The terrain outside the city was favorable to the defenders, which was Ma Jinzhong's first impression.

At the foot of the city was an open field, the houses in front of the city wall were demolished, the trees were cut down cleanly, and only the harvested rice fields remained.

This kind of terrain is very annoying, if the road is paved with earth and stones, the direction of attack can only be limited to a few points, and the defenders can deal with it calmly, if the road is repaired on a large scale, and thousands of people work together, it will take at least half a day.

Half a day is not enough, at least a whole day, Ma Jinzhong shook his head again. Far from the city wall, it is easy to say, when you reach the city wall, you will be attacked by bows and arrows and stone cannons, if the defenders dare to go out of the city to harass, the day may not be enough, and it will increase casualties.

"Is the city General Wang of the Gongyi battalion?"

Closer and closer to the city wall, he held a bullhorn in his hands and shouted loudly, indicating that he was not hostile, but only a messenger of shouting.

"Yes, who are you?" A voice was heard in the distance from the city.

"The general Ma Jinzhong, who once served under Zuo Shuai, is the old man of General Wang......" Ma Jinzhong replied while looking at the Chongyang county in front of him.

The city defense is very solid, which is Ma Jinzhong's second impression.

Although it is only a small county town, there are almost all that should be, there is a moat in front of the city wall, there is an outer moat outside the moat, the middle is full of plum blossom piles and antlers, you can see the yaksha beating, wolf tooth beating, stone cannon and other city guarding equipment on the city wall, and there are two moon cities in front of the city gate.

This outer trench was more than half a man deep, about a zhang wide, and the attacking soldiers could not jump over, but could only jump down and climb up, and the speed of the charge would be greatly slowed. To make matters worse, heavier siege engines such as half-cut ships could not pass through, and the outer moats had to be filled with earth to make several passages.

How much does it cost to fill in this outer trench? If there is no suitable equipment, it will take at least half a day, hundreds of casualties.

"Since it is under the command of Zuo Shuai, why is it under the banner of the Qing army?" The voice of the Ming General came from the city.

"This, since ancient times, the current affairs are Junjie......" Ma Jinzhong secretly slandered in his heart, and Lao Tzu didn't want to criticize this tartar skin, isn't there no way!

Inside the outer trench are dense antlers and plum blossom piles, close to see clearly, the antlers are also sprinkled with a large number of thistles, this thing is all hard spikes, easy to pierce the soles of shoes, hurt the foot board and the horse's hooves.

How long does it cost to remove these carbulus and plum piles? For two more days, the casualties will be at least two hundred ......

Ma Jinzhong has fought for half his life, and it is estimated that it is almost the same with a sweep of his eyes, if he attacks the city, it will take about three or four days, and pay more than 300 casualties to attack the moat.

Then, there was an even more tragic battle.

"General Wang, the Eight Banners are invincible in the world, you can't hold the land ......of Chongyang projectiles no matter what" Ma Jinzhong's voice was getting higher and higher, lest Bo Erhui behind the formation couldn't hear it, but he was secretly scolding himself for farting in his heart.

This moat is carefully repaired, the river is straight and neat, and the slopes along the river are carefully leveled, which takes a lot of effort at a glance, and even seems a bit luxurious for a small county town. Ma Jinzhong didn't need to look at it to determine that the bottom of the river must be filled with sharp bamboo sticks and antler guns, and no matter how good they were, they would be pierced with a bloody hole if they fell into it.

This moat had to be filled, and on the other side of the river there were plum stakes and antlers, and if the other side had bird guns or even artillery, the casualties would increase exponentially after entering the range of firearms.

It takes three days to get under the walls? Five days? Five hundred casualties? A thousand? This number is difficult to estimate, but Ma Jinzhong is sure that if the defenders resist desperately, it will definitely be a nightmare for the besieging side.

It's just a small county town, and the geographical location is not important, Ma Jin Zhongzhong can't understand that the Ming army spent so much effort to defend the city, and it was like a hedgehog that he couldn't speak.

"As long as you surrender the city and ask for surrender, the Qing soldiers will ensure that the autumn will not commit any crimes, and will not hurt the lives of a single person in the city, if you dare not surrender, the chickens and dogs will not be left after the city is broken......" Ma Jinzhong shouted dutifully, while muttering to himself in his heart, people clearly put on a stubborn jiashi, scaring two sentences will surrender, it is a joke.

If you want to break through Chongyang, you must find the flaws of the Ming army, such as where the city wall is relatively dilapidated and low, but Ma Jinzhong looked back and forth, and the Chongyang city wall seemed to have been repaired and reinforced, and there were no obvious weak links.

The city walls of the small county town did not have urn cities, and the city gates were relatively thin, but the defenders built two moon cities and guarded them in front of the city gates.

These two moon cities are about two zhang high, which is significantly lower than the Chongyang city wall, even if the Qing army attacks the moon city, it cannot pose a threat to the Ming army on the city wall, the back side of the moon city is bare, there is no female wall bunker, and under the attack of the opponent's bow and arrow, it will definitely not be able to hold it.

The Qing army advanced lightly and hurriedly, only bringing two 300-pound artillery, these two moon cities were built so strongly, it was tickling to be tickled by one or two shells, unless 3,800 pounds of Shenwei General cannon was transferred, it was possible to destroy these two moon cities.

"General Wang, Lord Bolhui said, as long as you are willing to surrender, you can be promoted to the third-class Lazhangjing......" Ma Jinzhong did not dare to intimidate Wang Kefan anymore, so as not to anger the other party and put his life in danger, he directly threw out Bolhui's conditions, intending to complete the task and leave as soon as possible.

