(PS: Something is not at home tomorrow, the update can only be said to be as hard as possible, if you can't get out, please understand and forgive friends.) The number of people is large, and the ideal position required by the Qing army's artillery array was quickly found, located in a large area of farmland with an area of about 600 acres slightly north of the west of Yangzhou City. The reason why the water town in the south of the Yangtze River is called the granary of the world is that in addition to the suitable climate and fertile land, there is also an important reason that the water conservancy facilities are perfect, and the Qing army only needs to dispatch hundreds or thousands of infantry, and it will not take half a day to easily dig out an aqueduct that is enough to flood the more than 600 acres of farmland into a swamp.

The only thing that is more troublesome is the temporary battery, which fires on muddy ground, and if there is no solid battery support, the terrible recoil of the gun is enough to stick the tail of the gun into the mud, and the shells will become flying there without knowing it. Fortunately, the Qing army also had capable people and sufficient manpower, and soon came up with a way to quickly build a temporary fort, that is, cut down a large number of trees, cut off the branches and leaves of the trunks, sharpen one end, and then nail a few trunks into the mud, and then nail a thick wooden plank to the top, and a temporary fort strong enough to withstand a small earthquake was completed. (This method is not fictional, and is still used in some areas when building buildings.) Of course, it was impossible for the Qing army to build temporary fortifications on such a large scale to hide from the eyes of the Yangzhou Fat Army, but it was too far away to judge what kind of fortifications the Qing army was building and what kind of fortifications it was used for. For the sake of prudence, Gao Dejie, who was experienced in the battlefield, not only transferred three-quarters of the twenty Hongyi cannons in Yangzhou City to the northwest corner of Yangzhou, but also sent an army out of the city to reconnoitre.

Gao Dejie's wishful thinking is good, but this time Yue Le is also out of the way, mustered up the courage to fight with all his might, Gao Dejie sent his general Gao Qi to lead three thousand troops out of the city, Yue Le sent 15,000 cavalry troops to meet the attack, and the fat army at all costs in the field, with the determination to rather three Qing soldiers kill a fat soldier, desperately blocked the fat army's way out of the city, and even let his son Seleng personally serve as the captain of the battle supervision, leading Yue Le's pro-army to supervise the battle in front of the battle, but anyone who takes a step back from the battle will be beheaded!

At the beginning of the blocking war, after cutting down hundreds of deserters, including flag soldiers, the Qing soldiers who died before and after in order to survive, they could only temporarily forget their fear of the Fat Army, and desperately moved forward with red eyes, using their bodies to block the guns of the Fat Army, using their bodies to block the knives and guns of the Fat Army, and using their lives to consume the three good rockets of the Fat Army, desperately moving forward to close the distance with the Fat Army, and the mite cavalry and Mongolian cavalry were also desperately wrapping the two wings of the Fat Army.

One man is desperate, ten men are unstoppable, although the soldiers of the fat army are brave, but they cannot stop the impact of several times the enemy's death, and they have been fighting for more than two hours without being able to break through the Qing army's blockade and get close to the Qing army's artillery position. At the same time, Yue Le was also constantly transferring reinforcements, putting on a posture of completely consuming the fat army of the city. Gao Qi was forced to be helpless, and had to give up the plan of fire reconnaissance, led the remnants of the army to flee back to Yangzhou City, and killed the red-eyed Qing army to chase and kill with all their might.

When Gao Qi ran to the northwest gate of Yangzhou and saw Gao Dejie, Gao Dejie was discussing the military situation with Hu Guoliang, Wu Yonghua and other civil and military officials in Yangzhou City. Seeing Gao Qi kneeling down and pleading guilty, Gao Dejie waved his hand generously and said: "Get up, I have seen the actual situation, I don't blame you for not doing the job, it is the soldier who is too desperate and you are afraid of too many casualties." ”

"General Xie Gao." Gao Qi hurriedly saluted and thanked him, then stood up, wiped the sweat and blood on his face and said, "General Gao, did Mangou take the wrong medicine?" The last general only had 3,000 infantry out of the city, and Mangou mobilized tens of thousands of troops to block it, and he fought so desperately, as if he wanted to die with the last general, which is completely unreasonable? ”

