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Volume 1: Saving the Three Thousand Beauties in the Harem Chapter 432: Bombardment of Beijing (Part 1)

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    (Thank you to Da Meng for the post-holiday red envelope, and Jiexi and several brothers for the tickets one after another. It is really the best gift after the holiday.)

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    During the half-month period of waiting for Jin Guo¡¯s reply, various supplies from the rear have gradually arrived, and the soldiers of the Tianzhu Army have changed into winter clothes.  In fact, this winter clothing is just a thickened fur jacket and fur hat. This kind of clothing, even in the Central Plains, has little resistance to the severe cold, and it cannot withstand the nose-breaking cold in the Northeast.

    However, as far as the Tenchu ??Army is concerned, before the Siberian cold wave invades in a large scale, they will withdraw their troops regardless of whether they can capture Shangjing.  Therefore, this winter coat is not to withstand the cold winter in the Northeast, but to withstand the late autumn and early winter in the Northeast.

    Food and ammunition that were enough to support an army of more than 50,000 people (when they went to war in May, the total strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army was 60,000, and over the past few months, the battle had lost about 5,000 people). Food and ammunition that would last for a month had also arrived, and there was a long row of them.  The camel cart was pulling dozens of vehicles covered with black cloth. The soldiers and slaves along the way couldn't help but look at them in surprise, but they had no idea what was inside.

    As for the Southern Song Dynasty, the last batch of supplies had been transported to Fuzhou by sea and stockpiled in Liaoyang Mansion, ready for deployment to the front line at any time.  At the same time, the newly appointed deputy commander of Kaifeng, Wang Yan, the commander of the Eight-Character Army, also led more than three thousand former Eight-Character Army soldiers, and finally arrived at Liaoyang Mansion before the last battle of the Northern Expedition.  However, the task assigned to them by the Northern Expedition Army Headquarters was to maintain security in the rear areas, and they had no chance to go to the front line.

    Wang Yan and his officers were quite dissatisfied, but once a military order was issued, they must be obeyed. This basic military law is still clear.  While Wang Yan assigned soldiers of the Eight-Character Army to switch defenses with the Bohai Division stationed in Liaoyang and Xianping Prefectures, he was preparing to go to the front line in Shangjing to meet with the leader of the Tianzhu Army, Di Lie, and request to join the war.

    The Tianzhu Army was busy preparing to attack the city, and the Jin people in Shangjing City were also watching.  To the great surprise of the kings and ministers of the Jin Kingdom, the Tianzhu army did not block the upper reaches of the river or cut off the water in the moat - this meant that the Tianzhu generals also realized that there was not enough time to intercept the river and fill the trenches, so they had to give up the past.  tactics.

    The monarchs and ministers of the Kingdom of Jin celebrated each other, and the interception on the water has initially achieved results.  If the Tenchu ??Army cannot intercept the flow, they can only resort to conventional combat methods.  Covered bridges were erected and trenches filled with human lives.  Fighting like this is slow in efficiency, takes a long time, and causes heavy casualties. It remains to be seen how long the Tenchu ??Army can hold on.  Not to mention.  There is also a sea of ??fire blocking

    Regarding the kerosene trench, a Tianzhu general once suggested setting it on fire first to consume the Jinren¡¯s oil storage.  However, after discussion, we gave up for two reasons: First, the kerosene the Jin people poured into the trench was not much, and it was estimated that it was only enough to burn for two days, and the Jin people's kerosene reserves must be more than that.  Setting a fire at this time will not consume much; secondly, burning kerosene will produce a large amount of smoke and exhaust gas, which will also cause damage to the bodies of the Jin people in the capital and the soldiers of the Tianzhu Army besieging the city.  It is best not to do this kind of thing that harms others and does not benefit oneself. If you can't do it, it is best not to do it. If you can do it later, don't do it early.

    On October 13th, the Tianzhu Northern Expeditionary Army officially launched an offensive against Shangjing, but this offensive surprised and puzzled the Jinmen at the top of Shangjing - digging a tunnel around the city!  What are the Tenchu ??Army doing?

    The main force of the Northern Expedition Army.  The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Reorganized Divisions (less than the 11th Brigade) and the Tianbo Division, with a total of more than 32,000 men, plus nearly 20,000 servants and surrenders, a total of 50,000 horses, will be able to defeat a city with a circumference of less than ten miles.  The capital city was surrounded by people.

    Afterwards, the military headquarters gave an order, and 50,000 people wielded spades, pickaxes, and shovels.  Three arrows away from the capital, a ditch was quickly dug around the city wall.  As time went by, the trench became deeper and deeper and wider.  From the ditch to the deep ravine, when viewed from the top of the city, it is simply the second defensive moat - or, it can also be seen as a rope that tightly binds the capital.

