Early the next morning, the large camp of the Ming army outside the city was close to the left, and the people who came with them yesterday and the small number of people who had just arrived today, as well as the regimental training troops, began the work of building siege equipment.

This siege, in fact, the Qing army has long lost its heart in the field battle, so Chen Wen does not plan to toss too many things out, in addition to the rushing car equipped with a battering ram, it is basically a ladder, a ladder, plus a bunch of ladders is enough, anyway, the ants attached to the siege are also those green battalion soldiers of the captured Qing army, these people have been evil in Jinhua for a long time, even if they can survive the liquidation, they will be sent to labor reform for a few years, it is better to let them bear some casualties It is cost-effective.

There is a saying that "if there is no soldier who must be saved outside, there is no city that must be defended inside".

The Qing army was defeated by the Ming army in the field before retreating to defend the city, and there were no enough reinforcements to compete with the Ming army in the entire Jinhua Mansion, and the defenders' will to defend the city may not be much better.

Even if the morale of the Qing army has recovered under the encouragement of the main general, and it can barely repel these Qing army soldiers who only rely on improvised equipment to attack the city, Chen Wen still has a killer move in his hand, but it is better to wait until the strength is stronger before taking it out.

At noon, after lunch, Chen Wen sent away the regiments that had returned to their hometowns as promised—the regiments that had returned to their hometowns for training. Then, after returning to the camp, he pulled out the Qing soldiers who had drunk the northwest wind in the open space in the camp all night and reprimanded them, and then generously offered these green battalion soldiers two options for them to choose from:

First, he was dragged to the city by the Ming army to sacrifice the flag while hungry; Second, after a full meal, put on the military uniform of the Ming army and attach the ants to attack the city, no matter whether it is life or death, the attack on the Ming army can be blamed in the past.

After discovering that there was no third option, the Qing soldiers unanimously expressed their support for the second option.

Since yesterday at noon, after a fierce battle and race, drinking the northwest wind in the clearing, smelling the fragrance of the meat of the Ming army's reward for the whole army, my heart was full of fear that I was about to be killed by the Ming army, and I have been hungry until now, only a fool will choose to be a starving ghost when he has enough to eat and can get away with his crimes!

Arrange for the Qing army to cut off the money rat tail on the top of the head, change into a military uniform, and let the obedient go to eat, while those who still show a trace of attachment and hesitation to the rat tail on the top of the head are directly beheaded to show the public. After this full meal, the Qing soldiers passed by the row of corpses of the Qing soldiers who were nostalgic for money rat tails hanging outside the camp gate, and began to fulfill their obligations under the escort of the Ming army.

Under the Dongcheng Gate of Dongyang County, Chen Wen commanded the Ming army to line up outside the firing range of the city's artillery, and those Qing soldiers were divided into two parts after wearing the Ming army's uniform, one part was assigned some captured swords, shields, spears and other weapons, waiting for Chen Wen's order to attack the city, and the other part was also waiting for orders, and their task was to fill the moat.

In ancient warfare, it was a common phenomenon to attack a city with soldiers and ants, which could not only reduce the casualties of their own soldiers, but also consume potential resistance forces, so that the practice of attacking the enemy army with the enemy army was beneficial to the besieging side.

And these soldiers attack the city, those former allies or comrades at the head of the city will never show mercy, the hearts of the people are separated from the belly, who knows if you go to the city with a sword anyway or take the city, and there is another point, the defenders of the city head in the chaotic city defense battle is also difficult to distinguish which is the former friendly army, which is the real enemy, so naturally it is better to kill by mistake than never let go.

Correspondingly, these soldiers rarely tried to take the opportunity to ascend to the city to face the defenders, because in the face of the defenders' ruthlessness, they needed to protect themselves, and self-protection meant killing and wounding, and the two sides were inseparable enemies. Especially the captured Qing army this time, they have been ordered by Chen Wen to cut off the money rat tail on their heads, and in the face of the barbaric tyranny of the Manchu Qing Dynasty of "keeping their heads without hair, leaving their hair without leaving their heads", they can only stand on the side of the Ming army for the time being.

