"Ama, baby..."
Man Dahai knew that he would not be able to win this battle with the three Jia La troops in his hands, so he had no choice but to go to Dai Shan to move troops with an embarrassed look.
"No problem! Wait until Ama joins forces with you before attacking the mountain!"
Daishan's attitude towards Mandahai is very generous, which is completely different from his treatment of Shuotuo. Privately, Shuotuo even thinks that he is not Daishan's biological child...
"Report~! Prince Rui has ordered that the entire army rest during the day and attack again after nightfall!"
"knew!"
Daishan originally wanted to take the lead for the entire army, but now he was stopped by his fourteenth brother. He was still a little unhappy. After much deliberation, he decided to go and inquire in person.
The situation of the mountain attack between Xianghongqi and Tianyou Army has been reported to Dorgon, and Dorgon also saw the general situation next to Zhenghongqi.
This group of barbarians was indeed as abnormal as Shuotuo said. Not only did they have great perseverance and tenacity, but they also had ferocious firepower, causing considerable losses to the Eight Banners soldiers.
In the daytime, when Gou Barbarian has good sight, not to mention investing 10,000 horses, even if it is doubled on this basis, there is no chance of winning.
Dorgon was not worried about losing the Tianyou Army commanded by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. He was mainly worried that the losses of the two red flags would be too great and he would not be able to explain to Huang Taiji when he returned.
Moreover, Daishan is his second brother, and Mandahai is his nephew. We are all relatives who cannot be seen when we look up, and we must also consider this relationship when fighting.
"Second brother, are you going to stop now?"
Seeing that the attack on the mountain was frustrated, Dorgon also ordered a halt to the attack across the board, which surprised Duduo. He also wanted to lead troops up to help the two red flags.
"This place is not inside the pass. Even if we capture it and the casualties are too great, how can we get the Shenzi stuff? Don't forget, the Qing Dynasty will take over the Central Plains after autumn, and that is our ultimate goal!"
Dorgon didn't say anything about letting Huang Taiji take advantage, but as brothers, the other two understood what Dorgon meant. Huang Taiji was always thinking about consuming the power of the two white flags, which was really hateful.
"What to do after nightfall?"
Duduo didn't want Daishan to come out on top, but his second brother had given the order, so he had to endure it for the time being.
"Brother, take two Jia La to help Kong Youde. Third brother, take two Jia La to help Geng Zhongming and leave one Jia La to guard the camp. I will lead the Zhengbai flag to help the two red flags. When the ugly time comes, I will attack on all fronts. We must win the first battle to avoid further casualties!”
Dorgon is well-informed and has rich battlefield command experience. After watching the battle for the first time, he realized that what Shuotuo said before was true and that his side must not implement the "fuel tactic".
The success must be accomplished in one battle. After testing, launch a fierce attack on all fronts. No matter if you break through any barbarian defense line in the east, middle, or west, you can quickly break through and carry out roundabout outflanking.
Considering that both the east and west sides were likely to be attacked by barbarian warships, Dorgon focused his main attack on the relatively safe middle.
There are three armored flags for the inlaid red flag and five armored flags for the red flag. In addition to the three armored flags in his hand, there are eleven armored flags in total. Taking into account the soldiers guarding the camp, there are at least ten thousand flag soldiers who can go into battle. .
After investing such a large amount of troops, they are all brave and skilled flag soldiers. It can be said that they are all the best. If they still can't defeat them, they can withdraw their troops and retreat!
"good!"
"That's it!"
After Dorgon explained the tactical arrangement, both Azig and Duduo agreed with it. Although they also wanted to gain some military exploits, they were unwilling to lose too many soldiers and horses. It would be better if they could win with fewer casualties.
Another reason for this arrangement is that the weather is hot, and the flag soldiers are not heat-resistant, so they cannot stay in armor for a long time. If the barbarians launch an attack, our own side will fall into passivity.
Even if this possibility is very small, Dorgon must guard against it, and if he wins early, he can return to Shenyang earlier for repairs, and then participate in the large-scale entry into the customs.
From the analysis of the intelligence provided by Shuotuo, the strength of the two sides was roughly equal, but Dorgon believed that the Manzi Emperor's mobilization of the white pole army would not be able to withstand the frenzied attack launched by the Eight Banners soldiers of the four banners.
As long as the Baigan Army is annihilated here, the Barbarian Emperor will lose his last support. After the Qing Dynasty enters the Pass, thousands of miles of land will be at your fingertips!
Soon, Daishan and his son Mandahai came to inquire about the situation. After Dorgon explained the reasons to the father and son, Daishan and Mandahai became more confident.
With the help of the two white flags, I feel that defeating the enemy tonight is a sure thing. No matter how tough the dog barbarian is, he can't withstand their full blow.
Throughout the afternoon, there was no movement from the Qing army, not even an artillery attack on the top of the mountain. It was eerily quiet, which also made Abe a little puzzled again.
