Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Relying on much more artillery than the defenders, the Taiping army achieved suppression of the Qing army's artillery fire. In the sound of the cannon, Qi Hao ordered the gunner to transport the small cannon that is easy to move through the trench, move forward continuously, push it directly under the city of Wuzhou, and then shoot directly at the city gate.

At the same time, thousands of Qing army prisoners were driven by the Taiping Army to continue digging along the trench. Looking down from the top of the city, thousands of prisoners were swaying their shovels in the trench like ants. The Taiping troops who were being watched pulled over to the ditch, ignoring the other party's pleading, cut off their heads with one knife, and then kicked the headless corpses into the ditch and kicked them to the side of the prisoners. The **** scene made the captives no longer dare to be lazy, and they dug desperately, lest the next person to be pulled to be beheaded would be themselves.

The soil was flying, and the Qing army on Wuzhou City could not see the figure, but they could see the soil under the city flying from the ground like rain, and then falling. The diligent excavation of the Qing army prisoners soon made the bottom of Wuzhou city like a crack in the earth, and the trenches reached the city. The prisoners were digging hard for their lives, and the civil engineers sent by the Taiping Army Commander's Office to accompany the army constantly corrected the straight line of the trench to avoid digging crookedly. Dozens of men with red scarves wrapped around their heads and the words "Blasting" embroidered on their right shoulders squatted cautiously in a ditch, looking nervously at Wuzhou City in the distance. Behind them, there are two large coffins. The two big coffins were dragged here by these big men along the ditch, leaving only a flat and neat mark in the ditch, as if the ground in the ditch had been leveled.

The Taiping army's civil work made the Qing army on the city dumbfounded. They looked at the ditches that led to the city as if they were rare objects. When the ditches were only a few dozen steps away from the city, they finally saw the ditch. There are countless comrades who were captured by the Taiping Army yesterday, digging hard like ants. They also saw groups of Taiping troops armed with spears and guns going back and forth in the trenches, and the cannonballs fired by their own artillery on the city posed no threat to them. The trenches became the safe passage of troops for the Taiping army, and groups of Taiping troops approached the city from the trenches unscathed and appeared in front of the Qing army.

This scene surprised the Qing army, but the Taiping soldiers in the second town were all too familiar with it. When they were in Guangdong, according to the requirements of the staff sent by the military commander's office, they had done countless drills of digging trenches. Move quickly in the trenches. The camp where the Second Town was once stationed in Guangzhou has long been densely covered with the same deep trenches as those under the city of Wuzhou.

The results of the civil work done in the Chaohui War on the Northern Front were unanimously recognized by the Taiping Army. The three-dimensional defense tactics of bunkers, watchtowers, and trenches were vigorously promoted by Zhou Shixiang, and at the same time, they were further promoted. The trench tactic under Wuzhou City is one of them, but this tactic is not for defense, but for offense. The preparation is to say how to break the city with the least loss.

"The Ming army is going to dig a tunnel to break the city, and each monitoring port will immediately prepare kerosene. If it is found that the Ming army tunnel has been dug into the city, immediately pour the oil into the city and set it on fire, and the Ming army must not be allowed to rush out of the tunnel!"

Based on past experience, Dai Liangchen judged that the Taiping army had to dig tunnels from the ground to enter the city, in addition to avoiding the cannons of the Qing army on the city. He immediately sent an order, and even took people to the nearest two monitoring tanks to listen to the underground movement. Fortunately, there was no sound from the underground, which made him a little calm, thinking that the Taiping army would not be able to dig in for a while, after all, from the ground Digging forward is not just a simple matter of having the strength to dig the soil, but a very complex technical task.

Although the Taiping army had not yet been able to dig into the city, Dai Liangchen did not dare to take it lightly. He personally inspected the various monitoring ports, and after repeatedly explaining to the Qing troops at each monitoring port, he led people to the city.

The Qing troops on the city had already started firing guns and shooting arrows into the trenches below, and they didn't care that those who were digging were theirs. They only knew that they could not let the Taiping army dig the trenches again. Guns and arrows shot down the ditch like rain, and the prisoners who were digging were shot in a large area, screaming and fleeing back.

"preparation!"

"put!"

After discovering that the Qing army was preventing the prisoners from digging, the Brigade Brigade School and the Yuan Conghua Qianhu Huang Sicheng, commanded by the front line, quickly transferred a battalion of gunners and ordered them to enter quickly along the trench, and then use the first team as the benchmark to go up the city. Put down the blowgun. On the other side of the gun town, the gun muzzle was slightly raised, and the gun was smashed directly at the city head, instead of hitting the city wall as before. The firepower of the Taiping army's guns was much stronger than that of the Qing army on the city. Coupled with the suppression of the artillery, the Qing army on the city was immediately suppressed to the point of being unable to probe. The gunners of the Qing army were also unable to probe. As long as they stuck their heads out, they would be pressed back so hard that they could only shoot their guns indiscriminately. For soldiers, it can be said that there is no threat.