According to the usual practice, Chen Wen still asked an officer to come forward and shout, and the content was nothing more than that the main force of the Qing army in Jinhua Mansion had been defeated, the Ming army was strong, and all those who resisted stubbornly were executed, and those who surrendered to the Wang Division could be exempted. Of course, Chen Wen added some incendiary words such as "Han people don't fight Han people, don't be slaves to Tartars".

It's just that the Qing army defending the city still doesn't seem to take these things seriously, although the city is not like the last time in Tiantai County, but the indifference to the propaganda of the Ming army's persuasion to surrender still makes Chen Wen feel a little impatient.

The army entered Jinhua Mansion last year was actually only part of the "Zhejiang Anti-Qing Chain" plan, but now the Ming army in Siming Mountain is gone, Zhoushan is facing the main force of the Qing army and he is powerless, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in Tiantai Mountain is relatively weak, and his plan at that time is no longer feasible.

Since this is the case, then the only way to occupy a base area that can develop rapidly, and then fight out as soon as possible, relying on the snowball to resist the pressure of the entire Zhejiang Qing army alone, and confront the Manchu Qing on the mainland, and there is not much time left for him at this moment.

Seeing this, Chen Wen did not intend to waste even a minute or a second, the main force of the Qing army in Zhejiang was still in Zhoushan at the moment, but if he could not quickly increase his strength, he would probably be powerless in the face of the inevitable encirclement and suppression.

At the sound of the order, the Qing army soldiers put a cloth bag full of sand on their heads and ran towards the moat. This kind of work is generally done by auxiliary soldiers, but Chen Wen himself has the idea of consuming the Qing army's soldiers, so he naturally did not hesitate to hand over all the more dangerous work to the Qing army's soldiers.

When the Qing army began to run towards the moat, the bows and arrows, crossbow machines and other objects on the city also began to try to suppress it. At this moment, the Qing army soldiers seemed to be very experienced, they all put the cloth bag filled with sand on their heads without exception, and when they arrived at the moat, they threw it into the river at the same time, turned around and ran, without the slightest hesitation.

"Yin Yue."

"The end will be."

"After the siege is over, call a few officers and soldiers from the surrendered army to come over and let them talk about the things that need to be paid attention to during the siege, which this is what our department needs to conduct relevant training in the future."

"The last will obey."

When he besieged Tiantai County with Yu Guowang before, Chen Wen also asked Yu Guowang for some siege skills, but Yu Guowang's own level was limited, and Chen Wen didn't plan to spend too much time there, so he didn't want to do it. At present, since these Qing soldiers also have some experience, it is also a good thing to learn from them to deal with other Qing troops.

Riding under the banner, while sighing at his kindness, Chen Wen continued to watch the movement of the siege soldiers and the Qing army defending the city, the first round of sandbag delivery work was almost completed, and the Qing army's soldiers were fast and slow in foot strength, and gradually opened up some gaps.

While the first wave of sandbag throwers began to run back, the second wave of sandbag throwers also picked up the people's loaded sandbags and rushed towards the moat. When the Qing army who threw the sandbags rushed back, each Qing soldier who threw the sandbags into the moat would receive a white note as a proof of piecework wages upon return, and Chen Wen would also decide the treatment of each of them according to the number of white slips.

The Qing army defending the city was still shooting at these Qing soldiers with bows and arrows and crossbow machines, and the Ming army's bird gunners also divided into a part and began to fire back at the Qing army at the head of the city to ensure the progress of the sandbag throwing brigade.

The Qing soldiers who threw sandbags kept going back and forth between the moat and the people who were loading sandbags behind the battle, and every time they threw sandbags, some Qing soldiers would fall on the road. Chen Wen carefully observed for a while, and found that when he ran towards the moat, there were sandbags on his head, and the casualties of these soldiers were far less than after throwing away the sandbags, and the casualties after the Ming army began to suppress the Qing army at the head of the city were lower than before.

After a long time like this, the moat outside the gate of Dongcheng in Dongyang County was finally filled in, and Chen Wen did not plan to continue to wait for the expansion of the area, so he immediately sent another part of the Qing army to attack the city in batches with cloud ladder ants.

