Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The Japanese army dug ditches day and night, looking out from the fortress, the dust and fog filled the sky on sunny days, and the rainy days did not stop.

Zan Jurun observed with the generals for a few days, and determined that the Japanese army's method of digging ditches was similar to the shape of "Zigs", which seemed to be inspired by the ships sailing against the wind. Between two adjacent horizontal grooves, there are many oblique vertical grooves connected.

But even so, the Japanese army could not expose their oblique sides to Xu Jun's artillery. It's just that at a long distance, the threat of artillery is much smaller.

Zan Jurun took out the blueprints made by the officials of the Ministry of Industry when they built the earthen fortress and compared them with the charts of artillery plans. He took a wooden ruler to draw angles on it, and raised his head and said to several civil and military personnel: "It is difficult to prevent the enemy soldiers from approaching the fortress. On the map, the trenches can be attacked, but the shells are a little farther away, so they cannot be so accurate... What's more, our ammunition is not enough to use too many artillery pieces."

Zhang Jiankui said: "Our department will have to guard against night attacks in the future."

After hearing this, Zan Jurun glanced at him, nodded and said yes, and pointed at the black line on it with a wooden ruler. I guess other generals could not understand it, but Zan Jurun thought that Zhang Jiankui could understand, "What Zhang Jiankui said is very true. In the distance, the angle is not good, not to mention that the farther the artillery is fired, the greater the unpredictable deviation will be, and it will be difficult to hit the trench; but as long as you get close to the corner wall, everyone, please see..."

He pointed with a straightedge, "No matter how the trench is dug, its side and back must be exposed to the firepower of a corner wall. The copper cannon has a front sight, and the deflection is extremely small at a distance of a hundred paces, so it can definitely kill it effectively. Therefore, after the Japanese army approached the trench, they could only sneak attack at night. Otherwise, they will be covered by our artillery fire."

After he finished speaking, he repeated, "It's just that the ammunition will gradually run out..."

Xu Jun's current dilemma is not food, but the shortage of gunpowder and iron pellets used for artillery! When the fort was built, although it was equipped with a lot of firearms and equipment, the copper artillery required too much ammunition, and the reserves alone consumed it very quickly, so Xu Jun's artillery could not even exert half of its power... just to save ammunition.

Zan Jurun wrote in the dossier: I personally observed the actual combat of Liuhua Fort, and thought that the current fort had at least two major flaws. First, it relies too much on the firepower of artillery, and artillery consumes a lot of ammunition. If there is no reinforcement channel, the fortress will not last long. Second, the fortress is too small to be surrounded by the enemy, and the long-range artillery fire cannot effectively extend the radius, and it can be broken by digging trenches; the minister believes that in order to support the defense under the siege of the army, several layers of fortifications must be set up on the outside, and guns should be used to supplement the artillery firepower and increase the defense distance.

The result was exactly as Zan Jurun expected. After the Japanese army moved the ditch close to the outside of the fortress, although they dug the ditch desperately under artillery fire, they did not attack. At night, a small group of people raided and harassed Xu Jun with special bow|arrows.

The harassment can't cause too much damage to Xu Jun, but Xu Jun can't do anything about them. Every day and night, soldiers and ammunition are gradually being consumed.

...One month later, even ordinary soldiers felt that the situation was not good. Xu Jun's artillery seldom roared, and some people said that the gunpowder and shells were almost exhausted.

Due to insufficient firepower of heavy weapons, at night, the Japanese army began to attack the city with wooden ladders from time to time. Moreover, in the distance, the enemy camp seems to be rushing to build a ladder.

General Xu Jun took turns to be on duty, and he only had four hours to eat and sleep every day, and the surrounding area was very noisy.

A soldier's right arm was about to be cut off in the wounded barracks. The doctor informed the ten general Yu Liang to discuss the matter. After Xu Jun was wounded, the doctor would clean and treat the wound to avoid suppuration; however, some people still could not completely prevent suppuration. Once a relatively deep wound festers, if it is the torso, it will undoubtedly die, if it is the limbs, it can only be cut off, otherwise it will not get better!

Although Yu Liang was a general, he was a scholar. He was shocked to see the scene of cutting off his arm in the wounded barracks...and the man died later.

Yu Haohao couldn't sleep well during several breaks, and the face of the wounded soldier kept flashing in his mind, feeling very depressed.

Noisy environment, nearly 30 men squeezed into a house, since before the siege, everyone has been stuck here for several months, it is not convenient to take a shower, the smell inside is quite terrible.

Yu Liang was lying on the felt cushion of the wooden bed, staring at the gray and black roof, motionless.

At this time, someone asked: "General Yu Shi, did your superiors say when the reinforcements will come?"

Yu Liang said angrily: "Who knows? I heard that Jiangning Shipyard is building the Mulan Ship. The large ship has a displacement of thousands of materials and can carry hundreds of people. However, the construction of such a large ship is slow, and it may not be possible in a year or two!"

The man responded in disappointment, and said again: "Didn't you say that the Koreans and our group will reinforce us at sea?"

Yu Liang sneered and said, "Who doesn't know that people who are not of my race must have different hearts?"

