Chapter 1042 Capture Jinzhou (1)
Haoge asked the Korqin Mongolian cavalry to detour to the flanks of the western Liaoning Corridor and attack the Gan Army's food route, which was indeed a threat to the Gan Army.
The western Liaoning Corridor is more than a thousand miles long, with the sea on one side and mountains on the other side. The terrain is narrow and long, so you can only take this road to transport grain. It is difficult for the army to set up defenses everywhere and it is difficult to wipe out the Mongolian cavalry hiding in the mountains.
In this way, to ensure the safety of the food route, the military needs to send a large number of troops to protect the food route, and it may not be able to ensure that every trip is safe.
In a short period of time, the loss of several batches of food and grass did not have much impact on Gao Huan. After all, there was food stored in the camp, but over time, more and more food was lost and less food was stored in the camp, which would cause all the efforts to go to the Battle of Qing Dynasty.
Now the Ganjun Navy has not defeated the West-Holland fleet, and the sea transportation is not safe. Otherwise, Gao Huan would have no need to pay attention to the Mongolian rangers who transported food and grass from the sea.
Therefore, while Gao Huan sent Zhou Fugui to ensure logistics, he ordered to start attacking Jinzhou and sweep away obstacles outside the city.
The next morning, Zhou Fugui led 30,000 Gan's army to hurriedly leave the camp and head to Ningyuan to protect the safety of the food road. At the same time, the Gan's heavy artillery positions began to launch artillery bombardment to Jinzhou City.
The hundreds of heavy artillery fired continuously, and the entire Jinzhou was trembling, but the effect of heavy artillery bombardment in the army was indeed not ideal.
"Your Majesty, the city walls of Jinzhou are low and cannons are not easy to hit. Even if they hit the city walls, most of them will form a jump." Du Yinxi observed the shelling and said in a deep voice.
Gao Huan had long anticipated that it was unlikely that he would crush the city wall with heavy artillery, so he waved his hand and said, "Tell the artillery team not to shoot directly on his exterior wall, but hit his inner castle."
Upon hearing the order of the Gan Army's artillery array, they began to raise the firing angle of the artillery and adjust the firing. The cannon changed to direct firing to a loft. The shells fell on the top of the city and the castle, which scared the Qing army to dodge.
To attack the bastion, many preparations are required. The periphery fortifications must be destroyed, mines buried underground and caltrops scattered on the ground must be cleaned before a real attack can be launched.
For several days, the Gan Army launched a raid during the day and at night, driving cattle and sheep to detonate mines and cannons, rolling on the ground with bundles of wheat grass, clearing out the caltrops scattered by the Qing army, and gradually clearing the obstacles to siege.
On the 5th of the 20th, Luke Dehun, who had just fallen asleep, received a report from his subordinates, claiming that he had found the army outside the city and had signs of siege. He then hurriedly got up and came to the city wall to observe the movements of the army.
When he arrived at the city, Luke Dehun saw the Gan army who had eaten breakfast, and had already begun to assemble under the city and prepare to launch a new offensive.
In the past few days, the Gan army destroyed most of the fortifications on the periphery of the Qing army, and the Qing army realized that the Gan army was about to launch a large-scale attack.
"Hmph!" Lukedhun clenched his fists, "Gao Manzi, I will see how you eat my Jinzhou."
Soon, the sun came out, and 50,000 elite troops surrounded Jinzhou. In the north of Jinzhou, more than ten miles of wilderness, there were more than 100,000 cavalrymen in the army to guard against the Qing army in Dalinghe City, as well as the Qing army in Pingxitai and Guangning, which interfered in the attack on Jinzhou.
Although Gao Huan asked the Qin army to go back to reinforce Guanzhong, the 500,000 troops destroyed the Qing Dynasty and still used a ox knife to kill the chicken.
Jinzhou City is not big, with only 10,000 defenders inside. Gao Huan had nearly 400,000 troops under Jinzhou City, and he could not fully deploy. He could only invest 50,000 elite troops, intending to capture Jinzhou City in one fell swoop.
Gao Huan has this confidence that the bastion is difficult to break, which is compared to cold weapons. Now, as long as you find a way, it is not difficult to break it.
Didn’t that French master of offensive and defensive warfare, Vobon, use digging trenches and artillery to quickly capture the bastion?
Speaking of which, this gentleman should be serving the Bourbon dynasty now, and maybe he will meet him again in the future.
At this time, Gao Huan saw that the army had already been arranged, so he rode a horse and many generals to inspect the army formation. He rode a horse and wandered between the formations, constantly lifting the horse whip, and the soldiers of the Gan Army immediately responded loudly.
"Travel the Jinzhou and wipe out the Qing Dynasty!" Gao Huan inspected and returned to the central army, raising his arms and shouting.
The soldiers who were staring at him immediately shouted together, and the sound waves rose and the soldiers' blood began to boil.
Jinzhou City seemed particularly small under the impact of the sound of the Gan Army. The Qing soldiers on the city felt that they were on a lonely boat and would be swallowed up by the angry wave of the Gan Army at any time.
When Luke Dehun saw the soldiers on the city, his face was pale, his muscles twitched, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "For the Qing Dynasty! The city is in the city!"
The Eight Banners generals on the city reacted and knew that they could not be suppressed by the momentum of the Ganjun, so they all swung their fists, "For the sake of the Qing Dynasty!"
However, they soon regretted it. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers under the city roared and suppressed their voices.
The Qing soldiers who followed the shouting were completely overwhelmed by the fucking army, as if they had suffered a defeat and their morale became even more depressed.
Fortunately, Gan Jun's shouting did not last long. After they found that the Qing soldiers in the city did not say anything, Gan Jun's shouting suddenly increased, and the real attack began.
Gao Huan waved his hand to issue an order to attack, but the scene of soldiers charging in the fields did not appear.
Although there are many people in the army, Gao Huan rarely uses the tactics of the sea of people when fighting.
Luked looked outside the city and saw the army lined up in the distance, entering the trenches that had been dug in advance and approaching Jinzhou along the trenches.
At this time, the Qing army on Jinzhou City could only see the undulating round disc helmets in the trench and the bayonets reflecting cold light, and could not see Gan Jun's body at all.
The Gan Army was not exposed to the ground, and advanced forward along the trench with the word "zhi". The Qing army at the top of the city began to fire artillery, and the shells fell on the ground, splashing out moist soil, but could not harm the Gan Army soldiers who were advancing in the trench.
These trenches are not straight lines that lead to the city, but are bent forward.
The advantage of this is that even if the Qing army's artillery shells fell into the trench, they could not injure the dry army in the entire trench.
If it is a straight line, then the Qing army could have transferred artillery to aim at the trenches, and one gun at a time.
At this time, the Qing army had almost no choice but to see the Gan army soldiers reaching the outer defense line of the Qing army, and saw iron helmets filling the trenches more than a hundred steps away from the Qing army's outer defense line, and saw several trenches parallel to the fort group.
At this time, while the army was in the middle of the army, Gao Huan confirmed to his subordinates: "Are the artillery ready?"
Du Yinxi said: "Report to Your Majesty, the artillery team has raised the flag."
Gao Huan nodded slightly: "After the infantry rushed out of the trench, the grenadiers quickly threw grenades to attack the Qing army behind the low walls, and the infantry quickly advanced. At this time, the heavy artillery and mortar cannon formations must bombard the Triangle Fort to suppress the enemy troops above."
Chapter completed!