The Qing army braved artillery fire, dug five ditches, and drained the water in the moat of Yongyangfu City. The Qing army in front used artillery fire to suppress the returning troops on the city head. The two sides fought fiercely, with gunpowder smoke filling the air and wall bricks being damaged
The artillery pieces were scattered and scattered, and the Qing army's firepower was fierce
, using powerful artillery fire to suppress the firepower of the returning army, the Qing army in the rear was catching fish and improving food. Xu Zhanbiao promised not to attack Yongyang Fucheng within three days of returning to the army, but he did not say that he would not make preparations before the war. The sound of gunfire told
After returning to the army, the Qing army kept their word and turned against them.
The fifth commander Chen Lin and the seventh commander Feng Junfu did not go to the top of the city. The appearance of hot weapons made the commanders dare not take risks easily. The two men looked up at the smoke-filled city wall and commanded the returning troops to counterattack. This was the time to test the tenacity of the defenders. Qing Qing
Although the artillery fire of the army was fierce and fell on the city head like eyes, the returning army, who was not afraid of death, still hid in the corner of the city head, stretched out his gun barrel and shot at the civilians digging trenches.
The gunners of the Qing army were many sharpshooters. Wherever the gun barrels were exposed on the city top, the cannons would fall like raindrops. The Qing army used fierce artillery fire to cover the civilians digging trenches. The returning troops rushed forward with their flesh and blood, batch after batch of soldiers.
At the top of the city filled with smoke, there was a group of ten people. When all of them died, another group returned to take over. Both sides went back and forth, testing their will and quality, and no one was willing to back down.
The artillery fired once every half an hour. When the time came and the artillery needed to cool down, the civilians digging the ditches stepped back. The crisscrossing ditches extended from the distance to the bottom of the city. You can see from the top of the city that there are still pieces of soil under the ditches, and the civilians are still there.
When you dig the soil, you can't reach the people in the ditch.
The fifth commander Chen Lin lurked at the top of the city, holding a telescope, lying on the top of the city, looking at the scene outside the city. In the fields with thousands of ravines, there were countless Qing troops ambushed.[
The Qing Dynasty was rich in manpower and relied on the harsh military training of the Chu army to train civilians into warriors who were not afraid of death. This war has already evolved into a protracted war of attrition. It is worthwhile for many people to die for the great cause of the nation. Let’s fight.
! Kill all the people in Yongyang Fucheng and see how much strength the Qing army still has to attack?
"Well, it was a good fight. At least a thousand people were killed in Mangou. A moat is nothing. Our city is impregnable." Fifth Commander Chen Lin loudly encouraged morale. The returning troops around were repairing the city walls. The dilapidated places,
The wall was covered with bricks again, and the cement workers quickly laid cement to strengthen the city wall.
The emergence of artillery made the city wall vulnerable. The city wall was severely damaged, which required constant repair and reinforcement. Sometimes the city wall could not be repaired, and the defenders had to build a new wall in the city to block the Qing army.
Outside, the army and the people work together and can establish a new defense system in less than one night.
"Fifth Commander, didn't you say there was a three-day truce?" Net Bu jumped. A returning soldier couldn't help but ask.
"Now you know that the Qing army talks nonsense, don't be afraid, Marshal Ma will come to support us. Let's eat beef tonight." The fifth commander Chen Lin gave the soldiers guarding the city a hollow glutinous rice dumpling, and then gave it to the appetite.
How could Marshal Ma come to the front line to die? Looking at the dilapidated city wall, I was a little worried. After just one round of shelling, the city has become like this. How capable will the Qing army be in the future?
Chen Lin is a staunch nationalist and is willing to sacrifice her life and blood for the cause of national liberation. But it is not yet time to die for her righteous cause. The returning army will rely on Dong Zhiyuan's terrain to fight a protracted war with the Qing army.
Win or lose is measured by gains and losses in a city. The returning army still has strategic depth. At worst, it will retreat to Xiaozhou and Jinjibao, and it will lose its foothold in the northwest. The returning army can still retreat in large strides, and there is a new Islamic empire in southern Xinjiang -
—The Kingdom of Zedeshar.
Although the Kingdom of Zedeshar is an Islamic empire established by foreigners, it has the same beliefs and would rather be a foreign Islamic citizen than a lackey of the Manchus.
Chen Lin, who was determined, walked down the city and said with some worry: "Feng Shuai, have you visited the west of the city? What are the actions of the Qing army there?"
