At the end of 1648, the situation in the north changed, and the Ming army of 300,000 people went on a northern expedition, and the army approached the front line of Xuzhou.

The Western Wei State also mobilized half of the army, and the army continued to march to the front line, leaving the Manchus tired of coping.

At this time, Gao Yihuan didn't know when to break through Azig's blockage, and he was still a little worried, what if the Wei army couldn't break away from the Qing army and was blocked in Puzhou?

Therefore, Gao Yihuan was more entangled in his heart, so he gave Gao Yicheng several contradictory instructions, not only informing his eldest brother Zhu Cihong to prepare for Dorgon's mobilization of elite soldiers, but also secretly stumbling Zhu Cihong, which was simply a split personality.

Although Gao Yihuan is not optimistic about the Ming army, the strength of the Ming army is there, and the 300,000 army plus Zhu Cihong's personal expedition cannot be underestimated.

Everything is afraid of a single eventuality.

If the Ming army fought well, what if it defeated the Qing army, recovered the two Huai Shandong, and approached Beijing? Didn't Wei Jun make a wedding dress for Zhu Cihong.

Now Gao Yihuan is afraid that the Ming army will be defeated quickly, let the Qing army win a big victory, and the morale will rise greatly, and then turn around and push him back to Hedong, but also worried that the Ming army will win a big victory, pick Beijing, and seize the fruits of victory.

If the Ming army is defeated, in this way, Dol Roll will stabilize his position, and the battle between Qing and Wei will have to be fought for more than ten years.

But if the Ming army goes smoothly and seizes Beijing before the Wei army, then he will be busy in vain, and Zhu Cihong's prestige is in full swing, and he will inevitably be considered the master of Zhongxing, attracting talents to work one after another, which will strengthen the cohesion of the Ming Dynasty, make him lose his first hand and be in a passive position.

For Gao Yihuan, he hoped that the Ming army would contain the Qing army for him, but it was better not to win the Qing army, and not to fail too soon.

Even in comparison, Gao Yihuan would rather see the defeat of the Ming army than see Zhu Cihong recover Beijing.

That was his Gao Yihuan's exploits, he didn't want to be snatched away, even if there were millions of dead and alive because of it, so he made a few somewhat contradictory wills.

Gao Yicheng understood this, and after listening to Gao Yihuan's words, he nodded hurriedly and said in a low voice, "Chen understands that Qing is the enemy of my Great Wei in front of me, and Ming is our enemy in the future." ”

Gao Yihuan didn't say much, waved his hand and said, "You go and do it!" ”

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At the end of October, the weather in the north was getting colder, and the Wei army's trenches had advanced to 30 paces away from the Qing army's front, and the mortar artillery had advanced behind the earthen wall 200 paces away.

Since a few days ago, the mortars of the Wei army have begun to bombard the first line of defense of the Qing army, and the artillery of the Qing army is difficult to hit the mortars in the trenches, and the stone throwing machines that throw stones and earth-shaking thunder are not enough, so they can only be passively bombed.

At this time, on the artillery array of the Wei army, the soldiers wearing cotton armor and leather boots put a flowering shell into the mortar cannon.

The soldiers first lit the fuse, and then lit the artillery, and with a loud "boom", the inclined artillery sat down, and instantly rose up a cloud of white smoke, and the Qing army saw a cannonball, rising from behind the earthen wall, drawing an arc, and smashing towards the Qing army's front.

"Shelling! Dodge! Sun Maosheng shouted, beckoned a few coats, and jumped into the anti-artillery pit.

There was a loud "boom", and the shells exploded behind the earthen wall, splashing up dust.

The mud on the earthen wall was blown into the air, and then fell with a clatter, hitting Sun Maosheng and the coats like hailstones.

Sun Maosheng was okay as a bannerman, he was wearing blue cotton armor, an iron helmet on his head, well-equipped, and the wrappers were wearing thin gray cloth clothes, which were not only cold, but also painful.

