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Chapter 419 Xiangcheng Blocks the Enemy
In the early morning of the next day, outside Xiangcheng, the cavalry of the Qing army roared to and fro, controlling the battlefield. In the camp of the Qing army, people screamed and horses neighed, and drums and horns continued. A large number of Qing army infantry, after breakfast, went out with their weapons. up the camp.

On Xiangcheng, the soldiers of the Wei Wu army were waiting in full battle. The military academy shouted loudly, commanding the soldiers to enter the position, and let the civilians carry all kinds of stones and wood to the city.

Jin Shenghuan was wearing armor, standing on the top of the city, staring at the Qing army camp in the distance, frowning.

Huang San looked at the Qing army pouring out of the camp outside the city, and suddenly said in shock, "General, the situation is wrong! The Tartars don't seem to be running after us!"

Jin Shenghuan had already discovered that the soldiers of the Qing army did not rush to the city, and he could tell the intention of the Qing army at a glance, "Not good! Duoduo didn't intend to attack the city, so he ran to the camp."

Huang San was startled, "Do the Tartars want to break through the camp and enter Nanyang directly? If so, then the situation is dangerous."

Jin Shenghuan slammed his fist on the wall, and said bitterly, "Our troops are all concentrated here. If the Tatars are allowed to rush into Nanyang, the states and counties will be hard to resist, and the troops fortified in the west will also be captured by the Tartars and many of them. Duo pincers. When the Tatars open up the Wuguan Road, the Tatars' army will continue to pour into Nanyang, not only cutting off our retreat, but also pouring into Huguang, and the situation will be unimaginable."

After hearing his words, all the generals in the city felt heavy in their hearts, feeling that the situation was not optimistic.

Huang San took a deep breath, cupped his fists and said, "General, let the last general guard the left camp!"

Dai Jinghong also clasped his fists, and said decisively, "Go to the right battalion with a humble job!"

Jin Shenghuan looked at the two of them and nodded heavily, "Okay, the left and right battalions will be handed over to you. I will immediately write to the commander in chief, asking the commander to deal with Man Dahai as soon as possible, and then flank Duoduo to force the Tartars to retreat! "

Gao Yihuan left 3 troops for Jin Shenghuan. If Dodo attacked Xiangcheng, these soldiers and horses would be enough to resist Dodo for a period of time. It's difficult.

Although Xiangcheng guarded the main roads, as long as the Qing army trapped the defenders in the city, they could still go south around the city.

The Qing army had few horses, and after a fortified battle, the losses would inevitably be heavy. Therefore, when dealing with fortified cities, the Qing army mostly adopted the strategy of locking the city with deep trenches, advancing around the city, or besieging the city for reinforcements, and besieging the city for a long time.

If Duoduo wanted to trap the defenders and go south around the city, he had to break through the fortresses of the Wei Wu army outside the city and the people who controlled the road.

When Huang San came to Zuoying, a large number of Qing soldiers had already formed their formation three miles away from the camp.

The Wei Wu army who defended against the Qing army's invasion of Nanyang had a total of 3 people, of which 6000 were stationed in Xiangcheng, 8000 people in each of the left and right battalions, and the remaining [-] people were divided into various trails and cities.

There are two battalions on the left and right, five or six miles away from the city, which can not only support the city, but also control the official road.

After Huang San entered the camp, the soldiers in the camp found that the Qing army was rushing towards them, and they were already busy.

"General, you see that the Tartars are setting up artillery. They must first bombard the camp, destroy the wall, and then use infantry to charge the camp!" A member of the army followed behind Huang San, explaining anxiously.

Huang San went to the wall of the village, took out the binoculars, and looked outside the camp. He saw nearly ten thousand Qing troops lined up in the cold wind. Bulldozers used to fill trenches, followed by trench bridges and other things.

It has to be said that the Qing army obviously had a lot of experience in attacking cities and pulling out villages.

Behind the infantry, a large banner stood on a hilltop, and the flag was filled with Tartar cavalry, densely covering the hillside, making people feel the thick and heavy killing like a black cloud.

On a piece of flat ground not far from the Qing army's display, ten red barbarian cannons were lined up.

These cannons weighed two to three thousand catties, and a red-armored Han army was busy digging the artillery positions, pushing the heavy artillery into the artillery positions, or laying bricks behind the cannon wheels to arrange the artillery array.

