On the second day of November, outside the city of Ji'an. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Like the rest of the battalions, smoke rose early in the camp of the Gangfeng battalion. While the soldiers were waiting for the meal to be served, they sorted out their weapons and armor and made a series of preparations before the battle.

Since the day before yesterday, Huguang Town has changed its intention to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and has turned to an all-out siege of the city. After two days, the western city wall, which was taken care of by the end of the fire camp, was already full of holes and was about to fall. All battalions also participated in a round of siege, as the old main battalion in Huguang Town, the performance of the Gangfeng battalion was particularly eye-catching, if it wasn't for the dark to collect the troops, the first merit of breaking the city might have already been obtained.

Although the city is not yet broken, it looks like the situation is about the same, and maybe there will be a breakthrough today. The soldiers of the whole battalion are full of confidence in this, and they are also confident that they will be able to grab the first credit for breaking the city.

In the assembly area of the second bureau of the first division of the 1,000th Corps, soldier Ding Liehu was also sorting out his armor and checking weapons like other comrades, but his face was still expressionless and indifferent as usual.

This is a young man who is still a little childish, but his taciturn personality and always indifferent eyes are extremely incommensurate with his age, and a scar running through the right half of his face adds a bit of anger to him, and he almost writes directly "Don't approach the living". Because of this, his popularity is very average, and basically no one has anything to do with him when he goes to the battlefield.

However, every special person will have some unforgettable past, and Ding Liehu is no exception. Originally, he was not called by this name, but Ding Xiaoman, a native of Dingjia Village in the north of Changsha Prefecture. At the beginning of last year, the Qing army came violently, and his village was destroyed, and only one of his family survived, but fortunately, he was rescued by the passing Huguang Town Sentinel, who was less than 16 years old at the time. After that, homeless, he pestered the officer who took him in and officially joined the army.

Although he survived, the bitter hatred had taken over all of his heart. It was driven by hatred that he trained frantically all day long, and soon after he turned sixteen, he passed the assessment of a soldier, and became the youngest soldier in the whole battalion and even the town.

After joining the army, the instructor of the training battalion first renamed him Ding Xiaohu, and then he felt that it was wrong at first glance.

The siege of the city two days ago was the first time he participated in the actual battle, and he was distracted and red-eyed as soon as he hit it, if it wasn't for the cover of his comrades-in-arms, maybe he would have left his life in the city at that time.

After a while, the supervisor on duty blew the whistle and started eating.

Even in one's own camp, the opening and dining are carried out in strict accordance with the establishment of the area, and it is necessary to ensure that in the event of an emergency, it can be quickly assembled. It's just that there is not so much attention to the expedition, and everyone sits on the ground.

Ding Liehu, as usual, received food from Huotoujun and was about to find the most secluded corner to eat, when the blind man stopped him and pointed to the open space beside him.

Chen Blind was a veteran who followed Pang Yue in Luzhou at the beginning, fought a lot of tough battles, and was shot blind in one eye in the defense of Ji'an. It stands to reason that such an old qualification should never stay in the position of the chief, but his fiery temper is as amazing as his skills, and he even dares to beat his boss when he is so anxious that he will be "reinstated" after each promotion, and he has been up and down between the chief and the general flag for several years.

Although Ding Liehu couldn't stop his madness, he was still a little stunned in front of Blind Chen, so he could only walk over with a bowl and sit down next to Blind Chen.

"I've finished scolding, now I'll say it well, and you can listen to it for me." Blind Chen ate silently for a while before he spoke, "No matter what you think in your heart, if you go to the battlefield in the future, it will still be the same way you fought yesterday, I dare to bet with the remaining eye, your kid lost his life is a matter of two or three battles at most." ”

Ding Liehu paused for a moment while eating, but then ate without raising his head.

Yesterday, when the 1,000th Brigade of the Gangfeng Battalion went to the top of the city to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army, he was indeed red-eyed, and he rushed wherever there were many people, and he had completely ignored the order. Afterwards, he was slapped several times by Chen Blind.

"Fighting a war is not a matter of anger, you can take revenge if you want to, but if you lose your life, what will you take revenge?" Chen Blind said, "I'll stop here, I don't care if you kid listens to it or not, but if you still make a mistake today, don't blame me for not being light or heavy afterwards." ”

Ding Liehu was silent and kept eating with his head buried in his head, and when he raised his head again, Chen Blind had already left.

Looking at the outline of Ji'an City in the distance, his eyes were beating with anger and flashing with tears.

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In the city of Ji'an, Liu Wuyuan and others were almost desperate. Originally, he was quite confident in holding on and waiting for help, but in the past two days, Huguang Town's all-out siege of the city has shattered his confidence.

In terms of troops, the Ming army was several times his; In terms of weapons and equipment, the Ming army had an overwhelming advantage; In terms of technique and tactics, the Ming army was also stronger than him. The strong enemy pressed the border, the reinforcements did not arrive, and the outcome became more and more clear.