The seventh commander, Feng Junfu, rushed back after a long journey and said: "Commander Chen, the Qing army is still surrounding three buildings. There are only a few cavalry active in the west of the city. I led the cavalry to rush out, and they ran away, deliberately leaving a road for me."
"Well, that's good. It means that Xu Huzi's troops are not enough, and the enemy still wants us to cause chaos first. Well, the time is almost up, and the enemy's artillery fire is about to show off again. Do you want the soldiers on the city to take shelter?"
Chen Lin counted the time and still
Do you want to continue fighting against the Qing army? The chance of surviving under artillery fire is too small. The first round of artillery fire by the Qing army caused heavy losses to the returning army. There were more returning soldiers with broken hands and feet than those killed in battle. Watch.
The wounded were carried down the city one by one, and Chen Lin couldn't bear it any longer.
"Hey, I said the moat will always be filled up by the Qing army. It's not worth the effort at this time. They died as civilians and we died as soldiers. It's better to avoid the artillery fire." Feng Junfu sighed slightly, artillery battles have their own cannons.
If you master the laws of warfare and the laws of artillery battles, many soldiers will die less. Those civilians outside the city are the bait of the Qing army. Many of the civilians are Hui people and prisoners of war. Killing them will not even hurt the Qing army.
The second round of artillery battle began, the artillery flew towards the city top, roaring everywhere, the returning army stopped fighting back, and there was no trace of the returning army on the city top.
The civilians under the city worked hard to dig ditches, digging as hard as they could to survive. Of course, they also had another option, turning around to face the swords and guns of the Qing army, and dying in the hands of the Qing army. Since they have reached this field, they have to survive.
If you can advance to a higher level and become an obedient citizen of the Qing Dynasty, if you perform well, you can even have a wife, or even join the Hui detachment of the Qing army.
These Hui people who were captured by the Qing army as cannon fodder worked for the Qing army on the front lines. There were at least a thousand people working in the field of vision. The young and strong people who survived would be taken in by the Qing army's Hui detachment and become glorious soldiers.
The soldiers of the Qing army turned their guns and fought back.
This is how the Qing army dealt with the rebellious ethnic minorities. It is not mentioned in the booklet, but is slightly mentioned in the book. This is also a tactic that everyone can use. It looks cruel, but the effect is very effective. The righteous army is especially good at using it.
This move is what the people want. A general who only consumes his own troops is not a qualified general. War is about attrition. This is what happens in wars, especially protracted wars. In the end, it becomes a war of the own nation.
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Watching the water in the moat flowing outward, and the water flowing along the ditch into the distance, the people cheered, as if they had won a battle. The huge cheers resounded throughout the entire city outside Yongyang Mansion, and the people had a good meal
A good meal, and the capital to survive.
Risking one's life to dig a ditch once gave the captured Hui soldiers and Hui people a centripetal force, making them feel that they were serving the Qing Dynasty and that they had severed ties with the past and were living as human beings.
The Qing army commanders were all on the slope, watching this scene. The water flowed into the ditch below the slope. The soldiers stood in the water and caught fish with nets. It was a very funny scene. There was a war in the front and fish in the rear. Fighting was just a part of life.
Part of it is that you need to eat to survive, and if you have the opportunity to make tooth sacrifices, you won't let it go.
Xu Zhanbiao looked at the soldiers covered in mud, laughed a few times, and left. He was not here to play, but walked along the ditch to the forward position to observe the defense situation in the north of Yongyang Fucheng at close range.[
The engineers of the Qing army were studying whether they could dig a tunnel in the north of the city. They first tried to dig a hole, but because it had just rained and the water seeped heavily, they could no longer dig it. The operation ended in failure.
Li Guolou was quite surprised and asked: "Deputy Commander Xu, didn't you say you wanted to climb the city wall? Why are you trying to dig a tunnel?"
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Xu Zhanbiao touched the slippery soil and said: "Chief Li, relying on others is a lie. Besides, you can't delay what you have to do. Even if it doesn't come in handy, you have to act. In war, heaven and earth act together.
arrive
No one knows where the breakthrough is until the last moment. This is called a military secret, learn it carefully." After saying this, Xu Zhanbiao put his dirty hands on Li Guolou's uniform and used Li Guolou's uniform as a rag.
