Chapter 486

In the fifth year of Hongwu, Gaizhou city was repaired by Wu Yujian under the command of Gaizhou Wei. A brick city was built on the basis of the original earth city. It was called Gaizhou city because it was the Governance Office of Gaizhou Wei when the city was built. In the ninth year of Hongwu, the city wall was extended to the south.

Gaizhou city is 87m long from south to North and 760m long from east to west. It is slightly rectangular. Guangen gate is set in the south, Ninghai gate is set in the West and Shuntian gate is set in the East. In order to facilitate defense, there is no north gate. Urn cities are built in the East and South gates, and city towers are built on the gates. There are more than 1000 crenels built outside the top of the city wall, and Kuixing tower and Zhuyi tower are built on the East and west walls respectively. There is a bell and Drum Tower in the city, and a moat five meters deep and six meters wide around the city.

Located in the South Gate of Gaizhou City, the bell and Drum Tower has a tower below and a temple above. It has a stone strip foundation and a green brick body. You can climb up the stairs and have a close look. The bell tower in the East, the drum tower in the West and the Guanyin Pavilion in the middle. There is a north-south ticket door under the building, which rings a huge bell, which can be heard in the whole city. In addition to reporting the time, there is also a fire alarm function.

Gaizhou City, after all, is a city that JianNu once occupied and controlled. He knows every plant here very well and knows its weaknesses and shortcomings. However, when they want to surround Gaizhou City, they find that it is impossible to travel at all. This is because Gaizhou city is more than ten miles away from the sea, But now they should have dug a lot of trenches and erected fences within this long distance of more than ten miles, extending their urban defense to the sea, which means that JianNu could not send a large army to surround them in all directions. As soon as the Ming army saw that the wind was wrong, it could retreat to the sea through the defense area outside the city.

Moreover, the temporary positions built by the Liu family army are also very powerful. JianNu and his team want to extend the city for more than ten miles when they see that the other party has just built some trenches and fences. This is just a fantasy. JianNu sends their cavalry to attack it. If they can break through these lines of defense, they can cut off their connection with the sea, You can surround them.

But when Dourgen wanted to send troops to fight, he found that these HaoGou actually had a lot of articles. Outside the trench, they set up a large number of sharp wood and iron branches. The existence of these sharp wood and iron branches makes their cavalry unable to attack quickly. If you send cavalry to fight, it will be easy to pierce and stab the horse belly and soldiers, JianNu also sent soldiers to remove these sharp wood and iron branches, but the effect was not very good. Although they came with shield cars and shields, the Ming army bombarded them with artillery.

When the Ming army's Musketeers got on the JianNu's giant shield, they met the nemesis. Generally, these JianNu soldiers held the giant shield and hid behind the shield to clear the obstacles outside the position. The Ming army's Musketeers had no way to take them. Their giant shields were thick wooden blocks and covered with iron and cowhide. Two or three soldiers pushed forward, like a small wall moving side by side, When guns hit these small walls, they often make dents in this place. They can't break through at all, so they can't hurt the JianNu soldiers hiding behind.

However, they are not as powerful as JianNu soldiers imagined. In their imagination, as long as they hold the shield car, they can restrain the Ming army. Who knows that the Ming army has a large number of cannons deployed. These cannons must be sincere and have average power, but they hit their huge shield with one shot, which is a huge destruction of human shield.

The only thing that pleased the JianNu soldiers was the Ming army's fleang machine guns, that is, light guns. Although the number was large, they caused great trouble to them, but the accuracy was very poor. They did not dare to send a large number of soldiers to remove these obstacles in the position, because the Ming army deployed a large number of cannons behind them, and their shells came desperately like money, If it was another Ming army, they certainly didn't dare to expect unbridled artillery, but this Ming army, they looked very rich. As long as they felt wrong, they immediately shelled it.

The Ming army's fortifications composed of fire guns and artillery caused them a lot of trouble.

Even when Dourgen saw so many Fran machine guns deployed in the other party's position, he was shocked and angry: "are the guns of the Ming army worthless?"

If it were another Ming army, it would be a long time to shoot like this.

Moreover, they deployed a lot of red cannon. However, the red cannon looked very powerful and huge, but its accuracy was extremely poor. They often didn't know where to hit. However, once they were hit, but the casualties were very serious, a team of their troops had been deployed three miles away. As a result, they were hit by a cannon of the Ming army, and 40 or 50 people died on the spot, It scared them to death.

