Horse traps have been around since ancient times, but they were mostly dug outside camps. Examples of horse traps being dug in the field are rare.
Being caught up by Shuotuo, it was considered unlucky for him, especially at such a scale. The trapping horse pit stretching on the plain between the two mountains was a vast and endless place.
Shuotuo had no choice. A large group of people had rushed to the outskirts of Lushun. We couldn't just change the rear team to the front team and take a detour just because there was a trap ahead, right?
Niulu Zhangjinghar Guji, who was guarding the army with a red flag, commanded more than 300 guards and sentries. The result of rushing in was so tragic.
When we got to that kind of place, there were horse pits right in front of us and on the right front, and there were our own people and barbarian artillery fire blocking the rear, so we had to run sideways to the west.
But you will get beaten if you do this, which is not much better than pushing forward forcefully.
Everyone already knows the results of moving forward.
Sangguli has never seen such a large horse trap in his life. It took tens of thousands of people to dig at the same time to complete it.
But the effect is also obvious, it is on the only way for the Qing Dynasty's iron cavalry, and it has also received miraculous effects.
"Lausa! I ask you, where were you when Shuotuo's troops were blocked by the barbarians at Erlong Mountain? What did you do?"
Dorgon changed the subject of the inquiry, and if he asked Sangguli again, he would still have to tell the story of being full of traps.
"Going back to the prince, because the barbarian navy warships in the bay can bombard the south city of Lushun with heavy artillery, the sin slaves had to lead their troops to defend the north city of Lushun. When Bei Ziye and his troops arrived, the sin slaves led their troops to fight out, hoping to fight with Bei Ziye's The men and horses converged. However, due to the obstruction of the earth pit, they had to detour from the case mountain on the west side. Unexpectedly, there was also a barbarian ambush here, so the sin slaves had to lead their troops to fight hard, and then luckily succeeded in breaking through. "
Rausa felt very resentful. First he was shelled by barbarians in the city, and then he ran out and was besieged by the barbarian army in Case Mountain.
It is impossible to meet up with Bei Ziye because there are too many pits between the two mountains.
If the cavalry mounts up and goes over, they may fall into the pit. If they dismount and walk, once the barbarians rush over at this time, it will be too late to defend themselves.
These pits are always too deceiving. If there are no slaves to fill them in, it will be impossible to stare at them!
Dorgon listened to the words of the four people, summed up their contents, and condensed them into one word - pit!
A closer analysis shows that Shuotuo made a serious mistake and should not have led his troops to break into the trap set by the barbarian.
If they had taken a detour, it is estimated that the barbarians would not have time to dig so many horse traps on other roads leading to Lushun City.
This is the reason why Shuotuo lost nearly two Jia La at one time, including more than three hundred Ba Ya La.
"You three, please retreat first!"
Dorgon did not blame Harguji, Sangguli, and Lausa. Looking at their performance in this battle, they generally did not make many mistakes. They fought bravely to the end.
The reason for the failure was that the barbarians were prepared and could implement the strategy of "siege the city and mobilize reinforcements". Secondly, the barbarians had the upper hand, at least 20,000 to 30,000 men, otherwise it would have been difficult to trap Shuotuo's 3,000 cavalry.
"Shuotuo, have you ever summed up your experience and lessons regarding this battle?"
Dorgon also wanted to hear Shuotuo's explanation. At least he couldn't remember it after a defeat. That would be a fool.
"Returning to the Fourteenth Uncle, my nephew thinks that the failure of the battle is due to the following reasons. The first is that the enemy's situation is unclear, the second is that the nephew's command is appropriate, the third is that the barbarians have too many troops, the fourth is that the barbarians' tactics are appropriate, and the fifth is that the barbarians' tactics are not appropriate. Barbarians are elite teachers."
Except for the second point, Shuotuo attributed most of the reasons to Manzi, and the blame was thrown away so neatly.
"Oh? An elite teacher? What kind of elite method is this? Just tell me!"
