Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 547 Attacking Wan County
After Wu Sangui finished speaking, Hu Guozhu quickly asked two soldiers to carry out the box of eyeballs and find a place to bury them.

In July, it hasn’t rained for many days, and the weather is too hot. Once this thing goes bad, the smell is really bad, and it’s really scary, even the murderous people like them feel uncomfortable when they look at it of.

After the soldiers carried out the box, Xia Guoxiang, the wise general of Guan Ning, thought for a while, and said: "My lord, what the Ming army did today meant to despise us, but once the stronghold is lost, the Ming army will definitely attack the city with all its strength. However, there has been no news from King Suqing, and he doesn’t know if he has passed through Hezhou? The general thought that he should communicate with the Ming army again, so as not to cut off the way for the brothers.”

Wu Sangui listened and shook his head, "It's not that time yet. If Hauge comes, the king will not be able to explain it. You also know how difficult it is for us to gain the trust of the Qing court. Today Wang Yan just wants to disturb the king. The military spirit, if he is tough, the king will give in, and the military spirit will really shake. Wanzhou City is not so easy to attack, we will defend it first, in case there is still no news from Haoge, it will not be too late to talk about it at that time, this king It’s not the end of the road yet.”

Several generals Guan Ning heard this, but no one expressed any opinion. Although they were taken aback by the box of eyeballs, their family members were still in the hands of the Qing court, and they would not surrender until they reached a dead end, so most of them agreed with Wu Sangui's proposal. discourse.

However, the stronghold was destroyed yesterday, and today the Ming army set fire to the stronghold again. The Qing army in the whole city knew that the stronghold fell, and Wanxian became an isolated city.

"Go, let's go to the city to have a look!" After Wu Sangui finished speaking, seeing that the generals acquiesced in his thoughts, he waved his hands and led them out of the hall, boasted on their horses, and threw themselves into the city.

When he arrived at the top of the city, he saw that the Ming army had assembled below the city and was about to attack. Wu Sangui's heart trembled. He thought that the Ming army who attacked the mountain had killed a lot of people, so he should calm down and rest for two days. Start organizing the siege.

Wu Sangui put one hand on the wall, staring at the outside of the city, feeling a little dissatisfied with Wang Yan in his heart. He was a hero who had civilized the world during the Chongzhen period, but Wang Yan was not well-known.

At this moment, he couldn't help thinking, if he was now on the side of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps Wang Yan's position today would belong to someone named Wu.

"Hmph, Wang Yan, you are attacking and persuading me so much, so I have to let you see what my son's skills are worth."

Outside the city, the soldiers of the Ming army had breakfast, and the troops of each battalion lined up in the south of the city according to their duties.

The Ming army, who had just had a full meal, was full of energy and full of energy.Wang Yan captured the stronghold with a large army, and his morale was greatly boosted. He struck while the iron was hot and attacked Wanxian City.

At this time, in the formation of the Ming army, officers with flags on their helmets cheered up their subordinates from time to time, and talked about the essentials of today's siege.

Suddenly, someone found Wang Yan riding a horse and several generals out of the camp.

"Master!"

When the soldiers saw them, they saluted one after another wherever they passed. Wang Yan walked around the various formations, and kept raising his whip in response to boost morale.

Several generals put on their horses and returned to their own formations, but they did not directly enter the formation. Instead, they immediately stood in front of the square formation, drew their sabers, urged their horses, and galloped back and forth in front of the army. Full of murderous spirit.

The generals kept waving their sabers above their heads, and the soldiers under their command were all watching them. As they ran, the shouts became louder and louder.

The Ming army was trapped in the city for more than half a month, and finally pulled out the stronghold yesterday. Both the generals and the soldiers were full of enthusiasm at this time, shouting loudly, and their morale was high.

The voices of several Ming armies outside the city echoed each other, and no one was willing to be overwhelmed. The voices of tens of thousands of soldiers shook the whole field, and the sound waves slapped the city wall.

