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Chapter 721 A battle to set the world
According to the final agreed strategy, Yang Guozhu, the general of the Xuanfu, and Li Fuming, the general of Shanxi, will lead their troops to attack the west Shimen of Shimen Mountain; .

Then Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, and Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, led the troops and horses of the headquarters to form an array in the northwest of Songshan City to prevent the Rufeng Mountain captives from riding, from the west to help Shimen Mountain, and attacked Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming's troops who attacked Xishimen from the flank.

In addition, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, led the troops and horses of the headquarters, and was responsible for protecting the people's husbands, and monitoring the Tartars stationed in Songshanling, so that they could not go to Shimen Mountain for reinforcements.

At the same time, in order to achieve an unexpected purpose for the Tartars, Hong Chengchou ordered Cao Bianjiao, the general of the Eastern Association, and Wang Tingchen, the former general of the Tunwei, to lead their own troops to attack Huangtuling and Maojiagou respectively.

He even asked the two not only to fight, but also to fight fiercely, and to launch the attack first, so that the Tartars must think that the main attack direction of our army is in the area of ​​Huangtuling and Maojiagou. of two people.

According to Hong Chengchou's deployment, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's soldiers and horses must fight like real ones at least in the first half. If they can take Huangtuling or Maojiagou in one fell swoop, even if they can't take it, they should try to mobilize as much as possible. The Tartars rode to reinforce.

In the end, it was Liu Zhaoji, the General Soldier of Liaodong, and Zhang Cheng, the General Soldier of Aid and Suppression, as reinforcements, together with Hong Chengchou's Supervising Biao Battalion, as the reserve force of the whole army, waiting for opportunities to fight and overcome difficulties, or to support various operations.

And the Tartars have placed a large number of artillery and guns in various camps such as Shimen Mountain, Rufeng Mountain, and Huangtuling. Now that the army is going to attack these places, it will naturally require a large number of artillery for cover, which requires many firearms from the Shenji Camp. out.

Chen Jiugao patted his chest and assured everyone that he would definitely provide the greatest artillery support to all the friendly forces attacking the mountain.

However, his guarantee naturally cannot reassure the generals, even the Governor Hong Chengchou thinks so. He is not worried about the cannons and firecrackers of the Shenji Camp, but worried about Chen Jiugao and the old soldiers of the Shenji Camp. How to rest assured.

But at this moment, he can only comfort Chen Jiugao with kind words, hoping to play a certain role in motivating him.

But at this time, Zhang Cheng was thinking about another question.

At this time, no matter the cannons used by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they still shoot solid bullets. This kind of iron ball will not explode, and only rely on the kinetic energy generated by its strong rate of fire to directly kill or form a ricochet to kill the opponent. .

However, the large and small cannons of the Tartars fired from the hills and down the mountain. Naturally, they were extremely powerful and caused great damage to the Ming army attacking the mountain in a dense formation.

However, if the Ming army wanted to attack from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, first of all, its elevation angle had to be adjusted very high, which was very difficult, and it could not form an effective ricochet to kill the defensive Tartars.

What's more, the Tartars are still hiding behind the wall of the village. Let alone the problem of the extremely low hit rate, it is the problem of the elevation angle of the artillery, which cannot be solved. The mountain is slightly higher. , And bombard a fart!
With his own doubts in mind, Zhang Cheng turned his head to communicate with Wei Zhice behind him, and then slowly raised this question under the attention of everyone in the hall.

All of a sudden, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was a little dazed, not to mention the commander Zhang Ruoqi and other generals, as well as Yang Guozhu, Chen Jiugao, Wu Sangui and other generals.

Could it be that my Daming artillery has become useless scrap iron in this battle?

In the astonishment of everyone, Zhang Cheng said again: "Actually, it's not always true. The Hongyi Cannon is not easy to move, and its benefit is defense, not offense.

