Chapter 268: The siege battle began

The rumbling cannon rang out for two days, and Yue Tuo seemed to be patient, and on the Golden Mountain, he could see that the dense fleet of ships on the sea was gathering. Yue Tuo didn't think that this was the rhythm of escape, Lushun's position was too good, and the Ming army had no reason to give up. The outer city walls, which had been shelled for two days, were crumbling, and the militia of the Derge group also took advantage of the darkness to push forward 500 meters and fill in the trenches one by one. Except that the speed is not so fast, there is no other problem to see. The artillery of the Ming army at the head of the city has not fired a single shot so far, and the people in the city can be seen busy with ants every day, indicating that there is no possibility of retreat.

The future siege battle can only be an extremely cruel battle, and at this time, Yue Tuo still did not wait for Fengtian's reply.

At this time, there was a heated debate going on in Mukden City, and there were two sides to the question of whether to send troops to reinforce it. On one side, Ning finished the Han army banner led by me, and advocated that since Chen Xie had crossed the sea to reinforce Lushun, he might as well mobilize a large army and defeat it in one fell swoop.

As soon as this idea was proposed, it was strongly opposed by Dorgon and Dorgon. Their reason is very good, just a Dengzhou battalion, they have to mobilize a large army, where does this leave Dajin's face? This is really true, under normal circumstances, a total army with 3,000 soldiers is a very outrageous strong army. Even if Chen Xie is a sea of gold and silver, it is impossible to break through this scale too much. Suppose you give him double it, that's six thousand. Yue Tuo's hands did not count the Korean soldiers, there were more than 12,000 people, twice the strength of the enemy. It is understandable that Lushun cannot be captured, but it will be necessary to gather a large army of hedgehogs to the south. That's ridiculous. The Ming army is so strong, what else is Dajin plotting in the Central Plains?

The views of these two brothers are basically in line with the mainstream of the current Manchu Eight Banners. But that doesn't mean everyone thinks this way. Hauge, for example, has been silent. When others spat on a few Han courtiers, he silently lowered his head and did not speak. Speaking of which, he is a junior, and it is understandable that he does not speak, but in fact, his character will not do this at all.

The two sides are not arguing, and this kind of dispute is not on the same level. Houjin's Baylor, spray a Hanchen, do you dare to fight back? Ning Wan and the others could only stand silently and be sprayed with spit on their faces.

Huang Taiji saw that Duoduo was the most energetic, and he knew it very well in his heart. Daikin's internal struggle was fierce. It's not worse than Ming Ting, or even surpassed. And this kind of infighting in Houjin has always been bloody. Dorgon and Dordor, the ones they want to see the most. It was probably Yue Tuo's defeat. And then take the opportunity to take his tribe.

"Dordor. Since you insist that you don't have to go out with a large army, then take your headquarters and reinforce Yue Tuo. Huang Taiji said. Duoduo was dumbfounded. But at this time, there was no possibility of refusal, and he was preparing to take over the task head-on. Someone came and said: "Father Khan, the son has something to say." ”

Looking at Haoge who stood up, Huang Taiji was secretly dissatisfied in his heart, and finally didn't have to be put on the shelf, how could this kid come out to speak? Haug was the three brothers led by Dolgon, and that was the opposite of interests. What is this kid going to do when he comes out at this time?

"Speak!" Huang Taiji's face was expressionless, but he was very unhappy in his heart, and his tone was a little stiff.

Haoge knew that it was not good, but he still stubbornly said: "Erchen thinks that if Chen Xie is not removed, he will be a big trouble for me in the future." "It's really not for Duoduo's good, it's really Chen Xie is a shadow in Haoge's heart, and he will be stunned if he doesn't get rid of it.

"There are so many elders here, you don't have to worry about this matter, go down." Huang Taiji waved his hand, and Haoge retreated helplessly.

Huang Taiji was determined to let Duoduo go on the expedition, and everyone could see it, but he couldn't speak. Who made Duoduo so energetic before, but now he is pinched, so he has to comply.

Huang Long finally got Sun Yuanhua's receipt, and at this time, Yue Tuo had already bombarded the city wall for three days. Part of the outer city wall was directly blown down. The clearance work of the Derge class also advanced to a distance of 300 meters from the city wall.

Huang Long left, Chen Xie personally sent it, but in history, he died in Lushun, which can be regarded as retaining the discipline of a military general. A big ship of 100 materials sent away Huanglong. Chen Xie returned to the city, and then looked at the generals, these people have been quite honest recently. Those hills in the barracks were cleaned up very badly. Every day, if I don't do anything else, I stand in line and practice stabbing forward with a gun. It's strange to say that no one in the army made a fuss. All of them are obedient, even if they are ruffians, they are also unexpectedly honest.

In fact, it's not that they're honest, it's a market that doesn't make trouble. Most of the soldiers eat well and dress well, and when a soldier in the Ming Dynasty meets such a commander, where will he go to toss, and where will he go to find such a boss in the future. The generals don't make trouble, and they also restrain the family, so naturally no one makes trouble.

