When night fell, the shouting and killing on the battlefield gradually stopped, Dengzhou Town attacked the flanks twice in a row, so that the two wings of the Houjin soldiers were once lost, and the two yellow flags that had been lively had to be sent to contain them, and they also suffered from the blows of artillery.

Behind the Houjin earthen wall, the fire was blazing, and thousands of Baoyi figures were busy behind the shield car wall, digging a trench to grab the cannons, and raising the earthen wall, and the Houjin Yu Ding, who oversaw the work, was killed at every turn, and the body of the Baoyi fell down, and then they were beheaded by the Yu Ding, and their heads were picked up on a high wooden pole to show the public, forcing these tired Baoyi people not to stop.

The first line of the Ming army was condescending, and from time to time it fired with Furlong machines and muskets, attacking those Houjin soldiers who were accidentally exposed. The Hongyi cannons on Xiguan Mountain fired intermittently, and their forehead range base covered the range from Xiguan Mountain to Lushun Nancheng, and since the beginning of the war, these iron cannons each fired nearly 200 shells, reaching 30% of their service life.

Most of the Dengzhou troops inside the earthen wall were resting on the spot, with an endless stream of auxiliaries transporting supplies, and a small number of small groups operating outside the earthen wall to guard against night attacks by Houjin soldiers.

Chen Xin and Liu Pojun were still on the north wall, and the foundation of the earthen wall in front of Jiannu was formed, their tyrannical oppression produced high efficiency, the earthen wall was constantly increasing, and their earthen wall was not completely closed, leaving many gaps to facilitate the army's attack.

"My lord, it looks like they want to increase to a higher level than our earthen city."

Chen Xin said lightly: "But they are not as high as the platform, as long as the platform is complete, they will not be able to obtain geographical advantages." ”

Liu Pojun also said: "The surrounding high points are in our hands, and the threat of Xiguan Mountain is always there, no matter how they build an earthen wall, they can't block the shelling of Xiguan Mountain." The soldiers stationed at the earthen wall were all under threat, and their subordinates had already dispatched three six-pounder Hongyi cannons to strengthen Xiguanshan. ”

"Well done, Xiguanshan doesn't have to stress the intensity, keep the continuous blows and make them nervous. The official council continued to ask the military department for six-pounder guns, and the batch of nearly 100 Xiaohongyi guns in Guangdong and Fujian should be able to transfer a lot. ”

Liu Pojun agreed, and he was silent for a while Chen Xin said: "My subordinates want to invite my lord to ...... the overall situation of the Shuicheng General System."

"You're intimidated by Kennu's determination?"

"No, the subordinates are not afraid of building slaves. is not afraid of death, his subordinates are from Liaodong, Liaodong fell in the year of the Apocalypse, and his subordinates were exiled in Dengzhou, and were arrested by Yang Guodong as laborers. Later, it was the adult who saved the villain's life, and the villain can lead tens of thousands of troops to surround the last piece of land in Liaodong today, and there is no regret in death. ”

Liu Pojun was about to kneel down after speaking, but Chen Xin supported him. "There is no kneeling in the army, I know that you are worried that the casualties of our army will increase if you build a high wall of earth, but I firmly believe that they will not be able to defeat Lushun. Because they are different from the army of Jiannu, they are fighting for themselves, just like you. ”

Liu Pojun lowered his head and was silent, Chen Xin knew what he was worried about. In fact, he himself had some concerns in his heart, and Houjin used the earthen wall against the earthen wall. Fully exploiting the advantages of manpower, Dengzhou Town could not compete with them with whose earthen walls were higher.

"Break the army, you remember, no matter how high their earthen walls are, if the Jiannu want to fight after all, then they can't avoid the trenches, you should have confidence in the defense line you personally supervised, you must now stabilize your mentality and improve the defense, instead of worrying about my safety. More important than tactics is will, will be the courage of the army, you have been doing the position of praise before, to become a real general, a firm will is more important than a flash of inspiration, you are the only worse than Zhu Guobin and Zheng Sanhu, that is. ”

Liu Pojun bowed down and said, "My subordinates are taught." ”

"What else is there for the night?"