As a result, he saw that the Ming army was so powerful that he deployed nine cannons and guarded three. When one big artillery came, it swept a large area. Therefore, Dourgen ordered the army to be deployed five miles away. As a result, the problem came. They were deployed five miles away and could not encircle the Ming army at all, because his white flag and blue flag men, Are not enough to encircle each other in a circle of tens of miles.

Since it is impossible to encircle the Ming army and cut off its food supply, it is not a siege in the traditional sense. It is impossible to cause psychological pressure on the Ming army. Dourgen has a hunch that if he launches a strong attack, he will be extremely killed and injured.

Because of Dourgen, he tasted the pain in a few days of exploratory attack. Although the fortifications outside the city of the Ming army looked extremely simple, and there were no three walls so tall and towering, the place where these simple fortifications were connected was extremely powerful and strict. There were a large number of soldiers and artillery inside, and they came to the seaside wharf, The Ming army was even more heavily guarded. They actually had a large number of warships parked on the wharf and directly supported them. Dourgen personally went to the battlefield to observe the enemy situation. He saw that the Ming army had deployed five warships on the sea, and each single side had eight cannons. His scalp was numb.

Dourgen is also an officer who pays great attention to collecting intelligence. He knows that even Liu Jiajun is the Liu family in Shandong, and the Liu family in Shandong has the theory of being the richest in the world. In the past, he was always thinking about how powerful an army formed by local tyrants and upstarts could be. Now he seems to think that TMD is really powerful, and he doesn't know where he got so much money? Where did you get so many cannons.

Shouldn't this be? According to the truth, the Ming court would not allow his generals to have so many cannons and troops, which was very taboo. However, Liu Jiajun's weapons and equipment refreshed his cognition. It was impossible to persuade him to surrender and use time. There was no other way except strong attack, but he knew that once the city was attacked, the casualties would be inevitable.

Normally speaking, the most powerful Ning Mian defense line of the Ming army, the artillery deployed by Liu Jiajun in each section is five times that of Ning Jin defense line. I don't know where they came from.

Most of the Ming army's cannons are bulky. Even the Fran machine gun is between 500 kg and 1000 kg. It's inconvenient to drag it in the field, but its power is quite amazing to fix it in a fixed place for defense.

JianNu is very good at sports warfare. They are very good at dragging down the enemy in sports, and then looking for opportunities to give the other party a fatal blow. But now the other party is still here waiting for you to attack, which makes their strengths impossible to play.

Dourgen looked at Gaizhou city and sighed. He said, "Ben Baylor is sure to take the city, but the huge casualties will make the sweat peel my skin."

Zierharang is also a knowledgeable person who has been on the battlefield and fought. These days, they have been testing the urban defense of the Ming army and the firepower of the other side. However, at present, the other side is very heavily guarded. There are many cannons in the city. Even the fortifications temporarily built by the opposite side outside the city and between the wharf are very heavily guarded, It's easy to defend but difficult to attack. If they attack rashly, they will certainly suffer heavy casualties. This result makes him very worried. You know, the Khan Huang Taiji has three orders a day, asking them to quickly take Gaizhou city and attack Fuzhou City South. Now they are helpless here.

Huang Taiji also ordered another general azig to lead his troops to the south to attack Fuzhou. He himself led the army to prepare for the south to attack Jinzhou. His troops were divided into three routes and won three places at the same time. However, Dourgen believed that not only did he encounter problems here, but also problems in other places.

Of course, Huang Taiji's main force is still in Shenyang Zhongwei city and is still gathering. It is estimated that the azig army responsible for attacking Fuzhou City is still marching. Now they all hope that Dourgen can take the lead first, but Dourgen doesn't feel relaxed now.

In fact, Dourgen hated Huang Taiji. If Huang Taiji hadn't pushed him hard, his mother Abahai wouldn't have committed suicide and died. Their brothers could live because his father Khan left their brothers dozens of Niulu soldiers. Their brothers were also fighting for spirit. They constantly expanded their soldiers and forces. If there were soldiers, there would be power, Only with power can we have the right to speak and survive.

If they captured Gaizhou City regardless of casualties, it would not pay off in the end, so Dourgen hesitated what to do.

Dourgen and others are anxious to attack Gaizhou city and take back the three in southern Liaoning, but Xiao Ning are not anxious at all, because Liu Bu gave him the order to keep him here. As long as they keep here and Gaizhou City, this is victory, but JianNu is different. They are very anxious to take back here and restore control here.

Therefore, Xiao Ning was not in a hurry. The other party didn't launch a fierce attack. He waited here to strengthen defense and wait for the other party to die. With such powerful military force, he believed that the other party dared to attack, which must be the end of a large number of deaths.