Ming Zuo

Chapter 408 The Great War
Ulyang Mountain has nine peaks.

It is rumored that the Eight Immortals went to Penglai for a gathering.

Coincidentally, when Taishang Laojun met, the nine immortals showed their magical powers, and each changed a mountain and came out, so there was Mount Weiyang.

The immortal ruins still exist today, but the foot of Ulyang Mountain has become a large construction site.

Countless people galloped back and forth on the ground, waving tools to turn the flat, mirror-like ground into a cobweb-like trench.

Accompanied by Wei Yuanfeng and Ji Conghua, Bai Xiaoqi checked the brigade's positions one by one.

Suddenly I saw a place, hurried over, and kicked against the just-built earth wall.There was a screeching noise, and half of the earth wall collapsed.

Bai Xiaoqihu roared, "Who built this fortification?"

The soldier next to him came up tremblingly.

"Report to the brigade commander, this is the defensive position of our platoon."

Bai Xiaoqi pointed at the loose earth wall, and started scolding.

"What kind of shit is this? What about the bastards?"

The soldiers couldn't lift their heads when they were scolded, and Wei Yuanfeng was also embarrassed.

"You don't want to die, don't you? The rebels have heavy artillery, and this earth wall can prevent anything? What are you still doing? Rebuild the fortifications. I tell you, who dares to cut corners and not take their own life back I'm going to kill him."

Frightened, a group of soldiers quickly picked up the fortifications, demolished the unqualified earth wall, and built it again.

Bai Xiaoqi watched from the side, pointing from time to time.

"Don't build the soil wall behind it. Sprinkle a layer of soft soil on it and water it."

Some soldiers didn't understand and asked: "Brigade commander, why? It's not as good as the earth wall we built."

Bai Xiaoqi didn't get angry.

"The broken wall you built is on the front, and the cannonballs of the rebels just hit it. You just hide behind the dirt wall, and wait for you to be buried alive. The dirt wall behind you is too strong, and the enemy's shells hit it Bouncing back on it, wouldn't you still hurt yourself? Make it softer, the shells fall on it, and the force is absorbed by the soil, is there any threat?"

The soldiers suddenly realized, and immediately followed his instructions to modify it.

There are two high grounds on the position of the new army.One is Ulyang Mountain and the other is Liu Family Mountain.

However, Ulyang Mountain cannot be used for anything other than observation posts.

Because Mount Ulyang is too high and too far from the ground, no one can be hit by firepower on it.Moreover, the mountain is steep, and heavy firepower cannot be transported at all.

Instead, the slightly flat Liujia Mountain became an excellent artillery position.

Jia Yunzhi asked for the help of the Engineering Corps to transport the heavy artillery to the mountain.

Thousands of kilograms of cannon, because the mountain road is steep, horses cannot pull it, and it is impossible to do it only by manpower.

Feng Benyu thought of a way to build a gantry along the way.

The gantry is equipped with pulleys and ropes. After the gun is disassembled, the gun barrel is first transported with a grappling hook.

Because of the pulley block, only ten people are required to turn the winch, and the barrel will be transported up.

Dozens of gantry frames were built along the way, and they were transported one by one, which really saved a lot of manpower.

After the thirty heavy artillery pieces were sent up, they were reassembled and became a fire support battery covering the entire battlefield.

On August [-], the main force of the rebel army finally arrived in Huang County.

After a day's rest, he arrived at the west bank of the Yellow River the next morning.

"This...is this the strength of the First Association?"

Looking at the lineup of the new army on the east coast, Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others were all dumbfounded.

Before the expedition, they were full of confidence.I felt that with the strength of tens of thousands of troops on this side, even if we were to use people, Zuo Menggeng would be piled to death.

But now, as far as the eyes can see, the new army is at least more than [-].

They are all veterans, and the number of troops is definitely not wrong.

"Could it be that Zuo Menggeng tricked the people into pretending to be the number?"

Mao Chenglu thought of a possibility.

Kong Youde shook his head firmly.

"It's impossible. You see, these trenches can't be built without the best soldiers in a hundred battles."

This is the case with people who know how to do it. They don't need to fight. Just by looking at the fortifications, they can know the opponent's weight.

Li Yingyuan scolded: "Where did Zuo Menggeng get such a soldier?"

No one could answer him, but everyone knew that the matter was serious.

This battle must be a fierce battle.

Chen Yongfu always felt very flustered and asked, "Then let's fight?"

"Fight, must fight."

Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde spoke in unison and were very unified on this issue.

Without retaking Dengzhou, the rebels will have no way out.If the imperial court sends another army to come, the rebels will be attacked by both sides, and they will be defeated, and there is no way to escape.

Li Yingyuan said ruthlessly: "Then fight, there are many people around us, don't believe that Zuo Menggeng can fight better than Guan Ningjun?"

