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"Superintendent, is this what you call the method of destroying artillery?" Supervisor Gao Qiqian looked at the soldiers in front of him desperately digging trenches with a surprised look on his face and couldn't help but wonder.

"That's right!" Zhu Xieyuan could not help but point to the trench in front of him and showed off to Gao Qiqian and others.

"Don't look at the inconspicuousness of this trench, but it is actually the number one way to resist the Hongyi cannon!"

"No matter how sharp the thieves' artillery is, as long as we and our soldiers hide in it, we will be unscathed."

It turned out that Zhu Xieyuan learned his lesson from the last time and returned to Taiyuan City day and night to figure out how to defeat the rebel Hongyi cannon.

A few days ago, he suddenly remembered the tragic situation when he was bombarded by the rebels' red artillery after digging the trench. He suddenly remembered the scene of clever soldiers jumping into the trench and surviving, and then he came up with the idea of ​​using the trench to defeat the rebel artillery. Method.

"This" Gao Qiqian pondered for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "Even if we dig trenches to avoid the enemy's artillery, so what?"

"Soldiers can only avoid the cannon, but they cannot break the cannon!"

"The director doesn't know something." Zhu Xieyuan laughed when he heard this, "I call this strategy 'defeating the city with the city, and using the trench to defeat the artillery'."

"First let the soldiers dig trenches to garrison the stronghold, and then dig trenches as roads to lead to the enemy's camp; use shovels as weapons to break the enemy's city, and the thieves will not be able to break it!"

It turned out that Zhu Xieyuan's plan was very simple, and he had learned the essence of Zhang Shunli's use of civil engineering technology in combat.

That is to first dig trenches and pile up rammed earth camps. Then, trenches were dug as passages all the way to the rebel camp.

Finally, use shovels and other digging tools to dig out the rebel camp and break into the rebel camp.

This traditional Chinese trench-digging tactic is, to some extent, the nemesis of the fortress-style camps built by the rebels.

The engineering method invented by the later Western European siege master Woban was similar to Zhu Xieyuan's trench tactics.

To put it bluntly, both of them use civil fortifications to reduce the damage caused by artillery to the attacking side, so as to offset the defensive side's firepower and fortress advantages.

"Your Highness King Shun, why is it that Zhu Xieyuan made such a big fuss, yet ended up setting up camp two or three miles away?" At this time, Zhu Xieyuan, the left commander, had not yet ordered his soldiers to dig offensive trenches, and Sun Chuanting had not seen the Ming army for a while. Virtual reality.

"Maybe I want to dig trenches and attack the city!" I have never eaten pork, and I have seen pigs run away. Zhang Shun stood at the observation deck for a long time and couldn't help but frowned, a little doubtful.

"Dig a trench and attack the city?" The generals were stunned when they heard this and asked one after another.

"If this is indeed the case, our army's artillery will be almost useless. What can we do?"

In previous battles between the Rebel Army and the Ming Army, the Rebel Army mostly relied on artillery, which also resulted in path dependence to a certain extent.

Now, although the rebels are not afraid of close combat with the Ming army, they are still somewhat lacking in confidence.

"What are you afraid of? When the soldiers come to cover up the water and earth, can Zhu Xieyuan still make flowers?" Zhang Shun smiled confidently after hearing this.

"You dare to set up camp in front of me, I'm afraid the birthday boy may have hanged himself - I'm tired of living!"

"Where is Zhang Damou? And lead his cavalry to harass and challenge him, so that he will not be able to dig trenches and camp without peace of mind!"

"The last general takes orders!" "The sky is full of stars." Zhang Dashou was overjoyed when he heard this and couldn't help but stood up and responded.

Not long after, the gate of the rebel camp opened wide, and Zhang Damou led a group of men and horses to kill the general.

When Zhu Xieyuan saw the rebels dispatching troops, he also knew that the "submissive thieves" could not sit idly by when they camped in front of them, so he ordered: "Where is the deputy commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu? Come with me to repel this thieves and protect our three armies from setting up camp."

Immediately, a group of men and horses from the Ming army came out to meet them.

