Kong Youde can be regarded as experienced in the battlefield for a long time, but when he saw the Chu army digging trenches around Gaizhou City and building forts, he felt suffocated in his chest.

Two trenches and a breast wall, and now a series of high platforms with earth slopes and cannons on the platforms.

Thoughts flashed through Kong Youde's mind, and then they were interrupted by a low horn sound.

He looked ahead, only a few miles away from the city, which was the Chinese army camp of the Chu army. There were red flags fluttering, the sun and moon flags, and the nine-headed bird flags, and he seemed to vaguely see a high watchtower under his banner, which seemed to be standing Liu Jiye. He had never seen Liu Jiye, but he felt that that person was him.

It has been ten days since the siege began.

On the battlefield in western Liaoning, good news was reported frequently. After the Battle of Songshan, Wu Sangui took the initiative to attack the camp of the Qing army, and won the victory of the Great Victory Fort, killing more than 300 enemies, capturing more than 500 prisoners, and capturing the Great Victory Fort. Subsequently, Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou, Ma Ke and other five general troops led their troops to cross the Xiaoling River and launched a large-scale attack on the Qing army on the opposite bank.

In ten days, the five towns successively captured 13 forts, including Liushui Fort, Damao Fort, Xiaolinghe Fort, Kaizhou Fort, Dading Fort, Tuanshan Fort, Dakang Fort, Taiping Fort, Gouhesai, Dajing Fort, Daqing Fort, Zhenyi Fort, and Dalinghe Fort.

The soldiers and horses of the five towns pointed directly to the city of Yizhou.

In the west of the entire Daling River, except for this Yizhou City, the rest of the fortresses have been conquered by the Ming army.

The thirteen castles of the five towns and horses were destroyed, and more than 1,000 enemies were annihilated, and the results were gratifying.

The whole court was cheering for the soldiers and horses of Liaoxi, and Hong Chenghong, Gao Qiqian, Qiu Minyang and other governors also heard the news and led their troops to leave Ningyuan, Xingshan and other places, and the army rushed to Jinzhou and Yizhou.

At this time in Liaodong, Liu Jun led more than 30,000 Ming troops, but surrounded the trenches dug outside Gaizhou City, and there were many forts.

Liu Jun stood on top of the tall building car. The right hand is raised.

The herald behind him reacted immediately.

All eyes froze, followed by the flag-bearers touching their legs at the same time, and there was a loud sound of leather boots. Liu Jun's hand was raised higher and higher, above his head, and then he waved it down.

"Attack!" The flag officer roared vigorously. The sound is like a tiger's roar.

"Attack!" The captain of the military band also gave a loud order.

The gunners of the six field artillery battalions under the Sixth Association all stood in front of their gun emplacements, and the muzzles of each artillery were pointed at Gaizhou City.

The battalion officers of the heavy artillery battalions of the two divisions also shouted, "Prepare for artillery fire!" ”

The guerrilla general, the commander of the heavy artillery under the jurisdiction of the eighth town, also drew his sword and raised it high, "Ready!" ”

In front of the Chinese army, Zhu Chenggong excitedly held the high nine-headed bird flag and strode forward nine steps, and then the nine-headed bird flag leaned forward!

The flag of the deputy general of the 1st Division outside the east gate of Gaizhou was raised high and waved.

Outside the West Gate, the flag of the deputy general of the Third Division was also raised high and waved.

The two divisional deputy generals should be behind the flags. The six flags of the assistant generals were also raised, then the guerrilla flags of each standard, the flags of each battalion and battalion, then the flags of each company, and finally countless team flags were raised in response.

"Report to the commander, the two divisions and six associations of the standard battalion and company, the flag is completed!" The flag officer shouted.

Liu Jun pressed the sword on his waist and looked at Gaizhou City. Nodding slightly.

"Start attacking!"

"Attack!" The flag officer shouted again.

