Chapter 149 General Attack on the State 1

After sending away Xiong Wencan's messenger, Yu Xiaotian found Zhu Dadian and began to discuss with Zhu Dadian how to attack the city. At present, he has transferred more than a dozen warships at sea, which is equivalent to that some of the northern fleet has now been transferred and has arrived at Zhifu Bay.

Now the sea has begun to freeze. If it is too late, I am afraid that there will be a greater risk of maritime operations, which may cause unnecessary trouble and losses to his navy at that time, so this rebellion can no longer be delayed.

After some discussion, Zhu Dadian agreed to the siege plan proposed by Yu Xiaotian. With Yu Xiaotian as the main force of the siege, he mainly attacked the south gate of Dengzhou City, while Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers mainly attacked the east gate, Shandong soldiers mainly attacked the west gate, and Dengzhou Water City was handed over to the sailors under Yu Xiaotian's meeting to block it to ensure that the Dengzhou rebels when the city was broken. Unable to escape by boat from the water gate.

Zhu Dadian had also been impatient at this time. Of course, he appreciated the battle plan proposed by Yu Xiaotian. He also saw that Yu Xiaotian seemed to have been impatient here and wanted to take Dengzhou as soon as possible and lead his troops back to Fujian.

These guest army families are far away from their hometown. After coming out for a period of time, they will feel homesick. This is human nature. Presumably, Xiaotian and his men will not be an exception.

In addition, the sooner the problem of solving the Dengzhou rebels, the better it will be for him. First, it can be appreciated by the imperial court. Second, after the end of the war, these visiting troops can be allowed to return home or leave as soon as possible. Shandong can no longer afford to ask for this and that by these old men every day, Shandong vassals and local treasury. Poor people can starve mice to death.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian now proposed to capture Dengzhou City as soon as possible and annihilate the rebels in Dengzhou City, which can be said to be the heart of Zhu Dadian.

So of course, Zhu Dadian immediately agreed to this battle plan, ordered the account to be raised, and summoned the troops to guard the above generals to discuss matters in his big account.

Zhu Dadian sat upright and told Yu Xiaotian's battle plan and gave him. He began to give a military order with a fierce face, and his words were very harsh, so that all departments would never be allowed to disobey the enemy and avoid war. It was necessary for the whole army to launch together and try their best to attack Dengzhou City from several directions.

No matter who enters Dengzhou City first, he is the first meritorious minister of this battle. He will personally ask the court for a reward, but once he finds that anyone is afraid of the enemy to avoid the war, refuses to attack the city, or even retreats in the battle, he will never be polite to him.

Now, in order to kill the rebels in Denglai as soon as possible, Chongzhen has given Zhu Dadian a sword of Shangfang, so that he can act cheaply in front of the two armies. If there is a general who does not respect the order, or escapes from the battle, he can directly use Shangfang's sword to kill and play.

And today, Zhu Dadian really invited Shang Fang's sword and put it on the big case. Seeing that Zhu Dadian was so fierce, the generals were deeply convinced that no one dared to say no.

They also saw that Zhu Dadian was going to determine the universe and take down the city of Dengzhou through this battle. If they don't use force this time, Zhu Dadian really dares to kill the generals.

What's more, it is said that the current supervision army is also coming here. He has personally arrived in Huang County to sit in the town. Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian really dares to kill these military generals, not to mention.

So after receiving the order, the generals hurried down to prepare. Two days later, all kinds of siege equipment were ready. Even the Yu's army on Xiaotian's side also prepared all kinds of siege equipment. Within a few days, ladders, shields, carts, cave houses and trenches, the engineering companies in the army included the craftsmen who were recruited by the army. Day and night, using some of the existing vehicles requisitioned in their army to modify them on the spot, but they are also quite well prepared.

It can be seen that Yu Xiaotian is indeed determined to completely conquer Dengzhou City this time.

And the night before, Yu Xiaotian personally summoned officers at all levels above the deputy company commander of the army, personally gave them combat instructions, made pre-war mobilization, and ordered the Fireheads to provide a rich breakfast on the morning of the day of the army, so that the soldiers could have a full meal and prepare for the strong attack.

This time, the artillery, infantry, engineers and even some heavy soldiers of the Yu family army can be said to have poured out, including medical officers and rescuers in the field hospital have also been mobilized before the war.

October 13, Zhu Dadian chose the day to attack the city. In the morning, the battalions sounded a rapid horn. The sleepy officers and soldiers got up one after another, dressed neatly, had a war meal, and then began to follow the military order. The generals led their own troops and began to leave the camp and opened towards the city of Dengzhou. Go.

