The sound of cannons, gunfires, shouts of killing, resounded through the valley.

Jiao Lian climbed an unnamed high ground and looked forward.

This nameless plateau is not too high, and the surrounding mountains block most of the view, and only a corner of the battlefield can be seen, but the corpses everywhere you see are already terrifying. In the criss-crossing trenches, next to the corpses, the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties were engaged in a fierce battle, and it was an unheard of, strange battle for position.

I've never seen so many dead people! This was Jiao Lian's first feeling. According to a quick rough estimate, the number of corpses that can be seen in the field of vision is about four hundred, almost covering the hillsides and valleys. In fact, Jiao Lian has also seen more casualties than this, but the corpses have never been so dense, in such a mountainous area where a large army cannot be deployed, what a tragic battle must have caused such a high density of casualties!

"How far is this from Yanling Town?"

As a general, Jiao Lian is very sensitive to geography and terrain, and has studied the map here in advance, although it is the first time to enter the Ningzhen Mountains, he has estimated the general location of his location. According to his judgment, under the leadership of the Chu army guides, they had long deviated from the direction facing Yanling Town, but were more to the northeast, closer to Danyang County occupied by the Qing army, but they didn't expect that the battle had been going on for more than ten days, and the Chu army's defense line was still so far away!

"Sixty miles, to be precise, the main position in front is a little more than sixty-one miles away from Yanling Town, and the forward position below is sixty-two miles away from Yanling Town." Jingliang introduced the situation without reservation, Jiao Lian's army was about to enter the battle, and Jingliang's task was to help them understand the situation of the enemy and the enemy on the front line. Familiar with the tactics and command liaison methods of the Chu army.

"Sixty-two miles! Jierharang sent troops from Danyang County more than ten days ago, and now he has only attacked here?! ”

"yes. Not really. Jingliang pointed to the surroundings and said: "The Qing army attacked the vicinity four days ago, and at the most dangerous time, it had already cut into the second-line position. The unnamed heights ahead were all lost, but we quickly recaptured them and drove them back some distance, and we have been engaged in a tug-of-war for the past few days......"

Jiao Lian and several of his generals looked at each other, their eyes full of incredulity...... Can't understand ...... Can't believe it!

If this kind of strange positional warfare makes people feel incredible, it is even more incomprehensible that Wang Kefan chose to set up a defensive line so far away from Yanling Town. The fists are the most powerful to retract, and the defense line of the Chu army is only more than thirty miles away from Danyang County, but it is sixty miles away from Yanling Town. Such a deployment is completely out of line with the art of war...... But what makes people unbelievable is that the Chu army just blocked the attack of the Qing army, and also gained the upper hand in the battle for position!

Jiao Lian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked, "In addition to here, how many lines of defense are there between the back sixty miles?" ”

The only explanation is that this is only the first line of defense, and there is a second, a third line of defense behind it.

Jingliang smiled and shook his head: "Within the entire sixty miles, there is only this line of defense. ”

"Impossible, right? Wouldn't it be too big to be so armed? If it is broken by the Qing army, the whole line will collapse immediately. Jiao Lian turned around, pointed to a hill in his line of sight behind him, and said, "There is a ditch and a military flag there." It should be the second line of defense of your army, but the two lines of defense are too close to each other. It's very inappropriate......"

"General Jiao misunderstood, I mean. The entire sixty-mile stretch was a complete line of defense. The officer stretched out his hand and gestured: "From here to Yanling Town, it belongs to a line of defense, which is called a great defense in depth." Not afraid of a single point breakthrough of the enemy, nor afraid of their roundabouts. As for the 153 Heights in the back, it is only a main position of the second-line position, not the second line of defense. ”

"What do you mean by one-five-three...... Highland? Jiao Lian and the others were dizzy when they heard this, and asked together.

"It's the number of the nameless highlands, there are a total of twenty-one peaks in the defense area from here to Yanling Town, and there are two hundred and ninety-eight nameless highlands of all sizes, if you don't number them, it will definitely be confused, I have a map here, you will understand at a glance." Jingliang took out a map, spread it on a stone, pointed to the surrounding mountains and highlands and explained it against the map: "This hill was originally called Yangtougang, but now it is uniformly numbered, we call it the 177 Heights, and there are three small nameless highlands under the 177 Heights, respectively called the 262 Heights, the 278 Heights, and the 219 Heights, which are the frontier positions of the 177 Heights, and the one on the right flank is called the 362 Heights......"

Jingliang used strange words, Jiao Lian and the generals even guessed, and roughly understood what he meant, but after combining them into one sentence, it was incomprehensible. The map is drawn in irregular circles, each with a number written in the middle, representing a hill or unnamed high ground.

"This distinction is indeed much clearer, but they are all nameless mountains, what is the use of the Chu army? The military villages should be set up on the road, digging a ditch on the top of the mountain to build a fortification, wouldn't it become a horse in the lost street pavilion...... "A military general had just said halfway through, a piece of fire and white smoke rose from the 177 Heights, and with the rumbling cannon sound resounding through the valley, stone bullets flew high into the sky and smashed down towards the Qing army under the mountain.

