Thirty miles outside the Qingjiang city in Zhangshu Town, tens of thousands of Qing soldiers and horses set up camp here, the people in the town have run a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, dozens of Qing army generals with their own personal guards, the Zhangshu Town in the houses occupy empty, the rest of the Qing soldiers are stationed outside the town, stretching seven or eight miles long, it looks very spectacular.

A Qing army sentry scout rode a fast horse all the way back to the camp, without pausing at all, and shouted loudly: "There is an urgent military situation, quickly pass through the military gate!" ”

Several Qing soldiers stopped him, looked at him suspiciously, and shouted: "Password!" At the same time, his hands were also clasped on the waist knife, and if he replied wrongly, it would be a matter of human life.

The sentry swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hurriedly replied, "Rebellion! There is indeed an emergency military situation, and I asked a few brothers to take me to report to the military gate. ”

A Qing soldier led by the general glanced at the general up and down, and then waved his hand, and several soldiers stepped forward to quickly check the whole body of the sentry agent, this is to prevent the enemy from pretending to be a sentry to assassinate the general, so the inspection has always been very strict.

It was not until after this inspection was completed that the general manager took the spies to a house in the center of the town, where the houses of the big families in the town were originally located in Zhangshu Town, and after they arrived in Zhangshu Town, they were not polite at all, and occupied the mansion as a temporary military camp.

At this time, the courtyard was quiet, but in the courtyard hall inside, there was a roar from time to time, although this old man was seventy and four, older than Kangxi, but his body and bones have always been strong, and his voice was quite neutral.

Gao Qiwei is now the governor of Jiangnan, and he is also a high authority in Jiangnan, without the governor's checks and balances, the green camp in Jiangnan naturally listens to him, and some of the green camp generals here are basically his confidants, so he is not polite at all.

"Shame! The defeat of Changsha City before has not awakened you? If it weren't for Yang Lin's ineffective march, how could Chu Wei be allowed to occupy Changsha first? The old man also warned you, if Qingjiang can't take it first, how to deal with Chu Zhijian City? Tell the old man how to fight? ”

"Rice bucket! All of them are rice buckets! ”

Gao Qi's beard and hair are all white, but the anger on his face is three points stronger than that of ordinary young people, so that some of the green camp generals present have relatives in their faces, and they can't hide their faces and leave.

"Tell the military gate, the sentry has arrived!" The soldier bowed in a low voice.

"Biography!"

"Huh!"

A sturdy guard stepped out the door and brought the sentry over, who knelt on the ground and kowtowed as soon as he entered.

"Opening the military gate, the first division of Chu Wei dug a ditch outside the Qingjiang city as a boundary, and put barbed wire on it, and the city wall was also reinforced, as for the reinforcements, there seems to be no new news."

As soon as Gao Qiwei heard this, his heart began to beat a drum, he can be regarded as having fought a whole life, but he knows what it means to siege a city, it is to pile up his life, in order to get a glimmer of life, if he wants to occupy it, I am afraid that it is not enough to pile up corpses. In addition, this city is defended by the Fu Han army, and it is still the first division of the main force, and there are dozens of cannons.

But this first battle in the south, if it can't be effective, it will naturally be difficult to fight in other aspects, just like Ning Yu in Changsha City, it's not whether he wants to fight or not, but he must see a real chapter.

Gao Qiwei understood that if this battle was not fought well, I was afraid that this would be the place where his horse leather shroud was, and he couldn't help but sigh softly at the moment, and glanced around at the green camp generals.

When the general Zuo heard the news of the spies' return, many people were slightly cold in their hearts, and they were not straw bales, although they had not fought with the Fu Han army, but they also understood that it would be a very difficult thing to attack the city in this situation, so someone came out and said: "Military Gate, if it is a field battle, it seems that my green battalion can still fight..... And now it is a siege, I am afraid it will not be easy. ”

Gao Qiwei snorted coldly, "If you follow your thoughts, wouldn't you want to avoid the war?" ”

A staff general came out and said euphemistically: "Tell the military gate, not to avoid war, if it is a strong attack, my army may suffer a lot of damage..... It is better to besiege the Governor's purpose. ”

Gao Qiwei pondered for a while, "It's not that it's not, but if you haven't fought a single battle, I'm afraid it's not like it, let's fight first!" Look! ”

On July 17, the 40,000-strong army of the high position surrounded the Qingjiang City, because the city was not large, coupled with the tactics of encircling three and one, so the troops were enough, but after the army was stationed, there was no movement.

It was not until the middle of the night that the Qing army carried out quiet actions under the cover of night, which was the true intention of Gao Qi, and he knew in his heart that if the musket and artillery were raised, then the Qing army would definitely not be an opponent, but at night, the role of muskets and artillery was almost reduced to the lowest point, so it was more conducive to the actions of the Qing army. Therefore, night battles have become the only choice for high positions.

At the forefront were not the Qing army, but the people who had been kidnapped from nearby villages and towns, most of them young people, and some old people and children, all of whom looked desperate and pushed small carts with many sandbags piled up on them, and pushed them slowly with slow steps.

Behind were layers of Qing troops, all of them holding long swords and shields in their hands, following behind, if they saw that the person pushing the cart was walking slowly, they would step forward and slash to death, which made the other people frightened, and couldn't help but speed up.

Ning Yu saw this scene clearly on the city wall, and he felt a faint chill in his heart, this high position is worthy of being an old traitor who has been in the army for decades, not to mention how old and spicy the means are, just this ruthlessness of the heart, that is, surpassing some of the green battalion generals in front, and not taking the people seriously.

When the other officers of the Fu Han Army on the city wall saw this scene, their faces turned red, and they couldn't help but curse, and many even directly asked Ning Yu for battle, asking to go out of the city directly to rescue the people first.

I have to say that in terms of the shaping of values, Ning Yu is still very successful, at least among the current Fu Han army, there are not really many people who are thirsty for killing.

Dong Ce shook his head and said: "It must not be like this, it is already dark at this time, if our army goes out of the city at this time, the advantage of guns and artillery will be greatly reduced, not to mention that the sandbag also has the effect of resisting bullets, I am afraid it will be difficult to cause damage." If it is hand-to-hand combat, the number of our army is too small, and I am afraid it will be difficult to take advantage. ”

Ning Yu nodded, the battle of Changsha was not completely caused by hand-to-hand combat to defeat the Qing army, but more by continuous artillery bombardment and flintlock gun volleys, hand-to-hand combat was just the final word.

"Give the order to the artillerymen to bombard the carts outside the city and force them away! The rest of the regiments, defending the previously divided positions, remember, this battle is going to be fought closer! ”

"In addition, pass the order, this battle is high and wait for a group of green battalion generals, don't take prisoners!"