It can be said that the Lingbao setting in Datukou this time can be called a classic.
Fang Puyu, who set up the Lingbao fortifications, could imagine how miserable the Qing troops who attacked here would be!
The closest thing to Dajukou is a Qing army stationed in Tianjing City.
This Qing army was composed of Xianglan Banner and part of Han Xianglan Banner, with a total of five thousand.
The importance of the patio was considered before, so when Duduo mobilized the army to go out, the Qing army was not mobilized.
Hence, this Qing army came the earliest and arrived at Dajukou the day before the Lingbao Group was built.
However, this Qing army was not impulsive. They did not attack the Lingbao group directly as soon as they came up. Instead, they stationed at a distance to monitor.
This is not surprising. The leader of the Xianglan Banner was formerly Amin, but he was imprisoned by Huang Taiji and died only about ten years ago.
Among the remaining seven flag owners, six are the biological sons of Ye Boar Skin. One is the biological son of Huang Taiji and the biological grandson of Ye Boar Skin. Amin is just the nephew of Ye Boar Skin.
Huang Taiji even killed his brothers for power, let alone his cousins.
In this way, the Xianglan Banner has always been under suspicion. Among the eight banners, it has neither strong strength nor big backers. The subordinate leaders have also secretly sought refuge with other banner owners in order to seek peace.
Such a blue flag will naturally not cause much trouble.
To defeat the bandits, it is a good thing to achieve great success, but if you are not careful, the leaders with the blue flag will become scapegoats.
Of course, the most likely possibility is that there were faults but no merit.
The day after the construction of the Lingbao Group was completed, the Qing troops gathered from the capital line arrived at Dajukou in great force.
Leading the army was Prince Su Hauge, who had been imprisoned to death.
Well, in the history of this plane, he has died at this time.
However, due to the fluttering of butterfly wings through the crowd, Hauge not only did not die, but because there was no general in the court who could subdue the banners and leaders, he was urgently lifted from the confinement, appointed as the general to suppress thieves, and hurriedly left the capital to lead his army.
Come and kill.
This Hauge was considered a general capable of conquering and fighting in the early Qing Dynasty.
He is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, the leader of the Xiangbai Banner, and Prince Su. He has a distinguished status in the Qing court. He has made many military exploits, the most recent of which was the annihilation of Zhang Xianzhong.
It is precisely for this reason that he was transferred out to serve as the head coach.
No way, Duduo is more suitable, but it’s a pity that he is still in Hangzhou and can’t come back at all.
As for the other banner leaders, they were either not good at fighting or were old. One of them, Azig, was killed because of conspiracy.
In short, I really can’t find anyone.
After being imprisoned, Hauge's previous arrogant character has become much more restrained.
After garrisoning the army at Dachukou, Hauge did not immediately send troops to attack the Lingbao group. Instead, he waited for the arrival of fifteen red-coated cannons transferred from the capital before reorganizing his army and moving forward.
This process took several days.
No way, this red cannon transferred from the capital is considered a very powerful cannon at this time, with a range of up to 5,000 meters.
The problem is that this red cannon is too heavy, more than two tons!
Even if this thing is usually placed at the top of the city for defense, well, Uncle Boarskin was hit by a cannon when he was attacking the city and lost his life.
As a result, the Qing army initially used red cannons to attack the city, and after tasting the benefits, they couldn't stop it. Whenever they attacked a fortified city, they would go to great lengths to mobilize the red cannons.
The Qing artillerymen pushed the red cannon creakingly to a position less than a kilometer away from the Lingbao before stopping.
This is not surprising, the red cannon can shoot farther after being loaded with gunpowder, but it is not accurate!
If you want to hit more accurately, the distance can only be shortened.
Facing the red-coated cannons of the Qing army, the Xinghai infantry ignored them. When the red-coated cannons opened fire, they huddled behind the defensive emplacements of the Lingbao.
The experience of using red cannons to bombard the diamond forts was extremely poor!
When a cannon was fired, the cannonball was stuck in the masonry and could not bounce up.
This is the advantage of the Xinghai Kingdom in the design of the diamond fort, which prevents solid artillery shells from bouncing on the diamond fort, thus minimizing its power.
Although the Xinghai Army crushed the Qing Army in terms of weapons and equipment, because the total number was too small, it would be better to lose as little as possible.
Seeing the red cannons roaring continuously and bombarding the opponent's diamond forts, the Qing troops cheered.
Actually, at this time, the Eight Banners soldiers had not yet degraded. After all, the group of veterans who entered the customs were still there.
Hence, as soon as the red artillery bombarded five or six waves, a Qing army leader came to apply to fight.
After all, these Eight Banners soldiers stationed near the capital have little chance of gaining military exploits.
Now that I see an opportunity to gain military exploits, how can I not be anxious?
Although Brother Hao is a little cautious now that his character is trapped, considering the issue of morale, he still agreed to the request of several subordinates to fight.
Soon, groups of Qing troops crossed the artillery positions and rushed towards the Lingbao group.
The more than 2,000 Qing troops who rushed at the front were composed of Eight Banners regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. They were quite powerful, especially the white-armored soldiers who rushed at the front. The red-armored soldiers were even more elite among them, and all of them wore double-layer armor.
, even a bow and arrow can't pierce it.
Following them were more than 5,000 Han and Eight Banners.
Seeing this scene, Fang Puyu, who was standing at the top of Lingbao, hesitated.
It would be satisfying to kill these Qing troops in one stroke, but it would not be in line with his plan if the Qing troops were frightened so that they did not dare to continue the attack.
This trip to the north was not his idea, but a battle plan drawn up by the staff room of the Xinghai Kingdom's Ministry of Military Affairs.
To put it bluntly, this battle plan is to drive a nail here, thus threatening the Qing capital and making it difficult for the Qing government to mobilize its troops southward.
Of course, according to Fang Puyu’s own plan, that is to turn this place into a flesh-and-blood millstone to consume the Qing court’s strength as much as possible.
In this way, when a large-scale attack is launched in the future, the weak Qing court may fall with a slight push.
“Okay, here’s the order, artillery and machine guns are not allowed to fire.”
Following Fang Puyu’s order, the artillerymen and machine gunners who were originally excited sat down one by one in frustration.
They were basically refugees before, and many of their families were torn apart under the iron heel of the Qing army, so their hatred for the Qing army is conceivable.
However, even the infantry caused a big pain to the charging Qing army.
When they rushed to less than 300 meters away from the diamond forts, the infantry hiding on the diamond forts began to fire one by one.
After the gunshots were fired, the charging Qing army seemed to have hit the wall head-on. A cloud of blood exploded on the chest, face, etc., and the body paused, and then fell down.