On the eve of the siege, Qin Liangyu arranged the division of labor of his army. After arranging the other military attachés, when she arrived in Zuihou, she asked Wu Shigong to lend all the chariots and firecrackers to Qin Liangyu to attack the city. also seconded Shumo to his side as a consultant.

And the task assigned to Wu Shigong by Qin Liangyu was to intercept the reinforcements of the Houjin army. Wu Shigong will lead the remaining 350 infantry, 900 soldiers drawn from other thousand households, and all Wu Shigong's own 400 cavalry to intercept reinforcements.

All the cavalry of the White Pole Soldiers will be divided into small teams and reconnoiter around to prevent the surprise attack of reinforcements from the Houjin Army.

At this moment, the firecrackers in Wu Shigong's hands only had one hundred and fifty medium-sized firecrackers in the cavalry. And Wu Shigong will line up six or seven miles away from Luanzhou City to prevent the White Pole soldiers who will surprise the siege of the Houjin army.

Here's a clarification. WeishenmeAt that time, the main force of Amin's Houjin army did not directly go to the rescue of Luanzhou City, but bypassed Qin Liangyu's army to intercept and harass the main force of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou?

This is because the main purpose of the Later Jin army is to prevent the six red-coated cannons from attacking Luanzhou City. Besides, if Amin led the main force of the Houjin army to join the Houjin army in Luanzhou City and wanted to fight Qin Liangyu in the field, Qin Liangyu would definitely not fight with the Houjin army under his own disadvantage. She will definitely return to her camp as soon as the spies send back the news. At most, it was just the loss of some siege equipment.

And using the cavalry of the Houjin Army to attack Qin Liangyu's strong camp, this is an act that outweighs the loss. At that time, the main force of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou came up with six red-clothed cannons, and Amin did not necessarily shrink into the city of Luanzhou, and accept the baptism of red-coated cannons and shells with Namutai's Houjin army? Then it's a stupid battle, a stupid battle.

On the first day, Qin Liangyu's attack on Luanzhou City was a bit of a dragonfly. She just sent a few small groups of white-pole soldiers, carrying ladders, and tentatively attacked a few city walls. And when the Houjin army was about to resist on the city wall, the white-pole soldiers immediately retreated, and let the musketeers hiding behind the chariot shoot, so as to consume the strength of the Houjin army.

Qin Liangyu also observed this temptation again and again, to find the weak point of the defense on the city wall. After the Jin army suffered several losses, they also shrank behind the city wall, and they easily did not dare to show their heads. Only after the white pole soldiers have climbed the ladder do they get up to shoot arrows and throw stones. And when the Houjin army got up, they were often shot again and again. Therefore, the defense of the Houjin army was quite difficult.

And Qin Liangyu did not take advantage of the sadness of the Houjin army to launch a general attack. She just wore down the strength of the Houjin army again and again, and hit the patience of the Houjin army. For Qin Liangyu, before the general offensive was launched, it was necessary to consume as much of the strength of the Houjin army as possible and strike at the psychology of the Houjin army, so as to reduce the casualties of the white pole soldiers when attacking the city.

And Wu Shigong has been doing nothing all day. He was just busy training his soldiers. Because the nine hundred soldiers, although they had received the most basic military training during the two-month march. However, Wu Shigong still used a little time to let them master the tactics of infantry defending against cavalry.

Wu Shigong drew one hundred and fifty men from his infantry and arranged for them all the muskets of his cavalry, so that they could become temporary musketeers. This is also the advantage of Wu Shigong's requirement that every soldier master the shooting jishu of the fire gun in the past.

Of course, these improvised firecrackers, shooting jishu are not so proficient. Moreover, the range of this medium-sized firecracker is only fifty paces away, so Wu Shigong does not require these firecrackers to shoot in three or five stages. They were only required to fire a salvo of firearms, which could effectively hit the cavalry formation of the thinner Jin army's charge.

