Chapter 257, Stalemate (3)

"Aobai, do you think we can fight this fortress?" Duoduo squinted at Aobai. The pen %fun %Pavilion said in his heart www.biquge.info Duoduo didn't want to spend that thing under this fortress anymore. The Manchu Qing Dynasty has always been not good at attacking cities, and most of the early years of conquering Fushun Liaoyang or something relied on the use of space. After getting the refuge of Kong Youde and others, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's ability to attack the city was greatly enhanced, but this great enhancement was only an enhancement on the basis of the Manchu Dynasty's original very bad foundation, and in the face of some really well-defended cities, such as Jinzhou and other cities, in fact, in addition to long-term siege, there were not many other methods. Now Duoduo's men and horses are only coming to attack Xingshan Fort, and he is not prepared for a long-term siege in advance, and the current situation does not allow him to play any long-term siege - his team is now between Hong Chengchou's main force and Xingshan Fort, Hong Chengchou's grain route was indeed cut off by him, but his grain route was also cut off by Hong Chengchou. So he could not besiege this fortress for a long time. But if you storm it...... Duoduo looked up at the Apricot Hill Fort over there. Now those "Dutch soldiers" are no longer hidden, after the Manchu cavalry retreated a little, their men are holding muskets with short swords, there to clear the battlefield, that is, to replenish the wounded Qing soldiers who remained there.

If you want to take this castle and storm it, I don't know how many people will die. Even if it is captured at that time, it will be his white-flaged people who will die. When these people are dead, will the eighth (Huang Taiji) still be able to make up for him? To follow Dodor's thoughts, it is better to go away. It's just that Ao Bai just suffered a big loss with the yellow flag, and now he will leave without fighting, and it seems that it is not easy to explain at that time, so Duoduo very much hopes that Ao Bai can say something like "I am still here", as long as Ao Bai shows a little bit of not wanting to fight, he can go downhill with the donkey and go back directly with people.

"It's not easy to fight, at least during the day." Ao Bai looked at Xingshan Fort in the distance with hatred, frowned and said, "Lord, it's just that the emperor said that this battle is very important, and our army has run so far, and if there is a slight setback, it will retreat, which is not good for the army." Lord Wang, the slave looked at the sky, it was almost afternoon, Hong Chengchou and they got the information, I am afraid that they will not have time to react. There is no moon tonight, and those Dutch soldiers have sharp firearms during the day, which is really difficult to deal with, but at night they can't see far, and their firearms will be greatly discounted. The minions thought it would be better to let the soldiers rest for a while, and wait until the evening when we attacked again. If you can't attack it, it's not too late to retreat. ”

Duoduo thought for a moment, nodded and said, "There is some truth in what you said. Let's go back for a while, make a retreat, and then set up camp and rest when we are far away, and then we will come back in the middle of the night. He glanced at Xingshan Fort hatefully and said, "Aobai, can you still move?" ”

"Slaves can still move." Ao Bai hurriedly said.

"Well, you take those cavalry below you, and ...... Fortunately, you also bring a team of cavalry, and after breaking off with Aobai, don't let those dogs follow us. Dodor said.

"Huh!" A Jialazhang Jing answered.

But Dord's worries seem unfounded. Those "Dutchmen" did not send cavalry to follow them. Perhaps these Dutch did not have cavalry.

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In the blink of an eye, it was the second half of the night, and Duoduo and Ao Bai once again led the army to the vicinity of Xingshan Fort. There was no moon on this night, only the stars of the day, and by the faint light of the stars, Duoduo looked out at Xingshan Fort from afar. In the faint starlight, against the back of the sky. Jing, Xingshan Fort is only a vague shadow.

A few white-armored soldiers had already touched towards Xingshan Fort, but Duoduo couldn't see them, and on a night like this, even Duoduo, who didn't have night blindness, couldn't see far. However, he knew that these white-armored soldiers were all hunters from the mountains, and they did not act once or twice in the dark night.

"In a moment if they touch it and take the gates, they will give a signal, and then you will follow, and after you have secured the road and the gates, you can light the torches." Duoduo lowered his voice and said to the other armor soldiers who were preparing for the second group of departures.

"The minions are all known, don't worry, master." The armor soldiers also lowered their throats and replied. Although they were still far away from Xingshan Fort, such a sound, even in the quiet of the night, should not reach the ears of the people in the city.

"I don't know how they're doing now, they haven't moved at all." Dodor.

"Lord Wang, if there is no movement, it means that it is smooth." Ao Bai whispered to the side.

