Zhang Cheng imagined that the three low-walled trenches between each wave were only dozens of steps away from each other. There was a clear shooting range between the top and bottom. When defending, they could help each other, and when the front retreated, they could also help each other. Can be covered by each other.
If the Tatars come to attack, every time they attack a low wall, they will face fierce attacks from two front and rear firepower points, and from time to time they will have to face the bombardment of concealed artillery.
In this way, they must be concerned about the bottom, but not the top, and if they can take care of the top, they can't take care of the bottom. As the saying goes, caring about the top but not the bottom, on the contrary, it is a dilemma between the top and the bottom, and it is destined to be in embarrassment.
Behind the low walls between the three waves, some more hiding holes will be dug. In this way, the cold soldiers as killers can not only avoid the scorching sun, but also take the initiative to attack the camp at the right time. A wave of Tatar thieves.
After all, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanbei Army are not scumbag old soldiers who just want to hold on to death?
Naturally, they have to defend and attack, find openings in the defense to attack, and give the Tatar thieves a sudden attack, so that they will not dare to underestimate me, the soldiers of the Xuanbei Army!
Of course, although these low walls leave some spaces every other section, they look extremely irregular to outsiders. For example, when you enter the space on the first low wall, you are faced with another thick wall. With a low wall, you need to take a few steps to the left or right, or even a dozen steps, before you can continue to touch the open space and enter the open space behind the low wall.
Moreover, Zhang Cheng also planned to place some artillery, such as tiger squat cannons and mortar cannons, in the empty spaces of each wave of low walls. In addition, there were also some flying cannons.
Zhang Cheng is currently unsure of the power of this new type of artillery that shoots clay shells, but he knows that the best way to test the effectiveness of the artillery is to pull it to the position and fire a few shots to know the result.
This is not over yet, because there are three trenches in front of each low wall, and the earthwork taken out is used to build the low wall. Therefore, although the low wall is not tall, it is extremely wide. Even if the Tatars climb up the low wall, they cannot directly When it was turned over, and when it was high up, it became the target of Xuanbei's gunners.
Take the Yunzhou Type 2 flintlock musket used by Chen Zheng of the Xuanbei Army as an example. Under normal circumstances, its effective range is about 120 steps, but most Tatar thieves are double armored. In this way, between 60 and 80 steps At a distance of ten steps, it should be able to cause effective damage to the Tartar thieves.
On the northeast side of Changling Mountain near the stream, not far from the stream, there are also several low walls built. They should be built all the way to the northwest side of Changling Mountain. One is to protect the water source, and the other is to prevent Tatar thieves from following the stream. Go up and attack the camp from the flank.
After all, this kind of mountain stream is not destined to be very deep, only reaching the knees, and the water flow is not fast. People and horses can still walk along the stream.
Moreover, although the northwest part of Changling Mountain is steep and criss-crossed with ravines, for the sake of caution, several ditches and low walls need to be dug here and observation posts set up to prevent elite Tatars, such as theirs, from Baya La's soldiers passed through the danger and risked their lives to attack.
Finally, Chen Jiugao, the commander of the front camp of the Shenji Camp, generously supported Zhang Cheng. Four Hongyi cannons were erected on the top of the mountain. When the time came, using the Huolu Pier as a viewing point, the surrounding situation could be seen at a glance.
Listening to Zhang Cheng's planned defense arrangements, all the generals of the Xuanbei Army quickly calculated and compared them in their minds. Especially Chen Zheng, as the chief general stationed in Changling Mountain, he took out a painting from his arms and wrote it. military map on cloth.
He spread the map on a big stone, and everyone started to look at it. Other generals also gathered to look at it. But when they saw the map, they all felt dizzy, including the governor Hong Chengchou. .
This map was specially drawn by Zhang Cheng's sentry cavalry when they came here to survey it. However, it is completely different from the maps popular in the Ming Dynasty. There is no "Impressionism" in it.
It is drawn according to the trend of the mountains. There are circles on top of each other to represent the mountains. Lines of varying thickness represent roads and rivers. There are also various shapes such as triangles, squares, rectangles, etc. Represents forts, forts, piers, etc.
After looking at it for a moment, Hong Chengchou seemed to understand what was shown in the picture. He asked with doubts: "General Zhongchen, who came up with this painting method?"
Zhang Cheng hurriedly bowed and clasped his fists and replied: "Reporting to the governor, this painting method is easy to understand and completely consistent with the actual trend of the mountains. It is actually recommended by my duty."
He then briefly introduced the meanings of the circles, lines, triangles, and squares in the map to Hong Chengchou and the officials. After he said, it was indeed easy to understand, simple and clear, unlike the Ming Dynasty officials who revised the map. All of them are "Impressionists", and they all have the names of regional fortresses, but what about their locations?
What is shown on the map is just a direction. If you have not been there in person, you can only know which direction it is located in the southeast, northwest and northwest based on the Ming Dynasty map alone. There is no intuitive specific location at all.
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After Zhang Cheng finished explaining his ideas one by one, he sneered and said: "In this case, even if the Tatars come with 20,000 or even 30,000 horsemen, our camp at Changling Mountain can still hold on for three or five days. Captured by it.
In these three to five days, we can mobilize our troops and horses, surround them here, and annihilate them all! "
Everyone was shocked when they heard what he said: Is Zhang Cheng so arrogant that he actually wants to gather 20,000 to 30,000 Tatar thieves here to surround and annihilate them?
They gathered around Chen Zheng, looking at the topographic map repeatedly, drawing on it, and discussing...
According to the defense plan designed by Zhang Cheng, although this section of Changling Mountain is not impregnable, it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, most of them couldn't believe that Zhang Chengyan could withstand the fierce attack of 30,000 Tatar thieves for three to five days. They all shook their heads and sighed, feeling that Zhang Cheng was bragging and talking big words.
After all, this happens to everyone all the time!
Even the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, was a little confused. The commander-in-chief, Zhang Ruoqi, was on Zhang Cheng's side and couldn't believe it, but he didn't question it at all.
Only Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, looked at Zhang Cheng, but the expression in his eyes was quite complicated. As a witness to the Battle of Julu that year, and his understanding of Zhang Cheng in the past few years.
In his heart, he still believed that Zhang Cheng's troops would be able to hold off against the Tatars for three to five days by virtue of the location of the trench and the low walls and the sharp firearms in his camp.
But I also vaguely feel the terrifying side of Zhang Cheng in my heart. If Zhang Cheng has evil intentions towards the court in the future, who can stop him at that time?
He shook his head, driving away the unrealistic thoughts in his heart, and discussed with the generals the pros and cons of the arrangement on Changling Mountain.
Chen Jiugao, Wang Pu, Fu Yingchong, Guo Yingxian and others were very happy. They firmly believed that Zhang Cheng's subordinate camp would be able to hold on to this place and cause heavy casualties and bloodshed to the incoming Tatars.
Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of the China Association of Training and Training, and several others looked at Zhang Cheng with complicated expressions: Damn, this guy really has his way, don’t accept it!
Especially Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Association's division training, he even thought secretly: "It seems that I can also arrange it like this at Wudaoling?"
