This ambush circle was prepared by the Chu army a long time ago, the surrounding terrain was carefully selected, the mountain road was relatively narrow, the Qing army could only squeeze together, but the mortar on the top of the mountain could just hit them.

Like Hu Maozhen and Mulima, Zhu Mala did not expect that the Chu army would have mortars, a "long-range" projectile weapon that could avoid obstacles such as woods and hillsides, and accidentally fell into an ambush.

Not only was his Chinese army ambushed, but there were artillery shots of the Ming army on several hills in front and behind, watching clouds of white smoke rising from the top of the mountain, and flying shells smashing down on the head of the Qing army, the corners of Zhu Mala's mouth twitched twice, frowning and thinking about countermeasures.

"The whole army rushes forward? Definitely not suitable. ”

Most of the Qing army is still behind the ambush circle, if you rush forward, it is equivalent to going through a sieve, not to mention how many casualties will be caused, the key is to rush forward under such artillery bombardment, the whole army will fall into huge chaos, completely lose command, if the main force of the Ming army suddenly kills, if it is not done well, the whole army will be annihilated.

In addition, his baggage grain and grass are still following behind, if he does not pull out this nail and is defeated by the Chu army, his baggage troops will be defeated, and the whole army will be in chaos without a fight. You must know that he traveled lightly all the way, and the soldiers only had two days of dry food left, and once they ran out of food, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Although the main force could not rush forward, in order to reduce casualties and regain the initiative as much as possible, he had just sent people to the front army to give an order, telling them to rush forward and break out of the encirclement, and not to stay where they were and suffer shells in vain...... But for some reason, the front and rear teams in his line of sight only moved a few hundred steps, and suddenly stopped, still not out of the range of the Chu army's shelling.

Nine times out of ten. There was a Chu army blocking the way in front...... Since Wang Kefan has carefully laid out this pocket array, he will definitely send an elite army to block the exit. Now it depends on whether the front army can defeat the Chu army blocking the road and move to safety first.

"Backwards? It's going to be messy! ”

Under continuous shelling. The Qing army is already a little chaotic, and if it retreats at this time, it is equivalent to going through a sieve upside down. What's more, he is not clear about the current situation of the rear army, and he doesn't know if there is a Chu army to intercept from behind.

"Attack the mountain and destroy the Chu thief? I really can't attack it! ”

It had only been half an hour since he had been ambushed, and he had already tried, launching three attacks on the mountains on both sides, but each time he had failed in a feather.

The mountains here are not too steep. But there is no road at all, many places have to use both hands and feet to climb up, the number of troops that can be deployed is limited, it is not realistic to flood these hills with the tactics of a sea of people, every time you send a few hundred people to attack, you will be beaten down by the guns of the Chu army.

On the last occasion, he sent a thousand Qing troops to launch a fierce attack on a hill, and also gave the overseers a death order to behead all those who dared to retreat. But when the layers of Qing troops climbed the hillside, the Chu army not only blocked them with firearms, but also threw stones down and pushed wood. The strange cannons on the top of the hill also turned their muzzles, and shot a row of stone cannons and iron cannons the size of watermelons, smashing the Qing soldiers to the ground. People turn on their backs.

Attack the top of the hill and grab the high ground. I'm really not good at this!

Cold Weapons War. There is also the concept of the commanding heights, but because of the limitations of weapons and tactics, ordinary mountains and nameless heights are not so important, and everyone is more accustomed to setting up positions on the open battlefield and having a hard-fought hand-to-hand combat...... However, the Chu army is now guarding these hills, forcing Zhu Mala to compete with him for these nameless heights, and Zhu Mala and his Eight Banners soldiers do not know how to fight this kind of battle.

The soldiers of the Qing army wore thick armor and climbed up the mountain with clumsy steps, sliding three times in one step, using both hands and feet, and dodging the constant shot of lead bullets.

There has been no news from the front army and the rear army, and Zhu Mala's location can't see the movement there, so he is completely helpless, but he feels that he must do something, he can't wait here and suffer the shells of the Chu army.

"Erdenbu, this general ordered you to lead a thousand elite soldiers, find a small road to detour to the back of the mountain, and use the sound of arrows as a signal to attack the Chu thieves before and after." He decided to try again, thought about it, and said to his subordinate general, Erdenbu: "These thousand elite soldiers all choose the Eight Banners, not the green battalion, and all of them must be unarmored when they set off, so that they can go faster and be more convenient when attacking the mountain." ”

Drilling around in the ravine, detouring around the road, this is not an easy task to complete, if you are still wearing bulky armor, you are tired from climbing all the way to death, how can you fight?

Erdenbu was a little worried: "The fire of the Chu thief is powerful, if you don't wear armor, I'm afraid the sons and daughters will be cowardly......"

If you're tired, you're tired, okay with safety first?

"Armor is useless......"

When Jumala said this, he suddenly stopped, looked up at the top of the mountain next to him, and the Qing soldiers around him also bowed their backs and looked at the top of the mountain nervously. After waiting for a few breaths, the thunderous cannon sound sounded again, and more than a dozen stone bullets whistled over, and the experienced Qing soldiers immediately dodged to the side, huddled together one by one.

The casualties of each shelling were much smaller than when they were attacked, and Jumala's heart was a little wider, and when he saw that there were no shells flying towards him, he turned to Erdenbu and continued: "When attacking the mountain, it is a burden to put on armor, and if you take several rounds of lead, take off your armor." ”

Erdenbu didn't dare to say anything, knelt down on one knee, clenched his fists and said: "The last general will obey the order, and this will definitely ......."

At this time, there were suddenly several more cannon shots on the top of the mountain, and Jumala and Erdenbu hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to see a few swarthy cannonballs climbing into the sky like kites, and then smashing down towards the Qing army in a flickering manner.

Exclaim!

Run away!

Block each other!

Thunder from the sky!

Flesh and blood flying!

Wail!

Seeing that a cannonball was flying towards him, Jumala swooped forward, took Erdenbu, who was kneeling on the ground and twisted his hair, in his arms, and rolled violently to the side, but a horse's hoof stepped on the oblique thorn, and a startled horse was just on Erdenbu's thigh, only to hear the sound of gaba, and the sound of broken bones could be heard clearly.

If you are not afraid of heavy casualties in a war, you are afraid of chaos in your own position. The Chu army suddenly changed the rhythm of the artillery bombardment, although only two shells were fired into the crowd of the Qing army, but it caused great chaos, the Qing army pushed and trampled on each other, causing nearly a hundred casualties, several times more than those killed directly by the shells.

Erdenbu was injured unexpectedly, and Jumala had no choice but to change generals on the spot, and sent Gu Yigu to lead the troops behind the enemy's rear, but he felt very unlucky in his heart, and it was a very bad omen to encounter such a thing when he was about to send out troops.

After Gu Yigu went, Zhu Mala ordered the whole army to retreat to the open area in the middle of several hills, and try to avoid the artillery shells of the Chu army. (To be continued......)