"Combat engineer company assault the middle."

"How to cover with fire?"

"The four prototypes of the Fei Biao Gong (see the relevant works) belong to the direct jurisdiction of the combat engineer company, and the subordinates are ready to concentrate in one place, and the yellow flag is inlaid in the middle of the assault."

Chen Xin turned his head to look at Liu Pojun, "Be more detailed." ”

"Attacking at the end of noon, artillery bombardment and feints on all fronts to contain Jiannu, a combat engineer company of 350 men, with three detachments, 100 auxiliaries, a total of 450 men, ready to throw 600 porcelain thistles and 100 small earth-shaking thunderbolts. Fight fast and go quickly, and the 1st Division of the Guards Battalion is responsible for answering. ”

"Modify a little, add three detachments, and if the surprise attack of the combat engineer company is good, expand the range of attack, be sure to inflict heavy damage on the enemy's center, especially try to destroy those small bronze cannons. The system of the Eight Banners of Jiannu has its own belonging, and the soldiers are generals, and if they want to fight, they will have to fight a lot, and the rest will naturally be frightened, and their momentum will be taken away, and it will be difficult to defeat my Dengzhou Town no matter what the law. ”……

When the battle calmed down a little, Chen Xin returned to his station under the north wall, and Dai Zhenggang, Zhu Guobin, and Zheng Sanhu all came to report on time, summed up today's battle situation, and arranged the main actions for the night and tomorrow.

The results of the first day made him satisfied, Houjin probably paid the price of more than 2,000 coats, Houjin's healing ability, those wounded could not be saved, these manpower is also extremely important to Houjin, in addition to this most important loss, there are probably hundreds of Mongols and more than 400 real Manchuria, Dengzhou's firepower advantage is very obvious.

Dengzhou casualties more than 300 people, only 100 killed, the exchange ratio reached 10 to 1, Huang Taiji did not hold out for long, after the Jin soldiers earth wall was formed, there will be a confrontation period, the focus of the battle will be converted to a trench tug-of-war, from the entire southern Liaoning battlefield, there is also a line of communication to break the war.

Chen Xin had already prepared for the landing of sand boats between Fuzhou and Jinzhou, consisting of a mountain infantry test company and a special service team, which would operate in the vast area between Gaizhou and Jinzhou. These hundreds of people will contain the thousands of troops of the Houjin soldiers, which will make Huang Taiji overstretched.

Liu Pojun deployed the night raid in the role of the director of the Military Orders Department, Chen Xin actually hoped to increase the post of chief of staff in each battalion, and the fifth battalion had already tried. Liu Pojun used to be his adjutant, his learning ability was much stronger than those veterans, and there was no problem with loyalty, and he was the object of Chen Xin's key training.

After Liu Pojun finished arranging, Chen Xin advised: "The Houjin soldiers built the earthen wall in order to get cover and gather troops nearby. In the future, battles will break out at any time, and there will be danger at any time of the day, so we must allocate the rotation of the soldiers, give full play to the advantages of defense to recuperate, and you yourself should also pay attention to using the time to rest, and the general who will not rest is not a good general. ”……

After a while, the Houjin Front still did not stop, the coaters were still busy, and torches flew out of the earthen wall from time to time. Fall far away in the pothole area to observe whether there is a night attack by the Ming army. The Dengzhou Front was silent, with the occasional gunshot ringing out, and the Jin soldiers disappeared after a counterattack.

Chen Xingen did not fall asleep, although he was also very tired. But I was always thinking about whether there was anything missing, how to complain to the imperial court, how to get Qingzhou in my hands, how to develop the base in Henan, how to deal with the loss of Jinzhou, how to protect Zhu Guobin, and how to expand the land of Dengzhou......

