"Your Majesty, that thief is already on his way to Jingshi. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info," Wang Chengen said.

Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth and said: "The high thief broke Fengyang and burned the tomb of Emperor Taizu, this hatred is as big as the sky, and when he is escorted to Beijing, he will be cut by a thousand knives." ”

"This high thief is also a character, he has been circulating for so many years, if His Majesty hadn't used Sun, Hong, and Lu, how could he catch this thief." Wang Chengen patted Chongzhen's ass a little.

A smile appeared on Zhu Youzhen's pale and emaciated face: "Alas, it's a pity that they are all encircling and suppressing the rogue, otherwise, why would they let the Tartars be so arrogant." ”

Glancing at Chongzhen, Wang Chengen said: "From the second year of Chongzhen to the ninth year of Chongzhen now, the Tartar soldiers invaded the Ming Dynasty three times, and two of them entered the country from Xuanda, which is very important to the Beijing Division." ”。

Hearing this, I remembered Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda.

The cowardice and incompetence of these two people disappointed Chongzhen, and he really wanted to slaughter these two wastes.

"Yes, this Xuanda Governor has to be replaced by a capable person." Chongzhen said, glanced at a large number of folds on the imperial case, and sat down helplessly to review it.

On this morning, more than 15,000 Qing troops marched to Zhuozhou.

"Look, the Tartars are coming, Mom, a lot of Tartars." The lookout in the city screamed in surprise, their mouths open almost enough to fit a duck egg

"Bang Bang Bang" The city head rang the gong for the alarm.

"Here comes the Tartars, here come the Tartars. Close the gates," shouted the defenders of the city as they beat their gongs.

The heavy gates squeaked ...... shut.

Hearing the news of the arrival of the Tartars, the city was in chaos, and there were cries of calling for father and mother everywhere.

Zhao Guohua took the Volunteer Brigade and the Supplementary Brigade, followed Zhizhou Fan Jin and the garrison Li Xian and others to the city wall.

Zhizhou Fan Jin looked at the Qing army in the distance, and said with a pale face: "Tartar, it's finally here." ”

"There are at least thirteen,000 people in Tartar, and it seems that there is going to be a fierce battle in Zhuozhou." Looking at the Qing army brigade that was getting closer and closer, the garrison Li Xian said with a solemn face.

Zhao Guohua said calmly: "The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it." Beat them up when they come, don't be afraid. ”。

Hearing this, the panicked mood of the Ming soldiers calmed down a little.

The large army of the Qing army came over, stood three miles away from the city, and gathered into a huge phalanx in the sound of the horn of "woo", and the number of people was 15,000, and from a distance, a sea of colorful flags.

Swords, guns, and armor shimmered in the sunlight.

The Eight Banners are notorious, and seeing so many Qing soldiers coming, everyone felt great pressure. Although there were volunteers defending the city with everyone, many soldiers and generals on the city wall let out heavy panting sounds.

The military discipline of the Qing army was harsh, all the sergeants stood quietly, without a trace of noise, and the cavalry was solemnly arrayed, and the entire military array exuded a breathtaking momentum.

In the middle of the front of the military array, a general with a golden helmet and golden armor, behind him stood two red umbrella covers, two large poles, ten small flags, and a pair of standing melons, and dozens of generals of the Qing army on the left and right, and hundreds of soldiers wearing silver armor behind them were densely guarded.

"It seems that the big man of the Tartars has arrived." Zhao Guohua said lightly.

The Qing army began to dig trenches and set up camp by a small river five miles below the city, the Qing army set up camp very quickly, and after a while, a large area of camp tents was slowly displayed under the city, and soon there were a large number of auxiliaries to the river to fetch water and make food, and the camp was noisy and lively.

After setting up the camp, Yanguli took hundreds of vests and more than a dozen generals and walked to a place one mile away from the city to observe Zhuozhou City. He walked slowly, watching as he went. Looking at the tall and sturdy walls, the dense array of defenders, and the shining swords and guns, he knew that it would take a little trouble to capture the city.

But he didn't care too much.

In his more than 40 years of career, he has captured a lot of fortified cities, and this Zhuozhou is at most a few more days.

After reading the defense of Zhuozhou, Yanguli went back.

Soon, a part of the Qing army and auxiliaries went out to find timber with axes and saws.

For two days in a row, the Qing army was busy in the camp and did not attack the city.

Zhao Guohua has been observing the movements of the Qing army camp with a telescope, and he knows that the Tartars are making siege equipment, and it seems that it is a vicious battle.

"Captain Zhao, what are you holding in your hand? I see you've been using it to watch the Tartar camp? Li Xian asked curiously.

"It's clairvoyance." As he spoke, Zhao Guohua handed the telescope to Li Xian.

After Li Xian took it, he looked at Zhao Guohua's appearance, and the Tartar had arrived in front of him.

"Ah" exclaimed, he hurriedly put down the clairvoyance in his hand, saw that the tartar was still in the distance, and then looked with the clairvoyance, the tartar was in front of him again.

Now, he understood.

