According to the current situation, Yang Yinglong felt that he had no choice but to defend the Seadragon Stockade.
When the Qin Army's veterans were exhausted and had no choice but to retreat, the war would be won.
But he underestimated the Qin Army's determination to fight, and also underestimated the richness of the granaries and the mobilization of the people after the harvest in Jiangnan.
The new Daqin's grass-roots officials went down to the villages to mobilize the able-bodied men to transport food and pay for the army, so that the farmers would not be driven by taxes. The participation of the farmers was very active.
The large workshops producing military supplies were operating at full capacity. After the craftsmen received the promise of pay and rewards, they worked three shifts day and night to produce firearms, cannons, ammunition, swords, halberds, bows, and other military supplies. The output increased unprecedentedly.
Food and military supplies were continuously transported to Guizhou by river and land for the army to use. The whole of Jiangnan was working for this war. All of the people were mobilized. Xiao Ruxun saw this war as a training exercise and a general mobilization exercise.
Xiao Ruxun wanted to test the effect of the land reform since the founding of the country and the specific effect of the imperial power in the countryside, as well as the working ability of the grass-roots officials. He wanted to see if there were any unpolished gems that could be brought to the central government to be trained and appointed.
The grass-roots officials also knew what the Emperor meant. Every time there was a war, it was time for them to show their working ability and results to the Emperor. If they did well and mobilized well, someone would definitely see it and they would be rewarded. It would not be a problem for them to enter the central government.
Therefore, this war mobilized all the new Daqin's hard-working officials and other groups. Half of the Daqin was mobilized. Compared to the mobilization in Burma that could only last for a month, the mobilization this time could be said to be earth-shattering.
The spectacular scene amazed the Guizhou chieftains. This time, the court's flexing of muscles was quite successful. The chieftains in Sichuan, Guizhou, and other southwestern areas were deeply afraid of the court's power.
Many of the southwestern chieftains with a bit of insight had a premonition of the Qin Army's final victory and the possibility of a reshuffle of power in Guizhou and Sichuan after the war.
After all, they had defeated Yang Yinglong's army of a hundred thousand in fifteen days and forced Yang Yinglong to become Yang Qulong, which was enough to make them look at the new Daqin court in a new light and fear them from the bottom of their hearts.
They would naturally develop a subconscious belief that the Daqin court was invincible, and would soon manifest their instinct to kneel and lick their boots.
As expected, after the news that the Qin Army had defeated Yang Yinglong and besieged Hailongdun in fifteen days spread out through official and civilian channels, Chieftains continuously contacted the Guizhou Inspector-General Zhu Zhengse and Sichuan Inspector-General Wang Xiangqian. They all smiled apologetically, saying that although it was too late to send troops, they were willing to provide money and food to help the army.
Hearing these words, Zhu Zhengse's good-natured face smiled very kindly. Wang Xiangqian's unsmiling face also revealed a slight smile.
Of course you can. The Daqin court will not forget what you have done today. The Daqin court will remember your contributions.
The chieftains were overjoyed and began to mobilize. They sent food and money to the Qin Army and made a good impression on the Daqin court and the two Inspector-Generals, Zhu Zhengse and Wang Xiangqian.
They were looking forward to receiving some rewards or preferential treatment after the war was over.
The military supplies of the Qin Army were unprecedentedly abundant. Based on the current situation, it would not be a problem to support them for two to three months.
And if the war could not be resolved in two to three months, it was likely that Xiao Ruxun would even want to personally lead the army into battle. Zheng Ying and the other generals would not be able to think about getting promoted and getting rich. They would probably be so ashamed that they would want to commit suicide.
With such a good advantage, they still could not resolve the war as soon as possible and had to drag it on for two to three months?
If that was the case, the entire Daqin army would mock these people.
Therefore, Yang Yinglong thought that the Qin Army would be the same as the original Ming Army. They would go all out in one go, then weaken in the third, and would retreat if they could not hold on to the final victory.
This was a completely wrong estimation. Yang Yinglong did not have any correct understanding of the Daqin. He did not even have the idea to understand it. This had violated the biggest taboo of military strategists.
You did not know your opponent at all, but your opponent knew exactly how much money you had in your pocket.
The only pity for Zheng Ying was that Yang Yinglong was still a little vigilant. He kept a close eye on the Hailong Depot, his own nest.
Those who went in to serve were all old people who had served the family for many years. They all knew each other. Any new face would be very eye-catching. The Black Water secret agents had only infiltrated Bozhou for a short time, less than two years. It was really impossible for them to sneak into the core area of the Hailong Depot.
But they did a good job. Except for the Hailong Depot, the whole of Bozhou was a sieve riddled with holes.
The last Hailong Depot was indeed impregnable. It was worthy of being a fortress built since the Song Dynasty. It could be called a living fossil of an era. It was inevitable that it was difficult to penetrate.
Even so, it was not a big deal. Could it be that the war was not going to be fought because it was difficult to penetrate?
With Zheng Ying's order, the war drums rumbled, and the first wave of attack began.
In front of the depot, Qi Dayong's subordinates led a part of the army to make a feint attack, while behind the depot, Qi Dayong personally led the main force to launch a super strong attack.
Before the army attacked, the Hongbaran cannons rumbled, and the French machine gun team was also preparing. After the Hongbaran cannons destroyed the long-range strike weapons on the pass, they pushed forward and continued to bombard, creating opportunities for the infantry to attack the city.
There were also many cannons on the pass at the back, but most of them were all kinds of strange cannons, and a few were French machine guns, which couldn't hit far. Seeing the Qin Army's Hongbaran cannons shooting big iron balls directly at their heads, Yang Wei was scared out of his wits.
Fortunately, the accuracy was a little bad, and the first round of shooting didn't give them a heavy blow. So Yang Wei quickly reacted, and angrily ordered the cannons to fire back.
The Bozhou soldiers on the city wall prepared to fire in twos and threes, but they couldn't organize themselves in such a short time. The firing was sporadic, one shot at a time, then another, and then another. They watched as the cannons flew and fell to the ground, still a long way from the Qin Army's cannons.
"Why can't we hit them? Why can't we hit them?! "
Yang Wei was very annoyed. He had no experience in using cannons, so he naturally thought that if the Qin Army's cannons could hit far, so could his cannons. But the reality was cruel, and his cannons couldn't hit that far.
"General, those cannons can hit a distance of two miles, and ours can only hit a distance of one mile at most."
An experienced Han cannoneer explained to Yang Wei the difference, but Yang Wei was so angry that he chopped off the cannoneer's head with a knife.
"Whoever dares to not use their strength and can't hit those official cannons will be executed on the spot!"
It turned out that he was still an idealist.
It turned out that the cannons couldn't hit far because the cannoneers didn't use their strength.
If Qi Dayong, who was at the bottom of the city wall, knew about this, he would probably laugh his head off.
But during this time, the cannoneers of the Qin Army adjusted their positions and the muzzles of the cannons, and once again loaded the ammunition. This time, they were much more confident.
"Ignite — — fire!!!"
The order was issued, and the cannoneers all ignited the cannons, then squatted down and covered their ears.
A deafening sound rang out, and the strong airflow raised a cloud of dust on the ground around the cannons. The terrible iron bullets, wrapped in thick smoke, flew towards the back of the city wall.
"How dare you not use your strength! How dare you not hit them! See if I don't chop them to death … AHHHH!!!!! "
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