The fourth watch day is the time when human physiological mechanisms are the most tired.

A sharp whistling crossed the sky, and a cannonball flew under the Tower Hill Fort with a perfect ballistic curve, followed by a dull loud noise, and the concussion from afar made Duoduo, who had just fallen asleep in the main fort, wake up by the vibration on the ground, and couldn't help but scold the tyrannical Duoduo: "Shoot cannons while the old men are sleeping, these dog thieves are really too bullying!" When Lao Tzu didn't have artillery?! Hurry up and call the minions in charge of the artillery to this king, open fire, and shoot back! ……”

Before the words fell, there was a series of explosions and fires.

A Jiala Zhangjing who rushed to hear the sound was a little panicked, "Master, the slave went to pass on the master's message and ordered the artillery team to fire back!" However, looking at this posture, heavy artillery and rockets are used in a mixed manner, and I think the Ming dogs are about to start attacking again! ”

"Bastard thing!" Dodor slashed his sword against the woolen blanket on the ground, not knowing which one he was scolding.

Every other bag of cigarettes rained down on the line of defense that Dodor had personally led, and from time to time someone reported the damage from all over the place. Two rounds of shells and rockets brought him more than a hundred casualties, two bunkers were destroyed, and one battery caught fire and burned.

But this is not the worst, the news from the forward positions came one by one, the Ming army set up an unknown number of cannons on Dayu Mountain and Hongluo Mountain, and more and more artillery fire began to pour shells in the direction of Tashan.

"Master! The servant asked, today's artillery fire is more fierce than in previous days, I think Li Huamei also carried the artillery on the gunboat down and bombarded our camp! "The armor and clothes were covered with black plaster and mud, and a few inconspicuous places were burned by the flames, and a few holes were burned. The face that was originally very energetic and heroic was also covered with dust. However, this appearance of Li Shutai was quite appreciated by Duoduo.

"Good minion. Unafraid! No matter how much artillery she Li Huamei has, it will be useless for the children and grandchildren of the Guan Ning Army to use it! Thou hast preached on behalf of the king, and the whole army is on alert! Waiting for Guan Ningjun to come up and send him to death! ”

At the sound of an order, all the Qing troops were mobilized, and the soldiers stretched their frozen bodies with difficulty. Stretch out hard and prepare for the upcoming battle. People instinctively felt that this could be their last battle in Tower Hill, and it was also very likely that it would be their people's last battle. From the growth to the Kalazhang Kyoto, he became nervous, shuttling back and forth among his subordinates, encouraging his subordinates from time to time, and trying to make some smiles. Dolgon, who commanded the whole army at Fort Tower Hill, also knew that the great battle was imminent, and ordered the preparation of a very rich breakfast, hot sorghum rice dumplings and hot hot dishes. As long as you can soberly mention that you can join the battlefield battle, there is also the supply of sugarcane wine and red pepper that can bring warmth to people's bodies, almost regardless of the cost.

A dense burst of rockets exploded a sea of fire in front of and behind the Qing army's position, and the officers who had been blown up immediately jumped into the bunkers and hidden soldiers' caves one by one, waiting for the Ming army to start attacking.

It is a pity that those wounds left between the two sides after a series of hard battles yesterday survived a cold winter night, and I don't know how many people were killed by the cold wind on the seaside, leaving a frozen corpse. Some of the wounded survived by freezing, but they lost their lives to the intense rocket fire.

Dordor in his own bunker. With the help of binoculars, he looked at the offensive formation of the Ming army in the distance. In a narrow lens. The shield cart full of the Ming army, behind the shield cart are countless flags, and under the banner, there is a large group of Ming troops, slowly pushing the shield cart, slowly but unstoppably pressed over. couldn't help but make him shiver excitedly, remembering the avalanche he encountered when he followed his father Khan out hunting. The snow on the mountain also began to slow down in this way, and then it collapsed rapidly, devouring the objects that dared to stop it, and burying the people and horses who went out to hunt alive in it.

"Quick! Order the artillery team to open fire! ”

"Go see Prince Rui. Please send at least two Jiala to this king, otherwise this place will not be able to be defended!" ”

Judging from the momentum of the Ming army's advance, Duoduo felt that something was wrong.

