Hengshan is a collective term for a hilly and low mountain, not a lonely peak.

To put it simply, the eastern part of the Ningzhen Mountain Area is called Maoshan Mountain, and the western part is called Hengshan.

The whole Hengshan mountain area is about 3o kilometers long from east to west, about 2o kilometers long from north to south, full of dense forests, rivers, streams, lakes are also many, there is a small basin in the hinterland of the mountain, and several small mountain villages are scattered among them.

The main peak of Hengshan is called Shuangjian Mountain, which is in the territory of Dangtu, and is relatively far away from Moling Pass. In the vicinity of Moling Pass, the most important mountain is called Sijing Mountain, with an altitude of 363 meters, which is the second highest peak of Hengshan.

It is impossible for Hao Shangjiu to occupy such a large Hengshan, and his attack target is Sijing Mountain, which is Hengxi Shangzhuang Village near Sijing Mountain, and then occupy Hengxi Bridge to support Moling Pass.

The mountain path is narrow and rugged, and from time to time it will encounter sharp and slippery large and small stones, tree trunks and branches that fall to the ground, the Qing army walked very hard, Hao Shangjiu and other generals rode horses, which was easier than ordinary soldiers.

The war horse is psychic, and he will avoid obstacles on the road, Hao Shangjiu believed in the reins of the horse, followed the troops slowly, and after climbing a mountain bag, it was not far from Sijing Mountain, he looked around, and beckoned a middle officer.

"The order goes down, the front team will send more scouts to explore the road, the Chinese army will pause and rest with heavy baggage, and the rear team will be farther away, and the middle should be at least five miles apart......"

When marching in such jungles and mountains, it is necessary to be cautious, in case of an ambush is not a joke, and the marching columns of the troops should be stretched as long as possible, so as not to be blocked by the enemy at both ends and put in their pockets at once. Although the mountains in this area are not too steep, there are too many woods on the mountains. If the enemy blocks the way forward and backward and breaks through from the hillside. The whole force would lose command and fall into disarray.

Of course, then again. This kind of terrain is not an ideal ambush place, Hao Shangjiu is actually not too worried, just habitually cautious.

First of all, there are many woods here, and the enemy cannot fight in formation, so it is not easy to block the two ends, and the slopes on both sides of this area are too gentle, and the woods on the hillside are far away from the middle road, and the narrowest place is more than a hundred paces, so it is difficult for bows and arrows and firebolts to cause effective damage...... Hit with a cannon? How to fire in the woods. No kidding.

If the Chu army sets up an ambush here, it is likely to be a bad battle, just like two girls fighting with Wang Ba punches, both sides have blue noses and swollen faces, and their clothes are torn to shreds, although they look like wolves, they will not be seriously injured.

Fighting this kind of thing is not a girl who fights, any military general with a little brain. None of them will choose to fight here.

"Let's go down the mountain!"

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, watching the shadow of the front team turn over the hill, Hao Shangjiu gently urged the war horse and led the Chinese army and the baggage troops down the mountain.

The wind in the mountains was cool. It was also quiet.

On the hillside ahead, there was another dense forest, except for the soft sound of leaves. There was also the footsteps of the Qing army, and no sound could be heard anymore.

Hao Shangjiu suddenly felt a little uneasy. The surroundings seemed so peaceful and quiet, but he felt something unusual.

"That's not right. It's too quiet. ”

He has been stationed in Huizhou for a long time, and he often marches in the mountains of southern Anhui, where wild beasts and birds are always indispensable...... But why don't you hear the cries of wild beasts or startled birds?

There is not even the most common bird calls and insect songs, which means that there must be something strange in the forest that has scared away all the beasts and birds!

"Stop!"

Hao Shangjiu reined in his mount and said to a general: "Li Erhu, you take twenty people and go to the woods on both sides......"

As soon as he said this, there was a sudden rumbling of cannons on the mountains on both sides, and the sound of killing was loud.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

There were several cannon shots in a row, on the mountain, four puffs of white smoke rose from behind the woods, Hao Shangjiu turned his head to look, and couldn't help but be stunned, did the cannon fire in the woods? Won't the cannon be blocked?

"Whoosh——, whoosh——, whoosh——, whoosh-"

Several shells flew out from behind the woods, and the flight trajectory visible to the naked eye was completely different from the usual shells, high and curved, almost flying into the air at an angle of forty-five degrees, and then began to fall, smashing far away at the Qing army in the middle of the road.

"What the hell?!" Hao Shangjiu was shocked and angry.

He had never seen or heard of this kind of cannon that could shoot into the sky, but it was somewhat similar to a stone cannon...... No, this seems to be a stone cannon, and the cannon that came over was white, and it was obviously a stone bullet!

A cannonball was flying towards him, Hao Shangjiu didn't think too much about it, and urged the horse to rush forward a few steps, avoiding the stone bullet. However, when the Qing army was crowded on the narrow mountain road, blocking each other too late to avoid it, and still pushing and shoving to escape, several stone bullets had already been smashed on the head, and then jumped up violently, rushing into the dense Qing army ranks, destroying the smashed car and killing people, screaming miserably.

When the solid cannonball lands for the first time, it generally does not cause much damage, the key is that the back bounce is completely irregular, so people have no time to react and avoid, so after the solid cannonball is fired into a dense formation, the damage caused is not much smaller than that of the flowering shell...... There were six stone bullets, two of which missed, and the other four sturdily entered the ranks of the Qing army. Each stone bullet is the size of a watermelon, the stone is fine and hard, and as long as it is hung a little, it will immediately break the tendon. The four stone bullets bounced back and forth several times in the ranks of the Qing army, smashing out four bloody alleys.

"It's not a stone cannon, it's definitely not a stone cannon, so, what kind of cannon is that?" Hao Shangjiu finally reacted, the stone cannon is a trebuchet, no gunpowder is used when shooting, there will be no cannon sound and smoke, so these cannons must be artillery!

It must be artillery, a big thing like a stone cannon, it can't be transported here!

However, this kind of artillery that can shoot into the sky makes Hao Shangjiu even more puzzled, it doesn't make sense, even if it is the latest red-coated cannon, it is impossible to fire behind the woods!

……

On the artillery positions of the Chu army, there was jubilation.

Lei Hong, the battalion officer of the infantry battalion, also ran over excitedly, and as soon as he saw him, he slapped the artillery captain Ren Sanxi on the shoulder.

"Lao Wang, I'm sorry a few days ago, my Lei Gong didn't compensate you. Hehe, you're a great thing, better than a Furlong cannon. Well, what the name of this thing is, it sounds weird, I never remember. When Lei Hong first saw this strange-looking cannon, he said a few cool words.

At this moment, Ren Sanxi finally raised his eyebrows, and smiled at the moment: "This kind of cannon is completely different from the Furlong machine gun, Wang Junmen personally named them mortars!" (To be continued!)

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