Jierhalang, who was hiding in the dark, looked at the blurry shadows, but he knew in his heart that they were teams of Qing warriors. With their stomachs full and rest restored, they were full of energy and fully armed, ready to fight at night.
Finally, the Ming army outside the city could not clearly see their situation, but they could tell with their toes that they would still be unable to recover even after several hours of rest.
Moreover, more ropes were prepared on all four walls of Guihua City. When the Qing warriors returned, they went down together along the ropes, under the cover of night. By the time the Ming army discovered it, the Qing army would definitely have gathered a lot of troops.
In this battle, let’s see how your Ming army responds?
Jilharang thought in his heart, although he felt that his side would definitely win, but for some reason, he was still a little nervous and worried!
Could it be that they were worried that the main force of the Ming army would arrive in time? But it was already night, and even if the Ming army could arrive, how could he tell who was who in the dark? If you really dare to do this, the Qing Dynasty may have an opportunity to fish in troubled waters in the chaos of war!
Even if the main force of the Ming army could arrive during the day tomorrow, the Qing army should have defeated the Ming army outside the city in one night. Then it would be too late for the main force of the Ming army to arrive, right?
After thinking about it, Jierhalang couldn't figure out what he was worried about?
For this reason, he was stunned for a while, and suddenly grinned silently and laughed at himself. Could it be that he was frightened by the Ming army? How can this be!
While he was thinking about it, Azig came over in the dark and said to him: "The time is almost up, we can't delay it any longer!"
"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Jierhalang nodded and ordered seriously: "Let's start!"
As soon as the military order was passed down, the prisoners at the head of Guihua City immediately began to take action. I saw them quickly tying the knotted rope to the battlement, then jumping up with the rope in hand, and sliding down quickly with the help of the rope.
This whole process must have been thought about in the minds of these Jianlu many times, so their actions can almost be described as flowing clouds and flowing water.
Every ten feet or so, there is a rope hanging down, and one by one the prisoners slide down.
All the Jianlu began to move almost at the same time. By the time the Ming army discovered that there was a problem, many Jianlu would have already arrived at the city.
Sure enough, due to the cover of night, the first Jianlu went down, but there was no movement from the Ming army; the second Jianlu went down again, but there was still no movement from the Ming army...
The Jianlu who slipped down immediately started to be on guard as soon as their feet touched the ground. When there were a little more people, they immediately started to rush out.
The Ming army's slow response made Jierhalang, who was paying attention on the top of the city, breath a sigh of relief. It seems that the Ming army is really too tired. There are already many Qing warriors going down now. Even if the Ming army reacts now, they may not be able to stop the close combat!
While he was thinking about it, the Ming army finally discovered Jianlu's movements. In the dark night, a Ming army soldier shouted loudly: "Jianlu has left the city!"
This voice almost came from someone shouting from a distance. It was obvious that Jianlu was found everywhere.
Hearing this warning, Jierhalang laughed silently. Only now did I realize that it was too late.
However, immediately, he felt something was wrong. Because there was no hint of panic in these shouts. And after the shouting, silence fell again outside the city, and there was no follow-up response from the Ming army.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster! Jirharang's smile disappeared immediately, and he opened his eyes wide, trying to see clearly.
However, the night covered Jianlu's exit from the city, but it also covered the actions of the Ming army. Even if Jierhalang stared like a bull's eye, he still couldn't see clearly what was happening too far away from the city.
For some reason, Jierhalang was a little anxious. He immediately ordered the guards around him: "Light the fire, shoot the rockets, and watch the movements of the Ming army outside the city!"
At least point out a direction to the Qing warriors who have left the city, so that they know where to attack! Otherwise, the Qing warriors might start fighting if they go too far.
As soon as the military order was passed down, the city had already been prepared. The torches were lit, and the rockets were stretched out to the torches and ignited before shooting out of the city.
Although after a rocket lands, it can only illuminate a small place. However, when there are more rockets, you should be able to see them clearly near the landing of the arrows, right?
This is indeed true. After many rockets were shot out at once, Jierhalang, who was on the top of the city, finally saw the situation in the distance clearly with the help of the vague light.