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Darhav lowered his body and reached for it with his hand. Sure enough, I touched a few thistles on the road, these things are completely invisible in such a night, but if you step on it, there will be a bloody hole in the foot. Darha took an thistle to his nose and sniffed it, and sure enough, it had been soaked in horse manure. If you step on such an iron thistle, you can easily get infected with external evils, get seriously ill, or even die. Just now, another soldier accidentally stepped on this thing. Fortunately, these are veterans who are used to fighting, and they know the severity, although they were pierced by this thing, but the soldier did not make any sound, but only used gestures to tell the others on the left and right that there was something on the ground.

Darha simply lay down and crawled forward slowly on the ground, so that his eyes were closer to the ground and he might be able to see a little bit in advance. Pushing aside the thistles, he moved forward for a while, and there seemed to be a round thing on the road ahead, which could only be seen by Darha lying on the ground, and if it was normal, most of them would not be able to see it.

Darha raised his hand backwards, and the others immediately stopped. Darha looked at the thing carefully, and with the faint starlight, he could barely see clearly, it was something made of pig iron. He didn't know what it was for, but he thought it would be better not to touch it.

This Darha had never seen anything before, even if it was nothing more than a trap. In this era, because iron tools were precious, even hunters had never seen a lot of iron and even some copper (made of springs) traps.

"The Dutch in dog days have a lot of tricks." Darha thought.

If Darha could see what was now on the walls of Xingshan Fort, he would have felt even more eye-opening. On the city walls, there are two large wooden shelves, on which are placed several bronze objects that look like a set of trumpets. These speakers end up with two copper tubes on the left and right, which in turn lead to an earbud.

This is a knock-off of the anti-aircraft sound phone commonly used during World War II. Although the anti-aircraft listening device was a World War II thing, it was not technically difficult, but it was just a large ear that could be rotated on a shelf. In World War II, the defending side used this kind of thing to listen to enemy planes in the night sky in order to raise air defense alerts in advance, and even calculate the general position of enemy planes by using the reactions of listening devices in different positions.

Zheng Sen came up with this thing, in fact, it was originally intended for the navy. The guys in the Navy can use this thing to search and track possible enemy ships at night. Now it's been brought here for testing.

"Yan Qi, did you hear anything?" Wang Dalu asked.

Yan Qi jumped up suddenly: "Wang Dalu of the dog day, I told you a long time ago, don't talk on the front, don't talk on the front!" It's very deafening, isn't it? ”

"Excuse me, brother. Didn't hear anything? Wang Dalu said with a smile.

"I heard it, the crickets crowed, and I don't know what insects called." Yan Qi said, "You come and listen, I'll rest." ”

"Huh." Wang Dalu replied, it seemed that he was very interested in this thing.

"Yan Qi, I heard the sound of someone talking, it seemed to be over there." As soon as he put on the earbuds, Wang Dalu suddenly said.

"Really? Such a coincidence? "Yan Qidao.

"Really, over there, I heard it again!" Wang Dalu Road.

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"Be careful, there's a rope on the other side of the trench in front, and a bell is hanging on the rope, be careful." Darha said in a low voice.

"Got it. Be careful with the rope in the back, with bells on it! The man behind Darha also whispered to the back.

The group of white-armored soldiers cautiously crossed the rope circle with bells, and not far in front of them was the gate of Xingshan Fort. Darha took the hook and found a corner, and with this thing, they could easily climb to the city, and then ...... Then, all of a sudden, there was a dog barking over there!

"Damn! These guys actually have dogs! Darha knew that he and the others must have been exposed, he estimated the distance, and his people must not have time to retreat, but he guessed that if the other party was not ready to fight, maybe there would be a little chance to rush up.

"Rush up and take down the gates." Darha shouted.

At that moment, however, several small sparks were thrown from that side, and then fell to the ground, and with a thud they immediately turned into a bright little fire. It is a porcelain bottle filled with fire oil, with strips of cloth stuffed at the mouth, lit and thrown down for illumination.

More than a dozen fires were lit around at once, and in the firelight, the figures of Darha and the others were revealed at once, and immediately after, a row of gunshots rang out.

Darha was hit by two bullets, and he fell to the ground weakly, still thinking, the dog had just barked, how could these Dutchmen be ready?

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"Master, there's a fight over there." A white-armored soldier said to Dord.

"The Dutchmen of dog days are on guard!" Dodor.

"Master, what should I do? To rush or not to rush? Another white-armored soldier asked.

Dordor thought for a moment, and he felt that in any case, in such a dark night, the Dutchman's cannon would never be as accurate as it was during the day. So he said, "Blow the trumpet and let everyone rush once!" ”