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Chapter 156 It Must Be a Hard Battle

The next day, December 1, before dawn, more than [-] Qing cavalry came from the east, together with the Qing army that arrived last night, at this time, outside Jiazhuang, two Qing troops had gathered. There are more than [-] people.

They camped on the south, east, and north sides of Jiazhuang, and surrounded Lu Xiangsheng's Ming army.

All of a sudden, a few miles away from the camp of the Ming army under Lu Xiangsheng's command, there was a lively scene, and the cavalry of the Qing army galloped back and forth from time to time, covering the entire battlefield.

Zhang Cheng led Chen Zhong to gallop out of Jiazhuang. On a high ground, he raised his clairvoyance and looked towards the Qing army camp. Looking in the mirror, groups of young and strong men in ragged clothes were threatened by the Tartar whips. , working back and forth.

It seems that they are building walls, digging ditches, and building camps, and some are building shield vehicles and other equipment needed to attack the city. They were originally the people of the Ming Dynasty, but now they are helping the slaves to attack the officials of the Ming Dynasty. Jun, how to reason in this world?
Before entering the guard this time, Zhang Cheng had already made preparations based on his understanding of history. His cavalry headquarters carried a large number of firearms and artillery.

It's just that the artillery is not easy to carry, which will delay the marching speed, so the artillery in his department was transported to Changping along with Zhang Yan's Infantry Thousand Headquarters.

The artillery it carries includes ten No. [-] Franglers, thirty No. [-] Franglers, thirty Tiger Crouching Cannons, and other firearms, etc., especially sub-munitions.

Today, these cannons and sub-drugs are handed over to the infantry headquarters of Xuanzhen General Zhang Yan and Shanxi Town General Jiang Mingwu. After all, they have to defend the north and south sides of Jiazhuang, although the village wall is high and dangerous.

And combined with the lifelong defense outside the village, it almost formed a simple three-dimensional defense form, but the actual situation will only be known after fighting.

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Zhang Yan's troops defended the south side of Jiazhuang. The village wall was quite long. He used the infantry rear post to fortify the village wall, and deployed a total of [-] No. [-] Franc cannons, which were arranged on the left and right sides of the village gate.

The left and right sentry infantry lined up behind the earthen wall outside the village. The earthen wall where their gunmen were located was about [-] steps away from the village wall, and their position was within the firing range of the gunmen and artillery on the village wall. .

The cannons were placed ten steps behind the blunderbuss, and were protected by the upper and lower walls of the village, thus forming a three-dimensional defense system of upper and lower layers.

Although the section of earth wall defended by Zhang Yan is long, due to the trenches, earth walls and other obstacles in front, as well as various defensive devices such as horses and caltrops, the path of the Qing army's attack was hindered.

Therefore, there were not many places where the Qing soldiers could pass through, and because the earth walls were poured with cold water, there was also a thin layer of ice on the ground in front of the earth walls everywhere, which was extremely slippery and impossible to run at all.

In this regard, Zhang Yan's arrangement of three outpost soldiers should be enough. He also sent another infantry outpost sergeant to guard the wall on the south side of Jiazhuang's west gate, and he could rush over to support at any time.

There is also a sentry infantry, standing by at the south gate of Jiazhuang, as the reserve team of Zhang Yan's department, ready to support everywhere at any time, not to mention a sentry cavalry led by his own general Lin Zhiyi, who has no defense arrangements, and can also support at any time Everywhere, or rush out from the south gate, chasing the slaves.

Shanxi town general Jiang Mingwu was in charge of defending the north of Jiazhuang. His layout was almost the same as Zhang Yan's, but he was too anxious when he entered the guard, and Jiang Mingwu's artillery and medicines were not sufficient.

Zhang Cheng distributed some of the artillery and sub-medicines he carried to Jiang Mingwu's use. Jiang Mingwu was very grateful, although having more artillery did not mean that he could defeat the Tartars.

But with these more artillery, it can indeed reduce the defensive pressure of Jiang Mingwu's infantry, and it can also effectively kill slaves and reduce their own casualties.

Such a sharp defensive weapon is not easy to carry, each battalion does not carry much, except for Zhang Cheng who is prepared, who among the other generals can take out artillery to support others.

Zhang Cheng's four-sentry cavalry gathered in the west gate of Jiazhuang. His task was mainly to attack the slaves from the west gate, while Jiang Mingwu's cavalry was deployed in the central square of Jiazhuang. He was responsible for attacking from the south and north.

Lu Xiangsheng led the Supervising Biao Battalion to be responsible for the defense of Jiazhuang's east official road. According to predictions, this side may be the focus of the slaves' attack.

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Some large tents were erected in the center of the three camps. Pots of fire were ignited in these tents, and a large amount of hot water was also prepared as a place for first aid for wounded soldiers.

Such an arrangement can be said to be well-organized, and the defense line is a simple three-dimensional defense system. These designs are all conceived by Zhang Cheng, which amazed Lu Xiangsheng and others.

Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others inspected the camps of Generals Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei after dawn, and they were all very satisfied.

Zhang Cheng is more confident, if it is still like in history, the Qing army that came to besiege Lu Xiangsheng only had 3 horses.

There is absolutely no problem in sticking to it for three or five days. After all, the Qing army is fighting in the enemy's interior, and it is impossible to stand in the wilderness with Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others for a long time.

If the Qing army attacked forcefully, the [-] Qing soldiers would probably shed blood like rivers, and it would be difficult to break through the camp of Zhang Cheng and others.

In this way, even if the high potential Guan Ning army does not come to reinforce, and the elite Qing soldiers of Dorgon's troops who entered the pass are lost, it may be difficult to transfer to Shandong to plunder, and the future history may change here.

Zhang Cheng also took a closer look at the camp defenses of Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei. They also had a lot of firearms, except that the artillery was slightly less than Zhang Yan's, but it was basically enough for defense.

Moreover, in their cavalry battalion, the proportion of firearms is also very high. Although most of them use three-eyed guns, they are very conducive to cavalry combat and also more conducive to close combat on foot.

Judging by the fighting spirit of their soldiers, there should be no problem if they stick to it for three to five days.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the Qing soldiers to come.

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Most of the Ming army was eating breakfast. Since the battle was imminent, they could eat two meals a day. In addition to the victory against the captive cavalry yesterday, the income of hundreds of wounded and dead horses was enough for the army to feed for several days.

"Look at this posture, the Tartars outside cost at least twenty to thirty thousand." A sergeant leaned on the wall of Jia Zhuang, holding a bowl of broth in his right hand and half a steamed bun in his left hand. The sergeant beside him muttered.

"Look at that flag, it's gaudy, there must be a lot of Tartars here, and some of them are going to fight today." A sergeant with a beard finished speaking, and took a big mouthful of the broth, which made his beard look like fried doughnuts. Concerned about wiping it with the sleeve of the cotton-padded jacket with his left hand.

"Don't bother me too much, the general has his own arrangements. You just have to eat enough, and you can fire guns and cannons according to the order." Liang Song just came over and reprimanded a few words.

Zhang Cheng walked beside Liang Song, he patted Liang Song on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Tiger, let the brothers have a good meal, look at the colors of the flags outside the city, most of the Tartars from all walks of life gather here, it is estimated that there will be more people today." There will be a large number of Tartars coming, it must be a fierce battle."

　It's really tiring to type with one hand, and I will try to post another chapter at night.

　　I'll go catch up on sleep first and recuperate.

　　Everyone also pay attention to rest!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)