Tang Jun was a little dumbfounded, Bagua Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Ming bandits actually gnawed the "hard bones" first.

Well, that's fine, the Ming bandits ran into Dingjun Village and bled out, and Changhua City was safe and sound.

"Boom~Boom~"

The Dingjunzhai Fort also sounded with a rumbling cannon, and then I saw the orange-red flames rising from the fort, a bright arc crossed the night, and the red ball of fire fell to the foot of the mountain and immediately bounced, spinning at high speed with a piercing whistle, rolling on the ground.

"Good! Our cannons have sounded! Tang Jun was interested, "Huang Shoubei, when the Ming bandits hit their heads and broke their blood, let's suddenly go out of the city and copy their back roads." ”

"The march and the battle must be commanded with unity! The Ming bandit is powerful, don't take it lightly, negligence will lose your head! Huang Zhaoqiu, the North Road Association Division, turned pale.

He glanced at Tang Zhixian with contempt, this county order is a nerd, Dingjun Zhai condescends to look at Changhua City, and the Ming army fights first ~ The fort is an inevitable choice.

At this moment, two bright fireworks rose one after another in Dingjun Village, hitting high.

Huang Zhaoqiu's small eyes narrowed, "Lord Xietai has issued an order, Changhua City must be strictly guarded tonight, and be careful of the surprise attack of the Ming bandits." The east gate and the south gate are your defense areas, and the west gate and north gate are my defense areas. ”

He coldly admonished Tang Zhixian, turned around and walked away.

"How can this be justified, how can this be justified!" Tang Jun's face became very ugly.

"Dong Weng is angry, Dong Weng is angry!" Li Chengshe, the famous master of the criminal law, whispered comfortingly, "It is not uncommon for military generals to cower from moving forward since ancient times. ”

Li Chengshe and Tang Zhixian are fellow villagers, and they both belong to people from Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Tang Zhixian is a person from Fucheng, and Li Chengshe's hometown is in the countryside of Jiaxing.

Although Lin Shenhe was promoted to the general army of Dinghai Town, he always refused to attack Dinghai on the grounds that he was unable to cross the sea in water warfare, and lived in Jiaxing to recuperate. With the assistance of Lin Shenhe, the Ming regime has infiltrated the large and small villages and towns of Jiaxing, and has established rural base areas in the vast countryside of Jiaxing.

In the past few months, Li Chengshe has received letters from thousands of miles away, all of which are about the great Guangzheng of the Ming Dynasty, such as popularizing agricultural science and technology, raising low-interest small loans, helping to make a fortune, and so on, and the family's economic conditions have been greatly improved.

Li Chengshe was secretly surprised that the Ming army had firmly controlled the countryside of Jiaxing!

In addition to Jiaxing, there should be many state capitals secretly controlled by the Ming army, right?!

He and Tang Jun have also communicated privately many times, Tang Jun still has illusions about the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Li Chengshe has long made up his mind that he must not go all the way to the dark!

As soon as the four cast-iron cannons on the Dingjun fort fired, the artillery fire of the Ming army became sparse.

At the head of the city, several Qing soldiers shrank their heads and looked down the mountain for a long time.

A guard clinged to the pheasant's back, "Do you see clearly?" How many bandits are there? ”

The soldier shrank his head, "It's dark around the campfire, and I don't see any people!" ”

In the afternoon, Xia Ruxian, the deputy general of the Qing army, learned that the troops reinforcing Qingpu were all wiped out, and he panicked and led people to board the Dingjun Village.

As the sky gradually darkened, the Qing soldiers had set up cords and brass bells in the woods around Dingjun Village, and had also lit piles of bonfires on the road up the mountain.

Xia Ruxian originally thought that his defense was very tight, and the Ming army was tired for a day, and he had to rest for at least one night before launching an attack the next day.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the second watch was entered, the artillery of the Ming army rang out.

As soon as the Qing artillery fired back, the Ming army's artillery fire was completely silent, leaving only bullets flying overhead.

