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Chapter 170 What a fool!
Doro Rao Yubeile Abatai was ordered to attack Xuanzhen's army and horse defense line in the south today, and personally experienced the strength of Zhang Cheng's defense and the combat power of Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses.

I just heard him say: "I was ordered by the general. The gunners of the Ming army are protected by an earthen wall, and there are several trenches in front of the wall, which are very slippery. It is extremely difficult for our warriors to cross. The passages left by them are narrow, and the army cannot use them. , and even more artillery defense, it is really hard to break!"

Dorgon said in a deep voice: "So, our army must first fill up the trenches, so that with the support of archers, our warriors can still break through the earthen walls of the Ming army."

There was a chill in the hearts of the Qing generals in the tent, he was afraid that he would have to shed the blood of the warriors in the banner just to fill those trenches.

The first ditch is okay, just close to the firing range of the Ming army, you just need to push the shield car to the front of the ditch, and the auxiliary soldiers in each banner will throw soil bags into the ditch, but the rest of the ditch.
Baya Latiao Zhangjing Holborn pondered for a long while, looked at the sketch map of the Ming army's defense, and said: "You can prepare some long planks, fill the trenches in front with earth bags, and lay the planks in the back directly. This may be easier. .”

Dorgon nodded frequently, looking at Holborn with a little appreciation in his eyes.

Everyone chattered again, and Hauge suddenly said: "We can also dig trenches, surround the Ming army, and leave some soldiers and horses to guard them. The rest can go out to plunder and surround them for a few months. I don't believe that he has so much food and grass, he can't die of starvation, starve to death of these smart dogs!"

"What a fool!"

Dorgon cursed in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Hmph, surround? Don't even think about it, if you keep a soldier, how much is enough?
You have also experienced the combat power of Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and other famous generals. In your opinion, is it enough to keep [-] or [-] troops?

If they want to fight decisively or break out of the encirclement, what about you?
The army has been besieged for several months?Do you think this place is in Liaodong?Our army can advance and retreat freely, and food and grass can be continuously provided.

Tens of thousands of my troops have penetrated into the territory of the Ming Kingdom. If we don’t fight quickly, we will have to wait in this dangerous place for several months. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has already dispatched their reinforcements from all over the country. Do you want to stay in the customs as much as possible? "

Having said that, he glared at Hauge, then sternly glanced at everyone in the tent and said: "With Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and other bright generals around, our Eight Banners army will not be able to plunder smoothly, not to mention the harm they will do to me in the future." , the success or failure of this entry is also unknown;

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Cheng must be eliminated.

But my tens of thousands of troops penetrated into the Ming Realm, and changes will happen if it is too late, so I had to complete all my achievements in one battle. Within ten months, I captured the Jiazhuang camp, and our army was several times stronger than the enemy. In the meantime, it is only a matter of time before Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others are eliminated! "

Hauge was dejected by Dorgon's scolding. He opened his eyes and wanted to refute a few words, but he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth.

A Daihu, leader of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, said: "Actually, to fill the trenches of the Ming army, it is not necessarily our warriors who go into battle. Our army captured a large number of young men from the Ming Kingdom, so the warriors can drive them into battle to fill the trenches! "

Dorgon took a deep look at him, shook his head and said, "A gang of mobs, facing the Ming army's artillery and guns, those young men of the Ming Dynasty will surely collapse. If they charge back backwards, blocking our warriors from attacking!" Not to mention the route, it is very likely to disrupt our army array;
If Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others take the opportunity to counterattack and pursue with all their strength, my army may..."

All the generals in the army camp looked at Ah Dai when they heard the words, as if they were doubting his intentions, and facing everyone's eyes, Ah Dai had no choice but to say yes.

Abatai bowed his head and pondered for a while, then said: "Perhaps we can bet on thousands of young men from the Ming Dynasty as a test, and spread them in front of our army to see how the Ming army responds. With fewer people, our army can be controlled."

Dorgon nodded in approval again, and then said sharply: "I just received the military report that Zeng Chuankong under King Huaishun and Niu Luzhang Jinghua Yingchun of the Han Army will arrive before noon tomorrow.
Tomorrow, our army will launch another attack, pretending to attack the southern defense line of the Ming army, restraining its troops, not sending them to other places, and concentrating the existing artillery on the east, mainly attacking the defense line at the east gate of Jiazhuang, and bombarding the north of the Ming army with all the artillery of the Han army. line of defense,
All armies must attack with all their strength, first bombard the enemy's formation with artillery, and then drive the young men to fill the trenches. Encourage our warriors, break through the Ming formation, get rid of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Cheng, and our army will turn around and continue to plunder elsewhere!

All the armies will build more shield vehicles today, as well as long planks and ladders, and drive out the captives to dig soil and bag it for tomorrow's trench filling..."

"All the warriors of my Eight Banners must move forward bravely, and those who dare to back down will be killed without mercy!"

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Slowly, night fell, and in the vast camp of the Qing army, the lights were lit up, and finally merged into a sea of ​​bright lights.

In addition, Jia Zhuangxuan's army camp was also brightly lit. Looking down from the sky, it seemed that Jia Zhuang was the center, a group of brightly lit lights were shining, separated by several miles, surrounded by several huge never-sleep cities.

That night, Lu Xiangsheng summoned the generals of Xuanda to discuss matters. He tried his best to cheer up the generals. After the discussion was over, he left Zhang Cheng alone and let Zhang Cheng accompany him around.

Lu Xiangsheng was followed by his personal general Chen An, and Zhang Cheng was accompanied only by Chen Zhong and a few other personal guards. The group remained silent, just patrolling around the camp.

The inside of the Xuanda camp was heavily guarded, soldiers from each battalion kept patrolling, shouts of commands kept ringing out, other than that, the surroundings of each tent were quiet and nobody was there, only the dots of lanterns and torches in front of the tents gave off a dim light.

In the outer defense line of the camp, teams of night watch sergeants were also arranged behind the earthen walls. Piles of bonfires were lit here, rows of wooden poles were placed in some open spaces, and layers of lanterns were hung. Shaking from time to time, it also illuminates the surrounding land boundary.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Qing soldiers from stealing the camp at night, in addition to these night watchmen and lanterns and torches, the ground outside the outer defense line of the Xuanda camp was also covered with dense layers of barbed wire. etc.

In fact, in this era, it is not easy to sneak attack on the enemy camp at night. There are many night blindness in the various armies, not to mention, the signal of the cold weapon era has lost its effect.

It would be fine if a small group of elite sneak attack and harass, but if a large group of troops and horses were dispatched to attack, it would be pure chaos.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult for the Qing army to sneak attack on the camp of Xuan Da's army. Similarly, it is not so easy for Xuan Da's army to sneak attack on the camp of the Qing army.

Zhang Cheng and Lu Xiangsheng came to the outer defense line of the camp. Looking at the dense sea of ​​lights opposite the Qing army camp, Zhang Cheng was in a daze, as if he had returned to the later generations and faced the sea of ​​lights in the city.

(End of this chapter)