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Chapter 242 Jiujiang Attack and Defense Battle ([-])
The Huai army collapsed.

These Huai army soldiers are all young soldiers, and the grassroots officers are either from the same hometown or from the same clan, so the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the Huai army must be stronger than that of the Green Camp.

But on the other hand, this collapse was a massive rout that could not be stopped.

The quasi-army in front of Yingen Gate did not collapse, but they retreated as quickly as the tide.

Dai Kun did not stop him, and could not stop him. He could only withdraw his troops with a symbolic offer of gold.

"Dangdangdang!"

The soldiers in the rear who were responsible for raising the flag also quickly put down the large banner with Huai characters in their hands, but did not fall down completely (meaning to retreat).

When the Huai army retreated, Dai Kun resisted the idea of ​​arresting a few people and beheading them in public, and only arranged to count the battle damage.

In such a short period of time, the Huai army suffered hundreds of casualties.

You have to retreat in time, but if you continue to fight, the casualties may continue to increase.

And most of them were injured and lost their combat effectiveness. The actual number of casualties was less than a hundred.

Dai Kun looked at the casualty report, frowned slightly but said nothing. After polishing it a little, he wrote a battle report and sent it to Marshal Long. By the way, he also went to the camp to visit the wounded soldiers in person.

To put it bluntly, in Dai Kun's heart, it would be better for these wounded soldiers to die in battle.

Staying alive would not only waste the army's food, but wandering around the camp and wailing all day would also affect the army's morale.

The Huai army attacking the city retreated, and the guard He Zheng who was stationed at Ying'en Gate breathed a sigh of relief.Immediately, without taking any time to breathe, he quickly led his soldiers to the remaining gates to rescue them.

The Huai army at Ying'enmen collapsed too quickly, in less than an hour.

The Qing troops in the other three gates were only responsible for feigning attacks, and incidentally ambush and intercept the Ming troops invading from the southeast.

So until now, we are still at the stage of figuring out how to cross the (moat) river.

The moat bridge had long been demolished by the Ming army. If the Qing army at the southeast gate wanted to attack the city, they had to fill in the moat or re-lay the moat bridge.

The Ming army strengthened its walls and cleared the country, but the Qing army could not find the cannon fodder civilians who used it to fill the river. Moreover, filling the river took too long. It was not that these generals did not want to make contributions.

Then the only choice is to resurface the moat bridge.

As for siege equipment such as trench bridges, the Qing army naturally carried them.

But if you build a trench bridge here, although the Ming army at the southeast gate does not have a general to take charge, it should have the same number of artillery, troops, and civilians to defend the city.

Jiujiang City is an important part of Huangdian's defense line at Hukou. There are more than 8000 New Army troops in it, as well as a large number of grain and grass supplies.

Taking into account Jiujiang's own food reserves and not considering other factors, it is absolutely more than enough to hold on for three months.

As long as the Qing troops in the three southeast gates set up trench bridges, they would be bombarded by the Ming army's artillery defending the city.

The trench bridge is made of solid wood and is very large. It is naturally difficult to destroy with just a few solid cannonballs.

But the trench bridge cannot be destroyed, but the Qing troops responsible for laying the bridge will be killed by artillery shells!
Furthermore, the moat was not far from the city wall. At such a close distance, those shotguns and wooden cannons could fire.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Several rounds of artillery and shotgun fire came down from the city head, and the Qing army responsible for setting up the trench bridge suffered heavy losses.

Those trench bridges were either abandoned on the spot or fell into the moat.

The main force of the Qing army in the rear did carry artillery and tried to counterattack.However, the tonnage of the artillery is not enough and the range is not enough, so it has to be closer.

Even if they get close, all the Ming army will hide behind the parapet, and the advancement of the Qing army's artillery means entering the range of the Ming army's artillery.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The two armies' artillery fired several rounds at each other, but neither of them got any advantage.

The Qing army's artillery shells hit the Ming army's artillery, but the Ming army's artillery also killed many Qing army artillerymen.

Even more people died on the Qing side because they had no bunkers and still fired from the bottom up.

The artillery was not cheap, and the trench bridge could not be paved. The soldiers were all frightened and did not dare to go up again.

Although these Qing troops are new troops who were eliminated from the original Lianghu Green Camp, their combat effectiveness is much stronger than the Anhui New Army brought by Longkodo.

Because there were Hongmiao people in the Lianghu area who were dissatisfied with the king's transformation, and they had previously returned to their native land, but they managed to fight a few battles.

But strong combat effectiveness does not mean that these people are willing to die in vain. Building trench bridges is a job of pure death.

