The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 772 The Second Line of Defense

Huashan Jiushou barely supported himself, stamped his trembling feet vigorously, and was about to continue running down the mountain when he saw a large group of black-clothed soldiers passing by his side without a sound, rushing towards the bastion.

That was the main attacking force of the Ming army led by Deng Shan and Huang Qishou.Seeing that the Japanese soldiers had succeeded, they immediately launched a general attack according to the plan.

Three violent explosions occurred on the mountain in one night, especially one at the foot of the bastion. The captive soldiers on Baitai Mountain were also very frightened, and ran around like headless chickens for a while.Even the low-level officers are frightened, and there is no one to restrain the soldiers.

The warning whistle on the bastion rang several times, but most of the captive soldiers were still in a daze.It wasn't until the captive general who was in charge of the defense of Baitai Mountain led the supervising team and began to chop people up that they finally realized that they were chaotically looking down the bastion with their bows and blunderbuss.

What greeted them was a dense volley of Mini bombs.

The outer wall of the bastion was torn open by nitrocellulose with a width of more than two feet—the Japanese soldiers did not dig deep into the wall, so the blasting effect was greatly reduced.

However, the Ming army moved extremely fast, and more than 500 people quickly poured in from this small gap, and then lined up under the inner wall of the bastion and fired upwards to suppress firepower.

Thirty percent of these people belonged to the Jaeger Battalion, and their marksmanship was extremely accurate. From time to time, captive soldiers were shot and fell from the wall.

Afterwards, more than a dozen ladders were transported and erected on the top of the bastion wall together.At this point, the Jianlu military officer finally determined where the Ming army was attacking, and hurriedly brought hundreds of people to reinforce.

When these people ran to the gap in the bastion, the first batch of soldiers from the Polu battalion had already boarded the inner city.

Deng Shan took the lead and was the first to climb up the bastion. At this time, he stood in a row with more than a dozen soldiers, using sabers to cooperate with other people's bayonets, and together they stabbed straight at the oncoming captive soldiers.

Immediately, there were screams again and again, and the seven or eight captive soldiers in the front fell to their deaths.Later, the people behind couldn't see how many Ming troops had come to the city, and most of them had been frightened by the nitrocellulose and their morale was low, so they immediately fled in all directions.

On the top of the inner wall of the bastion, there were bursts of shouts, "The city is broken!"

"The southerners are attacking..."

"Defeated, defeated, run!"

After a while, Deng Shan led his troops to form a simple infantry line at the head of the city, and began to shoot salvos to both sides.As more soldiers of the Ming army boarded the inner wall of the bastion, the speed of Jianlu's defeat became faster and faster.

Huashan Jiushou ran down the mountain in shock, panting for a long time, when he looked towards the mountainside again, he saw that the bastion was already lit with torches.Immediately, two green flares were launched into the sky, and cheers erupted in the Ming army camp.

After a long time, some soldiers from the Shimadzu Army finally found him, and rushed him back to the camp. One of them pointed to the mountain and exclaimed excitedly: "My lord, the enemy city has been captured!"

"This, so fast!"

"Hey! A lord from the Ming Dynasty said that there were at least 1000 people in the enemy city. My lord, you have done a lot in this battle!"

Until the next day, Huashan watched for a long time as the Ming army took hundreds of prisoners down the mountain, but heard several officers of Toyotomi's army behind him laughing and whispering.

"I heard that when the Shimadzu army was retreating last night, some people felt that the nitrocellulose on their backs was in the way, so they threw it down the mountain."

"soga! No wonder there are two explosions!"

"Originally, the Shimadzu army only killed more than 300 people, but in this blow, more than 100 people were killed."

"It is said that even Huashan Jiushu was almost killed by the bomb..."

"Haha, Baga!"

Several people walked behind Huashan, but they didn't recognize him who was covered in bandages.

If the bastion of Baitai Mountain is destroyed, the road of Tashan can barely pass. After all, the firepower of the bastion on Yushan can only cover the east side of Tashan.

Want them to descend the mountain to raid the Ming army?Nothing.

The Jianlu of Yushan also saw the huge explosion flames in the direction of Baitai Mountain that night, and heard the loud noise like thunder. It is rumored that the Ming army summoned Tianlei to break through the fortress of Baitai Mountain. I am afraid that the Ming army will also cast spells on Yushan. Where is it? Dare to take the initiative to provoke?
For the sake of caution, Zhu Linmei left the [-] Polu battalion here to keep an eye on the enemy troops in Yushan, while the brigade passed through Tashan all the way to the north, and arrived in the area of ​​Rufeng Mountain two days later.

Another month later, two extremely heavy 42-pound long-barreled cannons were transported to Tashan by a large number of horses and horses.

This is a heavy weapon specially made by the Nanjing Military Bureau for the Northern Expedition to Liaodong. It is all made of bronze and weighs more than 6000 kilograms. It is extremely powerful, but it is too troublesome to move.

When the gunners finally saw the bastion on Yushan, they couldn't hide their excitement—after driving for several months, they were almost bored out of the bird, and finally caught something enjoyable.

The gunners skillfully selected positions, set up the cannons, calculated the elements, loaded and aimed.

Following two loud bangs, a huge 42-pound projectile was fired three miles away, directly hitting the outer wall of the bastion from the foot of the mountain, and the huge impact shook the bastion for a while.

The shelling only lasted for half a day. Although it didn't cause too much substantial damage to the bastion, the rumble of the artillery was enough to break the morale of the captive soldiers.

The captives guarding the bastion will go out of the city to beg for surrender. So far, the front line of Tashan has been completely recovered.

Rufeng Mountain is located in the south of Songshan Mountain, and it is the highest peak of Songshan Mountain Range, so it can guard the main route going north.

After Songshan is Jinzhou, which is the only passage to Shenyang.Once passing Jinzhou, there is no danger to defend the flat river along the way, and you can go straight to the city of Shenyang by riding a horse for a few days.

Similarly, if the people in Shenyang want to go south, this is the only way to go.Therefore, the key point of Rufeng Mountain has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

Since the 13th year of Chongzhen, Ming and Qing fought fiercely on the front line of Songjin, and went back and forth for three years. In the end, the Ming army was attacked by Azig on the grain storage area of ​​Bijia Mountain, and finally lost the grain.Since then, Jianlu had a smooth journey southward, and the Ming army had no strength to go northward.

After a few years, when the two armies met again at Rufeng Mountain, they had already changed positions.

The [-] elite field troops of the Ming Dynasty, together with more than [-] servants from Japan, Korea, Australia, and Mongolia, made a total of [-] troops at the foot of Rufeng Mountain.Behind them, it is no longer the unbearable logistics of the Chongzhen Dynasty, but the supplies that are supported by wooden rails and continuously arriving.

Opposite them, there are only [-] Jianlu defenders, and another [-] Beijing battalion from Hauge is rushing over.It will take at least half a month for more Qing troops to arrive, or even a month if it is slow.

However, Jianlu relied on the three large bastions between Songshan Mountain and Rufeng Mountain, as well as several small bastions nearby for support, which can be said to have been in operation for a long time.

Although the terrain around Songshan Mountain is wider than that around Tashan Mountain, as long as you take advantage of the height of Rufeng Mountain, it is extremely difficult for cavalry to charge down.There is only an open space between Jinzhou and Rufeng Mountain that can really launch large corps operations.

(End of this chapter)