You don’t know this until you see it clearly. Once you saw it clearly, Jierhalang immediately stayed there!
The Ming army's actions once again exceeded his expectations.
I saw that the Ming army had all gathered in the distance facing the south gate. At some point, a not very high earth wall was built. On the earth wall, every short distance, there is a dark artillery stretched there, most of the muzzles are facing the south gate. Moreover, this earthen wall once surrounded the south gate in a semicircle, and then folded back to protect both sides of the semicircle.
Just by looking at it, you can probably guess that all the Ming troops are gathered behind this earth wall. In other places surrounding the city wall, observation posts were only placed.
The Ming army actually gave up the defense of the city wall section and huddled together?
"Haha, the Ming army knew that it was impossible to guard against it, so they simply didn't guard against it!" Azig also saw it and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Jierhalang came back to his senses when he smiled like this. Not only did he not smile, but his face was extremely ugly. He even got angry at Azig and said: "Stupid, how can we break this Ming army's trick?"
After being scolded by him, Azig was stunned for a moment and said: "Crack what? Aren't we out of the city? So many places are unguarded!"
Clearly, he hasn't turned the corner yet.
Ji'erharang's face was even uglier. Azig thought so, and those Qing soldiers outside the city probably had similar thoughts. So, he almost shouted: "This is a grassland, there are no horses, what's the use of leaving the city? The Ming army just blocked the city gate, which just stopped our Qing horses from going out. They only need to hold on until the main force Come up, if our Qing Dynasty did not retreat, where could we retreat to?"
Upon hearing this, Azig was stunned. This move of the Ming army was able to contain their vital point!
Now there are about 10,000 Ming troops outside the city, which is about the same strength as the Qing Dynasty. They are divided into two large camps in the north and south to huddle up for defense. You can imagine the price the Qing Dynasty will pay if they want to defeat this.
Thinking of this, he turned to look outside the city and saw the dark muzzles under the dim light of the fire. He couldn't help but think: The Ming army is good at defense. Whether they can defeat it is also a question!
Thinking of this, Azig's face became extremely ugly.
"Immediately pass the king's military order and tell the soldiers outside the city that unless the Ming army's defensive camp is destroyed, the war horses will not be able to leave the city. When the main force of the Ming army comes up, everyone will be dead!" Jierhalang immediately shouted to the guards ordered.
He didn't even order to search for the Ming army's war horses, because he knew that since the Ming army used this trick, their own war horses might have been driven far away, and he knew without thinking that they were definitely heading south. , driven away from the direction where the main force of the Ming army came.
For the Qing army, there was no need to think too much about anything else. If they wanted to survive and escape back to Liaodong, they had to capture a Ming army camp.
The war has reached this point, and offense and defense have switched without realizing it. The Ming army was no longer the main attack, but the Jianlu army was the main attack. In other words, it is absolutely true. In fact, the Ming army was the main defender at the beginning, but the main defender of Guihua City was surrounded from all directions, as if it was a bit of an attack on the city.
Jierhalang is worthy of being a famous general in the Qing Dynasty. Even if the situation becomes more and more unfavorable for him, he still has no intention of giving up. I checked the two camps of the northern and southern Ming armies outside the city. I saw that the newly arrived Ming armies were on the north gate, and the earthen walls they built were not as high as those on the south gate. I thought that they had not yet arrived. No matter how rested he was, his will to fight would not be as strong as Madman He's.
Therefore, he issued a military order that all the Qing troops leaving the city should attack the Ming army camp in the north of the city.
The battle in Guihua City finally started again late at night.
This time, Jianlu attacked in the dark. Anyway, the Ming army camp was there with a clear direction and purpose. All he had to do was rush in and kill people.
As for the Ming army, as soon as they discovered that the Jianlu were beginning to attack, they had to fire rockets from time to time. On the one hand, it gives Jianlu a kill, on the other hand, it also gives him a field of vision.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
"Bah, bah, bah..."
"Boom boom boom..."
"..."
