The various departments of the Ming army continued to explore the Loess Ridge, Songshan Ridge and Rufeng Mountain, and the scouts of the Qing army of various departments also continued to infiltrate Songshan Fort and other places.

At this time, at the peak of Songshan Ridge, there is a dilapidated pier, surrounded by the Qing army flag, or the blue flag, or the blue flag, the Qing army generals and soldiers of the brigade stand densely around the pier.

And on the top of the pier, two poles of woven gold dragon silk are hanging under the scorching sun, as if listless, under the dragon silk, the eight banners of Manchuria inlaid with blue flag master Zheng Prince Zheng Harang, and the blue flag owner Su Prince Haoge stood side by side, behind the two, is the two blue flags of Baya Lama Zhangjing, Mel Zhangjing, Jiala Ezhen and other subordinates, everyone is with Zierharang, Haoge, looking into the distance.

Around the pier, a large number of soldiers of the two blue flags and Baya soldiers surrounded the surroundings, these elite Qing army are all bright armor, fine armor leaves are exposed, everyone is three layers of heavy armor from the inside to the outside, even under the scorching sun, it is motionless, it can be seen that its department is fierce.

The weapons in their hands are basically thick-backed broadswords, heavy sledgehammers, tiger guns, etc., and each of them has strong bows and heavy arrows, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

Zierharang and Haoge both have clairvoyants in their hands, although they are not as good as the clairvoyants equipped by the new army in Qinglai Town, but they are also very rare, at least at this time, most of the Ming army does not have such equipment.

At this time, the two watched through the clairvoyant mirror, and saw that the Ming army had begun to deploy artillery in the distance and was about to bombard the Loess Ridge.

After watching it for a while, Haoge frowned and said, "Prince Zheng, I think it's better to send troops to attack the Ming army's artillery array, you can't wait for the Ming army to open fire." With the combat power of our Qing warriors, as long as thousands of iron cavalry are dispatched to flank the Ming artillery array, the Ming army will definitely be in chaos and destroy all the Ming artillery under the mountain! ”

Zierharang shook his head and said: "Prince Su should be cautious, Hong Chengchou has already deployed troops on the flank of the Ming army's artillery array, at least tens of thousands of horses, even if our army attacks, it will be difficult to break through the defense of the Ming army." Moreover, our Songshan Ridge garrison and the Loess Ridge garrison are originally one, and with His Majesty's order, our army must wait for the signal from the Loess Ridge before attacking. ”

Seeing that Jierharang lifted Huang Taiji out to press himself, Haoge was displeased in his heart, snorted coldly, and said: "Look at the banner of the Ming army, it is Wu Sangui's department, and there are many people behind it. If we don't attack again, the connection between the two places will be severed! ”

Zierharang still shook his head and said: "Prince Su is a little restless, the terrain between Songshan Ridge and Loess Ridge is flat, they are all wide places, and it is not so easy for the Ming army to cut off the connection with our army, and wait, even if you want to attack, you will have to wait until the Ming army is tired, not now." ”

At this time, Haoge saw that Jierharang was still reluctant to attack, and Huang Taiji named himself as the deputy and Zierharang as the main one, so although Haoge was angry in his heart, he had no choice. At this time, the Qing army's military law was strict, and no matter how domineering Haoge was, he did not dare to disobey the military order, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart and look into the distance without saying a word.

At this time, most of the artillery of the Ming army has been deployed, and the soldiers and horses deployed at the forefront of the Qing army are all Han army flags and Korean soldiers, Haoge frowned slightly, and said secretly: "I don't know if those Han dogs and Goryeo dogs can stop." ”

At the same time, there is also a pier platform on the main peak of Loess Ridge, the local people call it Dongling pier platform, Dongling pier platform is a two-storey hollow pier platform, about five zhang high, 18 zhang wide circumference, there is an arrow window battlement, and the ring building is all made of large stone masonry.

On this pier platform, there are many weaving gold dragons, there are eight banners Manchuria is white flag dragons, there are inlaid white flag dragons, and there are some Han army flags Gushan Ezhen dragons. These dragons are not much different from the main dragons of the Manchurian banner, the difference is only that the Han army has a moon, and Mongolia and Manchuria have no moon.

