The Gaizhou city of the Ming Dynasty was closer to the sea than the urban area of Gaizhou a few hundred years later, blocking the passage from the north to the south.

Dolgon himself led an army of 50,000 and tens of thousands of followers, assembled in Haizhou and quickly moved south.

Haoge led 20,000 troops of the Eight Banners, coming from the ravines in the northeast and going straight down the Daqing River to the east of Gaizhou, just to ravage the countryside and grab wheat.

Because the entire area on the north bank of the Daqing River, in order to prevent being disturbed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the vast fertile land was completely deserted, and the crops could only be seen after crossing the Daqing River.

Anyway, the population is insufficient, of course, it is necessary to choose a safer area for farming.

"Lord Wang, ahead is the new castle!"

Haug rode out, rounded a mountain bay, and personally stepped forward to take out a clairvoyant mirror to observe.

There is no castle here, and construction has been completed in recent months. Since they did not know the name, the Manchu spies called it "New Castle".

In order to guard against the passage here, the Ming Dynasty built Tangchi Fort in the north, and built a large area of Lingguan, Shangha Tower Pier and Shimen Pass along the river valley in the east. However, these places were too far away and were easy to be surrounded and trapped, so the Datong army contracted the defense line and built a "Pingyu Fort".

"What kind of castle is this?"

Hauge put down the clairvoyant mirror, muttered to himself, picked it up again and continued to observe.

The castle walls are so low that you can climb them with a ladder. Moreover, on the periphery of the city wall, there is also a layer of inclined earth slope, which does not even need a ladder, and soldiers can climb it by running and charging.

It's just that the trenches on the periphery of the dirt slope are very annoying, and you have to let the people fill the trenches first.

After a moment of careful observation, Hauge was amused, and said to the left and right generals: "If it is under my command, the craftsman in charge of building this castle should be killed, where can I prevent the army from attacking the city?" ”

The original plan was that Dolgon led the main force to besiege the city of Gaizhou and send reinforcements by the way. Hauge led the division to outflank the flank, grabbing wheat while plundering the population, and at a critical moment he was able to join forces with Dorgon.

At this moment, Hauge saw the appearance of "Pingyu Fort", and immediately decided to pull out this stronghold first.

According to Hauge's estimate, it will be won in a day at most!

The people who were plundered from Korea some time ago have now become besiegers, and they go to fill the trenches with the soldiers (who are covered with the army).

"Bang bang bang!"

As soon as the men approached the trench, they were fired upon by the musketeers behind the dirt slope.

A gunshot rang out, and they collapsed one after another.

In desperation, Hauge ordered the cart to be brought from the ship to assemble. Use the cart to cover the people, and fill in the trench first.

"Boom, boom!"

This time, it was a cannon fire, and it was extremely accurate, almost four or five shells could destroy a truck.

Lu Xiangsheng's cavalry has expanded to 7,000 people. The new war horses were all captured in the battlefields of Henan and Shandong, and some cavalry simply brought men and horses to take refuge.

For example, Jiang Jiu took refuge with 400 Ding cavalry, and now he is transferred to Liaodong to participate in the battle.

"Haha, this Rausch Fortress really works." Lu Xiangsheng stood on the city wall and watched the battle.

The bastions were not known for their fortification, and the walls were very low. If you are really rushed to the city by the enemy, you can climb up in minutes.

However, there are no dead ends of fire, and the enemy in any corner will be covered by fire.

Including the firing points of the artillery, they were measured in advance. When the enemy arrived in that area, he let the artillery fire, and the shell hit rate was very high.

Several chariots were scrapped in a row, and Hauge couldn't sit still, so he ordered the men and soldiers to fill in the trenches regardless of casualties.

After defeating the trench fillers more than ten times, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly ordered: "Let them fill it, save some gunpowder shells, and use them to hit the real tartars in the back." ”

The guns then stopped, and Hauge was overjoyed: "Those southern barbarians don't have enough ammunition, quickly fill in the trenches!" ”

The trenches were not wide and not very deep.

After the threat of guns and artillery was eliminated, the people quickly filled it up, and Hauge immediately ordered the Eight Banners to attack with the carts.

