Nanming Yiming

Chapter 144
Ma Guozhu said: "The Ming army has always been good at sneak attacks. Vice General Wang will let you be in charge of the camp's defense. You must take strict precautions. Don't let the Ming army take advantage of the loopholes."

After nightfall, Wang Bicheng personally arranged for the defense of the camp. In addition to the sentry horses left behind at the gates of the Qing army, he also arranged a number of open posts and secret posts near the Qing army's camp, and even laid an ambush.

Who knew that the Ming army didn't even have a feint attack, and the Qing army directly defended it lonely.

Although some troops did not have a good rest, but fortunately there were many Qing soldiers, which did not affect their siege today.

Early in the morning, Ma Guozhu led the army to the west of Huating City.

After yesterday's battle, he basically figured out the reality of Huating's Ming army, and he is in a good mood right now.

The 12 red cannons of the Qing army were also transported from Suzhou to Huating overnight. Soon the gunners of the Qing army completed the layout of the positions and set up the artillery 4 miles away from Huating City.

With an order, the red cannons of the Qing army began to roar, and the shells roared directly towards Guyangmen.

Although the first round of shelling hit a lonesome, none of the shells landed on the city wall, but water splashed in the moat in front of the city.

Fortunately, after adjustments, the cannons of the Qing army still quickly hit the city.One after another, the solid bullets hit the city wall and caused quite a shock, but apart from leaving a big hole, there was no real damage.

After all, Huating is also a prefectural city, and the city wall will not collapse after being hit a few times.

Fortunately, the Qing army used solid bullets, which did not cause many casualties.However, Qian Mo thought that there was no need to stand on the tower to be bombarded at this time, except for leaving two iron armored soldiers on the city to observe the enemy's movement, and directly removed them, soldiers and tiger squatting guns from the city.

A shell from the Qing army directly hit the already dilapidated tower of Guyangmen, and there was only a loud noise, and broken bricks and tiles were scattered all over the ground.

When the Qing army saw the Ming army's tower being hit, they burst into cheers.

Soon 5000 Qing troops attacked Huating City under the cover of a car.As a result, the Ming army on the city did not respond at all, and the Qing army rushed directly to the moat and began to quickly fill in the soil.

Although the water flow of the moat is still relatively fast, but there are many Qing soldiers, and there is no harassment from the Ming army on the city, the progress is very fast, and more than half of it has been filled in only one hour.

Ma Guozhu behind was also dumbfounded, what kind of operation did the Ming army do?

I have never seen a city guard like this before, directly withdrawing people from the city wall and letting the other party fill in the moat.If he hadn't repeatedly confirmed it several times, he would have thought that Huating was simply an empty city plan, and the Ming army had already withdrawn.

At this time, the red cannons of the Qing army had stopped because of continuous firing, and the Ming army quietly touched the top of the city again.

"Bang, bang, bang"

As a burst of white smoke rose from the city, the Qing troops who were negligently guarded were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

The Qing army, who was so frightened to fill the soil, immediately hid behind the chariot.

The Tiger Crouching Cannon that was assembled soon opened fire again, and many chariots were directly hit by shells, and some Qing soldiers even fell directly into the moat.

But this time the Qing army was well prepared, and a large number of archers immediately shot arrows towards the city.The bursts of arrow rain seriously affected the shooting of the Ming army.

After the Ming army climbed to the top of the city again, the rhythm of the Qing army's filling slowed down again!

Ma Guozhu shouted: "Fire the cannons in red and suppress the tiger crouching cannons of the Ming army on the city."

A general of the Qing army said: "My lord, the red cannon has just cooled down for a while, and if you continue to shoot now, it is very likely that there will be an explosion."

Ma Guozhu roared angrily: "Now the filling of the river has entered a critical moment, fire me now!"

As the city was attacked by red cannons again, the Ming army on the city withdrew again with tiger squat cannons.

Hong Fugui said: "Uncle Zhongyong, it is estimated that the Qing army will fill up the moat in less than an hour. Do you want to order the Iron Armored Army to attack?"

Qian Mo said: "The Qing army's red-clothed cannons are ringing again, let the Iron Armored Army stand by and wait for the Qing army's cannons to misfire before launching an attack."

Wang Jinshan, the commander-in-chief of Zhenjiang, saw that the Ming army on the city was suppressed by his red cannon again, and quickly ordered the Qing army to fill the river.

Soon the Qing army was organized again, carrying materials such as sand and stones, and forcefully filled the moat.

Beside the moat, they work in an orderly division of labor.Some soldiers were digging to fill the bags, others were pouring the contents of the bags into the moat with their hands or shovels.Soldiers were also responsible for pushing large boulders to the edge of the moat to fill in and support the earth.

The noise of the Qing army was intertwined with the sound of a large amount of earth and stones being filled into the river.After the soil and stones were mixed, they were continuously poured into the moat. The stones clicked, and the soil was excavated far away amidst the sound of friction, and then poured into the moat again.

