Chapter 43: The Battle of Chaomodo (I)
At this moment, the Qing army set up a defensive formation on both flanks, with cannons lined up at the front of the ranks, followed by archers and shield swordsmen, and cavalry at the end, forming a semi-encirclement of Geldan's army from afar. Although the Qing army was on the defensive on both flanks and the cavalry was not on horseback, once the Geldan army tried to retreat at this moment, the two wings of the Qing army could be converted into an offensive at any time, and with the green battalion cavalry rushing down from the top of the mountain, it was enough to break the ranks of the Geldan army. If this is the case, the army of Geldan will suffer a heavy setback, and the weight of the army's casualties is not something that Geldan can afford at this time; If the Geldan army goes to attack the two wings, the Qing army will rush in the middle, and the Geldan army will still be unable to escape defeat, and the only chance is to capture the top of the mountain, and the anti-guest will be the main one. Geldan is an old man, how can he not see the mystery of the Qing army's formation, ignoring the Qing army on both flanks, just dividing into two small phalanxes, monitoring the dynamics of the Qing army's two wings, the main force of the Chinese army lined up in turn at the foot of Zhaomodo Mountain, ready to attack.
Hmm, that old boy is Gerdan? It's so tough. The war is imminent, others are nervous, but Yinzuo relaxes, and at this time he still has time to comment on Geerdan's appearance, which can be regarded as a newborn calf. Yinzuo has never seen Geerdan, and there are no cameras or anything like that in this era, and of course there is no way to admire Geerdan's majesty, and he wants to take a signed photo or something, the reason why he can recognize Geerdan is actually nothing to put it bluntly - a handsome flag gathers a bunch of big men under the ground, all around a sturdy old man with a white beard and a square face, with a fierce face, and it really looks like a "king eight".
At the foot of the mountain, a horn sounded, more than 200 Mongolian soldiers under the leadership of a centurion, drove the war horse to the top of the mountain, to the foot of the mountain, a whistle, at the same time rolled off the horse, let the horses flee in all directions, the Mongolian soldiers roared to the top of the mountain, the speed was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye rushed to the trap area. Although the soldiers continued to fall into the pit or be injured by hidden animal traps, the Mongol men were extremely brave, ignoring the wounded and continuing to attack the Qing positions with all their might, destroying the antlers and other defenses along the way.
"Shoot the arrows!" Sun Sike shouted suddenly, and in an instant, arrows rained down, shooting down dozens of people in the blink of an eye, and the remaining more than 100 Mongolian soldiers were still rushing wildly.
Zhaomoduo is just a small mountain, no more than 100 meters high, although the top of the mountain is flat, it is not open, it can not accommodate 5,000 soldiers at all, so the Qing army arranged two lines of defense on the mountain, one is on the mountainside, the other is close to the top of the mountain, the distance between the two lines of defense is only about 20 meters, and the defense line on the mountainside is only 70 meters away from the foot of the mountain. Such a short distance only allowed the Qing army to shoot a round of arrow rain The group of Mongolian soldiers had already rushed to the array of Qing soldiers with a roar, and the centurion led by him was covered in blood, with a hideous face, and two feather arrows stuck in his body, roared wildly, flew up, rolled into a ball, the shield in his left hand stood in front of his chest, and the big knife in his right hand swept wildly, and crashed wildly into the array of guns.
"Kill!" Five or six Qing soldiers fired their guns at the same time, and they instantly blocked the centurion's forward path. At the moment when the gun forest and the shield were about to collide head-on, the Mongolian centurion suddenly roared, the sound was like thunder, the person was in the air, he sank suddenly, and the big knife in his hand swept, and suddenly swept the five or six spears that came to the side, and then fell to the ground and rolled, and he was shot on the shoulder, and rushed into the crowd, and the rest of the more than 100 Mongolian warriors also followed into the Qing army formation.
Although the number of this group of Mongolian soldiers was small, they were all brave people, and suddenly the array of Qing soldiers was thrown into a mess, and at this moment, the military formation of the Geldan army that had been gathered at the bottom of the mountain also began to move, and more than 3,000 soldiers dismounted at the same time, and launched an attack on the top of the mountain in formation.