Everything went smoothly until the car approached the slope of the slope.

"Bang bang bang!"

On the soil slope again, firecrackers appeared, and the Manchu siege weapons and chariots could not play the slightest defensive role.

Because the dirt slope is also angular, the car can block the bullets on the front, but it can't block the bullets on both sides. Paper shell ammunition is loaded, and the paper shell is also stuffed with strips to prevent the projectile from rolling off when firing downward.

The descendants of Nurhachi, the small banner owner of the Zhenglan Banner, and Gushan Beizi Bolo, were leading the charge at this time.

Hauge's confiscated Zhenglan Banner Niulu, although returned before it was withdrawn to Liaodong, was mixed with sand by Dolgon. Bolo and a bunch of other nobles with white flags were mixed into the Blue Banner, and the remnants of the white flag left behind after Dordor's death were occupied by Dolgon.

"If you work harder, you can break the city by pushing the cart up the dirt slope!"

Bolo hissed and roared, excited in his heart.

Like Hauge, he took the craftsmen in charge of building the city for fools. Not only are these slopes low, but they are also not too steep to be easily pushed up by a cart.

"Bang bang bang!"

The firecrackers that suddenly appeared on the dirt slope were not taken seriously by Bolo.

However, a gunshot rang out, and Bolo suffered pain in his lower back. He touched behind him, his hands covered in blood, and turned to look to the side, where the second round of firing was about to begin.

"Withdraw! Evacuate! It's Ning Yuan's kind of sharp-angle platform! ”

Bolo instantly understood what was going on, and the car couldn't guard against it.

Thousands of Eight Banners soldiers attacked the city, so it was naturally impossible to rely on roaring to command. Except for a few around him, no one could hear what he was shouting, because the firecrackers were already shooting here.

A stray bullet hit Bolo in the neck, and Nurhachi's grandson fell instantly.

"Dangdang, dang, dang!"

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's Chinese army suddenly sounded a gong, but it was Haoge who ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

There was no need for him to give an order at all, the second round of firing was over, and the casualties of the besieging troops were already more than 15%. They found that they could not defend the chariot, and they dared to continue the attack, so they turned around and fled without waiting for the order to collect the troops.

Hauge was furious and shouted, "Pull up the artillery!" It only took two or three months for the Southern Barbarians to build this fort, and the city walls must not be very strong! ”

It is indeed not very strong, and the main body of the castle is made of rammed earth.

As for the outer soil slopes, they also belong to rammed earth. But it's not very compact, just a few slaps of the soil.

Seeing that the Manchus dragged out the artillery, the Datong army on the city and on the soil slope immediately retreated to hide.

"Boom, boom!"

More than 20 Manchu artillery pieces began to fire at the same city wall.

As long as you hit a few more shots, the shoddy castle in front of you will definitely collapse immediately.

However, not a single shot hit!

Because the city wall is too low, there is a dirt slope outside the city wall.

The Hongyi cannon belongs to the smoothbore cannon and has a relatively small firing angle. With this artillery, the attack itself is low, and there is a dirt slope blocking the wall, and the chance of hitting is equal to the 5 million lottery jackpot.

After several rounds of continuous bombardment, the Manchu artillery finally realized the problem.

Hauge ordered: "Build a fort with earth!" ”

Since you can't find the angle of shooting, make the battery high.

Although this was of little use, Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to take it lightly and ordered the artillery to bombard the people who were building the soil.

The fort could not be fortified.

The scene froze, and Hauge rode the tiger hard.

He could ignore the castle and walk a few miles further to grab the wheat from the field.

But he couldn't hold his face, and he paid thousands of casualties, destroyed more than a dozen trucks, and fired dozens of shells, without even touching a single hair of the enemy.

If this is passed back, won't you laugh off Dorgon's big teeth?

Haug ordered the camp to be lodged, and in the evening the generals were summoned to discuss: "Tell me how this strange castle should be fought." ”

Doni, the grandson of Nurhachi and the owner of the Blue Banner, said: "Since it is very strange, don't fight it." Let's lead the troops to harvest the wheat, and after grabbing the wheat, we will find a random place to cross the river and go to join forces with the regent. If the enemy army in the castle pursues you, you can defeat them in the wild! ”

Ao Bai said: "There are many guns in the castle, and the defenders are estimated to be tens of thousands. If we ignore these enemies, can we grab wheat with peace of mind? Even if you grab the wheat, what if you are attacked by the enemy while crossing the river? ”

"What are you? There's no room for you to talk about here! Dhoni said angrily.

