Chapter 873: Mediation by the Six Nations
Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom - the twelve howitzers did not hesitate to fire again at the gap.
It is very dangerous to fire artillery at a distance of a wall between us and the enemy, and if you are not careful, you will accidentally injure friendly troops, and the reason why Liu Hong gradually dared to formulate such a dangerous attack plan was due to the ability of his own soldiers.
First of all, Kong Er's artillery battalion, this guy has been fighting with Liu Hong gradually for several years, and his understanding of artillery is even deeper than that of craftsmen, and he is especially good at calibrating the shooting distance and azimuth, which is why the expeditionary force can use limited grenades on the blade.
And the musketeers of the Shenji Battalion commanded by Lin He are all veterans, and the meaning of the whistle has already been conveyed, that is, to leave the gap in the city wall immediately when they hear the whistle.
It is Kong Er's responsibility to be stunned when the shell is crooked, and it is Lin He's responsibility to evade the order and not give it, if he is really injured by mistake, he can only blame himself for not moving quickly enough, which is nothing to say.
"It's now, rush in and take Moscow!"
As soon as the cannon fell, taking advantage of the thick smoke billowing from the broken wall, Lin He roared and gave the order for a general attack.
The grenadiers were at the forefront, hundreds of tall men rushed in and threw grenades into them, followed by musketeers with bolt-action rifles, so well equipped that they no longer needed rigid phalanxes, and even the organic soldiers began to look for cover as soon as they entered.
A more dense explosion sounded on the edge of the city, the visual distance was less than five steps, and the heavy shield soldiers of the Rakshasa only held on for one photo and were sent to heaven by grenades, on the other hand, the throwers of the Rakshasa people missed the best opportunity due to poor vision, and when they reacted, the musketeers on both sides had already started to shoot at each other, and the grenades and artillery had lost their effect.
It's just that the musket rate of the Rakshasa people can be compared with the bolt-action rifle, the time when the ordinary musket shoots a shot, the bolt-action rifle has six bullets in a magazine, and most of the Ming soldiers are squatting, or lying down, or looking for cover, while the Rakshasa people are thunderbolt-moving and stand in a neat queue to be beaten.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the musketeers' fire became clear, and the Rakshasas began to retreat, and the Mongol cavalry led by the Babalati swarmed in......
The battle for the city wall was short but extremely bloody, with at least 10,000 dead on both sides in less than two quarters of an hour at the three gaps, and of course the most were the Rakshasas.
According to the original tactics, as soon as the city wall was broken, it was the cavalry who rushed in first to slash and kill, and then the infantry entered the city to fight for the city wall, and Liu Hong gradually relied on the firearms in his hands to be powerful enough, and the artillery, musketeers, and grenadiers perfectly cooperated, and only paid a very small price to take the east city wall.
More Ming soldiers poured in from the eastern city, and it was already a matter of time before the outer city of Moscow was captured.
First the eastern and southern cities, and an hour later, the northern and western cities were also captured, and the Rakshasas retreated to the last point of defense, the Kremlin.
In winter, the days in Northern Europe are very short, and the sky is getting dark just after the first minute of the unitary time, and the city of Moscow is seen from afar, and the walls of the city are full of fireworks and wailing.
"My lord, the Rakshasa civilians living in the outer city resisted extremely fiercely and killed a lot." Chang Yu walked behind Liu Hongjian and whispered.
"Got it, count the casualties as soon as possible, and take in the wounded soldiers." Liu Hong gradually knew that now was not the time for mercy, and that those who refused to surrender did not need mercy.
The reason why Chang Yu came to report and not the Mongolian governor Babala was probably because he was worried about Liu Hong's gradual reprimand.
By the next morning, the specific casualties were finally counted, and the Ming army had more than 6,400 dead in the battle, and at least 25,000 Rakshasa people had been killed.
Millions of Rakshasa civilians in the city all gathered in Moscow outside the Kremlin, and according to incomplete statistics, at least 300,000 Rakshasa civilians died directly or indirectly in their Great Patriotic War.
After all, it was the war of the Rakshasa people to destroy the country, and as early as before the war, Rhodes ordered people to preach the brutality of the Ming Dynasty to these ignorant people, so that most of the Rakshasa residents in the city were tricked into taking up arms.
The reason why such huge casualties can be caused in one day is almost exclusively due to firearms.
The inhabitants of the city are too dense, and often as long as one person in the crowd dares to resist, the Ming army will immediately pass through with a row of grenades, after all, only in this way can it be safe enough.
Baba drew a line of white ash in the city, and those in the circle were regarded as obedient people, but anyone who ran out of the circle was killed.
"My lord, how are you going to fight this palace of the Rakshasas?" Lin He stood behind Liu Hongjian and looked at the Kremlin Road in front of him.
The grenades were exhausted, and muskets and grenades alone could not break through the walls of the Kremlin.