Dorgon snorted when he heard this. After more than twenty years of fighting between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, all the elite barbarians had been lost long ago. The Tianxiong Army was gathered and annihilated by Wang Shi's cavalry in Beizhili in the winter. There are still some elite barbarians left. Can it be said?
"Returning to Uncle Fourteen, my nephew didn't believe it at first. He thought that the barbarian army was just a large number of people. As long as he led his cavalry to charge, he could disperse it and defeat it. However, more than 300 barbarians failed to clear the way. , instead they were surrounded by dog barbarians. Seeing this, my nephew could not bear to give up, so he led his army to rush over in an attempt to rescue, but was also surrounded. Not only were these dog barbarians not afraid of death, but they also had exquisite arrow skills. I, the Qing warrior, Most of them died from arrows in the head. Another point is that even the people in our army who can speak clearly cannot understand what the barbarian said. Or maybe the Dog Emperor or the Dog Prince dispatched the white pole army in the south of Barbarian Ming Come with the Zhejiang soldiers to help in the battle, otherwise you will definitely not have the courage and resilience to fight to the end with my three thousand cavalry!"
Shuotuo not only wanted to shift the responsibility to Man Ming, but also exaggerated Man Ming's combat power.
In this way, if Dorgon didn't believe it, he would most likely underestimate the enemy and rush in, and be ambushed by the barbarians.
Otherwise, Dorgon would lead his troops to a complete victory, and the emperor would be delighted, and his own crime would be mitigated.
"...Hmm~! Let me verify what the situation is. If it is true, I will excuse you and others to the emperor!"
Dorgon believed most of what Shuotuo said.
But when 50,000 Baigan troops and Zhejiang troops came, Dorgon probably didn't believe it.
If that were the case, then things would be huge.
At the front line of Hunhe River, the Baigan Army caused a lot of trouble to Wang Division.
It is still unknown whether the combat power of the Baigan Army is the same as that of the past. If it is almost the same, I am afraid that I will not be able to win easily.
Fifty thousand white troops...
Dorgon thought about it and didn't know how to evaluate it!
"Instructions from my commander are that King Kong Youde of Gongshun will be the center front army, King Huaishun Geng Zhongming will be the left front army, and Zhishun King Shang Kexi will be the right front army. Zhenghong Banner and Xianghong Banner will be the right wing of the army, and Xiangbai Banner will be the right wing of the army. It is the left wing of the army, and I, the king, command the white flag for the middle army. The whole army is divided into three groups and advances towards Fuzhou. We will wait until the situation ahead is ascertained before we advance!"
"嗻!"
After so many days, it is estimated that the Second City of Lushun has been lost, and Dorgon no longer expects the defenders to hold on.
He just hoped that he would not be trapped in a horse trap on the way to advance and could fight the barbarian army smoothly.
For the sake of safety, King Sanshun was allowed to clear the way in front, while the Eight Banners cavalry held down the formation from the rear.
With the slave soldiers in front to attract the attention of the barbarian, the king's cavalry can find every opportunity to penetrate the opponent's weak spot.
The entire army only had one meal outside Gaizhou. After Dorgon understood the general situation, they immediately set off towards Lushun.
Dorgon still doesn't know who the opponent's coach is, but he can figure it out as long as he captures a few barbarians after the confrontation.
Even if the army of nearly 60,000 king's divisions faced the same number of white pole troops, there was no reason to lose.
The army successfully regained Fuzhou City, which had been captured by Goumanzi, and only gained an empty city.
Shuo Tuo left an empty city for Gou Manzi, and Gou Manzi also left an empty city for Shuo Tuo.
At least there were still people in the empty city ahead. By the time Wang Shi's army arrived, Fuzhou City had become a real empty city!
There were few people around, and the people who hid in the mountains told the scouts that barbarian soldiers were arresting people everywhere.
Almost all the people they captured were put on the boat and then transported south collectively, their whereabouts unknown.