The red and blue flags waved high above the lookout cars, and the drummers of the military band beat the cowhide drums vigorously. The trumpeters blew their horns.

"Put!"

Almost at the same time, on the countless forts behind the earthen walls of the trenches on all sides outside the city of Gaizhou, one cannon after another roared.

When the artillerymen nervously began to operate the artillery to bombard the city wall of Gaizhou, bombarding the city of Gaizhou, and pouring shells to their heart's content, the soldiers of each cavalry battalion were in the rear to watch the battle. The soldiers of the infantry targets stood in the trenches and under the earthen walls, their eyes fixed on the city of Gaizhou.

The sky is shaking, and the earth is shaking.

The sound of artillery shook the sky like thunder, the smoke of gunpowder filled the battlefield, and the muzzles of each artillery spewed fireworks. Shells of various calibers bombarded the city of Gaizhou.

Straight and low with a faint white smoke blasted straight to the city wall, and the smashed Gaizhou city wall shook more than the solid iron ball of the long and short cannons.

With dazzling fireworks, howitzers and cannons were fired in an arc towards the head of the city and inside the city, and shrapnel was fired.

And like a meteorite, it fell from the sky, and with a shadow was a huge mortar shell, especially the twelve-inch mortar of the town's heavy artillery mark, and a boulder of one hundred and twenty catties roared down from the sky.

On the city of Gaizhou, the rebels were in a panicked commotion, and everyone was stunned to see the countless shells whistling in front of them.

Kong Youde's lips trembled.

Ten days ago he had expected this day, and now, the moment has finally arrived.

"I'll fuck your eighteenth generation ancestor, Liu Jiye!" Kong Youde yelled, and then he didn't care about the prestige of Marshal Du, and ran directly to the city.

"Boom!"

A thirty-two-pound solid iron ball blasted from the long cannon on the turret and slammed into the city wall, and the defenders on the wall felt a huge vibration coming from under their feet, and their ears buzzed with the huge cry.

A large piece of the brick cladding on the city wall was smashed down, revealing the yellow rammed earth inside.

Bang!

Another cannonball hit, this time a howitzer, and flew over the defenders of the city wall with a curved cannonball, and then suddenly exploded, and countless shotguns scattered in all directions, putting down the soldiers in one piece.

A huge stone projectile blasted out from the muzzle of a huge mortar, roared past the walls of Gaizhou, and then fell into the city, smashing half of a house with a thud.

As soon as Kong Youde ran away, the women's wall where he was standing was hit by a cannonball, half of the women's wall was shattered, bricks and stones were splashed everywhere, smashing the defenders there to pieces, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

Under the command of the commander of Chu, Liu Jun stood on the lookout car and looked at Gaizhou City, which was bombarded by countless cannons, with a cold gaze.

"The shelling stopped for half an hour, and then the shelling continued. Shelling during the day and rest at night, shelling for two days and one day off! Liu Jun ordered.

"Yes!"

After watching it for a while, Liu Jun got off the lookout car, and there was gunsmoke everywhere, and there was nothing to see.

Entering the camp tent of the Chinese army, Fu Zonglong, Fan Zhiwan and other civil officials and ministers were there. Fu Zonglong listened to the rumbling of the cannon. His face was as red as drunkenness, and his eyes were full of excitement, while Fan Zhiwan's face was a little pale, and the director Wang Kun was even more restless.

Seeing Liu Jun coming in, everyone stepped forward to greet him.

"Chu Gong's artillery fire is really eye-opening, and thousands of cannons are fired in unison. Smash everything. ”

Fan Zhiwan praised that this kind of artillery fire simply subverted his understanding, he never thought that artillery fire could have such great power.

"Junmen, are you going to charge and capture the city after the artillery fire?" Fu Zonglong asked. In his opinion, the walls of Gaizhou City could not withstand such an artillery attack for a long time.