At this time, Wang Yan saw that the atmosphere had been mobilized in the Chinese army's watch car. He suddenly waved his hand and ordered loudly: "Beat the drum, attack."

With the sound of drums and the movement of the flag, Wang Ji immediately stopped his horse, swung his saber forward vigorously, and shouted loudly, "Attack!"

As soon as the military order was issued, the [-]-year-old brave army swarmed towards the city of Wanxian like rivers and mountains breaking their embankments.

The high morale of the Ming army made the soldiers of the Qing army who guarded the city a little scared, but it would be useless for the two armies to confront the enemy. If you don't kill him, he will kill you.

The artillery team of the Qing army on the city immediately began to look for targets, carefully observed the siege equipment of the Ming army, and paid special attention to the siege equipment such as ladders, goose carts, Lugong chariots, and well rails.

The bird musketeer loaded the ammunition and took the fire scythe in his hand, and the archer set up the feathered arrow, aiming the sharp arrow at the surging Ming army.

Before Guan Ning surrendered to the Qing, he fought against the Qing soldiers outside the pass, mainly defending the fortified cities, so he had extremely rich experience in defending the cities.

The shouts of the Ming army were getting closer and closer. The towering well and the Lv Gongcar were slowly approaching under the vigorous push of countless soldiers. Other relatively simple ladders and flying bridges were already running ahead.

The well rail is mainly to make it convenient for soldiers to stand on it to shoot arrows, fire guns, and suppress the city head, and the function of the Lu public car is the siege tower.

With the development of gunpowder, these heavy equipment have gradually been eliminated. The reason is very simple. First, they are time-consuming and laborious to produce. It is difficult to make meritorious deeds, so it is gradually abandoned.

But the current Wanxian battlefield is a little different. It is because it is not easy to enter Shu, and neither side has many artillery pieces, especially none of the red cannons. Yan straightened out.

At this time, because Wanxian was built on a high place, there are certain slopes on all sides. Although it shows that the army has chosen the relatively gentle south side, it is still difficult to push large equipment.

There was a sound of piercing in the sky, and the Qing army began to rain arrows down the city. Soldiers pushing large equipment such as Lugong carts and well rails could still hide under the armor plate and listen to the arrows shooting on the wooden boards. The sound of snatching.

But the brothers who carried the bamboo ladder and pushed the cloud ladder to the front could only use a rattan shield to protect their vital points, but on the battlefield, the sky was full of arrows, and their shields could protect the head and chest, but could not protect the lower body. The Ming army continued to fall, but this did not detract from the bravery of the Ming army soldiers. They still rushed to the city with all their strength despite the arrow rain.

"Artillery!" At this moment, the officers suddenly reminded their soldiers loudly.

The four-pound cannon of the Ming army was basically useless in the siege, but the artillery of the Qing army on the city could do a lot.

At this time, there was green smoke filling the Wanxian city, and the cannons fired again and again. Dozens of iron bullets were suddenly fired from the city. They pierced the sky and fell down with a howl.

With a few loud bangs, a Lugong car rushing to the front was hit by a few iron bullets, smashing the fender and killing a bunch of infantrymen hiding in it. The main structure of the car was also damaged. destroyed by shells.

"The ladder has been broken, let's all go down." The structure of Mr. Lu's car, to put it simply, is that the outside of the ladder is covered with wooden boards, and the officers who were not hit by the shell inside saw that the ladder was broken and could not climb, and immediately shouted.

The soldiers who were pushing the Lügong chariot outside heard this, and immediately abandoned the Lügong chariot, ran to the equipment next to it and pushed it together with their comrades, and continued to move forward!

(Thanks to yeyeye, shyion for the monthly pass. I should still be able to write a chapter. Finally, I would like to thank the two local tyrants who sent me on the list, Prelude and Ziye Saburo’s last descendants. There will be a strong push on the main site next week, and thank you, editor. I feel I seem to be on fire.)
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