nanming man

Chapter 589
In the Eastern Henan Plain, Duoduo left 4 horses behind, and trapped Shangqiu and Xuzhou with deep moats and low walls.

I didn't want the army to be murderous for two hundred miles, and then encountered obstacles.

Standing in front of the Qing army are some strange military forts with five or six corners. Each fort is not big, and the small ones can only accommodate a few hundred people, and the general ones can only hold one to two thousand people.

At first Doduo didn't take it seriously and let the forward fight all the way, but in the end the forward hit him in disgrace.

Duoduo originally planned to attack Runing Mansion in three days, but after ten days passed, his army was still on the east bank of Weishui.

At this time, Azig dispatched 11 reinforcements to him, and Doduo's strength increased to [-]. However, within ten days, the army had not yet left Guide Mansion, and Doduo became irritable.

Luyi City is the largest bastion of the Wei Army in the entire eastern Henan region, which can accommodate 5000 people. There are no residents in the city, only military members and family members.

A city surrounds and protects the people, and there are often tens of thousands, or even more than [-] people in the city.

To protect these people, the city wall had to be long enough and big enough. This actually increased the pressure on the defenders, and the existence of the people also increased the consumption of food and water in the city.

The bastion is purely a military fort. No civilians are left in the city, and there are no private houses. It is mainly a warehouse for storing food and supplies, which can consume at least half a year.

Zheng Chenggong attacked the Dutch Fort Zeelandia and blocked the fort for more than half a year before the Dutch surrendered.

Of course, the Wei army's bastion was not as good as Zelanzhe, and it could only be regarded as a beggar's version, but it was enough for the Qing army to drink a pot.

On the second day of junior high school, at five o'clock, on the bank of the Guohe River, a secret soldier of Wei Jun was squatting in the dry grass and defecating.

Yesterday the Qing army pulled out six military forts on the east bank of the Wohe River, and all the strongholds of the Wei Army on the east side of the Wohe River were removed.

In order to boost morale, the captain had someone bring a lot of pork to the fortress last night to reward the army. Anshao ate too much, and his stomach was ruined and his legs became weak.

After a burst of crackling, Anshao groaned comfortably and grabbed a handful of grass in front of him. Suddenly there was a sound from the river in the distance. Anshao looked up and almost sat down on the shit in fright.

Anshao hurriedly wiped his butt with withered grass, pulled up his pants, and ran back into the fortress. He came outside the room of the brigade, "Boss, the Tartars are here!"

When Gao Yihuan was in Luyi, he started the movement of burning bricks and building forts. Later, Gao Yihuan moved his focus to Nanyang, and did not pay much attention to the building of forts in eastern Henan.

After Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition, the enthusiasm for building forts in eastern Henan stopped for more than half a year. Later, when the Qing army invaded Henan, the garrison of each fort began to build forts spontaneously, and it took three years to build them.

Now on the Eastern Henan Plain, military forts are everywhere along the water sources and official roads, just like devils building artillery towers.

The fortress where the secret sentry is located is a simple bastion not far from Luyi that can accommodate 1000 people. In the past, there was no garrison inside, and they were all garrisons and their families. Recently, a division of the Wei army was stationed, with 300 people garrisoned.

The brigade guarding the fortress was called Gao Chengkui, who was considered to be a distant relative of Gao Yihuan. He sat up on the bed, took the helmet and knife from the wall, and went out of the room, "Where is it?"

"I just touched it from the east bank, and the sneaky ones must be trying to steal the city!" Wu Huizhi, the dark whistle, said while clutching his stomach.

Gao Chengkui immediately said: "Wake up the brothers, all go to the fort, don't raise fire, wait for the Tartars to approach and fight."

The fortress of the Wei army was very difficult to attack. The Qing army took great pains and leveled the Wei army stronghold on the east bank of Guoshui. Before the army left Guide, more than 3000 people were killed or injured.

This made Kong Xigui, the Qing general who was in charge of opening the way, a pain in the flesh. In order to reduce casualties, he touched the eddy water at night, preparing to attack the fortress and open a gap so that the main force of the Qing army could cross the river.

When Kong Xigui stepped onto the west bank, he couldn't help feeling a little joy in his heart, but he didn't take a few steps when his feet slipped suddenly, and he sat down on a puddle of something, and when he touched it with his hand, it was warm.

Several soldiers helped him up, but Kong Xigui's heart trembled. He looked at the military fort not far away, and finally waved his hand: "Go ahead, go faster."

