The first round of attacks of the Ming army was driven down, causing the Qing troops on the fort to wave their weapons and cheer, they raised their hands high, and then put them down, looking particularly excited, and the imperial army of later generations of a virtue, only a sentence "paste the black card, onboard!" ”

The stone fort is the key to guarding Yangzhou, if the stone fort fails, the morale of the Qing army in Yangzhou will inevitably be seriously hit, so Duoduo sent three hundred Manding to the stone fort, as well as more than a thousand Han military flags, and the rest of the men and horses are mostly the coats of each flag.

Compared with the green battalion soldiers, this group of men and horses composed of banners and coats, the will to resist is obviously much stronger, which is also the reason why the Ming army attacked several times and failed to take the stone fort, but from another aspect, if the Ming army once captured the stone fort, it will be a major blow to the will of the defenders of Yangzhou.

At this time, the soldiers of the Xuanwu battalion were making preparations before the attack, and the red-coated cannons that had stopped for a while and cooled down their breeches roared again in the interval between the attacks, beating the Qing army, which had just been cheering, and hurriedly retracted into the fortress wall.

Iron bullets smashed on the stone fort, causing the masonry to shatter, dust to rise, and the entire hill gradually obscured by dust.

Because of the west of the Ming army's attack, Duoduo on the west city of Yangzhou could not see the battle situation clearly, but he supplied the mountain overnight yesterday with troops, artillery, gunpowder and some grain and grass, and the troops and equipment in the stone fort were still sufficient, so it was expected that it would not be so easy to be broken by the Ming army.

It was already October, and Dodor was still confident that he would delay the war until winter.

Half an hour later, nearly 5,000 men and horses in the Xuanwu battalion were ready, Zhang Youde pressed the handle of the knife, inspected in front of his subordinates, and then said loudly: "You are the sharp soldiers of Zhongwu Town, the elite who are replenished from the local armies, equipped with the latest equipment, get the highest military salary, eat the best military food, and retire from full service to serve as a local military officer, kill three enemies, and if you die, you can enter the martyr's ancestral hall, you and others enjoy such good treatment, and you have been fighting for more than a month, and you still have to be shameless?" ”

Zhang Youde paused, walked back and forth a few steps, and lined up the Xuanwu camp, one by one silent.

The treatment of the five loyal soldiers can be said to be one person enlists, and the whole family has no worries, and the soldiers have no worries, and naturally they know the honor and disgrace with enough food and clothing.

As long as he has spare time, Wang Yan always orders all departments to hold various competitions, and the results are different, and the treatment of each department in terms of food is also different.

This is to concentrate the attention of the armies on training and fighting, second, to dissipate the exuberant energy of the various units, so that the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals will not disturb the localities and do anything that violates the law and discipline, especially the rape of the people's daughters, and third, to cultivate the cohesion of the non-commissioned officers of the various units, as well as the sense of honor and disgrace.

For all departments, if they are at the bottom for a long time in various competitions, is it a little inappropriate, and if you are a little cheeky, you must be full of strength, so that you have to win a few times.

It is precisely this kind of atmosphere that makes all departments unconsciously compare everywhere, and the most convincing thing is naturally to look at the merits of war.

Unfortunately, Zhongwu Town is a town that has been at the bottom of various competitions for a long time, although they missed their faces in the Battle of Nanjing, but compared to other towns, it is still a little worse.

This battle of Yangzhou is an opportunity for Zhongwu Town to come out, and he has long held his breath from top to bottom.

"Ben General's face is all over for you anyway!" Zhang Youde scolded again, seeing that the faces of the soldiers were flushed, and many people showed anger in their eyes, he knew that the purpose of mobilization had been achieved, "Don't be unconvinced, if you have the ability, you will lay a stone castle for the general, and let the people who laugh at us shut up, and the general will also be proud of you, and ask for merit and reward you!" ”

As he spoke, Zhang Youde turned his head and said to the chess and card officer next to him: "Raise the flag and tell the Chinese army that the Xuanwu camp is ready!" ”

The Xuanwu battalion waved the flag on this side, and the war drums of the Chinese army immediately beat up, and the roaring red-coated cannons stopped, but the 5,000 Ming troops followed the drumbeat and took neat steps and lined up to kill the stone fort.

This time, there are still rattan players in front, they are carrying trench bridges and short ladders, holding Tengpai forward, there are more than 2,000 people, and the back is more special, 3,000 guns are carrying guns, pushing hundreds of two carts, slowly moving along the dirt slope.

There is a wooden plank in front of these carts, which is covered with cowhide, a bit like a Humen knife cart, and it is a simple walled wall connected together, and there are soldiers carrying Buddha Lang machines behind them, climbing along the dirt slope.

As soon as the red-clothed cannon of the Ming army stopped, and the dust on the stone village had not yet dispersed, the Qing army carried the Franc machine back to the fort wall, and rearranged it in a panic, and the Qing army was running everywhere in the smoke and dust.

The Ming soldiers under the fort were flying like arrows, and suddenly the smoke of gunpowder rose from the city, the cannon roared, and the Qing army's Franc machine began to shoot downward, and nearly 100 iron bullets smashed towards the Ming army.

Step by step, the Ming army that advanced forward immediately suffered casualties, and the whistling shells continued to smash into the Ming army's formation, some hit the Ming army with their shields, and some smashed on the ground, immediately splashing a piece of dirt.

A member of Qianhu who rushed to the front, holding a Miao knife, marched forward with the soldiers, and the artillery team of the Qing army on the fort was obviously eyeing this Qianhu, and a cannonball smashed and hit a trench group next to him.

Qianhu stared at the stone castle, but from the corner of his eye, he clearly noticed that a cannonball first hit the left chest of the soldier in front of him, smashed the soldier carrying the trench bridge into a half-circle, and his body spun and fell to the ground, and then the cannonball continued to weaken, hitting the rattan card that the soldier behind him was protecting in front of him, and the rattan card was immediately broken, and the soldier was smashed upside down and flew out, hitting several people behind.

The moat bridge, which was originally carried by six soldiers, lost its balance and immediately fell to the ground, and three rattan players came up behind to fill the vacant position, squatted down quickly, and then lifted it, and quickly carried the moat bridge forward.

And at this moment, another cannonball, hanging a gust of wind, roared and smashed next to Qianhu, splashing a piece of dirt, and then rebounded and flew up, hitting the helmet of a soldier behind, and the soldier immediately screamed, covered his face with blood, and slowly fell backwards.

The artillery of the Qing army brought a lot of casualties to the Ming army, and they braved the shells whistling at the head of the city, feeling the comrades around them constantly being hit by the shells and flying out, but this could not stop the pace of the Ming army.

Soon the Ming army arrived in front of the first trench, and the four sons of the Qing army had finished fighting, and the shells began to thin out.

At this moment, the Ming army Qianhu, who had been holding back a long breath, let out a cry of resentment, "Kill-"

When the trench bridge was built, he pointed at his sword and took the lead in hugging the first trench, and the two thousand Ming soldiers behind him also shouted together, waving their weapons, "Kill!" ”

This shout seemed to vent the anger in the hearts of the Ming army, and the soldiers immediately swarmed over.

When the Ming army raised its shield and launched a Wansheng charge, the Qing army archers hiding behind the fort wall bent their bows again to the full moon and raised a black cloud of arrows.

These arrows crossed the locust, and found rice fields, crackling and falling non-stop, shooting at the running Ming army.

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