Seizing the commanding heights and forming fire suppression, this is the standard thermal weapon tactics, when heavy machine guns and short- and medium-range artillery dominate the battlefield, the gains and losses of a small hill or an unknown high ground may be related to the victory or defeat of a major war.

Although the mortar artillery of the Chu army is still very primitive, and the real heavy machine guns, mountain artillery, and mortars are far from being compared, but compared with bows and arrows and bird guns, mortar cannons and flintlock guns are advanced weapons ahead of the times, and under the special terrain of the Ningzhen Mountains, they have caused great casualties and confusion to the Qing army.

Faced with this special unfavorable situation that they had never encountered before, the Eight Banners, who were known as invincible in the world, suddenly found that they had become rookies on the battlefield who could not fight, and were completely suppressed by the Chu army, but they had no power to fight back.

Hao Shangjiu ran fast, the losses were smaller, Jumala and Mulima tried to fight back, that is, they were exchanging the blood and lives of the Qing soldiers for lessons, and the seemingly fierce battle was like a foolish attempt in vain, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties but was unable to attack the mountain, and the battle losses were unbearable.

In fact, not only the Qing army, but also the Chu army also felt like "the eldest girl went to the sedan chair for the first time".

Since they no longer fight in formation, how to cooperate after the combat units are dispersed, and how to maximize the advantages of their weapons, are all adapting little by little, and many specific tactical details are still being explored, and there are still loopholes of one kind or another...... But this is more like a race, the Chu army, which had been prepared in advance, won at the starting line, and their tactical level did not have to meet the standards of modern armies, as long as they were one step ahead of the Qing army, they would form a huge advantage on the battlefield.

Moment of truth. The Jumala soldiers made a dangerous move, and sent Gu Yigu to lead a thousand and eight banner soldiers to attack in a roundabout way. Outflank the rear of the Chu army's position. It was a crazy and risky move, and the unrivaled Eight Banners abandoned their horses. took off his cotton armor, went into battle lightly, and went into the ravine to fight for position in the hilly area with the Chu army.

It must be admitted that Zhu Mala was indeed a military general with a strong ability to learn, and he found the right direction in the shortest possible time, trying to open up space to regain the initiative and break through the fortified positions of the Chu army from the flank.

At dusk, the battle on the flanks suddenly began.

Under the command of Wang Kefan, the flanks of the Chu army's positions had long been protected. The movements of the Qing army could not escape the monitoring of the telescope on the top of the mountain, and Gu Yigu had just drilled into the ravine, and the Chu army was already ready.

Separated by a mountain bag, after Gu Yigu approached the flank position of the Chu army, he was hit head-on by a volley of guns, and the Eight Banners without armor fell like crops under hail. However, these 1,000 Eight Banners soldiers were all elite veterans under Jumala, and under the stimulation of the blood of their companions, they broke out into a wild spirit and spontaneously dispersed into small troops. and the Chu army started a chaotic battle.

Self-taught! People's adaptability is the strongest, under the pressure of huge external forces, as their companions fall one by one, the Eight Banners are also changing their tactics. Although the overall tactics are still chaotic, at the very least, they are no longer only beaten but unable to fight back.

Saying goes. Punch the master to death.

Besides, Chu Jun can't be called a master.

Seeing the Eight Banners fighting like this. Chu Jun was also a little chaotic. There were not many troops on the flanks, and the tactical coordination was relatively rusty. can only stick to the position on the top of the mountain, first seek self-protection, but they can't block the thousand and eight banner soldiers, surround and eat them, and they broke through the passage between the two mountains...... In the final analysis, the armament was too primitive, the flintlock pistol had a limited range, and the mortar was too slow to achieve a fire blockade at the foot of the mountain.

The Qing army was also disorganized, and it was even more chaotic than the Chu army, there were only more than 300 people around Gu Yigu, and the Qing army as a whole had lost its command, and the Eight Banners gathered into a group fought separately, some attacked the top of the mountain on both sides, some outflanked and detoured, and some simply ran around...... At this time, night suddenly falls.

On the two mountains on the flank, the sound of fighting and gunfire sounded from time to time, compared to the Qing army, which was completely a rookie in mountain warfare, the Chu army after a short training was obviously stronger. The fortifications they built in advance played a huge role, behind a trench halfway up the mountainside, several huge pyres were quickly ignited, if the Qing army wanted to touch the top of the mountain, they had to be a live target in front of the trench, but the Chu army on the top of the mountain did not light the fire, but calmly hid in the dark, aiming and shooting at the figure of the Eight Banners in the firelight.

Gu Yigu tried to gather his troops, but found that about half of the Qing army had already run away, and only one hundred and ten were recovered, and the surrounding hills were full of gunfire and shouts of killing.

It's really messed up!

After the initial chaotic battle, for the Chu army, these scattered Qing troops no longer have much threat, they don't even have to chase them at night, and when it is dawn tomorrow, those Qing army stragglers themselves will lose their combat effectiveness.

