The Qing army aimed all the trebuchets at the woods.

Hong Chengchou gave an order, and dozens of trebuchets worked together. The stones were wrapped in thunderous momentum and smashed towards the woods where the Ming army was.

Looking at this posture, the trebuchet seems to be able to smash everything to pieces, which is very terrifying.

However, after the slowing effect of the woods, the actual impact of the stones was already very low, and it was not possible to cause effective damage to the Ming army at all.

At first, Li Dingguo was still a little worried, but when he saw the role of the forest with his own eyes, his admiration for the Son of Heaven couldn't help but increase a few points.

The Son of Heaven can not be surprised when faced with a life-and-death decision, and can always make the wisest decision, which alone is worth learning from Li Dingguo.

"Your Majesty, seeing that the Qing army will not attack in a big way in a short period of time, will we continue to dig?"

Zhu Youlang nodded when he heard this: "Time is very precious, don't delay it." Be sure to dig the trenches before dark, as I asked. ”

"Yes!"

Li Dingguo held his fists and continued to supervise the excavation of trenches.

Every moment is precious now, and it must be tightened.

And the Qing army in the distance apparently did not know anything about everything in the woods.

The leader is Hong Chengchou.

He had never used a trebuchet to smash the woods in actual combat, so he had no idea of the actual effect, and instinctively felt that he could inflict greater damage on the Ming army.

Of course, others think so too.

"I said Lao Hong, there is really you. If we continue to smash it at this momentum, maybe we don't have to go out of the mountain and the thieves themselves will have half their lives left. ”

At the level of strategy, Hong Chengchou is definitely stronger than Aobai, and Aobai also knows this.

In fact, Ao Bai himself doesn't care too much about the ranking of meritorious deeds, even if he is behind Hong Chengchou, as long as he can annihilate the Ming army, it is worth it for the emperor's heart.

As a slave, the first consideration must be to share the worries of the master.

Personal glory and wealth should be put on the back.

"If we continue to do this for a while, we'll attack again."

"Well, don't worry, wait until the thief has one breath left, and then we will defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

On this point, Ao Bai and Hong Chengchou can be regarded as reaching a consensus.

As for the opinions of Hu Quancai, Gao Tianjue and Zhou Peigong, no one cares at all.

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The sky gradually darkened, and at dusk, Li Dingguo finally reported to the Son of Heaven that the trenches had been dug.

Zhu Youlang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

At first, he always felt that a day was too short, and for an army that was skilled in digging techniques, one day was definitely enough.

The problem is that the Ming army only has a theoretical basis for digging trenches, and I am afraid that only the Tiger Ben army has practiced on a daily basis.

In this way, it is indeed difficult to dig trenches in a day under great pressure.

Fortunately, the soldiers did not disappoint him.

"Very good, the next thing is to see when the East Capture will attack."

In the current situation, the Ming army must be fighting a positional war to the death.

The trenches are the best cover, and with the cover of the woods, if the eastern captives dare to attack rashly, they will die.

This is like a swamp, as long as the Qing army dares to step in and then want to evacuate, it is impossible.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will let them come and go!"

Li Dingguo said very carefully.

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Hong Chengchou has always been an old and serious person, and he will not easily show his hole cards.

Therefore, after the trebuchet smashed into the woods, he ordered someone to bring in a red-coated cannon for a heavy bombardment.

After a set of combination punches, Hong Chengchou naturally felt that the Ming army had suffered heavy losses.

This is the perfect time to attack.

He had a brief exchange with Aobai, and the two agreed that attacking was the best option now.

Hong Chengchou then found Hu Quancai and said to him earnestly: "Originally, Lord Ao wanted to personally lead his troops into the woods and end up with these Ming troops. But he considered that you are now guilty of sin, and he wants you to have a chance to make meritorious contributions, so he gave you this opportunity. Don't let Ben Jinglu and Lord Ao down. ”

When Hu Quancai heard this, he wanted to slaughter Aobai's mother.

This fucking became a worship for his good? Why are you so good at it?

Obviously, Ao Bai is unwilling to fight an unprepared battle. Who knows what the battle losses of the Ming army are now? What if the Ming army did not lose any troops at all? Isn't he going to die when he rushes in now?

The truth is this truth, but Hu Quancai can't say it.

Who called Ao Bai's status and official position higher than him?

The official level crushed people to death, not to mention that Ao Bai is still the most trusted person of the emperor.

Hu Quancai saw Hong Chengchou and Ao Bai breathing out of one nostril, and knew that he couldn't escape this pioneer.

Forcing himself to squeeze out a smile, Hu Quancai patted his chest and promised: "Hong Jingluo, please rest assured, the lower officials will not disappoint you and Lord Ao." ”

After that, Hu Quancai turned to Gao Tianjue and said, "Gao Zhifu, you will personally supervise the battle." ”

Gao Tianjue was watching the excitement to himself, but who knew that this pot had turned to his head again, and he greeted Hu Quancai's ancestor in his heart.

Although he was not asked to personally lead his troops to charge, the meaning of the battle was that Gao Tianjue would personally be responsible for this matter.

Gao Tianjue turned to Hong Chengchou, and when he saw Hong Chengchou nodding, he had to say helplessly: "The lower official will take the order." ”

Many of the green battalion soldiers under Gao Tianjue's command were confidants of the former prefect, and he was quickly transferred to Changsha without a long run-in.

But it was also necessary to catch the ducks on the shelves, and Gao Tianjue said impassioned and morale-boosting words in front of the soldiers, and then ordered the march towards the woods where the Ming army was.

The Qing soldiers are actually up and down in their hearts.

The formation just now was quite large, but God knows what the casualties of the Ming army were.

Now that it's getting dark, the offense does feel a bit of a bet at this time.

But they really can't refuse, this is a military order, and disobeying a military order is to lose their heads.

The soldiers of the green battalion did not dare to rub in, and marched towards the woods with firearms, bows and arrows.

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"Your Majesty, the Tartars have arrived!"

In the woods, the Ming army could clearly see the movements of the Qing army, but the Qing army could not.

This is also a major advantage of the Ming army.

It was not completely dark yet, so Zhu Youlang did not order the torch to be lit.

"Tell the soldiers to jump into the trenches and prepare for battle."

Zhu Youlang's order was given very decisively.

"Yes!"

At first, the soldiers were worried that jumping into the trench would affect the battle, but when they actually entered the trench, they found that it was very comfortable.

The trenches were just high enough to protect their entire body, and they could also mount flintlocks on them to kill Tartar soldiers at any time.

Wu Keyan, as a soldier of the Huben Firearms Battalion's flintlock squad, had been holding his breath for a long time, and now he could finally vent it.

He didn't want to do it at the moment, he just wanted to shoot the Tartar's dog head with one shot.

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