On the front line of Songshan, Zhang Malin stared at the Ming army coming towards the mountainside. At the same time, he continued to adjust the artillery in his hand. After adjusting the angle, he directly fired the gun himself.
An instant later, the two-hundred-jin artillery in his hand fired again, and then the other two-hundred-jin artillery beside him also fired. The two artillery fired large iron beads and shrapnel, causing about Seventy-eight county warriors were killed or wounded.
However, the Ming army at the foot of the mountain did not stop its attack. Driven by the soldiers behind, the county warriors in front could only continue to climb up the mountain even if they were reluctant.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Malin was also helpless.
Although the two artillery pieces under his command are very powerful, their rate of fire is just that. Even if they fire at maximum speed regardless of the cannon's endurance, the rate of fire is not that fast.
After the Ming army below withstood the artillery bombardment, as long as they were not directly hit by a round of artillery bombardment and collapsed, they could continue to attack during the interval of artillery fire.
As the Ming army continued to advance, especially when they climbed halfway up the mountainside, due to the impact of the shooting range, his two artillery guns could no longer directly aim at the Ming army on the left mountainside for bombardment.
In desperation, Zhang Malin could only ignore these Ming troops, then adjusted the angle of the artillery, and began to bombard a large number of Ming troops directly in front of the valley.
The Ming troops on the mountainside on the left can only be dealt with by archers and infantry.
Not long after, the Baoxiang camp soldiers on the top of the mountain began to shoot arrows at the Ming army who entered the range of their own bows and arrows.
They were condescending, and the trees in this area had been cut down in advance, and even some stones and the like had been partially moved away. The Ming army could not find any bunkers when they climbed the mountain to launch an attack.
And halfway up the mountain, there were many horses and other obstacles blocking their progress.
As the Baoxiang soldiers on the top of the mountain began to bend their bows and shoot arrows, the county warriors who finally climbed halfway up the mountain, driven by the soldiers, suffered heavy casualties again.
After more than 20 people were killed and injured by bows and arrows, the remaining 60 or so county warriors finally couldn't hold on any longer and turned around one by one and ran towards the foot of the mountain.
Even though they knew clearly that there were soldiers supervising the battle behind them, they still turned around and ran away.
If he didn't run away, he would probably be shot to death one by one by the bows and arrows on the mountain.
Seeing the county warriors in front fleeing, the soldiers in the rear were not polite at all. They bent their bows and shot arrows, and killed several of the county warriors who were the fastest.
"Those who retreat without authorization will be killed with force!"
After the soldiers killed more than ten people in a row, they finally stopped the soldiers.
But when the soldiers once again drove them up the mountain to attack, these county warriors still stood still.
If you run backward, you will be killed by soldiers. If you attack up the mountain, you will be killed by bandits.
what to do?
Soon some smart people made a choice. These people could not move forward or backward, but they could run to the left and right...
One, two, seven or eight people, so it didn’t take long for these county warriors to swarm towards the mountains on the west side...
When Huang Guangmao from behind saw this scene, his face turned dark.
These county braves are not even qualified to be cannon fodder.
How difficult is it to continue to charge forward to consume the arrows and physical energy of the enemy archers? Just continue to charge forward stupidly, but these county braves did not dare to continue to charge forward, but chose to move towards The mountain forest on one side penetrated.
The county warriors killed and wounded thirty or forty people, and the rest ran into the mountain forest area on the side. The soldiers behind them couldn't stop them even if they wanted to.
what to do?
After Huang Guangmao pondered for a while, he immediately gritted his teeth and ordered: "Let them continue the attack."
The hillside on the left has already been beaten to this point, and Huang Guangmao is not willing to retreat easily.
Once they retreat now, it will mean that hundreds of county warriors have been lost in vain.
Although the county brave is just cannon fodder, and an unqualified cannon fodder at that, the number of county brave cannon fodder he can command is also limited.
After the hundreds of cannon fodder county warriors who attacked the hillside on the left were all lost, it would be difficult for him to mobilize enough cannon fodder county warriors from behind to rush forward and lead the charge.
Therefore, even if you clearly know that continuing to attack will be difficult and will cause losses to your own soldiers.
But for this reason, no matter how difficult it was, even if it cost a certain amount of casualties, he would still try to attack with force.
As a result, the sixty Ming Army soldiers on the hillside on the left moved forward again.
As soon as they stepped forward, the archers from the Baoxiang Camp on the top of the hill also continued shooting.
Covered by the arrows of Baoxiang Camp, even though the quality of these soldiers was better, they still suffered a lot of losses.
After all, not many of these soldiers have armor. Only a dozen of the sixty soldiers have armor, and most of them are still poor cotton armor.
Under the cover of the first round of arrows, seven or eight people were quickly killed or injured, and these Ming soldiers were worthy of being soldiers. Although they were killed by the arrows, they still rushed forward.
But when they were about to reach the top of the mountain, only twenty or thirty meters away from the wooden wall, they encountered a large number of wooden obstacles, making it impossible for them to continue moving forward quickly. When they climbed over these obstacles, They were killed again by dense arrows.
The few Ming troops who browsed through the obstacles were blocked by a wooden wall again. Before they had time to climb up the wooden wall, they had already stabbed the traitor soldiers condescending on the wooden wall to death with spears.
