A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 476 The Battle of Huangtu Ridge
Wang Dou said: "The slaves are heavily guarded. Are we going to attack their dangerous places and let them lead us by the nose?"

"Besides, after taking Huangtuling, our army can also threaten Shishanmen and Rufeng Mountain from the side. And the army is stationed in Huangtuling. It will be much more convenient to get water from the Xiaoling River in the future. My 10,000+ army can only rely on some wells. Over time, it will not solve the drinking water problem."

Wang Pu echoed: "That's right, we can't be led by the nose by the Tartars. The Tartars deployed heavy troops on Rufeng Mountain. This is a plan to block the danger. We can't be fooled by them."

Everyone was taken aback, is there a plan?
But Wang Pu said excitedly: "There is also the problem of drinking water, which is the same as food and grass. It is the key. There is a lack of rivers on the edge of Songshan Fort. My 10,000+ army is stationed here. There are only a few wells in the area, and the soldiers can only use them for a day. A little bit of water, don’t even think about washing, even drinking water is a little bit.”

He stretched out his little finger, signaling a little bit: "The sun is scorching hot, be careful of the disease."

Many people in the hall responded, with feelings in their hearts. The army set up camp, and there was indeed a lack of water. There were many complaints among the soldiers in the army.Fu Yingchong, deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, also agreed, and said: "Oh, Uncle Zhongyong and Wang Zongbing are right. The water is really important, so it is certain to occupy Huangtu Ridge first."

Wang Pu nodded to Fu Yingchong, and continued excitedly: "There is another saying, it's called lying on the side, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly? This is what Song Gaozu said, it must be correct. Not far from the southeast of our Songshan Fort, is Songshan Ridge. Now that the Tartar soldiers are stationed there, can our officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty allow them to hang around under our noses? It must be destroyed first."

Everyone was discussing loudly, and hundreds of officials gathered together, and every word you said to each other seemed to be arguing like a pot of porridge.In this situation, Hong Chengchou still looked kindly, while the supervisor Zhang Ruoqi frowned, but didn't say anything.

But Wu Sangui ignored Wang Pu, and smiled at Wang Dou: "Sangui has something to ask Uncle Zhongyong, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Wang Dou smiled and said, "Brother Chang, please tell me, Dou is all ears."

Seeing Wu Sangui throwing himself aside, Wang Pu's face became ugly, he snorted coldly, picked up the teacup and drank tea slowly.

Wu Sangui said: "Just now, Zhongyong Bo said that after taking Huangtuling, he can threaten Shishanmen and Rufeng Mountain from the side? According to the information obtained by General Yimo, there are also heavy slaves stationed at West Shimen. Now Milk City has also been enslaved. It is not so easy to attack the mountains because the chieftains are divided."

Wang Dou said: "Brother Zhang is right, but relatively speaking, the main force of the bandit mountain is concentrated on the west side of Rufeng Mountain, on the main road entering Jinzhou. There are fewer troops on the west Shimen side, and the mountain is gentle, which is conducive to the army's attack. If you attack West Shimen, you will be able to follow the mountains and hills and go straight to the Naughty River, threatening the army of captives who are besieging the south of Jinzhou."

"The lesser of two evils! From a strategic point of view, after the capture of Huangtuling, there will be more places for our division to operate. We can cross the Xiaoling River in the east, and attack Shimen Mountain in the west, without being led by the nose. Go, feel free."

Wu Sangui was speechless, while Hong Chengchou's eyes flickered, and he nodded in approval. For now, Wang Dou's strategy is the most practical.Supervising Army Zhang Ruoqi was even more appreciative, and Liaodong Governor Qiu Minyang also nodded repeatedly.

Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, said calmly: "The last general will follow the general king's intention."

Shanxi General Li Fuming also agrees, aiding and suppressing the general Zuo Guangxian, also thinks Wang Dou's words are very good, not to mention Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong.