Dorgon and other senior generals suddenly felt a little stunned and did not understand the reason for this move.
The reason why the Qing Dynasty captured the people of Manming was because there was a lack of people to farm outside the customs. Could it be that the people of the Qing Dynasty were captured by Manming because there was a shortage of people inside the customs?
No reason~!
It doesn’t make sense~!
"After entering Shibali Village, be careful of barbarian ambush!"
Dorgon didn't want to go through so many twists and turns. Recovering Lushun as soon as possible and repelling the barbarian army was his top priority. He could just recover Fuzhou.
The plain area south of Hou Shibalizhuang is where Shuotuo's troops were ambushed. On the west side is Case Mountain and on the east side is Erlong Mountain.
Originally, it was an inconvenient place to ambush cavalry, but because the barbarians used a large number of troops to dig large-scale horse traps, it turned this place into a ghost gate.
By the time the Qing army entered this area, the corpses all over the field had long disappeared, leaving only scattered pits, some stained dark brown by blood, indicating how brutal the previous battle was.
Dorgon also gasped when he saw this. The dug pit was quite spectacular. No wonder Shuotuo led his army to collapse here.
After many investigations nearby, no barbarian troops were found, so Dorgon could safely and boldly dismount and conduct on-the-spot investigation, so as to try to find some clues.
"Report~! Report to your lord, I have discovered an army of barbarians in the area of Laotieshan in the southwest, with over ten thousand troops!"
"Oh? Hmm~! I know this, please check again soon!"
"嗻!"
Dorgon immediately sent someone to bring a map and took an overview based on the intelligence obtained by the scouts.
At present, the barbarian army has only been discovered in the Laotieshan area, and nothing has been harvested elsewhere. Even the Second City of Lushun was voluntarily abandoned by the opponent.
Behind Lao Tieshan is the sea. Is the dog barbarian trying to play a last-ditch trick with him?
hehe!
That’s good too!
As long as Master Wang wins this battle, he can send all the barbarians to feed the fish!
You don’t even have to dig a hole!
Why not?
"Order Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi's men and horses to be the vanguard and attack Laotieshan. My second brother will lead the red flag men and horses from behind to support them. There must be no mistake!"
Dorgon did not believe that Commander Manzi had hoarded all his troops in the Laotieshan area, so he used one-third of his troops.
The other men and horses were waiting in place, so that if the dog Tatars came to attack, it would be easier to deal with them and not be too passive.
This commander will attack steadily and advance slowly, without giving you a chance to set up an ambush. It depends on how you respond!
With this arrangement, even if there is a loss, it will be the loss of the Sanshun King's men.
At most, the red flag and the red flag are included, and the two white flags are definitely not involved.
When the two sides are fighting to the death, let the two white flags go up to harvest the results of the battle...
"Generals, listen! Prince Rui ordered our troops to be the vanguard of the entire army. I ordered Xu Erxian to lead his troops to the left wing! Ban Zhifu to lead his troops to the right wing! Su Yangzhi led his troops to the vanguard and attack Laotieshan. ! Be sure to win with a clear start! Those who retreat will be killed!"
"嗻!"
The person with slender eyebrows, wooden fish eyes, bulging cheeks, slightly convex forehead, wearing soap-colored armor embroidered with dragons, and holding a telescope in his hand is King Zhishun Shangkexi.
He originally had a respectful and kind-hearted appearance, but his father and brother also died fighting against the Qing army's attack. Fortunately, he still chose to join Huang Taiji without hesitation.
The Qing Dynasty did not deliberately oppress them. As long as they fought honestly and diligently, they would naturally get a lot of credit, unlike on Guanglu Island, where they were almost plotted by Shen Shikui.
This time Gou Manzi came to die, which happened to help them. Behind them were the Zhenghongqi cavalry commanded by Daishan, and Shang Kexi also had a backer.