But he is not worried, he has heavy artillery, strengthened fortifications, and strong enough troops at hand, and what he lacks now is the need for reserves, reserves that can be put into battle at any time!

After a while, the cannon rumbled, and Arzin, who had been sent to ask Dorgon to mobilize his reserves, was almost thrust into Dodor's bunker by a rocket explosion.

"Let Prince Yu hold on for a long time! This king's troops here are also insufficient! Xia Chengde in the direction of Songshan, this dog thing, for the sake of military merits, actually dared to attack behind my two white flags! ”

After receiving Li Huamei's promise of "at least one deputy general", Xia Chengde, a general in Songshan, saw the opportunity today and ordered his son Xia Shu to lead hundreds of families as the main force, and dispatched a model brigade stationed in Songshan, a unit of troops left behind in Datong Town, and Shanxi Town. A force of about four thousand men swooped down on Dolgon's back.

As a result, Dolgon's reserves were less and less available. He could only send his Baya Lama Zhangjing with elite white armor to turn around and deal with the thousands of Ming troops coming from the direction of Songshan.

The attacking forces of the Ming army, in an extremely dense formation, with the support of artillery, occupied the trench that had been filled in by the corpses of soldiers on both sides at a small cost.

"Go to two people, and report to the handsome and mother! Let's just say that our department is progressing smoothly! Qin Shouren, the main commander of this wave of attacks, commanded his family leader with a little nervousness and pride.

God seems to be fair to everyone on the surface, but at this time he is clearly biased in favor of the Dorgon brothers who are guarding Tower Hill. Perhaps it is to see that the dense artillery shells often cause great casualties in the formation of the Qing army's counterattack, today in the narrow area of Tashan, the cold northwest wind accompanied by countless snowflakes fell, coupled with the morning fog that did not dissipate, brought great trouble to the observation of the Ming artillery, so that those who usually in the artillery mirror, shooting and calculating the secret position of the Yuan, can do where to point the artillerymen are greatly annoyed, the hit rate of the artillery is not high, even so, the ground frozen hard as steel is still the best performance venue for solid bullets, The casualties inflicted on the Qing army were still very terrifying.

Just when the artillerymen jumped to their feet and scolded their mothers for the worsening accuracy of their shooting. According to the hundreds of Qing officers and soldiers guarding the forward bunker, they roared, and in the shouts full of wild excitement, they rushed out of the bunker, rushed forward quickly, crossed the open field full of craters and corpses, and rushed directly towards the shield carts of the Ming army not far away. One side impact. He kept throwing the long-range throwing weapons such as bones, throwing axes, javelins, and broadswords in his hands towards the Ming army behind the shield cart. Duoduo was a little surprised, he opened his mouth wide to look at this qiē, and shouted loudly: "This group of minions, this king has not given an order yet, which order told them to rush out?!" ”

But at this point, it's too late to say anything. The group of Qing soldiers were dizzy from the shelling, and they just wanted to mix with the Ming army as much as possible, even if they were hacked to death by random knives in the blink of an eye, it was better than the feeling of constantly having shells smashing on the top of their heads.

This move caught Qin Shouren and the others off guard. They did not expect that the Qing army would dare to face the attacking Ming army in the face of the attacking Ming army when there were shells falling on the position.

If it is someone else, in the face of this situation, he will immediately rely on the cover of the shield car, use the firearms in his hand and all kinds of small artillery carried to destroy this Qing army and continue to advance, even if there will be casualties in the process. But the losses of the troops would also be much smaller, and the Qing army would be slaughtered instead. But. Unfortunately, the leading officer of this Ming army was Qin Shouren.

"Master! The Ming army is in chaos! Retreated! ”

"Bastard thing! Qin Shouren, Lao Tzu is going to kill you! ”

The rapid rout of Qin Shouren's troops completely tore off the camouflage that the Guanning army had been wearing in the hearts of the anti-thieves in Liaodong these days. Immediately, the morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted, and hundreds of Qing soldiers who were originally bent on death waved their swords and guns like wolves driving sheep to drive the more than 2,000 people under Qin Shouren's department.

