In the evening, Chen Wen had already come to the Honghuagang. The will of www.biquge.info the defenders here was far greater than that of the previous five villages, and the information obtained from the captives showed that the defenders here were completely different from the others, and were the core force under Shang Kexi's command, and they were part of the 10,000 troops that had gone south with him.

The defenders are like this, and the city defense of the other village is also stronger, and in only a short period of ten days, Shang Kexi has used a large number of building materials here. The city defense was strong, and there were a lot of artillery, in order to pull out the other villages outside the city as soon as possible, so as not to delay tomorrow's attack on Guangzhou City, Ma Xin had to use siege mortars and Hongyi artillery.

In the siege of the mortar artillery and Hongyi artillery Honghuagang of the village did not last long, the village was broken, the remnants of the defenders retreated to Baiyun Mountain, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming troops stopped the momentum of the attack.

"In the future, the name of this place will be changed to Huanghuagang, and Honghuagang is a bit awkward."

Leaving behind such a sentence that made the generals and guards confused, Chen Wen got on his horse and left Huanghuagang.

Chen Wen needed an advance base that was more suitable for launching an attack tomorrow, and the auxiliary troops had already set up a new camp according to the plan of the General Staff Department of the Army. The army returned, and the main forces were already in position in the camp for the final rest.

"You have uprooted the six other villages outside the city in one day, and are ready for tomorrow's attack, and you have done a good job."

Commending the four Ming divisions who attacked the village and the cavalry responsible for supporting, Chen Wen then arranged the next combat tasks: "Tomorrow will start the attack on Guangzhou City, the Luling Division, the Yuyao Division and the Minzhong Division will fight, and the Four Ming Divisions will wait for the rear as a reserve." In addition......"

At the military meeting on the eve of the battle, Chen Wen reviewed the plan made by the General Staff Department of the army, and then issued orders to the generals under his command. The Fourth Ming Division conducted a series of siege operations today, and the soldiers were more tired than the other three divisions. Although the commanders of the other three divisions, Hou Guoyuan, An Youfu, and Zhang Zisheng, all arrived in the afternoon with their troops, marching was better than fighting, and the physical and mental consumption was less.

The generals received the order, and then Chen Wen looked at Zhao Qian, the commander of the army engineer who was already qualified to serve as a battalion officer in the military rank but had always been in charge of the engineers, and immediately got Zhao Qian's response.

"Please rest assured, you can't be ready tonight, and the last general will come to see you from the beginning!"

Zhao Qian has followed Chen Wen for many years, and has been the captain of the engineer from the earliest Nantang battalion. However, the work of the engineers in this era is often done by auxiliary soldiers, although the sappers have meritorious deeds and hard work in previous battles, but the limelight has always been covered by infantry, cavalry, artillery and even grenadiers, even when besieging the Guangxin Fu Fortress. At that time, he was not a high-ranking official of the various divisions of the Yue Palace, or a marshal sitting on one side, and he was promoted slowly because of the type of troops, but he never hesitated about Chen Wen's orders, and he would exceed the task every time, which was very trustworthy.

"What Ben Shuai wants is Shang Kexi's head, recover Guangzhou, Ben Shuai will hold a banquet on the Zhenhai Tower, and your head will still be kept at the celebration banquet on behalf of the sappers to drink the first cup of wine of Ben Shuai's respect."

"The last general obeys!"

The first glass of wine at the celebration banquet is generally for the first merit, Chen Wen promised him a head gong, and the temperature on Zhao Qian's face was a few degrees higher, especially the eyes were almost like spitting fire.

Solemnly accepted the order, Zhao Qian left the big tent in a hurry, and the military discussion here was also over. The generals returned to the camp, and Chen Wen read the battle plan again before slowly falling asleep.

The weather in Guangdong is even hotter than in Zhejiang, and at night, the temperature drops, but the humid air is not only a torture for him, but also takes time for the generals and soldiers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to get used to it.

Coincidentally, the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang outside the city could not sleep, and so did the defenders inside the city. Shang Kexi's troops, especially his core troops, came from the bitter cold of Liaodong, and after the army marched south, they guarded this place, and the soldiers were inevitably reduced due to the lack of adaptation to the water and soil. However, after several years, the army has already adapted to the climate of Guangdong, and it is a great advantage compared to the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies who came here at the beginning.

