Emperor Yongli, who was far away in Yawa City, was like a magnet, and it was also like a player who pulled hatred, desperately attracting all kinds of monsters in his direction. However, Bai Wenxuan and Wang Xinyu, who were stuck in the middle of the way, were like players who stuck monsters, stuck Wu Sangui in the Nujiang River Canyon, so that the monster could not get close to the big player Yongli.

Wu Sangui's general cannon has already been transported, and there are even more powerful red-coated cannons coming behind.

In the valley of the Nu River, where the terrain is steep, the baggage troops of the Qing army are like a big river that flows endlessly, bringing food and ammunition from the rear, and oxen and mules pulling heavy cannons and marching slowly. In the mountains on both sides, the soldiers who were good at mountain warfare were active in the mountains and forests, on the high mountains, to prevent the Ming army from outflanking the Qing army's back road.

The speed of the Qing army's baggage team was very slow, and it could only travel about ten miles a day, which made it impossible for the more cumbersome red-coated cannons to reach the battlefield for a while.

"Boom Boom" 20 three-pound general guns with a range of up to five or six hundred steps fired in turn, the muzzle of the gun spewed fire, and the thick smoke of gunpowder rose in the air, covering the artillery position of the Qing army, making it impossible to see the gunners on the gun emplacements, only when the muzzles spewed fire again, with the help of bright lighting, the firing cannons and busy gunners were faintly visible.

The simply constructed earthen city looked weak in the shelling, and when three catties of shells hit it, the earth splashed, and there were potholes on the earthen city wall. As the third round of shelling began, patches of earth could be seen crumbling. The shells hit the battlements made of clay, and the battlements were torn apart like a piece of tender tofu falling to the ground.

The earth at the head of the city kept falling, and after about a quarter of an hour of shelling, the Qing army cut a hole in the earthen city.

But Wu Sangui was dumbfounded: What kind of earth city is this! It was like terraces built on the slopes of a hill, and the gaps formed a slope that the Qing army could rush up but face a Ming attack on the second wall.

What to do, to fight or not? This is attacked. It is estimated that the loss will be not small! But if you don't fight, you can't do it! If it drags on any longer, Aixing Ah Zhen will go crazy. The matter has come to this point, it seems that it is not in line with the hypocrisy to beat you to the death, and the court will not give up! Thinking of this, Wu Sangui bit his chapped lip and opened his mouth to order: "Gao Dejie!" ”

"The last general!" Goldjack stepped forward.

"You lead two thousand elites, and then give you two thousand auxiliaries and three thousand people, and attack from the breakthrough opened by the cannonball!"

"Piercing!"

Wu Sangui said to Xia Guoxiang again: "Xia Guoxiang! ”

"The last general!" Xia Guoxiang stepped forward and arched his hand.

"Bring three thousand archers, and two thousand swords and shields, and carry ladders up to the top of the city. Shoot the outcropping thief with a bow and arrow! ”

"Piercing!"

"Hu Guozhu!"

"The last general!"

"You lead the artillery team forward! Bombard the city, suppress the thieves! When our army climbs the first city wall, you immediately lead your troops to move the tiger squat cannon up and bombard the second earth city of the thieves! ”

"Piercing!"

"Wu Guogui!"

"The last general!"

"You personally led 3,000 elite native soldiers to pass through the valley over there and attack the flank of the thieves!"

"Piercing!"

Wu Sangui turned his head again and looked at Gao Qilong.

Gao Qilong knew very well that Wu Sangui had sent all his cronies out to attack, and at this time, he had to show his loyalty even more. So he didn't wait for Wu Sangui to speak. Gao Qilong took the initiative to take a step forward and arched his hand: "Please let the last general fight!" ”

"Not bad!" Wu Sangui smiled with satisfaction, "I know that General Gao is loyal to this king!" In this way, you take the green battalion soldiers of your headquarters. I'll give you another 3,000 people, and I'll use the rushing car to demolish the outer city in front of you! Dig it into a slope for this king! In order to facilitate the follow-up troops of our army to attack! ”

"Piercing!" Seeing that Wu Sangui handed over the easiest task to himself, Gao Qilong was so moved that he couldn't wait to express his loyalty to Wu Sangui immediately.

On the second city wall, the Ming army was in full array. The city was full of rolling wood and stones, wolf's tooth swatters, bonfires were lit on the city, and steaming gold juice was boiling in iron pots. There are lime bottles and cans of fire oil on the ground, auxiliary soldiers and people are standing in front, and rows of neat archers and bird gunners stand behind them, and hand-to-hand soldiers with spears, shields and short knives are on standby at the head of the city.

On the third city wall behind, there is a door tiger squat cannon set up in the fortress, and the muzzle of the cannon is aimed at the city.

The second wall was five zhang higher than the first wall, and the distance was about fifty paces, which could ensure that the Qing troops who climbed the first wall would be hit by the fire of the second wall. The third wall is six zhang higher than the second wall, and the distance between the two walls is also fifty steps. These three city walls, like terraces on the hillside, ensured that the Ming army could exert three-dimensional firepower, while the Qing army could only shed blood under the city again and again. This piece of earthen city blocked the road to Burma, and the Qing army could not enter Burma through the Red River Valley without uprooting this piece of city.

