The Northern Expedition of the Shandong War Zone concentrated the first, second and eighth third infantry towns under the war zone, and there was also Xinjian Pao Town, with more than 4,000 cavalry. Together with the total strength of more than 40,000 troops, the total number of troops under the direct troops attacked Cangzhou, where only thousands of Green Camp soldiers were stationed. There was no Qing reinforcements outside Cangzhou. The Green Camp soldiers in the city had no fighting spirit, but were unable to break the city for a long time, which was undoubtedly a problem.

As early as on the way to Shangluo, Lu Si and Gu Junen had a discussion on how to annihilate the Northern Group of the Qing Dynasty during the Northern Expedition.

At that time, Gu Junen proposed that once the Dashun Army fought in the north and the Qing army in the north would only adopt a countermeasure if it did not retreat outside the pass.

That is to concentrate the main force to annihilate the enemy, which is also the first choice for military use.

Lu Si agreed with Gu Junen's view, because he was able to completely wipe out Haoge and Kong Youde Group in Shandong.

Since ancient times, the way of using military forces is to use the best to fight the worst and bully the few to bully the few.

Although the Huai Army had eight towns of troops, the actual combat soldiers were only about 50,000, and the number of armored soldiers in the Shandong war zone was up to 20,000. With this force, it would be difficult to confront the northern group of the Qing Dynasty. Let’s not talk about the Ajige tribe in Jingxiang.

Therefore, Lu Si must at all costs to recruit Dashun West Route Army and re-enter Shaanxi, because he wants to form a pattern of joint northern expedition between the East Route (the main force of the Huai Army) and the West Route (the main force of the Shun Army).

Otherwise, relying solely on the Huai Army, one would definitely not be a match for the Qing army.

In terms of the situation, Xi'an was restored, and the Western Route Army went from Sichuan to Shaanxi and then went east to expedition. The situation was very similar to that of the Ming army who jointly attacked Jiannu's nest Heituara.

The difference is that the Ming army has four routes and the Shun army has two routes.

Facing the Shun Army east and west, the two routes advanced side by side, and the Ajige army was blocked thousands of miles away. If Dorgon did not choose to leave the customs and still had to defend Beijing, he would have to concentrate the main force of the Qing army in the north to fight an annihilation battle. Then the question arises, where will he fight?

This is very important.

Lu Si repeatedly thought that the initiative in the war must not be controlled by Dorgon, so he must make a decision for Dorgon so that he can firmly control the initiative in his own hands.

In the end, Lu Si made the decision to use himself as his bait and lead the army personally with great fanfare, thus inducing the Northern Qing army group to fight the decisive battle with the "thief leader".

In this way, the Eastern Army can march straight into the road.

How can Dorgon lead the main force of the Qing army to the west instead of choosing the main force of the Huai army on the east route? Lu Si's method was to make the Huai army on the east route encircle and not attack, creating the impression that his ability to attack and breakthrough was poor, thus paralyzing Dorgon and making him believe that the threat of the Shun Army on the east route was far less than that of the Shun Army on the west route.

Therefore, the Eastern Army, which clearly had an overwhelming advantage over the Cangzhou defenders, had to fight a seemingly unattainable siege under the city of Cangzhou.

Now, as Lu Si wished, Dorgon led the main force of the Qing army in the northern direction to Baoding, and the main force of the Huai army on the east route was no longer necessary to restrain it.

The long sword has appeared, and it is time to harvest the heads.

............

The general offensive order was issued soon.

The commander of the cannon town, Hong Bao, a Fujian native, drove the prisoners to pull the artillery on more than 100 gun ships that were staying in the canal to the shore and transport it to the city of Cangzhou little by little.

Several trenches were dug out by the Huai Army under the city of Cangzhou. This trenches were not only to encircle Cangzhou defenders, but also a trick to reduce the losses of the Huai Army in attacking the tough situation.

The gunners who had always been "a place where heroes were useless" began to correct their muzzles, and the black muzzles pointed directly at Cangzhou City.

There are only more than two thousand people in the entire cannon town that can be called "gunners", half of which are captured soldiers from the former Han army Kong Youde's troops.

