I wanted to drag Sichuan's economy across and use a protracted war to deal with Lu Haoshan, but I didn't expect to become an opponent instead, and unconsciously lay down "nails" on my own territory, and the more it dragged on, the more passive it became, and Rao is Fan Cheng couldn't sit still.

Dolgon understood what Fan Cheng meant, under firearms, the importance of traditional passes is constantly weakening, the more rapid the development of firearms, the lighter the weight of traditional passes, in this regard, the Manchu Qing has fallen far behind Sichuan, because now the most advanced firearms in their hands are all purchased from Sichuan, delaying for a long time is not beneficial, the logistics line can not be destroyed, the killing of Sichuan order has little effect, provoked the rebellion in Tibet and was bloodily suppressed, even in military operations, it is constantly at a disadvantage, morale has been low.

In the past, the Manchu Iron Cavalry roamed the world, and the Eight Banners were proud and confident and not afraid of death, in one sentence: Even if you defeat me temporarily, but sooner or later you will be trampled under my feet, and no one dares to recognize the first momentum, but now it has changed, and many Manchu Eight Banners are afraid when they hear the Tiger in Shu.

Although it occupies a lot of resources, but most of the troops are pressed in Shaanxi, then the control of other places is insufficient, and there are more and more opposing voices in the land where the original control is insufficient, in addition, the effect of killing the Qing order is still fermenting, some of the wealthy families in Shu in addition to sending headhunters, but also secretly ∑ ↖ sent people to the Central Plains to buy the head of the Manchu Eight Banners, only in June, there were more than ten attacks and killings in Laowo Jianzhou, the worst one of the Han Eight Banners of the Niu Lu mutiny, After killing all the people of a village, he fled by boat with the leader.

Now that I think about it, I really can't afford to drag it out, and if it drags on, it is a big unknown whether my rear will launch turmoil, and the continued low morale is not conducive to the needs of the war.

What Fan Cheng thought of, Dolgon naturally thought. Wen Yan was silent for a moment, and soon said loudly: "Okay, it's time for them to see how powerful my Manchu warriors are." ”

Dolgon had hesitated between fighting or not fighting, wanting to end this battle earlier, but he felt that his preparation was not enough, and he was always undecided, but now that he had no choice, it was better to have a decisive battle and untie the knot. Dolgon's mood was much better.

"Fight is war, I have long wanted to teach these Sichuan dogs a lesson." Azig said with a nonchalant expression.

Dolgon stood up and said, "Okay, now that the people are not together, let's go back to Hanzhong and discuss it carefully." After that, he turned his head to Shang Kexi and said: "General Shang, although I didn't get Hao Feng's head this time, I annihilated the scout team and discovered the secret of the Sichuan army's watchtower, and the merit outweighed the demerit. Remember a great merit once, the whole army will be awarded 100,000 taels of silver, and there will be wine and meat as a reward, well. This time we will discuss dealing with the Sichuan army, and General Shang will also go along. ”

Rewards and punishments are clearly the consistent practice of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not only the rewards and punishments are clear but also never in arrears. Only then did he take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and sit in a position that was still gratifying, and he did not attach much importance to silver. 100,000 taels seems like a lot, but there is not much left of the soldiers under his command, compared with the reward silver, the last sentence made Shang Kexi's eyes shine.

This is an invitation to join the decision-making level, which means that your status has been improved, can you not be happy?

"Yes, yes, Lord Xie." Shang Kexi immediately said respectfully

"Not bad, not bad" Just when Dolgon was determined to change his strategy, find an opportunity to fight with the Sichuan army, and no longer use the "procrastination trick", Lu Haoshan appeared at the doghead gang lookout, touched the walls that had been blown into pits, and said with a satisfied face.

The Qing army bombarded the artillery, but the lookout was as solid as iron and as stable as a rock, 103 people against more than 1,000 people did not fall into the wind, and killed more than five people without any casualties.

"Yes," Li Dingguo said happily: "The enemy will attack it, as long as the door is not opened inside, they will have to spend a lot of effort even if they want to enter, especially the shooting hole, which is wide inside and narrow outside, even if they want to drill, they can't get in, and we can calmly aim at them one by one." ”

Tower Commander Zhong Huan said happily: "Even if these clear dogs run fast, we still have a trick that is useless." ”

"What's the trick? Let's talk about it. Li Dingguo asked curiously.

Zhong Huan glanced at Lu Haoshan a little embarrassed, and after getting Lu Haoshan's approval, he approached Li Dingguo's ear and whispered: "General Li, in addition to sharpened wooden stakes, this protective ditch is also filled with fire oil, which will be injected as soon as the mechanism is pressed, and then a rocket can immediately form a wall of fire, and the enemy will burn it into a roast pig if he dares to come, this is the first one; The second one is surrounded by a grenade with a dark line, and it will explode as soon as the line is pulled, and there will definitely be no living mouth within fifteen kilometers of the watchtower; The last trick is also the most mysterious trick, that is, there is an exit underground, and the exit has the edge of the cliff, and then you can escape by hanging down the rope, which is the most dangerous time to use, but unfortunately the time is short, or it is more perfect to build an exit at the foot of the mountain. ”

There are so many functions that Li Dingguo was dumbfounded.

