Under the Phoenix City, there are the corpses of the Qing soldiers and Hongtang soldiers everywhere, and as far as the eye can see, the entire battlefield that can be seen is full of the dark soil of Wuyangyang, and occasionally a little gray, which is also the new soil that has just been blown out by Hongtang's artillery fire.

The war has been scorching, integrating the walls of Phoenix City into a meat grinding field, countless Qing soldiers climbed and charged from under the city, and then were beaten bloodied by the condescending Hongtang army, muskets, artillery, grenades and other firearms, on this not too high city wall, venting their anger, and repelling the attacks of the Qing people again and again.

"How long will it take for our support to arrive?"

Wu Jie retreated from Liaoyang City to Phoenix City, but was fooled by Shang Kexi, who thought that Liaoyang City should be more dangerous, Shang Kexi thought that he was a little younger than Wu Jie and could survive in a desperate situation, but he didn't think that this Qing Dynasty person directly bypassed them Liaoyang City and went south to Phoenix City, which made Wu Jie who went south have a heavier burden.

Fortunately, in the Hongtang army, Xiang Shenggao and other generals assisted him, sharing a lot of pressure on Wu Jie, which made Wu Jie a lot easier.

But it has always been passive defense, not the style of the Hongtang army, the Qing people did not hesitate to attack Phoenix City at any cost, and the Hat Helmet Mountain, which is the horn of Phoenix City in the west, is not very moving, which makes Wu Jie and them muttered in their hearts, but at the same time, they have to be distracted to prevent the situation in the west, so as not to make mistakes.

The Qing people suffered heavy losses in the siege of the city, and the same Hongtang army also suffered a lot of losses when defending, and the archers of the Qing people fired crossbows in formation, so that Phoenix City was flying all kinds of feather arrows in the sky, and if you didn't pay attention, you would be shot by cold arrows that didn't know where they came from, and they would die with a whimper.

In addition, the Qing people also attached great importance to firearms in recent years, and after the Korean Kingdom became a vassal, they also recruited a lot of Korean musketeers and brought them back to the Qing Dynasty together with the training strategy of the Korean musketeers.

Therefore, when attacking Phoenix, the Hongtang Jiangsi, who were passively defensive, watched the Qing people move a cannon from unknown place to the front line from the north and shoot at Phoenix; There were also musketeers, carrying muskets and bird guns with worse power and shooting accuracy and distance, and fired at their own positions in the city.

Although under the more specialized blows of their own artillery, the opponent's firearms did not have much room to play, but they still caused a lot of losses to the Phoenix City and Hongtang troops.

After holding on for a few months, Wu Jie and the others began to sit still, and the Ming people in the southwest pass went north to the Yellow River to regain the lost land, which was a good news for Wu Jie and Hongmen.

This also means that the Qing Dynasty Aobai and others stationed in a large area in the southwest will no longer have the energy and strength to attack the Hongtang defense line on the Ningjin line, so it also means that the Hongtang garrison on the Ningjin front line can be dispatched to the north to support the passive Hongtang army.

Of course, the risk must be extremely great, if the Ao Bai and others in the Great Qing Pass are not as black as they think, stationed in the territory of the Ming Dynasty they just occupied, but take the opportunity to go north to counterattack the Ningjin defense line, this will make the Hongtang army in the north fall into a desperate situation of being attacked by the enemy, and what will happen at that time, without Wu Jie How to guess, is a clear thing.

But extraordinary times should be done in extraordinary times, since Hongtang's army has been caught in a scorching war here in the north, in order to achieve victory, it is normal to take some risks to break the current stalemate.

Not to mention, after several discussions between the members of the Aircraft Department and Wu Jie, these experienced generals, they all felt that the possibility of Ao Bai and others in the Southwest Pass giving up such an important place as the Ming Jingshi was extremely low; Correspondingly, the risk of Wu Jie and them mobilizing the Ningjin front-line army to garrison Hongtang will drop a lot.

There are more than 10,000 Hongtang troops and generals like He Sanjiang and Peng Zhihai guarding and supporting the Ningjin defense line, even if Ao Bai and other Qing generals go north to counterattack, they can buy enough time for Wu Jie and them outside the pass to react.

No matter how you look at it, now mobilizing the Hongtang army on the Ningjin front line is the best choice to break the current deadlock, and after several plots, Wu Jie and the others issued an order to He Sanjiang and them on the Ningjin front line to transfer troops.

Wu Jie and the others gave an order, and the numerous ships of the Free Unity Hall and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce helped them to send the forces of the Ningjin Defense Line to the nearest coastal area of Phoenix City, and then quickly advanced in the direction of Phoenix City.

"Commander Liu Qiangwei and they have landed in Andong County, and it will take no more than three days to reach where my Phoenix City is located."

Xiang Shenggao, the adjutant next to him, hurriedly replied, as Wu Jie's deputy general, Xiang Shenggao shared a lot of announcements for him, and these tedious things were taken care of by him.

"Tell Niu Qiangwei that they don't rush to act after arriving around Phoenix City, find a secret place to settle down, they are the trump card in the hands of our army, and Lao Tzu wants to give this Dolgon a big greeting gift."

Wu Jie leaned on a map made of brown paper, found Anton's location, and commanded while comparing the distance.

"Understood!"

Xiang Sheng Gao nodded repeatedly.

"Send a message to the two guys in Hat Helmet Mountain, telling them that Lao Tzu is going to make a big move next, and I hope they will cooperate."

"Send a clever guy with a good eye to come over and see what Geng Zhongming and the two old oilers are doing!"

"Yes!"

"Also, send a message to the flying pigeons in Liaoyang City, just say that we need their cooperation in the near future, so that they can recuperate!!"

"Yes!"

A series of orders spread through Xiang Shenggao's actions, and then the middle and high-ranking members of the Hongtang army in Phoenix City began to cheer up, and then each prepared itself.

But just under the Phoenix City across the city, in the camp of the Chinese army that Prince Dolgon rehab, he did not know anything about the movements of the upper officials of Hongtang, and all he could do was to make the soldiers under his command fight hard through the usual means such as scolding, beating, and making promises, and persistently exert huge pressure on the city in front of him.

As the Hongtang army went north, in addition to the medical soldiers, it brought a lot of help to the Hongtang army, but I didn't expect that this soldier who domesticated carrier pigeons would also be of great help to the Hongtang army.

More than half a year is enough for the domesticated soldiers in important strongholds such as Liaoyang City and Phoenix City to cultivate a group of carrier pigeons that know the way.

When the carrier pigeon route was established, it was not too convenient for the Hongtang army, which was scattered in the south and north, to transmit information. Originally, it took two or three days to express the express from Liaoyang to Phoenix, but now with the carrier pigeon channel, the carrier pigeon only takes less than a day and a half when the carrier pigeon delivers the letter, which ensures the degree of cooperation between the two places, as well as the secrecy, just like the counterattack that is about to be launched.

(End of chapter)