Sun Zhijing only knew that it was extremely risky to attack the city at night, but he didn't know that the soldiers would rather fight in the cool night than the scorching sun during the day.

The torches in the camp were gradually extinguished, and a crescent moon hung in the air.

Each team of armor soldiers sat in two columns of twenty-five men and waited on the land a mile from the moat. The evening breeze on the shore of Hongze Lake is strong, and if you don't shroud your body in iron armor, this must be a pleasant summer night.

The iron armor of the Ming army is mostly dark, so there is no need to worry about the thin moonlight reflected by the iron armor of the Qing army at the head of the city.

Experienced pawns can take a peaceful nap before preparing for the siege. But most of the soldiers were staring wide-eyed at the outline of Xuyi City, a mile away. Because of their nervousness and excitement, they were able to keep an eye on it for several hours until they received the order to attack.

Zheng Zunqian's army will arrive outside Xuyi City in the second half of the night. He was only in a hurry to report the news, and at the same time wanted to see the battlefield, so that the army could immediately enter the siege battle after reaching the city of Xuyi.

The arrival of more than 10,000 troops will surely wake up the defenders in the city, so the opportunity for a sneak attack tonight must not be too late to be ugly.

Sun Zhijing did not let the soldiers wait too long.

Just after the hour, the moonlight was faint and indiscernible, and the herald felt the order of the pioneer battalion.

First, a group of soldiers with excellent water skills carried ladders down the moat, and these people carried flying hooks and sharp blades with them. In night raids and sieges, the armor soldiers can only be placed in the second sequence, they are the mainstay of the battlefield, but they have difficulty moving and can only cross the river by boat.

The waning moon could not stop the erosion of darkness, and the whining summer wind muffled the slight sound of water.

The water surface of the moat is more than 100 steps wide, and it is still 100 steps away from the Xuyi city wall after crossing the river. The soldiers, who were good swimmers, pushed the ladder along the water to the bottom of the embankment, but did not dare to go ashore. More than 100 skilled and courageous soldiers crawled towards the city wall dozens of paces away with flying hooks on their backs.

In the camp of the Ming army, a group of government soldiers were holding the wooden boat tightly with both hands. As soon as there was a sound from the other side and the sneak attack failed, they would lift the wooden boat and rush to the side of the moat as fast as possible, wait for the armor to board the boat, and send them ashore.

Zheng Zunqian accompanied Sun Zhijing under the brightest torches at the gate of the camp, and the opposite bank was pitch black.

Sun Zhijing's grasp of the details of the battlefield convinced Zheng Zunqian. also served under Feng Qin, Sun Zhijing gradually learned the essence of Feng Qin's tactics, and he was far behind.

The Hookers crawled like snakes, and if the defenders didn't drop their torches from the city, they wouldn't be able to spot them at all.

Xuyi is just a small county town, the city wall is not high, and the flying hook can be thrown to the top of the wall. These people have trained countless flying hooks to climb the wall in Yangzhou City. The men scattered in the darkness, leaning against the cold walls and listening to the movement of the city. In groups of five, they would choose a remote place to throw the flying hook, and then climb up to the city along the rope attached to the flying hook. If you encounter a defender, kill the enemy with a crossbow or a short blade as quickly as possible to hide your whereabouts.

Once they were able to climb the walls and take the stronghold, the soldiers hiding in the moat would rush up to the city with ladders to help them hold their defenses. As long as they can hold the stronghold at the head of the city until the armor soldiers on the other side of the river come over, Xuyi City can be defeated in a fight.

Sun Zhijing held his breath, he was looking forward to it.

Zheng Zunqian wants Zhedong to produce a general, he also wants to, but he won't shout everywhere. If Zheng Zunqian's troops can capture this city before they reach Xuyi, the credit will all belong to him.

"Ah......h The voice was already very weak when it came so far in the evening breeze, but Sun Zhijing still heard it clearly, and his heart sank.

