It can be said that this time the Lingbao setting in Dajukou is a classic.
Fang Puyu, who set up the Lingbao fortifications, could imagine how miserable the Qing troops who attacked here would be!
The closest thing to Datukou is a Qing army stationed in Tianjing City.
This Qing army was composed of Niu Lu from Xianglan Banner and Han Xianglan Banner, with a total of five thousand.
The importance of the patio was considered before, so when Duduo mobilized the army to go out, he did not recruit this Qing army.
Therefore, this Qing army came the earliest and arrived at Datukou the day before the Lingbao Group was built.
However, this Qing army was not impulsive. They did not attack the Lingbao group directly as soon as they came up. Instead, they stationed at a distance to monitor.
This is not surprising. The leader of the Xianglan Banner used to be Amin, but he was imprisoned and died by Huang Taiji. He died only about ten years ago.
To say that Amin died without regrets, not to mention that he was cruel by nature and liked to massacre cities, but to say that he was the only outsider among the Eight Banners leaders, he deserved to be tortured to death by Huang Taiji.
Among the remaining seven flag owners, six are the biological sons of Ye Boar Skin. One is Huang Taiji's biological son and the biological grandson of Ye Boar Skin. Amin is just Ye Boar Skin's nephew.
Huang Taiji killed even his brothers for power, let alone his cousins.
In this way, the Xianglan Banner has always been under suspicion. Among the eight banners, it has neither strong strength nor big backers. The subordinate leaders have also secretly sought refuge with other banner owners in order to seek safety.
Such a blue flag is naturally not troublesome.
To say that it is a good thing to make a great contribution to defeat the bandits, but if you are not careful, the leaders with the blue flag will become scapegoats.
Of course, the most likely possibility is that there was a failure but no merit.
The day after the construction of the Lingbao Group was completed, the Qing army that gathered from the capital arrived in Dajukou in a mighty manner.
Leading the troops was Prince Su Hauge, who had been imprisoned to death.
Well, in the history of this plane, he has died at this time.
However, due to the fluttering of butterfly wings across the crowd, Hauge not only did not die, but because there was no general in the court who could subdue the banners and leaders, he was urgently lifted from the confinement, appointed as the general to suppress thieves, and hurriedly left the capital to lead his army. Come and kill.
In the early Qing Dynasty, this Hauge could be regarded as a general who was good at conquering and fighting.
He is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, the leader of the Xiangbai Banner, and Prince Su. He has a distinguished status in the Qing court. He has made many military exploits, the most recent of which was the annihilation of Zhang Xianzhong.
It was precisely for this reason that he was brought out to serve as the head coach.
No way, Duduo is more suitable, but it's a pity that he is still in Hangzhou and can't come back at all.
As for the other banner leaders, they were either not good at fighting or were old. There was also Azig who was killed because of conspiracy.
In short, I really can’t find anyone.
After being imprisoned, Hauge's previous arrogant character has become much restrained.
After garrisoning at Dagukou, Hauge did not immediately send troops to attack the Lingbao group. Instead, he waited for the arrival of fifteen red cannons transferred from the capital before reorganizing his army and moving forward.
This process took several days.
No way, this red cannon transferred from the capital is considered a very powerful cannon at this time, with a range of up to 5,000 meters.
But the problem is that the red cannon is too heavy, more than two tons!
Even if this thing is usually placed at the top of the city for defense, well, Uncle Boarskin was hit by a cannon when he was attacking the city and lost his life.
As a result, the Qing army initially used red cannons to attack the city. After tasting the benefits, it was out of control. Whenever they attacked a fortified city, they would go to great lengths to mobilize the red cannons.
The artillerymen of the Qing army creaked and pushed the red cannon to a position less than a kilometer away from the Lingbao before stopping.
This is not surprising. The red cannon can shoot farther after being filled with gunpowder, but it is not accurate!
If you want to hit more accurately, the distance can only be shortened.
Facing the red-coated cannons of the Qing army, the Xinghai infantry ignored them. When the red-coated cannons opened fire, they huddled behind the defensive positions of the Lingbao.
The experience of the red cannon bombarding the diamond forts was extremely bad!
When a cannon was fired, the cannonball was stuck in the masonry and could not bounce up.
This is the advantage of Xinghai Kingdom in the design of the diamond fort, which prevents solid artillery shells from bouncing on the diamond fort, thus reducing its power to the minimum.
Although the Xinghai Army crushed the Qing Army in terms of weapons and equipment, because the total number was too small, it would be better to lose as little as possible.
Seeing the red cannons roaring continuously and bombarding the opponent's Lingbao group, the Qing troops cheered.
In fact, at this time, the Eight Banners soldiers had not yet degraded. After all, the group of veterans who entered the customs were still there.
Therefore, as soon as the red artillery bombarded five or six waves, a Qing army leader came to apply to fight.
After all, it is difficult for these Eight Banners soldiers stationed near the capital to gain military exploits.
Now that I see an opportunity to gain military exploits, how can I not be anxious?
Although Brother Hao is now a little cautious due to his confinement, considering the issue of morale, he still agreed to the request of several subordinates to fight.
Soon, groups of Qing troops crossed the artillery positions and rushed towards the Lingbao group.
The more than 2,000 Qing troops who rushed at the front were composed of Eight Banners regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. They were quite powerful, especially the white-armored soldiers who rushed at the front. The red-armored soldiers were even more elite among them, and all of them wore double-layer armor. , even the bow and arrow can't penetrate it.
Following them were more than 5,000 Han Eight Banners.
Seeing this scene, Fang Puyu, who was standing at the height of Lingbao, hesitated.
It would be satisfying to kill these Qing troops in one stroke, but it would not be in line with his plan if the Qing troops were frightened so that they did not dare to continue the attack.
This trip to the north was not his idea, but a battle plan drawn up by the staff room of the Xinghai Kingdom's Ministry of Military Affairs.
To put it bluntly, this combat plan was to plant a nail here, thereby threatening the Qing government's capital and making it difficult for the Qing government to mobilize troops south.
Of course, according to Fang Puyu's own plan, that is to turn this place into a flesh and blood millstone to consume the Qing court's strength as much as possible.
In this way, when a large-scale attack is launched in the future, the weak Qing court may fall with a slight push.
"Okay, order down, artillery and machine guns are not allowed to fire."
Following Fang Puyu's order, the originally excited artillerymen and machine gunners sat down one by one in frustration.
They used to be basically refugees, and many of their families were torn apart under the iron heel of the Qing army, so their hatred for the Qing army is conceivable.
But even the infantry caused a big pain to the charging Qing army.
When they rushed to less than 300 meters away from the diamond forts, the infantry hiding on the diamond forts began to fire one by one.
After the bang bang bang gunfire sounded, the charging Qing army seemed to hit the wall head-on. A mass of blood exploded on the chest, face, etc., and the body paused, and then fell down.