He couldn't even touch the hair of the rebels, so he died under the gunfire of the rebels.

The feint attacking troops at the two southeastern gates really turned into feint attacking troops, and it was difficult to even cross the moat.

Immediately afterwards, the Huai army of Ximen stopped and retreated. Although it was not said to be a retreat, the Qing generals of these three gates were not stupid.

After a moment's thought, he understood the key, and he immediately stopped his troops and retreated.

Seeing that all three Qing troops had retreated, He Zheng let out a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered the soldiers to take the civilians out of the city to dig trenches and wooden fences to further strengthen Jiujiang's defenses.

During this period, the Qing army tried to block it, but as soon as the Qing army came, the civilians immediately ran back to the city, and the artillery on the city wall was not for nothing.You came and I came down several times. Although the Qing army did not get any advantage, it at least made the Ming army dig trenches slower.

Several wisps of smoke drifted out from the Qing army's camp. This was the Qing army burying pots to make rice.

The first day of the Jiujiang offensive and defensive battle ended like this.

The next day.

"Boom boom boom!"

Accompanied by the rumble of war drums.

Dai Kun opened his mouth and gave the order: "Send my order and the entire army attacks the city!"

The Huai army regrouped and launched another attack on the west gate of Jiujiang.

Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists, especially capturing a big city like Jiujiang, which cannot be won overnight.

If the city is really destroyed in one day, it will basically either surrender, or the troops will be far superior to the defenders, or it will be the Ming army's coffin-bombing style cheating style.

Although the Qing army discovered the secret of sugar bombs, the reality of the Qing army was only the most superficial.
Gunpowder is mixed with white sugar granules, which is still the kind of highly pure white sugar in the official warehouse.

The real sugar medicine is syrup and fire salt. The two are different in color, but their power is also a qualitative leap compared to the original black gunpowder.

The Ming army did not use coffins to bomb cities many times, especially since the Ordnance Bureau later specially produced sealed military city-breaking cannons. The original coffins have long been eliminated.

Therefore, although the Qing army had heard of it, no one had ever thought that they could put a large amount of sugar and medicine in coffins, seal them and bury them under the city wall to blast and attack the city.

The first discoverer was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which lacked the means to attack the city.

Moreover, even if it was discovered, it would be useless. The trenches dug by He Zheng were not only used to strengthen the city defense and block the Qing army from attacking the city, but also to prevent the Qing army from attacking the city with holes.

The operations of cave siege and coffin bombing are actually similar.

The Huai army was just like the first day, with infantry and artillery coordinated and morale high.

At Ying'en Gate, He Zheng, the city guard general, was still sitting in person and commanding the city defenders.

"Listen to my orders and don't mess around!"

"The artillery battalion immediately opened fire on the Qing troops outside the city!"

With the experience of the first day, the Ming army on the city wall was no longer nervous and timid.

As soon as the Qing army came, they fired artillery.

This time, the Ming army also dug trenches. Although they were not completely dug, they still slightly hindered the Huai army's siege speed.

On the battlefield, every second counts.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's artillery fire roared at the top of the city.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Huai Army's artillery team outside the city was no less generous.

This time, the artillery fire from both sides was more accurate.

The battle was extremely fierce, and even the artillerymen suffered casualties.

It took longer than the first day, but it was only two hours.

The Huai army was defeated!

The same is true for the other three gates. After all, they are feint attacking troops.They only made two symbolic attacks, and as soon as the cannon fire rang out from the top of the city, they ran away.

The fighting ended hastily the next day.

And then the third day, the fourth day...

The Ming army defended the city more and more skillfully, and Dai Kun's attack on the city became more and more difficult, but he also suffered heavy losses.

After four consecutive fierce attacks, they were all repulsed.

The Huai army suffered hundreds of casualties. On the third day, a Qian general was hit by the Ming army's artillery and almost died on the spot. However, he was also seriously injured and found it difficult to fight again.

Moreover, not only was the west city gate unable to be attacked, Wu Guoyin's navy also came back in despair.

The Ming army actually also deployed heavy troops in Xiaochi Town. As long as Wu Guoyin's navy landed, they would be waited upon by the Ming army's artillery fire in Xiaochi Town.

Wu Guoyin used cannons, and the Ming army was so small that it could not move out.

After three consecutive days of stalemate attack, Wu Guoyin had no choice but to lose his troops and generals.

There was even a warship that got too close, and its mast was accidentally broken by a Ming army's cannonball, and it became a prisoner.

Things are not going well on land or water.

　Night shift, so busy
　　
　
(End of this chapter)