Even Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, and Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Miyun, wavered a little. Only Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, said carelessly: "It's fighting against Rufeng Mountain, and it's fighting against Huangtuling. It's not the same."

Afterwards, the opinions in the hall tended to attack Huangtuling and Songshanling first, but how to attack, everyone expressed their own opinions, and there was a quarrel again.

The subtle thing is that although some people in the hall bravely want to fight, and some people do not want to fight for the time being, no one seems to suggest that the Jingbian army should fight.

Their mentality is as if they can't do without Wang Dou. With Wang Dou in the army, everyone can feel at ease.But I don't want Wang Dou to go to battle and steal their credit. The effect of Wang Dou and the Jingbian Army is a bit similar to the nuclear deterrence of later generations.

Hong Chengchou attached great importance to Wang Dou and regarded him as a brave soldier, so naturally he didn't want Wang Dou to fight at the beginning.

He sighed: "According to the report from the sentry, the land of Songshan Ridge is mainly stationed in Dongnu Xianglan Banner, Zhenglan Banner, and some Mongolian cavalry. The number exceeds [-]. It is difficult to find out the exact number." bright."

"In the land of Huangtuling, a large number of Han troops from the Eight Banners are occupied. They have many firearms such as red cannons and bird guns, and there are also some Tartars with white flags and white flags. The Han army fought against the dangerous mountains. Then gallop down from the mountain and attack from the side. If our army attacks Huangtu Ridge, Rufeng Mountain is in front of the mountain, and the slave cavalry in Songshan Ridge will join in the flanking attack, and the slaves from Shimen Mountain and other places will help, it will be quite difficult."

Everyone frowned and thought deeply, Cai Maode, the military preparation officer, had been in Songshan for a long time, and he knew the local terrain well, so he suggested: "Hong Du, you can dig a trench in Pingchuan between Huangtu Ridge and Songshan Ridge to cut off the connection between the two places. In this way, the two places cannot be connected as one, and if they are all fighting alone."

Military equipment Zhang Dou disagreed: "Even if the slave cavalry in Songshanling cannot support Huangtuling, there are also slave cavalry in Rufeng Mountain and Shimen Mountain, they can't stop them."

Cai Maode said: "It's true, but it's better to be able to break one place and make one place, than to connect three or four places."

Everyone nodded, that's all.

After quarreling, it was not until late at night that Hong Chengchou decided who to attack the Huangtuling areas.

Yang Guozhu, the general of Xuanfu, and Li Fuming, the general of Shanxi, attacked Huangtuling head-on.Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, and Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, responded to the Qing cavalry attack in Songshanling.Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, deployed to the northeast of Songshan Mountain to prevent slaves from riding on Rufeng Mountain. From the north, he flanked Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming's troops who were attacking the mountain.

Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, and Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Miyun, deployed to the west of Songshan Fort to prevent slave cavalry from attacking from the west wilderness.

As for Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of aid and suppression, and Zhongyong Bo Wangdou as reinforcements, they tried to fight everywhere.

The Tartars arranged a large number of artillery guns in Huangtuling. To attack Huangtuling, a large number of artillery cover was needed, which required the dispatch of the Shenji Battalion.Fu Yingchong patted his chest and promised that he would definitely provide the greatest artillery support to the friendly forces attacking the mountain.

However, his guarantee naturally did not reassure Yang Guozhu and others, nor did Hong Chengchou.Wang Dou naturally has the most right to speak in Daming about shooting cannons, so everyone urgently needs Wang Dou to make a statement.

But Wang Dou was thinking about a problem. At this time, they were all solid bullets, not explosives. The Hongyi cannons fired down the mountain, and they were naturally powerful against dense arrays.

However, attacking up the mountain cannot form an effective ricochet. Can this lethality come out?The Qing army hid behind the wall of the village, the hit rate was not to mention extremely low, the killing effect was poor, and the artillery became empty.And there is also the problem of elevation angle. The mountain is slightly higher, and the angle of the artillery can't be lifted at all when shooting the mountain.