"Go there, put out all the torches, go up the mountain while it's dark, and fight the southern thieves at night!" Gu Yigu waved his hand, and led more than 400 Eight Banner soldiers under his command to rush in the dark, and went straight to the back mountain of the nameless hill in front.

That's all I have left! He interspersed in a roundabout way and paid a heavy price, just to sneak attack the main position of the Chu army's artillery on this hill, and there was no need to stay here and entangle.

Wangshan ran a dead horse, although it didn't look far, it took two full hours to walk over. In the night, the nameless hill resembles a silent monster crouching on the ground, with a faint fire reflecting the sky on the front hill, two dim lanterns illuminated on the top of the mountain, but the back hill is dark.

God didn't know, the ghost didn't know, and came to the foot of the back mountain. Gu Yigu sent several Qing soldiers to check the terrain, and it took a long time to turn back, reporting that there are two directions to go up the mountain, but the back mountain of this hill is completely different from the front mountain, the more you climb up, the steeper it becomes, there is a steep slope of nearly sixty degrees in the middle of the mountain, and it is easy to find a place to climb up, for fear of alarming the sentinels of the Chu army, they did not dare to continue to climb up to check......

Gu Yigu turned his head to look around, there was still the sound of fighting around, and the chaotic fighting still did not stop, which was also a cover.

Don't hesitate, do it!

He divided his more than 400 Eight Banner soldiers into three groups, ranging from more than 100 people to each group, and sent a sneak attack force on each of the two roads up the mountain, and he himself took the last one as a reserve.

Under the cover of night, the Eight Banners climbed up the mountain one by one and disappeared into the darkness.

In the tormented waiting, time passed very slowly, in fact, it was only half a quarter of an hour, Gu Yigu felt that he couldn't help it, and was about to give the order to set off, when a bell suddenly sounded halfway up the mountainside, the original very crisp bell, but it sounded so harsh at the moment!

"Up!"

Gu Yigu knew that the sneak attack had been exposed, and now he was going to charge with all his might. But he deliberately avoided the side of the bell and climbed up in the other direction with the last hundred or so Qing soldiers.

Sure enough, before the bells on the hillside had disappeared, several torches were swished down, igniting the pyre halfway up the hill and illuminating a steep mountain wall.

"Kill!"

The figures of Qing soldiers appeared in the firelight one after another, crawling towards the stone wall. They were greeted at the top of the hill by the peculiar sound of flintlock pistols, and large chunks of flying rocks were pushed down the hillside one after another, making a dull sound against the stone walls.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! ”

Gu Yigu kept shouting in a hurry and in a low voice, urging the Eight Banners to climb up the mountain, and he rushed to the front with his own soldiers, listening to the sound of gunfire, there are not many southern thief defenders here, and there is a possibility of success in the sneak attack.

Soon, he reached halfway up the mountain, caught up with another group of Qing troops who had set off earlier, and climbed up together.

Suddenly, it was as if something had stumbled under his feet.

Deadly Bell!

There are also Chu troops guarding here, throwing torches as the bell rings, shooting and flying stones, intercepting and blocking.

"Rush me! There aren't many southern thieves! ”

Looking at the movement on the mountain, the Chu army has fewer troops in this direction, even less than ten people, it should be just a group of sentinels responsible for vigilance, and after the strong attack and elimination of them, they can rush up the mountain and create a big chaos.

Be sure to be fast! Gu Yigu knew that there was not much time left for him, otherwise the reinforcements of the Chu army would come, and such a steep hill would definitely not be able to be attacked.

At this time, a fierce battle suddenly broke out in the direction of the front mountain!

Gu Yigu was determined in his heart, this was a battle plan that had been set before departure, and when Jumala heard that there was movement in the back mountain, he would fully cooperate and launch a general attack from the front mountain.

Jumala fights!

Fight at night!

The battle has been fought like this, whether it can break the encirclement of the Chu army and destroy those pesky and strange cannons depends on this surprise attack tonight.

After most of the fierce fighting for most of the day, Zhu Mala had already seen that as long as he could capture this nameless hill, he would be able to pry open a hole in the position of the Chu army, and the entire defense line would collapse.

Victory or defeat in one fell swoop!

As for the excessive casualties in the night battle, and the tendency of the troops to be confused, these are not problems. The victor can calmly wrap up his wounds and recuperate, and after defeating the Chu army, he can slowly gather his troops.

He threw in 2,500 Qing troops at a time to attack from three directions at the same time, which was already the limit of the number of troops that could be deployed for this small nameless hill.

Because of the restrictions of the terrain, the offensive formation of the Qing army was divided into several layers, and the layers rushed up together.

Take human lives and pile them up and drown this hill!

In the night, the Chu army was in full swing, and the rumbling cannons, the sound of gunshots like bursting beans, and the light of the fires lit up the hill. The Qing army braved the rain of bullets and bullets, charging forward and upward, and layers of corpses soon covered the hillside. (To be continued......)