Chapter 156: Set fire to the mountain
Yue Tuo's abacus was very fine, using Mongol soldiers and Han army flags to fill the trench in front of the walled city, and then using brave Manchurian soldiers to break through the Ming army's walled city in one fell swoop, so that the Manchurian soldiers could be preserved to the greatest extent.
The foundation of the Qing Dynasty lies in the Eight Banners, and the foundation of the Eight Banners lies in Manchuria, and as for those Mongol and Han military banners, no matter how many casualties there are, they will not shake the rule of Manchuria.
The Qing army stormed the official road, and Wang Zhong and Lu Liang on the Big Buddha Ridge saw it clearly, but they also wanted to see how the Manchurian soldiers of Wu Yong filled the trench in front of the walled city, so they had been feinting with the Han army who feinted to attack the Big Buddha Ridge.
When he saw that the Manchurian soldiers actually used the corpses of the Mongol soldiers to fill the trenches, Wang Zhong was a little depressed, he and Lu Liangzhi had long planned to use the trenches to consume the time of the Qing army's march, and then use rocks and trees to block the official road before dark.
After all, the Qing army had artillery in their hands, and once the Manchurian soldiers attacked the city, their artillery could reach and shoot, and the walled wall built with earth and wood would definitely not be able to stop the Manchurian army's offensive.
"Put the rolling wood and stones, and put them on the official road in front of the walled city, and I will see if the invincible Manchurian soldiers in the world can resist the attack of the rolling wood and the stones."
Now that the progress of the Qing army's trench filling has accelerated, Wang Zhong has to launch it in advance.
After receiving the order, the Jingbei Army guarding the Big Buddha Ridge launched rolling logs and stones behind the mud walls.
It's just that their target is not the Han army flag that is bluffing at the foot of the mountains, but the official road where the Manchurian soldiers are attacking.
Countless rolling logs and stones rolled down from the hillside with the help of huge inertia, jumped and smashed down on the official road, splashing countless smoke and dust, and more than a dozen Eight Banner soldiers who couldn't dodge were suddenly smashed into meat pies, straight like meat and mud.
The remaining Manchurian soldiers, under fear, retreated like a tide.
Yue Tuo was stunned, and the hope that Shicai had brought to him by filling the trench turned into nothingness in an instant.
The falling rocks and logs soon filled the official road, forming a new wall several feet high and stuck on the official road.
"How to attack this mountain?"
"How do you fight this village?"
Prince Cheng of the Great Qing Dynasty felt a huge sense of powerlessness welled up from the bottom of his heart, in his opinion, the thieves guarding the mountains and the opposite walled city were just soldiers gathered by ants, and if they fought head-on, Yue Tuo was confident that a pillar of incense could annihilate them in time.
But now, Yue Tuo is as uncomfortable as eating a mouse, and the thieves on the opposite side don't want to fight with him at all, their purpose is obvious, that is, to trap their 8,000 army firmly in Ye County.
"General, let's quit Daze Mountain and retreat to Huangxian County by taking the Jiaolai River!"
This will not only be at a loss for Yue Tuo, but even Ao Bei and other Manmeng generals have also lost confidence in opening up the official road.
What the fuck is going to do with this? To put it mildly, the speed at which the party has cleared up the official road is not as fast as the speed at which they intercept the official road.
"Take the Jiaolai River, aren't you crazy Aobei, don't you say how we cross the river? Between these backs and forths, what will happen to our grain? ”
Tanaka's face flushed as he retreated.
Ao Bei said disdainfully: "Tanaka, now do you still have a way to storm the official road?" ”
Tanaka ignored Aobei and turned his head to look at Yue Tuo.
"Prince Cheng, the only way to do this is to storm one side of the mountain range and climb over from the low mountain, so that we can bypass the interception of the thieves."
Ao Bei objected on the spot: "No, over the mountains and mountains, what should we do with our horses, without horses, even if we arrive in Pingdu and Jimo, how can we evacuate quickly, you must know that our rations will not last for a few days." ”
"What do you think we should do? If we don't attack it now, there will be another hour, the sky will be dark, we are trapped in these mountains, and if it is attacked by thieves, we will not be able to deal with it at all. ”
Tanaka insisted on going over the mountain immediately, and if he was still entangled in the war horse at this time, wouldn't he be waiting for death?
Yue Tuo looked at the several Manchurian leaders who were arguing in front of him with a cold face, he knew that what Tanaka said was not bad at all, if he didn't climb the mountain, his 7,000 army would not even have a place to camp at night, and in two days, I was afraid that if he didn't need to fight the thieves, he would fall apart.
As for Ao Bei's words about walking the Jiaolai River, not to mention that he doesn't have a water master, even if he does, where do he find grain and grass from between these back and forth?
"Okay, don't make any noise, the thieves are fortified according to the danger, hiding in the mountains, intending to trap our army, but their weaknesses will also be seen, the defense line of the thieves is made of civil engineering, and now it is the middle of winter, the grass and trees are withering, and the general will intend to attack the Big Buddha Ridge, kill it by fire, occupy the camp of the Ming thieves and rest for one night, and we will be able to reach Pingdu tomorrow."
Tanaka said that the fire attack, but it reminded Yue Tuo that the Ming army was all on the mountain, although they dug trenches, but the fire together, not to mention anything else, was the billowing smoke, and the Ming thieves could not stand it.
"Set fire to the mountain!"
A group of Manchu generals were shocked, if the thieves on the official road could not get support, wouldn't the Qing army be able to break through head-on, so that the war horses did not need to be abandoned.
"The general is high, and the minions are waiting to be obeyed!"
"The general is wise, and the slave obeys the order!"
Aobei, Tanaka, Sonomu and others hurriedly bowed down one by one and complimented them.
It's in a hurry, not slow! After Yue Tuo made a plan, he ordered the withdrawn Han army flag to remove the huge trees and rocks blocking the official road, and lit fires on the foothills on both sides of the Big Buddha Ridge.
As Yue Tuo expected, after the fire was lit, it only took half a pillar of incense to take place, and the fire spread more and more, and it soon formed a large fire in the sky, and the fire continued to rise, and the billowing smoke almost covered the entire foothills of the Big Buddha Ridge.
"Mr. Lu, how is this good?"
The Qing army set fire to the mountain, Wang Zhong and Lu Liang saw it clearly, this time they set up an ambush in the Big Buddha Ridge, and they took everything into account, but they didn't take into account that the Qing army would set fire to the mountain.
Lu Liangzhi frowned, and after thinking for a while, he muttered: "The Qing army set fire to the mountain, we must retreat, otherwise the soldiers will not be able to bear the smoke in the sky at all." ”
After Lu Liang finished speaking, he paused and continued: "But if they set fire, we can also set fire to the official road and burn down the official road Dazhai, I'm afraid that Donglu can only sleep on the official road at night, and then we will harass his army at night, and the official will go to see if Donglu is iron-beaten." ”
Wang Zhong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mr. Lu, what if Dongyu repeats his old tricks in Panlong Mountain?" We're only one barrier left. ”
Lu Liang smiled and said: "Let's send someone back to deliver the message now, and burn Panlong Mountain first, then the Dongyu is not a turtle in the urn, but before we withdraw the army, we still have to throw all the stones and rolling logs down, even if we can't hit them, we will exhaust them to death." ”