Seeing the actions of the city, Zhao Ming immediately gathered the generals and decided to start attacking the city of Beijing.Letters have been fired into the city, and in order to shake the resolve of the defenders, a fierce attack will be needed to put pressure on the defenders of the city.At that moment, Zhao Ming ordered Minfu and the Shandong Righteous Army to dig trenches under the city and prepare for the siege.At the same time, the artillery array of the Ming army, which had long been erected outside the city, was ready to start bombarding.At this time, tens of thousands of people, armed with shovels and heads, gathered three miles away from the city.With the use of artillery, the way of siege has changed dramatically.In the past, whether the Ming army or the Qing army attacked the city, they all carried large siege equipment, advanced to the city, and then put the ladder and siege tower on the city wall, and the soldiers rushed up.Generally speaking, when ladders, goose carts, and siege towers are built on the city walls, the city is also in danger.After the cannon was used on a large scale to siege and defend the city, especially when it blossomed, the siege equipment that had been built with huge energy and financial resources was basically useless.These large instruments, which move slowly, are easy targets for artillery, and are often paralyzed by artillery fire on the road before they get close to the city walls.Therefore, the Ming army is now attacking the city, no longer building ladders and siege towers, only building long ladders, and at the same time, in order to reduce the distance exposed by the soldiers and suppress the artillery on the city, the Ming army began to collect the tactics of digging trenches and marching.In fact, this kind of trench tactics was used first by the Qing army, at that time the king of Sanshun had not yet surrendered, and the Qing army did not have Hongyi cannons, and when they met the strong city of the Ming army, they could only dig trenches and besiege them.At this time, tens of thousands of people, gathered three miles away from the city, ready to dig the trench directly under the city of Beijing, the army will pass through the trench to avoid being bombarded, and at the same time, it is also convenient to transport the siege mortar artillery through the trench to the city.The mortar cannon is thick and short, and the firing range is not as good as that of the red-coated cannon, and it can only be transported to the city to bombard the city.At this time, the actions of the Ming army outside the city quickly alarmed the Qing army defending the city, and the Qing army on the city was in full array, and the officers shouted loudly, commanding some Manchurian dependents, carrying rolling stones and wood.Dongcheng, outside Chaoyang Gate, three miles away.Nearly 100 red-coated cannons were lined up, and cloth bags filled with sand and soil were piled up in front of the cannons, forming an earthen wall, and the black hole of the cannon mouth stretched out from the earthen wall.There are also red-coated cannons at the head of the city, and the artillery soldiers are reinforcing the earthen wall to prevent the Qing artillery counterattack.Not far from the artillery team, Li Yuanyin led 3,000 elite cavalry to stand on horseback to prevent the Qing cavalry in the city from rushing out and raiding the Ming artillery array.At this time, under the banner of the Ming Army, Zhao Ming rode on a war horse and observed the city head with a clairvoyant mirror from time to time.On the side, Jin Shenghuan asked, "Your Highness, why don't you wait for the giant cannon to arrive before attacking the city?"
”Zhao Ming took away the clairvoyant mirror and said with a smile: "If you use all your means at the beginning, but you don't capture it, what will you do later?"
”This siege is mainly based on temptation, and it is difficult to capture a fortified city like Beijing at one time if it is stormed.Zhao Ming's siege of the city was to put pressure on the city, he actually didn't want to be hard, it would bring great disasters to the city of Beijing.The best way to exert pressure is to gradually increase the size, more and more violent, not violent at the beginning, use all the moves, if the defenders resist it, it will be embarrassing later.At this time, in the direction of the artillery team, the flag was waved.Seeing this, Zhang Jiayu, who joined the army, immediately said: "Your Highness, the artillery team is ready." ”When Zhao Ming heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Then let's shoot!"
”As soon as the drums sounded, the red flag waved, and a few whistles sounded from the artillery team, and the soldiers who were still piling up the earthen wall retreated behind the earthen wall.With a "boom" sound, a Hongyi cannon suddenly retreated, raising a cloud of white smoke, and saw a black cannonball, whistling out, directly smashing into the city wall three miles away, falling into the moat, splashing a five-zhang high column of water.Almost at the same time, there was a loud bang above the city, and a cannonball flashed through the air, smashing a hundred paces in front of the artillery emplacement, stirring up a cloud of dust.Zhao Ming immediately cheered up, "Let's start testing the gun!"
”Zhang Jiayu looked at it and said with a smile: "The artillery of the Qing army doesn't seem to be very accurate!"
”Zhao Ming smiled and said: "Azig is guarding against the Han army, good gunners are all in the outer city, and the inner city is full of soldiers and artillery, which is indeed much worse." ”As he spoke, the artillery formation of the Ming army had already adjusted its artillery positions and re-aimed at Chaoyangmen."
Fire!"
The commander of the artillery team struggled to wave down the command flag and let out a roar.The gunners holding the torches immediately lit the fuses one after another, and saw the sparks "swish" into the barrel.In the deafening sound of artillery, white gunpowder smoke instantly filled the front, and the artillery pieces retreated one after another, and one by one, shells of more than 10 catties rushed out of the muzzles and smashed into the city wall.In an instant, the dust on the urn city was flying, the gravel was splashing, and the tall city gate building, with a "boom", was cut off a corner and collapsed, startling the defenders of the city and scattering in terror.Hundreds of red-clothed cannons, one round of shooting, smashed Chaoyangmen full of holes, the power of the god of war is shocking.The city is full of people, and it has been more than ten years of peaceful life, and I have never seen such a scene, one by one I squatted on the head of the city, lying on the ground, screaming non-stop."
Fire, shoot back!"
The officers at the head of the city, as well as the elderly Manchus, could not help but be furious when they saw this, and kicked and beat the frightened Manchus, and reprimanded them loudly.At this time, the gunners of the Ming army were busy loading, and between the battlements of the walls at the head of the city, there were suddenly clouds of gunsmoke, dozens of iron bullets were smashed, and the soil was splashed.Under the banner of Daxu, Zhao Ming saw the Qing army at the head of the city firing, so he waved his hand and said: "Start digging trenches!"
”The drums of war were beaten, and tens of thousands of people, as well as soldiers, immediately waved shovels and hoes, sweating like rain, raising a piece of the city.The people first dug a trench that was level with the city, and then dug a zigzag trench and advanced to the bottom of the city.The Qing army at the head of the city, when they saw the head of the city raised under the city, there was no human figure, only a shovel of dirt raised from under the ground, and they couldn't help but be shocked, "The enemy army has begun to dig trenches!"
”The Qing general at the head of the city looked at the battlement, saw the yellow dust raised, and before he had time to respond, the Ming army artillery outside the city was another loud noise."
Hidden!"
The Qing sergeant suddenly exclaimed, and the general fell down.With a loud bang, a cannonball hit the wall, directly cutting off the wall, and the cannonball was wrapped in gravel and bricks, and splattered into a fan of the city.The Qing army, who was unable to react, was hit by the rubble, and immediately broke his head and bled out, and fell to the ground wailing.For a time, the city was full of tumbling figures, and the stones that were splashed into the sky fell cracklingly, and there was a mess all around.
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