The Art of War: Ten Rules Surround It.

The Qing army in Puqi is less than 3,000, and they are all green battalions under Xu Yong, and there is not a single real Tartar, but the Ming army that came to attack is more than 50,000 people, and there are 30,000 horses under Wang Jincai, so he does not do anything to besiege the city, and he will surround Puqi when he comes up, and he wants to completely annihilate the Qing army in the city.

Lu Ding attacked the west gate, Wang Jincai attacked the north gate, Ma Jinzhong attacked the south gate, Wang Kefan attacked the east gate, and the four generals of the Ming army each attacked one gate. However, before the siege of the city, it was still according to the usual practice to shoot a book to surrender, but the Qing army guards in the city were quite arrogant, on the one hand, they put a strict defense on the city wall, and on the other hand, they sent a messenger down the city and sent a letter, and they actually wanted to surrender the Ming army in turn.

This messenger was just an innocent person, who was beheaded on the spot by Lu Ding, who was half angry to death, and only waited for the city to be broken, and then the Qing army guard was broken into pieces...... Wang Kefan didn't shout and still kept calm, but he also felt a heavy pressure.

The Qing army in Puqi City was so arrogant, where did their self-confidence come from? A few months ago, they were still the Ming army that had been defeated repeatedly, and Weishenme doubled their courage as soon as they changed, and they dared to resist stubbornly in the face of more than ten times the Ming army?

In the final analysis, it is still the myth of the invincibility of the Manchu Qing Dynasty that is at work!

Although the Qing army in Puqi City was small, they had the idea of waiting for help, firmly believing that as long as they persevered, as long as the Eight Banners arrived, they could easily defeat the Ming army and relieve them from the siege.

On the contrary, the Ming army was very afraid of the Eight Banners, and in the face of the victorious Eight Banners, they ...... No, they simply did not have the courage to face the Eight Banners. Even Lu Ding, who was angry and out of shape, could hardly hide his deep fear of the Eight Banners.

War. It is not only a contest of strength, but also a contest of morale. The strong will form a great coercion on the weak. Only by breaking this huge pressure and breaking the myth of the invincibility of the Eight Banners can we stop the Manchu Qing Dynasty from sweeping the world......

Although Lu Ding was furious and out of shape, he was blind when he started fighting, he honestly built a fortress and set up camp, and then slowly built various siege equipment. This is also an inevitable choice, the officers and troops in Hunan have always been so cautious in fighting, Lu Ding did not dare to give an order to let the soldiers brave the arrows and ants to attack, and no one would listen to the order.

Ma Jinzhong is the same as him. Patience to build all kinds of large siege equipment, although the bet between the four generals is worth a lot, but it is not cost-effective to exchange hundreds of loyal subordinates.

Wang Jincai had to take the initiative a lot, only built some simple wooden donkey carts and ladders, and launched two tentative attacks, getting a rough idea of the Qing army in the city. It's not a big deal, these green battalion soldiers turned out to be Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, and they were defeated generals of the Dashun Army for many years. When Wang Jincai's troops encountered them, not only were they not afraid, but they had a certain psychological advantage.

He has the most soldiers and horses under his command, and he is the strongest. He Tengjiao had just taken refuge in He Tengjiao, and when he was eager to make meritorious contributions, he planned to storm the city. Grab the first hand to conquer Puqi.

Wang Kefan's Gongyi battalion was very eccentric, except for a few axles. Instead of building any siege equipment, construction was carried out outside the east gate. Digging ditches and building walls, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd.

Lu Ding, Wang Jincai and Ma Jinzhong were very strange when they heard about it, so they all went to check it out.

Outside the east gate, there is a strong camp, the wall is eight feet high, the inside and outside double moats, in the eyes of Lu Ding and others, this camp is a little too strong, I don't know how much effort it took to build.

This is nothing, the camp is built strongly, at least not afraid of the enemy going out of the city to attack and disturb. But strangely enough, about three hundred paces from the city wall, there was a long ditch, behind which several small earthen houses were built.

What does this do?

Deep ditches and fortifications are also commonly used in siege, if they encounter a fortified city that is difficult to overcome, there is no other good way than a long-term siege, and this tactic will be used. However, Puqi is just a small county town, so why bother so much!

Besides, there is a gambling contract between the four generals, is Wang Kefan admitting defeat?

Although the walls are small, the walls are unexpectedly high, and you can't see the situation inside, but there are faint noisy sounds coming out, and it seems that someone is busy inside.

"Are you digging a tunnel?" Ma Jinzhong's eyes were sharp, and he saw that someone came out of the earthen village, it was a group of young people who carried soil and stones.

"It should be." Wang Jincai nodded, these earthen villages are so close to the city wall, they have almost entered the range of the stone cannon, and eighty percent are to shorten the distance of the tunnel.

But is it too late to dig tunnels now?

Everyone didn't look at it anymore, and when they entered Wang Kefan's camp and asked what was going on, Wang Kefan seemed mysterious.

"Heaven must not be divulged." He dodged and didn't want to say more, but he didn't seem to be able to hold back and want to show off: "But I have a way to break the city, and I will do a miracle in three days!" Your treasure swords and good horses, well, and that pair of gold-lacquered mountain armor, are they all ready? ”

"Three days, it's about the same for you to give you thirty days!" Ma Jinzhong pouted: "Isn't it just digging tunnels?" By the time you dig up the city walls, we'll already be drinking in Puqi City! ”

"Wang Garrison has a clever plan to break the city, I'll wait and see, let's go, let's go!" Lu Ding was a little impatient and urged everyone to go outside. Everyone is a veteran general in the army, no one is a three-year-old doll who is easy to fool, this surnamed Wang is obviously blowing the conch and talking big, why waste time here.

