Although he had never directly fought with the Ming army that was rumored to be miraculous, Wang Guodong didn't quite believe that they were really as powerful as the legend said.

But the instincts of a professional soldier told him that this army, although small in number, must be extremely difficult.

After all, last year, when the prince went west to Guangxi, tens of thousands of troops were indeed defeated under his hands.

It is said that in just one face, the army of the Western Expedition was completely annihilated, and the prince was also killed by a bombardment, and he was left dead without a body.

Therefore, Wang Guodong did not dare to be sloppy and was determined to build his camp into an impregnable wall.

Outside the camp with a radius of less than two miles, there were three roads built in the deer trench alone, and there were several wooden villages interspersed with them, and there were more than 100 crossbowmen in ambush in each wooden village.

Behind the camp, there is a canyon mouth hundreds of meters wide, which is the only way to enter and exit the county seat from the south of the city.

To the west of the canyon is the inaccessible mountains, while to the east, there is a small hill only a few hundred meters high.

This hill is no more than five miles in circumference, in the shape of a triangle, stretching into the city at the corner to the north, and extending to the bank of the Xinxing River to the east, which just forms the city defense barrier, and even the city wall is saved.

Although the hill is not high, but the slope is very steep, I don't know what dynasty began, there is a fort on the hill facing the canyon, and there are several narrow natural deep ponds at the foot of the fort mountain, which makes the fort easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Wang Guodong was very cautious, not only stationed artillery on Fortress Hill and re-strengthened the fortifications, but also built fortifications on the rest of the hills along the east-west direction, with dozens to a hundred people arranged on each hill.

Such a well-arranged defense line gave Wang Guodong full confidence.

If the Ming army directly attacked the main camp, it would be threatened by the battery, and if it turned to attack the hills, it would be flanked by the direction of the large camp.

No matter how fierce the Ming army is, no matter how many people come, they can at least guard him for ten days and half a month, right?

Seeing that the Ming army was getting closer and closer, Wang Guodong not only urged the soldiers in the camp to practice to the death every day, but also constantly sent patrol guards and rangers to investigate, looking like a fierce soldier.

……

Just when Wang Guodong was in a contradictory mood of both nervousness and eagerness to try, on this day, a pro-general stumbled into the account and came to report in a hurry-

The Ming army is coming!

However, the Ming army did not come to attack the city!

Rather, the riverbank battery in the east of the city is storming!

This news surprised Wang Guodong and made him very angry!

To Wang Guodong's surprise, although this riverbank fort is in the east of the city, it is not in the city, but on the east bank of the Xinxing River, separated from Gaoyao City by a hundred paces wide Xinxing River.

This fort, because it mainly guards the Xijiang River, almost all the gun ports are pointed to the north, and it cannot be transferred in a hurry.

Because of this, Wang Guodong deployed two additional elite infantry soldiers of Niu Lu on the fort, and a total of nearly 1,000 people, including the artillery guards.

If the fort is lost, not only will the firepower on the river bank protecting Zhaoqing be lost, but what is even more chilling is that the Ming army can also directly cross the Xinxing River without fear and attack the weakly defended Shuidongmen.

In that case, wouldn't the city fortifications that Wang had worked so hard to arrange and carefully arrange become all decorations!

What annoyed him was that the Ming army that came was not the legendary captive army at all, but his old opponent - Wang Xing.

"Is it Wang Xing's person? Are you sure? ”

Wang Guodong stood up and doubted the letter.

Mom, just a few months ago, this guy was beaten by Lao Tzu in the Enping area, but I didn't expect that this feng shui turned too fast, it is said that this guy has been rampant recently, not only taking advantage of the chaos to conquer several counties, but also recruiting a lot of new people.

"General Yu,"

The pro-general in brand-new armor pointed to the ground on one knee and arched his hand, "Many parties have visited the Malay newspaper, and the banners played by the thieves are all king......

"How many are there?"

Wang Guodong said coldly.

"There are about two thousand to three thousand men, and the attack is fierce......" replied the general tremblingly.

"Are you sure there's no backup?"

"General, my subordinates have sent people to investigate repeatedly, but no backup has been found."

