"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As the war drums of the Xuanfu Army sounded, the artillery on the rows of tanks beside the trench also roared and shot out cannons one after another, whizzing towards the Mongolian soldiers of the Waifan on the other side of the trench.
There are a total of sixty tanks on the left side of Yu Jin's tank. Now he uses every ten tanks as a combat team to concentrate artillery bombardment to cover the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion filling the trenches.
Although the trenches dug by the Tatars were one foot deep and two feet wide, the Xuanfu army did not need to fill them all in. According to Zhang Cheng's deployment, they only needed to fill in six passages under the cover of chariots.
The Mongolian cavalry of the outer vassal on the opposite side naturally would not let Zhang Cheng fill the trench so easily. However, they rode up several times and fired waves of arrows. Unfortunately, the Xuanfu army officers were protected by chariots and their arrows Yata is of no use.
However, the rhythmic bombardment from the Ming army's chariots, coupled with the continuous shooting of fire guns and large guns from the tank camp above the card, did not hurt many Xuanfu army infantry, but their own knights suffered a lot.
Seeing that neither cavalry nor infantry fire could stop the Xuanfu army from filling the trenches, they no longer tried in vain. Instead, they gathered the remaining Mongolian cavalry into several small teams, each with forty or fifty riders, and started one step away from the trenches. Spread out and patrol two hundred paces away.
Looking at the Mongolian cavalry in the distance, Zhang Cheng sneered and said: "Look over there, the Beibei soldiers want to attack our army when our infantry camp passes through the trench and has not yet established a stable foothold."
Amidst the roaring sound of cannons and cannons, Zhang Guodong said with a smile: "Humph, we must let these northern captives know how powerful our Xuanfu army is."
He looked back at Zhang Cheng and asked for instructions: "Commander, the six passages have now been filled in. The Chicheng Battalion requests to go out and pass the trench in front to fight the Beibei cavalry."
Zhang Cheng looked at Zhang Guodong and said solemnly: "Guodong, with light vehicles in front and infantry behind, go through the trenches and form a formation at the head. Only use firecrackers to control the enemy and avoid direct close combat."
"Here. Commander, I'll save you the last one." Zhang Guodong answered.
A smile flashed across Zhang Cheng's lips, and he said rather mysteriously: "According to the detective report, the Mongolian soldiers and horses from the foreign vassal on the opposite side are coming to help the Tartar thieves, and they may not be of the same mind as the Tartar thieves.
You must not only fight steadily, but also beat them severely. You must establish the reputation of our Xuanfu Army so that from now on, whenever and wherever they see the battle flag of our Xuanfu Army, they will be in panic. "
"Here. Commander, please rest assured, Zhang Guodong will definitely fulfill his mission!"
"Go ahead."
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With the sound of big drums, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu Army began to line up on one side of the trench.
They rolled out three light vehicles in front of the infantry formation, followed by two rows of shield soldiers, then the Akagi camp gunners, and finally the sword, shield soldiers and spearmen.
Four of the six filled passages were arranged in this way, while the outermost passages on the north and south sides only had ten chariots arranged on both sides of the passage entrance, but there were no soldiers from the Chicheng Battalion waiting in formation.
These two passages were reserved for the cavalry. After the infantry of the Chicheng Battalion passed the trench and formed a formation to meet Baylor, Guo Yingxian's troops went to the south, and Lin Fangping's Tiger Guard Battalion and Huang Baozhong's servants went to the north.
In this way, the Mongolian cavalry of the foreign vassal on the opposite side was attracted by the infantry camp, so the cavalry could pass quickly without hindrance, and then outflank the opposite Mongolian cavalry from both wings.
"Gu..."
A shrill swan-like trumpet sounded, and four teams of light vehicles were pushed forward by the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion. The soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion followed closely and rushed straight to the opposite side of the trench.
At the same time, the rumbling sound of artillery also sounded immediately, and accompanied by the "crackling" sound of firecrackers, cannonballs and cannonballs flew towards the Beibei cavalry on the opposite side of the trench.
This row of chariots is about five or six steps away from the trench, while the Beilu cavalry on the opposite side is one or two hundred steps away. Naturally, ordinary fire cannons cannot shoot that far, but the Xuanfu Army's chariot battalion is equipped with large But the gun can shoot one or two hundred steps.
The No. 4 Fran machine gun equipped on each tank could fire hundreds of steps away. At this time, in order to bombard the Beilu cavalry on the opposite side, the firing angle was deliberately lowered.
Soon, the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion pushed the light cart up the trench channel. They were like four long dragons, leaning out of the formation. As the smoke and dust brought by the wheels rolled forward, the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion also rushed towards the Beilu on the opposite side. The cavalry went away.