"I wonder about this, why is Mangou so afraid of us going out of town?" Gao Dejie's expression was also very puzzled, and he pointed to the Qing army construction site six miles away in the northwest and said: "But one thing I can be sure of is that Mangou is so desperate, and there is a good chance that it has something to do with that construction site, Mangou is either afraid of our destruction, or afraid that we know what they are doing?" ”

"What are the dogs doing?" Hu Guoliang muttered: "Mangou brought so much timber and dug so much earth, do you want to dig tunnels to attack the city?" But if the dogs are digging tunnels, there is no need to dig in such an open place for us to notice? Besides, there is groundwater everywhere in Yangzhou, isn't digging tunnels to attack the city looking for flooding? ”

"General Gao, the lower officer has a suggestion." Jin Zhen, the prefect of Yangzhou, said with a flattering face: "General Gao Qi's performance in the city just now, he has seen his humble position, and sure enough, as rumored, our Great Zhou army is indeed brave and good at fighting, invincible, and the dog has dispatched five or six times the army, and paid a heavy price to force General Gao Qi back to the city." In this case, why don't our 30,000 defenders in Yangzhou take the initiative to fight and repel the rabble full of dogs in a battle? The upper is for the Great Zhou Dynasty to make contributions, and the lower is for Yangzhou to protect the territory and the people? ”

"You think I don't want to take the initiative?" Gao Dejie glanced at Jin Zhen, and said angrily: "Not to mention that there are only more than 100,000 dogs outside Yangzhou City, when I was in Yuping Pass, in the face of more than 200,000 dogs who worshiped Lao'er, I still dared to go out of the city to raid!" But the problem is that our general Brother Lu has an order, I am not allowed to run away from Mangou, only to drag Mangou under the city of Yangzhou, I go out of the city to fight, what if Mangou is beaten away? ”

"Why didn't the general allow the dog to run away?" Kim Jin asked in surprise.

"This is war, sometimes for the sake of the overall situation of the battlefield, you have to pretend to be a grandson." Gao Dejie, who was tied by Lu Fatzi, explained sullenly, and then clapped his hand: "Let's do it, let's not go out of the city, gather all the twenty Hongyi cannons in Yangzhou City to the northwest corner, and hit me hard at the construction site of Mangou, interfere with Mangou's fortifications, and force Mangou to fight back, exposing their true purpose!" ”

After finalizing the countermeasure, while the officers and men of the Fat Man Army hurriedly transferred the artillery, the fifteen Hongyi cannons of the Fat Man Army, which had been arranged in the northwest corner of Yangzhou, took the lead and bombarded the expensive and precious flowering shells to the Qing army construction site with a loud rumbling sound.

At the beginning, when they saw the shells of the Fat Army falling, the Qing soldiers who were driving piles were all startled, and they threw down their tools to crawl with their heads, but the soldiers and generals of the Qing Army were quickly pleasantly surprised to find that after the flowering shells of the Fat Army landed, most of them actually got into the muddy ground and exploded in the muddy ground. Basically, unless the flowering cannonball explodes at the feet of the Qing soldiers and can pose a threat to the lives of the Qing soldiers, as long as it is a little farther away, it can only splash the Qing soldiers all over the mud at most.

Seeing this scene, the generals and soldiers of the Qing army, who had been abused by the fat man's firearms, were naturally overjoyed and their morale was high, and Yue Le, Tu Hai and others, who hurried to check the situation, were also overjoyed, and their confidence was greatly increased. We must repair the sixty-three forts at all costs before Wu Gou makes other reactions! ”

The order was conveyed, in the rumbling artillery fire, on the construction site of the Qing army, the morale of the Qing soldiers who were greatly boosted launched a race against time to build the fort, the cannonballs and mud in the sky flew all over the sky, and the Qing soldiers on the ground desperately swung the sledgehammer to smash the wooden stake, carrying the wooden stake and running like flying, racing against time, and desperately for victory. In order to further boost morale, Yue Le also risked his life to visit the construction site in person, personally supervising the construction of the Qing army on the construction site where the shells were flying, and kept urging, "Quick!" Fast! Fast! Sixty-three forts must be repaired before dawn tomorrow! ”

The fat army is not a fool here, although it is too far away to see the effect of the shelling even with primitive telescopes, but seeing that the Qing army is still insisting on construction under artillery fire, Gao Dejie still senses a little bit that something is wrong. At the same time, in view of the scarcity of the number of high-precision flowering shells that make complex, Gao Dejie decisively ordered to replace them with solid shells to bombard, but the effect is even worse, unless the solid shells happen to hit the Qing soldiers, they will go directly into the mud as soon as they land, and they will not be able to kill and injure the Qing soldiers next to them, and the Hongyi cannons of the Yangzhou Corps of the Fat Army are still scarce, only twenty in total, which further limits the power of the Fat Army's long-range artillery battles, and it is even more impossible to destroy the Qing Army's booked position.

