Chapter 664: Breaking the City
On this day, the flames of Luoyong City soared into the sky, but the robbery did not stop. When the sky was slightly bright, the initial robbery was only the Siamese official army targeted the Chinese merchants. Later, some Siamese natives became restless and were ready to move, and they also fought against the ordinary Chinese in groups.
Once people are let go of their wives, let alone the people here have no education of etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame. Even if there is one, it will disappear.
There were killings everywhere and robberies everywhere. Some people fought for a few pieces of silver, and some people thought they had something to do with them, so they asked their in-laws, but they were rejected.
At this time, there was no sympathy. The former neighbors became irreconcilable enemies. The former family friendship drew their swords toward each other in a moment, but at this moment, they had never noticed a military horse running towards Luo Yong.
Five thousand Langshan soldiers and horses were launched in three groups, heading straight to Thonburi, one of which supported the palace and the other rushed to Rayong.
Hao Fenglou personally led the team and received support from the local Jinyiwei as soon as he got ashore. The terrain here had been penetrated by the spies here, surveyed and mapped the topographic drawings, and the troops from all over the place were also thoroughly deployed. These closely organized Jinyiwei, or the Shenwuwei lurking in the dark, formed a net of heaven and earth in Siam. All the news was compiled into briefings and sent to Lang Son at any time.
The reason why they directly target Thonburi and Rayong is that most Chinese people are here, and it is the most important Chinese gathering area in Siam. The Chinese in Siam account for nearly 10% of the population. They either live with the indigenous people or gather in some major gathering points of Chinese. In any case, these people live in foreign lands and are more likely to accept the Ming army. Hao Fenglou does not expect to eat a pot of slurry to welcome the royal army. At least they may have a certain mass base.
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but……
Judging from the analysis of the Jinyiwei, most of the Chinese people here are actually hostile to the Ming Dynasty and are very hostile.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. They lived here for generations and even ten generations, and regarded this place as their hometown. However, because they were immigrants, the Siam government inevitably became suspicious of them and even doubted their loyalty to the small Siam court. In order to show their loyalty, the ancestors of these people had to try their best to separate their connections with their mother country. Even if there was a conflict or war, they stood on the side of Siam without hesitation. The ancestors taught by words and deeds. The descendants of later generations could understand it, for example, in Siam more than ten years ago.
Once a Chinese went up the mountain to become a bandit, and wanted to gather people to rebel in the name of resisting the small Siam court. The Siams did not care. It should be noted that in this era, the civil war changes frequently, and it was no big deal. But many Chinese wealthy merchants were inexplicably surprised when they saw this. They shouted to fight and kill the rioters, but they were not relieved. They even took out food, grass, and military pay to supply military supplies. Some Chinese officials even reported to the King of Siam, saying that the Chinese were breaking the law and that they deserved the crime and were punished with third-class level. In the future, they would have to cut thousands of knives to serve as a warning.
From a rational point of view, Hao Fenglou can understand their behavior of stabbing the "members" in the back. After all, in the eyes of others, you are an outsider. No matter how you are a monkey, how can you speak fluent Siamese and write Siamese characters, people also believe that you are an outsider. However, although this practice is wise, it can make people feel cold.
No matter what, Hao Fenglou came after all. He brought more than 5,000 fully armed foreigners and landed in a fleet of more than 20 miles of ports, and then appeared outside Luoyong City.
It was noon, and flames were rising above Luoyong City, and the wailing sounds had not yet dissipated.
Hao Fenglou frowned and then went to the Ma Ma report, but it was an "internal strife" in the city.
This is obviously not a strategy to lure the enemy, because Hao Fenglou firmly believed that he was a surprise attack. Even if the other party noticed it, it would be at most half an hour ago. Half an hour created such a realistic strategy to lure the enemy. Although Hao Fenglou didn't study much, he was not Hanlin, but he calculated with his fingers. No matter how he calculated, the other party did not have the ability to do so.
Since that's the case, then let's try it out.
"Siege!"
With the order, two thousand officers and soldiers began to move. Among them, three hundred Lang Sang Guard cavalry first went out, bypassing the city directly, blocking the opponent's retreat, and then a team of officers and soldiers advanced in an orderly manner, and thirty horse-drawn artillery also began to set up formations.