Seeing that the soldiers in front continued to suffer casualties, Huang Guangmao was heartbroken. He finally gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat.
Nearly twenty soldiers under his command have been killed or wounded before and after. If the attack continues like this, the remaining forty soldiers will probably die.
After the Ming army looking in this direction pushed down, Luo Zhixue on the hillside on the left also breathed a sigh of relief.
In just a moment, the left direction was severely tested.
On the opposite side, the Ming army sent a hundred county warriors and 60 soldiers to charge towards the hillside on the left. Our own artillery only had time to conduct the first round of shelling.
However, the Ming army was bombarded and continued to attack after losing seven or eight people.
When they rushed to the mountainside and started shooting with arrows, they had killed and wounded 20 or 30 enemy Xian Yong, forcing the enemy Xian Yong to flee.
Subsequently, the soldiers of the Ming Army stopped the defeated troops and tried to drive the defeated soldiers of the county warriors away again to continue the attack. However, these county warriors fled directly to the side.
Luo Zhixue originally thought that this would be enough for fun, but he didn't expect that the Ming army still refused to give up and actually sent soldiers to continue the attack.
Fortunately, the cavalry sentry men led by Anyondo were very good at archery, and they killed and wounded more than ten enemy soldiers with arrows. Later, in the sporadic hand-to-hand encounters on the wooden wall, some old thieves killed and wounded many more people for the backbone of the soldiers. Only then did the soldiers truly push back the enemy's attack.
With the retreat of the Ming army, it also means that the left defense line is considered safe.
At this time, Luo Zhixue looked towards the front and right side of the valley and found that the Ming troops in these two places were also gradually retreating.
The Ming army on the front of the valley seemed to be outnumbered, but they were not too close to the valley, not even close to the place where the Ming army had left its artillery.
Their more than 200 county warriors were bombarded by two rounds of artillery and covered by several waves of arrows. They killed and wounded more than 20 people before retreating.
The same was true on the right side. The Ming army who climbed the mountain to attack also retreated after killing and wounding more than ten county warriors.
The three lines of defense on the left and right fronts withstood the Ming army's attack, which made Luo Zhixue greatly relieved.
This time it was blocked!
And killed and wounded many enemy troops.
On the left side of the defense line alone, thirty or forty enemy county warriors and twenty combat soldiers were killed and wounded. On the front and right side, dozens of county warriors were also killed and wounded. In total, at least one hundred enemy soldiers were killed and wounded. Xian Yong, who numbered dozens of people, fled into the side mountains and forests. It would not be easy for the Ming army to gather them back together.
While killing many enemies, he was also able to capture a batch of swords and spears left behind by the enemies.
What about the losses of the Baoxiang Battalion that achieved these results?
Luo Zhixue himself was on the left defense line where the fighting was fiercest. He knew some of the casualties on the left defense line. A dozen people were killed by Ming army bows and arrows.
Baoxiang camp used bows and arrows to kill the Ming army. The Ming army soldiers also had bows and arrows, and they would also use bows and arrows to fight back. However, they had wooden walls as bunkers, so most of the Ming army's arrows were shot down, and the overall losses were not high. Not big.
There were no casualties in the front of the valley, because the enemies never really got close to the frontal defense line. While they were still on the periphery, they were bombarded and intercepted by bows and arrows, killing and wounding some of them and retreating.
The right defense line estimated that there were only about four or five casualties, which was still not too many.
Overall, it is estimated that our casualties were around twenty.
The casualty ratio between the two sides was very different.
Of course, this is also because there are a large number of county braves in the Ming army, and the Ming army purely uses the county braves as cannon fodder.
As for the soldiers of the Ming army, there were actually only about 20 of them. For Huang Guangmao's troops, they were far from being considered as serious injuries.
After watching the enemy retreat, Luo Zhixue, who was in a good mood, immediately ordered: "Send people to pick up all the weapons left by the enemy, and also treat our own wounded."
Having said this, Luo Zhixue looked at the open space in front of the valley, where there were still three artillery pieces left by the Ming army.
Even though the two sides had fired several times around this area, so that there were a lot of arrows scattered in this area, the three artillery pieces were actually fine and were still there.
After thinking about it, Luo Zhixue immediately said to Lin Dongsheng: "You lead the team over and see if there is a chance to drag the three artillery over. I will let the artillery team and archers cover you."
As he spoke, he added another sentence: "If there is really no chance, then destroy the artillery truck and don't give the enemy a chance to drag the artillery back."
If these three hundred-jin artillery can be dragged back, it means that one's own artillery firepower can be increased on the spot.
Even if it cannot be dragged back, if the artillery carriages of these three artillery pieces can be destroyed, the Ming army will not be able to do it in a short time if they want to rush over again and take these three artillery pieces back. This will avoid Later, the Ming army was able to make use of these three artillery pieces.
Lin Dongsheng immediately took the order and left!
When Luo Zhixue arranged to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded, Huang Guangmao at the foot of the mountain frowned, and Wang Jida on the side also had a dark face.
And Wang Jida did not force Huang Guangmao to send troops again as before. Instead, he had a dark face and didn't know what he was thinking.
The reason for their demeanor was naturally because the attack just failed miserably!
