In the early morning of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Xinhui gradually woke up in the sun, and the four city walls were marked with reddish-brown marks, exuding a faint smell of blood, as if to remind everyone that this place had been under siege for ten days.

For Guan Yuanzhong, this battle was too difficult and too long!

Xinhui is not a fortified city, it is just a county seat, but in the face of the siege of tens of thousands of Qing troops, the reason why it can still hold on to this day is because the Fu Han army's ability to defend the city is too strong, muskets, artillery, grenades and rockets, etc., so that the Qing army is full of corpses under Xinhui City, but it is still unable to conquer, and it has not even stood firm on the wall........

After the 10-day attack, the casualties of the Qing army reached more than 13,000 people, if it were not for Guan Yuanzhong's strong bullet pressure and yearning for a way out, I am afraid that the phenomenon of bombing the camp would have already appeared in the Qing army, and it can even be said that it is a miracle that the current Qing army can still maintain its collapse.

Guan Yuanzhong took a few green battalion generals and walked towards the camp where the green camp was stationed, it was a very wide camp, if it was fully stationed, there would be more than 26,000 people, but now it seems to be extremely empty, and there are few injuries lying on the ground, and their eyes looking at Guan Yuanzhong and others are full of numbness and despair.

"General Cui, are you a soldier from Yingde Town?"

Guan Yuanzhong stepped on the wet ground, feeling that there seemed to be a layer of bloody things on the ground, which was extremely sticky, which only made him feel disgusting, but since he was going to put on a show at the moment, it was not good to leave now.

A lean man wearing armor next to him was Zhou Ruian, the chief soldier of Yingde Town, and he whispered with a humble face: "Lord Guan, this is the camp of Yingde Town......

"Oh?"

Guan Yuanzhong raised his eyebrows, and was about to ask where the others went, but suddenly remembered the tragedy of the siege in front of him, and the sentence that he originally wanted to ask was swallowed in his stomach and silent.

A wry smile appeared on Zhou Rui'an's face, "My lord, there are too many wounded in the camp now, and the general is afraid that the noise will make the adults quiet, most of the wounded have moved to a distant place, but there is a lack of medicine at the moment, and I ask the adults to transfer a batch to ......."

Guan Yuanzhong's face showed a hint of embarrassment, it was not that he didn't want to use it for the soldiers of the Green Battalion, but the number of wounded on the side of the Eight Banners was also quite large, according to the practice of the Qing Army, the doctors and medicines were inclined to the Eight Banners, so there were not many medicines available for the Green Battalion, and as for the doctors of the Green Battalion, there were only two or three symbolic ones......

Since the Qing army besieged Xinhui before, many people were injured and could not be treated at all, and the generals of the Green Battalion had to let the wounded soldiers wail helplessly, but there was nothing they could do.

What's even more cruel is that in the face of the modern mode of warfare, once injured by a musket or artillery, there is basically only one way to die, to put it bluntly, many people ask for medicine just for comfort, so that they are not so helpless......

Guan Yuanzhong let out a long sigh and said in a low voice: "General Zhou, the army is also very difficult at the moment, and there is no way to provide medicine...... You still have to prepare early. ”

"General, can you allocate some of the arrears of food and wages before that.....?"

"This is not allowed."

"That'...... Can you allow me to relieve Yingde Town of the first attack..."

"Not allowed to do so."

Zhou Ruian was silent, and a smile appeared on his face, "My lord, the lower official understands." After speaking, he pushed aside, this time Guan Yuanzhong came here, it seemed that he was just pretending.

After such a turmoil, Guan Yuanzhong didn't even have the mood to pretend to be the last, and began to walk backwards surrounded by everyone, intending to return to the handsome tent.

It's just that at this moment, a man squeezed in from outside the crowd, with an anxious look on his face, and after seeing Guan Yuanzhong, he hurriedly ran over, handed over two plain letters, and said in a low voice: "My lord, something is wrong in Huizhou!" ”

When Guan Yuanzhong heard the guards say Huizhou, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly took the letters, and found that one of them was a letter from the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Manbao, and the other was a letter from Li Hun, the governor of Guangdong. What's going on in Huizhou? ”

The guard made a bitter face and whispered, "My lord, there are many people here.......

Guan Yuanzhong glanced at the people around him, frowned slightly, and returned to the tent.