Seeing that the Qing army was progressing smoothly, Ma Guozhu showed a smug smile.

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Qian Mo's gourd?

But being able to successfully fill the moat at a relatively small cost is always something to be happy about.

On the artillery positions of the Qing army, the cannons in red continued to roar at Huating City.

A violent flame spewed from the muzzle of the cannon, accompanied by a threatening puff of smoke.At this time, the cannonball had been loaded and shot out violently.

However, as the cannonball flew forward rapidly, a terrible force was brewing in the cannon.With a loud noise, the flames of the muzzle instantly became brighter, and with the focused heat, the cannon in red exploded!
Accompanied by a huge shock and the ensuing gunpowder smoke, the gunpowder in the cannon was ignited and burned into a raging heat wave, directly rolling up the cannon body and the surrounding gunners.

Ma Guozhu was also frightened by the two loud noises behind him.

The most worrying thing still happened, the two red cannons exploded directly.The gunners of the Qing army withdrew their positions one after another, stopped firing, and let the cannons cool down naturally.

Wang Jinshan has a secret idea, his own cannons have failed, and the damned Ming army is going to attack the city again!

So he shouted: "Everyone pay attention to concealment, first hide behind the chariot, and be careful of the firecrackers of the Ming army!"

Unexpectedly, they did not wait for the firecrackers of the Ming army to come to the city, but found that the Ming army directly lowered the suspension bridge.

Then the Guyang Gate was opened, and 300 Ming soldiers in iron armor, holding shields, spears and sabers came out of the city.

Wang Jinshan was confused by this sudden scene, and quickly called the Qing army hiding behind the chariot to gather to face the Ming army.

Soon the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the archers of the Qing army quickly sent arrows to the Ming army.

The bows and arrows of the Qing army fell on the Iron Armored Army, except for a little noise, they could not cause any actual damage.The Iron Armored Army directly attacked the Qing army that came to besiege, forming a dimensionality reduction blow.

The Ming army quickly formed a mandarin duck formation, and the Qing army had no chance to kill the Iron Armored Army. Even if someone occasionally slashed or stabbed the Iron Armored Army, it would not cause any harm at all.

The horse-cutting swordsmen of the Ming army raised their sharp blades and continued to kill the enemy like a god of killing.A Qing soldier raised his spear and wanted to block it, but unexpectedly, the Ming army cut off his spear with a single slash, and the terrifying machete even cut across his cotton armor, cutting off half of his body. down.The Qing soldier immediately bled like a pillar and fell to the ground in pain.

This scene stupefied the surrounding Qing troops. These Ming troops were so terrifying, they were like devils coming out of the underworld, killing gods when they saw gods, and punishing Buddhas when they saw Buddhas.

After a while, the 3000 Qing troops who came forward to besiege were killed by the Iron Armored Army, more than 700 people.

And the rest of the Qing army just let go and ran away. How can we fight this battle?
The armored army, which had been baptized by the heavy armored soldiers of Manchuria, was naturally much easier to deal with these green battalion soldiers, and the Qing army began to flee before they were addicted to fighting.

Wang Jinshan was simply powerless to stop the defeat, and in this situation, he could only order the Qing troops who filled the river to retreat.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The Lumi blunderbuss on the city sounded quickly, aiming at the retreating Qing army for another burst of harvest.

Ma Guozhu, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw that thousands of Qing troops were defeated by a mere 300 Ming troops, and he was furious.Immediately mobilized 1000 cavalry to clean up this group of Ming army infantry.

Facing the cavalry of the Qing army, the Ming army quickly chose to withdraw across the moat, but they did not give up on the drawbridge. Instead, they lined up in front of the drawbridge to meet the Qing army, and they didn't even close the city gate behind them.

The Qing army understood that this was a good opportunity to seize the city. As long as they broke through the Ming army's infantry, they could occupy the suspension bridge. Even if they did not capture the city gate, this provided conditions for seizing the city.

Does the Armored Army have any weaknesses?The answer is yes.

For example, wearing heavy armor, they move relatively slowly and cannot pursue the enemy.In the face of sharp artillery, firecrackers, and even slow-moving kerosene, the weakness will be fully exposed.

Almost everyone has heard the story of Zhuge Liang burning rattan armored soldiers back then. Isn't rattan armored soldiers the "heavy armored infantry" in the hands of Nanman?

Therefore, the armored army of the Ming army is forbidden to chase the enemy under any circumstances, and it is impossible to catch up under normal circumstances.It is nonsense for heavy armored infantry wearing dozens of kilograms of armor to catch up with the frantically fleeing enemy troops.

However, before the cavalry of the Qing army rushed to the suspension bridge, the tiger squatting guns on the city opened fire.When the shells fell, a huge wave of air was set off, and many Qing troops were directly knocked to the ground.

