Nanming Engineer

Chapter 162 Fishing City

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, the Kuizhou soldiers left the city of Chongqing without a sound, but left more than 100 people in the barracks in the city pretending to pretend that the army had not left. This was because The Chongqing government is newly occupied, and the situation is unstable. It is always good to have a large army stationed there.

This task was completed by Xu Tiezhu. He divided more than 100 soldiers into several teams, and left one or two teams to patrol outside the camp. No one was allowed to approach the barracks. The Huotou army withdraws in the barracks, and does not need outsiders to transport it. In this way, even if spies want to inquire about the news, they cannot get close, and there is no excuse to sneak into the barracks.

The military camp is located in a secluded place near the city wall, surrounded by rough wooden fences, and it is impossible to look inside from a high place.Xu Tiezhu arranged for the sergeants to drag cypress branches and run around the camp's loess school grounds every day. They rolled thin iron sheets into trumpets and shouted loudly, pretending to be the dusty atmosphere of army drills.Then the horses were driven to neigh, which was even more realistic. People in Chongqing city could see people shouting and neighing all day long in the military camp, and the dust was rising all day long in the city of Chongqing. They couldn't help but smack their tongues: These Kuizhou soldiers are so ferocious, look at the formations they are practicing. , so fucking powerful.

Ma Xintian will have to work much harder. He has to recruit recruits, choose suitable candidates from Zeng Ying's troops, and try his best to train a team that will not turn around and run away when they go to the battlefield in just ten days. To worry him badly, Wang Huan also only left more than 100 people for him, which is enough to serve as instructors, but the difficulty is that the time is too short.

But no matter how difficult it is, you have to bite the bullet. Wang Huan has led [-] elite Kuizhou soldiers and [-] new soldiers recruited in Fengjie to meet Zeng Ying's tens of thousands of troops. If there is delay here, even if it is half a minute slower, After half a month, there may be consequences.

Xu Tiezhu and Ma Xintian in the city of Chongqing were working hard, while Wang Huan and the Kuizhou soldiers were also busy gnashing their teeth.

They set off in the morning, and when it got dark in the evening, they arrived at Diaoyu City in Hezhou.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, Sichuan has built two lines of defense along the two mountain ranges of Funiu Mountain and Huaying Mountain to resist the invasion of Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty. It is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Hundreds of years ago, it played a huge role in the offensive and defensive battles between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Among them, the Diaoyu City of Hezhou is famous in history. The attack of the Great Khan also wounded Meng Ge with artillery arrows. Meng Ge was seriously injured and died a hundred days later, which triggered infighting within Mongolia for the Khan's throne. This back and forth made the Southern Song Dynasty linger for more than ten years, so Diaoyu City has the reputation of "the place where God breaks the whip".

Time flies, time flies, hundreds of years have passed, many mountain cities and earthen villages that once dominated the middle of Sichuan have been dilapidated, but Diaoyu City was built on the mountain, the whole mountain is the city, but the damage is not great, and the structure is still in place. .The city walls are all built on the hundreds of feet of cliffs, and there is only one small path up the mountain. From the mountain, you can overlook the Yangtze River waterway, and guard the official roads that must pass through all places in western Sichuan from Chongqing to Shunqing. You only need to add one or two small cannons, or even throw stones The machine can cut off the waterway and dry course.

"Sure enough, it is indeed a dangerous place. Mengge Khan died unjustly. If he wants to conquer this city, he may have to use tanks and howitzers." Wang Huan stood on the moss-covered Diaoyu City Gate, touching The stone pile sighed.

At this moment, the afterglow of the setting sun, clear water and long sky, the beauty is infinite.Diaoyu City faces the water on three sides and the mountain on the other side. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the river scenery. In the distance, the city of Hezhou at the confluence of the three rivers can be clearly seen. Forget the brutal bloody battle that will soon be upon us,
Zu Bian was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked: "My lord, Tangke? Why can Tangke conquer this city?"

