391 The First Battle of Zhoushan
In the face of the earth-shattering bombardment of the Ming artillery, the Manchu army who saw this situation for the first time was full of fear in their hearts, even if they did not flee because of the strict military regulations over the years, but the invincible morale at the beginning had dropped a lot. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Lord Wang, what can I do about this, the artillery of the Ming army is so sharp, although our defensive positions are strong, they are not their opponents at all, if they are allowed to bombard like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for long!" Looking at the scene in front of him, a Manchu general beside Azig said with some concern.
It's a pity that although he was taken aback by the sudden powerful attack power of the Ming army, Azig quickly reacted, and said with a sneer on his face, "Don't worry, don't say it's such an attack, even if it's a powerful attack, it's useless, these positions were originally only used to block the pace of the Ming army, it doesn't matter if there is or not, as long as the land of Junshan is defended and the Ming army has no way to cross Dongting Lake, then this land of Yuezhou will be impregnable, as long as it is consumed like this, the Ming army will retreat without a fight, and when the time comes, That's when we strike back. ”
With Azig's words, many Manchu generals relaxed and looked at the Ming soldiers who were slowly approaching.
Today, after a variety of rigorous training and realistic simulation training, the Ming army not only has detailed regulations on various rules, even for the siege, it has long been very familiar, and even summed up many siege secrets, so that the Ming army in the siege war, has been rapidly improved.
"Doodle, doodle"
With the sound of a copper whistle, I saw that the Ming army was really in front of the rows of soldiers wearing armor, pushing a two-person wide cart forward, but slowly advancing, what is strange is that this kind of cart is not like the general kind of wheelbarrow, or the same as a two-wheeled carriage, but only one kind of frame, but in front of a two-foot thick wood, just like the roller of later generations, but unfortunately, this kind of roller is much smaller than that of later generations.
The reason why there is this kind of cart is because Shi Lei found that in the middle of many siege battles, what scared the soldiers the most was not the rain of arrows or rolling wood on their heads, but the extra trenches or dark passages in front of the siege war. They will sprinkle a lot of thistles and other things on the ground.
Therefore, after discovering this situation, Shi Lei specially ordered people to conduct research, wanting to crack this method, but in the end they could only helplessly find that in this case, in addition to ordering soldiers to fill in with human lives, there is no good way, and later, after a few days of contemplation, Shi Lei suddenly thought of the road roller of later generations, although at this time, all steel casting rollers are not realistic, but they can be abbreviated version of the roller.
Sure enough, when this abbreviated version of the steamroller appeared, the Ming army was able to avoid many innocent casualties in the siege battle, and at the same time, this kind of steamroller was not only able to crack the enemy's trap trenches on the road and use it as a pioneer, but more importantly, they could exist as a simple moving fortress.
On top of the cart, a canopy roof was built with hardwood behind three fingers, so that the soldiers could safely push the cart forward without fear of arrow rain on their heads.
Behind these cars is a pair of vanguard battalions dressed like Iron Man, holding shields and steel knives, their presence is not only to support the small team in front at any time, but also because if they encounter something that the small team can't solve, it's their turn to take action.
With a small convoy, the Ming army's attack was very smooth, no matter what obstacles were encountered along the way, they were quickly solved, especially a few small blocking positions, those stationed in the Qing army, although desperately released arrows, wanted to block the advance of the Ming army, but under the almost invincible defense of the small convoy, it was useless, and then, had to sadly rush to the Ming army with knives and guns, but unfortunately, in the face of them was the heavily armed forward battalion, which was almost in front of the Iron Man-like defense, These Qing soldiers didn't even hurt them at all, and they were solved by them with a few swords.
"Lord, what can I do, I didn't expect the Ming army to have this kind of thing, with these weird siege things, I'm afraid Zhoushan will be difficult to defend, or let the last general lead the cavalry to set off, when the time comes, ten thousand horses will run together, and they will definitely be able to completely destroy these things of the Ming army, as long as there are no these things, the Ming army will have nothing to fear." One of the generals beside Azig said anxiously.
Looking at the scene of the Ming army in front of him, hearing the shouts of his subordinates in his ears, Azig thought for a long time with a cold face, and finally waved his hand and said, "No, now is not the time to use cavalry, if this battle starts to fight, we will use the hole cards, I'm afraid we will no longer have a chance to win this battle, and although these things of the Ming army are powerful, it is not impossible to solve them, come and pass on the king's order, let all the soldiers, release the thunder stone, rolling wood, aren't they powerful, but this thunder stone, Rolling wood rolled down the mountain, no matter how powerful he was, I am afraid that he would not be able to resist the powerful rush at all, as long as he could destroy the small carts in front of them, the Ming army would become a toothless tiger. ”
I have to say that Azig is still a very powerful general, at a glance can see the weakness of the car, so as to find a solution, with Azig's order, the Qing army who were still bending their bows and arrows, desperately shooting, have thrown a huge thunder stone to the bottom, and a huge rolling log, for a while, I saw the smoke and dust rolling on Zhoushan, as if it was on fire, one by one smoke and dust, down Zhoushan.
"Ah, no, get out of the way."
After looking at the falling rocks and rolling logs that rolled down from Zhoushan, the Ming army standing in the front of the small convoy suddenly shouted in shock. It's a pity that no matter how loud their shouts are, they can't change the impending tragedy, whether it is the Ming army pushing the cart in front, or the soldiers of the Ming army's forward battalion wearing heavy full-body armor behind them, in the face of the falling rocks and rolling logs, they have no power to stop them at all, except to escape.
