Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 469
The arrival of Denglai's new army boosted the morale of the Lushun garrison. These were thousands of elite troops armed to the teeth. The most important thing was that there were many old acquaintances in this army. No reinforcements could have Denglai. The new army is so reliable!The Denglai New Army is only the first reinforcement to arrive in Lushun. The Tianxiong Army, Heluo New Army, and Guanmenchuan Army will arrive one after another. With the support of so many elite troops, they are full of confidence in their future.The large quantities of canned meat, armor, and artillery brought by the Denglai New Army boosted their morale, especially the canned meat, which was simply a magic weapon to improve morale!The next day, the Lushun garrison had steamed buns made of potato noodles and beef stewed with cabbage for breakfast. This delicious meal greatly boosted the morale of the Dongjiang Army. They all cried out: "If we could have such food every day, what would happen if we could have this kind of food every day?" I am happy to fight for the rest of my life!"

They were happy, but the Hou Jin army was not happy, very unhappy!

This time, Hou Jin dispatched an army of [-] troops, nearly four banners, to press down on Lushun with the momentum of Mount Tai. Barbed wire, minefields, and trenches made it extremely difficult for them to even approach the city walls.The two attacks against the barbed wire did not achieve any effect. Instead, hundreds of heads were sent to the Ming army. Looking at the continuous barbed wire, the cobweb-like trenches, and the elusive Lushun The city wall, the post-golden soldiers felt a sense of powerlessness in their hearts.They have been fighting for hundreds of years. After Nurhaci unified the Jurchen tribes and rebelled, they fought every day. The bloodthirsty and protracted war created their bloodthirsty instincts and inhuman physiques. They are not afraid of anyone Formidable opponents are not afraid of any Xiongguan Fortress, but this time, facing this line of defense that can only be described as shabby, they feel like a dog biting a turtle with no teeth.No matter how powerful the opponent is, they can also find flaws in the battle, involve them, isolate them, divide them, surround them, and finally annihilate them; no matter how dangerous the Xiongguan Fortress is, they can also buy spies, dig tunnels, long-term siege, and heavy artillery. Attack them with a series of means such as bombardment. If they are really unable to attack, they can retreat calmly. What are they afraid of?But this bloody barbed wire keeps cutting, cannons can't move, it's not afraid of fire or flooding, it seems very weak, but there are almost no effective ways to destroy it!And the hellish trenches, the Ming army collectively learned from the mice, and hid in the trenches without thinking, let your cannons bombard you, at most just let them listen to it, the later Jin soldiers hated it so much , but there is no way!
Mang Gurtai stared at the abhorrent barbed wire, gritted his teeth and said, "Which bastard came up with such a bad trick? Let me catch him, and let him eat all these wires!"

Du Du said with a look of frustration: "Don't say these are useless, let's quickly find a way to see how to destroy this wooden fence and the trenches of the Ming army, or wait until they further strengthen their fortifications, this battle will be even more difficult beated!"

Abatai said: "It's hard enough to fight now!" He stared at the soldiers of the Ming army who were crawling out of the trench and basking leisurely in the sun, and the city wall with many battlements smashed by shells. He said frantically: "I have followed my father Khan to fight in the north and south since I was a child, captured countless Xiongguan fortresses, and trampled all the famous cities such as Guangning, Liaoyang, and Shenyang under my feet. I have never seen what kind of defense method But I have never seen such a wretched tactic!" He roared in the direction of the Ming army: "Despicable! Shameless! You don't deserve to be called soldiers at all!"

Everyone feels sorry for each other, this general of the Ming army is too wretched and hateful!They have already figured out the characteristics of the barbed wire. It is not too thick, but it is very tough. It is full of barbs and cutting edges. If it is hung lightly, the skin will be torn apart.The most disgusting thing is that even when there is no wind, this thing will shake slightly. The knife has nowhere to hit it, and it can't be cut at all. The only way to destroy it is to cut off the wooden pile.The problem is that those wooden stakes are not so easy to cut, they are thick and hard, and it takes a lot of strength to use a machete. It takes enough time for a Ming army crossbowman to shoot them to death eighteen times!With this thing in front of them, they can't get through at all, but the crossbowmen of the Ming army can easily shoot them to death. This kind of situation is simply maddening!Even if they cut down one or two wooden stakes, the barbed wire fence would not fall down. If you want to knock down the barbed wire fence, you have to cut down a lot of wooden stakes at the same time. Mission impossible!

