The sky is light, there is already a noise outside Hongdong County, of course, here is not in the temple fair, but the sound of the assembly of the army, since coming to this Hongdong County, W Fuchen is 'two ears do not listen to the outside of the window, only to be a defender of the city', every day in addition to eating, sleeping, the rest of the time is to study if to resist the attack of the Ming army in Shaanxi. On the contrary, the attacking Shaanxi Ming army has been resting very well these days, in addition to eating and sleeping every day, even regular training is available, of course, this is for the next big war to recuperate.

"Generals, our Shaanxi Ming army from scratch, although it has fought countless battles, but most of them are passive defense, today's battle, but we took the initiative to attack for the first time, and it is still in the case of our troops at a disadvantage, so, this attack on Hongdong County, we must be careful and careful, we must not live up to the trust of Lord Shi and the imperial court in us, this time, we must not only win the battle, but also fight a beautiful victory, let the world see, What kind of army is our Shaanxi Ming Army? Standing in the military tent, Dong Qi looked at the generals standing in front of him and said loudly.

"Hahaha, commander-in-chief, don't worry, although our troops are at a disadvantage this time, our combat effectiveness is much stronger than those rabble on the other side of you, not to mention them, even if it is the elite of the Manchu Tartars, my Lao Zhang can beat him all over the ground to find teeth." As soon as Dong Qi's words were finished, a general who was shown to be the battalion commander on his chest shouted loudly before the war.

Hearing the words of this general, Dong Qi smiled on his face, and did not say too much, he trusted the self-confidence of these generals very much, just like this battalion commander surnamed Zhang, that was the first group of people to follow Shi Lei. He had also fought bloodily with Duoduo's Manchu army under Tongguan City, otherwise he would not have despised the W Fuchen army on the other side so much, but it was precisely because of this that Dong Qi did not open his mouth to boost their morale, because he knew that he would not encourage these people to be like a rainbow. If you are too encouraging, I am afraid that it will have a bad effect.

Although Dong Qi knew this truth, but Gao Ligong on the side was a little stunned, on the way from Taiyuan, because the Ming army was too strong, and Wang Dengku and others secretly helped, so Dong Qi and they did not spend much effort, so Gao Ligong did not know much about these Ming troops. But he couldn't have imagined that these Ming troops were so confident, even more confident than when the Dashun army had millions of soldiers, at least when Li Zicheng faced an opponent who was stronger than himself, he would also be very cautious, and he would not fight with the other party so easily, and he also boasted that he didn't put the other party in his eyes at all, but it was because of this. On the other hand, Gao Ligong realized the difference between the Ming Army in Shaanxi.

After such a long period of development, the Shaanxi Ming Army has already formed a set of very effective ways of doing things. Not only did he integrate what Shi Lei had learned from later generations, but he also mixed in a lot of military Chinese unique to this era, which was much stronger than the Ming army that had just been trained.

After breakfast, the 20,000 Ming troops gathered together, and at the same time, according to their respective division of labor, their respective generals arranged their work. As long as Dong Qi gave an order, he would be able to launch a thunderous offensive against the position of the Wang army in Hongdong County.

Regarding the actions of the Ming army in Shaanxi, W Fuchen has already gotten the news, after all, this siege war is not as changeable as a marching battle. Siege warfare is the strength of both sides, which side is not strong, which side will lose, and it is precisely for this reason that in all dynasties, siege warfare has always been the most difficult battle, which is a multiple ordeal for generals and soldiers on both sides.

"General, it seems that the Ming army wants to finish its work in one battle, and wants to take us down in a battle, I really don't know where they have such great confidence, 20,000 people to attack us 50,000 people, or siege warfare, I'm afraid this Ming army general is either crazy, or he wants to make meritorious service and think dizzy." Standing at the head of the city, holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking at the neat military formation of the Ming army opposite, W Chenfu just had a gloomy face and did not speak, but the deputy general next to him said with a smile.

This general is a member of the Fan family, called Fan Bo, who was originally a thousand generals of the Ming Dynasty, and it is precisely because of this that he can serve as the deputy general of the W auxiliary minister. I have to say that this family is big, it is indeed beneficial, just like the Fan family, although the Fan family is a merchant family on the surface, but in fact, they have long been out of the category of businessmen, not only to support the young people in the clan to study and take the imperial examination, so as to be officials, but also to install some clansmen into the army, and it is precisely for this reason that the Fan family is becoming more and more prosperous and powerful.

Otherwise, just a merchant family, that is, a fat pig in the eyes of the court and officials, when you want to eat, you will cut it down, if this is really the case, not to mention that the eight families have the current prestige, I am afraid that they have already been exploited by the court and officials and ruined.

After listening to Fan Bo's words, W Fuchen sighed secretly in his heart, and said in his heart, "Those who don't know are not afraid!" The reason why W Fuchen said this is because during this period of time, W Fuchen also has some understanding of the Shaanxi Ming Army, because of the nature of Shanxi merchants, although Shaanxi and Shanxi are now hostile forces, but many businessmen are still able to communicate with each other, and it is through the businessman's inquiry, W Fuchen learned from the side that some of the deeds of the Shaanxi Ming Army and their founder Shi Lei, whether it is to control Yulin, or to attack Xi'an, and later send troops outside the pass, Tongguan to annihilate the Duoduo army, this series of things, Let W Fuchen unconsciously fill the center with admiration for Shi Lei has been shocked, although he has no loyalty to the Ming Dynasty in his heart, but in terms of nature, he is still more inclined to the Han court in his heart, after all, the dignity of Lu Yang Huaxia from the bottom of his bones makes him full of disdain for those foreign races.

It is said that the ignorant are fearless, but the more he understands Shaanxi, the more decadent W Fuchen's heart becomes, he is not the kind of person who deceives himself, he knows that if the Shaanxi Ming Army is really as powerful as the news he gets, let alone 50,000 miscellaneous troops, even if it is replaced by the troops stationed in the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, there is no chance of winning at all.

Although he thought so in his heart, W Fuchen didn't say anything, but said to Fan Bo on the side, "General Fan." I'm afraid you guessed wrong this time, this time these generals of the Shaanxi Ming Army are really not crazy, but they are confident enough to take us down in one fell swoop, but it is us, if you are not careful. I'm afraid that this time there will really be no chance to turn over, when the time comes, Wang will have nothing, it's a big deal to apologize for the crime with death, and you are different from your Fan family, I'm afraid that your entire Fan family will suffer a catastrophe by then, so this time we are still careful, as long as we can resist the attack of the Ming army, then it will be a great achievement. ”

After speaking. W Fuchen turned around and left, and began to dispatch the troops, the reason why he said to Fan Bo like this is also for a reason, don't look at Fan Bo was originally just a thousand generals, but with the support of the Fan family, his temper is not ordinary, and it is precisely because of this. After he served as the deputy general of the W auxiliary minister, his temper also increased day by day. Even from time to time, he even contradicted W Fuchen, in the past, W Fuchen could endure it, but this time it was related to the lives of the entire Eight Masters and his 50,000 soldiers, so he had to prepare in advance, and he also persuaded Fan Bo in disguise, telling him that the strength of the Ming army could not be seen with the naked eye. Fan Bo of the province underestimated the Ming army, thus causing big trouble.

It's a pity that Fan Bo didn't take W Fuchen's kindness to heart, but after W Fuchen left. A mouthful of spit fell to the ground, and he muttered a few words.

"Woo woo, woo woo", the long, vast horn sound sounded in the camp of the Shaanxi Ming army, to be honest, in the entire Central Plains battlefield, most of the army used gongs and drums or trombones, but the Shaanxi Ming army uncharacteristically used the horn sound that was only commonly used on the grassland, it is said that this is because Shi Lei likes the horn sound that has the vicissitudes of life, as for the truth or falsehood, no one can get it.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa"

After the sound of the horn, bursts of piercing copper whistles, which is also the characteristics of the Shaanxi Ming Army, in order to maintain the groupivity of the soldiers in the battle and march, the Shaanxi Ming Army used the copper whistle This sound penetration is very penetrating, and it is precisely because of this kind of thing that the soldiers of the Shaanxi Ming Army, whether it is in a hurry or in the noisy battlefield, can get the latest orders for the first time.