Under Guan Yuanzhong's forced gaze, the guard hurriedly spoke: "The villain doesn't know clearly, it seems that the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang led the army to leave...... The messenger said that this matter was very important, and that the governor of Guangdong, Lord Li, had already written it clearly in the letter, and the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang also left a letter for the lord. ”

Guan Yuanzhong looked at the two letters in his hand, and opened Li Hun's letter without thinking, but he expressed his doubts about Manbao clearly, Li Hun made it clear in the letter that he was invited to go to Manbao's camp, and did not hide it from Guan Yuanzhong along with the banquet that day, and finally wrote that for some reason the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Manbao, led the army to leave, and left a letter to Guan Yuanzhong.

Li Hun basically recounted the whole thing as it was, and did not add the slightest oil and vinegar, so after Guan Yuanzhong read it, he probably knew what was going on in his heart, and then opened Man Bao's letter, and in this letter, Man Bao was very enthusiastic about Guan Yuanzhong, but he also euphemistically proposed in the back that he wanted to go to Shaozhou to assist in the defense, because the matter was urgent, and asked him to be considerate of the adults.

This can make Guan Yuanzhong angry, if there is no letter, Guan Yuanzhong probably would not be so annoyed, but now this letter almost peeled off his Guan Yuanzhong's face and stepped on it, it is really unbearable.

"Hmph, what a guts!"

Manbao's move almost completely disrupted Guan Yuanzhong's plan, his face couldn't help but become a little more gloomy, now there are only 10,000 Qing troops in Huizhou, and it is almost a foregone conclusion that it will be broken by the Fu Han army, and what he can do is to quickly take Xinhui before Huizhou is broken, so that the remaining Qing army still has a way to live.

"Beat the drums, gather the generals! Take the warrant of the Governor and attack the city quickly! ”

When the roar sounded again under the city of Xinhui, the third division of the Fu Han Army, under the leadership of Cheng Ming, finally approached the city of Huizhou.

After arriving at Huizhou City, Cheng Ming did not hesitate at all, after a little rest, he began to lead the people to attack the city, because the third division set off by land, so all the firearms were carried completely, a large number of artillery lined up, and the final siege preparations were made under the city of Huizhou.

Guangzhou Admiral Li Hun felt a little bitter in his mouth, facing the third division of the Fu Han Army under the city, he found that it was impossible for him to hold it, if the remnants of the Fujian and Zhejiang armies of Manbao were still there, there would be a certain amount of power to fight back with their firearms, but in the situation he was facing now, there was almost no hope.

"Boom—"

In the current system of the Fu Han Army, the study of artillery is very in-depth, especially in the Eagle Battalion and the Lecture Hall, the artillery subjects have become key subjects, and the related calculation subjects are also vigorously popularized, so all the officers who have been trained in the Lecture Hall have their own certain understanding of the use of artillery.

In this case, the artillery of the Fu Han army is not only advanced in equipment, but also second to none in the world in terms of personnel quality, and the artillery is also very complete for the coverage and strike of fixed targets.

In the face of such a harsh blow, Li Hun wanted to die, when did the several green camp towns under his command experience such a scene? Just a few rounds of shelling, not to mention the loss of artillery, the loss of nearly a thousand soldiers alone, and the rest of the people were so frightened that they fled backwards in embarrassment, refusing to go up the city wall for half a step.

Cheng Ming glanced at Huizhou City, without the slightest hint of joy, in fact, his mood was not good, because the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Man Bao, somehow went to the direction of Shaozhou Mansion, this big fat meat to the mouth was gone, anyone would be a little annoyed, but it was cheaper for Qian Ying, an old boy.

Speaking of the surrender of the Han army from Qian Ying, it is almost like a lucky general, every battle must have a big victory, and a new division led by him is still fighting impressively, so after the founding of the country, he also became the first batch of major generals to be promoted, which is much stronger than other green battalion generals, and is on an equal footing with their old qualifications.

Cheng Ming didn't feel jealous or dissatisfied, after all, the big guys in battle were all in his eyes, but he did sigh that his luck was good, compared to others, Qian Ying's several combat exploits were almost all blind cats and dead rats.

