Tuhai is still watching the battle at the head of the city today, the top of the city is high, and it is also easy to command, to the position of Tuhai, there is no need to personally lead the charge to boost the morale of his soldiers, he only needs to judge the situation on the battlefield, give accurate military orders, and then watch those generals under his command to execute them.

Sun Sike is not under the city either, although Tu Hai is still half-convinced today that the rebels of the former Ming Dynasty are witchcraft or firearms, but he doesn't want Sun Sike to die for the country, then half of the Gansu army he brought will be wasted, and he will be the courage of the army, once Sun Sike dies, these people will be leaderless.

Tuhai got the city head and ordered the army to advance according to the military formation, and at this time he suddenly discovered a problem, there was nothing in the position where the former Ming rebel army should have appeared, not even a ghost shadow.

Tu Hai glanced at Sun Sike beside him: "General Sun, what do you think is going on?" ”

Sun Sike thought for a while: "Either these people are fearless and fearless, thinking that they have the weapons in their hands and don't know the weapons and start to be unscrupulous, or they have other conspiracies." ”

Tu Hai laughed, as if with a hint of comparison: "Then what do you think we should do next?" ”

Sun Sike looked at Tu Hai's confident appearance, and knew that this was not to ask him for ideas at all, but to test his ability, so he said: "At this time, there are two strategies that are feasible, and the next strategy is to immediately order the whole army to attack and go straight to the enemy camp, no matter what conspiracy they have, just crush it by force." ”

Tu Hai seemed to be interested: "What about the best strategy?" ”

"It's easier to get the best idea, our soldiers don't need to enter the barracks at all, as long as they use artillery and catapults to aim at the barracks on the opposite side, a bombardment, no matter what intrigues and tricks there are in the barracks, will become useless, and even if all of them are not in the barracks, we can smash their barracks to a pulp, at least tonight they don't have a place to sleep peacefully."

Tu Hai nodded with satisfaction: "General Sun's words are very much in line with my wishes, so I used General Sun's best strategy and passed on General Ben's military order to push artillery and catapults forward and bombard the enemy barracks." ”

Cheng Xiaolian, who was in the dense forest, saw this scene and laughed: "Tuhai is really not so easy to be fooled. Thinking of this, he remembered something again, and said to himself: "That's the Manchu Fuyuan general, if it is so easy to win the plan, this battle will be too boring." ”

At this time, the artillery and catapults were all in place, and with the banner of the city, they quickly began to bombard the camp, and Cheng Xiaolian glanced at Meng Ke next to him: "It's our chance." ”

A few cannon barrels suddenly stretched out in the dense forest, and they directly aimed at the Manchu army, and with a few cannon sounds, Tu Hai was stunned: "The enemy is hiding in the forest, kill in the forest, and kill the rebels!" ”

The reason why Cheng Xiaolian chose to fight in the dense forest is very simple, the cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty here can't run, so that he can have less disadvantage, of course, he also considered the matter of the Manchu Qing Dynasty setting fire to the forest, and prepared a fire isolation area inside, and the trees that advanced dozens of steps into the dense forest have all been cut down and placed at the entrance of the dense forest.

Tu Hai looked at the dense forest and had a bad feeling in his heart, he commanded the army, all by virtue of the banner, if the army entered the forest, he would not be able to command. But the enemy was hiding in the woods, and now they have injured a lot of soldiers by artillery, and if they were to forget it like this, it would be too demoralizing.

However, he still kept an eye on it, and ordered the vanguard army to enter the dense forest, and the rest of the people were all on standby outside the forest.

Sun Sike thought for a while: "Dashuai, why don't we use artillery to bombard the dense forest?" ”

Tu Hai smiled bitterly: "If you want to level this dense forest, it will not be possible for this commander to destroy all the artillery, but this general is a little late to Xi'an City, if it was earlier, he would have let people cut this dense forest cleanly, so why have today's troubles." ”

At this time, the vanguard army had rushed to the edge of the forest, and Tuhai's military order was that the cavalry surrounded the periphery, and the foot soldiers attacked the forest, and if anyone came out of the forest, the cavalry immediately rushed forward to kill him.

The foot soldiers strode into the dense forest, and they were already cursing in their hearts, these logs that stood in the way were not easy, and they were covered with armor, and it was very inconvenient to walk.

At this time, Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Start releasing arrows." ”

So countless archers and crossbowmen suddenly appeared in the dense forest, and when they aimed at the outside, they shot indiscriminately. Those Manchu soldiers had big knives and spears in their hands, only to find that they were useless, so they could only shout to the shield behind them to hurry up and take a look.

The shield bearer carried a heavy shield in his hand, and it was even more difficult to walk, either hitting a tree or tripping over the wood under his feet, and for a while, the Manchu army that had entered the forest had completely lost its formation, and could only fight on its own.

Cheng Xiaolian glanced at Yang Youcai: "In this dense forest, it is a good opportunity for you to show your skills and become famous." ”

Yang Youcai smiled: "Your Highness, if Jinyiwei is embarrassed again, I will pull off my head." ”

Yang Youcai made a long whistle, and a lot of brocade guards suddenly appeared on the thick tree, and he stretched out his hand and took the crossbow to his feet, although it was already autumn, but the leaves had not fallen off much, so if he didn't look carefully, he couldn't see that there was anyone on the tree, and these Manchu soldiers were patronizing the wood under their feet and the archers and crossbowmen in front of them at first, where did they have time to study whether there was anyone overhead.

Soon more than 300 Manchu soldiers fell to the ground, and the generals who led the army saw that they were not good, and hurriedly waved their hands: "Withdraw from the woods." ”

Tu Hai watched these soldiers enter the dense forest and withdrew after a while: "Go and ask, what's going on?" ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Sun Sike: "You go down to the city with me, I want to see what the hell is going on in this dense forest?" ”

Soon Tuhai took the guards and Sun Sike out of the city gate, at this time, a strange army outside the city suddenly appeared, and on the other side of the dirt slope, countless cavalry suddenly rushed down, shouting loudly: "Kill Tuhai, seal the marquis and worship the general!" ”

Tu Hai was taken aback: "What's going on?" Seeing that these cavalry were only two miles away from him, and his own men and horses were five miles away, it was a little difficult to rescue, at this time a bigger problem was placed in front of Tuhai, would he be in Xi'an City or go to join the army? If you go back to Xi'an City, then you have to close the city gate, and you can't see what the hell is going on in the woods.

If it is a round with the army, it is very likely that these people will directly break Xi'an City, and the army's morale will really be in chaos at that time.

(End of chapter)