Chapter 126, under Ping Kun’s strategy In the early morning of this day, bursts of thunderous roars suddenly sounded, breaking the tranquility of Hangzhou city.
At first it was a solitary sound or two, but then it became continuous, and even the ground trembled slightly amidst the roar.
"This is firing of cannons.
It's coming from the southeast.
It's the warships of the Kun thieves that are firing cannons at Houchao Gate."
Accompanied by the above-mentioned panicked shouts, the whole city was in a commotion like boiling water.
Various alarm bells and gongs rang out among the streets and houses.
In addition to the continuous sound of cannons in the distance, there were also the sounds of men, women, old and young crying and screaming, the frightened howling of mules, horses, pigs and cattle, as well as the scolding and crying in a southern and northern accent.
After a while, under the urging of whistles and whips, the city soldiers and civilian husbands They tremblingly picked up their swords and guns and gathered slowly.
Everyone stretched their necks from time to time, looking towards the direction of the sound of cannons to see the sharp whistling sounds and rumbling explosions that were still coming from them.
Keep coming from a distance The Chao Tide Gate was built during the Shaoxing period of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Because the city gate is close to the Qiantang River and can wait for the tide twice a day, it was named the Chao Chao Gate.
The tide of the Qiantang River comes as scheduled every day and remains unchanged forever.
It often attracts literati and poets from all over the world to come here specifically to watch the tide and enjoy the scenery.
However, at the tide gate this morning, along with the tide of the Qiantang River, there were also black warships and cannonballs roaring in the sky.
On the Qiantang River filled with morning mist, the huge steam-armored fleet had already docked and anchored, taking turns pouring firepower at the tide gate near the river.
Balls of meteor-like fire rose from the river and hit the towering and solid city wall.
For a moment, the bricks and stones from the city were blown away, and smoke and dust lingered.
On the other side of the Hangzhou city wall, the poor defenders couldn't even fire back, because except for the squatting tiger cannon that weighed dozens of kilograms and had a range of only a few hundred steps, there was no fire in Hangzhou city.
There are no decent heavy artillery.
Since the Japanese invasion subsided, the coastal defense in the Jiangnan area has been rapidly weakened.
In the land of Fujian and Guangdong in the south, due to the large number of pirates, there are still some forts scattered along the coastal ports, as well as artillery purchased from the Dutch and Portuguese.
But in Hangzhou, which is relatively peaceful to the north, city defense still remains at the technological level of the Song Dynasty.
So, after trying to counterattack from the top of the city with their only bed crossbows and tiger squat cannons, but despairingly finding that they couldn't even hit the tidal flats on the riverside, facing the roar of hundreds of naval guns one after another, the city's top troops The only thing the Ming army could do was to run away.
As a result, Houchaomen, which received "key care", was quickly riddled with holes by intensive artillery fire.
Sections of the city walls collapsed one after another, and the towers fell down with a crash, causing a cloud of dust to rise up.
There were even holes all around.
A burst of gravel rained down, and a large amount of crushed rubble fell from the air, splashing far away, and even hit the heads of citizens.
The city was immediately shaken into chaos, and everyone was rumoring that the Kun bandits were about to attack the city.
Next, another solid bullet that was wrongly marked for Zhu Yuan flew high over the city wall and hit a group of young men on the street who had just been drafted.
Although it did not scratch a piece of oil on anyone, But the group of young men and the government officials who escorted them immediately turned around and fled.
However, just when the whole city of Hangzhou was panicking, these warships stopped the bombardment, weighed anchor again, and gradually left The frightened Magistrate Liu, reminded by several staff, hurriedly mobilized the people again, urgently demolished the houses and stripped the walls, gathered some wood and stones to repair the city walls, and at the same time ordered people to climb to a high place to observe, so as to facilitate the next step.
Provide early warning when a field bombardment begins.
But until around noon, the citizens of Hangzhou, with their hearts in their throats, did not hear the sound of cannons fired again.
At least on this day, Hangzhou is not the main target of the "Australian thieves".
The fleet's shelling of Houchaomen in the early morning was just a reminder to these stupid Hangzhou officials and gentry not to mistake tigers for sick cats.
On the private port pier of Phoenix Villa, four shallow-water heavy gunboats temporarily transformed from steam paddle-wheel tugboats were spitting out black smoke and sounding their whistles.
Together with several other small-tonnage steamships with shallow drafts, they headed towards Go upstream in the direction of Fuyang in the upper reaches of the Qiantang River.
The other ships with deeper drafts and unable to enter the river section of Fuyang County upstream also sounded their whistles to see off the attack fleet.
