The psychological battle between Zhang Zhidong and Guan Wen before the war was just an auxiliary, and it was impossible to decide the outcome. The real test of the Henan Wu army, which entered Beijing alone, was still behind. Whether the Henan Wu army led by Zeng Guoquan can maintain the rich victory is still a huge unknown. .

In the early morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, after a series of strict pre-war preparations, the Guan Wen, who was the head commander of the Qing army, was supported by the Japanese Liu and Mianyu, who were appointed as the commander of the Qing army on the front line, was promoted to the tent and the plan to counterattack Mancheng, and ordered General Zhang Desheng and Hafeng Age to lead an army to attack Xuanwu Gate and Chongwen Gate respectively. Chen Guorui also ordered his troops to detour outside the north gate of Mancheng, and to launch a restraining attack, disperse the main forces of the Wu army, and also tried to open a gap at the northern end of Mancheng far away from the main position.

Zhang Desheng and Ha Feng A were both rising stars discovered by Guan Wen when he repelled Shi Dakai's Northern Expedition. Chen Guorui was the general of the Qing army who had already been the only one at that time. After Guan Wen handed over the task of attacking Xuanwu, Chongwen and restraining the feint attack, three other Qing army rookies, Dechun, Dechun, Sanxing Bao and Wang Shiyi, who were also trusted and valued by Guan Wen, immediately straightened his back more straight. They all hoped that Guan Wen could hand over the important task of attacking Zhengyang Gate, the largest city gate in the city, to himself. None of the remaining Qing generals dared to speak, and they all knew that the candidate responsible for attacking Zhengyang Gate must be one of the three of them.

What surprised everyone was that Guan Wen actually handed over the task of attacking Zhengyang Sect to Prince Senggelinqin. As a result, everyone was stunned. Guan Wen also said to Prince Seng, who looked bad, "Prince Monk, don't misunderstand. I arranged for you to attack Zhengyang Sect, but it was not intentionally harsh you and deliberately pushing the heaviest burden on you, but there are very important reasons. I wonder if the prince knows it?"

"What's the reason?" asked the monk with a bad look on his face.

"Because I don't know how to arrange troops and attack cities and attack cities, I can only arrange for the task to be a hand-off manager. It depends entirely on the efforts of the generals and arrange specific tactics for themselves."

Guan Wen first humbly demoted himself, and then said: "Zhengyang Gate is not only the southern gate of the inner nine cities, but also not far from the main force of Zeng Guoquan's rebel traitors. Not only is it extremely difficult to break through, it is also very likely to be severely damaged by the Wu thieves, which will set our army's aggression."

"I thought about it last night and found that no one of the generals under my tent could take on such a burden. Only by asking the monk, Prince of Monk, to take action personally, can we effectively attack the Wu thieves of Zhengyangmen and create a chance to break the city. So I dared to ask the prince not to work hard and shoulder the heavy burden of attacking Zhengyangmen."

After hearing what Guan Wen's old fox said, it was the second time that the monk Prince, who was robbed of the throne of the head coach by Guan Wen, felt a little better and said in a big way: "You don't have to be polite to the official platform, it's all for the purpose of serving the imperial emperor. Since the official platform looks down on me so much, I will just go to the Zhengyang Gate."

"Thank you, Prince, I'll ask the prince, thank you." Guan Wen bowed his hand and thanked him repeatedly, and said, "The inner city is strong, and this battle will definitely take a long time. It is very likely that he will fight overnight. I hope the prince will arrange the order of the soldiers' attacks, rotate the troops to participate in the battle in time, and retain the physical strength of the soldiers to prevent them in case."

The monk agreed in a big way, Guan Wen thanked him again, and the monk, Chen Desheng and others who were accepting the mission immediately went to prepare for the troops. After the monk left, Guan Wen shouted again: "Dechun, Sanxingbao, Wang Shiyi, come out and obey the order!"

"The last one will be here!" Dechun, Samsung and others stepped out to clasp their fists.

"You three, lead your troops to rest peacefully during the day, eat and drink and maintain your energy, prepare enough for night battles, and gather the orders of the Hou in the evening." Guan Wen said loudly, then waved his hand and said, "Go to sleep, I will ask you tonight."

I vaguely guessed the plan of the old fox Guanwen. Dechun, Sanxing Bao and Wang Shiyi, the three generals, immediately bowed and agreed, and left the command center without hesitation and went back to the camp to sleep! Then, Guanwen ordered the remaining generals to lead the troops of the headquarters to serve as the reserve team and accept their command and dispatch at any time.

