The corners of his eyes swept over, and suddenly, his eyes widened. I saw that one of Kong Youde's artillery pieces was just hit by one of the three iron bullets. Not to mention the scattered artillery, the Tianyou soldiers who were busy around immediately suffered several casualties, and they were the kind that were blurred in flesh and blood and smashed.

Speaking of which, the artillery at this time is actually not very powerful, and it is already good to kill a few people in one shot. However, the deterrent psychology caused by artillery is very large.

There is artillery at the head of Lushun City, Kong Youde is not surprised, what makes him unbelievable is that the artillery of the Ming Army at the head of the city has not been tested at all, and it is so accurate, compared to the original Franc machine instructor! This...... How is this done?

After knowing that the artillery of the Ming army on the head of Lushun City was very high, these fake Tartars of the Tianyou Army were no longer so calmly deployed and loaded. Even Dai Shan from a distance could see that they were a little flustered.

The loading of artillery is a technical job, and if it is not properly operated, it may lead to serious consequences. And the reload speed is also affected by the state of mind.

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people inside and outside the city, the first artillery battle finally began with a roar of "boom, boom, boom".

As soon as this artillery battle began, Dai Shan's face darkened.

Because he found that the artillery on the side of the Qing Dynasty hit the head of Lushun City, and the damage often caused was not as great as imagined. The artillery of the Ming army at the head of the city often makes the Qing artillery dumb fire after more than ten artillery shots. If it goes on like this, it is estimated that it will not take an hour for Kong Youde's artillery battalion to come to an end.

So, he immediately sent someone to pass on the order to pass on Kong Youde for questioning.

His head was full of sweat, and Kong Youde, who came in a hurry, also explained a little puzzled: "Lord, the Lushun city wall is a bit strange, not even (the word inclination can't be said), and the iron bullet is not strong, so the damage to the city wall is not as great as when the bombardment of other cities was before!" ”

Obviously, he didn't learn enough from Franco, and at the moment, he didn't understand the power of engineering. Come to think of it, Kong Youde is just illiterate.

After finishing speaking, Kong Youde turned his head to look at his artillery battalion, then turned back to Dai Shan and pleaded: "Lord Wang, you can't continue to bombard." Otherwise, this bit of artillery belongings of the Qing Dynasty will be lost here! ”

This artillery battalion, even Huang Taiji is a treasure. At this time, Dai Shan also had eyes to watch and knew that Kong Youde was right. The artillery of the Ming army on the head of this city is too godly to fight at all. It was impossible for him to explain all the artillery battalions here, so he nodded with a dark face and said: "Forget it, let the artillery retreat, the city wall is so low, you can also take down Lushun without the artillery to collapse the city wall!" ”

"The prince is wise!" When Kong Youde heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and immediately hurried away, and hurriedly ordered him to retreat.

The horn sounded again, and the artillery did not wait for all the artillery to be withdrawn. The Jianyu infantry army, which included a mixed siege force of the Manchu Eight Banners and the Han army, began their first siege.

Seeing the Manchu soldiers, they hid behind the chariot and quickly approached the city wall.

This kind of chariot is actually similar to a very large shield that moves, ordinary bows and arrows and firearms, which can't penetrate the chariot at all, and can play a good role in covering the infantry behind the chariot. Therefore, the chariot has always been a very important war tool for the Manchu Qing to deal with the firearms of the Ming army.

By the time the cart reached a stone's throw away, it was almost impossible to get up. Because the ground was deliberately destroyed by the Ming army, it has become potholes. The Manchu soldiers behind the cart had to pave the road before advancing, or more people had to carry or push the cart to move.

At this time, the artillery on the head of the city began to aim at the trucks one by one, and a new round of shelling began.

No matter how strong the car is, it will not be able to stop the artillery bombardment.

With the sound of "boom boom", Dai Shan in the distance saw one after another cars smashed by iron eggs, and the foot soldiers hiding behind the cars were also killed and injured. Seeing this, Dai Shan's face kept dark.

It's Haoge on the side, although he doesn't smile, but he is not so worried about Daishan. He even had the heart to comfort Dai Shandao: "Just wait for the Qing warriors to rush under the city wall!" ”

The Manchu soldiers at this time were indeed brave. When the cart was out of action, they did not flee backwards, but dispersed and rushed towards the city wall as fast as they could. The archers, and a small number of musketeers, shot at the top of the city, covering the siege with ladders.