Next to the pier, groups of short-haired soldiers carrying rifles were also holding various flags and heading southwest along the bank of the Qiantang River.
After conducting a warning bombardment on Houchaomen in Hangzhou, Major General Sun Yang raised four thousand troops and went upriver to attack Fuyang County.
Although the fire attack fleet organized by Fuyang County before was a joke, under the full surveillance and fire interception of the Phoenix Villa Headquarters, no arson ship could rush into the fleet anchorage on the Qiantang River and attack the "Kun Thieves". warship" causing damage.
But there were still two or three "dare-to-die heroes" with strong martial arts skills.
After jumping off the arson boat, they actually swam across the freezing cold winter river, sneaked into the riverside military camp at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and killed a man with a short knife.
The careless sentry caused a moderate commotion before being surrounded and captured.
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After the battle, after summarizing the experience and lessons learned, all the time traveler officers at the Phoenix Villa Headquarters agreed that Fuyang County, which had been neglected before, seemed to be a moderate trouble for this Hangzhou strategy.
Although Fuyang County was A little bit about the combat effectiveness of the Ming army It’s not worth mentioning at first, but I’m afraid that the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty in Fuyang County will know the taste from now on and continue to take advantage of the advantage of being upstream and having smooth wind and water.
Every three days, they will send dead soldiers to drive boats down the river and sneak into Phoenix at night.
It would be unbearable to disturb people if they sabotaged Shanjun Camp.
I remember that in most martial arts novels, the knights used similar methods to exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
Only a few people were able to hold back the imperial army.
Although this time and space in the late Ming Dynasty was not a martial arts world, there seemed to be many people from all walks of life.
The vast majority of the so-called "heroes" are playing the role of "dirty work" for wealthy Jin gentry and other financial owners, which is very similar to the violent gangs in Japan in later generations.
At this critical moment, the wealthy officials and gentry around Hangzhou may not be able to suddenly summon an army capable of fighting to defend themselves against the enemy, but they must invite a few desperadoes with high martial arts skills and no regard for life and death to Phoenix Villa.
It seems quite possible to make trouble.
Therefore, before launching a general attack on Hangzhou, it seems necessary to remove this annoying nail in the back in order to ensure the safety of the rear route.
It happened that Fuyang County was close to the river bank, and warships could hit artillery shells from one end of the county to the other on the water.
Therefore, Major General Sun Yang decided to use Fuyang County to conduct an actual urban attack to train his subordinates before attacking Hangzhou.
The mob is very inexperienced in attacking forts and street fighting.
In order to prevent making trouble in a big city like Hangzhou, it is better to try their skills in a small county like Fuyang first.
Anyway, relying on the firepower coverage of the river fleet, the battle in Fuyang is a must-win situation.
The only question is how much damage will be done to the troops.
On the other hand, Major General Sun Yang, who lacked understanding of the people of the Ming Dynasty, was also preparing to use the Battle of Fuyang to test the resistance of the local gentry and rural warriors in desperate situations.
Let's see whether they will burst into super-level fighting power in desperation, or whether they will tremble like quails and curl up waiting to die.
Only by correctly assessing the intensity of civilian resistance in the occupied areas can we formulate a more appropriate occupation and rule strategy.
In addition, how to suppress riots, how to establish rule, and how to stabilize order after occupying a city are all new things to Major General Sun Yang.
Although he has read a lot of theoretical knowledge from books, the specific practice is still very immature.
It's best to find a small city to practice your skills first.
It would be too tragic if we accidentally messed up and turned Hangzhou into a Baghdad or Damascus that would be filled with explosions in future generations.
As the art of war goes, even if you use a tiger to fight a rabbit, you must do your best and think carefully.
After making the decision to launch the Battle of Fuyang, Wang Qiu originally suggested using random gates to send the attacking troops directly into Fuyang County, but Major General Sun Yang declined.
According to him, the number of random gates was limited and it was impossible to use them every day.
They were abused in every battle.
If even small battles like this, which are sure to win, have to be cheated by random doors, then this kind of army will really be trained as a young master soldier.
In this case, Wang Qiu felt relaxed and waved goodbye to Major General Sun Yang at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, wishing him a successful war.
Next, after Major General Sun Yang led his troops to Fuyang, the remaining troops at Phoenix Villa were handed over to Wang Qiulai's command, allowing this college student who had never attended a military academy to become a general.
If Addiction is a true comrade of the People's Liberation Army, of course it is impossible to treat it as a toy and hand it over to a layman to waste, but for these second- and third-rate motley crews composed of natives of this time and space, you don't need to care so much.
Anyway, there are no strong enemies in front of him.
