If the plan to capture the castle fails, we can implement a backup plan to carry out a long-term siege. I am afraid that the battle will be prolonged. She observed the terrain before entering the castle. This fortress is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if it is shelled, it will have no effect.
Her eyebrows slightly locked, thinking about how to take this fortress away and dedicate it to Yang Chengzu, and thinking about how he can get such a fortress from the hand of the Buddha machine. At the thought of here, she actually had a sense of expectation in her heart. I don’t know when I have become accustomed to relying on Yang Chengzu’s strategy instead of thinking of it myself.
Suddenly, the kitchen door was pushed by manpower, and a nun and a dozen soldiers came in. The chefs were surprised. Several chefs had touched the kitchen knife and the cold cream. At this time, the servants had changed and bowed their heads. Sister Gerety glanced around and suddenly pointed to the cold cream.
"I need someone to take care of the wounded for me. That’s right. That means you come with me and others will continue your work. Don’t dawdle and prepare some banquet food. Maybe we will have a second banquet soon."
When Yang Chengzu landed, the road to the castle had been cleared. Although the fighting continued, the overall situation was set. The pirates fled to the mountains to avoid hunting. They had no boat and food, and even if they fled to the mountains, it would not last long. The natives who lived on the island were taken care of by the Portuguese, but they saved the hands and feet of the loyalist and did not worry about sneak attack.
On the contrary, the news from Cenmeng is bad. The wolf soldiers attacked the castle three times and made no progress. For this kind of European castle, the wolf soldiers have no experience in attacking, and they don’t know where to start. The guards in the castle are also very tight. When people approach, they will shoot bullets. The wolf soldiers have a lot of casualties.
CenLian only then Bai Yang Chengzu thought to herself that if she hadn’t done it herself, Mrs Lian might have gone to eat a gun now or played by herself. She pulled Yang Chengzu’s skirt. "Although Chengzu’s brother CenMeng is very bad, there are still many good people in those wolf soldiers. Have pity on them and don’t let them die, okay?"
"You ah when I let them die? Although I let CenMeng siege, I never said that I had to bring it. It was his own greed. Don’t wronged me. "Yang Chengzu made a koo expression and put the blame on CenMeng’s head.
Jade belt department also came to see the master Xu Shi’s fleet body defection. It is a secret in Zhejiang officialdom. Except Yang Chengzu and Guo Xun, even Melvin Wong didn’t know until then that the truth was revealed. Only then did everyone know that an imperial envoy had played a dark game.
Wang Hong surrendered, "Although we have ships and weapons, Buddhists and Buddhists are good at water fighting. If it were not for an imperial envoy who sent rebels secretly to help loyalists, it would not be so easy to win. It would be an imperial envoy."
"Cheng Zhai Gong is over-modest, and the flagship of the battlefield is still in the battle to take the lead in the charge. Even among the military men, there are few people who have the courage to admire me or that. I don’t dispute that this work has been pushed to me. Although Lady Yu has made great contributions, the attack on the castle has failed, and this bone is still not easy to chew."
Jade lost a few ships and a third of the female iron gunner was killed and wounded, but her face was not sad. Instead, she was extremely determined. "The master, Miss Leng, is still in the castle. Please send me to attack and rescue Miss Leng. If I can’t, I’d rather die in battle and guard Miss Leng’s safety."
"Jade, you’ve done a great job. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have won so easily. Now you and your people need a rest. Leave the siege to me, Lianmei. You accompany Lady Jade to rest and look back at my husband. How can I take this castle?"
Cenlian took the jade to the ship to rest, and several women accompanied Yang Chengzu all the way to the periphery of the castle. At this time, the big official army was already in place, but since there was no cannon, everyone was worried about this huge castle. What means should such a behemoth use to get in?
Chapter one hundred and sixty-seven The siege (1)
Cen Meng’s several attacks didn’t make progress, but the cost of his life was less. Later, he woke up. This fortress can outsmart the incompetent enemy. Xu Tai took the border army and fought in the north. He also made a mistake after watching it for a long time.