It's a pity that those Ming troops pushing carts can dodge, but the soldiers of the forward battalion wearing heavy armor around them can't dodge, and even if they can, they can't dodge at all.
I saw that the Ming army who could easily escape with the carts did not dodge and escape, but quickly connected the carts together, and formed a thick three layers, you know, the front of these carts are two or three feet thick wood, when they are connected together, they form a low city wall, if it is on flat ground, this city wall is very thick even if it blocks a fast-moving cavalry, but on this half of the hillside, in the face of the falling wood that comes from the top down, Rolling Stone, that's a little weak.
"Ah, brother, get out of the way, we can't escape, you guys leave quickly!"
It was the soldiers of the forward battalion wearing heavy armor who spoke, they originally thought they would die, but after seeing the actions of the trolley soldiers, they couldn't help but shout, but unfortunately, in the face of their shouting, the trolley soldiers didn't say much, just stood in front, dead on top of the trolley, they not only used their hands, but more people used their own bodies to carry the trolley, hoping to be able to stop the falling wood and rolling stones that were rushing quickly with peace of mind, so as to win a trace of or festive hope for their comrades behind them.
"Boom, boom, boom"
When those falling rocks and rolling logs that were falling quickly finally collided with those cars, there was a huge leftover in an instant, as if a comet hit the earth, and many people were even directly hit by the falling rocks and rolling logs, and those cars that were originally connected together, hoping to block the falling rocks and rolling logs, were also hit by huge falling rocks and rolling logs, like toys, were double-flew, and more were directly flattened by them, and those who were behind the cars, hoping to be able to withstand the Ming soldiersAt this time, most of them were either directly flattened by falling rocks and rolling logs, or they were bled by the force of the impact.
In the face of this scene, many Ming troops under Zhoushan were all angry with a sadness in their hearts, but in an instant, this sadness turned into an incomparable fighting spirit, they admired these comrades-in-arms who sacrificed themselves for others, and they also wanted to inherit their wishes, attack Junshan, attack Yuezhou City, and kill all the Manchu Tartars to comfort their souls in the sky.
Although the actions of the trolley soldiers seem a little ridiculous, some of the meaning of the mantis arm as a car, but their efforts with their lives are not fruitless, the result is that most of the rolling stones and sassal wood were blocked by them, although some still rolled down, causing some casualties to the Ming army vanguard behind them, but most of the Ming army vanguard soldiers still survived.
"Brothers, in order to avenge these brothers who have lost for us, attack Zhoushan, kill the dog Tartars, brothers, kill me .........." When all the rolling stones and the curtain disappeared, the soldiers of the vanguard army couldn't help but shout the slogan of revenge one after another, and rushed towards the top of Zhoushan at an accelerated pace.
It's a pity that although their fighting spirit is strong, but without the small car army in front of them to open the way for them, their attack has become difficult, and in addition to wearing full-body armor for a long time, it has caused a huge drain on their physical strength, so after half a day, although they are sad and angry, they can only retreat helplessly.
Looking at the retreating Ming soldiers, Shi Lei and others standing behind couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in their hearts, of course, it was just another death, after all, although the current Ming army is stronger than the Qing army, but it is not overwhelmingly powerful, they didn't expect that they could give him a successful capture of Zhoushan, but, looking at the soldiers who came back, everyone felt that this battle would not be so easy to fight.
"Azig is indeed a capable general, to be able to crack our tactics so quickly, it seems that if we want to capture Zhoushan, it will take some time and experience, since this is the case, then we can rest assured that the luck in our hearts will be able to attack Zhoushan in a down-to-earth manner, starting tomorrow, the army will be divided into four parts, and then take turns to attack Zhoushan, even if the soldiers can rest well, it can also play a role in training." After returning to the barracks, Shi Lei said to all the generals.
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Just when Shi Lei led the army to launch an attack on Yuezhou City, Dongting Lake was also very lively, and I saw that large or small battlefields were gathering here, and with the sound of gongs, drums and horns, various formations were arranged, some battled, some attacked, some retreated, and others.
"Lord Zheng, you said that we now have so many powerful artillery on all ships, we can just go directly to attack Yuezhou City, why do we still have to contact in this Dongting Lake, you know, although the Manchu Qing side occupies Yuezhou City, but the naval army is still controlled by Yang Dayan and these traitors, although our warships are not as good as Yang Dayan and others, but now that we have artillery, we don't have to be afraid of them anymore, when the time comes, a burst of ten thousand cannons will fire in unison, and they will all be blown up to pieces, isn't it a waste of time here?" On one of the largest warships in the lake, Han Goudan was originally following Zuo Mengeng, and this naval army was the naval army that originally belonged to Zuo's army.
Originally, in the Zuo Liangyu period, the Zuojia Army's naval army was a wide land, the largest naval army, only the size of the warship had more than 100,000 swishs, but, with the death of Zuo Liangyu, the Zuojia Army's naval army was also like the Zuojia Army, fell into weakness, and later after Yang Dayan and others surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, they took away nearly sixty percent of the warships, fortunately, the generals who originally commanded the naval army were still somewhat loyal to Zuo Liangyu, and retained most of the naval soldiers and warships, but even so, the naval army of the Zuojia Army also became much weaker.
But after Zuo Mengeng surrendered to Shi Lei, this kind of naval army, which was originally greatly injured, is finally going to rejuvenate his second spring, because everyone knows that if you want to attack Yuezhou City, you can only attack Zhoushan, and if you want to attack Zhoushan, without warships, it is simply impossible.
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