As long as Wang Qiu still has a basic IQ, these miscellaneous troops will definitely not be able to kill him no matter how they play.
But no matter what, Wang Qiu, who had taken charge of thousands of modern troops for the first time, seemed to have got some new toy.
He was full of excitement and excitement, eager to make full use of this short-term military power and make great achievements on the battlefield.
Something interesting is coming On the other side, after witnessing the astonishing destruction of the Hou Chao Gate in Hangzhou by the Kun thieves' naval guns, the prefect Liu Mengqian, who was deeply worried about the war situation, immediately cordially received again the outstanding representatives of the Ming Dynasty scholars, the "Kun Shi No. 1" in Hangzhou city.
Comrade Gao Xuan, a master, asked him how to deal with it.
After Gao Xuanxiucai thought about it for a moment, he pretended to be mature and supported his chin with a folding fan, and said calmly: "Sir, the student has said before that the cannon is made by gouging out the heart, and it is vicious and vicious. , It harms the harmony of heaven and earth, and it can be said that humans and gods are angry at the same time, so it only needs to be destroyed by the filth of yin to yang.
However, my Ming artillery has five elements inside and is not afraid of external objects.
Why don't you order the craftsmen to cast the cannon in large quantities to prevent thieves?
sharp weapon" "Alas, I have long heard about the power of our Ming Dynasty artillery, but the fire pattern is also a secret of the court.
Although there are many iron craftsmen in the city, no one knows its mechanism.
Moreover, it takes a long time to cast the cannon, and now it is no longer urgent. .
I wonder what you have to say, sir?"
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Magistrate Liu replied with a depressed look on his face.
"It's a coincidence that the student was studying recently and came across a wonderful thing in the book, which may be suitable for the current war situation."
I saw a smile on Gao Xuan's face, he opened the folding fan with a pretentious "click" sound, and shook it a few times, regardless of the fact that it was a cold day with water dripping into ice, "The name of this thing is a wooden cannon, but it is rounded up."
Hollow out a huge tree It is made of iron nails and iron belts.
Although its reputation is not as good as the red cannon, and it does not last long, it costs very little and has outstanding effects.
It can be called a cheap and good time-saving thing.
If you are interested, sir , you might as well give it a try.”
After listening to Gao Xuan's introduction and bragging, Prefect Liu Mengqian was overjoyed, as if he had drank ice water in the dog days of summer.
He immediately decided to build a large number of wooden cannons according to the method given by Gao Xuan to attack the Kun thieves outside Hangzhou.
A desperate counterattack, let them see the power of my big Ming firearm Immediately afterwards, following the order of the prefect, all the big trees in Hangzhou City were in trouble.
Almost all the weeping willows, elms, and pine trees that had become timber were chopped up by the roots.
Because there were not enough big trees in the city, the pillars and beams of several temples were even demolished.
However, although it is a good idea to adapt to local conditions and build wooden cannons to defend against enemies, it is true that craftsmen can build wooden cannons much faster than casting bronze cannons.
But if we start from scratch together, after all, it will take some time.
In order to buy time to build cannons and prevent the Kun thieves from attacking the city before the wooden cannons are completed, the prefect remembered something he heard at the "Pingkun Conference" before.
The wonderful idea was immediately replicated one after another.
So, when Wang Qiu appeared at the gate of Hangzhou City with a group of soldiers and horses, he was dumbfounded to see a long memorial tablet of the God on the top of the city.
In terms of topography, Hangzhou is both a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and a city that is easy to attack and difficult to defend.
It is said that Hangzhou is easy to defend but difficult to attack because Hangzhou is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has excellent terrain.
It has Phoenix Mountain and Yuhuang Mountain as a screen to the south of the city, the West Lake as a barrier to the west of the city, and the surging Qiantang River to the southeast.
In these three directions, due to terrain restrictions, siege forces cannot be deployed at all.
Even thousands of troops and horses are in vain.
Between the West Lake and the west city wall of Hangzhou, the widest point is only a hundred paces, and the narrowest is only three More than ten steps.
Large siege equipment such as nest carts and ram carts cannot be transported at all.
In the area of Houchaomen and Wangjiangmen, the East City Wall of Hangzhou is also built close to the Qiantang River.
There is only a few hundred meters between the city wall and the river bank.
Apart from an official road outside the wall, there are large areas of reed swamps and mire.
There was also no space to place the siege army.
In short, Hangzhou is indeed a difficult nut to crack for enemies coming from the south or west.
It is said that Hangzhou is easy to attack but difficult to defend because as part of the Hangzhou-Jiahu Plain, the north of Hangzhou City is a flat plain.
There is no danger to defend it.