In addition to these Manchu flags, there is also a tall Taiji flag on the pier, which is the banner of the North Korean commander, and the leader at this time is the right council of the Korean state.

At this time, the Korean state implemented a cabinet system similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, with one leader and one member of the left and right councils, all of whom were the same product, and the three major councils were known as the "three princes" and "three politicians".

Since the rebellion, the pro-Ming Westerner Party in North Korea has completely lost its position, and the pro-Nak Party has gained power.

Jin Zidian is a right-hand politician, and his son-in-law Xing'anjun Li Jin is the great-grandson of King Zhongzong and the cousin of Gwanghaejun, and he has the support of the Qing State, so this person is in the middle of the day in Korea, and his attitude towards the Manchu Qing is also more deferential.

In the Jinzhou War, Jin Zidian tried his best to promote the dispatch of troops to help, and also volunteered to lead the army, most of his subordinates are the elite soldiers of the Korean State, including generals, deputy generals, staff generals, leaders, and deputy leaders, and these 10,000 Korean soldiers are almost the most elite soldiers and horses in North Korea, which shows that Jin Zidian has a "filial piety" heart to his master.

Jin Zidian was in his fifties at this time, with a clean appearance, and he was wearing the North Korean official uniform of a first-class official. This official uniform is quite similar to the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, but the belt is very high, and it is the same as the skirt of a Korean woman.

Beside Jin Zidian stood some staff members, all dressed in robes, high-waisted boots with cotton soft soles, and large-brimmed hats on their heads, accompanied by some military generals.

Similar to the Ming Dynasty, the Korean state is also noble and lowly, and the soldiers have no status in North Korea. Although Li Renzhan, the general who led the army, was also a member of the first rank, he was called by Jin Zizhi and called like a minion.

At this time, Jin Zidian looked nervous, and he had already seen the Ming artillery array under the mountain, which would open fire at any time, and the first to bear the brunt was the North Korean soldiers and horses deployed on the front line.

As anxious and nervous as Jin Zidian, there are also several solid mountains and Ezhen of the Han Army Banner, the real Shi Tingzhu of the Zhengbai Banner Gushan, the Zhenzu Zerun of the Zhenglan Banner and the Zhenzu Zerun of the Gushan of the White Flag, and the Zhenwu Shoujin of the White Flag Gushan were very anxious in their hearts, as if they were ants on a hot pot, they whispered something together, but they didn't dare to be too loud.

At this time, whether it was Jin Zidian, Wu Shoujin, Zu Zerun and others, they were all low-status minions in front of the Manchus and even the Mongols, so it was useless for them to be in a hurry, because the people in charge of Loess Ridge were Dolgon, the owner of the White Flag of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and Duoduo, the owner of the White Flag Inlaid with the White Flag, and they all had to stand aside.

Dolgon stood in the crowd, looking at the Ming army under the mountain with a solemn expression, and understood that the Ming army was prepared this time, so he asked Kong Youde beside him: "Gongshun Wang, how many miles can my Qing Dynasty's Shenwei General Cannon fight?" ”

Kong Youde's Han army was not deployed in the Loess Ridge, but part of his artillery was deployed here. At this time, Kong Youde only cares about his artillery, as for the others, let him die?

Kong Youde said respectfully: "You can hit Sili." ”

"Can I hit a fixed target?"

Kong Youde was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's difficult." If within two miles. Some certainty, judging from the current distance, whether you can shoot or not depends on luck. ”

Dolgon nodded, and said: "Then wait until most of the Ming army enters within three miles before firing artillery, and order all departments on the front line to strictly hold their positions, and no one is allowed to retreat!" ”

Zhengbai Flag Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu, Red Flag Gushan Ezhen Liu Zhiyuan, Zhenglan Flag Gushan Ezhen Zu Zerun, Inlaid White Flag Gushan Ezhen Wu Shoujin, and Jin Zidian all showed bitter faces, but they did not dare to slack off, so they could only receive orders one after another.

"Minggou is about to attack the mountain, give Ben Jiala spiritual points!"

