"Supervisor, is this what you said to break the cannon?" Director Gao Qiqian looked at the soldiers in front of him with a look of surprise and said strangely.

"That's right!" Zhu Xieyuan couldn't help but point to the trench in front of him and showed off to Gao Qiqian and others.

"Don't look at this trench inconspicuousness. It is actually the first way to resist the Red Barbarian Cannon!"

"No matter how sharp the thief's artillery is, as long as we hide it in it, we can be unscathed."

It turned out that Zhu Xieyuan learned his lesson last time and returned to Taiyuan City day and night to figure out how to destroy the red barbarian cannons of the Rebel Army.

A few days ago, he suddenly remembered the tragic situation when he was bombarded by the red cannons of the rebel army after digging the trench. He suddenly remembered the scene where the intelligent soldiers jumped into the trench and survived. Then he came up with a way to crack the Rebel army artillery with the trench.

"This..." Gao Qi pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "What can I do if I dig a trench and can avoid the thief artillery?"

"Soldiers can only avoid cannons, but they cannot break cannons!"

"The director doesn't know anything." Zhu Xieyuan laughed and said, "My strategy is called 'Breaking the city with the city, and breaking the cannons with the trenches'."

"First ask the soldiers to dig trenches to station the camp, then dig trenches as roads to connect to the enemy camp; use shovels as weapons to break the enemy city, then there will be no need to destroy the enemy!"

It turned out that Zhu Xieyuan's plan was very simple, and he learned the essence of Zhang Shun's use of civil engineering technology to fight.

It is to first dig trenches and pile up rammed earth camps. Then, it is then dig trenches as a passage and dig them all the way to the front of the Rebel camp.

Finally, he used shovels and other excavation tools to dig open the camp of the Rebel Army and rush into the camp.

This traditional Chinese trench digging tactic is to some extent the nemesis of the bastion-style camps built by the rebels.

The engineering method invented by later Western European siege master Wobon is similar to Zhu Xieyuan's trench tactics.

To put it bluntly, both use civil fortifications to reduce the damage of artillery to the siege side to offset the firepower and fortress advantages of the defending side.

"Your Highness King Shun, Zhu Xieyuan made such a big noise, but he set up camp two or three miles away. I wonder what the reason is?" At this time, the left governor Zhu Xieyuan had not ordered his soldiers to dig an offensive trench, and Sun Chuanting had not yet seen the reality of the Ming army for a while.

"It may be that I want to dig a trench to attack the city!" I had never eaten pork and had seen the pig leave. Zhang Shun stood in the observation deck for a while and couldn't help but frown, saying with some suspicion.

"Dig a trench to attack the city?" The generals were stunned when they heard this, and were shocked and asked one after another.

"If this is true, our army's artillery will be of little use, what can we do about it?"

Previously, when the Rebels fought with the Ming army, the Rebels mostly relied on artillery, and to a certain extent they also formed path dependence.

Although the rebel army is not afraid of close combat with the Ming army now, they are somewhat confident after all.

"What are you afraid of? The generals come to block the water and cover the soil. Can Zhu Xieyuan still play with flowers?" Zhang Shun smiled confidently when he heard this.

"I dare to set up camp in front of me, I am afraid it's not the birthday boy who hangs him - he's tired of living!"

"Where is Zhang Dashou? He will lead his cavalry to harass and challenge him, so that he will not be able to dig trenches and set up camp!"

"The last general will receive the order!" "The stars in the sky" Zhang Dashou was happy when he heard this, and couldn't help but stand up and respond.

Soon, the gate of the rebel camp opened wide, and Zhang Dashou led a group of troops to kill the generals.

When Zhu Xieyuan saw the rebel army sending troops, he knew that it was impossible for the "supporting thieves" to sit idly by, so he ordered: "Where is the deputy general Yang Guozhu? Let me fight back this thief and protect our three armies to establish a camp."

Immediately, a group of men came out of the Ming army and came to meet them.

