Facing Daishan's strong order, Hauge's expression was uncertain.
Although he is not convinced, it does not mean that he does not know the seriousness of blatantly disobeying the coach's orders.
"I only want the Han flag and cannon to stay. If I can't take Tangchi Fort in front of me, I am willing to return to Haizhou City with you, Prince Li." In front of the general, Hauge chose to surrender.
Because he knew that he could not take Daishan seriously, but he had to take the coach's general orders seriously, otherwise his emperor would never spare him lightly if he knew about it.
Hauge relented, but Daishan began to hesitate.
He would rather Hauge continue to fight against him, so that he would have enough excuses to deal with Hauge.
But now that Hauge has given in, he has no excuse to deal with Hauge, and if he doesn't give Hauge any face, it will be hard for Shengjing to explain.
"Your Majesty, please let Prince Su give it a try. Prince Su is also doing it for the good of the Qing Dynasty." Ye Bilong, who was standing by, finally couldn't help but persuade Daishan.
He has long been tied to Hauge. If Hauge cannot regain Gaizhou, then he will have no chance at all.
"It's all you, a dog slave, who deceived the master. If it weren't for you, how could Prince Su have suffered a loss here in Tangchi Castle." Dai Shan heard what Ye Bilong said, raised his leg and put a foot on Ye Bilong's body.
Perhaps because of his age, after he raised his leg and kicked him out, his body became crooked.
And Ye Bilong, who was kicked, sat down directly on the ground.
Ye Bilong lowered his head and didn't dare to reply. He didn't even dare to get up. He just sat slumped on the ground.
At this time, Hauge said: "The army has arrived. I will not be willing to leave without attacking Tangchi Fort. Prince Li, as the deputy commander of the army, can I lead my troops to attack a small Tangchi Fort?" ?"
"You must attack Tangchi Fort?" Dai Shan asked.
Hauge nodded vigorously and said: "Fight, I will not be reconciled to not fighting. Even if I give up attacking Gaizhou City, I will still capture this Tangchi Fort."
Daishan was speechless for a long while.
After a while, he said: "Okay, since you want to attack Tangchi Fort, you can, but you can only use the Han army flag, not even your Zhenglan flag. As long as you agree, I will allow you to attack it once." Tangchi Fort.”
"You can't even use our own soldiers and horses?" Hauge frowned, feeling that Daishan's request was a bit excessive.
Daishan said: "No, if you want to attack Tangchi Fort, you have to let the Han army flag do it. If you don't agree, then follow the army back to Haizhou City and wait with me in Haizhou for the decree of Lord Long Live."
The Jurchen Eight Banners were different from the Han Army Banners. Enough people from the Jurchen Eight Banners had died at the hands of the Tiger Flag. He was unwilling to lose too many Jurchen Eight Banners for a small Tangchi Fort. As for the people from the Han Army Flags, they would die as well. No, he won't feel bad.
Hauge thought for a while and said: "Okay, I agree, but I have one request. I must be allowed to use the artillery in the army without anyone stopping me."
"Okay." Daishan nodded and agreed to Hauge's conditions.
Haug stood up from the cushion under his butt.
Although he lacked the combat power of the Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers, he believed that to attack a Tangchi Fort, as long as the cannons of the defenders in the fort were suppressed with artillery, Tangchi Fort could be captured with the help of the Han army flag.
With Daishan's permission, Hauge began to mobilize his troops.
His idea was very simple, which was to use artillery to engage in an artillery battle with the artillery in Tangchi Fort so that the defenders in the fort could not rely on the power of the artillery to threaten the Han flag soldiers and horses attacking the fort wall.
As Hauge's man, Ye Bilong assisted.
Daishan stood behind and watched from beginning to end, without intervening in Hauge's arrangements at all.
"My lord, are you really not helping Prince Su at all?" Bagala, who was a bodyguard on the side, couldn't help but ask Xiang Daishan.
Dai Shan clasped his hands behind his back, looked at Hauge's arrangement in front of Tangchi Fort, and said: "Hauge's temper is too hasty and too arrogant. He will never become a great weapon without suffering some losses. If he deals with the Ming army like before, he will naturally not need to What are you worried about, but the tiger thieves are much more difficult to deal with than the Ming army, and you may die in their hands if you are not careful. A lot of Baile and princes have died in the hands of tiger thieves in the past few years."
"The prince is not optimistic about this war presided over by Prince Su?" asked the Baya La guard.
Dai Shan said: "Perhaps Hauge can capture Tangchi Fort, but there will definitely be many casualties. The sacrifice of the Han Army Flag should be regarded as training for him."
"I think Prince Su's arrangement is quite good. As long as the soldiers of the Han Army are willing to fight hard, it may not take hundreds of casualties to capture Tangchi Fort." said the Baya La guard.
"maybe!"
Daishan replied ambiguously.
Seeing this, the Bajala guard stopped talking.
Hauge checked the troops and horses, and began to arrange the gunners of the Han Army Flag to send each cannon in the army to the front of the formation.
Naturally, the actions of the Qing army could not be concealed from the defenders in Tangchi Fort.
Detachment leader Zhou Lingqing watched the actions of the Qing army through the monocular telescope in his hand.
"Tell the artillery team that as soon as the Qing army's artillery is pushed in front of the formation, they will hit me hard. There is no need to save money. I want the artillerymen from the Tatars to see what a qualified artilleryman is. Zhou Lingqing said fiercely.
The orderly soldier ran to deliver the detachment leader's order to the artillery team.
Compared with the artillery that the Qing army had just pushed to the front of the formation, the gunners on the Tiger Flag side were already ready to fire, just waiting for the Qing army's artillery to enter the range.
The range of artillery fire is basically within the line of sight.
Therefore, the artillery on the siege side needs to be pushed to the front of the formation. It is impossible to expect to hit the target with artillery in an invisible place. Even the naval gun with the longest range cannot do this.
boom! boom! boom!
As soon as the Qing army's artillery approached Tangchi Fort, the cannons immediately began to fire in the fort.
The distance between the two sides was quite far, so it was not easy to hit the target. Almost all the first round of shelling failed.
The gunners on the Qing army's side were startled and did not dare to push the cannon forward anymore. They simply started loading the cannon on the spot and prepared to fight back in the direction of Tangchi Fort.
However, the gunners on the Qing army's side had finished loading, and the gunners on the Tiger Flag in Tangchi Fort had already started the second round of shelling.
Compared with the failure of the first round of shelling, the Tiger Flag gunners adjusted some angles. When the second round of shelling sounded, although most of the shells still failed, some shells began to fall among the Qing army's gunners.
Immediately, several Qing gunners were killed or injured, and one of the cannons was knocked over, overwhelming two gunners.
Hauge, who was at the rear, noticed the situation of the gunners on the Qing army's side. He frowned and said to the guards on the side: "Tell the people in the Han army to take advantage of the tiger thieves' cannons to fight with ours and let them immediately." Launch an attack and capture Tangchi Fort."
He no longer cares about losing some gunners and losing a few cannons. As long as he takes Tangchi Fort, he feels that everything is worth it.
(End of chapter)
