The more than a thousand Tianshi soldiers recruited by Shang Keai felt extremely regretful. If they had known they were going to be sent to attack the mountain, they might as well have run away with the troops and joined the Ming army on the mountain.
That way, you can at least find a way to survive, unlike now, with the Ming Army in front and the Eight Banners behind you, unable to advance or retreat, and being beaten on both sides. As time goes by, a group of people will always take action against you.
The slave soldiers all know that the Eight Banners masters are ruthless and murderous, but through this service, they understand that the Ming army on the mountain is not an easy person.
Not to mention people like them, even if the Eight Banners men wearing two or three layers of armor rush forward, they will still be beaten by the barbarians until they run away. If you don't believe it, just wait and see.
Since he had received a lot of valuable intelligence and lessons from Shang Keai, Mandahai ordered Lazhangjing Chahata, who was wearing a red flag, to use his carriage and shield as much as possible to avoid being injured by artillery fire.
If the dog barbarian uses an oil drum, he will use a rocket to explode it first. Otherwise, even if the dead soldiers and sharp soldiers are wearing two or three layers of armor, they will not be able to withstand the burning flames.
In addition to the armor carried by the red flag, the remaining ordnance of Tianzhu Army was ordered by Mandahai to be requisitioned. Therefore, the scale of the more than 2,400 people was not inferior to the previous attack of more than 3,000 Tianzhu soldiers.
"Hurry! Come on! Whoever dares to delay will be killed by the Eight Banner Master first to sacrifice the flag!"
The Knight Riding School of the Tianzhu Army hurriedly urged his men to climb up the mountain. It felt that the climbing speed of his soldiers was much slower than yesterday.
It's no wonder that after seeing the corpses of the companions at the foot of the mountain that have not yet been collected, and the piles of "charcoal" that were burned to a shabby appearance, who would have the heart to continue fighting with the barbarians at the top of the mountain?
If this tossing continues, no one knows who will be burned to cokes first, preferably those high-spirited Eight Banners masters behind them.
They are not afraid of the sky, the earth, and they are not afraid of the barbarians, so they might as well let them charge first.
At the worst, the results of the battle are all theirs, even if they follow them all in vain.
But the Eight Banners men were very shrewd and had no intention of charging first, and they used poor people like them as shields.
Each one of them looked so fierce that their livers would tremble when they saw them, and they could only accept their fate.
If you don't die this time, you will have to find an opportunity to escape after nightfall, otherwise you will have to do it again tomorrow.
If this goes on, Bao Buqi will die on this deadly mountain one day.
Maybe they will be eaten clean by birds and beasts after the war, and in the end not even a whole corpse will be left.
The more everyone thought about it, the more they regretted it, but now there was no way to run away.
Once he escapes from battle, the Eight Banners masters behind him will immediately shoot him with bows and arrows, killing him on the spot.
Therefore, when climbing a mountain, you should delay as much time as possible and go as slowly as you can.
But this mountain is not high, so no matter how hard you try, it won't help.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Folang machine on the mountain sounded again, and this time the impact point made the slave soldiers very happy, because the dog barbarians were focusing on attacking the Eight Banners masters behind them.
From time to time, a carriage was hit by a bullet and exploded, turning into a pile of wooden wreckage and sending thousands of pieces of debris flying all over the sky.
Some unlucky Eight Banners men were also shot in two by shells and died on the spot.
Looking at it this way, the slave soldiers' psychology is much more balanced.
They had resisted this level of attack for a whole day and night yesterday.
The real show is yet to come, and it is guaranteed to be an eye-opener for the Eight Banners masters.
No matter whether the dog barbarian on the top of the mountain died or the Eight Banners master behind him died, the slave soldiers would secretly cheer in their hearts.
For them, both sides will take their lives at any time. If combined, they are both enemies.
"Walk slowly! Everyone will die!"
Niu Lu Zhangjing, Sol Henuo and Nuo shouted orders to Niu Lu Zhangjing and Liu Chenghao, who were beside them. Although they were both Zhang Jings, Zhang Jing of the Eight Banners was naturally superior to other Zhang Jings. Even if Jia La E really saw him, he had to show his kindness first. .
"嗻!"
Liu Chenghao echoed while cursing in his heart, this work is really not done by humans.
The dog barbarian above is no ordinary dog barbarian, he is definitely an elite white-pole army.
Liu Chenghao didn't know what the Eight Banners men were thinking. He only knew one thing.
That is, once you find the oil drum rolling down, you must immediately find a place to hide.
If an explosive mallet appeared, he would turn around and run away without hesitation.
If you run a little later, you might leave a bloody hole on your body...
This made the slave soldiers miserable. In the past, the supervising team was at the bottom of the mountain, but now the supervising team is behind them.