After all the generals left, the Japanese Liuhebao and others gave Guan Wen a thumbs up and praised him: "The official platform is very good. Apart from your method, there is no way to invite the prince of monks."

"It's not enough." Guan Wen smiled and said, "If you want the monk to truly take on the heavy responsibility of consuming the main force of Wu thieves, you have to continue to find ways to stimulate him. Fortunately, with the monk's arrogant temper, it is not difficult to do this."

The Japanese Lion and others burst into laughter, and all admired the old fox Guan Wen's understanding of the monk's character and temper. Finally, Japanese Lion asked curiously again: "Official platform, follow your arrangements and deployments. It seems that they are planning to do it in the evening. What should I do specifically?"

"Of course I hope to climb the water gate." Guan Wen answered a noun that only old Beijing understood, and said with some concern: "If this move does not work, you can only take turns to attack day and night, and use manpower to destroy the Wu thief."

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At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Qing army units that hit the three gates of the south of the city were successively entered the positions. The Qing army led by Chen Guorui also left the city from Xibianmen and hurried to the north end of the city to feint the attack to restrain the Wu army. When he knew that Changgang was defeated, Guan Wen did not waste any time and immediately ordered the attack. He really became the boss, no longer inquire about the specific siege tactics, and allowed the siege generals to play on their own.

Amid the rumbling cannons, the two generals Zhang Desheng and Hafeng Ah, who were discovered by Guan Wen, adopted the new siege tactics gradually developed in actual combat in this era. While concentrating artillery fire on the city, a large number of soldiers were sent to sneak into the streets and houses in the north of the outer city. Using the private streets as a cover, they kept firing and accurately shooting the Wu soldiers on the city, and consumed little by little to weaken the Wu soldiers on the city. They sharpened their knives and did not delay the patient handling of the wood choppers. They waited for the fighter to appear.

The monk prince is completely different, and he still doesn't understand what concentrating firepower means. He just lets the artillery break into Zhengyang Gate City, killing Wu soldiers with luck, and at the same time, concentrating the archery brigade and throwing the city with ancient bows and arrows. The blind cat hits the dead rats and kills Wu soldiers. The troops dispatched from long-range battles are much more powerful than Zhang, and the two Hameni troops are more powerful, and just looking at the scene, they are far more harder than Zhang and Hameni.

On the Wu army, Zeng Guoquan, who is known for his good guardianship, knew that the monk's side was actually the best to deal with by looking at the enemy's tactics. He also decided to concentrate his firepower to cover the monk's position early, and picked the persimmons and pinched the persimmons and gave the Qing army a warning first.

"Transport our breech guns to Zhengyangmen, cross-fire cover Qianmen Street, and wait for orders to fire."

Still, when arranging the deployment position of the killer weapon, Zeng Guoquan introduced his intention to Zhang Zhidong at the request of Zhang Zhidong, and said with a smile: "That idiot Senggelinqin doesn't understand how to fight the current battle. Just looking at his tactical use, I can predict that he will not take much time to launch an ant siege. We first deploy the breech fireworks in place, and then deliberately reveal some flaws to lure him into the siege to attack the city, and then suddenly launch a counterattack. The artillery crosses the streets of Qianmen. It is difficult for Senggelinqin to be killed or injured."

After listening to Zeng Guoquan's introduction, Zhang Zhidong, who was working hard to learn modern military, had no objection, but after a little calculation, Zhang Zhidong asked Zeng Guoquan a strange question and said: "JiuShip, do you want to fight more enemies like Senggelinqin? Or are you willing to fight with enemies outside the Xuanwu Gate of Chongwenmen?"

"Of course I hope to fight Senggelinqin." Zeng Guoquan said with a smile: "I still hope that Senggelinqin will become the commander of the rebellious army, so our battle will be much easier."

"Then you must not be able to fight Senggelinqin!" Zhang Zhidong said firmly: "If you attack Senggelinqin too heavily and prove his tactical error, then he may not only change his course, but also become angry and fight us to the end at any cost. At the same time, we may have a lot of difficulty in fighting with a desperate Senggelinqin and two dangerous enemies."

After careful consideration, Zeng Guoquan, who found that Zhang Zhidong's views were reasonable. The more he learned, the worse he became, the sooner he understood Zhang Zhidong's plan and asked, "Then what do you mean is to give the monk a little more face?"

