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Season 4: Dusk Rain Banner Chapter 1,399: Clear sand and smoke bury the sun and moon flag, and the two armies attack and defend.

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    Chapter 1,399

    Secondly, there were dozens of special forces captains, all silent, scattered behind the Northeastern Army coach.  **Just in case any Eight Banners cavalry accidentally bumps into this place again, which will be detrimental to the Northeast Army coach?  At this moment, the eyes of these people were all nervously watching the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

    But after noon, the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners cavalry launched a sudden attack on the Yangzhou city head, but it was specifically targeted at the northern city gate and the city wall.  And why in these first two days, the Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner armies of the Qing Dynasty never captured Yangzhou City?  This was actually due to the fact that in the first year after Shi Kefa came to Yangzhou City, he saw that the city defense strength at the top of Yangzhou City was a bit too weak.

    Shi Kefa then wrote a note and reported it to the small court in the capital, thinking that Emperor Hongguang would definitely take this matter seriously.  Moreover, money will be allocated soon, and some troops, as well as food, grass, bows and arrows and other necessary things to defend the city will be allocated?  In addition, after sending some specialized talents to Yangzhou City, they can also help themselves cast some cannons, which can also be used to guard Yangzhou City.

    But what Shi Kefa never thought of?  Is this memorial of mine like a mud cow sinking into the sea?  The memorial was handed in, but there has been no news.  Shi Kefa had no choice but to submit two memorials in succession.  In the end, he really received an imperial edict.  However, regarding this imperial edict, Emperor Hongguang was very bitter towards him.  It is just that the dynasty was newly established, so the treasury was empty and there was not even a tael of silver.  As for the weapons and equipment, there is no inventory at all, and he is just left to find a way to solve it?  In addition, the talents he needs?  No matter who he has his sights on?  Can they all be recruited to Yangzhou for his use?

    And since Shi Kefa saw this imperial edict, he knew that no matter what he said?  The imperial court will never allocate another one tael of silver to himself.  However, if you think about it carefully, it is no wonder that the current Nanming court is basically in name only.  What if it weren't for the support of the four town generals?  I'm afraid this small imperial court has been in ashes for a long time.

    In the end, Shi Kefa had no choice but to figure out a solution on his own?  However, they first found a few craftsmen who could cast cannons. Among them, Xu Guangqi's disciple Chen Yujie happened to have learned the art of cannon casting, so he made a new Portuguese heavy cannon for him.  It's just because of the lack of funds and the time is too tight.  Only a few hundred of this new type of artillery were cast, and they were only placed on the battlements on both sides of the four city gates.

    Under this kind of artillery, a very simple fort was built out of wood.  And in the first two days, when the Eight Banners army swarmed in, intending to capture Yangzhou City in one fell swoop?  This kind of Portuguese artillery is relatively dispersed, so it does not show real firepower.  At that time, Shi Kefa ordered his soldiers and civilians to pour water on the three gate towers and the city walls.

    But they only left the city gate tower and city wall in the north empty, and it happened that the Qing soldiers launched a fierce attack on Yangzhou City from these three sides.  And why didn't Shi Kefa also irrigate the northern city wall and gate with water?  But it was because he originally planned to leave a way out for the army and people in Yangzhou City.  And the second reason is because what if the Eight Banners Cavalry wants to attack the city gate to the north?  But you have to walk a long circle around Yangzhou City to reach the northern city gate and city wall.  Shi Kefa concluded at that time that the Eight Banners Army came to attack Yangzhou City this time, and they must be planning to take Yangzhou City in one go. They must not spend so much effort?  To go around in such a big circle?  After all, the other party is also afraid that if there is a sudden change in the night and dreams again?

    But what he didn't expect was that in the next two days, the Eight Banners Army launched countless attacks on Yangzhou City, but in the end they still failed to set foot on Yangzhou City.  And this is not only due to the ice-made walls, but also because the Han troops with white flags and white flags are somewhat hesitant.  The more important point is that Dorgon never planned to let these two armies seriously attack the city of Yangzhou.

    The most critical point is that the heavy artillery newly forged by the Qing Dynasty has not yet been transported to Yangzhou City.  The artillery used by Dorgon to attack Yangzhou City in the first two days were basically light artillery, so their power was not very powerful.  And the quantity is extremely lacking, which will not cause much harm to the Yangzhou city wall at all.  Another reason that Dorgon kept close to his heart and couldn't tell others about?  It was Dorgon who intended to use these two Eight Banners armies composed of Han people to consume the Ming Dynasty defenders on the city.  And find out the weaknesses of Yangzhou City?  Finally, the Eight Banners cavalry defeated them in one fell swoop.  It must be said that Dorgon's strategy was extremely successful.