As soon as you turn your head, you can see the Eight Banners men approaching each other step by step. Don't even turn around and run away. Even if you walk slower, you will be punched and kicked.
The red flags following the Heavenly Blessing Army, except for the Knight Riding School, were all in groups of two. One person held a shield in front as a cover, and the other held a bow behind. The rockets were on the strings and could be fired at any time to detonate and roll down. of oil barrels.
In this way, the attacking team that came with the red flag was no longer afraid of the oil barrels of the Goumanzi. They were just hit by some bullets, which was similar to the situation outside Jinzhou.
As long as there is no city on the mountain, even if they fail this time, as long as they continue to attack fiercely for many days, they will eventually be able to reach the top of the mountain and kill the barbarians until they lose their shit.
There is no city built on the commanding heights of Laotieshan, and there are even less such buildings on other tops of the mountain.
But even without a city, the Japanese troops on the top of the mountain could make the Qing troops who came to attack the mountain suffer.
Abe once again learned from the Qing troops who came to surrender that the previous offensive and mountain attacks were only second-rate troops of the Qing army.
Combined with the fact that the color of his soap-colored armor is very consistent with the information provided by the Prince of Ming Dynasty, this can be basically confirmed.
After severely damaging this group of troops, the Qing army may invest their proud elite troops in subsequent battles.
In this regard, Abe made the following arrangements.
First of all, the exhausted front-line troops who have been fighting for a day and night are withdrawn to the rear to rest and recuperate, and the 10,000 troops on the second line who are waiting for action are pushed up.
Secondly, 3,000 grenades were sent to the front line. Combined with the more than 1,500 remaining grenades, the total number was more than 4,000, which was enough to withstand the Qing army's attack during the day.
If too much is consumed, it can be replenished a second time in the evening. The reason why it is not dispensed once is because of the fear of not keeping it properly.
Finally, because the oil barrels were exposed and could easily be detonated by enemy soldiers' targeted rockets, Abe ordered a large number of sand barrels to be made.
That is to say, the barrel is filled with sand. If the barrel is empty and there is no ballast inside, the barrel will be damaged by itself due to rapid rolling down, or it may be easily identified by the enemy.
All firearms, including iron cannons, artillery, and grenades, are reserved on the position. Only the personal cold weapons of samurai and ashigaru can be carried back.
After receiving the true information and guidance from their colleagues who had blocked the enemy yesterday, the new second-line troops also roughly mastered the basic essentials of killing the enemy.
The Fo Lang machine can fire within half a mile, the Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Baizi Cannon can fire at a distance of a hundred steps, and the Iron Cannon can only fire when the enemy is within fifty steps of one's side.
Within thirty steps you can start throwing oil barrels, within twenty steps you can throw grenades and use a bow, and within ten steps you can use crossbows to kill enemy soldiers as you like.
After stipulating the usage distance of various weapons, it is easy for the new second-line troops to understand that they are only waiting for orders on the second line and are not second-line troops in the true sense.
On the contrary, they were all men under the command of the Shodai and Gaimei daimyo. Although the overall combat capability was inferior to that of the First Army composed of the generals of the Tokugawa generals, their combat effectiveness definitely exceeded that of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army.
The combat power of the Japanese Ashgaru army was inferior to that of the Eight Banners' armored soldiers. Only samurai could fight the opponent's armored soldiers. However, trench warfare, especially trench warfare in mountains, reduced the possibility of close combat between the two sides.
In this way, the underlying shortcomings of the Ashigaru troops' combat effectiveness were effectively hidden. Under the command of the samurai, they could make full use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and take advantage of their ability to shoot from long distances.
In this battle, the Japanese army had three advantages. The first was the terrain advantage, the second was the tactical advantage, and the third was the wind direction advantage.
Precisely because he had these three advantages at the same time, "General Zhenglu" Abe Shigege had the confidence to fight the enemy on Qing territory to the end.
The problem of smoke produced by firing iron cannons inland is that since this place is located on a mountain top and close to the sea, even if the iron cannon is fired continuously, the smoke generated will be quickly blown away.
The Ashigaru can look directly at the target from beginning to end and hide in the trenches to fire. Only in this way can they create a huge battle loss ratio for their own side.
A Jia La with a red flag who came to attack the mountain did not realize the seriousness of this problem. Relying on the glorious achievements and self-confidence in the past, he launched a large-scale attack on the mountain in Chahatay, Jia La Zhangjing.
"Come on! Kill the barbarian!"
The extremely arrogant and arrogant Knight Riding School Tong Gar didn't care how many barbarians there were on the top of the mountain. As long as his soldiers were able to kill them on the top of the mountain, all the barbarians would have their heads chopped off.
