Chapter 328 of the main text of the Nanming No. ruthless man. Hong Chengchou still remembers Lu Guisheng's emphasis on the most powerful firearm of the Ming army is the artillery.

This kind of artillery is different from the red cannons of the Ming army, but is a lighter artillery.

The cannon is equipped with a base and pulley, which can be pushed forward by soldiers.

This shocked Hong Chengchou.

After all, the Qing army's red-clothed cannons needed to be pulled by horses, and the Ming army's cannons were actually pushed by soldiers.

This convenience brings great possibilities for flexible operations on the battlefield.

According to Lu Guisheng, the Ming army's artillery was different from ordinary cannons, with only solid bullets and flowering bullets.

This flowering bomb can explode in the air or after it lands.

No matter which one it is, its power is far greater than that of solid lead bullets.

After all, solid lead bullets rely on crushing and inertia.

Flowering bullets can cause damage to soldiers within a considerable range.

Lu Guisheng said that he had heard from the emperor that the best way to deal with such artillery is to dig trenches.

A trench is a kind of tunnel, but the depth of excavation is not as deep as that of an ordinary tunnel, but the length is very long and winding, which can protect soldiers to the greatest extent.

A chest wall is built in the trenches, which can further block the damage of cannons and muskets.

After all, the Ming army's muskets are also very powerful.

Step-by-step advancement based on trenches sounds like a good choice.

But Hong Chengchou felt that the amount of project excavation of trenches was indeed a bit scary.

Even if it is used to dig up nearly 100,000 troops in the city, it will be difficult to dig it before the Ming army arrives.

If you want to dig a trench in the short term, you must catch strong men to do hard labor.

Hong Chengchou was originally unwilling to do so. After all, this kind of loses the people's hearts and makes people complain, but the enemy can only try it.

Hong Chengchou is a quick-witted person. Since he has made a decision, he will immediately pass on the order.

The orders of the five provinces' omissions are still very important, at least for officials of all sizes and large in Nanchang City.

For a time, the yamen runners and Qing soldiers from all the yamen went together and started knocking on the door from street to street to house.

All males over fifteen years old will be arrested.

For a moment, the crying of the old and young women shook the city.

However, the Qing soldiers and yamen runners ignored them and encountered stubborn people and simply tied them up with iron chains to take them away.

It is better to let these people dig trenches than to dig them by themselves.

What's more, they are the ones who guard the city. What's the big deal about these people just put in some effort?

"You are so kind to you, Jun Ye, my family is just the only one. He is still a child!"

A woman saw that the Qing soldiers tied up her son and was about to take her away, and she knelt down on the ground and cried loudly.

"June, my son is just fourteen this year, and he is less than fifteen."

"Far! I see that he is so tall, let alone fifteen, sixteen or seventeen, it should be there. You stupid woman are noisy here and will interfere with our official duties, so I tied you up and took you away!"

"June Jun, please be kind and be kind. Whoever has no children or no parents? My son is really a child!"

The Qing soldier kicked the woman impatiently: "Get out!"

"ah!"

The woman was kicked over by the Qing soldiers, crying and crying and crying.

She watched her son be dragged away by the Qing soldiers like a dead dog, and her mentality was completely blown up.

"God, you open your eyes! It's really not for people to live!"

Similar situations in the city are happening all the time, and these people are treated as pigs and dogs by the Qing soldiers.

But no one dared to resist. Because the Qing soldiers had swords and guns in their hands, they would be beaten and kicked or even killed by random knives if they resisted.

Where can ordinary people have a place to reason?

Nanchang City is a provincial capital with a large population.

The Qing army captured 70,000 to 80,000 strong men in less than half a day.

These strong men, from the age of sixty or seventy, and from the age of fourteen or fifteen, were all driven by Qing soldiers and came to the outside of the city to dig trenches.

The trenches themselves were not very difficult to dig, so Hong Chengchou ordered people to dig according to Lu Guisheng's description.

These strong men dare not speak out if they have any suffering, so they can only work hard.

Those who are more lucky were assigned to shovels and hoes, while those who are less lucky could only dig and dig with both hands.

Some people's hands were bleeding from digging, and they could only grit their teeth and continue. After a moment of stopping, they would be whipped on their bodies.

The whip made a crisp sound on his body, and then his clothes exploded, revealing a blood mark like an earthworm.

"Who dares to be lazy? I've peeled him off!"

The Qing soldiers who supervised the workers were all arrogant and treated these strong men like livestock.

I have to say that Hong Jinglue’s method is very useful.

These strong men are idle anyway, so they can squeeze out all their strength.

As for whether anyone would be exhausted from hard labor, the Qing soldiers were not concerned at all.

In the past, the canal was dredged, and there were so many people who died when digging the river channel.

Anyway, these people are just leeks, cutting one after another.

If this group dies, there will be new ones coming.

If you continue at this speed, you can dig out all the trenches requested by Zhengluo Hong in one or two days at most.

"Is this thing really effective? Can it be anti-cannon?"

"It's hard to say, but since Zhengluo Hong said so, we'll do it as we do it, that's right."

"That's true."

Countless crows circling in the air, making strange screams in dismay.

From time to time, coolies died of exhaustion and their bodies were buried in a hurry.

The air was filled with a sour smell, and the fishy smell of blood was disgusting.

Under Hong Chengchou's strict order, all the strong men worked at full capacity and finally dug the trenches on time, but the situation was also very miserable.

In addition to the many strong men who were exhausted, most of them were also whined with scars and wailing.

They looked into the distance with numb eyes, not knowing why they were trying hard to dig the trenches.

Resist the Ming army?

But what are the benefits of this?

The Ming army would not hurt these people, right?

For the Qing army, since they had captured the strong men, they could not let them go back so easily.

Hong Chengchou ordered these strong men to raise their chests.

According to Lu Guisheng, the chest wall must be used together with the trench to play its greatest role.

Hong Chengchou chose to believe in Lu Guisheng for a while, after all, he had no other choice.

A general succeeded and had thousands of bones blew away. It didn't matter how many soldiers died for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, let alone some untouchables.

These untouchables are not even considered slaves, and their value is limited to this.

If their bodies can be used as nutrients to nourish the land of the Qing Dynasty, it will be considered a great contribution.

Hong Chengchou knew very well that this battle would be related to the major strategies and direction of the Qing court in the next few years, so he had to use all his skills to take out all the tricks in this battle.

Whether it is Zhu Youlang, Li Dingguo, or Zheng Chenggong or Li Laiheng.
Chapter completed!