readx; In the afternoon, not long after the two partial divisions of the Qing army had just pulled out the camp and started the village, a cannon suddenly rang out at the head of the Yongding Gate, and then the city gate was opened, and about 1,000 Ming troops lined up in a neat queue and drove out of the city. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info ~.. The sentries of the Qing army hurriedly reported to the Derge class, who had just been promoted to the flag master, and the Derge class did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led the blue flag generals such as Aibali and Yileshen out of the camp to watch.

At this time, the people of Zhenglanqi were panicking because of Mang Gurtai's arrest, because in the Manchu clan politics, there were too many things where the master was unlucky and the slave was also unlucky. On the one hand, Aibali and Ilshen are quite unhappy about the reckless Gultai, and on the other hand, they are also afraid of being implicated, so how can they still have the heart to fight.

And Derge is actually a fierce general, but he has just taken over the Zhenglan Banner, and he also saw the fiasco of the Zhenglan Banner yesterday, and he is really at a loss for the Ming army defending the city. At this time, seeing that the Ming army drove out of the city again, he thought that he had launched a cannon with a very long range, and hurriedly led the people to retreat to a safe distance.

Strangely, though, this Ming army did not seem to be in a hurry to attack. They did not shout, nor did they run, but proceeded slowly at their own pace, and when they had reached a place that was level with the inner edge of the moat, they stopped, not knowing what they were busy with.

Because it was too far away to see clearly, the Derg class had to send a few cavalry to reconnoiter closely. Of course, if it is said to be close, it can only be a hundred and fifty steps away, otherwise it will be immediately shot in the head by Lu Mi.

After a while, the sentry hurriedly reported: "Lord Belle, the Han people are digging a ditch!" ”

Trenching? Derge and the others were puzzled, thinking that the Ming army was trying to use the ditch to stop the Qing army from attacking? Thinking about it again, I didn't want to attack anyway, so the Ming army would dig it if it liked. At this time, Derge was still thinking about how to save Mang Gurtai, and he had no intention of fighting at all, so he ordered Aibali to keep an eye on the movements of the Ming army, and he returned to the Chinese military tent.

Ai Bali is much more vigilant than Derge, he picked up a life from the Jingshi City and came back, knowing the strength of the Ming army, so he found a small dirt slope to stand on the horse, and looked at the Ming army with good eyes.

I saw that the 1,000 Ming army was roughly divided into three groups, and the first group was still a combination of shield bearers and bird guns, guarding against the impact of the Qing army. Of course, the Qing army had learned the lesson of yesterday, and they did not dare to charge casually, because the position of the Ming army was completely protected by the fire of the cannons and arrows at the head of the city.

The second group, as reported by the sentinels, was picking up pickaxes and shovels and struggling to dig trenches in the land. And the progress was quite fast, every two people were responsible for one zhang, and more than three hundred people sealed all the mouths that were more than a mile wide.

The third group, pushing wheelbarrows, loaded with sandbags and wooden boxes, frequently traveled between the ditches and the city gates. When they arrived at the place, they unloaded the supplies and went directly to the front of the trench, and in a short time they built a wall of sandbags more than half a person high. As for the wooden boxes, I don't know what they are used for.

After about an hour, the trench was almost complete. Only then did Aibali realize that the Ming army was so tantamount to moving the defense line forward by fifty paces, and if the Qing army wanted to attack again, it would probably be even more difficult.

Anyway, the camp is more than three miles away from the city wall, and the Ming army is advancing fifty steps, so there is no threat to them. Seeing that it was approaching dusk, Aibali also returned to the camp, leaving only a few sentry scouts to continue to monitor the Ming army.

When it was time to hold the lamp, Derge, as the new flag owner, wanted to meet with the generals of the Zhenglan Banner on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also had to cheer them up, so he invited all the generals in the Chinese military tent. However, in the face of the high-quality spirits that were served, none of these guys, who usually died when they drank alcohol, could drink it at this time, and everyone was worried about the uncertain future.

The Derge class is not the same, but as the banner master, he also has to fight hard to persuade the wine, and the generals have to barely cope. As the saying goes, there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there are more than half a sentence without speculation, and the current scene is not even speculation, there is nothing to say at all, so who can not get drunk when drinking wine bowl after bowl? After a while, many people were slumped in drinking. The wine was so sad that some generals couldn't help but shed tears, which was really miserable and miserable.

Fortunately, the Derge class was still able to hold on, and after a few sips, he instructed Aibali and Ilshen: "The Ming army came to rob the camp last night, although it was only harassment, it is still necessary to guard against it. ”

As soon as the three of them came out of the big tent and wanted to make rounds in the camp, the sentry hurriedly came to report: "Lord Belle, go and have a look!" ”

Derge was shocked, and hurriedly came to the mound in front of the camp to look north, only to see thousands of torches lit outside the Yongding Gate, illuminating the vicinity as bright as day. By the light of the blazing fire, the Ming army had no intention of resting at all, and had already come out of the trench and continued to advance, and now stopped at fifty paces from the first trench, and began to dig the trench again, and the three groups of Ming troops did exactly the same thing as during the day.

Only then did Derge suddenly realize: The Ming army is going to march step by step and advance until it is under his nose!

He couldn't help but be shocked and angry, surprised that the Ming army had to advance inch by inch, and the threat to the Zhenglan Banner was getting bigger and bigger; The anger is that the Ming army bullied people too much, and they no longer attacked the city, but they took the initiative to press over, did they really bully the soldiers of the Eight Banners and did not dare to fight?

Yi Leshen on the side also said angrily: "Lord Belle, the Han people don't take us seriously!" Now that they have just started digging a second trench, it is better to take advantage of their unstable foothold and lead the minions to rush with five hundred men and horses! ”

Derge didn't want to fight, but after thinking about it, he had just become the flag master, and if the Ming army didn't dare to fight when he sent it to the door, what should the soldiers of the Blue Banner think of themselves? So win or lose, you have to rush now. Besides, under the cover of night, it is difficult for the Ming army to aim and shoot, maybe this rush can really kill the Ming army and save face from yesterday's fiasco.

Therefore, he immediately ordered El to carefully select 500 elite soldiers, and lead the horse on foot first. It was not until it was only more than 100 steps away from the Ming army that the Qing army suddenly mounted its horses. Ilshen let out a howl like a jackal, which was considered a signal to attack, and then the five hundred Qing soldiers quickly launched a charge, trying to crush the Ming army in one fell swoop.

Almost at the same time, a red light flashed in the Ming army's array, and then a deafening explosion sounded. Ilshen knew that it must have been the artillery of the Ming army, but he was not afraid, because although the power of the solid bullet was huge, after all, it could only hit a point or a line, and it was very slow. Now that he has led the army to rush to less than 100 steps away from the Ming army, the Ming army can fire this artillery at most, and then it can only fight with himself, which is what the Qing army is good at.

But before he could finish his thoughts, several shells fell from the sky and exploded violently in the Qing army's array!

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