Chapter 1115: Attack and Defense
The morning sun is rising, the light of the sun is sprinkled from the sky, and the entire Huanghua Mountain is bathed in gentle sunlight. However, the tens of thousands of Qin troops on the mountain did not have the slightest intention to enjoy the sunrise at this time, because the drums were rumbling not far away, and the black and oppressive Ming Dynasty army was slowly pressing up from afar.
Because of Nian Chunfeng's insistence on waiting for the order, the entire Huanghua Mountain has completely changed its appearance, and all the trees that were originally full of mountains have been cut down, and these felled trees, the thick trunk has become the main material for building a series of defensive low walls, fortresses, and then use them to form the main body, and then dig trenches and ditches to obtain soil, and paste on these buildings after water, which is not only fireproof, but also strong. The trenches formed by the excavation became a natural obstacle to the enemy's attack.
The thinner trees were made into rolling logs, made into repellents, triangular pyramids, placed in a haphazard manner on the mountainside, and even the branches and branches were not spared, they were tied together, and placed in a circle around the mountainside, and in the event of a war, as long as a fire could form a wall of fire.
On the top of the mountain, there are many trebuchets, there is no shortage of stones on the mountain, in such a condescending position, they can attack the Ming army attacking the mountain to their heart's content, but the long-range weapons of the Ming army cannot hit them.
Ma Xin, the guard general of the Qin army, stared at the approaching Ming army expressionlessly at the moment, the fortress of Huanghuashan was impregnable, at least he thought so in his heart, if he wanted to defeat such a well-defended and well-prepared mountain, the Ming army would have to fill it with several times the manpower.
Huanghua Mountain is like this, and Bauhinia Mountain is naturally not bad.
The Ming army's desire to eat their way has been revealed, Yuan Yiqiu was blocked, Wanxian was besieged, if the Ming State really defeated them this way, the entire strategic plan of the Qin State would suffer a heavy blow. Nian Chunfeng's strategy of sticking to Wanxian was to wait for reinforcements, and secondly, he wanted to use these well-defended positions to consume a large amount of the Ming army's vital forces.
Historically, attacking has always had to pay a greater price than defending.
Finally about to confront the Ming people, over the years, when Daqin faced the Ming army, he fought a battle, lost a battle, and most of the country was lost to the Ming people. For such a situation, Ma Jin is extremely angry.
In his opinion, the defeat of the Ming State was not because of the poor combat effectiveness of the Qin army, but because of the internal strife of the Qin State, and the generals had their own thoughts, and now the Deng family has been completely defeated, and the Bian family is cowering in the Luoying Mountains, and the Qin State seems to have lost a lot of strength, but in fact, this is the opportunity for the prosperity of the Great Qin, because no one can stop the Great Qin Emperor from concentrating power in his own hands, and his fists will be clenched, and he will be powerful.
As long as this battle is won, Great Qin will win a turning point, the myth of the invincibility of the Ming army will be ended, and the aura of victory will also allow the emperor to implement his own policies more effectively and gather the power of the whole country.
The Ming Kingdom seems to be strong, but in fact, it is a fierce fire, and a big defeat is enough to beat them back to their original form. And in order to achieve this goal, Ma Xin does not care about his life and death, as long as he can eliminate a large number of Ming troops, even if he dies here, he will have no regrets. There is no way out for the Qin State to retreat, and if this battle is lost again, the Qin State will be gone.
"It's just death!" He stared at the army that had already taken up his position, and a sad look appeared on his face, the Tiger Prison New Army, Chen Shaowei, Ke Zhen, these characters were the backbone of their border army in Daqin not long ago, but now, they have become the vanguard of the attack on Daqin.
He reached out and removed a horn from his waist and blew it violently.
The desolate, tragic trumpet sounded on Huanghua Mountain.
Chen Shaowei looked up at Huanghua Mountain, where were his former robes and former comrades-in-arms, but now, they were going to meet each other. Chen Shaowei didn't have much burden in his heart. During the training in the Tiger Prison, these officers were organized and went around Yongping County, Zhongping County and other places, where he saw the lives of the most ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, and those shocked him.
In the past, I only heard about it, but after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and only when we really see it with our own eyes can we truly understand the gap between the two countries.
Why did the people of Great Qin live that kind of hard life? They deserve a better life, just like the people of the Ming Kingdom he saw.
He is liberating those comrades who are still suffering, so that they can live a better life, even if in the process, he is not understood and scolded as a traitor to Daqin, he feels that he can bear it. Listening to the desolate horn and the tragic drum sound on the mountain, Chen Shaowei did not have half a ripple.
He was born in a poor family, and he slowly fought his way up in the border army with a knife and a gun.