Of course, the Ming army at the head of the city also immediately returned the color, and there were also archers and firearms. All of a sudden, the sound of bowstrings, muskets, and gunsmoke filled the battlefield.

The war, from the very beginning, immediately became fierce.

"Papapa" one by one cloud ladders leaned heavily against the city wall, and the brave Manchu soldiers, some holding shields in their hands, biting the back of their knives in their mouths, quickly climbed upward; Some simply didn't even take a shield, just held a spear or the like, and didn't hold the ladder, so they stepped on the ladder and rushed up, and at the same time tried to stab the Ming soldiers who were defending on the head of the city.

There were also Manchu soldiers, carrying the crashing wood, and rushed to the only city gate. When a man is shot by an arrow, someone will immediately make up for it, and continue to rush to the city gate with the crashing wood.

At this time, the artillery that was not a flowering shell showed the shortcomings of insufficient lethality, and just relying on the artillery, there was no way to stop the Manchu soldiers from quickly leaning towards the city wall.

Seeing that there were more and more ladders on the city wall of Lushun, the Qing warriors were heroically climbing up. Although the siege casualties were a bit large, they were still within the range expected in advance, and Dai Shan, who had been black-faced, finally showed a smile.

"Uncle, I'm not wrong, right?" Seeing this, Hauge said a little proudly, "Even if there is no artillery, this small city of Arthur will definitely be able to fight in one battle." Look, in those places, my Qing warriors are about to attack the city! ”

Speaking of the back, the meaning of joy is overflowing.

But at this moment, they suddenly saw that in the protruding part of the Lushun city wall, there were puffs of gunsmoke. Immediately afterwards, those Manchu soldiers who were climbing up fell under the city in pieces, and even many cloud ladders were broken and fell.

After only a little effort, none of the dense ladders that were originally erected on the city wall were still there.

Under the city wall, there were Manchu soldiers who were still rushing up just now. This scene not only made Haoge and others happy, but even those Manchu soldiers who had rushed under the city wall and were ready to rush up with the ladder were dumbfounded.

At this time, Kong Youde happened to come to Daishan's side to wait for orders, after seeing this situation, based on his understanding of artillery, he was the first to react, and immediately shouted: "It's the Fran cannon, the raised side is the muzzle of the Franco cannon, the prince, it's not humanly resistant!" ”

He was not mistaken, it was indeed the Fran cannon.

The Ming army crossed the sea, and if it wanted to gain a foothold in Lushun, it must first defend against a wave of Jianyu's offensive. This was expected long before the Ming military set off first. Even for this issue, Emperor Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng have discussed and communicated.

At that time, I thought that Jianyu should not give Daming too much time to build Lushun City. According to the impression of later generations, Emperor Chongzhen gave Lu Xiangsheng a suggestion to build a fortress for defense.

If we follow the natural evolution, the protrusion of the bastion that appeared at the beginning was actually round, and it was only in the evolution of previous wars that it slowly changed to a concave polygon. Since Emperor Chongzhen came through time, what he knew was, of course, not the kind of fortress that had matured, but the one that had matured.

The defensive function of this kind of fortress is similar to that in the Ming Dynasty, and the Nanjing city wall has a similar design. However, I have to admit that in medieval Europe, wars between countries were frequent. They were both small countries and did not need to accommodate many people, so the emergence of the bastion and the improvement were born in Europe.

In fact, the emergence of the fortress is also due to the change in the situation of the war.

In ancient times, it was cold weapons at the beginning, so it was only right that the city walls should be built tall.

However, the appearance of gunpowder weapons and artillery slowly made the city walls too tall and meaningless. Rather, it needs to be thickened to defend against heavy artillery bombardment. In this way, higher requirements were put forward for the defense of the city walls, and the bastions appeared.

For hundreds of years after the advent of artillery, bastions as defensive sides remained the mainstream. In this case, it was not until the appearance of the real flowering shells that the fortress became vulnerable in front of the artillery that the situation of defense was changed again, that is, the construction of bunker defense. The bastion will not be abandoned until this time.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen proposed to build a fortress with a smaller amount of work, Lu Xiangsheng was surprised at that time. It doesn't matter if the city wall can be built shorter, but after deduction, the defensive ability of this kind of castle is very strong. It is also because of this that Lu Xiangsheng admires Emperor Chongzhen quite a lot, and feels that many things that seem very difficult to him have become so simple in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen.

