nanming man

Chapter 555 Restoring Confidence
When Gao Yihuan came to Yancheng with the main force, Jin Shenghuan failed to capture Yancheng.

Wei Wujun attacked several times, but they were all beaten down by the defenders on the city. Relatively speaking, the remodeled Yancheng City was indeed more difficult to attack than ordinary cities.

At the beginning, Wei Wujun had 5000 troops guarding Yancheng. If it weren't for the purpose of luring Man Dahai into the trap, the Qing army would not be able to take Yancheng for a while.

At this time, Gao Yihuan, surrounded by all the generals, walked towards Yancheng, and Jin Shenghuan beside him explained: "Marshal, I have attacked the humble position several times, but failed to capture it, but the defenders in the city are almost exhausted. Shuai gives the humble job one more chance, and I will definitely win the city."

Gao Yihuan didn't agree immediately, but asked, "Has there been any movement from the Qing troops in Northern Henan and Xuzhou?"

Jin Shenghuan said: "A cavalry scout came over, and when they saw our army gathering, they all withdrew. Geng Zhongming from Zhengzhou and Duoduo from Xuzhou stayed put."

Gao Yi laughed and said, "Hu Chen, what do you think of Duoduo, an idiot?"

Jin Shenghuan said: "It is estimated that we have seen our army gathered, and judged that we will go to rescue Xuzhou after we have finished fighting Yancheng and shot northward, so we opened our pockets and waited for us to drill in Xuzhou!"

If Gao Yihuan didn't send troops to rescue, then the Qing army would trap Shangqiu and Xuzhou defenders to death, occupy the two Huaihe Rivers along the way, and even destroy the Southern Dynasty.

Therefore, in Duduo's view, Gao Yihuan will save the Ming Dynasty. Now that he knows this, all he has to judge is how Gao Yihuan will save it.

Duoduo thought about it in three, and thought that there were not many ways for Gao Yihuan to go, either to outflank Xuzhou, or to surround Wei and save Zhao.

If Gao Yihuan outflanks Xuzhou, then he will surround the points to fight for aid and destroy Gao Yihuan.

Of course, Gao Yihuan may also encircle Wei to rescue Zhao, avoiding the real and attacking the false. This is Gao Manzi's usual method, but that doesn't matter.

He has a heavy army in the south of Henan, Gao Yihuan wants to surround him, the Qing soldiers occupy the south of the Yangtze River, Gao Yihuan can't take over the north of Henan, Duoduo is not in a hurry.

What's more, when Gao Yihuan fell into the quagmire in northern Henan, he could still send troops to outflank and cut off his retreat.

Both paths are dead ends for Gao Yihuan. With Gao Yihuan's IQ, he should use all kinds of tricks to change the deployment of the Qing army, but Duoduo will not fall for it.

No matter what tricks Gao Yihuan plays this time, Doduo only needs to remember his fundamental purpose, and he can knock him down with a single punch at a critical moment, so he is not in a hurry at all, and waits for Gao Yihuan to throw himself into the trap.

After many considerations, Duoduo thinks he has a perfect plan.

Gao Yihuan and Jin Shenghuan were talking, and they had already arrived at the southern outskirts of Yancheng, so they reined in their horses and stood there, observed the city wall with binoculars, and found that the city was riddled with holes.

"This city is not very easy to fight, but because of this, Yancheng must be taken down." Gao Yihuan put away the binoculars, and said in a deep voice: "Since the defenders are so firm, then besiege from all sides and focus on attacking at one corner. To win the city. I will give you another chance, you go prepare!"

"The general obeys orders!" Jin Shenghuan hurriedly cupped his fists.

After many attacks, although the defenders of Yancheng defended the city, their losses were huge, and there were only more than 3000 people left in the city.

Sun Long was encouraging his generals, saying that soldiers from Xuzhou and Zhengzhou would come to help soon, and let the brothers bear it. He didn't want the reinforcements to come, but Gao Yihuan came.

At this time, Yancheng has gathered 10 Wei Wujun, which is nothing in the whole world, and it is not as good as the tens of thousands of people in Hanzhong and Jiangbei. The army is timid.

After Gao Yihuan made the request, he returned to the big tent, and his generals would operate how to attack the city.

The main force in this siege is the Shun family. Gao Yihuan made this arrangement to give the Shun family a chance to regain their confidence.

After the Qing army entered the customs, the Shun army lost more than they won in the battle with the Qing army, and they generally felt a little fearful of the Qing army.

In the last battle with Duoduo, Gao Yihuan intentionally brought the Shunshi generals with him, and let them observe and reduce their fear of the Qing army. However, watching others fight is different from fighting yourself, so Gao Yihuan decided to hand over Yancheng to the reorganized Shun Department to fight, so that they can gradually get rid of the shadow of the past.

Gao Yihuan originally thought that when he came to Yancheng, the city had already been captured, but now it seems that his decision was indeed necessary.

The next day, Jin Shenghuan commanded the troops and prepared to attack the city again.

Under Gao Yihuan's command, each general has its own characteristics. Xu Heihu and Hu are mighty and brave, and they will kill people when they come up, so they are suitable for charging. Weapons, food and grass, and the army are all available.

Even though he failed to attack several times, Gao Yihuan also said that he would only give him one last chance, but Jin Shenghuan was still not impatient, and the preparations that should be made must be completed.

This is an advantage, but sometimes it is also a fatal flaw. In history, he was in Nanchang anyway, he could attack Nanjing and Wuchang, but he chose to fight Ganzhou, wasting precious time.

At this time, the generals of the Shun Department were already a little anxious. If they couldn't eat Yancheng, they would really be embarrassed and embarrassed to see people.

The rogues attacked the city by relying on crowds. Several generals of the Shun family felt that Marshal Gao gave the order that everyone should rush to attack again, but Jin Shenghuan asked them to make sufficient preparations, including ladders, shield vehicles, and artillery. .

In the early morning, the various ministries and horses were arranged according to the requirements and entered the predetermined positions.

"General Jin, everything is ready!" Hao Yaoqi rode over and reported to Jin Shenghuan.

The weather in December was very cold, and the north wind blew on my face, as if I had been cut by a knife.

Jin Shenghuan nodded when he heard the words, and instructed: "When attacking the city, pay attention to the archers on the enemy's platform, attack in multiple places, restrain the defenders, and attack only one place. Many Tartars in the city have already died, and the troops are already insufficient. Hit well."

As he said that, he added, "It's windy outside, the city must be broken today, the commander is waiting to enter the city to sleep on the kang!"

Hao Yaoqi and others took orders, saying that they would definitely break the city.

Outside the city, according to their duties, the soldiers of Wei Wujun formed a small square formation with various weapons.

The defenders on the top of the city heard the sharp whistling sound from the wilderness soaring to the sky. Hearing the roar of the generals and soldiers of Wei Wujun shook the earth, making people feel frightened.

Facing the army array that covered the land, and the opponent was an elite division that had fought against the Qing army many times, the defenders all had serious expressions.

Sun Long looked down at the city with a gloomy face. At this moment, he still believed that the reinforcements would come, and he waved his hands and roared, "Don't panic, prepare to fight! If you block the enemy's attack, you will become famous in one battle."

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