The Qing army garrison was not at ease, and personally probed to inspect the movement under the mountain, and then ran to report to Xia Ruxian.

TNND！ What kind of fame did the Ming bandits, after a cannon shot, the movement of attacking the mountain was reduced?

Xia Ruxian breathed a sigh of relief, estimating that the Ming bandits were attacking the east and west, and wanted to attack Changhua City by surprise, but they couldn't take it lightly. Thinking of this, he immediately roared, "Change the iron sand, change the iron sand!" Be careful that the bandits came up from the mountains and forests. ”

Several sentry officers immediately instructed their soldiers to adjust the muzzles of their guns downwards and aim at the mountainside jungle.

The charge bag, black sand, and pieces of broken iron were loaded into the barrel, and the torch ignited the fuse.

"Hiss~", a half-foot-long spark flashed in the ignition.

In an instant, there was a loud "boom", thick white smoke and fire spewed out from the muzzle of the cannon, and thousands of projectiles drew a wall of fire in the dense jungle.

Xia Ruxian listened carefully, and only heard a chaotic sound of "crackling" on the mountainside, and he didn't notice any terrible shouts.

He nodded with satisfaction, the Ming bandit is definitely a feint, it must be a sound attack!

"Come on, light another set of pyrotechnic cannons, and let Changhua City take strict precautions."

As soon as the brilliant fireworks and cannons disappeared from the night sky, a burst of gunfire was heard outside the east wall of Dingjun Village, followed by a "boom" explosion.

Xia Ruxian sat on the ground, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" A soldier ran over out of breath, "The Ming bandit climbed up from the back mountain. ”

Climbing up Bagua Mountain from behind were the fighters of the Sixth Battalion.

When night just fell, in the upper reaches of Dadu Creek, Ma Jia led the soldiers of the sixth battalion to wade through the waist-deep river, crossed the Dadu River rapids on foot, and quietly climbed Bagua Mountain from the remote trail in the valley near Dazhuzhuang.

After mountain training, the sixth battalion easily approached the top of Bagua Mountain.

With the rumbling sound of artillery on the Dingjun Village, Zhao Guodong, the commander of the first company, led the assault team to open the way. In the dense forest, the warriors wielded sharp swords to cut through the vine branches that blocked the way, and split a passage to the top of the mountain.

"Quick, be careful!"

In the darkness, warriors quickly passed by Maga. Watching them walk between the steep hills made Maga delighted. "Sweat more in peacetime, shed less blood in wartime" is not false at all!

The battle on the west side of Dingjun Village is in full swing, but the city wall on the east side is silent.

Xia Ruxian didn't expect that the Ming army would climb up from the back mountain, and only a few troops were arranged on this section of the stomping wall in the east. At this time, the battle on the west side of the fort attracted the attention of the Qing soldiers.

Seeing that the assault team was about to approach the city wall, Zhao Guodong, the leader of the commando team, secretly prayed, "Let this silence continue!" ”

Suddenly, a warrior tripped over a cordon cord in the grass.

The copper bells on the rope of "bell bell ~ bell ding" are particularly crisp.

"Who!" , The Qing army at the head of the city suddenly became alert, and then the torches were lit.

"Hit!"

With Zhao Guodong's roar, a row of bullets flew up the city.

Two mortar ~ shells followed and smashed into the city.

"Boom~Boom~"

With two violent explosions, two huge fireballs rose at the head of the city, and countless shrapnel rained out, and the Qing troops at the east head of the Dingjun Zhai were either killed or wounded, and all fell in a pool of blood.

The commandos reacted quickly, and the sneak attack turned directly into a strong attack.

"Up~"

Ma Jia's order, the soldiers did not pause at all, according to the tactics that have been drilled many times, the fire team is responsible for covering, three or five rope ladders are thrown up the city, Zhao Guodong rushed up with the assault team.

