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After sending away Xiong Wencan's messenger, Yu Xiaotian found Zhu Dadian and began to discuss with Zhu Dadian how to attack the city. At present, he has mobilized more than ten warships at sea, which is equivalent to the transfer of part of the Northern Fleet.

Come here, we have arrived at Zhifu Bay.

Nowadays, ice has begun to appear on the sea. If it is too late, there will be greater risks in maritime operations, which may cause unnecessary trouble and losses to his navy. Therefore, this counterinsurgency,

It can't be delayed any longer.

After some discussion, Zhu Dadian agreed to the siege plan proposed by Yu Xiaotian, with Yu Xiaotian as the main siege force, focusing on the south gate of Dengzhou City, while Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers mainly attacked the east gate, and Shandong soldiers mainly attacked the west gate.

, and the water city of Dengzhou was handed over to the navy under Yu Xiaotian to be responsible for blocking it to ensure that the Dengzhou rebels could not escape by boat from the water gate when the city was breached.

Zhu Dadian had already become impatient at this time. Of course he admired the battle plan proposed by Yu Xiaotian. He also saw that Yu Xiaotian seemed to have lost his patience here and wanted to do it as soon as possible.

Capture Dengzhou and lead his troops back to Fujian.

The family members of these guest soldiers are all far away from their hometowns. After being away for a while, they will feel homesick. This is human nature, and Xiaotian and his men must be no exception.

In addition, the sooner the matter of the Dengzhou rebels is resolved, the better it will be for him. First, he can gain the appreciation of the court, and second, after the war is over, these guest troops can return home or leave as soon as possible. Shandong can no longer afford this gang.

The uncles want this and that every day. The Shandong vassal and local government treasuries are now so poor that they can starve to death.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian now proposes to capture Dengzhou City as soon as possible and annihilate the rebels in Dengzhou City. It can be said that he is playing into Zhu Dadian's plan.

So of course Zhu Dadian followed his advice and immediately agreed to the battle plan, ordered the tent to be raised, and summoned all the generals on guard to discuss matters in his tent.

Zhu Dadian sat upright and carefully explained the battle plan given to him by Yu Xiaotian. He began to issue military orders one after another with a stern face, and he spoke very sternly. He ordered all ministries not to violate the law openly and secretly, and to avoid fighting in fear of the enemy. The whole army must work together.

Launch, attack Dengzhou City with all your strength from several directions.

No matter who is the first to attack Dengzhou City, he will be the first hero of this battle. He will personally petition the court for a heavy reward. However, if anyone is found to be afraid of the enemy and avoid fighting, he will not attack the city, or even

If someone backs down from the battle, he will never be polite to them.

Now, in order to defeat the Denglai rebels as soon as possible, Chongzhen has given Zhu Dadian a Shangfang sword, so that he can act conveniently in front of the two armies. If any general does not obey orders or escapes before the battle, he can use it directly.

Shang Fang's sword cuts first and then plays.

Moreover, today Zhu Dadian actually invited Shang Fang Bao Jian to put it on a major case. Seeing Zhu Dadian's stern voice, all the generals also believed it, and no one dared to say it couldn't be done.

They also saw that Zhu Dadian wanted to pass this battle to determine the outcome and capture Dengzhou City. If they didn't use their strength this time, Zhu Dadian might actually dare to kill him in battle.

What's more, it is said that Gao Qiqian, the supervisor of the army, is also coming here. He has already arrived in Huang County to take charge. Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian really dare to kill these generals. It's no problem.

So after receiving the order, all the generals hurried down to prepare. Two days later, all kinds of siege equipment were ready. Even the Yu family's army on Xiaotian's side also prepared all kinds of siege equipment, including ladders.

, oar shields, oar carriages, cave carriages, and trench carriages. Within a few days, the army's engineering company, including craftsmen recruited from the army, rushed to work day and night, using some of the existing vehicles in their army to refit them on the spot.

However, the preparations are quite complete.

It can be seen that Yu Xiaotian is indeed determined to conquer Dengzhou City completely this time.

Moreover, the night before, Yu Xiaotian also personally summoned officers at all levels above the deputy company commander level in the army, personally issued combat instructions to them, conducted pre-war mobilization, and ordered the Huotou Army to provide a sumptuous meal on the morning of the day of revolt.

breakfast, so that the soldiers could have a good meal and prepare for a strong attack.

This time, the Yu Jiajun's artillery, infantry, engineers, and even some of the heavy equipment troops came out in full force, including the medical officers and ambulancemen in the field hospital who also mobilized before the war.

On October 13th, Zhu Dadian chose the day for the general attack on the city. Before dawn in the morning, a rapid sound of horns sounded from each camp. The sleepy-eyed officers and soldiers got up, dressed neatly, and ate.

After a war meal, according to military orders, the generals led their troops and began to leave the camp and drive towards the Dengzhou City.

Before dawn, Zhu Dadian personally ordered the generals in the tent. One general was late for no reason. He was dragged out on the spot and beaten with a military stick. It was also regarded as giving the generals a killing blow first, so that these generals

Everyone took this as a warning and knew that today was no joke. If anyone dared not work hard, I am afraid Zhu Dadian would not spare them today.

