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Chapter 702

Zhang Cheng imagined that the three low-wall trenches between each wave are only tens of steps away from each other. They can cover each other.

If the Tartars came to attack, every time they attacked a low wall, they had to face the fierce blows from the front and rear firepower points, and from time to time they had to face the bombardment of those concealed artillery.

In this way, if he can care about the bottom, he can't care about the top, and if he can care about the top, he can't care about the bottom. As the saying goes, he doesn't care about the bottom, but he is in a dilemma, and he is destined to be embarrassed.

And behind the low wall between the three waves, some pits for hiding soldiers will be dug. In this way, the cold soldiers who are killers can not only avoid the scorching sun, but also take the initiative to attack at the right time to surprise those who attacked the camp. A wave of Tartars.

After all, aren't the generals of the Xuanbei Army some old-fashioned soldiers who only know how to stand by?

Naturally, they had to defend and attack. They found gaps in the defense and attacked suddenly, so that they would not underestimate our soldiers of the Xuanbei Army!
Of course, although these low walls will leave some spaces at intervals, but in the eyes of outsiders, they are extremely irregular. For example, if you enter the first low wall, you are facing another thick For the low wall, you need to take a few steps to the left or right, or even a dozen steps, to continue to touch the open space and enter the open space behind the low wall.

Moreover, Zhang Cheng also planned to place some artillery, such as tiger squatting guns and mortars, in the empty spaces of each wave of low walls. In addition, there are some flying guns.

Zhang Cheng is still not sure about the power of this new type of artillery that shoots pottery shells, but he knows that the best way to test whether the artillery is unusable is to take it to the position and shoot a few shots, and then you will know the result.

This is not over, because there are three trenches in front of each low wall, and the earthwork taken out is used to pile up the low wall. Therefore, although the low wall is not tall, it is extremely wide. Overturned, and when it was high above, it became the target of the Xuanbei Army's musketeers.

Take the Yunzhou Type 120 flintlock used by Chen Zheng of the Xuanbei Army as an example. Under normal circumstances, its effective range is about [-] steps, but most of the Tartars have double armor. Above, it should be able to cause effective damage to the Tartars.

On the northeast side of Changling Mountain near the stream, not far from the stream, there are also several low walls built. They will be built all the way to the northwest side of Changling Mountain. One is to protect the water source, and the other is to prevent the Tatars from following the stream. And up, attack the camp from the flank.

After all, this kind of mountain stream is destined not to be very deep, only reaching the knees, and the water flow is not too fast, so people and horses can still walk along the stream.

Moreover, although the northwest of Changling Mountain is steep and full of ravines, for the sake of prudence, it is also necessary to dig a few trenches and low walls here, and set up observation posts to prevent the elite Tatars, such as their Ba Yala soldiers passed through the danger here, risking their lives to attack.

In the end, Chen Jiugao, the former commander of the Shenji Battalion, even generously supported Zhang Cheng with four red barbarian cannons, which were erected on the top of the mountain. At that time, with Huolu pier as the viewing point, the surrounding situation could be seen at a glance.

Hearing Zhang Cheng's expected defense arrangement one by one, all the generals of the Xuanbei Army quickly calculated and compared them in their hearts, especially Chen Zheng, as the main general stationed in Changling Mountain, even took out a painting from his arms and wrote it on the screen. Military map on cloth.

He spread the map on a large rock, and everyone began to observe it, and other officers and generals also gathered to observe it, but when they saw this map, they all felt overwhelmed, even Governor Hong Chengchou. .

This map was specially drawn by Zhang Cheng's sentry cavalry when he came here for a survey, but it was completely different from the maps popular in Ming Dynasty, and there was no such thing as "impressionism".

It is drawn according to the trend of the mountains, and there are circles of circles on it to represent the mountains, lines of different thickness to represent roads and rivers, and various graphics such as triangles, squares, and rectangles. Indicates fortresses, fortresses, piers, etc.

After looking at it for a while, Hong Chengchou seemed to understand what was shown in the picture, and he asked suspiciously: "General Zhongchen, who suggested this way of drawing this picture?"

Zhang Cheng hurriedly bowed and cupped his fists and replied: "Reporting to the governor, such a painting method is easy to understand and completely consistent with the actual trend of the mountains. It is really what I proposed."

He then briefly introduced the meanings of the circles, lines, triangles, and squares in the map to Hong Chengchou and the officials. After he said it, it was really easy to understand, simple and clear, unlike the official map of the Ming Dynasty. All of them are "impressionists", with all the names of regional cities, but what about the location?

The location shown on the map is just one direction. If you have not been there in person, you can only know that it is located in the north, south, east, south, and north directions based on the map of Daming, and there is no intuitive specific location at all.

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After Zhang Cheng finished talking about his ideas one by one, he said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, "In this way, even if the Tartar thieves come with [-] or even [-] captives, I can hold on to the Changling Mountain camp for three or five days. was captured by it.

With these three to five days, you can mobilize troops and horses, encircle them here, and wipe out all their troops! "

Everyone was shocked when they heard his words: Zhang Cheng is so arrogant that he wants to mix [-] to [-] Tartar thieves here and encircle and wipe them out?
They gathered around Chen Zheng, looked at the topographic map repeatedly, made gestures on it, and discussed...

Arranged according to the defense plan designed by Zhang Cheng, although the section of Changling Mountain is not yet impenetrable, it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, Zhang Cheng said that he could withstand the onslaught of [-] Tartar thieves for three to five days, but most of them couldn't believe it. They all shook their heads and sighed, feeling that Zhang Cheng was bragging and talking big.

After all, everyone is often like this!
Even Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was a little puzzled. Zhang Ruoqi, the governor of the army, was on Zhang Cheng's side, so he couldn't believe it, but he didn't raise any doubts.

Only Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, looked at Zhang Cheng, but the expression in his eyes was quite complicated. As a witness of the Battle of Julu back then, he also knew Zhang Cheng in recent years.

In his heart, he still believed that Zhang Cheng's troops would definitely be able to hold out against the Tartars for three to five days by virtue of the location of the low walls of the trench and the sharp firearms in his camp.

But in his heart, he also faintly felt the terrifying side of Zhang Cheng. If Zhang Cheng harbored ill intentions towards the imperial court in the future, who would be able to stop him then?
He shook his head, driving away those unrealistic thoughts in his heart, and discussed the pros and cons of the layout on Changling Mountain with the generals.

Chen Jiugao, Wang Pu, Fu Yingchong, Guo Yingxian and the others were very happy, they firmly believed that Zhang Cheng's Buying would be able to hold on to this place, and they would also cause heavy casualties to the attacking Tartars, causing rivers of blood to flow.

Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, Zuo Guang, the commander-in-chief of the China Association, and others looked at Zhang Cheng with complicated expressions: Damn, this kid really has a way, he can't accept it!
Especially Zuo Guangxian, the training chief of the Chinese Association, thought secretly: "It seems that on the Wudaoling side, I can also arrange it like this?"

(End of this chapter)