Chapter 386: Songshan Resistance Battle (5)
The long horn sound of "Woo ......" resounded over the entire Songshan position, hovering endlessly in mid-air, shaking the eardrums of every soldier participating in the battle, indicating that a major battle was coming.
Azig, the white-flag-inlaid bannerman, took the lead and was at the forefront of the charge. This time, the Ming army attacked the Songshan position, with the inlaid white flag and the positive white flag as the main force, and the remaining three flags undertook the task of countermeasures.
The elite white-armored soldiers of the two white flags were gathering behind him at this moment, approaching the Songshan position step by step. The number of white armor soldiers of the two flags together exceeds 1,000, which can be said to be the elite main force in the vanguard of the attack on the Songshan position, as long as the white armor soldiers can open the gap in the defense of the Ming army, then the soldiers of the two white flags will crush Songshan to the ground in one fell swoop.
In this regard, Azig is full of confidence.
Huang Taiji entrusted him with this arduous task, which was both a trust in him and a test for him. At this moment, from the ministers of the Eight Banners to the ordinary generals, everyone said that he was Huang Taiji's confidant and the most trusted person of Huang Taiji.
In fact, since the death of their father Khan Nurhachi, the candidate to succeed the Great Khan can only be selected from the Eight Beyles of the Council, and Amin among the four major Beylers and Zilharang among the four minor Beylers were not born to Nurhachi, and they were first of all excluded candidates. And it is very unlikely that Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai will win the support of the Eight Banners because of their bad reputation, so he had the opportunity to compete with Huang Taiji for the position of Great Khan.
However, unexpectedly, Huang Taiji's speed of action was beyond his reach, and before Nurhachi's coffin returned to Shengjing, Huang Taiji connected Dai Shan, Yue Tuo, Zierharang and others, forcing his biological mother to be martyred for Huang Taiji, and one move pinched his lifeline, making him feel at a loss. As for his half-brother Dolgon and Duoduo, because of their young age, they could not compete with Huang Taiji, so he had to seconded and agreed to nominate Huang Taiji to succeed him as the Great Khan.
Besides, even if his biological mother, the concubine, did not die, I am afraid that he would only ask his younger brother and Nurhachi's favorite son Dolgon to take over the throne, and the position of the Great Khan would not be his turn, so he simply surrendered to Huang Taiji and was willing to act as Huang Taiji's pawn. After all, Huang Taiji was not thin on him after he succeeded to the throne, and this time he made a big wish to him and handed over this most difficult battle to him.
As long as he can take Matsuyama this time, then his position in Houjin will rise to the top and he will have authority under one person.
Thinking of this, Azig has made up his mind, there is no need to break through the Ming army's Songshan defense line in one fell swoop, and let Daishan, Amin and others know the power of the two white flags.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the Ming army, he could even see clearly the flag flying in the Ming army's position, and the word "Zhao" on it was so eye-catching, making his heart full of killing intent.
"One Hundred Steps ......"
"Fifty Steps ......"
"Thirty Steps ......"
"Rush!" Finally approaching under the nose of the enemy, Azig raised his sword and pointed at the Ming army's position, and shouted.
"Rush!" The white-armored soldiers shouted in unison, and their voices rang out all over the world, deafening.
These elite Houjin white-armored soldiers, holding shields in one hand and long knives in the other, crossed Azig and rushed towards the positions of the Ming army. They have long been familiar with the tactics of the Ming army, and the Ming army's firecrackers are only the first round of salvos, as long as they dodge this round of volleys, then the firearms in their hands will lose their effect, and they will only become the target of their slaughter.
The distance between the two sides has finally narrowed.
There was a bang of "bang", and the Ming army on the opposite side finally opened fire. With this sound, one after another rang out like a torrential downpour, and puffs of smoke rose in front of the position, completely enveloping the first line of defense.
As the elite of the soldiers, his bravery has always been recognized by the soldiers in the flag. Although there were people around him who kept falling and screams were heard repeatedly, these did not affect his fighting spirit, because he knew that as long as he rushed into the Ming army's position, then the Ming army would be reduced to a lamb to the slaughter.
Seeing that in the smoke rising in front of him, countless fires burst out, and he couldn't care so much, roaring and rushing forward.
Suddenly, there was a violent shock in his left hand, and he almost couldn't hold the shield in his hand. Glancing at it in a hurry, it turned out that the shield in his hand had been shot, knocking a gap in the corner of the shield. The suppression of the Ming army's firearms made him angry, these damn Ming Dynasty soldiers would only hide in the distance and fire guns and artillery, and never dared to fight them head-on, and today will let them know how powerful the Dajin Warriors are.
It didn't take long for him to rush into the position of the Ming army, and when he was about to start a killing spree, he was taken aback by the situation in front of him and felt overwhelmed.
It turned out that the Ming army's position had already escaped from a single firecracker, and the Ming army's position in front of him was lined with tunnels, horizontal and vertical, which was completely different from the single strip-shaped tunnel that he had seen before, and he didn't know what the Ming army was doing. These tunnels were wide and long, and it would take some effort to cross over and pursue the Ming army.
