Before the Ming Dynasty, Changsha City only had earthen walls. After the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Changsha city wall was even more destroyed.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of the Changsha city wall.

According to the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, every brick and every section of the city wall project can find the corresponding responsible officials and craftsmen.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave Changsha a solid city wall. According to the length at this time, the circumference of this Changsha city wall is more than 14 miles, and there are nine city gates distributed on it.

This city wall is two zhang and four feet high, the west of the city is the Xiangjiang River natural danger, and the other three sides also dug a moat that is more than two zhang wide.

The war was imminent, and the four gates to the west, the two to the north, the two to the east, and the one to the south were all closed.

After the pheasant moat of the city wall on the Duanyang Gate in the south, Tang Peiyu looked at it from a distance and returned to the city gate tower with a straight face.

The time was already August 27, and Gu Shilong's army on the East Road and Geng Yongfeng's army on the West Road surrounded the eastern, northern, and western sides of Changsha City seven days ago, and Ningxiang County, Xiangyin County, and Liuyang County had all abandoned them.

Gu Shilong besieged but did not attack, and there was a lack of one of the three sieges, Tang Peiyu thought that he was going to force himself and Zhu Jianjun, Fu Rongzhong and others to flee south to Hengzhou.

But today Duanyangmen came to report that there were also enemy troops in the south of the city. There are not many people, about 2,000, but its general banner is Shang Botao of Nanchang Wei.

Why did Nanchang Wei come so fast?

Nanchang Mansion is more than 500 miles away from Changsha Mansion, and it has to go over mountains and mountains all the way.

In this month's time, it will take time for the news to reach Jiangxi, it will take time to dispatch troops, and it will also take time to march and hurry.

Rushing to King Ji's Mansion, Zhu Jianjun asked eagerly: "Where did the enemy army come from in the south of the city?" ”

Tang Peiyu looked at Fu Rongzhong before replying: "Nanchang Wei." ”

Zhu Jianjun's face changed: And the governor of Jiangxi is Wang Shouren.

"Don't worry, prince!" Tang Peiyu said, "Shang Botao only brought 2,000 soldiers, and the light soldiers came simply. They come suddenly, and they will be weary and weary by the stars. Now the grain, grass and military funds still need to be supported by Gu Shilong and Sun Jiao. According to the opinion of the last general, although it is necessary to defend Changsha for a few days, the south must not be abandoned. Please give the order of the prince, and the last general will lead the army out of Duanyangmen and annihilate Shang Botao's department first. ”

"Are you sure? Now we must not be defeated and retreat from Hengzhou, we can only win and turn in! ”

Pu Zitong did not take Zhu Zaiyan and his elite to Changsha to meet as promised, and Zhu Jianjun could no longer just give up Changsha Mansion and go to Hengzhou.

With this fortified city, the food and military funds that were "collected" before, and the dense water network inside and outside Changsha City, Tang Peiyu was sure to hold on for two months.

Two months later, the drought continued, and the autumn grain was unsustainable, so things took a turn for the better.

Now Tang Peiyu is going out of the city.

"Lord Wang, Pu Zitong will not come to help. The last general stayed here alone, and he couldn't wait for Gu Shilong to divide his troops to the south and completely trap Changsha City to death. Tang Peiyu replied affirmatively, "Geng Yongfeng in the west led Jiuxiwei and Lizhou Qianhu to stand still, and he can't tell where Chang Dewei and Zhan Huabi are going now." To the north and east is Gu Shilong's army, and the last general is not allowed to venture out of the city. As long as the 2,000 tired divisions in the south are defeated, Gu Shilong will definitely reorganize the army. The last general returned with victory, and his morale was greatly boosted, and then he could hold on and find a fighter. ”

"Don't you know if it's a plan?" Zhu Jianjun was not steadfast at all, "Gu Shilong was missing one of the three before, and he had the intention of leading the king out of the city and fleeing south!" ”

Tang Peiyu shook his head again and again: "Chang Dewei acts like this, and he is already a traitor to Gu Shilong. Now that Zhan Huabi has disappeared after plundering Anhua, Gu Shilong is also worried that he and the prince have already made a plan. If the battle in the south is in full swing, but Zhan Huabi suddenly kills, then Gu Shilong will lose this battle! He didn't know that Zhan Huabi and Wang Ye really had no plan, and he didn't know that Pu Zitong had other plans, so he focused on stability. As long as the prince abandons the city and goes south, for Gu Shilong, he will capture Changsha first, and there is no fault. ”

“…… But after all, Chang Nanwei came with an army of 2,000. ”

"The last general will lead 1,000 elite soldiers out of the city to rush and kill, wait for work, this battle will be won, please give the prince an order!"

Today's south must be used to make a fuss.