The fourth day of the bombardment passed, and the date of the official siege of Yueto was delayed by two days compared to history. Chen Xie, who was standing on a high place, looked at the ravines outside the city that were filled in for only about 300 meters, and said to Wang Qinian: "Let the musket battalion go out of the city at night and hide in the trenches, I think the time is about the same." ”

"The old man is wise, after four days of continuous bombardment, the city wall is almost unable to hold on, and Yue Tuo's gunpowder is not much. This Jiannu is so patient that he doesn't move. The brothers were holding their breath. Wang Qinian never forgot to pat himself on the back, Chen Xie smiled, beckoned Lin He to ask, "How are you preparing?" ”

Lin He opened a notebook and presented it with both hands, Chen Xie glanced at it, and said lightly: "Board the boat overnight, if you are not mistaken, Houjin's reinforcements should also be dispatched." ”

"Wang Qinian, 5,000 Dongjiang soldiers and 1,000 smoothbore gunners plus a field artillery team, you can't hold Lushun, jump into the sea by yourself, don't see me alive." When the time comes, Lao Tzu will chop you with his own hands. Chen Xie gave a very ruthless order, but Wang Qinian said with joy: "Please rest assured, my lord, Lushun City is impregnable." ”

When he got up early in the morning, Yue Tuo, who had climbed the Golden Mountain, chuckled in his heart, and the dense boats on the sea were gone. It is said that it is unlikely that too many troops will be loaded away from the small dock in Lushun overnight. Could it be that a few days ago, the ship was quietly loaded at night? After silently calculating Chen Xie's strength in his heart, Yue Tuo felt that it was unlikely that something would happen after Chen Xie landed, so with such a small number of troops, he wanted to attack inside and outside?

Finding the Derge class, Yue Tuo expressed his worries, and the Derge class was quite helpless and said: "If you don't attack the city today, the medicine you bring will not be enough." It's not impossible to wait for two days, I'm afraid that the Ming army will take the opportunity to repair the city wall. As if to fulfill the words of the Derge, many people in the city kept pushing sandbags with small carts and piled them at the foot of the city wall, which seemed to be reinforcing the city wall.

The sound of horses' hooves alarmed the two of them. The messenger, carrying the letter, dismounted from his horse and shouted, "Eight hundred miles in an emergency." Yue Tuo rushed forward, but the order was opened to take a look, and said with a happy face: "Okay, Duoduo will lead the people of the headquarters to come to help, so that our back road will be guaranteed." ”

Derge was also very happy, and hurriedly said, "Then take advantage of the situation to attack the city." If it doesn't work out, let's see first. ”

Yue Tuo nodded, and the Derge class personally went to the front to supervise the battle, and the five thousand Golden Eight Banner soldiers naturally would not go into battle first. This is the capital of his and Yue Tuo's family.

The musketeers in the trenches sat quietly on the ground, and Wang Ben bent over and walked back and forth in the deep trenches, cheering up his men. What they need to defend is a frontage of about 100 meters, with three barbed wire in front of it, as well as a messy pit dug and various obstacles. This distance is about 50 meters. As required, the order to shoot was also given only at this distance.

The people walked in the front with bags full of dirt, behind them were carts pushing shields covered with cowhides, and the signal soldiers at the head of the city were constantly commanding and conveying orders in guò flags.

About 3,000 people, and 3,000 Han troops, slowly moved forward, and what they had to do today did not seem difficult, to tear down these obstacles and prepare for future siege battles.

Yue Tuo looked nervously at the city wall, a large number of Ming troops went up to the city wall, and opened one step after another, but he couldn't see that this was cloth, and the color was similar to the city wall. Those previously "exposed" gun positions, on the contrary, no one cares. This discovery made Yue Tuo on the Golden Mountain embarrassed, and at the same time felt that things didn't seem so good.

Only a hundred meters away from the nearest trench, the man let out a howl, ran forward with all his might, rushed to the ditch, dropped the straw bag containing the soil, turned around and ran back, and the man behind him continued to repeat.

Wang Qinian, who was in charge of the command, looked at the dense crowd of people, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Just behind that trench, fifty meters away, there were a thousand musketeers.

"The cannon at the head of the city fired." There are more than 20 Great General Cannons that were hidden before, but now there are less than 20. The Dongjiang soldiers in Lushun practiced average skills, and it was good to be able to shoot one shot in three minutes. The lit medicine twist sizzled, and the Houjin cannon on the Golden Mountain sounded again at this time, but the hit rate was not good, except for a cannonball that fell on the city tower, all the others flew away.

Although the Ming army appeared at the head of the city, the people had no choice, at least they did not have the courage to choose, so they could only rush forward. With a bang, the first cannon sounded, and the iron eggs that flew out of the second time didn't need to be aimed at all, at a distance of five hundred meters, the ants seemed to be crowded, and it was too difficult to miss. More than a dozen cannons were fired for the first time, and the people under the city did not hesitate at all, and accelerated the speed of running forward, and the people who rushed to the front saw the trench five paces away, as long as they were in a moment, they could run back, and this trip was over.

There are a lot of people with this attitude, and no one expected an accident to happen, the cannonballs that flew out were going to the Han army shield car behind, although they didn't hit accurately, but the cannonballs that fell on the ground unceremoniously cut out a blood groove. There were also projectiles that fell on the shield cart, but there was only one shot, which did not bring too many casualties to the soldiers of the Han Army Banner, and at the same time, took away a lot of people who were driven away. At this time, the red flag flashed on the head of the city.

"Stand up, gun up!" Wang Ben shouted hoarsely, and hundreds of his subordinates stood up one after another, stepping on sandbags. (To be continued......)