Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1347 Find out the routine
The Jin army attacked the hill on the right wing, and Wang Guangtai climbed the hill on the left wing to watch the battle. He saw the three thousand gold army carrying shells, and when they advanced 150 steps from the top of the hill, they were blocked by a steep vertical slope dug by the Ming army.

The gunners of the Jin army began to shoot at the Ming army with their heads up, while the sword shields and spearmen of the brigade rushed out from the gap between the shield vehicles.

All of a sudden, the guns on the top of the mountain rumbled, and the sound of killing filled the sky. The sound of gunfire, shouts and screams mixed together, making people in the distance feel their ears buzzing.

As the distance approached, the accuracy of the firearms increased, and the fighting began to be brutal.

The defensive strategy of the Ming army is very simple. It uses obstacles such as trenches, antlers, and repelling horses to slow down the speed of the Jin army, and then uses platoons of blunderbusses and artillery bombardments, and is equipped with a small amount of shocking mines to form a powerful and continuous fire suppression. , to strangle the Jin army attacking the mountain.

"Come on! The people from Division Yiqianjia come on!"

Zheng Wencheng waved his sword to command, and several Jin soldiers carrying short ladders rushed out from the gap between the shield chariots beside him, but they were knocked down by firecrackers within two steps, and the soldiers behind immediately rushed up to pick up the short ladders on the ground, But soon he was shot and killed by a firecracker.

After the Jin army rushed out of the shield wall, it lost its sense, and was hit by firecrackers in pieces, and the corpses were scattered everywhere.

After paying a lot of casualties, the Jin army put wooden planks on the first ditch and finally rushed through the ditch, but immediately faced with all over the antlers and slanted horse refusal posts, the soldiers avoided the impact, but in the process of dodging In the process, the speed was undoubtedly reduced again, and it became the target of the Ming army's musketeers.

Four miles away, the Jin army formed a large formation. Meng Qiaofang held a binoculars and watched the Jin army's attack on the hill. He found that the low wall was filled with gunpowder smoke. , One hit one piece, and the soldiers of the Golden Army not only had to cross the trench, but also had antlers and horse rejection posts all over the place to hinder their speed.

He didn't know that the Ming army also sprinkled barbed wire to deal with the horses. As long as the Jin army stepped on it, they basically lost the ability to attack.

"Bombardment! Suppress the Ming army on the top of the mountain!" Meng Qiaofang ordered with a cold face when she saw that the attacking troops were weak.

The accuracy of the cannon in red is not enough. Generally, when one's own troops are about to meet the enemy, in order to avoid accidental injury, they will stop the bombardment, fearing that they will accidentally injure their own troops.

Hearing the order, the chess officer who delivered the order hesitated, but seeing that Meng Qiaofang had already picked up the binoculars to see the results of the shelling, he could only convey Meng Qiaofang's military order.

After waving the flag, they rested for a long time, and the artillery of the Golden Army, which had dissipated heat, began to roar again after a while.

The projectiles fired by the twenty red-clothed cannons were much more powerful than the small cannons of the Ming army. An iron bullet weighing more than ten kilograms hit the earth wall, overturning the earth wall and the gunners who were shooting on it. .

Zheng Wencheng only felt a few gusts of strong wind blowing over his head, and saw more than a dozen black cannonballs passing over his head at a very high speed, and suddenly smashed towards the top of the mountain, causing the Ming army's line to be filled with dust.

His face was filled with joy, and he immediately shouted: "Follow me!"

The morale of the Jin army surged, and Zheng Wencheng led his troops to rush out, ready to take advantage of the situation and rush to the top of the mountain for close combat, but he did not rush a few steps, another gust of wind blew up, and a shell from the Jin army fell into the Jin army by mistake. Directly overthrow Mr. Qian, a member of Zheng Wencheng's side.

Mr. Qian's body was directly torn apart by the artillery shells, his broken limbs splashed everywhere, and a blood mist rose up, which shocked the Jin army's offensive to a halt.

The ant-like golden army advanced with difficulty under the network of intertwined firepower from both sides. The black iron bullets whistling sharply knocked the golden army down, and the soldiers of the golden army shot blood and flesh in the rain again.

Jin general Zheng Wencheng's face was full of gunpowder, directing the Jin army to approach step by step, and slowly advanced to a hundred steps away from the top of the mountain.

On the top of the opposite mountain, Wang Guangtai watched the battlefield. After receiving the support of the red-clothed cannon, the Jin army formed a certain pressure on the Ming army on the top of the mountain. Melee.

Wang Guangtai has confidence in the Ming army on the top of the mountain. With 500 people condescending, it is no problem to block the attack of 3000 people.It's just that he couldn't let the Jin army approach the top of the mountain in the first attack, which would damage the morale of the Ming army and increase the courage of the Jin army's next attack.

