Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 69 There is a wall behind the wall

After the governor's troops chopped down dozens of southern barbarian soldiers who wanted to escape.

Wu Sangui summoned two generals from the army.

"Zhang Guozhu, Yang Wu."

"Each of you will lead a thousand elite soldiers to the hilly area ten miles away. Find an opening and see if you can climb over the wooden wall."

"Create some chaos and disperse Zhu Cixuan's forces."

Zhang Guozhu was the former deputy general of the Ming Dynasty's sea route. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the second year of Jiashen.

At the beginning, he followed Xushun Gong Shen Yongzhong to defeat Sun Kewang repeatedly in Huguang.

Later, he followed Shang Kexi to pacify eastern Guangdong and defeated Li Dingguo and Zheng Yanping's general Huang Wu.

He then followed Hong Chengchou into Yunnan to encircle and suppress Li Dingguo.

He has gone through many battles and has achieved outstanding results.

Yang Wu was the last general of the Dashi Army to surrender.

He recovered Tengyue and asked Emperor Yongli for the title of Duke.

Then he dragged the last organized civil and military personnel of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan and Yunnan to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that he could not break through the wooden wall from the front, Wu Sangui had to use two big cards.

After receiving the order, Zhang Guozhu and Yang Wu led their personal cavalry and rushed directly into the mountains and forests.

Wu Sangui frowned and kept looking at the battlefield that stretched for several miles.

They all came from the Ming army and were too familiar with each other to break their moves.

The two-meter-high sieve was just level with the wooden wall. It crossed the sharp tip of the wooden wall, blocking the bows and muskets from the arrow tower, and then slid smoothly to the ground.

Then we can face the well-prepared Ming army.

The Ming army even pushed down the ladders by extending forks from the gaps and shooting holes.

Heavy artillery blasted a gap, and the Ming army immediately blocked it with shield carts, and then filled the gap with prepared wooden boards.

Light artillery didn't have much effect when hitting wooden walls and ironwood.

Countless Green Camp soldiers and chieftain soldiers fell to the ground, and were then overwhelmed by the Qing army rushing in from behind.

The only thing that could cause damage to the Ming army behind the wooden wall was the thunder bombs thrown in.

The casualties were unclear, but the caltrop and pottery bullets thrown back by the Ming army were enough to destroy everything.

Wu Yingqi, who had just assigned two thousand new troops to join the army, returned to the general's platform.

"Father, how about trying some kerosene?"

Wu Sangui nodded.

Although he and Shangshan brought 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses to test their own fate, they wanted to show their loyalty to the Qing court.

But that’s not the way to play.

Wu Yingqi accepted the order and asked Wang Yongzuo, the commander-in-chief of firearms, to arrange for the kerosene.

It was transported by more than a dozen shield carts to a wooden wall where a fierce battle was taking place.

Without caring about the chieftain's soldiers who were still climbing the wall with grappling hooks, he threw out torches, igniting more than a dozen cans of kerosene and several barrels of gunpowder.

Accompanied by the sound of an explosion, the incendiary oil ignited instantly.

The black liquid turned into raging flames and pounced towards the wooden wall like a fire dragon.

Just as the commander of Hanlong Pass said.

Zhu Cixuan's treated teak ironwood is difficult to ignite directly.

It can only be said that it makes sense that the fierce incendiary oil that was popular during the Song and Yuan dynasties gradually declined after the rise of artillery, muskets and rockets.

What's even more outrageous is that the Ming army used water to put out the fire.

The flaming oil could not be extinguished by water. Instead, it spread with the flow of water and directly ignited dozens of local chieftain soldiers who were attacking the city.

Instead, the Qing soldiers couldn't stand it and moved away, shoveling up mud to put out the fire.

After finally burning the several-foot-long wooden wall until it was twisted and deformed, the Ming army quickly dispatched artillery and musket teams.

Aimed at the Qing army who wanted to push down the wooden wall.

Seeing the Green Camp soldiers attacking there falling to the ground like wheat, Wu Yingqi, who returned to the general's platform, felt embarrassed for a moment.

After a long time, and having lost one-fifth of his troops, Wu Sangui finally couldn't help but sound the retreat.

The low sound of the ox horn made the attacking Qing soldiers feel relieved.