This is a very important article that Shang Kexi relies on to win, Sun Wuzi said that the time, the place, the people, the wild waves, whether it is him, or Ma Xiong is as lacking confidence as Geng Jimao, in the final analysis, it is still the brilliant achievements of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, just like the Eight Banners Army of the year as long as the battle, many Ming troops will automatically lose in momentum is the same reason.

However, if Chen Wen can be dragged down by virtue of Jiancheng, it will get hotter and hotter in the next few months, which will inevitably affect the morale of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang. At that time, the Holy Decree and the interference of the Qin Domain followed, and the most he needed to do was give him some face, and Chen Laohu would have to return to his division for the time being, while he could use this time to integrate the newly occupied territory.

Shang Kexi's abacus was very fine, and the time did fly quickly, the marching speed of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies greatly exceeded his expectations, the distance of more than 700 miles, only ten days to arrive, an average of no less than 60 miles a day. This speed is already unimaginable, but recalling the previous battle examples of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang, driving a hundred miles overnight and then directly entering the field to defeat the Han army's Eight Banners, which was still superior in numbers, this is really nothing.

"This Chen Wenzhi's use of soldiers is more than fierce, very domineering, and tenacious, but he still lacks a little fire spiritually."

Shang Zhixin knew very well who his father was comparing Chen Wen with, his grandfather and father had followed a marshal, that marshal talked about military training and field warfare, compared to the Houjin at that time, he actually did not have any advantage, but with a keen sense of strategy and tactics, he could firmly tie the Eight Banners Army to that corner of Liaodong and could not move, and he was indeed an indispensable general in the Ming court at that time.

"Father, with Mao Shuai's ability, he is helpless in front of the emperor's ancestral system, Chen Wen has also been plotted by civil officials, as long as we hold Guangzhou as calculated by our father, the court and the Qin clan will definitely not sit idly by."

Shang Zhixin's comfort soon caused Shang Kexi to nod in response, and Shang Kexi made it clear that there was a doorway: "In the final analysis, Chen Wen is too strong." The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Qin Fan didn't mention it, what the imperial court needed was also a good general, not another Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande. But after this incident, no matter whether it is successful or not, the pimple will remain in each other's hearts, and it is not our father and son who need to take care of it. ”

"What my father said is very true, in the future, our Shang family can be left and right in these aspects. Don't look at Chen Wenwei now, the momentum is unparalleled for a while, and when the time comes, maybe who will have the last laugh. ”

While the father and son were talking and laughing, an urgent military intelligence report sounded outside the door. A moment later, Shang Kexi's father and son rode their horses to the east city wall, at this moment, Xu Erxian was already frowning, even if he saw Shang Kexi's father and son coming, he couldn't relieve it a little. However, there was no foreign military general present, Ma Xiong, Wu Liuqi, Huang Yingjie and others were not here.

"Lord Wang, please look over there."

There is no need for Xu Erxian to point, Shang Kexi has already seen it. The lights in the distance were so conspicuous in this dark night, Shang Kexi looked at them for a moment, but found that those lights didn't seem to move, and even took out a telescope that he bought from the Taixi maritime merchants, and only vaguely saw some Ming troops digging in a hurry.

"How long has this been going on?"

Shang Kexi asked, and Xu Erxian immediately replied: "Back to the prince, it has been going on for a long time, and the enemy army outside the city has been busy there since the sky has not completely darkened, and there has been no stop. ”

Is it to use the collapse method?

Occasionally, this thought came to mind, and Shang Kexi immediately rejected it. There is a moat in the east of Guangzhou, which is nothing, but the city of Guangzhou is a water city, there is a moat outside the city and adjacent to the Pearl River, there are also six veins in the city, and the groundwater resources are abundant. It is not easy to solve the problem of underground moisture prevention when he reaches the moat, otherwise why would he rather besiege the city in October than wait for the arrival of Hongyi artillery before launching a general attack.

"You're doing a great job."

Of course, Xu Erxian knew what Shang Kexi was referring to, and the only one who could share the honor and disgrace with the Shang family was the former Pingnan Wangfu Domain, and the later integrated Governor and Fubiao were all worse, not to mention Wu Liuqi and others. Even Ma Xiong, the military general of the Dingnan Domain, is more trustworthy than Wu and Huang.

"Lord Wang, the last general originally planned to send cavalry out to investigate one or two, but considering the cunning of the thief, he never dared to move lightly for fear that this was a trick used by his people to deceive the city gate."

