Chapter 175 Stand firm and wait for help

Nowadays, it is really easy for the Xingtian Army to do the work of earthwork. Originally, most of them were farmers, but now they are equipped with small engineers with shovels and picks, and they work like tigers and wings. Overnight, they connected into a line, dug a shallow trench on the periphery of the army, and in many places. Fang dug a hole and hid some hidden whistles. In this way, he formed a stricter surveillance of the officer and army battalion.

After Huang Shengqiang got the order, he immediately moved forward with Li Dingguo and began to stop two miles away from the army's battalion, digging trenches with Li Dingguo's troops, and their artillery was responsible for building a gun array, pulling a cannon into the position and putting up cannons.

In the middle of the night, Huang Shengqiang began to order several eight-pound guns brought by the army to fire at the officer's battalion. Although the effective shooting distance of the eight-pound gun is only six or seven hundred steps away, in fact, the farthest range can reach three miles away, but the accuracy is basically gone, and the power is also very small, but Huang Shengqiang doesn't care about this. As long as he can fight the army battalion, it will be done. Anyway, Xiao Tianjian asked them to attack and harass the battle, not accurate shooting. As a result, almost every once in the middle of the night, there will be a shot. The shells will roar and fall into the army camp, which can immediately cause a sound of exclamation, which has not been extinguished all night. Stop.

For Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui and many other officers and soldiers, this night can be said to be very difficult. In Sun Chuanting's army, there was also a debate. After stabilising the defense line, Wu Sangui began to think about it, mainly taking advantage of the night to break out and withdraw to Shunde Mansion to meet Marco, but Sun Chuan However, the court did not agree to break through.

In Sun Chuanting's view, he finally gathered more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. Originally, his military heart had been shaken by the battle during the day, and the establishment was also very chaotic. If he broke through the siege overnight, he would definitely be in chaos, and who would be the queen? Wu Sangui still has some strength. He has more cavalry under his command, and there is a better chance to break out. However, if he runs away, the possibility of the remaining officers and soldiers escaping is very slim. He will definitely not hold on for a long time, and he will be annihilated by the Xing Tianjun in this area, so he broke through the siege overnight, which was looking for his own death. Sun This time, the court was ordered to go south. He did not win a battle, and he suffered such a big defeat. If these soldiers and horses are lost again, then what face will he face the court?

Therefore, Sun Chuanting believes that with their current supplies and troops, although they may not be able to defeat the Xingtian thieves, there is still no problem staying here for a period of time. Sun Chuanting still pinned his hope on Marco, believing that he had sent people to come out in advance and went to Shunde Prefecture to order Marco to immediately lead his troops to help. At that time, Marco will lead his troops to come, and they can defeat Xing Tianjun inside and outside. At least they can save these soldiers and horses, so he insists that Wu Sangui is not allowed to lead the army to break through.

Wu Sangui can't help it. After all, Sun Chuanting is a supervisor. He is just a general officer. He has to obey Sun Chuanting's orders, and once Sun Chuanting does not cooperate with him to break through the siege, he will lead the army alone. If he is not careful, he may not be able to break through, but he will be blocked and killed by Xing Tianjun.

So Wu Sangui finally hesitated in the middle of the night, but he did not dare to secretly lead his troops to escape. Instead, he stayed on the Jindi River and waited for Marco's rescue.

Sun Chuanting's decision also completely buried the future of him and Wu Sangui, because he did not understand what kind of person Marco was, and at the same time, he once again overestimated the combat strength of Marco's Guanning army, so he also lost the possibility of their final breakthrough.

One night, Xing Tianjun and the officers and soldiers kept firing artillery and bombarding each other. Although they did not cause any casualties to the other party, they also hoped that the other party could not rest. However, relatively speaking, the officers and soldiers suffered more. Their camp was concentrated, and it was a dead target, plus Xing Tianjun's artillery. The soldiers are well trained. Although long-range shooting cannot guarantee accuracy, cannons can still hit the officer's barracks. They can either overturn a tent, kill a few horses, or knock out a few unlucky people. It can be said that the officers and soldiers have spent the night in panic. In contrast, the criminal army is scattered around, and most of them are half At night, the torch was extinguished and they were in the dark, so that the officers and soldiers could not aim at them carefully at all. The distance was too far away, so they were not greatly affected. After leaving the people on duty, many soldiers huddled together and fell asleep. These days, they also I'm exhausted.

After dawn, Xiao Tianjian climbed onto a temporary simple arrow tower and carefully observed the camp of the officers and soldiers in the distance. He saw that the officers and soldiers were really not idle this night. They drove the soldiers, built a barracks around the camp, and surrounded them with carts to strengthen their guard. He made a posture to hold his head and be beaten.