However, thinking about what the Qing's servant army had done before, it became somewhat clear that they were probably planning to attack their own side at night again.
Thinking of this, and seeing that the Qing army had sent its main force to attack the mountain, Abe Shigetsu decided to increase the front-line troops and mobilized 2,000 infantry warriors and 2,000 spear ashigaru from the third line.
In addition, the 10,000 troops on the second line were ordered to be on standby and enter the southern backslope position of the first line position after dark to rush to the front line position at any time.
More than 9,000 people who had just been withdrawn from the third front line were brought to the second line to prepare for emergencies.
In addition, 10,000 grenades and 300 barrels of oil were added to the front line to slow down the enemy's advance as much as possible.
Abe once again felt that the largest battle since landing on the Liaodong Peninsula was about to break out, so he ordered the dried meat and sake he carried to be distributed to the first and second line reserves.
Maybe many people will never be able to eat tomorrow's meals. Before tonight's fierce battle, they must at least eat and drink enough. This is the last thing he can do as the commander of the army.
Until nightfall, looking down from the mountain, one could only see the Qing army camp in the distance and a few dozen Qing army cavalry responsible for reconnaissance.
This made Abe believe his previous guess even more. He absolutely did not believe that the Qing army would stand still and wait for its own initiative to retreat by sea.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Starting from midnight, the Qing artillery suddenly started roaring for a long time. Within half an hour, thousands of artillery shells were poured into the northern ridge of Laotieshan. This was the signal before the attack.
Dorgon was well aware of the combat effectiveness of his troops. The so-called night attack was not a sneak attack, but just used the cover of night to lower the dog barbarian's sight.
The night attack launched by the Eight Banners Soldiers was more like a night attack. There was no need to be as sneaky as the Heavenly Blessing Army. They could just rush in and cut down those self-righteous barbarians.
"Come forward quickly!"
Shang Keai's men were in bad luck. Although Prince Rui mobilized the main force to launch the attack on the mountain, it did not mean that they did not need a shield. The Thousand Heavens' helpers were their best shield and bait.
The slave soldiers have forgotten how many times they came to attack the mountain. Anyway, the results of the previous times were disastrous defeats. They don't know what the situation will be like this time.
Looking at the mass of darkness behind the Eight Banners master, the slave soldiers could lament their bad luck. When they met such a boss, they desperately hoped to lie down and pretend to be dead in the chaos so as to escape.
Master Baqi was not easy to mess with, and the barbarian above him was not a kind person. He would use strong fire oil to burn them at every turn, and he also had that kind of exploding mallet, which was almost impossible to guard against.
If they don't pay attention, their bodies will be burned or exploded. How can they reason with this? ? ?
Because I was afraid that when I attacked the mountain, I would be hit by the explosion of oil barrels rolling down the mountain, just like the pattern during the day.
The Eight Banners soldiers near the front are all in groups of two, one holding a shield to cover the front, the other holding a bow, with rockets on the string ready to go.
Therefore, the Japanese gunners could see a line of fire from the mountain, so that they could determine the specific location of the large group of enemy soldiers.
Xianghongqi suffered a defeat during the day, which made Mandahai very unhappy, so he asked for orders to take the lead this time.
The Jia La commanded by Shi Kachan, Bachilan, and Chahatai were lined up in a row, with more than 3,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners. express delivery
As Mandahai's father, Daishan knew what was going on during the day, so he sent Zhenghong Banner Jia Lazhang Jinnala Ga Dahun to reinforce Chahatai's troops.
He then sent more than 4,000 flag soldiers with three armors of Zhenghong Banner to follow up. They fought steadily and step by step. Even if they suffered heavy casualties, they still had to attack the top of the mountain in one fell swoop.
Behind Zhenghongqi are the Zhengbai Banner troops led by Prince Rui Dorgon. Dorgon first sends two Jiala to assist in the battle. If the battle situation is stalemate, he will let the remaining three Jiala from Zhengbai Banner join the battle. .
In this battle, Dorgon devoted three banners to nine Jia La at one time, about 10,000 eight-banner soldiers, intending to make a desperate effort to defeat the barbarian army in a short time.
So many Eight Banners soldiers were like a swarm of ants at the foot of the mountain. The scene was extremely terrifying. If they were seen during the day, they would be intimidating to the defenders.
However, the Qing army must move quickly, because if they gather at the foot of the mountain, they will encounter enemy artillery fire. They must capture the barbarian defense line on the ridge within at least a quarter of an hour.
"Come on!"
"For the Qing Dynasty!"
"Kill the bastard!"
The dispatch of so many warriors only increased the arrogance of the Eight Banners soldiers, and each one became fearless.
In their opinion, their barbarians had never been defeated. At most, the war ended in a stalemate and they retreated on their own initiative.