Ma Wannian gave him a white look, and said bluntly: "You, a northerner, don't understand this sentence? In our Sichuan dialect, tangke means wife, and it also means woman. My lord's words mean that if you want to To conquer this city, you can do nothing else, you must use beauty tricks. I heard that the Mongols in Song Dynasty drove Lu Xiufu into the sea in Fujian holding the little emperor. The city was not lost. For more than ten years, Zhao Song Jiangshan had to use a woman named Mrs. Xiong Er to lure the defender of Diaoyu City with her beauty and instigate him to surrender. Only then did the Yuan Dynasty unify China, otherwise Diaoyu City could persist for dozens more year."

Zu Bian suddenly realized, and said in amazement: "So this city has so many allusions, it's much better than our Daling City. Mr. Ma is very well-read, and he can understand the metaphors that the adults said."

Ma Wannian felt complacent, enjoying the flattery of his ancestors comfortably.

Wang Huan looked at the two of them dumbfounded. Someone who could misinterpret his words like this was a talent.

"Stop talking nonsense, quickly drag the cannon up, and set it up here. From here, the river and the dry road can be blocked at the same time. No matter how Zeng Ying walks, he will never think about it." Wang Huan patted the crenel, trying not to let himself laugh, solemnly said.

Zu Bian agreed, and hurriedly turned away.

Taking Chongqing City, there is another unexpected harvest. Ten Fran cannons were found on the walls of Chongqing City and in the treasury.

The French cannon is a Portuguese naval gun imitated by the Ming Dynasty. It was captured during the battle with the first generation of Western colonists on the coast, commonly known as the red-haired ghost. This kind of gun has a short range, small shells, and is not very powerful, but it is more lightweight. It is flexible and practical. It has a very fast rate of fire and is much more convenient than the red cannon. It is relatively simple and easy to cast. It is widely used in the Ming Dynasty's army. It is found in Sun Chuanting's Qin Army Chariot Camp and the Beijing Shenji Camp. There are many, and other general soldiers also have equipment, but they are rare in inland areas like Chongqing Prefecture. Most of them were brought by Zeng Ying from Huguang.

The mountains of Diaoyu City are high and dangerous. The cliffs under the city wall are almost straight up and down. The Yangtze River is [-] feet away. The dry road is also within [-] feet. The Franchise cannon can cover it enough. If it is blasted away, no one can get through.

With ten gun mounts, things are much easier.

Wang Huan looked down the mountain from the top of the mountain, swept from the river to the shore, and said to Ma Wannian: "You lead all the soldiers, starting tomorrow, to repair the city wall, and then organize the people in Hezhou City to dig a deep tunnel around Diaoyu Mountain. The trench is one foot wide and two feet wide, and sharp bamboos are planted all over the trench."

He thought for a while, and then said: "On the side facing the mountain, three trenches have to be dug, each trench is three feet apart, and the soil excavated from the trenches is used to pile up an earth wall on the inside of the trench. For the chest, the soil must be compacted, and it cannot be pushed down!"

Ma Wannian agreed and left in a hurry. With so many things to do, he had to hurry up.

Wang Huan still had Ma Long and Chen Xiang left. Naturally, he couldn't let them idle. Everyone was useful.

"Ma Long, you are in charge of taking people up the mountain to cut wood and get stones, and prepare to roll wood and rocks. As much as you can find, the more the better, Zeng Ying is here, use these to entertain him."

"Prime Minister Chen, take your people and go thirty miles forward. Set up a spy along the Yangtze River and the official road to find out whether Zeng Ying came from the waterway or the dry road, so that our army can prepare early."

Ma Long accepted the order with his hands clasped in fists, paused and said, "My lord, the last general has heard about the art of war, and the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road. Fighting pays attention to morale. If we just guard like this, I am afraid that the soldiers will lose their courage first. Why not take advantage of the enemy's long journey?" , hit him by surprise, destroy his prestige, so as to strengthen our army's prestige."

Wang Huan laughed, patted the shoulder of this veteran who was in his thirties and looked like he was in his fifties, and said: "Of course, I, Wang Huan, have never been at a disadvantage. If Zeng Ying wants to beat me, I will not." I will sit and wait for him to come. Don't worry, Shunqing Mansion is hundreds of miles away from here, and Zhang Xianzhong is dragging him, so he won't be able to come in less than ten days, when we are ready, the time will come."

(End of this chapter)