If it weren't for Ai Xing's constant urging, the cunning Wu Sangui would definitely not have fought such a thankless battle.

Seeing that rushing out of this valley, in front of him is the territory of Myanmar, where the terrain is relatively gentle and the river is navigable, and it is only one step away to go to Yawa City to seize Yongli, Ai Xing Ah is also anxious. He was eager for the Qing army to rush over immediately, capture Yongli to Kunming, and let the Qing court solve the future trouble once and for all.

When the Qing army began to bombard just now, Wang Xinyu decisively ordered the Ming army to abandon the outermost earthen city and retreat to the second earthen city at a relatively high place, so the Qing army's artillery bombardment did not cause any losses to the Ming army.

"Kill!" Outside the city, the war drums rumbled, the flags fluttered, and the Qing troops in groups rushed towards the gap that was opened by the cannon of the three-jin general like a tide.

The Qing army did not seem to be hindered, and easily reached the first earthen city.

"Up!" Gao Dejie shouted, urging the auxiliaries and the people to climb up first, and the soldiers followed closely behind, rushing through the gap opened by the cannonballs to the first wall of the wall. The Qing army soon climbed the slope to the top of the city, but when they reached the top of the city, they found that it was bare and unprotected.

On the second city wall, the arrows are like flying locusts, the bullets are like torrential rain, the projectiles and arrows hit the unprotected city, the Qing soldiers who just climbed the city head hurriedly used their shields to cover, but the arrows and projectiles were too dense, many Qing soldiers did not care about their heads and feet, blocked the top, but their legs were shot by random arrows, hit by the projectiles, and let out a miserable scream, and fell to the city one after another.

The Qing soldiers who climbed to the top of the city formed a shield array with square wooden cards to block the arrows and projectiles that came from the city, and the archers counterattacked the city. The Qing archers who climbed up from the improvised ladder also hid behind the shield array and counterattacked the city with bows and arrows.

"Put!" Only a roar was heard from the second wall.

Dozens of wolf tooth beats and grinding stones rolled down from the city wall, landed at the foot of the city wall, and rolled along the hillside towards the head of the first city wall, and slammed into the shield array of the Qing army.

The feathered arrows and projectiles at the head of the city burrowed into the shield array of the broken opening, and the Qing army was splashed with blood.

Another row of shields was erected, and as more and more Qing archers climbed to the top of the city, more feathered arrows were fired onto the second wall. Rows of feathered arrows fell, and countless white flowers seemed to grow on the earthen city.

There were casualties among the Ming troops at the head of the city, but with the protection of the city walls, the casualties of the Ming army were not very large.

The head of the city once again lowered the rolling wood and stones, and smashed the sword and shield hands of the Qing army to fly out one after another, and even the archers who were hiding behind the sword and shield hands were smashed a lot.

The auxiliaries who climbed to the top of the city carried improvised ladders, and under the threat of the steel knives of the soldiers, they went to attack the city, but on the way, they were smashed over by the rolling logs and stones falling from above. None of the ladders could be attached to the second wall, and they were either smashed halfway through, or the Qing soldiers carrying the ladders were stoned to death.

The artillery of the Ming army on the third city wall also opened fire and bombarded, and the tiger squat cannon spit out firelight, and the shotgun shot condescendingly, falling on the Qing army like a torrential rain, and immediately swept over a large area of Qing soldiers.

In this way, he could only be beaten in vain, but he was powerless to fight back, which was too demoralizing.

The Xia Xiangbu, who used a simple ladder to climb the city, also suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat.

Hu Guozhu's artillery team advanced more than 100 steps, trying to bombard the second earthen city with three catties of general artillery, but the elevation angle of the general's cannon was not large enough, and if it was barely high, the effect of bombarding the second earthen city at a high place was not very good. Most of the shells fell on the hillside, which absorbed the energy.

"I can only let the auxiliary soldiers and the people be strong and dig up the first earthen city of the thieves first! Destroy that earthen city and dig it into a slope before we can attack the second earthen city! Wu Sangui asked his soldiers to pass the order.

Gao Qilong and others, who originally thought that their task was the easiest for them, only found out at this time that the elite soldiers of the Pingxi Royal Mansion were defeated and retreated by this strangely constructed three-dimensional earth city, and at this time, they had to rely on their green battalion soldiers to dig up the outer city walls with the people and auxiliary soldiers to ensure the smooth attack of the Pingxi Royal Mansion army.

"Up! Push carts on the cart and shield cart! Dig up the walls! Gao Qilong shouted.

Groups of auxiliaries and people pushed the carts and shield carts to the bottom of the first earthen city. The Qing soldiers pushed the cart with all their might, hitting Tucheng one by one. I only heard the sound of earth collapsing, and this simply constructed earth city was indeed not strong, and it was hit by a car and the earth collapsed in large chunks. At the same time, the Qing army auxiliaries and Minzhuang who came up pushing the shield cart waved shovels and hoes to dig the outer earthen city, and soon dug up a city wall.

This first earthen city was originally used to lure the Qing army to attack. The ruined earthen city formed a slope, and the Qing army's auxiliaries and people were no longer under the dead end, but were exposed to the fire of the second wall.

"Put!" Once again, a roar rang out from the city. (To be continued.) )