It's over, and the Hook Warrior has been revealed.

"Sortie"

The heralds in the camp of the Ming army rushed to the barracks everywhere, and the soldiers who were ready to be ready were immediately urged. Every fourth soldier carried the wooden boats all the way, and the armor soldiers followed closely with shields and birds.

Sun Zhijing looked at Zheng Zunqian and smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said, "The sneak attack failed."

Zheng Zunqian said: "Then attack it." ”

So far, it cannot be said that the sneak attack failed, it can only be said that the defenders inside the city have appeared the Ming army outside the city. Both the Ming and Qing armies were rushing to the city, and whoever reached the battlefield first would still have a short-term advantage.

This moment of time is too precious for the Ming army

But Sun Zhijing has lost hope. Judging from a few brief fragments today, the defenders in the city are not a bad breed.

Before he could say a few words to Zheng Zunqian, the soldiers who jumped out of the water carried the ladder and rushed to the city wall.

There were several places at the head of the city where figures flickered and shouted, and the defenders were chasing and killing the Ming army who had secretly climbed to the top of the city. Those people are the best in the army who are skilled in all kinds of fighting skills, and their martial arts skills are high, and it is difficult for the defenders to kill them for a while.

The fire in Xuyi City was like a torch, and a large group of soldiers and horses were galloping towards the southern city wall.

Although the flying hook warriors are brave, their two fists are invincible to their four hands, and some of the nimble minds see that there is no place for the city, so they simply jump out of the city. With their skills, they should be able to save a life, as for whether they will fall and be crippled, it depends on creation, no matter how much it is better than dying in vain in the city.

The battlefield was chaotic, some people jumped from the city, others climbed down the ladder to the city.

"Bang" a cannon sounded, and Xuyi City and the Ming army camp outside the city were completely awakened by this huge cannon.

The iron ball bombarded the densest place between the moat and the Ming army camp, and the torches were poured down.

Sun Zhijing bit his lip, and Zheng Zunqian's expression was as usual.

The first Ming troops crossed the river and rushed to the fierce battlefield. The soldiers who came first to the city raised their iron shields to block the lead and arrows at the head of the city, and the soldiers in the back row raised their guns towards the head of the city.

According to the comparison of the most skilled bird guns in the Feng Qin Department, the flint gun is thirty percent faster than the arquebus, and the accuracy of the shooting is even more incomparable.

The flintmen were still inferior to the skilled archers, but there was a clear lack of skilled archers at the head of Xuyi, and eighty percent of the defenders were fighting back with arquebuses

Two quarters of an hour later, the Ming army that had attacked the city earlier had all been expelled.

However, as the number of Ming soldiers crossing the river increased, the Qing soldiers at the head of Xuyi City were gradually suppressed by the dense flint guns of the Ming army.

Zheng Zunqian listened to the dense sound of fried beans on the other side of the river, and said with emotion: "Thank you Lord Qian, if you don't have such sharp firearms, I'm afraid that tonight will be more auspicious."

Sun Zhijing raised the clairvoyant mirror from time to time to pay close attention to the battle situation on the other side, convey military orders, and command operations. Seeing that the sneak attack had failed, he had to adjust the mentality of his soldiers, and not suppress it too tightly, lest he lose his tenacity if he couldn't bite the strong enemy.

He took the time to reply: "The self-bird gun is indeed a sharp weapon for my Ming Dynasty to suppress the Qing Dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty has also grabbed samples on the battlefield. ”

Zheng Zunqian smiled disdainfully: "Let the Eight Banners Tartars shoot at us?" ”

He saw that the hope of taking Xuyi City by night attack had been dashed, and the two sides entered a tug-of-war. He lost interest in the lively battlefield two or three miles away, and arched his hand: "Brother Sun is here to command the battle first, I will go back to the camp to sleep for a while, and then come to replace you when the soldiers and horses of my battalion arrive." ”

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