    As for the real Eight Banners cavalry under his command, they have always stood firm.Staying in the distance, quietly watching the bloody battle above and below the city.  The newly forged heavy artillery of the Qing Dynasty arrived at the joint camp of the Eight Banners Army under Yangzhou City just after launching a two-day attack on Yangzhou City.  Dorgon ordered Li Chengdong to arrange these heavy artillery pieces, as well as the dozens of light artillery pieces originally used, under the northern city wall overnight.  At the same time, the Eight Banners troops were ordered to circle the city and arrive at the gate of the northern city.

    It¡¯s just that Dorgon didn¡¯t guess that Shi Kefa would arrange all the artillery on the north wall today.  This made this real Eight Banners cavalry suffer a big loss after launching a fierce offensive on Yangzhou City in the early morning.  At this time, the heavy artillery of the Qing Dynasty had not been deployed yet.  So Dorgon deliberately wrote a letter to make Shi Kefa relax his guard?

    Or, to be more precise, trying to disrupt Shi Kefa's mind?  What Dorgon didn't expect was that Shi Kefa actually wrote back a letter to him.  It's just that during this coming and going, the sky has already passed noon and reached afternoon.  Naturally, basically all the artillery pieces of the Eight Banners Army have been set up.  Dorgon immediately fought with the Chinese army in the distance. Surrounding him were the group of Beilebeizi and Ezhen from the Qing Dynasty.  Originally, Dorgon also sent his men to invite the little emperor Shunzhi to come out and take a good look at the battle that he personally commanded to destroy Yangzhou City?

    How about letting him know that he, the regent, doesn¡¯t eat for free?  In fact, deep down in Dorgon's heart, he hoped that the woman would come out with Shunzhi?  After all, Shunzhi was not very old at this time, so what could he understand?  It can be said that Dorgon is not interested in drinking?  But in the end, this proposal was sternly rejected by the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

    This somewhat made Dorgon feel a little unhappy about this. After all, as the regent, how could he not even give himself this face?  Therefore, a hint of murderous intent quietly lurked.  Dorgon, who was full of anger, couldn't help but record this anger on the Ming Military Academy on the top of Yangzhou City.  Order Li Chengdong to immediately aim at the Yangzhou city wall in the north and start bombarding it?

    At the same moment when the artillery fired, Dorgon ordered several Eight Banners troops under his command, the red flag, the white flag, the blue flag, the yellow flag, the white flag, the red flag, the blue flag, etc., all were dispatched by him.  Among them, the mixed Manchu and Mongolian troops served as the main offensive force against Yangzhou City.  However, Shi Kefa, the Ming governor at the top of Yangzhou City, took advantage of this rare opportunity and had already ordered his military academy to move all the Portuguese artillery placed on the other three city gates and walls to the north wall.  As for Shi Kefa's bold behavior, his deputy generals and others were all surprised by it.  They all tried to persuade Shi Kefa to give up this idea.  After all, what if the Eight Banners army under the city doesn't come to attack the northern city wall?

    Not to mention that all this busyness was in vain, the most important thing is that Yangzhou City has become in danger?  But what Shi Kefa said to everyone:

    But he didn¡¯t pay attention to a word.  He still ordered the military academy and his subordinates to move all the artillery to the gate tower and city wall in the north.  Then, most of the manpower was mobilized from the military academy and the civilian crowd guarding the four gates, and was deployed on the north wall.  And Shi Kefa's move even provoked his subordinates and generals to discuss him privately?

    And wait until the Eight Banners soldiers and horses are like savage beasts, launching a new round of attack on the northern city wall?  This made the group of arrogant soldiers and generals on the top of the city not only admire the Lord Supervisor who was a civil servant.  And working side by side with the Eight Banners Army under the city in a life-and-death battle, and at this time, Shi Ke ordered the artillerymen on top of the city not to care about whether the artillery would be damaged by the continuous firing?  It just means that these gunners don't have to sort out their order, as long as the shells are loaded?  Immediately target the city and launch a bombardment.

    Faced with the sudden fierce artillery fire on Yangzhou City, Dorgon was shocked by this.  I really don¡¯t understand what kind of tricks this Lord Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty is doing with me?  Since the other party has so many artillery?  Then why didn't you take it out in the first two days?  But you have to wait until now, when most of Yangzhou City's garrison military academy can be said to have been killed or injured, to take it out and use it?  But hesitation is hesitation. Since both sides have reached this point in this battle, should they withdraw their troops?  So is he really losing his wife and losing his troops this time?
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