During the Cold Weapon War, the nameless highlands and hills had no strategic value, and the horses who built the villages on the top of the mountains laughed through the ages, and generally no one would compete for these nameless highlands and hills, and no one wasted their efforts to mark them. However, the Chu army dragged the Qing army into this kind of battle for attacking the mountains and grabbing the high ground with mortars and flint guns, and it continued for several days, because it was impossible to distinguish between these nameless highlands and hills without obvious signs, which had caused great confusion to the command and operation of the Qing army.

The combat deployment of the Chu army was as follows: "I ordered that in the next three moments, our troops would divide into two routes and launch a counterattack on the 177 Heights in order to regain their positions. Battalion X came out of the 364 Heights, detoured to the right side of the 362 Heights, and attacked the 177 Heights from the southeast. Battalion X and Sentinel X came out from the 153rd Heights, first seized the 278th Heights and the 279th Heights, and then attacked the 177th Heights from the southwest......"

Since the Chu army was stationed in this position, when building fortifications, all the officers and men knew these code names by heart, and as long as the order was issued, it could be carried out accurately.

The combat deployment of the Qing army was as follows: "Passing on my general's order, before three moments, our troops divided into two routes and launched a counterattack on 'that' hill. Battalion X outposted from 'this' hill, detoured to the right side of 'this' hill, and attacked 'that' hill from the southeast. Battalion X and Sentinel came out of 'that' mountain and captured 'that' and 'that' mountain bag first...... Why, don't you remember? Come, I'll show you again......"

Without a unified number, it is impossible to ensure the correctness of the transmission of orders, and the Qing army has made several misunderstandings in the opposite direction, which not only delays a lot of time, but also causes unnecessary casualties. In the past, when the war was fought, the Qing army also encountered the situation of attacking mountains and seizing villages, but those peaks have more or less a name, unlike now every nameless highland has to fight to the death, and the mountainous area of Ningzhen is full of hills and low mountains, these nameless highlands are often seven or eight, more than a dozen together, a larger hill is often surrounded by these nameless highlands, each one is very similar in appearance, and it is impossible to distinguish it without numbering.

Distinguish between southeast and northwest, left and right? There has to be a reference. What is the "second mountain bag in the right hand"? Which mountain to start counting is the second one! What is the "third mountain pack in the southeast"? It's not that simple to find the right direction in the ravine!

Zilharang soon realized this problem and began to number these mountain bags and nameless heights, but they could not be passed on to the grassroots troops in a hurry, and the Qing army was not familiar with the terrain here, so there would still be chaos when it was time for chaos.

He spread the army of 60,000 into a grinding array, and although it was safe, it needed more precise coordination and command. When the normal march can also be sent through the guò herald soldiers over the mountains and mountains to transmit the message, repeated corrections, after being stubbornly blocked by the Chu army, the communication between the various departments of the Qing army is constantly wrong, often the mountain side has already attacked, the mountain side has not yet found the target.

What made Jierharang even more helpless was that the Chu army set up the main position on the top of the mountain, which was condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the Qing army captured a certain position, in order to maintain the integrity of the grinding array, it did not dare to immediately break through to the depth, but stopped to attack the Chu army positions on both sides...... In this way, almost every hill and every nameless high ground have to be fought over repeatedly, just like in a siege battle, after blowing up the city wall, they did not dare to rush in, but stopped and continued to bury left and right, wanting to tear down the entire city wall, which not only increased the strength spent several times, but also gave the Chu army time to calmly organize a counterattack.

In such a thing as a war, if you rely on the strength of the army to hug together, you think that you can be invincible, this kind of thinking has actually gone into a misunderstanding.

Zilharang also realized that the offensive nature of the Mill Array was too poor, and these nameless heights and mountains of the Chu army were like hard stones, as long as one point was blocked, the entire Mill Array had to stop. Putting up a grinding formation in the narrow mountainous area is even more unfavorable for the deployment of troops, and it can only rely on the forward troops and the Chu army to carry out a positional tug-of-war, and the large troops behind are following to play soy sauce, and it is impossible to wave the strength advantage of the Qing army.

He also tried to adjust his tactics, but the Qing army was still very unaccustomed to this kind of mountain resistance warfare, positional warfare, and trench warfare, and did not dare to separate the mill formation for the time being......

Jiao Lian set up his troops and hurried to Wang Kefan's Chinese military camp.

He had too many questions in his heart and wanted to ask Wang Kefan for advice in person. As the saying goes, seeing is believing, but Jiao Lian can't believe his eyes now, Jierharang is obviously strong and unstoppable, but the Chu army can block them head-on and block them sixty miles away from Yanling Town, he really can't figure out the reason for this.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the Chinese military tent, he heard the voice of Tang Laihe coming from inside.

"Wang Junmen, just let me go to the front line to have a look. What's at stake? This officer is not afraid of danger! How this battle was fought, the official is puzzled, he must see it with his own eyes! (To be continued!)

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