Unexpectedly, Liu Jun just shook his head, "Today, we only bombard, not attack the city." ”

"Don't charge and take the city?"

"Don't take it."

Fu Zonglong was surprised.

Then. Someone outside shouted, "The wall has been blown down, and the eastern wall has collapsed." ”

The person who shouted was Fan Zhiwan's entourage, and after he saw the artillery knocking down a section of the eastern city wall outside, he immediately shouted to tell Fan Zhiwan.

"Duke Chu, the city is broken, quickly give the order to charge and take the city!"

Liu Jun just shook his head, "No hurry." ”

Gaizhou City. The defenders of the city felt like they had fallen into hell, and the cannonballs over their heads whizzed and flew by. No one knows when one will fall to them.

That kind of panic that has nowhere to hide can drive people crazy.

"Dashuai, the east city wall is broken!" A family member was panicked like a lost dog, rushing all the way to Kong Youde's side, and reported loudly.

"Fucking Liu Jiye." Kong Youde scolded angrily, pulled out his knife and shouted. "Geng Zhongming, he is in charge of Dongcheng, let him immediately bring someone to Lao Tzu to plug the breach."

Geng Zhongming had also seen a hole in the city wall at this time, he did not hesitate, and rushed up desperately with a group of men. Begin to plug the hole with wooden bags.

The artillery fire outside the city was still roaring, and Geng Zhongming fought hard for a long time, and finally blocked the gap. It was only at this time that he discovered that after breaking such a big hole and an excellent opportunity to capture the city, the Chu army was indifferent, but kept firing artillery.

Wiping a handful of blood and sweat on his face, Geng Zhongming felt a little unbelievable, "What is his damn Liu Jiye doing, why didn't he attack?" ”

"Lord Zongzhen, maybe Liu Jiye knows our brave name!"

"Maybe." Geng Zhongming said casually, but no one could solve the doubts in his heart.

Kong Youde was also relieved to receive the report that the gap in the eastern city wall was blocked. "How many people died?"

"No one died."

"No dead?" Kong Youde asked suspiciously.

"The Ming army did not send troops to fight for the gap."

Kong Youde nodded unexpectedly.

The bombardment continued, and Fu Zonglong and others outside the city boarded the lookout car and felt great regret when they saw that the gap in the eastern city was blocked little by little.

"Report! Nancheng, the southern city wall has been bombarded by cannons! ”

Fu Zonglong's family came to report.

This time, the opening in Nancheng that was blasted open was even bigger than that in Dongcheng just now.

Fu Zonglong hurriedly looked at Liu Jun, "Junmen, attack." ”

Liu Jun still shook his head, "The time has not yet come." ”

After saying this, Liu Jun ignored the stunned expressions of the governors, the imperial history of the supervising army and the ministers, and said to the herald, "Order the engineer battalion to start digging the third trench!" ”

Fu Zonglong and the others all had inexplicable expressions, at this time, what kind of trench are they digging and what are they digging trenches for.

However, they soon discovered that the men of the engineer battalion had begun to dig a third trench, but instead of digging behind the first two trenches, they had gone to the front, closer to the walls of Gaizhou.

This trench was dug at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces below the wall of Gaizhou, and the cannon roared overhead, and the sappers below did not charge and grab the big opening in the opposite city wall, but waved their shovels and shovels in the open space at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, and began to dig the trench.

At the head of the city, the defenders who were barely supporting themselves were extremely desperate when they saw that the city wall had been blasted open again. At this time, they were all panicked when they saw groups of Ming troops rushing out from behind the chest wall of the trench.

"The Ming army has been killed!"

"Plug the gap!"

Nancheng was Kong Youde's side in charge, and he also found the gap that was several zhang wide, and his face was as white as paper.

"Plug the gap! Fast! ”

Groups of rebels desperately rushed to the gap, one shield after another, and the spears were leveled, ready to fight the gap to the death with the rushing Ming army.