The development of cannons is the fastest in Lang Son. In fact, the structure of cannons is the simplest, while the structure of the cannons is different. After all, the firearms are small and complex, and the top priority of the cannons is the requirements for materials. Everyone can cast cannons, open a mold and pour iron directly into them. Therefore, the Shenwu cannons, the general cannons are all kinds of. It’s a pity that the gunpowder explodes in the cannon barrel and generates strength to achieve the effect of injuring the enemy. Therefore, the strength of the cannon barrel is very high. Three years ago, a cannon often weighs thousands of kilograms. The reason is also very simple. Because the cast cannon cast cannons have insufficient strength, and to increase the strength, the only way is to thicken the inner wall of the cannon barrel. This is like wearing clothes, without thermal underwear and cotton coats, and staying in the mountains of Liaodong, the only way is to put pieces of cloth clothes on the body, and ten or eight pieces are not enough.
Lang Son has invested a lot of capital in metal materials. The craftsmen who specialize in this field are willing to spend money to constantly experiment with the characteristics of various metals, and at the same time, they are constantly experimenting with the strength of the alloy.
I am afraid of being serious in everything. Now, Langshan cannons, four or five hundred kilograms of cannon barrels, pretend to be rifled, and improve the distribution of gunpowder. Their power, shooting accuracy and range are far beyond the bulky so-called general cannon. The light cannons increase their power, range and accuracy, and also greatly increase their convenience. As long as they install two wheels at the bottom, a horse in front of them, they can go away at will, this makes the cannon a weapon for attack, and no longer as before, the bulky iron lumps piled up on the city gate. If they want to move, they don’t know how much effort it will take.
In Lang Son's army, siege is extremely well-organized, and it is definitely not a mess. First, the cavalry cruising nearby to prevent fleeing places, or to inquire about any ambushing enemy troops nearby. Then the artillery built artillery positions, rumbling, and artillery fired at the same time, and then the infantry holding long and short guns pressed up to occupy necessary strongholds in the city...
And after a stick of incense, the sound of cannons rang out.
Rumble... Rumble...
The smoke of gunpowder rose, like the sound of thunder, and suddenly destroyed all kinds of strange sounds in the city...
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Rattae did not come out of the Wang family's backyard comfortably with his pants, but rushed out barefoot with barefoot.
The Ming army had Ming army, many Ming army, and it was said that they were so powerful that they could not see the end.
This is of course an exaggerated statement.
But how could there be a Ming army here? Shouldn’t the Ming army appear in Zhenla?
The king had just started a carnival and suddenly encountered such a horrifying thing. He didn't believe it at first, but the person who reported it was panicked and could no longer believe it.
"Hurry, hurry! Summon the troops..." He shouted at his personal guards while wearing armor.
But at this time, the cannon sounded.
The rumbling sound of the deafening artillery was as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had scared everyone's face. This was not a military center, and the low city walls were immediately full of holes.
The Siamese people on the city towers and walls directly exploded, and the Ming army's artillery was hollow. What's even more hateful is that the hollow bomb was filled with a lot of gunpowder and iron filings. These were flowering bullets, and when they exploded, they were all in one piece.
The Siamese officers and soldiers gathered quickly, but they were scattered in various parts of the city and were now panicked again. They could not get together for a while. At this time, the Ming army began to attack.
Instead of rushing, they slowly drove into the city in groups of three or five. Whenever they resisted, they either used long guns or short guns to shoot directly, the road was unobstructed. As they passed, the streets were filled with Siamese corpses.
Those Siamese people who took advantage of the situation and robbed them would be killed directly, and blood flowed into a river...
It was originally a mantis stalking cicada, but who knew that it was the oriole behind in the end. The Ming army began to disperse, chasing the remaining enemies everywhere, and some even blew bamboo whistles, shouting in Siamese and Han language: "When anyone dares to go to the streets, they will kill them..."
As a result, many people hid in their houses in groups of three or three, and there was no one on the entire street.
Seeing that the situation was over, Tae had to take his personal soldiers and ride a horse to escape from another city gate. As a result, there were Lang San Guard cavalry here, and Tae had no intention of dying from the way of blood. He had to hurry to transfer the horse head and hide in the city. The Ming army in the city pressed up and forced them to the corner of the city wall.
Litai was stunned in ragged clothes and long hair. He didn't expect that he was still showing off his might and was arrogant just now. It took only how long he would become a turtle in the jar.
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Chapter completed!