Chapter 208 Siege Plan

"Kill, kill!" The shocking shouts floated over the open space outside the salt field. After this period of strict training, the newly recruited battalions already have the appearance of a regular army, but the murderous spirit revealed in the training made Zhang Yang satisfied.

After the full-load operation of the base during this period, Tianque, a weapon that everyone likes, was barely allocated to each battalion. Zhang Yang's base camp already has two 100-person teams equipped with Tianque, and the other four battalions are equipped with half a hundred-person team, one-tenth of the proportion.

Baiju Salt Farm, the endless salt field outside, most of the water has evaporated, and the crystals are already looming.

Salt can really grow in the salt field! This makes the old salt workers ecstatic. This way of making salt, compared with the plate of boiling salt, the labor intensity is reduced by countless times, and there is no need to live and there is no pollution, in Zhang Yang's words.

In the Dingxi field, inside the encircled secret wall, there have always been people moving, but they can't see it outside, and no one can go inside. If they only see the sentry holding a fine steel spear, they don't dare to break in. Otherwise, the body will really be pierced with a few holes.

Sea salt is dried and coarse salt is purified. This more perfect assembly line has been formed. A large amount of refined salt already exists in the warehouse of the salt farm. What is needed below is to sell salt.

Zhang Yang has long been familiar with selling private salt. If the He family in Yangzhou is unwilling to continue to cooperate with themselves, they will directly send Shixin to transport salt to the big business names of various roads. Now they are no longer the original Gangsi, and they can no longer use the cover of the official ship. However, it is better to have a wider world. Any team of his subordinates can undertake the task of transporting salt. If you encounter salt on the way, you can kill it directly. With strength, you have the confidence to speak.

Good news also came from the Shen family. The two hundred stones of grain of the Shen family had been transported to the salt farm. Moreover, Shen Wansan, who was rich, did not accept the compensation of ten taels of silver and one acre of land, but all of them were given to Zhang Yang free of charge. In the words of the housekeeper Shen, when he heard that Zhang Yang wanted to give double compensation, he was very grateful. It was a blessing for the people to have such an open-up adult who did not bully the weak and did not enrich themselves. The Shen family was willing to dedicate all these lands to the adults. The Shen family also hopes to open a business in the east of Xinghua to seek the welfare of the people.

For the suggestions of the Shen family, Zhang Yang said that he would support them in due course. The Shen family also saw that their measures here are bound to greatly improve the quality of life of the people. If the living standard is improved, there will be various material needs. The Shen family will seize the market in the earliest time.

He Zhaoyi has been staying at Ruohan's house during this period, and sometimes he will go to the salt farm to have a look. Don't say go, don't say don't go. Zhang Yang didn't know what to do with the young lady. He simply put her aside first and waited until she looked for herself. Those two ships of salt can be transported to Yangzhou at any time.

Now, Zhang Yang's top priority is military operation: raiding on Taizhou.

In the government of Dingxi Salt Farm, all personnel have been seated. Shi Yi of the first battalion, Tang He of the second battalion, Lv Zhen of the third battalion, Bian Yuanheng of the fourth battalion, Li Bosheng who came from the base, as well as Shi Xin, Shi De, Li Shanchang and Shi Nai'an, were crowded with small living rooms.

These people constitute Zhang Yang's current squad, the four battalions, and their own base camps, are the main military forces. Li Bosheng is mainly in charge of military supplies. Li Shanchang is in charge of the construction of the rear and supply of grain and salary. This is also Li Shanchang's strength. Some time ago, the division of fields was very successful. Shi Nai'an is Zhang Yang's military staff. Shixin and Shide, of course, are brothers who fight tigers and go into battle with father and son soldiers.

"This time, we call everyone here to work as a group. Our next military action is about to be launched." Zhang Yang looked at everyone on the top chair and said.

"Well, the boys under my command are about to get sick, and now there is finally a battle." Tang He said carelessly, "Is it Xinghua? My station is the closest to Xinghua, and I can take on the main task.