The chieftain's soldiers fled in panic.

The Green Camp soldiers, who had fought for ten years, obeyed the orders, hid behind the shield carts again, and slowly retreated.

Retreat one mile away.

Only the artillery was left to continue bombarding the Ming army.

Not long after, Zhang Guozhu and Yang Wu also came back one after another.

Zhang Guozhu had scratches on his face. "Your Highness, we can't go into the forest. There are too many traps." "There are also countless southern barbarians hiding in the dense forest, shooting arrows from behind."

"The southern barbarians are familiar with the terrain and are as agile as monkeys. It's impossible to catch up with them."

Yang Wu also bowed and said, "Your Highness, there is no forest over there."

"But after I climbed over two hills and the long wall, I found only a few scattered guards."

"There were also Ming cavalry patrols. The hundred men who turned over were instantly buried under the Ming cavalry."

Wu Sangui nodded slowly with an expressionless face:

"In that case, withdraw the troops back to Hanlong Pass."

"Tonight, you, Shen Yingshi, and Yan Zhen will each lead 500 elite soldiers to conduct a night attack."

into the night.

Wu Sangui saw the Ming army behind the wooden wall lighting torches, forming flickering spots of light in the darkness.

Then they knew that the night attack was ineffective.

Fighting day and night, it is difficult to break through the defense.

Wu Sangui immediately changed his strategy.

Let Yang Wu and Zhang Guozhu lead 3,000 soldiers to Tianma Pass and feint an attack there.

Outside Hanlong Pass, 10,000 soldiers were divided into 20 groups, and the general and deputy general under his command were each led by a guerrilla force, extending the battle line by 20 miles.

Although the battle damage was reduced, three or four wooden walls were even removed.

But it is difficult for a small number of soldiers to completely attack behind the wall.

By the time Wu Sangui arrived with his army, Zhu Cixuan had already driven out the Qing troops that had broken into the wooden wall and rearranged the shield carts and logs.

The two sides fought like this for three or four days.

Wu Sangui finally received good news.

"Your Majesty."

"General Wu Guogui has bypassed the wooden wall and is only fifty miles away from Hanlong Pass. He will be able to completely break through the wooden wall tomorrow."

Wu Sangui was ready to fight, as he felt very frustrated after this battle.

He finally understood the helplessness of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty outside the Great Wall.

"Okay, tomorrow at noon, we will launch the general attack."

In order to prevent Zhu Cixuan from noticing anything unusual, Wu Sangui once again ordered his men to attack all night long.

By noon, Wu Sangui had taken away all the remaining 20,000 soldiers from Hanlong Pass.

But they marched to the gate of the Great Wall.

Through the hastily repaired city wall, you can already see the city wall behind.

The gate of Wengchengzhai suddenly opened.

The Qing soldiers, wearing red beaded hats and narrow-sleeved military uniforms, ran quickly to Wu Sangui.

The scout gasped for breath: "Your Majesty."

"Yesterday, the Ming army withdrew after discovering our troops. When our vanguard arrived outside Hanlong Pass, there were only a few hundred Ming cavalrymen."

"Lord Commander, let me inform the prince that he has led his troops to pursue the Ming army."

Wu Sangui immediately gritted his teeth.

What is Zhu Cixuan doing?
During the Ming Dynasty, abandoning the border without authorization was a capital crime punishable by death.

He cleared out the people from the four counties and spent so much effort to build the "Great Wall", but just gave up like that?

"Shen Yingshi, take the cavalry in your army and catch up with Wu Guogui and hunt down Zhu Cixuan's army."

"How far can we go when we march at night?"

"The next city, Xingwei City, is still a hundred miles away. Can he really run a hundred miles in one night?"

Wu Sangui did not even bother to remove the wooden wall and led his army to continue advancing.

However, wait until evening.

The bad news came suddenly.

Wu Guogui was covered in dust and his words left Wu Sangui dumbfounded.

After running nearly a hundred miles in one day, Wu Guogui was sweating profusely.

"My Lord, Zhu Cixuan actually built a wooden wall."

"Just behind the Great Wall outside Hanlong Pass, another Great Wall was built forty miles away."

"I asked someone to go over and check. There is a wooden wall pass twenty miles behind."

"It's continuous, my lord."

(End of this chapter)