As long as we invest enough troops, we will definitely be able to capture the city, let alone a place on the top of a mountain that doesn't even have a city.
The Fo Lang machine on the mountain fired one after another, knocking down no less than a hundred flag soldiers, but it was less than one percent of the opponent's total force.
Dorgon didn't care about this loss at all. Even if he lost one of his flag soldiers, it was worth it to win.
Under the cover of more than 700 carriages, the Qing army launched an unprecedented scale attack on the mountain from the east, middle and west.
This made the more than 13,000 Japanese officers and soldiers on the top of the mountain feel like they were facing a powerful enemy. Various artillery fires were fired frequently, and gray-white gunpowder smoke enveloped the area near the top of the mountain.
Although the artillery fire was very intensive and supported by more than 10,000 iron cannons, it failed to effectively slow down the enemy's advance.
The slave soldiers were somewhat afraid, but the Eight Banners soldiers behind them were not afraid of this kind of firepower at all.
If a person is knocked down, the people behind him will immediately fill in, and the gap created can be filled at any time.
The black wave was as fast and violent as a rushing torrent, approaching the top of the mountain at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Put the sand bucket in!"
Seeing that the enemy soldiers were less than twenty steps away from their own position, the Japanese samurai began to release sand barrels on a large scale, hoping that the enemy would still be hit.
"It's about to explode!"
When the slave soldiers who were climbing saw the oil drum, some shouted, and the rest instinctively turned around and ran away, completely giving up their previous attack.
The Eight Banners soldiers, who did not know whether it was true or not, could only quickly fire the rockets in their hands. Since it was a night battle, the Eight Banners soldiers were also afraid that a large number of their companions would be burned if they missed the shot, so the scale of the rockets fired exceeded the number during the day.
But the Japanese army then released the second batch. These were oil barrels, not sand barrels. There were more than 50 of them, and they had been upgraded. They were all tied up with iron chains.
As long as it rolls to the end of the iron chain, it will stop moving. Regardless of whether the enemy soldiers shoot or not, as long as it remains there, it can cause a huge psychological deterrent to the opponent.
"Boom boom boom..."
The huge fire caused by the explosion immediately illuminated the hills one after another. Some were exploded by the Qing army, while others were detonated by the Japanese army.
Because the Qing army invested too many troops, the attack formation was very dense, and there was nowhere to hide when the oil barrels exploded.
More than five hundred Eight Banners soldiers and slave soldiers were burned to death, which was equivalent to a direct loss of nearly two Niu Lu's troops.
The air was filled with the pungent smell of burning and the "sizzling" sound of burning fat.
Some Eight Banners soldiers stretched out their burned arms and begged their companions for help, but no one paid any attention to them.
Everyone else knew very well that this kind of injury could not be saved at all. Living would mean suffering, and it would be better to die more easily.
"Release all the oil barrels!"
Although this defensive method was still effective, it could not stop the fierce attack launched by the Qing army regardless of the cost of casualties.
The Japanese army realized that as long as the enemy troops reached the top of the mountain, there would be no use keeping the remaining oil barrels.
On the contrary, they may be captured by the opponent, and they can simply throw them all at once, killing as many people as they can.
Under the cover of fire from the Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Baizi Cannon, hundreds of oil barrels rolled down the mountain again.
But this time the Eight Banners soldiers were on guard and shot down less than thirty of them in advance.
The damage caused by the remaining twenty or so oil barrels to the Qing army was also very limited.
As soon as they saw the oil barrels coming down, except for the archers and shield-bearing soldiers in the front row, the remaining Eight Banners soldiers immediately retreated.
The offensive momentum will be restored only after all the oil barrels explode, which can effectively reduce casualties.
The Eight Banners soldiers are very smart and have learned to understand and decipher the tactics of the barbarians during battle.
They are about to reach the top of the mountain, and everyone will no longer be beaten back by the opponent.
We have paid such a high price, just to wait until we reach the ridge and kill all the dog barbarians who are stubbornly resisting.
"Just one step away!"
"Come on, everyone!"
"Kill!"
Encouraged by Niu Lu Zhangjing and the Xiaoqi School, the Eight Banners soldiers brandished various types of weapons in their hands and let out loud shouts of killing.
Seeing that victory was within reach and they could plunder Gou Manzi's money, this was undoubtedly the most exciting thing for the Eight Banners soldiers.
"this……"
They didn't wait for the moment they imagined, but what they waited for was a meteor shower of grenades!
The part of the Eight Banners soldiers closest to the Manzi trench was only about seven or eight steps away, but this was their end point.
Due to the sudden blow, they could no longer move forward, and there were explosions all around.
Although the flag soldiers who were the first to charge into the battle were all wearing two or three layers of armor, they were unable to withstand the thousands of iron beads everywhere.
The Eight Banners soldiers had weak spots on their faces and feet. When fighting, they were unable to achieve a comprehensive defense against the Japanese grenades and crossbows.