Various sounds were mixed together again, and the war immediately entered a fever pitch from the beginning.
Jianlu Gou jumped over the wall in a hurry. He was really brave and took advantage of the cover of the night to charge forward desperately.
As for the Ming army, of course, they would never allow their success to fall short. No matter how crazy Jianlu was, they would fight back fiercely.
However, under the cover of night, it would be disadvantageous for the Ming army after all.
The Ming army's defense relied mainly on firearms. The loading of firearms is obviously much slower if only with the help of a fire.
Therefore, after the Franco machine gun fired the pre-loaded musket, the subsequent firing speed was much slower. As for the Fusiliers, their reloading can be said to be even slower than reloading their muskets.
On the top of the city, after hearing the sound of Ming army's artillery and muskets finally no longer so dense, even though Jierhalang saw many Qing warriors who had fallen in front of the Ming army camp, he finally showed a smile. Meaning: It seems that with the cover of night, the Qing Dynasty still has the upper hand. If this continues, this Ming army camp will definitely be breached by the Qing army!
Thinking of this, he turned his head and looked south again.
There was also fighting at the south gate, but it was a containment battle. It is estimated that at this time, He Renlong was struggling with whether the Qing army was attacking in the east or in the west, or should it really focus on attacking the city gate camp?
Let him struggle. If he dares to send troops to rescue, that would be the best. I will keep my troops, intercept them halfway, and fight in the dark, so that I can kill more Ming troops. Then I will shift the focus of the attack and capture the southern camp of the Ming troops that lacks the strength to defend.
Thinking of this, he suddenly sighed again.
In this war, if the Ming army's reinforcements had not arrived in time, even if it had not been defeated during the day, and the Ming army used this method to block the gate of Guihua City at night, it would not have been a big threat to the Qing Dynasty. Because the difference in numbers between the two sides was too large, and it was impossible for the Ming army to get a rest, they would never be able to defend against it.
The reinforcement of five thousand Ming troops was the key to this battle, saving the previous He Renlong's troops!
Thinking of this, Jilharang couldn't help but look eastward in the direction of Liaodong, and thought in his heart: If this war is in Liaodong, maybe he can also wait for reinforcements from the emperor. In that case, there would be no need to fight the Ming army regardless of casualties. Speaking of which, it is still too far away from Liaodong and the reason why I am alone is why I have so many difficulties in fighting!
"Your Highness, it seems that this Ming army camp is going to be captured!" Suddenly, Azig said happily, using a rare honorific title for Jierhalang.
When Jierhalang heard this, he came back to his senses and looked around. I saw a vague figure outside the earthen wall, which was very close to the earthen wall of the Ming army, and the sound of the Ming army's firearms was getting louder and louder. I guess they are too busy and are finally going to engage in hand-to-hand combat?
"Well, it seems like this. If we really want the Qing army to attack, we will definitely win this battle!" Jierhalang nodded, and seemed a little calmer and said, "But we still can't be careless and send more troops. , I have to beat it down to be able to breathe a sigh of relief!"
"If this is the case, what else can the Ming army do?" Azig was a little disapproving, but he had to admit that Jierhalang was more thoughtful and cautious. This war is related to the life and death of all the Qing troops here, so we should be so cautious.
With this in mind, he did not object. Instead, he agreed and asked the messenger to deliver the order.
Then, both of them stared outside the city, wanting to watch the exciting moment when the Qing warriors broke into the earthen wall.
The attack distance is getting closer and closer, okay, if you hold on a little longer, you can get in! I don't know when, even in such a cold weather, Jierhalang's palms became sweaty.
Victory is in sight, kill these bright dogs! Except for the Battle of Hunhe, the battle between the Qing army and the Ming army had never been so painful!
Subconsciously, he selectively forgot about the Battle of Tashan. Or perhaps, the Battle of Tashan was not bitter, because the entire army was quickly wiped out without even having time to suffer.
Azig was similar to him, staring at the Ming army camp at the north gate. Azig even murmured to himself: "Be braver and fight for me and rush in!"
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred, which made Jierhalang and Azig dumbfounded.
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