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After listening to Gao Qiqian's sworn assurance, Chongzhen ordered him to continue to command the troops and horses he brought back, and also included the defeated Xuanda and Shanxi defeated generals before Chen Xinjia into Gao Qiqian's group.

The tent obeys orders.

This time, Gao Qiqian's stool began to tremble again, and he had more than 30,000 officers and soldiers at his disposal. They were ordered by Chongzhen to be sent to the east of the capital, responsible for guarding Chaoyang Gate, Dongzhimen, Guangqumen and Zuo'anmen.

Door.

Gao Qiqian actually knew very well the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers under his command. These people had just suffered a defeat, their morale was low, and their equipment was not very good. He was asked to take these officers and soldiers out of the city to fight with the Yu family army.

A confrontation is basically like courting death. Where is the fate of Wu Xiang? If his remaining soldiers are defeated and leave the city, they are basically guaranteed to collapse at the first touch, without any possibility of victory.

Therefore, he did not dare to go out of the city to stop the Yu family's army. After informing Chongzhen, he put all these soldiers and horses in the city to guard these gates.

In addition, Gao Qiqian, through his connections, brought some weapons from the arsenal of the capital's capital, and supplied them to his generals, who were ready to defend to the death.

It should be noted that although the combat effectiveness of the Xinjun Army is not strong, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the quality of the weapons and equipment in the capital is definitely very impressive!

Over the years, as Hongyi cannons began to be imitated by various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the capital has also been equipped with many Hongyi cannons over the years. In addition, such as general cannons, continuous cannons (Flan cannons) and various firecrackers, the number of equipment is huge.

, which is simply unmatched by other cities.

Moreover, there is a weapons production workshop in the capital, which is under the Military War Bureau. It is responsible for making various weapons and armor for the officers and soldiers of the capital, as well as making firecrackers and other items. Under the War War Bureau, Wang Gong Factory

In this area, there is also the Gunpowder Department under the Military War Bureau, which is responsible for the production of gunpowder.

Therefore, there is a fairly complete weapons production system in the capital, which can basically meet the needs of the capital.

In addition, for some unknown reason, probably due to the butterfly effect caused by the appearance of Yu Xiaotian, the famous Wang Gong Factory explosion that once occurred in the capital did not occur in this time and space.

Therefore, the overall quality of the weapons and equipment in the capital is quite high, and there are enough ammunition and supplies. As long as the officers and soldiers are willing to fight to the end, it is still difficult for the family army to conquer the strongest and largest city in the world.

Very very difficult.

On the fifth day after Yu Xiaotian led his troops to conquer Tongzhou City, he began to raise his troops and rush towards the capital. On the morning of April 9th, Yu's army finally appeared outside Chaoyang Gate and Guangqu Gate in the east of the capital.

About ten miles away, a large camp began to be set up, and the cavalry immediately began to spread out and guerrilla, blocking the entire east, north and south sides of the capital.

With the arrival of the Yu Jiajun army, the capital also entered the strictest martial law, and a large number of officers and soldiers, led by generals, began to board the city to defend it.

Cannons one after another were also pushed behind the crenels, with their black muzzles pointing outside the city...

After Yu Xiaotian led his troops to arrive outside the capital, he took his staff and generals to carefully observe the walls and defense facilities on the east side of the capital such as Guangqumen, Chaoyangmen, and Dongzhimen.

After seeing the situation in the capital, Yu Xiaotian couldn't help but secretly sigh, this is the capital of the Ming Dynasty after all. The city walls are tall and majestic, thick and solid. On the whole, the city walls of the capital are made of slabs and rammed earth, and the outer layer is wrapped with huge city bricks.

Almost every city gate has a large urn city. Outside the city, there is a moat several feet wide, filled with river water. By this time, the weather has turned warm and the water in the moat has completely thawed, so if you want to break through the city defense, you have to

We must find a way to build a pontoon bridge or fill the moat before we can attack the city wall.

After thousands of years of war testing, Chinese dynasties have formed a unique city-building concept and a unique city-building culture, forming a complete set of city defense facilities.

Although with the development of artillery technology, Chinese-style city construction is a bit behind, the rammed earth city walls have a strong structure and have a certain ability to absorb the kinetic energy of artillery shells. Coupled with various ancillary defense facilities, the Chinese-style city still has a strong ability to resist attacks.

ability.

With such a strong city wall, even if the large-caliber artillery of later generations was pulled up and blasted directly against the city wall, it might not be possible to dismantle the city wall quickly. During the Anti-Japanese War in later generations, many cities were attacked and the Japanese invaders had very strong heavy artillery.

Under firepower, shelling the walls of some cities did not achieve very good results.

It can be seen that it is very difficult to blow down such a strong city wall with artillery alone. Moreover, the Yu Jiajun is still equipped with some smooth-bore front-loading artillery. Although it is technically at the absolute leading position in this era, it wants to

It is basically impossible to chew down such a city wall.

