The Qing army came faster than expected. On the afternoon of the second day after the Yulin Guard entered Matou Village, a team of scouts of Yulin Guards encountered a small group of Qing soldiers about twenty miles away from Matou Village. After relying on the rifle in his hands, the Qing army temporarily retreated.

After two days of efforts by Yulinwei, most of the supplies had been moved from the ship to the village. The food was enough for the army to eat for half a year. The shells, gunpowder, and weapons were also piled up in the village. Basically, every household was full of yards. Some villagers heard about the war and took the compensation money given by the army to leave the village. Some villagers also thought that the village was safer and did not leave. In the past two days, they helped the army carry supplies and dig trenches. The army not only managed food, but also paid ten cents of money and two kilograms of rice every day, which made these people feel a little overjoyed and full of energy.

The camp was also repaired the next morning, and the dozens of acres of forest outside the village were almost cut down, leaving only two large camphor trees that had been hundreds of years old. But of course, the more time it is, the more reinforced it can be. The trenches can be dug deeper and the traps can be dug. The Yulin Guard, who received the news, seized the time and even lit torches at night and worked hard for half a night.

Early in the morning of the third day, I saw a smoke rising from the north from afar, and then a team of Qing troops appeared in the sight of the Yulin Guards. However, there were not many Qing troops coming, with only about a thousand people. It seemed that they were just the vanguard of the Qing army. Most of the Yulin Guards ignored the Qing army and continued to strengthen the camp. There were only a team of thousands of cavalry driving the Qing army and determined the location of the Yulin Guards. The Qing army did not stop for a long time. They turned around and left, allowing the Yulin Guards who had come out to drive them away.

In the afternoon, the Qing army in the brigade really came. The sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder, and a huge stream of smoke and dust rolled up in the sky. First a black line, then it became a black piece. Countless Qing soldiers in black-clad black armor waved their sabers and rushed forward, and their entire momentum was moving forward, as if they could crush everything in front.

Wang Fu and a group of generals stood on the mountain at the entrance of the village, looking at the Qing soldiers coming. The Yulin Guard behind him had a hint of nervousness and excitement on his face, and the artillery had already stuffed shells on the cannons. With a command, he could immediately light the convey.

At this time, the two hills had changed a lot. The original miscellaneous trees had been cut off from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Three trenches were piled up on a short route. In front of the trenches were a row of camps made of large trees, and in front of the camps there were traps of different sizes. On the top of the mountain, cannons pointed straight ahead. The entire mountain seemed to have become a dragon, Tanhu**.

"Langluo." Countless horses neighed. Seeing the hill arranged like a hedgehog, the Qing army did not rush straight over, but stopped running forward in the Ming army's sight, and suddenly changed from extreme movement to extreme quietness, but the entire Qing army's team was not at all confused.

A Qing army in the middle pointed, and divided two small groups of dozens of people from it and ran to the left and right sides. The rest of them were dismounted as if no one was around and began to set up camp.

Seeing these Tartars so arrogant, the prince stood up and said, "Emperor, there are at most five thousand Tartar vanguards. If you don't ask for a war, give the Tartars a warning."

Wang Fu looked at the Qing army in the distance, then at the subordinates behind him, and his heart moved. He also had the idea of ​​trying the depth of the Qing army. However, he swept the cannons behind him and the densely arranged trenches and traps. He still suppressed this idea. It would be good if the flag was opened and the victory was good, but if he lost, it would be extremely harmful to morale. With so many protective measures, why fight against the Qing army?

"No need. Raise my dragon flag and yellow umbrella. I want these Tartars to shed all their blood at the foot of the mountain."

A golden dragon embroidered with five claws rose slowly, making a sound in the wind. At the same time, under the dragon flag was a huge yellow umbrella cover. The umbrella cover was also embroidered with five claws.

"Long live! Long live!" As soon as the yellow dragon flag rose, the sound of shocking cheers sounded across the mountain.

Tan Tai at the foot of the mountain was talking to generals such as Obai, Tazhan, Yue Erdo. Hearing the cheers, everyone stopped and looked up. He happened to see the yellow dragon flag rushing.

"What an old emperor." Oboi shouted.

Although the Qing soldiers learned from the Qing army that the Ming Emperor was in charge of the army in person, everyone was half-believing and half-doubted. Whether to deal with the emperor first or capture Huai'an first, the Qing army still had a dispute. After all, Huai'an had lost so much and was about to capture it. However, the small Huai'an was not comparable to the Ming emperor. Killing or capturing the Ming emperor still had the upper hand. After Duoduo decided, he immediately ordered the siege to stop the siege and dispatch the vanguard at the fastest speed to prevent the Ming emperor from escaping.

Seeing the Ming army building a position, although Tan Tai and others found it a bit tricky, they were thinking about how to confirm whether the Ming Emperor was in the army. Now that they saw the dragon flag rising, everyone had no doubts. No one dared to pretend to be the emperor's dragon flag, and there was an imperial umbrella dedicated to the emperor below.

