The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 274
Cannons were bombarded for two days, and tunnels and waterways were dug day and night for two days.

The Qing army in Guangning didn't notice any abnormalities at all. Jiang's army did a lot of siege scenes, and the Qing army was too tired to deal with it, and didn't have the energy to think about other things.

During this period, on the second day after the siege began, the Qing army in the city unexpectedly sent a group of troops out to fight, perhaps to boost the morale that was dwindling.

But in the end, it is natural to imagine that after being severely beaten by Jiang's army, he fled back to the city without armor and armor, leaving behind hundreds of corpses, and then closed the gate of the city tightly and never dared to come out again.

The chief general of the Qing army guarding Guangning is Huang Taiji's forehead consort Engedel, who can be regarded as a fierce general.However, it is not a difficult opponent.

Among the Manchurian generals, there are many brave ones, but there are not many people with brains, vision and calm mind.The only few people who either became emperors or became regents, such as the two brothers Huang Taiji and Dorgon.

Others are mostly brawny brats with no brains.

Engdel didn't believe in evil at first, and wanted to test the strength of some of the legendary invincible Jiang's army, but he learned to behave after being beaten up.

He now has less than [-] troops in his hands, and he no longer dares to move out easily.They had no choice but to send someone to Shengjing for help.But it will take three or four days for Shengjing to arrive here, and the several waves of envoys sent out one after another have not moved yet, and it is not known whether they have arrived or not.

After much deliberation, Engdel found no good way to defeat the enemy. Instead, because defending the city was not something he was good at, he felt aggrieved and full of grievances and dissatisfaction.

He also thought of abandoning the city and fleeing, but when he thought of Huang Taiji's harsh military law, he immediately dismissed this idea.

Not to mention that he is only Huang Taiji's son-in-law, even if he is Huang Taiji's son, if he just fled without a fight, his head would be beheaded, and his family would be implicated.

If you die in battle, you can still keep your family, this account is easy to calculate.

Fortunately, the Jiang family's army had only bombarded the city and hadn't launched a large-scale attack on the city, which made Engedel slightly relieved.

At night, the artillery finally stopped, and the Qing army in the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Many people just slumped on the ground. This day was too frighteningly scary.

The city wall to the west has been bombarded by cannons for two consecutive days and is riddled with holes and pits, turning into a pockmarked face.

And that's just the surface.Although the solid shells of the red cannon will not explode, after hitting the city wall with strong kinetic energy, each impact will loosen the inner structure of the city wall a little.

After all, the city walls are all made of bricks and stones, no matter how strong the city walls are, they cannot always withstand the high-speed impact of countless solid iron bullets, so now the interior of the city walls to the west of Guangning City has begun to loosen.

If there is another strong external force applied to it, it will collapse within a day or two.

It's just that a reckless guy like Engedel doesn't have this concept at all, and he doesn't understand it.What he is good at is fighting immediately, and it is really painful for him to use his brain.

After dinner, Jiang Chuan was checking the official documents sent by Liu Ji from Liaoyang in the big tent. The curtain of the big tent was lifted, but Moban, the captain of the engineering battalion, came in.

Moban was covered in mud, with mud spots and sweat hanging on his face, and the original color of his armor could not be seen, as if he had been fished out of muddy water.

Seeing his appearance, Jiang Chuan laughed, put down the official document in his hand and stood up, "Are you going to battle yourself?"

Moban smiled, showing his white teeth, and said excitedly, "I tell my lord that the tunnel and waterway have all been completed. The general just got into the tunnel to check it, so he was covered in mud. Please ask the lord to check it." Forgive me."

Jiang Chuan laughed and said, "That's great, you've done a great job. Don't say you came to see me in muddy water, even if you came to see me with bare buttocks, I won't blame you."

In one sentence, Mo Ban couldn't stop laughing.

Jiang Chuan asked again about the situation of the siege. It turned out that the tunnel dug by the engineering battalion was not just dug to a certain place at the root of the city wall in a straight line, but was extended to both sides.

The depth of the tunnel was exactly at the foundation of the city wall, and now the foundation under a section of the city wall to the west of Guangning City has been hollowed out by half.

The hollowed-out general engineering battalion is now supported by wooden piles, and it can temporarily stabilize the city wall without tilting, so it will not arouse the suspicion of the Qing army.

At that time, as long as the wooden stakes are removed before the drinking water is poured into the tunnel, and the river water is poured into the base of the city wall along the tunnel, the already unstable foundation of the city wall will soon soften and begin to sink.

Moreover, Moban also asked people to drill many holes in the foundations of the remaining city walls. After the river water is poured in, it will seep into the foundations along these holes, which can accelerate the sinking speed of the foundations.

And the water channel for diverting water from the river has also been repaired. With the assistance of five thousand soldiers, the sewer channel has been repaired wider and deeper than originally expected. Once it is waterproofed, the speed of the water flow will be faster, which will impact the foundation of the city wall. The soaking force is just greater.

After hearing this, Jiang Chuan felt a lot more confident. After walking back and forth on the ground twice, he suppressed his excitement and said to Moban: "You work harder tonight, and take people to build a dam in the river to store the river water. When the embankment is level, we will burst the embankment and pour water into the tunnel.”

But Moban said: "My lord, don't worry, the general has thought of this a long time ago and has already made arrangements. We transported the soil from excavating waterways and tunnels to block the river and build a dam, and opened a hole in the middle so that the water can continue to flow. As long as the lord gives an order, the general can lead people to block the opening and start storing water at any time. According to the speed of the river, it will be full of water when it arrives."

"That's right, you're considerate, I'll give you a great credit. If that's the case, take someone to plug the hole now, and when the time comes, I'll send someone to notify you to break the embankment and release the water. Just arrange everything in advance .”

Jiang Chuan was overjoyed, patted Mo Ban on the shoulder and laughed, completely ignoring the mud on his hands.

Mo Ban took the order to leave, but Jiang Chuan himself walked around in the big tent excitedly, feeling a kind of excitement that he had been holding back for a long time to prepare for the whole person to see that others were about to suffer bad luck.

The hour finally arrived, and a flying horse with four hooves wrapped in cotton cloth galloped silently from the Jiang family army's camp towards the river.

At this time, the riverside was full of figures, all of them were Jiang family army soldiers in black clothes and armor, their silent and stern faces could be vaguely seen under the bright moonlight.

Moban, covered in mud and water, walked up and down by the river, constantly looking in the direction of the Chinese army camp.

Everything is ready on his side, and he only needs to wait for Jiang Chuan's order to order the dike to burst.

"General, here we come." A soldier beside him pointed to a knight who came quietly from the moonlight and whispered.

Immediately, the knight saw Mo Ban coming up, and hurriedly floated off his horse, holding a black command arrow in his hand, and said to Mo Ban in a low voice: "The commander has an order, and the embankment can be broken!"

Moban suppressed his voice and said: "The last general obeys orders!" But there was also an uncontrollable excitement in his voice.

After receiving the order, Moban turned around and whispered to the soldiers of the engineering battalion who had been prepared behind him: "The embankment can be broken!"

Without saying a word, the soldiers showed their tools and started digging the embankment.

Picks, shovels and other tools flew around, and soon, a three to four meter long opening was dug on the river bank, which was connecting with the diversion channel dug in advance.

The river water that was blocked by the dam was already full. At this time, it finally found a vent outlet, and rushed into the waterway with a turbulent momentum. Surging waves rushed forward along the waterway, all the way to Guang He rushed under the wall of Ningxi City.

　The fifth watch was finally done, and it was time to barely keep my eyes open again.I hope I can continue to fight tomorrow and try to update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)