In the early morning, near Xiangcheng, within a radius of dozens of miles, the fortress of the Wei army and the camp of the Qing army were noisy almost at the same time.

A cage of steaming steamed buns on the head of the city, the hot broth was carried up to the city wall, the soldiers each held the steamed buns, held the hot soup, squatted at the head of the city and ate it in a big gulp, not long after the alarm bell rang at the head of the city, the soldiers hurriedly wiped their mouths, randomly stuffed the steamed buns and cakes into their mouths, and then immediately got up and lined up.

On the city wall, the Wei soldiers drew battlements and guarded them, and a small team, twelve people guarded three wall battlements.

At this time, the bureaus gathered together, and more than 100 people stood in three rows on the city wall, and the teams of each squad first checked the weapons on their subordinates, and then returned to the queue to stand still.

At this time, the instructors of each bureau came over, stood at the front of the team, and began to mobilize before the battle.

Compared with other armies, the instructor was a characteristic of the Wei army, and every time before the battle, he had to give a lecture to boost morale.

At this time, Gao Yihuan's idea was to build a strong-willed army, but training a job requires a large number of conscious and ideal people to do.

But in any case, it is better to have discipline than not to have it, and it has a great effect on boosting morale and controlling the army.

This time, the Qing army attacked southern Henan, although there were also people in southern Henan who surrendered to the Qing, but they did not look at the wind like Jiangbei, so they benefited from a group of instructors.

At this time, the instructors of various bureaus began to give lectures to the soldiers, but these big bosses couldn't say anything with a level, and they summed it up in just a few sentences, all of which were set from above.

"Well, why did the king lead us to fight the Tartars, because the Tartars are a hungry wolf, and if we don't kill this hungry wolf, we have planted crops, and they will come to rob them, and we have woven cloth, and they will come to rob them. These animals not only rob us of food and clothing, but also kill our parents and insult our wives and children, so we must stand up and fight the Tartars to defend our homeland. Do the brethren know about Liaodi? Of the more than 3 million Han people, nearly half were killed or wounded, and the rest could only wear full clothes, shave pigtails, and become slaves to the tartars. Do you remember Shandong, brethren? The Tartars came in, and more than 100,000 villagers in Jinan all made unjust souls. Now that the Tartars are going to fight Nanyang again, what do the brothers say? ”

The Wei soldiers, who were in three rows, responded with their fists, "Kill the turtle sun!" ”

"Medium! That's it! The instructor nodded with satisfaction, "Only by repelling the Tartars can we all live a peaceful and good life." ”

When the Wei army was mobilizing, on the side of the Qing army, the sound of trumpets and drums came and went, the green battalion soldiers wearing gray coats, the Jiangbei army wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, and the colorful Eight Banner Army, like streams, flowed out of various camps, and then converged into a sea of human heads.

The Qing cavalry was the first to arrive at the battlefield, and they rode in a team of more than 300 horsemen to roam the wilderness to prevent the Wei cavalry from raiding the Qing army, which had a stable foothold.

In this battle, Duoduo gathered nearly 200,000 Qing troops, and the battle line was not just a city in Xiangcheng, but a vast area with a radius of fifty or sixty miles, including Xiangcheng.

At this time, the wilderness was full of Qing troops, and no "crowd of people" was enough to describe the number of soldiers and horses, and the Qing soldiers stood in the array, only feeling that they were as small as grains of sand, like the spears of the forest, and the banners of the sun and clouds, covering the sky overhead.

200,000 Qing troops set up formations in the wilderness, the front stretched for dozens of miles, the infantry army set up a square small formation, and the cavalry began to detour to both sides of Xiangcheng to explore the situation on the side of the Ru River.

At this time, Gao Yihuan put on iron armor and brought the helmet of the six gods, and he had already come to the city wall.

He looked at the city and saw that the Qing army covering the land was crowded outside Xiangcheng, and did not enter the firing range of the cannon for the time being.

In the Qing army's array, the hill-like siege towers, stone throwers, goose carts, and cloud ladders stand in the crowd, the Qing generals riding war horses run between the various formations, and the cavalry who transmits the message rolls up yellow dust in the military formation, conveying military orders, and the scene is extremely spectacular.

Gao Yihuan looked at the outside of the city intently, and saw a white-armored general riding a horse and escorting him, wandering around the various formations of the Qing army, agitating the soldiers everywhere, and immediately arousing a wolf howl everywhere he went.

The white-armored general is Duoduo, he is promising the generals of the Qing army, after defeating Gao Yihuan, there will be many rewards, gold and silver treasures, beauties and good wine, and there will be no shortage of flags and titles!

If anyone catches Gao Yihuan, they should prepare to seal the marquis and use the carriage to pull the reward!

Unlike the mouth cannon of the Wei army's trainer, Duoduo's promises were all real money.

Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, under the heavy reward promised by Duoduo, the shouts of the Qing army in various formations rose wave after wave, hundreds of thousands of people pulled their throats and howled, exhaling into the wind, which shocked Gao Yihuan.

Previously, Gao Yihuan faced the Qing army, and there were only tens of thousands of people, but now looking at the Qing army array that could not be seen at a glance, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

Li Dingguo followed behind Gao Yihuan, saw the Qing army under the city like the sea, and listened to the shouts of the Qing army, and his face changed slightly.

At this time, Wu Shizhao and the others, knowing that Gao Yihuan was going to the city, hurried over, Gao Yihuan hurriedly calmed down, made a relaxed gesture, and said in a loud voice: "How about the defense preparations everywhere?" Don't let Dodor into the city, it's a shame! ”

"The king can rest assured, there are 30,000 defenders in Xiangcheng, and the Qing army will not want to attack it easily no matter what." Wu Shizhao also responded loudly, the movement of the Qing army outside the city was too loud, and it was not loud to hear what was said, "There are two forts on the left and right outside the city, Yuan Shizhong guards the left fort, Zhao Mingchong guards the right fort, each fort has 3,000 people, the two forts and Xiangcheng can use artillery to support each other, and it is difficult for the Qing army to break it." On the south bank of the Ru River, there were 20,000 horses on defense, and they were ready to go to the town in person. In addition, there were 4,000 men and horses, which were arranged on various hills, occupying favorable terrain and containing the attack of the Qing army. ”

Now there are more than 100,000 Wei troops in southern Henan, but as a defensive side, they can't just defend Xiangcheng, and other dangerous places are also stationed to prevent the Qing army from secretly Chencang.

Therefore, there were only 60,000 Wei troops on the front line of Xiangcheng, and more than 30,000 were deployed in the mountains on the border between Nanyang and Runing, and thousands of others were scattered in fortresses in eastern Henan.

Gao Yihuan was relieved when he heard him say this, and at the same time he also knew what the situation was with the 60,000 men and horses of the Wei army building a defensive line on both sides of the Ru River.

Among them, the soldiers and horses on the north bank were mainly concentrated in Xiangcheng and the two military forts, while the men and horses on the south bank built fortifications along the river to resist the Qing army from crossing the river and entering Nanyang.

Gao Yihuan nodded, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, Xiangcheng is difficult to attack, you have to guard against Duoduo from crossing Rushui, and you have to defend the south bank well." The Lone King sits in Xiangcheng, and will go out of the city to support you if necessary. Similarly, if the Qing army is in a hurry to attack Xiangcheng, you must cross the Rushui to relieve the siege of the lonely king! ”

"The minister understands!" Wu Shizhao clenched his fists.

As he was talking, after Duoduo turned around, he had already returned to the Chinese army, and in the large array of the Qing army, nearly a hundred horns immediately sounded with their heads raised.

In front of the Qing army's front, fifty Hongyi cannons were lined up, and the Qing gunners piled sandbags in front of the cannons, dug a pit on the ground, and placed the Hongyi cannons weighing nearly 3,000 catties in them, and fixed the gun positions.

At this time, as soon as the horn sounded, a deafening sound suddenly broke out on the artillery position of the Qing army, and in the sound of "boom, boom, boom", the guns of each artillery drove the gun carriage back, and the front line was filled with white smoke in an instant, and 50 shells weighing more than 10 catties smashed into the city wall with a scream, and the city was immediately dusty.

One after another, the cannonballs slammed into the city wall, and the iron bullets suddenly smashed the city wall into a depression, the wall bricks were shattered, and countless rubble was splashed.

Xiangcheng was amazed, and the city wall was smashed by fifty cannons, and the entire city seemed to be shaking, so that Gao Yihuan, who had the advantage of firearms for a long time and was accustomed to using firearms, also fluctuated in his heart.

"Shoot back!" Gao Yihuan shouted, and without waiting for the generals to remind, he walked down the city wall under the urging of the guards, and waited until he reached the safety of the back of the city wall, and then commanded.

After King Gao went down to the city, the defenders of the city immediately let go of their hands and feet, and the artillery at the head of the city returned fire, and one after another the shells smashed into the artillery array of the Qing army, and suddenly the mud pillars splashed, and there was a miserable howl.

For a time, the gunners of the two armies fired frantically, and the gunners of the Qing army, who had finished firing one shot, cleared their chambers with brushes, loaded new propellants and shells, and adjusted the gun positions, and the second round of firing came again.

The Qing army's artillery operation methods were basically the same as those of the Wei army.

At this time, the front line was already filled with gunsmoke, Duoduo looked at the smoke of gunpowder, and suddenly waved his hand, and nearly 10,000 horses came out on each side of the large array, and walked out in the rumbling cannon~

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