In fact, this is also the voice of all the generals of the former Qin army who have surrendered to the Ming army now. Most of these generals of the border army of the Qin State were killed from the most basic level of soldiers one by one, and they had a hard experience of the life at the bottom of the Qin State. The children of the big men of the Qin State and the children of the gentry rarely came to the border army to suffer, and these people were concentrated in the emperor's personal guard Thunder Army.
In the military system of the Qin State, these people are the darlings of the sky, and the border army is just a group of disposable items that can be sacrificed at any time. The Qin State has never lacked poor people, nor has there been a shortage of soldiers in the army.
Because of the army, at least there is a bite to eat.
"Prepare to attack!" Chen Shaowei said coldly.
More than a dozen thunderbolts slowly drove out from behind the queue, and above the roof, green smoke curled up, and eight throwing arms were ready to go. The powerful crossbows loaded on the carriage were also quickly dragged forward at this moment, and the crossbow heads were raised high. To their left and right, a series of rushing vehicles were nimble around. The soldiers of the brigade are dozens of meters away from these big guys at the moment.
The drums on the mountain stopped suddenly, and then there was a bang, and a stone projectile weighing dozens of pounds fell from the sky, smashing only a few meters away from the first thunderbolt.
The thunderbolt immediately stopped. A captain riding a horse raised the small red flag in his hand and shouted: "Thunderbolt, free attack!" ”
With his order, dozens of red iron eggs were thrown high by the throwing arm, flew into the air, and were stirred by the wind, and in an instant, a raging fire appeared, like a meteor dragging its tail, smashing towards the mountain.
At this distance, they could not hit the trebuchets on the top of the mountain, but the great destructive power of the thunderbolts was also something that these trebuchets did not have.
The soldiers up and down the mountain were staring at those fireballs, and there was a commotion above the Qin army's position, because this was the first time they had seen a long-range weapon like this.
The fireball fell to the ground, and with a muffled sound, the fire immediately spread, and the low walls, fortresses, and thunderbolts that the Qin army had built with great effort were like paper paste, and they were shattered. The soldiers hiding in it suddenly suffered heavy casualties, and those who died on the spot were even better, but the soldiers who were on fire and screamed to escape were eye-catching.
More than ten thunderbolts, a salvo is more than 80 iron bullets, and this time these operators were given the order to shoot freely, which gave them a lot of room to play, countless fireballs rose from the bottom of the mountain, flying towards Huanghua Mountain, a moment of effort, the entire northern slope of Huanghua Mountain, is already a raging flame, those things that were originally set up by the Qin army to deal with the Ming soldiers attacking the mountain, were basically ignited.
On the top of the mountain, Ma Xin saw such a powerful long-range attack, his pupils constricted, the enemy's long-range weapon could not hit his position, what made him frightened was the destructive power of the opponent's weapon, as well as the incomparable rate of fire.
The trebuchet behind him, every time he fires a stone projectile, it will take a while to prepare again, if it is not for the geographical advantage, he is afraid that the opponent can kill all his trebuchets with a salvo.
"All trebuchets, aim at those iron houses and smash them for me!" Ma Xin roared. If they can't destroy these things, let them pour fireballs on their own lines over and over again, and the soldiers on this line will collapse. After all, the vast majority of the soldiers under his command were on the battlefield for the first time.
In fact, these soldiers were indeed a little panicked at this time. When what they thought was a very strong fortress was easily destroyed, when they saw one companion after another with broken tendons, blood sprayed, and even dead bodies, the fear began to spread. They began to flee from their hiding places, intending to dodge the overwhelming fireball on their own, but this behavior was a great blow to the morale of the army, because it seemed to be too chaotic.
The trebuchet of the Qin army began to fight back, and dozens of stone projectiles poured down from the top of the mountain together, the power of which should not be underestimated, and more than a dozen thunderbolts were like a flock of frightened birds after hearing the huge rumbling sound. Each Thunderbolt was surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, led by a group leader, whose task was to push the Thunderbolt to move to avoid the trebuchets on the mountain. Flexibility has always been one of the key development goals of Thunderbolt, and the cumbersome trebuchet has long been eliminated in the Ming army.
The blow on the mountain, in addition to the trebuchet, sounded the howling of a strong crossbow, and Ma Xin felt that he had to force these damn black houses back or smash them, otherwise if they were allowed to do it like this, the defense of the northern slope would be dead in name.
"Liu Chun'er, take five hundred people, rush down, that damn black room, destroy as much as you can!" Ma Xin gave an order expressionlessly.
"Yes!" One of the lieutenants standing behind him did not frown, turned and left, and immediately a team of five hundred men rushed down the mountain. At this moment, the fire is big, black smoke is billowing out, and the sight of both sides is obscured, which is a good time for a sneak attack.
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