Chapter 146: Breaking the Levee

The artillery bombarded for two days, and the tunnels and waterways were dug day and night for two days. Fastest updates

The Qing army in Guangning did not find anything abnormal at all, and the Jiang army's siege scene was very sufficient, and the Qing army was tired of coping with it, and had no energy to think about anything else.

During this period, on the second day of the siege, the Qing army in the city unexpectedly sent a team of men and horses out to fight, perhaps to boost the declining morale.

But the result was naturally conceivable, after being beaten by the Jiang family's army, he fled back to the city with his armor thrown away, leaving behind hundreds of corpses, and then closed the city gate and never dared to come out again.

The commander of the Qing army guarding Guangning was Huang Taiji's forehead Engeldel, who was also a fierce general. But it's not a tough opponent.

Among the Manchurian generals, there were many brave and fierce people, but there were not many people who had brains, vision, and a calm mind. The only few who became emperors or regents, such as the two brothers, Emperor Taiji and Dorgon.

Others are just reckless men with muscles but no brains.

Engdel didn't believe in evil at first, and wanted to test some of the legendary powerful and invincible Jiang Jiajun's catties, but he learned to be obedient after being beaten up.

He now has less than 20,000 troops in his hands, and he no longer dares to move easily. I had to send someone to Shengjing for help. However, it took three or four days for Sheng Jing to get here, and the successive waves of envoys sent out did not move now, and I don't know if they have arrived.

Engdel didn't have a good way to break the enemy after thinking about it, but because defending the city was not what he was good at, he was full of grievances and dissatisfaction.

He also had the idea of abandoning the city and fleeing, but the thought of Huang Taiji's harsh military law immediately dispelled this idea.

Not to mention that he is just Huang Taiji's son-in-law, that is, he is Huang Taiji's son, if he runs away without a fight, I am afraid that he will also be beheaded, and his family will be affected.

If you die in battle, you can still keep your family, this account is easy to calculate.

Fortunately, the Jiang family's army was only bombarded with artillery and had not yet attacked the city on a large scale, which made Engdel slightly relieved.

At night, the sound of artillery finally stopped, and the Qing troops in the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, many people sat directly on the ground, this day was too fucking scary.

The western city wall has been bombarded by artillery for two consecutive days, and it has become a pockmarked face.

And that's just scratching the surface. Although the solid cannonballs of the redcoat cannon do not explode, after smashing into the city wall with strong kinetic energy, each impact will loosen the internal structure of the city wall a little.

After all, the city walls are also made of bricks and stones, and no matter how strong the city wall is, it cannot withstand the high-speed impact of countless solid iron bullets all the time, so now the inside of the city wall on the west side of Quang Ninh City has begun to fall apart.

If a strong external force is exerted on it, it will collapse within a day or two.

It's just that a reckless man like Engdel has no concept at all, and he doesn't understand this. All he's good at is fighting right away, and it's really painful for him to use his brain.

After dinner, Jiang Chuan was checking the official document sent by Liu Ji from Liaoyang in the big tent, and the curtain of the big tent was lifted, but it was the engineer battalion captain Mo Ban who came in.

Moban was covered in mud, his face was still covered with mud spots and sweat, and his armor couldn't see the original color, and the whole person looked like he had been fished out of the muddy water.

Seeing him like this, Jiang Chuan laughed, put down the official document in his hand and got up and said, "Did you go into battle yourself?" ”

Mo Ban smiled, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said excitedly: "Tell the lord, the tunnels and waterways have all been completed. The last general just went into the tunnel to check, so he was covered in mud, and asked the lord to forgive him. ”

Jiang Chuan laughed and said, "Great, you have made a great contribution." Don't say that you came to see me covered in muddy water, even if you came to see me with your bare ass, I won't blame you. ”

In a word, Mo Banhan laughed more than once.

Jiang Chuan asked about the siege of the city again, and it turned out that the tunnel dug by the engineering battalion was not dug directly to a certain place at the root of the city wall, but also expanded to both sides.

The depth of the tunnel is right at the foundation of the city wall, and now half of the foundation under one section of the wall to the west of Quang Ninh has been hollowed out.

This hollowed-out general engineering battalion is now supported by wooden stakes, and it can stabilize the city wall for the time being, and it will not tilt, so it will not arouse the suspicion of the Qing army.

At that time, as long as the wooden stakes are removed before drinking water is poured into the tunnel, and the river water is poured down the tunnel under the base of the city wall, the already unstable foundation of the city wall will soon be soaked and begin to sink.

Moreover, Moban also had many holes in the foundation of the remaining city walls, and after the river water was poured in, it would seep into the foundation along these holes, which could accelerate the sinking of the foundation.

The waterway from the river has also been repaired, and with the assistance of 5,000 soldiers, the waterway is wider and deeper than originally expected, and once the water is waterproofed, the speed of the water will be faster, and the impact on the foundation of the city wall will be greater.

After listening to this, Jiang Chuan was a lot more determined in his heart, and after pacing back and forth on the ground twice, he endured his excitement and said to Mo Ban: "You work hard again tonight, take people to build a dam in the river, and let the river water be stored." When the river is flush with the embankment, we burst the embankment and release water into the tunnel. ”

Mo Ban said: "My lord, please rest assured, the last general has thought of this a long time ago and has already made arrangements. We hauled the excavated water and tunnels to the river to build a dam, and a gap was made in the middle to allow the water to continue flowing. As long as the lord gives an order, the last general can take someone to plug this opening at any time and start to store water. According to the speed of the river's flow, it will definitely be able to fill up with water when it arrives. ”

"Yes, your kid is thoughtful, and Ben Shuai will give you a great credit. In that case, you should take someone to plug the hole now, and then when the time comes, I will send someone to inform you to break the embankment and release the water. You just need to arrange everything in advance. ”

Jiang Chuan was overjoyed, patted Moban on the shoulder and laughed, completely ignoring the mud on his hands.

Moban took the order and left, but Jiang Chuan himself excitedly walked around in the big tent, quite a kind of excitement that had been holding back for a long time and preparing to see others unlucky.

When the time finally arrived, a flying horse with four hooves wrapped in cotton cloth galloped silently from the middle army camp of the Jiang family army towards the river.

At this time, the riverside was full of figures, all of them were soldiers of the Jiang family army in black clothes and black armor, and their silent and cold faces could be vaguely seen under the bright moonlight.

Moban, who was covered in muddy water, walked around the river, constantly looking in the direction of the Chinese army camp.

Everything is ready on his side, and he can only wait for Jiang Chuan's order to order the embankment to break.

"General, here." A soldier beside him whispered to a knight who had crept in from the moonlight.

Immediately, the knight saw the coming up of the Moban, hurriedly floated off the horse, holding the black arrow in his hand, and said to the Moban in a deep voice: "The commander has an order, you can break the embankment!" ”

Mo Ban suppressed his voice and said, "The last general obeys the order!" But there was also an irrepressible excitement in his voice.

After receiving the order, Moban turned around and whispered to the soldiers of the engineering battalion who had been prepared long ago behind him: "You can break the embankment!" ”

The soldiers were silent, flashed their tools and began to dig the embankment.

Iron picks, shovels and other tools flew in all directions, and soon a three- or four-meter-long opening was dug in the riverbank, which was connected to the aqueduct dug in advance.

The river had already been filled with water blocked by the dam, and at this time it finally found an outlet for catharsis, and rushed into the waterway with a surging momentum, rushing along the waterway with surging waves, all the way to the base of the city wall of Quang Ninh Xicheng.

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