Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 269

In the evening, the Qing army who went south from Xinye brought a large number of people with them, and they all came to Fancheng.

One hundred thousand Qing soldiers and [-] to [-] civilians set up endless camps in the north of the Han River.

When night fell, Fancheng and the Qing army camps below the city lit torches one by one to guard against the other side's sneak attack.

In the cowhide tent of the Qing army, a few sticks of tallow wax illuminated the tent brightly. Azige, Aobai, Wu Sangui, Niu Jinxing and others were all sitting in the tent, cooking pots of boiled meat. Placed directly on the desk, it exudes a barbaric atmosphere.

"Hahaha~"

Unbridled laughter rang out in the tent. Azig cut off a large piece of fat from the basin with a dagger, put it in his mouth and chewed it a few times, and laughed loudly: "Today Commander Ao shot two arrows to the city. The Ming army was completely silent, which greatly boosted the morale of my Qing Dynasty, which is really satisfying~"

Hearing the words, Aobai slightly bowed his hands to Azig and said, "Your Majesty has said it, but the Ming army is really mediocre. How can it be my opponent in the Qing Dynasty. Luc Dehun was actually defeated by the Ming people, it is my Qing Dynasty's fault." shame."

Hearing the words, Azige couldn't help twitching his face. If he said that Le Kedehun was Dorgon's confidant, and he was Dorgon's elder brother, he should belong to Dorgon's faction, but in fact it was his elder brother. , the relationship with Duo Ergun and Duo Duo is not good. Duo ErGun is very generous to Duo Duo, but very strict to him.

Some time ago, Azige was punished by Dorgon for insulting Shunzhi as a "children", which made him feel very unhappy and further alienated from Dorgon.

"That's right, Luck Dehun is not worthy to be a descendant of Aixinjueluo." Azige angrily thrust his dagger into the pork. "The regent's appointment is unknown, and he uses juniors. Now that the king returns to Huguang, he will wipe out Wang Yan in one fell swoop, and let the court know that we still have to rely on reliable veterans like us for this battlefield."

Azige was really angry in his heart. He forced Li Zicheng to death, and forced Zuo Menggeng's 15 people to surrender. The attitudes of Luo and Luck Dehun are very tolerant, but his eldest brother has become an outsider, so it is naturally difficult for him to balance.

Aobai and others heard the words, immediately echoed and said: "Your Majesty is invincible and invincible, he will definitely defeat Xiangyang."

Seeing this, Azige nodded in satisfaction, "The second city of Xiangfan is known as the mighty city in the world. In the past, hundreds of thousands of Mongolian and Yuan troops attacked and pulled these two cities. The king came down to these two cities, but he wants to make the world look at him, you have a countermeasure."

Aobai said: "Ming people are all idiots, and the prince directly sent troops to attack. I, a warrior of the Qing Dynasty, can destroy the city overnight."

In the big tent, Wu Sangui sat on the sidelines with concern all the time, and the boiled pork in front of him was basically unmoved. As a Han Chinese, his understanding and requirements for food were much higher than those of barbarians.

Azige was a fierce general in the Qing Dynasty, but he was not a wise general, and his personality was relatively rude and cruel. He had a lot of contempt for Wu Sangui, so Wu Sangui easily kept silent.

At this moment, he saw Azige and Aobai, who were about to finalize the strategy for attacking the city between questions and answers. Seeing that Azige clearly agreed with Aoboi's words, he couldn't help squinting his eyes, and clasped his fists and said, "My lord." Commander Ao, the two cities of Xiangfan are rare fortified cities. The two cities are separated on both sides of the Han River. The Ming army is connected by a pontoon bridge. If you can’t break the city, it will also make the army weak!”

Hearing the words, Azige and Aobai couldn't help frowning slightly, and said with displeasure on their faces: "How do you think King Pingxi will attack the city?"

This time the Qing army sent 500 troops, including 500 Eight Banners soldiers, 6 Green Battalion soldiers, and [-] soldiers from Wu Sangui.

Azig and Oboi wanted to storm Fancheng, so the Eight Banners soldiers would naturally not participate in the brutal siege, but this time the Green Battalion had fewer soldiers, so the burden of the siege would definitely fall on Wu Sangui.

As the leader of the [-] Guanning Iron Cavalry and the [-] Liaozhen Infantry Army, Wu Sangui naturally couldn't watch his troops being wasted meaninglessly, so even if Azige was upset, he still turned a blind eye and said: See, the lord is going to order an army to go to the upper reaches of the Han River to cut wood and build ships, and then take advantage of the urgency of the river, order the soldiers to take boats down the river, crash the pontoon bridge, isolate Fancheng, and then attack by force!"

In all fairness, Wu Sangui's words are indeed a good way to break through Fancheng, Azige thought it was reasonable when he heard the words, but Aobai said: "My lord, there are more than 3 Huguang Ming troops who are guarding the second city of Xiangfan today. However, there are more than [-] people. They must first gather superior soldiers, capture Wuchang, and then return to Xiangyang. General Wu wants to build ships upstream. How long will it take? How long will it last?"

On the Huguang battlefield, Wang Yan's main force attacked Wuchang to cut off the threat from the east of the Ming army. The main force of the Qing army attacked Xiangyang, intending to pinch Wang Yan from the north.

Between the two armies, the speed is compared to see who can capture the city first.

If Wang Yan pulled out Wuchang first, then he could calmly return to assist Xiangyang and block the Qing soldiers in northern Hubei. If the Qing soldiers broke through Xiangyang first, then Wang Yan would inevitably fall into the sand under the attack from both sides.

Azige naturally understood this reason, after hearing what Aobai said, he even put Wu Sangui's suggestion to the back of his mind, nodded and said: "Although the Ming army is a fool, King Luck Dehun can't trust it more. My army of tigers and wolves in the Qing Dynasty was led by a sheep like Luck Dehun, but I don’t know how long it will take to defend Wuchang. This king must rescue the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who are trapped in Wuchang. The strategy of attacking the city is according to the strategy of Commander Ao. He said, tomorrow we will storm Fancheng and destroy it in one fell swoop."

"Zha~"

Seeing that Azig had made a decision, Aobai and the others in the tent saluted immediately.

Seeing this, Wu Sangui's face sank, and his heart was sullen. Azig wanted to attack by force, but it was his soldiers who died. He really didn't like this group of Manchus who stood and talked without back pain.

In troubled times, having soldiers in your hands is the capital to settle down. Although Wu Sangui is named king, this king is actually worthless. Among the people, Oboi and his like who are lower in title than him still often disrespect him. He thinks To maintain his majesty, he had to rely on his brothers to support him, so he cherished his troops very much.

At this time, Azige really said: "We Manchus are good at riding and fighting, and Han people are good at attacking and defending cities. Tomorrow, I will hand over the important task of attacking Fancheng to King Pingxi. After the city is broken, according to the usual practice, the whole city will be slaughtered." , chickens and dogs will not stay!"

Although Wu Sangui was unwilling to exchange the lives of his subordinates for Fancheng, he had no choice but to fight back at this time.

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