185 Artillery Weaknesses
Liaoyang City was taken down, but the raid tactics were no longer used.
Because when Abatai and Tong Yangxing were fleeing with their men, Cao Wenzhao was leading the army to clear the riots in the city and didn't have time to chase them.
At this time, the defenders in Chenyang City must have received the news. Even if Daishan is stupid, he will never open the city gate and wait for them to pass by.
In other words, it is no longer possible to raid Chenyang.
Taichang stood on the city gate tower at the south gate, looked at the huge Liaoyang City, sighed slightly, and then said decisively: "Zhisheng, you bring 20,000 troops to take over Liaoyang City and guard it here. I will lead my army to attack Chenyang."
this!
Upon hearing this, Sun Chengzong quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you lead your army to attack Chenyang?"
Taichang smiled and asked, "Where do you think is safer? Is it in Liaoyang City or in the army?"
Well, well, it is indeed safer to have more than 100,000 troops. This Liaoyang City has just been taken back from Jiannu. I don’t know how many Jiannu’s spies are inside. If the emperor enters the city, it will be really dangerous.
Upon hearing this, Sun Chengzong could only bow helplessly and said, "I obey the order."
Taichang nodded slightly, then said loudly: "Ma Shilong, you will lead 20,000 troops to take over Liaoyang City. Here we will assist the commander Sun Chengzong to guard the army. The other generals will immediately order their troops and continue to head north. Today, you must travel another fifty miles."
Why is it me again?
When Ma Shilong heard this, his face changed slightly.
He also wants to charge forward, and he also wants to make achievements!
The problem, the emperor seems to think he is good at defending the city.
Alas, there is no way.
He could only bow helplessly, "I will understand."
The other generals bowed excitedly: "Abide by the order."
Soon, the soldiers of the Shenwu Camp and the 70,000 Liaodong Army infantry inside and outside the city began to assemble in the south of the city.
In less than an hour, 150,000 people were already lined up in one neat square after another, ready to go.
Taichang turned over without hesitation, then waved his hand and said loudly: "The whole army is moving north and set off!"
There was no way, he had to seize the Shenyang City before Nurhaci led the cavalry back, otherwise it would be a big trouble.
At this moment, he was raiding all the way and attacking wildly, and he didn't build any city fortresses. Nurhaci's 40,000 cavalry might have no choice but to use his 150,000 army, but they could run to the rear to cut off food!
Therefore, we cannot delay for a moment, and we must take down Shenyang as soon as possible.
The army rushed all the way, and the next afternoon, it arrived at the south bank of Hunhe River, less than ten miles from Chenyang City.
At this time, we can no longer rush forward recklessly, because the red cannons in Chenyang City can hit the north bank of the Hun River, and you may be able to eat shells after crossing the river.
Fortunately, Jiannu had not had time to destroy the stone bridge on the Hun River.
The sunset was setting, and the sky was covered with red clouds. Taichang couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he looked at the red river water.
This is the place where the Qi family army, Bai Gan soldiers and Jiannu fought bloody battles in history. It is rumored that even the Hunhe River water was red in that battle. The sunset turned into a bloody sun under the reflection of the Hunhe River water!
Qi Jin must not know that in history, this was the burial place for him and all the soldiers of the Qi family!
In the battle of Hunhe, all three thousand soldiers of the Qi family were killed, and four thousand white-sling soldiers were killed and injured. Two invincible heroes of the Ming Dynasty were besieged by nearly ten times the elite Eight Banners, one dead and one in ruins!
Fortunately, he sent an imperial edict to save two heroic troops, but the battle in Hunhe did not start at all.
At this moment, the situation has reversed and they have already fought back!
Taichang raised his telescope and looked at the city of Chenyang in the distance, then looked at the terrain on the other side of the river, and then asked, "Xingzuo, there are only eight red cannons in Chenyang, right?"
Liu Xingzuo nodded quickly and said, "Yes, there are two gates on each wall on both sides of the city gate tower."
There are two red cannons, and Jiannu has no telescope. If they spread out a line and are arranged in a long snake formation, they will probably be able to kill one or two people at most in each round!
This is the biggest disadvantage of artillery at this moment. The shells cannot explode and hurt people through the sputtering shrapnel, but can only smash people through their own weight and speed.
In other words, the damage range of artillery at this moment is basically a straight line. As long as it is arranged in a single row and advanced horizontally, even the most powerful artillery can hit one or two people in one shot.
Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked again: "General Qi, if you lead 10,000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion push the chariots and quickly cross the river, line up along the river bank, and then advance horizontally, there shouldn't be much damage, right?"
Qi Jin bowed without hesitation: "The emperor is wise, it is indeed so."
Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Okay, tomorrow morning, you will lead 10,000 well-equipped soldiers of the Shenji Camp across the river, put the Thunder God Cannon around the city wall, and shoot it on the city wall. At the same time, let the musketeers suppress the firepower about two hundred steps in front of the city wall, and don't let Jiannu emerge."
The Red Cannon is destroyed by about one mile away. Because the Red Cannon cannot be shot in the sky like a small Thunder God Cannon, the Red Cannon cannot hit the area one or two miles ahead.
Qi Jin bowed without hesitation: "I will understand."
Taichang nodded slightly, and then said to Man Gui: "General Man, tomorrow you will lead 10,000 long bowmen to follow Shenji Camp across the river. You will also line up along the river bank, then advance horizontally, and rush to the city wall within a hundred steps, and shoot rockets on the city wall. Remember to prepare more rockets, and the rockets should be denser where Jiannu's two red cannons are located, so try to blow up their gunpowder."
When Man Gui heard this, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "I will understand."
Taichang nodded slightly, and then continued to order: "Cao Wenzhao, you lead the soldiers of the Shenwu Camp to line up on the south bank and are ready to respond at any time. He Kegang, you lead 30,000 infantry to build cloud ladders, Zu Dashou, you lead 30,000 infantry to build well railings and siege vehicles, and in two days, you can build as much as you can. Cao Bianjiao, you lead the remaining 30,000 Shenji Camp infantry to guard the camp. Luo Sigong, spread the scouts to the east of Chenyang City, and don't let the defenders in the city pass on our siege to the Korqin Grassland!"
Their movements cannot be hidden, but it is best not to let the Mongolqin tribe know about the situation of the siege. If the Mongolqin tribe takes the wrong medicine and gathers people to support Chenyang, it will be a big trouble.
The next morning, around the hour of Mao, 60,000 soldiers were neatly arranged next to the stone bridge on the south bank of the Hun River.
Qi Jin waved his hand without hesitation, and the soldiers of the Ten Thousand Shenji Battalions immediately pushed the chariots into two rows, quickly passing through the stone bridge, and then continued to disperse to both sides of the river bank.
They neither beat drums to cheer or shouted for killing, but they pushed the chariot across the river in a quiet voice.
At this time, Jiannu did not have a telescope. A distance of five or six miles, Jiannu on the city wall could vaguely see someone the size of ant pushing something across the river.
Dai Shan rushed over after hearing the news, put on a pergola in his hand, and looked at it with a confused look on his face.
What does Mingjun mean?
He really couldn't understand why more than 100,000 Ming troops arrived at the south bank of Hunhe River yesterday afternoon and were preparing to launch an attack early this morning.
Doesn’t the Ming army need to build siege equipment?
It's impossible!
The walls of Chenyang City cannot be jumped up just by jumping. Without siege equipment, how could the Ming army climb up?
Besides, there were only a few people sent by the Ming army, or there were chariots and other things.
It is impossible for this number of people to attack the city wall!
He didn't know what was going on, but Qi Jin had already pushed the city wall with a row of cars.
This time, Dai Shan was even more stunned.
The Ming army really dares to rush!
Is there such a sparse number of people, can I fire the fire?
Even if he didn't understand artillery, he knew that if this artillery went down, it would probably not be able to hit anyone, because they didn't line up in a dense array!
As he hesitated, the soldiers of the Shenji Camp had already pushed the chariot and ran for nearly a mile. If they didn't fire the gun, they wouldn't have the chance to fire it.
He could only grit his teeth and ordered: "Hurry up, light the fire, fire!"
No matter what, let’s hit two cannons first to see the effect.
The artillery was not accurate at this moment. Even if the person stood there, he might not hit the target with one shot, not to mention that the soldiers of the Shenji Camp were pushing the chariot and running towards the city wall.
As expected, these two cannons only hit the soldiers of the Shenji Camp at all, and they didn't even hit the soldiers of the Shenji Camp. The shells fell into the open space dozens of steps behind the soldiers of the Shenji Camp.
Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but laugh.
Chapter completed!