Hong Chengchou's lungs were about to explode.

This Hu Quancai is really a mistake.

He didn't know what he valued Hu Quancai at the beginning, but he actually recommended it to Emperor Shunzhi himself. Now he really regrets it.

But now that things have come to this point, regret does not solve any problem. Hong Chengchou can't dismiss Hu Quancai now, right?

And he doesn't have this right.

"Old Hong, it seems that the thief is relying entirely on sharp firearms. Why should I think?"

Some of Oboi have said this now.

"I led my troops to attack Xiangyang, and I had been fighting with the Ming thieves for several days. At that time, I was wondering, the Ming thieves were in a hurry in the past, why did they suddenly become so strong? This is not normal. After Governor Hu said this, I understand."

Obai said something sarcastically, and naturally he was that it was not his Aobai's problem, but the power of the Ming army's firearms was too great.

No one could have had much advantage.

"Then Lu Guisheng explains how these firearms came about?"

Since Hong Chengchou knows, he has to ask the bottom of it. This is his personality and it is impossible for him to pass it in a confused manner.

"Governor General, Lu Guisheng only said that these firearms from Yongli were bought from Taixi, and the lower officials thought they should have something to do with the Flang Jiren."

"Folang Jiren?"

Hong Chengchou thought for a moment and said, "It seems that he has to greet Guangdong. Although we are not willing to take care of the matters in the trench realm, don't do it too much."

"Hong Jingliu is wise."

Hu Quancai quickly flattered him.

"Forget it, let's record this matter for now. The most urgent task is how to break through the formation of the Ming army."

Hong Chengchou was still very pragmatic. He knew that there was no meaning to continue pursuing this matter. He had to break through the Ming army's defense line as soon as possible to capture Yongli in order to end the war.

Hu Quancai breathed a sigh of relief.

If Hong Chengchou really continued to ask, he really didn't know how to explain.

"Jiangluo Hong, I think it's better to send a large army to suppress it. The small official's family background is not enough. If the army directly presses on it, the Ming thief will not be enough to watch it no matter how many firearms there are."

Hu Quancai gave a very mediocre suggestion.

But Hong Chengchou felt that this suggestion may not be impossible.

In the final analysis, it is because the number of Qing army was far greater than that of Ming army, which is twice that of Ming army.

With such a large number of advantages, not taking advantage of them, but one by one, wouldn’t it give the Ming army a chance to defeat them?

In fact, how can Hong Chengchou not know about this?

The reason why he chose to send Hu Quancai's army first was because he wanted to reduce the casualties of his own army as much as possible.

Those he brought to Guizhou back then were his confidants, which was the foundation of his life.

Although Oboi and others respect him now, it may not be because of his identity, but his army.

If this army is gone, Oboi may not have given him a good face.

Of course, he could not directly say these words to Oboi and Hu Quancai, and could only say in harmony: "Okay, this strategy will send the main force to attack."

As for Oboi and the Eight Banners Army, Hong Chengchou did not mention it at all.

Because he knew very well that Oboi would not attack until the last moment.

Hu Quancai was overjoyed when he heard this, and finally he didn't have to fight the situation alone.

Although the main sacrifices of Gao Tianjue's soldiers were Gao Tianjue's soldiers, Gao Tianjue's soldiers were his soldiers.

Now there are only so many soldiers left in Huguang, one less dead, and Hu Quancai's heart is bleeding.

The Ming army in the distance did not know that there were so many discussions from the top leaders of the Qing army, and only felt that the number of Qing soldiers rushing over was increasing.

At the beginning, the grenade and flintlock gun could steadily suppress the Qing soldiers, but gradually they were unable to meet some of their strength.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu reported the situation to the emperor as soon as possible.

As the deputy general of the Hu Ben Army, he only needs to be responsible to the emperor.

Zhu Youlang frowned after hearing this.

Although the trenches are very reliable, the soldiers will still be under a lot of pressure when facing a large number of army charges.

"Boom with guns."

Although it is difficult to hit the Qing soldiers who rushed to the side with cannons at this distance, they still have the ability to suppress the Qing soldiers in the distance.

In other words, Zhu Youlang decided to use artillery not to stop the number of Qing soldiers charging, but to delay the number of Qing soldiers who continued to replenish troops.

By doing this, the number of charge Qing soldiers can be indirectly reduced.

Zhao Xu naturally knew this, so he took the order with his fists and left.

As for Li Dingguo, he has been on the front line and even jumped off the trenches to communicate with the soldiers.

This is also his personal style of conduct, and Zhu Youlang doesn't care about it.

The Qing soldiers in the distance were pressing over, but before they could rush up, they saw shells hitting at them, and they were stunned.

A shell hit the crowd and did not explode immediately, but instead jumped.

The lethality of the jump was not bad at all, and even more Qing soldiers were injured and killed.

Most of the dead Qing soldiers had no complete corpses, and this scene scared the other Qing soldiers silly.

The Ming army's artillery is too terrifying!

But the military orders were like mountains, and they had to push forward mindlessly, and could only pray in their hearts that the Ming army's shells would not blow up.

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The sky was completely dark, and both the Ming and Qing dynasties had to use torches to see the surrounding situation clearly.

It is difficult to attack in such an environment, so Hong Chengchou decided to make a temporary truce.

Anyway, they have surrounded the Ming army now, and as long as they don’t let go of this opening, the Ming army will not be able to rush out.

What the Qing army now has to do is to keep their energy, sleep well, and wait until the next morning to completely defeat the Ming army.

When Hong Chengchou issued this order, the Qing soldiers were all happy and anxious.

After fighting for a day, I finally had a rest for a while, even if I die, it would be tomorrow.

Live one more day, and you will sleep one more night as long as your head is still on your neck.

At the same time, Zhu Youlang found important officials such as Li Dingguo and Zhao Xu to discuss countermeasures together.

Although the trenches look ideal, they are a passive defense measure after all.

If the Qing army waited until tomorrow morning, the Qing army would inevitably put a big push. Will the Ming army have a shortage of ammunition and will the soldiers feel tired?

These are hard to say.

Therefore, Zhu Youlang felt that he should take advantage of the night to attack the Qing army, strive to take the initiative to reappear and regain the dominance.

Zhao Xu unconditionally supported this. After all, in his opinion, the Emperor's decision made the Ming army recovered many lost lands, and it was unconditional trust in the Emperor.

But Li Dingguo put forward different opinions.

He felt that with Hong Chengchou's scheming and conspiracy, he would definitely be prepared.

If the Ming army chose to attack at night, it might hit Hong Chengchou's muzzle, and there might not be much advantage at that time.

Zhu Youlang and him carefully analyzed the pros and cons of this, and finally concluded that night attacks outweigh the disadvantages, and Li Dingguo finally agreed to the plan.

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Chapter completed!