The main peak of Songyue Mountain is not high, only more than 400 meters, the mountain is not too steep, and the artillery positions of the Qing army are set up on several platforms halfway up the mountain.

Gao Yuanliang has already figured out the location of the artillery through the "fire reconnaissance" in the past few days, and the key is how to enter the artillery positions of the Qing army. According to the scouts, the Tartars had deployed more than 10,000 defenders around the artillery positions and had also built a large number of fortifications......

To put it bluntly, this Songyue Mountain is still not big enough, it is just a small mountain, and it is impossible for the Tuanshan army to send a large army to attack. The reason is also very simple, there are too many people who can only be squeezed together, and they just become the target of the Qing army's artillery on the mountain in vain. Even the 10,000 people brought out by Gao Yuanliang were divided into two teams, Pan Batian led 5,000 men to attack from the west, while Gao Yuanliang himself took 5,000 men to fight from the east.

Mountain marching and night marching are no strangers to the current Tuanshan Army, and during the training at Tuanshan Fort, each recruit has to go through a variety of marching training for up to half a year, including these two training subjects.

After a slow march in the middle of the night, when Gao Yuanliang and 5,000 men came to the east of the main peak of Songyue Mountain, the troops could not move any further. This is the dividing line between the scouts of the Qing army and the scouts of the Tuanshan army, and if you go further, the enemy's scouts will immediately find the Tuanshan army.

The requirement for marching along this road is to be slower than to reveal your whereabouts in advance. The Tartar scouts must be spotted at the moment of attack, so the march is not fast.

The agreed time with the Western Army Pan Batianbu was three o'clock in the morning, which was roughly equivalent to about four o'clock in the morning in the later generations, which was the darkest hour of the night. It's just entering the Yin period. There was still a little more time to wait before the agreed general attack time, so Takamoto Ryobu hid in the dark woods and rested in place.

All the soldiers were making their final preparations. Every man double-checked the weapons he was carrying—muskets, bayonets, pellet bags, mines in his palms, and so on. After inspecting the weapons and equipment, the soldiers quietly nibbled on the potatoes they had brought for breakfast. No one made any noise.

Gao Yuanliang's face sank like water, and he quietly looked at the soldiers under his command, feeling very satisfied with the discipline of the soldiers. At this moment, Gao Yuanliang sat on the marching bench, looked up at the dark night sky, and then stopped his gaze on the Qing army camp two miles away.

There are a lot of bonfires lit over there now, which stand out in the dark. Gao Yuanliang silently calculated the distance, launched an attack from the current place, and it took about two quarters of an hour to charge to the camp of the Qing army, which was still not counting the situation of encountering enemy resistance during the period.

But according to the news from the scouts. The Qing army did not have any ambushes at this distance, except for arranging many light and dark posts. It's just that I don't know why, Gao Yuan's conscience is still faintly uneasy, maybe it's a very normal little nervousness, this is also human nature, which of the famous generals throughout the ages has really not been nervous at all in battle?

It's not that they're not nervous, it's that they know how to control their emotions and don't let their nervousness show. The so-called "Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remained unchanged" is just an outsider's opinion, maybe the parties have already collapsed several Mount Tai in their hearts. No matter what. As long as you don't show it, of course, Gao Yuanliang can do this......

Almost at the same time, the Tuanshan Army was in the big tent of the Chinese army. The tension is the same as the unintentional sleep. Kang Xing'an was by Zhang Li's side, and Zhang Zhang was staring intently at the military map, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while. Kang Xing'an's voice came from a tense voice: "Anzi, what time is it?" ”

Kang Xing'an glanced at the table clock in the tent. blurted out: "My lord, it's a moment!" ”

Only then did Zhang Li raise his head. Glancing at the table clock in the same position, he nodded slightly.

This clock is a thing developed by the Tuanshan Fort Workshop, but in fact, it still imitates the construction principle of Western clocks. It's just that Zhang Li proposed that the frequency of the "pendulum" can calculate the time, and Song Yingxing made the original "pendulum clock" under the prompting of Zhang Li.

However, this thing is far from the modern clock in the heart of tension, and it is as large as a bedside table, and the accuracy is about three to five minutes.

With the current level of technology, we can only do this step, and we can slowly improve it in the future. Zhang Zhang asked Song Yingxing to first reduce the error for about a minute, just such a small request, Song Yingxing led people to study it for more than half a year and did not complete it.

Tension is not in a hurry, take your time, is the innovation of science and technology a one-time thing? Now an error of about five minutes is quite good, at least much better than the hourglasses and sundials that were timed before.

Zhang Li knew very well that the time for launching the general attack was three quarters in the morning, and there was still about half an hour or so. Kang Xingan made a cup of hot tea and handed it to Zhang Li, who took a shallow sip of the tea and put the teacup on the table.

"Anzi, you pass on my orders, let Mutou, Izawa and Wanji prepare them, once Gao Yuanliang succeeds, the army will immediately march towards Kaesong!"

Kang Xing'an's expression was dazed, and he hurriedly responded: "Yes!" My lord! ”

After Kang Xing'an went down to give the order, Zhang Zhang sat back in his chair and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

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The agreed hour finally came, and with a bright flare piercing the night sky, the eastern and western mountain armies launched a fierce attack at the same time!

Countless torches lit up at the same time, and the columns of soldiers of the Tuanshan Army seemed to suddenly burst out of the darkness, which surprised the Qing scouts who were in charge of vigilance. After a brief moment of surprise, the scouts of the Qing army immediately rushed back to the camp to report the enemy's situation.

In fact, there was no need for these scouts to come to report, Shang Kexi, who was in charge of the defense of the artillery position, had been awakened by the earth-shattering shouts of killing under the mountain.

The regimental mountain army attacked at night!

After Shang Kexi woke up from his sleep, this thought popped into his mind for the first time! Shang Kexi was not flustered, while the guards were draped in him, he gave an order like a cannon: "Order the sons and daughters not to panic, the night attack of the Tuanshan Army has long been expected by Taishi Hong, and we have made all preparations - no panic, no panic!" ”

After the herald went down, Shang Kexi was also dressed, and he asked his subordinates not to panic, but he hurriedly went out to inspect the enemy's situation, obviously his heart was far less calm than his mouth.

Except for a small number of soldiers on duty on Songyue Mountain, who were ready for battle at the first time, the rest of the people who had just woken up from their sleep were huddled together in a chaotic group, and it was not until the Tuanshan army rushed to the front of the battle that they could not be assembled. (To be continued.) )