Hauge, of course, had to protect his confidant, and he said, "Ao Bai has a very reasonable point, and he has to think of uprooting this castle." When Taizu was alive, when he encountered the castle of the Ming army, he could pull it out, otherwise it would be there next time he came. ”

Ao Bai continued: "This castle is built like a mountain, although the mountain is not high, it is still easy to stand on it and fight below. Those slopes are exactly the same as Ningyuan's sharp-angled platforms. No matter which way you attack, the firecrackers on both sides will have to release their guns, and the chariots will definitely not be able to stop them. Then don't drive the car, more than 20,000 of us are rushing up the slope in one go! ”

During the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty had begun to learn from the fortress, which was originally built in Ningxia to guard against Mongolia.

The fortress-like defensive buildings in Liaodong were built with the support of Sun Chengzong, by Sun Yuanhua. Ningyuan, where Zu Dashou has been guarding for more than ten years, has similar defensive buildings.

But that's not a bastion.

Instead, on the basis of the Chinese-style city wall, a prismatic enemy platform was built, so that artillery and firearms could bypass the chariot and hit the enemy.

There is no difference between who is superior and who is inferior, the Eight Banners cannot be broken, and Ningyuan City is finally surrounded to death, and they can only surrender when they run out of ammunition and food.

The fortress here is too short, and Haoge and other Manchurian nobles couldn't think of Ningyuan City for a while, until they were hurt before they remembered the big acute angle enemy platform of Ningyuan City.

"Rush up to your death?" Doni sneered.

"What if you don't rush?" Ao Bai said, "This castle is built in a critical place, and when you come, you can go around, and when you rob the food, people, and livestock, how can you go around with a lot of baggage?" When the time comes, either cross the river or walk outside the castle, either of which is vulnerable to raids. ”

Dhoni said, "Just lure the enemy out of the castle and annihilate it!" ”

Ao Bai-for-tat: "Those southern barbarians will fight, they must be let us rob, the more things we rob, the more difficult it will be to march." When the time comes, we will be the prey, and the enemy will be the hunters. They rely on the castle, they come and go quickly, they have the upper hand everywhere, and we are very passive everywhere. ”

Doni said: "No matter how bad the field battle is, it is better than attacking the city and sending it to death." This strange castle, you have to go first! ”

"Just go!" Ao Bai said angrily.

This seems to be discussing military affairs, but it is actually a continuation of the contradiction between Hauge and Dolgon.

Dhoni is the second son of Dord!

Shang Kexi shrank beside him, and he didn't speak, but he didn't want to storm the castle, so he had to speak: "This kind of big acute angle castle, I have heard the red-haired artillery teacher mention it before, and Mr. Sun (Sun Yuanhua) has also mentioned it many times. Don't look at it as short, it's not easy to conquer......"

"Why didn't you say it earlier? I've killed thousands of warriors! Haug was furious.

Shang Kexi explained: "The last general has only heard of it, but has not seen the real thing. And in the past few years, I really didn't expect it for a while, and I didn't remember it until the prince withdrew his troops just now. ”

Ao Bai said: "First bombard with artillery, and wait for the Eight Banners warriors to rush closer, and then stop and not release artillery." The slope of the dirt was not steep, and with only a layer of armor, it must have rushed quickly. After occupying the dirt slope, build a ladder to attack the city. Those walls are not high, but they can definitely be attacked! ”

Hauge didn't want to be laughed at by Dolgon, so he immediately said, "Then try it this way!" ”

Doni and the others just sneered, they wouldn't attack anyway. If Hauge wants to come hard, he has to let his Niu Lu go to attack the city, and no matter how much he dies, they won't feel distressed.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was the head office, the Eight Banners was the branch, and each branch had a branch, and each branch was self-financed.

As the small owner of the branch, Dhoni only needs to keep himself from losing money.