feeling a little regretful when he saw the camp of captive soldiers quiet down, but it wasn't that easy, the cannons wouldn't stop, let the captive soldiers listen to the sound of the cannons all night tonight.

After Yang Chao gave the order, he immediately went down to the city with his own soldiers. There are caves for Tibetan soldiers inside the city wall, and each cave can accommodate 100 people. Obviously, the guards in Haizhou don’t need these. With his own home, these caves for soldiers were freed up for Yang Chao, which was enough for Yang Chao to place his men.

Yang Chao thought that the possibility of the captive soldiers directly attacking the city tonight was not high, so he let the soldiers who had been tossing around for a few days rest early.

In addition, more than half of the gunners remained on the city, and many other men's flag teams were also on the city. Except for Wang Pu, the soldiers he led were still the most reassuring, especially after the last rash attack, Yang Chao's attack on Wang Pu Pu was extremely worried, so he didn't dare to let him go on night duty.

The rest of the people took the time to rest. Yang Chao felt that after finding out that they were being teased, the captive soldiers would definitely attack the city tomorrow.

Yang Chao himself couldn't sleep, so he discussed with the officers of the Haizhou Guard overnight.

The guard in Haizhou is called Donghai Zhongsuo. The city is not far from the south of Haizhou City, but the city is dilapidated, and many military households actually make a living in Haizhou City. All the households entered the city, the first was to defend, and the second was to hide.

Donghai Zhongsuo is a Qianhusuo, and this Qianhu is still related to Jiang Yang by marriage, so Yang Chao can buy this Qianhu through Jiang Yang.

At this time, Qianhu stood cautiously in front of Yang Chao. Yang Chao was promoted to Chief Qian, and his position in the guard office was also higher than him. He has an inexplicable fear of Yang Chao.

"Li Qianhu, please sit down!"

This place is located in a small cave for Tibetan soldiers in the south gate of the urn city. Besides Yang Chao's two personal soldiers, Jiang Yang and Zhongsuo Qianhu are here.

Qianhu's name is Li Rui, he looks quite rich, with red lips and white teeth, more like a scholar than a soldier, Jiang Yang has already introduced that Li's family is also a salt merchant, the family has quite a lot of resources, and is hereditary to thousands of households in the East China Sea.

Li Rui sat down on a chair beside a broken table after hearing the invitation.

Yang Chao was a little curious. The Li family was also a wealthy businessman in Haizhou, but they would let him go to the city privately for the money he sent, probably not for the money, but for his own safety. But since you have the money, you must not miss it. This shows that this is a very realistic person.

"Li Qianhu has a few things I want to ask you!"

After seeing Li Rui sitting down, Yang Chao asked.

Li Rui cupped his hands: "My lord, please tell me."

Yang Chao said: "May I ask Mr. Li, how many soldiers are there under his command?"

In fact, Jiang Yang also told Yang Chao, but Jiang Yang's statement was very unreliable. What he said was useless, and there were less than two hundred soldiers capable of fighting.

Two hundred battle-worthy soldiers, which are also in quotation marks, are basically strong and able to hold guns, and have not been trained much.

Li Rui said, "No more than two hundred."

Li Rui actually said the same thing.

Yang Chao was noncommittal, and said with a smile: "Li Qianhu, tens of thousands of captive soldiers, surrounded Haizhou to death, only 200 people, I'm afraid it's not enough."

Yang Chao looked rather strange.

Li Rui gritted his teeth and said, "Maybe we can draw an extra hundred, up to 300 people!"

This soldier is also like water, and it is possible to squeeze it.

Yang Chao naturally knew the tricks, which one of the officers in the Daming Guards did not support family members, and which one did not occupy conscripts.

The so-called occupation means to occupy some military households in the guard to work for him. Yang Chao expected that the extra 100 people must be Li Rui's occupation, and it is absolutely impossible for him to be his servants.

So he continued to squeeze: "Li Qianhu, without 1000 people, this city cannot be defended no matter what. My subordinates have been fighting bloody battles, and it is already less than [-]. As for reinforcements, we are afraid that we will have no hope of waiting. Li Qian How do you think this city should be defended?"