"Although the city is not big, the walls are high and thick. Even if the ship is dismantled and the cannon is erected and bombed, it will take ten days and a half months to bomb it. Otherwise, how many people will fly the ladder? If it is such a style of play, it will take dozens of lives to change his life."
The new army is trained with painstaking efforts, and the candidates of the Forbidden Army don’t want to consume them all from the perspective of Yang Chengzu. However, it is difficult to find a suitable candidate in this kind of battle. It seems that the defensive side has a lot of troops, and people are crowded behind the crib, and a matchlock gun is poked out from the crib.
These Buddhists have no way out now. They don’t believe that after the surrender of the army, they are also afraid that they will be killed and captured. The defensive soldiers may splash out a desperate battle. The original Yang Chengzu was thinking about the flowers or threatened the defeated soldiers to kill them. But now that these two strategies have fallen, he has to go back to his most annoying way to smash.
"Yang San, they also said that they are the builders of this castle-but even they can’t tell what weaknesses this city has in fighting. We can’t be too hasty. We have won enough victories today. Just a lonely city is not a climate-old. Just now, we heard people report to the barbarian square. There are my righteous people who started to kill barbarian supervisors and seized the number of ware guns. Let’s go and see the hearts of those good people who got cold first."
Although Wang Hong led the troops well, he didn’t think that such a fortress was worth noting. Compared with the defensive side, the offensive side always held enough strategic initiative. Now the foreigners have given up the perimeter, so in the city, the loyalists can fight whenever they want. How long can the foreigners passively defend without foreign aid?
On the contrary, Fang changed hands and let Dake directly take over a batch of gun and those production tools, which is much more important than ideal city.
Although Yang Chengzu knows that there is a cold frost castle, it is impossible for him to bring the castle even if his troops attack now. Cold frost’s martial arts and strategies are enough to protect herself. If things are in crisis, she may know how to escape.
With this in mind, Yang Chengzu did not express his views on the war situation, but followed Wang Hong all the way to the Portuguese to set up the Tuen Mun weapons workshop. Because Bartolo was going to build the whole Tuen Mun fortress island, he established many supporting facilities such as shipyard repair shop weapons workshop.
However, there are not enough craftsmen. If the Portuguese and Nanyang aborigines are allowed to undertake these tasks, there will be no soldiers. Therefore, most of the workshops are Han craftsmen, with some Portuguese workers as masters and some Portuguese supervisors.
In the past, almost all the supervisors who were on their high horse died in a pool of blood, and a few of those Portuguese workers were also killed. A few of them were curled up in the corner with their heads held, and the shackles were lifted. The craftsmen waved whips, and they smoked and cursed from time to time, regardless of whether the other party could understand them.
But when Wang Hong came in, the craftsmen lost their temper, knelt down all over the floor, kowtowed and begged for mercy, repented of their crimes, and compared with them, the emperor was not much different. A word can make these people property destroyed.
Wang Hong was very kind to them and took the initiative to help them up for a short time. Then he asked about their craftsmanship. Renstein took the Portuguese workers aside to communicate with the Portuguese-speaking party and soon returned to Yang Chengzu to report.
"They do have skilled craftsmen. The commander here recruited them from Rees Military Factory at a high price to believe me. They are worth your price. These craftsmen are just apprentices. These craftsmen can be regarded as real masters. I have negotiated with them to ensure their safety and pay them again. They will work for that castle. Please forgive us. I’m afraid the craftsmen said that the roots of the castle can’t be conquered, even if all the cannons in the workshop don’t necessarily pose a threat to it. Maybe we should consider a siege tactic. That’s what we do in Europe, confronting the people in the castle and forcing them to come out to negotiate until they bend."
There is food and water in the castle, but the total amount is limited. Unlike the central plains city, there is no self-circulating supply system, but the warehouse is large enough to put enough, but it will still be consumed.
Compared with the defensive side, the offensive side is definitely more dominant. The only problem is that no one knows how much materials the defensive side has prepared and how long the offensive side can stay here. The final comparison after a tug-of-war is often psychological. Whoever can persist for one more day may win.
Yang Chengzu nodded and issued an order. Several Royal Guards untied the chains of the barbarians and brought them to their own team. When the craftsmen saw the flying fish, they lowered their heads tightly and dared not look at these people.