Just as the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion pushed the light cart through the trench, the Beibei cavalry from the opposite side came galloping in groups, intending to defeat the Chicheng Battalion before it formed a formation.
However, they chose the right way of playing in front of the wrong opponent.
However, this seemingly correct style of play also turned into a mistake for the Mongolian cavalry of nearly a thousand foreign vassals because they chose the wrong opponent!
Because, just as the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion pushed the light vehicle across the trench, the rocket boxes on three of the ten tanks providing fire support at each passage were ignited.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!..."
Large rockets roared across the ditch with brilliant tail flames, heading straight for the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side.
The smoke in the caravan that was originally caused by the firing of cannons became thicker due to the ignition of the rocket box. Even if the mountain wind blew, it could not be blown away for a while.
There was still not enough space in the thick smoke to shoot out the rockets. Under the setting sun, the tail flames of the rockets were even more brilliant, as if they were emitting colorful rays of light.
Cannons, large shells, and rockets almost enveloped the entire battlefield on the opposite side of the trench. None of the Mongolian cavalry from the outer vassals was spared. Before they could engage with the soldiers of the Akagi Battalion, they were already suffering constant casualties.
Although the guns and artillery at this time were astonishingly powerful, their hits were really low. However, even so, under the mixed bombardment that was close to saturation, the Mongolian cavalry still suffered a lot of casualties.
However, most people who are injured by cannonballs cannot survive, but most of those who are hit by rockets are not life-threatening. Unless they are shot flatly by rockets at close range and directly penetrate the body, then that is a different matter.
Under the cover of light vehicles and their own cannons and rockets, the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion quickly passed through the trench and formed a shield formation on the opposite side. They were also advancing slowly. Every ten steps the gunners took, they fired a shot. Wheel of fire.
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The banner owner of the Outer Mongolian Tumote Right Banner, Zhasak Shanba, was the commander-in-chief of the Outer Mongolian soldiers who blocked Guo Yingxian's reinforcements.
There were only more than 1,500 Northern captive cavalry on his side. At first, with the trenches already dug, he did not take Guo Yingxian's more than 4,000 Ming cavalry seriously.
After all, our side and the Ming army are facing each other across a trench, and the number of people and horses on the opposite side is more than twice ours, so what can we do?
Could it be that they could still grow wings and fly directly across the deep and wide trench?
And if they want to fill the trench, their knights are not vegetarians, let alone decorations. They will definitely use sharp arrows to shoot the Ming army on the opposite side without knowing who their father and mother are!
But the idea is beautiful, but the reality is not ordinary skinny.
At the beginning, he was still confused about the large number of Ming soldiers on the opposite side, but they retreated beyond the range of his own bows and arrows. He neither made any move to fill the trenches nor retreated.
Just when Shanba was full of doubts, he saw another group of Ming troops approaching on foot.
However, he did not panic because of this. After all, the cavalry had the advantage on his own side. Even if the Ming army tried their best to fill the trenches, they would still leave piles of bones here.
If you can beat your own side, you can fight. If you can't, you can also ride back. Do the Ming army's cavalry still dare to pursue them?
However, he did not expect that the Ming army in front of him was more fierce than the Ming army stationed on Changling Mountain. It was after this battle that Shanba began to rethink his relationship with the Qing. Keep it up like this.
After all, this time in the Battle of Jinzhou, he saw a different scene than before.
Now, Shanba no longer hesitated. The fierce artillery fire from the Xuanfu army not only caused a lot of casualties to his knights, but also reminded him of what happened on Changling Mountain.
The relationship between their outer vassal Mongolian tribes and the Qing Dynasty was far less close than that of the Eight Banners Mongolia, and their loyalty was not very high. They were just frightened by the Tatars' military prowess, and wanted to follow them to gain some benefits. They all agreed to lead troops to help in the battle.
Therefore, once their casualties exceed expectations, or they have a premonition that there will be no benefits to be gained, they will naturally want to quit.
Zasak, a foreign Mongolian vassal like Shanba, did not want the warriors of his tribe to die here in vain. If they really lost their troops and generals, they would not gain much benefit.
If this is the outcome, it will definitely affect Shanba's prestige in the tribe. If it is more serious, it will even threaten his dominance in the tribe.
Therefore, when he saw the sharp artillery power of the Ming army opposite, he was surprised. It was only then that he remembered that the color of the flag of the Ming army opposite had a sense of déjà vu.
After thinking deeply about it, I suddenly remembered that the colors of the Ming army's flags across the way seemed to be very similar to the colors of the Ming army's flags on Changling Mountain.