"Third-class Lazhangjing, is the official very big?" Wang Kefan suddenly asked at the head of the city.

"Yes, yes, it's almost the same as a guerrilla general......" Hearing that there was no malice in his tone, Ma Jinzhong urged Ma to take a few steps forward, and the appearance of the Ming army on the city wall gradually became clear.

The military appearance and military discipline are good, this is another impression of Ma Jinzhong.

The armor and weapons of these Ming troops were very neat, and although it was cloudy, they were still glowing with gold and iron. What's even more rare is that this Ming army is neatly shaped, standing in a row on the city wall, hundreds of people are silent, except for their own mounts and horses' hooves, the city wall can be heard falling needles.

This kind of well-disciplined army will not easily collapse when it is attacked by the Qing army. The defense outside the city was so meticulous that it is not difficult to imagine that there must have been arrangements in the city, with barricades and trenches, knife carts and horses.

It's hard to deal with.

Even if you attack the city wall, the real battle has just begun, and how many casualties and time will it take to attack the city wall and break through the city gate? Two thousand? Three thousand? Ten days? Twenty days? Even if they tried their best to break through a section of the wall, the defenders would hold out on to the second line of defense.

Ma Jinzhong had already made a judgment in his heart, unless Bo Erhui's brain was in the water and the gutter was full of worms, he would never attack Chongyang.

On the city wall, Wang Kefan suddenly interrupted him.

"Go back and tell Bol Hui that Wang Kefan would rather be a ghost in the south, not the king of the north!"

Ma Jinzhong was stunned for a moment, didn't speak for a long time, and suddenly quietly stretched his left hand to his chest, blocking it so that the Qing soldiers behind him couldn't see it, and then raised his thumb!

"Since General Wang is unwilling to surrender, Ma went to ......"

He turned his horse's head and returned to his own formation, and hundreds of soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion behind him roared in unison.

"I'd rather be a ghost in the south than the king of the north!"

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"That, you heard it......" Ma Jinzhong looked embarrassed and ashamed, and bowed his head to Borhui to plead guilty.

Bo Erhui snorted, and suddenly his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the iron horse under his crotch rushed towards the Chongyang City Wall, and fifty white-armored soldiers followed closely behind, mud splashing, and hooves thundering.

Two arrows away from the city wall, Bo Erhui jumped off the war horse, pulled out a strong bow and iron arrow from the sack (containing the bow and arrow, including the two parts of the bow bag and the arrow bag), stood still, his arms were forced, and he suddenly took a step back, and his body squatted hard at the same time, and he opened the three-stone hard bow.

(To pull out the super strong bow, you must squat backwards, use the liliang and body weight of the waist and abdomen, and you can't pull it away with the strength of just two arms.) ）

The bow is open like a full moon, the arrow goes like a meteor, Borhui lifts the weight like a light, in one go, only to listen to the sound of Du, this arrow is in the middle of the door plaque on the tower of the city, the middle of the word "Chongyang".

"I will come again and slaughter this city!"

The door plaque swayed, and Bo Erhui's voice echoed in the city and under the city, and the Ming army saw him so brave, and they all changed color.

"If you're not convinced, fight now!" Wang Kefan suddenly smiled slightly, pointed at Bo Erhui and said, "If you dare to come again, I will pull out your white-armored soldier dragon flag!" ”

"Fight now!" On the moon city, Shi Ah Da shouted along, he had already looked at this Tartar official unpleasantly, but it was too far away for the bow and arrow bird to hurt him.

"Fight now!" The Ming troops at the head of the city shouted loudly together, and their morale was reinvigorated.

"Hmm......" Bol Hui was full of anger, eager to immediately order the siege of the city, the gold-woven dragon banner of the Bayala camp represents the pride of the white-armored soldiers, he has never been insulted like this, if it is just himself, he would rather pay the price of his life to defend the honor of the dragon banner.

However, he had already checked it just now, and the small Chongyang business was like an iron walnut, and if he wanted to smash it, he needed to prepare carefully, and he had to pay a lot of time and a lot of blood of the children of the Eight Banners.

If you are a general, you can't act rashly.

The Eight Banners are best at field warfare, and there is really no good way to encounter this kind of stubborn fortification, thinking that Huang Taiji besieged Jinzhou and forced the ancestor of the city to eat human flesh, but it was only a long-term siege, and he failed to directly break through the city.

What's more, he was also tasked with pursuing Yuan Zongdi, and he had to rush to Jiujiang as soon as possible to participate in the decisive battle against Li Zicheng......

"Let's go!"

To stay any longer is to bring humiliation upon himself, Bolhui turned his horse's head and walked away with the white-armored soldiers like a gust of wind, and behind them, the shouts of the Ming army "fight now" were still heard in the distance......

"Yuntai, weren't you afraid just now? Aren't afraid of angering the Tartar general, what if you really attack the city? "Repeatedly sent scouts to check and confirm that the Qing army had gone away, Xu Bingzhong still had lingering palpitations.

"I'm a little scared, if they really desperately attack the city, it's hard to say what the result will be."

Chongyang is not big, the city wall is not high, Wang Kefan does not know how long the Gongyi battalion can last, maybe a few days, maybe ten days, maybe a month ......, but the initiative is always in the hands of Bo Erhui, Wang Kefan has no good strategy to retreat from the enemy.

"And ...... you?" Xu Bingzhong was even more afraid.

"When I meet with the Tartars for the first time today, we must not be weak in morale, otherwise the soldiers will be afraid of the Tartars, and they will not be able to fight in the future." Wang Kefan's mood was also not calm, he knew better than anyone that from now on, the Qing army would be the biggest enemy of the Gongyi battalion!