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

Chapter 576 Changling Mountain Meat Grinder

"The Tartars have really come."

Sun Sanjie, the officers and generals of the battalion, and their guards, stood on the stone wall of the main village and looked out at the field. They saw the darkness, and countless cavalry rushed to the outside of Xingshan Fort several miles away from the vast land. At the same time, he ran towards his own Changling Mountain.

This piece of wilderness seems to be covered by them, and I don't know how many people there are.

"The slave thief is powerful!"

Sun Sanjie thought to himself.

He looked at his Changling Mountain line of defense. Behind the three waves of low walls, gunmen were waiting in full force, and after each wave of low walls and ditches, there were gunmen recharging their batteries in the stone houses, waiting for the order to attack melee.

Their number is slightly smaller than that of gun soldiers. In the supply camp, the proportion of gun soldiers is slightly larger. There are three total gun soldiers in every thousand.

At this time, the main village of Changling Mountain had already been built, and they were all made of large solid rocks. The walls of the village were concave and convex, and there was a tower at a certain distance, which could form multiple blows with crossfire.

There is an open area on the mountain that overlooks the whole mountain. There is a fort built on it. There are five large-caliber mortars supported by Fu Yingchong and twenty small-caliber mortars.

For the defense line of Changling Mountain, Hong Chengchou also supported Wang Dou Baizi with [-] guns, which was later increased to [-]. Because these artillery were transported, it was quite a long time before the Qing army attacked. Their firing skills, so these gunners are all artillerymen of Zhao Xuan's artillery battalion.

The original gunners of the Ming army were offered up by Sun Sanjie with delicious food and drink, and they were also happy to be at ease.

In addition, in the northeast of the mountain, there are also many ditches with low walls, which meander along the river to the northwest of the mountain.

On the northwest side, according to the terrain, several stone walls were built, and the entire mountain line of defense was impregnable, so Changling Mountain replaced Xingshan in a large part and became a huge granary.

Not only the Jingbian army, but the Ming army also transported a lot of food and grass to Bijia Mountain by sea, and then transported it to the mountains. A large number of soldiers and civilians came and went every day. Because of the decisive battle, many civilians gathered in the main village to take refuge and help Some logistical matters.

Sun Sanjie's heavy camp has five divisions, more than [-] soldiers. At present, there are more than [-] soldiers and soldiers in Changling Mountain. Four divisions are gathered. Equipped with the principle of wave weight.

Looking away from his own defense line and his own fighters, although the Qing army is powerful, Sun Sanjie is still full of confidence in victory.

Seeing the thicker smoke and dust in the wilderness below the mountain, the thunderous sound of horseshoes became louder. Finally, a patch of yellow armored flags inlaid with yellow spread to the foot of the mountain. There were also a large number of soldiers in different costumes, most of them wore leather robes and hats. There are also some armored soldiers wearing willow-leaf armor, ring armor, red tasseled cap or petal helmet. They are the Mongolian soldiers from the foreign domain who accompanied the army this time.

Looking at the dark crowd at the foot of the mountain, Sun Sanjie didn't know how many people they had come. Although the Erhuang Banner also sent troops to deal with various parts of Xingshan Mountain, it is certain that they used most of their troops to deal with the defense line of Changling Mountain. , especially the two huge woven golden dragon flags are particularly eye-catching, and the owners of the two yellow flags have all arrived.

Sun Sanjie held up the binoculars to look out, and there was still a steady stream of Qing troops still coming, but when they reached the hills and plains below the mountain, except for some sentry horses, most of them stood still, as if they were waiting for something.

This wait lasted for a long time, from Maoshi to Chenshi, and then Sishi, when Sun Sanjie saw a dark crowd coming behind the Erhuang Banner, but they were infantry servants, escorting a lot of equipment, mostly big shields or something, It's a bit similar to the wooden shield Abate used to attack Shun Township Castle.

These wooden shields are only slightly treated with some trees and boards, and they are quite rough. After thinking about it, I know that coming from Baimiaobao and other places, it is quite far from Xingshan, Changlingshan and other places. The first donkey and so on, transported here, I don't know how long it will be delayed.

Furthermore, with the technical strength of the Qing people, it is impossible to manufacture trench carts, 轒辒 carts, pointed donkeys, etc. on a large scale.

In the binoculars, seeing those attacking equipment, Sun Sanjie sneered in his heart. Changling Mountain has a lot of trenches and traps from the mountainside. It is impossible to push these wooden shields up, except for flesh and blood shields. There is no way for the Yamashita Tartars.

The horns sounded continuously, and the Erhuang Banners gathered continuously. On a mountain bag two miles away from the mountain, the golden dragon banners were hunting and flying.

Beside them, there are Zhenghuang Banner Baya Latuzhang Zhangjing Tulai, Manchuria Xianghuang Banner Baya Latuzhang Jingyang Shan, and Gong Adai, the younger brother of Baiyintu, who is the general of the Fuguo.

The Eight Banners Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Adai, Xianghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Dalai Lama, and the outsider Mongolian Tumot Left and Right Banners, Zhasak Ermubu Chuhuer, Shanba, Karaqin Right Wing Banner Zhasak Gulusiqibu, the new Geerma who succeeded Zasak of the Karaqin Left Banner, also rode beside them.

It can be said that most of the Mongolian princes and ministers of the foreign vassals and Mongolian princes and ministers gathered here for the Manchu Erhuang Banner that surrounded Xingshan and other Ming army's back roads. The Jingbian army attached great importance to it.

