Although the army is now very powerful, from Li Benshen's point of view, the situation between the Ming and Qing dynasties has not yet reversed.Now it is still a situation where the Qing is strong and the Qing is weak, and as soon as the main force of the Qing army arrives, it will be able to stabilize the battle situation.At this time, there was really no need for him to take the risk of defecting to the Ming army, if the Ming army could not defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty could not be won, not to mention the loss of their own future, and the killing of their families, it was really not a wise move.After Li Benshen finished speaking, his sharp gaze swept over the subordinates, and he said in a deep voice: "In today's situation, we are not in a desperate situation, and we can only harm our families."
We only need to stick to the city and wait for the imperial court reinforcements to get through this crisis. ”Hearing this, the generals clenched their fists again, "Hey, the military gate is thoughtful." ”Man Dahai has already asked the Manchu court for help, the Qing Dynasty's reinforcements should already be on the way, as long as they block for ten days and a half months, the reinforcements will come, and the Ming army will naturally retreat at that time.At that moment, Li Benshen was determined to resist stubbornly, mobilized troops and young people to go to the city, and prepared to hold on to the end.On the third day of the first month, after Zhao Ming threw himself into the city, he never received a reply from the city, and he expected that the Qing army was preparing to delay time, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to bombard the city with artillery and began to build equipment.On the seventh day of the first month, the 40,000 tun army led by Wang Yi, Li Changxiang and others rushed to Wujin City and joined Zhao Ming, and Chongming's elite also came one after another, and the Ming army under the city increased to more than 50,000 people.This made the Qing army in Wujin City a little surprised and panicked, but the Ming army had already begun shelling and preparing to attack the city, and Li Benshen's judgment of the general trend still did not change, so he still did not reply to Zhao Ming."
Dashuai, Li Benshen has not rejected Dashuai, and there is no sign of surrender in the city so far, what is his calculation?"
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Deshun asked suspiciously.Zhao Ming sneered: "Li Benshen doesn't want to offend Ben Shuai, there is a line, but he doesn't want to surrender Ben Shuai either!"
”"Dashuai, what should I do?"
Wang Deshun frowned.Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Naturally, I beat him!"
In the dispute between Huayi, either friends or enemies, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, how can it be two-faced. ”After Zhao Ming finished speaking, he looked at the generals and said, "How about you wait to observe Wujin City Defense?"
”Wang Deshun hugged his fists and said: "Back to the handsome, Wujin is the capital city of Changzhou, the city is three zhang high, one zhang five zhang wide, the city has an urn city, there is a horse-faced enemy platform on the city wall, and the defense is quite perfect." ”Zhao Ming muttered, "Heaven and earth will come to the news, the Qing army in Huguang and Jiangxi is frequently mobilized, and there is not much time left for us.What do you think the odds are?
”Li Zhongming said: "Dashuai, the artillery bombardment has been in place for several days, and the east of the city has collapsed, but this Li Benshen is a person from Xuzhou Town, and his soldiers are in the same line as Li Dashuai's soldiers, and their combat strength should be better than that of the ordinary Qing army. ”Zhao Ming frowned slightly when he heard this, "Go and see the Wujin City Wall!"
”At that moment, the generals followed Zhao Ming, went out of the camp, and went to peep at the city defense.The group rode horses and galloped to a place three miles away from the city wall before stopping, and used a clairvoyant mirror to look at the Wujin city wall from afar.At this time, the artillery array of the Ming army was engaged in an artillery battle with the artillery of the Qing army on the city wall of Wujin, and the city wall was smashed into smoke and dust in the roar of artillery.After many days of shelling, the Wujin city wall was already full of holes, but it still stood in the smoke and dust, and a large number of Qing troops ran around the city."
Dashuai, Jiangnan City, because the place is rich, everything built is relatively strong, and almost all of them have wide moats.In addition, according to humble estimates, behind the city wall, the Qing army should have prepared iron stabbing cannons!
”Wang Deshun pointed to the city wall and explained.Zhao Ming observed the city wall with a clairvoyant mirror, and when he heard the words, he couldn't help but accept the clairvoyant mirror, his heart sank, and he frowned: "Iron stabbing cannon?
”Wang Deshun nodded, "Yes, since the marshal used this thing, the Qing army has also copied some of it, and after placing it behind the city wall, it can evade the artillery bombardment of our army, and it can also fire artillery to bombard the soldiers who are attacking the city, and the martial arts should be equipped in the city." ”This made people a little headache, Zhao Ming groaned for a while, and said: "Ben Shuai looked at Wujin's defense, and prepared to collapse the eastern city with artillery, and then the infantry army attacked from here, and at the same time sent warships to rush into the canal and attack the southern city near the river directly from the boat.If there are iron stabbing artillery in the city, our army will attack hard, and the losses will inevitably be very large!
”Zhao Ming checked the terrain and found that the city wall of the east city was about to collapse, while Wujin City was close to the Grand Canal, and the south city wall was directly based on the Grand Canal as a moat.The Grand Canal, which is several feet wide, can really protect the southern city well, and it is difficult for the infantry to cross the canal and attack the southern city wall, but if there is a naval army, the situation is different.If the big ship of the Ming army can sail into the canal, the height of the ship tower is level with the city, or even more than the city wall, the Ming soldiers only need to put down the ladder from the boat, set up the city wall, and the soldiers can directly attack the city wall from the boat.There is the main force of Dongcheng attacking, and then there is the Nancheng naval division attacking the city, which should be able to break through Wujin City, but there are iron stabbing cannons in the city, and maybe there are a certain number of trebuchets, so not only the attacking infantry will be bombarded, but the warships that sail into the canal will also be hit.Zhao Ming still knows the power of the iron stabbing cannon, the power of the explosive bag explosion is much greater than the grenade of the Ming army, if the warship eats a cannon, it will basically be scrapped.Although the iron stabbing cannon hid behind the city wall, unable to aim, and the accuracy was not high, Zhao Ming could imagine the tragedy when the bombing bag exploded during the siege of the city.However, even so, this Wu Jin City, Zhao Ming still has to fight.Zhao Ming pondered for a while: "Wang Deshun, Li Ziming, Wang Yi, you give orders to Ben Shuai, the artillery continues to bombard the east city, and the warship is also renovated, facing the city side, to cover cowhide and wet cotton."
Finally, hurry up to make a bomb bag and prepare for the siege.Three days later, Ben Shuai will launch a general attack and break the city in one fell swoop!
”The war is already fierce, and the siege war is even more so, and you can't stop attacking it just because there are barrel cannons in the city.At that moment, Zhao Ming ordered people to perform their duties, and returned to the camp with everyone.After entering the big tent, Zhao Ming observed the sand table alone, wanting to see if there was any way to reduce casualties.Just as he was pondering, the curtain suddenly opened, Ding Weiyue entered the tent with a smile, hugged his fists and said: "Qiqi handsome, there is a beautiful woman outside the camp, with an old squire asking to see!"
”Zhao Ming was slightly stunned, the beautiful woman with the old squire?"
Who is coming, have you ever reported your name?"
Zhao Ming thought for a long time and didn't know who it was, so he asked suspiciously.Ding Weiyue said: "That old squire claims to be Qian Muzhai and asks to see the handsome!"
”"Qian Qianyi, this old turtle grandson?"
Zhao Ming was a little surprised in his heart, how did he come over, so he immediately waved his hand and said: "Please money~ Please Mr.
Mu Zhai come in." ”(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe) ()