Zhang Xianzhong was worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran.
He calmed down in a short period of time and began to deploy troops and generals to organize the defense.
Judging from the number of Qing troops, it was only twice that of the Daesi Army in Boryeong City.
This number is not enough to gain a crushing advantage.
As long as the Great Western Army fights steadily and does not make mistakes, the Qing Army will not get any good opportunities.
When the reinforcements from Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Nengqi arrive, Zhang Xianzhong can go out of the city to fight back, and attack the Qing army in one fell swoop.
In Zhang Xianzhong's opinion, Hong Chengchou was too confident, even too confident.
He thinks that Boryeong can be captured with only 40,000 to 50,000 people, which is simply wishful thinking.
Zhang Xianzhong, wearing silver armor, personally stood at the top of the city to supervise the battle, and the soldiers suddenly felt a sense of heroism in their chests.
Even their beloved Emperor Daxi can fight on the front line, how can they be greedy for life and afraid of death?
Zhang Kewang stood beside Zhang Xianzhong, his eyes full of perseverance.
This is really the first time we have fought against the Tatars.
But he's not afraid.
If you want to conquer the world, you must not be afraid of any opponent.
If the Daxi regime wants to finally determine the world, it will sooner or later confront the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Now it is just a little ahead of schedule.
Tartars are also human beings, and they are not born with three heads and six arms.
What is there to be afraid of?
"Father, do you want to take a break?
The Tatars will be afraid for a while and they won't be able to fight."
In order to lighten the atmosphere, Zhang Kewang said half-jokingly.
Zhang Xianzhong was also amused and laughed: "When did you learn to be so glib?
But the Tatars really don't seem to have the intention to launch an attack immediately.
I think they want to play dirty."
Zhang Xianzhong pursed his lips and said, "Look, do they want to use acupuncture points?"
Zhang Xianzhong pointed to a tall mound and said in a deep voice.
The method of acupuncture attack is not special, even everyone has used it.
But the shortcomings of this method are too obvious and it is not a good siege method.
At most, it can only be used as an auxiliary to cooperate with the frontal attack.
The biggest disadvantage of hole attack is that it takes too long.
It takes a lot of time to dig tunnels.
In this case, it is easy to be killed by the defenders.
Reinforcements will arrive as time goes by, and the advantage will disappear as time goes by.
So Zhang Xianzhong was in a great mood when he saw the Qing army beginning to dig tunnels and prepare for cave attacks.
Well, Tatars can be stupid sometimes.
Just dig a tunnel, and our army will come back soon to support you.
The Qing army was digging the tunnel unhurriedly, while Hong Chengchou sat calmly and commanded in the formation.
The Qing army didn't seem to be anxious at all, as if it didn't matter if they dug the tunnel for ten days and a half.
There was only one thing they cared about, and that was that they would never let go of the cavalry who came out from Huaiqing City to report for help.
These cavalrymen obviously wanted to go to Daba Mountain to seek reinforcements from the main force of the Daxi Army stationed there.
This was absolutely not allowed in Hong Chengchou's plan.
He calculated the right time to launch a surprise attack.
If the Daxi Army in Daba Mountain returned to support, the Qing Army's advantage would be gone.
Time, time is the most precious.
In fact, the reason why Hong Chengchou was so confident was because he discovered a very useful new tactic.
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Strictly speaking, this tactic was first invented by the Ming army.
That is to use gunpowder to blow open the city wall.
Gao Jie used this tactic many times when he led his troops northward, and it worked repeatedly.
The Green Camp Army was often blown open by the Ming Army led by Gao Jie before the city wall was realized, and the battle was quickly resolved by swarming up.
Later, Hong Chengchou became interested in this matter.
After questioning the Green Camp soldiers involved and observing the scene, Hong Chengchou felt that it might be a problem with gunpowder.
He ordered people to dig down along the collapsed section of the city wall and found fragments of the coffin.
At that time, Hong Chengchou lamented that he had put gunpowder in the coffin and ignited it, using the explosion to blow down the city wall.
Hong Chengchou decided to give it a try.
Anyway, those city walls were already riddled with holes and they didn't care if they bombed more.
He ordered people to dig a tunnel and then put the coffin filled with gunpowder vertically inside.
The result was unexpected.
The wall facing the city was really blown open.
Although it was not completely exploded, the effect was already very good.
As if he had found a treasure, Hong Chengchou immediately wrote this tactic into a memorial and ordered someone to send it to the capital to inform the regent Dorgon.
With Dorgon's foresight, he would definitely order the Qing army to vigorously use this tactic.
The Qing army itself has a very strong combat effectiveness, but the only thing it lacks is the ability to attack difficult situations.
After all, red cannons cannot be deployed everywhere, and using red cannons to deal with ordinary small towns feels like overkill.
And if this coffin bombing tactic is used, the Qing army will be more able to attack the city with ease.
Liu Jinzhong and Shuo Zhan had never seen this kind of tactic before, and even Tong Yanghe, who was always known for being well-informed, was surprised.
"Hong Duxian, what are we doing digging tunnels for?
Now we should attack Huaiqing City in one go."
Tong Yanghe was impatient, and he was very dissatisfied when he saw Hong Chengchou digging a tunnel unhurriedly.
"It won't take long to dig the tunnel."
Hong Chengchou said calmly while stroking his beard.
“It won’t take long to dig a tunnel.”
Tong Yanghe's eyes widened: "Hong Duxian is joking, it doesn't take ten days and a half to dig this tunnel."
Hong Chengchou smiled and said: "The governor said that digging a tunnel only requires digging a very narrow tunnel, and it only needs to be dug under the city wall.
It won't take much time."
"ah" Tong Yanghe looked at Hong Chengchou as if he were a monster: "What is the use of the tunnel dug like this?
The tunnel is used to transport soldiers into the city."
"No, no."
Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "I dug the tunnel not to transport soldiers into the city, but to blow down the city wall." hiss Tong Yanghe gasped when he heard this.
"Blowing down the city wall, how is this possible?"
"How is it impossible?"
Hong Chengchou raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you seen that coffin?
I will use it to blow down the city wall."
Tong Yanghe was desperate inside.
Isn't Governor Hong an old fool?
If the coffin could blow down the city wall, the sun would probably come out from the west.
Tong Yanghe swallowed and said, "Governor Hong, please don't believe in strange powers and gods."
Hong Chengchou glanced at him: "Who said that I believe in strange powers and deranged gods?
What I need to rely on is not only the coffin, but also the gunpowder in the coffin."
"Medicine" Tong Yanghe vaguely felt that he understood something.
Both artillery and muskets require the use of medicine.
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As for the firecrackers, they rely on medicine to exert their power.
However, the power of gunpowder itself is limited, and it is more used as an assist in shooting lead.
Tong Yanghe wouldn't believe it even if he could blow open the city wall with gunpowder and coffins
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