The rapid rout of the attacking forces of the Ming army. The impact on the battlefield commanders of the Ming and Qing armies was enormous, but it was also very different.

Duoduo, who was in ecstasy, never dreamed that the Ming army, which had been pressing himself for many days, turned out to be the army that was fierce and inward! And what surprised him even more. It was originally a small-scale counterattack of hundreds of people, but the officers who had fought the old battle keenly captured the fighters, and immediately the brigade followed up, and the Ming army had already collapsed!

"Come on! Lift up the king's dragon! Follow this king out and kill the dog! ”

Although with the status of Duoduo inlaid with white flag and Prince Yu, he did not need to go into battle in person to wield a knife to fight hand-to-hand, but at this point today, he did not say that he personally waved his sword into battle, but he erected a dragon and made a gesture It is also a big help for the Qing army to improve morale, and at the same time, it can also dispel the courage that the Ming army has left in the rout.

The golden dragon was erected, Duoduo himself drew his sword and rushed out first, hundreds of white-armored soldiers and domestic slave guards followed closely behind him, and the Qing army on the entire defense line rushed out with a roar. The Ming officers and soldiers were dazzled, and they only felt that the dead Qing army, which had just been suppressed by us, rushed to the front like a gust of wind in a blink of an eye, and without thinking much about it, under the leadership of Qin Shouren and many officers, many soldiers also screamed, and then collectively turned around and ran backwards.

Seeing that the Ming army threw off their armor and ran backwards, and even the hundreds of shield carts and artillery that had been easily pushed in front of them with countless efforts were all thrown to the ground, and the morale of the Qing army exploded again. The fatigue of the cold, hunger, and war was gone, and they each roared wildly and rushed forward with the swords and guns in their hands. In the blink of an eye, Qin Shouren's thousands of soldiers and horses collapsed, or died under the swords and guns, or knelt on the snow and begged for surrender. The Qing officers and soldiers were intoxicated with the excitement of a victory that they had not experienced for a long time, and while they were slashing and chasing the fleeing Ming army, they shouted and cursed: "You damned Ming dogs, Nikan! ”

Qin Shouren's headquarters fled in a hurry, leaving behind flags, artillery, many weapons, helmets, kettles, shields, firearms, medicines, and bags of dry food along the way.

"Don't stop! Pursue! Drive the Ming dog into the sea! That's a lot of that! ”

Someone tried to pick up the loot, but was sobered up by a slap from Ilgen and the others, so they just strode forward and chased after them.

When he chased to the second line of defense, he met Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui, who had a blue face, took over the second line of defense with 10,000 of his own. All the officers and soldiers of Qin Shouren's guerrilla battalion that he encountered were tied up without saying a word, and they were all cut off with a knife. More than 1,000 bloody human heads hung on the chest wall, making all the officers and soldiers in Ningyuan Town and Shanhai Town so frightened that they all urinated one by one.

"Ben Shuai is leading you to break the enemy today! Whoever dares to retreat, this is an example! ”

Wu Sangui led his family and wolf riders to rush to the trench where Qin Shouren was defeated and retreated. Dodor was leading men to clean up the battlefield, carry artillery, contain prisoners, and adjust the direction of the shield cart.

Seeing Wu Sangui's handsome flag, the guy who had dealt with him for many years rushed back with his soldiers and horses, looking for the gunner among the captives. Duoduo, who lured the captives to serve him with swords and silver, hurriedly forced the captives to adjust the shield cart, trying to use the shield cart to block Wu Sangui's sharp energy, and then use artillery to consume him before fighting the Ming army. It's just that there are too many shield cars, and Qin Shouren discarded the shield cars in a mess when he fled, how could it be possible to turn them around for a while? Seeing Wu Sangui leading his elite to pounce up, some of the prisoners who were originally very obedient took advantage of the chaos to pick up swords and guns from the ground and fight with the Qing army.

The entire battlefield was in chaos in an instant, the main force of the Ming army and the elite of the Qing army were mixed together, and Wu Sangui's handsome banner was only a stone's throw away from Duoduo's golden dragon silk!