    Draw the ground as a prison!

    ??Wanyan Xiyin was watching the unusual actions of the Tianzhu Army in the west corner tower of the South Gate. This idiom in the southern classics flashed in his mind.  Isn¡¯t that what the Tianzhu Army is doing right now?  It was obvious that the Tianzhu Army planned to catch turtles in a urn and not let anyone go.

    Wanyan Xiyin sneered as tens of thousands of Tianzhu sergeants and soldiers dug an insurmountable gap with sweat and sweat - dig it!  Dig hard!  In another half month, the winter in Liaodong will let you know how stupid and ridiculous this behavior is.

    Fifty thousand people worked together, and in less than a day, they dug a trench around the city that was one foot wide and five feet deep.  The excavated soil was all piled up to the outer edge of the trench, and after a little tamping and smoothing, it became an earth wall five feet thick and more than ten feet high that surrounded the capital.  Then eight more gates were opened in each direction of the earth wall, wooden fences were erected, knife carts were built inside, deer villages and horses were placed outside, and there were patrols on the earth wall In one day, a circular siege of the city was completed.

    Once the village is completed, the only thing the Jin people in the capital can do is pray to God.

    On October 14th, the wind was deserted and the weather was cold and gloomy. Some Khitan people who had surrendered said:, there is a risk of snowfall in the near days.

    After hearing the report from the officer below, Di Lie only replied lightly: "It will only snow in the next few days, right? Very good, I only need three days! Three days at most!"

    At noon on the 14th, the Tianzhu Army¡¯s general attack began.

    Eight thousand newly attached Khitan soldiers, Bohai soldiers, and Han'er troops, armed with various digging tools and bridge-building materials, gathered in four directions and were on standby; the five thousand mixed combat troops were in a standard formation: the front row of sword soldiers,  The second is the pikemen, the middle musketeers, and the rear grenadiers, all standing behind the auxiliary troops, ready to attack at any time.

    What came next were dozens of camel carts covered with black cloth, appearing in the four directions of the east, south, west and north gates of the village.  Under the astonished gazes of the Jin soldiers at the top of the city and the Tianzhu army officers outside the city, five hundred specially trained gunners slowly pulled back the black cloth, revealing a large round iron barrel.  !

    Not only the soldiers of the Tianzhu Army, but also Wu Qimai on the inner city gate tower was stunned. He couldn't help but ask Sa Lihe next to him: "What is this? The secret weapon of the Tianzhu Army?"

    Sa Lihe also looked puzzled and said, "I don't know, I have never seen this thing before."

    Wu Qimai really did what he said. As soon as the Tianzhu Army declared war, he would go to the city to beat drums and cheer up the defenders.  Of course, as the king of a country, he should not put himself in dangerous situations. Di Jiiling's thousand-step killing skill is no joke, so he went to the inner city to play drums, not the outer city.  The distance between the inner city and the outer city is ninety feet, while the distance between the outer city and the Tianzhu army's earthen fortress is sixty feet.  Such a distance is certainly not safe.  Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiyin, Zong Qian, Sa Lihe and others all unanimously requested that the gatehouse must be hidden inside the gatehouse, separated by iron-clad heavy wood, and sergeants holding heavy cards should be arranged outside This is not the end yet, Wu  When begging for money, you have to wear a suit of party green armor and put a giant drum in front of you.

    On the four gatehouses and eight turrets in the inner city, fifty giant cowhide drums and a hundred strong men were placed.  Just waiting for the king's drum to sound, all directions heard the sound and moved. The drum was so loud that it was difficult to distinguish the direction.

    The legend of Di Lie killing people with a thousand steps is indeed too scary, and the Jin people¡¯s all-round defense measures have reached an outrageous level.  If this kind of defense can't stop Di Jiiling's sniper kill.  Then the other party is really an "evil spirit" rather than a human being.

    Wanyan Xiyin looked at the scene of the soldiers of the Tianzhu Army busy carrying the big iron barrels below the city, and had a vague feeling in his heart: "The Tianzhu Army craftsmen are good at making tools, and Di Lie is also a master of making tools.  The thing seems ordinary, but I'm afraid there is another mystery. It would be best if your Majesty please return to the palace."

    Wu Qimai made such big promises and made so many preparations, how could he miss a blow?  Leave without saying a word?  He couldn't afford to lose this man.