The cavalry of the Green Battalion was far inferior to that of the Eight Banners of Man and Mongolia. This sudden blow still made the formation of the cavalry look a bit chaotic.

Fortunately, the bombardment did not last long. After dozens of people were killed, the cavalry of the Qing army rushed to the front of the Ming army smoothly.

At this time, the Lumi blunderbuss on the city sounded again, and almost all the Qing cavalry in the front row were hit, causing considerable confusion to the following cavalry.

The suspension bridge here is too narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of cavalry, and the narrow passage can easily allow the Ming army to form an effective fire blockade.

Fortunately, after paying the price of more than a hundred riders, the Lumi blunderbuss of the Ming army finally stopped firing.

The cavalry of the Qing army could attack the infantry of the Ming army in front. When the cavalry hit the shield of the Ming army, the scene they imagined did not appear.

Although some Ming troops were knocked back several steps by the Qing cavalry, the overall formation was not overwhelmed.On the contrary, these Qing soldiers were pierced by the spears of the Ming army behind them before they had time to raise their knives and cut down the Ming army.

The suspension bridge is too narrow, only dozens of cavalry can fight the Ming army at a time, and more cavalry are nested behind and can't help at all.

Bows and arrows are completely useless, but the short-distance throwing weapons such as short spears, throwing axes, and meteor hammers can pose some threats to the Ming army; but these green battalion soldiers are not Manchurian Eight Banners, and everyone will carry these throwing weapons immediately.

After throwing the limited weapons, they have nothing to do.

But anyway, it caused casualties to the Ming army, otherwise the battle would be embarrassing.

Usually when the infantry is charged, once the cavalry loses their impact, they will retreat and adjust to charge again.

However, the firecrackers in the city would not give them this chance, and soon another burst of firecrackers sounded, interrupting the Qing army's offensive;

The Qing army saw that there was no way to take down the Ming army in front of them, so they retreated quickly, leaving 200 corpses in front of the position.

The victorious Ming army also retreated as soon as it was good, and quickly withdrew to Huating City after the Qing cavalry retreated.

Wang Jinshan, who was defeated in battle, said dejectedly: "My lord, the heavy infantry of the Ming army are armored all over their bodies, even their faces are armored. The last general is really no match for them. In order to avoid greater casualties, we have to retreat!"

Ma Guozhu finally understood why the Zhenghong Banner in Bashan, Qingpu Town was wiped out by the whole army. He must have encountered these heavy infantry of the Ming army.As far as the situation at that time was concerned, Wang Jinshan's handling was not inappropriate. If he chose not to retreat and carry on, then the casualties of the Qing army would not stop there.

Ma Guozhu said: "Wang Zongbing led his troops to fight for two days, filling the moat was a great achievement; the Ming army's raid happened suddenly this time, and you handled it properly, so you won't be held accountable for the defeat!"

Wang Jinshan hurriedly said: "Thank you, Governor Ma, the last general will definitely break through Huating tomorrow, and Yixue is ashamed of being defeated today!"

Wang Bicheng said: "In fact, armored soldiers are afraid of firearms. Tomorrow, our red cannons will only need to fire in turn, so that we don't have to worry about going out due to cooling. Our firecrackers should be able to penetrate iron armor within 30 steps. Sometimes we still need to bring a lot of gunners.”

Ma Guozhu nodded towards Wang Bicheng, and said: "Vice General Wang's proposal is very timely. The Ming army only has a few hundred armored troops left. Our army is full of troops. It is only a matter of time before we take down Huating."

"However, we must guard the artillery position tonight to prevent the Ming army from raiding and destroying the artillery."

On the other side of the Huating city wall, the Ming army is building large-scale construction on the Guyang Gate.Hong Fugui smiled and said: "Fortunately, the Qing army blew up the gate tower of Guyang Gate in the past two days. Now it is much more convenient for us to demolish the gate tower."

Qian Mo said: "Ma Guozhu will definitely start attacking the city tomorrow, and we must rebuild the fort tonight. It will take at least six hours for the fairy lime to harden completely, but it doesn't matter. Use cloth bags to pack soil around the fort. Slow down the impact of the shells on the fort."

At this time, Qian Mo looked at the direction of Huizhou in the northwest, thoughtful.

Calculated according to the time, at this time, the two armies of the Qing army attacking Jiujiang and Huizhou should have exchanged fire with the Ming army, and I don't know how the battle is going?

Suddenly a loud arrow pierced the night sky, Liu Yichen said: "No, something serious happened!"

Ask for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, follow-up, comments, and rewards for support!

　Thank you for your subscription support, the book friend group has been created, you can add it.0 new chapter recommendation packages will be sent on time at 10:200 today.Thank you for your recommendations, follow-ups, comments, monthly tickets, rewards, and the little hearts of the characters. I wish everyone can grab the bag!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)