Wu Shigong divided all the infantry into two teams, one was composed of the remaining 200 infantry from his own thousand households and the 300 soldiers drawn from other thousand households, forming a phalanx. Commanded by Zhou Xun.

The other team was the 600 soldiers drawn from the remaining thousand households to form a phalanx, commanded by Yu Jilai.

Wu Shigong himself led all the cavalry and pressed the formation behind the two phalanxes.

Wu Shigong thought so, if the reinforcements of the Houjin Army were going to attack the phalanx in front, then he would definitely impact the phalanx with a relatively small number of people. And the first few rows of this phalanx are all soldiers of Wu Shigong's own thousand households, and they have all received military training for about a year, but their combat effectiveness is relatively strong.

If reinforcements from the Houjin army arrived, first through the fire of the front-line musketeers, and then through the obstruction of the square gun formation, Zuihou's own cavalry would attack again. In this way, at least it can effectively delay the reinforcements of the Houjin army to Luanzhou City.

Of course, Wu Shigong would not give up his soldiers' expertise in defense, he asked his soldiers to cut down some trees and make a row of wooden fences to block the front of the phalanx. Because the location of Wu Shigong is on a road that must be passed from Yongping City to Luanzhou City. But Wu Shigong waited like this for a day, but he didn't even see the shadow of the Houjin army.

The next day, Qin Liangyu was still patiently probing, and Wu Shigong was still waiting boredly. It was the same on the third day.

On the evening of the third day, Qin Liangyu summoned all the military attaches and ordered: "Tomorrow, the generals will need to work hard to take Luanzhou City in one go." ”

And just these days, Luanzhou City has been shot dead and injured by firecrackers, and the feeling of cutting flesh with a blunt knife makes every soldier of the Houjin Army feel extremely uncomfortable.

Especially those Ming troops who surrendered, as the third-class soldiers in Luanzhou City, they were naturally arranged on the front line of the city wall. So the daily casualties are also the largest. If it weren't for the blue flags staring at them behind them, they would have broken up long ago. But even so, the morale of these surrendered Ming troops still fell to a low point.

At this time, Amin, who led the main force of the Houjin army, also continued to get battle reports from Luanzhou City. He didn't expect that Qin Liangyu would forcibly attack Luanzhou City despite the fact that the red-clothed cannons of the Ming army had not arrived. What is even more disturbing is that in Luanzhou City, the casualties of the Houjin army are so large, and the hope of holding Luanzhou City is not very optimistic.

This puts Amin in a dilemma. Now Amin is entangled with the main force of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou, and it will no longer be useful. He now has only two choices: one is: to lead the main force of the Houjin Army to rescue Luanzhou City. However, if that was done, the Houjin army would also fall into the predicament mentioned above, and the main force of the Ming army that was forced to come up bombarded with red-coated artillery, causing heavy casualties.

The other is: to delay the speed of the Ming army to capture Luanzhou City, Amin led the main force of the Houjin army back to Yongping City, and transported the population and property looted in Yongping City with blue flags to Guanwai.

Amin thought about it carefully and decided to choose the second option. Because he estimated that the Ming army had red-coated cannons, and the four cities of Yongping would not be able to keep it. It's only a matter of time before it's lost.

In this case, there is no need to let the blue flag flag be lost in vain. So, Amin immediately called Batuli over.

Baduli stepped forward and immediately called Amin a thousand, saying, "Say hello to Lord Belle, what is the matter with Lord Belle calling a minion?" ”

Amin instructed Baduli: "You immediately take three Niu Lu's soldiers and horses to rescue Luanzhou City. Remember, if you have the opportunity, it is best to be able to shock and defeat that Ming army. If you can't do anything, you should also drag the Ming army as much as possible, so that we have time to withdraw from Yongping City with the population and property. ”

Batuli immediately replied, "Check! ”

By the morning of the fourth day, Qin Liangyu began to formally siege the city. Wu Shigong also still arrived at the position of intercepting the reinforcements of the Houjin army. At this time, Ba Duli also led three Niu Lu and nearly 700 horsemen to set off to rescue Luanzhou City.