"That's right, it's the small town of Xinghua. It's too easy for us to attack." Others also echoed. After Xinghua, we can continue to attack Gaoyou and take down the whole Gaoyou Mansion.

"Our next goal is not Xinghua or Gaoyou. It's Taizhou." Zhang Yang said.

What? Taizhou? Everyone was shocked. Obviously, their ideas could not keep up with Zhang Yang. Play Taizhou? It seems to be a little fantasy. Is Taizhou comparable to a city like Xinghua and Gaoyou? That's an important town! That is to say, the high head of the city is definitely a nightmare for attackers.

"Brother, if we want to attack Taizhou, we need to make large siege equipment, catapults, ladders, impact vehicles, and arrow towers. For us now, it is almost impossible to complete it. Otherwise, we can only fill the city wall of Taizhou with our last name. No, Taizhou still has such a wide moat. It is a little difficult for us to attack Taizhou. Tang He put away his rudeness just now and said carefully.

Brother, what's wrong with you? Attacking Taizhou? It's so whimsical. As the most experienced commander, Tang He is well aware of the difficulty of the siege. With this little money, the current in the rebel army can't be wasted under Taizhou.

"Taizhou, as an important town in the north of the Huainan River, has a very important strategic position. To the south, it is the natural danger of the Yangtze River. To the west, it directly threatens Yangzhou, the capital of the whole province. If it captures Taizhou, Gaoyou will lose its assistance, and it will be easy to attack Xinghe and Gaoyou to the north. In this way, we can expand our occupied area several times. With this base, we can occupy Taizhou. If we cross the Yangtze River again, we can occupy the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. At that time, we will develop rapidly. Beyond other Red Turban Army. Behind Zhang Yang, Shi Nai'an, who was shaking a fan, explained carefully.

Feather fan silk scarf, this is Shi Nai'an's logo surname costume. Although it is very cold now, Shi Nai'an is also reluctant to put down this fan and shake it, and countless ideas will come out of his mind.

"Taizhou is important. It's not bad. When we win Xinghua and Gaoyou, and our strength grows, we will attack again. Isn't the grasp higher?" Shi Yi asked.

"After we take Xinghua and Gaoyou, the Tartars must know that our next goal will be Taizhou, soldiers and tidbits. We will go beyond the enemy's expectations, make a long-distance attack, and take Taizhou by surprise. In this way, it will reduce a lot of losses than playing Taizhou in the future. Shi Nai'an continued to explain.

Attack Taizhou? Everyone thought about it carefully, so that this strategy is really feasible and can expand the territory several times in the shortest time. Moreover, after taking down Taizhou, the influence is very great, and the whole province will be encouraged. Now the troops of the province are controlled by Anfeng's Guo Zixing and Zhu Yuanzhang, which is a good opportunity for him to attack.

However, Tang He's words just now are also very reasonable. Attacking the strong city is not as easy as attacking the salt field. Although there are thousands of people under the city of Taizhou, they have to be buried there in a careless city.

"Brother, how should we fight in this Taizhou City?" Bian Yuanheng asked.

Everyone knows that since the eldest brother proposed to attack Taizhou, he must have a way.

Of course, Zhang Yang already has a method, but this method is a little inhumane. To be specific, it is four words: terrorist attack.

The siege methods of this era, such as stone throwers, ladders, arrow towers, collisions, Zhang Yang all don't want to use them. This is purely to fill it with human life. He has been to Taizhou City several times. That kind of city is indestructible. If he relies on manpower to attack, thousands of people will have to fill in it.

The best weapon to attack the city is the cannon. Outside the city wall, put a circle of cannons, the shells flew away, and the city wall collapsed. Then they rushed up and took it down.

However, Zhang Yang doesn't need this modern method. Because his blacksmith is not enough. Although he has qualified fine iron, there is not enough manpower to turn fine iron into Tianque. Tianque is not fully equipped. How can he have the energy to do artillery? After capturing Taizhou and obtaining a large number of blacksmiths, these ideas can be put into action.

This is a dead cycle. Without artillery, if you can't fight hard, you can't take Taizhou City. If you can't take Taizhou City, there will be no blacksmith to make weapons.

