Outside the city of Suide in northern Shaanxi, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the deep moats are impassable.

In the first month, the heavy snow in northern Shaanxi still did not stop, and the sky was gray, and snowflakes fell from time to time, falling on the crimson ground, covering the frozen bloodstains.

In the half-human deep trench, Jin soldiers wearing bloated cotton jackets and cotton hats, and woolen blankets, took naps against the trenches with firearms, avoiding the cold wind in northern Shaanxi.

At this time, a hundred households of the Jin army in the trench climbed the wooden ladder, leaked his head, and observed the somewhat broken city wall in front of him.

The city of Suide had been besieged for more than two months, and had been torn apart by artillery bombardment, and many gaps had been blasted out of the walls, but the defenders had rebuilt them with sandbags.

Across the Yellow River, the heavy artillery of the Ming army could not be transported, so only the small artillery of the field battle was transported, so it could only be passively bombarded by the artillery of the Jin army.

Several broken banners on the walls of the city were hunting in the cold wind, indicating that the defenders of the city were still fighting and did not intend to relinquish control of the city.

The officers observed the lower head of the city, and except for a few flags still erected at the head of the city, a small number of defenders patrolled through the city, and there was nothing new.

Baihu quickly descended from the ladder, and many Jin Jun, who were trembling and squatting in the trench to roast the fire and cook soup, looked up at him bowing and passing, but quickly returned their eyes to the soup pot.

Hundreds of households walked through the trench and came to a cave house dug in the trench, Zhao Liangdong was roasting the fire inside, and the officer was busy reporting: "Military gate, there is no movement in the city, and there should be no rush out today!" ”

Zhao Liangdong picked up the wooden pole, fiddled with the red flint, raised his head and said, "Let the brothers not let down their vigilance, and the cannon will continue to bombard, don't stop!" ”

Wubao County, faced almost the same situation, the Jin army dug a criss-crossing deep ditch outside the city, surrounded the city like an iron stab, and aimed the main direction of the attack at the Wubao ferry.

Meng Qiaofang's 50,000 people, it was unrealistic to attack Suide, Wubao, and the ferry at the same time, so he adopted the method of locking the city, besieging the two cities of Suide and Wubao, which were relatively difficult to attack, and the main force took the ferry first.

After Meng Qiaofang's northern expedition, 50,000 horses first surrounded Suide and quickly dug a trench to lock the city.

At this time, Li Laiheng sensed his intentions and hurriedly led a large army to support Suide and interfere with the Jin army's locking of the city, but Meng Qiaofang had many soldiers, and Li Laiheng failed to approach Suide.

Seeing that he could not stop the Jin army, Li Laiheng could only retreat to Wubao and let Wang Guangtai lead 6,000 elite soldiers out of the city quickly, build a stockade at the ferry, and rush to build fortifications.

Meng Qiaofang completed the blockade of Suide, leaving Zhao Liangdong to lead 10,000 people to besiege Suide and wait for an opportunity to break the city, while he led an army of 40,000 to the east into Wubao County.

After the 40,000 Jin army arrived at Wubao, Meng Qiaofang concocted the same method, Wang Guangtai interfered several times, but was beaten back by the Jin army, and Wubao County was finally trapped by the Jin army.

After completing the blockade of Wubao County, Meng Qiaofang still left 10,000 people to attack and monitor Wubao County, and the remaining 30,000 people were ready to attack Wubao Ferry.

After the Jin army surrounded the Ming army in Suide and Wubao County, the Ming army in northern Shaanxi had actually been divided into three parts, and they could not support each other.

Meng Qiaofang's intention was to trap the Ming army in Suide and Wubao with a small number of men and horses, first concentrate superior forces to eat the ferry, plug the gap in the Jin army's defense line, and then turn around and break through Suide and Wubao.

The ferry port is less than ten miles away from Wubao County, with hillsides on both sides, and the ferry port is sandwiched between two mountains.