Although the Fran cannon and the tiger squatting cannon are relatively light, they also have the disadvantage of being difficult to adjust the elevation angle. This time it is indeed inconvenient to use. However, there are still a large number of rocket vehicles in the Shenji Battalion, as well as many Shenhuo flying crows and flying air strike thieves Zhentianlei and other big rockets.

In addition, there are also a batch of mountain-piercing and ground-breaking thunder cannons, which can fire ash bullets. After the bullets are knocked into the air, they will burst when they hit the ground, and thick smoke will be everywhere, and the smoke contains highly poisonous poison.

Although it may not be able to kill a large number of Ta thieves, if it is used to aid in the battle, it will be very powerful. Moreover, the poisonous smoke is everywhere, and the Ta thieves can't stop coughing when they hear it, and they can't look at it with tears.

Under its fear and chaos, it is definitely not the enemy of our army! "

After Zhang Cheng's reminder, Chen Jiugao, the former commander of the Shenji Battalion, just woke up like a dream. He slapped his thigh suddenly and shouted: "Ah! We almost forgot, the Shenhuo Flying Crow in our army, Sharp weapons such as mountain-piercing ground-breaking mines and cannons."

He then laughed again, and said, "Yes, when the time comes, we will shoot a large number of poisonous arrows, and there will be sharp weapons such as Shenhuo Flying Crow, Flying Air Attacking Thieves Shocking Thunder, and Piercing Thunder Cannon. Poisonous ash bombs, flying into the camp of the Tartars, will definitely make you unable to eat them and walk around!"

No wonder Chen Jiugao is so spirited. In his Shenji battalion, all the sergeants are self-produced Lumi blunderbuss, there are many big blunderbusses such as nine-headed birds, [-] rocket vehicles, and nearly a thousand rounds of big rockets such as Shenhuo Flying Crows. .

There are also 26 cannons of General Shenwei - originally there were a total of 26 cannons, but he supported Zhang Cheng with four Hongyi heavy cannons on the Changling Mountain defense line, and now he only has [-] guns left in his hands .

In fact, apart from the four Hongyi cannons, Chen Jiugao also supported Zhang Cheng with five large-caliber mortars, the fifteen-pound cannons, and twenty small-caliber mortars, and the five-pound mortars, all of which were used for reinforcement. For the defense line of Changling Mountain.

Coupled with the fact that Governor Hong Chengchou supported Zhang Cheng with fifty guns, the Changling Mountain defense line at this moment can indeed be said to be impenetrable, and it is not an exaggeration.

Even so, there are still 45 large-caliber mortars and nearly a hundred small-caliber mortars in Chen Jiugao's Shenji Battalion, which can be seen from its strong capital.

The generals were still a little worried, but after Zhang Cheng explained it, and seeing Chen Jiugao's statement like this, they all felt a lot more at ease.

Hong Chengchou also immediately decided to collect a large number of rockets from various armies and various warehouses in Songshan, and use them in the main attack on Shimen Mountain.

At this time, Zhang Cheng said again: "The governor, the commander-in-chief, and generals, Cheng has one more thing to say. Although other artillery is mostly not conducive to the battle of attacking mountains, there is a sharp weapon that is extremely useful."

He gave it a try, and continued with a smile: "It's the mortars that are commonly used in the armies of my Master Wang. You only need to adjust the elevation angle of this gun and shoot it obliquely into the air, and it can easily hit the mountains. to the wall of the Tartars."

Many of the generals also had mortars and cannons accompanying the army. Now that they heard the words and thought about it carefully, they all cheered for such an effect.

Finally, Hong Chengchou also decided to gather the chariots of each army and use them in the wilderness to form a chariot formation to block the enemy's reinforcements. He also concentrated hundreds of thousands of portable artillery such as mortar guns, Baizi guns, and tiger squatting guns to coordinate Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui and others attacked the East and West Shimen.

He even more sternly stated that all ministries must use the power of a tiger to attack a rabbit, and use an endless stream of offensives to capture Shimen Mountain, and the world will be settled in one battle!

(End of this chapter)