The Jin and Qing allied forces came clamoring, wanting to seek a wave battle with the Ming army in the field, but Wang Yan hung up the exemption card and hid in the camp to avoid the battle.

In this way, Dolgon's situation is not good. The Jin-Qing coalition army is nearly 200,000, and there are many war horses, the daily consumption is incalculable, the Jin country only has 50,000 horses, plus the internal affairs are good, the supply is not a problem, but the Qing obviously can't support it for too long.

Dolgon angrily set up camp opposite the Ming camp, and on the one hand, he asked people to prepare the siege equipment, and on the other hand, he sent light cavalry to attack the rear road of the Ming army, trying to cut off the Ming army's food route and force Wang Yan to fight him in a decisive battle.

Since March, the horse army of the Ming and Qing armies has been engaged non-stop, and the horse army that has left the camp every day has not returned, and the battle is extremely fierce.

It is worth mentioning that the rampaging horse army equipped with cuirass, when it met the elite Manchurian cavalry, it was not lagging behind, and the arrows, knives and guns of the Qing army were difficult to break through the defense of the Ming army, and the Ming army put three guns and rounded the three-plate axe, but it has not yet failed.

On March 20, the weather was not as cold as in February, the soldiers of the Ming army would not wear cotton jackets, and they were so cold that their fingers could not bend.

On the two-zhang high wall, the Ming soldiers were busy carrying a swarm of bees, rockets, oil cans and other things, and some soldiers carried wooden boxes up.

If you look closely, you will find that there is still a seal of the Ministry of Industry on it, and no one is allowed to open the seal without a military order, because it is full of earth-shaking thunder, in case one accidentally blows up, it is not a joke.

On the wall, all kinds of artillery of the Ming army are lined up one after another, and the gunners are making final inspections to ensure that the equipment is in good condition.

Wang Yan led everyone to walk above the wall, and he estimated that the preparation of the Jinqing coalition army should be almost over, so he inspected the defense and prepared to meet the attack of the Jinqing coalition army.

The defense of the Ming camp did not rely on the camp wall that was built, it was just built with soil, it was not strong or tall, the Qing army was easy to use artillery to blow down the earthen wall, and after the Qing army approached the city wall, it was also easy to climb to the city, so the role of the wall was not great.

Wang Yan's defense mainly relied on the advantage of the Ming army's firearms, so that the Qing army could not approach the earthen wall.

In order to do this, he dug three deep trenches within the range of the effective killing force of the firebolt, and inserted sharpened bamboos underneath, which would inevitably kill if it fell, and laid out horse rejection and deer antlers on the ground to block the enemy's approach to the earthen wall, so that the shooters on the wall could shoot with a row.

In addition, under the earthen wall, he also built a low wall that only reached to his waist, and he would arrange a large number of sword, shield, and spearmen to prevent the enemy from approaching the earthen wall.

The key to this defense is that the firepower on the earthen wall must be strong enough to inflict great damage on the enemy before the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers behind the enemy break through the low wall, so that the enemy can be frightened and retreat.

At this time, Wang Yan walked on the dirt wall that was not wide, and the commanders at all levels saluted him from time to time.

In the hearts of many soldiers, Wang Yan is not only their commander and the king of Chu of the Ming Dynasty, but also the hero and idol of the times in the hearts of everyone.

Standing in his thirties, Wang Yan is in his early thirties, but he has become the master of the Ming Dynasty, leaving many legends. The young soldiers all used the deeds of the King of Chu to inspire themselves to make meritorious contributions.

Wang Yan and his entourage arrived at a relatively wide place on the earthen wall, on which three bronze cannons were arranged.

This kind of cannon is a long-range weapon, but the range and power are not as good as the redcoat cannon, and it can only be regarded as a medium-sized artillery. However, when he designed it, it was positioned as rapid-fire, lightweight, and suitable for field combat, not heavy artillery for siege.

The Ming army also had heavy artillery, but it was pulled to the mountainside by Wang Yan and concentrated, and the red-clothed cannons of the Ming army shot far away, and they were placed on the mountainside, so they were able to hit the artillery of the Qing army.

Wang Yan was in a good mood today, he walked to a bronze cannon, and Chen Yujie, who accompanied him, said: "Your Highness, the red-coated cannon on the mountainside will be used to suppress the siege artillery of the Qing army, and it is the farthest weapon for our army." These bronze cannons are the second farthest shot, with an effective range of up to two miles, and if the enemy attacks the city, they will be bombarded by these bronze cannons first! ”

Wang Yan bowed slightly, and Liu Fangliang behind him stretched out his head to look, "Lao Chen, try a shot!" ”

Chen Yujie nodded, and the gunner immediately filled the medicine bag, pushed in the iron bullet, and then used an awl to puncture the medicine bag from the primer opening, insert the lead, and finally the torch approached to ignite the lead.

After a loud "boom", the cannon body suddenly retreated, raising a cloud of white smoke, and a black cannonball rushed out of the white smoke, shooting out a straight line, hitting two miles away, splashing a cloud of dust.

The generals applauded, the red-coated cannon is valuable, the transportation is not convenient, it cannot be produced in large quantities, and the army cannot carry it in large quantities, but it will become a burden if there are more, but this kind of bronze cannon can be loaded with a large number of troops, and two healthy horses can drag the artillery cart to keep up with the march, so the Ming army in the middle is fully equipped with 400 guns.