With the sound of copper whistles of different lengths, two thousand Shaanxi Ming troops, holding high shields, holding a single knife, slowly marched towards Hongdong County, although the number is not much, but the momentum is like a rainbow, more importantly, two thousand people are like one person, moving together, shouting together, just this kind of power, so that the Wang soldiers on the opposite side are a little stunned.

Many people believe that the siege warfare of the ancient people is like now, the defending side is hiding behind the city wall, and the attacking side is passively attacked, if this is the case, it is a big mistake, if it really comes to that point, it has reached the real final stage, it has become a dead end, and the only way to defend the city is a dead end.

The real defense of the city, that is based on the city, in the surrounding list of various important places, and even many times, or the defender of the city launched an attack, the purpose is to maximize the dispersion of the attacking side of the force or target, and only in this way, there are many cities after holding on for a long time, defeat into victory, defeat the attacking side of the thing, otherwise, so stubbornly defended, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people are crowded in the city, even if not killed by the attacking side, I am afraid it has long been squeezed to death.

The defense of Hongdong County formulated by W Fuchen is also like this, 50,000 horses, he only left 10,000 horses in the city, as a reserve force, and the remaining 40,000 horses are all stationed outside the city, not only that, but he also led people outside Hongdong County, buried a lot of trenches and traps, in order to delay the attack time of the Ming army, I have to say that the 50,000 troops of the Wang army, I don't know how to fight, but this kind of strength work is very fine, a few days, it is very good, and this is also the purpose of the Ming army to send these 2,000 people, Test the trap trenches outside Hongtong City, thus paving the way for the attack of the Great Army.

"Boom, boom, boom" accompanied by the footsteps of the slow advance of the two thousand Ming troops, the hearts of many soldiers of the Wang Army were full of fear, you know, the power on the battlefield is very important, especially in the ancient era of cold weapons, why some fierce generals will chase dozens or even hundreds of people by themselves, not how powerful these generals are, but when the general is strong enough, those enemy soldiers will have a sense of fear in his heart, when this sense of fear is infinitely amplified, I'm afraid all that is left in their minds is the thought of escaping.

Seeing that the faces of his soldiers were getting worse and worse, the W-assistant minister standing at the head of the city ordered with a pale face, "Come on, give the order to shoot arrows." ”

Hearing the order of W Fuchen, although some generals who were older than the battle formation felt a little strange, they still gave an order, you know, now they are still more than a hundred steps away in the ranks of the Ming army in Shanxi, and the most effective range of bows and arrows at this time is only between fifty and eighty steps.

Auxiliary Minister W also knew that his order was a bit surprising, but he had to do so, because he knew that if he didn't give the order to let the soldiers do something, I was afraid that the pressure in their hearts would become stronger and stronger, and when the time came, maybe as soon as the Ming army attacked, they might turn around and flee.

Sure enough, W Fuchen's judgment was correct, with a 'bang bang' bowstring sound, one by one sharp arrows flew towards the Ming army's military formation, and then, they were far away from the Ming army, 'ping pong' fell to the ground, but even so, it finally broke the prestige brought by the Ming army's military formation, so that the soldiers of the Wang army slowly recovered some morale.

In just this short period of time, the Ming army's military formation has entered the range of the Wang army. Bang bang bang sound, and the sound of jingle beetles, I have to say that although the Ming army is not much, but the armament is very strong, the Ming army of two thousand people, not only holding a huge shield in their hands, but also wearing a whole body armor made of stainless steel, in order to ensure the safety of these pioneers to the greatest extent, of course, even the most strict protection on the battlefield, will not be absolutely safe, with the attack of the royal army's rainstorm-like arrows and siege crossbows, more than ten Ming troops are still very unwilling to be shot through the shield by the siege crossbow, and fall on the way to attack, but unfortunately, the casualties at this point are only insignificant casualties for the two thousand Ming army formation。

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