The Qing Dynasty purge king Aixin Jueluo Haoge has been very depressed recently, the commander of this southern expedition is Prince Rui Dolgon, and the commander of the right army is Belle Yueto. He, the valiant and warlike king of the Purge, could only be a small soldier by Dorgon's side. Perhaps Dolgon deliberately suppressed him, and the first few times he fought against the Ming army, Hauge did not get the opportunity to lead the army alone. Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army was defeated and retreated, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was disabled, there was almost no resistance near Gyeonggi in the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, the main purpose of the Qing army was also to plunder, even if there was no war, they could plunder as much as they wanted. But Yue Tuo has spread his legs and gone south to the south since he entered the customs, and now he is afraid that Shandong has been robbed by him, is it possible that he will go to Henan to go to Jiangnan to loot? Finally ready to besiege Baoding, Dolgon gave Hauge the task, that is, to open the passage from Baoding to the river. Hauge accepted the idea that mosquito legs were also meat, but Dolgon seemed uneasy to send another Aobai. His dignified prince was really embarrassed to grab credit with a Zhang Jing, and he was always the first to ask for battle in battle, but most of the counties along the way were descending from the wind, and Haoge's own sword came to Gaoyang almost unsheathed.

Dolgon swore to tell him that Gao Yang was not easy to fight, so bring more people and be careful. Because there is Sun Chengzong there. Hauge didn't think that a man too old to know how to walk, without soldiers and power, could cause any difficulties to the elite cavalry. As he guessed, although Gaoyang was unexpectedly guarded by the Ming army, it was not the Sun character written on the banner, and the Chinese character Sun he knew! The Ming people pay attention to the form, and from the banner, it can be concluded that it is not Sun Chengzong who leads the troops in Gaoyang, and Sun Chengzong is not in Gaoyang, or is no longer alive.

However, when Haoge came to the north gate of Gaoyang less than a mile away, he was attracted by the chaotic stone piers outside Gaoyang City. Because it's too much and too abrupt!

Ao Bai was naturally the first to stand up and ask for battle, and Hauge waved his hand boringly to signal him to be casual. Ao Bai then left the large team with more than 1,000 people and approached Gaoyang. Almost all of the Qing soldiers were curious about the strange stones outside Gaoyang City, but when they slowly got closer and looked closer, they realized that they were indeed just stone piers.

Ao Bai was much more cautious than ordinary people, he jumped off his horse and stood beside a cement pier, first knocked on the back of his knife, and found that it was hard. No more kicking with his foot seemed to be able to destroy what looked like mud. Then he bent down and tried to grab the stone pier with both hands, but also failed. Ao Bai was unwilling, and beckoned two people to summon them, and the three of them stood still and worked hard, but there was still no way to move the mud mound that didn't look big and was obviously new. After a few attempts, Ao Bai gave up.

At this time, he also seemed to understand that the Ming people had a purpose in making these things white outside the city wall, and I am afraid that the only purpose was to use them as a rejection horse, and it seemed to be more fire-resistant than a rejection horse made of wood. Thinking of this, Ao Bai still let people light torches and try, but the result was naturally disappointed. Ao Bai also wanted to go to the larger pier on the edge of the moat to check that he was stopped by his men, after all, it was already within range of bows and muskets. If there is a marksman on the wall of the Ming army, something will definitely happen.

Ao Bai looked up at the dazzling mud mounds again, carefully thinking about the difficulty of the war horse to bypass these mounds, and after a long time, he decided to let his men ride horses to attack the north gate of Gaoyang. After all, the city walls of Gaoyang are not high, and if there is an offset by war horses, the cavalry power of the Qing army will increase a lot.

As more and more Qing cavalry entered the cement pier formation, the defenders on the city wall, including Yang Hongzhang, began to get nervous. After all, the previous three confrontations with the Qing army were head-on, one used the cover of the woods to ambush, and the other took advantage of the advantage in numbers to attack in the middle of the night. The battle at the north gate of Gaoyang took the Qing army by surprise by taking the Qing army's unfamiliarity with themselves and the huge power of flintlock pistols and palm thunder.

Although the existence of the cement pier now interrupted the Qing cavalry to storm the city gate like a rolling torrent, after all, the opponent was numerous, and all of them were good at riding and shooting.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, as the Qing army slowly entered the mud mounds used to mark the distance. The 200 musketeers on the walls of Goyang held their guns tightly in both hands, waiting for the order to fire.

"Fire!" Yang Hongzhang chose to order fire when the Qing cavalry stretched out their hands to prepare, the area at this time was the largest, and the defense was the most lax!

Bang bang bang, 200 flintlock salvo, and then the second round! Bang bang bang! Due to the obstruction of the cement pier, there were not as many Qing soldiers who could stand in the first row to face the Ming army's muskets. But the same each of them had to face the fire of two or three musketeers, two rounds of fire down. There are few people who can stand in the first row except for war horses.