Yue Tuo suddenly said: "Why can't we use sandbags to build a slope in front of this fence, and then jump over it on horseback?"

Everyone froze for a moment: "Use sandbags?"

Yue Tuo said: "Yes, use sandbags! Throughout the ages, when attacking the city, how many generals used sandbags to pile up earth hills that were flush with the city wall, and then directly put ladders on the city wall, and built wooden bridges for teams to attack. Soldiers go up the city wall, since sandbags can even pile up the city wall, how difficult is it to pile up a five-foot-high earth mountain?" Pointing to the arrogant Ming soldiers, he said solemnly: "The people who rely on Ming dogs are nothing more than This is just a fence, if our soldiers can step on the slope made of sandbags and jump directly into the fence, how to deal with them is not up to us!"

Mang Gurtai slapped his thigh and called, "Miao, Miao, Miao!"

Abatai said: "I'll ask someone to prepare sandbags! You don't need to pile them up five feet high, as long as they are four feet high, my Jurchen athletes can easily jump over the fence, rush into the trenches of the Ming army and start killing!"

Everyone showed relaxed smiles. It is not easy to build a mountain of dirt with sandbags, but it is very easy to build a slope four or five feet high with sandbags. The best thing is that with this small road The strong crossbows of the Ming army can no longer shoot flatly. This is not only a passage but also a huge shield. It can be used for multiple purposes!

But everyone soon discovered that this trick was not good at all: in front of them, the Ming army began to drive stakes again with a smile, and they wanted to pull the barbed wire!This barbed wire fence is about five feet away from the first one. Its appearance will make the Houjin army face an unprecedented embarrassment: even if they use sandbags to bury the first barbed wire fence, there will still be another barbed wire fence blocking their way. Ping the second way is not so easy!Maybe the Houjin soldiers who crossed the first barbed wire would be caught in a urn and killed completely!

The Baylors looked at each other, and now no one thought it was easy to break through the barbed wire fences. The Ming army's shamelessness made them both angry and helpless. If they could, they would rush up without hesitation and bite the barbed wire fences hard. One bite!
The depression of Hou Jin was the greatest joy of the Ming army. They hummed and knocked down the wooden stakes, and then carried the barbed wire unloaded from the ship, and pulled one after another between the wooden stakes, in front of Hou Jin's soldiers. , The barbed wire grows like a man-eating vine.Every time a wooden stake was knocked down, Houjin's hope of winning was devoured; every time a wire was pulled up, it meant that they were farther away from the city wall of Lushun.The soldiers of the Ming army, who had seen the barbed wire fence, were full of energy. The sledgehammer swung loudly, while Yang Menglong fanned the flames: "Hey, this stake should be driven deeper... Hey, the wire should be wrapped more tightly. You can even sneak in an elephant! Everyone work harder, when we hit Shenyang in the future, we will use barbed wire to surround it with three layers in Shenyang and three layers outside, and let Jiannu know what it means to be difficult to fly!"

Under his encouragement, the soldiers of the Ming army became more motivated.They not only pulled the barbed wire frantically, but also further reinforced the trenches, dug out many cat ear holes for storing materials, and stored a large amount of crossbow bolts, gunpowder, and shells in them, so as to avoid moisture, and secondly, to avoid moving from the city, which wasted time.Probably because they felt that relying on crossbows and cannons alone to kill the enemy was inefficient. Under the dictatorship of this bastard, Denglai's new army brought out forty or fifty specially processed iron barrels, and an average of one city gate was released. Fifteen of them, propped up at an odd angle, aimed at the barbed wire.The Dongjiang Army didn't know why, so those powerful people in Denglai's new army who had seen this kind of trash can couldn't help but shuddered.Wu Sheng murmured to himself: "Jiannu is miserable now, very miserable!"