Of course, although he ran away from the big fish of Manbao, as long as he broke through Huizhou first, he would be able to threaten Guangzhou at the first time, and it would be a great achievement at that time, so Cheng Ming didn't think too much, and directly ordered the two regiments under his command to launch a strong attack on Huizhou City, and issued an order to attack the city today.

Although Cheng Ming is quite confident in his army, he will not be so big as to think that he can fight a battle, although the morale of the Qing army has been hit hard, but if he really wants to fight a siege war, it is not without backhand, so as long as he can attack the city today, it will be a great victory.

According to Cheng Ming's plan, the main force of the Qing army was accumulated mainly through the attack and defense of the city, and after a large number of casualties, the Qing army's fresh force could be effectively reduced. At present, the Fu Han army has a lot of experience in attacking Jiancheng, and it is not difficult to conquer a Huizhou, which is the consensus of everyone.

After the siege battle began, the first regiment and the second regiment of the third division undertook the heavy task of the first wave of attack, and the 4,000 men were divided into several waves to attack the head of Huizhou City.

"Boom—"

"Kill!"

The sound of fighting sounded on the wall of Huizhou, and more and more people poured onto the wall, which made Li Hun feel very anxious, he really didn't expect the Fu Han army to be so strong, on the one hand, he sent people to Xinhui for help, and on the other hand, he drove the green battalion soldiers to the city to seize the position.

When the green battalion soldiers saw that the Fu Han army easily took the city, they were a little frightened, and they were a little sluggish, and they walked forward slowly, but no one was willing to rush to the front as a substitute for the dead ghosts.

Li Hun was a little anxious, he looked at a man in iron armor beside him, and said anxiously: "General Soldier Wan, now that my Huizhou is in danger, I hope that the general can turn the tide!" If this battle is won, the general will definitely ask General Guan and Kong Duxian for the general's credit! ”

The man in iron armor, with a beard on his face, looks a little rough, it is Wan Zaifu, the chief soldier of Chaozhou Town, he was originally a martial artist in the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, good at making a good flower knife, in the early years of Gansu as an errand, in the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi, he was transferred to Chaozhou Town and became a general soldier.

Wan Zaifu has some thoughts about Shangguan in his heart, the 3,000 green battalion under his command is the most effective in the entire Guangdong green battalion, when the Fu Han army conquered Guangzhou, Wan Zaifu planned to stay in Chaozhou to compare with the Fu Han army, but was transferred to Guangzhou Mansion by Guan Yuanzhong in the name of concentrating troops, and Chaozhou Mansion is equivalent to giving it to others, which makes Wan Zaifu naturally very dissatisfied.

It's just that Li Hun has the grace to promote Wan Zaifu, so no matter how uncomfortable he is, he has to obey Li Hun's orders, lead the elite soldiers under his command, and rush to the city wall, intending to drive the Fuhan army down.

Compared with other green battalions, the soldiers of Chaozhou Town are especially good at hand-to-hand combat under the influence of Wan Zaifu, so although the firearms of the entire Guangdong Green Battalion are very high, Chaozhou Town is still dominated by spears, swords and shields, and only a small number of shotguns, so in hand-to-hand combat at this time, it has become the main force in Li Hun's heart.

Wan Zaifu with hundreds of green battalion soldiers, poured onto the wall to fight with the Fu Han army, if the two sides are placed in a relatively spacious place, then the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides can still have some head, whether it is a team attack or a guerrilla fight, there is a certain space, but in such a narrow place, almost only knife to gun, there is no half room to move.

Often when the bayonets of the soldiers of the Fu Han Army pierced the green battalion soldiers, the opponent's long knives also slashed over, so the casualties on both sides were extremely heavy, but after a while, those soldiers who fought together quickly fell a large number of people, and the blood that flowed out soaked the surface of the feet, like a region.

At this stage, no matter how many skills are actually in vain, what really depends on the will of the two sides, whoever can't stand it first will collapse first, but whether it is the Fu Han Army or Wan Zaifu's Chaozhou Town, it is not bad in this regard, so this tragedy will continue until one of them can no longer hold on.

Cheng Ming squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at the scene of the fight in Huizhou City with a clairvoyant mirror, especially when he saw Wan Zaifu taking the lead, dancing with a big knife and rushing to the front, when he slashed left and right in the crowd, a trace of appreciation flashed on his face, and he exclaimed: "This person's bravery is really rare in the world!" ”