The sky was faintly bright, and a golden light faintly projected in front of the Matsuyama position through the heavy trees to the west. The whole position was unusually quiet, except for the fierce sound of flags fluttering in the wind, there was not even a sound.

There is no figure on the wide official road outside the slope of Songshan, but the official road extends ten miles to the south, but it is densely packed with camp tents, and the figures around the camp tents are longing, from a distance there are all soldiers in armor and fighting, and from time to time there is the neighing of horses, which seems to be relatively noisy.

The main forces of Houjin have finally arrived.

The Ming army learned from the scout's investigation that Huang Taiji led the men and horses of the Five Banners to arrive at Songshan in the middle of the night yesterday and hurriedly camped ten miles away from the position. Hou Jin did not hurriedly attack the Songshan position at night, but sent a large number of scouts to observe the situation in advance, and set up an attack formation in a zigzag pattern.

At this time, a Ming army at the forefront of the entire position was rewarded by the scouts, and the Houjin army had already begun to move, sending thousands of cavalry to march towards the position, and these cavalry were followed by thousands of auxiliary soldiers, those auxiliary carts of carts, carrying burdens, and carrying all kinds of digging tools.

The general manager of the Ming army smiled, and smiled at the soldiers around him: "Houjin began to howl." ”

These actions of Hou Jin had long been expected by the Ming army, after all, the three deep howls blocking their way were dug out by the Ming army for a day and a night, and if Hou Jin wanted to attack them, filling the deep howls that could allow the horses and soldiers to survive was the first step.

This method of digging and howling to block the enemy is actually not unfamiliar to ordinary Ming soldiers, and in the tug-of-war between the Ming army and the Houjin army for more than ten years, this method has also become one of the effective means for both sides to block and encircle the enemy. A few years later, the Songjin War, which destroyed the last elite of the Ming army, was taken to the extreme by both sides, and the entire Songshan was dug into the ground three feet before and after, and there were dense criss-crossing howling pits everywhere.

To the puzzlement of all ordinary Ming soldiers, why did Jinglu Sun Yueling spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build the so-called three "ring fortifications", this strange position was unheard of and unseen for them, and they did not know what it was used for, but they still completed this arduous task very seriously.

At this time, looking at the slope from the forward position, the three-layer annular fortifications are interlocking and distinct, and the front of the fortifications is also placed with the tools used to reduce the enemy's impact, such as rejecting horses and shields, which look very novel.

"Da da da", the sound of horses' hooves trampling the earth spread to a close distance, and the Houjin cavalry suddenly divided into three teams, each team was ten zhang apart, and rushed towards the howling pit. The three groups of cavalry faced the Howling Pit at a vertical angle, and two gaps were left in the middle to fill the auxiliaries, pushing all kinds of carts towards the Howling Pit.

"Damn, let the Han and Mongols fill the howl!" A Ming soldier couldn't help but scold in a whisper.

In doing so, the Later Jin clearly drove these Han Chinese and Mongols to their deaths, and then the Later Jin soldiers used them as stepping stones and rushed over the road they paved.

"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing that the enemy was approaching, the Ming army gave an order.

Thousands of crossbowmen were already waiting behind the three deep howls, waiting for Houjin to rush within range. Now that they heard the order, they aimed their bows and crossbows at the enemy and shot the first arrow that had been accumulating strength for a long time.

"Whoosh!" Countless crossbows shot out towards the Houjin cavalry and auxiliaries, overwhelming the sky and enveloping most of the enemy in an instant.

Later, the Jin cavalry Ming army began to shoot, and they also began to return the color, raising their bows and arrows in their hands and shooting towards the Ming army.

For a while, there was a rain of arrows on both sides, densely packed, covering this square area like a torrential rain.

These Ming troops at the forefront were not only equipped with bows and arrows, but also had a lot of crossbowmen, who greatly improved their accuracy by virtue of the sharp weapons in their hands; And then Kim still took their usual diffuse, so they quickly suffered a big loss at such a close distance.

With the neighing of war horses, countless riders were shot off their horses, trampled on the men and horses, hugged and squeezed back, and instantly killed and injured a large number of people.

The Houjin generals apparently also noticed this situation and hurriedly ordered the cavalry to disperse and retreat. So the Houjin cavalry drew several arcs in front of the long trench and began to retreat.

