Chapter 918 Cannon Battle
Wu Sangui took his subordinates to climb the wall quickly, the footsteps of the soldiers running above, the shouts of the colonel, into his ears, he walked to the wall and looked at the wall, the entire flat land and hills outside the wall were covered with Ming soldiers.
On that day, the Ming army beat drums and gathered generals, and Wu Sangui thought that the Ming army would attack the next day, but he didn't expect He Tengjiao to drag on until now.
Before Wang Deren was anxious to relieve the siege of Diaoyu City, so he attacked for days, but every time the preparation was not sufficient, and finally it became a taboo tactic for soldiers.
Inside the Ming Dynasty, people who know He Tengjiao naturally know that he has various problems, but in the eyes of the Manchu Qing and Jin States, He Tengjiao is indeed one of the optimus pillars of the Southern Ming Dynasty, because he has not had a major defeat in the war against the Qing Dynasty, especially in the Chu and Jiangxi Wars, he actually held Wuchang City, and let the Manchu Prince Yu return with a halberd.
The plain in front of Fotu Pass, although it is not wide, but there is absolutely no problem with six or seven thousand people, and now the plain has been full of Ming troops in the uniform of the Fire Red Army, and even the hills on both sides are full of people, and the flags in the mountains and forests are flying, making people all soldiers.
At this time, the Ming army on the hill did not move, and the secret Ming army on the plain, mixed with countless raised siege equipment, began to move towards the pass.
Wu Sangui took a deep breath, this time the Ming army was well prepared, and he felt the pressure for the first time since he guarded the pass.
"Are the closed spears, swords, shields, guns, archers, and artillery ready to be closed?" Wu Sangui looked at the pass, turned around and asked in a deep voice: "There are also reserves that must also be arranged, this attack of the Ming army may carry out a continuous impact." ”
Saying that, Wu Sangui's gaze glanced at the Ming army standing in the hills.
Fotu Pass is only a thousand steps long, Wu Sangui has a number of ten thousand, and there are only about four or five thousand people who can be put into defense, and he can set aside sufficient reserves.
"Don't worry, you're ready."
Wu Sangui listened to Hu Guozhu's words, and did not give too many instructions, although the Ming army's preparations this time seem to be very sufficient, but the terrain restricts the play of the Ming army, it is indeed an indisputable fact, and his troops are also sufficient, only need to defend the wall and the mountains on both sides, and have enough reserve troops to withstand the Ming army's attack for a period of time, the problem should not be big.
"Pass the order, the enemy is approaching, attack immediately."
The general on the pass immediately bowed down to receive the order, Wu Sangui patted Hu Guozhu on the shoulder, and then turned around and went down.
Close the danger, he is the prince of the Jin country, and he has a great stake, so it is naturally impossible to risk the arrow stone himself, so he handed over the defense to his henchman.
The siege troops pushing shield carts, ladders, siege towers and nest carts under the gate have advanced to a mile in front of the pass, and the artillery group behind them has also begun to move forward, Hu Guozhu in the city saw this, his hand clenched the handle of the knife, but he was not afraid in his heart.
Wang Deren tackled key problems several times, almost in this battle, but he was beaten back.
The Chinese army of the Ming army was located on the top of a small hill three miles away from the wall, and there was a big flag of He Tengjiao "University Scholar, Duke of Hubei Guo, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou" on it, and there was a lower flag next to it, which was written "Taifu of the Ming Dynasty, loyal and waiting for Qin".
Under these two banners, He Tengjiao stood with Qin Liangyu in military uniform, and the layout of the whole battle was actually Qin Liangyu helping him with advice and command.
At the beginning, He Tengjiao made the situation in Chu erosive, but fortunately, Wang Yan turned the tide, and the Ming Dynasty gained a firm foothold in the southwest.
After the death of his eldest son, his desire to fight for power and profit was also lighter, and the older the grade, the more conservative his personality became, so he relied on Qin Liangyu, the only remaining veteran of the Ming Dynasty, this time.
At this time, the cavalry carrying the message went back and forth between the Chinese army and the various squares, reporting the readiness of each department and their respective conditions.
Qin Liangyu was wearing a python suit given by the imperial court, with a jade belt around his waist, and a pearl jade crown on his head.
She looked at the dense army under the mountain solemnly, and saw that the striker had stopped a mile before the pass, and raised her head to He Tengjiao next to her and said, "Elder Ge, the old man can attack." ”
He Tengjiao is strictly a civil official, not like Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng is both civil and military, Qin Liangyu is a military general who has been summoned by Chongzhen to give poems, she has been famous for a long time, and her military exploits and fame have transcended the constraints of her own gender.
Although he has Qin Liangyu's endorsement, it is really the first time that he personally commanded tens of thousands of horses and horses, He Tengjiao listened, took a few breaths of cold air, exhaled again, and then turned his head to the side and said, "Give the order to attack!" ”
The sound of the horn soared into the sky, the passionate war drums were beaten, and the "dong dong" was shocking, inspiring the soldiers to move forward.
The sound of trumpets and drums echoed on the flat ground in front of the pass, and the vanguard was a battalion commanded by Huang Tianlei of the Jiangxi Armed Guards, who heard the sound of trumpets and drums, pulled out his war knife with an expressionless face, pointed forward, and shouted, "Attack!" ”
The five thousand soldiers immediately shouted in unison, and the sound was like a storm crashing on the shore, and they charged towards Fotu Pass like an arrow from the string.
The soldiers pushed the shield cart, and the foot soldiers behind them hid behind the shield cart and advanced under the gate, they moved away the antlers, rejected the horses, filled the pits, and opened the way for the army.
Several general cannons erected by the Ming army on the top of the mountain, spewing out white smoke and bombarding the wall, but this kind of old cannon was slow to fire and had little power, so it did not pose much threat to the Jin army in Guanshang.
On the wall, Hu Guozhu hid behind a section of the female wall reinforced by sandbags, and closed some and a few cannons, but most of them were Franc machines, and the power was limited.
Hu Guozhu watched the Ming army like a flood, like a wall approaching step by step, he couldn't help but pull the short beard under his forehead, and when the Ming army entered the range of the catapult, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Artillery attack!" ”
The flat land in front of the pass is not wide, so once the artillery stone is smashed, the Ming army is not easy to dodge, and the casualties must be heavy, which is also an important reason for Wang Deren's failure to tackle the problem.
The front of the pass is not conducive to the development of men and horses, the Ming army can not threaten the wall when it goes less, and it is blocked under the pass more, and the cannon above the head shoots a few rounds, and the soldiers will be frightened.
Behind the wall, more than 100 artillery trucks were arranged in a line, and the Jin sergeants listened to the order, and when they saw the red flag waving when they closed it, the non-commissioned officers who operated the artillery immediately took action.
A "crunch" sounded, the throwing rod and the elastic bag were pulled down by the soldiers, forty or fifty pounds of artillery stones were loaded into the leather pocket, the artillery hand on the side, seeing the wall ordered the flag to wave, suddenly a hammer smashed down the live hook, a hundred artillery trucks waved the throwing rod at the same time, the leather pocket immediately threw out the stone bullet, and then under the effect of the counterweight, swayed and fell down.
The Ming soldiers in front of the pass also dared to be within the range of the Jin army, and they all roared loudly, and accelerated forward with hideous faces.
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