In the battle of Fengtai Mountain, Zhang Chao seized the opportunity to take the initiative to attack and ate the forward troops of the Qing army, which made the Qing army realize the danger of dividing the troops. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Therefore, the previous layer-by-layer blocking plan was forced to run aground, and in desperation, Li Hongfei had no choice but to gather troops and fight the Qing army head-on..........

On the first day of June in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, Prince Azig led an army of 200,000 to storm Yuhuatai in Nanjing.

Andemen is one of the eighteen outer city gates of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, because Nanjing is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the construction of the outer city wall is relatively complicated, and in order to facilitate entry and exit, the city gates are also as many as eighteen.

However, Li Hongfei is now guarding this Ande Gate, not so much a city gate, but a ruin, due to disrepair, plus Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, there was no plan earlier, the capital was established in Nanjing (originally the capital of Fengyang), so a large part of the resources were used in Fengyang County.

Later, Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, "the Son of Heaven guarded the country, and there was no war in the south", and Nanjing's city defense construction was even more incomplete.

Relying on such a wall to defend Nanjing is tantamount to self-defeating, so the best way is to go out of the city to fight.

The reason why Li Hongfei Chen had 70,000 soldiers in front of Ande Gate was mainly because this was a necessary place to enter Nanjing from the west, and it was surrounded by mountains on the left and right, although it was a plain in the middle, the site was not very wide, at least for hundreds of thousands of troops, it was still relatively crowded, and such a terrain happened to be able to effectively limit the charge of large-scale cavalry.

The peaks on the left and right sides are not generally high, the peaks on the left are slightly dangerous, the highest point reaches more than 200 meters, and the mountain is steep, the cavalry is difficult to cross, Li Hongfei will have some loss of Zhang Chao, transferred to the guard, to prevent the Qing infantry from attacking the flank.

The right side is said to be a peak, but it is a relatively high mound, the highest point is less than 100 meters, the mountain is soothing and stretching, and even because both ends are slopes, once the Qing cavalry rushes to the top of the slope, it is very likely to go down and hit Li Hongfei's Chinese army.

To this end, Li Hongfei not only transferred Guo Sheng's first division to garrison, but also transferred 10,000 infantry troops to assist in resisting the enemy.

Of course, advancing from the left and right is only a backup option for the Qing army, but the middle is a plain, if you can break through directly from the middle, who will attack those areas with dangerous terrain?

What Azig has to do is to concentrate his forces, break through from one point, cut through the Ming army's formation, and then cover up the whole army to expand the results of the battle.

Li Hongfei led the Third Division of the Suzhou New Army, as well as the remaining coalition troops, totaling more than 50,000 people, to be deployed in this plain area more than six miles wide.

Looking at the army of black pressure in front and back, Li Hongfei was full of pride for a while, this is the army, this is the momentum!

The ones I used to see on TV were just weak..............

Although Li Hongfei sat on a specially made, two-story commanding chariot, he couldn't even see the end when he looked up.

"It's no wonder that the ancients fought wars and could only rely on war drums or flags to command, such a large area, relying on heralds, and waiting for the order to be issued, the battle is estimated to be over." Li Hongfei couldn't help but sigh.

An army of more than 50,000 people already has such an aura, and when Azig's army enters the field, its shock is even more indescribable.

The black clouds crushed the city and wanted to destroy it, and the armor light opened to the sun.

This may be the true portrayal of Li Hongfei's heart at this time.

The Qing army was led by the cavalry troops, and the black war horses that could not be seen at a glance were like a black cloud pressing towards them.

Azig is also the owner of the white flag, and his Manchurian soldiers, all dressed in silver-white armor, facing the rising sun, have the momentum of golden scales.

Perhaps it was the successive failures that made Azig serious, and the combat effectiveness of the Han Eight Banners had disappointed Azig a lot.

Or perhaps because of the small field, it was difficult for Azig's 200,000-strong army to be deployed, in short, the troops of the main attack this time were all full of soldiers with white flags.

When the 30,000 cavalry in the forward were scattered to protect the two wings, the 60,000 white flag infantry of the Chinese army covered the artillery team and slowly marched towards Li Hongfei's army.

Counting some auxiliary troops, only the troops on the front line, Azig invested 100,000 troops, which is still the reason for the limitation of the space, otherwise the devil knows if he will be pressed by the whole army.

It didn't take long for the Qing artillery to be in place, and the front lines of the two armies were only one mile apart, and the infantry on both sides were within the range of the artillery, and soldiers with good eyesight could even see each other's faces clearly.

"What kind of formation is the Ming army on the opposite side? Is it a trap? But why did their own people jump into those pits? "Azig observed the position of the Ming army through clairvoyance (single-hole telescope).

"This formation is unheard of, how can people fight in the trap of horses?" Kong Youde is also not clear.

The small trap pit, less than two meters wide, can be easily crossed by the cavalry who rushed up, how can a person stand in it?

In fact, they didn't know that Li Hongfei used the trench on this battlefield.