Before dawn, Zhu Dadian personally ordered the general in the big account. A military general was late for no reason. He was dragged out on the spot and beat a military stick, which was also a killing stick for the generals first, so that these military generals took it as a warning. Knowing that today is not a joke, who dares not work hard, then today I'm afraid Zhu Dadian really won't spare them.

At dawn on that day, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers had gathered outside the city of Dengzhou and arrived at their respective scheduled departure locations. All kinds of siege equipment, as well as temporary recruitment to help the people, were also put in front of the battle.

When the Ming army attacked the city, it is customary to force the local people and strongmen to help them fight. Although these people are not soldiers, they will be used as cannon fodder. In the initial trench filling stage, these people will be driven away, carrying all kinds of logs, firewood bundles and earth bags to fill the trenches outside the city for the army first. , open the passage for the army to attack the city, and then the army will do what it will do.

Dengzhou City is the most important coastal town in Shandong. It is now the forefront of resisting slaves. After the repair of successive imperial governments, a strong city has already been built, which is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It is quite difficult to capture Dengzhou City in a day. Even Yu Jiajun with the best equipment quality can't say that he can do it, and he has to pay a considerable price.

But fighting is a matter of killing people. For the generals, Yu Xiaotian can't only care about his troops at this critical moment. What he can do is to provide the best fire support and fire cover for the attacking soldiers, as well as fire suppression, and try to protect his soldiers as much as possible. , pay less casualties, but if you want to die, you can attack Dengzhou City. He doesn't have the ability.

As the sky gradually dawned, the rebels in the city have also boarded the city wall in large numbers and made a posture of strict defense. Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde can see that this time the officers and army attack is not like a tentative attack, but a decisive battle, so they can Whether to defend Dengzhou City or not depends on today.

So these traitors also divided their respective lands. Li Jiucheng was responsible for guarding the south gate, Kong Youde guarding the west gate, and Geng Zhongming guarding the east gate. These traitors also gritted their teeth and rolled their arms and sleeves, ready to fight.

With the military array of Zhu Dadian, three cannons sounded, and then there was the sound of rolling drums. The ten huge drums were lined up, ten long with tendons, reminding the tough soldiers that under such a cold weather, they all took off their clothes and opened huge drummers and worked hard. The force began to beat the war drum.

The huge sound of drums spread throughout the battlefield. After hearing the sound of drums, the generals began to shout, and the troops began to attack the city.

The tens of thousands of officers and soldiers took hold of those forcibly recruited people and immediately let out a shout, screaming and began to rush towards Dengzhou City like ants. A cannon began to sound in all directions.

In order to attack Dengzhou City, Zhu Dadian has now transferred a batch of cannons from various places and assigned them to the troops. In addition to Yu Xiaotian, the other armies have also got some cannons. Most of these cannons are old-style artillery, but there are also several captured Hongyi cannons or a few Hongyi cannons sent from Beijing.

At this time, these cannons had already been arranged outside various gates, and the muzzle was aimed at Dengzhou City and began to bombard fiercely.

But I'm afraid the most spectacular is still the luxury artillery lineup of the family army. This time, in order to conquer Dengzhou City, although Yu Xiaotian brought a siege heavy artillery company and brought three 24-pound siege guns, but in the face of such a strong city as Dengzhou City, the three siege heavy guns are still a little too few.

So he spared no effort from the navy, unloaded several heavy naval guns on several warships, and sent heavy battalions towed them to the front of the army, and also placed them on the artillery position.

In addition, he also has an artillery battalion equipped with more than 30 12-pound howitzers. These light artillery are directly dragged to a distance of only 400 steps from the city wall, which is the distance at which these guns can exert maximum power and ensure the accuracy of shooting accuracy.

Other heavy artillery were placed in the rear artillery positions, and the naval gunners cooperated with the army gunners to operate these naval guns and siege heavy artillery.

Looking at Yu Jiajun's luxurious artillery array, many officers and soldiers were drooling, but they didn't have this thing and didn't have money to deal with it. They could only use the artillery that Zhu Dadian found a way to get for them to shell Dengzhou.

So although the officers and soldiers from all walks of life are quite lively, the only thing that can really pose a substantial threat to the rebels is the cannon of the sea wolf outside the south gate.

Originally, when the rebels captured more than 20 Hongyi cannons here when they were trapped in Dengzhou, but with this period, the rebels fought south and north, constantly attacking the city, and gradually took these Hongyi cannons away from Dengzhou City. Especially in the Battle of Laizhou, the rebels almost transported all the Hongyi cannons in Dengzhou City. Go.

After the defeat of Laizhou, the Hongyi cannons in the hands of the rebels were basically destroyed and captured by the officers and soldiers. Now there are only four Hongyi cannons left in Dengzhou City, two of which are placed in the south of the city, and there is a Hongyi cannon on the east and west sides.