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Li Guolou frowned, feeling disgusted in his heart. When the officers saw Li Ziying wearing the new military uniform, they were jealous and deliberately made him look bad. This was to disgrace his good life. Looking at the gloating expressions around him, Li Guolou
He felt quite unfair and sighed: "If the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them. If they are taller than the top, people will destroy them. I shouldn't have written any letter to persuade you to surrender, let alone offered a reward of 100,000 taels of silver. Now I'm fine."
He has become a mouse and will not be able to survive unless he is beaten."
"Master Li, you are worrying too much. I was just joking with you. I will treat you to grilled fish for lunch." Xu Zhanbiao apologized to Li Guolou, but he held Li Guolou's hand with his dirty hand. This move,
It made Li Guolou feel uncomfortable all over.
Hey! Over time, human nature will be exposed. After staying with these Qiu Ba for a long time, you are not afraid that he will have a backstage. Li Guolou smiled bitterly. He was surrounded by military generals. Now he can't drive them away even if he scolds them. No.
They would also come to Li Ziying to make tooth sacrifices and chat with him about life, as if he, the Tanhualang, understood everything and could guide them in the future.
The life-and-death friendship honed on the battlefield made them casual. Suffering a loss is a blessing. Xu Zhanbiao's move showed that he supported his sneak attack plan. At worst, it would be like sludge, leaving a mess. Yongyang Fucheng was captured.
Even if his troops fail in the surprise attack, it doesn't matter to the overall situation. If they win, it will bloom everywhere, and Xu Zhanbiao's spring has come.
Li Guolou figured out why Xu Zhanbiao was dissatisfied with him, just because he gave him a temptation, and it was a temptation that Xu Zhanbiao could not refuse. Even now, he is still thinking about the surprise attack on Shishe Town. Xu Zhanbiao was trapped by him and got into
It's a dead end. Oh! That's not right. It should be called the hero who sees the same thing.
"Hey! Deputy Marshal Xu, it's not important to eat the fish. What's important is how the fish was hooked." Li Guolou looked scheming and left Xu Zhanbiao with his hands behind his back.
Li Guolou had many ingenious ideas that ordinary people did not have. Although most of them were just castles in the air, with his ability, the business empire had begun to take shape. From now on, he would be able to control the hard work of issuing silver coins and banknotes in the Qing Dynasty. This country would be his.
Yes. This still requires arduous efforts. When the wind blows from the pillow to Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Ci'an, man
Making a handsome man requires a lot of energy and a lot of tossing in bed. It is not shameful to be a face-shou, even if it belongs to the position of the third child, but the most favored face-shou is the Empress Dowager Ci'an's full-time face-shou, so she is favored
Soon, the military supplies shipped to Li Ziying from all over the country continued. It even became a heavy burden, which made him unable to stand up forever.
It had been a long time since he had touched a woman, and Li Guolou's expression turned gloomy, and he looked like a bitch.
"Mr. Li, you miss me." Xu Zhanbiao dared to tease Li Guolou, but others did not dare to be so direct. They said that friendship will last forever. Guo Baochang glanced at him and smiled slyly.
"Hey! I still like to use the thrust spear to fight on the battlefield to show my bravery." Li Guolou made a double entendre and was worthy of being a general praised by all the stars.
There were bursts of laughter, and some people didn't understand it for a while. After others laughed, Yin laughed behind them. They all like to gather around Li Guolou and listen to Li Guolou's speeches. There is always a kind of humorous words that make people laugh.
You can't help but laugh, and there are often thought-provoking words that make people feel painful.
Xu Zhanbiao was a little confused. Even Guo Baochang and Huang Ding followed Li Guolou naturally, clustering together and talking and laughing. Such a young scholar actually had the temperament to respond to everything. Li Guolou's words, shouldn't he?
Should I trust you once?
Grandma’s bear, even the Queen Mothers of the two palaces have great trust in Li Guolou, why does he care? There is a 10% chance of winning in a surprise attack, and there is a possibility of victory. Anyway, as Huang Ding said, even if you don’t succeed, there will be a trap.
Li Guolou will not use explosive bags and grenades to fight the enemy like Gao Liansheng did, and he will avoid a tragic victory. It is better for the surrender faction to fight for consumption. Now there are thousands more people on the battlefield who dare to fight and fight.
fellow Hui people.
"Sir Li, come here, don't be angry. I really treat you to grilled fish." Xu Zhanbiao liked Li Guolou sitting next to him. This was his Zhao Zilong, how could he neglect the general's heart.