Outside Tai Yu, the cicadas screaming fiercely because of the hot weather were completely covered up by the hustle and bustle of the battlefield.
And in a low hill far away from the city wall, under the double shelter of a small shade of trees and a pergola,
Zhang Dong, a school lieutenant from the former Long March athlete, carefully chewed freshly opened cans of tempeh fish cubes. Even the stewed fish bones and fish bones were finely ground and broken into the throat tea soup. ；
Because of the hot weather, in addition to the marinated shrimp paste, fish sauce and crab paste, Baozhiye's canned aquatic products has also become much shorter. The inventory needs to be emptied in time before it can be replaced with a new supplement. And it was not far away from her vision.
In the dull and acidic Kang Dang Weng Mingsheng, the stone cannon/trebuchet is both tall and large, with the longest range and the most powerful; under the traction of large groups of animals and manpower, he shook his swinging arm violently and weighed pieces of it. Incomparable boulders smashed on the city head; and on the rammed earth walls, battlements, shutters, and barriers, there were gaps and fragments of broken and crushed corpses left one after another on the rammed earth walls, battlements and shutters.
If it happened to hit the wooden arrow tower and sentry built by the rush, it would be a tragic scene of many broken limbs and building fragments, passing through from the inside out or across, competing to shoot.
The nearest and most numerous ones are the tornado cannons/throwing poles that hit the ground like a column. As the operators pull the ropes, they use the spinning leather pockets to make them as thick as a fist. , Pebble like a bowl, splattered to the top of the city.
And like a squiggly shot bullet, the heads are hidden behind the battlements, and the defenders with helmets, hats, and uncut heads screamed and battered their heads.
The least in number and the most tightly protected are the city defense weapons seized from the official army-large wooden single crossbows and winch crossbows; they are arranged on high bases made by mounding operations; every time they fire, there are defenders one after another In the sound of screams, they were nailed to the wall and threaded into skewers.
Of course, the defenders in the city have not thought about destroying these long-range threats through counterattacks and sneak attacks. At this time, it was their turn for the guards of the entourage team to use iron-armed crossbows and arrowhead crossbows to take effect.
In particular, the Taiping Army’s arrows are guilty of night battles that are accustomed to them. With the cooperation of a small number of fire-throwing teams, they can still stabilize their positions even when the friendly forces are in collapse and chaos, causing the attackers to pay a heavy price.
There were fierce and joyful cheers again in the distance, but the city gate was knocked open; the variegated rebels who squatted down under the city with cards and boards were also like tides who couldn’t wait for Ben to step over their companions and enemies. The corpse, and rushed into the city gate; in the gradually rising and spreading fireworks, it became the noise of fighting, crying, and roaring gradually dispersed in the city.
However, for the time being, all of this has nothing to do with the peace soldiers who helped them. The main tasks they came to participate in the war were to guard and guard against the officers and soldiers from the periphery; the other was to use the heavy equipment that the Taiping Army mastered and excel at to help these generally poorly equipped friendly forces to gradually destroy or open the city defenses in a steady and steady fight.
Obviously, they also did quite well this time. Therefore, as the noise in the city became more and more intense, the first group of special teams who were escorted to collect wine, meat and supplies from the city, came to reward, also appeared in the city gate again.
According to the agreement achieved, most of the captured after the city was broken belonged to the local rebels responsible for the siege; the Taiping Army, who was responsible for helping the war, had the priority to choose the corresponding spoils and captures; for example, local books and official pictures and books. The hundreds of craftsmen, the elite and strong members of the captives, and even half of the large livestock such as donkeys, mules, cattle and horses were found in the city.
As for the remaining trophies, the Taiping Army can also use the armored battles built by Lingwai and Hunan, the food and cloth produced; even clothing and footwear, tent tools, alcohol and medicine, salted vegetable sauce, sucrose tobacco, etc. Wait for the large quantities of manufactured products in the factory to exchange transactions and physical exchanges.
Therefore, every few days after the city breaks, everyone has a lot of money, it is also the time when they are most actively engaged in negotiations and exchanges. However, this time with the rewarding team, there is also a small team of messengers in full clothes:
"According to the order of the General's Mansion, I transferred your department to Shanyang, Chuzhou, and assisted General Manager Shang in the offensive matters..."
The headed general announced with a solemn face.
"This... It's really hard to forgive me..."
Zhang Dong couldn't help being surprised, and then said with an embarrassed look.
