Wu Sangui saw from a distance that the gate of the Qing army on the mountain was open, and said, "Supervisor, a tartar has come out, should we avoid it?" ”

Hong Chengchou also looked up, he saw a group of Manchu cavalry coming down from the mountain, although the number of people was not more than his side, he still nodded and said, "Let's go back." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

This is also a natural approach, after all, they just came out to see the camp of the Qing army, and there are not many troops with them, if they fall into a melee with those Tartars at the door of those Tartars, and are dragged by those Tartars, I am afraid that it will be more than just such a few people who will come out at that time.

"The superintendent and Master Zhang will go first, and the last general and General Wu will come to break off." Cao Bianjiao also said.

Hong Chengchou nodded, he knew that his equestrian skills were not good, so it was better to leave early. A personal soldier helped him on the side, and Hong Chengchou got on the horse. At this time, Zhang Ruoqi also got on the horse, compared to Hong Chengchou, his equestrian skills are worse, Hong Chengchou can at least control the horse by himself, but he needs two personal soldiers to follow the horse, one looks at him to prevent him from falling off the horse, and the other helps him control the direction.

The Manchu cavalry did not rush down quickly, and there was still a certain distance between the two sides, so they let their horses run wild at this time, and when the time came, they would be beaten by others to wait for work, but they would suffer a loss, so they only approached the Ming army by the slow trotting of the horses.

"Mr. Cao, we can also retreat slowly." Wu Sangui looked at the approaching Qing soldiers and said to Cao Bianjiao.

"Okay." Cao Bianjiao responded and turned on his horse, took the spear handed over by a personal soldier, and then said: "You go first, my old Cao will press the formation for you." ”

Wu Sangui nodded, didn't say much, also got on the horse, and issued an order to the cavalry to retreat. So the Ming cavalry began to retreat......

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The retreat was not all smooth sailing, and the Manchu cavalry still caught up with their tails, but Cao Bianjiao's craftsmanship after the break was very good, and it did not let the Qing army take any big advantage. Moreover, the Ming army also sent troops to meet in the barracks, so in the end, everyone evacuated safely.

The next day, the Ming army began to attack the Qing army's camp. Hong Chengchou knew that the hill controlled by the Qing army was the key to the battle, so he focused his attack here. Obviously, a direct attack on the back is very disadvantageous, and the Qing army is condescending, whether it is the power of the arrow, the range or the impact of the white-knuckle charge, there will be a great bonus. Therefore, Hong Chengchou adopted a strategy of gradually encircling the hill, and he used shield carts to cover and let the auxiliaries dig a trench around the hill, so as to cut off the connection between the Qing army on the hill and the Qing army behind the official road. This approach forced the Qing army to take the initiative to launch counterattacks from the mountains and flanks. After a day of fierce fighting, the Ming army made almost no progress, but it did not seem to have suffered much.

That night, Dordor organized a night raid, but it didn't come to fruition.

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Guo Huaiyi and Chang Le, who had been promoted to the commander of the second regiment of the Model Army, stood on the tower of Xingshan Fort together, looking down at the circle of trenches and horses outside Xingshan Fort. In the original history, the decisive action of the Manchus to win the Battle of Songshan was their attack on Xingshan Fort and Bijia Mountain, Hong Chengchou was eager to break through the Manchu defense line, and the Manchu counterattack was not expected enough, so that not enough troops were deployed at Xingshan, Tashan and Bijia Mountain, resulting in the fall of these three strongholds. The fall of Bijia Mountain caused a large amount of grain and grass to fall into the hands of the Manchus, while the fall of Tashan and Xingshan cut off the grain route for the army to obtain supplies from Ningyuan, which eventually led to the rout of the Ming army. And now, Zheng Sen let the Zheng family participate in this melee out of consideration for the consumption of both sides and did not want Hong Chengchou to fall into the hands of the Manchus, of course, such a situation cannot be allowed to appear again. Therefore, Zheng Zhihu took the initiative to ask Ying and took over the defense task of Xingshan Fort.

Now in the small fortress of Xingshan Fort, the Model Army has placed two infantry battalions and a newly formed artillery battalion with other auxiliary personnel. There were about 2,000 men, and as many as twenty-four cannons. Of these cannons, twelve of them were the latest 12-pounder guns, and at the technical level, these guns produced by double-barreled and drilled bore technology were no less than the Napoleonic guns of later generations. Zheng Sen felt that it should be difficult for the Manchus to directly capture such a fortress.

Of course, if the Manchus played a long-term siege like the siege of Jinzhou, it was not impossible to capture it. But to besiege Xingshan for a long time, that means crossing Hong Chengchou's army of more than 100,000 in Songshan. If nothing else, Hong Chengchou could easily cut off the grain routes of these Qing troops who had been besieging Xingshan for a long time. Because Songshan also has a part of the grain stockpile, when the time comes, most of the Qing troops who plan to besiege Xingshan Fort for a long time will run out of grain first. This is not like the original history, the Qing army that attacked Xingshan Fort directly obtained enough food for 100,000 troops to eat for nearly a year from Xingshan Fort and Bijia Mountain.