"What the hell is Mangou doing?" Puzzled, and seeing that the sky was getting darker, Gao Dejie made a decision that he regretted very much, "Stop the shelling, let the soldiers rest for the night, and go out of the city tomorrow at dawn to fight, and destroy the strange fortifications full of dogs." ”

The fat army stopped firing artillery, but the Qing army seized this golden opportunity, started work overnight with torches, frantically piled and repaired the platform, and carried the Hongyi cannons that were transported to the muddy field in advance to the fort for fixation, and the sound of the horn soared into the sky. Under such a rush to repair at any cost, at about four watches at night, not only were all the sixty-three forts repaired, but also the sixty-three Hongyi cannons were all placed in place.

Things have come to this point, the siege tactics of the Qing army are actually very simple, one is to concentrate heavy troops to protect the artillery positions, the other is to arrange the superior cavalry to take turns on duty, ready to attack at any time, and then arrange for Han Daren to command the artillery battle, Dai Zi to measure and calibrate the artillery position, just wait for the collapse of the Yangzhou city wall, and then kill into the city, and the Yangzhou fat army street battle with serious weapons and insufficient troops. And this time, Yue Le, who had both Tsarist Russian musketeers and Anhui elite soldiers in his hands, had a little confidence in street fighting. In addition, in order to boost morale, Yue Le, who has always been hypocritical, gritted his teeth and agreed to Tuhai's suggestion, that is, to tell all the generals and soldiers of the Qing army that after the breakthrough of Yangzhou, the People's Liberation Army will be ten days!

After the five corrections were completed, Han Daren and Dai Zi boarded the temporary fort, and after Dai Zi personally adjusted and corrected all sixty-three Hongyi cannons, Han Daren waved his torch and shouted, "Fire!" ”

"Boom! Bang! Bang! In the explosion of shaking the earth, the black and heavy solid cannonball burst out, roaring along the parabola and smashing towards the Yangzhou city wall five miles away, and the dull sound of crashing and breaking masonry also sounded on the Yangzhou city wall again.

Immediately afterwards, the artillery of the Fat Army on the city wall of Yangzhou also began to return fire, and in the flash of fire, high-precision shells that were far more advanced than the artillery of the Qing army erupted, and they also roared and smashed into the artillery positions of the Qing army. The northwest city wall of Yangzhou and the artillery positions of the Qing army were filled with gunsmoke together, and the sound of artillery shook the sky, and an extremely rare long-range artillery battle in the land of China began.

…………………… At the same time, the news that Lu Fatzi personally led the army from Taipingfu City to hang filial piety to the west was also transmitted through fast horses and sent to the Qing army camp in Majiayuan Village in the northwest of Ningguo Mansion, Anhui Province, and directly to the new commander of the Qing Army's Western Front, General Dingnan, and Prince Zhangtai of Baojun. Sent to Prince Zhang, there was also the route of the fat army's march that the Qing army scouts had spent countless energy and even sacrificed their lives to spy on - marching along the official road, and the blade pointed directly at the Fanchang county where Leerjin was stationed!

Different from the last time he went on the expedition, our Zhang Wangye went out this time, not only the army was several times more, but the generals around him were also much more neat, just the capital and the general army had more than a dozen, even the Zhennan general Ni Yahan, who had been riding on the head of our Zhang Wangye, also went out with the army as Zhang's deputy this time, obeyed the command of Zhangwangye, and let Zhangwangye wear him a black pot on the back of small shoes, and his status in front of Zhangwang Ye was actually far inferior to the confidant of Zhangwangye, who had just been promoted to the Red Flag Dutong- This is also the only confidant that our prince can trust.