Wang Hong stroking those spear guns as if stroking his lover’s skin, which made Yang Chengzu feel rather cold. After all, he couldn’t think of it with these famous officials. He looked at these western firearms, but he didn’t have much interest in how to make them or how to assemble them. It was all a matter of artisans. He was not prepared to compare them. He was more concerned about the location of the island treasure
The Portuguese have built this place into a free trade port, and they have a lot of income just by collecting taxes. Plus, they are pirates and count as stolen goods. It is impossible for them to come to the island for such a long time without savings. Even with the support of Yangzhou salt merchants, Yang Chengzu still hopes to fill an army by seizing it.
"Part of the island’s wealth is put in the castle, which is saved by Bartolo and his captain. There is a special treasure in the castle, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the present, and the other part is to teach that money should also be in the castle or church." Those craftsmen don’t know the specific treasure location, but it is a general strategy.
The whole war was almost caused by the church, and this line of people had to take a walk in the church
Chapter one hundred and sixty The siege (2)
In return for the pioneering soldiers, no Frankenstein was found in the church. The whole church has been controlled by the army. After some searching, it seems that there was a short-term fight here, but one side was quickly transformed into a large-scale warfare by the other side. When Yang Chengzu arrived, he could see some broken stained glass and some blood that didn’t come to wipe away.
The Madonna has fallen to the ground and probably left in a hurry. It may also be intentional. The big loyalist still lacks understanding of these foreign gods at this time. Most of them are regarded as silver temples. After seeing them, they pushed them conveniently. It is not surprising that Yang Chengzu lifted the statue up and then gave a Buddhist worship with his hands together.
"You see, it’s not our people who put you down. Don’t remember our head. You, your country, have to fly across the sea to make trouble in other people’s fields. As a result, you are not even stable. It’s not very good for everyone to live their own lives and make a fortune. You should tell your brother’s disciples to let their own country recite scriptures and burn incense well. If it’s okay, they will worship you as soon as they go to other people’s land and believe in others’ rules. It’s a pity that you guys don’t know how to learn slowly. I hope you still have a chance to turn over a new leaf. "
When the officer in charge of the search came back, he reported that some gold and silver were indeed found in the church. The total amount was not too much, and a lot of silver bars and gold coins were scattered, which was probably accidentally spilled during handling. It was obvious that the porters were very ignorant of those who fell.
"So they really moved more treasures to the castle. This church is actually a good place. If you stick to it by risks, it can support several rounds, although it is not as good as the castle. The key is a priest, a commander-in-chief, two men, a pipe soldier and a god worshipper. Don’t you feel a little stuffy in a castle? There have been moves here, which proves that some people seem unwilling to merge. Maybe the commander kidnapped the priest. Although we didn’t get much profit from the war, it’s always a good sign to get the money here without bloodshed. If the money doesn’t fly out of the island, it will all be us. I ordered the blockade of Tuen Mun and continued to suppress bandits. "
The whole church has just served as a temporary command site. Wang Hong has already seen the relief of the virgin stepping on the tap, but it was stopped by Yang Chengzu. At this time, he was puzzled and asked, "That sculpture is the evidence of the Buddha’s guilt. Why should it be kept?"
"No, I don’t want to keep them, but to let them smash this thing by themselves. Did they fix it and we smashed it for them and became coolies for them? There is no such thing as a good thing. Whoever repairs it will hit us, no matter not only that sculpture will hit the whole church, but I also want them to tear down the big site themselves. Who asked them to build the church without our approval? I heard that many islanders have joined this foreign religion, which is more problematic than a few battles. How can adults trust foreign religions and believe in ourselves? "
Wang Hong is a master of Confucianism, and he doesn’t like Portuguese religion either. Yang Chengzu’s statement is quite in line with his mind. He nodded, "An imperial envoy has a good idea. If we all go to worship the barbarians, do we have to learn the barbarians’ truth? This church will be torn down sooner or later, but what should we do about this city? CenMeng today is not weak, but I’m afraid his wolf soldiers can’t rush to the city even if they are dead. I don’t think it’s necessarily good for his troops, otherwise we can make some siege equipment here. It’s not necessarily good to see the city sample, even if our equipment is built. "
Although he hasn’t attacked such a city, he has a good eye. Even if things like washing cars and trebuchets are built, there is no good way to deal with this city. In the end, he may have to go to the original step to climb the ant, so even if he takes the casualties of the city, it will be scary.
