The main force of the Ming army finally arrived near the city of Nanchang.

It's just that Zhu Youlang was stunned when he saw everything in front of him.

How did the Qing army dig such a large trench?

Even the breastwork was built.

This is all Zhu Youlang's routine!

In other words, in this era, except for Zhu Youlang, no one knew the full set of trench excavation methods.

Unless... Unless there are still time-travelers in this world.

But Zhu Youlang thought about it for a while and ruled out this possibility.

Thinking about it carefully, it may be that Lu Guisheng revealed the news to Hong Chengchou after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou attached great importance to this matter, so he ordered people to dig trenches to prepare for field battles.

In fact, it is not wrong to do this from Hong Chengchou's point of view.

After all, after defending the city so much, none of them can be defended.

In this way, not only will the forces be dispersed, but they will also be consumed and broken by the Ming army to the greatest extent.

Hong Chengchou himself is not the kind of diehard, but belongs to the very strong ability to adapt to changes, and seeing the tricks is his strength.

Since you can't defend the city, it's better to fight head-on.

In this way, both sides can fight with dignity and will not regret even if they lose.

It's better than losing the city all the time.

But this is not good news for the Ming army.

First of all, Zhu Youlang has been using a coffin that has always been cool to blow up the city, and the effect of hot air balloon tactics has been minimized.

Hong Chengchou showed his hole cards to seek a decisive battle, and Zhu Youlang and the Ming army were forced to have a decisive battle with Hong Chengchou outside the city of Nanchang.

Of course, Zhu Youlang can also choose to avoid the fight, but this is very demoralizing.

And Nanchang is the center of the whole Jiangxi. Sooner or later, you still have to fight, and it's better to eat it in one bite than to drag it.

After a brief exchange with Li Dingguo, Zhu Youlang finally decided to fight this battle.

It is related to the trend of the entire Jiangxi war situation, and Zhu Youlang naturally does not dare to take it lightly.

There was no difference between rushing into a Qing army's position with trenches and sending them to death.

Zhu Youlang had already noticed that Hong Chengchou ordered someone to push the red-clothed cannon to the city, and the muzzle of the cannon was aimed at him.

In positional warfare, the power of the red-coated artillery is still not to be underestimated, and it is still possible to lose the combat effectiveness of a large area in a large area, not to mention the erosion of several miles.

Zhu Youlang had already thought about it, since he wanted to capture Nanchang, he must be ready to fight a protracted war.

The other side has fortifications, trenches, and must have it themselves.

Fortunately, the Ming army, especially the Tiger Army, had the class of engineers.

This is where its role comes in.

Zhu Youlang ordered the engineer battalion to start immediately and began to dig trenches.

At this moment, the main force of the Ming army was about hundreds of steps away from the front line of the Qing army's trenches.

This distance is still relatively safe, and the Qing army couldn't figure out the Qing army's routine at first, so they chose to observe conservatively.

When the Qing army found out that the Ming army was also going to fight positionally, after the battle, it gradually became a little unbearable.

Hong Chengchou didn't intend to give the Ming army a chance to gain a foothold, so with a wave of his hand, the minions of the Green Battalion began to fire artillery.

The redcoat cannon had a long range and could theoretically hit the Ming army sappers who were digging trenches.

But when the shells really flew out, it wasn't as Hong Chengchou thought.

Although the shells hit the positions of the Ming army, most of their strength had been exhausted when they arrived.

The lethality of the redcoat cannon is far from being reflected.

Rao is so, and the Ming army is still affected somewhat.

The cannonball bounced on the rough ground, causing secondary damage.

Some Ming army sappers who were digging trenches were crushed.

Some of the soldiers had their legs crushed alive and let out heart-rending wails.

Zhu Youlang saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

But on the other hand, it strengthened his determination to dig trenches and build fortifications.

After all, both sides have artillery, and regardless of the firing range, the Ming army would really suffer too much if there were no trenches and other bunkers. 536 Literature

Hong Chengchou was disappointed when he saw the effect of the red-clothed cannon.

In this way, even if there are a few rounds of bombardment, it may not be able to hurt the foundation of the Ming army.

Looking at the appearance of the Ming army, they are planning to fight a protracted war.

If the artillery is rashly fired now, and the Ming army will launch an offensive when the number of shells is almost consumed, won't the Qing army only be passively beaten?

This is absolutely unacceptable to Hong Chengchou.

So the best thing to do now is to stop firing the guns.

But it was not a way to watch the Ming army build fortifications.

Hong Chengchou thought about it and planned to send cavalry to attack and delay the excavation of the Ming army's trenches.

The cavalry was very mobile and came and went freely, and the Ming army was a target when digging trenches.

Hong Chengchou felt that he could take advantage of this opportunity to make a profit.

Even if they can't let the Ming army break their muscles and bones, they have to make them lose a layer of skin.

But who should be given this task?

Hong Chengchou glanced at Geng Jimao, and said in his heart that there was no need to count on this guy.

As for Shang Kexi's relationship with Hong Chengchou after experiencing the pain of losing his son, he was very tense and far away from each other on the other side of the camp.

After thinking about it, Hong Chengchou could only use the Green Camp Army.

Ma Baofan is one of the Jiangxi Qing generals Zhonghong Chengchou admires.

Its biggest characteristic is that it is fearless and dares to fight tough battles.

This is very similar to Zhao Liangdong.

Hong Chengchou is not suspicious of employing people, and he does not use suspicious people.

He stepped forward and patted Ma Baofan on the shoulder, and said cordially: "There is no need to hit the Ming army hard in this battle, just drag them as much as possible by roundabout guerrillas." ”

Ma Baofan clasped his hands into fists and said: "Hong Jingluo, please rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to his mission." ”

With that, he turned and walked away.

Soon Ma Baofan gathered 2,000 cavalry.

They have been holding back for so long, and they are already gearing up to try.

With Ma Baofan's crisp horsewhip.

The light cavalry of the Qing army galloped quickly towards the Ming army.

Due to the excavation of trenches, little space was left for the cavalry.

Their formation was also pressed into an awl shape.

Seeing the Qing cavalry sweeping in, Zhu Youlang frowned.

Hong Chengchou is still ruthless, and when he saw that the Ming army began to fight positional warfare, he immediately sent people to sabotage.

Regardless of how it works, this line of thinking is very correct.

It's really a brain-wrenching confrontation with someone like that.

Hong Chengchou wanted to delay the excavation of the Ming army's trenches as much as possible, and Zhu Youlang had to stop it as much as possible.

"Zhao Xu! Send the soldiers of the Fire Gun Battalion to cover the Engineer Battalion! ”

The best way to stop cavalry attacks now is to use firearms.

Although the Ming army's flintlock pistols had a limited number of fixed ammunition, and one was less than one, they had to be on top without hesitation at this time.

"Yes!"

Zhao Xu replied in a deep voice.

"The fire battalion stepped forward and hit it in three sections!"

The three-stage attack is the Ming army's forte.

After Zhu Youlang's improvement, it has now reached its peak.

I saw that the soldiers of the Huben Firearms Battalion quickly changed their formation and switched to a time-occupied state.

"First row ready!"

The speed of the cavalry charge was so fast that the musketeers in the first row could shoot at about a hundred paces.

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