"Lord Qiqi, if the infantry army can defeat the city, the last general is willing to lead his troops to smash the Yellow Dragon!"

All the generals expressed their attitudes one after another, and Lu Yousheng, the commander of the second division of the cavalry, was a little unable to hold back, but all the cavalry under his command were cavalry, and no matter how the siege battle turned, it was impossible for it to be his turn.

"Well, since the big guys want to fight, let's fight it."

Seeing Lu Yousheng's aggrieved state, Hongqing couldn't help but smile, and as soon as he pressed his hand, he agreed to the generals' request lightly.

"Lord Wang, what you said is true?"

As soon as Hongqing's words came out, all the generals were stunned, there was no other, in the past few days, the generals had come to ask for war, but no matter how generously they spoke, they couldn't get the truth from Hongqing's mouth, and now, but it had just begun to deliberate, Hongqing was so lightly approved, which really made the generals dare not believe their ears, and after a period of dullness, Zhang Miao, who was the first to come back to his senses, asked the letter suspiciously.

"What? Does this king look like a liar, huh? ”

The progress of the Northern Route Army was smooth, and Hongqing's mood was very good, so he had the intention to have fun with the generals, and he was not in a hurry to uncover the mystery, but pretended to be displeased and snorted.

"The last general doesn't dare, the last general doesn't mean this, ah, lord, the last general asks for orders to fight the vanguard, and swears to take the old tooth pass!"

Hongqing's body was full of anger, and when she raised her face like this, Rao is Zhang Miao was bold by nature, and she couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly explained it indiscriminately.

"Lord Wang Mingjian, this battle should be my turn, the last general please take the city, and I implore the prince for permission!"

Hearing Zhang Miao's request for battle, Cheng Guiwu was also anxious, and hurriedly followed and shouted.

"Don't fight, my first army is the main force, good steel has to be used on the blade, this battle will belong to my first army, prince, you will give the order, I can't take the old tooth pass, I will come to see the old tower!"

Seeing that the two colleagues were about to grab it, Tashan was willing to give it up, relying on his height and strength, he was extremely arrogant and squeezed in between Zhang and Cheng, and shouted wildly with his throat.

"Okay, don't fight, leave this battle to Kuian."

Seeing that the three generals under his command were fighting for each other, Hongqing was obviously a little impatient, so he waved his hand and gave the order in an unquestionable tone.

"Ah, I ......"

Kuian led an artillery division, although he was definitely the first of all armies in terms of firepower projection, but it could only be said that he could only cooperate with the infantry army to assist, and he didn't expect Hongqing to hand over the task of the siege to him, and when he heard this, he was stunned on the spot.

"Lord, isn't it? Kuian's men are all artillerymen, so why are you going to rob the city? ”

"That is, could it be that Master Kui can really use a cannon to flatten the old tooth? And even if it could, how many shells would have to be wasted? ”

"Lord Wang, aren't you kidding anymore?"

……

Not to mention that Kui An himself was surprised and inexplicable, Tashan and the others were also very puzzled, and they shouted nonsense.

"That's right, just let the artillery division fight this battle, this king doesn't need to rush the city, all he wants is to listen to the sound."

Hongqing pressed his hand, stopped the argument of all the people, and said a serious sentence that was not very serious, even if it caused all the generals to fall into a petrified state.

"The end will be unknown, please ask the prince for guidance."

Kui An Ke was a cautious person, and he didn't know why, how dare he accept the order so aggressively, and he didn't care about the surprised gazes of his colleagues, so he hurriedly spoke out to ask for advice.

"It's very simple, send a battalion of light infantry artillery up and bombard him for a long time, as for the cover, let Zhang Miao draw a regiment and watch from the side."

Hongqing smiled playfully and explained nonchalantly, when even Ling Kui An was a little more confused, looking at Hongqing blankly, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Lord Mingjian, the city wall of Laoyaguan is thick, and it is made of bluestone, so I'm afraid that the light foot cannon is not a top thing?"

Kuian didn't react, but Zhang Miao shouted in confusion.

"That's right, it's really not a top matter, if it's a top matter, this king won't send it."

Hongqing smiled and waved his hand, still with that casual look, giving an explanation that confused the generals.

“……”

As soon as they heard Hongqing's nonsensical explanation, all the generals were blind, and they didn't know why they looked at each other on the ground, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

"All stunned, go down and prepare, start the battle at noon, the artillery just bombard, hit it two bases, do not rush to the city, whoever dares to violate the king's general order, will be engaged in military law!"

