Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 884

The Ming army's first round of attack was driven down, causing the Qing army on the fort to wave their weapons and cheer. They raised their hands high, and then put them down, looking very excited. Black card, onboard!"

The stone fort is the key to defending Yangzhou. If the stone fort fails, the morale of the Qing army in Yangzhou will inevitably be severely hit. Therefore, Duoduo sent 1000 mandins and more than [-] Han army flags to the stone fort. , and mostly the coating of each flag.

Compared with the green battalion soldiers, this group of soldiers and horses composed of flags and coats has a much stronger will to resist. This is also the reason why the Ming army failed to take down the stone fort after several attacks. However, from another aspect It is said that if the Ming army captures the stone fort, it will inevitably deal a major blow to the will of the defenders in Yangzhou.

At this time, the soldiers of the Xuanwu Camp were preparing for the attack, and they paused for a while. The red cannon after the barrel cooled down roared again during the attack, beating the Qing army who had just cheered. Hastily indented within the fort wall.

The iron bullet hit the stone fortress, causing the masonry to shatter, causing dust to rise everywhere, and the entire hilltop was gradually covered by dust.

Because the Ming army attacked from the west, Duoduo on the west city of Yangzhou couldn't see the battle situation clearly, but he replenished the mountain with troops, artillery, gunpowder, and some food and grass yesterday night. It was so easy to be breached by the Ming army.

It's already October, and Dodo is still very confident and will delay the war until winter.

Half an hour later, the Xuanwu Camp had nearly 5000 troops and was ready. Zhang Youde held the handle of his knife, inspected in front of his subordinates, and then said loudly: "You are the elite soldiers of Zhongwu Town. They are recruited from various local armies. The elite who come up, equipped with the latest equipment, get the highest military pay, eat the best military rations, and retire after full service can go to the local government to serve as a military officer, kill three enemies, and die can enter the ancestral hall of the martyrs, you can enjoy such good treatment , beat up an earthen village for more than a month, still shameless?"

Zhang Youde paused, walked back and forth a few steps, and the Xuanwu camp that had formed up was completely silent.

The treatment of the Five Loyalists can be said to be that one person enlists in the army, and the whole family has no worries, while the soldiers have no worries about the future, and naturally have enough food and clothing to know honor and disgrace.

As long as he has free time, Wang Yan always orders the various ministries to hold various competitions. The results are different, and the treatment of each ministries is also different.

This is to focus the attention of all the armies on training and competitions, the second is to waste the vigorous energy of the various ministries, and prevent the arrogant soldiers from disturbing the place and doing things that violate the law and discipline, especially rape the women of the people. Cultivate the cohesion and the sense of honor and disgrace of the soldiers of all ministries.

For the ministries, if they are at the bottom for a long time in various competitions, isn't it a bit inappropriate? If you have a little bit of a face, you will definitely have to put in all your energy and win a few times even with dirty tricks.

It is this kind of ethos that makes the various ministries compare unconsciously everywhere, and the most convincing thing is naturally to look at the military exploits.

Unfortunately, Zhongwu Town was the last town in various competitions for a long time. Although they lost their face in the Nanjing Battle, they were still a bit behind compared to the other towns.

For Zhongwu Town, the Battle of Yangzhou this time was an opportunity to stand out, and they had already breathed a sigh of relief from top to bottom.

"The general's face is lost anyway!" Zhang Youde cursed again. Seeing the reddened faces of the soldiers, many people showed anger in their eyes. He knew that the goal of mobilization had been achieved, "Don't be convinced, you have the ability I will build a stone fortress for this general, and let those who laugh at us shut up, and this general will be proud of you, and I will give you credit and reward!"

As he said that, Zhang Youde turned his head and said to the chess and card officer beside him, "Raise the flag and tell the Chinese army that the Xuanwu Battalion is ready!"

The Xuanwu camp waved the flag, and the drums of the Chinese army beat immediately, and the roaring red guns stopped, but the five thousand Ming troops followed the drums, marched in order, and lined up to kill the stone fort.

This time, there were still rattan players in the front. They carried trench bridges and short ladders, and pushed forward holding the vacant cards high. There were more than 2000 people, and the rear was more special. , Moving forward slowly along the slope.

There is a wooden plank in front of these carts, covered with cowhide, a bit like a Humen knife cart. Together they form a simple wall, and there are soldiers behind them carrying the Flang machine and climbing along the slope.

As soon as the Ming army's red-clothed guns stopped, and the dust on the stone village had not yet dispersed, the Qing army carried the Frangji back to the wall of the fort, rearranged it in a panic, and there were running figures of the Qing army everywhere in the smoke and dust.

Under the fort, the soldiers of the Ming army were striding like flying. Suddenly, gunpowder smoke rose from the top of the city, and the sound of artillery roared.

The Ming army advancing step by step, suffered casualties immediately. The howling shells kept smashing into the Ming army formation, some hit the Ming army holding up their shields, and some hit the ground, splashing a piece of mud immediately.

A member of Qianhu who was rushing forward, holding a seedling knife, walked forward together with the soldiers. The artillery team of the Qing army on the fort obviously focused on this member of Qianhu, and a shell hit the person beside him A trench bridge group.

Qianhu stared at the stone fort, but from the corner of his eye, he clearly noticed that a shell first hit the left chest of the soldier in front, and knocked the soldier carrying the trench bridge half a circle on the spot. Spinning and throwing himself to the ground, the shells remained undiminished and hit the rattan shields guarded by the soldiers behind them.

The trench bridge originally carried by six soldiers lost its balance and immediately fell to the ground. Three rattan players came up from behind to fill the vacant position.

And at this moment, another shell hit Qianhu with a gust of wind, splashing a piece of soil, and then rebounded and flew up, hitting the helmet of a soldier behind him, who immediately screamed, Blood covered his face, and he slowly fell back.

The Qing army's artillery brought a lot of casualties to the Ming army. They braved the roaring shells from the top of the city, and felt that their colleagues around them were constantly being beaten upside down by the shells, but this did not stop the Ming army from moving forward.

Soon the Ming army arrived in front of the first trench, while the Qing army's Franji had finished firing four guns, and the shells began to thin out.

At this moment, Qianhu of the Ming army let out a resentful cry, "Kill—"

When the trench bridge was built, he pointed his sword and rushed across the first trench first. The two thousand Ming soldiers behind him also shouted, waving their weapons, "Kill!"

This cry seemed to vent the anger in the Ming army's heart, and the soldiers immediately swarmed past.

Huisai dug four trenches, which happened to be within the range of bows, arrows, and firecrackers on the city. When the Ming army raised their shields and launched a Wansheng charge, the Qing army archers hiding behind the fort wall bent their bows to the full moon again and jumped up. A black cloud of arrows.

These arrows, as if the locusts had crossed the border and found the rice fields, fell down non-stop and shot at the running Ming army.

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