At this time, on the river, densely packed Qing troops crossed the river lightly, wearing red hats like poisonous mushrooms after the rain.

"Don't worry, hold on!" The military fort was right next to the vortex, and Gao Chengkui raised his hand when he saw a dark shadow in the distance by the moonlight.

The soldiers of the Wei Army on the city leaned against the edge of the city wall one after another. The gun ignited.

Seeing that the Qing army reached the bottom of the city and entered the shooting range, Gao Chengkui immediately waved his hand and roared, "Shoot!"

The archers on the city opened their bows first, and the arrows swished down, and the Qing troops below the city were hit by arrows one after another.

When Kong Xigui saw that the surprise attack on the city was not enough, he changed it to a strong attack. The soldiers of the Qing army shot arrows at the top of the city one after another, but they were shaken like chaff by the soldiers of the Wei army who lit the firecrackers.

The advantage of the bastion is that there is no dead angle for shooting on the city. The traditional city wall is in the shape of a "one". If soldiers rush to the corner, the defenders on the city will not be able to shoot and kill the enemy troops climbing along the wall corner and along the wall. You have to lean out from the city wall to attack the enemy, but if the defenders lean out, they will become the target of the archers under the city, so there are many deficiencies in defense.

The walls of the bastion are raised one by one, and when attacking any wall, it is in a "V" shape, so that even if they rush to the foot of one wall, the soldiers on the other wall can shoot arrows from behind, shooting unprotected The enemy army, as a target shooting.

At this time, Kong Xigui's men and horses were facing such a situation. The Qing army exposed between the two city walls without any cover was purely a target. They were shot by the soldiers in the city and suffered heavy losses. They had to retreat temporarily.

After repelling the attack of the Qing army, the soldiers of the Wei army and the Tun Ding in the fort cheered together.

Gao Chengkui saw that the Qing army was retreating, but he said to Wu Huizhi: "The tartars will definitely come again during the day, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on to this little group of people. Go report to Luyi and ask the general to send reinforcements."

Wu Huizhi rode an old horse to Luyi. After walking for about ten miles, it was already daylight. Seeing that he was about to reach Luyi, a group of soldiers and horses came to meet him.

The first man called Wu Huizhi to stop, "Brother, which castle is it from?"

Wu Huizhi said: "People from Ershiligang are going to Luyi to ask for help from General Jin. The Tartars attacked our fort this morning."

"You don't need to go, the Tartars have arrived on the east bank, the general already knows, and we are here to reinforce!" The man spoke, speaking Henan dialect, the accent was still from Chen Liu's place, and Dashuai Tong was from his hometown.

Looking at this team, Wu Huizhi always felt that there was something wrong with his spirit, and he couldn't help being a little suspicious, "Even if I miss, I still have to go."

A soldier behind the man quietly changed the position of holding the knife so that he could draw the knife quickly.

The man continued to laugh and said, "Brother, don't waste your time. The Guohe River is so long that more than a dozen fortresses have to be stationed. There are not many soldiers there, and there are not many soldiers there. If you go there, there will be no one. Besides, the Tartars may attack at any time." Cross the river, you'd better go back with us, hurry up and deploy your defenses."

Wu Huizhi's stomach groaned again, and he thought about it, "In that case, let's go back together, it's important to arm ourselves."

When a group of people returned to the fort, the defenders, not suspecting fraud, opened the door and let them enter the city.

Wu Huizhi took the leading man with him to meet Gao Chengkui to explain the situation, but a cruel grin suddenly appeared on the leading man's face.

Wu Huizhi felt like falling into an ice cave, and couldn't help but think of the six-eared macaque in the story of storytelling.

Suddenly, the man who entered the fort drew his sword and violently chopped Wu Huizhi down.Tun Ding and the Wei army in the fort were caught off guard and were repeatedly hacked and killed. On the Wohe River outside the fort, the repelled Qing army made a comeback and rushed towards the military fort.

Half an hour later, the leading man stood outside the fort and bowed his head. The Qing soldiers passed by in a line. Duoduo rode over and reined in beside the man, "Wang Jiaping, you did a good job. Work harder, Ben. The king raises the flag for you."

This person was also an acquaintance of Gao Yihuan. He didn't expect that not only did he not die, but he also joined the Qing army.

"Slave, thank you master for being promoted. Serving the Qing Dynasty is what a slave should do!" Wang Jiaping saluted flatteringly.

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