"Yes, not only should we give him more face, but it is best to give him more attention." Zhang Zhidong said with a slight smile: "Focus on the enemies of Chongwen Sect and Xuanwu Sect, and do not give them any chance. Whenever they have the chance, they must try their best to fight them. Zhengyang Sect deliberately let some space. While ensuring safety, they even deliberately let the soldiers of the monks rushed to Zhengyang Sect city to help the monks prove that he is right and encourage him to continue fighting like this. In this way, we may be much easier."

After thinking for a while, Zeng Guoquan slapped his thigh and made a quick decision, immediately ordered the withdrawal of the rifled cannon, and sent someone to send an order to Zhang Shiri, who was responsible for guarding Zhengyang Gate, asking him to try to deliberately let the water go and give more opportunities to show off. At the same time, he ordered Ni Gui and Liu Lianjie, who were guarding Chongwen Gate and Xuanwu Gate, to ask them to attack the enemy head-on at any cost, and never give the enemy any arrogance opportunity.

Finally, in order to prevent it, Zeng Guoquan specially arranged for his favorite general Li Chendian to lead an elite force to ambush under Zhengyang Sect so that he could rescue and make up for the leak when Zhang Shiri made a mistake in letting water. Although Zeng Guoquan himself felt that there was no need for this.

After the order was conveyed, although he was very unaware of Zeng Guoquan's intention, the general of the Wu army, Zhang Shiri, still strictly implemented Zeng Guoquan's order and immediately prohibited the use of advanced weapons such as firing needle guns, Minnie guns and Lizhi rifles. He only used old toothed bullet guns and lifting guns to defend the enemy. At the same time, he stopped using half of the artillery and weakened his firepower on his own to give the monk a chance to attach ant.

Then, after Zeng Guoquan was keenly aware that the enemy's firepower on the wall was weakened, the monk prince did not hesitate to order the ant attack without hesitation. A battalion of Qing army carried a flight ladder specially built for the city walls and rushed to the river crossing stone bridge under Zhengyang Gate. He also relied on the Wu army's intentional release of water. He rushed across the moat with just one charge, rushed to the city of Zhengyang Gate, and put the flight ladder on the Zhengyang Gate wall that was about ten meters high.

Seeing this situation in the telescope, the monk was of course extremely proud and arrogant. What made the monk even more proud was that all his soldiers had rushed to the city of Zhengyangmen. The battlefields of Chongwenmen and Xuanwenmen on both sides were still sparsely sounded, and no soldier of Zhili Qing army under the official Wentong dared to step onto the crossing of the river.

It was also destined that the monk prince should show off. Although the general of the Wu army, Zhang Shiri, had a hundred ways to make the Qing soldiers attacked by the ant attack, immediately got rid of the Qing army, but in order to complete the tasks assigned by Zeng Guoquan, Zhang Shiri was useless. Not only that, he also deliberately asked the core backbone Wu army soldiers to be responsible for remediation. He only let the weak Wu army auxiliary soldiers smash the enemy under the city with the primitive sheep head stone and yak, and tied his right hand and feet to fight with the monk king army with one left hand.

As the shouts of killing were shouting, facing the constantly smashed sheep-headed stones and the yakshas that fell from time to time, the soldiers of the Monk King's army bit their weapons and kept stepping up the ladder, rushing to the top of the Zhengyang Gate city, which also made the Monk King's hero stand up one after another, and was fearless and approaching the top of the Zhengyang Gate city wall several times.

After all, he was condescending toward the inflexible enemy. The combat effectiveness of the Wu army's auxiliary soldiers was weak. When the hail-rained stone bottles fell, many monks and kings were killed and injured. Every time, they could smash the monks and kings soldiers who were about to approach the top of the city wall in time. Without any use, the main soldiers of the Wu army firmly defended the city wall position.

Seeing this, the monk prince decisively sent a battalion forward to continue fighting ants, so he naturally had to send people to the battlefields on both sides of the left and right, asking why Zhang Desheng and Ha Fenga still dared not charge and attack? As a result, the monk prince's elite soldiers and generals were alone in front and fell into a tough battle?

Zhang Desheng, who was from the same hometown as Wu Chaoyue, was born in a wilderness and did not understand etiquette. Of course, he ignored the questioning and condemnation of the envoy of the monk prince. However, Hafenga, who was born in a bannerman, knew that he was powerful. He was afraid of the noble blood of the monk prince, and he bit the bullet and launched a charge in advance, preparing to use gunpowder to blow up the Wencheng Gate of Chongwen Gate and share the pressure for the fearless hero of the monk prince.

