The explosion rang out several times, and then fell silent.

At this time, the fog became thinner and thinner, and a hint of red appeared in the east.

There was another explosion, the fog gradually dissipated, and Liu Zhuzi's clairvoyant mirror finally became clearer.

There are a lot of Jiannu soldiers in the camera, most of these Jiannu soldiers are still wearing the military uniforms of the Ming army, obviously the new Han army, carefully advancing this, and some soldiers also leaned down to fill in those horseshoe pits.

"Heavy artillery ready! Mortar No. 2 for reloading! ”

The No. 2 mortar is the number of the new mortar, which has a long range and is about to enter the range of this mortar.

Liu Zhuzi's order was given, and the gunners were just ready, and before Liu Zhuzi could give his gunners the order to shell, the sound of artillery came from the east flank.

Jiannu obviously did not attack at one point, and this was not a sneak attack, it was a blatant attack, just taking advantage of the early morning mist to advance.

This is a scattered attack, there is no doubt, this way of fighting must have a main point of attack, Zhou Huchen, who was in the middle of the trench, began to think about how to deal with it, because the entire front seemed to have discovered the enemy's activities. This attack is either in the middle or on both wings, with the two wings being the most likely to be attacked due to their slower reinforcements.

The trench front of more than ten miles is still too long, and the defense makes the troops very scattered, and the reserves look like a lot, but it is not enough for this long defense line. Once the soldiers on the defense line are dispatched to reinforce them, there will be an empty situation elsewhere, and Zhou Huchen is a little worried.

Mortars were fired sporadically almost along the entire trench front, and this shelling undoubtedly caused some casualties to the enemy, but at the same time, some mines were also detonated by shells. The enemy forces obviously did not make a strong impact, and these newly attached Han troops who were attacked by artillery retreated, and then stepped forward again under the pressure of the warlords behind them. With the firing of artillery, these cowardly surrenderers retreated again

Liu Zhuzi's gunner kept loading, and the projectiles kept flying into the sky. The enemy forces are still somewhat scattered. The killing effect was not ideal, which made the Jiannu army more and more emboldened, and some soldiers behind these new annexes began to follow.

It can be clearly seen that when there is no projectile flying out, those newly attached Han troops will immediately fill in the horseshoe pit in front of them, and these cannon fodder of Jiannu even knew that the projectile flew over and hurriedly leaned down on the ground to avoid shrapnel. Although they also touched the mines from time to time, these Jiannu soldiers never gave up, and they still worked hard, albeit slowly, but with the people behind them to keep following. The slow progress of these cannon fodder still has a certain effect.

More enemy troops were slowly moving forward, and Liu Zhuzi saw the overseers behind these cannon fodder, and these overseers wearing the costumes of Jiannu soldiers waved their weapons to drive the cannon fodder and began to be extremely fast. The enemy's distance was about to enter the range of the trumpet mortars, and the number of trumpet mortars was larger, coupled with the increase in mines, Liu Zhuzi did not think that the enemy's attack of this scale could get closer.

More than a mile of trench fronts, in fact, these mortars are very sparse, and the number of enemy troops coming up is even greater.

Liu Zhuzi's clairvoyant mirror is now full of enemies, and the enemy army is very scattered. This was undoubtedly a good way to reduce casualties and consume his own ammunition, so Liu Zhuzi had to start adding all mortars to the attack.

The enemy forces were closer, the role of mines was revealed, and mortar shells were constantly exploding. The casualties made these cannon fodder panic, and they began to retreat again.

This time, Jiannu's warlords didn't seem to continue to press, and the explosions on this section of the front stopped.

Explosions were still heard on the east flank. Liu Zhuzi, who was in a slightly relaxed mood, turned his head and began to observe, the situation on the east side seemed to be still stalemate, and some Jiannu soldiers were still hovering around the periphery and making efforts. It doesn't seem like I've given up.

Suddenly, Liu Zhuzi's rangefinder shouted: "General, look, Jiannu is going to go to the thunder!" ”

Sure enough, after Jiannu retreated, herds of livestock appeared behind them, and these animals were of all kinds, including mules, horses, donkeys, and even cattle. These livestock were apparently used by Jiannu's own logistics army to transport supplies, because there was no one in the nearby villages, and the people who fled would not abandon their precious livestock, but only those used by Jiannu's own logistics troops.

This is a very dangerous sign, because as the horseshoe pits are reduced, the animals will successfully clear the mines, and the Jiannu will definitely follow suit. Although it is impossible for livestock to jump over the trenches, they can affect the concentration of the soldiers, and at the same time, these animals will become the shields of the enemy soldiers, and the power of the firearms will be severely reduced.

"Heavy gunner shelling! Mortar and musketeers prepare! Liu Zhuzi hurriedly shouted that the situation was not good, and he hoped that the artillery would blow up the livestock.

The herd of livestock got closer and closer, and there was a loud bang, and the two huge cannons roared almost simultaneously, and the projectiles fell accurately into the herd.

Liu Zhuzi stared at this herd of livestock closely, but unfortunately, Jiannu seemed to have done something to these livestock, although the explosion of the two projectiles was powerful and blew up a lot, but it had little effect on these crazy livestock at all, and their momentum of rushing forward did not decrease.

The flag bearer's pennant falls.

The large mortars began firing again, accurately, and the projectiles landed on the herd, but alas, the projectiles were still useless against the huge herd, and soon after, the small mortars roared

The smoke and smoke of the explosion obscured Liu Zhuzi's vision, and Liu Zhuzi knew that the mine array had basically lost its power, and Jiannu's fierce attack was coming.

"Prepare the firecrackers!" Liu Zhuzi instantly drew his sword, and then raised it high.

The first beat of the drums sounded, and the sound of the drums reached the ears of the gunners through a loud explosion, and the gunners quickly turned around and raised their guns against the back of the trench.

The mortars are constantly roaring, the smoke and dust are still there, Liu Zhuzi didn't see it, behind the smoke and dust, a large number of Jiannu soldiers have quickly followed, these soldiers are obviously cannon fodder, and their clothing is the standard military uniform of the Ming army. And behind them, Jiannu's tens of thousands of Eight Banner soldiers followed closely, and behind these Eight Banners soldiers, there were overwhelming cavalry.

It was a frantic attack, and Duoduo gathered most of the logistics army's livestock, and then aimed at this point to make a frantic breakthrough. The tactics are very clear, Liu Zhuzi's defensive area is a lake on the west side, and only reinforcements from the east can come to support, so this attack point is ideal.

Duoduo's tactic is that the foot soldiers follow up with the livestock, and the cannon fodder is naturally the first to bear the brunt, and these large numbers of Jiannu foot soldiers are the overseers of these new Han troops, if these new Han soldiers dare to cower, these Eight Banner foot soldiers will become corpses that make them corpses.

If you don't take the trench, you won't stop attacking, it's a completely reckless attack, and once you lose, Duoduo will no longer have the ability to take the trench, which is equivalent to a desperate gamble.

Duoduo's previous waiting was purposeful, he had been waiting for his war horse to recover, after all, the Jianzhou cavalry was the strongest, and Duoduo believed that his cavalry could be invincible in the world. Although Zhou Yuji's cavalry is also not weak, it definitely does not have the scale of Jianzhou's cavalry, therefore, the cavalry is Duoduo's shock Liliang, and Duoduo's tactics are to go down in a cluster, as long as he crosses the trench, Duoduo is fully confident of defeating Zhou Yuji.

Now, Duoduo is buying time, and he has to take this trench before the Ming reinforcements arrive, and it will be a hard-fought head-on battle. (To be continued......)