Although Oboi, Ta Zhan and others were reluctant to rush up the mountain to capture the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Tan Tai did not move lightly. Although Haoge's death made them, the two yellow flags generals angry, from now on, Dorgon could no longer check or balance. Unless the emperor took power, the two yellow flags could only be suppressed by the two white flags. However, Tan Tai did not lose his mind. Tulai and Haoge died one after another under the attack of the Ming army, which is enough to show that the Ming army was not completely powerless.

That night, both sides were at peace, and the Qing army at the foot of the mountain all slept soundly. On the contrary, because of the first battle, many people could not sleep, so they just stayed open for a night.

Early the next morning, a louder whistle came from the Qing army formation, but Duoduo had already arrived with his main force. The tens of thousands of Qing troops were more powerful than yesterday. In the world, it seemed that the sound of the Qing army's horse hooves were heard.

"Kill!" After resting for about an hour, the Qing army could not wait to launch an attack. Thousands of Qing soldiers raised their sabers and rushed towards the Ming army's ground-building line.

"Boom!" The entire mountain seemed to vibrate violently. The cannons placed on the top of the Ming army began to show their power. Countless shells fell into the Qing army like raindrops. The charge of the Qing army was overturned by a group of people. Whenever they were hit by the shells, no matter how many people were dead, they were all dead, and their arms and thighs were thrown everywhere.

When they heard the Ming army's cannon sound, Duofeng, Shuksah, Tan Tai and others couldn't help but tremble. There were too many artillery in the Ming Dynasty. In just one round, at least hundreds of Qing warriors fell. Fortunately, the shells were fired slowly, otherwise many people would not have enough lives to fill the ground.

"Lulu." The Qing army in front suddenly fell from the ground, and a big hole appeared out of thin air on the ground. However, the Qing army stepped on the trap and fell down with people and horses. The Qing army behind hurriedly avoided it, but some people dodged for a short time and could only watch the war horses jumped into the trap.

After the second round of artillery attacks, the Qing army had already suffered hundreds of casualties, and their vanguards approached the first fence arranged by the Ming army. When many Qing soldiers lifted the rope, they stood up with their horses. At the same time, the Qing army immediately threw out the rope in their hands, and the rope head was accurately placed on the wooden stake in front.

"Shoot!" Just as the Qing army turned around and wanted to pull the rope, the orders of the Ming army's front-line officers had been passed.

"Bang!" The gunshot sounded, and the first trench of the Ming army was immediately filled with smoke. At the same time, the Qing army in front was in chaos. Countless figures fell from the horse's back. They were covered with blood holes hit by bullets. Many war horses also whined and thumped, but some war horses were crazy.

There was a fence in front, and I was lying in the trench. I didn’t have to worry about the enemy rushing over, and the enemy’s arrows were hard to shoot. Although it was the first time the Yulin Guard took over the battle, no one was panicked. He basically showed his training level. Almost 80% of the muskets on the front line fired at the same time, causing heavy casualties to the Qing army.

The Qing army, who was not hit, turned the horse's head and whipped the horse's back, trying to use the horse's power to lift the wooden stakes up. This is a common tactic on the grassland, but this time it seemed a little different. Only a sturdy sound was heard. Most of the ropes behind them were broken, and some horses were even strangled by the ropes, leaving only breathing.

There is little wood on the grassland, and the wood used for fences is not large. The underground is not too deep. Generally, the horsepower can be used to lift it up. The wood used by the Ming army was transported by ship. Not only did the wood used in the grassland be twice the size, but it was buried deeper underground. It could not be pulled by the power of a war horse alone, unless the Qing army had time to pull it with two or three horses together.

The Qing army, which did not pull out the wood, fell off the horse under the round-rotating fire of the Ming army muskets.

"Woo, woo, woo." The Qing army's horn sounded. Duoduo behind him realized something was wrong and hurriedly ordered a retreat. The remaining Qing army retreated one after another as if they were amnesty. The cannons on the mountain kept roaring, as if they were giving away the Qing army.

After the Qing army retreated, they counted the losses. Duoduo and others were all disgusted. After the attack just now, the Qing army suffered almost a thousand people, half of which died under artillery and traps, and half were killed under muskets. Both sides had no contact at all.

At first, Duoduo and other Qing generals did not take these trenches seriously. In combat with cold weapons, large-scale trenches rarely appear. After all, digging trenches takes time. Digging too shallow or too narrow will not work. The war horses can jump past, and digging too wide or too deep. Unless you know where the battlefield is early, the enemy will not give you enough time to dig trenches, and siege battles have moats and cannot use trenches.

In the battle between Zhuxian Town, Li Zicheng dug a trench of nearly a hundred miles, besieging hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, and finally collapsed. That was because the Ming army lost the courage to fight first and allowed the peasant army to torture. Just under the eyes of the Ming army, it took more than a month to dig the trench.

Now the Ming army has only dug for two or three days at best. With the slope, it may be possible to barely stop the horse from jumping. However, as long as you are willing to suffer casualties, a path can be laid out in the corpses of the horse. However, Duofeng and others did not expect that the trench had another function, which could allow the Ming army's musketeers to hide in it and shoot the enemy without any scruples.
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