Nanming Engineer

Chapter 459 Defense and Attack

When the news was blocked, Jiang Guan's eyes were darkened, and he ran around every day to urge the defense of the city, appease the soldiers and boost morale. On the surface, he was full of confidence, but in his heart, he was very anxious.

About a month ago, Datong City was at the end of its strength. Although the food in the city was still in stock, the human spirit was on the verge of collapse. The towering city walls, the daily battles of blood and blood, and life and death were the most important thing for anyone. A kind of torment, if you are alive today, you may die tomorrow. This kind of life without a future is enough to destroy the mentality of the weak-willed.

What supported the soldiers and civilians in the city to persevere was nothing more than the fear of the Qing army slaughtering the city after the city was broken. Everyone in Datong knew that the consequences of rebelling against the Qing Dynasty would definitely be the closure of the city and massacre. If the city was broken, no one would survive. .

It is precisely in this fear of death and hope for a lucky life that Jiang Guan led the soldiers and civilians of Datong to endure unspeakable mental and physical torture until now.

Of course, Jiang Tuan had left his back for himself. Some small tribes on the grassland had already accepted his money, promising that in case of emergency, Jiang Tuan could break out of the encirclement and leave the Great Wall to escape by the road of their tribe.It’s just that in this case, he can’t take too many people away. The vigilant Mongols limit him to 2000 people at most. .

During this period of time, Jiang Guan was already preparing for this matter, and the people who chose to go with him were all ready, just waiting to find an opening to break through.

Unexpectedly, the siege of the Qing army suddenly stopped. The Qing soldiers who used to choose a section of the wall to attack every day during the day changed to attack once every two days, once every three days, and gradually reduced to once every five days. Just don't come for a day.

Changing from siege to siege made the city much easier. People were wondering if something happened outside that caused the Qing army to change its strategy.

Jiang Yu was equally curious, and that's why he took advantage of the dim sunset to spy outside the city in the evening.

The eyes of several trusted generals flickered, looking at Jiang Tuan, the matter of breaking out of the siege was ready, the Qing army's offensive weakened, it was a good time, and it was a good time to make a decision whether to go or stay.

"Junmen, when there was news coming in a while ago, I heard that Pingliang soldiers from Shaanxi were dispatched to Taiyuan with a lot of momentum. Is it tight over there, and the Tartars have transferred everyone there?" His younger brother Jiang Xuan Trying to analyze.

Chief Soldier Liu Zhenwei also said: "The red-clothed cannons that besieged the city have also reduced the number of firings during this period, and it seems that the number has also decreased. Will the cannons be really transferred?"

"People and cannons are the two magic weapons of the Tartars to attack the city. No one has cannons, and they can't run up the city wall even on horseback." Transferred away, is there really something that made them have to do this?"

Several cronies looked at each other and nodded.

"Why don't you wait a little longer?" Jiang Guan raised his head, as if asking himself.

Some people hesitated, some thought, these people are natives of Shanxi, the local snakes in Datong, and their family property is in the city. It is indeed heartbreaking to abandon the family business that they have worked hard for half a lifetime and flee to the grassland. In other places, such as rootless duckweed, let mermaid fish, if it is not a last resort, no one is willing to do so.

After weighing between saving life and saving money, everyone had an idea in a short thought. Without discussion, everyone clasped their fists together and said in unison: "Defend the city and defend the land, I will wait for my duty! I would like to guard Datong with the general. , I will die!"

Facing the blazing gazes of his cronies, Jiang Gan's whole body became warm, and his hanging heart finally fell to the ground. He slapped the table, stood up and said in a loud voice: "Okay! We will rely on this fortified city to build our foundation." Protect the people of the city and swear to the death to fight the Tartars to the end!"

Together with other generals, Jiang Xuan knelt down on one knee, agreed loudly, and shouted passionate words, but deep in his mind, for some reason, flashed an idiom that was not so harmonious with the situation .

The wages of avarice is death.

He shook his head and hurriedly dismissed the unlucky thoughts. At this time, you can't think about these bad things.

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In the Qing army camp outside Datong City, Azig did lack some men and cannons.

Dorgon's transfer order came, asking him to transfer all the Wuzhenchao Ha battalion to Taiyuan, leaving only a few cannons for deterrence, and also took away a few Jiala's Eight Banners soldiers. Although there are still 6 or [-] troops, the majority are Mongols and Han soldiers, and the number of Jurchen Eight Banners is less than [-].

Azige was a little dissatisfied with this. Dorgon already had a lot of soldiers, and at the same time he had drawn a lot of Shanxi soldiers away. Isn't it too much to draw people now?Seeing that Datong was about to be captured, the city wall was blasted away twice, and with more force, the city was about to be broken, but at this juncture, the red cannon was to be taken away, which is really unimaginable.

But so what if you have opinions?Dorgon is the regent, and he is just a prince. If he is a head shorter, he must be obedient, otherwise Hauge's end will be around the corner.

As soon as the artillery battalion left, the remaining few cannons could not be supported alone. The construction team organized by Jiang Yu in Datong City was extremely fast. They often concentrated their firepower for a long time and repaired them in half an hour. ?Relying on people's lives to pile them up is not an option.

Azig had no choice but to surround him without fighting.

On both sides of the multiple trenches and wooden walls, Jiang Yu and Azig confronted each other swayingly. The soldiers on both sides could not get out, and I could not get in. The bloody battlefield that shook the sky was unexpectedly quiet, and the two miles between the city wall and the trench The deadly silence in the open space makes it hard for newcomers to believe that this is the front line of the confrontation between the two armies, but the potholed walls, the colorful and black blood, and the Qing army cannons that fired from time to time, Still reminding people that the war here is far from over.

Hundreds of miles west of Datong, the Mongolian cavalry who came in along the Yajiao Fort of the Inner Great Wall and rushed all the way, led by Liu Wei and others, along the Weiyuanwei, Yulin Weizhi and Datong Right Guards, quickly rushed to the The periphery of Datong is close.This route is very barren and sparsely populated, and because it moves along the inner side of the Great Wall and is within the control of the Shanxi rebels, although tens of thousands of horses galloped, it did not disturb the Qing court forces inside and outside the Great Wall. When we were on the ground, neither Azig outside Datong, Dorgon in front of Taiyuan, nor Mongolian tribes outside the Great Wall had found such a mighty cavalry in Shanxi.

Bental Khan stayed in the abandoned Datong Right Guard for a day, and then continued northward along the Great Wall. His goal would be Zhenchuan Fort in the north of Datong. When he arrived there, he would turn a corner along the official road and he would be able to stop Cut off the road from Beizhili to Datong along Zijingguan, and stop Azig under the city of Datong.

(End of this chapter)