Tang Peiyu is convinced of his judgment: Gu Shilong doesn't know what Zhan Huabi and Pu Zitong are doing now. And if he takes the south of Changsha as the main battlefield, not to mention the longer grain and grass transfer routes, he may also face Chang Dewei and Hengzhou Wei who suddenly kill at any time.

Shang Botao should have come from Pingxiang and Liling, but he didn't know Gu Shilong's scruples - he hadn't even set up a camp yet, and he must have sent an advance envoy to see Gu Shilong at this moment and obey the dispatch.

Zhu Jianjun finally gave this order, but discounted it again: "General Tang wants to stay in the city and control the overall situation!" ”

Tang Peiyu bowed his head to receive the order, and felt strange in his heart: Are you afraid that I will run away directly with 800 elite soldiers?

But Tang Peiyu knew very well in his heart that when things had developed to this point, Tang Peiyu needed a victory even more! Only when the more than 20,000 soldiers in the imperial court had to eat horses and chew for several months and had to deal with the disaster and retreat slightly, Tang Peiyu could gather the displaced people, coerce the strong men, and expand his strength to the south.

In this way, even if Pu Zitong and Zhan Huabi converge, Tang Peiyu's strength should not be underestimated.

At that time, Zhan Huabi will not be led by him, Changsha Wei, who has won the victory!

Coming to the competent commander under his command, Tang Peiyu said solemnly: "In this battle, only the elite rush is killed, there is no need to fight!" Nanchang Wei is tired of attacking, and there is almost no combat power at the moment. As long as he rushes and kills for a while, Shang Botao's troops will definitely collapse! ”

"The last general commands! Please wait for the good news! ”

The soldiers in the south of the city had their backs against the foot of a mountain southeast of Changsha County, and Liuyang Water made a turn on the east side of that mountain.

It was a good place to camp near mountains and rivers.

Tang Peiyu looked at the city wall from a distance, but he couldn't see the movement of them cutting wood and camping.

This confirmed Tang Peiyu's judgment: Shang Botao was only ordered by Wang Shouren to come to help the encirclement, but how to dispatch, Shang Botao was still waiting for Gu Shilong's order.

Could it be that it came too quickly, and it was too late to communicate with Gu Shilong with a herald on the march?

It's really possible, it's coming too fast.

In 20 days at most, more than 500 li, 2,000 officers and soldiers, over the mountains and mountains, Tang Peiyu, who commanded the troops, knew what kind of concept this was.

This battle will be won!

He was not idle, in addition to the 1,000 elite soldiers, he also dispatched 1,500 soldiers to prepare to go out of the city from Xiaowumen in the southeast at any time to meet and intercept the enemy army in the east of the city.

Duanyang Gate is in the southeast corner of the city wall in the south of Changsha City, out of Duanyang Gate, Changsha City South is a mountain.

On the south side of the east city wall of Changsha City, outside the Liuyang Gate is Yangmei Mountain.

Today, the "tired division" fluttering the banner of Nanchang Wei monk is stationed at the foot of Yangmei Mountain, guarding a valley leading to Changsha City between Changshan Mountain and Yangmei Mountain.

On the hillside, after the two men galloped back, they dismounted and came to the temporary military tent, and knelt down on one knee to report: "Two more sentry agents have come to the city, and they have followed the general's orders, but they have only pretended to drive away, and have not pursued." ”

"Good! Loose on the outside and tight on the inside, bury the pot to make rice, and rest on the spot. The rebel sentry will have more than two horses, ready to meet the enemy at any time. ”

After that, he asked the person next to him: "How is Wuchangwei in Guifeng Mountain?" ”

"General, just wait for the cannon to sound here!"

"Let Lao Qu pay attention to the side of Fulong Mountain." Ji Weimin, the guerrilla general who led this 2,000 "tired division", looked at the person next to him again, "Brother Si, south of Changsha Mansion, really didn't see the shadows of Chang Dewei and Hengzhou Wei?" ”

Si Cong, who had been ordered to sneak into Changsha Mansion first to listen to intelligence, appeared here and nodded affirmatively: "Never in this Changsha Mansion." Chang Dewei went southwest to Baoqing Mansion after plundering Anhua, and now although the news has not yet been transmitted, there is no sign of the army crossing from Phoenix Mountain to Fulong Mountain, and even in the area of Xiangtan in the south. ”

"Good!" Ji Weimin's eyes were excited, "Although I don't know what is wrong inside the traitor, Tang Peiyu will never dare to let us gain a foothold in the south of the city and approach the Miao Peak outside the south gate." This victory, our Shenji Battalion must win! ”

Where is this Nanchang Wei, who arrived in a hurry from Jiangxi, but the 3,000 Xuanfeng of the Shenji Battalion who arrived in Baling County half a month ago.

Now, Gu Shilong has given them this credit, and they can't grasp it.

