Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 268

On Fancheng, the bright blue flag with a white background fluttered in the wind, hunting and hunting. Countless soldiers of the Ming army stood beside the wall with their weapons in their hands, standing awe-inspiring.

On the tower of Beicheng, Gao Yigong, Liu Tichun and other Ming army generals looked into the distance.

At the end of the land, a yellow line slowly appeared, startling a large number of birds in the forest.

Seeing this, Liu Tichun couldn't help saying: "Here we come~ It's Manchuria with a yellow flag!"

When Gao Yigong and the others heard the words, their faces immediately became serious.

The Eight Banners of Manzhou are also divided into ranks. The Xianghuang Banner is one of the two yellow banners of the Qing court. It belongs to the upper three banners and is extremely powerful.

When Gao Yigong and Li Guo were defending Yan'an, they fought against this Manchu Qing cavalry, were chased and killed by them all the way, and finally escaped to Longxi, where they were able to escape.

Manzhou Xianghuang Banner is powerful, they have learned it a long time ago, and now facing this strong team for the first time, many old people who have come all the way from northern Shaanxi have serious expressions on their faces.

At this time, as the yellow line slowly approached, it gradually turned into a huge carpet, covering the rolling hills to the north of Fancheng.

Hurray~ The sound of horses stepping on the ground and the shaking of the earth, with the movement of the Qing army, spread to the ears of the defenders on the city, making the defenders shocked by the huge momentum of the Qing army.

"Look at the Han army's red flag!"

After Zhenmanzhou, a large red flag with a green border appeared, followed by a large number of red-armored Eight Banners soldiers of the Han army. They were like a yellow carpet followed by another red carpet.

On the city tower, Gao Yigong and others looked at it, so they knew that Fancheng was not easy to defend.

Among the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners were mainly cavalry, while the Han Eight Banners combined horses and infantry and were equipped with heavy artillery.

In the past, when the old slaves attacked Ningyuan, they tried their best to break the city, but after Huang Taiji, with King Sanshun and Red Cannon, the situation immediately turned around.

Wang Yan asked Gao Yigong to defend Xiangyang to the death. He only needed to rely on the fortified city to fight, and he was not very afraid of the Qing army cavalry, but the heavy artillery of the Han army flag would become the biggest threat to his defense of the city.

Before the birth of the red cannon, there were still many people who could defend the city for more than a year in the history of China. However, with the emergence of heavy artillery, it is difficult to defend the city for such a long time. no longer exists.

"Look at the Han army's blue flag!"

The Ming army on the city looked at the Qing army that appeared in their field of vision one after another, and couldn't help but exclaimed again.

For a moment, the Qing soldiers under the city seemed to spread a colorful carpet on the land north of Fancheng. They were soon yellow, some red, some blue, and finally a yellowish yellow with no end in sight.

"The Duke's information is not wrong, I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands of people!" Liu Tichun looked away and asked: "The Qing soldiers have arrived, do you want to charge for a while!"

Gao Yigong heard the words, his face relaxed, and the generals were still thinking about killing the Qing soldiers. It can be seen that they were not intimidated by the might of the Qing soldiers, but Gao Yigong didn't have many cavalry, only more than 100 sentries Riders, those are all his treasures, he can't use them to attack the [-] Qing soldiers outside the city.

"Forget it, the Eight Banners of Manchuria are powerful, you can't use the short to attack the long." Gao Yigong shook his head.

At this time, the brigade of Qing soldiers had already arrived at the foot of the city of Fancheng. Some of them began to build a stronghold, and some of them mobilized their horses and slowly approached the city wall.

Azig and Oboi led the cavalry to advance slowly in front of the cavalry of the Qing army. Finally, when they were three hundred steps away from the city, Azig suddenly reined in the horse, and then waved his hand suddenly, and nearly ten thousand cavalry behind him stopped immediately. Orders and prohibitions, appear to be exceptionally elite.

Nearly [-] cavalry stood still for an instant, which was extremely shocking. The [-] cavalry under Wang Yan could not do it no matter what. The Qing army only used a simple movement to prove their elite.

Gao Yigong and the others couldn't help but frown slightly as they looked at the Qing soldiers who were arrogant and flaunting their might under the city, but at this moment, a fat middle-aged man in a full coat and hat suddenly appeared in the ranks of the Qing soldiers. , came under the city wall.

The fat man stepped forward and shouted loudly: "General Gao, don't shoot the arrow, I have something to say."

Hearing his voice, the generals in the city immediately turned cold, and what's more, they gritted their teeth and said the name that disgusted them: "Niu Jinxing."

Niu Jinxing urged the horses, as if he felt the hatred of the people in the city, he stopped a hundred steps away from the city, and shouted loudly: "General Gao, the destiny of the Qing Dynasty belongs to you!" It is really unwise for a general to use a city of soldiers to fight against the [-] heavenly soldiers of the holy dynasty. It is better to learn from me and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and then the glory and wealth will be at your fingertips. Marquis, isn't it beautiful?"

Gao Yigong in the city heard the words, and couldn't help cursing back: "The traitor who is begging for glory, how dare you come to the front of the general to shout, come, let the general shoot this shameless person to death."

Although Gao Yigong and others took refuge in Wang Yan, they were born as Shun generals after all, and they had certain feelings for Da Shun.

In the previous Great Shun Dynasty, if anyone could turn things around for Li Zicheng, then the only general was Li Yan, but the only great counselor of the Great Shun Dynasty, the Great General, was killed by Niu Jinxing.

The Dashun army was full of resentment towards Li Yan's death, but today Niu Jinxing sent him to his door, there is no reason to let him live.

When Liu Tichun heard Gao Yigong's words, he immediately fetched a bow and arrow and was about to shoot him. Seeing this, Niu Jinxing didn't expect that Gao Yigong's disagreement would kill him, so he immediately turned his horse and ran towards the Qing army.

In the city, Liu Tichun had already bent his bow and set his arrow. As soon as he let go of his fingers, the feathered arrow struck Niu Jinxing's back heart very quickly.

Niu Jinxing on the horse felt the sound of the breaking wind coming from behind, and couldn't help feeling desperate. He was not good at riding, and if he didn't fall off the horse, he was already Amitabha.At this time, he couldn't dodge at all, and he would probably die under Liu Tichun's arrow.

"Break!" Just when Niu Jinxing was in despair, Oboi who was in front of the Qing soldiers shouted suddenly, and galloped out.

His arrow was extremely fast, like a shooting star, with a "ding dong", the arrow hit the arrow, and Liu Tichun's arrow fell to the ground.

For a moment, the Ming army on Fancheng couldn't help being silent, while the Qing army cavalry below the city let out a burst of cheers of "hoo~hoo".

At this time, Oboi's war horse was hovering [-] paces before the city. He raised his longbow high, and the cheers of the Qing army immediately fell silent, while he laughed recklessly: "Although the Central Plains is huge, there are no heroes!"

After finishing speaking, Oboi bent his bow and set up an arrow again, and suddenly shot towards the city, and the big flag hanging on the top of the city fell down in response.

Seeing this, all the Ming soldiers immediately became extremely gloomy, but the Chengxia Qing army shouted again: "Ho~ hoo~ Batulu~ oh~ oh~ Batulu~"

(End of this chapter)