Kaesong is a bit like a condensed version of the Sichuan Basin, its urban area is a lowland plain, but the suburbs are surrounded by mountains such as Songak Mountain and Centipede Mountain. Therefore, Kaesong does not have a particularly strong city defense, but has built fortresses on Songak Mountain and Centipede Mountain since ancient times.

The most important thing is that the so-called official road of the Joseon State runs from Kaesong to the north and east, so the strategic location here is very important, and it is indeed a battleground for soldiers.

The elevation of Songyue Mountain and Centipede Mountain is only more than 400 meters, but the Qing army built a large number of forts here. More than 100 new thousand-pound furlong cannons were placed on the fort, a situation that the regimental mountain army had never encountered.

Zhang Zhang led an army of 40,000 to build a camp five miles south of Kaesong, facing hedgehog skins that were more difficult to gnaw than turtle shells, how should the Tuanshan army respond?

The Tuanshan army did not attack immediately, but built many fortifications around the camp to prevent a Tartar attack. Thinking about defeat before thinking about victory is an eternal tactical truth.

In accordance with the previous deployment, the Tuanshan Army carried out an artillery bombardment of the Tartar fortresses of Songyue Mountain and Centipede Mountain for two days, but the results were very unsatisfactory. Although the performance and range of the Tartar artillery were inferior to those of the Tuanshan Army, relying on the condescending advantage, the artillery of the Tuanshan Army could not take advantage of it in the slightest.

After two days of artillery bombardment, more than 20 artillery pieces were lost on the side of the Tuanshan Army. Today's artillery battle between the two sides has ended, and Zhang Li supervised the battle in front of the battle, but he did not show the slightest discouragement.

When Kang Xing'an handed over a drawing to Zhang Li, Zhang Li's face showed a faint joy.

Kang Xingan looked at the content marked on the drawings on the side, and couldn't help but smack his tongue: "My lord." Our artillery has suffered a lot of damage in the past two days, and it is not clear whether the artillery that hit the Tartar or not. Is it worth it just to get this drawing? ”

Zhang Li smiled slightly. Said lightly: "Didn't I tell you before, this is called fire reconnaissance." If you don't let the Tartars take advantage of it, how can you induce them to fire all the power?! ”

"Hmm-" Kang Xing'an nodded, his face still a little puzzled: "My lord, this fire reconnaissance can make the location of the Tartar artillery known to us, but our artillery still can't reach them!" ”

Zhang Zhang smiled, glanced at Kang Xing'an meaningfully, and said, "Who told you to use artillery to solve the enemy?" ”

Kang Xingan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly became enlightened: "Oops! What do you mean by sending surprise soldiers to cut off the Tartars' artillery positions? ”

Zhang Zhang nodded. But he didn't go on.

Kang Xing understands with peace of mind, Lord Zhang is going to use a surprise attack strategy! This so-called "fire reconnaissance" is to mark the location of the Tartar artillery one by one, and then the pot will be discarded. The Tartars built a fortress on the hill, and the artillery was basically fixed, and it was very difficult to move it......

Kang Xing'an's eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Zhang Li, this kind of artillery battle was rare in previous encounters, why did Lord Zhang seem to be familiar with artillery battles?

Of course, Zhang Li was very familiar with how to break this kind of artillery positional warfare, so he didn't pay much attention to Kang Xing'an's expression. At the right time. Chen Zhengcao, who was in charge of escorting the artillery transported from Ning Yuan's middle right, appeared in front of Zhang Li.

Chen Zhengcao reported to Zhang Li about the delivery of artillery, which brought a total of more than 200 brand-new howitzers cast by the Tuanshan Fort Workshop, plus the previous howitzers, the Tuanshan Army had assembled a total of more than 600 artillery pieces of various types - of course. There are more than 400 howitzers, and there are more than 100 new Furlong machine guns captured in the last Battle of Guangluyuan.

Chen Zhengcao was about to leave after the report, when Zhang Li suddenly remembered something. stopped Chen Zhengcao: ", you wait." ”

Chen Zhengcao was stunned. He immediately took two steps forward and walked up to Zhang Li, and asked, "My lord." What's wrong? ”

Zhang Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said seemingly casually: "There is one thing that I have always thought is very strange, and I haven't figured it out after thinking about it for a long time - what about the sailor of the Tartar Kong Youde Division?" From the beginning of the war to the present, there has been no movement at all? ”

Chen Zhengcao blurted out without thinking: "I must be afraid of the landscape division of our regiment, so I don't dare to fight......"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Zhengcao also realized that something was wrong, and took back the rest of the words.

That's right, the Tartar sailors are indeed inferior to the Tuanshan Shui Division, which is basically just some of the ships that the Ming Dynasty "surrendered" to the past. However, in the initial stage of the Korean War, the naval division under the command of Kong Youde defeated the Korean naval division in one fell swoop, and then captured many Korean warships, and the strength really expanded a lot.

Although the combat power of the Tartar Water Division is still inferior to that of the Tuan Shan Water Division, they have not moved since the start of the war, which is a bit unreasonable......

Zhang Li's brows tightened, and after thinking for a long time, he said to Chen Zhengcao: "Zhengcao, it is reasonable to say that the Tartars did not dare to start a war with our regimental landscape division in order to preserve their strength. However, when we crossed the river, it was the best time for the Tartar naval division and the river defense troops to attack together, but they had to give up this opportunity. The sailors were nowhere to be seen, and the river defense troops had all retreated back to Kaesong, which was a bit strange. ”

Chen Zhengcao and Kang Xing'an on the side also fell into deep thought, and the three of them were silent for a while. After a long time, Zhang Li's eyes were deep, and he said lightly: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and the Tartar must have some ulterior motive when he patrols and avoids the battle like this." ”

Kang Xingan licked his lips and whispered, "My lord, are you scared of the Tartars by us?" ”

Zhang Zhang shook his head, pointed to Songyue Mountain and Centipede Mountain in the distance, and said, "The Tartars have gathered heavy troops in Kaesong for a desperate fight, and it doesn't look like they want to retreat without a fight. ”

Chen Zhengcao nodded and agreed: "The current commander-in-chief of the Tartar is Hong Chengchou's dog thief, he has a low character, but he is not a person who does not know soldiers, and he has some strategy in his chest, I am afraid that what Lord Zhang said is true." ”

Indeed, as Chen Zhengcao said, Hong Chengchou is capable, he couldn't do Tartar in Daming before, it's not that he is incompetent, it's really that the border army of Daming has been weak for a long time and is unbearable to fight.

Historically, as long as the quality of Hong Chengchou's soldiers was not too bad, whether it was against the peasant army or the Southern Ming army, the victory rate was quite high.

Zhang Zhang knows this, if it is reasonable to say that the Jurchen Tartars have a bad brain, and they are easy to commit two mistakes in a war, but the big traitor Hong Chengchou is definitely not that kind of person.

If you don't have a few brushes, you can only be a little minion to be a traitor, and you will never be in a high position - you must know that the traitor industry is also fiercely competitive in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties! (To be continued.) )