The Wei army's mortar artillery bombarded from time to time, behind the earthen wall of the Qing army, in the anti-artillery ditch, crowded with secret hemp red-topped hats, the Qing army silently endured the shelling, endured the falling mud rain.

In the distance, looking at the smoke and dust on the front, Azig's face was gloomy.

As he expected, the Wei army dug a trench and advanced, and sure enough, they used mortars to bombard his defensive line, and in addition, the Wei army's trench had been dug thirty steps in front of the line, and the Wei army, which had more strength, had been able to throw the earth-shattering thunder directly onto the earthen wall, and Azig had a premonition that a big war was coming.

That night, the Qing army launched another surprise attack, trying to destroy the Wei army's artillery array, and the sound of artillery and fire resounded in the middle of the night.

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At this time, in the big tent of the Wei army, Gao Yihuan gathered all the generals together, gathered in front of the sand table, and said in a deep voice: "Nowadays, the daily bombardment of the Qing formation consumes a lot of gunpowder and shells. If the medicine and cannonballs were sufficient, the Lone King would not fight for the lives of the soldiers, but according to the daily consumption, the gunpowder and cannonballs would not last long. Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, Lone called everyone here today, just to tell you that it's time to see the real chapter and play with your life! ”

"The ministers are willing to die for the king!" The general in the tent clenched his fists with a solemn face.

Gao Yihuan held the waist knife in his hand, glanced at the many Wei army generals, and then lowered his head and pointed to the sand table and said: "Now the Lone King and Azig are both open cards, and whoever has any moves can't hide it." This battle can be said to be needle-to-needle, depending on who is harder. ”

Speaking, Gao Yihuan pointed to the Qing army's defense line, "At this time, Azig has already set up a posture, sharp wood, horse-rejecting, antlers, traps, thistles, earth-shaking thunder and other things are ready to wait for the lonely king, and the method of the lonely king is also very simple, there is no void, first of all, the mortar cannon covers a round, and then throws thunder, suppresses the Qing army on the earthen wall, creates smoke and dust, and finally the soldiers jump out of the trench, storm the earthen wall, and fight for their lives!" ”

The faces of the generals in the tent became serious, and Gao Yihuan directly pointed to the generals: "Wang Yongqiang, your department will be the vanguard tomorrow, and the lone king wants to see your general flag and plant it on the first front of the Qing army, can you do it?" ”

Wang Yongqiang didn't expect Gao Yihuan to order his generals, but after thinking about it, this time the idea is hard, obviously not easy to fight, it is estimated that it will be a tug-of-war, if the Wei army sends the elite at the beginning, if it is not defeated, the King of Wei will not be able to come to Taiwan, and the morale of the Wei army will be greatly discharged.

After all, the elite can't be taken down, and the other troops naturally feel discouraged.

Send the C battalion first, if you can't beat it, you won't be ashamed, the king of Wei hasn't used all his strength, and you can increase the weight one by one in the future, and if you get the results, you can have a big morale boost, and you can keep a back hand.

Although the first attack must have suffered a lot of casualties, this is also an opportunity for Wang Yongqiang. Because King Wei will not expect too much from him, as long as he fights a little better, he can surprise King Wei.

"The ministers will definitely live up to the king's expectations!" Wang Yongqiang immediately threw off his cloak and came out to clench his fists.

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In the early morning of the next day, at dawn, there were signs of movement in various units of the Wei army.

The Wei army was under the noses of the Qing army, and if there was any action, it would naturally not be able to fill the Qing army.

Azig soon received the report and hurried to the front line to check, and saw that the trench was crowded with Wei troops wrapped in turbans and iron helmets, and a large group of men and horses were moving forward from the trench.

Azig's face sank, and he called Zhang Cunren and said: "The barbarians will attack in a big way today, you let people hurry up and get another five hundred heaven-shaking thunderbolts to defend the first line of defense!" ”

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