The main town of the second town of the Ming New Army is Huaxia.

Because of his poor performance in suppressing rebellions in Guangxi, China led the 3,000 New Army to fight for nearly two years, but it was still unable to quell the rebellion in Guangxi, and it was even worse than Li Xiangjun's performance in eastern Sichuan. However, Li Xiangjun led only more than 5,000 female soldiers and a small number of local soldiers in eastern Sichuan, which put a lot of pressure on China.

So this time, China was full of energy and wanted to win a battle.

Huaxia even personally got on the first level of gun platform and lay behind the guardrail with a telescope to observe the enemy situation.

The adjutant of Huaxia is a newly graduated Imperial College student. He seemed very nervous at this moment and persuaded Huaxia: "General Town, this place is too dangerous. Jiannu's tiger squat cannons have never stopped. The Red Cannons and Franc cannons may also be fired at any time, so let's hurry back to the bunker on the second level of gun platform."

"What are you afraid of?" Huaxia said, "Jiannu has cannons, don't we have cannons?"

Of course, the Ming army also had artillery. In addition to a field artillery brigade and a mountain artillery brigade directly under the jurisdiction of the Second Town, each infantry battalion was equipped with a tiger squat cannon general, with a total of 27 tiger squat cannons.

Therefore, the 2nd Town of the New Army has 450 artillery pieces.

For example, the Ming army's tiger squatting cannons had never stopped at this moment.

At least 10 tiger squatting cannons were rushing at the Jiannu gun platform less than two hundred steps away in front.

However, such artillery bombardment is basically useless, because the infantry and even artillery on both sides are hiding in the shooting dead corners that the other side cannot hit, so they are basically all blind.

At this time, if you look down from a high altitude, you can see a strange picture.

The southernmost gun platform built by the Qing army was less than three hundred steps away from the nearest Ming army gun platform.

Since both sides did not dare to work on the surface, they would be covered by the other party's red cannons or tiger squatting cannons when they showed up, the fronts of these two gun platforms were not repaired.

However, the outer trenches of these two gun platforms are wider.

Moreover, the civilians on both sides are still continuing to widen the trench and dig in the middle from both north and south at the same time, so the "earth wall" in the middle is getting thinner and thinner.

To the north of the earth wall, thousands of brave soldiers and the Eight Banners Han Army were on standby with their breath.

On the south of the earth wall, there was no Ming army in the outer trenches of the Ming army's gun platform.

But in the gap between the wall basin, two 4-inch field guns, two 2.5-inch mountain guns and six tiger squat cannons have already revealed the black holes and aimed at the earth wall.

Seeing that there was not much earthen wall in the middle, Huaxia immediately ordered the civilians to retreat.

Hundreds of North Koreans immediately retreated, and the outer trenches were immediately cleared.

Soon, the soil wall in the middle began to fall down, which meant that the Jiannu gangster on the opposite side would soon dig through the earth wall.

Huaxia immediately ordered: "Tell me the order, and the artillery will start shelling!"

With a command, 10 cannons fired at the same time, and dense shotguns instantly splashed onto the earth wall ahead like heavy rain.

There was only a thin layer left in the earth wall. At this moment, it was bombarded by thousands of leads and collapsed, instantly forming a huge gap of more than one hundred steps in width.

Almost at the same time, wailing sounds sounded one after another across the earth wall.

However, the Jiannu people opposite the earth wall were affected by the Ming army's shotgun.

Before the smoke and dust could dissipate, Jiannu Lianyong, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed over with a shovel.

As soon as these Jiannu Lianyong entered the outer trench of the Ming army's gun platform, they used shovels to dig on the ground, and then quickly dug out several mines.

"After the thief, I'm looking for death!"

Huaxia immediately ordered the infantry to open fire.

The 270 infantry soldiers on the gun platform immediately set up their lines and took turns to fire the guns.

The dense gunfire sounded, and Jiannu Lianyong fell down in rows immediately.

However, the good times did not last long. Thousands of the Eight Banners Han troops soon appeared in the collapsed earth wall gap, divided into three rows, and opened fire at the Ming army gun platform. The Jiannu's camel cannon, Fran machine cannon and red-clothed cannons were fired fiercely at the Ming army gun platform here at a distance of 300 steps.

However, Jiannu fought a solid bullet.

Because there are Jiannu's infantry in the middle, shooting shotguns can easily cause accidental injuries.

The Ming army's gun platform guardrail was instantly hit by smoke and dust, and more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground.

With such dense firepower, even if most of the Ming soldiers were hiding behind the guardrail, only their heads were exposed on the guardrail, they were easily injured.

"Don't worry about Lian Yong first, kill Jiannu's musketeer first!"

Huaxia quickly made an accurate judgment. The Ming army soldiers on the gun platform immediately turned their guns and pointed them at the Jiannu Musketeers and the cannons on the gun platform. After reloading the ammunition, they also targeted the Jiannu Musketeers.

After about one minute of fire exchange, the Ming army artillery on the gun platform fired again.

Accompanied by a huge roar, thousands of leads splashed at the line-up of the Eight Banners Han Army like hail.

The next moment, the Eight Banners Han Army, who were lined up outside the gap in the earth wall, fell down like a wheat that had been cut down.

There are also many Lian Yong, who are digging landmines in front of him, and he fell into a pool of blood while wailing.