So Xiao Tianjian laughed. At this time, the generals also came to Xiao Tianjian again to fight. Unexpectedly, Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said, "Don't worry! Don't worry! Let's have a good rest! Give the order to the surrounding people and gather more people to help. The officers and soldiers are not in a hurry to break through, so we don't have to worry! Dig a ditch! Dig a ditch around them on the spot! Circle them here! Let's see how long they can last! Haha!"

The generals made him lose his temper, but he also understood what Xiao Tianjian was thinking. Now the officers and soldiers can be said to have become turtles in the urn, and there is no place to run, so Xiao Tianjian doesn't want to consume too much troops and pay too much casualties. It's reasonable to trap them to death, so he has to give up. .

So in two days, Xing Tianjun did not launch a decent offensive against Sun Chuanting at all. He only occasionally sent troops to tease the officers and soldiers, let them beat them after going to war, and then drove them back to the camp.

After the people around heard the news, they all rushed towards this side. At this time, the reputation of Xing Tianjun has long been known all over the world. The people can't wait for Xing Tianjun to quickly overturn the damn court and save them from the water and fire! Therefore, as soon as he heard that Xing Tianjun surrounded a large number of officers and soldiers around the Jindi River and asked them to help the battle, they all flocked to them. In just two days, 30,000 to 40,000 people gathered from the surrounding counties.

Under the assignment of Xingtian's soldiers and generals, the army and the people turned to the land industry and began to dig trenches outside the army camp and build a wall. On the third day, the periphery of the army battalion was already full of gullies, and roads were built. The through wall completely surrounded the officers and soldiers on the banks of the Jindi River.

Sun Chuanting looked at Xing Tianjun's movements outside, and now he began to regret it. He did not expect that Xing Tianjun would use this stupid way to deal with them. Originally, Xing Tianjun had already had an advantage. In his opinion, he should take a hard attack to get rid of them as soon as possible. In this way, they rely on the camp and rely on Jin. Dihe could give full play to their combat effectiveness and fight with Xing Tianjun to wait for the arrival of reinforcements. However, the Xing Tian thieves gave up this quick battle and took the method of siege. It was clear that they were not afraid of their reinforcements, so they were waiting for Marco's troops to come.

On the third day, looking at the built pass walls and expanding trenches, Sun Chuanting knew it was over! At least those cavalry under Wu Sangui's command are completely finished! If it is placed on the plain of Yima Pingchuan, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry is still quite considerable, but Xing Tianjun's doing so is equivalent to directly abolishing the officers' cavalry. Even if they break through in the future, the cavalry will not play a role.

Wu Sangui's intestines are green. He regrets that he should not listen to Sun Chuanding. As a result, even if he wants to break through, he can't run. There are trenches and wall everywhere. His cavalry is useless. Even if he rushes out with two legs, without a horse, the cavalry of the Xingtian thief can completely chase him. They killed casually, so at this time, it is impossible to break through. He can only put all his hopes on Marco, who is also a general outside the customs, hoping that Marco can lead his troops to break through the encirclement of the Xingtian Army and rescue them.

As the encirclement became more and more dense, the morale of the officers and soldiers also fell day by day. In the first two days, Xing Tianjun sent troops to harass them. They also dared to send troops to fight against Xing Tianjun and repel Xing Tianjun. However, on the third day, Sun Chuanting did not dare to send troops to continue to fight with Xing Tianjun. , can only rely on the barracks and carts of the big camp to block the Xingtian Army and completely become a trapped beast.

In the past few days, Huang Shengqiang was really proud. With the extension of the trench, he also kept moving the artillery array forward. It was not until he moved the artillery array to a distance of about a one-mile from the officer's battalion before he stopped and began to bombard the officer's battalion with precise shooting method.

At this distance, whether it is the six-pound gun or the eight-pound gun or even the heavier twelve-pound gun of the Xingtian Army, it has entered the effective range. Every time the cannon is bombarded, it can almost overturn or break a cart in the fence of the official camp. At the beginning, the officer army also fired back, but it will attack immediately. As a result, in three days, several Hongyi cannons of the officers and soldiers were also overturned, and the remaining general cannons and two generals could not work. The range was not enough, and the firing of the cannon could only attract the revenge of the Xing Tianjun, so they could only lie down honestly and lie on the ground with their buttocks to hide the cannon.

Sun Chuanting was really helpless. He had to pay back his own way. He also sent troops to dig ditches and build walls outside the officers and soldiers' camp. As a result, the two sides ridiculously launched a ditch digging competition in this area. After they were full, they dug ditches and built a wall, and gradually became completely. The terrain in this area has also been changed. At least a few years after the war, large-scale mobilization of people has been removed from these trenches, and dozens of square miles of land here cannot be cultivated.