The mountain road is undulating, the colorful dragon pattern erects the flag high on the side of the road, and Tun Qi stands under the flag, holding a horse whip to point to the battlefield ahead, and continuously giving orders in his mouth.

The Chu army took the lead in climbing to the top of the mountain, Tunqi was not discouraged, this battlefield was chosen by the Chu army, the time and place were of course more favorable to them, and it was not surprising that the Qing army was one step behind.

Yes, the Battle of Ningzhen was undoubtedly defeated, and it was a fiasco, most of the Qing generals were demoralized, but Tunqi was still full of confidence and courage...... At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Gao (Nurhachi) raised troops to fight the world with thirteen pairs of armor, and created today's foundation step by step, I don't know how many setbacks he has encountered in the middle, and he was discouraged when he lost the battle, isn't he loving Xinjueluo? Tunqi's character. As the saying goes, heroes start in troubled times, the Ming and Qing dynasties compete for the world, and the ambition of Tunqi is full of ambition, there were not enough opportunities to display it before, since the Ming army is so strong, heroes have a place to play!

With his order, the conch horn suddenly sounded, long and majestic, several archers in front of the formation took out the Ming Di from the sack, put it to their mouths and blew it, after confirming that the whistle on the arrow was intact and usable, they shot arrows to the top of the mountain to guide the direction of the attack, and the eight banner soldiers shouted to kill the thief, and climbed up the mountain under the leadership of the officer, their bow bags hung in front of them, the arrow bags were behind their backs, and their swords were across their waists, holding tiger guns, long knives or shields in one hand, and water hyacinth in the other hand to water the cotton armor around the body to improve the defensive ability.

On the hillside, the vanguard of the Qing army was fighting fiercely with the Chu army, and Tunqi sent another thousand elite eight banners to attack the peaks on both sides at the same time. With so many soldiers, they could not be deployed at the same time, and could only be divided into two military formations, small in the front and large in the rear. In each military formation, there were several rows of Eight Banner soldiers, forming an irregular formation. Like a sharp cone, it pierced straight to the top of the mountain.

In the past few years since entering the customs, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners has been declining, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the military discipline is still very strict on the battlefield. Be courageous.

A few scattered Qing army stragglers stayed on the hillside, just blocking the way of the large group of people, and were directly knocked aside by their own people, and rolled down the cliff with a grunt. Seeing that they were coming fiercely, Gu Zongfu on the top of the mountain waved the flag, the arrows and lead bullets broke through the wind, and it rained down, although the Eight Banners fell one after another, but none of them stopped firing back. He just quickened his pace and climbed upwards to support the vanguard troops in front of him as much as possible, breaking through the relatively thin formation of the Chu army.

The vanguard of the Qing army was originally beaten back step by step, and reinforcements arrived. The morale was immediately boosted, and the two units launched a counterattack against the Chu army together, and the soldiers in the front row fell. The soldiers in the back row did not hesitate to make up for it and went forward one after another. Step by step towards the top of the mountain.

Five steps!

Ten steps!

Twenty steps!

Thirty steps!

This wave of attack advanced more than thirty steps, and it was almost time to reach the top of the mountain. On the other side of the hill, the follow-up troops of the Ji'an battalion are also constantly climbing to the top of the mountain, the soldiers in front blocked the Qing army, and the soldiers in the back lined up in formation, due to the narrow terrain on the top of the mountain, the Chu army only lined up into a few small military formations that were not very regular, and the open space on the top of the mountain was spread, and a complete defensive formation began to take shape.

The Qing army's attack was thwarted!

The two palm-sized hills, the mountains are still full of woods, a row can deploy a maximum of dozens of troops, thousands of Chu soldiers to the top of the mountain, layers of dense and impermeable, only the front rows of soldiers can engage, no one can defeat the other party.

In the face of dense spears and shields, although the Eight Banners soldiers were brave, they had to pay the price of dozens of lives to push forward, and then pay dozens of lives to push forward, but the Ji'an battalion condescended to occupy a favorable position, and when Gu Zongfu ordered a counterattack, the rear team pushed the front team to rush down, and forced the Eight Banners soldiers back.

Under the hillside, the Qing army brigade was blocked on the road, and the fierce battle on the top of the mountain was not intervened, Tunqi sent a team of Qing troops to sneak attack the mountain pass in the middle, but the Chu army on the peaks on both sides was used as a live target, with bows and arrows from both sides, the flying stones smashed down blocked the mountain road, although the mountain pass was only guarded by a hundred and ten Chu soldiers, the Qing army could not rush forward.

The terrain is too dangerous, and you can't get through the Guò Pass without taking the peaks on both sides!

However, the follow-up troops of the Ji'an battalion also came up, lined up in a solid defensive formation, and even had time to place antlers on the flanks of the hilltop, in other words, they had already gained a firm foothold, and the plan to defeat them in one fell swoop while the Chu army was still unstable was ruined.

