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Chapter 887 Inspection of Stone Village

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    Not long after Shizhai was captured, it had not yet been cleaned up. The corpses and bloodstains scattered around the village were shocking. However, when Chen Bangyan heard that Shizhai had been captured, he couldn't wait any longer, so he called Liu Shun and others into Shizhai.

    Chen Bangyan is not an official who has never seen the world. He has become accustomed to such bloody scenes. When he was guarding Guangzhou, there were mountains of corpses, so he did not have any timidity.

    At this time, he was walking calmly in the stone village. The surroundings were still filled with gunpowder smoke. Many houses in the village were ignited by the flames of war and were burning "crackling". Black smoke rose up every now and then, and arrows stuck on the ground inside the wall.  , discarded weapons can be seen everywhere.

    A group of people came to the center of the stone village. The ground was covered with blood, and there were countless corpses of Qing soldiers lying on their bodies. Some of them died on their backs with a spear stuck in their bodies, while others were lying on carts with several bloody holes behind them.

    Zhang Youde, who was directing the cleaning of the corpses, saw a group of people coming over. He hurriedly wiped the blood on his body with his hands, and immediately greeted them, clasping his fists with a smile on his face.  Got off."

    Seeing that he was proud, Liu Shun patted his shoulder, his face full of approval. Chen Bangyan smiled and said, "I heard that Commander Zhang even killed the Manchu consort Huisai?"

    Zhang Youde touched his forehead, "The guy wanted to escape, but the general grabbed him by the pigtails and chopped him off with a knife."

    In fact, Chen Bangyan hoped to capture Huisai alive and learn about some of the situation in Yangzhou City through him, but since he killed him, then forget it.

    Chen Bangyan nodded slightly and said as he walked: "You have made a great contribution, and I will ask His Highness for your merit."

    After hearing this, Zhang Youde grinned with joy and hurriedly saluted and thanked Chen Bangyan. He waved his hand and then said to the people behind him: "The stone stronghold has been laid down, and the red cannons will be brought up immediately to bombard the west city and prepare for the siege.  "

    Chen Yujie, who was following behind, quickly took a few steps forward, "The official has made arrangements!"

    Chen Yujie was the nephew of Xu Guangqi and Mr. Xu Ge. He was the chief instructor of the Ming Army Artillery Corps. He directed many artillery battles. When Wang Yan was guarding Yangzhou, he fired at Tupo in the west city. After occupying Tupo, he bombarded the Duduo West Camp. He was responsible for this.  command.

    It was precisely because he had commanded the artillery battle in Yangzhou that Wang Yan sent him to Yangzhou to command the Ming Army artillery team.

    As he spoke, everyone had already reached the east wall of Shizhai. Zhang Youde immediately stepped forward and led everyone up to watch the west city of Yangzhou together.

    At this time, the Qing army was preparing defensive fortifications on the top of the city. The Shizhai was condescending and could have an unobstructed view of the defense of the West City.

    Chen Bangyan first looked at the top of the city with his naked eyes and saw countless figures moving up and down the city, so he stretched out his hand. Zhang Youde understood and took out the telescope inserted in his waist. He saw that it was full of blood, so he hurriedly clamped it on  He wiped it under his armpit and handed it to Chen Bangyan.

    Scanning the top of the city with a telescope, the Qing army was urging the civilians to put bags of sandbags on the top of the city, reinforce the city walls, and pile up gun emplacements. It seemed that fortifications were also being built in the city.

    Chen Bangyan moved his circular vision to the city and saw that the Qing army used sandbags to build parapets at the intersections of the streets. He smiled and handed the telescope to Liu Shun, "Duduo is going to die with us in Yangzhou."  Fight!"

    Liu Shun took a telescope and observed it for a while, then put it down and said with a sneer: "Don't worry, Cabinet Minister. Duduo wants to die, but the people in the city may not be willing to die with him."

    Zhang Huangyan, who was standing aside, also said: "The people guarding Shizhai are mostly elites of the Qing army in Yangzhou, consisting of more than a thousand bannermen and many soldiers. Duduo wants to rely on this elite force to defend Shizhai. As long as we attack  If it doesn't, the morale in the city will naturally be high, but once we capture it, the Yangzhou defenders will be deflated. It's like a duel between two spears. We cut off the hardest spear head and can easily break the wooden barrel."

    Chen Bangyan agreed with Zhang Huangyan's analysis and couldn't help turning half of his body and listened to him continue, "Duduo uses his elite to guard Shizhai. The elite is undefeated. Naturally, other troops will not have other thoughts. But now that the elite has been defeated, I thought  The people in Yangzhou City are already in turmoil. As long as we can break into the city and the battle situation is slightly unfavorable, the Qing army in the city will inevitably collapse or surrender."

    Many generals and officials in the Ming army obviously have this opinion.

    Chen Bangyan nodded thoughtfully, "What Zhang Jianjun said is right. People in Yangzhou must be in turmoil now. This cabinet cannot give Duduo time to calm down the military. We must put pressure on Yangzhou immediately."

    As he spoke, Chen Bangyan pondered for a moment, "The bombardment must be in place quickly to destroy the Qing army's fortifications in the West City as soon as possible, and then stay up at night and shoot some surrender letters into the city to disrupt the morale of the troops in the city. Finally, the speed of digging canals must be accelerated, and finally  Okay, we can connect the moat in these two days!"

    After everyone heard this, they knewThe time to capture Yangzhou was coming, and everyone was very excited. They all saluted in agreement, expressing their compliance with the order of the governor.

    Chen Bangyan raised his hand to tell them not to be polite, then turned around and said, "If any of you have a mission, go do it immediately. It will be harder for you all. When Yangzhou is captured, I will serve you a drink to celebrate your success."

    Among the group of people, Chen Yujie and others heard this, hurriedly bowed, took a few steps back, then hurriedly turned around and ran down the wall of the village.

    After everyone in trouble had left, Chen Bangyan stared at the city wall for a while, took a deep breath, and walked down, saying, "Let's go! Let's see how the navy is preparing?"

    Although there are still more than 40,000 Qing troops in Yangzhou City, although they are large in number, they are actually all miscellaneous. They are either fresh recruits from the Green Camp or veterans from the four towns in Jiangbei.

    Most of the newly recruited Green Camp soldiers are strong men captured by the Manchus, or refugees and bandits who came from Zhao'an. They have the same characteristics as the old soldiers left in the four towns, that is, they are good at fighting with the wind, but not good at fighting against the wind.

    The army in the city is not as good as the Ming army in terms of training and equipment. Only a few bannermen and Baoyi in the city can have some combat effectiveness, as well as some old soldiers left from the four towns. However, because of their old age, these soldiers are very capable.  Fighting, but they have all become slippery figures in the army. There is an advantage. When the battle situation is favorable, these veterans will fight bravely to be the first, with amazing fighting power. However, if the situation is not right, they will be the first to run away.  The wars between the Ming and Qing dynasties had been fought for so many years, and if they were not clever, they would not survive now.

    Chen Bangyan recognized Zhang Huangyan¡¯s analysis, coupled with his own views. After Shizhai was captured, he was no longer optimistic about the Qing army in Yangzhou.

    This was not only because he saw the weakness of the Qing army, but also because the Ming army had made adequate preparations for the siege. From the siege in August to mid-October, the Ming army had been besieging Yangzhou for nearly two months. It had already been done.  Ready for the general attack.

    The Han people have been good at attacking cities since ancient times. The Ming army has enough experience in attacking and defending cities. The Ming army has attacked many cities like Yangzhou. Although Yangzhou city is tall and strong, it also has its flaws.

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