Most of the instructors in Pao Town were from the Zheng family in southern Fujian, and there were many senior generals from the Fujian soldiers of the Huai Army, including Pao Town Commander Hong Bao, Iron Armored Guard Commander Huang Zhao, and Brigade Commander Yang Xiang.

"Damn it, I should have slammed his fucking mom!"

The second town's commander Zuo Pan An looked at the hundreds of cannons transported to the city, and was very excited to rub his hands and punches. As long as the cannons could collapse the city walls of Cangzhou, he Zuo Dazhuzi would capture the old thief Hong Chengchou for his brother Lu to capture the old thief Hong Chengchou alive for his brother Lu!

"Prepare to siege!"

The brigade commander Cheng Sihua began to deploy siege missions. His fourth brigade was adapted from the rebel army's "Xiao Yuanying" as the backbone. It was not only the second town but also the only entire firearm brigade of the entire Huai Army.

However, the Fourth Brigade only exterminated the Liu Zeqing Group in Xuzhou, and then he was responsible for the bandit suppression mission in eastern Shandong. Although he was ordered to transfer to Qingzhou to participate in the battle against Haoge and Kong Youde Group, unfortunately, it was rainy. The brigade was unable to participate in the war because all its staff were equipped with muskets, so it was not so eye-catching in terms of military achievements.

Some people even say that the guys in the Fourth Brigade are all fire sticks and stubborn goods.

This time, the second town was responsible for the main attack on Cangzhou, so Cheng Sihua secretly wanted to let the friendly troops see if their muskets were fire sticks!

"Young Governor, do you want to shoot in the book city?"

The first town commander Xia Dajun came to the front of the Jiedushi who was later than him and younger than him. The Qing army in the city could not see the Huai army transferring so many cannons, so they could try to persuade them to surrender. If the Qing army in the city knew how to surrender, the battle would end there.

“No need.”

The young governor Lu Guangyuan, who has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness in the army, had no idea of ​​persuading surrender. In his opinion, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Cunren, Zu Zerun, and Lu Xingzu in the city were able to stand under the siege of the Huai Army for more than two months, and he has expressed their attitude with practical actions.

"Then let's fight!"

Xia Dajun didn't say nonsense either.

More than 400 large and small artillery pieces lined up along the trench excavated by the prisoners. The gunners set up their cannons, built civil fortifications, and aimed the black holes at the head of the city wall. An artillery officer from the former Hode tribe measured the head of the city wall with the tools in his hand, and finally ordered the gunner to fire the first shot for the test.

With a "boom", the roar of artillery shells sounded at the top of Cangzhou City, which shocked the Qing army on the city.

The moment the cannon sounded, many Qing generals in Cangzhou City subconsciously shrank their necks, but Governor Hong Chengchou remained unmoved. However, the Grand Secretary who was seeking the South of the Qing Dynasty was extremely ugly, because there were too many Shunjun artillery outside the city.

Before Cangzhou was able to hold on to the present, in addition to the tenacity of the defenders, the Shun Army, which was sieging the city, lacked artillery and other siege equipment. Now that so many artillery suddenly appeared, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but wonder whether Cangzhou could still be defended, why did the Shun Army not mobilize these artillery to attack the city before?

After being surrounded for more than two months, Cangzhou had no way to contact Beijing, so Hong Chengchou was not aware of the current situation. However, when Shunjun set up such a large formation, he felt a little uneasy.

Is the situation irreversible?

The Qing Dynasty, which had just entered the pass for more than two years, died now?

If Cangzhou was destroyed, how would he, the former Ming magistrate, choose to recruit the Grand Secretary of the Southern Governor-General of the Qing Dynasty?

Could it be that Hong Hengjiu wants to surrender again and become a slave of the three surnames?

Why didn’t the Shun Army send people to persuade them to surrender?

Under all kinds of thoughts, a whistling sound came from his ears, and then a solid iron bullet hit a section of the city wall that was only more than a hundred feet away from the city gate tower.

Hong Chengchou's vision was in the center. The iron lion in Cangzhou, which was ten feet tall, seven feet long, six feet long, carrying a huge basin, and "Lion King" on his head and under his neck, was lying in front of the temple. The sound of cannons could not alarm the huge creature.

It witnessed the changes in Cangzhou for thousands of years.
Chapter completed!