Prince Chongzhen

Chapter 307
Although Xu Yong's decision was not as heroic as that of a general, it was reasonable given the current situation.

As for the root, Anqing, which was in the second line, had not reached the state of being truly facing the enemy; as the defending general, Xu Yong did not and could not raise the defense level of the entire fortress to the highest level in the middle of the night.

In this way, the "defeated soldiers" who have obtained "official certification" will be able to capture the west gate which is least likely to be attacked, and Xu Yong, who knows the situation in the city well, will naturally place his hopes on the servants.

"Handsome."

As soon as Xu Yongfang entered the camp, several generals came up to greet him. However, Xu Yong interrupted them before they could say half a sentence.

"It's okay. There are no navy on the river. I think Tongcheng is safe. The enemy has only a small number of troops to lure the city. As long as we can defend the camp, we will be able to win the battle after daybreak."

To others, his words were just a way of stabilizing the army's morale by reporting good news but not bad news. However, those generals seemed to be very convinced by this. After he finished speaking, they all showed eager expressions, as if they were not the ones who were attacked into the city.

"General, we are well aware of the quality of the Ming army. We might as well destroy them in one go to avoid too much damage and need to repair them later."

"That's right, Marshal. The brothers have been holding back their anger in Anqing for a long time. Let's just go home tonight."

"General! I only need my own troops to recapture the West Gate!"

According to common sense, Xu Yong, as the commander-in-chief of an army, should be happy that his soldiers are willing to fight.

But who would have thought that as the generals talked to each other, his expression gradually became gloomy.

After the Anqing Incident, these people parted ways with Zuo Menggeng and directly joined Ajige.

From then on, although he knew the general development of the war situation in the south of the Yangtze River, he did not know much about the details because he belonged to two different armies.

Regarding the defeat in Jiangnan, the official statement of the Qing court was that Duoduo chose to retreat after realizing that the Ming army had the advantage of the navy. The focus of its propaganda was basically on the restrictions that the terrain of Jiangnan posed to the Qing army.

There is naturally no problem with this, but the key point is that the Qing government basically avoided talking about several small-scale direct battles.

As a result, except for those who personally participated in those battles, almost all Qing army generals still regarded the Ming army under Zhu Cilang as the same group of people who would collapse at the slightest touch.

However, Xu Yong was one of the few generals on the left who was good at defense. This characteristic not only determined that his command style was slightly conservative, but also made his observation angle somewhat different from that of others.

In addition, the area he ruled was directly connected to the Ming army, so he was able to obtain some information that could not be seen from official channels.

With the two factors combined, in Xu Yong's eyes, even if 99% of the defeat in Jiangnan was due to the Ming army taking advantage of the navy, the remaining little bit might still require him to pay enough attention.

But now.
"I have made up my mind. We only need to defend the east and north city walls and the main camp. Anyone else who dares to go to war will be punished by military law!"

As soon as the words fell, the generals who were originally eager to fight felt as if their throats were strangled.

Seeing this, Xu Yong was planning to explain a few more words, but when he was thinking about what words to use, a burst of dense and rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside the camp.

"close the door!!!"

"kill!!!"

Two loud shouts reached Xu Yong's ears almost at the same time, followed by the footsteps becoming clearer and clearer, and the gate of the military camp also made a heavy closing sound a moment later.

"Oh!"

Hearing this, Xu Yong felt relieved, but when he turned around, he saw that the door, which should have been tightly closed, was not locked, and there was an iron object with a metallic luster inserted diagonally between the two door panels.

How could it come so quickly?! Could it be that those idiots from Ximen couldn't even hold out for one or two sticks of incense?!

Although he had been facing away from the gate, he could tell from the reactions of his generals that the man was definitely an enemy, not a friend. But if you calculate the time, it has only been a little more than a cup of tea since the fireworks exploded.

If we deduct the time required to get to the military camp from the west gate, unless the west gate defenders did not cause any trouble to the Ming army, how could they appear here so quickly?

"Marshal! There aren't many people outside the camp!"

Just when Xu Yong was wondering and uncertain, a loud shout came from the watchtower.

Yes, this must be a small group of people sent out to try their luck, but the incident happened suddenly and no one had a clear idea of ​​the situation outside, so they chose to close the door at the first opportunity.

"Formation! Archers ready! Open the door!"

Xu Yong was decisive. After figuring out the whole story, he immediately issued several military orders like a machine gun. When those soldiers who were blocking the gate moved away, he finally saw the situation outside the camp clearly.

At this time, there were indeed quite a few Ming troops outside the camp.

Although these soldiers were all strong and wore armor, they had neither shields nor bows and crossbows. From a distance, they looked like they were carved from the same mold.

If it were just that, it would be fine. After all, it has only been a short while since the military situation emerged. The Ming army was able to form a team and rush here. Their generals were already good at leading the troops. It was impossible for them to take into account the changes in formation and the coordination of arms in such a hurry.

What surprised Xu Yong the most was that there seemed to be a lot of people outside the camp, but if you looked carefully, you could find that there were only seventy or eighty people at most.

Use this small number of troops to attack the main camp?
Could it be that the Ming generals thought that their soldiers were all the Tartars' white-armored soldiers?

He had led troops for many years, but none of them were as strange as tonight. Let's not talk about the previous ones. In any case, the Ming army still relied on those tricks to break into the city, but now...
Could it be?

"Fire arrows!"

It only took a moment for Xu Yong to think about it. When the general in the camp had already ordered the archers to attack,

"Swish swish."

After this round is over, we will capture a few to test the situation. If we can find any flaws, there will be no need to stay in the camp all alone.

As a fairly dense rain of arrows was fired, the fate of the Ming army outside the camp was already doomed in Xu Yong's eyes.

After all, there were only a few enemy troops outside the camp, and they were all crowded around the camp gate.

Under the cover of a rain of arrows, even if they cannot be completely destroyed, their combat effectiveness will be completely eliminated. By then, so many captives will be able to extract some useful information, and Xu Yong can adjust his original plan according to the situation.

just
"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"when!"

"when!"

The rain of arrows fell into the crowd as expected, but the heavy casualties that Xu Yong had expected did not occur. Instead, those arrows that had penetrated the Ming army's blockade and accurately landed on the soldiers actually drooped and hung on their bodies.

This is a heavy armored soldier!
"Ming! Victory!"

I don’t know if it’s because I drank too much and damaged my brain, or if I’m just out of shape, but my speed these past few days has been really touching. I’ll recover as soon as possible.

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