Li Qianhu pondered for a moment, and his expression became serious: "Master Yang, is he saying that with 1000 people, he is sure to defend the city?"

Yang Chao nodded: "I'm 1000% sure of [-] people."

Li Qianhu couldn't help being frustrated: "Is it only [-]%?"

Yang Chao said with a smile: "However, I think that there should be a lot of young adults in Haizhou City. Ten thousand may not be there, but three or four thousand is not difficult. If Li Qianhu can draw one thousand, plus my six hundred With a strong army, 5000 men are more than enough to defend the city."

Li Qianhu's eyes lit up: "Your Master Yang is serious?"

Yang Chao nodded firmly: "It's absolutely true, Li Qianhu, you have also seen that I can kill hundreds of captives in field battles. This will only make it easier to defend the city. How can there be any losses?"

What Yang Chao said was categorical, not necessarily reflecting his confidence, but giving Li Rui confidence.

Li Rui gritted his teeth and said, "If that's the case, I should think of a way, and I should be able to draw out 1000 people!"

Yang Chao nodded, but still emphasized: "It must be strong!"

Li Rui said: "They are all strong."

Yang Chao said with a smile, "Then there will be trouble for Li Qianhu."

But at this moment, Li Rui twitched instead, talking about him from left to right, repeatedly emphasizing the difficulties.

"The guard is not easy. It has been owed wages for many years, and the army has no fighting spirit. I'm afraid it will be an embarrassing battle."

Yang Chao couldn't help laughing, the condition was for profit.

There is no need to waste too much thought with a thousand households for the benefit that has not yet been obtained.

Yang Chao said simply: "Does Li Qianhu want military merit or money?"

Only then did Li Rui laugh: "Military merit is of course good, and money is also good."

Really greedy enough to want both.

Yang Chao stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "1 taels of silver! One hundred heads! I can promise you."

Yang Chao had already won 300 heads, and besides the money that was distributed, there were still more than one hundred thousand taels. If he exchanged 1 taels for Li Rui's one thousand strong men, he would definitely not suffer a loss.

Li Rui began to calculate in his heart, and he clasped his fists for a long time: "Master Yang is righteous!"

No matter how Li Rui counted, he felt that he would not be at a disadvantage. Although there were 1 soldiers outside the city, he couldn't believe how much Yang Chao could kill if he killed Li Rui. In Li Rui's heart, it would be great if he could hold the city. His [-] heads probably have to be peeled off from his previous gains, and the same is true for [-] taels of silver, so he is still very emotional, but there is no reason why others would give him it, and it would be interesting not to raise the price.

Yang Chao laughed and said, "That's a deal. But among the 1000 people, I want to see three hundred family members from Li Qianhu!"

The Li family is not only a hereditary family of one thousand in Zhongsuo, but also one of the largest salt merchants in Haizhou. There are five hundred members in the family. Yang Chao has already inquired about this very clearly. It is not difficult for him to send out three hundred members he.

Li Rui was also very happy: "Lord Yang, don't worry, Li is not a cunning person!"

Yang Chao said: "That's good!"

Li Rui was also worried about other aspects: "Where is Dianshi?"

Yang Chao said, "I'll talk about it myself."

Yang Chao planned to pay a visit to the history of Haizhou in the morning. By then, the captive soldiers should start attacking the city. At that time, under the pressure, a civil servant would not reject him, and would recruit young men to use for him.

Tonight, I will make an agreement with the Zhongsuo Qianhu that with Li Rui's [-] strong men and his own [-] men, it is enough to guard for a day.

So after Yang Chao finished speaking, he took out wine to entertain Li Rui, but he didn't expect that while he was drinking, his subordinates suddenly came to report that Haizhou Dianshi was visiting.

Li Rui couldn't drink anymore, and quickly hid, but there was nowhere to hide, so he just got under the bed.

Yang Chao was let in by Li Rui privately. The soldiers in the city were all Li Rui's military households, but Dian Shi didn't agree, so Li Rui didn't want to see Dian Shi at this time.

Apart from being slightly surprised, Yang Chao invited the angry Dian Shi in.

(End of this chapter)