The man was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Yu Liang was still looking at the roof, and without turning his head to look, he could tell that the person who spoke was Zhang Da, and that this fight was illiterate. Only then did Yu Liang explain boringly: "The meaning is that it is not of much benefit to the Korean people, why should others work hard to help you?"

"That's true." Boss Zhang seemed very disappointed.

The two of them fell silent. There were all kinds of strange smells in the dark room, and the air was full of snoring... Almost all the soldiers of Yu Liang's guards were born in poverty. But Yu Liang can't do it anymore, he has been sallow and emaciated recently.

Yu Liang turned over and saw that Boss Zhang was still awake.

Zhang Da noticed that Yu Liang was looking at him, and he also turned his head, saying: "I was thinking, fortunately, the third child was not allowed to come, otherwise his newly married daughter-in-law didn't even keep a seed, so he would be a widow!"

Suddenly, a sudden voice said: "They all belong to the Zhang family, you can take over."

There was a suppressed suffocated laughter in the room, which made the place seem less heavy.

Zhang Dao: "Can we go back alive?"

No one can answer this question. The solitary army hangs on the East Island alone. If there is no reinforcement, the gods will die, not to mention that most of them are just peasants, not gods!

After a while, Zhang Da forced a smile again: "But it's not a loss, our house has been repaired now, and some land has been bought, and the third child has married a wife. I'm poor, so it's worth it!"

After hearing this, Yu Liang couldn't help but said, "Have you never thought about yourself?"

Zhang Da was stunned, touched his head and said with some annoyance: "The Japanese lady shouldn't be let go, if she is still here now, I will spend all the valuables, and I will go to sleep overnight!"

After hearing this, Yu Liang felt a little strange, and looked Zhang Da up and down. The real age of this person seemed to be in his early thirties, but he looked older... "Zhang Da, don't tell me you haven't met a woman yet?"

Zhang Da disapproved and said: "In the past, my family couldn't get enough to eat. Which woman would get it? After I joined the army, I built a house and bought land, and I didn't have enough money to marry the third child (the income of the guards is not high, almost all depends on fighting), and the ewes of the rich man Li's house in the neighboring village, I did it once..."

Before the words were finished, several people couldn't help laughing.

Such an embarrassing thing, Yu Liang also felt that it didn't sound good, but Zhang Da didn't seem to feel that way, he was still serious. Yu Liang said: "Lao Zhang is a very jovial person." He felt that this kind of talent is quite moral, that is, he makes others laugh until his stomach hurts, but he doesn't laugh himself.

Zhang Daodao: "It's just this thing that made my death uncomfortable. I've never tasted it since I'm so big..."

Having said that, the few people who did not fall asleep once again talked about the favorite topic. It was only at this time that Yu Liang felt that these rough|rough men also had a delicate side, that is when talking about women.

"It's really not easy to do this job." When Yu Liang spoke, he was not as vulgar|vulgar as the soldiers. He sighed a bit, "It's not good to think about it, but why did I do it until now?"

Yu Liang couldn't explain clearly either, but there were always some unspeakable things that made Yu Liang very reluctant. Xu Jun's overall feelings, the glory brought by victory and dignity, and the brotherly relationship within him are indeed very good compared to other professions and the army at other times.

Yu Liang exhaled, smiled and said to Zhang Dao: "Let's leave the words here, as long as we go back alive, I will pay for Lao Zhang to taste it!"

After hearing this, Zhang Da immediately said: "Hey, you all heard it, General Yu Shi will keep his word!"

At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Commander Zhang, General Zhang..."

Several people who were not asleep hurriedly stood up, and some people who were asleep also woke up. The people standing clasped their fists in salute.

Zhang Jiankui raised his hand and said, "Forget it. I'm just looking around at my brothers, nothing else."

"Life is tough." Zhang Jiankui understood it as soon as he came in. He is a middle-level military general of the imperial army, and his income is very good. He must have lived a good life in Tokyo, and he is not necessarily worse than Yu Liang.

Zhang Jiankui said again: "It's just a big promise, I will give you a lot of food and drink!"

This time the reaction was not as enthusiastic as before. Everyone came to the fortification defense every day, and no matter how stupid people were, they could get a rough idea of ​​what the battle was going on.

Seeing this, Zhang Jiankui said again: "The imperial court is building a ship. I would like to assure you that reinforcements will definitely come!"

Still no one said anything.

Zhang Jiankui's method of boosting morale in Shijianbao was only these two sentences, which were repeated many times. No other words, but really only these two sentences are real, and everything else is nonsense.

Some people may be affected by the atmosphere of righteousness, but for ordinary soldiers, having money and food to improve their survival is the most important thing, so we need to talk about rewards... But if you have money and food, you have to live, so you need to talk about reinforcements. Simple and straightforward.

At this moment, Zan Jurun also walked into the barracks. Zan Jurun is a civil servant, but he has more dealings with the army, and it is very straightforward to come in. He said: "Even for those brothers who died fighting for the country, the imperial court will still honor the rewards. When the time comes, rewards will be based on merit. The Ministry of War and the Military Division will give your brothers what they deserve to your families."