These words gave the rebel generals more confidence.

In their minds, the most powerful army in Daming's army is Guan Ning's army.

But Guan Ning's army was defeated in their hands, and the mere Dongchang Association, although there were many soldiers and horses, was not incapable of winning.

Looking at the strange fortifications of the new army, Kong Youde was somewhat careful.

"In this way, the army will attack from the front. General Chen, take your cavalry down the Henan and find the place to cross the river. Once you cross the river, outflank Zuo Menggeng's back road."

Chen sometimes led the way, and the main rebel force began to move.

Opposite Yellow Water, all the movements of the rebels are in Zuo Menggeng's telescope.

He immediately said to Wang Siyi: "Bring your cavalry and bite the rebel cavalry. If they want to cross the river, you fight, and if they cross the river, you follow."

Wang Siyi also led the cavalry to leave the formation.

Zuo Menggeng gave another order.

"Tell the artillery not to fire without an order. If you scare the rebels away, I can't spare them."

The new army's artillery is far more powerful than the rebels, both in quantity and quality.Really want to go all out to fire, Zuo Menggeng is really afraid that the rebels will collapse on the spot.

That would not suit his purpose.

What he has to do is to drive away tigers and swallow wolves, and let the rebels help him clean up the old feudal forces in Shandong.

If the rebels were beaten too hard and suffered heavy losses, how could the rebels attack the remaining fortified cities?

Therefore, the new army's artillery can't go all out. It only needs to give the rebels a hard blow to let them understand that the new army is invincible and save enough strength to retreat.

After noon, the rebels, who had finished their meal, began to cross the river.

The red-clothed cannons of the rebels were pushed to the river and bombarded their positions here.

The soldiers of the new army hid in the tunnel, burying their heads and waiting for orders.

After the baptism of their own artillery, the ancient artillery of the rebels really made them feel no fear.

As a result, the rebels bombed for an hour in a row, and only one unlucky guy on the new army's side was smashed and injured his arm and was sent to the rear for treatment.

Seeing that the new army's position was silent and the cannonballs did not destroy the fortifications, the hearts of Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others were all heavy.

Fortunately, the purpose of covering the infantry to cross the river has been achieved. Next, it depends on whether the infantry can break through the defense line of the new army.

"Zuo Menggeng is afraid that he has a false name. With such a ditch dug, how should the soldiers line up? Facing the impact of my army, it's all just a decoration."

Kong Youde still looked at the layout of the new army with the old tactical thinking, and felt that the trenches of the new army played a blocking role.

But in this way, too many troops can't be concentrated in the limited space, how can they fight against his army?

He had no idea that the trenches of the new army were actually trenches.

Combined with the local terrain, Zuo Menggeng made a special design for the trenches.

The trenches dug by the new army not only have the function of later generations, but also rely on the slowly raised terrain, so that each trench in the back is a little higher than the front.

In this way, the soldiers do not need to stand in the open space, and can also complete the three-stage shooting in the trenches to maximize the advantage of firepower.

Not to mention, in front of the trenches, there are still large mines and barbed wire arrays.

It is impossible for the rebels to pass through these two areas without inflicting tragic casualties.

The barbed wire used by the new army now has made great progress when it was closed with Qingshui.

At that time, the iron wire was limited in technology and materials, and could only be more than ten meters long, so it could only be used in combination with the traditional Juma.Although it can play a blocking effect, it is much easier for the enemy to destroy it.

Now after improvement, the length of the wire has been able to reach more than [-] meters.

So the current barbed wire, several kilometers long, is connected into pieces with wooden stakes, layer upon layer, without a single gap.

The rebels thought about rushing over and had to remove all the barbed wire, otherwise it would be impossible to move.

Like the Houjin army at Qingshui Pass, the rebels were not able to figure out the magic of barbed wire for a while.They still followed the traditional infantry fighting method, lined up in formation, and began to advance to the new army position.

At the front are shield cars, lined up in a row, like the Great Wall.

Each shield car is pushed by seven or eight civilians, and a soldier with a firearm, a three-eye gun and other firearms is standing on it. He can shoot through the small holes on the shield car.

Behind the shield car, there are hundreds of sidecars.It is equipped with a magic arrow, which can cover the blow.

As for headshots...

The third brother is willing to bow down.

These sidecars also play a protective role. The infantry can use the cover of the sidecars and shield vehicles, plus shields and other objects, the hedgehogs are integrated in groups and slowly press towards the new army.

After the cold weapon infantry, there is a phalanx of fire guns.Behind the gunners are the archers, and behind them are the fire support troops carrying the tiger squat guns and pushing the Folang cannons.

In the first wave of attacks, the rebels dispatched more than [-] people.For a time, there was a huge black shadow on the whole earth, like a tidal wave.

(End of this chapter)