Thunderous war drums resounded in the sky, whimpering horns rolled in the valley, and the Qing army rushed up the hillside with a shout, looking from a distance like waves at high tide, and all obstacles encountered along the way were submerged, and they crashed headlong into the embankment formed by the Ming army's breastwork.

Jiao Lian rushed back overnight last night, just in time for this vicious battle, he led the Yangshuo soldiers to resist desperately, flying stones and arrows and arrows fell like rain, smashing blood-colored waves in the tide, but the waves of the Qing army rolled up, all these waves were wiped out, and they continued to rush towards the breastwork of the half-hillside unstoppably.

Gurmahun planned to take Xianzi Mountain today, and as soon as he changed his usual cautious style, he used all his strength in the first attack, and the Yangshuo soldiers gradually could not resist the enemy. In the blink of an eye, the Qing army had already attacked halfway up the hillside, and after the Eight Banners of Manmeng Khan entered the effective firing range, they stood on the hillside and shot at the Ming army with bows and arrows.

The Ming army will try to repair the fortifications and clean the trenches every night, but after several days of fierce fighting, their fortifications have been damaged to a certain extent, the antlers and thorns in front of the position have a lot of damage, and the bamboo sticks and stabbing spears in the trenches have been re-buried overnight, and it is inevitable that there are some sparse and loose, and the chest wall is scarred, and the Qing army can find a place to climb with strength.

Hand-to-hand combat!

The Yangshuo soldiers did not have so many muskets, and whenever the Qing army attacked the hillside, they generally could not stop them from filling the trenches, except for the tiger squat cannon and the "General Lei" supported by the Chu army, they used cold weapons to fight hand-to-hand with the Qing army. Fortunately, the Yangshuo soldiers occupy a favorable location, and there is a breastwork wall as a barrier. It's like guarding a weakened version of the walled city, just in time for a battle with the Qing army.

After this period of actual combat training. Jiao Lian summed up a set of tactics that were most practical for the Yangshuo soldiers, and the first row in front of the chest wall were sword soldiers holding shields. The second, third, and fourth rows are pikemen, and finally archers, musketeers, and grenadiers, providing fire support with bows, muskets, and "General Lei", because the angle of the hill is constantly pointing upward, and the "ranged weapons" in the back row will not be blocked by their companions in the front row, and can inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy who is charging in a dense manner.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and the Ming army's formation was too close, and the Qing army's bows and arrows could in turn hit the Yangshuo soldiers lightly, because they did not have to shoot over the heads of friendly troops. The Eight Banners gave full play to their excellent archery skills, and each arrow went straight to the face or throat of the Yangshuo soldiers, as long as they were hit by the arrows, they would be killed on the spot, and a rain of arrows came over, and the Yangshuo soldiers were so pressed that they did not dare to raise their heads.

Different from hand-to-hand combat on peaceful ground, this combat method is more brutal, both sides are three-dimensional casualties, not only the front row soldiers will be injured, Yangshuo soldiers win to occupy the geographical advantage. The individual soldiers of the Eight Banners are stronger, and every battle is full of blood and corpses.

Hand-to-hand combat on a peaceful ground is similar, and this type of combat is also supported by formations. Once a certain point is breached, the entire defensive formation will collapse, and the Yangshuo soldiers will lose their positions several times. They were all smashed open by the Qing army, and then a large-scale rout occurred. There is simply no time to block it with reserves.

At the top of the hill, the rate of fire of several mortars was mentioned as highest. Constantly firing at the follow-up troops of the Qing army, but because of the congenital deficiency, it still sounded unhurried. Jiao Lian had no complaints about this, in this special terrain, the Ming army could get additional artillery support, but the Qing army's red-coated artillery could not be used, and he had already taken a big advantage.

Seeing that the defense on the slope of the mountain was getting tighter and tighter, and the Yangshuo soldiers could collapse at any time, he ordered the second line of positions to prepare for battle, since he did not retreat down last night, he must be mentally prepared to fight to the death.

Suddenly, he heard an unusual noise coming from behind him, turned his head to look, and couldn't help but froze.

Not far behind the side of Xianzi Mountain, there is another nameless highland, which is connected with Xianzi Mountain by a saddle-shaped mountain beam through Guò, which is the second-line flank position of the Yangshuo soldiers. Just when the battle of Xianzi Mountain was the most intense, the top of this nameless highland suddenly sounded with drums and trumpets, flashing out one flag after another, in front of the red Ming Army flag, Chongyang Camp Flag, Yangshuo Barracks Flag, etc., but behind is the important guard of honor will only be used in the white and yellow Yue and colorful flags, with a team of honor guards holding high standing melons, lying melons, silver guns, halberds, and plaques, leading out two columns of dragon and phoenix yellow flags representing the presence of Ru I, under a yellow Luo umbrella, Tang King Zhu Yulu wears a golden helmet and wears armor, and it is difficult to identify his identity from a distance.