When fighting in the pass, such as last year and this spring, ten armored soldiers could chase down fifty, sixty, or even hundreds of dog barbarians. The combat power of the dog barbarians was not worth mentioning in his eyes.
They crossed the sea and landed this time to kill themselves. It would be great if they still had some silver on them. With the money, they could live happily after the master returned to the court.
Tong Gal recalled the village where dozens of them massacred in Beizhili at the beginning of the year. In addition to some stupid barbarian men, there were also several very beautiful women.
What makes him happiest is that he doesn't have to spend a tael of silver to play with them. It feels so comfortable. Once he conquers Man Ming's thousands of miles of land, Barbarian women can be played with by them.
All the stubborn barbarians should die. Only by obediently being their dressing aha and working as cattle and horses for them can they be qualified to survive.
The barbarians in front of them cannot live, even if they kneel down and beg for surrender in the end. The Qing warriors will not tolerate the sneak attacks of the barbarians.
"Let you run!"
Seeing a slave soldier playing tricks on him, slowing down his advance and retreating slowly in disguise, Tong Gal strode up to him and stabbed him hard on the neck, directly killing the dog slave.
After that, he kicked his body out and strictly ordered the surrounding soldiers, especially the servants of the Tianyou Army, whoever dared to retreat in a cowardly manner would be his fate.
After finally crossing the mountainside under the barbarian's artillery fire, we were about to have a close encounter. If we turned around and ran away, wouldn't all our previous efforts be in vain?
"Run!"
"The oil drums are coming!"
However, Tong Gal's shock did not last long. An avalanche-like rout occurred in the front, because the slave soldiers saw more than ten oil barrels rolling down from above.
As long as a series of explosions occurred, the Qiantian soldiers would suffer casualties of 20 to 30%. The number was not too large, but no one wanted to be penetrated by iron beads.
After several attacks on the mountain, they have developed a conditioned reflex. When they see oil barrels being thrown down from the top of the mountain, they will immediately lose the idea of attacking and begin to flee.
"Quickly fire and explode the oil barrels!"
Niuluzhang Jingsolhenuo hurriedly ordered his archers to shoot at the oil barrels with rockets. He also heard about the powerful power of the oil barrels. If this object was really used by the barbarians, the soldiers would suffer huge casualties. .
The archers with red flags were ordered to aim at the oil barrels and quickly shoot out the rockets. Facing such a high-speed moving target, the shooting accuracy of the Eight Banners soldiers who were skilled in bows and horses was not too low.
Each oil barrel was hit by at least five or six rockets, but the object did not explode, which surprised the Eight Banners soldiers present, including Niulu Zhangjingsol and Nuo.
Isn't it an oil barrel?
Why didn't it explode when hit by a rocket?
Is it possible that this thing was cast a spell by the barbarian dog?
"Pa bang bang..."
The sound of gunfire sounded again, and just as everyone stopped in surprise, dozens more armored soldiers were unfortunately shot. The Japanese iron cannon Ashigaru on the top of the mountain would not let go of this good opportunity to shoot at close range.
"Master! It's filled with sand!"
A brave armored soldier was curious and stabbed it in with a knife. He found that what came out was not oil, but sand. Now everyone knew that they had been tricked.
"Ah??? Damn you bastard! Come on! Kill all the bastards on the top of the mountain!"
Thor and Nor were furious when they realized that they were being tricked. It seemed that the cunning dog barbarian must have run out of fire oil.
Just when the armored soldiers with red flags were about to charge up again, another pile of oil barrels rolled down from the top of the mountain. They no longer bothered to light the fire again.
But this time the Japanese samurai on the top of the mountain could help them light the fire for free. One after another, the oil barrels were detonated, and a large number of armored soldiers nearby were immediately engulfed by the rapidly expanding sea of fire.
Death sparks exploded around him one after another. One-third of the more than 260 armored soldiers under Thor and Nuo were burned into barbecue on the spot, or were directly penetrated by hot iron beads. .
Although a small number of oil barrels were detonated in advance by the Eight Banners shooters, due to the sudden incident, only a small number of them were detonated, and the remaining oil barrels still played the expected role.
There are even 500 iron beads in an oil drum. After an explosion at close range, even the armor of the Eight Banners soldiers wearing heavy armor can be saved.
If the exposed face, hands, and fragile feet are punctured, they will quickly lose their combat effectiveness and become a wounded soldier and a burden on the battlefield.
Iron beads are also toxic to a certain extent, because a certain amount of lead powder is sprinkled into the oil barrels, which will increase the possibility of wound infection in the hot summer.
Sol and Nuo, who were in a state of rage, decided to kill all these despicable and shameless barbarians in one fell swoop regardless of casualties. No matter how great the losses were, they would fight to the top of the mountain...
