readx; In the early morning, Zhu Changzuo, the general of the Han army with a white flag, stood on the tower of the west city of Qian'an, staring at the Ming army that gradually emerged from the morning fog a few miles to the west, and couldn't help but feel a chill rise from the bottom of his heart. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info|. [2] [3] [w] [x]}

The terrain of Qian'an County is high in the north and low in the south, leaning on the Great Wall in the north, the Qinglong River passes through the whole territory obliquely from northwest to southeast, and it is the border fortress Baiyangyu forty miles in the north. Nowadays, most of the passes leading to the grassland have been controlled by the Ming army, only Baiyangyu is still in the hands of the Qing army, and Qian'an City guards the only way to Baiyangyu, and the geographical location is very important.

Among the three cities occupied, Amin also attached great importance to Qian'an City, and sent his loyal servant Zhu Changzuo and 3,000 Han army banner soldiers to garrison here. Zhu Changzuo was originally from Shandong and was a ginseng seller. Later, he was captured by the Qing army, joined the Han army with a white flag, and became a shameful traitor. Because he was a businessman, he was coarse and proficient, and he was especially good at managing military supplies, so he was very much used by the banner lord Amin.

This time, Amin ordered Zhu Changzuo to garrison Qian'an City, and Zhu Changzuo was overjoyed, because this was a complete fat difference. Sooner or later, the Qing army would have to withdraw from the pass, and Qian'an was the closest to the pass, and the city was relatively large, so most of the materials looted under the white flag were stored here to facilitate the evacuation of the retreat. The Manchu nobles who couldn't even count the addition and subtraction within twenty were naturally unclear, and they all entrusted Zhu Changzuo to manage. Zhu Changzuo filled his own pockets and embezzled materials, especially cash, and transferred as much as one-third of him from the warehouse to his own camp.

However, combat is not Zhu Changzuo's forte, a few days ago, the "noble righteousness" rebellion in Luanzhou City, Amin only transferred the Han army flag from Yongping Mansion to attack Luanzhou, and did not transfer Zhu Changzuo. First, because Qian'an is important, and secondly, I know that Zhu Changzuo's two brushes, even if they go, they will be given for nothing. Zhu Changzuo is also happy that the cat is in Qian'an, anyway, the heavy snow closes the road, and the Ming army can't attack it, even if it comes, the main force of the Qing army is more than ten miles away, and he just needs to stick to the city and let Amin fight.

But he never expected that a Ming army would pass through hundreds of miles of snow so quickly, and the soldiers would move to the city of An! This force numbered about 6,000, and three miles west of the city was the Qinglong River, and they stopped on the other side of the river, and saw that they were not in a hurry to attack the city, but first set up camp.

Zhu Changzuo's first reaction was to send his subordinates to deliver a letter to Youzhu Town immediately, and asked Amin to quickly dispatch a large army to rescue. When the people were sent out, he felt more than half of his heart, thinking that now the Qing army is defending the city and the Ming army is attacking the city, even if the other party can fight again, it is not easy to break through the city wall. Wait for two hours at most, and the master will lead a large cavalry to come to the aid and annihilate the Ming army under the city.

But before he could put his heart back in his stomach, he suddenly heard an earth-shattering cannon sound on the opposite side, and then a cannonball fell heavily on the snow more than ten steps outside the city, stirring up snow flakes all over the sky. Zhu Changzuo couldn't help but be surprised, thinking to himself that the Ming army had traveled from afar, how could there be a cannon with such a long range?

Before Zhu Changzuo came back to his senses, he found that the Ming army was not camping, but unloading the baggage from the large wooden planks. Now that the unloading has been basically completed, the Ming army immediately dispatched, with 500 light cavalry on the left and right flanks to support, and 500 infantry troops in the middle of the road marching slowly in a neat queue, and there are many soldiers driving mules and horses, pulling large wooden planks to follow closely.

It stands to reason that the army has long-range artillery, and the Qing army should take advantage of the gap between the artillery fire to quickly rush forward and start a close-range melee with the Ming army, so that the artillery will be useless.

