Chapter 464: Cleverness and clumsiness knows oneself, hundreds of cannons are thundering

The Chahar tribe is the orthodox place on the prairie. The Khan of Chahar is known as the heir to the Golden Family and has natural rule over the Mongolian tribes on the prairie.

Before the last Lin Danhan changed his faith between the Red and Yellow Cults, even several large tribes in Mobei nominally surrendered to him.

However, Mongolia, which once dominated the world or dominated the world, has declined and is not as good as that. Even when the last Lin Danhan was at its most powerful force, it was defeated by the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, which had just started, and even the location of the golden tent had to be migrated again and again.

The current Chaharhan Ezhe was invited back from Ordos a few years ago by Huang Taiji, Dorgon and Duoduo, and placed it near the Yizhou Wei, which could be controlled nearby in the Qing Dynasty.

The Mongolian tribes that depended on the Qing Dynasty, only some of Dingkou have accepted the organization of the Eight Banners. The Taiji and Nayan of the tribe are still controlled by themselves. After all, it is not the complete control of the Qing Dynasty, but the alliance between the two sides. Many things may not be too extreme.

The Chahar tribe has a complete Eight Banners system. The Chahar tribe’s most effective speech is not the Chahar Khan Ezhe in this area, but the Qing Dynasty’s official stationed in the Chahar tribe, which is the so-called Zaruwachi. As for the Shengjing side, the name is directly called the Chahar Commander.

The Chahar tribe had lost any autonomy and was completely in control by the Qing Dynasty. A large number of young and strong tribes served in Liaodong as soldiers of the Eight Mongolian Banners.

The tribe was almost all women, children, young and old. The existence of these people was to produce livestock and provide various necessities from the Qing Dynasty. They lost their semi-nomadic and semi-militarized characteristics. The defense of this part of the Qing grassland was handed over to Korqin Mongolia and Halashen Mongolia.

The Tumote brigade led by Chen Yongfu and others defeated the grassland coalition of Korqin and Halashen. He did not take too long to rest and directly drove most of his troops to travel east.

The advantage of nomadic people is that on the vast and boundless grasslands, cattle, horse and livestock can be freed while moving. Herders and soldiers obtain supplies on these cattle, horse and livestock, which has a great power advantage over the marching of troops in agricultural countries.

Because the brigade of men always kept moving eastward, and the nobles from several tribes were mercilessly killed, the highest level of subordinates that the defeated herdsmen and cavalry could find is the thousand households. These small groups of cavalry have few leads and are difficult to gather together.

Taking advantage of this messy situation, and after that battle, the reputation of the Tumote tribe was able to shock the entire grassland. At present, these people will only escape far away and will not rely on them to harass them.

Of course. After the defeat, there were also scattered cavalry who went to Chahar tribe and the Qing Dynasty to report the news. However, because the Tumote tribe also traveled eastward, they had to take a long journey, which also took a lot of time.

So when most of the Tumot tribe arrived at Xingzhong Fort, the Jurchen commander of the Chahar tribe learned the news only lasted four days.

Looking at these panting and panicked herdsmen, the nobles of the Chahar tribe and the governor sent by the real master, the Qing Dynasty, could not believe that such a thing would happen.

The east and west Mongolia on the grasslands have been in conflict for years, and have been calmed down over the past few decades. The Qing Dynasty's several conquests, the farthest troops reached the Hetao area, and West Mongolia also fled far away and did not dare to fight. The entire Mongolian grasslands were surrendered to the majesty of the Qing Dynasty.

Tumote, Korqin, Halashen and Chahar. Although they are strong and weak, their overall strength is constantly declining and they no longer have the ability to launch a large-scale war. It is precisely because of the Qing Dynasty that they dared to focus their troops on the direction of the Ming Dynasty with confidence.

It was unbelievable that the Tumot tribe had launched a war of such a scale, but they also believed that these herders and cavalrymen in low status would not be bold enough to report false news.

The only remaining forces in the Chahar tribe cooperated with the Ding Zhuang from the small tribes around. The Jurchen chief also collected more than 5,000 cavalry, plus the one thousand Jurchen soldiers inlaid with red flags placed here, preparing to clarify the specific situation first. Then inform Shengjing.

Even at this time, the chief general of the Chahar tribe did not think it should be taken seriously. He believed it confidently. With more than a thousand Jurchen cavalry as the core troops, it was enough to deal with the seemingly huge troops on the grassland that were actually a mess.

At this time, it was already early June on the grassland. Unlike the bitter and cold years that had been in the previous decade, the grasslands have recovered in the past two years. June is already a green ocean. In the past, everyone would sigh that this is a good year. The cattle and horses will become particularly fat in autumn and winter, and then they will take horses to rob the Ming Dynasty.

