Looking at Azig's solemn expression, the tone of his voice seemed to be as if it was not the Ming army that was approaching the city, but the Qing army, this situation made Shi Lei couldn't help but smile and said, "Azig, originally the official was still thinking about whether the army could wipe you out in one fell swoop this time, but now after seeing you, the official can finally be sure that our army will win this time, and I don't know how an incompetent person like Xiang Xiang became the commander of the army, is it that Dolgon is really no one, so he can only let your brother come to fill the number, If people like you can become the commander of the army, these generals around this official should be peerless generals, okay, don't talk nonsense, from tomorrow, let's fight a real battle! ”

After finishing speaking, Shi Lei reined in his horse's head and was about to turn around and leave, but then he heard Azig say loudly, "Shi Lei, this king took the initiative to see you today, just for the sake of you being a talent, I want to give you a chance, as long as you can take refuge in our Qing Dynasty, this king promises to ask the court and the regent to canonize you as a prince, hereditary replacement, Yongzhen side, unfortunately, even this last chance you gave up, since this is the case, then we will see you on the battlefield, and wait until this king catches you, looking at your remorseful look." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

It's a pity that as soon as Azig's words were finished, not only was he not taken seriously by Shi Lei and others, but it attracted a burst of laughter from everyone on the Ming army's side.

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Just outside Yuezhou Mansion, when Shi Lei and Azig met, outside Wuchang Mansion, the Ming army led by Li Yan also arrived outside Wuchang City, accompanied by many generals, looking at the trench traps and positions that had been arranged outside Wuchang City, and the towering city walls of Wuchang City, everyone's eyes flashed a trace of surprise.

"My lord, I'm afraid this Wuchang City is not so easy to fight, you see, let's not talk about the city, from the perspective of the established position outside the city, an obvious veteran of the city, I'm afraid we want to take these defensive positions outside the city, it's not a simple matter, if it weren't for this period of time, the soldiers have undergone strict training, and the imperial court has also created many powerful weapons, I'm afraid we don't have the confidence to break through this city at all." Tian Jianxiu on the side said with a frown.

Since the remnants of the Dashun army were defeated and defected to the Shaanxi court, except for a very few generals who were sent to other armies, the remaining Dashun army soldiers were all assigned to Li Yan by Shi Lei, so that not only can they borrow Li Yan's majesty to suppress them, but also will not make these Dashun army soldiers feel neglected, so after the implementation of this plan, it is very supported by the soldiers of the Dashun army, and it is precisely because of this that the Henan army in Li Yan's hands, although it has not been established for a long time, But the combat power is very strong.

"Yes, I think that our hundreds of thousands of troops back then, several times wanted to capture this Wuchang City, but never succeeded, let us very regretful, but what we didn't expect is that it is such a strong city, it was actually abandoned so easily by the people of the Zuo Army, and now it actually fell into the hands of the Manchu Tartars, becoming their tool against us, thinking about it makes him feel helpless, and more importantly, this Wuchang City was originally strong, and now it is Wu Sangui, a big traitor, who is defending the city, although Wu Sangui has a bad character, Betraying the country for glory, but he is still very capable, especially for defending the city, not to say that it is the first in the world, but there are also a number of people, who were able to rely on a mountain customs and tens of thousands of Guanning iron horses, and forcibly stopped more than 100,000 Manchu troops outside the pass, which proves that his ability is extraordinary, and now that he is in Wuchang City, we are afraid that we don't want to think of some way, if we want to take Wuchang City, it is impossible. After listening to Tian Jianxiu's words, Li Yan couldn't help but sigh.

Although the words are said and said, no one in the audience, from Li Yan down, hesitated, because everyone knew that this war was a national battle, and if they won this battle, the world belonged to the Shaanxi Imperial Court, and if they could not break through Wuchang City, then it would also mean that they would fail in this battle, and when the time came, the serious consequences would not be something they could afford, so before coming this time, everyone had already made up their minds to take this Wuchang Mansion even if they were broken.

Just when Li Yan and others were watching Wuchang City, above the head of Wuchang City, a group of defending generals such as Ao Bai and Wu Sangui were also looking at the continuous Ming army camps under the city.

"King Pingxi, can you arrange it like this, you look at these soldiers outside the city, a group here, a group there, not concentrated at all, if the Ming army attacked, they couldn't resist at all, according to the official's opinion, it is better to concentrate them all, so that they can also resist the charge of the Ming army." Aobai, who was standing at the head of the city, said.

Hearing Aobai's words, Wu Sangui couldn't help but laugh a few times and said, "Hahaha, Lord Aobai, please rest assured, this king's defense method is not unparalleled in the world, but if you want to break through this defense, it is not so easy, without damaging dozens of times the number of troops, if you want to take these defensive positions, it is simply delusional, I think that when I was in Shanhaiguan, this king used this method to deal with Manchu ........."

As soon as he said this, Wu Sangui, who felt a little speechless, hurriedly stopped, you know, these methods of defending the city were used to defend the Manchu Tartars when he was in Shanhaiguan, but the current situation is that he wants to use the experience he gained in the Manchu Tartars to help the Manchu Tartars, which makes people feel a little speechless when they think about it, and it is no wonder that with Wu Sangui's temperament, he also feels a little unable to speak.

Sure enough, after listening to Wu Sangui's words, Ao Bai also felt a little ugly, so after snorting coldly, he said, "Hmph, I hope it is really as powerful as King Pingxi said, in this case, the general of the province is doing it, you know, although our Manchu Eight Banners army is strong, but in this kind of water network dense place, our combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, if we really waste our precious troops in this place, it will be the biggest loss." "This time, Ao Bai came to defend Wuchang Mansion, and Azig sent him 10,000 Manchu Eight Banners Army and 10,000 Mongolian Eight Banners Army, in order to give him enough strength to deter Wu Sangui and others.