He said happily: "This thing is so good, with it, the situation in the Tartar camp can be seen clearly, and it is much more convenient to command the battle, I wonder if there is such a clairvoyance?" If there is, I will also get a pair, the price is easy to say. ”

"I'm really sorry, I bought this thing from a foreigner for a lot of money, and there is only one pair." Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Hearing this, Li Xian said regretfully: "It's a pity that there is nowhere to buy it, otherwise, I would have to buy one anyway." ”

Smiling, Zhao Guohua said: "Brother Li, don't worry, I will give you a pair if I have a chance in the future." ”

"Good! Good! Good! Then I'll thank you. Li Xian said happily.

On the morning of the third day, the mournful horn of the Qing army camp under the city sounded one after another, and one after another Qing soldiers and cavalry quickly walked out of the camp and slowly converged.

Correspondingly, the horn sounded at the head of the city in Zhuozhou, and a team of soldiers hurriedly climbed the city wall, and the people who had already been organized were also gathered and ready to participate in the battle at any time. After the Qing army solemnly lined up outside the city, they slowly approached the city by stepping on the drums, and in the large array behind, the cowhide war drums beat like thunder.

"Pass the order, without an order, Shiwu must not make noise, do not shoot without authorization, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Li Xian said loudly.

When they reached a distance of 300 meters from the city, the Qing army stopped.

A Qing army officer came out and said a few words, and then more than 1,000 Qing troops pushed more than 20 square carts with four wooden wheels to continue to advance, and the rest carried siege ladders to force into the city wall step by step.

At this time, Zhao Guohua called Cheng Chong, Zhang Shun, Liu Youtian, and Huang Deguan over, and ordered them to bring 1,000 men and 50 commandos each, and cooperate with 800 officers and soldiers, each responsible for guarding a section of the city wall.

The four of them agreed, and went to divide their troops to defend.

Seeing that the four of them were gone, Zhao Guohua and Li Xian continued to stare at the Tartars who came over.

"This is a horn of the Tartar with a blue flag. Each armor of the Tartar is all the way, one stop, and one battle. A man behind him said.

Turning his head to look at him, seeing that it was Li Guangli, Zhao Guohua nodded, and asked with a smile: "Is the family settled?" ”

"It's settled! The subordinates thanked the general for his concern. Li Guangli bowed.

Pointing to the tartars that came over, Zhao Guohua said, "You tell me about the situation of these tartars." ”

Staring at the city, Li Guangli said: "Each Tartar is five Niu Lu, which is combined into a large array, and each Niu Lu is arranged into a small formation separately, with the soldiers in front and the auxiliary soldiers behind, totaling more than 1,500 people. Among them, there were 500 soldiers, that is, armorers, and the rest were auxiliaries and followers, who were divided into horse-mounted followers and unarmored walkers. The followers are not wearing armor, or they only wear cotton armor with no iron inside. ”

"What about the Tartar soldiers, are they hiding in the car?" Zhao Guohua asked.

Nodding, Li Guangli pointed to the square car and said, "The general is right!" This kind of chariot was called the shield chariot, and it was used to hide from the bows and arrows and fire guns in the city, and the soldiers hid in the chariot. ”

After listening to the introduction, Zhao Guohua picked up the telescope and carefully observed this shield car.

The shape of the Tartar shield cart is very rough, that is, a dozen or so thick logs are bundled together to become a shield cart, and there are wooden wheels under it to push. This crude shield cart made of coarse timber was difficult to penetrate with firearms, except for cannons.

Looking at the shield carts that made a "wheeling wheel" sound gradually approaching, Zhao Guohua thought of a way to deal with them.

The heavy firepower meter on the city has 20 tiger squat cannons, five pairs of copper cannons and copper iron Franc machines, two large copper guns of the Buddha wolf machine, each weighing about 1,300 catties, and ten medium-sized copper and iron guns, each weighing about 200 catties. "He used his brain.

Seeing his pensive look, Li Xian hurriedly reminded, "Captain Zhao, the Tartar has entered the range of the bow and arrow, let's shoot." ”

"Okay. Let's hit them head-on for a while," Zhao Guohua said.

With a bang, thousands of arrows whizzed down, and twenty or thirty Tartars fell to the ground screaming, while the rest of the Tartars continued on their way, not looking at their comrades who had died in battle.

There was another bang, and more than twenty tartars were wounded by the arrows.

At this time, the Tartars also began to counterattack, covering the Qing soldiers besieging the city, heavy arrows flew up one after another, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers could not dodge, screaming and being shot to death at the head of the city.

Under Bayala's blow, the defenders of the city were pressed and did not dare to show their heads, and Zhao Guohua used the Type 81 rifle for the sake of hiding his strength and did not want to use the Type 81 rifle in the first battle.

"This way of playing is too old-fashioned, and we have to think of a new way of fighting." Zhao Guohua said secretly.

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, he suddenly thought of a way, so he said, "Why don't you shoot if you don't *********?" Do you want to let the tartars come up? Li Xian said angrily.