Gurma couldn't help but be stunned: "What's the matter?" Could it be that Zhu Yujian failed to conquer himself? ”

Seeing the pomp and circumstance on the top of the mountain, not only Gurmahun, but also most of the soldiers of the Ming and Qing armies reacted first to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the rumbling cannons seemed to be unable to suppress the noisy drums, and the cruel battlefield showed the might of the Son of Heaven. Suddenly, the Yangshuo soldiers in front of and behind the mountain shouted loudly: "Long live!" ”

In ordinary life, the military and civilians will only feel awe when they see the majestic royal honor guard, but in the cruel and bloody battlefield, it can greatly boost morale. In the minds of ordinary people, the emperor is the Son of Heaven who adheres to the will of heaven, a demigod-like being, but now he is willing to risk the danger to come to the former enemy, and face the vicious enemy side by side with them, and the more than 3,000 Yangshuo soldiers are all enthusiastic.

"Hooray!"

After the change from the Tumubao, the Ming Emperor did not drive the expedition in person, there was a high-ranking official to the battlefield, the soldiers would be greatly encouraged, and now the Tang King was mistaken for the Longwu Emperor, the Yangshuo soldiers were even more excited, and they gave birth to a wave of courage out of thin air, wielding swords and guns to the Qing army to slash and slash with all their might, and stab.

It stands to reason that there have been no substantial changes on the battlefield, how to fight this battle and how to fight, but just like a table tennis game, after one side plays the momentum, the other side will make more mistakes, the offense will not dare to exert force, the defense is full of loopholes, and this game will be lost in confusion...... Every time the Eight Banners shoot an arrow, they subconsciously always have to look at Zhu Yulu on the top of the mountain in the distance, and those Han green battalion soldiers are more completely taken to the ditch, and the Yangshuo soldiers who say long live are so desperate, it must be the Ming Emperor who is coming, and the Ming Emperor will not wander around alone, and he must be escorted by the most elite army of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and maybe he will stage a drama of personally charging into battle to kill the enemy, and fight a big victory to show the great martial arts of the Ninety-Five Supreme, there is no doubt that the target he chose is his own group of Qing army.

Many green battalion soldiers suddenly realized that with the appearance of the "Ming Emperor", the Qing army was already in danger, maybe there were tens of thousands of armored soldiers behind the mountain beam, maybe the Qing army had been surrounded...... There was no time to think about it, the Yangshuo soldiers on the opposite side fought more and more fiercely, and the rain of artillery bullets continued, either rushing up as much as possible, or turning around and running down, hesitating to stop on the hillside and die the fastest.

As more than a dozen thunder generals were thrown down in a row, and there was a series of explosions, the green battalion soldiers crowded in front were blown up to the flesh and blood, scattered and fled, triggering the collapse of the Qing army on the whole line, more and more green battalion soldiers joined the ranks of escape, and the Eight Banners were also wrapped up and retreated, and the flying stones and trees of the Ming army smashed more fiercely in the back, constantly adding fuel to the fire, driving the Qing army down the hillside in one fell swoop.

In front of the mountain and behind the mountain, the Yangshuo soldiers thundered with joy, and shouted long live to the Longqi Mountain in the distance.

Zhu Yulu is a minister who traveled on order, representing Emperor Longwu, it is normal to be shouted a few long live, he replied with "Holy Bow An" according to the usual etiquette, most of the Yangshuo soldiers did not hear clearly, and when they saw his response, they broke out into cheers.

Of course, Jiao Lian knew the truth, and instructed Tang Miaozi and others to convey to the soldiers at all levels, not to make rude and arrogant things, and ordered to clean up the battlefield as much as possible, rescue the wounded soldiers, and prepare to meet the next attack of the Qing army.

"His Royal Highness King Tang, you can't go any further!"

"Jiao Lian can go, why can't the lonely king?"

Tang King Zhu Yulu also wanted to go to Xianzi Mountain in front, several Chu army officers stopped together, and it was Jingliang who was the leader, and Ma Jixiang and several other officials worked hard to persuade each other, but Zhu Yulu was stubborn, pulled Jingliang and Ma Jixiang aside, and quarreled with them while walking forward.

After the defeated Qing army retreated down the hillside, it was stopped by the large group of men and horses behind, and Gurmahun killed more than a dozen of the routed generals, and quickly stabilized his position.

He had a little more knowledge than ordinary soldiers, and after a careful look at the top of the mountain, he saw that it was a set of honor guards of the ministers, unlike Emperor Longwu's personal expedition, and he called a staff member who was familiar with Mingli to ask, and sure enough, his judgment was verified, and the staff member pointed out to him that this minister should be a prince and prince like a prince and a prince, and it was very likely to be Zhu Yuyun, the king of Tang.

"It's too far away to see clearly, but according to the number of colorful flags, this person should not be an ordinary county king, there was a detailed work sent to visit, the pseudo-Ming Tang King has left Guilin, I think this is the person."

"The king of Tang will be the king of Tang, wait for Ben Beizi to capture him alive and sacrifice it to his uncle!"

Gurma was cautious by nature, and when he heard that the person who came was indeed not Emperor Longwu, he was a little disappointed, but more relieved. He thinks the same as those green battalion soldiers, if Emperor Longwu drives the expedition in person, there must be a lot of escorts and horses around him, it is not easy to catch him, if it is not good, he may lose the battle, if the person who comes is only the Tang King who served as the minister of the Qincha, this battle can still be won, and the weight of Tang King Zhu Yulu is not light, and it is also a great credit to catch him.

Hearing that the person who came was Zhu Yulu, the king of Tang, the Qing army quickly regained its composure, and Gurmahun dispatched troops to throw aside the useless green battalion soldiers, and sent the Eight Banners as the main attack force to launch a second attack on Xianzi Mountain. (To be continued......)