Chapter Eighty-Six: The Iron Wall (I)

"According to Huang Yingjie and Zhang Daoying's offensive, if it is still the original camp, it may not be so easy to defend."

"yes, as soon as the soldiers arrived, these two bastards seemed to go crazy."

The repeated victories of the Eight Banners Army in Liaodong are already like a myth, and after entering the customs, there are Eight Banners Army present, and even those green battalion soldiers are like stimulants. To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than the existence of psychological superiority, which has increased their confidence in victory, and as the opponent of the Eighth Banner Army, doubts about whether they can achieve victory will naturally rise, and doubts will further reduce their ability to tolerate casualties.

Speaking of the feudal soldiers of the Jingnan Domain, the only people who really entered the banner of the Han Army were the more than 1,000 people brought out by Geng Zhongming from Liaodong the year before last, and there were only five or six Niu Lu, and the remaining feudal soldiers were all green battalion soldiers who were replenished along the way when they went south. However, most of these green battalions are elites from all over the world, and there is no gap in combat effectiveness, and some may be above some weak brigades of the Han army flag.

With the feudal soldiers, even if it was just a few Niulu's feudal soldiers as a backing, these green battalion soldiers seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and suffered greater casualties than expected before being repelled by the Ming army. However, since it was finally repulsed, the mood on the side of the Ming army was far more relaxed than that of the Qing army. In the final analysis, after all, the Qing army was defeated without even touching the main fort, and there can still be appropriate optimism.

"Next time, it may be the feudal soldiers."

A basin of cold water was poured down, Chen Kai looked around at the generals, but he didn't see the slightest fear. This is the confidence in the eastern Guangdong battlefield he presided over, and it also stems from the determination of these generals and the Qing army to be incompatible.

"It is my Chen Kai's honor to be able to fight the enemy together with all the gentlemen."

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That night, as the victor's side, the Ming army slaughtered pigs and sheep to reward meritorious soldiers. At the same time, if they did not collect at night, they were doubled out to prevent the Qing army from launching a night attack.

The night attack did not appear, and it seems that the Qing army still did not touch the doorway. There was no movement on the second day, even on the third day. Yes, it is nothing more than that the Qing army's Tanma is still relying on the advantage of troops to cover up the intelligence and prevent the Ming army from seeing more things.

On April 15, the Qing army attacked again. This time, through the telescope on the fortress, Chen Kai clearly felt that the Qing army was more prepared, even to the point of madness.

"Summons the order to go down and prepare Plan B. Well, wait for my command. ”

The Qing army came in a big way, and this time the banner of the Green Battalion retreated to the flanks, apparently guarding the flanks of the army. Chen Kai said in a word, this time it was really the soldiers of the Jingnan Palace, and looking at the location of the main force and siege equipment, it was aimed at the north fort where he was at the moment.

However, this does not seem to make much difference to the Ming army. With the last victory, the morale of the defenders of the fortress was high, and even the feudal soldiers seemed to have nothing to make a fuss about.

The Qing army no longer has the desire to persuade surrender, a little preparation, the handsome banner of the king of Jingnan pressed forward, the deafening cheers immediately sounded, the morale of the army was lifted, under the cover of siege equipment such as lookouts and rushing cars, the army rolled forward, even if it was overwhelming.

The momentum of the feudal soldiers is even better, and God knows where Geng Jimao got such prestige as a gentleman. Chen Kai watched all this silently, just like his silence, Beibao also responded with dead silence.

The Qing army of the brigade continued to move forward, and this time, in the position of Lixu, the main force of the Qing army did not continue to advance, but directly released the auxiliary soldiers and people of the brigade from behind the formation, and let them march forward with sandbags and dirt bags on their backs. At the beginning of the expulsion of the leather whip, the cry sounded, Chen Kai looked through the binoculars, and saw from afar, there were men and women, old and young in the ranks expelled by the Qing army, and it was obvious that the people were forcibly recruited from the left and near areas.

Chen Kai knew very well that these people were cannon fodder for the Qing army, just like those auxiliaries and people a few days ago. The difference here is that the feudal soldiers are more skilled at using old and weak women and children to fill the trenches!

Killing chickens and monkeys, the overseers followed behind, using the lives of the stranded people as an excuse, and the people who were expelled forward could no longer have the will to resist. The people flocked to the war, not daring to hesitate in the slightest under the urging of the warlords, but the crying resounded throughout the battlefield, in exchange for the unbridled laughter of the Qing army and the cold face of the Ming army.

It is still far from entering the established shooting distance, and there is still time to think about it, but the pressure has been clearly transmitted to Chen Kai's body, and it is so depressed that it is difficult to breathe.

If it is just a civilian man and an auxiliary soldier, he will be killed, and even not only killed, but also the head will be cut off as the basis for meritorious service. But those old and weak women and children, one by one, carrying dirt bags and sandbags were enough to make them stagger. Although in such an era, it has never been less than killing good and risking merit, but when it comes to himself, the moral cleanliness of modern people is still eating Chen Kai's heart.

To kill, or not to kill, that's the question. Perhaps, this has never been a problem.

The people who were expelled were not moving very fast, but they were getting closer and closer to the impact slope. The crying gradually approached, and Chen Kai's breathing became heavier and heavier. The officer in charge of guarding the North Fort knew that civilian officials were different from military generals in this regard, and they were waiting for Chen Kai's order at the moment, and the anxiety in his heart made him sweat profusely.

The old and weak women and children are getting closer and closer, and the Qing army is also moving at this time, and the siege equipment is rolling forward, and the sense of oppression is even more ensuing. The officer in charge couldn't hold back any longer: "General system, kill, or not kill?" ”

Hearing this shout, Chen Kai turned his head and looked at the officer, and also glanced at the Ming soldiers around him. Not to mention that these two fortresses are the life and death line of Chaozhou, the Ming army and the people of southern Fujian behind them, not to mention that once this place falls, the feudal soldiers of Jingnan Domain can lead groups of green battalions into eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian, leading beasts to eat people, just saying that as the commander, this is his unshirkable responsibility.

"Kill!"

With a loud shout, the officer gave the order, and with a wave of his hand, the flag-bearer waved his flag, and in an instant, the explosion pierced the smoke, and the lead bullets swept through the crowd like a torrential rain, leaving a silent corpse and a cry of pain that had not died for a while.

The Ming army opened fire, and even though these old and weak women and children were so frightened that they turned around and wanted to run, the overseers hiding behind them still refused to let them go, wantonly chopping, driving them directly to the moat, and even leaving them no chance to flee after throwing down the dirt bags and sandbags, and directly drove them off the moat.

There has never been any mercy in filling the trenches. The Warlords drove most of the people off the moat, but they did not force everyone down and fled backwards. This is their experience, because they know very well that according to their habitual thinking, they will definitely do so, but on the other hand, as long as they leave a part and take the Ming army by surprise, they will have more chances to escape back.

Everything was done as expected, and the Qing army's supervising team ran away, whether it was the Ming army on the Half Moon Fort, or the people who were already standing on the edge of the moat, they were all stunned. But at this moment, a loud shout of "kill these beasts" sounded on the main fort, and the Ming army shooters who were awakened even aimed at the backs of those overseers and pulled their respective triggers.