Finding that the Ming army had already controlled the eastern city wall, Xia Ruxian hurriedly drove the Green Battalion soldiers to carry out a frantic counterattack, "Hurry up and give me a top!" Kill the past reward of five taels of silver, defend the east city of ten taels of silver, kill a Ming bandit reward of fifty taels of silver! ”

Under the leadership of the garrison, more than 600 Qing troops scattered into many small units, lined up in fan-like formations, and surrounded and attacked the eastern city wall, and the battle scene became extremely fierce.

The Qing army that rushed forward was immediately violently blocked by the Ming army, and the bullets shot like metal raindrops, and dozens of soldiers who rushed in front were either killed or wounded, and fell to the ground. Many of the soldiers were in pain, lying on the ground, howling and struggling.

"Hey! Brothers of the Qing army, lay down your arms! Surrender your guns, the Ming army treats prisoners preferentially! The soldiers of the Ming army shouted loudly while firing their guns.

The garrison's face was covered with blood, and he reported to Xia Ruxian angrily, "My lord, the firepower of the Ming bandits is too fierce, and the brothers can't stand it!" ”

Xia Ruxian slapped the cast iron cannon hard, "It's annoying, if this cannon can turn around, why should the thief be afraid." ”

The garrison looked back at Changhua City in the dark, "My lord, why don't we retreat to the city first, otherwise we ......"

"I can't go back!" Xia Ruxian shook his head in despair, "The Ming army is lying in ambush at the bottom of the mountain. ”

"My lord, we can't sit still!" The garrison carried more than 100 Qing troops, wrapped around Xia Ruxian, and got off the battery.

As soon as the gate of the wall was opened, the wolves of the Qing army were about to run down the mountain.

"Bang bang bang!" Gunshots rang out on both sides of the walled gate, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The Ming army had already surrounded both sides of the city wall, "Brothers of the Qing army, you are surrounded!" Lay down your arms and stop working for the Manchu Tartars! ”

Hearing the thunder of gunfire on the Dingjun Village, shouting and killing, Tang Jun, who was guarding the East City Tower in Changhua, muttered to himself, "It's over, the fort is over!" ”

"If the Dingjun Village is not guaranteed, Changhua City will definitely not be able to defend it!" Li Chengshe, the master of the criminal name, said coldly, "Dong Weng, what do you want?" ”

In the Qing Dynasty, the magistrates had the responsibility to defend the land, from the governor to the prefecture and county, and the loss of the city was not only to be executed, but also to implicate the family members and descendants.

The city was about to be broken, and Tang Jun, under the persuasion of Li Chengshe, opened the east gate and the south gate overnight to welcome the Ming army into the city.

The four battalions of the second regiment of the Yulin Army were blocked outside the west gate and the north gate, and the five battalions rushed into the city from the east gate and the south gate.

The next morning, Shui Wuxian continued to march south with a regiment of the Yulin Army. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions were divided into three columns, left, center, and right, and marched south like three arrows.

"Onward! Forward! Forward!

Our team to the sun!

Stepping on the land of the motherland,

Burdened with the hope of the nation,

We are an invincible force.

……”

The three Ming armies sang loudly and marched in unison in the direction of the Turbid Water Creek.

Taken by the powerful power of the Ming army, Lugang, Beidou, Yunlin and other villages along the way were all replaced with the sun and moon red flags, and the entrance of each village was full of tea and grain, chickens and ducks, pork and other things, and the squire and virtuous placed incense cases, kneeling on the ground to meet the ground, as if the long-awaited Wang Shi had finally come back.

In the afternoon, the troops finally drove to the banks of the Muddy Water Creek.

Turbid Water Creek is the natural dividing line between the north and south of Taiwan Island, with a tropical climate in the south and a subtropical climate in the north of the stream.

In the past few days, it has been raining heavily in the upper reaches of Muddy Water Creek. In the four-kilometer-wide channel of the Muddy Water Creek, the rolling torrent with a large amount of sediment and tree branches is magnificent and turbulent, engulfing everything and killing it quickly and sharply downstream.