Walking in the infinite world

Chapter 97 The Burning City

Houjin originated in the jungle deep in Changbai Mountains, and both culture and political system have a kind of natural barbarism.Nurhaci's name means wild boar skin in Manchu.Just by looking at this kind of name, you can tell that they were basically uncivilized savages back then.

But it is this savagery that gives their army greater combat effectiveness.

Of course, this combat power is relative to the decaying Ming Dynasty.In fact, if Houjin's fighting strength in those years met those powerful armies with names and surnames in Chinese history, they would not be beaten.That is to say, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Daming's **** has reached the extreme.Only then will a group of savages take over the Central Plains.

Lu Xiao has never underestimated wild boar skins, but he has never overestimated them.The three thousand elites he chose were carefully selected by Lu Xiao from among the elites in the army, and among them were a large number of martial arts masters.These people gathered together and received the discipline training of Lu Xiaozhong and Yongwei.In the end, this special army was formed.

It is not easy to attack the Tartars' lair from the rear.Because in the deep northeast, there are jungles and mountains everywhere.Even if Lu Xiao has life experience here, it is still difficult to find Hetuala accurately in the mountains and forests.

Fortunately, Lu Xiao's subordinates are all first-class masters, after more than half a month's trek.Lu Xiao and others cleaned up more than a dozen small villages in the Qing Dynasty along the way.Finally, I saw Hetuala not far away.

Hetuara is built on a hill that runs east-west.The steep cliffs, surrounded by water on three sides, are easy to defend and difficult to attack.The terrain of the city is high in the south and low in the north, and high walls are built around it.It is a real military town.

Under normal circumstances, there is almost no possibility for 3000 people to destroy this city.Because there are a large number of Manchu elites stationed around the city.Cooperating with the trend of cities that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is difficult to really break through from the periphery.

But the situation is different now.Huang Taiji took out a large number of Manchu elites in order to march south.According to Lu Xiao's information, the current Hetuala.The defenders did not exceed 1 people.

But even so, this is still a major headache.

The population of Hetuala at this time was more than 10, making it the well-deserved largest city in the Qing Dynasty.It's just that because of Lu Xiao's complete blockade, the number of Han businessmen who can enter the city has shrunk rapidly.So the whole city became a little silent.

After waiting for a day, the scout came back to report.

"Master Hui, the defenders around the city basically have no flaws. But the number of defenders is not large. Especially the defenders in the outer city, most of them are slack and lazy, and their patrols are not very serious. The interval between two patrols is more than a quarter of an hour. ."

"A quarter of an hour." Lu Xiao thought silently in his heart.Then I drew a simple map underground.

"Hetuala is on a high terrain, and it is difficult for us to get close without being discovered. Therefore, we must first clear a part of each other's vision. There is only this small valley around here, which can avoid the vision of those defenders. The closest to this valley is. How is the defense of the city walls?"

"My lord, there seems to be a temple behind this. There are not many guards in this section of the city wall, about 30 people."

"The temple, that's where it is. At night, there should be very few people in the temple. Jin Yichuan, you and I will each bring a 30-man scout team, and we will set off at midnight tonight and sneak in under the cover of darkness. I'm in charge of the city wall, and you are in charge." Temple. I only have one request, to end the battle as soon as possible, without disturbing the guards on the surrounding walls."

"clear."

"Very well, everyone rests now. The third watch will start."

He Heli regretted it, he really shouldn't try to strangle that cavalry regiment.He expected that the other party would seduce him again and enter the trap.So, I have been cautiously guarding.

But it didn't work.When he saw the Ming army's musket team, he almost laughed out loud.During the battle of Sarhu, he killed an unknown number of musketeers.The muskets of these soldiers are not easy to use, and they are not as powerful as the bows and arrows of the Qing Dynasty.

It is said that this Ming army's firearm is exceptionally powerful.But how can this thing be so powerful?
But the next second, he couldn't laugh anymore.Because a rubble hit him in the head.

In fact, it was a bit of a coincidence that the artillery battalion commanded by Lu Xiangsheng took advantage of the longer range of the improved artillery to fire a salvo from a distance.This kind of salvo is actually relying on luck to kill the enemy and disrupt the enemy's formation.

But sometimes, when luck comes, you can't stop it.The splashing gravel, a catapult hit He Heli in the crowd with precision.It can only be said that on the battlefield, bullets and shells are equal to all living beings.In history, Nurhaci was also hit by a stray bullet that flew from nowhere.Caused the root of the disease to hang.

The Tartar cavalry who were charging suddenly became confused.But the charge of the cavalry cannot be stopped casually.So they finally endured the full firepower of the Zhongyong Guard artillery battalion.

Because of the importance attached to the Tartars, Lu Xiangsheng mobilized all the firepower in this battle.Two hundred tiger guns, plus one hundred red cannons, plus two thousand musketeers.
On the other side, the two teams led by Lu Xiao and Jin Yichuan successfully sneaked under the city wall under the cover of the night.

The wall of the outer city is not only four meters high.Lu Xiao and others set up a human ladder and sent Lu Xiao directly to the city wall.In the darkness, a Manchu soldier heard the movement and came over.But before he could see what was going on.A crossbow arrow shot out and stabbed him in the throat with precision.

Lu Xiao rushed over even before he fell to the ground.He helped his body and let him fall slowly to the ground.Next, he quickly changed into the soldier's armor and took over the patrol mission of the city wall instead of him.

Not far away, other soldiers walked nearby, saw someone patrolling here, and walked directly to the other side.The Lu Xiao scout team successfully climbed the city wall.

In the darkness, one after another, the Tartars had their throats slit by the skilled scouts.Then they quickly changed into Tartar's armor and filled this section of the city wall again.

At the same time, Jing Yichuan also took another team, crossed the city wall where Lu Xiao and others were, and entered the temple below.After a few faint sounds, the temple fell into an absolute silence.

"Send signal."

In the darkness, Lu Xiao gave orders in a low voice.Several scouts immediately used the lit fire sticks, clasped them between their hands, and flashed a few times in the direction of the valley.

In the darkness, a large number of Ming soldiers began to approach quickly.

At the fourth watch, three thousand soldiers had successfully crossed the city wall and hid in the temple below.

"One team each from the Consort's Mansion, the Armor Manufacturing Field, the Arrow Manufacturing Field, and the Warehouse. The rest will follow me to the inner city. Hurry up and let this city burn!!"

(End of this chapter)