"Our ministry is ordered to help the war outsiders, and it has already been said; all instructions for the actions of the General's Mansion must be signed by the army's chief before they can be accepted..."
"Outrageous, you guys dare to resist orders..."
The other party couldn't help throwing down these words in a frenzied manner, but then the thunder and the rain slapped his horse around and left, leaving Zhang Dong confused.
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And in Chuzhou, a hundred miles away, the scene is also about to be broken.
With the number of iron-plate protective manpower advancing the "earth tanks", among the arrows and gunstones that fell like rain, they slowly and firmly crossed the trenches filled with firewood and soil bags; they finally smashed into the city. The last obstacle in front of the door rushed into the doorway.
Immediately after one burst of large bursts of roar and smoke, the city, once famous for Wei Yingwu’s "Chuzhou West Stream", reluctantly opened up to the Taiping Army amidst the fragmented remains of the city gate. An empty mind. In the sound of many trumpets, suona, flutes, and whistles, I accepted the fate of being conquered and conquered.
And Zhou Huaian, who was watching all this on the stage of the War Watching City, was also calm in his heart, and there were no waves. After all, these were the cities that were directly or indirectly laid down by the Taiping Army.
More than two months have passed without knowing it, and the footprints of the Taiping Army have been accompanied by most of the rebels' activities, covering almost the entire Huainan land, and a large amount of siege has been accumulated and explored from this. Bazhai’s valuable experience,
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After all, Huainan’s 14 states, 117 large and small (county) cities, more than 300 towns and fortifications, almost fell under the snowball-like attack of the Rebels; and the rest were also taken. These are the strongholds that are larger, more complete, and relatively thicker than the high walls of the city.
(The boundary of Huainan Road is equivalent to the current central Jiangsu Province, the central Anhui Province, the northeastern part of Hubei Province, and the southeast corner of Henan Province, etc.)
Therefore, now only the huge Huainan Road is left. To the east is Yangzhou, which is occupied by Huainan Jiedushi Gao Pian, as the core; to the west, Anzhou, where Jiangxi recruits Cao Quanzhu to stay in, is the core, one east and one west. The large and powerful army clusters occupy a small part of the territory.
Of course, regarding the location and strategic priority of these two clusters; the rebels under the general's mansion did not form a relatively unified strategy, but they continued to fight for their own places and continue to desperately. Expand strength.
Even if the Taiping Army has a corresponding tactical plan and plan, it will naturally not take the initiative to take the initiative to do things on their behalf or to do those things that would simply take the fire out of the fire.
"Leader, where should we fight next..."
Zhu Cun, who was the deputy commander of the formation, stepped onto the stage full of smoke and smoke.
"To be honest. The people in the General's Mansion are also not authentic. The prosperous and prosperous Huaidong Plains will not let us mix too much; but let us defend and attack the mountains and forests of Huai, which is rich in folk customs and strong. West... what does this mean"
"In fact, it's okay. We just used this to re-scan all the states along the Jiangbei coast;"
Zhou Huaian, on the other hand, comforted him.
"It's best to take it in the hands of people who are relatively close to us; to ensure the smoothness of the waterway, it can also form a certain echo with the strongholds along the south of the Yangtze River... So next, we will call Luzhou again. ."
Immediately, Zhou Huaian used a thin indicating stick to place it on a spot on the sand table.
"The next step is to go to Hefei City, and this Yang Hanzi, who is known as Linglong Mind, will be fine..."
"Alright, anyway, you have a way to deal with this situation; you can also seize opportunities and benefits from it. So how do you arrange it, I will do it well."
Zhu Cun nodded without hesitation.
"It's just that I have to ask the staff to help me through the details, and to fill in the omissions and make more improvements..."
"It's so good,"
Zhou Huaian nodded immediately.
Although Zhu Cun is old in the world, he has many marks and old habits of the old rebels. But the most admirable thing is that he has deep self-knowledge, and is experienced and experienced and willing to learn and use new things.
That's why I was able to slightly overwhelm the more enthusiastic and aggressive Cao Shixiong, or the cautious and steady Zhang Juyan, and with his impartial execution strength, he firmly ranked the top of the three lords (generals) who were equally effective.
At this time, there is a time to report again.
"There is an official army and horse team in Chuzhou City, and they fled from another gate to open the city...looks like the banner of Luzhou Army" (End of this chapter)