Ji'an Mansion, outside the West Gate.

The camp of the Ming army was finally repaired, the camp wall of up to eight feet, and it was full of flags, deliberately blocking the sight of the Qing army on the city wall, Gao Jinku stood on the city tower, and could only see that there were many flags shuttling back and forth behind the Ming army camp, and it seemed that reinforcements had arrived and were being frequently mobilized.

"It should be an auxiliary soldier escorting grain and grass." Gao Jinku couldn't see the reality of the Ming army, so he could only guess according to common sense that the scouts sent in the morning had not returned, so he thought about it for a while, and sent fifty scouts out of the city from other city gates to reconnoiter the movements of the Ming army.

This is the advantage of defending the city, if the attacking side does not have an absolute advantage, it will not be able to completely encircle the city, if you reluctantly divide the troops to form a complete encirclement, there will be many weak links, the defender can see clearly from a high position, concentrate the superior forces out of the city to strike, you can easily win.

In the art of war, the so-called ten rules to encircle it, and double it to attack it, is this principle.

But the next move of the Ming army made Gao Jinku incomprehensible.

The Ming army was seven or eight hundred steps away from the first tunnel, and built a small earthen village, and began to dig the second tunnel, compared with the tunnel next to the city gate, this tunnel was dug more unscrupulously, only a small earthen village as a cover, from the city wall can be clearly seen, the Ming soldiers carry the earth and stones from the tunnel entrance in and out, shuttling non-stop, like a group of busy voles.

Immediately after that, the excavation of a third tunnel, a fourth tunnel, began to be excavated further away...... It didn't take long for seven tunnel entrances to be lined up outside the west city wall of Ji'an Mansion, and more than 1,000 soldiers of the Ming Army were digging tunnels at the same time, like a big construction site in full swing, and the soil and stones transported out were packed with hemp, and a thick earthen wall was soon erected.

The Qing troops in the city were dumbfounded. I have never eaten pork and seen pigs run, and those who are soldiers have heard of tunnels attacking the city, but digging seven tunnels at the same time, such a spectacular scene is really the first time I have seen it.

Gao Jinku has already understood that the Ming army is to use the number to ensure the success rate, and seven tunnels are excavated at the same time, even if a few are destroyed by the Qing army, the city wall can be successfully dug down. However, this idea is very ridiculous, and the Qing army only needs to prepare in advance and dig a pool in front of each tunnel. When the Ming army hollowed out the foundation of the city wall, they dug tunnels and poured water into them, and all seven tunnels had to be scrapped.

Moreover, seven tunnels were excavated at the same time, and the amount of work was even more amazing, how could the Ming army have so much time?

"Gao Xietai. Let the sons and daughters go out of the city and kill for a while! The generals of the green battalion under his command asked Gao Jinku to fight, and the Ming army did not deploy a guard force in front of the city gate. There were only a few dozen defenders in each earthen village. Sending a group of men and horses out of the city to attack suddenly will definitely catch the Ming army by surprise.

"No! Nangou just bluffed and lured our army out of the city to fight. "Gao Jinku knew very well that it was obviously unreasonable for the Ming army to dig seven tunnels at the same time, either they made low-level mistakes or had a hidden conspiracy. And the latter is more likely, as long as you calm down and don't give the Ming army a chance, everything will be under control.

At this time. There was a dense sound of horses' hooves behind the Ming army camp, and there were faint cavalry fighting each other, and after a short time, I saw more than a dozen Qing army scouts bypassing the Ming army camp and fleeing towards Ji'an Fucheng, followed by one hundred and ten Ming army cavalry.

Gao Jinku ordered to put down the drawbridge, open the outer city gate, and let their scouts retreat into the urn city, the Ming cavalry chased to the drawbridge, and the city immediately shot a rain of arrows, they saw that the gate of the urn city inside was tightly closed, and they did not dare to rush inside, so they had to retreat.

"Qi Gao Xietai, this group of Nangou's cavalry is so powerful, the brothers who were left alone have all died, and we fled back desperately......" The scout commander's body was stained with blood, and he was a horse thief in his early years, and his martial arts and riding skills were among the best in the Gao Jinku camp, he said that the cavalry of this group of Ming troops was powerful, and the faces of the other green battalion generals changed.

"What, is it more powerful than the Eight Banners?"

"The white-armored soldiers are definitely not comparable, they are worse than the ordinary armor, but it is definitely no problem to fight two and one." The scout commander said: "This group of cavalry is not like the Central Plains, it seems to be the return of the northwest, and it also has a ruthless spirit!" ”

"Yes, this is the Hui cavalry of the old Qin army, there are more than 1,000 people!" Gao Jinku pointed to the Ming army camp under the city: "There must be a cavalry hidden in this stockade, waiting for us to go out of the city to fight, ignore them......"

Gao Jinku has guessed the tactics of the Ming army, they are digging tunnels under the city, it seems to be unguarded, full of flaws, but in fact, there is a high-speed mobile cavalry, as long as the Qing army goes out of the city to counterattack, they immediately outflank and cover from behind, and seal the retreat of the Qing army.

He had already received information that the Ming army had a cavalry unit with more than 2,000 horses, and as long as he held Ji'an Mansion without going wrong, as soon as Jin Shenghuan's main force arrived, this cavalry would be captured.

