On the wall of Songshan Fort, Zhao Shujiao, the governor of Zuodu and the general soldier of Pingliao, raised his eyes to look at the entire battlefield, although his heart was surging, his face was unusually cold.

Today is already the third day of the main force of the Golden Tartars.

Yesterday's battle, Houjin dispatched two white flag elite soldiers, wanting to break through their own defense line in one fell swoop, but they were too overestimating their own strength after all, the Ming army relied on the three ring fortifications laid by the master of Jingluo, and actually resisted the charge of the white armor soldiers, and beat them back, and the elite of the two banners of Houjin even failed to break through the second line of defense.

From this point of view, the Ming army in Liaodong did not fall to the point of being unbearable at all, and many times the defeat in the battle was caused by mutual restraint and tactical mistakes, such as the previous battle of Liaoyang and the battle of Guangning. As long as all the units of the Ming army are sincerely united and have the courage to fight, they will be able to block the Tartars' troops.

The tenacity of the Ming army has obviously completely angered Huang Taiji, from the scout to find out that Huang Taiji has mobilized the troops of four banners in today's war, and personally went out of the camp to supervise the battle, intending to attack his own position again.

This time, Huang Taiji obviously made a bloody investment, and he wanted to take Songshan at all costs. Therefore, today's battle will be the most dangerous battle in three days, either they will push the enemy back, or Matsuyama will be lost, and there will be no third possibility.

Zhao Shujiao shouted in a deep voice: "Pass the order, and all battalions will strengthen their vigilance. Tell them that today's battle is a battle that will determine the success or failure of life and death, and they must cooperate sincerely, and those who dare to disobey orders will be killed! ”

"No!" The herald received the order and hurried away.

A moment later, the earthquake trembled, and the iron horses in the distance were like clouds, surging towards the position.

"Look, the enemy has struck!" Lu Bing, the capital of the sword and shield battalion, pointed to the distant road.

Zhao Shujiao's face was still calm, and he did not answer. Wu Wenyao, the commander of the cavalry battalion on the side, took over the conversation and said: "The Tartars did not use the white-armored soldiers as the vanguard today, and there were also a large number of cavalry on both sides to cover them, which was not the same as yesterday's formation. ”

Zhao Shujiao obviously also noticed this, and said lightly: "This battle is personally commanded by Huang Taiji, naturally it is not comparable to that stupid Azig yesterday." ”

Soon, Houjin's soldiers rushed to the front of the first line of defense of the Ming army. At the same time, the Ming army's musketeers had also opened fire, and the sound of the firecrackers filling the entire battlefield. However, the cavalry scattered on both flanks of Houjin began to cushion up the hillside, and the bows and arrows in their hands were also fired at the retreating Ming army.

"Beat the flag, let the bow battalion suppress the Tartar cavalry from both flanks." Zhao Shujiao decisively gave an order, and the cavalry of Houjin scattered and attacked heavily on the plain, but they were condescending, and the enemy's cavalry could not play much use, and the crossbow battalion could completely stop their offensive.

The standard-bearers waved their flags towards the second line of defense, and the long-standing crossbow battalion received the order and pressed up from both sides to attack the enemy cavalry that had cushioned the uphill slope.

For a while, arrows rained on both sides of the high slope, densely packed, and the whistling sound was unconsciously whispered.

After paying some costs, the Houjin soldiers quickly captured the first line of defense of the Ming army. Zhao Shujiao, who was watching the battle from a high place, took a deep breath and ordered: "The spearmen are out of battle, try to gain time." "Since the bow and crossbow battalions on the second line of defense have already been dispatched, the spear formations on the third line of defense used to drag and block the enemy have to be brought out in advance at this time.

With his order, the pikemen on the third line of defense came out one after another, pressing towards the second line of defense.

At this time, the Houjin soldiers had just broken through into the second line of defense, and from the heights, they stretched from the middle of the high slope to the bottom of the slope, densely packed with Houjin's soldiers, covering the entire plain.

Zhao Shujiao suddenly shouted: "Open the cannon and bombard their Chinese army." "A large area of cavalry gathered at the bottom of the slope, and the golden pennant fluttered in the wind, which was most likely the location of Huang Taiji. The reason why Zhao Shujiao was not in a hurry to open the cannon was that he had been waiting for this moment, and he had put the Tartars in and bombarded them in the middle, even if they couldn't bombard the Tartar heads, they had to make it difficult for them to take care of one or the other.

"Boom", suddenly the mountain shook the ground, and a loud bang roared.

The four Hongyi cannons dragged by the Ming army from Jinzhou City finally came in handy, and the four cannons placed on the top of the slope had already adjusted their trajectory and angle, and blasted towards the large area of Houjin soldiers at the bottom of the slope.

The huge iron ball projectile carried the firelight, and it shot a long arc in the air, falling into Houjin's camp.

"Bang bang" sounded, and after these projectiles hit the ground, they exploded, and countless small lead pellets burst out of them, instantly turning the people beaten by the Houjin soldiers on their backs and making a mess.

Lu Bing pointed to the bottom of the slope and shouted, "Look, the slave chief must be there." He saw that in the roar of the cannons, countless Houjin soldiers rushed towards a position in the middle of the slope bottom, which was undoubtedly the enemy's command center.