Under the cover of the besieging army in the east of the city, they appeared here, bypassing the big bend of the Liuyang River east of Guifeng Mountain.

It is true that there is a trek, but it is far from being a tired army.

"General! Checkmate! Another person ran over quickly, "The drawbridge of Duanyangmen has been lowered, and they have sent people to attack!" ”

"No hurry!" Ji Weimin's eyes brightened, "Make a little panicked and stick to the whole army!" ”

He was transferred from Liaodong to the Shenji Battalion by Guo Xun, and now he was promoted to a guerrilla general to lead the selection of generals to the expedition, Gu Shilong gave him the first victory to lure the enemy to battle, and the intention could not be more obvious.

Your Majesty has re-established the training of the Shenji Battalion, and this real first battle may not be defeated!

Outside the Duanyang Gate in the south of Changsha, after the eight hundred elite soldiers left the city, they formed a formation first.

After they had gained a firm foothold outside the city in vigilance, the sentry had already reported: "General, the enemy army has already known that we are out of the city, and is forming a formation in a panic, preparing to hold on to the mountain. ”

"Rush to the past!"

It is only three miles away, and the rapid march is within reach.

Ji Weimin had already arrived at a rocky place with a wide view on the hillside, and then took out a treasure from his arms.

This is the treasure that Cui Shence brought to the generals of Jingying Xuanfeng before setting off, from Huangming University.

He placed the telescope in front of his eyes and narrowed one eye.

Along the way, he studied it quite a few times. He didn't understand the reason, I heard that His Majesty ordered the arithmetic masters of the Arithmetic Hall and the craftsmen to polish it with glass and fine copper. Although the field of vision is still a little dim, I can still see some movement in the distance.

There are about 1,000 people, the military appearance is quite neat, and the soldiers are not weak.

It's the best soldiers in the city!

Naturally, they all asked for a first win to boost morale.

Ji Weimin put down the binoculars, carefully put them into the wooden tube pinned to his waist, and then said: "Let Lao Qu go around from behind the mountain to the side outside the Liuyang Gate." When we show the banner, when these thousand elite soldiers feel wrong and want to flee back to the city, reinforcements will respond! Don't be in a hurry, wait for the reinforcements to come over, and cut off their back road! If all the more than 1,000 elite soldiers of Changsha Wei are destroyed, Changsha City will fall! The new cannon in the forest is better first, and then they will defeat the swarm of bees they brought out first! ”

This telescope is a real weapon in the army, even more useful than the five new guns he brought out now!

Now it is only the earliest trial sample, and in the future, it will be polished more finely, and there will be more generals who can have this treasure, and the Ming army will definitely be like a tiger.

Cui Shence said, this is the power of His Majesty's Physical Dao.

It took less than a quarter of an hour for a thousand elite soldiers of Changsha Wei to rush to the bottom of the hill where the Shenji Battalion had chosen to defend the front.

To attack on the back, this is very disadvantageous.

But the other party is a tired teacher!

The 1,000 men rested for a moment, and then began to charge.

"The sword player and the soft wall are in front, protecting a swarm of bees, the fire gun is behind, the bow and arrow are behind, and the formation is pressing! All use rockets, both shots are abandoned, let them mess up first! ”

This was a field battle, and in a hurry, in order to grab the fighters, he only pulled out five chariots loaded with a swarm of bees.

Since the other party is holding on to the hillside, even if the place is close, there is no need to bring any other guns out. This Nanchang Wei came from afar, and it is impossible to bring any firearms and chariots with great firepower.

There are five cars swarming out of the way, which is enough for the enemy to be afraid!

This is a field battle, and on the field battlefield of the Ming Dynasty, there will basically be no weapons of this level as the bowl mouth.

It's too heavy, and it's inconvenient to adjust the angle to shoot upwards when it's used, and the range is limited. Except for the warships, in other cases, they were generally placed on the city walls to defend the city, or they arrived in large carts first, and then unloaded and installed to stabilize the siege.

This is not something that can be done in a hurry.

Now, in front of the elite army of Changshawei, there are only sword players holding their shields high. Not all sword players in the army are the same, and now some of them are holding round shields and holding a javelin in each hand.

And some of them are now clinging to a large square shield as large as a door panel.

This large square shield is called a soft wall, and the wooden planks are nailed with soft wool or leather. Not only can it resist the projectiles fired by the firebolt, but the iron spike plate with the soft wall facing the enemy's side can also prevent the enemy from approaching.

At the same time, the team responsible for the swarm of bees also performs their duties. The swarm is mounted on a wheelbarrow, but there are wooden feet on either side of the handrails to secure them. Now, the soldier of the cart lowered his head and gritted his teeth to push the swarm forward.

Protected by the soft walls in front of the swarm, the rest of the people were nervously preparing.