Seeing this, Ao Bai was shocked. Although the first wave of attacks was the first of the Ming army, such a high hit rate did make the Qing soldiers who were accustomed to those burning sticks in Liaodong completely unable to react. Of course, what surprised Ao Bai even more was the range of the Ming army's muskets. The Qing cavalry almost had just entered the range of bows and arrows when the opponent opened fire. In other words, muskets have a longer range than bows and arrows. And both rounds were salvos, apparently two shots from the same group of people. That is to say, the Ming defenders on the city wall may not be many in number, but they are definitely strictly trained.

Although Ao Bai is brave, he is not a reckless man. He knew that the way to suppress the other party was to have more people and faster than the other party. Ao Bai is confident in the bow and arrow skills of his men. But because of the existence of the pier, the war horse cannot run up and ride back and forth, so if you want to suppress the opponent in terms of numbers, you can only choose to fight on foot. Although this will sacrifice a little range, it will be more dangerous.

However, soon Ao Bai was pleasantly surprised to find that the annoying dun actually became their helper after they dismounted and fought, and he could hide himself well behind the dun without affecting the bow and arrow. The Qing soldiers who traveled with Ao Bai soon discovered the effect of these nasty piers. So one by one, they hunched their waists and shuttled between the piers, gradually approaching the Gaoyang city wall.

After learning the lesson, Ao Bai and his men did not rush to concentrate, but when a few people came into range, they bent their bows and arrows, and then used the piers to dodge. After several attempts, it was found that the Ming army on the city wall did not return fire. And so more people came nearer, fifty, a hundred, a hundred and fifty. Two hundred people gradually entered the Dunzi Formation. However, most of them were hidden behind the pier below, which made Wang Lenian, who was originally proud on the city wall, directly dumbfounded. He looked at Yang Hongzhang with a little sadness, which meant that it was good, blocking other people's cavalry, but helping other people's infantry build a safe passage. Yang Hongzhang didn't pay attention to it, just turned his head and said to the people behind him: "Archers prepare, throw!" ”

Although Gaoyang City picked up a lot of bows and arrows from the Qing army, the only ones that could really be used were Sun Chengzong's former personal soldiers and family members, plus some catches from the county government. The total number is less than three hundred. Unlike those newly recruited strong men who can help with reloading, they only waste bows and arrows when they take them.

The more than 200 people led by Xia Dongwei were used as melee infantry, because there were nearly 2,500 people in Gao Yang and Zhuang Ding participating in the defense of the city. But the only ones who can really fight the Qing army on the city wall with a knife and a gun are these battle-hardened Tianxiong troops.

It was similar to Yang Hongzhang's expectation, although it was relatively concentrated, there were only a few Qing soldiers who fell outside the city after a round of projectiles, and a few fell on his own side under the counterattack of the other party. This is still Yang Hongzhang asked Wang Le to build a few simple sheds on the inside of the four city walls near the city gate a few days ago to avoid bows and arrows. After four rounds of throwing, the archers retreated again and hid themselves under the wooden shed.

Looking at the city again, there was a black oppression, and thousands of people entered the pier array that Wang Lenian had worked hard to prepare. And the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers became more and more dense.

"Muskets are ready for a salvo, bombardiers are ready."

Bang bang bang, bang! In anticipation of everyone on the ramparts, two musket salvos were fired. However, due to the preparation of the Qing army and the cover of the pier, the damage this time was obviously not as lethal as the first time. About a dozen people fell directly to the ground and lost their combat effectiveness, and a dozen others seemed to be wounded but quickly retreated from the battlefield.

Ao Bai stood up after two volleys and brandished his broadsword to direct his men forward, and as long as enough archers approached the walls, the damage to the defenders would be multiplied.

Behind the dry moat, there are no obstacles such as piers.

Aobai's judgment was very strong, and he knew that although the Ming army had skilled musketeers, they were limited in number, and it would take a certain amount of time to reload after two shots. And Gao Yang's archers were obviously not the opponents of the elite he invited, and with the numerical advantage, he believed that it would not take a few salvos to suppress the defenders.

I have to say that Aobai's bravery and good fighting are not in vain, if it is Lu Xiangsheng who is standing on the city wall at this moment, even if it is Sun Chengzong, it is estimated that this group of soldiers under his command will soon be captured by Aobai. Think about it, a few hundred people in Groha almost captured Gaoyang that day.

More than a thousand people advanced at the same time, and the battle of a salvo was indeed terrifying. Wang Lenian and Xiang Siwen's faces were very ugly. Although at Yang Hongzhang's request, both of them are in iron armor at the moment.

As the enemy approached, the musketeers switched from salvo fire to free fire. As a result, the hit rate is much worse. And in order to ensure the safety of the loader, the rate of fire has also been reduced. This emboldened Ao Bai and his men. In fact, except for the loss in the first round, the losses of both sides after changing to foot combat are actually about the same. But soon Ao Bai paid the price for his self-confidence and the lack of information sharing with the Qing army. Those Qing soldiers who dared to cross the moat soon ushered in the darkest time of their lives, but it was too late to regret it!