"Kill Dodor! Kill Duoduo! ”

The sharp-eyed officers and soldiers of Ningyuan Town saw that not far away was the golden dragon silk of Jiannu, the owner of the white flag and the prince of Yu. couldn't help but be overjoyed, chanting slogans in their mouths, just rushing forward to kill.

Unlike Qin Shouren's subordinates, who were about to collapse at the touch of a button, Ningyuan Town, especially Wu Sangui's direct troops and his family, were really worthy of the food reward given to them by Li Huamei. In the face of the continuous counterattack of the Qing army, Wu Sangui kept waving the spear in his hand and stabbed the Qing army rushing to death. Then he waved the blood-dripping spear and shouted at his subordinates: "Follow the general." Kill it! Kill Duoduo! ”

And Duoduo, who was not far from Wu Sangui, saw this situation. couldn't help but arouse the hidden blood, and even took the lead in ignoring the obstruction of the Baya soldiers around him. Xue Liang's heavy saber swing had already cut a Ming soldier who rushed to the front into two sections, and he shouted loudly in his mouth, and he was majestic and murderous!

But how could Wu Sangui let Duoduo continue to be majestic? With more than shouting and urging the subordinates to charge forward, the two sides began to fight repeatedly. In this narrow area, there was a non-stop attack, and both sides desperately attacked forward.

It was also a thrilling and heart-pounding battle for Dord, who he had participated in in all the Manchu wars for as long as he can remember. There have been few such arduous and tragic hand-to-hand combat, and if there were, they were short-lived, often ending in the rapid collapse of the Ming or Mongol or Korean armies.

But today is really different. Both sides have the determination to fight to the death, that is, to keep attacking, with blood and lives to fight a bloody road, first the Qing army attacked, the Ming army repelled dozens of steps, and then the Ming army launched the same fierce counterattack, the Qing army back to the original place, the distance between the two sides is no longer measured in meters, but in corpses.

At first, the counterattack carried out by the white flag under the leadership of Duoduo was very smooth, and Ning Yuanzhen was forced back by a hundred or so paces in a row, and it seemed that it was about to win space for the gunners behind to shoot, and even captured a hundred and ten prisoners. But the next attack was counterattacked by Wu Sangui himself, and even Duoduo and Wu Sangui were both engaged in hand-to-hand combat, sharp and sharp weapons pierced directly into the enemy's body, accompanied by a short burst of screams and exclamations, hot blood sprayed on the snow, and became cold in an instant.

The clouds are getting lower and lower, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, countless snowflakes are scattered in the air, the cold wind blows through every face of the Ming and Qing armies on the battlefield, and the knife-like cold wind brings endless chill to all the people. This should be the coldest winter in the memory of those who fought on the battlefield, but almost all of them forgot about the cold, turned a blind eye to the snow flakes falling overhead, shouted and killed one after another, and the battle reached a fever pitch.

Gradually, the military horses with white flags were at a disadvantage.

The same horsetail grenade in Ningyuan Town kept sweeping overhead from the rear of the formation and exploded in the ranks of the Qing army. This kind of scoundrel and hooligan style of play is very effective, and gradually the soldiers with white flags have no choice but to find that as long as they gather a little, they will immediately attract a group of black eagles to fly and explode overhead.

"This bastard Duoduo! Which one wants him to go into battle himself! ”

Seeing more and more Ming army flags around Duoduo's weaving gold dragon silk, Dolgon, who couldn't help but watch the battle at the head of Tashan City, was also a little breathless.

"Tune up two horns! Drive Wu Sangui down! Bring Prince Yu to see the king! ”

Dorgon threw the last two of his reserves into the Battle of Tower Hill.

"Miss! Tashan Dolgon's forces have been thrown into battle! ”

In the Hongluo Mountain camp, Shi Lang was a little excited to show this latest military situation to Li Huamei, who was also wearing a helmet and armor.

Li Huamei didn't say much, rode her horse to the Guards Brigade and the Naval Division Lu Battalion, which had been lined up for a long time, pulled out her sword, slashed diagonally downward, and pointed the tip of the sword towards Baitai Mountain on the flank of Tashan.

"Guards battalion, forward!"

The officers and men of the Guards Brigade shouted in unison, resounding through the sky the slogans shouted by their predecessors by the Lingjiang River. (To be continued......)