Hong Chengchou's lungs are about to explode.

This Hu Quancai is really a mistake.

He didn't know what he valued Hu Quancai at the beginning, but he actually recommended it to Emperor Shunzhi in person, and now he really regrets it.

But the matter has come to this point, regret does not solve any problems, Hong Chengchou can't remove Hu Quancai now, right?

And he doesn't have that right either.

"Lao Hong, it seems that the thief relies entirely on sharp firearms, what did I think."

Ao Bai said it now.

"I led my troops to attack Xiangyang, and I fought with the Ming thieves for several days. At that time, I was still wondering, how did the thief suddenly become so strong when he used to collapse at the touch of a button? It's not normal. After Governor Hu said this, I kind of understood. ”

Ao Bai Yin and Yang said it in a strange way, which naturally means that it is not his fault that he failed to take Xiangyang and other cities, but that the firearms of the Ming army are too powerful.

It is impossible for anyone else to have much of an advantage.

"Then does Lu Guisheng have any explanation of how these firearms came from?"

Since Hong Chengchou knows it, he has to get to the bottom of it, this is his character, and it is impossible to pass it in a daze.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Lu Guisheng only said that these firearms in Yongli were all bought from Taixi, and the lower officials think they should have something to do with the Franc Jiren."

"Franc Robot?"

Hong Chengchou thought for a moment and said: "It seems that we have to say hello to Guangdong, although we don't want to take care of the affairs of the trench realm, don't go too far." ”

"Hong Jing is slightly wise."

Hu Quancai hurriedly sent a sycophant.

"Well, let's take note of this for now. The immediate priority is how to break through the formation of the Ming army. ”

Hong Chengchou is still very pragmatic, he knows that there is no point in continuing to pursue this matter, and he must break through the defense line of the Ming army as soon as possible and capture Yongli in order to end this war.

Hu Quancai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

If Hong Chengchou really continued to ask, he really didn't know how to explain.

"Hong Jingluo, Xia Guan thinks it's better to send a large army to press it, just Xia Guan's family background is not enough. If the army is directly pressed, the thieves will not be able to see enough firearms. ”

Hu Quancai gave a very mediocre suggestion.

But Hong Chengchou feels that this suggestion is not necessarily impossible.

In the final analysis, it was because the number of Qing troops was far greater than that of the Ming army, which was twice as large as the Ming army.

With such a large numerical advantage not being used but going up one by one, wouldn't it give the Ming army a chance to break through?

In fact, how does Hong Chengchou not know this?

The reason why he chose to send Hu Quancai's army forward first was because he wanted to reduce the casualties of his descendants' army as much as possible.

The people he brought to Guizhou back then were all his henchmen and the foundation of his life.

Don't look at how much Ao Bai and others respect him now, not necessarily because of his identity, but because of his army.

If there is no army, with him as an old man, Ao Bai may not give a good face.

Of course, he couldn't say these words directly to Ao Bai and Hu Quancai, so he could only say in a harmonious voice: "It's okay, Ben Jingluo will send the main force to attack." ”

As for Aobai and the Eight Banners Army, Hong Chengchou did not mention it at all.

Because he knows very well that Ao Bai will not attack until the last moment.

Hu Quancai was overjoyed when he heard this, and finally he didn't have to fight the situation alone.

Although the main sacrifices before were Gao Tianjue's soldiers and horses, Gao Tianjue's soldiers and horses were his soldiers and horses.

Now there are so many soldiers left in Huguang, one less dead, Hu Quancai's heart is dripping blood.

The Ming army in the distance didn't know that there was so much discussion at the top of the Qing army, and they only felt that the number of Qing soldiers rushing over was increasing.

At first, the grenade and flintlock were able to steadily suppress the Qing soldiers, but gradually they were a little weak.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu immediately reported the situation to the Son of Heaven.

As the deputy general of the Tiger Army, he only needs to be responsible for the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Youlang also frowned when he heard this.

Although the trenches are reliable, the pressure on the soldiers can be a bit high in the face of a large army charge.

"Bombard."

Although it is difficult to bombard the Qing soldiers rushing to the side with artillery at this distance, there is still a suppressive force on the Qing soldiers in the distance.

In other words, Zhu Youlang's decision to use artillery was not to stop the number of charging Qing troops, but to delay the number of Qing troops to replenish the troops.

Doing so will indirectly reduce the number of charged.

Zhao Xu naturally knew this truth, and he clenched his fists with both hands and left.

As for Li Dingguo, he has always stuck to the front line, and even jumped off the trench to communicate some details with the soldiers.

This is also his personal style of acting, and Zhu Youlang will not care.

The Qing soldiers in the distance pressed on them, but before they could rush up, they saw one shell after another smashing at them, and they were dumbfounded.

A shell smashed into the crowd and did not explode immediately, but made a jump.

The lethality of the ricochet is not bad at all, and even more Qing soldiers are injured and killed.

Most of the dead Qing soldiers did not have all the corpses, and this scene scared the other Qing soldiers stupidly.

The artillery of the Ming army is too terrifying!

But the military order is like a mountain, they must press forward brainlessly, and can only pray in their hearts that the shells of the Ming army will not blow themselves up.

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It was already completely dark, and both the Ming and Qing armies had to use torches to see the surrounding situation.

It was difficult to attack in such an environment, so Hong Chengchou decided to make a temporary truce.

Anyway, they have now surrounded the Ming army, as long as they don't let go of this opening, it is impossible for the Ming army to rush out.

Now what the Qing army has to do is to recuperate, sleep well, and wait until the next morning to completely crush the Ming army.

When Hong Chengchou gave this order, the Qing soldiers were all overjoyed.

After a day of fighting, I can finally rest for a while, even if I die, it will be tomorrow.

One more day is a day, and as long as the head is still on the neck, sleep one more fucking night.

At the same time, Zhu Youlang found Li Dingguo, Zhao Xu and other important ministers to discuss countermeasures.

The trenches, although they may seem ideal, are, after all, a passive defensive measure.

If we wait until early tomorrow morning, the Qing army will inevitably be pressed on a large scale, will there be a shortage of ammunition for the Ming army at that time, and will the soldiers be fatigued?

None of this is easy to say.

Therefore, Zhu Youlang felt that he should take advantage of the night to attack the Qing army, strive to take the initiative from passivity, and regain the dominance.

Zhao Xu unconditionally supported this, after all, in its opinion, the Son of Heaven's decision led to the Ming army recovering a lot of lost territory, and unconditionally trusting the Son of Heaven was.

However, Li Dingguo raised a different opinion.

He felt that with Hong Chengchou's old scheming, he would definitely be prepared.

If the Ming army chooses to attack at night, it may hit Hong Chengchou's muzzle, and it may not have much advantage at that time.

In this regard, Zhu Youlang and he carefully analyzed the pros and cons, and finally concluded that the advantages of the night attack outweighed the disadvantages, and Li Dingguo finally agreed to this plan.

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