What made him even more discouraged was that he had sent someone to Tan Tai's army to ask for help, but the reply he received was that he was told to take into account the overall situation and continue to hold on, and there was no support at all. Although he also knew that Tan Tai had seen through Pang Yue's trick to send reinforcements and refused to be fooled, this realistic and cold reply still made him feel cold. At this time, he couldn't help but think of being scolded after offending a certain Manchurian master in Liaodong: You lowly Nikan, you are also a slave when you carry the flag!

When he was patrolling the city, he met Hu Yousheng. Hu Yousheng also had a sad face: "Lord Liu, I'm afraid the western city wall won't last long, the artillery of the Pang thief is sharp, and it is concentrated and bombarded in one place, even the city wall of the capital division will always be blown down, let alone this Ji'an City." If I hadn't strengthened some of them during the night, I'm afraid there would have been several holes by now. ”

What Hu Yousheng said was all the truth, and now even if someone who doesn't know anything about the soldiers goes to the west city wall to take a look, he knows that the situation is not optimistic. And once the city wall is collapsed, with the superior strength of the Ming army, there will be no suspense about the result.

"Lord Liu, if the city is broken ...... once"

"If you really get to that point, let's break through as previously discussed." Liu Wuyuan's voice was a little tired, "I hope we can all break out alive, and I also hope that the general will not cut off your and my heads for the crime of losing the city!" ”

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Just like the previous two days, not long after dawn, the Ming army outside the city came like a tide.

After several rounds of heavy shelling, the siege battle began in full swing.

This time, Pang Yue sent the Yuezhou battalion and the Yongding battalion to take the lead. Although these two battalions are new attached battalions, after eliminating the old and weak soldiers and going through systematic training, their combat effectiveness is no longer the same as in the past, and the previous siege battle has also reached the top of the city.

The offensive in Huguang Town was like a tide, and the Qing army in the city, which had no way to retreat, did not collapse immediately, but was like a trapped beast fighting, and broke out with several blood.

By the time the first wave of troops from the Yuezhou battalion and the Yongding battalion reached the top of the city, the fighting was more intense than the previous ones.

Pang Yue looked at it from a distance and didn't pay too much attention to it. He knew that this was the last strength that the Qing army was holding back, as long as this strength was gone, it would be like a big water rushing into sand, and there would be no suspense.

In the city, Liu Wuyuan, Hu Yousheng, Yang Yuming, Jiao Xiong and other generals all came to the front of the battle and commanded the soldiers to resist desperately. For them, there is no way back from this situation. Even if you want to break through, you have to repel the offensive of the Ming army.

Relying on the ruthlessness that burst out of this desperate situation, the Qing army miraculously held the city again in the morning.

"Don't be discouraged, the city is just around the corner!" Facing Wang Guangtai and Zheng Siwei, who came to ask for guilt, Pang Yue smiled tolerantly.

Originally, according to the original plan, the Yuezhou battalion and the Yongding battalion would still take the lead in the afternoon, but Pang Yue carefully observed the battle situation in the morning and the damage to the city wall, and then made adjustments to the original plan, and changed the main force of the siege to the three battalions of Gangfeng, Pojun, and Huben.

Because according to this posture, the city is very likely to be broken in the afternoon. Once the city is broken, street fighting ensues. Street fighting requires higher discipline and technical tactics, and it is more prudent to send three veteran main battalions.

In the city, Liu Wuyuan was already well aware of his situation, and he didn't want to wait for death anymore, so he began to find a way out for himself. At the time of the truce at noon, he summoned all the main generals to come to the military meeting, and finally decided that if he could repel the attack of the Ming army again in the afternoon, he would break through at dawn tomorrow under the cover of night, and if he could not hold it in the afternoon, he would also wait for an opportunity to break through. He had formulated a plan for the breakthrough before, and there was nothing to hide at this time, so he assigned the task in advance.

In the afternoon, Huguangzhen's offensive came faster than the previous ones. There was only a gap of more than half an hour in the middle, and Liu Wuyuan had almost just finished the military discussion, and before he even had time to eat a bite of food, the cannon in Huguang Town roared angrily.

In normal times, Liu Wuyuan commanded the battle from the Yongchun Gate Tower in the west. The focus of the Ming army's artillery bombardment and siege was also the Weng City outside the Yongchun Gate and a section of the city wall to the north of the city gate. The artillery shells of the Ming army came, the ground shook, the mountains shook, and the bricks and stones flew sideways, and he saw them all clearly, and he couldn't help but start worrying about the section of the city wall that had been taken care of by the Ming army before.

That section of the city wall has been crumbling after two days of bombardment by the Ming army's artillery, and it is even more shocking to see at this time. Although after some rush repairs at noon, a defensive line was also arranged behind the city wall, Liu Wuyuan still felt that he was up and down, and immediately called his own soldiers: "Go and tell General Jiao and call him ......"

As soon as the words of "boom ......" fell, there was a series of dull loud noises.

Liu Wuyuan shuddered and looked towards the source of the sound. I saw that the section of the western city wall that had been taken care of by the Ming army for two days was completely shrouded in smoke and dust. Behind the walls, the screams of their own soldiers merged into an ocean.

Outside the city, the cheers of the Ming army soared into the sky.