However, most of the enemies who have attacked Hangzhou since ancient times seem to have come from the north: the Qing Dynasty destroyed the Nanming Dynasty, Mongolia destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, this was the case However, the problem facing Wang Qiu was that no matter which direction he attacked the city from, the troops he had on hand were far from enough.
The total number of troops invested by the Allied forces in this Hangzhou attack was only 7,000.
Among them, four thousand more combat-effective troops have been led up the river by Major General Sun Yang to cooperate with the shallow water heavy artillery fleet to attack Fuyang County.
Among the remaining three thousand people, at least one thousand should be left to garrison the base camp of Phoenix Villa.
After deducting the battle casualties and sick and wounded during this period, the number of troops he could actually pull out for a walk was only over a thousand.
There were thousands of sailors in the warships anchored on the Qiantang River, but Wang Qiu could not command them without authorization.
Besides, this is China, not Soviet Russia, and there has never been a tradition of letting sailors fight fortified cities.
Since the troops are so small, they can be deployed in any direction outside Hangzhou, so there is no need to worry about how to choose the battlefield.
Of course, with firepower beyond the times, even if there are only a thousand people, or even just Wang Qiu, it will be easy to destroy the wall of Hangzhou.
As long as Wang Qiu puts on Doraemon's Superman suit, Just punch it.
But the thing is, it's one thing to break down the city walls, it's another thing to overwhelm the city and win the street battles.
A mere thousand soldiers and horses who were unfamiliar with the place were unable to contain the chaos after the city was broken.
He didn't want to end up with a burnt-out rubble and hundreds of thousands of charred corpses.
Therefore, Wang Qiu silently calculated in his heart for a long time, and finally gave up the honor of conquering Hangzhou alone.
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With his special status, he did not need such feats to add glory, but only planned to carry out more than a thousand soldiers and horses to carry out a They held an armed parade and went to the city walls of Hangzhou to show off their power and fire off a few cannons for fun, just to scare the people in the city.
As for the occupation of Hangzhou, let’s wait until Major General Sun Yang returns from Fuyang County.
Therefore, Wang Qiu, with a relaxed attitude of going on an armed outing, led more than a thousand motley soldiers, mainly Japanese security forces, dragging two lightweight one-pound bronze field cannons and leisurely walked through the snow-covered Suzhou.
Dike, Gushan and Baidi, even Rao After admiring the scenery of "Broken Bridge and Remaining Snow" with interest, I arrived outside Wulin Gate.
Wanyan Liang, King of Hailing in the past Jin Dynasty, once claimed that he would "raise millions of troops to the West Lake and immediately mount the first peak of Mount Wu", but he failed I never really took a look at West Lake until I died.
And now I am really marching on the West Lake, he thought with narcissism.
It's a pity that the troops and horses he brought seemed to be a little short, and the momentum was really not enough.
Then, when Wang Qiu finally stood outside the Wulin Gate with a group of motley troops, ready to shoot and fire cannons to say hello to the people in the city, he saw an incredible sight: the Wulin Gate tower in Hangzhou and the city walls on both sides. , covered with countless large and small wooden boards, many of which look like The door panel that had just been removed was painted with eye-catching writing on it, turning it into an extra-large tablet.
Some of them read "The Great Ancestor set out to become the Emperor of Great Xiao in the Ming Dynasty."
It is "Gaozong was entrusted with the task of reviving the most virtuous and holy emperor Wu Wen Zhao Ren Xian Xiao Emperor" Wang Qiu took a closer look with the telescope and was immediately stunned.
Which episode did this come from and who were these two emperors?
Regarding this inexplicable strange thing, Wang Qiu felt that his brain was a little confused, so he waved his hand silently and ordered the troops to retreat temporarily.
There was no need to rush to fire on the city.
He first found a place to rest for a while, and he also wanted to find someone.
Let’s ask what’s going on.
At the same time, watching these menacing thieves stay under the city wall for a while, they actually retreated without a fight, which immediately triggered bursts of warm cheers on the wall.
My Hangzhou scholars are really unparalleled in resourcefulness.
These thieves were indeed beaten by the big guns.
The Emperor of Song Dynasty was frightened off by his divine card.
The scholar who proposed the idea of defeating the enemy with a memorial tablet at the Pingkun Conference was immediately cordially received and publicly praised by the prefect Liu Mengqian, who promised to recommend him to a meritorious title.
After the scholar left happily, Magistrate Liu thought with great regret that he had not expected that the Kunthi warship would open fire from outside Houchao Gate in the morning.
If the city wall along the riverside had been covered with memorial tablets at that time, The thieves will not have any chance to take advantage oshow7: