Duoduo was convening the generals in the tent, and the huge losses of the Qing army today made Duoduo feel that this battle was really impossible to fight.

"Tell me all about how this battle will continue?" Duoduo asked with a calm face as he looked at the two rows of generals standing under the tent.

"If you want me to say, we shouldn't divide the troops, if the Yangzhou and Tianchang Yangzhou army come to save Xuyi, they can be defeated in the field, now it seems that this Xuyi City is afraid of being unable to fall in a short time, it is better to let the Tianchang soldiers and horses retreat."

Bolobel had long been dissatisfied with Kong Youde, and now seeing that the war was unfavorable, he wanted to take the opportunity to fall into the ground.

"The last general thinks that Baylor's words are inappropriate, even after the division of troops in the Qing Dynasty, the men and horses of the two sides are far superior to the Yangzhou army, if the Yangzhou army wants to come to the rescue of Xuyi, the 70,000 troops led by General Turai are enough to defeat them."

Li Benshen, the former chief soldier of Gao Jie's subordinates and the current commander of the Qing army, came out of the column to fight for Kong Youde and said.

For a time, the Qing generals Ashan, Tunqi, Hezhen and others came out one after another to accuse Kong Youde of not suggesting that Prince Yu divide his troops, and the generals of the Han army also came out to help Kong Youde speak.

While they were arguing, the soldiers from outside came in and reported that Turai had sent someone back.

Duoduo hurriedly called people in, and when the messenger sent by Tulai explained in detail what happened to the army of Duturai in Tianchang, Duoduo and the generals all looked at each other and did not quarrel anymore.

Kong Youde hurriedly grabbed the messenger and asked if the red-clothed cannon was damaged, and when he heard the messenger say no, Kong Youde finally walked out of the queue of Han generals and stepped forward to salute Duoduo.

"Qiyu Wangye, I think that this red-clothed cannon is useless in Tianchang, if you transfer it back to Xuyi, as long as General Tulai blocks the Yangzhou army in Tianchang, then our army will be able to break Xuyi, if the Yangzhou army desperately comes to the rescue, it can be annihilated in one fell swoop."

Hearing Kong Youde's words, Duoduo pondered for a long time before he spoke: "If you bring back the red-clothed cannon, you will send elite cavalry to escort you all the way, and you must prevent the Yangzhou army from attacking halfway." ”

After deliberating for a long time, it was decided that Gushan Ezhen Ahsan would lead 1,000 white-armored soldiers and 4,000 Mongolian cavalry to meet him, and set off for Tianchang at dawn tomorrow.

Luo Jian only received a briefing on Xuyi's situation in the evening.

The Qing soldiers had already trapped Xuyi on all sides, and the scouts could only observe with binoculars from a distance, took a rough look, and reported to Luo Jian that Xuyi City was fine today, and heard the sound of shelling from both sides, and later heard the continuous explosion of grenades and the sound of rifle fire.

Later, the sound of artillery firing was less, and most of them seemed to come from the city, and the sound of artillery in the direction of the Qing soldiers was rarely heard.

"Qing artillery destroyed again?" Luo Jian asked in surprise.

The scout said that he could not be sure, and could only judge by listening to the voice.

"Without the red-coated cannon, it is impossible for the Qing soldiers to capture Xuyi without ten days and half a month." Huang Degong said that he judged it based on the situation of Xuyi's guards reported by the staff officer.

"Then do the Qing soldiers still have red-coated cannons? Didn't the intelligence say that Beijing sent a lot of red-coated artillery to the Qing soldiers? Li Chengdong is still a little worried.

"This possibility is not ruled out, the Qing soldiers may not have put all the red-coated cannons on the shelves at one time, in addition, we must pay attention to the Qing soldiers in front of us, they still have dozens of red-coated cannons, we have to pay attention to them transporting the cannons back." Luo Jian calmly analyzed.

"Inform the scouts to monitor the movements of the Qing army camp overnight, and they can't relax at all." Huang Degong turned to the combat staff officer and said.

"If you don't repel the Qing army in front of you, if you make a detour to Xuyi, the artillery can't go, and you can't save Xuyi." Li Chengdong said.

Although the artillery of the Yangzhou army does not have high requirements for the road, its weight is still thousands of catties, and there are still certain requirements for the road, and the artillery on the march does not have the ability to fight, once the cavalry of the Qing army intercepts it, it is also extremely dangerous.

"It's just that this Qing soldier is shrinking in the camp, it's not easy to do! By the way, Governor, can our artillery directly bombard the wall? Li Chengdong then asked.

"Yes." Yan Yingyuan said beside him, although his level is not high now, as an independent branch of the army, he is also qualified to participate in this kind of military meeting.

"Grandma's, tomorrow you will directly bombard their wall, you have to knock them down!" As soon as Li Chengdong heard that he could shoot directly, his spirit suddenly came.

"There are still too many Qing soldiers, our rifles are out of bullets, and the grenades are running out, so it's still difficult to repel them!" Liu Dingjun, commander of the Fourth Division, said.

Luo Jian nodded, turned to the staff officer beside him and asked, "How much Huoo medicine does Xuyi have in reserve?" ”

"Report to the Metropolitan Governor, before the war, the Huo Pharmaceutical Factory worked overtime to produce, and now there are 3,000 catties of Huo medicine in Xuyi City, which was prepared according to the instructions of Captain Wang Qiangwang, who said that it would be used to make fried yao bags, and Guazhou also specially made dozens of small catapults for them."

The staff officer's report was very detailed, and Luo Jian felt a lot more relieved when he heard it.

Early the next morning, the artillery of the Yangzhou army continued to pull out the camp and hit the Qing army camp in the east and west, and Tulai really couldn't bear it anymore, although this cannon could not kill a few people, but the whole camp was panicked, and the morale of the army was about to collapse.