By that time, how many war horses will Jin Shenghuan give himself? Three hundred? Five hundred horses ......? All the departments of the green battalion in the south of the Yangtze River lack war horses, there are no formed cavalry, whether it is three hundred or five hundred, Gao Jinku can form his own cavalry troops, thinking of this, a trace of eagerness flashed in his eyes.

At this time, the Ming army camp was busy for a while, the flags were moving back and forth, the drums and trumpets were ringing non-stop, and then, the Ming army camp was divided into a group of soldiers and horses, about two or three thousand people, bypassing the city wall, and going in the direction of the north gate of Ji'an Mansion.

Gao Jinku's face changed, and he ordered his subordinates to guard the west gate carefully, and he rushed to the north gate with a group of subordinate soldiers.

The camp was first completed, sent troops to approach two hundred steps outside the moat, built the earthen village and began to dig tunnels, it was clearly a set of procedures outside the west gate, an hour later, seven tunnels were also spread out outside the north gate, and the excavation was in full swing at the same time.

"Damn it, it's too much of a deception!" Gao Jinku was a little angry.

The Ming army dug fourteen tunnels at the same time, occupying the north and west walls of Ji'an Mansion, and the visual effect looked violent, causing great psychological pressure on the defenders. Gao Jinku has been in battle for a long time, and knows that there is not much difference between the fourteen tunnels and one tunnel, but the green battalion soldiers in the city may not all understand the truth, and their faces are very nervous.

Allowing the Ming army to be unscrupulous is not good for the morale of the army!

This is not good, once the morale of the troops is frustrated, they will lose three points before the war starts, if Gao Jinku does not take action, the green battalion soldiers will lose the confidence of victory, in case the Ming army comes to the naked scolding formation again, get some women's clothes to wear, etc., the morale of the green battalion soldiers will continue to decrease, and it will not work if they want to fight again.

From ancient times to the present, so many examples of luring the enemy into battle have been successful, because the morale of the defenders has been declining, and the defenders have to take the risk of fighting.

"So insidious!"

Gao Jinku understood that the chief general of the Ming army used a serial strategy, and at the beginning he showed the enemy weakness to lure the Qing army into battle, and when he saw that he was not fooled, he bluffed and forced the Qing army to fight.

"Carving insect subtotal! Is that hard for me? ”

He beckoned a thousand generals and ordered him to lead a hundred archers to fight, the target was a earthen village in front of the city gate, not to break through this stockade, as long as the bow and arrow were constantly harassed, kill and injure the Ming army who was carrying the earth and stones, once the Ming army sent troops to attack, immediately retreat to the city gate.

The city gate of Fucheng is different from the county seat, and there is also an urn city inside, which is equivalent to two lines of defense, when sending troops out of the city to attack the Ming army, there is no need to worry about the other party taking the opportunity to storm the city gate.

"Whoa!"

Mr. Qian shouted his order, turned around and was about to leave, when Gao Jinku stopped him again.

"This battle is not for miraculous feats, but it must not fall into the prestige of the Jiangning Green Battalion, come, bring my mount to President Xu Qian!"

Gao Jinku lent his war horse to Xu Qianzong, firstly, to show his grace, and secondly, to encourage him, bravely rush forward, if you fall into the enemy's encirclement, you can quickly withdraw to the city on horseback.

Xu Qian paid homage to Shane, turned on his horse, and came to the city with a hundred archers, the city gate suddenly opened, and they killed the Ming army's earthen village.

"Whoosh whoosh ......!"

A hundred archers stood in front of the earthen fortress and kept shooting back into the stockade, and the small stockade was covered under the rain of arrows, and several Ming soldiers were immediately wounded by arrows. The archers of the green battalion did not dare to stand too close to the earthen village, and the lethality of the bows and arrows thrown was not great, and most of the Ming troops who were hit by the arrows were not seriously injured, but they were suddenly attacked by random arrows, and the village was immediately in chaos.

That's what you want!

Gao Jinku was happy, the camp of the Ming army suddenly opened the gate of the wall, a team of cavalry rushed out from inside, Gao Jinku hurriedly ordered Mingjin to collect the troops, the gong sounded, the hundred archers turned around and ran, Xu Qian raised his bow and shot an arrow at the earthen village, before turning the horse's head and running back.

Retreat along the drawbridge into the urn city, the gate of the urn city is still closed, but the hundred archers are not panicked, because the surrounding city walls are full of Qing army companions, if the cavalry of the Ming army dares to rush in, a burst of bows and arrows flying stones can wipe them all out.

Sure enough, the cavalry of the Ming army chased to the side of the drawbridge, turned the horse's head and did not dare to rush into the city, and scolded outside the city for a while. In this fight, the Qing army took a small advantage.

Morale boosted!

"Mr. Xu Qian is really brave! Come on, the reward is fifty taels of silver, and the other sons and daughters are five taels each! ”

Gao Jinku spilled a lot of silver, and rewarded the hundred archers. He was very proud in his heart, although he only injured a few Ming troops in this battle, he brought back the morale, and more importantly, he had found out the reality of the Ming army.

"Stop this!"

All the actions of the Ming army were under his control, and if nothing else, they would soon give up digging tunnels and turn around to attack the nearby county ferry, luring themselves to send troops to the rescue. (To be continued......)