Wang Guangtai put down the binoculars and immediately ordered: "Send an order to bombard the Jin army on the mountainside!"

The artillery team of the Ming army on the top of the mountain got the order, and the soldiers immediately pushed the artillery out and got ready on the reserved artillery positions. More than a dozen bronze cannons roared one after another, aiming at the Jin army on the opposite mountainside for a sudden burst of shelling.

The bronze cannons of the Ming army can hit more than two miles, and they can shoot farther when they are set on the top of the mountain, just enough to cover the opposite mountainside.

Zheng Wenze was commanding the troops to charge forward when the Jin army was suddenly bombarded from behind. There was a panic in the rear of the Jin army, the follow-up was weak, and the front offensive was suppressed again.

"My lord, I can't go up! Why don't you retreat first!" Jin Jiang He Guozhu reminded him when he saw that the Jin army was bombarded by the Ming army on the other side of the mountain, and it was already in chaos, and it was difficult to attack the mountain.

Meng Qiaofang didn't answer him, picked up the binoculars, turned her head to look at the hill on the left wing where the cannon was fired, put down the binoculars, as if realizing something.

It is most inadvisable to directly attack the front, and it is also not advisable to attack only one side of the hill. The artillery on the two hills can support each other, which Meng Qiaofang did not think about before.

Meng Qiaofang observed the entire battlefield before putting down the binoculars, and said to He Guozhu, "Wait a minute, let's see what else the Ming army can do."

In this attack, if the mountain cannot be taken down, we must test out the defensive characteristics of the Ming army.

Now kill more people, figure out the defensive methods of the Ming army, and then the Jin army will be able to kill fewer people in the general attack.

As the commander in chief, what Meng Qiaofang should care about is not the gains and losses and casualties of an attack, but the victory of the entire battle.

However, he didn't speak for a long time when the Jin army attacking the mountain suddenly made a noise and retreated directly.

The Jin general Zheng Wencheng was carried back to escape. The Ming army on the mountain rushed down from the earthen wall, and the Ming army between the two mountains also sent more than 500 people to rush out to pursue the Jin army.

During the attack, the three thousand Jin army lost hundreds of people. The two thousand Jin army fled the hillside, and the Ming army stopped chasing and returned to the fortification.

The injured Zheng Wencheng was brought up in front of Meng Qiaofang by his own soldiers, and he said in shame: "The last general is incompetent and insults the military prestige, please punish him!"

During the attack just now, Zheng Wenchen fell suddenly. The Jin army only thought that the general was killed, and they, who were already unable to support themselves, immediately retreated.

"The first time was just a test. Commander Zheng doesn't need to blame himself!" Meng Qiaofang was really dissatisfied with the Xingping Battalion's retreat without permission. However, the Xingping Battalion has only been established for more than a year, so it's not bad.

Meng Qiaofang said something, looked at Zheng Wencheng, and suddenly asked, "What about your legs?"

"It seems to have stepped on something!" Zheng Wencheng said with a pale face.

Meng Qiaofang kept her head aside and said, "Show Commander Zheng!"

He Guozhu and another Jin general on the side got off their horses, lifted Zheng Wencheng's right leg, and saw a gleaming barbed wire piercing the sole of Zheng Wenchen's foot.

Without asking Zheng Wencheng, He Guozhu directly pulled out the barbed wire, causing Zheng Wencheng to sweat coldly from the pain.

"My lord, it's barbed wire!" He Guozhu wiped off the blood and presented it to Meng Qiaofang.

Meng Qiaofang took the barbed wire, about the size of a duck egg, covered with four long thorns, each two inches long, no matter how it fell on the ground, one of the thorns would always go upwards.Each thorn of the caltrop is so sharp that even a horse can't stand it when it pierces it, let alone a human.

"Shameless!" Meng Qiaofang couldn't help shouting angrily when she saw it. She didn't expect the Ming army to use such insidious methods to deal with the Jin army's attack since they had also sprinkled barbed wire.

The Ming army is really getting more and more shameless. They use things to deal with livestock to deal with the Jin army, but in fact the Ming army is still very civilized and did not soak the thorns in venom. Otherwise, if they step on it, at least one leg will be lost. Now it is just The injury will heal within a month.

"My lord, come here today!" He Guozhu couldn't help saying again.

Meng Qiaofang was silent for a while. He knew about the use of the Ming army's artillery, and that the Ming army had scattered barbed wire in front of the earthen wall. The Jin army had gained a lot.

Meng Qiaofang nodded, raised her head and ordered: "First help Commander Zheng to rest." Then, he ordered: "The army returns to the camp, and all future generations will discuss matters in the king's tent."

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