Now a great war is imminent, with discrete families everywhere and fragmented tribes everywhere. The beacons everywhere on the grasslands were not only the Eastern Expedition of the Tumote tribe driven by Chen Yongfu and Zhang Kun, but after these large tribes were defeated, the scattered cavalry and forces had to annex each other, but also some well-informed Mongolia in Xi Mongolia and the northern Mongolia in Mobei wanted to take advantage of the situation. These were the root causes of the war.

In the Ming Dynasty, agriculture was also recovering after the cold period, provided that there was an environment that could be restored safely. The territory controlled by Duke Li Meng of Qi was becoming prosperous, and the output of military farms under the Shunjun was expected to increase significantly, and the Jiangnan area was still trying hard to maintain it.

The territory controlled by the Ming Dynasty was desperately dispatching food and paying money and arresting Ding Zhuang, just to make the troops of the military and horses of the governor Hou Xun who won victory. The word "people's life is already useless".

North Korea has a different scene, and there is a clear boundary. With Seoul as the boundary, the part south of Seoul, the landlords and farmers are trembling in farming the land, waiting for news from the north in fear. If the army comes south, they will immediately flee to the mountains.

In the fields north of Seoul, barren fields have appeared. Because no one is taking care of them, because the farmers who cultivated the fields have been captured by the troops of the Shangguo country and some are afraid that those who are caught have fled to the mountains in the east, and those who are scattered to resist have been killed.

The old people in the village looked at the fields in despair. They had already foresaw the disaster in autumn and winter...

Relatively speaking, the city of Seoul was very quiet. Apart from the continuous roar of artillery at the North Gate, and apart from the two sides fighting a few real swords and guns on the first day, there was no battle between the two sides in the following days. Wang Hai also organized several infantry and cavalry attacks.

However, Duoduo and Oboi made up their minds to be turtles. Under the constraints of military law, even the unwilling soldiers were driven to make trenches and low walls. They set up various horse-rejected horses and antlers, which seemed to be completely imitating the defenses around Seoul.

For Jiaozhou camp troops that rely heavily on formations, it will become scattered after passing these fortifications and rearrange them into formations. At this moment, the light cavalry that the Tartars have been preparing for for a long time can attack quickly. Taking advantage of this gap to attack and damage.

The two sides set the main battlefield of the battle at the north gate of Seoul. The more than 30 artillery pieces brought by the Qing army were all arranged in a flat shooting state on the two paths.

Although this kind of artillery is bulky, it can be shot flat with more than a dozen or dozens of shells, which is extremely dangerous and powerful. It is no longer possible to launch artillery from these two places to bombard the fortifications of the Tartars.

It would be too time-consuming to go around the doors in other directions, and the Qing cavalry could react in enough time. In fact, in this kind of narrow space, as long as the cavalry could maintain several waves of separate attacks, the risk of artillery would be great.

The curved and narrow roads also prevent the musketeers from unfolding as soon as possible to protect the artillery launched...

During the offensive and defensive battle for more than ten days, some of the more than 10,000 troops of the Tartars were building fortifications and camps, and some were harassing the defenders in the defense city. The number of troops used to deal with the Korean garrison was not large, and they were at a complete disadvantage and were very embarrassed and embarrassed to deal with it.

However, after the subsequent arrival of the soldiers and civilians, the situation began to change. In fact, if there is no need to win quickly, the siege side can fight calmly.

Outside the fortification circle around Seoul, Changwei began to be built to dig trenches, and the cavalry of the brigade was always alert around Seoul. If there was any movement, the troops with superiority immediately went to force the defenders in the city to retreat.

This battle has no beauty at all. First, the defenders in the city built defenses and fortifications like turtle shells. Then the siege soldiers outside the city began to build larger turtle shells, which could not be covered by the people inside. When defending Jinzhou, the Qing Dynasty could not attack many times, so they rely on this long siege to be trapped to death. They waited until the ammunition and food in the city were exhausted and they had no choice but to surrender.

As soon as the North Koreans who were recruited arrived here, they were immediately driven to build fortification barracks. More people went to the edge of the fortifications to clear and fill the fortifications in the north. The cannons above the city could not hit the outer area. These frightened Koreans went to fill the trenches and then pushed down the low walls. Some people accidentally fell into the trap, and the screams were earth-shaking, but no one cared about the life and death of these people.

At the beginning, the progress was very fast, but the next time was not enough, because the civilians advanced within the range of artillery fire on the top of the city, and there were special turrets in the earthen enclosure outside the city wall.