"Lu Yifeng's dog thief gave filial piety to the Han people and went on an expedition?" After reading the information collected and reported by the Qing army, Ni Yahan, who had been serving as the deputy of the old fox Hilgen for a long time and had always performed well, frowned, and said to Prince Zhang worriedly: "Lord, look at the posture, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is desperately coming this time, and there is a good chance that he will have the purpose of annihilating or severely attacking us." The last general believes that it is best for our army to defend instead of attacking, not to think about anything to win by surprise, and to concentrate on completing the mission handed over to us by the master to contain the main force of Wu Gou. ”

"General Ni has a point, and so does the minions." The deputy commander of the blue banner and the military counselor Ehena also echoed: "From the perspective of strength alone, Wu Gou's strength is not as good as our army, and the water division is only 45,000 people, but from the point of view that Lu Yifeng personally led the troops to the expedition, this thief army is definitely the first-class elite of Wu Dog in the south of the Yangtze River, and the combat effectiveness is definitely not trivial. ”

"The last general suggested that our army should be transferred immediately and go to Fanchang to join forces with Shuncheng Baylor's army and join forces to meet Wu Gou." Another member of the Qing army, Eqi, suggested.

What disappointed Ni Yahan and others was that no matter how kind they suggested and spoke, our prince Zhang just refused to talk, didn't say yes or disagree, knocked on Erlang's leg and just rummaged the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his hand, and it was completely like he hadn't heard the generals' advice at all. In the end, Zhu Man, the only confidant of Prince Zhang, couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward and pulled our Prince Zhang's sleeve, and whispered a few words in his ear, and Prince Zhang barely raised his head and hummed: "What did you just say?" Say it again. ”

"You really didn't hear that?" Ni Yahan and the other generals were angry, but considering that they had really laughed and bullied Prince Zhang tightly enough in Anqing before, and now that he was a villain, it was normal to retaliate, so he finally suppressed his anger and reluctantly said the suggestion again.

"Immediately transfer the battalion? Are you kidding?! Prince Zhang seemed to be a little angry, and asked angrily: "Is there an official road to go from Majiayuan to Fanchang?" We brought so much grain, grass, baggage, and Hongyi cannons, and the battalion said that the transfer could be transferred? ”

"Then you forced us to give up the official road of Nanling and take the path to this small village where birds don't lay eggs?" The generals of the Qing army muttered in their hearts together. Ni Yahan swallowed his anger and said: "The general is reasonable, there is no big road to go, and it is indeed difficult to transfer the camp, so Lu Yifeng personally led the troops to attack, how to meet the enemy, I hope that the general will show his subordinates as soon as possible, and the last general will also arrange preparations." ”

"What's the hurry? Let this prince think again. Prince Zhang waved his hand lazily, lowered his head and went to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" again, Niyahan and the others had no choice but to close their mouths and wait patiently.

After waiting for a long time with bated breath, Prince Zhang finally raised his head again and ordered: "It's decided, the whole army will set up camp and go north to Huangchi Town on the border of Taiping Mansion and Ning Guofu!" ”

"To Huangchi Town?" Niahan was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, you're not joking, are you?" Huangchi Town is hundreds of miles away from Fanchang City, and there is no official road and waterway to pass, whether it is us or Shun Cheng Baylor, once in distress, it is difficult to rescue each other. ”

"You are still the general of Dingnan in the Qing Dynasty, and the purpose of this king's move to Huangchi Town can't be seen?" Prince Zhang said angrily: "Huangchi Town is located at the junction of Jiangning Mansion, Taiping Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, our army moved here, directly threatening Wugou's two major towns, Jiangning City and Taiping City, which can not only have the effect of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, but also take advantage of the false attack to take Jiangning or Taiping City, killing two birds with one stone, isn't it wonderful?!" ”

"Wai Wei to save Zhao? Killing two birds with one stone? Niyahan and the others were dumbfounded, and after finally coming back to their senses, Niyahan hurriedly exclaimed: "General, it doesn't seem to be that easy, right?" Not to mention that our army is easy to be broken by Wu Gou in such a layout, even if it is impossible to sneak attack Jiangning and Taiping City! The last time you attacked Jiangning almost successfully, it was because you commanded all cavalry and moved quickly, so you killed Wu Gou by surprise. This time, our 40,000 troops were mixed with horses and horses, the marching speed was slow, and Wu Gou had suffered losses and was excessive, so there must be heavy troops stationed in Jiangning and Taiping City, how could we still sneak attack? ”

