Jixiha did not expect there were so many forts outside Jiaozhou City.

If you want to attack Jiaozhou City, you must first remove these forts.

But this is not an easy task. The reason is that these forts are built in dangerous places, and the Qing army suffered losses from the terrain when the attack was attacked.

But no matter how difficult it is, you have to fight.

Otherwise, even if the Qing army took a long way to attack Jiaozhou City, the left-behind soldiers in the fortress might have double-teamed them.

In this case, the situation of the Qing army would be extremely dangerous.

Jessieha is not a person who puts himself in danger. He is used to moving forward step by step.

This time he brought a lot of artillery to suppress Shandong.

Although it is not a big guy like the red cannon, it took a lot of time to rely on a carriage and horse to pull it.

With the order of Jixiha, the Green Camp soldiers pushed out the cannons and aimed the muzzle at the fort not far away.

"Start a fire!"

With a command, the shells flew out and headed straight towards the fortress.

Because the fortress target was too large, the shells slammed steadily on it.

But with a roar, rubble flew and stones fell.

A gap was instantly blasted out of the fortress.

Compared with cities, this kind of fortress is not so particular about the materials and does not have patina.

Therefore, it can't bear it at all if you keep it in one shot.

The rebels in the fort felt dizzy, and some were even killed by falling stones.

Originally they thought the Tartars had no choice but to deal with them, but now it seems that the Tartars have prepared for a long time.

Cannons are not a joke. No matter how good the fortifications you have, they will be smashed into pieces if you shoot them.

"I said to Brother Liu, what should we do now? Keep staying here is waiting to die."

"Xiao Liu, do you think I don't know? But look at the current artillery fire. If we run out without an instant, the corpse that will be blown away? At least there will be a cover in the fortress."

"Then we're going to die like that?"

"Of course not!"

"After the Tartars bombarded a round of artillery fire, they will definitely take advantage of the situation to launch a charge. That's when we retreat."

"You mean the Tartars would stop firing fireworks at that time?"

"Of course, otherwise they would have even knocked their own people."

"Okay, that's the only way to do it now."

"But we only have this chance to survive. Whether we can survive depends on this. Therefore, we must preserve our physical strength now and not consume too much!"

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Jixiha knew nothing about the ideas of the rebels in the fortress. He only felt that this rebel army was very patient. After such rounds of bombardment, he still did not lose his anger and was quite stance to stick to the end.

"Keep bombarding me!"

Jixiha was not stingy with ammunition at all. In his opinion, as long as he could win these forts, it would be worth it no matter how much ammunition he had paid.

Anyway, it is not realistic to use cannons to bombard Jiaozhou City. At most, it is a strong momentum, so it is better to use it here.

The shells flew down, and the fort was blown up to pieces, completely like a collapsed ruin.

Jishiha was satisfied now.

After blowing it up like this, the role of the fortress bunker was basically lost.

As long as the Qing army launched a charge, it would be a situation where the five or five people would start.

The Qing army even had a slight advantage.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~"

Under the unique sound of the Qing army's horn, the Green Camp soldiers took the lead in launching a charge.

Of course, there is no need for the elite of the Eight Banners to take action. In Jixiha's view, the Green Camp can easily take over the position.

The green camps who are eager to make contributions still work hard.

When you pick up the soft persimmons, you have to squeeze them. In their opinion, the rebels at this moment are the easiest soft persimmons to squeeze.

"Kill, kill the rebels!"

"For the Qing Dynasty!"

The soldiers of the Green Camp all showed off their power, and looked like they were accomplices of tigers.

But when they finally rushed to the fortress, they found that there was no one in the fortress.

Could it be that these traitors have already run away?

Oh shit!

The soldiers of the Green Camp cursed one after another.

Without killing the rebels, without the evidence of taking credit for their achievements, their contribution would be much less.

Although they took the fort, they were not very happy at this time.

After learning about this result, Jixiha ordered the army to continue moving forward.

Along the way, the rebels in the fortresses basically evacuated, leaving behind empty fortresses.

Perhaps the rebels who evacuated first explained the situation to their companions, so these people chose to retreat immediately.

For Jessiah, this is a matter of no interest.

Anyway, the real goal of the Qing army was Jiaozhou City, and these forts were just removed.

It’s just a difference between spending more effort and less effort.

But this is also good. At least the Qing army was in the best condition when attacking Jiaozhou City.

"Transfer this general's order and prepare to attack the city!"

Jixiha was in high spirits at this moment, as if she felt that she could take Jiaozhou by talking and laughing.

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When all the rebels in the fort retreated to Jiaozhou City, Wang Ermazi was so angry that he jumped straight.

It's useless, these guys are really useless.

He thought these guys could at least stop the Tartars' military attacks, but who would have thought that they would be so dizzy that they were bombarded by the Tartars, and they ran away without even fighting.

If everyone looks like them, Jiaozhou City doesn’t have to defend it. Just surrender!

In a fit of anger, Wang Ermazi wanted to behead all the guards of the fortress.

Seeing this, Zheng Jing hurriedly advised: "General Wang, these guards are guilty, but they will not die. Even if the Tartar army is tens of thousands, they can't delay for long. On the contrary, they will lose their strength in vain. Now they can return to Jiaozhou City, wouldn't it be better to replenish the troops in the city?"

In fact, from the very beginning, Zheng Jing opposed Wang Ermazi's plan to divide the troops.

It was just because Wang Ermazi was the main general and he was not willing to take over the main person, so he did not persist.

But now it seems that Wang Ermazi's decision to divide the troops was a complete failure.

If that mere ten thousand people were scattered into the forts, they would only be defeated by Jishiha.

Fortunately, these generals were smart and knew how to preserve their strength, so they were not completely wiped out.

"Hmph, since Your Highness, the Crown Prince, pleads for them, I will temporarily save them from their death penalty. However, the death penalty is not spared. Come on, drag these guards down and punish for forty military sticks!"

Wang Ermazi still agreed with Zheng Jing. No matter what, it was also an escape. Although it was meaningful, it had to pay a price.

Otherwise, the soldiers would run away if they thought they could not win, and then they would not be able to fight this battle from now on.

"The most urgent task at the moment is to quickly check the city defense situation. It won't take long to see the Tartars to launch a general attack."

Li Shitou also interrupted at this time.

"General Li said very much, so I went to the city to inspect."

"I am willing to go with General Wang!"

At this time, Zheng Jing was unwilling to fall behind.

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Chapter completed!