As far as he was concerned as the governor of Baoding, it was actually very difficult for him to rebuild Dongjiang Town on the basis of being poor and white. However, the things that seemed difficult to him were solved by Emperor Chongzhen one by one.

First, he needs a sailor, and this is not just about having a ship, but also about being familiar with naval warfare. In a short period of time, neither the ship nor the soldiers can be accomplished overnight. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen transferred Fujian sailors to him, all of whom were accustomed to naval battles, and solved the problem.

Second, he needs enough elite troops, and after coming to Denglai, he wants to train an elite army that can compete with Jianyu, which is definitely not something that can be trained in a year and a half. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen allocated him more than 5,000 old thieves. These old thieves voluntarily participated in the war against the captives, and atoned for their sins, and they had the initiative in their thoughts; And their military skills, in so many years of being a rogue, have been tempered. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng trained them for more than half a year, and he could already rest assured that he would bring Liaodong to fight Jian.

Third, it was the matter of how to base himself on Lushun, and it was Emperor Chongzhen's suggestion, and even through the secret agents of Jinyiwei, he influenced the decision-making of Liaodong Jianyu, so that they had to wait for the sailors to "cut off" the retreat of the Ming army, so he was given more opportunities to build Lushun City. Even later, he knew that the reason why he was able to grab half of the already built Lushun City after coming to Lushun was also the result of the emperor using Jinyi Wei to induce Liaodong to build a captivity, which allowed him to gain a firm foothold in Lushun and achieved twice the result with half the effort.

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In this way, although Lu Xiangsheng is both civil and military, it can't stop his sincere admiration for Emperor Chongzhen.

After the fortress was built, Lu Xiangsheng arranged the Hongyi cannon transported by ship, and in the range, the Jianyu would not have an advantage. According to Emperor Chongzhen's proposal, there was a mark of shooting parameters in advance, so that in actual combat, the artillery battle with Jianyu could be successfully won.

Then, the Furlong cannon was arranged on the side, which was the kind of gun with the son-mother gun. The advantage of this kind of artillery is that the firing range is not far because of the airtightness, but fortunately, because this kind of artillery is loaded with ammunition in advance, it only needs to be quickly replaced, and the rate of fire is very fast. And the Fran cannon is loaded with countless gravel and flanks the enemy who climbs the city wall at close range, which is not too powerful!

Dai Shan is also a veteran who is used to fighting, and as soon as he looks at this situation, he knows that it is impossible to capture Lushun this time. was bombarded by the Ming army like this, and the casualties were too large, so he had to withdraw his troops.

"Dangdangdang......"

When the sound of gold sounded in the sky above Lushun, the siege captives all breathed a sigh of relief, dragged, held, and carried the bodies of their accomplices on their backs, and retreated like a tide. Under the city of Lushun, only stumps were left all over the ground, broken siege equipment, and blood shed all over the place.

"Daming Wansheng ......"

The Ming army at the head of the city, after seeing this scene, shouted one after another. The sound of sound soared into the sky.

The first battle with Jianyu ended with a complete victory for the Ming Dynasty. I have to say that this is a very good opportunity for the soldiers of the Ming army who fought with Jianlu for the first time, so that they no longer have the psychology of fear of Jianlu and can give full play to their strength.

Listening to the tsunami-like victory cries of the soldiers of the Ming army, Jianyu's side was no longer arrogant, and they all had gloomy faces, looking at the cheering figures on the head of the city without speaking.

Daishan urgently convened a military meeting to discuss how to attack Lushun City.

paid the price of more than 500 people, so that Jianyu understood the fortress-style Arthur City, the power of this defense system. How to attack, but they are at a loss. Seeing his own low morale, although Dai Shan was old enough, he was also anxious. By this time, he had already understood that it was definitely not as easy as he imagined to defeat Lushun!

However, at this time, countless warships appeared on the sea of Arthur Bay, flying the flags of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and North Korea, and it was Shang Kexi who led the Manchu mixed sailors to arrive.

Dai Shan saw it and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. When the Tartars saw it, they were also relieved.