    "Today's start of war is decided by me!" Wu Qimai flatly refused.  However, the ministers also heard the meaning behind the seemingly determined tone - this opening drum must be beaten!  If you miss today, well, whether it will show up in the future is another matter

    Since these two hundred iron barrels were the key to conquering Beijing, the three generals of the reorganization division, Yang Zaixing, He Yuanqing, Guan Zhongyong, Yue Fei, Dong Xian, Zhang Rui, Yang Zhechong, and Fang Hong, all temporarily left their command positions and gathered around  With Di Lie.  They gathered just south of the walled city and watched in amazement the assembly of this novel weapon: a five-foot-long barrel-shaped barrel with a wall as thin as a copper coin and a two-foot diameter; a bowl-shaped hardwood base with a pair of pulling pulleys, which can be used in all directions  Steering and self-propelled; the gun body plus base weighs no more than a hundred kilograms.  It is suitable for field battles and sieges.

    The generals could not help but have doubts in their hearts: Can such a simple thing really have such great power?

    Di Lie smiled and watched the debut of this new weapon, feeling full of confidence.  Although this thing is simple, it is a powerful siege weapon that has been proven in actual combat in later generations.

    That¡¯s right.  This is a "heartless gun"!

    For the Tianshu Military Industry Division, which already has mature gun-making technology and explosives manufacturing technology, all it takes is an idea, or a project idea proposed by the military leader. The Military Industry Division, which has the best craftsmen in the world, can  Create all kinds of weapons needed by the army in the shortest possible time.

    There is basically no technical difficulty in manufacturing heartless cannons. Casting a large iron barrel is even simpler than making a gun barrel.  The real difficulty lies in the testing before actual combat: explosive package weight, shape, propellant package weight, range, barrel diameter, thickness, elevation angle etc., all require a series of experimental tests.

    Although Di Lie knew the structure and firing principle of the Heartless Cannon, he did not know the specific data. He had to rely on the test team of the Military Industry Department to repeatedly test, prototype, summarize and shape it.

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    ¡°As a result, the cannon was produced quickly, but the testing took a long time.  Serving sizeIt has a longer range but less power; it has more weight and has more power, but its range is shorter; what's more, there are too many explosives, causing the barrel to crack.  The explosive package must be suitable, the propellant package must be in the right amount, the range must be up to standard, and the power must be sufficient all of this takes time.

    Di Lie originally planned to use unscrupulous bombardment to open the southern gate of the Jin Kingdom - the Twelve Youyun Prefectures, but until Guo Yaoshi and Li Cheng were both killed, Yanjing conquered; Yelu Yujian and Han Qi surrendered first, and Yunzhong presented the city.  The heartless cannon has just completed testing and is preparing to be finalized for production.

    By the time the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Linhuang Prefecture on the western front and besieged Liaoyang Prefecture and Xianping Prefecture on the eastern front, the conscienceless artillery had completed its basic production and was rushed to the frontline battlefield.  However, the Northern Expedition army fought too smoothly. The new weapons had just arrived, and the lands of the Three Prefectures were already being surrendered and perished. There was no chance to show off their power.

    Finally, the heartless gun caught up with the final battle in Beijing.  Next, let¡¯s watch their performances.

    He Yuanqing circled around these shiny cannons for several times, but he still couldn't hold it back. He said to the chief officer of the artillery camp: "Aji, what kind of 'explosive launcher' you are, can really surpass the missile launcher and plow the ground?"  Going to the capital?"

    Five years have passed, and Aji, who was originally a thin boy, has grown into an eighteen-year-old strong man with a flexible mind and sharp thinking. He is one of the technical leaders of the Military Industry Department.  He was responsible for the research and development of this heartless cannon. Naturally, he was required to go into battle for this first time display.

    Aji and He Yuanqing have been friends for a long time. Although the status of the two is far apart, it does not affect Aji's self-confidence at all. He patted his chest: "Brother Yuanqing, even if you don't believe me, you should believe the military leader, right? This is according to law.  The new weapons requested by the military leader can be wrong?"

    He Yuanqing subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Di Lie. The calm and determined expression said everything. He Yuanqing stopped talking.  The other generals exchanged glances, saluted the military leader, and returned to their respective division and brigade command posts.

    "The south gate gun emplacement has been installed, please give instructions!"

    "The North Gate gun position has been installed, please give instructions!"

    "The east gate gun emplacement has been installed, please give instructions!"

    "The installation of the West Gate gun emplacement is complete, please give instructions!"

    There are constant messengers holding triangular flags, flying to the South Gate Artillery Headquarters to report.

    Aji, the artillery commander, stood straight and looked at the military leader with admiration and respect, waiting for the order.

    "Going to Beijing is not Beijing. It has nothing to do with the historical city. If it is destroyed, just destroy it!"  Di Lie thought like this and took one last look at the densely packed golden soldiers guarding the capital city. He slowly raised his palm and gave a short and powerful blow: "Let's begin!"

    With this order, the battle of destruction in Beijing began.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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