Compared with the Qing artillery placed in the peripheral areas as a deterrence, the artillery in Seoul is much more powerful, with a fast firing rate and a correct landing point.

These arrested farmers were just farmers who were farming in the fields more than ten days ago. They had seen artillery items there. After being bombed two or three times, they were frightened to hide from the whistling of shells in the sky. Even the soldiers behind them were useless.

What really made Duoduo a headache was that only three of the cannons in his hand could hit the edge of the earth encirclement, but the opponent's cannons could also hit these few cannons. And at the speed of his cannons, I'm afraid that the cannon would have been smashed by the opponent's cannons without being launched.

In desperation, I could only surround the city first and take it slowly. No matter how much you store in the city, as long as you cannot get replenishment, you will have a day of use up and use up the supplies in the city. When the ammunition and food are gone, it will be the day when the city is in a panic and collapsed.

Looking at the little bits of built-up outside, the morale of the people began to be chaotic compared to the inside of Seoul.

The atmosphere in Seoul was completely different from what Duoduo and Obai thought. Whether it was royal family or ministers, or the local governments in Seoul were extremely calm, and everything was carried out according to normal circumstances.

Wang Hai's current command post is next to the Korean Royal Palace. The official name here is the Jiaozhou Camp's commander's office, the Jiaozhou Camp's commander's office, but in Seoul, they are all called the Protectorate.

Although the upper class of North Korea is well-versed in Chinese, no one calls Wang Hai the commander, and they all become the lords. This is equivalent to the so-called governor of the West and the governor of the Tang Dynasty. In other words, Seoul has already recognized the legal occupation of this general from the Ming Dynasty.

"Sir, the King of Korea sent someone to send a message to ask if we need help. The North Korean city can also mobilize troops to assist."

A military clerk was following the army to report to Wang Hai respectfully. Wang Hai was looking at the city defense drawings of Seoul. Every day, military soldiers were looking at the watchtower at every location to pass on the periphery back. Wang Hai's personal soldiers would change the markings on this drawing. Wang Hai's soldiers had only 6,000 troops in his hands. In such a large city as Seoul, there would be two thousand reserves to be left to suppress the civil strife.

Therefore, the use of troops must be accurately and reasonably distributed. The current situation is that there are no big moves in the soldiers outside the city.

To attack the city and defend the city, North Korea was a vassal state that the Qing Dynasty had been operating for a period of time, but the troops in Seoul were alone. No matter how you look at it, they were on Duoduo's side. He could calmly siege the city and dig ditches and slowly reach the city wall. Moreover, with his current more than 20,000 troops, it is impossible to attack all over Seoul. He could only maintain one side or two sides. Looking at the firearms and fortifications on the city, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

It’s better to adopt this complete strategy. Take your time.

Wang Hai held the charcoal pen in his hand and marked several places on the map, and smiled and said to the bookkeeper below:

"Go back to the King of Korea and say we are thanking him for his kindness. However, when fighting in this city, the civilians may not be able to resist the casualties. So, please do some auxiliary work under arrangements!"

The bookkeeper naturally understood what Wang Hai meant and took the order out with a smile. If these North Koreans were asked to send troops to assist in the defense, it would be okay to say when the wind was up. If the situation was a little unfavorable, the place where they sent troops to defend was the biggest loophole in the defense circle. The loss would not be worth the loss at that time.

The arsenals of Seoul are now under the custody of the Korean garrison troops. Even the guards and local yamen runners are holding wooden sticks, without swords, muskets and weapons, so they are afraid of temporary chaos.

But in the past six months, the North Korean garrison moved all the households in the city who were lacking in fertility to southern North Korea, including some similar large families, and at the same time, they consciously introduced civilians with a large number of male fertility outside the city, and it is not necessary to say that they have accumulated food and grass.

There is no problem with all kinds of supplies in the city for a year. This is also one of the reasons why the Korean nobles in Seoul can maintain such a peaceful state under the besieged by the Tartar soldiers. The other reason is the first day of the battle. After the Koreans watching the battle returned home, they told the battle with their relatives and friends that it was extremely magical. They beheaded nearly a thousand times and returned calmly for several attacks. This kind of strong man's temperament is really confident.

When the bookkeeper went out, only Wang Hai and a few guards standing in the distance were left in the room. Wang Hai smiled bitterly on his face and said self-deprecatingly:

"I originally thought that I could not get in fortifications, but who thought that I could not get out either. It was so troublesome!"

The siege of civilians and men driven by the Tartars worked day and night, and the fortifications became increasingly large. The calm atmosphere in the city became increasingly serious while the North Korean garrison troops guarding the city had not taken any attack.