Gao Yihuan purchased more than 20 Portuguese binoculars, and Huang San also got one. Through the binoculars, he could clearly see the formation and intentions of the Tartars.

The tactics of the Tartars were very simple. First, they used artillery bombardment to destroy the wall of Wei Wujun's stronghold, and then used infantry to dig out a passage. Finally, the horse army directly poured into the camp through the passage opened by the infantry.

Although he understood the Tartar's intentions, this was a conspiracy, and it didn't matter if the Qing army opened it up for Wei Wujun to see.

The tough battle was fought with strength, and Wei Wujun had no choice but to carry it hard, depending on whether it was the sharp spears of the Qing army or the strong shield of the Wei Wu army.

At this time, Huang San put away the binoculars, and when he heard the continuous trumpets and drums of the Qing army, his face darkened, "Let the artillery prepare and fire immediately to suppress the artillery formation of the Tartars. They cannot be calmly arranged."

Behind the wall of the village, six heavy cannons were loaded with gunpowder, pushed forward by the soldiers together, and pushed the black muzzles out of the fence.

A red-haired and blue-eyed Fran robot used tools to gesture and calculate for a while, then gestured and directed several gunners to adjust the angle of the artillery.

These people are the Frangji people Gao Yihuan asked Gao Yicheng to send and recruit from Macau.

They wanted to go to Henan to preach, but they were thrown into the barracks and workshops by Gao Yihuan. As for preaching, they didn't even think about it for the time being.

At this time, Huang San was watching the Qing army, when an officer suddenly cupped his fists, "General, the artillery is ready!"

Suddenly a horn sounded in the Qing army formation, and the Qing army rangers who were wandering outside the camp and holding down their positions immediately retreated and rushed back to their own formation. Almost at the same time, the Qing army artillery formation suddenly exploded, and a cannon suddenly exploded. Stepping back, a cloud of white smoke rose up, and the black iron bullet roared and hit the wall directly, splashing a large amount of soil.

Huang San frowned, he didn't expect the Tartars to take the lead and shoot first.

His face darkened, and he immediately waved his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Fire, hit the target!"

At this time, Wei Wujun waved the red flag, and several soldiers immediately lit the fuses. There were several loud bangs, and the cannons retreated sharply one after another, and the wall of the village was instantly filled with smoke.

Six iron bullets passed by from low altitude, whistling and smashed directly towards the Qing formation, and a running bullet just hit the barrel of a cannon, and there was a loud "dang" sound immediately, the barrel rotated, sweeping across the two Qing troops, Immediately, their chests were sunken, they flew upside down, and the artillery was overturned.

The artillery array of the Qing army was bombarded continuously, and the shells smashed the ground and the mud splashed, which shocked the soldiers of the Qing army and exclaimed again and again.

When the Wei Wu army was shelling, the Qing army's artillery fired again, and several shells flew into the camp or smashed in front of the wall of the village.

While the two sides were shelling, the soldiers of the two armies were holding spears, swords and shields, and the musketeers were waiting in full force.

Huang San watched the artillery formation of the Qing army, and suddenly there was a loud bang not far from him, and a section of the wall beside him suddenly exploded with a "bang", a black iron bullet, Wrapped with countless pieces of wood, it hit a gunner behind the wall of the village.

The gunner was immediately thrown backwards, his entire chest was sunken, the iron bullet tore apart the soldier's body, his limbs and flesh flew all around instantly, and the surrounding soldiers were sprayed with blood mist on their faces.

The iron bullet pierced through the soldier's body, the remaining power remained undiminished, and he tore a military tent forward before being wrapped in white cloth and stopped.

After the first shot, the ground was in a mess, the wall of the village was torn to a hole, and several soldiers on the ground who had been stabbed in the body by splintered wood immediately wailed.

Almost at the same time when the artillery shell hit the wall of the village, Shang Kexi turned his head and shouted at the soldiers behind him in the Qing army formation: "Kill! Break the barracks, enter Nanyang, and don't seal your sword for three days!"

"Kill!!!" Thousands of Qing soldiers roared in unison, and the sword and shield players in the front row raised their shields to their chests, struck the shields with their swords, and began to rush towards the camp with aggressive steps.

Huang San glanced at the blood and stumps all over the ground beside him, and his left face twitched. He turned his head and saw the Qing army marching, and suddenly raised his hand and shouted: "Fire gunner, defend!"

Inside the camp, four rows of soldiers armed with guns immediately took three steps forward and fought behind the wall.

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