If you want to set fire to the mountain, you must use the divine fire to fly the crow. One cartridge can hold four arrows. The leads are connected and can be ignited at the same time. And in this swarm chariot, there are two rows of six cartridges, which can shoot twenty-four arrows in a short time, a hundred feet away.

It's just that now you need to get closer to the back.

Ji Weimin watched the soldiers under the mountain roaring and moving forward slowly to the sound of drums, but he ordered: "Let the front army now release arrows and guns three times indiscriminately, don't shoot volleys, and then take twenty steps back!" ”

Could it be that the shrinking formation makes the swarm of bees on the opposite side play better?

In the eyes of Changshawei's commander, he only saw that the enemy troops on the mountain began to release arrows one after another without waiting for their soldiers to enter the effective killing range.

Even if a powerful man threw an arrow into the array, it was only nailed to a soft wall or shield, and not a single one was injured. As for the firecracker, if it is far away, there is no need to worry at all.

Then he saw that the enemy army retreated in a panic, and he did not suspect that there was a deceit, but he thought that the other party was even more frightened when he saw that he was still coming out with a swarm of bees.

The range of a swarm, that's farther than a firebolt.

"Fire!" Seeing this, he gave the order without waiting for a swarm of bees to enter a more lethal distance.

If the other side shows signs of collapse in a panic, then the battle will be easier - on the battlefield, morale is more important than anything else.

Nanchang Wei came from afar, and he was both unaware of the terrain and exhausted. And the quality of the local health center, everyone knows it in their hearts. The soldiers brought out by Changsha Wei are all elite soldiers from all over the guard, is it possible that the two thousand people of Nanchang Wei are stronger in training and weapons?

The soft walls in the front row suddenly spread out to leave five openings, and a swarm of bees was erected at a relatively safe distance.

It's just on the slope and has an elevation angle.

"Whoosh-" After the fuse was ignited, the Divine Fire Crows in several cartridges could not be said to be emitted at the same time, but they were not in many orders.

The rocket was hurled upwards with a sharp whistling sound, and many arrows did not necessarily enter the opponent's formation, after all, there were also sword players on the opposite side to protect the front, and the slope was uneven, and there were many rocks to block it.

But the momentum is here.

The commander of Changsha Wei, Tongzhi, obviously saw that Nanchangwei's soldiers had taken a few steps back, and they looked even more panicked.

"Rush over, fire arrows, discard guns, and prepare again!"

It's chaos!

In one go, he wanted to fight a pursuit battle. They were all forced into the mountains, and they could escape faster.

Knife players with javelins usually only have one of the two guns in their hands and discard the gun, and they want to kill the enemy from a distance first. The second gun is to be held in the hand to prevent the opponent from charging into battle. If the enemy arrives, this second gun can stab again. Only when there were no two shots, that was the moment when he pulled out the long knife on his waist and fought for his life.

Now the order came, and in an instant dozens of javelins pierced the slope.

It's close, the hillside is full of arrows and firebolts, and their javelins can penetrate the enemy's line - the knife player with the javelin has a lot of arm strength.

The 1,000 elite soldiers of Changsha Wei rushed forward by more than twenty paces, and the front rows of the two armies were less than forty steps apart.

At this moment, suddenly there was a loud noise in the dense forests on the left and right sides of the mountain.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom", "Boom", "Boom".

Tang Peiyu, who was far away in Changsha City, also heard it, faintly five sounds.

His face changed suddenly: How could Nanchangwei, who rushed to Changsha in such a short time, still carry a bowl mouthpiece?

No! This sound is a little different!

Then, he finally remembered that he should have arrived in Huguang's Shenji Battalion to select the front. But even if it's a god machine battalion, it's impossible to carry a big gun with you!

Besides, how could Gu Shilong use the new Beijing camp trained by the puppet emperor as a striker?

In the first battle, the casualties were quite heavy!

"It's a trap! Fast! Out of town to rescue! ”

Unless Gu Shilong's army has gone around from Liuyang Water to the southeast!

The gate of Liuyang was opened, and Tang Peiyu led the army out of the city.

At the same time as the cannon sounded, Ji Weimin said loudly: "Change the flag!" Formation! Kill! ”

The banner of the Chinese army in the Shenji Battalion was erected, and the soldiers who had been a little flustered before suddenly changed their spirits, and the fire guns and bows and arrows in their hands began to be thrown down from top to bottom very synchronously.

At the same time, war drums were faintly heard from Guifeng Mountain in the distance, and there were also the roars of unknown people.

Three of Changshawei's five cars were destroyed in the round of shelling just now, and the knife players in the front row didn't know how many people fell to the ground and wailed.

It was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on the conductor.

Where's the cannon? How can you not see? Can you hit so far, so accurately?

How could the projectile explode so big?

Oops! It's the Divine Machine Battalion!

(End of chapter)