In the third year of Yongli, the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for three years.The people of the south have been war-torn for a long time, and they cherish today's peace.Including some, who have lost political battles, have gradually accepted the status quo.After all, it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, and once it is peaceful, it is not willing to lick the blood from the knife, unless it adds money.Although Zhu Yihai got 1 million taels of rebellion funds from the Zhou State, he needed to spend a lot of money to recruit troops and persuade those former subordinates to go out of the mountain, and one million silver dollars was far from enough.When Zhu Yihai's clan asked for money, outside Beijing, outside Chaoyang Gate, and inside the Ming army camp, the matter of attacking Beijing was being discussed.After Zhao Ming learned the news of the coup d'état in Nanjing, he was not flustered and did not plan to return to the division immediately, but decided to continue to attack Beijing and firmly stand on the commanding heights of morality.This Zhu Yihai coup d'état is both a crisis and an opportunity for Zhao Ming, and Zhao Ming also wants to seduce the forces that oppose him, as well as people.In addition, the more desperately he attacked Beijing at this time, the more he could set off that Zhu Yihai was not a human being.Of course, the reason why Zhao Ming was so calm was mainly because he had already made preparations, and the news from Yangzhou that after Zhu Yihai's rebellion, no one in Jiangnan County responded.In the end, Zhu Yihai's coup d'état was for the benefit of the Zhu family, so naturally it could not resonate with the government and the opposition.It was precisely because Zhao Ming saw through this that he dared to continue to attack Beijing.However, Zhu Yihai's coup d'état, after all, made the Ming Dynasty internally unstable, and Wu Sangui should soon end the campaign of the Western Expedition and attack Beijing, so it could not be delayed.At this time, in the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Zhao Ming stood in front of the sand table and looked at the Beijing city road: "Although the city was attacked before, although the city was attacked, it was finally blocked because the city gate was blocked, so it failed to break through the city. ”Zhao Ming raised his head, glanced at the generals, and said solemnly: "Since you have decided to continue to attack Beijing with Gu and complete the great cause of sweeping away the Manchu Qing Dynasty and recovering the rivers and mountains, let's all talk about your opinions!"
”Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the ministers killed the head of the city the day before yesterday and found that the Qing army's defense was very tenacious, and the trebuchet arranged by the Qing army behind the city wall was quite sharp.Nearly 100 trebuchets threw bombs together, which was enough to block the army, making the siege soldiers and horses weak, and it was difficult to rush through the area where the bombs exploded close to the city wall. ”Jin Shenghuan also said: "Not bad!
The trebuchets of the Qing army were arranged behind the city wall, and the mortars were not easy to hit.There are these trebuchets to suppress the support of the city, and if the army wants to break the city, the only way to break through the city gate is to rush in and destroy the trebuchet. ”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "But Azig blocked the city gate!"
”Li Chengdong said: "Then dig tunnels to blow up the city, or use huge cannons to collapse the city walls." ”Lao Li will never forget the collapse of the Nanjing city wall with Zhao Ming, and hopes that mentioning these old things can exchange Zhao Ming's old feelings for him.Zhao Ming glanced at Li Chengdong and bowed slightly, then shook his head again, "Zhang Senjun has already sent someone to investigate, Beijing's moat is wide, digging tunnels is easy to collapse, and even if you have to dig, it will take too much time."
There was an accident in Nanjing, if the city could not be broken within half a month, the lone king could only return to the division to quell the rebellion. ”Zhu Yihai's coup d'état in Nanjing has always been a threat to Zhao Ming.If Zhao Ming is allowed to develop, it is likely to become a major problem."
It's time for the cannon to arrive, use it to blast down the city walls, and the army will storm it?"
Li Chengdong asked.Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "The soldiers who attacked the city found that the Qing army had dug a deep trench on the inside of the city wall, and used the excavated soil to build an earthen wall.The Qing army dug trenches and built walls in the city, presumably to prevent the city walls from collapsing.Even if the cannon collapses the city wall and the soldiers rush into the city, they will still face wide moats and earthen walls. ”In this way, the defense of the inner city has become a "return" word, and the army needs to break through two defenses in a row, Li Chengdong couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and smashed his mouth and said: "Azig is so good at guarding." ”Zhao Ming frowned, "Zhu Qing brainstormed to see what else there was." ”Everyone looked at the sand table and fell into deep thought, if there is no good strategy, then it can only be hard.However, the thought of the casualties of up to 10,000 people the day before yesterday made people feel a pain in the flesh.At this time, Zhang Jiayu suddenly asked: "Governors, I don't know if there is a trench dug between the inner city and the outer city, and whether the Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate, and Xuanwu Gate are also blocked?"
”As soon as these words came out, Zhao Ming and everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and their eyes turned to the city wall that divided Beijing into two cities, north and south.It was blocked by the outer city, and the Ming army could not attack directly, while Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate, and Xuanwu Gate were the passages connecting the inner and outer cities.Li Dingguo said: "Although Azig guards against the Han army, it will not block the city gate between the inner and outer cities, at least one city gate will be left to maintain the passage between the inner and outer cities." ”Zhao Ming nodded, a smile on his face, "Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate, and Xuanwu Gate may be able to become breakthroughs." ”"Then we must fight the outer city, and we need to break the city quickly, otherwise once the outer city is broken, maybe Azig will block the door again!"
Li Ding National Road.This made Zhao Ming frown, there were 80,000 Han troops stationed in the outer city, even if the Ming army broke through the outer city, before attacking the inner city, maybe Azig would block the three city gates.This is indeed a problem for Zhao Ming.For a while, everyone was silent, Zhao Ming paced back and forth in front of the sand table with his hands, suddenly stopped in the middle of the sound, and said in a deep voice: "There must be the Han army in the outer city as the internal response, when the army attacks the outer city, the Han army should quickly seize the door, and it is possible to break the city!"
”After Zhao Ming finished speaking, he immediately asked, "Where is the giant cannon?"
”Zhang Jiayu was stunned for a moment, reacted and hurriedly saluted: "Someone came to report at noon that he had arrived in Tongzhou."
By this time, you should have already disembarked and arrived at the camp early tomorrow morning. ”Zhao Ming immediately waved his fist and said: "After the giant cannon arrives, immediately bombard the outer city, and then mobilize a hundred heavy cannons to destroy the city for the lonely king!"
”"Bombardment of the Outtown?"
Jin Shenghuan wondered.Zhao Ming explained with a smile, "The day before yesterday, the attack on the inner city, the fierce battle at Chaoyangmen, the Han army in the outer city should have also seen it."
The attack of the army was so fierce that the Han army must have been frightened, but to this day, the Han army in the outer city did not react in the slightest, because they had not yet been attacked. ”"So Your Highness reminded them with a cannon!"
Jin Shenghuan reacted.Zhao Ming bowed slightly, "The giant cannon is bombarded in the inner city, and the Han army in the outer city will not feel the real pressure, they will continue to watch from the wall."
The Lone King's bombardment of the outer city is to let them weigh whether they can withstand the attack of the army.At this time, as long as the giant cannon collapses the city wall and lets the defenders in the city know that there is a danger of breaking the city, the Han army in the city will change.At that time, the opportunity to break through the inner city will also appear. ”(ask for a commuter pass, recommendation, subscription.) ）()