Long trench!

Perhaps because the Ming army was not good at field battles, or perhaps to protect the cities in Ningjin and other places, the Ming army often dug long trenches outside the city and blocked the Qing army with Luyan and other objects. When the Qing army cleared Luyan and other objects, the Ming army hiding behind the trench walls then used three-eyed guns, bird guns, etc. to kill the Qing army.

However, every time the Qing army could break it with infantry wearing double-layer heavy armor. In fact, the Qing army itself was good at using trenches. What they were best at was using trenches to siege tactics. In order to prevent the Ming army in the city from attacking with reinforcements, they often dug long trenches to siege the city. In the history of the Songjin War and the Battle of Yaquesa decades later, most of the Qing army used this tactic.

The Qing army, who had just arrived in Jinzhou, also dug a long trench on the other side of the Ming army. In fact, the purpose of digging the long trench was simple, which was to stop the Ming army from counterattacking. A seemingly simple long trench can sometimes protect the safety of the entire place to the greatest extent.

At this time, in the long trench, Guan Bao stared at the long trench of the Ming army a hundred feet away, his eyes full of doubts.

"This is different from the Ming army's long trench!"

"No, look, this group of Ming troops did not set up a deer rock in front of the trench wall at all. It would not be true. Look at the many trees on the mountain, although they are not big trees, they can be used as deer rocks."

"Then why don't the Ming army need it? Look at what they pulled in front of the formation, what is that?"

In my sight, I could only vaguely see wooden stakes, and there seemed to be black lines on the wooden stakes. What's that thing!

"No matter what he is, we will kill him later. Just cut it off just like the past!"

Just as they were talking, a messenger came to pass the news and asked them to set off. Guan Bao, who was Niulu Zhangjing, immediately shouted loudly.

"Hurry, put on another layer of iron armor. I heard that this group of Ming munitions is very powerful. Everyone should be careful!"

With the sound of a horn, the Jianlu heavy infantrymen behind the long trench, wearing cotton armor and iron armor on the inside, set off. The iron-colored armor on the yellow cloth-surfaced iron armor reflected a dark luster in the snow. Their hands were holding heavy weapons such as sharp axes without exception. Like in the past, the task of these heavy infantrymen was to tear open the Luyan in front of the Ming army's long trench. Although there was no Luyan in front of the Ming army's long trench now, the wooden stakes and the iron wire connecting the wooden stakes would still block the army's attack. Their task was to cut them off.

As they walked towards the Ming army's trench step by step, Xu Linshan, holding a musket behind the trench chest wall, gasped heavily. Although the whip wound behind him had scars, he could still feel the pain, but the deeper pain was in his heart.

I am human!

I am human!

My name is Xu Linshan, and I live...

Once again, when he thought of the house burned by the Qing army, the unforgettable hatred in his heart became stronger, and his hand holding the musket tighter!

"Don't be anxious, wait for a while, wait for a while, I'm anxious and can't eat hot tofu. I'll stay away and can't beat it. I'll fight it when they reach one hundred meters!"

With a paper-rolled cigarette in his mouth, Sun Maocai's eyes narrowed into thin slits. He seemed calm, and while smoking a cigarette, he said to the brothers beside him.

"Don't worry, just like we practiced back yesterday, staring at the door, pressing the sight of the sight, aiming at the target..."

The soldiers in the trench were all new recruits. They were still slaves who could fight and kill a few days ago, but now they are soldiers. Perhaps they have not received long-term training, but the belief of "no longer being slaves" is supporting them!

"My son was born with a fat boy of more than six pounds. He was so handsome. He was as handsome as his mother. Although he was not a lady from a noble family, he was also from a scholarly family..."

Holding the cigarette in his mouth, Sun Maocai said in a muffled voice.

"That day, I watched Xiulan kill her with her own eyes because she didn't want to be ruined by Jiannu. My son was caught by him on both feet and turned around and threw it on the wall far away. When he turned around, he cried and cried, and then he stopped with a "bang". The man was Nukeha. I remember him and I will never forget it for the rest of my life..."

While telling all this, Sun Maocai was as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. There was no slight turmoil on his face, neither shocked nor angry

Listening to Sun Maocai's words, everyone around him fell silent. Each of them could tell a large string of stories about themselves or others, without exception, and many of them were not even willing to recall those.

"Brother Sun..."

When Xu Linshan was about to speak, Sun Maocai said again.

"Our family of thirteen people survived, and my third brother and I were killed. The third brother didn't know whether it was thrown into the village by Jiannu. I didn't know whether it was dead or alive, but I knew that Jiannu owed our family eleven lives! I only killed two of them, not counting interest, and they still owe our Sun family nine lives. Bah!"

After spitting the cigarette butt on the ground, Sun Maocai stared at Jiannu who was getting closer and closer, and then smiled.

"You said, today, can I make money back with my capital and profit?"

"It must be, Brother Sun, they still owe more than 100 lives to my Xu family!"

Xu Linshan gritted his teeth and said, "The Xu family is a big family!" More than a hundred lives are gone, so how can such hatred be forgotten?

"The Li family will live my own life!"

"What's my surname? I forgot if you don't say it. I've lived like a dead person for so many years. I originally thought that I would never have the chance to take revenge in this life. Now... God is open to my eyes!"

For a moment, everyone started to talk about it. They did not tell their own stories, but just casually said, some mentioned their parents, some mentioned brothers, some mentioned wives, some mentioned children, and some mentioned houses in their homes... They all have all kinds of experiences, and none of them were looted by Jiannu. Even some people grew up in Liaodong since childhood, they did not escape the fate of being plundered as coated slaves. Even compared to those who had only been plundered from the inner palace in recent years, their fate was even more miserable. Their father and brother were enslaved, their wives and daughters were ravaged, and they could only witness all that, and everyone had an extremely tragic past.

It was this tragic past that made them different from other recruits. In the words of your words, the atmosphere in the trench immediately changed. Originally, these recruits who had been on the battlefield for the first time should have been timid, scared to their faces and trembled all over, but now? They looked calm and they were even a little eager to try, even with some expectations!
Chapter completed!