"Ten Thousand Enemies" is a huge bomb developed by the Daming Firearms Bureau, weighing 40 kilograms, and first appeared in the Wanli period.
After Zhu Youjian took charge of the Firearms Bureau, he made improvements to the original foundation. Now this huge bomb weighs 80 kilograms, which is close to the weight of an adult.
Soldiers are naturally inconvenient to carry such a heavy bomb. Fortunately, the North Sea Fleet is in the open sea and keeps in touch with the Marine Corps at any time. These two "10,000 enemies" were delivered by the fleet.
Taking advantage of the changes in the sky, the Ming army successfully placed the "ten thousand enemies" on the city gate, but the Jurchen soldiers in the city didn't even notice it.
"Boom... Boom..."
With two loud noises, the wooden gate was blown to pieces, and even the walls on both sides collapsed.
The Jurchen soldiers leaning on the city gate were rushed to the sky by a huge air wave and experienced bungee jumping. However, their bodies were not fastened with safety ropes.
Before they landed, their bodies had already completed the material exchange... What was lost was flesh and blood, and iron thorns and sawdust were introduced. There were a few soldiers. Before they landed, their bodies were split into countless empires. Small country.
The soldiers on the city head also felt the huge shock wave. The soldiers felt chest tightness and tinnitus. There were two Jurchen soldiers hugging their ears, rolling all over the city head, and hitting the parapet wall with their heads.
With the help of the dim light of dawn, Li Changshan saw the gate of the black hole, which was already wide open. He immediately ordered: "Brothers, charge, enter the city."
Thousands of gunmen entered the city, and hundreds of Jurchen soldiers in the city were only slaughtered. Because of language barriers, they could not even be captured.
The biggest gain of the Ming army was the more than a thousand war horses in the city. These Jurchen war horses were fully equipped with a cavalry regiment by Li Changshan.
More than 10,000 stones of grain were found in the city. The Marine Corps did not intend to use it. They did not have a food truck. Besides, their supplies were very sufficient. They were on the ships by the sea. Li Changshan planned that these grains would be left over for defense. For the Dongjiang Army, food is their most scarce material.
The First Marine Division was stationed in the city for only one night. When the sun rose again, they led the cavalry and continued northward along the coastline, while the Second and Third Marine Divisions temporarily stationed in Yongning City, waiting for the Dongjiang River. The defense of the army.
The next city is Gaizhou, which is already a defense zone with a white flag inlaid with Dorgon.
There are still 20 Niu Lus left in Dorgon, but five Niu Lus are stationed in the important town of Liaoyang, and there are 11 Niu Lus on the east bank of Sancha River in the army against Yuan Chonghuan. There are only two in the vast area from Anshan to Gaizhou. Niulu, each city has about half of Niulu, but in each city, Dorgon temporarily armed two Niulu Han people.
Gaizhou is 200 miles northeast of Yongning and is already close to the lower reaches of the Sancha River.
After Li Changshan arrived in Gaizhou, without saying anything, he surrounded Gaizhou City first.
Nearly ten thousand Marines encircled Gaizhou City, but not far to the north, there are Yaozhou occupied by Jurchens, and the Jurchen No. 3 Great Tent in the lower reaches of Sancha River. Li Changshan dare not care, the cavalry battalion just formed and The cavalry regiments are all rangers, closely monitoring the Jurchens in the north.
The First Marine Division insisted on shooting the defenders at the head of the city with flintlocks. One day, the number of casualties under the flintlocks was no more than a hundred, but the city had no intention of surrendering or abandoning the city. Li Changshan was secretly anxious.
The Jurchens in the north may send a ride to investigate at any time. Now Yuan Chonghuan is confronting Dorgon at the Sancha River, and the Lanlan flag to the east may also be found in Gaizhou.
The next day, the Ming army fired at four gates for another morning. Li Changshan was already preparing for a storm. Although the storm would increase the casualties, but it was so exhausted. The First Marine Division was more dangerous and faced multiple Jurchen cavalry at any time The flanking.
In the afternoon, Li Changshan patrolled to the north gate. Hou Wenxing, commander of the First Marine Brigade, had just killed two defenders. "The seat of the division..."
"Wenxing, how is it?"
"Master, the Jurchens have learned cunning. They usually hide behind the city wall. They can't use flintlocks... Two Jurchen soldiers have just been killed. But when this continues, how long will the Jurchens in the city be killed?"
Li Changshan nodded, "Wenxing, let's do it like this. We will attack tomorrow. With more shooting this day, it is estimated that there are not many defenders in the city."
"Master, the first brigade asks for the main attack."
"Well, hurry up to build the ladder in the afternoon, and you will attack it early tomorrow morning. Commander Yuan's 100,000 army is waiting for us in Hexi!"
"Yes, Master, we will fight for half a day to break Gaizhou City."
"Wenxing, although we have the advantage of flintlocks, the Jurchen soldiers are exceptionally strong. Don't worry, fight steadily. I won't set the time for you to break the city."
"Yes, Master, the subordinates understand... Huh? Master, how did the city gate open? Could it be our interrogation?"
Li Changshan looked up and saw that the North City Gate had just opened a slit and quickly closed again.
A young soldier with a machete in his hand, but without the Jurchen's leather armor, was walking tremblingly from the city gate.
