Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 296
After Lin Yi ordered his men and horses to set up camp, he did not have any artillery and secondly did not attack the city. Instead, he specially allocated 3 people to surround the city and start digging ditches. On the periphery of Gaobeidian, Lin Yi planned to dig a total of three trenches. moat.

The trench closest to the city is several hundred meters away from the moat, and the three trenches are separated by hundreds of meters, which is of course a big project.

But still the same sentence, more people make it easier to work, and 3 people do nothing but dig ditches, which is also very fast.

Ji Dong ordered the rest of the people to stand ready to prevent the Dashun army in the city from coming out to make trouble.

Xiaoying and Zhezhe were puzzled: "Brother Lin, are you trying to divert water to flood the city, but why did you dig three ditches?"

"I want to besiege the city and fight for aid."

"Siege the city and fight for aid?" The two beauties felt a little strange. If the city is besieged, 10 people are enough to seal the small city, but why dig a few ditches?Help?Where are the reinforcements?

"You will know when the time comes. Learn a little bit, this trick is very useful." Lin Yi didn't say much to them now.

This trick used by Lin Yi was used by Huang Taiji back then. In the battle of Linghe River, and the battle of Songjin, Huang Taiji used this trick all the time. The defeat was severe, and a group of famous generals such as Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou were forced to surrender, and all the elite Ming troops outside the pass were dispersed.

As a famous battle in the late Ming Dynasty, Lin Yi knew all about it through film and television novels before crossing over. He, who is well-informed, now uses this trick to deal with Gao Yigong and Li Zicheng. The secret of this is that Xiaoying and Zhe Of course Zhe didn't know.

Seeing Lin Yi's confident appearance, the two of them didn't dare to ask any more questions. They wondered why their big brother Lin had so many wonderful ideas in his mind?None of the books Brother Lin gave them are there.

The Dashun army in the city repelled several attacks of the Ming army one after another until the Ming army retreated completely and stopped attacking the city.

Seeing the casualties everywhere outside the city, the Dashun Army in the city cheered, and all the soldiers under Gao Yigong also gave Gao Yigong their thumbs up, "The general is really brilliant, the Ming army has wounded soldiers and generals, this time It’s a lesson learned.”

But Gao Yigong was not happy at all, he saw the Ming army and said he was very brave, especially when he saw Hao Yaoqi, he hated this traitor now.

But Hao Yaoqi did have a way of leading the army, and Gao Yigong had to admire him. Today he stopped attacking the city. If he continues to live like this, they will definitely attack.There are more and more Ming troops, overwhelming and boundless.

No!

Gao Yigong thought of this and immediately took measures. On the one hand, he prepared more ammunition for the artillery, and then transported more bows and arrows, rolling logs and stones to the top of the city.

Then Gao Yigong still felt that he had no idea what to do if the city was broken?
Soon he thought of a way to bury explosives inside the four city gates, and then set up multiple fire starters.Digging a trap, if the city cannot be defended and the Ming army invades, he is going to use explosives and attack with fire, and with the trap, the Ming army will never return.

Once you've made up your mind, get someone ready right away.

At this time, someone came to report that a large number of Ming troops were digging ditches outside the city. I wonder what they were going to do?
Gao Yigong was taken aback when he heard that, and then immediately led his men to the top of the city. Sure enough, hundreds of meters outside the city, countless Ming soldiers were holding shovels and working in full swing.The new soil was blown up, and three trenches had begun to take shape, enclosing the small city.

Gao Yigong frowned, and began to think hard, what exactly is the Ming army going to do?Digging tunnels and diverting water are nothing like that, and they are thinking about the intention of the opaque army for a while.

After returning home, Gao Yigong didn't eat dinner and was still thinking about it.

The Ming army did not attack the city for several days. After the Sandaogou was dug, they still did not attack the city. Instead, they set up camp outside the city.

Gao Yigong suddenly understood the Ming army's intentions, they were going to trap the city!

These three deep ditches are like a thousand horses and thousands of troops. Those inside cannot get out, and those outside cannot enter.How long can they survive in a small Gaobeidian?

Not counting the ordinary people inside, there are still 5 troops. People eat horses and feed them, and how much they consume in a day, I am afraid it will take less than a month. If the Ming army does not attack, they will kill themselves. Wouldn't this become a living coffin? ?

Thinking of this, Gao Yigong shuddered a little.No matter how strong the city is, no matter how clever the strategy of defending the city, if people don't come to attack, it will be nothing to do.

Gao Yigong suddenly lost his position, he didn't expect Ji Dong to do such a trick to him.

Sure enough, for ten days in a row, the Ming army outside did not make any movement, just wasting away like this.However, the food and grass foster care in the city is already running out, and it can last half a month at most. What will happen after half a month?
The hearts of the lieutenant generals have already begun to fluctuate. If not possible, they must break through. They would rather die in battle than be trapped here.

Gao Yigong made up his mind, opened the city gate, and led tens of thousands of horses to kill outside.

After Ji Dong got the report, oh, he finally couldn't stay inside anymore and came out?Good idea, call them back to me!

