Chapter 401 The Elite Gathered
In early April, the Qing army vanguard arrived at Wujin City, and tens of thousands of cavalry ran around the city, raising the dust in the sky, which shocked the soldiers in the hearts.
Seeing that the Qing army's cavalry was powerful, Wang Yi and Wang Deshun could only order the four gates to be closed and all the soldiers were retreated into the city to defend.
At this time, on the top of the city, the Ming soldiers leaned against the city wall and looked west. Behind the Qing cavalry, the wild infantry came overwhelmed.
"There are still enemies!" The soldiers on the city couldn't help but exclaim.
When Wu entered the city, tens of thousands of cavalrymen were running back down the city, raising smoke and dust in the sky.
The defenders on the city looked west through the smoke and dust, and vaguely saw flags everywhere and shadows filled the sky.
Countless heavy infantry wearing armor and shields walked on both sides of the official road. The spearmen in the middle were lined up with spears, the contrailers carried muskets, and the gun rods were rising and falling with their feet. The wheels of the baggage trucks creaked forward. Several strong cows followed behind with heavy cannons thicker than the waist of the man. The team stretched out, and there was no end at a glance.
Among the moving army, the two royal flags were surrounded by dozens of flags. Under the banner, Kong Youde, wearing red armor and Geng Zhongming, wearing exquisite yellow armor, rode on a healthy horse and walked side by side.
Both of them were in the ranks of men and horses, with bows and arrows hanging on the saddle, and were fully equipped, showing their importance to this battle.
Geng Zhongming rode on the horse with a high profile, holding the reins in one hand and the whip in the other, and said as he walked: "Zhao Zamao was originally an unknown person, but he has started to escape in recent years. Today, you and I have not yet destroyed Zhao Zamao, and he has become the name of a common man."
Under the high-top iron helmet, Kong Youde looked serious and said in a deep voice: "To destroy the false Ming Dynasty, we must first suppress its spirit. The best way to touch too much and kill the false Ming Dynasty's ever-winning general. Once Zhao Zamao dies, the morale of the false Ming Dynasty will be discharged. We can take advantage of the momentum to go south, wipe out Zhu Yihai, and unify the world for the Qing Dynasty!"
In recent years, the Ming army has become stronger and stronger, especially Zhao Ming's army, which has won almost every battle, greatly increasing the morale of the Ming army and becoming a distinctive banner.
This time, Zhu Yihai, the Mandahai, insisted on destroying Zhao Ming first. Apart from lying on the side of the bed, how could others snore? He could not tolerate Zhao Ming occupying Su Songchang and threatening Jiangning, it was because the destruction of Zhao Ming, the ever-winning general, would definitely be able to undermine the morale of the Ming army.
If Zhao Ming was killed and was reported to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it would have been a shock to the world, which would have caused the morale of the Zhejiang Army to be disintegrated and completely frightened.
The Qing army could defeat the Ming army's aura and reappeared in the situation of destroying the enemy at the beginning of entering the pass.
When Wu entered the city, Wang Deshun and Wang Yi looked out from the city and found that the enemy was overwhelming and mostly armored soldiers, their expressions became serious.
At this time, looking at the combat power of an army, we mainly look at armored soldiers, because most soldiers are cannon fodder with torn jackets, and only those who pierce armor are elite.
Previously, the Ming army met the Qing army, and there were only tens of thousands of armored soldiers, but half of them were armored soldiers this time, which made the defenders on the city frightened.
Looking at the Eight Banners Armored soldiers wearing red, yellow, blue, and white armored armor, and the Green Camp elites wearing gray and blue cloth armor, there were tens of thousands of people, which made many Ming soldiers on the city wall scream, "So many Armored soldiers, may the Eight Banners Armored soldiers have arrived!"
Wang Yi frowned and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Don't be irritated! Everyone will do their own job!"
Wang Deshun pulled out his sword and shouted angrily, "Defense, those who disrupt the morale of the army will be killed immediately!"