Yuezhou Mansion and Wuchang Mansion were already tense at the beginning, and the murderous aura filled the entire sky, and it stands to reason that the remaining Changsha Mansion should also be like this, but unfortunately, what makes people fall through the eyes is that outside Changsha Mansion, it is not the same as the other two places, murderous, but as if it is not like a war at all, except that the gate of Changsha Mansion is closed, what should the people in the city do or do, and Li Dingguo's army stationed outside the city also seems to be transparent, It's so honest to set up camp, eat and drink, train and train, there is no look like they are going to attack the city and fight at all, and even set up a few roadblocks, and collect the toll for those caravans going to Changsha Mansion, this strange situation makes everyone who knows think about it and can't think of a reason, and think that this is a special plan of both sides.

For Hong Chengchou's approach, at the beginning, neither Azig nor others understood, so Azig also sent guards to inquire, but unfortunately, when Hong Chengchou sent a letter to Azig, Azig never asked about Changsha again.

"My lord is really powerful, my subordinates originally thought that in order to do a good job of face engineering, even if it was a show, I would have to fight a few battles with General Li outside the city, but I didn't expect that you just wrote a letter to Azig to completely solve this problem, you don't know, now you are in danger in the whole Changsha, especially those generals, when they first came, they were scared to fight one by one, their faces turned green, and their legs and stomachs cramped, and now they know that they don't have to fight because of you, and you use honorifics when you mention your name, It's funny to see. Jiang Zheng sat in Hong Chengchou's study and said with a smile.

Hearing Jiang Zheng's words, Hong Chengchou said lightly, "What is this, since we and General Li are a family, we must not be able to meet each other, otherwise, even if we are in the future anyway, we will still be hated by those dead soldiers, in this case, why bother asking for trouble, it is better not to cause these troubles in the first place, as for where is Azig, just a reckless man, the old man just analyzed the current situation in Changsha for him, and said that all the more than 200,000 troops here are like straw bales, How can he let us fight, so, now as long as we can hold Changsha City, it is a great achievement, the key depends on Yuezhou and Wuchang, if Lord Shi can break through these two places as soon as possible, or even only need to break through one, when the time comes, we are in the homeopathic rebellion, the remaining one is the turtle in the urn, defeat the Manchu army, it can be completed, if the delay is too long, maybe there will be some changes, when the time comes, I am afraid it will be troublesome. ”

"Hahaha, don't worry, Lord Hong, for Lord Shi, it's just two cities, since Lord Shi has personally gone out, it's not easy to take them down, as long as you take these three places, the imperial court will not be far from completely driving out the Tartars and recasting the mountains and rivers." Jiang Zheng said.

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"Boom Boom"

The earth-shattering sound of cannons spread very far away in the open land, and even the birds that were supposed to pass by here had already circled early.

Since the invention of gunpowder and cannons, artillery has become a frequent visitor to war, to the present, especially in the army of the Ming Army in Shaanxi, before the battle, first bombardment the enemy's position with artillery, which has become a conventional method of warfare, more importantly, the current Shaanxi Ming Army is no longer like Shi Lei when he was in Tongguan, can only be passively bombarded by the artillery of the Manchu army, the current Shaanxi Ming Army, after such a long period of development, artillery This weapon of war has begun to be used on a large scale, and, With the advent of steel, the original type of particularly bulky artillery that required pure copper has been completely eliminated.

According to the principle of the Fran cannon, in addition to the exploration of Shaanxi craftsmen, a small artillery has been popularized among the Ming army, this kind of artillery is only four or five hundred pounds of freedom, and can be installed on a special gun mount, when it is needed, a few big men can easily transport him away, it can be described as light and fast.

Before the army went south, Shi Lei ordered all the artillery that could be used to bring it, just this kind of artillery in Shi Lei's army reached the point of almost three hundred, all, under a salvo, many defensive positions that were originally arranged by Azig outside the city completely disappeared invisibly, and the remaining soldiers were much smarter, seeing the tragic fate of their comrades in front, they hid under various bunkers, and some Qing soldiers even lay directly on the ground, although this situation allowed many people to escape, But some people were still killed by artillery.

The only thing that made Shi Lei feel dissatisfied was that under this powerful blow, those Qing soldiers outside the city did not collapse, even if they suffered heavy losses, they were still firmly stationed on the position, which shows that this time Azig really went all out, and all the elite soldiers sent to battle were battle-hardened elite soldiers, not those recruits who were indiscriminately filled.

After a salvo, although the results were brilliant, Shi Lei did not let people continue shooting, but directly ordered the forward battalion to start charging.

"My lord, since the power of artillery is so huge, why don't you shoot a few more rounds, even if you can't beat Yuezhou City, at least you can completely destroy the positions outside the city, and when the time comes, the army will be able to directly attack the city wall, and we will save a lot of trouble." Seeing Shi Lei's actions, Li Guo on the side couldn't help but ask curiously.

Generally looking at the forward battalion that was lined up neatly and slowly moving forward, Shi Lei replied, "Yes, the power of artillery is huge, but you must know what our main purpose is this time, our main purpose is to annihilate the Manchu army in the south, not to capture this city, if we attack too fiercely, Azig and others may lead the troops to retreat, and when the time comes, if they stick to us one by one, when will we finish fighting, Therefore, this official decided not to use artillery attacks for the time being, in this case, it will give Azig and the others a false impression, let them think that our strength is limited, they can successfully defend Yuezhou City, in this way, as time goes by, they will fall deeper and deeper, until finally, we are all annihilated, even if they find out our idea in the middle, but the arrow is ready, they have to continue fighting. ”

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