Wang Dou communicated with Zhao Xuan behind him for a while, and under the expectant eyes of everyone, he slowly asked this question. For a while, Hong Chengchou, Yang Guozhu, Fu Yingchong and others were all stunned.

Is one's own artillery going to become scrap iron?

Wang Dou said: "That's not true. In the Shenji Battalion, there are a large number of rocket vehicles, as well as many large rockets such as the Shenhuo Crow, the Flying Air Attack Thief and the Thunderbolt. Poison bombs, gray bullets, etc., if you go out with the army at any time, you will surely kill and injure a large number of captives, and cover the attacking mountain king's division to fight."

Of course, the Shenwei Great General's cannon in Fu Yingchong's camp will also be pulled out, and we'll see how the effect will be after firing it at that time.

In fact, when attacking the walled city, a large number of Hongyi light cannons and small cannons, as well as the Franc machine guns for shooting shotguns, are the best. Shooting at close range is the death of God.Back then when Wang Dou attacked Yuetuo village, under the bombardment of his own artillery, Yuetuo's fortress fell quickly.

Of course, back then Yuetuo City Walled was built in the plains and was made of wood, and they didn't have artillery at that time. The experience this time was obviously different from previous years, and it was much more difficult.

Is it time to dispatch the artillery battalion of the Jingbian Army?Wang Dou thought to himself.

After being reminded by Wang Dou, Fu Yingchong patted his legs and said, "Ah, I almost forgot the sharp weapons such as the sacred fire and flying crows in our army."

He laughed loudly: "Yes, at that time, a large number of poisonous arrows will be shot, and there will be sharp weapons such as Shenhuo Flying Crow, Flying Air Attacking Thieves Shocking Thunder, Mountain-breaking Earth-breaking Thunder Cannon, etc., loaded with poison, gray bullets, etc., flying into the sky In the bandit camp, they will definitely let them walk around without food."

It's no wonder that Fu Yingchong is so spirited. In his Shenji Battalion, the sergeants all produced Lumi guns, nine-headed birds and other big guns, three hundred rocket vehicles, and nearly a thousand rounds of big rockets such as Shenhuo Flying Crow.There are also 25 Shenwei General cannons—there were originally 25 cannons, but after supporting the Wangdou Changling Mountain defense line with five Hongyi heavy cannons, two inner bronze cannons, and three iron cannons, there are only [-] guns left.

At the same time, Fu Yingchong also supported Wang Dou with five large-caliber mortars, weighing [-] catties, and [-] small-caliber mortars, weighing five catties and ten catties, all of which were left on the Changling Mountain defense line.In addition, Hong Chengchou supported Wang Dou's Baizigun fifty, and the defense line of Changling Mountain was indeed impenetrable.

Even so, in Fu Yingchong's army, there are still fifty large-caliber mortars and nearly a hundred small-caliber mortars, which are indeed rich in capital.

Seeing his statement like this, Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming felt relieved.

Hong Chengchou also decided to collect a large number of rockets in the army's inventory to attack the mountain, and Wang Dou also decided to support Yang Guozhu with a large number of poisonous and gray bombs to attack the wall of the village.

After Wang Dou talked about the benefits of various small cannons, Hong Chengchou decided to gather chariots and collect hundreds of thousands of Flang machine, Baizi blunderbuss and other artillery to cooperate with each other. Down the Loess Ridge.

Wang Dou said: "You don't have to be too afraid of the slaves' red cannons. As long as you can withstand their range, they will be of no use if they shoot from the mountain to the mountain."

He briefly explained the problem of the blind spot. Although the shot was far away on the mountain, because of the visual field, as long as they rushed past their range, the artillery would not be able to hit the target.

As soon as Wang Dou said it, everyone understood it, it was like a cannon on a city, isn't it the same?It's just that the blind spot is not so big.

(End of this chapter)