I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Changzhou, on December 1, Wu Changqing's artillery battalion arrived.

At the same time, the Ming army's spies in Nanjing also sent back a tip, saying that there was no large-scale troop mobilization in Nanjing, and it seemed that they had no intention to rescue Changzhou.

"It seems that Hong Chengchou is going to give up this Changzhou."

Dai Zhijun reluctantly said that the Qing army came to support, and his plan to surround and fight for help was useless.

"That's fine, then we can safely attack Changzhou with all our strength. After winning Changzhou, we can attack and retreat and defend."

Li Shaobin wants to be steady, take it step by step, don't expect to eat a fat man in one bite.

After winning Changzhou and continuing to expand the army, at least it must be expanded to more than 50,000 before it is suitable to attack Nanjing, otherwise the rear will be empty.

"Everyone, go back and prepare. I will launch a general attack tomorrow. I don't want to delay it for too long. It is best to take it down within a day."

How to attack Changzhou, the several of them have been discussing for several days and have a detailed plan.

In the plan, they are preparing for a one-time breakthrough, not a tug-of-war, a war of attrition.

Expecting to consume the enemy's defense materials before taking the city, the casualties would be too great, Wu Changqing didn't like it, and he wanted to take the city in one general attack.

Changzhou's city is not too high, there is still hope for a one-time capture.

The next day, Wu Changqing ordered a full-scale attack on Changzhou City, attacking the city from three directions at the same time.

Leaving one direction is to leave a way for the enemy to abandon the city and reduce their will to resist. If they are surrounded on all sides, it is easy to force the opponent to defend with all their strength.

In Sun Tzu's Art of War, there is a special explanation of the tactical principle of this kind of siege.

Wu Changqing's main force attacked the south, Qian Su's club attacked the west, and Liu Han's three troops attacked the east.

Twenty-five thousand troops attacked at the same time, and the momentum was extremely terrifying and spectacular.

Liu Liangzuo, who was observing the enemy's situation on the tower, saw the posture of the Ming army and knew that the Ming army was launching a general attack.

"Damn, Wu Changqing's son, you are too deceiving."

Liu Liangzuo yelled, Wu Changqing's despising him made him very aggrieved.

To the west, twenty cannons fired first, continuously bombarding the city wall.

This is mainly based on deterrence. There are very few cannonballs that can accurately fall on the city wall, and they cannot kill many enemy troops.

However, the sound of the cannon firing and the tragic situation after being hit by the cannonball can cause great psychological pressure on the soldiers defending the city.

After all, lacking cannons, they could only be beaten and could not fight back.

After a shelling, Qian Su's club started a full-scale attack.

Driven by the Ming army, the captives who surrendered carried sandbags and rushed towards the moat.

This is also a good place to use prisoners, which can quickly fill the moat and reduce the losses of your own soldiers. As for these captives, they will not feel distressed when they die.

Their side is filling the river with human lives, and the south side is much more humane.

Wu Changqing first sent a flintlock gun to suppress it, and then the captured soldiers were driven to fill the moat.

With the suppression of the flintlock troops, the archers of the Qing army did not dare to raise their heads on the city wall, and only a small number of people estimated the position of the Ming army and then launched the projectile.

This sporadic resistance is almost like scratching the itch to the Ming army.

Soon, a large section of the moat was filled.

"This moat is too easy to fill, and there are almost no casualties. This kind of flintlock gun is also a great weapon when sieging the city."

Xiong Rulin said with emotion that he did not go to Qian Sule's side, but watched the battle in the south to learn the fighting methods of the flintlock troops.

"Changzhou's city wall is not high, only the flintlock gun can exert its power. If it is a high city like Nanjing, I am afraid the effect will not be very good."

Li Shaobin has now become an expert on flintlock guns, and he is very familiar with the various properties and functions of flintlock guns.

The moat was filled, and Dong Tianbao's department, who was in charge of the siege, had already begun to advance.

On the east side, Liu Hansan also dispatched a team of fire guns and archers to suppress it.

Fortunately, there were not many archers in the Qing army, so they could only watch the Ming army fill the river.

After the moat was filled, Liu Hansan also arranged for a death squad to go under the city gate and start digging holes against the attack on the city wall. They were the key to this siege, and they wanted to blow up the city gate.

As long as the city gates are blasted open, then the siege will be much easier.

The city gate is the most vulnerable place in a city. It is relatively easy to blow up the city gate. It is almost the same as burying one or two thousand kilograms of explosives.

The Qing army on the city wall did not know why the Ming army dug the pit, but they instinctively decided that this was not a good sign and must be stopped.