Between the ferry and Wubao County, there is a wonder. In the wilderness, countless trenches crisscrossed the county, and near the county seat of Wubao were dug by the Jin army to separate Wubao from the ferry and prevent the Ming army in the city from coming out to support the ferry.

Near the ferry and on the slopes on both sides, it was dug by the Ming army at the ferry to prevent the Jin army from attacking.

Meng Qiaofang stood on a small dirt hill and observed the situation of the Ming army at the ferry, which built a long wall one zhang high and half a zhang wide on the only passage to the ferry between the two mountains, and the wall was full of shooting holes.

In front of the wall there were three half-foot deep trenches, which were covered with horse-repellent stakes and antlers. Behind the wall, bunkers were dug to hide from shelling, and there were tents for the troops, and behind the tents there was a low wall as a second line of defense, behind which there were also tents for the garrison.

In addition, ditches were dug on the slopes on both sides, and low walls were built on the top of the hill, where men and horses of the Ming army were stationed, and they were also equipped with artillery.

Wang Guangtai had 6,000 men, 1,500 men on each of the two hills, 1,500 men on the first line of defense, 500 men on the second line of defense, 500 people living at the ferry, and 500 people stationed at the upper reaches of the ferry.

Meng Qiaofang led a group of generals to observe, and saw many flags fluttering on the earthen wall and on the top of the mountain, obviously the defensive forces were very sufficient.

He looked at the fortifications of the Ming army again, and it was obviously not advisable to directly attack the front, to cross three trenches, and to face the attack of the hills on both sides.

Then attack the mountain, but it is also difficult, the Ming army is condescending, the same digging trenches and building walls, and when attacking, it is necessary to prevent the Ming army behind the long wall at the foot of the mountain from outflanking the back road.

Sun Sike, the golden general who accompanied Meng Qiaofang to watch the formation, let out a few white breaths in a row, and couldn't help but say: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight!" ”

The Ming army liked to dig trenches the most, especially Wang Yan's house, and the camp must dig trenches and build walls. There is nothing particularly brilliant about the use of soldiers, and there are not many tricks to play, just a "stupid" word.

The Ming army was obviously influenced by that guy, and took the word "stupid", or "stable", to the extreme, anyway, as long as the fortifications that can be used, they will use a lot of them, and then wait for the opponent to hit them.

Meng Qiaofang put down the clairvoyant mirror and didn't say anything, when he was digging ditches and building walls in Suide, he didn't think that he would also have to face these ditches and walls.

Meng Qiaofang was silent for a while, it was difficult to attack, but Dajin had no choice and had to gnaw this bone.

At this time, he suddenly turned his head to Sun Sike and said, "Is there a suitable place upstream for boats and rafts?" ”

"There is only one place, ten miles to the north, but the Ming army lives there in a stockade, guarded by five hundred men."

Meng Qiaofang frowned, and the Ming Army was really stable.

At this time, he found that the generals around him were frowning after watching the battle, he couldn't help but get upright, the horse whip in his hand pointed to the position of the Ming army, and said loudly: "Wubao Ferry, this king is bound to win." This is the place where my Dajin must attack, pass on the will of the king, the artillery first bombarded the mountain, the various departments were mostly shielded cars, two days later to attack the ferry, the first to climb the mountain, the reward of fifty sheep, the official promotion of one level, the first to climb the earthen wall, reward one hundred sheep, one horse, the official is promoted to one level, if whoever kills the ferry first, reward a thousand sheep, ten horses, the official is promoted to two levels. Anyone who cowers and does not move forward, no matter what position he holds, will be beheaded, and will not be spared! ”

"No!" When Sun Sike and more than a dozen other Jin generals heard this, their spirits were lifted and they all hugged their fists and promised.

Seeing this, Meng Qiaofang let out a sigh of relief, then looked at Sun Sike and said, "General Sun, this king will give you 2,000 people, and you will go and annihilate all the five hundred Ming troops upstream." ”

Sun Sike hurriedly received the order again, while Meng Qiaofang waved his hand and led everyone down the mountain, then turned over and rode towards the Jin army camp full of tents in the distance.

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