However, Zhu Changzuo didn't know how to fight, and secondly, he also had some luck mentality, secretly thinking that the artillery of the Ming army might only be this one, and it could only be fired once in half a day, and if it was fired, it might not be accurate, and the threat to the Qing army was not very great. It's better to hold out in the city and wait for Amin to come to help. As for those cavalry and infantry troops, he didn't pay attention to them, anyway, cavalry could not attack the city, and it was difficult for the infantry army to attack the city without large siege equipment.

Just as he hesitated and calculated, the Ming army had already advanced more than half a mile. Suddenly, there was another earth-shattering cannon shot, and the cannon three miles away spoke again. However, this time the Qing army did not have the luck of the last time, and this cannonball hit the city wall on the left side of the city tower as if it had eyes. I only heard a loud bang, and a large hole with a diameter of more than three feet was blasted open on the city wall, and twenty or thirty people were shaken down by the nearby Han army banner soldiers, and a ghost crying wolf howled sounded!

At the same time, there was a cheer in the Ming army on the opposite side. The generals of the Ming army led by him touched his nose that was red from the cold, and shouted excitedly: "Good cannon, really good cannon!" Westerners' things are powerful, as long as they are calibrated according to the calculation, the landing point is exactly the same! The action will give me a little more sharpness, and the next shot will be aimed at the city tower! ”

Of course, it was impossible for Zhu Changzuo to hear what the Ming army was saying, but this cannon had already made him frightened. He no longer dared to be a target at the head of the city, so he hurriedly retreated into the city, and walked dozens of steps away from the city wall before he felt a little at ease.

And the Ming army didn't seem to be in a hurry, the 1,500 soldiers in front were still advancing at their own pace, and the cannon also roared every two and a half minutes, and every shot hit the dilapidated city wall of Qian'an. After more than a dozen people were killed by artillery, those Han army banner soldiers who dared to stand on the city anymore also withdrew one after another.

Seeing this, Zhu Changzuo was in a hurry, and thought that if he continued like this, let alone two hours, I am afraid that in one hour at most, the Ming army would be able to enter the city through the gap in the city wall. In a hurry, he didn't have the heart to wait for reinforcements, so he immediately ordered a thousand soldiers to go out of the city to meet the attack, to put it bluntly, let them fight with the Ming army. It doesn't matter if these thousand people die, as long as they can delay the Ming army's artillery attack on the city and hold on until the army arrives.

The 1,000 traitors who were selected were helpless, so they had to shout and kill out of the city. However, there were not many Han army banner war horses, and only 200 of the 1,000 people were cavalry, and the others were all infantry troops. Although it was a snow battle, the speed of the cavalry was still much faster than that of the infantry army, and the infantry army was soon left far behind.

As soon as the Ming army on the opposite side saw the Qing army coming out, they immediately stopped advancing. The rear cavalry on both flanks outflanked outward, forming a triangular formation, while the infantry in the center were all armed with bird guns, skillfully lined up in three columns, the first kneeling, the second standing, and the third loaded with ammunition to prepare. When the cavalry of the Qing army rushed to within eighty steps, the general of the Ming army shouted: "Release!" ”

I only heard the sound of "bang", and rows of bird salvos rushed towards the Qing army like a storm. Before the Qing army could rush within the range of the bow and arrow, sixty or seventy horsemen had been shot, and there was a great chaos when the people were on their backs. The Han army's will to fight was far worse than that of the Manchu cavalry, and as soon as it was frustrated, it panicked, and the survivors immediately turned their horses and retreated. When the infantry army behind saw that the cavalry was defeated, they simply didn't dare to go up, and went directly to the city like a swarm of headless flies, so angry that Zhu Changzuo scolded.

"Press!"

The general of the Ming army gave another order, and the Ming army maintained this formation and continued to advance slowly. When they reached a distance of about a mile from the city wall, the Ming army stopped again and unloaded eight cannons from the large wooden planks!

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