Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Hong Chengchou ordered people to observe left and right, and found that the only three directions suitable for attack were east, south and north.

The north of Xuzhou City faces the Yellow River. Therefore, the north gate of Xuzhou City built during the Chongzhen period was the Water Gate. (Chongzhen built the city on the original site of Hongwu City.)

Between the northern city wall and the Yellow River, there is only a path three to five feet wide, which usually serves as a dock.

It is extremely difficult to attack the city from here!

Unable to expand in depth, it can only become a living target for the guards at the top of the city!

This direction was first ruled out by Hong Chengchou.

The place where the Qing soldiers prepared to attack was the east gate.

The mist has begun to rise.

The city head a mile away was shrouded in gauze.

The city was quiet.

Hong Chengchou held a monocular and looked at the city head in the morning mist.

I saw the flag at the top of the city, already wet by the morning fog, hanging low on the flagpole.

The brazier at the top of the city had also been extinguished after burning all night.

Guards in groups of three or three were taking a nap against the female wall.

There were faint sounds of dogs barking in the city. It was obvious that early risers were starting to go out.

This city is about to wake up...

However, the defenders on the top of the city stayed up all night. At this dawn, they couldn't stand it anymore and began to doze off!

This is the time when Xuzhou City's defense is the most lax.

"The Ming army was unprepared?"

Hong Chengchou's eyes lit up!

Great opportunity!

The moat in front of them has long been frozen.

Having just crossed the Yellow River from Shuanggou, he naturally knew that the thickness of the ice on a slow-flowing river like the moat would have been enough for people to cross!

In other words, as long as they touch the bottom of the city wall - the top of Xuzhou City, they will hang the flag of the Qing Dynasty!

"The order!"

"Every ministry will prepare immediately. After half a stick of incense, the whole army will attack the city!"

"A whole army attacking the city?

Shouldn't there be a reserve team left? "

Zu Zeqian's expression changed and he couldn't stop asking.

He is the eldest son of Zu Dashou's younger brother Zu Dabi.

As one of the few surviving direct descendants of his ancestral family, Zu Zeqian had in his hands two thousand elite soldiers with the Han army flag inlaid with yellow flags.

Hong Chengchou nodded:

"Now or never!

It was dawn at this time, the guards were tired, and the soldiers who were changing shifts had not yet gotten up.

This is the best time for us to work together to win Xuzhou!

You and I don't have enough troops. If we miss this opportunity, once the Ming army reacts, they will never be able to capture Xuzhou again! "

Zu Zeqian thought about it and stopped trying to persuade him.

He called his generals and began to arrange them.

……

Xuzhou City Head.

Mrs. Xing was dressed in military uniform, but she was sitting on the ground like an old farmer.

There were soldiers sitting on the ground all around.

The soldiers had muskets placed in their hands.

The ammunition has already been loaded. As long as you stand up and lie down on the battlement, you can shoot!

Each of the soldiers held a grenade in their hands.

The back cover has been opened. As long as the fuse is pulled open, it will explode!

Gao Jie's army, which has replaced its entire army with flintlock muskets, only has less than half the number of front-loaded rifled Fuhan muskets.

However, today, all of them are at least flintlock and smooth-bore actinic guns!

This thing fires much faster than a matchlock gun.

No need to light the fuse yet.

Very suitable for sneak attacks!

As long as the Qing army comes close, the hit rate is terrifying!

On the female wall near the outside, there are bundles of scarecrows, wearing mandarin ducks and war coats, leaning crookedly on the city wall.

From time to time, someone shakes the bamboo pole under the scarecrow.

From a distance, it looks like the guards have changed their posture.

The large and small artillery all over the city have been loaded with ammunition.

Just wait for an order to bombard the outside of the city.

The Ming army has been waiting for half a night!

……

Hu Maozhen was a general in the Chinese army. He had a waist knife beside him, and he was playing with a huge short gun in both hands.

It's Rongguang No. [-], with twelve tubes!

"Madam, there is some danger at the top of the city. You'd better go to the commander's tent and wait for the general to report your victory!"

Hu Maozhen's face was pulsing with flesh.

Mr. Xing waved his hand:

"Afraid of what?

My brothers are all fighting on the front line, how can I hide in the rear?

Besides, your majesty gave me a shotgun for a cannon, and it was just Hong Chengchou, so why should I be afraid! "

Hu Maozhen thought about it carefully and stopped trying to persuade him.

"Just wait, when the Qing soldiers attack the city, kill them hard!"

There was no fear on Mrs. Xing's face.

She knew that she was an orphan and a widowed mother, and even though she had the emperor's trust, there would inevitably be people in the army who coveted her position.

Therefore, even if she had to hold on, she would still learn from Mrs. Qin!

Only by taking the lead and being on the front line can she stabilize her position.

this is the truth!

The city was ready, waiting for Hong Chengchou to crash into it.

And the city is already full of cavalry!

General Sun Xice, guerrillas Zhao Liang, and Yang Mingfeng each led [-] elite cavalry and were neatly arranged near the city gate.

The hooves of the war horse were wrapped in thick cotton.

The horse's mouth is even covered with a biting cage.

This is to prevent large animals from making noise.

……

The time for half a stick of incense comes in the blink of an eye.

The Han army flags are all elite soldiers from Liaodong, and they are naturally very fast - they are already well prepared for the attack.

"Pick out five hundred sharpshooters and sharpshooters and aim at the city guards. Once the Ming army reacts, kill them immediately!"

"Artillerymen and marksmen, after approaching the shooting range, immediately aim at the city head and be ready to fire at any time!"

"Others, take Niu Lu as a unit, each Niu Lu has two ladders, let me lean up quietly!"

……

Hong Chengchou issued orders one after another.

The Qing army hunched over and began to trot towards the city head.

The musketeers and sharpshooters waited until they got close to the moat, then took their guns and aimed at the city head.

The defenders at the top of the city still didn't react.

The majestic Xuzhou city is eerily quiet.

There was even a bit of panic-inducing fear in the silence.

Hong Chengchou's heart beat suddenly several times.

However, the great joy of watching the Qing army carrying ladders about to cross the moat and raid Xuzhou occupied Hong Chengchou's mind.

"Crack!"

Ladders were erected by the Qing army and rested on the top of the city.

Some ladders have hooks at the top, which hook into the battlements.

Bagala, who was wearing heavy armor in the Qing army, started to climb up the ladder quickly!

Only then did a panicked cry sound from the top of the city:

"not good!

Enemy attack! "

This shout awakened the soldiers at the top of the city. The city that had been silent just now suddenly became noisy:

"It's not good! It's not good!

The Qing army is coming! The Qing army is coming! "

"Bang bang bang!"

An alarm bell hanging somewhere rang.

The "soldiers" of the Ming army relying on the entrance of the battlement were swaying from side to side.

Under the mist, from a distance, each scarecrow looks like a real person.