"If you can't sneak attack, you can attack." Prince Zhang said confidently: "This prince is familiar with military books and deep knowledge of Tao strategy, so he naturally took into account the problem that it is difficult to sneak attack this time, so when my army moves to Huangchi Town, this king will also give Leer Jin a death order, let him defend Fanchang City, not take a step back, firmly contain the main force of Wu Gou, and buy time for the main force of our army to storm Taiping City and Jiangning City!" ”

Not to mention, the tactics arranged by Prince Zhang this time were literally impeccable, and even Niyahan, who was veteran in military affairs, couldn't find fault with it—although it was certainly not so easy to execute. Therefore, Ni Yahan could only cautiously remind: "Lord Zhang, is it too difficult to let the lone army of Shun Cheng Baylor contain the main elite of Wu Gou?" Fanchang County has been tug-of-war several times, the people in the city have basically fled completely, the city is dilapidated, and it is too difficult to accept Baylor's lone army? ”

"yes." Shu Shu, the powerful deputy of Leer Jin, who was forcibly transferred from Tongling City by Prince Zhang, also reminded: "And most of the 20,000 troops in the hands of Shun Cheng Beile are second-line troops, and their combat effectiveness is mediocre, so let him face the elite of Wu Gou alone, I am afraid that it will be difficult to compete, and I ask the prince to think twice." ”

"If you can't fight in the wild, you can't defend the city?" Prince Zhang suddenly started a fire and asked viciously: "Last time in Chizhou, this king only had five or six thousand troops in his hands, and the people in the city also fled completely, but there were more than 80,000 enemies. But what is the final result? ”

"That's your blind cat running into a dead mouse, okay?" Most of the Qing army generals muttered in their hearts together, but none of them dared to say it.

"It's decided!" Zhang Wang Ye slapped the handsome case and shouted: "Immediately pull out the camp of the whole army and march into Huangchi Town!" Give Leerjin a death order and defend Fanchang City at all costs! Buy time for the main force of our army to capture Taiping City! Then send an order to Ghent Baturu, let him and Leerjin be each other's horns, assist Leerjin to stick to prosperity, wait until this king takes Taiping City or Jiangning City, and then go south to join me! ”

"Damn, there's no way, bet on your luck, it stands to reason that Wu Gou should have come to beat us first, and when this idiot suffers, maybe he will change his mind." The generals of the Qing army led by Ni Yahan muttered in their hearts together, and helplessly promised to fight together, "Cover." ”

So, in the case of the main force of the Fat Army along the wide and flat official road to Fanchang, our Qing Dynasty God of War Zhang Wang Ye led the main force of the Qing Army on the Western Front extremely wisely, carrying a large amount of grain and grass to cross the mountains and mountains, cross rivers and streams, cut thorns, and specifically pick the sparsely populated wilderness roads to march, and slaughtered to Huangchi Town at the junction of Jiangning Mansion, Taiping Mansion and Ningguo Mansion with great momentum, planning to once again show the divine might of the Qing Dynasty God of War, encircle Wei and save Zhao to relieve the siege of Fanchang, and find an opportunity to surprise again, attack the back road of the Fat Army!

After Prince Zhang's wise decision and the order to stick to Fanchang reached Le Erjin, Le Erjin vomited blood on the spot, slapped the table and scolded, "Zhangtai Xiaoer, I fuck your mother's eighteenth generation ancestor!" Don't talk about the fucking transfer of Lao Tzu's main soldiers, and Lao Tzu is going to defend Fanchang and not take a step back-just Fanchang, a groundbreaking enclosure, and still want to contain the elite of Wu Gou's two major corps? You come to watch Lao Tzu! ”

"Prince Zhang is a good person, let him be majestic for a few more days, don't pay attention to him." Lu Fatzi, who received the news, reacted like this, pointed in the direction of Fanchang with a whip, and shouted: "Go full speed towards Fanchang, this time, you can't let the annoying fly of Le Erjin run away anymore!" ”

(To be continued)