"Humph! When will it be the turn of this fang? ”

Hearing that the other party was not numerous, Wang Guodong's eyes flashed with a cold light, he snorted coldly, and shouted, "Pass my order, all line up, and gallop to the aid of Dongcheng!" ”

After speaking, Wang Guodong flicked the red big coat behind his back, and hurriedly went out of the account with his hand on the handle of the knife.

Behind him, several generals hurriedly followed.

One of them followed after a few steps, hesitating and whispering, "General, do you want to stay behind a team of people......

"No need,"

Wang Guodong said coldly, "This place is protected by a fort, and there are crossbowmen in the wooden village to guard it." ”

"General, in case the thief has a fraud......

The general slammed.

All the elites in the camp were transferred away, if they were hit by the plan to attack the east and the west, and were touched by the Ming army, what would they do?

Those hundreds of crossbowmen can't fight in close combat, and once they get close, they will die.

"You know what, my mountain cannon is vegetarian?"

Wang Guodong stopped and said viciously, "Do you know why the thieves didn't come to attack the city?" It's not that I know it's hard to fight here...... This is called avoiding the real and attacking the false! Got it! ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

When the general saw Wang Guodong's anger, he didn't dare to say more.

"If you don't worry, then you can stay and guard the camp!"

Wang Guodong looked at this person, said calmly, shook his arm after speaking, turned around and left.

"Whoa......

The general was crying and mourning, and retreated, not giving him soldiers, letting him stay for a fart!

……

With an order, more than 4,000 people lined up to leave the camp, hurried through the city, and came to the Shuidong Gate in a blink of an eye.

Wang Guodong hurriedly climbed the low city tower, and he heard the gunfire on the other side, and the sound of killing shook the sky......

As far as the eye can see, not far from the riverbank fort, under the hill, among the trees, there is indeed a faint team of Ming troops in tattered clothes.

Some people are climbing the mountain to attack, and more people are waving their flags and shouting.

The hillside was filled with white smoke from the firing of firebolts.

Wang Guodong looked around, confirmed that there was no movement of ambush soldiers, and urgently ordered the whole army to cross the river.

Outside the north gate and the east gate, there are many wooden fishing boats collected from the private sector for backup.

Unlike the Xijiang River, which is as wide as a mile away, the Xinxing River is less than 100 meters wide and has a gentle current, which is actually a slightly larger river, and more than 4,000 people cross the river by boat in the blink of an eye.

Not long after, with the sound of drums, the Qing army after going ashore was able to complete the formation by the river.

At the front of the battle array, there were dozens of tiger squat cannons, and the front army, in addition to the artillery guards holding large iron shields, was mixed with sword players and fire guns, with sword players in front and three rows of bird guns in the back.

The Chinese army was dominated by pikemen, with a team of crossbowmen in every five rows, and 500 cavalrymen on each side.

The rear army is a mixture of sword players and fire hammer players, just looking at this formation, it is quite orderly.

Wang Guodong galloped back and forth in front of the battle, only to see that although the battle formation was not very neat, everyone had bright armor, mighty and extraordinary, and had their own momentum.

Especially the two teams of cavalry on the left and right flanks, more than 1,000 horsemen are almost all white-armored soldiers, all of them are the elite of the elite.

Putting away the reins of the horse in front of the formation, Wang Guodong squinted his eyes with satisfaction, and said loudly to the soldiers:

"At the moment of the war, I have been practicing a little stricter recently, but Lao Tzu told you that I will not let you suffer in vain!"

"Earn some face for Lao Tzu! That team of tattered thieves was the one who fought in Enping years ago, and they were defeated by your men! ”

"I didn't kill them all last time, but this time, since they were sent to the door, they were all destroyed by Lao Tzu!"

After a pause, Wang Guodong shouted again, "Wait until this battle is won...... When the time comes, I will not treat you badly! ”

"Whoever beheads the thief will be rewarded with one or two taels of silver!"

As soon as they heard that there was a silver reward, there was a commotion in the array, and many people's eyes lit up, ready to move......

Wang Guodong turned his horse back to the Chinese army with satisfaction, stared coldly at the front, and shouted to the herald: "Beat the drum and take the enemy position directly!" ”

"Obey!"

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