The commander sent by Shuo Etu to the Beishan Pass was named Zhan Ban, a man with red flags in Manchuria.

Zhanban was a general that Dai Shan was very optimistic about in his early years, but was later excluded because of the problem of standing in line, and turned to the Dorgon brothers.

Now Zhanban is working under the account of Azig's henchman Shuo Yitu, which can be said to be Azig's descendant.

He didn't have too many red flag marks on his body, and he was completely a good slave of Azig.

Even if Azig gave him a knife to stab Daishan in the heart now, he wouldn't hesitate.

As an experienced general, he certainly understood Shuo Etu's intention of sending him to the North Mountain Pass.

The geographical location of this pass is so important that if you want to go to Hanzhong from the north, you must pass through the Beishan Pass.

Shuo Etu is a very cautious person, and it is impossible to rush into the army until he finds out the truth of the Beishan Pass.

Therefore, Shuo Etu was only allocated to 5,000 people in Zhanban.

This amount is not much, but it is not much, and the effect depends entirely on how Zhan Ban uses it.

Of course, Shuo Etu didn't expect Zhan Ban to rely on these 5,000 people to take the Beishan Pass in one fell swoop, and forcing out the strength of the garrison Ming army was his real goal.

After Zhan Ban led his troops to arrive at the Beishan Pass, he immediately dispersed the rangers to reconnoitre.

Although the Qing army had already launched a reconnaissance of this area before, Zhan Ban still trusted his eyes more.

Compared with the last time, this time the Ming army has obviously set up a camp at a key position in the pass. Although the wooden camp is far less sturdy than the fortress, it is also extremely difficult to attack in this terrain.

However, Zhanban still had to find out what the Ming army was.

He sent 500 men to launch a tentative assault on the camp.

The Ming army also responded to their attack.

Countless arrows came from a great height, knocking some of the slower Qing soldiers to the ground.

But the vast majority of Qing soldiers were well-trained. They immediately raised their shields to protect their faces.

Then they steadily advanced towards the camp gate.

The Ming army then used the Heaven-Shaking Thunder. This thing is extremely powerful, and an explosion in the middle of a crowd can not only break the limbs of Qing soldiers, but also shock their internal organs.

The Qing soldiers were clearly unprepared.

Their shields could block the arrows that flew in the sky, but they could do nothing against the earth-shattering thunder that exploded.

With a scream, most of the five hundred charging soldiers were dead.

Zhan Ban's face turned pale.

There is no doubt that the Ming army was very well prepared, they built a camp at the pass, moved all the soldiers to the camp, and took advantage of the terrain to attack the Qing army.

The firearms they use are even more lethal, and their flesh and blood are very fragile in front of them.

After only one round of attack, Zhanban suffered heavy losses.

It's just that he can't just quit the army.

Shuo Etu called him not only to listen to the reality of the Ming army. Otherwise, a few hundred would be enough, but why should you give him five thousand?

Shuo Etu hoped that he could lose some of the strength of the Ming army while reconnoitring the enemy. In this way, when Shuo Etu led his troops to attack again, the resistance would naturally be smaller.

How did Zhanban not understand this truth.

The big credit is naturally left to the boss, otherwise the boss wants to do you in 10,000 ways.

But he really couldn't think of a good way to do it now. Relying only on the number of people obviously could not pose a threat to the Ming army, but instead increased the morale of others to destroy their own prestige.

After thinking about it, Zhanban decided to order the soldiers to build improvised trebuchets.

The structure of the trebuchet was not complicated, and the Manchurians had mastered the method of making it long ago.

Compared with the redcoat cannon, the power of the trebuchet is naturally lower, but the cost is much cheaper.

And the manufacturing cycle is also very short, so a soldier with a little experience can make it.

Although trebuchets were helpless against strong walls, they were no problem against wooden walls.

Seeing that the Tartars stopped attacking, Liu Fangliang also ordered the soldiers to stop and rest.

Of course, he knew that the Tartar would not give up. Judging by the actions of the Tartars, it seems that they are rushing to make a siege machine. Liu Fangliang had no experience in fighting the Tartars in Liaodong, so he didn't know that the trebuchets that the Tartars were building now were the ones they were best at using.

It wasn't until the Tartars had finished making the first trebuchet and thrown it into battle that Liu Fangliang woke up like a dream.

The North Mountain Pass may lack gunpowder, but there is definitely no shortage of stones.

In fact, all kinds of stones can be found everywhere here, some of them are the size of a millstone.

Seeing these huge stones being thrown towards them, all the Ming troops instinctively wanted to dodge.

The accuracy of trebuchet projectile is not high, but it is not easy to smash it in the face of such a large target of the wall.

After a few rounds of projectiles, several large holes had been smashed into the wall.

Liu Fangliang couldn't help but gasp.

Looks like he's taking it lightly. I can't imagine that the Tartars have such a hand.

Now is the time to test him.

There are more and more trebuchets made by the Tartars, and if they do not come up with a countermeasure in time, the pressure on the walled wall will increase.

And these pressures will eventually be transferred to the Ming soldiers.

"Bombard with small cannons, aim at trebuchets."

Liu Fangliang quickly responded.

In his opinion, the small cannon is very accurate, and as long as it can destroy these trebuchets, it can relieve the urgent need.

And judging from the previous battles, the Tartars were very afraid of firearms.

The Skyquake Thunder had already created a great deterrent to them, and the more powerful small cannon could certainly do that.

Attack the heart first.

If you can discourage the enemy's army, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to your own performance.

After Liu Fangliang's military order was issued, the soldiers immediately complied with it.

They were familiar with the use of artillery and quickly aimed their guns at the trebuchets.

But listening to the rumbling cannons, the buckshot smashed straight at the trebuchets.

Many people in the Qing army had seen the power of artillery, and when they saw lead bullets flying, they subconsciously pulled their legs and ran.

Lead bullets fell from the air, either right on the trebuchet to destroy it, and some near the trebuchet. Although it did not directly destroy the target, the secondary damage caused by the ricochet also blew many Qing soldiers away.

The screams were incessant, and there were severed limbs and stumps everywhere.

Zhanban's face turned pale.

He never thought that there would be artillery in the Ming army camp.

This thing is so heavy, how did the Ming army move them to the Beishan Pass?

Of course, now is not the time to dwell on these things, the reality is that Zhanban must make a decision as soon as possible.

The artillery is finished against the trebuchet, and if it continues like this, the 5,000 men will be all killed.

"Withdraw!"

After much deliberation, Zhanban still made the decision to withdraw his troops.

It was a difficult decision, but it was the most reasonable choice in this situation.

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