At dawn, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers had gathered outside Dengzhou City and arrived at their scheduled starting positions. All kinds of siege equipment, as well as temporarily recruited civilians to assist in the battle, were also placed in the formation.

forward.

When the Ming Dynasty army attacked a city, it was customary to forcibly recruit nearby local people to help in the battle. Although these people were not soldiers, they were used as cannon fodder. In the initial trench filling stage, these people would be driven away.

Carrying various logs, bundles of firewood, and bags of earth, they went to fill in the ditches outside the city for the army and open up channels for the army to attack the city. The next thing the army had to do was.

Dengzhou City is the most important coastal town in Shandong, and it is now considered the forefront of resisting the Jiannu slaves. After repairs by successive dynasties and officials, it has long been built into a solid fortified city, which is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It is quite difficult to capture Dengzhou City in one day. Even the Yu family army with the best equipment cannot say that it will be possible, and it will have to pay a considerable price.

However, fighting is a matter of killing people, and the general will not command the troops because of his kindness. At this critical moment, Yu Xiaotian can't just begrudge the troops under his command. What he can do is to provide the soldiers and generals who attack the city as much as possible.

The best fire support and fire cover, as well as fire suppression, try to protect his soldiers and pay less casualties, but if he wants to survive, he doesn't have the ability to attack Dengzhou City.

As the sky gradually became brighter, the rebels in the city had already scaled the city wall in large numbers, taking a defensive posture. Both Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde could see that this time the official army came to attack, and it did not look like a tentative attack.

Instead, they have adopted a decisive battle stance. Whether or not Dengzhou City can be defended depends on today.

So they, the rebel generals, also divided their respective defense areas into pieces. Li Jiucheng was responsible for guarding the south gate, Kong Youde guarded the west gate, and Geng Zhongming guarded the east gate. These rebel generals also gritted their teeth, rolled up their arms and sleeves, and prepared to fight to the death.

It's time to play.

Following Zhu Dadian's military formation, three trumpet blasts were sounded, followed immediately by the sound of rolling war drums. Ten huge war drums were lined up in a row, ten of them with tendons all over their bodies, alerting the tough soldiers.

, everyone took off their upper body clothes in such a cold and freezing situation, turned around with huge drumsticks, and began to beat the war drums vigorously.

The sound of huge war drums spread throughout the battlefield. After the armies heard the sound of the war drums, the generals began to give orders sternly, and the armies began to attack the city.

Over 10,000 officers and soldiers held the forcibly recruited civilians hostage. They immediately let out a roar and began to swarm like ants toward Dengzhou City. Cannons began to fire in all directions.

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In order to attack Dengzhou City, Zhu Dadian now transferred a batch of cannons from various places and distributed them to the armies. Except for Yu Xiaotian, the other armies also got some cannons. Most of these cannons were old-style artillery, but

There were also several captured Hongyi cannons or several Hongyi cannons sent from the capital.

These cannons had already been deployed outside various city gates at this time, their muzzles were aimed at Dengzhou City, and they began to bombard the city fiercely.

But the most spectacular thing is probably the Yu Jiajun's luxurious artillery lineup. In order to capture Dengzhou City this time, although Yu Xiaotian had brought a heavy siege artillery battery before, he also brought three 24-pounder siege guns.

Artillery, but facing a fortified city like Dengzhou City, three heavy siege artillery is still a bit too little.

So he spared no expense in unloading several heavy naval guns from several warships in the navy, and sent a heavy supply camp to drag them to the front of the army and place them on the artillery position.

In addition, he also has an artillery battalion, equipped with more than thirty twelve-pound howitzers. These light artillery were directly dragged to a distance of only about 400 steps from the city wall. This is the distance where these guns can exert their maximum power, and also

A distance that ensures shooting accuracy.

The other heavy artillery was placed in the artillery positions further back. Marine gunners, in collaboration with army gunners, were responsible for operating these naval guns and siege artillery.

Looking at Yu Jiajun's luxurious artillery array, many officers and soldiers drooled, but unfortunately they did not have this thing and had no money to get it. They could only use the artillery that Zhu Dadian managed to get for them to attack Dengzhou.

Carry out shelling.

Therefore, although the fighting between the various officers and soldiers was quite lively, the only thing that could really pose a substantial threat to the rebels was the Sea Wolf cannon outside the south gate.

Originally, when the rebels captured Dengzhou, they captured more than 20 Hongyi cannons here. However, during this period, the rebels fought in the south and north, constantly attacking the city, and gradually brought all these redyi cannons with them.

Leaving Dengzhou City, especially during the Battle of Laizhou, the rebels transported almost all the Hongyi cannon from Dengzhou City.

After the defeat of Laizhou, the Hongyi cannons in the hands of the rebels were basically destroyed. Those captured by the government troops now only have four Hongyi cannons left in Dengzhou City, two of which are

Located in the south of the city, there is a red cannon on the east and west sides.