A few days ago, Manchu scouts appeared near Xingshan Fort. Chang Le waited with anticipation for the Qing army to attack the castle, but until now, the Manchus had not made any moves. He couldn't help but wonder if his own defenses were so well prepared that they scared the Tartars.

"If you want me to say, Uncle Guo, we shouldn't hang up this flag." Chang Le raised his head, looked at the flag of the Dutch East India Company flying above his head, and said, "Those Tartars suffered a great loss in front of our fortifications last time they were in Jinghai, and they must remember this flag." Moreover, in the past two years, the fleet of Jeju Island has gone to North Korea and the coastal robbery controlled by Jianzhi twice in three days, and they must have recognized this flag. These cowards must have been frightened by the sight of this flag and did not dare to come! ”

"Commander Chang, when you first hung this flag, you didn't say that." Guo Huai said with a smile, "At that time, what did you tell me that last time we beat the Tartars in Jinghai, the guys in the navy still bullied people at sea with this flag for three days, and those Tartars couldn't go down to the sea, so they could only watch them shake their majesty." Now that we hang up this flag, that's the most hateful thing to pull, and you also said that when Jian Yan saw this flag, he probably wanted to jump over and take revenge or something. ”

Chang Le said hatefully: "How do I know that these tartars are so unplanted...... Uncle Guo, do you think they will run to Beacon Hill? ”

"The terrain of Beacon Hill, and the boats that are there. If Jian Yan thinks that they can take down Beacon Hill, then they must think that they can take down our castle, then they must come to fight us, if they don't even dare to fight us, should they go along such a narrow land bridge to rush Beacon Hill? Guo Huaiyi shook his head and said, "Either they don't come, or if they do, they will definitely come to us." Hey, look over there, is someone coming? ”

Chang Le hurriedly looked over there, then shook his head and said, "It's just a few scouts." ”

"It's not." Guo Huai, "Look at the dust raised behind, it's definitely not a few scouts!" ”

"Really?" Chang Le hurriedly picked up the binoculars. In the binoculars, he saw that there were indeed some cavalry in front of him, and then suddenly there were quite a few infantry on the other side of the forest.

"Holy shit, I've been waiting for so many days, and it's finally here!" Chang Le put down the binoculars, put his two hands together and rubbed them together, "It seems that this flag is really hateful!" ”

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"Is that the flag the flag of the Dutch?" Duoduo looked at the flag on Apricot Hill Fort and asked.

"Master, this is the flag of the Dutch, which the minions have seen on the seashore." A white-armored soldier replied.

"How about the Dutchmen coming ashore?" Dodor asked.

"The minions haven't been with them. However, I heard that firearms are sharp and not easy to deal with. And I heard that those who came ashore were actually Japanese hired by the Dutch. The white-armored soldier replied.

"What the hell are the widows?" Clearly, Dordor had no impression of Japan.

"I heard that it was the Haikou who fought North Korea during the Wanli period and almost killed North Korea. Later, it was defeated by the combined forces of the Ming Kingdom and Korea. Another guard replied.

"I didn't beat North Korea, and I didn't even beat it, so it's almost'! In the end, it was defeated by the Ming and Korean coalition forces. It doesn't look like that's good! I heard that Fourteen suffered a big loss against those Dutchmen, I really don't know how he fought! Duoduo said disdainfully. Although Dorgon, who suffered last time, was his own brother, the always arrogant Dordor did not save face for him.

"Fourteen Baylor was already on his way back to his division. Probably enough has been grabbed, and I don't want to fight anymore. A white-armored soldier replied.

"Don't say it, my fourteenth brother is really such a person!" Duoduo burst into laughter. Then he pointed his whip in front of him and said, "Today we will set an example for him, and show him how to fight." ”

Although Duoduo likes to brag, he is not a complete second ancestor, and he will still do honest preparations before the battle, such as reconnoitering the enemy situation and making relevant deployments.

"These Dutchmen, well, should be a bit like our siege? Look at the digging of the ground! Walking around Xingshan Fort, Duoduo said to the people beside him.

"Master, this city is not easy to fight!" Haning said, "You see that these trenches are to be filled, but it is not a matter of one at a time, I saw several cannons on the head of the city, although they look like old-fashioned cannons, but they are erected in a high place, and they shoot far away, I am afraid it is not easy to deal with." ”

"Hmm." Dodor nodded, and he saw a few cannons on the top of the city. Those were old-fashioned iron cannons, and the shells that could be fired were not heavy, but the artillery itself was very heavy, and it was impossible to fight with the army, so Hong Chengchou didn't take them with him.

"Attract them to fire first, this kind of cannon will have to stop for a long time if it shoots a few more shots, in fact, there is nothing to be afraid of." Another officer said, "It's nothing more than the death of some coats." Master, this siege must be fast, otherwise, maybe the people in the city will burn the warehouse themselves. ”