On August 3, the 14th year of Chongzhen, for several days, the Ming army built a large number of mountain-attacking equipment, such as chariots, pointed heads, nest carts, mantle carts, trench bridges and other things. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info these instruments, if they are copies of siege weapons, but they are lighter and more flexible.

In addition, a large number of Liaodong defenders, the car battalions under the command of the general soldiers, and a large number of people collected wheelbarrows, two-wheeled vehicles, longboard cars, etc., which were used to carry earthen bags and baskets for future trench filling.

The huge manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty have played a positive role, and a large number of materials for attacking the mountains have been continuously gathered.

The intentions of the Ming army, the Qing army was keenly aware that these days, the number of soldiers and horses transferred to the Loess Ridge has increased significantly. Their sentry cavalry, also frequently went to Songshan Fort near to snoop, the Ming army sentry cavalry, resolutely counterattacked, the two sides launched a series of confrontations, the smell of gunpowder around Songshan Fort, more and more thick.

At the same time, the final attack tactics, the officials and generals, also carried out repeated discussions, in which there was no fierce controversy.

Wang Dou had a rough sand table map of the terrain of eastern Liaodong as early as when he was on the East Road, and after arriving at Songshan, after these days of surveying, the mountainous terrain everywhere was depicted in more and more detail. Hong Chengchou and others also praised the sand table of the Jingbian Army, and with the fine sand table map, talking about troops on paper has become a real possibility and realization.

The defense line of the Qing soldiers was very clear, and their heavy artillery, that is, the Hongyi cannon that hit more than ten catties, was deployed on the top of the mountain, surrounded by some piers. The artillery that hits five or six pounds of artillery is arranged in the middle layer. There are also some small cannons, Franc machine guns, etc., arranged in the forward mountain line of defense.

Then these cannons were matched with the trench earthen walls, plus some birds, bows and arrows, etc. Each line of defense was mainly carried by the Han army and the Goryeo army. Genuine Tartar soldiers are armed with bows and arrows, shields and broadswords. It was used for hand-to-hand combat afterwards. It's not without the intention of being a warlord.

It seems that on the mountain ridge, there are some crossbow arrows, trebuchets, ash bottle cannons and other weapons, it seems that the Qing army in the Loess Ridge. It is to guard the walled wall as a city.

Wang Dou suggested that when attacking the mountain, the queue could be spread out more thinly to prevent the opponent's ricocheting and causing serious damage. If the opponent is approaching in formation, arrange the formation closer.

This is very easy to do, generally when the armies form a formation, they use trumpets, that is, to blow swans, and there is an open space between each soldier and each team.

Where the trumpet blows a single swing, each squad is at a distance of one foot and five feet, and if it blows again, it will be even looser. or more dense. Sparse and dense, turn left and right, just rely on the sound of the horn can do it. Of course. How fast and slow the swing is. It also has a lot to do with the elite of each army.

Wang Dou's suggestion, of course, Yang Guozhu and others had no objection.

Wang Dou also thinks. A large number of people's convoys, mountain attack equipment, and artillery do not need to be gathered in the front army, these are all sharp weapons in close combat, and it is difficult to fight from afar.

The Franc machine and other guns of the special car battalion, can you fire the cannon while walking, and still hit the target enemy? That's really a cannon god possession, self-propelled artillery descends, attack in front of the enemy's wall, and then dispatch.

Wang Dou's proposal made the generals of the various car battalions breathe a sigh of relief, remembering that they were deployed in the front line and marching under the fire of Tartar artillery, and everyone was also a little frightened.

Therefore, the light chariots of each cart battalion were marching in the front army, covering the soldiers as much as possible. There is no way to deal with possible casualties, the current Ming Dynasty has not yet been able to resist the Hongyi cannon, even if there is, it is extremely heavy and difficult to implement.

At this point, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, and Li Fuming, the chief soldier of Shanxi, all took it into account, but nodded with a heavy face.

If you fight, there will be casualties, and there is no way around it.

However, Wang Dou's suggestion next made Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of the former battalion of the Shenji Battalion, hesitate. …,

Wang Dou's suggestion was to push the artillery of the Shenji Battalion as close as possible to support the friendly forces attacking the mountain.

Of course, the first wave of the offensive was to first capture the first mountain defense line of the Qing people, which was an enemy defense composed of some enemy platforms, fire road piers, and walled walls.

The Ming Dynasty built a pier platform in Liaodong, a typical pier in three miles, one in five miles, a special enemy platform, mostly a two-layer hollow enemy platform. Generally, it is three or five zhang high, and the surrounding width is twelve zhang, or seventeen or eight zhang. The middle floor is empty, the arrow window on all sides, the upper floor is built with a tower, the ring is surrounded by a battlement, and it is mostly made of large stones, which is very solid.

In the mountains around Songshan Fort, there are also a lot of such piers, and there are hundreds of total on weekdays, and the head of the platform is not equal. However, the Qing army besieged Jinzhou, Songshan, and the fire road pier and enemy platform near Songshan Fort were captured by the Qing army long ago, but were used as the Qing people's defense line.

Attacking this line of defense, the artillery of the Shenji Battalion did not have any danger, and it was enough to bombard them from afar, and the Qing artillery on the main ridge could not hit them. It's hit, it's miles away, what threat can it be?