Although the people present are all henchmen, but Hongqing does not intend to break the predetermined battle plan, there is no side, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, the less people know about this thing, the more suddenness can be achieved, the so-called "the king does not lose his country, and the minister does not lose his body" is such a truth.

"Wow!"

Hongqing has already said that to such a point, the generals did not dare to say more, so they could only respond to the promise with all their hearts, and all withdrew from the big tent of the Chinese army, and each went to arrange the combat deployment without mentioning it.

"The Qing army is coming, the Qing army is coming!"

Noon is approaching, the midsummer day is hot and panicked, but many sentries on the old tooth pass do not dare to have the slightest carelessness, braving the scorching sun, patrolling back and forth on the city, the Qing army that came along the valley road has just turned out from the corner two miles away, and there are sharp-eyed sentries who immediately discovered the arrival of the Qing army, and immediately shouted at the top of their voices, and in an instant, the horn sounded violently, and the originally quiet city became a mess.

"Prepare for war, everyone is ready, dare to make a noise, cut!"

In a loud sound of rubbing armor, a bearded general with a helmet and armor has led hundreds of strong soldiers to rush to the city, this person is the old tooth guard general Altentur, one of the three fierce generals under Luo Buzang Danjin, but seeing that several of them walked to the city saucer, his face was extremely solemn and looked at the Qing army brigade that was slowly coming to the city, and then raised his hand, and broke his throat with full of anger, and instantly calmed the scene, and the originally uproared defenders immediately quieted down, According to the defensive areas that had been arranged, they were in their positions, nervously preparing for the arrival of the Qing army.

"The whole army stopped, and the artillery was lined up on the spot."

The Qing army did not rush straight to the city, with the sound of Kuian's shouting, the whole army stopped less than a mile away from the city, a battalion of artillery was busy and began to arrange the tense formation, but unexpectedly just started, the problem came - according to the Qing army, a light infantry artillery company of nine guns, three companies add up to twenty-seven guns, although they are all light infantry guns, but each gun position must have a safety range of about four square meters, just the narrow and winding terrain in front of the pass, No matter how it is deployed, only three guns can be arranged on a front, and due to the limitation of the terrain, only four columns can be arranged, that is to say, less than half of the artillery of a battalion can only go into battle, and the disputes caused by this are indispensable.

"Order: The shield swordsmen and crossbowmen will first withdraw from the city head, and stand by according to the wall, all the posts at the head of the city will not move, and the artillery positions will prepare to meet the battle!"

In fact, it can be said that he is the only general under Lobzang Danzin who has followed the fourteenth master of the western expedition - when the fourteenth master went west, he had recruited the soldiers of the Mongolian tribes in Qinghai to fight with the army, Altentur was fortunate to lead two thousand Mongolian cavalry with the main force of the Qing army in Tibet and the great policy king Dundob fought a positional battle, and had seen the sharpness of the artillery brigade of the Qing army. The pupils immediately shrank, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he hurriedly issued several orders.

Altentur's generals are not unwise, there is no side, the old tooth pass is just a military fortress, the city area is limited, at most three thousand troops, no matter how much it can not be accommodated, if it is really a heavy army stationed at the head of the city, no matter how many troops are afraid that it will not be enough for the Qing army artillery bombardment, if it is not for the fear that the Qing army will suddenly seize the city, Altentur wants to remove the gunners who operate those old guns from the city - the training of gunners is not an easy task, in the entire Qinghai Mongolian tribes, there are very few people who know how to operate artillery, Even if these gunners on the city are actually novices trained by assault, Altentur really doesn't want to sacrifice in vain, the problem is that as soon as the gunners withdraw, the city will be completely empty, in case the Qing army suddenly grabs the city, the consequences are not a good thing, it is out of this consideration, even if he is reluctant, Altentur does not dare to sing an empty city plan.

"Open the gun, fuck me up!"

After some tossing, the artillery position of the Qing army was finally ready, but Kuian's originally bad mood not only did not improve, but it worsened his own side, no side, such a bad battle, he didn't want to fight, but he didn't have the courage to disobey Hongqing's military order, plus at this time, he saw clearly that most of the enemy troops in the city had withdrawn, and the effect of the artillery bombardment was really like what Hongqing said - he could only listen to a sound, this kind of situation obviously can't make Kuian proud, but the military order is the military order, even if there is more dissatisfaction in his heart, Quian could only snort sullenly.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

As soon as the military order was given, the gunners of the Qing army did not dare to slack off, and they pulled the bolt rope one after another, and in the fierce roar, one after another flowering bullets pierced the sky and flew in the direction of Guancheng with a roar......