The number of Qing troops guarding the mountain is more than that of the attacking Geldan army, and the training is also well-trained, but the problem is that the Qing army has marched for more than two months, and has marched rapidly for ten days and nights. At the moment, the more than 100 Mongolian death squads are still tossing in the formation, and Geerdan's brigade is about to start accelerating, Yinzuo can't wait to carry a sword to the front to cut down the centurion who is slashing and killing, but it can only be just thought, at this time Yinzuo can't take care of that young man Mongolian soldier - according to the original plan, Yinzuo is responsible for the rear formation, especially the control of the artillery battalion. The cannon at this time was not the kind of later generations that could sound as soon as the bore was drawn, and it had to be loaded with fire first, then a cannonball from the front, and then a fire rope was lit to shoot the cannonball. Not to mention the power, the loading is still very troublesome, and it is fast to be able to fire once in five minutes, in order to understand the parameters of these artillery, Yinzuo has been mixed with the Armament Department of the Ministry of War for a long time.
At this moment, as soon as Geerdan's army was launched, Yinzuoke cheered up, secretly estimated the distance, saw that it was almost there, and ordered loudly: "Open the cannon!" ”
A total of twelve cannons were arranged at the top of the mountain, and the six cannons on both sides were the first to ignite and fire, and the six sub-munitions shot out quickly, roaring and landing on the two wings of the Geldan army, and suddenly exploded a bloody flower. In the screams, the Geldan army was in chaos, and many soldiers gathered towards the center of the artillery, but they never thought that the other six guns on the top of the mountain opened fire, and the impact point was the center of the Geldan army, and the flying shrapnel suddenly swept down a large area, and then a big explosion suddenly occurred in the place where the Geldan army was located - the zha medicine buried in the ground was detonated by the shells, although it didn't actually hurt many people, but the momentum of the explosion made the Geldan army's charging formation suddenly chaotic, and some charged straight up, Some were dumbfounded by the cannon and stood in place, while others were busy retreating.
It was human nature to beat the water dogs, and seeing that the Geldan army was in chaos, Sun Sike didn't even pay attention to the fact that there was a small group of Mongolian soldiers in his formation who were making trouble, and the steel knife in his hand was raised, and he shouted loudly: "Rush down, kill!" More than 3,000 green battalion soldiers rushed down with shouts to meet the Geldan army, which was in disarray, and the two armies engaged in a fierce battle on the hillside, and the sounds of fighting, shouting, and screaming resounded in the sky.
Fighting is momentum, an army has no momentum, even if the number of people is not useful, how can the Geldan army be able to stop the Qing army rushing down the mountain in the chaos, even if there are a few brave men desperately resisting, after all, the army is defeated like a mountain, after a few faces, the tide retreats down the mountain, the Qing soldiers chase after the rear, from the mountainside straight down the mountain. Just killing, killing, seeing that the Qing army brigade was about to rush into Geerdan's Chinese military formation with the defeated army, Geerdan, who had been sitting firmly under the banner of Shuai, waved his hand violently, and in an instant, the Mongolian cavalry that had already been ready bent their bows and arrows at the same time, and the arrow rain covered like locusts.
The reason why the Mongolian cavalry was able to run rampant in the world back then, relied on the ability of cavalry and archery, this rain of arrows went down, and the rear team of the defeated army was cut off in an instant, whether it was the Qing soldiers who were chasing closely or the defeated soldiers who fled slower, all fell in a pool of blood, and the Qing army brigade saw that the momentum was not right, and had no choice but to retreat to the mountainside.
Just as Sun Sike was busy chasing and killing the Geldan army, Yinzuo was not idle, seeing that the dozens of Mongolian dead soldiers were still entangled with a group of Qing soldiers, Yinzuo suddenly became interested, and was full of joy and planned to carry his sword down to open the meat. To tell the truth, Yinzuo has been practicing martial arts with Chen Tianyuan since he was six years old, and he has not eaten less, ten years, although he has not yet reached the realm of Dacheng, but it is not a problem to deal with some small miscellaneous fish, when he has nothing to do in Beijing, he often dresses up and goes to the market to find those so-called "heroes".
Although Yinzuo calculated well, someone moved faster than him, and before Yinzuo could move, Sun Yao, who was standing behind him, shouted: "The guards come with me." He crossed Yinzuo at once, and led more than 20 masters to rush into the battle group. Depend on! This little demon, stealing business, damn, this time it's no fun again. Yinzuo hated it so much, but it didn't matter, the little demon came to such a hand, of course, he didn't want Yinzuo to take risks, this is the duty of the guards, there was nothing to say, Yinzuo had no choice but to put the sword back into the sheath in desperation.