But now, those auxiliaries who were exposed to the range of the Ming army suffered, and the sharp arrows did not have long eyes, and shot at these auxiliaries, and these auxiliaries were so embarrassed that they could not use tools to fill the howl.

"Shoot, shoot these shitty shitty for me!" The Ming garrison shouted loudly. When the soldiers shed blood, sacrificing their lives to protect the country is the righteousness, for those who have no discipline, betrayal of the enemy to save their lives, but any real soldier hates, many times, the Ming army's cities and villages are destroyed in the hands of these people, so at this moment, the fate of the other party is not worthy of their sympathy.

The Han and Mongol auxiliaries of the Later Jin Dynasty were completely panicked, they were originally afraid of death before they surrendered and became slaves of the Later Jin, but now the Later Jin generals actually forced them to risk their lives to fill their howls, which simply did not take their lives seriously. Therefore, where did the auxiliaries still have the courage to fill the howl, they threw down their tools and rushed to the rear.

But what awaited them behind them were the whips and long knives of the Houjin soldiers, and countless people who tried to retreat died under the swords of the Houjin soldiers, and the screams were endless.

The decline of the auxiliaries was quickly stopped under the strong pressure of Houjin, and since there was no way to retreat, they had no choice but to risk death again to fill the howl, and pour the soil in the cart and the burden into the long trench. The vehicles they pushed were already filled with stone and soil, which they had dug up overnight last night - Huang Taiji told his soldiers to hurry up and recuperate their strength, but their auxiliaries worked all night and did not get any rest at all.

After the first wave of rocky soil was poured, they had to dig and fill in the rocks on the spot, otherwise there would be no way to fill a road for people and horses to pass through. They hadn't had a break since last night, they were already exhausted, and now they had to risk death to fill the howl, so progress was very slow.

At this time, these auxiliaries really regretted joining the enemy, knowing that it was better to die a heroic death than to suffer a life now. Those Houjin soldiers didn't treat them as human beings at all, and the cavalry covering them on both sides had already retreated to a safe distance, and the Ming army on the opposite side had no sympathy for them at all, and the situation at this moment was simply worse than death.

"Fuck you, I won't give you a howl when I die!" An auxiliary soldier finally couldn't bear it anymore, picked up a sharp arrow from the side, plunged it into his chest with a "poof", and actually chose to commit suicide.

This situation quickly infected many people, and many auxiliary soldiers were forced to commit suicide in front of the howl, preferring to die rather than endure such a tragic event. But only a small number of people had the courage to commit suicide, and most of them were still driven by the Houjin soldiers, rushing to the front one after another to fill the howl.

Suddenly, the crossbowmen of the Ming army dipped their sharp arrows in fire oil and shot towards the long trench, this time shooting rockets.

"Peng", after a bang, the first long trench turned into a fire pit, and thick smoke and fire mist filled the sky. It turned out that the Ming army had slowed down the fire oil and oil tanks at the bottom of and near the long trench, and at this moment, they exploded one after another under the burning fire, turning both sides of the long trench into a sea of fire.

Countless auxiliaries were caught in the flames, screaming and wailing, and the tools used to fill the howls were also flooded by the fire, the smoke was all over the sky, and the black dust was billowing.

At this moment, the Houjin generals had no choice but to let those auxiliaries scatter and flee.

At this point, the first wave of the Houjin organization finally failed completely.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Ming army could not help but be demoralized, and shouted one after another to celebrate their victory.

The previous Ming army commander was also very excited, but his years of war literacy did not make him happy, but said very solemnly to the soldiers beside him: "Don't be too happy, this is just the enemy's first wave of howling, they will soon organize a second operation, don't be careless!" ”

A soldier next to him smiled at him and said, "Master Qian, I see that the Golden Tartar will break through these three long trenches, but I am afraid it will take a few days, it seems that we have no problem holding it for three days." After all, the first long trench made Houjin pay a price, not only consuming the enemy, but also dragging the enemy, so it seems that it will not be a problem to hold on for three days.

Mr. Qian actually agreed with this opinion very much in his heart, with the strength of the Jinzhou Guanning Army, what could be the problem of holding Songshan for three days, so he shouted to the soldiers around him: "Brothers, three days later, when Lord Yuan Chonghuan leads the troops to come, then it will be the death of the Tartars, you all give me spiritual points, aim and shoot again, be sure to kill a Tartar with one arrow!" ”

"No!" The Ming army responded violently, and the sound shook the sky.