Just as he was about to pursue, there was a loud noise on both sides of the ground, and he couldn't help but look up, only to see countless feathered arrows shooting towards them in mid-air, densely packed, completely enveloping them.
"Hateful Ming barbarian!" He couldn't help but scold angrily and shouted loudly, "Rush, kill all these Ming people!" "Take the lead and be the first to rush forward. Under his influence, the white-armored soldiers around him also rushed forward again. However, the tunnels ahead and the rain of arrows on both sides greatly delayed their pursuit, and their offensive was frustrated.
At this moment, under the several rounds of fire from the Ming army, the white-armored soldier leader found that the people around him had fallen a lot, but at the same time, he also found that the previous Ming troops had hidden in the second fortification in front, as long as they could rush through, they could still form a strangulation trend against the Ming army.
So, he once again led the white-armored soldiers to rush towards the second fortification of the Ming army.
Seeing that it was only twenty paces away from the second fortification of the Ming army, the muskets of the Ming army rang out again, and the sound of banging was loud, and the Ming army began the second round of salvos.
"These cunning brutes." The white-armored soldier Zuo Ling was furious in his heart, it turned out that the Ming army made these famous halls just to put a few more rounds of firearms, he now understands, but there is no way, the Ming army is now condescending, they can't stop the Ming army's actions at all.
When they rushed into the second defensive circle of the Ming army, they saw that the Ming army in front of them had already retreated along those tunnels, but there were still a few who had no time to retreat and were blocked by them in the tunnels.
"Kill these minnus!" Seeing that he could finally hate it, the assistant leader was very excited, and pointed his long knife at the Ming army in the pit, and wanted to cut it down.
"Be careful!" Suddenly, a white-armored soldier shouted at him at the top of his lungs.
Zuo Ling hurriedly looked up, only to see that in the tunnel in front of the left side, a Ming soldier aimed his gun at him, and the muzzle of the black hole was daunting.
"Bang", with a sound, the firelight burst out.
Sagar hurriedly dodged and dodged, but there was still a sharp pain in his left shoulder, and he was overturned by this force and rolled to the side. After he stabilized his body, he realized that he had been hit by a buckshot in his left shoulder, and his flesh and blood were blurred.
At the same time, he found that the Ming army's musketeers had not all withdrawn at all, only the middle part had withdrawn, and there were still many musketeers left on both sides, shooting fiercely at them. It was the first time they had encountered these semi-V-shaped tunnels, and they had broken through the front line of the tunnels, but they still couldn't avoid the fire of the Ming troops on both sides.
The sound of "bang" was endless, and when he came to his senses, he found that at least half of the white-armored soldiers beside him had fallen by now, and the Ming army that was killed by them at this time was probably less than 100 people. The white armor soldiers are the elite soldiers of Houjin, when have they been hit like this by the Ming army, Zuo Ling couldn't bear it anymore, he got up with a roar, raised his knife and shouted: "Kill, kill me, don't let anyone go!" ”
When they stabilized their positions here and assembled into a team, they found that the Ming soldiers on both sides had also begun to retreat to the high slope. Zuo Ling was overjoyed, at this moment it was the best moment for the Ouroboros to chase and kill and destroy these firecrackers in one fell swoop, and the arrows suddenly sounded on the left and right sides of his body, whistling and amazing.
This time he learned to be obedient, and hurriedly shouted: "Go into the pit, everyone go into the pit!" ”
Under his shout, the white-armored soldiers took refuge in the tunnels dug by the Ming army, which had become the best place for them to hide from the rain of arrows. The white-armored soldiers hid in the tunnels in disarray, and the Ming army's firecrackers and archers had exhausted them from several rounds of blows.
Finally, when the rain of arrows of the Ming army passed, the white-armored soldier leader was already angry, and shouted at the remaining soldiers again: "Give me all out, kill, kill them!" ”
The first one took the lead and crawled out of the tunnel, but when he climbed out of the tunnel, something suddenly came at him with a burst of bright and shaky things in front of him, and before he could react, he was pierced by a bullet - a spear was inserted through his back, piercing him firmly to the side of the tunnel.
The pikemen of the Ming army pressed up at this time.
Later, the Jin soldiers saw that the leader was dead, and at this moment they were surrounded and slaughtered by the Ming army from both sides, and the pit used to hide from the rain of arrows has now become a nightmare that they can't get rid of.
By now, these white-armored soldiers had finally lost their initial bravery and completely collapsed, and began to retreat down the hillside to flee for their lives.
On the high slope, Wu Wenyao, the commander of the cavalry battalion, who had seen all these situations, turned his head and said to Zhao Shu: "Marshal, to chase or not to chase?" ”
Zhao Shujiao sneered: "These are the elites of the Tartars, kill one less one, of course you have to chase!" ”
Wu Wenyao took the order and left, and there was a voice of Zhao Shujiao's exhortation behind him: "Just drive them out of the first line of defense, there is no need to pursue them deeply!" ”