583 Defeat before fighting

Style: Historical Author: Call the skyWords: 3063Update Time: 24/02/20 19:09:56
However, Hong Chengchou was disappointed.

In the direction of the Yalu River, many Ming army soldiers in red military uniforms could already be seen rushing up and forming formations there.

Seeing this scene, Hong Chengchou turned around and found that all the Qing troops had retreated back into the city.

The world is really changing, and things are changing!

When he was at the court, if the Qing army was in the same situation, he would definitely be the leader to pounce on it, and he would huddle in the city!

Now looking at the posture of the Ming army, the target is definitely Zhenjiang Fort!

Come prepared, can just relying on defense be useful?

With this thought in his mind, Hong Chengchou became very worried.

But at this time, he had no choice. The Ming army has already landed and is in formation. Even if they rush over again, the Ming army is probably already in formation.

Thinking this, Hong Chengchou covered his face and continued to observe the situation of the Ming army.

As he looked at it, he suddenly took a breath of cold air.

According to previous news, the harassment by the Dongjiang Army in Jinzhou and Fuzhou is definitely real. This means that at least all the Ming army forces known to the Qing Dynasty appeared there.

But now, just outside Zhenjiang Fort, another large army appeared, with at least five thousand troops. Where did the Dongjiang Army get so many troops?

This is definitely not the Ming army coming from Jinzhou and Fuzhou. Because coming from the sea requires a long circle, it is impossible to appear here in such a short time.

The only explanation is that more troops are really coming from inside the pass!

Whether it is Shanhaiguan or Dongjiang Town, the imperial court is constantly adding troops, which can only show that the chaos in the pass is no longer a problem. Only in this way will the imperial court have the spare capacity to increase its troops in Liaodong!

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou fell into deep thought.

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Outside the city, the total strength of the Dongjiang Army was more than 6,000, of which only about 2,000 were newly transferred from Shandong. The other troops are veterans of the original Dongjiang Army.

Jinzhou and Fuzhou are just pretexts and will not really fight hard battles with Jianlu, so they are where most of the recruits are transferred from Shandong.

One of Li Guo and Li Laiheng was in Jinzhou and the other in Fuzhou, leaving the opportunity of meritorious service to Gao Yigong. Therefore, the leader of this army is Gao Yigong.

In addition, Navy Commander Zheng Hongkui is also here. At this time, Zheng and Gao Yigong were standing side by side, standing on a hill on the side of the road, looking at Zhenjiang Fort which was not far away.

"Old Zheng, whether we can capture Zhenjiang Fort this time ultimately depends on you, but you can't let the chain slip!" Gao Yigong put down the telescope, turned to look at Zheng Hongkui and said, "How about it, is it okay?"

"If what the Duke said is so correct, then there must be no problem!" Hearing him speak, Zheng Hongkui also put down his telescope, turned his head and replied.

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked towards the river again, and saw large groups of people there, shouting slogans and moving things.

"The Duke said that if the artillery is used together, the effect is far better than when the artillery is dispersed." After hearing this, Gao Yigong said while watching the sailors carrying the Hongyi cannon from the warship, "Give it half a day, I wonder if we can blow open Zhenjiang Fort?"

Zheng Hongkui had just looked at the situation of Zhenjiang Fort through the telescope. After thinking about it for a moment, he replied: "It should be no problem, but I am worried. If Jianlu comes out of the city to attack, can you stop it?"

Zhenjiang Fort is divided into two gates, the east and west, which must be blocked, otherwise Jianlu will definitely run away as soon as he sees that he can't stop them. The army here has a total of more than 6,000 people, divided into two groups, that is, there are about 3,000 people per gate.

As for the Jianlu in the city, according to previous investigations, there were two thousand infantry. If they gathered all their forces to attack a city gate, Zheng Hongkui would be a little worried based on the legendary combat power of the Jianlu.

Hearing this, Gao Yigong immediately replied: "Didn't you practice this on the island? It's okay! Look here, I will go to the west gate of Zhenjiang Fort and I will never let Jianlu escape. You and I will take care of him together Now that we have captured this place, it would be best to capture Hong Chengchou alive, which would be a great achievement!"

Military merit is the most affordable thing, and of course Zheng Hongkui wants it too. It was a rare opportunity for him to come to land to share his share of the military merit while at sea, so he naturally did it with all his heart.

Therefore, after hearing Gao Yigong's words, he nodded and said: "Okay, just leave it to me!"

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On the top of the city, Hong Chengchou saw the Dongjiang Army beginning to divide its forces and immediately knew their plan. In response, he just curled his lips, wanting to laugh at the Ming army for actually dividing their troops.

But when he curled up the corners of his mouth, the swollen half of his face immediately hurt so much that he grimaced and couldn't smile at all.

He had no choice but to cover his face with his hands and continue to observe the situation outside.