Under the persuasion of a group of generals, Turai finally suppressed his temperament, and everyone was really afraid of the Yangzhou army's fire guns and earth-shattering thunder, and took the initiative to attack the Yangzhou army camp that had set up camp, and they all felt that it was no different from sending them to death.

When it was almost time to eat lunch, Gushan Ezhen Ahan led the cavalry of the Qing army to arrive.

Ahsan did not bring good news, and when Turai heard that his red-coated cannon was going to be transferred, his heart was half cold.

This red-coated cannon is placed in the battalion, although it can't hit the Yangzhou army now, but once the Yangzhou army attacks, the defense can always be used.

But Prince Yu's order still had to be carried out, and the auxiliaries hurriedly packed up the red-coated cannons, fortunately, the Yangzhou artillery fought early, and only a few red-coated cannons were unloaded, and most of them were still on the rack car, and it took nearly an hour for these guns to be tied up on the rack car.

The arrival of the Qing cavalry had already been clearly seen by Luo Jian and others, but these cavalry were on the other side of the Qing barracks, and the artillery range could not reach them.

Xuyi Liu Zhaoji and they did destroy Duoduo's red-clothed cannon, otherwise they would not have transported the cannons here back.

Li Chengdong wanted to take the cavalry to take a detour to intercept him, but Luo Jian resolutely disagreed.

The duel between the Yangzhou army and the Qing army's white-armored cavalry outside Fengyang made Luo Jian see the huge gap between the cavalry and the Qing army, and the Qing cavalry that came this time was afraid that there were four or five thousand cavalry, and the Yangzhou army's cavalry was not enough to become an appetizer for the Qing cavalry.

When the cavalry escorted the red-coated cannons away, the Qing army camp became even more lively, and there was dust everywhere, obviously digging fortifications and the like.

The Qing soldiers transported away the red-coated cannons, Luo Jian and the generals of the Yangzhou army suddenly became anxious, yesterday Liu Zhaoji and they destroyed Duoduo's red-coated cannons, they must have taken advantage of their unpreparedness and used rifles and grenades to succeed in one blow.

But Luo Jian carefully calculated their grenades and rifle bullets, and knew that they had little left, and besides, with the guarded Qing soldiers, they couldn't let the red-coated cannon be destroyed twice.

had the intention to let Liu Zhaoji and them break out, but now Xuyi has been surrounded by Duoduo, and even the news can't be sent in.

Luo Jian discussed with everyone, for the sake of today's plan, he could only repel the Qing soldiers in front of him regardless of sacrifice before he could relieve the siege of Xuyi.

Knowing that it would take time for the red-clothed cannon to be transported back, Luo Jian was not in a hurry to launch an attack today, and he had to make all preparations.

The remaining thousands of catties of gunpowder were all made into explosive bags, and Yan Yingyuan also repeatedly inspected and maintained the artillery, preparing to use artillery fire to assault with all his might tomorrow.

Luo Jian summoned more than 100 Mini gunners and conducted an afternoon of assault training for them, asking them to take advantage of the long range of Mini guns and focus on shooting Qing generals tomorrow.

For the nearly 3,000 cavalry of the Qing army in front of them, the long-range ones could only rely on artillery fire to intercept and kill, and when they were close, they used small trebuchets to bomb the yaobao, and there was no better way to deal with it.

Luo Jian also called Zhao Quan over to confess, and the remaining hundreds of bullets were all fired in a single shot, and it was strictly forbidden to use bursts, so that every bullet must play a role.

Generals and cultural instructors at all levels have gone deep into the army to carry out pre-war mobilization, and they have made it clear to everyone that this is a crucial battle related to the life and death of Yangzhou, and everyone must strive to be the first, and we must not be afraid of the enemy.

The afternoon passed quickly in a tense preparation.

As night fell, Xuyi City was unusually calm at this time.

Liu Zhaoji is also convening a meeting of his subordinates to study and deploy tomorrow's defense of the city.

Everyone was a little puzzled that the Qing soldiers were only tentative in attack this afternoon, why didn't the Qing soldiers go all at once, and what were they waiting for?

Liu Zhaoji had searched the Qing army camp with a telescope, but found no trace of other red-coated cannons.

"And why are they procrastinating?" Ma Yingkui scratched his head and asked.

"Regardless of what they do, we'll just defend according to the original plan." Zhuang Zigu, the second head of the regiment, said.

"Didn't the Qing soldiers divide their troops and go to the sky? Did they bring a cannon in red? The words of Xu Jin, the head of the third regiment, made Liu Zhaoji alert.

"Well, it's very likely that the red-coated cannon will be called back from Tianchang, but it's just that we can't go out of the city to destroy the cannon again, everyone think about what to do?" Liu Zhaoji said.

"If the Qing soldiers still have red-coated cannons to attack the city, I think we must know which direction they are coming from, and the city walls in that direction can be targeted and reinforced, after all, it takes a long time for the Qing soldiers' artillery to set up positions." Wang Qiang also made suggestions.

"That's right, for example, if you put bricks and stones behind the city wall and reinforce it with wooden sticks, it will be difficult for the red-coated cannon to easily blast the city wall." Ma Yingkui also added.

"But where do you get such masonry in this city?" Xu Jin asked.

"Then demolish the houses, anyway, the people have already evacuated, and they will be compensated after the war." Liu Zhaoji made a decision.

"The nearly 3,000 people who rescued and entered the city yesterday are all strong people, and they should also be mobilized." Zhuang Zigu continued.

Everyone, you said a word, I said a word, and the matter was quickly settled.

The weather was still good the next day, and when the first rays of sunlight appeared on the horizon, the Yangzhou army outside the Great Wall of Heaven was ready to attack.

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