Zhao Shujiao also noticed this situation and ordered: "Yes, the slave chief is there, let the gunner aim at that angle and bombard me!" ”

With Zhao Shujiao's order, the four Hongyi cannons adjusted their angles and bombarded them specifically at the bottom of the slope. The location point was suddenly enveloped by artillery, and although the Hongyi Gate could not hit the target position, it still caused great damage in the area near the location point, and the surrounding area was plunged into a sea of fire within five zhang of the location point.

"The slave chief has retreated!" Lu Bing's face was full of excitement, looking at the situation at the bottom of the slope and teaching to Zhao Shu.

Zhao Shujiao nodded slightly, and said, "He will definitely come up again, but unfortunately, our projectiles are limited after all." ”

Lu Bing stopped talking, how could he not understand what Zhao Shujiao meant. The projectiles of the Hongyi cannon were consumed a lot as early as when they were defending Jinzhou, and now there is not much left, and they can only launch a bombardment on Houjin, and it is impossible to achieve long-lasting bombardment.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the artillery fire of the Ming army to stop, and the banner of the Yellow Banner of the Houjin Zheng slowly moved forward again, coming to the bottom of the slope.

At this time, the second fortification was falling into a stalemate of killing, and the pikemen of the Ming army rushed in the Houjin soldiers, and countless snow-bright spears pierced into the Houjin battle formation, which immediately stopped the offensive of the Houjin soldiers. But this time, the Houjin soldiers were obviously full of strength, rushing forward wave after wave, regardless of casualties.

Even though the Ming army was well-equipped, it was still in high morale, and it was slowly unable to stop Hou Jin's fierce offensive. These Tartars are simply crazy charges, and the combat effectiveness they show can be described as terrifying.

However, the stubborn resistance of the pikemen bought the musketeers a lot of time, and countless musketeers retreated unharmed into the third line of fortifications.

Lu Bing looked at the situation in front of him, gritted his teeth and said, "Dashuai, should we go up?" ”

Zhao Shujiao's face tightened, and said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer, the enemy's white-armored soldiers haven't moved yet!" That being said, he was actually very nervous, as the change in Houjin's tactics had led them to make corresponding changes, and the crossbowmen and pikemen who had been deployed in the second and third lines of defense had gone out in advance, and now only the sword and shield soldiers used to guard the tower hill fort were left by his side.

The hour passed little by little, and the pikemen of the second line of defense were obviously red-eyed, holding their positions and not retreating at all, fighting to the death with the Houjin soldiers. The sound of blade clashing, roaring, and screaming was endless, and people on both sides continued to fall, and others continued to rush forward to fill the gap.

After "woo ......", Kim's horn sounded again from the Chinese army, and it was clear that the enemy had begun another round of onslaught.

Lu Bing saw it clearly, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's not good, their white-armored soldiers have moved." ”

Zhao led the sect to follow the prestige, and sure enough, the Houjin soldiers at the bottom of the slope were separated on both sides, and countless white-armored soldiers surged out from behind, rushing towards the second line of defense. From a distance, the number of white-armored soldiers today is not lower than yesterday's, and it is obvious that Huang Taiji has added a large number of white-armored soldiers to enter.

Zhao Shujiao said coldly: "Huang Taiji really has two brushes. "It can be seen from today's Houjin's tactical layout that the Houjin soldiers did not use the elite white-armored soldiers to open the way as yesterday, but instead of using a large number of soldiers to fight the vanguard, and broke through to the second line of defense at the expense of troops, and then used the most elite white-armored soldiers to attack the last line of defense.

Sure enough, the Houjin white-armored soldiers were recuperating for this moment, and at this time, the white-armored soldiers of Houjin were surging and soon broke into the second fortification. Led by the leader of the white flag master Azig who made a mistake in command yesterday, yesterday's battle with two white flag white armor soldiers lost nearly half, Azig lost face, so today he did not hesitate to personally lead the troops to charge, saying that he would have to fight for the lost face, otherwise he would not have the face to fight for the honor of Shuobele.

"Kill Minnu!" Azig took the lead and rushed into the spear formation of the Ming army, followed by countless white-armored soldiers.

The pikemen resisted the enemy's soldiers for a long time, and it was already the end of the crossbow, but at this moment, under the impact of the elite white-armored soldiers, they could no longer resist it, and the formation was instantly rushed through countless gaps, and fell into the slaughter of the white-armored soldiers.

Lu Bing's heart was dripping blood, and it was his robed brother Dusi Lingyun who commanded the pikemen, and he really couldn't watch them die under the slaughter of the enemy like this.

"Dashuai, let me fight!" Lu Bing's eyes were red, and he yelled at Zhao Shujiao.

Zhao Shujiao took a deep breath and said categorically: "No." ”

"If you don't fight again, General Lingyun and them will all be wiped out!" Lu Bing's chest rose and fell sharply, and his right hand was firmly clenched on the handle of the knife.

Zhao Shujiao's cheek muscles trembled, turned around and pointed behind him, and scolded Lu Bing: "Behind you is Tashan Fort, Lord Jingluo is in the fort, your task is to hold the third line of defense, and not let an enemy step in, do you understand?" ”

Tashan Fort was destroyed when Houjin went to attack Ningyuan, and now the walls are collapsed, the facilities are completely destroyed, and they can't be used to block the enemy at all, if Houjin breaks through the third line of defense, it means that they have captured Tashan Fort.

Lu Bing looked back with his fingers, then turned his head to look at the battlefield in front of him, held back the tears that burst out of his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "The last general understands!" ”