The Jianlu soldiers on the top of the city felt relieved when they saw that the Ming army was divided into two groups, each numbering about three thousand. They all laughed and looked at the Ming army pointing outside the city.

"Have you noticed that this Ming army encircling the city has no siege equipment? How do they want to attack the city?"

"That goes without saying, crawling and stacking arhats, haha!"

"It's just firecrackers. Am I right? It seems they really want to climb up to the top of the city? If nothing else, if they really dare to do this, I can defend the top of the city as soon as I urinate!"

"There are still some. Look at that sidecar. It has artillery!"

"Haha, that's the artillery? It's so small, it's the Crouching Tiger Cannon, and then there's the small Fran cannon! With that range, they use this to attack the city. Isn't it funny?"

"That's right, although we don't have red cannons on the top of the city, we do have a few general cannons. Just shoot them down before they can push the cannons over!"

"..."

While they were laughing and joking, suddenly, the sharp-eyed Jianlu screamed: "Look which way!"

Upon hearing this, the other Jianlu turned their heads and looked over. Near the Yalu River, I saw cracks in the Ming army's formation, and cannons were pushed toward the front by many people.

From a distance, it looks like a pile of ants carrying things.

"Isn't that the Hongyi Cannon?" Someone suddenly said it.

Many of these experienced prisoners, especially those from the Eight Banners of the Han Army, changed their expressions after careful observation.

"They all seem to be Hongyi cannons!"

"It must be the Hongyi Cannon. You and the others are arrayed over there. At this distance, our general can't reach it, but if the opponent is the Hongyi Cannon, they can hit it!"

"It's impossible. Where did the Ming army get so many Hongyi cannons?"

"Yes, how come? How come the Ming army has so many Hongyi cannons?"

"..."

Of course they didn't know that, to be precise, the Hongyi cannons they saw were not from the imperial court, but from the Zheng family. Of course, in Jianlu's eyes, he belonged to the imperial court.

These Jianlu probably never thought that one day they would see at least thirty Hongyi cannons appear together at one time.

A big deal, definitely a big deal!

From this point on, they immediately sensed the strong aura of wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty.

With just so many Hongyi cannons, the Qing Dynasty couldn't even hope to get them.

It is estimated that for the Qing Dynasty and the whole country, including the Hongyi cannon captured from Jinzhou City, there is probably no such number.

Jianlu on the top of the city saw that the Ming army outside the city had begun to deploy the Hongyi artillery positions, and they were all placed in one place. The visual impact was even greater. For a moment, all of them lost their laughter. Some of them were just shocked and a little worried!

When the guard of Zhenjiang Fort heard the news and saw this result, he couldn't help but beat his heart.

After thinking about it, he immediately sent someone to find Hong Chengchou.

He understood that if the brain was to be used better, it was the brain of this senior official of the Ming Dynasty that was better.

Pretending not to see the swollen side of Hong Chengchou's face, he just asked him: "How do you think we should deal with the current plan? Should we attack them first?"

I don't know if it was because of his swollen face or something else, but Hong Chengchou's face looked ugly. When he heard the question, he immediately shook his head and said: "The Ming army must be on guard. It is difficult to attack out of the city. It is too late!"

Having said this, he pointed with his hand in the direction of the Ming army outside the city, and then explained: "Look, they are all hiding behind the side carriages. You can see the number of muskets at a glance. We are not riding The Ming army has too many artillery pieces!”

Hearing this, the guard of Zhenjiang Fort looked a little ugly, and immediately asked: "Then what do you think we should do? We can't just wait to be beaten, right?"

Just the number of Hongyi cannons made him feel a little overwhelmed!

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou did not answer immediately. Instead, he turned his head to look at the Ming army passing by the city, and then turned back with a sincere look on his face. Of course, this was what he thought. Just half of his face was swollen, which already made his expression a little distorted.

I heard him say to the guard of Zhenjiang Fort: "The only plan now is to break out from the west gate immediately before the Ming army encircles us!"

"What, breakout?" The guard of Zhenjiang Fort was very surprised when he heard this, and asked Hong Chengchou angrily, "You want me to break out before the battle has been fought?"

To put it nicely, this was a breakout, but to put it badly, it was just fleeing upon hearing the news and being defeated before fighting. How could he afford to lose this person?

To be honest, it was a good thing that he couldn't help it, otherwise, he would have wanted to slap her in the ear again.

He said before that he was afraid of the Ming army, but now he still wants to persuade him to escape. Is there anyone who can humiliate the Qing warriors so much?

Hong Chengchou looked at his face and immediately guessed that he wanted to hit him. Suddenly, that half of the face felt even more painful.

However, at the moment when life and death were at stake, Hong Chengchou couldn't care less and quickly advised the Zhenjiang Fort guard: "Sir, the Ming army is obviously well prepared. They have prepared so many Hongyi cannons. They are definitely going to capture Zhenjiang." Fortress! Rather than sit back and wait for death, it is better to have a chance to break through before the Ming army encircles us!"