Not to mention that the army commanded by Prince Rui Dorgon is stationed in the Lushun area. As long as the war here is unfavorable, they can arrive in an instant.
"Dong dong dong dong..."
"Brothers, come on! The barbarian is hiding on the mountain! Whoever plants my Qing flag on the top of the mountain first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
"Kill~!"
After beating drums to aid the battle, more than 3,000 days of reinforcements under Shang Kexi attacked Laotieshan from the east, north and west.
Since the situation ahead had been ascertained in advance, Goumanzi once again dug a large number of horse traps and did not send cavalry to fight this time.
Shang Kexi's headquarters is equipped with twenty red-coated cannons and hundreds of other artillery pieces, which can provide sufficient fire cover to launch a massive attack on the top of the mountain.
Laotieshan Mountain is not high, and the top of the main peak is only 130 feet high.
But the reason why this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack is that, first of all, Laotieshan is not an isolated peak, but a bunch of hills surrounding a main peak.
Secondly, there is a very wide open land in front of Lao Tieshan. Before approaching the foot of the mountain, the attacking soldiers have no cover at all.
Finally, the open areas on the left and right sides of Lao Tieshan are directly connected to the beach, which means that under good weather conditions, warships anchored on the sea can easily detect the movements of enemy troops on land and open fire.
Abe once again chose this place as the main battlefield for the last battle of the Japanese army based on the above considerations.
This is also the last trick taught by a certain prince in the bound book - half-walk but no walk!
If you can beat me, fight, if you can't beat me, run away!
The Denglai Navy is responsible for providing fire cover on the west side of Laotieshan, and the Zheng fleet is responsible for the east side.
If the Qing army wants to attack this place, they must attack from the front. If they want to outflank it from both sides, they will die.
Like the previous episode, the Japanese army dug a large number of earthen pits at the foot of the mountain to delay the Qing army's advance.
It's just that this time it can't deal with cavalry, but is mainly used to delay the advancement of infantry.
Drill stakes at a pre-measured distance to serve as a reference.
The artillery group hidden on the top of the mountain can subjectively use telescopes to view the situation below the mountain, and order the gunners to adjust the artillery elevation angle according to the distance of the reference object to cover the invading enemy with fire.
The Japanese soldiers on the mountain followed Abe Shigeji's orders to dig a large number of tunnels on the top of the mountain and on the reverse slope. In this way, even if the Qing army bombarded the top of the mountain with heavy artillery, it would not cause too much damage.
The sea area next to the back slope of the south side of Laotieshan is where the fleet transports supplies. Once there are wounded, they can be sent to the ship at any time.
Moreover, after some planning, Abe decided to implement the rotation strategy.
That means deploying 10,000 soldiers on the front line and 10,000 soldiers on the second line.
Another 20,000 soldiers are waiting on the hills near the southern beach to ensure adequate support.
All wounded soldiers and non-combatants should be transported to the rear, and only necessary manpower should be retained in the front.
All the army's artillery, iron cannons, bows and arrows, spears and other weapons were handed over to the soldiers on the mountain for use.
The iron cannon ashigaru stationed on the front line and responsible for firing can be divided into four iron cannons. Abe Shigeji also organized the following according to the suggestion of a certain prince.
There are five people in each group, one ashigaru is responsible for shooting, one ashigaru is responsible for loading ammunition, and two other ashigaru are used for close combat, and are commanded by a samurai.
In addition, the Tianjin Navy was entrusted by a certain prince to transport a thousand barrels of oil, a thousand crossbows, 50,000 arrows and 30,000 grenades to the Japanese army. All were provided free of charge, and the results of the battle also belonged to the Japanese army. all.
Thanks to the efforts of the Japanese army, the front of the mountain was full of pits, and the top of the mountain was covered with trenches.
Trenches were criss-crossed, gun positions were scattered, and there were hundreds of warships behind as cover.
The entire Laotieshan Mountain has almost turned into a temporary fortress, just waiting for the Qing army to attack the mountain...