It really gave Zhang Yang a headache. In a quiet night, Zhang Yang tossed and turned, thinking hard, but suddenly a spark appeared in his mind. In modern times, there are so many high-tech weapons, missiles, aircraft, aircraft carriers, and M country, but he was made anxious by several Arabs who always covered their faces with cloth. Why? Asymmetric warfare, you have precision-guided weapons, and I have terrorist attacks!

In the south of the water network, there are several streams of water passing through each city. As an important town in Taizhou, it is no exception. Taizhou City is closely connected with water. The water network inside and outside the city is dense, and the streets and canals depend on each other, forming an urban pattern with the rice river as the long axis of the north and south, and the two cities as its wings. The outer city river and the jade belt river in the city are intertwined. The water surrounds the city, the city holds the water, the streets and rivers in parallel, and the water city is integrated, which looks like a phoenix.

The river gives the tall Taizhou city a defensive moat. It looks even more solid. However, for Zhang Yang, this moat is not a problem, but a good helper for Zhang Yang.

In this era, there are no cars and no planes. Therefore, terrorist attacks can't make car bombs or airplane bombs, but you can make a fishing boat bomb.

Li Bosheng has made a large "grenade" according to Zhang Yang's instructions. Anyway, there is no need for a blacksmith. He just needs to let the iron in the steelmaking furnace flow into the manufactured mold. After cooling, add the pre-made black gunpowder, plug the lead, and complete the task. .

Each of these grenades is as big as a wine pot, and the iron shell alone weighs 15 catties. After being stuffed with black gunpowder, the power is amazing. If it is placed directly under a brick wall, it will immediately blow up to the sky. Many small fishing boats were captured in the last battle. Li Bosheng has completed all of them at the base. There are a total of three fishing boats. Each fishing boat is loaded with sixty such grenades, and all the leads are connected together. These sixty grenades are already the limit of the ship. If it hadn't been for the fact that the small boat was easier to control, Li Bosheng really wanted to use that big ship to load 200 giant grenades. From the Yudai River in the north, it is easy to get close to the gate of Taizhou.

"Ber Sheng, tell everyone about it." Zhang Yang called the name.

"Yes, big brother." Since Li Bosheng has been very excited about killing hundreds of Tatar soldiers in the reeds of the base, winning more with less. He is eager to have another chance to slaughter the Tatars again. This time, he finally has another chance. Moreover, he made snacks for the Tatars himself. How can he not be excited?

"You know, our victories these times are all due to the eldest brother, the continuous crossbow, Tianque, grenade, and fine steel spear invented by the eldest brother, which are all magic weapons to defeat the enemy." Li Bosheng said.

"All right, don't flatter me. Pick up the key points." Zhang Yang said.

Li Bosheng blushed: "Brother, I'm just stating the facts, you say, don't you?"

"Yes, of course." Everyone covered their laughter and echoed Li Bosheng's words.

"This time, Taizhou City is so tall that we will definitely not be able to fight. We can only take unconventional measures. The eldest brother specially ordered me to send a 'big meal' to Taizhou City." Li Bosheng said. The word big meal is also spit out of the eldest brother's mouth. This word is used too well. The tars will definitely not be can stand this big meal.

"We have relied on grenades to solve the wall these times, so we still use grenades to deal with the Taizhou city wall. My eldest brother asked me to make a large grenade. Li Bosheng said and picked up a big guy from the ground.

I saw that this thing was more than a foot high and had a fine iron luster. The thick belly must be filled with black gunpowder. A handle above exposed a long lead and wrapped around the handle.

When everyone saw this thing, their eyes were straight. This guy, the Tartars in Taizhou City, was really enough to drink a pot.

"I tried this thing once. It is quite powerful. It can be buried in the ground and blow up a big hole. Now, there are three ships in the base, all of which are full of this large grenade. Before the general attack, I was responsible for stewing the ship to the upper reaches of the Daohe River in the north of Taizhou. Once I found the signal given by the eldest brother, I drove the ship to the gate of Taizhou, ignited the lead, and then quickly dived ashore. With a bang, the city gate was solved. Li Bosheng said.