Those who can follow Yinzuo's side as a personal guard, they are all elites who have been selected and selected, all of them are good players, and they are all old characters, not to mention that a few leaders are all from the inner guards, although those Mongolian soldiers are fierce and have no power to parry, but a few faces, there is not even a scum. The little demon was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, but he cut off the head of the Mongolian centurion, and was showing off his bloody head at this time, Yinzuo ran over angrily, gave him a kick, and scolded with a smile: "Little rabbit cub, you are beautiful, don't throw it away, keep the night pot." ”
"Hehe, master, let's keep it for the reward." The little demon is full of pride.
"Reward your size, get out of the way, I look at it."
The little demon grinned and raised his hand, threw the hideous head aside, and bragged to the guy's guard.
"Lord Belle, the next battle will not be good." Sun Sike said worriedly. When this old man shouted killing, he rushed first, but he was a little older, and his legs and feet were not very neat, and he didn't reach the front line after running for a long time, and he came back quite quickly.
Well, it's not easy to fight, the battle just now can be said to occupy the right time, place and people, although more than 500 Jungger soldiers were slaughtered, but he also lost nearly 300 people, and suffered heavy losses; Besides, these sub-fortifications were originally temporary covers, and after a while, those sub-traps and other pits have long since disappeared. There are still a lot of shells, but every time the Geldan army charges, it can only be fired once or twice, once the two armies are in a melee, those sub-cannons will become ornaments, and the Geldan army has suffered a loss, and it will be difficult to rely on the artillery to surprise it. It's not easy to fight, but it has to be fought, and only by dragging the Gerdan army tired can we create a one-hit killing fighter for Feyangu. Yinzuo's mind moved quickly, but in this situation, he has no way to win surprisingly - this is a battle to the death, there is no strategy to use, the fight is a breath, and he can only grit his teeth and fight.
At the foot of the mountain, a horn sounded in the formation of the Geldan army, and more than 3,000 Jungar soldiers lined up again and pressed towards the mountainside. This goods Yinzuo also knows, before the expedition did a lot of homework, for Geerdan's several important generals in the heart of the mind, in front of this is the first general under Geerdan, known as the first warrior of the grassland Tsedanmeng, the prestige of this goods in the grassland is very good, used to treat a child night cry or something.
Geerdan's army slowly moved forward under the fierce leadership of Cedan, and there was not a trace of noise heard except for the sound of neat footsteps, which really gave people a strong sense of oppression, especially Cedanmeng's face that was so black that it was comparable to Li Kui's, which made people palpitate. Depend on! Play psychological warfare, damn, if you have a heavy sniper in your hand this time, you can collapse this kid with one shot, or you can cover the 38 big cover. Yinzuo was very depressed, but he didn't move, the distance was far away at the moment, the bow and arrow couldn't be shot, but the cannon could be obtained, the problem was that the accuracy of the cannon was not accurate at all, it was okay to use it to hit the noodles, and there was no score for dotting.
This time, the Geldan army was not in a hurry to charge, just walked without hurrying or slowing, but the footsteps became louder and louder, and the atmosphere in the Qing army was depressing, and many soldiers' hands holding guns couldn't help but tremble slightly. Depend on! Can't go on like this, the battle hasn't started yet, the morale is gone, and if the Geldan army rushes after a while, then it's all over? Yin Zuo was secretly anxious in his heart, estimated the distance, ordered his artillery men to adjust their running positions, and shouted: "Open the cannon!" Twelve bullets roared away, accurately smashed into the Geldan army, exploded a bloody flower, and the stumps and broken arms flew in all directions, but this time the Geldan army was chaotic but not panicked, and still approached upward, and when it was about forty meters away from the Qing army's array, Zedan Meng and Sun Sike shouted "Release the arrow!" almost at the same time! The two brothers thought of a piece, and the arrows in the air were as dense as rain, and in an instant, both sides were shot down in a large area. The mace in Tsedan's fierce hand danced wildly, brushing away the feathered arrows that were shooting at him, and shouted, "Kill! "The first to charge, the huge body rushed like a tank.
"Roll the wood!" Sun Sike ordered loudly, and dozens of giant trees descended the mountain and pressed towards the Geldan army. Zedan bore the brunt of the attack, a giant tree about one meter thick was rolling down at him, Zedan rushed too fast, he couldn't avoid the sweeping range of the giant tree, and seeing that he was about to be swept by the giant tree, Zedan screamed wildly, and the huge mace in his hand swung forward......