"My lord, let's fix a few more, so we don't have to be afraid of these clear dogs." Hao Feng said through gritted teeth.

The 50-person elite scout team killed 7 people in battle, and their heads were cut off, all of them were brothers who were born and died, as soon as he thought of this, Hao Feng was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Lu Haoshan shook his head and said: "No, the Qing soldiers have suffered so many casualties, and they have seen the power of these watchtowers, they will not give us this opportunity easily, look at it, the big battle will come soon." ”

"Fight it, I'm afraid they won't succeed, I want to fight it for a long time." Hao Feng rubbed his hands together and said with a look of hesitation.

Li Dingguo said thoughtfully: "It's time to decide the winner." ”

Others only see the scenery of the Sichuan army, but Li Dingguo, who stayed by Lu Haoshan's side, knew the price of maintaining this scenery, Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, the situation in Sichuan is good, but out of the Sichuan Mountains is high and steep, it is not easy, take grain as an example, a cart of grain is transported from Guangyuan to Shaanxi, it is good for people to eat horses and chew half of it, and halfway they have to deal with the test of overturning and falling off the cliff, wind and rain, etc., the cost is high, because the cunning Dolgon adopts tactics, grain, grass, horses, clothes, ammunition and even needles and threads need to be transported from Sichuan, The transportation pressure can be imagined.

In June alone, because the number of transport deaths reached twenty-eight, and the horses were even more, if it weren't for the strong strength of Sichuan, Lu Haoshan prepared a few years in advance, and really let Dolgon drag it across, this is the price of the labor expedition.

Qiu Feng's ambush was an accidental event, but it was not a whim for his own adults to build such a strong watchtower in such a prominent place, but after careful consideration, in order to force the Manchu Qing to give up the protracted war, and force him to take the initiative to find a decisive battle with the Sichuan army, otherwise he would blindly hide, and the logistics of the Sichuan army would be stretched, it would be really difficult, and the Manchu Eight Banners took the initiative to give up the fortified city to fight in the field, which was also good news for the Sichuan army.

My own adults are really far-sighted.

Zhong Huan said with a disdainful face: "Recently, our army has won all battles, and the Qing army has no temper, and now they have fled when they hear the news, and I don't know how much morale they still have." ”

These guys are confident, Lu Haoshan nodded secretly, firearms are important, but the quality of personnel cannot be ignored, as far as war is concerned, talent is the main body, just like the army of the Ming Dynasty, there are obviously artillery, bird guns, seven-eyed guns, Buddha Lang machine guns and other firearms, but they can't beat the Manchu iron cavalry that is only a bow and arrow and a scimitar to meet the enemy.

Without him, it would be a loss of their fighting spirit.

Hao Feng touched the traces of those pits and puddles and said curiously: "My lord, I just heard that these fortifications are divided into anti-explosion levels, it sounds very mysterious, what the hell is going on, can you tell me?" ”

"Dingguo, you can say it." Lu Haoshan said with a smile.

"Yes, sir." Li Dingguo responded, and then explained to Hao Feng and others: "These constructions are different from our usual construction, in addition to masonry, but also to use cement, steel and sand, etc., according to the need to adjust the proportion and structure of its materials, the main classification, the first level is to be able to resist the bombing of grenades, the second level is to be able to resist the bombing of the new tiger squat artillery, the first level is to be able to resist the bombing of the new general. ”

Zhong Huan hurriedly asked, "Then what level is this watchtower?" ”

After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he saw that the two of them were a little unconvinced, so he explained with a smile: "The second level is all our new tiger squat guns as a reference, and the old-fashioned tiger gun used by Shang Kexi has not been improved, and the power is one and a half stars stronger than our grenades, so it can't be broken." ”

It turned out that this was the case, and everyone suddenly realized, Zhong Huan said with some curiosity: "My lord, isn't it troublesome to build a level?" ”

The power of the new general cannon is greater than that of the Hongyi cannon, and ordinary defense will definitely not work, Lu Haoshan didn't bother to explain so much, nodded and said: "It's quite troublesome, but it's not necessary." ”

After that, he said with a straight face: "After this battle, the Qing army must have new moves, you all have your eyes wide for me, I want to know every move of Dolgon and the Manchu Eight Banners, understand?" ”

"Order." As soon as they saw that their governor was not joking, everyone hurriedly replied loudly.

Lu Haoshan guessed correctly, after the battle of Goutougang, Dolgon really couldn't sit still, the information sent back by the scouts and Xizuo was all the content of the Manchu Eight Banners to send troops, Dolgon sent additional manpower to prevent the Sichuan army from building military fortifications again, and at the same time transferred troops and sent generals, even the elite soldiers and strong generals who were guarding the Tong soldiers were also ordered to assemble in the Hanzhong area, and for a time the troops near Hanzhong increased greatly.

The bow has not been released, the knife has not been opened, and it has not yet been unsheathed, and Shaanxi has been filled with a thick smell of gunsmoke (to be continued......