"It's right to seek stability, we have fewer cavalry than Chen Thief, and many of them are brought by Ma Xiong. In such a dark night, the line of sight is not clear, and if you don't attack easily, you will suffer a big loss. Speaking of this, Shang Kexi stretched out his hand and touched the cold body of the huge Hongyi cannon beside him, and his confidence instantly returned to his body.

"With these 10,000-pound Hongyi cannons, the Chen thieves outside the city can only be beaten passively."

There were too few cavalry, and more importantly, they lacked confidence in field warfare, and Shang Kexi and his generals couldn't have the idea of a sneak attack at all about the movement outside the city. After staying in the city for a long time, Shang Kexi also generously invited Ma Xiong and others to discuss countermeasures, but compared to Shang Kexi and Xu Erxian, Ma Xiong and others also thought that they should be safe, in case they were calculated by the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang.

After tossing around the city for a long time, the generals went back to rest, only Xu Erxian stayed behind, but he also retreated to a place in the east of the city that was closer to the east of the city, in case of emergency.

The defenders in the city were nervous, and the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang outside the city was busy. The night passed like this, and the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming troops outside didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just digging the soil there, which made the defenders worry in vain. But when the sky was a little dark, some sharp-eyed soldiers seemed to see something unusual in the fading darkness.

"Dashuai, that's over there."

When he climbed the city wall, he didn't need to point out in particular, Xu Erxian could vaguely see the fruits of the labor of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies outside the city this night.

Compared to yesterday, there were dozens of mounds on the unobstructed flat land that could be seen by the defenders before dark, and there were actually Ming troops on it reinforced with masonry and wood that were probably brought from the other villages. From the head of the city, the mound is not the usual round shape, but a crescent-shaped mound, with the recess facing east, and the arc is facing the head of the castle. There are even small hideaways not far behind the recesses.

These mounds looked very strange, especially since they were all exposed to the range of the 10,000-pound red cannons at the head of the city, and even the smaller ones on the city could hit there.

After looking carefully for a while, Xu Erxian re-estimated the distance, and his face immediately turned pale, almost colorless. But when he had just sent someone to invite Shang Kexi and the others, the Ming army camp in the distance seemed to have begun to move.

A moment later, Shang Kexi climbed to the top of the city, and the direction of the Ming army camp in the distance could already see that the Ming army was slowly coming. The huge banner with the words Chen on it was waving in the wind, and the famous general represented by this flag attracted the attention of almost everyone in the city, but Shang Kexi's eyes had already paid attention to some other things.

"Let the artillery groups hurry up and reload, don't care about the enemy formation, and aim behind those mounds for the king to fight. Also, let You Yunlong get ready, this king will use cavalry soon, quickly! ”

Shang Kexi had been in battle for a long time, and as soon as he reached the top of the city, he realized that those knolls were not mounds of earth dug out of the excavation at all, but the artillery positions of those mortar cannons, and they were also the kind of bunkers specially designed to resist the fire of these giant Hongyi cannons with an even more amazing range in his hands!

Just as Shang Kexi said, before the sky was completely dark, the sappers and artillery had already planned their positions, Zhao Qian and the sappers of each division and a large number of auxiliaries spent the night digging out the artillery positions with bunkers for these mortars, and by the way, they basically leveled the road at night and transported the artillery behind the various bunkers.

When Shang Kexi arrived at the head of the city, the sky was already able to see more clearly, and the slightly exposed black behind the bunker almost didn't need to think about it to know that it was Chen Wen's mortars.

Xu Erxian couldn't see it clearly just now, but he had already guessed that it was these. However, it was still early, and it was not clear whether the artillery had been transported into the bunker, so he had to prepare the various artillery groups and wait for the sky to shine brighter before aiming. Therefore, when Shang Kexi's order was given, the artillery crews of those Hongyi guns were busy.

After a while, the artillery was aimed and loaded, and only after Shang Kexi's order could be used to bombard those fortifications and the Ming artillery group behind the fortifications. At the same time, the phalanx of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang had also completed the formation outside the range of those 10,000-jin Hongyi cannons.

"The sappers are doing a good job, the next thing is up to the artillerymen. Back then, Shang Kexi only invaded Guangzhou after the city wall collapsed, and now we will also let him see what it means to be good in heaven. ”