"Scattering the formation and harassment!" Zhang Dashou was originally from a rebel army and was quite proficient in harassment and attacking.

Seeing that the Ming cavalry came forward, he did not intend to confront him head-on. Instead, he gave an order. The three thousand cavalry under his command immediately dispersed in units of sentries and searched for gaps everywhere to attack him.

When Yang Guozhu saw the rebels scattered, his heart skipped a beat and his face suddenly changed.

It turns out that although the Ming army's combat power is not bad in this era, they actually have two fears:

First, fear of the enemy's large-scale combat; second, fear of the enemy's long-distance raids and harassment.

Therefore, in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army suffered repeated defeats when it was dealing with the Later Jin, which had large-scale combat capabilities and the peasant army that had small-scale long-distance raids.

The fundamental reason is not the lack of combat effectiveness or command and combat capabilities of the Ming army, but the lack of food and salary for the Ming army, and the officers and soldiers not only eat empty salary for soldiers, but also the empty salary for war horses.

If it were a small-scale battle, the Ming army could still piece together and form a combat-capable force to fight the enemy.

If it is called a large-scale combat or small-scale raid and harassment that requires a large number of war horses, it will expose the Ming army's basic principles of small number and poor quality.

Sure enough, after the two sides began to scatter the war, the Ming army's Yang Guozhu troops gradually fell into a disadvantage soon.

The rebel army took the opportunity to break into the Ming army's timber logging and digging trenches, killing people and setting fires, causing considerable chaos to the Ming army.

"Bastard!" Yang Guozhu was furious when he saw this and shouted loudly, "Do you dare to go forward and fight?"

"Why don't you dare?" Zhang Dashou laughed and said, "I have been on the battlefield for many years, but no one has ever surpassed the spear under my hands!"

"Okay, come and take your time!" Yang Guozhu took advantage of Zhang Dashou's reply and found the place of the army, and hurriedly led his servants to rush forward.

"Good come!" Zhang Dashou saw Yang Guozhu coming, and couldn't help but shout and waved his spear.

Suddenly, two teams of men came out from left to right. These people either bent their bows and arrows or raised their fuses to "sniff" the burning muskets.

"You thief dare!" Yang Guozhu realized that he had been hit by this guy's trick and couldn't help but be shocked.

"Bang bang!" "Swish swish!" For a moment, the musket guns and arrows were all fired, and Yang Guozhu was caught off guard and was shot off the horse immediately.

The left and right servants fought to the death and finally saved him into the formation. After a closer look, he was hit by an arrow in his arm and then broke his left leg.

Before the news of Yang Guozhu's injury came, Zhu Xieyuan saw that something was wrong and quickly ordered: "Let the Shenshu Camp gang General Huang Degong go to the battle, and we will take over Yang Guozhu to command the battle for the time being."

In this way, the two sides fought from morning to night, and they didn't know how many soldiers they had lost. It was finally too late, and then they called out to withdraw their troops and returned to their camps.

However, although the rebels harassed each other in every possible way, the Ming army had to destroy a day and at least they had initially established the camp.

"Your Highness, your grandfather, fortunately, the general of the last general has fulfilled his mission and has upended the Ming thief. It's a pity that the Ming general led the way quickly and never captured him. He presented it to Your grandfather!" Zhang Dashou, who was fished out of the water, couldn't help but be pushed up and reported to Zhang Shunhui in exhaustion.

"Oh, General Zhang just finished the battle and needed more rest, why bother to come in person!" Zhang Shun was shocked and comforted him for a little while, and then ordered Zhang Dashu to rest.

"Your Highness King Shun, it seems that Zhu Xieyuanzhen plans to raise the deep trenches and fight me for a long-lasting battle. If the method of the trenches is not available, I may change it if it takes a long time!" Sun Chuanting couldn't help but give advice.

"Change?" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Bai Gu, the more you use military skills, the more you should calm down when it reaches a critical moment."

"As soon as the old thief Zhu came out, our army will win!"
Chapter completed!