The Mongolian tribes of their outer vassal often broke into the border areas of the Ming Dynasty to plunder. Although they had many interactions with the border troops of the Ming Dynasty, especially the border troops in the northwest, they still had only a partial understanding of the colors of the Ming army's flags.
Now, he first felt the power of the volley of guns and artillery, which seemed familiar, and then he realized that the two Ming army flags were actually very similar.
Shanba couldn't believe it. Why did Mingguo, who had always been a coward, suddenly come out with so many fierce and powerful troops?
He was not willing to gnaw hard bones for the Qing emperor. He just wanted to follow the Tatars and drink soup. But now that he saw the Ming army on the opposite side with many horses and sharp artillery fire, how could he fight to the death with them.
What's more, in the smoke on the opposite side of the trench, he saw two teams of knights riding through the trench and outflanking his own knights.
The northern barbarians of Tumote's right-wing banner, headed by Shanba, took advantage of the Ming army's cavalry before they could pass through the ditch, and hurriedly snatched up their own dead and wounded warriors and rode towards the west.
There were only a dozen or so Beilu knight skeletons left behind that were too late to be collected, as well as dead or injured horses everywhere!
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In the 14th year of Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of September, it was dark at night.
At this moment, it may be late autumn elsewhere, but the land of Liaodong has entered the early winter. Especially after the sun sets, the land that has lost the sunshine has become extremely cold.
The Songxing Avenue, more than ten miles northeast of Xingshan Fort in Liaodong, was brightly lit, stretching for several miles along the mountains beside the avenue, like a fire dragon.
It was Zhang Cheng's Xuan army and horses who came back from the Songshan front line to camp here, and their location was also part of Changling Mountain.
However, this section of mountains was undulating and stretching toward the northeast, so it was not suitable for camping, so they set up camp along Songxing Avenue.
The entire camp stretched for several miles, and some open spaces were left between the various camps so that they could have room to react when the police encountered them and could rescue each other, lest one battalion be attacked and the whole army collapse.
Less than five miles further west from here is where the troops led by Duduo, Prince of Henan of the Qing Dynasty, were stationed with the white, red and yellow flags. And more than ten miles north was the Xingshan Castle.
In order to resist the cold night wind in early winter, Zhang Cheng set up camp early. In addition to setting up light and dark sentries in the surrounding mountains, he ordered his soldiers to cut down more trees.
Nowadays, there are piles of bonfires lit inside and outside each camp, and many soldiers gather around the bonfires to keep warm. After the names of each battalion, department, and bureau are called, except for those who go out on patrol, they have to go into the camp to rest.
There is a large camp in the middle. The lights are the same as elsewhere, but there are slightly more patrols inside and outside the camp. This is the Chinese army camp of Zhang Cheng, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town.
Within the Chinese army's tent, the battalion officers returning for reinforcements will gather here to discuss important military matters.
Veteran General Guo Yingxian had just introduced the military situation he had learned, and finally said: "The slaves are treacherous and have dug trenches everywhere. Their intention is to prevent me from returning reinforcements. From this point of view, Xingshan, Gaoqiao, Tashan and other places are really dangerous. "
Zhang Guangda immediately responded: "Commander, there are only more than 3,000 soldiers in Dushi Camp. Even if you include the left side of the carriage, it is less than 5,000 people. And it has been three days and nights in Changling Mountain alone against tens of thousands of slave thieves.
Now that the slave thieves have spare strength, they have sent out troops to dig trenches and block the roads. Changling Mountain must have been surrounded by the slave thieves. Brother Chen Zheng is also in extreme danger. Please make a decision quickly. We will wait for how to fight the slave thieves tomorrow. Relieve the siege of Changling Mountain. "
Zhang Cheng knew that he was really worried about Chen Zheng's safety, so he just smiled but didn't say anything.
Zhang Guodong on the side said with a smile: "Zhang Huzi, you will be confused if you care."
He went on to say: "If Brother Chen's Monolith Camp were to fight against tens of thousands of Tatars alone, it would be really dangerous. Not to mention that you are worried, which one of us here can be relieved?
No matter how many ditches and low walls there are on Changling Mountain, no matter how strong the stone fortress on the top of the mountain is, the numerical disadvantage here will eventually be broken by slave thieves. "
Zhang Guodong continued: "But it's different now. Now that my army has reached this place with more than 10,000 troops, how can we allow the slaves and thieves to attack Brother Chen with all their strength?
Even if I don't do anything, Duduo won't allow me to wait for the army, just camp beside him! "
"Hahaha……"
As soon as Zhang Guodong finished speaking, there was a burst of hearty laughter in the big tent.
