The allied army retreated and set up camp, the Tubang army was divided into several battalions and camped on the periphery, and the Zhou army and more than 1,000 British and French troops were stationed in the center together with the Chinese army.Because he was worried that the Ming army would attack the camp, Wu Sangui ordered his soldiers to build walls and dig trenches to defend the camp.In the middle of the night, the camp of the Chinese army was completed, the soldiers erected fences, dug trenches, and arranged horses outside the camp, and sprinkled thistles to prevent the Ming army from sneaking attack.Wu Sangui inspected the camp of the Chinese army and was quite satisfied, and then went to the military camp of the outer princely states to check, but found that the defense was a mess.The Tubang army also built a wall and dug a trench according to his request, but the wall was not waist-high, and the trench could be crossed in one step.This made Wu Sangui cry and laugh, and he didn't know whether the Tubang Army was fooling him or themselves.Seeing that Wu Sangui's face was not good, Xia Guoxiang hurriedly said: "Let them rebuild!"
”After saying that, he pressed his sword and led the armor away.Entering the camp, the barracks of the princely army were clearly divided into several areas, almost according to caste, and the officers of the upper castes would not even go to places where the lower caste soldiers gathered, and were unwilling to use the water and things they touched.Wu Sangui actually understands this situation, but he is more helpless, even if he is the emperor, he can't change it.At this time, he was patrolling the camp, and the princely army was living and cooking, and he obviously gave each army enough food supplies, but the soldiers of the lower castes were still like eating pig food.This made Wu Sangui very annoyed, but he needed the support of the Indian high caste, but he couldn't express dissatisfaction with it, and he also needed to take the initiative to keep a distance from the untouchables, and he couldn't do the Chinese emperor who loved the people like a son and was close to the people.Although this has won the support of the Hindu high-level, the army below is also powerless, like mud."
Where are the wounded?"
Wu Sangui asked in a deep voice, "I want to see the wounded soldiers!"
”A Kshatriya hurriedly stopped Wu Sangui and spoke a bunch of local languages.In South Asia under the rule of the Zhou state, there were more than a hundred princely states, each of which had its own language, and communication was also a problem."
Your Majesty, he said that the wounded soldiers are all low castes, unclean untouchables, Your Majesty cannot check it, it will pollute Your Majesty's body."
The translator explained.Wu Sangui had a cold face and insisted on entering the camp of the wounded soldiers, and saw that the wounded soldiers were left in the messy camp, unattended at all, and many of them had died of blood loss.China has had military doctors for a long time, but it is still Zhao Ming who develops this into a system.During the battle, the Zhou army was influenced by the Ming army, and there was also a formed medical officer corps.When Wu Sangui entered the military tent, the wounded soldiers of the Tubang saw him jumping like thunder and saying something loudly, and they were all terrified, thinking that they had offended the emperor somewhere.After a short time, a team of Chinese medical soldiers entered the tent, bandaged their wounds, treated their injuries, and cleaned the marching bed again before they could react.The low-class untouchables were immediately moved, but the high-caste nobles who followed up all had ugly faces.Wu Sangui inspected the camp, then returned to the big tent and convened his generals to discuss how to attack the city.At night, the generals gathered in the tent, and in the tent was placed, a sand table that was rushed to be made, showing the terrain of Bagu.At this time, Wu Sangui said in a deep voice: "The sand table has been made, how do you think this battle should be fought?"
”Everyone talked about it for a while, and Wu Guozhu clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty, you know yourself and know that you will not be defeated in a hundred battles."
At the moment, the minister thought that it was still necessary to find out what the Ming army had prepared before formulating a detailed strategy. ”Wu Zhimao nodded and agreed: "The minister thought that he needed to test the attack again, and at least attack the city. ”The Chinese have few soldiers, just like after the Eight Banners entered the customs, they can't withstand the consumption of the war, so they must see it and then take action.In this way, it can reduce the losses of the Chinese people, and secondly, attack at a critical time to reap the fruits of victory, and can shape the myth of the Chinese people winning a hundred battles, making the Tubang army more afraid of the Chinese.Wu Sangui was silent when he heard this, and at this moment, an explosion suddenly came from outside."
What's going on?"
Wu Sangui stood up and asked.A guard entered the tent and saluted: "Back to Your Majesty, it was Modi Erbi who cleaned up the thistles and antlers and triggered the explosion of the mines planted by the Ming army." ”Wu Sangui heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, it seemed that Zhao Ming had really prepared many surprises for him.If before the attack, if Zhao Ming did not find out what means Zhao Ming had used, and dared to let the Chinese soldiers attack, he would only suffer heavy losses and hit the prestige of the Chinese people.Wu Sangui said with a calm face: "Pass the order, let Modi compare, and complete the cleanup as soon as possible."
Then order the princely state armies to build more shield chariots, prepare large shields, and continue the offensive tomorrow. ”Siege warfareIn war, the casualties of the attacking side are often huge.The Ming army said that it was a camp, but the fortifications were very complete, and the difficulty was even more difficult than attacking ordinary cities.If you don't find out the means of the Qingming army and fill it with human lives, the 20,000 Chinese soldiers brought by Wu Sangui will definitely not be enough.From this point of view, Sun Kewang's decision to send the Tubang army over to be cannon fodder was really prescient.It's just that what Sun Kewang didn't expect was that those high-caste nobles, monkey spirits, monkey spirits, didn't come forward by themselves to fight, they all let their subordinates untouchables die, and they couldn't achieve the goal of consuming high-caste nobles at all.After speaking, Wu Sangui said to Wu Guozhu: "You take people to see the situation of cleaning up and guide them!"
”On the earthen wall of the Ming army, the sound of muskets was remembered from time to time, shooting the Tubang soldiers outside the trench to clean up the horses, antlers, and thistles.Modighi had no experience in this and didn't know how to get rid of thistles quickly, so he could only let the Tubang soldiers quietly touch them and grope on the ground after dark.The sky was dark and the line of sight was not good, so the Tubang soldiers moved away from the horses and antlers, and touched the thistles on the ground, which was extremely inefficient, and from time to time in the process of moving the horse rejection pile, the mines were triggered.The explosion of the mine caused heavy losses to the Tubang army, and also woke up the Ming army on the earthen wall, making the clean-up operation useless.Just when Modi was worried about this, Wu Guozhu led a team of soldiers to rush over, and after learning that the Tubang soldiers touched the ground with their hands, they couldn't cry or laugh.Wu Guozhu immediately took over the command, and ordered the soldiers to tie the soles of their shoes with planks or thick hay, take the risk of removing the antlers and horse rejection stakes, and then make tools, tie dead grass to a log, press the wooden wheel, and roll it on the ground like a stone, so that the thistle terrestris can be nailed to the dead grass.The Tubang soldiers, who had been on the ground for a long time and had not cleared up a piece of the black light, quickly cleaned up a large area after getting the guidance.Although there are still remnants of thistle terrestris on the ground, it will not affect tomorrow's attack.()