However, in this round of artillery attacks, the formation of the Eight Banners Han Army lined up at the gap in the earth wall became sparse, especially the Eight Banners Han Army standing in the front row.

Seeing this, the two rows of Eight Banners Han troops behind him were directly mentally broken.

I don’t know who led the chaos, and then it quickly affected everything.

In a blink of an eye, the remaining seven or eight hundred Eight Banners Han troops ran away.

When the Eight Banners Han Army ran, the Ming army's firepower immediately turned to the Lian Yong, who was working in the trench.

However, because Jian Yong had entered the trench and was too close, the Ming army's field artillery and mountain artillery could no longer be fired due to the shooting angle, but the tiger squat cannon could still be fired.

Accompanied by gunfire and the huge roar of tiger squatting cannons,

Jiannu Lianyong, who entered the trench, was soon defeated.

The battle in the firearm era is really a huge challenge.

...

On the Jiannu gun platform ahead.

Hong Chengchou and Hou Fangyu saw the defeat of the Eight Banners Han Army and Lian Yong through the look-up hole on the Duan.

Looking at the panicked defeated Han army in Han Dynasty, still alive, Hong Chengchou sighed.

Hou Fangyu also sighed and asked sadly: "Hongbutang, why don't you get on the car directly?"

"Forget it, it's useless." Hong Chengchou's face looked a little bitter, "If you don't clear the mines in the outer trenches first, there will be no more cars on board to be bombed by the Ming army."

Hou Fangyu was speechless, this was a dead end.

Without clearing the mines first, the vans and side vans would not be able to enter the Mingjun trenches.

But without the protection of the car or side van, Lian Yong would not have the chance to clean up the mines.

So the only way is to use red cannons and Fran machine cannons to collapse the guardrail of the Ming army's gun platform, then load hundreds of bullets to clear the Ming army on the gun platform opposite Qingguang, and then dispatch the Eight Banners Han army to seize the gun platform where there was no living person.

However, such a fighting method is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also impossible to cut off the Ming army's food route.

Because the Qing soldiers tried their best to seize a gun platform, the Ming army had already repaired more gun platforms on the other side of the food route. The Ming army's gun platforms would only hit more and more, so how could they cut off the food route?

After a while, Hou Fangyu asked unwillingly: "There is no other way?"

"Yes, there is no other way." Hong Chengchou said helplessly, "At least it is impossible to cut off the Ming army's food route. For the sake of the present, I can only defend myself."

"Defend to the death?" Hou Fangyu said in a deep voice, "Who has more food than the Ming army?"

"It's not just food, but also warfare," Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "There are also military morale, people's morale, geographical advantage, and even the time, especially the time. Perhaps the only chance for our Qing soldiers to turn defeat into victory."

"Heavenly?" Hou Fangyu's eyes narrowed and he said, "Is Hongbutang saying, "Is the plague?"

Speaking of this, Hou Fangyu turned his gaze to the sky again, and saw a scorching sun hanging alone in the sky.

In recent days, Beizhi has been warming rapidly. Not only the Beihai thawed, but the night wind has become warm.

In this season when the temperature and heat are alternated, the warmth and cold are still hot, it is indeed easy to get infected with wind and cold, or even plagues occur.

Hong Chengchou nodded and continued: "Looking through the Chinese history books, the northerners fought south, or the southerners fought north, are often not defeated by opponents, but by time or plague."

"Since the former Ming Dynasty entered the Chongzhen Dynasty, the plague has not stopped."

"The year before yesterday, there was a severe epidemic in Shanxi, with 100,000 deaths. Last year, the plague broke out in Shaanxi, and hundreds of villages died. This year, the epidemic broke out again in Shandong, and the corpses were buried."

"Most Ming troops were from the south and did not like the water and soil of the north."

After a pause, he continued: "Hundreds of thousands of people from the Ming army gathered together, people and animals mixed together, and wounded soldiers and dead bodies. If you are not careful, you may have a plague. By then, the Ming army will collapse without fighting."

A sinister look flashed through Hou Fangyu's eyes: "Maybe we can add another fire."

Hong Chengchou couldn't help frowning when he heard this. He naturally understood what Hou Fangyu meant, which was to deliberately abandon the corpses of humans and animals in the wild and let them rot. The possibility of a plague outbreak would indeed increase greatly.

However, Hong Chengchou is somewhat human, not a beast, and cannot do such evil things.

At this moment, Hong Chengchou changed the topic: "Waiting for the time, the biggest difficulty is the Regent."

"Hongbutang is worried that the Regent will be suspicious?" Hou Fangyu said, "Don't worry about this matter, the Regent will not."

Hong Chengchou said in his heart that Dorgon’s trust in him was limited. If it were only one month or two months, Dorgon’s trust in him would not be easily shaken, but it would be hard to say three months and four months.

If the stalemate lasts for five months or even half a year, Dorgon will definitely be suspicious.

Seeing that Hong Chengchou was still a little worried, Hou Fangyu said again: "Please rest assured that Hongbu Hall. The lower officials will write a letter to the Regent for the imperial front, and submit the details of the battle between the Qing soldiers and the Ming army and the difficulties of the Hongbu Hall. The original report will be submitted to the Regent for the original version. With the wisdom and wisdom of the Regent, they will definitely give Hongbu Hall enough trust."

Hong Chengchou bowed and said, "I have worked so hard to join the army."

"Celebrity Hongbutang." Hou Fangyu bowed back.
Chapter completed!