Looking at the ordinary, narrow and long mountains in front of him, Bai Yintu showed contempt in his eyes, and said in a thunderous voice, "Is the emperor making a fuss over a molehill? You want to gather the main force of Erhuang Banner to attack a mere mountain?"

He is a veteran of the old slave era, and his qualifications are very old and tough. Therefore, although he is loyal to Huang Taiji, his tone is not very respectful, and he speaks more casually. The younger brother Gong Adai next to him is also careless. It is too easy for a mere mountain. captured.

A Shanren, the owner of the Zhengqi Banner, is thin, with a gloomy expression and a more cautious person. He looked at the mountains and shook his head: "It's not that simple. The defenders on the mountains are the Jingbian Army...and this is the key to digging trenches and breaking the road." Well, even if those slaves dug the trench to the seaside, with this nail in place, the connection between Xingshan and Songshan would not be considered dead..."

He pondered for a while: "Well, let the Mongolian ministries of the Outer Domain and those Aha go up first, and try to test the layout of the troops on the mountain..."

This time, there were quite a lot of Aha slaves accompanying the army under the Erhuang Banner. There were Han, Dynasty, Mongolian and other populations. The Han people accounted for the majority. Because they were tempted by measures such as raising the flag and distributing fields in advance, they were highly motivated to fight.

Although there are many auxiliary soldiers in the army, most of these miscellaneous soldiers are Manchurians. , naturally don't want to wear it easily.

And their Manchurian combat method is to use cannon fodder extensively. Firstly, the Han people or the Eight Banners of Han are driven, followed by the tribes of Outer Fan and Mongolia, then the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and finally the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

Among the Manchurians, there is another difference. The savages collected from Oroqen, Xibo, Ewenki, Sauron, etc. are dead soldiers among the Manchurians. Frown, what a high-quality source of cannon fodder.

Now that the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the North Korean soldiers are not here, Ah Shan will naturally send the various Mongolian tribes of the foreign vassals to go first.

His conversation with Baiyintu was faintly overheard by Ombu Chuhuer and the others, who were secretly annoyed. If there is any difficulty for these damned Manchurians, let us big Mongols go first. It's really hateful to just eat some broken cups, and when the news of the prairie happened, they felt even more dissatisfied.

However, they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and made a strategic layout, but it was not their turn to fight, they just had to die in peace.

Bai Yintu didn't take Ah Shan's caution seriously, he looked at the sky and said, "Alright, now it's almost midnight (ten o'clock in the morning), let Ombu Chuhuer and Shanba lead some soldiers and horses, and there are five Thousand Aha servants will take over and try..."

He said relaxedly: "It's still a big deal. It's just a mountain, with two or three thousand defenders, and it's still a heavy army. If the army attacks, it will definitely come down!"

As he spoke, he ordered his subordinates: "Send an order to attack."

noon...

Baiyintu's face was ugly, Ah Shan also frowned, the two of them looked at the mountain with hatred, the cannons and blunderbuss rested for a while, and the side was still full of gunpowder smoke, another wave of Mongolian soldiers from the outer domain fled down the mountain screaming and screaming , There are countless Aha slaves crying.

The various ministries of the Outer Feudal Mongolia have been dispatched in turn to attack, and all of them have suffered heavy casualties under their weird line of defense. Even Ge Erma, who has just taken over as Zasak of the Left Wing Banner of Karaqin, happened to have an ashes bomb exploded beside him. Burned alive and blinded.

The damage to the banner was serious, and the Zasaks and Taijis of these various ministries complained a lot, regardless of Baiyintu and Ashan's soft and hard actions, they were unwilling to attack again...

At the end of noon, the Mongolian Eight Banners dispatched, and there were also some Manchurian soldiers from the Erhuang Banner, and more handymen Ahas. They covered the narrow and long mountains in black.

They reached the foot of Changling Mountain, here, and further up, there were already corpses and blood all over the place, extending to the low wall and ditch on the mountainside, and a pungent smell of blood and gunpowder smoke came from one after another.

On the slope, there are all kinds of broken flag armor, weapons and wooden shields, and many surviving Han slaves, lying in the pile of corpses, moaning in pain, helplessly stretching out their hands for help to those who attacked the mountain again, but Nobody paid any attention to them.

Because the Qing Dynasty has military rules and regulations for taking back the corpses of its own soldiers, and the Jingbian army is far away, the dead and injured Mongols and Man soldiers all have comrades in arms to carry them back, but the coated slaves are left alone. They were left in the wild.

Those Mongolian soldiers and Manchurian soldiers, armed with weapons, walked up the mountainside with some chills. There were also many Aha slaves struggling to push wooden shields for cover. Although there were many corpses and blood on the ground, the hillside was flat and there was nothing Trees and weeds are still easy to walk.

It's just that the remaining smoke and the smell of blood make people feel uncomfortable no matter what.

Before they reached the mountainside line, they heard strange whistling sounds, and some experienced Manchurian and Mongolian officers shouted in horror: "Attention, it's the poisonous and ashes bombs of the Jingbian Army, cover your mouth and nose, and protect your eyes! "

It's just that amidst the loud bang of the explosion, glaring and choking poisonous smoke and white ash filled the air, there were still many Manchu Qing soldiers, handymen and coats pushing wooden shields, howling and covering their eyes , or desperately rolling and convulsing and vomiting, many people inhaled the poisonous fumes, and their skin turned blue-gray.

It is useless for them to cover their mouths and faces with wet cloths, and the wet wipes are accompanied by white ash, which will cause more serious burn damage to the eyes and skin.

(End of this chapter)