After several waves of ineffective rush, the attacking troops of the Qing army gradually showed fatigue. The Eight Banners soldiers in the front row waved the swords and guns in their hands, and covered each other with their companions, no longer rushing forward to kill regardless of the beginning as at the beginning, the sound of weapons clashing into ping-pong rang out, but the casualties on both sides decreased rapidly, many Eight Banners soldiers shrank back, while setting up the spears stabbed by the Chu army, while leaning back against their companions, unwilling to be pushed forward by them. The Eight Banners soldiers in the back row felt this resistance, stopped and stood in place, raised their bows and arrows to shoot at the Chu army, and the sharp arrows shuttled through the air, dense like rain, causing more damage than the hand-to-hand combat in the front row.

But it's just a killing, the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought head-on, both deliberately guarded against the face and throat, other parts are protected by armor, few are killed immediately after the arrow, the less injured cut off the arrow shaft can still insist on fighting, the more seriously injured fell to the ground and withdrew from the battle, and the companions immediately came up to fill the position, or could not defeat the other party.

The firing lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, the ground and tree trunks were filled with empty arrows, and dozens of people from each of the Ming and Qing armies were seriously wounded. The Eight Banners are good at shooting, everyone is a well-trained archer, the six taels of arrows they use can break through the armor at short and medium distances, and the Chu army is better at occupying a favorable position, and the layers of the Eight Banners are showing their heads and faces, even if they hit the shoulders and arms, they will make the enemy lose their combat effectiveness...... In addition to the archers, the Ji'an battalion also has some musketeers equipped with flintlock muskets, who can also break armor at medium and long distances, and with General Lei, who keeps throwing down, and the Eight Banners, who are known as unparalleled in cavalry and archery, they are not left behind.

Gradually, the archers of the Qing army were a little unable to hold on, and there were fewer and fewer armor-piercing heavy arrows in the quiver, and the two arms were a little sore.

The advantage of bows and arrows is that the rate of fire is faster, but the consumption of the body is greater, so the arrows carried by each Eight Banners are between thirty and forty, except for light arrows, rockets, rattling arrows and crescent arrows and other special-purpose arrows, the conventional armor-piercing heavy arrows only carry more than twenty, which is generally enough for a few days of battle.

The archers of the Ji'an battalion also had the same problem, and even held on for a shorter time, because there were too few suitable combat positions, and they had to rotate back and forth, and the pace of engagement between the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties became slower and slower, and there was no longer the nervous feeling at the beginning, and it was more of a confrontation...... The Qing generals who led the troops bypassed the front and launched two small-scale charges from among the trees, trying to find out the weaknesses of the Ming army's formation, but they were all intercepted by Gu Zongfu, who had been on guard for a long time, so they had to retreat in disgrace, throwing dozens of corpses in vain.

At the foot of the mountain, Tun Qi had been squinting at the battle, his body was motionless, but his clenched back molars bulged out on his cheeks, revealing the eagerness and anxiety in his heart.

Ehena is his confidant and favorite general, who dares to say what others dare not say, stepped forward and saluted: "Bei Ziye, this battle can't be fought like this, as the saying goes, rush into battle, rush into battle, how to break the formation if you can't rush?" If the soldiers are lost in vain, the morale will inevitably be frustrated, and the veteran soldiers of the division will be tired and unable to attack the army more and more! ”

Tun Qi was silent for a moment, and spit out three words from between his teeth: "Mingjin." ”

In this cramped terrain, only two or three hundred troops can be deployed in the front, and Tunqi sent a thousand men to attack the mountain at a time, intending to capture two peaks in one fell swoop, and then immediately advance to the depth and completely defeat the Ji'an battalion...... However, after the forward attack was frustrated, the cone-shaped peony formation gradually became fan-shaped, and it had lost its attack power, and the Qing soldiers were too numerous to block each other, unable to launch a second charge, and could only stand on the hillside to fight a war of attrition with the other party.

Seeing that the Qing army was not in chaos, Gu Zongfu did not dare to let go of the pursuit, and only pressed down a section and re-arrayed, preparing to meet the enemy's second wave of attack. Tunqi's side has also been prepared for a long time, after the Eight Banners in front of them retreated, the second wave of attacking troops rushed up the hillside again, but the number of people was nearly half less than last time, leaving room for themselves to move and change.

Just like two boxers hugging each other were forcibly separated by the referee, the Qing army finally hit another heavy punch, this time the Eight Banners who rushed up were strong and strong, and the two rows of Baya soldiers on the front line were strong men of more than 1.75 meters, wearing two layers of armor and holding shields and weapons, they could also slowly climb upward, and the arrows and lead shot by the Chu army continued to hit their bodies, and they couldn't break the armor, and they seemed to rush to the front of the Chu army formation.

Hard-to-go hand-to-hand combat!

Tun Qi no longer pursued the speed of attack this time, the effect was better, he sent up all the elite soldiers from a hundred, although from the bottom to the top of the feint, a rush also smashed the Chu army's military formation open a gap, the Chu army's formation recessed back, step by step to the top of the mountain. (To be continued......)