It is true that the width of the trench is only about two meters, but its length is difficult to calculate, plus the traffic trench and so on, it is more than enough to accommodate 10,000 people in it.

"No matter what formation he has, I have a large number of soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, and all conspiracies and tricks can't stop my Qing Dynasty's iron hooves!" A Manchurian general said.

Oh, yes....... No matter what conspiracy Li Hongfei used, the Qing army only needed to rush all the way to the set goal.

If he had a choice, Li Hongfei would definitely not defend Nanjing, but led his subordinates to engage in a mobile war with the Qing army in the entire south, grinding out these hundreds of thousands of Qing troops little by little.

However, Nanjing is the national capital, the last vestige of dignity of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the fundamental goal of the Qing army, so Li Hongfei had to bite the bullet and confront it head-on............

In ancient times, when the two armies faced each other, it was customary to send vanguard generals to shout in front of the formation, one was to boost morale, and the other was to tell the other party: labor and management are about to beat you, and you are ready.

The Qing army sent the Manchu general who said that the Qing soldiers were many generals, and this person rode a brown war horse and held a spear to two hundred meters in front of the Ming army formation (further on, it was within the range of the firecracker, and the other party was not stupid).

"Nanchao Xiao'er, listen up! I Qing millions of elite soldiers to the south, where they passed, do not dare not obey, if you resist, yesterday Weiyang, is today's Nanjing! The general's voice was like a bell.

"Yesterday Viyan? What do you mean? Li Hongfei said that he did not understand history.

"Lord Qiyu, it's Yangzhou." Stilwell's face was full of black lines, and he reminded in a low voice.

The name "Weiyang" was first published in the fifth century B.C., when Confucius compiled the Book of Shang? Yu Gong.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the history of Weiyang was unprecedentedly brilliant, with the reputation of "Yang Yi Yi Two", the earliest Yangzhou city in history, that is, was born in the land of today's Weiyang District, and was the birthplace of the ancient city of Yangzhou.

The meaning of the other party's words made it clear that if he did not surrender, Nanjing would also suffer a ten-day fate in Yangzhou.

"Humph! What a big breath! Pass my order, transfer five cannons to a salvo, and blow him up for me! Li Hongfei said angrily.

At this distance, only the artillery units placed in the Chinese army were just able to arrive, and Li Hongfei decided to use artillery, and also to color.

Using five cannons to fire a salvo to kill an enemy general can be described as an extreme luxury, but Li Hongfei is so capricious, his army, but all firearms troops, do not need strong firepower to fight back, how can it show the strength of firearms troops?

As for sending military generals to fight alone, Li Hongfei will not be so stupid, in case of a stalemate, the Qing army will definitely send military generals to support at that time, if Li Hongfei does not send it, then the people who went out to fight will definitely not come back, if they continue to increase, the front line is likely to fight into refueling tactics, or even melee, which is not conducive to the next defense at all.

"the ball, get out of the way and let Lao Tzu come!" The commander of the artillery regiment of the 2nd Division, after receiving the order, was ready to take matters into his own hands.

In order to resist the Qing cavalry charge, Li Hongfei concentrated the artillery regiments of the three divisions, and even the chariot battalion of the Shenji Battalion was transferred to the Chinese army and formed a temporary artillery brigade, stationed in the second echelon, and Wang Biao, the commander of the artillery regiment of the second division who made meritorious service in Fengtai Mountain, concurrently served as the brigade commander, and was specially responsible for striking at the enemy troops in the area of two or three hundred meters of the forward position.

Wang Biao used a heavy cannon of the Furlong machine, a rear-loading heavy cannon, with a crosshair and a light door, loaded with flowering shells, with a range of up to 700 meters, enough to hit the Manchurian generals in front of the battle.

However, for the sake of safety, the remaining four guns were also loaded and aimed at the same time.

"Yesterday Weiyang, who let your mother beg, labor and management let you not survive today, shoot me!"

Wang Biao, who had finished aiming, shouted loudly, and fired a salvo of five Furlong machines, engulfing the Manchurian general in an instant.............

"This Ming army is shameless, it actually directly launched an artillery attack, passed the order down, and fired back!" Seeing that the generals sent out to plunder the battle did not even see the enemy, Azig died on the spot, knowing that there was no point in talking any further, so he ordered an attack.

With the sound of the Ming artillery, the battle of Yuhuatai, which decided the fate of the Southern Ming Dynasty, officially began.

In the Qing camp, the artillery units that had already been prepared also began to fire back.

"Take care of the artillery fire!"

In the front-line trenches of the Ming army, most of them were the troops of the Third Division of the Suzhou New Army, and these soldiers, under the leadership of the squad and platoon leader, were on the edge of the trenches, covering their ears and opening their mouths wide, silently bearing the baptism of artillery fire above their heads.

The role of the trench is to reduce the lethality of the artillery, even in the face of the later generations, the high-powered heavy artillery based on yellow explosives, the trench also has a good ability to resist, not to mention the Qing army, which uses black powder as a solid bullet for propellant.