After the last group of Qing soldiers who threw sandbags rushed back, they all sat down or lay on the ground. Chen Wen asked the people to distribute a miscellaneous grain cake and a scoop of water to each of them, which should be a bonus for the work of filling the moat. Seeing all this, whether it was the Qing army soldiers who accepted the water and knelt down to thank them, or the Qing army soldiers who were waiting for the order to attack the city, they all breathed a sigh of relief. In their opinion, since Chen Wen is willing to give water, it means that the commander of the Ming army should keep his promise.

After getting this conclusion, the Qing soldiers also began to participate in the siege operations more diligently, and those Qing soldiers who had rested also expressed their willingness to make meritorious contributions and asked Chen Wen to give them more work.

In the meantime, the Qing army, which was carrying swords, shields, and spears to attack the city, had already carried the ladder to the city wall. Seeing that the siege battle had entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat to fight for the city wall, the Qing army defending the city had also increased sharply with the strength of long-range weapons, and even the few artillery pieces that had never fired also roared angrily.

Under the city of Dongyang County, the shouting of killing shook the sky. The Qing soldiers carrying the ladders scattered among themselves and ran towards the city wall with shouts. Under the fire of arrows and artillery of the Qing army defending the city, the Qing soldiers were constantly hit, and more Qing soldiers continued to run forward.

With the first ladder erected on the side of the city walls, the Qing army's bows and crossbows began to turn their attention to these more threatening targets. Seeing this, Chen Wen just waved his hand, and the rushing cars escorted by a team of killers of the Mandarin Duck Array also began to push towards the city gate.

The siege battle has entered the white heat, the Qing army attacking the city is all holding shields to climb the city wall at the top of the ladder, and the Qing army defending the city can not complete the frontal killing, but also began to shoot from the side, and throw ash bottles, rolling wood, stone and other defensive equipment to defend the city.

In the face of this and the other, many Qing soldiers who were close to the top of the city wall kept rolling down the ladder, either alone or with the Qing army below.

It's just that not far behind them are those fierce like freaks of Ming infantry and some rangers, and now there is no way back, and the Qing army has to continue to climb the ladder, trying to occupy a city wall after the first climb to attract more Qing soldiers to the city, and gradually overwhelm the Qing army defending the city with the advantage of numbers.

At the same time, the Ming army, which had marched with the chariots to seize the city gate, also arrived at the city gate or near the city wall on its left after losing two chariots.

The Ming army's chariot was a rectangular shelf made of logs, with four wheels underneath and a layer of planks on top. In order to protect against heavy objects and fire, the planks are covered with a thick layer of earth, and the top is soaked in water-soaked cotton quilts or water-soaked raw cowhide. And the most critical part of the entire rushing car is the battering ram hanging on the shelf.

When the Ming army arrived at the city, they stuck the wheels of the ram on the ground with the stones they carried, and then pulled the rope on the battering ram back, and when the rope brought the battering ram almost close to the beam, they shouted the trumpet to let go, so that by the power of the battering ram swinging in the ram, they relied on kinetic energy to destroy the city gate or the latch behind the city gate.

The Ming army had already begun to attack the city gate with rushing carts, and the Qing army inside the city gate resisted it with wood, stones, and the strength of the defenders. They knew very well that if the Ming army broke through the city gate, then there would be no point in defending the city wall, and the Ming army that rushed into the city from the city gate could also advance in formation in the city and completely crush the Qing army's defenses.

However, the number of Qing troops captured by Chen Wen was quite large, and if it was only compared with the total number of Qing troops who fled back to the city, it was only five or five cents, but if it was only compared with the infantry used by the Qing army to defend the city, then the number was as high as twice as much. Moreover, behind these Qing soldiers, there was the same amount of assistance from the Ming army.

Seeing that the pressure on the city gate increased sharply, the city defenders at the head of the city immediately mobilized the Qing army and the people to attack the Ming army in the direction of the city gate. But at this time, the first Qing army soldier also climbed the city wall.

Chen Wen watched from afar as the Qing army soldiers who ascended first were quickly killed by the Qing soldiers defending the city, but during this period, while the Qing army defending the city solved this greater threat, more Qing soldiers climbed the city wall by means of cloud ladders.

The city wall was about to change hands, Chen Wen gave an order, and the flag was tilted forward, and the long-awaited Ming soldiers chanted the word "tiger" in unison at the moment when the war drums sounded, and then marched in the direction of the city wall of Dongyang County......