Qi Hu said deeply: "Unless they are willing to fight seven to eight thousand people, there is absolutely no way to break through the barbed wire."

Huang Long didn't understand, so he asked, "Are these iron buckets so powerful?"

Wu Sheng rolled his eyes: "Use it to launch explosives, and it can kill three or forty people with a single bang. Do you think it's powerful?"

Qi Hu said: "If Jiannu were blocked by barbed wire and crowded with people, if this explosive package flew over, more than 40 or [-] people would probably die."

Huanglong's cold sweat broke out after a brush.

With the addition of the Heartless Cannon, this line of defense finally looks like a World War I system.But Yang Menglong was still not satisfied and asked someone to unload a batch of iron barrels from the ship.The iron barrel was sealed and heavy. He had people carry it to the front of the position and bury it. He opened the lid of the barrel and inserted a tube into it, then sealed it again and connected it to the rope used to pull the fire.There were thirty or forty such ghost things buried in the east gate, south gate, and west gate. Huang Long's eyelids jumped when he saw it, and he couldn't help but ask: "What kind of ghost thing is this?"

Qi Hu said: "Incendiary mines!"

Huanglong's eyelids twitched even more violently: "Incendiary mine? What is it?"

Qi Hu said: "There is an ancient well thousands of feet deep in Denglai, which spouts a large amount of black and sticky spring water. It burns very quickly at one point. The general asked people to draw up all the black spring water, remove the residue, and add A large amount of green vitriol oil is then mixed with gunpowder to make this kind of incendiary landmine. This kind of landmine weighs 150 kilograms. The fire will turn everything around it into ashes!"

Huang Long was dumbfounded: "Really... really so powerful?"

Wu Sheng said solemnly: "Huang Shuai, don't doubt its power! We just tried to detonate two bombs, only two, and we don't have the courage to try again!"

Huang Long and many generals of Dongjiang Town looked at each other, and they all saw beads of sweat the size of soybeans appearing on each other's foreheads, flowing into small rivers... After a long while, Huang Long struggled to say: "How much does he hate Jiannu? Looking at this posture, I can't wait to have Jiannu cut off his sons and grandchildren!" All the generals of Dongjiang Town nodded fiercely, deeply sympathetic, if there was no unshakable hatred, who would have resorted to such vicious methods!Yang Menglong, with an opponent like you, Jiannu can be regarded as unlucky for eight lifetimes!

The red lady was quite dissatisfied with Yang Menglong's arrangement and bumped him with her elbow: "Little brat, what are you doing? Sheep hunting? How can you fight like this?"

Yang Menglong squinted his eyes and asked: "If you don't fight like this, how else can you fight?"

The red lady said: "You have to move and fight! Not only do you have to move, but you also have to make Jiannu move, only in this way can you find their flaws and defeat them! Do you really think that building a sheepfold will kill you? Can you beat them by circling them?"

Yang Menglong snorted: "I want them to take the initiative to attack! As long as they take the initiative to attack, I will have a way to make them bleed out here!"

The red lady asked, "What if they don't want to take the initiative to attack?"

Yang Menglong said: "Then let's waste it. We are backed by the sea, and all food and clothing can be transported by sea ship. However, all their military supplies have to be transported from Shenyang. It will take three or four months. Let's see who can't bear it first. !”

The red lady yawned and muttered to herself, "It's so boring to fight like you!"

Yang Menglong shrugged, speechless.Nonsense, fighting is a boring thing in the first place. Wouldn't anyone find it interesting if tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops faced off against each other across a mountain for seven or eight months? Wouldn’t anyone find it interesting that 10,000+ troops surrounded a city and couldn’t capture it for two or three years?If you are looking for something new and exciting, don't go to the battlefield. The battlefield is inherently boring!
(End of this chapter)