Yang Chengzu shook his head. "Siege equipment can be made. We have so many craftsmen to make these things. It’s not a problem, but it’s not necessary to really use them to beat officials. It seems that even if they bring them, they may not really be seen by the barbarians. These barbarians can be pushed out to bombard the city. We have seized a lot of gunpowder. Let’s just say that we let our friends practice their artillery skills and everyone will not attack. Let’s wait and let’s say that the imperial court buys rice, grain and water at a high price. Anyone who transports supplies to Tuen Mun can get five times the usual reward.
The gentry and gentry in the city were caught off guard by the loyalist, and even the letter was not sent out. Tuen Mun has lost most of it. If we continue to fight those people here, the best way is to card the loyalist to supply them. Although this method is unified, it is really effective. If there is a problem with the loyalist supply, we can’t keep the siege on the castle, and finally we will be unbeaten and defeated.
In addition, it is easy for people to find an excuse to spend a long time in the fortified city, and the chief officer is either a peacemaker or a blind attack. No matter what kind of response, it can be regarded as a hand, and the good chess will eventually turn into a bad chess.
Wang Hong knew that Yang Chengzu had brought a large amount of silver out. This kind of extravagant words did speak of it, but so many troops were absolutely an amazing number every day. He couldn’t help frowning and calculating that "even if the money and food were paid at the usual price, it would be amazing if it was five times …"
"Cheng Zhai Gong, you are also confused for five times and ten times. You didn’t want this island back. If we collect taxes, we can get back the money. Besides, we don’t have to stay here for too long. I think most of the barbarians in the castle can’t stand it. If you want to make a long-term siege, they must worry first."
The ration of food and water in the castle is stricter, including salt and wine. The quartermaster in charge of logistics weighs all the materials separately to calculate the exact weight, and then calculates the ration of each person according to race, gender and head.
Tretti is still a shy nun. Perez seems to be surrounded by his private secrets. "Perez, I need to know how much material we have."
"We have abundant supplies, even if we don’t retreat in the end, we can have a rich Christmas here, and their army is too large. I don’t think this empire can maintain so many army supplies, and then they will definitely retreat to the island or us first."
"No, this island is not us. What we get is a cursed land and sea. We are besieged to Christmas Island. Do you think any fool will come to this place to do business? Don’t forget that we said we would negotiate. "
"Is to negotiate, but not now … good sir, your class is worth a lot. I hope that class one is still energetic … You see that they all treat me as a commander from my order. I know that we really should negotiate with the big one. I’m not Bartolo. I didn’t think about being the governor of the Far East, but now we can negotiate to be a noose, and let the army pay enough to make them realize that this is a fortress that will never fall. Do you remember what we did in Bavaria? Let them suffer first, then give them sweetness, and then they can be friends. We will let those imperial soldiers know a lot. "
As soon as he spoke, the cannon had already sounded, and the attack on the fortress seemed to have been over.
Chapter one hundred and sixty-nine The siege (3)
Including the artillery captured from the workshop, the infantry of the army carried several guns, and the total number of guns exceeded 20. In front of the castle, a large number of troops lined up neatly, and the soldiers in the front row were holding shields and flying ladders, always ready to storm.
The Portuguese soldiers who are in charge of guarding are also ready to fire their muskets. Most of these Portuguese soldiers are Chinese sailors, pirates and fugitives, but there are also a certain number of regular troops.
Bartolo is similar to crazy training. The technical and tactical level of these people is not the same as that of the army. The sense of mission of the evangelist has also formed an atmosphere in the army. It can definitely be regarded as the first-rate Qiang Bing in Southeast Asia.
Now that there is no way out, if they fall into the hands of barbarians, they may be tortured and then killed. Even if they face an enemy ten times their own, they can choose to fight hard.