"Disperse the formation and attack!" Zhang Damou was originally from the rebel army and was quite proficient in the method of attacking.

Seeing the Ming cavalry approaching, he did not intend to confront them head-on. Instead, he gave an order, and the three thousand cavalry under his command immediately dispersed in units of sentries, looking for gaps to harass.

When Yang Guozhu saw the rebels scattered, he couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart, and his expression suddenly changed.

It turns out that although the Ming army’s combat power was impressive at this time, it actually had two fears:

First, we are afraid of large-scale enemy operations; second, we are afraid of enemy attacks and harassment from long distances.

Therefore, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army suffered repeated defeats when dealing with the Hou Jin Dynasty, which had large-scale combat capabilities, and the small-scale peasant army that traveled long distances.

The fundamental reason is not that the Ming army lacks combat effectiveness or the ability to command operations, but that the Ming army is short of food and pay. The officers and soldiers not only eat the wages of soldiers, but also the wages of war horses.

If it was a small-scale battle, the Ming army could still piece together a force with considerable combat effectiveness to fight against the enemy.

If it is called a large-scale battle or a small-scale harassment attack that requires a large number of war horses, it will expose the small number and poor quality of the Ming army's war horses.

Sure enough, after the two sides began to break up the fighting, it didn't take long for the Ming army Yang Guozhu's troops to gradually fall into a disadvantage.

The rebels took the opportunity to break into the Ming army's logging and trench digging teams, killing people and setting fires, causing considerable chaos to the Ming army.

"Bastard!" Yang Guozhu couldn't help but became furious when he saw this, and shouted loudly, "How dare you, a cowardless person, step forward and fight?"

"Why don't you dare?" Zhang Damou laughed loudly after hearing this, "I have been on the battlefield for many years, but no one has ever been able to defeat this spear under my hand!"

"Okay, take your orders!" Yang Guozhu used Zhang Dameng's reply to find the location of the army, and quickly led his servants to charge forward.

"Well done!" When Zhang Damou saw Yang Guozhu coming, he couldn't help but shouted and waved his spear.

Immediately, two teams of men and horses came out, one on the left and the other on the right. Each of these people either bent their bows and set arrows, or they raised the match ropes and "chichi" the burning muskets.

"How dare you, thief!" Yang Guozhu realized that he had fallen into this guy's trick and was horrified.

"Bang bang!" "Swish!" Fire blunderbuss and arrows were fired for a while. Yang Guozhu was caught off guard and was shot off his horse.

The servants on the left and right resisted with all their might, and finally managed to save him. However, upon closer inspection, he saw that he had been hit by an arrow in his arm, and his left leg was broken off.

Before the news of Yang Guozhu's injury came, Zhu Xieyuan saw that something was not good and quickly ordered: "Come to the Shenshu Camp, Huang Degong, the commander of the battle, and temporarily take over the command of Yang Guozhu."

In this way, the two sides fought from morning to night, and lost countless horses and soldiers. Finally, it was getting late, so they paid the money and retreated their troops and returned to their camps.

However, although the rebels harassed them in every possible way, the Ming army wasted a day and finally established a preliminary fortress.

"Your Highness, the last general has fulfilled his mission and turned the Ming thieves upside down. It's a pity that the Ming army general ran so fast that he was never captured and presented to your Highness!" He looked like he was fished out of the water. Zhang Damou couldn't help being picked up and reported to Zhang Shunhui in exhaustion.

"Oh, General Zhang just finished the battle and needs more rest. Why come here in person!" Zhang Shun was startled. After a little comfort, he quickly ordered his surroundings to help Zhang Dashou aside to rest.

"His Royal Highness King Shun, it seems that Zhu Xieyuan really intends to fight me in a protracted battle with high forts and deep trenches. If there is no way to break his trench method, I'm afraid things will change in the long run!" Sun Chuanting couldn't help but remonstrated.

"Change?" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "Bai Gu, when it comes to using military force, the more critical the moment, the more calm you have to be."

"Now that old thief Zhu is out, our army will win!"

“The difference is just a small win, a medium win or a big win!”