I saw a man in his thirties, dressed in fine white and red armor, patrolling along the pier of Niangniang Temple to the wall, and roaring at the Han and Chao defenders behind the wall from time to time.

This Jia Lazhangjing has a big cake face, a collapsed nose, a few scars on the face, and a rather ugly and vicious appearance, a typical Manchurian Tatar face, this person's name is Yan Zha, it is the Eight Banners Manchuria inlaid with white flags Jia Lazhang Jing Yanzha, who is responsible for the defense of this section, and the Han army and Korean soldiers in several places around it are all at his disposal.

Behind Yan Zha, there was also a large group of elite vests, these elites were all bright and dark armor, and their faces were thick with anger and arrogance, and the surrounding Han army and Korean soldiers saw it, and they all turned their faces timidly, not daring to look at them.

In addition, there are several Niu Lu Zhang Jing with white flags, one of them has a thin face and two mouse whiskers, it is Niu Lu Zhang Jing Niu Gulu under Yan Zha, and the other is Niu Lu Zhang Jing Ning Erjia.

Their Jiala suffered heavy losses in Julu and Jinan that year, and the Bayala and elite vest soldiers in Jiala suffered a lot of losses. Although Huang Taiji captured a lot of Liaodong "wild Jurchens" and supplemented the population for this one, the overall combat power inevitably declined. 33

Guarding the area of the pier platform of Niangniang Temple, in addition to the Manchurian inlaid white flag soldiers and horses of Yan Zha this Jiala, there are also the troops of the Han army Zhengbai Banner and the strength of the Korean army, a total of about 4,000 soldiers and horses, guarding the wall and ditch about two miles long.

However, the main force guarding the wall here is mainly the white flag of the Han army and the soldiers of the Korean state. Yan Zha, a Manchurian soldier of Jiala, was used as a war overseer.

Behind the earthen walls and stone walls of this section of the defense line, you can see a large number of Han troops and Goryeo soldiers armed with bird guns and three-eyed guns. Only a small number of these soldiers and horses carried shields, broadswords, bows, arrows, and spears. In addition, a small number of people use weapons such as crossbow arrows, trebuchets, and ash bottle cannons.

In particular, the Korean soldiers were the main force using trebuchets, and at this time they were tinkering with trebuchets brought from afar, and they were working very hard.

In addition, the artillery battalion of Wuzhen Hachao under Kong Youde was also deployed here, and along the mountain defense line, in the favorable terrain of some walled walls, some Hongyi cannons and small cannons of the Buddha machine were arranged. Especially on the pier platform of Niangniang Temple, four Hongyi cannons that can fire ten catties of cannons are arranged!

Jialazhang Jingyanzha led a team of men and horses to patrol all the way, constantly shouting and roaring at the Han and Korean soldiers along the way, and going up from time to time to kick and beat a few times.

The people who were beaten and scolded either dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, or obediently obeyed, and the officers such as Pashiku and Niu Lu Zhangjing of the Han Army Banner here, or the lieutenants and staff officers of the Korean army saw it, and they were not seen.

This scene is like the invasion of China in later generations ~ The army treated the Imperial Association ~ army, those Han army flags and Korean soldiers were like slaves, and they did not dare to resist at all.

At the foot of the mountain, in the position of the Ming army, at this time, the artillery of all units of the Ming army has been deployed and can be fired at any time, and the four states are quiet.

Hong Chengchou took a deep breath, and he was very excited in his heart, he was finally going to war!

I saw Hong Chengchou suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said loudly: "Order the artillery array, open the cannon!" ”

"Let's start testing the gun!"

On the artillery array of the Ming army, a gunner lit a cannon fuse that hit a twelve-pound cannon, and everyone looked nervous, looking at the hissing sparkling fire fuse together.

The fuse sparked, hissing and burning, and suddenly the fire door flashed, and then there was a loud bang, and the thick muzzle of the cannon spewed out a large thick cloud of gunsmoke. In the firelight, the cannon body shook violently, and a large black iron bullet rushed out of the cannon chamber and flew quickly towards the Qing army's position in the distance.

For a while, everyone in the Ming army and the Qing army looked at the direction of the flight and the place where the shell landed.

Some people died, but not completely......