What he has to deal with is far more than the immediate Houjin. But Hou Jin is undoubtedly the most important, although Chen Xin told Liu Pojun to be firm, but he himself is a little worried, if Hou Jin is really desperate. It's not like they don't have a chance.

"When the thousand headquarters of the first battalion arrives tomorrow, the defense will be more solid." Chen Xin thought silently.

At this time, the sea dog outside the tent was whispering, "My lord! ”

Chen Xin lay down and replied, "Is it time for the night attack?" ”

"Yes, do you want to go to the city to supervise the battle?"

Chen Xin immediately sat up. Tired and gone, he was sleeping in kimono. He grabbed his hat and bundled the belt to the tent door, then took the dagger and the short gun from the wooden rack at the door, inserted it into the corresponding position of the belt, and went out.

The sea dog looked at Chen Xin's appearance and said busily: "My lord, the armor is not worn yet." ”

Chen Xin led the way to the city, "What kind of armor to wear, Lao Tzu is at the head of Lushun City, Jiannu's bows and muskets can't be shot, and the artillery can't stop it, that's all." ”

The fur dog scratched his head, figured it out, and followed him up to the wall.

It was cloudy at night, the stars and the moon were not shining, and there were no lanterns on the city wall, and with the help of the fires from other places, Chen Xin finally found the location of Liu Pojun, where the drummers of the Chinese army gathered, as well as two cannons and two wooden sets for setting off fireworks.

Chen Xin went to Liu Pojun's side and asked, "Are the attacking troops in place?" ”

"Not yet, the vanguard sappers are dismantling the mine igniters." Liu Pojun pointed to the location.

Chen Xin looked through the telescope and couldn't see anything in the dark.

"At the beginning of the hour, there were advance sappers who set out, all of them were soldiers who had planted mines and artillery in this offensive area at that time, and they wanted to remove those flintlock machines, and they had just reported that they had already taken them, and now there was still a quarter of an hour before the departure."

Chen Xin nodded, "Where is the assembly location?" ”

"It's inside the north gate, on the west side."

Chen Xin looked from the inside of the city tower and went to the assembly point on the west side, where it was originally the barracks of the 10000 headquarters of the 4th Battalion of Infantry, and the open space in front of the barracks was now full of people, and they were forming a team. Most of these combat sappers are miners from Dengzhou, most of them are strong, miners are a unique group in this era, quite similar to slender men, have a certain degree of organization, and have been in a difficult working environment for a long time, their will is generally very strong, it is one of the best sources of soldiers.

Through the light at the door of the barracks, Chen Xin could see the horn guns hanging on their chests, this kind of stubby fire can fire eight lead bullets at a time, shooting from the radial muzzle, the effective killing distance is only fifteen steps, the most suitable for night battles and street battles, and it is also a sharp weapon when landing in the city.

Their outfit reminded Chen Xin of the broadsword team of the Anti-Japanese War, and after the instructor gave them a brief mobilization, the soldiers shouted in a low voice, and then the officer led the team from the city gate.

Chen Xinmu sent them out of the city, and the blurred figure gradually disappeared into the darkness......

At the end of the hour, two red fireworks rose from the north wall of Lushun, and the quiet defense line of the Lushun earthen wall was like a volcanic eruption, and all the artillery and Francophone began to bombard at the same time, as brilliant as festive fireworks. Crackling musket shots rang out all along the Lushun line, and fires shone everywhere.

Behind the Lushun earthen walls on both flanks of the attack position, four large flames burst out from the ground diagonally upward, emitting a roar like the sky and the earth cracking, which was the Feibiao gun directly under the combat engineer company, the original mortar cannon, which was imitated by the workshop according to Chen Xin's "Records of Soldiers-Western Fire Attack Artifact", with an empty diameter of up to two feet and a cannon body of about eight feet. Shoot polished large stone projectiles, the cannon body is half buried in the soil, this kind of iron cannon wall is thick and difficult to cast, Dengzhou Town is a total of these few, it is a siege weapon, the disadvantage is that the rate of fire is low, the accuracy is also low, the rough polished stone projectile flies very irregularly, Liu Pojun is worried that they will fly to the head of the commando. They did not dare to use it for direct support, but fired at the flanks of the attack position, disrupting the enemy forces on both flanks and leaving them with no time for reinforcements.