After all, this is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. After hundreds of years of continuous construction and reinforcement, the city walls are so solid that they are probably unparalleled in the world.

So after looking at the city defense here, including Yu Xiaotian, they didn't feel optimistic. Under a strong attack, the Yu family army would definitely pay a heavy price in casualties.

And through the telescope, it can be seen that the official army also deployed a considerable number of artillery on the city wall. Although the quality of the artillery officially equipped by the Ming Dynasty lags far behind that of the Yu Jiajun, it is expensive because of its huge number. It is only in the Chaoyang Gate area.

On the city wall, they used telescopes and discovered no less than a hundred artillery pieces of various types.

Among them, there are seven or eight more powerful Hongyi cannons. In addition, there are many older general cannons with larger calibers and large-caliber Franco machine guns. Shooting these artillery pieces at close range will cause a lot of damage to the attacking side.

Heavy casualties.

After Yu Xiaotian looked at these situations, he asked someone to take out the topographic map of the capital that had been drawn up in advance and hung it in the big tent.

"Everyone, the matter has come to this. Attacking the capital is something we must face. Today, you have all seen the defense situation of the capital. It stands to reason that the current number of official troops in the capital is more than twice that of our army. However,

The officers and soldiers are disorganized, their morale is low, and their tactics and equipment are inferior to mine!

So the imperial court also saw this, and now it has withdrawn almost all its troops into the city, assuming a posture of holding on to the city and defending it to death!

Then we can only take the capital by storming all the way. There is not much time left for us now. Outside Shanhaiguan, there are still more than 70,000 elite troops in Guan Ning's army, who may enter the pass at any time to attack our rear.

In addition, the imperial court has issued an edict, ordering soldiers and horses from all over the world to come to the capital to serve the king. At present, Wu Di, the governor of Shanxi, estimates that after receiving the edict, he will mobilize about 30,000 soldiers and horses from Shanxi to join the guard. At the fastest, they can reach the capital within half a month.

Tens of thousands of Shaanxi soldiers under the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, and Shaanxi governor Sun Chuanting are expected to arrive as soon as a month. As for Shandong, there are still 40,000 soldiers under the command of Shandong governor Yan Jizu. They are in Dezhou. It is estimated that after the order is issued, they will arrive as soon as possible.

In about ten days, the troops can reach the capital city.

There are still more than 20,000 officers and soldiers in Shunyi, Jizhou and Huairou in North Zhili, and they are expected to arrive soon!

If these reinforcements arrive in the capital before we capture the capital, we may have to face an encirclement and suppression by hundreds of thousands of troops at the same time.

So the key now is that we must capture the capital within ten days and order the troops from all over the world to withdraw! Otherwise, it will probably be a hard battle!

Although I know you are not afraid, we have limited troops after all. Now, even including the new military camps in Tianjin Wei and Tongzhou that have not yet formed an army, we only have 70,000 troops, and the main force is just you.

The strength of these people is only slightly stronger than 30,000!

This attack on the capital is like a bowl of raw rice. No matter whether we can eat it or not, we must eat it. If we are responsible, it will be a protracted tug-of-war. Even if we can defeat these reinforcements from all walks of life,

It is estimated that there will be heavy losses in the end.

After all, during our expedition, the logistical supplies were all transferred from the south. It seems that the supplies are sufficient at present, but they cannot support our long-term operations here.

Therefore, you must be mentally prepared in advance. Once the war starts, you must defeat the defenders as quickly as possible. Even if you only capture one door, you can destroy the will of the defenders!

Now you all might as well talk about how to fight this battle, I want to hear your thoughts today!"

Yu Xiaotian didn't even look at the map. He turned his back to the capital city defense map and asked the staff officers and officers present.

Participating in this pre-war meeting were officers with deputy battalion commander or above positions and staff at the brigade level, including members of the temporary pre-war general staff. There were nearly a hundred people in total, crowded into the large tent, which was a bit crowded.

A little bit, but everyone had a fanatical look on their faces as they listened to Yu Xiaotian's words.

Although Yu Xiaotian just described the situation as very serious, it did not seem to put much pressure on these officers. Isn't it just hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers? Forget it! Many people secretly thought so.

The army of slave builders is powerful enough, but the army of 100,000 people still suffered a bloody blow in front of me. In the end, I was beaten to death by me, and even Dorgon was beheaded. What can these officers and soldiers be?

Therefore, no one present really felt too much pressure. They just carefully examined the capital city defense map in front of them and thought about how to fight this battle.

After Yu Xiaotian asked, someone immediately stood up and started pointing to the city defense map and talking about his thoughts. Soon the tent became lively, with officers and staff expressing their opinions and arguing loudly.

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Soon everyone's opinions gradually unified, and finally a preliminary battle plan was formed. While listening, Yu Xiaotian looked at the map for analysis. Now that there have been more battles, he has developed an instinct for analysis, and

It is no longer as arbitrary as before.

(Thanks to Brother Ying Zhiwu for the reward!)