"With the governor of Jiangnan in his high position, it is advisable to be a speedy Qingjiang, and it cannot be postponed for a long time, so as not to go south to other provinces and slaughter the people..."

A eunuch stood in the tent of the barracks and read with a glance.

"The minion takes orders."

Gao Qiwei got up from the ground with difficulty, and it was really inconvenient for a person in his seventies to kneel around, but when he stood up, he began to have a smile on his face, he looked at the eunuch who passed the message, and quietly handed over a jade pendant.

"Gonggong Li has been running all the way from the front line, and he has really worked hard, and I hope Gonggong Li will not dislike these hard work."

The eunuch didn't look at the jade pendant, and after stuffing it into his cuffs, he said with a smile: "A few days ago, Lord Gao had a battle with that Chu Yi?" But why didn't they continue to attack? ”

Gao Qiwei is not a good general who loves nurses, but it is because he himself feels that he can't attack by force, so he chooses to give up, but these words can't be said directly, so the explanation given to the emperor and Cha Bina is that the casualties are too heavy and difficult to continue, so the strong attack should be changed to a siege.

Because of the previous reasons, Gao Qiwei could only smile bitterly at the moment: "My father-in-law doesn't know, this Chu rebel gun is very good, and the training is quite good, so if our army attacks strongly, it will suffer heavy losses, and the siege strategy is more secure, and it is bound to eliminate these rebel bandits." ”

The eunuch nodded lightly and sighed: "The general knows that the situation on the northern front is now good, and the governor of Nian has already hit Yunxian, if he conquers this city again, he will go all the way to Wuchang." The emperor has even transferred tens of thousands of green camps, and once Xinyang is taken, Chu Shun will never return to heaven. ”

Of course, Gao Qiwei understands what the other party means, if at that time, you Gao Qiwei and Cha Bina are still fighting with the Fu Han army going south, it will not be someone else who is unlucky, it is you yourself!

Hearing this, Gao Qiwei couldn't help wiping the sweat on his forehead, and said humbly: "Please also ask my father-in-law to tell the emperor that the slave has not understood the emperor's true intentions, and the slave deserves to die, and the slave will definitely take this Qingjiang City."

When the eunuch heard this, he only nodded slightly, and left in a hurry without even taking a bite of the meal.

The key to this incident is that the reason for this incident is still the trouble caused by the Fu Han army that went south, that is, the first independent division, and it is precisely because they went south to Ganzhou that they posed a serious threat to other provinces, which led to more and more excerpts from the Zha Buna and Gao Qi.

Many ministers participated in the meal of Cha Bina and Gao Qi's corpse, and some even thought that Cha Bina had an army of 100,000 troops, but he was reluctant to go west, and he was not subservient, although these words were not mainstream, but it can also be seen that these two people are currently in a lot of trouble.

For this matter, even Cha Bina also brought a letter to Gao Qiwei, and his words were not very polite, and even said, 'Lian Po is old, and he can still put on armor and go into battle, how can you be like you?' In doing so, this is a deep shame on the high position.

Now both inside and outside the court are urging Gao Qi's position to quickly capture Qingjiang City, which has made Gao Qi's position unable to sit firmly on the high platform, and he quickly gathered all the generals to prepare for a new round of siege.

Because he had already had the experience of attacking the city last time, Gao Qiwei also had a little bit of confidence in his heart, and he also improved the current siege methods, but when Gao Qiwei looked at the small city that did not seem to be very strong, he still felt a little trembling.

At the end of July, the siege battle, which had been suspended for more than half a month, started again, but for Ning Yu, it was good news, indicating that the previous methods seemed to have taken effect in advance.

Originally, Ning Yu wanted to wait until the 1st Independent Division took Ganzhou, so he went all the way north to conquer Fuzhou, and then cut off the back road of Gao Qi's position, forcing Cha Bina to lead troops south, so as to completely remove the threat of the Fu Han army to the east.

But what Ning Yu didn't expect was that just the independent division conquered Ganzhou Mansion, which made the Qing army in Guangzhou unable to sit still, and under Guan Yuanzhong's overreaction, it became a different picture when it was transmitted to Kangxi's side, coupled with the impact of the regimental training, Kangxi had doubts about the minister's intentions.

In this case, Zha Bina and Gao Qiwei can't defend themselves at all, and the best way to defend themselves is to quickly take down Chu Wei on the other side, so as to prove to Emperor Kangxi that he is still a good courtier.

Looking at the Qing army under the city to reorganize and assemble, and then began to attack the city wall, Ning Yu obviously felt that the morale of the Qing army was not as good as a few days ago, not only that, but even the battle spirit of the high position did not seem to be so strong.

The situation on the battlefield is very subtle, in fact, it is also very simple, the key is that the attack must be conquered, the battle must be won, like the first division led by Ning Yu did not know how many hard battles, and every battle can be won, so that the momentum of the soldiers in the bottom of their hearts is very high, and they are full of confidence in fighting.

Although it is said that in this way, it is easy to fall into the trap of being defeated by arrogant soldiers, as long as the commander can keep a fresh mind, then this momentum can be transformed into combat effectiveness, thereby boosting the combat power.

But the Qing army is different, since the fight with the Fu Han army, almost never took advantage, when the Fu Han army guns sounded, many people even thought about running back, in this case, it is impossible to have too high combat effectiveness.

The situation on the entire battlefield was almost no different from before, the thunder cannon on the head of Qingjiang City roared, mixed with the sound of a row of guns, the two voices were intertwined here, but it constituted the most cruel scene.

Many Qing soldiers could not get close to the city wall at all, so they were directly killed under the city wall, and at this time, the counterattack of the Qing army's sub-mother cannon and Weiyuan cannon seemed a little weak, except for some iron bullets that happened to fall in the city, there were almost no other casualties.

The thick smoke covered the entire wall, both on and under the walls, and there was nothing but the sound of gunfire in the ears, but the cruelty of war is not made easy because of this.

Batches of officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion were sent to the city, and then driven down, in the process there were countless floating corpses, and many Qing soldiers wanted to escape, but they were cut off by the overseers arranged by the high position and hung on the flagpole.

"If you advance, you will live, and if you retreat, you will die." This is an order issued by a high position before the war, without negotiation and without compromise.

However, this method of fighting regardless of casualties did not really cause too many casualties to the Fu Han army, nor did it allow the Qing army's position to move into the city at all, and batches of Qing troops were thrown into the city, and then swallowed up without a trace.

Once Gao Qiwei made up his mind, he would no longer regret it, and seeing that his own casualties were getting bigger and bigger, his heart was a little more steady.

"In this battle, we have advanced and retreated, although Chu Rebellion's guns are fierce, they are not without flaws."

Gao Qiwei said in a condensed voice, but the green camp generals behind him felt a chill from the bottom of his heart, this person is really crazy, if he can take down Chu Yan, I am afraid that everyone will be sent to death, and he will not frown.

"The key to this battle is underground."