"However, what if the time is not estimated enough and it explodes before it reaches the gate?" Lu Zhen asked.

If a person can go up and light it, it will explode when he reaches the city gate. However, that person will be finished. Zhang Yang is not the one who doesn't pull the lamp and can't let the soldiers act as human bombs. Therefore, Zhang Yang's plan is that before the explosion, Let people withdraw.

There is no wireless detonation device, so it can only be detonated with a delay, that is, to make the lead longer.

"We have done these experiments. On that day, we will observe the flow of water in advance and determine the length of the lead. Moreover, that's why we take three boats instead of one. Li Bosheng said. Among the leads of the three ships, the first one is the longest, the second one is the second, and the third one is longer. The first ship, when it reaches the gate, it can explode a little later, the second one is followed by the explosion, and the third one, and then goes up to expand the results. If the first and second ones explode early, what about the third one?

Three ships, any one of them can blow up the gate, but now there are three. I don't believe that the city tower can't be killed. Anyway, there is enough fine iron and gunpowder in the base.

Everyone nodded.

"Our total attack time is set at the time." Zhang Yang added a sentence.

Mao Shi, it is just dawn. At this time, it should be the most relaxed time for the officers and soldiers guarding the city. Moreover, it is already dawn, and their own fires can just exert greater power.

"Do you have any questions about attacking Taizhou City?" Zhang Yang asked.

"No, no more," the eldest brother has already won the victory. In the strategy, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, and there is such a powerful means. What else is there to worry about? This time, Taizhou can't run away.

"Okay, I'll announce the battle plan now," Zhang Yang's powerful voice echoed over the room: "Shiyi."

"Yes, big brother."

"Leave a hundred-person team to guard the salt field, and the rest will start from the land and go out day and night. After three days, they will arrive in Taizhou City, the first battalion, responsible for blocking the two gates in the east of Taizhou."

"Yes."

"Soup and."

"Yes, big brother." Tang He replied.

"Leave a hundred-person team to guard the killing port and base. The rest will start from the waterway and go out day and night. After the third day, they will arrive in Taizhou City, the second battalion, responsible for blocking the two gates in the south."

"Yes."

"Lv Zhen, Bian Yuanheng."

"Yes, big brother." Both of them answered at the same time.

"Leave a hundred-man team in the third battalion to guard the salt field. The rest of the men and horses of the third battalion and the fourth battalion set out from the salt field, go out day and night, and walk by land. After three days, they arrive in Taizhou City. Block the two gates in the west and north. Zhang Yang said.

"Yes."

"My base camp, set out by land and arrive in the third day. The first team is responsible for supporting the North Gate, which is our main direction of attack. The second team supports the West Gate and may encounter the reinforcements of the Tutars from Yangzhou. The other teams, as reserve teams, support each gate at any time.

"Li Bosheng"

"Yes."

"Take your team, arrive at the designated place in the early morning after the third day, and launch the attack on time!"

"Yes, big brother."

"Shixin."

"Yes, big brother."

"With a few brothers, disguised as a small vendor, advanced to Taizhou City to inquire about the news. On the evening of the two days later, he converged with the army ten miles north of Taizhou City."

"Yes, big brother."

"This is a surprise attack, and everyone must keep it a secret." Zhang Yang said.

Although the salt farm was hit, all the ships added up to only one battalion. Therefore, all of them are given to Tanghe's second battalion, because the south and north gates of Taizhou are connected to the river, and the Dao River flows in from the north gate and then from the south gate. Tang He is responsible for blocking the South Gate, and the ships will be useful, while the east and west are land. Taizhou is a big city with two gates on each side. Thousands of people were scattered, and the troops were also very nervous. Therefore, the remaining teams of the base camp, as reserve teams, can be supported at any time. Because most of Zhang Yang's base camp has been equipped with war horses. The first team and the second team are all equipped with Tianque.

The sharp arrow, which has been put on the string, will be earth-shaking.

(to be continued)