At the beginning of April, the Qing army advanced to Wujin City, and tens of thousands of cavalry galloped around the city, raising dust in the sky, which shocked the defenders' hearts.Wang Yi and Wang Deshun saw that the cavalry of the Qing army was strong, so they could only order the four gates to be closed and all the soldiers were withdrawn into the city to hold on.At this time, the head of the city, the Ming soldiers leaned against the city wall, looking westward, after the cavalry of the Qing army, the infantry army in the field came overwhelmingly."
And the enemy!"
The soldiers in the city couldn't help but exclaim.Outside the city, tens of thousands of cavalry galloped back and forth under the city, raising smoke and dust in the sky.The defenders of the city looked west through the smoke and dust, and vaguely saw flags all over the sky, and the shadows were densely packed.Countless heavy infantry wearing armor and carrying shields walked on both sides of the official road, in the middle pikemen carried spears in a procession, arquebusiers carried muskets, the poles rose and fell with the footsteps, the wheels of the baggage carts creaked forward, and several healthy oxen dragged heavy cannons thicker than a man's waist to follow behind, and the line stretched so long that there was no end in sight.In the advancing army, the two royal flags were surrounded by dozens of banners, and under the banners, Kong Youde, who was dressed in red armor, and Geng Zhongming, who was dressed in fine yellow armor, rode on healthy horses and walked side by side.Both men and horses were armoured, with bows and arrows hanging from their saddles, and they were fully armed, showing the importance they attached to the battle.Geng Zhongming rode proudly on the horse, pulling the reins of the horse in one hand and holding the whip in the other, and said as he walked: "Zhao Zamao was originally an unknown generation, but in recent years, he has risen up. ”Under the high-topped iron helmet, Kong Youde had a serious face, and said in a deep voice: "If you want to destroy the pseudo-Ming, you must first frustrate its sharp spirit, and the best way is to kill the pseudo-Ming Changsheng general, Zhao Zamao is dead, and the morale of the pseudo-Ming will be discharged, and we can take advantage of the situation to go south, sweep away Zhu Yihai, and dominate the world for the Qing Dynasty!"
”In recent years, the Ming army has become stronger and stronger, especially Zhao Ming's army, which has won almost every battle, greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army, and has become a bright banner.This time, Zhu Yihai did not fight, he had to kill Zhao Ming first, except that he could not tolerate others to snore on the side of the couch, and he could not tolerate Zhao Ming occupying Su Songchang and threatening Jiang Ning, it was because destroying Zhao Ming, a victorious general, would definitely be able to hit the morale of the Ming army.If Zhao Ming is killed, it will inevitably be a shock to the world, which will make the Zhejiang army disheartened and completely frightened.The Qing army was able to thwart the spirit of the Ming army and reproduce the situation at the beginning of the entry.When Wu entered the city, Wang Deshun and Wang Yi looked at the city from afar, and found that the enemy troops were overwhelming, and most of them were armored soldiers, their expressions became serious.At this time, to look at the combat strength of an army, the main thing is to look at the armored soldiers, because most of the soldiers are cannon fodder with broken jackets, and only those who wear armor are elite.Previously, when the Ming army met the Qing army, tens of thousands of people may only have thousands of armor soldiers, but this time half of them were armor soldiers, which made the defenders in the city frightened.Looking at the bottom of the city wall, the Eight Banner soldiers wearing red, yellow, blue, and white armor, as well as the elite of the Green Battalion wearing gray and blue cloth armor, there were tens of thousands of people, which made many Ming soldiers on the city wall can't help but exclaim, "There are so many armor soldiers, could it be that the Eight Banners are here!"
”Wang Yi frowned, and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Don't dry your tongue!"
Do your job!
”Wang Deshun pulled out his knife and shouted angrily, "Defense, those who disturb the morale of the army will be killed immediately!"
”The two main generals shouted, and the surrounding generals immediately fell silent, dispersed one after another, returned to their original positions, and commanded the soldiers to defend.At this time, Wang Deshun and Wang Yi saw the formation of the Qing army and knew that Man Dahai had made a bloody investment this time.As far as the current battle is concerned, not to mention the elite of the Eight Banners, I am afraid that at least thirty percent of the Eight Banners will be assembled.Wang Yi and Wang Deshun glanced at each other, and Wang Deshun smiled and said: "Brother Wanxun, you and I will join forces to defend the city today, and we will not be able to live up to the expectations of the marshal!"
”Wang Yi nodded, with a straight face, and said with a fist: "Brother Zhang Zheng, this must be the battle between you and me, and the Manchus will know that in this world, there are many cities that they can't attack." ”At this time, the cavalry of the Qing army was under the city, and after galloping for a while, they had already pulled out their horses and retreated to three miles away, and they were stationed to monitor the city to prevent the Ming army in the city from suddenly killing and covering the infantry to camp.Tens of thousands of Qing army infantry, pushing heavy vehicles, chose a large open space five miles away from the city, and began to cut down trees, dig trenches, and build camps.Those who came were all elite, battle-hardened, camped quite in order, and each department performed its own duties, and in a short time, there was already an outline.At this time, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, but still wearing armor, hanging war knives, riding war horses, galloped out of the camp, led hundreds of flags, climbed a hillside, overlooked the city of Wujin, and peeked at the defenders' defense.Kong Youde reined in the war horse, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and picked up the clairvoyant mirror to observe carefully.The circular horizon, scanning the city wall three miles away, outside the city wall is a pit, a horse pile, and then a wide moat, the camera moves, it is a city wall more than three zhang high, between the wall battlements, each stack stands a musketeer, two spearmen, and there are crowds of people behind, I can't see what kind of troops it is.Kong Youde continued to observe, his expression suddenly changed, he put down the clairvoyant mirror, and said in surprise: "Old Geng, I look at the city, why is it familiar?"
”Geng Zhongming was watching with a clairvoyant mirror, and saw that there were no fancy things on the city, and most of the enemy towers, arrow towers, and horse faces that were easily hit by artillery were demolished, and only the protruding enemy platforms on each section of the city wall were particularly conspicuous.Geng Zhongming put down the clairvoyant mirror, looked at Kong Youde, and asked uncertainly, "Is this the city?"
”Kong Youde had a calm face, "I think it's indeed Gongcheng!"
”The city is a kind of city built by the Ming Dynasty by absorbing the construction technology of the Western fortress, which was proposed by Xu Guangqi to protect the city with the platform, protect the city with the gun, and protect the people with the city.The Ming Dynasty built several cities in the western Liaoxi corridor, and Ningyuan was one, which made the Qing army suffer a big loss.Fighting the city was a very challenging thing for the Qing army.Geng Zhongming got a definite answer, and couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water, "Old Kong, if it's Gongcheng, then this Wujin City, I'm afraid it's not so easy to fight!"
”Kong Youde glanced at the city, but gritted his teeth and said: "In this battle, the Qing Dynasty will destroy Zhao Zamao."
Prince Xun ordered you and me to unify the army of 100,000, leading the Han army with two red and two yellow, Mongolian two white and blue, seven banner elite soldiers, plus tens of thousands of elite green battalions, 100 heavy artillery, Wujin is an iron wall, and we will also step on it!
”Geng Zhongming heard Kong Youde say this, and also cheered up, "Old Kong, what you said is right, if you don't win this battle, the general trend of the world may be reversed, and you and I will definitely not end well."
In this battle, there are only two possibilities, either we break the city, or the defenders surrender, in short, no matter what, we must defeat Zhao Zamao. ”(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe) ()