However, after capturing this line of defense, Wang Dou suggested that the mountain attack headquarters be set up here, and the artillery battalion of the Shenji Battalion could also be arranged here. He said: "Niangniang temple platform, only more than two miles away from the loess ridge, above the main ridge, there is also an enemy platform, as the enemy chieftain for the purpose of entrenchment. If you set up an artillery camp here, you can threaten the bandit defenders within the firing range, and provide maximum assistance to the friendly forces attacking the mountain. ”

Of course, there is a problem here, that is, the artillery battalion pushes here, and all the way over, it will have to face the bombardment of the Qing artillery on the mountain. Moreover, according to the defense line of the first mountain ridge of the former Dongnu, there will also be artillery battles with the Qing army on the main mountain range.

Looking at Fu Yingchong's face, Wang Dou comforted: "Don't worry, they will fight the Hongyi cannon of more than ten catties of cannons, and they will hit three or four miles at most." But what can you hit in three or four miles? Unless there is a dense military formation, so the artillery is still safe all the way. It is more than two miles from the mountains...... It is also difficult for their artillery to hit the artillery array. Therefore, the artillery battalion of the Shenji battalion is arranged over there without worry. Besides, sharp weapons such as divine fire crows and mortar cannons cannons can't be deployed over there after going up the mountain, and they can't hit thieves. ”

Yang Guozhu and the others were extremely moved, and Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and said: "This proposal of Zhongyong is very feasible. ”

Seeing that Fu Yingchong's face was still changing, Wang Dou said: "If you can't do anything, my Jingbian Army Artillery Battalion will come to support." ”

The artillery of the Jingbian Army, the Hongyi six-pounder cannon in the army, can hit more than two miles, and the Hongyi three-pounder cannon can also hit nearly two miles. Push to the artillery position there, and you can compete with the Hongyi twelve-pounder cannon in the Qing camp.

In this way, the deputy general of the former battalion of the Shenji battalion. I finally made up my mind. If you want to fight on the battlefield and want military merits, how can you not take some risks? Fight!

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The final deployment is complete. Early in the morning of August 3, the Ming army attacked the main force of the mountain and responded to the army. Mountain-attacking equipment, etc., are continuously gathered on the wilderness and hills east of Matsuyama Fort.

People shouted horses neighing, sentry horses whistling, drums and trumpets were endless, and Yang Guozhu's Xuanzhen army of 15,000 people was dispatched, a total of 4,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry troops.

These 8,000 infantry troops are all new troops, all of them have serious expressions, and they are all cloud-winged helmets. The pikemen all wore red waist-length armor, red and blue, and the color was touching. Gunners. Holding the East Road Seiko Bird Gun. All of them are wearing red cotton armor, and they look like fire clouds.

His army. Spread in front of the large array.

Li Fuming, the chief soldier of Shanxi, also led a large army to Yang Guozhu's side, all about 10,000 people.

He had about 5,000 men and horses in his headquarters, including 3,000 cavalry, as well as some generals and guerrillas in the town, who were divided into three or seven points on foot and four or six points. Some of them also fought side by side with Hu Dawei and Wang Dou back then.

Maybe they have been in Liaodong for a long time, and their military horses are dressed a bit like Liaodong generals. …,

The cavalrymen wore long armor with inlaid armor leaves and iron helmets with arms and hands, while the infantry wore a scarf with a folded scarf on their heads, or a red hat with waist-length armor and short armor. This kind of short nail basically has no nail lobe inside, and only nails some nail bubbles on the surface.

Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Ningyuan regiment, also led his men and horses to arrive, and in Liaodong, he controlled more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, more than Liu Zhaoji, the chief soldier of Liaodong, and there were 2,000 of them. Riding four or six on foot, there were thousands of cavalry under his command.

After he set out from Ningyuan with Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, he stayed behind to guard part of his troops, but at this time, there were still nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in Songshan.

In this battle, he also pulled out most of the men and horses, and only a small number of people were left to guard the camp, including the governor's soldiers and horses, loyal and brave uncles, and Zuo Guang first came to the aid of the troops to guard the inner side of Songshan. There are also Ma Ke and Tang Tong, deployed in the west of Songshan Fort, and Wang Pu, deployed in the north of Songshan Fort, of course, worry-free, front-line soldiers and horses, as safe as possible.

In this war, Wu Sangui may not have the idea of making great contributions.

His soldiers and horses were arranged on the right side of the large array, and Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Jizhen, led the army to line up beside Wu Sangui.

There are also thousands of people in the headquarters, and the rest are the deputy generals, generals, guerrilla soldiers and horses in the town, and the communist army and horses are 20,000. Of course, it is the norm for them to eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers in the army, and the fact that there are many soldiers and horses is a secret of everyone, even the officials, and they will not get to the bottom of it.

Wang Pu's 13,000 people lined up on the left side of the army, the Wang family has always been rich in Datong Town, not to mention that he is barracks 3,000 cavalry, that is, 3,000 new troops under his command, also a color of cloud-winged helmet, long armor. Each new army also had horses and mules, and the equipment was luxurious, almost comparable to Wang Dou's Jingbian army.