Wang Jincai was bent on grabbing credit, and he was a little worried about gains and losses, and he looked left and right along the way, wanting to see some way...... Inadvertently, he found that there was a wooden platform behind the Chinese military tent, more than two feet above the ground, tightly wrapped with a cloth curtain, and there was a faint sound of chanting instruments.

"Wang Shoubei, do you still do fasting and Jiao rituals in this big camp?" He was about to go over to check, Lu Ding and Wang Jin were stunned for a moment, and they also saw the wooden platform.

Wang Kefan's expression changed, and he hurriedly rushed up to block in front of them.

"Everyone, please stay." He said, "Oh......, one of our army died violently, so I asked someone to do a ritual to find a home for him...... Beyond the undead, don't bother. ”

Be all abroad!

What day does not die in the barracks? How can there be such a toss.

At this moment, the curtain on the wooden platform was blown up by the wind. Wang Jincai and the others took a look inside, but saw a feather-clad monk with three wisps of green beard, looking like a fairy wind and bones, holding a wooden sword magic weapon, walking around the stage, and there were words in his mouth.

"Today, on the order of the Yuan Shi Tianzun, please move the Marshal of the Five Thunders to the lower realm to help the envoy achieve great achievements...... There are orders from the eastern wooden mines, some from the southern fire mines, and some from the western mountains to listen to the orders......"

Teng Tengteng, the green fire suddenly rose on the wooden platform, and the smoke was filled!

Lu Ding and the others were stunned.

This, where is this super-undead, it is clearly asking God to do it!

……

Wang Jincai returned to the camp, still uneasy in his heart.

In this era, there were very few atheists, even Confucian disciples, and most of them believed in the existence of gods and demons in the world. (Confucius famously said, "The Son does not speak and the power of the gods is confused", which does not deny the existence of gods and ghosts, but says that Confucian disciples should follow the right path and stay away from gods and ghosts.) ）

Scholars are still like this, and for ordinary people and warriors, there are even fewer who don't believe in ghosts and gods. Wang Jincai was born as a thief, half his life, killed countless people, and was more in awe of the gods and ghosts, and today in Wang Kefan's camp, he "inadvertently" saw that Fang Shi's mana was strong and unpredictable, and the shock in his heart was indescribable.

That monk invited the Marshal of the Five Thunders, and the cultivation must be the Five Thunder Rectification Technique!

It is said that once it is displayed, the heavens and the earth will change color, and the five mountains will bend their waists for it, and the thunder will be thunderous, and the world will be turned upside down...... It's just that this spell is too domineering and strong, and few people have succeeded in cultivating since ancient times, looking at the young age of that monk, how can his cultivation be so profound?

Wrong!

Wang Jincai suddenly understood that a person who cultivates to a high level has his own art of rejuvenating his face, even if he is a living immortal who is three or five hundred years old, his face is often like a teenager, and the face of the priest is even more like a virgin, which is the appearance of a person who has attained the Tao.

What did he ask God to do? Could it be that he wants to cast a spell to help Wang Kefan break the city?

The more Wang Jincai thought about it, the more wrong he became, he was bent on winning the first merit in capturing Puqi and fighting for face in front of He Tengjiao...... However, if Wang Kefan had someone to help, he might really be robbed of this credit!

He couldn't sit still any longer, and ordered his men to go down to the Gongyi camp to probe the details of the monk.

It didn't take long for his subordinates to come back one after another to report, saying that the news of the Gongyi Battalion was very tight, but there were indeed rumors in the army that Wang Kefan had invited a person who was a master of Taoism, and he was a well-known scholar in Chongyang.

If the dragon sees the head but does not see the end, no one knows the origin of this monk, as if he only arrived in Chongyang a few months ago, presided over the Zhai Jiao sacrifice to the gods, and overtook the battle of the dead spirit, and his reputation among the people is extremely high, and even Xu Bingzhong, the commander of Chongyang County, respects him a lot......

"Yes, that's it!"

Wang Jincai bit his cheek and pondered for a while, then suddenly stood up and shouted: "Pass my general order, let the brothers have a full meal of war food, rest, and start the siege in an hour!" ”

Fight, since Wang Kefan is a master to help, even if Wang Jincai fights to kill hundreds of more lives, he will still grab this credit.

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Thousands of miles of Yangtze River, the water waves are vast.

In this era, there were no hydropower stations, irrigation stations, and the water volume of the Yangtze River was much larger than that of later generations, and the Yangtze River refers to the length, but when it came to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the width of the river water was also staggering.

This is a natural golden waterway, from Nanjing to Wuchang unimpeded, can drive more than 1,000 large ships, just all the way upstream, at least more than 20 days.

On the river near Jiujiang, a huge fleet suddenly appeared, all the ships were fully loaded, the waterline was not in the river, the boats were under the banner of the Manshui Division, and the deck was densely packed with Qing troops. On the handsome boat in the center, a dragon flag fluttered in the wind, indicating that the general who led the army was a noble Baylor.

Luck Dehun, the general of Pingnan in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, led the Eight Banners to rescue Huguang. (To be continued......)