Duoduo was always reluctant to believe that the Ming army on the other side was only the defenders of the river. But the sharp musket and this strange way of playing constantly reminded him that this must be which Yang Hongzhang, which Yang Hongzhang made Haoge suffer. However, what puzzled Duoduo was that this Yang Hongzhang was too bold, and he knew that there were 5,000 men and horses at the north gate of Hejian. According to the previous information, the number of people in Hejian City who were temporarily recruited was 2,000, and there were no more than 1,000 people with combat experience. In fact, there were only about 1,000 people fighting against the Qing army, and the others were either waving their flags or continuing to dig trenches in the mountains. Could it be that Hejian Mansion is an empty city, or has Curb Pilon already occupied Hejian and driven Yang Hongzhang here?

Thinking about it carefully, I think it's impossible, if Suppilon takes the river, he will definitely notify himself to go to the river to rest. After all, there was the grain and grass needed by the Qing soldiers. If Kubilong didn't take the river, then Yang Hongzhang sang in the river. Except for tens of thousands of people and countless grains and grasses, there was almost no resistance in the river. As long as you break through this line of defense, let Pegasus tell you that you can easily take Hejian with a small force. , Even Hejian City will look at the wind as long as they see the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, with this layer of temptation, Duoduo ignores the corpses of those Qing soldiers on the ground! In order to win, it is inevitable to pay some price, especially when facing this Yang Hongzhang who does not play cards according to common sense.

But Duoduo's enemy, Yang Hongzhang, was apparently well prepared. His choice of this place was a matter of thought, and more than 1,000 people worked here for two days, and the effect was very obvious. Duoduo let the elite of the two red flags constantly charge towards the hillside, and let the horses that have lost their masters constantly trample and clear mines. But what he didn't know was that Yang Hongzhang's trench design was completely the essence of the anti-Japanese guerrillas more than 300 years later. From the length, width, and depth of the trenches, as well as the communication and interweaving with each other. If you look at it from the air, it's like a maze. Even the sailors who followed Yang Hongzhang on the sea for more than a year followed the maze at the beginning, and if no one reminded them, it was difficult to find their starting position at once, and there was no way to prevent enemies from other directions.

As the infantry of the Ming army is so strenuous, there is no need for these Jurchen cavalry, which are famous for their cavalry and archery. Coupled with the unequal range of weapons, the Qing soldiers did almost nothing in front of these stands.

A good cavalryman is basically numb in his arms after four or five consecutive mounted shots. But musketeers don't have this problem, and they can shoot at any time when they load their ammunition and choose a good target. So Yang Hongzhang and his subordinates basically took advantage of the time and place! The Qing army as a raider, the Ming army as the defender of the homeland, between the two people and industry here in the Ming army.

The once clever Qing soldiers jumped into the trenches in droves, trying to suppress the opponent with their numerical superiority, but found that after entering the trenches, they were even more passive, because they didn't know from what direction musketeers would shoot at themselves, and they climbed out of the trenches in a panic only to find that there were mines in the soil of the east! Soon and after several groups of Qing soldiers who entered the trenches were completely annihilated, the Qing army gave up the idea of using the advantage of numbers to fill the trenches. Because the trenches dug by the Ming army on this mountain may really be able to hold 20,000 Qing troops.

After defeating the Qing soldiers who tried to climb the hill again, all the Ming soldiers realized the intention of the following generals to let them dig trenches. The trenches dug by 1,500 men for two days and one night were simply the graves of the Qing army. At the same time, these trenches were used to protect everyone in the Liming army, which was better than the walls of the city that pretended to be improvised sheds. It was this surprisingly good defensive effect that made the Ming army not panic when facing the Qing army ten times their own Qing army, but gradually became morale-high, and finally even looked at the Qing army who was constantly trying to storm the defense line like a cat that had become a mouse that had taken the initiative. It's a feeling they've never experienced in their lifetime.

Xia Dongwei also completely admired his brother-in-law, only a thousand people, plus 500 pure people, actually blocked the 20,000 cavalry of the Qing army in this way. Six hundred flintlock muskets armed six hundred musketeers, leaving four hundred grenadiers and archers! Those who were strong continued to dig trenches at the top of the hill or drag branches to confuse the enemy. The Ming troops in the trenches wore steel helmets, and the iron armor on the upper body completely ignored the cavalry of the Qing army. After nearly a day of fighting, almost all casualties were Qing soldiers! Xia Dongwei finally understood what Yang Hongzhang said, give me 6,000 musketeers to guard Baoding, I promise to let 100,000 Jiannu tigers eat iron and collapse and can't get a certain amount of minced meat with their mouths full of teeth, which is definitely not bragging.

The battle lasted all day, and the Manchu Right Route Army led by Duoduo paid at least 2,000 men, and was still fighting with Yang Hongzhang and others in the trenches. For the Qing soldiers, it was almost useless to occupy the trenches, although they might even face a large number of palm mines. Because standing in the trench and firing a bow and arrow cannot be aimed in the direction, as long as you climb out again, you will become a live target.

