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Chapter 66 Old Hate III

At noon the next day, the Zhejiang Governor Biao Battalion, who was robbed and marched, arrived first to the periphery of Yiwu County. After a little preparation, he began to attack this county with rebellion in order to seize the first achievement of encircling and suppressing the Ming army in Jinhua.

Ancient city defense wars were generally divided into three stages: first, the siege party cleared the strongholds and defense facilities outside the city, and the offensive and defensive sides would tug-of-war around these strongholds and defense facilities. The attacking party was to clear out the obstacles during the siege, while the defenders used this to consume the opponent's vitality to the greatest extent; then there was a cruel battle to climb the city. There were many ways to siege the city, but they were mainly carried out around the city walls and gates; and finally, the street fighting for the defenders was called the last resistance of the edge of despair.

After a moment of rest, the Qing army launched a large attack from the north gate, leaving only a small number of troops guarding the baggage and the spoils they had obtained before, and was also the rear of the army.

Because there is no city wall, Yiwu County has always been "around by the people's houses". The Qing army effortlessly attacked the streets of the county town. However, since entering the market, it has never stopped from roofs, alleys, small buildings along the streets, or even the hidden arrows from where they came from.

However, in the eyes of the Qing army, the Ming army guarding the city had no idea of ​​leaving the city to fight. It was obviously that it had concentrated its troops on the southern battlefield to deal with the threats of the Super Biao Battalion and Ma Jinbao. As long as it took down the only county government that could be used as a fortress to defend, it could be declared that Yiwu was captured by the Qing army.

Fubiao camp was completely covered with armor. Most of the hidden arrows of the Ming army's warriors and righteousness could only play a role in interfering. However, because the Qing army had strong military strength, while continuing to march into the county government, it also divided some forces to clear it out, which was a starter before the massacre.

With the continuous division of troops, the main force of Fubiao Camp quickly arrived at the Yiwu County Government. A few months ago, this was the ruling center of the Qing Dynasty in Yiwu. But at this moment, this was the most critical defense place for the Ming army in Yiwu.

The Yiwu County Government Office is not very different from other places in terms of shape. It faces north and south while following the feudal etiquette layout of the front and back sleepers. The high walls of the county government office are not only the lobby for trial cases and the inner houses, warehouses, curtain halls, study rooms, prisons, arrest halls, kitchens and other ancillary facilities, so the area is much larger than the thin-looking county government offices that Chen Wen watched TV series in his early years.

In order to prevent the defenders from fleeing, the Qing army surrounded the county government, and the officers in charge of command led the main troops to bypass Zhaobi and Jingshan, Shenming Erting, and tried to break through the county government from the gate.

The Qing army had a strong military force. When they found that the county government gate was closed and the Ming army did not take the initiative to shoot arrows from behind the high wall, they brought the ladders they built to try to climb over the wall and break into the county government. However, the Ming army gathered the troops guarding the military camp outside the west gate and some of the volunteers in the county government. The ladders were obvious at the wall, but as long as the Qing army showed its head, they would be sniped by Ming army archers.

Unable to climb over the wall, the Qing army simply transferred a small cannon and prepared to open the gate of the county government. The gate of the county government was very heavy. However, in front of the cannon, a large hole was blasted out by a shell like paper. However, because the cannon was not big, the door latch was not successfully broken, and the Qing army continued to shoot after reloading.

After the second shot, the gate was completely opened, and the Qing army of the brigade poured in from the main gate. However, after they entered the gate of the county government, they found that it was not just the courtyard behind the gate. Even the lobby of the county government was empty. In addition to the silver and copper coins everywhere on the ground, there were more chaotic piles of large amounts of cloth, wood, firewood, paper and other items that had been sprinkled with oil.

The Ming army's intention was obvious, but the Qing army who were eager to pick up the money responded, and they shot a large number of rockets from some corners. They ignited these fire-driven objects, and some even directly shot on the Qing army.

The flames of the county government suddenly ignited the first half of the county government, and then began to spread to all parts of the interior. The Qing army that invaded the county government fled in a panic and fled to the front gate. However, there were too many debris piled up, and almost every moment the Qing army was ignited by the flames and turned into human-shaped flames. The clothes on the body were ignited. The Qing army, whose clothes were ignited, caused greater chaos in the process of breaking free from clothes, so that more Qing troops were burned by flames on their way to escape early. At this time, the rockets of the Ming army were always shooting.

Compared with the Qing army, the Ming army knew the arrangements within the county government. The cold arrows they shot in the dark not only ignited the objects that led to fire, but also kept killing the Qing army rushing into the county government. However, the fire in the county government was difficult to extinguish, and the Ming army had to rush out of the side doors in an organized manner before the fire spread and sneaked into the streets and alleys of the county town.

The county government fired into the sky, and more than a hundred Qing troops who invaded it were able to escape alive, and the rest died in the sea of ​​fire in the chaos.

The guerrilla who led the team looked at all this inexplicably. According to the principle, the defenders would use the county government as the final defense site and would defend this place at all costs. But who knew that the Ming army would do this. Is it a helpless act in despair or another conspiracy? The guerrilla was not clear for a while, but when the Qing army, who was killed at the side gate, fled back, he understood the problem.

The Qing army estimated the defense method of the Ming army according to common sense, but the Ming army did not care about this county that was generally the most important. Seeing that the Ming army was about to devote all its strength to the street fighting, the Qing army had to divide its troops to suppress the Ming army and the righteous man lurking in various parts of the county town and placing hidden arrows.

Whenever they were shot by the Ming army's hidden arrows, the Qing army quickly gathered their troops into the alleys and houses. However, compared with the Qing army, like the county government, most of the Ming army and the Yiyong guarding the city were local people. Even the people in Yiwu County could not match it, let alone the Fubiao camp, which had been stationed in Hangzhou for many years.

Taking advantage of the advantage of better understanding of the terrain, the Ming army repeatedly introduced the Qing army into the alleys, and then relied on the advantages of the Yuanyang formation to fight small and medium-sized battles in narrow terrain, constantly ate small groups of Qing army, and competed with Fubiao Camp for control of Yiwu County.

However, since Yiwu County is not very large and the troops on both sides are much different, the Ming army has suffered less casualties, but the long-term consumption is completely unbearable. At this speed, the large-scale attack can last until the end of night is the limit. If reinforcements have not arrived yet, most of these defenders and the most brave and brave men may not see the sun tomorrow.

The Ming army was still fighting desperately everywhere in the county town, while the Qing army's Fubiao battalion was doing its best to suppress these resistances, preparing to cooperate with the Super Biao battalion and the Green Camp of the Jinquyan Bureau's Four Prefectures to annihilate the Ming army.

Two hours later, the Qing army, who had lost patience, began to ignite houses in areas where resistance appeared, trying to force the resisters to a spacious area to eliminate them.
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