All kinds of boulders and oil were thrown down, and the soldiers who were digging the pits were injured batch after batch. The soldiers who were queuing up at the back were all trembling in their legs.

They noticed that almost none of the people who did the work came back intact. If you are scalded and burnt by some boiling oil, you are lucky. If you are hit by a boulder on the head, you will be reimbursed directly.

Afraid of returning to fear, they did not dare to retreat.

Liu Hansan was not as gentle with soldiers as Wu Changqing, and could even be said to be a bit brutal. For soldiers who do not obey orders, he will behead without hesitation.

After paying a huge price, a big pit was finally pulled out under the city gate. Afterwards, the Ming army stuffed bags of gunpowder into it and laid out the leads.

At the other end, the ant-affiliated siege of Qian Su's club has also begun.

Wu Changqing also provided them with a batch of grenades. Under the city wall, the grenades in the hands of the picked out strong men ignited and threw them at the city wall.

Changzhou's city wall is just over four meters. Ordinary people may not be able to throw it so high, but for these selected Hercules, this height is not difficult for them.

One by one black black boxes were thrown onto the city wall, scaring many Qing troops to death.

Many of them know this thing, it is a grenade in the mouth of the Ming army, it will explode, and it is extremely powerful.

Those veterans who had participated in the attack on Suzhou saw the grenade and hurriedly shouted for others to throw it down.

Unfortunately, they were still a little late.

Those soldiers who were ready to do the same, the grenade exploded the moment they picked up the grenade, and the whole body was blown into a bloody mess, which was horrible to watch.

Those sputtered iron nuggets and nails made the people around them die.

Seeing the tragic situation of the soldiers trying to pick up the grenade, how could others dare to go again. When another grenade was thrown up, their response was to quickly dodge and stay far away.

And after dodging, naturally there is no way to attack the Ming army who are climbing.

Liu Liangzuo, who was watching this scene in the tower, stomped his feet angrily, drew out his long sword, and asked those generals to come forward to direct them personally, forcing those soldiers not to retreat and not to escape.

Under the pressure of the officers, the soldiers who were defending the city could only come forward in despair. Retreat is also death, advancing is also death, the soldiers at the bottom are so sad.

After arranging the defense here, Liu Liangzuo went to other places to check.

He needs to supervise the battle at all times to prevent those soldiers from being timid.

Just as he was about to walk to the east, there was a sudden loud noise, and the whole earth shook. Liu Liangzuo's horse was also frightened and threw him directly to the ground.

"What happened. What happened?"

Liu Liangzuo roared while sitting on the ground.

"General, let's escape quickly. The city gate to the east was blown open, and the city wall to the south was also lost."

It didn't take long for his subordinates to come to report one after another.

What, the city gate was blown open?

Liu Liangzuo didn't come back to his senses. He had heard of the city gate being smashed open, and it was the first time that it had been blown open.

In order to prevent the city gate from being knocked open, he even ordered to block the city gate with sandbags. He thought that after blocking it like this, no matter how Wu Changqing bumped into it, it would be impossible to break through the city gate.

But now Wu Changqing has done it with dynamite.

After the city gate is blown open, those sandbags will also be quickly removed. At that time, the Ming army can drive straight in from the city gate.

If there is a problem with just one of the city gates, he can also send reserve troops to press it up and block it with human life.

But now, the dangerous place is not only at the city gate. There are a lot of Ming troops on the southern city wall, and hand-to-hand combat has already begun on the city wall.

Also, from time to time there are grenades thrown up to explode. Although the grenade did not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, the people on both sides were bombed, but this was obviously a loss for the Qing army, because they had more people on the city wall than the Ming army.

For this reason, the defense line of the Qing army is leaking everywhere, the morale of the soldiers is low, and breaking the city has become a matter of time, not of whether it can be defended.

If you don't retreat at this time, you will only have to wait to be captured alive.

Before the change, Liu Liangzuo would retreat without hesitation. After all, he was not afraid of running out of firewood to keep Qingshan, but this time, he was a little disheartened.

The successive fiasco has dealt a great psychological blow to him.

From a general with 100,000 troops to a defeated general with nothing, the gap is really too big.

Although there is still a chance to survive by surrendering or escaping, this feeling of losing everything is really better than death. Being beaten by a fur boy and fleeing in embarrassment also made him embarrassed to face other people.

Thinking of this, Liu Liangzuo took advantage of the unpreparedness of his personal soldiers, and raised the long sword in his hand and aimed it at his neck with a single stroke.