These cannons were placed on the city walls and would inflict a lot of damage on the enemy troops.

Listening left and right, he said, "Good cannon!" Good cannon! Wang Yan laughed, pointed to a wooden barrel on the wall, and said to Chen Yujie: "Try this too!" ”

"Your Highness, the enemy army charges intensively, and when crossing the trench, in addition to the platoon of guns and rounds, this swarm of bees will also inflict huge damage on the enemy army!"

As he spoke, one of the soldiers had already carried the vat, and the one behind him helped to light the fuse, and saw more than thirty rockets, scurrying out of the barrel and scattering out like a group of demons, covering a large area under the city.

If this thing shoots only one person, maybe after more than 30 arrows fly out, the person who wants to shoot is still standing and fine, but if you shoot one person, those 32 arrows will have to shoot more than 10 people, and the rockets are flying around, and they can also scare the enemy.

After the swarm of bees demonstrated, everyone applauded again, but at this time, Liu Fangliang was squatting in the corner, looking at a box of earth-shattering thunder with a seal, and looked sideways at Wang Yan, "Your Highness is humble and try this!" ”

"This is the earth-shaking thunder after the improvement of the Ministry of Industry, and it is said that the power is not small, and the army has not been equipped, you can try, but be careful!" Wang Yan said.

When Liu Fangliang heard this, he nodded happily, then he didn't say anything more, and directly pried open the wooden box, but at this moment, everyone suddenly heard an exclamation, so they hurriedly turned their heads and looked outside the camp.

Just as Wang Yan and the others were inspecting the city defense and inspecting the equipment, the enemy troops like a tide had already poured out of the enemy camp.

Standing at the head of the city, everyone looked out, and saw that the enemy army had slowly gathered into a sea, and in this sea of people, equipment towered one after another.

Wang Yan just looked at it casually, and saw knife carts, goose carts, cave houses, artillery carts, and trench bridges, just these instruments, what the eye can see, I'm afraid there will be thousands of them, Dolgon's gang really put a lot of effort into attacking the Ming camp.

"Your Highness, Dolgon is going to attack the city?" Looking at the posture of the enemy army, Li Guo said with a smile.

Just looking at the number of people, this black pressure does make people feel a little pressure, but Wang Yan has enough confidence in his layout and his subordinates.

Everyone was watching the enemy army assemble, but Liu Fangliang on the side, like a child playing with artillery, grabbed a sky-shaking thunder, lit it and threw it directly outside the camp. He threw it a little earlier, and when he walked to the wall and looked down, the earth-shattering thunder exploded.

The stones, dust, and iron pieces wrapped on the surface of the earth-shattering thunder from the explosion, and the iron beads inside, suddenly scattered and flew in all directions, drawing everyone's attention back at once.

Seeing this, Wang Yan felt that the power of the earth-shaking thunder was much more powerful than that made of stone before, he smiled, and suddenly waved his arm and said to the generals, "Dolgon is coming to send him to death, we can't let him down, you all go and prepare immediately, I want you to give the Lone King a head-on blow!" ”

Everyone was busy clasping their fists together, and Wang Yan waved his hand, "Yu Jie, there are other accusations in the body, go and prepare immediately!" ”

When Wang Yan gave the order, the sound of horns outside the city rose to the sky, and the sound of trumpets resounded all over the earth! After many days of preparation, the Jinqing coalition finally started!

Lu Shikui was the commander of Wang Yan's personal guard, he was worried about Wang Yan's safety, and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, go down." ”

"Don't worry, I want to see what tricks Dorgon has prepared!" Wang Yan waved his hand.

As he spoke, the sword, shield and pikemen of the Ming army camp in the camp lined up to leave the camp, and then divided into two directions, left and right, and began to deploy behind the low wall close to the earthen wall, and the Ming army gunners of the brigade climbed the earthen wall.

At this time, Dol Luo had already called the generals to the Chinese army, Meng Qiaofang clenched his fists and asked: "King Rui, I don't know how to attack the village, what is the task of my Dajin Army?" ”

Dolgon looked at the Ming village and said with a smile: "This king first let the red-clothed cannon destroy the wall of the Ming army, and then the Jin army attacked the left side of the main camp of the Ming army, and Shang Kexi attacked the right side, cutting off the connection between the main camp of the Ming army and the two wings, and finally Lou Qin led the troops to the main camp, wrapped up the king thief, and we broke the enemy in a battle!" ”

The camp of the Ming army, spread along the mountain, is like a big snake, and Dolgon's intention is to cut off this big snake piece by piece.

At this time, the artillery team of the Qing army had entered the range of the Ming army's red-coated cannons, driven by horses and manpower, but the Ming army's red-coated cannons did not fire.

The Qing army knew that their artillery was inferior to the Ming army in terms of range, so they also learned to be obedient, in order to reduce the damage caused by the shelling, they dug many gun pits, and piled up earthen walls in front of the artillery to reduce the killing and wounding of the Ming army's shells.

"It's strange, why doesn't the Ming army shoot artillery?" Kong Youde, who had participated in the Battle of Nanyang, was very puzzled.

When he attacked Nanyang, the artillery had not yet been set up, and the Ming artillery on Nanyang City began to aim directly.