The Houjin troops everywhere were panicking, and the sudden roar made it impossible for them to judge Dengzhou Town's intentions. The darkness made them even more uncomfortable.

Thirty steps away from the Houjin earthen wall, a group of figures jumped up, and a string of torches lit up behind him, Chen Xin saw from the telescope that the combat sappers were rapidly advancing rapidly, and a group of Houjin archers appeared on the earthen wall, Houjin's earthen wall was not yet perfect, and they could not use their strength to shoot arrows on the slope. It was only possible to venture to the top of the slope, and the detachment covering in the rear fired a volley of guns, knocking out most of the first archers.

The sappers with short torches took advantage of this round of musket cover and rushed to the earthen walls of Houjin. The porcelain tribulus terrestris in his hand was lit, and rows of primitive grenades were thrown into the earthen wall, and there was a scream inside, and in an instant, the fire behind the earthen wall was continuous. The hedgehog-like tribulus terrestris split into large and small magnetic sheets, sweeping across the back of the earthen wall.

There were three gaps in the attack position of the Ming army. The sappers threw a dense magnetic tribulus terrestris there, and then a batch of torches, taking advantage of the chaos after the explosion from the passage to rush in, the explosion of the horn gun sounded again and again, and the sappers behind followed all the way in, and put porcelain tribulus terrestris into the dense place of the gold soldiers, and then the detachment, the position of the yellow flag in the middle of the road was a scuffle, the horn gun showed its might in this close-range night battle, the rapid blow caused the collapse of the gold soldiers and the coat behind the earthen wall, the sapper quickly rushed along the earthen wall to the wings, and the horn gun waved a broadsword after firing, Fighting with the resisting Jiannu, the detachment advanced to the depth behind the earthen wall, attacking the Wuzhen Chaoha stationed there, they attacked bravely, did not load ammunition after shooting, and directly hit Wuzhen Chaoha with bayonets, these slave soldiers were vulnerable in the night battle, they were caught off guard and could not even light the fire rope, they were scattered in a short time, and trampled on each other in the dark night and suffered countless casualties.

Chen Xin looked at the flickering firelight in Lushun City, and listened to the screams of the Houjin soldiers in his ears, his spirit actually relaxed, and the sound of guns and cannons was so pleasant, and the war seemed to be a kind of enjoyment at this moment......

The night attack lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the Houjin soldiers finally made the direction clear, mobilized the men and horses to counterattack in the middle, and the combat engineer Lian Shun destroyed two cottage field guns, and without waiting for the Houjin counterattack to arrive, he withdrew from the earthen wall with the detachment, and in a hurry, he also cut off nearly 100 heads, and took away all the wounded of his own side that could be found.

This attack was like a storm, making full use of the shortcomings of the imperfect defense of the Houjin army's earthen wall, and dealt a fatal blow to Abatai's men and horses with yellow flags, and the Houjin soldiers stationed in the Houjin were disturbed all night, and their spirits were highly stressed, and they did not launch an effective offensive on the second day.

After Chen Xin watched the attack, the inexplicable pressure suddenly disappeared, and Liu Pojun suddenly felt extremely confident, as if even Dengzhou Town himself had just recognized his combat strength. Chen Xin inspected the wounded soldiers overnight, and was excited until dawn, and then calmly met with the combat sappers and detachments of the night attack last night. A night raid may have killed and injured only a few hundred people, but the spiritual inspiration far outweighed the killings.