When Gao Yigong's men and horses had just left the moat, they were not far away.The red-clothed cannons in the outermost ditch rang out, and the cannons roared, and the men and horses who had made high achievements were blown to pieces and fled in all directions, causing countless casualties.

"Come on for me! Don't back up!" Gao Yigong took the lead and rushed forward with his flying horse and saber.The chief general is like this, of course it can boost morale, and the soldiers under him will follow him and rush forward desperately.

Gao Yigong's troops continued to rush forward, about 200 meters away from the first trench, and countless muskets opened fire at them.

The new type of musket does not need to be ignited, and it will go off as soon as the trigger is pulled, which shortens the shooting time, improves the hit rate, and forms a continuous firepower.

Crack, crack, gunshots like firecrackers.

With the roar of cannons and the rain of bullets, Gao Yigong's men and horses fell down in batches. Gao Yigong's horse might have been shot and fell to the ground, throwing Gao Yigong off the horse.

Gao Yi Gong jumped up from the ground relying on his high martial arts skills.

The soldiers under his command quickly changed horses for him, made a great effort, and continued to charge forward.

When Gao Yigong led many brave men to the first ditch tens of meters away, the Ming army fired all arrows, and the arrows in the air rained down like raindrops, and the Dashun army was shot like hedgehogs.

Gao Yigong wielded a broadsword in his hand and dialed Diao Ling.

But his horse was hit by an arrow, and he was thrown off the horse again.No one changed his code this time, and when he got up again, he was surrounded by dead bodies, and he was the only commander left.

Gao Yigong only ran back with a big knife in his hand, and failed to break through the encirclement for the first time.

It turned out that Lin Yi deployed cannons, muskets, bows and arrows, and three lines of defense in the middle of Sandaogou. The high-level men and horses couldn't even get close to the first trench, and finally the dead bodies left behind were beaten back.

The next day Gao Yigong did not give up and organized another breakout, but the outcome was the same.

In the next two days, at different city gates, he organized three more breakouts, all of which were beaten back.

More than 1 horses were killed or injured in these five breakouts. Gao Yigong saw that it was impossible to rush out. There were still more than 3 horses left in the city, and he didn't dare to toss any more. The food and grass in the city can last for ten days at most. After ten days, there will be a pause, so when I return to the city, a high performance is better than a short sigh.

At this time, Ji Dong's men shouted outside the city, asking them to surrender. As long as they opened the city gate, put down their weapons, and walked out of Gaobeidian with their hands raised high, Lin Yi promised to treat them as prisoners.

Ji Dong's treatment of prisoners is quite high. They can either be released without charge, or let them continue to serve as soldiers and officials. First, they will not be killed, and second, they will not be imprisoned or tortured. This is very tempting.

But Gao Yigong categorically refused to surrender, he encouraged his generals, our Majesty will definitely not sit idly by, reinforcements will arrive soon, when we should cooperate internally and externally, it will not be difficult to break out.

Gao Yigong didn't surrender, and Lin Yi didn't order the army to attack the city, so he just kept guarding.

After a few more days, all the generals under Ji Dong could not hold their breath anymore.

"How long do you have to wait, my lord? We are attacking the city now, and we can definitely take Gaobeidian in one fell swoop."

Hao Yaoqi, Zu Keyong, He Renlong, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan all volunteered for the mission, ready to move.

Li Zicheng smiled, "What are you panicking about? Li Zicheng hasn't sent reinforcements yet. I don't believe it. When he becomes emperor, he doesn't even want his brother-in-law? How long we can stay, as long as we don’t come out, we won’t fight, as long as we come out, we will beat them back. If they don’t surrender, let them kill themselves.”

Gaobeidian is only a hundred miles away from the city of Beijing.Lin Yi and Gao Yigong fought like this in Gaobeidian, and Li Zicheng knew about it in Beijing.

Li Zicheng hoped that Gaobeidian could hold back Lin Yi's army, but he didn't expect Lin Yi to be superior. He came to a besieged city and was not in a hurry to attack it. No matter how strong the city was, if the enemy didn't attack, they could only treat it as a painting.

But if it goes on like this, Li Zicheng certainly knows what the consequences will be.Beijing City doesn't need to be in a hurry, and Lin Yi doesn't need to be in a hurry, but can his brother-in-law Gao Yigong take it?Within two months, they ran out of ammunition and food, and committed suicide.His queen's wife Gao Guiying has come to him several times because of this matter. If he doesn't send reinforcements, Gao Guiying will take charge in person.

Anyway, Gao Guiying is now the queen of the Dashun army, how can the queen be in command easily?Soldiers must be sent to rescue.

But if the city of Beijing sends reinforcements, it means that they have to fight against Lin Yi's men. This is the strength of Lin Yi's men. Li Zicheng has no idea. Who can beat Lin Yi?Even if he personally conquests, I am afraid there is no chance of winning.

It's not that Li Zicheng is too inferior, but that the two have fought more than once, and each time it ended in Li Zicheng's failure. The worst time was when he was left with 18 riders outside Nanyang City. Think about it, Li Zicheng has no confidence at all.

This is also the reason why he has not sent troops for a long time.

However, Li Zicheng now encountered another problem.

(End of this chapter)