Duoduo and the Qing army paid the price for their hasty march and impatience, and the battle lasted all day, and when the sun went down, the corpses of the Qing soldiers were piled up on the entire narrow riverbank, and everyone in the Qing army fell silent. Only those ownerless war horses occasionally set off mines, which made the Qing soldiers terrified again.

On several occasions, Duoduo even rushed up the hill in person, despite the obstruction of his own soldiers, but he finally calmed down after paying the lives of a dozen of his own soldiers. Duoduo also finally realized that the fiasco of Haoge, Ao Bai and others in Gaoyang was definitely not accidental, Groha was planted in the hands of Yang Hongzhang twice, and even Yue Tuo was not spared not because of Yang Hongzhang's good luck, nor because Yue was stupid, but because of the careful planning of Yang Hongzhang, the fierce tiger Yang Hongzhang, who was identified by Dolgon as difficult to deal with, in addition to sharp muskets and palm mines and mines that could not be prevented, those you piers outside Gaoyang and Hejian City, as well as the trenches on Funiu Mountain, Only those who have experienced it know how much of an obstacle it was to the Grand Cavalry. He had never seen these in other Ming army camps, and the price of not seeing them was the lives of countless elite cavalrymen. Duoduo thought that Hauge and Yue Tuo were suddenly very glad that Yang Hongzhang did not have enough soldiers and horses, and if he was given a town's soldiers and horses, he could not guarantee that he would not go to the river to join Hauge, Yue Tuo and others.

Duoduo has read some military books and is also familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in Duoduo's opinion, this Yang Hongzhang may not be as famous as Zhuge Liang, who is almost demonic, but he will not lose to Zhuge Liang in everything he does! Zhuge Liang's deeds may be exaggerated, but Yang Hongzhang's deeds are constantly being staged and profoundly affecting the Qing army! This person is definitely not just a tiger, but even a fierce rival of the fourteenth brother and the entire Great Please! Because it is said that this person is only in his early twenties, younger than the fourteenth brother, he must inform the fourteenth brother of these as soon as possible, inform the whole army, let them take precautions, and have enough mental preparation when they meet Yang Hongzhang, and be careful, and be careful.

When Duoduo was emotional, Yang Hongzhang was not idle, and constantly let those people shout, provoke, and be angry on the top of the mountain, Duoduo and his men rushed into the trenches again and again, and then escaped in a panic. In addition to consuming a lot of physical strength, the most devastating thing is morale!

Make a detour! No matter how far the road is, there will be a detour. When it was completely dark, Dodor finally made up his mind. Because of this unequal battle, the Qing army really can't afford to be injured! More than 20,000 people cautiously walked south along the east side of Funiu Mountain, all the way south. On another occasion, some of them tentatively passed through a valley to save their way, only to be awaited by landmines. Before the bluffing folks came down from the mountain, there was a panic in the Qing army, so Duoduo ordered to continue south, and it was already the next day when he had recovered to the hopeless plain again, and there was no shadow of the mountain at all. The scout cautiously scouted ahead. Twenty thousand people followed in frustration. It is not at all like the elite Manchu cavalry who had just won a big victory a few days ago.

It was only before Dodor discovered the brutal fact that there were traces of trenches dug around almost all of the river. Duoduo, tormented by the irregular trenches of Funiu Mountain, reflexively chose to walk around them. In this way, he found himself getting closer and closer to Baoding, but getting farther and farther away from the river! Duoduo also finally understood why Yang Hongzhang took great pains to ambush himself in Funiu Mountain, although the Qing army suffered great losses in this battle, it still could not change the pattern of the war between the two countries this time. But Yang Hongzhang got what he wanted, that is, to reject the enemy! Keep the Qing army away from Hejian and buy enough time for Hejian.

Yang Hongzhang briefly cleaned up the battlefield after Duoduo led the people away, and soon left the ambush place of Funiu Mountain. He regretted that Duoduo had other options, if this Funiu Mountain was the only passage, or if the detour needed to be far enough, he was also prepared to bring the artillery over, as long as he gave up the ammunition, Duoduo would not be able to fly. It's a pity that there are too few places with mountains and rivers in the Zhili area.

When Yang Hongzhang returned to the river with the team, Gao Keng and Xiang Siwen finally breathed a sigh of relief. And I heard that I killed two thousand enemies again, and Gao Keng was almost crazy, two thousand! A mere 1,000 people came back almost unharmed, but they killed 2,000 enemies, which was an elite Jurchen cavalry, and even 2,000 people could hardly do this.

Xiang Siwen, who tasted the sweetness, hurriedly called the soap officials of Hejian Mansion over, looked for hills, rivers and other terrain that could be ambushed in the four directions northwest of Dong'an, which was jointly built, and sent Minzhuang to dig trenches in these places. So a strange phenomenon appeared around the river, and some of the people seemed to have no purpose in one place and began to dig meaningless ditches......

It was these seemingly meaningless actions that allowed Riverma to escape the war once again, and Dordor continued to send scouts to roam the vicinity of River, remorseful for his recklessness as the news gathered. Fortunately, he chose to take a detour, otherwise it is very likely that Yang Hongzhang will organize ups and downs in these trenches anytime and anywhere, which will be a nightmare for the Qing army.