Liu Hongjian is also thinking about this problem, the capture of Moscow does not mean that Moscow is taken, only the capture of the palace symbolizing the Rakshasa country can be regarded as the real destruction of the Rakshasa country.
The walls of the Kremlin are designed to be stronger and taller than the outer cities, and more grenades will be needed to take the Kremlin with yesterday's tactics.
The front is too long, from the capital of the Ming Dynasty to Moscow, the capital of the Rakshasa country, the distance is more than 10,000 miles in a straight line, and there are countless mountains and rivers to cross along the way, and no one knows when the next supply will arrive.
"If you really can't do it, just wait, it's been more than half a year anyway, and it's not bad for a few days." Baba muttered.
Yesterday's battle against Baba was a bit of a killing, and his right arm is still sore.
Liu Hongjian was also worried, it was the first time he led his troops to fight so far, at this moment he really wanted to take out his mobile phone and call Xiao Zhu who was far away in Beijing to ask where the supplies were now, but he could only think about it.
Remembering that the Ming soldiers were tired after the war, Liu Hongjian had to order the soldiers to repair outside the Kremlin.
In this way, after three or five days, the supply has not arrived, and Liu Hongjian stands on the east wall every day and looks to the east, hoping to see the shadow of the Ming supply team in the wind and snow.
But the left and right did not wait, and the price of attacking the city with flesh and blood was too great.
He only had 60,000 soldiers left in his hands, of which more than 5,000 were wounded, and only about 50,000 could participate in the battle, while the Rakshasa soldiers defending the Kremlin still had at least 30,000.
It's a bit difficult.
It's just that it is completely impossible for Liu Hong to give up gradually, for more than half a year, he has experienced hard battles, vicious battles, ice and snow, and storms, and more than 100,000 people before the expedition, and even half of them are still standing now.
In the end, he didn't even take the kingdom of the Rakshasas, and he didn't have the face to go back.
"My lord, there is a red-haired ghost from outside who wants to see you, saying that he is an envoy of Sweden." While thinking about it, Chang Yu came over to report.
"Are the countries of Europa finally unable to sit still?" Liu Hong gradually frowned and muttered.
In fact, he had expected that on this day, no country would want its neighbors to be too strong, and they didn't care whether the Rakshasa Kingdom was alive or dead, but they cared about it.
"Let him in!" Liu Hong gradually thought for a while.
With his current strength is simply not enough to fight the whole of Europa, Liu Hong gradually felt that he could talk about it, and he wanted to see what the Swedes wanted to do.
A moment later, a middle-aged man in a black old-fashioned tuxedo entered the tent, this person looked a little angry, because on the way to see Liu Hongji, he was interrogated and searched by several groups of people, not only the pocket watch on his body was not known to be touched by anyone, but even the high hat on his head was taken away, revealing a brown-red messy hair, the Ming people claimed that there might be a murder weapon hidden here, which made him very angry.
"Who are you, and why did you come to the camp?" Liu Hong gradually sat in the main seat expressionlessly and didn't give the red-haired ghost a seat, and took a sip of tea.
"Dear Lord Daming, I am Salvius of the Privy Council of the Kingdom of Sweden, and I have come to seek the gospel of peace on the orders of Queen Stina of the Kingdom of Sweden."
Although he was very angry about what had just happened, he still squeezed out a diplomat-like kind smile when he saw the notorious young prince Sal Uves in front of him.
"Oh?" Liu Hong gradually pretended to be surprised.
"Lord of the Ming Dynasty, peace is so precious, in fact this is also what the other monarchs of Europa meant, we want peace." Saluvis was still smiling, but there was not any sincerity in this smile.
In his opinion, no country can withstand their joint attack.
"Hehe, can you tell me which countries are?" Liu Hongjian was not frightened by Sal Uves, but asked with a chuckle.
"My lord, in addition to my kingdom of Sweden, there are also the kingdoms of France, Poland, the German Empire, the kingdoms of Prussia, and the kingdoms of England, but their countries are far from here, and they may arrive in a few days.
Your army has taken over such a vast territory of the Rakshasa Nation, you should be content. Saluves tries to keep a kind smile, which he believes conquers all.
"Hehe, you speak Da Ming language well, who did you learn it from?" Liu Hongjian still didn't answer him, and he also smiled.
"My lord, the court envoys of the Kingdom of Sweden have a special course for teaching foreign Chinese, and the Ming language is also one of them." Sal Uves replied.
"There is a proverb in the Ming Dynasty, I don't know if you have heard of it." Liu Hong gradually put away his smile and glanced at the smiling red-haired Swede in front of him.
"I want to hear about it." Sal Uves listened with great interest.
"The dog is nosy with the mouse, and Lao Tzu fights the Rakshasa country, what does it have to do with you?"
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