Chen Xin tossed for half a morning before returning to the tent to rest, fell asleep on the bed, and when Chen Xin was woken up by the adjutant, the first battalion commander transferred from Dengzhou had already arrived, and Huang Side and Nie Hong came with the team. He got up with red eyes and called Huang Side first to arrange the propaganda of the Battle of Lushun.

Huang Side made a fool's way as usual, and then handed over a book, "My lord, this is the propaganda plan of the Lushun Battle of the Discipline Department and the Propaganda Bureau, which is already being implemented. ”

Chen Xin took it tiredly, "Side, you can talk about it briefly." ”

"This propaganda, in the internal use of storytelling, performance teams, propaganda officers to agitate, supplemented by the military newspaper, the military newspaper is the main, the military newspaper has added a lot of romance novels serialized, quite popular everywhere, subordinates in Denglai everywhere free delivery, everywhere in the port is also, the port is very much merchant, those sailors are illiterate, but they can be taken away for free, take everywhere but can be sold to make money, so spread very widely, will be able to spread my Dengzhou Town's achievements in resisting the construction of slaves throughout the Ming Dynasty, inspiring the hearts of the people of the world, and establishing the invincible image of my Dengzhou Town."

"Very well done, this is another front, there will be no loss of printing costs, how are the places in Dengzhou now?"

"The crowd was so excited that the students of the vocational school asked to join the army to serve in Lushun, even those in the Tunpu literacy class. Only ...... Only Naden University Hall, there are various other voices. ”

"Oh, what's the sound?"

"Some people say that the weapon is also to contribute to the army, not everyone can go to war, there must be someone to make armaments, which is also a bit reasonable, and some people say that martial artists should fight, and there is no other use for this."

Chen Xin shook his head, "Which faction?" ”

"Faculty of Science."

"What Chen Tingdong said?"

"No, Chen Tingdong still fought with those people, and he said that those people were scum."

Chen Xin nodded, "So among the people who study science, not everyone is confused, the same book, can learn a hundred kinds of people, in addition to the body of the book, how to interpret those ambiguous words, is the root." ”

"The subordinates feel that those people should be expelled from the university hall."

"No need, it doesn't hurt to have a little different voices, as long as they don't go out on the street to pick up the people, and the impact of making trouble in the school is even less, the students in there have knowledge and their ability to discern far exceeds that of the people."

Huang Side took out a military newspaper, "My lord, this is the latest issue of the military newspaper, the content is not yet complete, the subordinates came this time to collect some heroic deeds, and in addition, there is still a lack of a headline." ”

At this time, the military song outside sounded, and Chen Xin suddenly said: "I'll write it." ”

Huang Side was overjoyed, and Chen Xin rarely wrote on his own, because he was really average.

Chen Xin held the pen, and his eyes flashed a simple face that was once familiar and unfamiliar, probably the soldiers he saw every time he inspected the barracks after the war, Chen Xin didn't remember their names, when he saw them, many of them were dying, and they still retained some of the most simple wishes in their hearts. "Lord Chen will definitely recover Liaodong." It was Yuan Gusheng who said it.

A little smile suddenly appeared on Chen Xin's face, at this moment, he should just be a soldier, not a politician, the knot in his heart seemed to be untied, and he wrote quickly with a brush.

"The land, the land left by our ancestors in my generation, the land of the people. Liaodong fell for ten years, and the people were the slaves and maids of Jiannu, and they were slaughtered like pigs and dogs, and they were miserable. Jiannu still covets outside the fence, with the heart of the wolf looking south to Shenzhou, so far there is only a piece of land in Lushun in Liaodong, so although the slave chieftain is 100,000 people, the new dare not say goodbye. I Dengzhou Town, with a dignified and mighty army, guarding the land of my ancestors, protecting the people of my compatriots, this world is brilliant and righteous, how dare I spare my life. When the mountains and rivers are shattered, the family and the country are in danger, if the soldiers of our generation do not sacrifice for it, who will sacrifice for it......"