He turned his head step by step and seemed to miss something. When his eyes met Li Changshan and Hou Wenxing, he almost shuddered, and the scimitar in his hand was also thrown on the ground.
"Master, what exactly is this Jurchen soldier going to do? Is he sent by Jurchen for peace talks?"
"For whatever reason, bring him over. Seeing him cowering, he must be a soft guy. Don't frighten him for the time being."
"Yes, Master."
The soldier was quickly brought to Li Changshan's face. Before Li Changshan could question him, he thumped and knelt down in front of Li Changshan.
Li Changshan was also wondering, when did the Jurchen soldier begin to kneel? Could it be that they were scared by the flintlocks of the Ming army
"Who are you? Why are you out of town?" Hou Wenxing pointed his finger, his voice was not too harsh.
"General, I am a Han Chinese in the city." The man reverently knocked on Li Changshan and Hou Wenxing three times.
"Han people? What's the matter? How do you hold Jurchen's scimitar in your hand?" Li Changshan raised his hand and motioned for him to get up and talk.
"The general, the younger one is Liu He. It turned out to be a Han citizen in the city. He has been farming for his livelihood. However, Lord Belle recently issued a military order to recruit two Niulu Han soldiers in the city. The younger one was arrested in the barracks. Up."
"Han Army Niu Lu?" Li Changshan looked carefully, no matter how you look at it, Liu He doesn't look like a soldier. "Then what are you doing out of the city? Do you have anything to say to us?"
"General, save the little Hun family!" Liu He kowtows to Li Changshan and Hou Wenxing again. Maybe he thinks that Li Changshan has a greater official position. When he kowtows to Li Changshan, his forehead bangs on the ground.
"You stand up and talk, what is going on?"
"General, the young one had lived well in the city, but all the Jurchen soldiers stationed in the city were transferred away. Later, another group of soldiers was transferred." Liu He blew his nose. "As soon as they entered In the city, I didn’t do anything, so I looked for women among the people..."
"What does finding a woman have to do with you?"
Liu He already cried out: "Small...little hunk family...has a little bit of beauty, so they took a fancy to it... They forced the little hunk family... into the barracks, the little one refused to follow, they were...were taken by them. A whip..."
"Then why did you return them as a soldier?"
"General, the little one didn't want to be a soldier, but... But they forced the little man into the barracks, and let the little one defend the city, and the little one guessed. They wanted to kill the little one, so as to occupy the little hun family..."
"Oh..." Li Changshan finally figured it out, "Then what are you doing out of town?"
"General, there are more than a dozen people who were robbed of the Hun family like the little one. They are all at the head of the northern city gate. There used to be two Jurchen soldiers on the front of the city. Now they are all killed by you. Together, we plan to open the city gate for you, as long as you can save our hun family."
"As long as we can enter the city, we will surely rescue your hun family, these goddamn slaves... How many slaves are there in the city?"
"A hundred Jurchens originally came to the city, but you killed a dozen of them yesterday and today. Now there are fewer than 90 Jurchen soldiers in the city."
"Ninety?" Li Changshan didn't know whether he was excited or annoyed. With only ninety soldiers, he blocked more than 10,000 soldiers from the First Marine Division for two days. This is really a big joke, "You are telling the truth?"
"The conscience of heaven and earth, the villain is telling the truth, the villain is willing to stay in the army as a hostage, the villain only asks the general to rescue the villain's family."
Li Changshan looked at the top of the city, and several gazes shot down from the top of the city. It might be that they were afraid of flintlock guns and did not dare to stay in the crenel for too long.
"Master..."
"Wenxing, what do you think?"
"Master, this Han is not someone we are familiar with, and his words may not be credible."
"I think it's a bit credible," Li Changshan took a look at Liu He. "Dorgun wants to defend Sanchahe with all his strength. There shouldn't be too many Jurchen soldiers in Gaizhou City. And, in retrospect, I seem to I heard the wounded soldiers screaming in Chinese."
"Master, I seem to have heard it too."
"That means that there are really many Han people in the city. The Jurchen soldiers in the city are already seriously insufficient."
"Master is going to enter the city?"
"Wenxing is willing to give up such a good opportunity?" Li Changshan was overjoyed. He never dreamed that he would receive a gift at Beichengmen.
"Master, what if it's a trap?"
"Don't be afraid of traps," Li Changshan shook his head. "Even if there are ambushes in the city, there will not be too many. Moreover, the cavalry in the city can't take advantage of speed at all. Even if there are ambushes, they can't deal with our flintlocks. So, I plan to visit the city myself."
"No, Master, this is too dangerous."
"Because of the danger, I have to personally enter the city, and I have to personally direct this battle."
"Master, if the situation is like what Liu He said, we will succeed in breaking the city, but we will get a small city that is almost empty. If it is the trap of the Jurchens, our loss will be great. The master is the first division of the land warfare. Soul, your own safety is much more important than a small city. If you enter the city, let your subordinates go down!"
"you?"
"Master, you can't bet your Majesty's Northern Expedition."
Li Changshan also thinks about it. He is now the commander of the First Marine Division. He is currently in charge of the Second and Third Divisions. In case of a mistake, not only the First Division will lose the ability to fight, it is very likely that the entire Right Army will be there. There was a huge impact.
"Well, it's up to you to enter the city. Be sure to pay attention to your safety. If the situation is not right, you will return slowly."