The governor Dong Yingkui and others had already left the city, but no one dared to go back to rest. They gathered together and sent people to the top of the city to check what was going on outside the city, so that the people of Wuzhou discovered these high-ranking officials in the city. What I like to hear most now is the word "Peace" shouted in a long monotone by the soldiers rushing from the city.

Many years later, when the people in Wuzhou City celebrate the New Year, the first sentence they meet with each other is not "Gong Xi Fa Cai" or "Happy New Year", but "I wish a safe New Year".

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Wang Fu.Chen led his subordinates to look at the Wuzhou city from a distance leisurely. They were cavalry soldiers, and they were not needed in the siege battle. In addition, the physical strength of yesterday's battle was also huge, so this time they were all resting in the rear. Those who were injured were carried to the navy warships on the river for treatment, while those who were not injured sat cross-legged on the hillside, nibbling at the reward meat from the top, and betting with a smile on when Wuzhou City would go down.

Most of Wang Fu.chen's subordinates were Mongolian soldiers. The Mongolians liked wine, and he also liked wine, so he deliberately asked the iron commander of the second town for dozens of jars of wine, and one person took a big bowl and drank there. In the battle yesterday, more than 1,000 cavalrymen from the two towns killed more than 2,000 Huihui cavalrymen, and Wang Fu. Chen even killed the Qing army commander Ma Xiong and his son Ma Chengyin. There are dozens of soldiers, such a strong skill and impressive record naturally made the Mongolian soldiers who had not been convinced by him before, admired him completely. Although there is still some inconvenience in words, the matter of toasting can be understood without words. Brave people have always been admired and respected.

Wang Fu. Chen also didn't know how many bowls of wine he drank from his Mongolian soldiers. No matter how much he drinks, his head will be a little dizzy. However, he was still very excited and watched the battle under the city of Wuzhou. It was also the first time he watched the Taiping army siege the city. The siege method of the second town made Wang Fuchen very unfamiliar. It was no longer the ant attacking the city that he was familiar with, nor was it the kind of warrior who dared to die in double armor to climb the city, and there was no need to crash the city. , the arrow tower, but simply approached the city with trenches, and then used the cover of trenches to suppress the defenders on the city. Judging from the current situation, the Qing army in Wuzhou City has basically been oppressed by the Second Town and has no power to fight back, but Wang Fuchen is still very curious about how the Second Town will break through Wuzhou City. After all, Pao Town has been firing guns for so long, and the city walls of Wuzhou are still standing, and there is no sign of collapse. As long as the city wall is there, no matter how many trenches are dug in the second town, they are still white arches. To siege a city and siege a city, it is necessary to take down the city.

It was not only Wang Fuchen who was curious about how the Taiping army attacked the city, but the Mongolian soldiers under him were also curious, and the Qing army in Wuzhou city was even more curious. The large tanks monitored under the city wall showed that the Taiping army did not dig tunnels into the city, and their trenches did not reach the corner of the city wall, but stopped at a distance of twenty or thirty paces.

How did the Taiping army attack the city? Is it simply bombarding? When will this blow up? How many medicines and cannons do they have that can withstand this level of consumption?

After the Qing army on the city found that the Taiping army did not seem to have any strong backing, they couldn't help but have a little confidence again. Wuzhou is also an important town in Guangxi. The Ming army and the Qing army have reinforced the city wall. , the difficulty is not small. Although the defenders in the city are currently under-strength, there are still 3,000 people, plus the thousands of Wuzhou youths. As long as the city gate is not lost, the Taiping army will have to pay much more casualties than the defenders if they want to attack. And the Taiping Army under the city is not more than ten thousand people at full strength~www.wuxiaspot.com~ How many losses can this manpower withstand?

However, just when the Qing army had a little confidence, suddenly, an earth-shattering sound suddenly sounded in their ears, and then the ground under their feet shook instantly, like an earthquake. Many Qing soldiers only felt the flowers before their eyes, the whole person could not stand and fell to the ground, and then it was like a meteorite falling above their heads, and countless rubble and city bricks smashed at them.

Dai Liangchen, who was explaining the defense of the city to one of his subordinates, was also alarmed by the loud noise, and before he could react, he threw himself on the city wall. A piece of gravel fell like raindrops. If it wasn't for a guard who was still on his body, maybe he would never know what happened.

After the earth-shattering sound disappeared, the air was full of dust and yellow, and it was impossible to see what was going on. All that could be heard was the constant coughing and screams. I don't know how long it took, Dai Liangchen took a long breath, and then pushed away the bodyguard who was lying on him, whose head had been smashed by the gravel, struggling to get up from the ground, but was surprised to find out. There was a big gap in the city wall that was originally connected in front of him.

The Second Town used the coffin blasting method that was used under Xinhui City, and this time they broke through the gateway to Guangxi - Wuzhou City, an important town. (To be continued.) To find this site, please search for "" or enter the URL: