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Chapter 22 Soldiers approaching the city

Perhaps the exploitation of the Jin people was too fierce, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were very enthusiastic about joining the army. Especially when I heard that joining the Fuliao Camp not only paid on time every month, but also distributed Western muskets. After winning, the Ming army would not retreat as before, many villages and towns chose to temporarily join the Fuliao Camp to fight the Jin people. Before the fight with the Jin soldiers, Chu Yun's fourth brigade had already recruited more than 500 people, more people than any infantry brigade under Chu Yun. After screening, Chu Yun left only 300 people to form an independent infantry brigade, which was temporarily trained by Yang Tai.

The training time for the Independent Infantry Brigade is only a few days. Yang Tai simply taught them how to operate the musket and let them remember the "military orders are like mountains". This is the benefit of muskets. They do not need to go to the battlefield after protracted training like bows and arrows. The steps required are loading, aiming, and firing.

In this way, Chu Yun had nearly four musket brigades in Wanghai Castle, with nearly 1,500 artillery squadrons, and nearly 2,000 civilians who helped build and defend the city. Their men and women doubled, making Chu Yun more confident.

"Set shotguns are placed at each simple fort, and stone, cotton and gunpowder are also prepared." Chu Yun directed the soldiers and civilians to transport supplies to the city wall.

These materials were transported from Guanglu Island, and there were as many as 500 shotguns and more than 1,000 muskets for artillery alone. Guanglu Island could make so many strategic materials, thanks to the funding of Japan, Goryeo, and South China countries, every time a musket was sold, Chu Yun could make several more muskets. It was so fun.

The construction of the fortifications was carried out in a busy and orderly manner, and the Eight Banners soldiers of Mangergutai, who were being paid attention to day and night, finally arrived in two days.

"The Eight Banners soldiers are here!"

Rangers wandering outside Wanghai Fortress were the first to discover the Jin soldiers attacking Wanghai Fortress.

When he heard that the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners were about to arrive, the Ming army and civilians in the city walked up to the wall and looked west. In addition to the rural heroes who stayed to help defend the city and the rural heroes who joined the Independence Brigade, other women, children and elderly people were also arranged by Chu Yun to be inside the fortress. It was not that Chu Yun did not want to let them go, but when the Later Jin Dynasty attacked the city, they liked to drive away the innocent people around as cannon fodder. In the event that these women, children and elderly people were likely to be arrested by the Jin soldiers except for the fortress.

Chu Yun stood on tiptoe and looked around from afar. He saw a shallow black line first appeared on the horizon in the distance, and then the black line changed from thin to thick, and the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners all over the mountains and fields were barely arrived. The blue flag was waving, thousands of troops were in full swing, and the spirit was full of energy. This was the most glorious moment for the Eight Banners!

From the momentum just judging by this Eight Banners soldiers, they are different from all the Jin soldiers I have seen in the past. This is an army that has truly experienced countless baptisms, the elite among the elite! Of course, this is just the elite among the cold weapon army, which is far behind his own musket team. At least that's what Chu Yun thought.

"Many people... there are thousands of Jin soldiers. Can we beat them..."

"Damn dog thief, we fight with them!"

The village hero at the top of the city was nervously talking and feeling nervous.

In fact, it was not just the township yen who was nervous, but the soldiers of the three musket brigades under Chu Yun were also unsure. Many of them were later recruited to the Fuliao Camp and had no practical experience. They had to face the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty when they went to the battlefield for the first time.

"Please don't be nervous. The city is the Eight Banners elite soldiers who are known as "invincible if they are over ten thousand", but I am not afraid of them at all. Why?" Chu Yun tried to calm everyone's emotions, "Do you know the Ningyuan victory last year? Nurhaci, the leader of the Later Jin thief, said that he was 130,000 troops to attack Ningyuan, and the Eight Banners elite soldiers almost rushed forward, but what's the result? With cannons, it was this guy who easily repelled their 130,000 troops. Today, we also have artillery for the Wanghai Fort, and the time, place, people and all are on our side. Why are we afraid of only a few thousand people under the city?"

Chu Yun slapped a 12-pound British cannon placed on the top of the city. This stout cannon gave people an inexplicable sense of security.

"That's right, we have general artillery, and we also have Western muskets. Why are we afraid of the Jin soldiers?"

"When the Jin soldiers come here, we will teach them a lesson with artillery!"

After Chu Yun said this, these civilians and soldiers nodded one after another, and their originally hung hearts fell.

Mangergutai saw the Wanghai Fort near the sea. This fortress originally used to monitor the Ming army in Dongjiang Town has now been occupied by the Ming army and has been reinforced by the Ming army layer by layer.

But he didn't think it was difficult to capture Wanghai Fort, after all, this is not the Guanning defense line.

There are tens of thousands of troops in Goryeo and dozens of strong cities, which are still tortured by 30,000 Jin soldiers, not to mention that there seem to be only a thousand Ming troops here.

"Stop moving forward, camp on the spot, wait for the ladder, and start siege after the car is ready." Mangergutai gave the order.

"According to our intelligence, the Ming army on the opposite side may use a new type of Western musket, which is extremely powerful. Please be careful when Mr. Beile."

Li Rutai, the second son of the Jinzhou garrison, followed Mangergutai to the expedition, approaching Wanghai Fort, kindly reminded Mangergutai.

"Benbeile has followed Taizu to fight since he was a child, and has fought with the Ming army for less than a hundred battles. He has seen many muskets from the Ming army. It is just that kind of broken thing, not as useful as the bows and arrows of our grassland warriors." Mangergutai slapped the horn bow between his saddle.

"Master Beile must not underestimate the enemy. My third brother will die under the stray bullets of the Ming army..." Li Ruitai said worriedly.

"Enough! After the car is ready, you will lead the Han soldiers to attack the city first." Mangergutai shouted.

Li Rutai saw the three beiles, Mangergutai, one of the most powerful figures in the Later Jin Dynasty, spoke, but did not dare to resist, so he had to agree: "I obey the order..."

The seven thousand men's army was so powerful that just from above the fortress, the places you could see were Jin soldiers. The Jin soldiers responsible for making siege equipment scattered everywhere, causing the surrounding woods to be scattered. The Jin soldiers' chariots were made of thick wooden boards covered with cowhide and iron sheets, which was one of the powerful weapons used by the Jin soldiers to attack the city. Soon the Jin soldiers built thirty or forty chariots, hundreds of simple cloud ladders, and ladders.

"The whole army is on standby!"

Li Rutai was responsible for leading the first batch of Han troops to attack the city. Under his command, thousands of infantry, archers, and large shields were located in the front of the array under cover. Since the terrain of Wanghai Fort was dangerous and it was impossible for thousands of soldiers to launch an attack at the same time, the group of soldiers had to be divided into several waves of offensives, with each wave being spaced 200 to 300 meters, and impacting Wanghai Fort like waves.

Come on. Chu Yun stood at the top of the city and couldn't wait. In the eyes of the Jin soldiers, Chu Yun and the others were fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered, and in the eyes of Chu Yun, these Jin soldiers were full of civilization points.
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