Although the request of the Korean king to send troops to help defend the city was rejected, half a month after the Tartars army arrived at the city, the city began to recruit large-scale civilians to transport artillery from the top of the city. When it was transported, it took a lot of effort, but it did not expect to do it again.

The twelve-pound cannon was first put on the top of the city as a city defense cannon, but due to the tactical changes of the Tartars outside the city, the city also had to make corresponding adjustments. At present, the cannon cannon cannons outside the earth encirclement to attack the opponent's fortifications and artillery. In terms of range, the twelve-pound cannon has the advantage.

But before the artillery was pushed outside the city, the Qing camp outside the city was in chaos first, and large troops were stationed, and whether it was people or horses, they needed a lot of water. So the camp was almost close to the Han River.

Although there are many fishing boats here on weekdays and there are many ships carrying people and cargo, the Tartars soldiers and horses are stationed here, so who dares to wander here has long been running far away, and the river is quite quiet.

But today, a fleet of ships drove over from the direction of Incheon. Haikou like Incheon is insignificant in the concept of the Qing general. Even if Wang Hai is in the city, they would not think that the enemy would transfer many troops from the sea.

Duoduo released 500 cavalrymen in Incheon. Anyway, cavalry between Incheon and Seoul can arrive within one day and can be supported at any time. Of course, the Qing Dynasty did not have any naval arrangements.

Seeing this fleet coming, many Manchu and Mongolian soldiers and horses in the camp were curious. For them, they had never seen such a ship since they were young, and many people had never even seen a ship.

Huge sails. The tall side of the ship and the wooden blocks that seem to be patches on the hull are really fresh, and it seems to be very different from the fishing and cargo ships in North Korea.

But apart from the people who turn the rudder and drive the sails, there are no other people. The fleet can have about twenty ships, all of which are big sea ships. On this side of the Qing army camp, there are large ships with hulls that seem to be "patched".

After the initial excitement and curiosity passed, someone immediately shouted loudly and asked the people on the boat to answer that it was rainy in May and June, and the Han River was a flood season, and the river surface was wide. Perhaps the people on the boat did not hear the shouts on the shore, and immediately a leader who came to the rushing orders were issued repeatedly.

Shangguan's orders were always obsessed with it. Dozens of unwilling Han soldiers found several abandoned sampans. They rowed to approach the big ships and prepared to get on board and ask questions.

Everyone worked together to row the small sampan into the river. It was almost time to approach the big ships, but the ships with "patch" on the hull suddenly turned.

The Han River is very wide, with the distance between Seoul and Huanghai, and the sea breeze is not small, so these large ships are very fast. At least it is much faster than the sampans below.

Although the Han soldiers on the small sampan were panicked and screamed. They rowed desperately, they were still hit by these big ships. Whether in terms of size or other aspects, the sampan and these big ships were too far apart and were immediately knocked and broken, and the people on the ship fell into the river.

Fortunately, these people are all a bit watery and are swearing in the river. When the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers on the shore saw this scene, they laughed and looked like they were watching the fun.

For them, the threat of the fleet was nothing more than the soldiers on the ship. Even if these ships were carrying troops on the shore, there would not be too many. How many people were there on the shore? I was afraid that he would do anything. Five large ships sailed towards this side at a fast speed, but they quickly slowed down, as if they were adjusting the direction and making the hull parallel to the river bank as much as possible.

Everything on the water and on the sea was unfamiliar with the Qing army, and even the Sanshun Kings and Han soldiers who came from Dengzhou to the outside of the pass on a sea boat during the day.

With the loud shouts of the officers, the Tartar soldiers on the shore who were still watching the diorama were all picking up swords, guns and shields. The shields were blocked in front. In their minds, when the people on the boat were about to attack, they might shoot arrows from behind the high side of the boat or attack with muskets.

As the ship gradually approached the river bank, the people on the shore became quieter, while the rest of the ships stopped in the river and stopped moving forward.

"Prepare~~~~~" "Prepare~~~"...

A yelling came from the boat close to the shore. The Tartar soldiers on the shore immediately became nervous and raised their shields and bent down.

After getting closer, you can see that the patches on the hull are large thick wooden boards. After shouting the "preparation", these "patches" were lifted from the inside out, revealing the dark muzzle inside.

The double-layer gunboats of Jiaozhou Camp have fifty guns on each ship, and there are twenty-two guns on each side of the hull, the smallest is three-pound gun and the largest is eight-pound gun.

Now facing the shore, there are a total of 110 artillery pieces, with long gun barrels and long range. Many Tartar soldiers on the shore are within the range of shooting.

"fire!!!"
Chapter completed!