But the spearmen behind waited for a while, but they only heard the rumbling of cannons, and did not see the Ming soldiers killed.

"What about the Ming army, haven't you arrived yet?"

"They, they." The shield hand in front showed his eyes and looked at them in disbelief at a place that was only more than a hundred steps away, and the Ming army was stopping, "They are digging a trench more than a hundred steps away!" ”

"What?"

"They were digging trenches, and they didn't rush over to grab the gaps." And the shield-bearers shouted.

Kong Youde listened to the report with shock, and couldn't believe it, he hurriedly stepped on the fragments of masonry and ran to the gap to look outside, and sure enough, the Ming army was digging a trench.

"Fucking Liu Jiye!" Kong Youde scolded.

"These Ming soldiers are sick, right?" Some of the rebels shouted.

Bang!

A large iron ball slammed straight into the wall next to the gap, and the rebels on the gap screamed in unison.

"Plug the gap, quick!" Kong Youde was also startled and hurriedly drank the order. He hadn't figured out what the Chu army was going to do for the time being, but he didn't care about them for the time being, and plugged the gap first.

Until they plugged the gap, the Ming army was also concentrating on digging trenches, and they didn't plan to come over to fight for the gap.

After half an hour of shelling, the shelling outside the city stopped.

Kong Youde climbed to the top of the city and found that although the artillery had stopped, the Chu army was still digging trenches.

"What the fuck do you mean?" The second monk Kong Youde was puzzled.

Fu Zonglong and the others also couldn't figure out Liu Jun's intentions, but Liu Jun had no intention of explaining, so they could only guess by themselves.

As soon as half an hour arrived, the Chu army's forts roared again.

This time, in the half-hour bombardment, seven or eight gaps of size were blasted on the four walls of Gaizhou one after another, but Liu Jun still did not have the slightest accident to attack, and watched the rebels in the city desperately repair and block the gaps one after another.

Then, after half an hour's rest, the shelling continued, this time with more openings in the battered walls, and even two places that had been blasted open and plugged up before.

The Chu army was still only bombarding the city wall and the city on the one hand, and only digging a trench outside the city on the other, and the rebels in the city were extremely nervous on the one hand, guarding against the cannonballs on their heads, and staring at the brittle city wall on the other. As soon as I saw the collapse, I immediately rushed to repair it. When they got to the back, they were already a little used to it, and when the city wall collapsed, they didn't rush up to block it at the first time, but waited for the collapsed place to stabilize, and then went up to repair it.

Kong Youde has been staring at the Chu army outside the city.

Throughout the day, the Chu army bombarded once every half an hour, and stopped for half an hour, and the gaps in the city wall became more and more, but the Ming army just didn't attack. They concentrated on the bombardment, as well as the digging of trenches.

Looking at the third trench that was gradually taking shape, as well as the second breast wall that had already begun to be built, and the prototype of the newly built fort behind it, Kong Youde suddenly came to his senses, and couldn't help scolding, "Liu Jiye, the damn grass, is he going to dig the trench under my city wall and build the fort to Gaizhou City, grass!" ”

In the camp of the Ming army outside the city, Liu Jun was explaining to Fu Zonglong, Fan Zhiwan and others with a smile at this time, "That's right, I just want to use trenches and breastwork walls and forts to advance layer by layer, and finally cut the throats of the 50,000 rebels in Gaizhou City!" ”

With the guns and artillery and the trench fortifications, Liu Jun wanted to let Kong Youde and other rebels die in despair, advance layer by layer, and finally annihilate all the rebels, and always attack with fortifications, which will not give Kong Youde the slightest chance to break through and escape, nor will it give them the opportunity to fight back and break the net.

Cannons, firecrackers, plus trenches and earthen walls, Kong Youde wants to defend, the city wall can't stop the cannons, want to fight, there are trenches and chest walls and firecrackers blockade, they will die here with grievances. (To be continued.) )

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