The two main generals shouted loudly, and the surrounding generals immediately stopped the sound, dispersed, each returning to their posts, and directed the soldiers to defend themselves.
At this time, Wang Deshun and Wang Yi saw the Qing army's formation and knew that Mandahai had invested a lot this time.
Just like the current situation, not to mention the elite of the Eight Banners, I am afraid that at least 30% of the Eight Banners soldiers will be gathered together.
Wang Yi and Wang Deshun looked at each other, and Wang Deshun smiled and said, "Brother Wanxun, you and I will work together to defend the city today, and we must not let down the expectations of the general!"
Wang Yi nodded, looked serious, and said with a fist, "Brother Zhang Zheng, this is the battle between you and Yang Ming. The Qing Dynasty must know that there are many cities in this world that they cannot conquer."
At this time, the Qing cavalry was galloping at the city, showing off their might and retreated three miles away, and stopped the horse and stood up to monitor the city to prevent the Ming army from suddenly breaking out and covering the infantry camp.
Tens of thousands of Qing army infantry, pushing the baggage vehicles, chose a large open space five miles away from the city, and began to cut down trees, dig trenches, and build camps.
All the people who came were elite, had been through battle formations for a long time, and camped in a very well-organized manner. Each department performed its own duties. Soon, it had a contour.
At this time, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were still wearing armor, hanging swords, riding war horses, galloping out of the camp, leading hundreds of flags, climbing up a hillside, looking into Wu and entering the city, and peering at the defense of the defenders.
Kong Youdele held the war horse, spit out a breath of turbid air, picked up the Qianli Mile Mile and observed it carefully.
The circular vision scans the city wall three miles away. Outside the city wall are pits, horse-rejecting piles, and then a wide moat. The camera moves on the camera, and there are city walls over three meters high. Among the battlements, there are a musketeer and two spearmen standing at each battlement. There are crowds of people behind it, and it is hard to see what kind of troops it is.
Kong Youde continued to observe, suddenly his expression changed, he put down the Qianli Miles Miles, and said in surprise: "Old Geng, why do I look familiar when I look at the city?"
Geng Zhongming was watching with a thousand-mile mirror and saw that there were no fancy things on the city. Most of the enemy towers, arrow towers, and horse faces that were easily hit by artillery were demolished, and only the enemy towers raised on each section of the city wall were particularly conspicuous.
Geng Zhongming put down the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, looked at Kong Youde, and asked uncertainly: "Is this a gun city?"
Kong Youde had a calm face, "I think it's a gun city!"
The gun city was built by the Ming Dynasty to absorb the construction technology of Western castles. It was built by Xu Guangqi, who proposed the idea of building a city with a platform to protect the gun, a gun, and a city to protect the people.
The Ming Dynasty built several gun cities on the corridor of western Liaoning, and Ningyuan was one, which caused great losses to the Qing army.
The shooting of the gun city was a very challenging thing for the Qing army.
Geng Zhongming got the confirmation of the answer and couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water, "Old Kong, if it was a gun city, then this Wu entered the city would probably not be so easy to fight!"
Kong Youde looked at the city, but gritted his teeth and said, "In this battle, the Qing Dynasty will destroy Zhao Zamao. Prince Xun ordered you and I to command 100,000 troops, leading the Han army with two red, two yellow, two white, two blue, seven flag elite soldiers, plus tens of thousands of elite green camp elites, hundreds of heavy artillery, Wujin is a iron wall, we will also step on it!"
Geng Zhongming was also cheered up after hearing Kong Youde's words, "Old Kong, you are right. If you cannot win this battle, the general trend of the world may reverse. You and I will definitely not have a good ending at that time. There are only two possibilities in this battle. Either we break the city or the defenders will surrender. In short, we will defeat Zhao Zamao no matter what, no matter what, we will defeat Zhao Zamao."
Chapter completed!