Unfortunately, the soldiers of the Hafeng Army had just launched a charge, but the Wu army's guns and bullets immediately covered their heads. The Wu army's artillery, which had already calibrated the artillery positions, also opened fire crazily, forming crossfire to cover the bridge road. The Hashan soldiers were killed and injured, and only a few people rushed to the crossing river bridge. Because of their weak power, they not only did not retreat quickly, but their first charge ended in a crushing defeat.

The monk was blocked by the street houses and could not directly see the situation of the Chongwen Gate with a telescope. It was still through the messenger that the monk found out that the friendly troops were so weak. As a result, when the monk was furious, a cheer suddenly sounded from the Zhengyang Gate battlefield in front of him. The monk didn't think much, and quickly turned his head to look, he saw a soldier wearing a red hat on the Zhengyang Gate far away successfully rushed to the top of the Zhengyang Gate wall!

"Go up!" The monk, who was overjoyed, quickly raised his telescope and looked carefully. However, he was very sorry. In the telescope, the monk only clearly saw that the warrior of his army fell down from the city wall on his back, and a bright red blood arrow burst out on his chest!

"What a pity!" He shouted with great regret. The monk prince grabbed another personal soldier and shouted: "Go and tell Guan Wen that the attack was smooth, but the army of Chongwen Sect and Xuanwu Sect was afraid of the enemy and could not share the pressure of attack for me. What should I do?!"

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"When I go back and tell the monk, I will tell you that I will go immediately to order the Chongwen Sect and Xuanwu Sect, and ask Zhang Desheng and Hafeng A to step up the attack and share the pressure for him, so please rest assured."

After sending away the monk's envoy's indictment with one sentence, Guan Wen punched the handsome case in front of him with a heavy blow, murmured with a pale face, "Zeng Guoquan, you are cruel enough! Wu Chaoyue is respectful to raise a traitor, you are the most important thing for Seng Gelinqin! Now, let alone in provoking the pig, you are the one who is trying hard, it is hard to even beg the pig to fight to the death!"

After seeing at first sight that Wu Jun was deliberately indulging the monk prince to be arrogant and proud, Guan Wen was not very anxious. On the contrary, he ordered Hafeng and Zhang Desheng to fight according to their own methods, and never be influenced by the monk prince's request, and must not be misled and deceived by the seemingly smooth battle situation of Zhengyangmen. At the same time, he told the Japanese Little about Wu Jun's specific intention, and pulled Japanese Little to fight against the monk prince's blood pressure, roared and threatened, patiently consumed Wu Jun's physical strength and ammunition, and waited for the fighter plane to mature.

Although the old fox Guanwen was very calm and did not stop sharpening his knife and chopping wood, Guanwen never rushed to make real efforts, but what Guanwen forgot was that his opponent Zeng Guoquan was not only known for his good defense, but his battlefield experience was still far above him, and he had already seen his real plan.

"The old thief Guanwen is testing the consumption, consuming our soldiers' physical strength, spirit and ammunition. While fatigue drags us down, he also takes the opportunity to test our city defenses and find our defense weaknesses, number and location." Zeng Guoquan introduced to Zhang Zhidong: "Only when everything is ready and he will truly exert force and truly attack the city with real swords and guns."

"Jiu Shuai, when will that old thief Guanwen really take action?" Zhang Zhidong asked curiously again.

"If I guess it's not bad, he should start exerting his strength between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon." Zeng Guoquan replied: "It drags down us and disrupts our defense replacement deployment. Then at night, he will use his familiarity with the terrain and the cover of the dark night, as well as the inevitable fatigue and physical strength of our soldiers to show off his real killer weapon."

Zhang Zhidong nodded in a vague way, and Zeng Guoquan said again: "Xiaoda, I'm not afraid of the old thief Guanwen. No matter how he attacks him head-on, I'm sure to deal with it. I'm just afraid that he will come to the wrong place now, because compared with him, I'm really not familiar with the situation in the capital. If you are good at this, think about it for me. If your old thief Guanwen, what trick would you use to trick me?"

Zhang Zhidong nodded, and immediately began to make calculations and analyze, and said intimately: "What would I do if I were an old thief in Guanwen? How could I give us some secrets?"
Chapter completed!