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Chapter 842 Cannon fodder is naturally Mongolia
A steady stream of soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty with white flags are still arriving one after another.

However, at the foot of Changling Mountain at this moment are only some of their sentinel horses, constantly testing upwards, and galloping back and forth in groups.

Most of the Tartars were just waiting under the mountains, standing still, as if they were waiting for something?
It was only when Chen Zheng waited until the first quarter of the hour did Chen Zheng see that at the foot of the mountain, behind the large array of Tartars inlaid with white flags, there was a mass of black infantry soldiers rushing in, pushing many equipment for attacking the mountain.

After the Tartar followers pushed those instruments closer, Chen Zheng saw that most of them were some large wooden shields. These wooden shields were only temporarily made with some tree trunks as bones and planks as surfaces, which looked quite rough. .

If you think about it, you can see that the Tartars rushed over from Baimiaobao and other places. If they brought the thick and heavy shield chariots built in advance, it would take a lot of time. I don't know how long it will be until they arrive at Xingshan Fort. ?
At this time, some light shield carts were rolled out behind the two rows of large wooden shields in front. These shield carts were much smaller than those used by the Tartars in the past.

Those big wooden shields of the Tartars seemed to be of little use. They couldn't resist the bombardment of the artillery when they were far away, and they couldn't withstand the bombardment of the Yunzhou Type [-] firecrackers when they were close. They were really like waste.

But those light shield vehicles are a bit difficult to handle. From a distance, although they were made temporarily, they are quite strong. If they avoid their own artillery, once they are pushed to the front of the formation intact, they will be It can defend against the bombardment of one's own firearms.

However, it seems to be okay now, after all, there are not many shield vehicles launched by the Tartars.

You must know that the trees within a radius of several miles have almost been felled by Chen Zheng's soldiers of the Dushi infantry battalion. It is not easy for the Tartars to rush out of these shield carts and large wooden shields temporarily.

In fact, after decades of foreign plunder, they have also captured many talents and accumulated their own technical strength. With their current technical strength, it is not impossible to manufacture Ganyun chariots, pointed donkeys and other large-scale siege equipment. .

It's just that they raided the Xingshan grain road this time, and they couldn't affect the marching speed for these fortified equipment, so they didn't bring them here, not even the craftsmen.

At this moment, Yu Ding from each banner was the handyman who made these large wooden shields and light shielded chariots. Although they could not make complex siege equipment, wooden shields and light shielded chariots were not difficult for them.

In the binoculars, Chen Zheng couldn't help but sneered in his heart when he saw the crude attacking equipment of the Tartars at the foot of the mountain.

From the mountainside of Changling Mountain, there are many trenches and traps. It is more difficult to push these big wooden shields and light shield carts up than climbing the sky. Even if a few shield carts can be pushed up occasionally, it will take the Tartars Flesh and blood can be filled up and down.

Besides, the Tartars at the foot of the mountain must have no other way!
The sound of the horn came, and the Tazi soldiers with the white flag simply had breakfast, and began to gather continuously. They were forming a formation, as if they were about to start attacking the mountain.

The atmosphere up and down the Changling Mountain suddenly became dignified.

Two miles away from Changling Mountain, there was a hillside where dozens of Tazi soldiers in golden armor were guarding the surrounding area. On the hillside, two yellow banners woven with golden dragon banners fluttered in the wind.

Manzhou Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen'a Mountain and Manchuria Xianghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Baiyin Map are looking in the direction of Changling Mountain and pointing at the same time.

Bai Yintu's younger brother, Gong Adai, who served as the general of the Fuguo, and Sheng Zhong, who participated in the administration of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also rode their horses and stood beside them.

In addition, there are Eight Banners of Mongolia, Zhenghuang Banner, Gushan Ezhen Adai, Xianghuang Banner, Gushan Ezhenda Lai, and the bannermen of Tumote Left and Right Banners of Outer Fan Mongolia, Zhasak Ermubu Chuhuer, Shanba, and Kara Zasak Gulusiqibu of Qin You Wing Banner, and Karma, the new successor of Zasak of Karaqin Left Wing Banner, also rode their horses and stood beside them.

They were ordered by the slave chieftain Huang Taiji to come to help Prince Yu Duoduo!

The Qing army, like the Ming army, was facing the crisis of insufficient food and grass, so Huang Taiji resolutely decided to take risks to win, and then designed a surprise attack on the Ming army's food road to cut off the Ming army's retreat.

In order to implement this strategy, he did not hesitate to abandon Shimen Mountain and Huangtu Ridge in order to contain the main force of the Ming army, in order to reduce the pressure on the surprise soldiers along the Xingshan direction.

And here, not only Duoduo's inlaid white flag Tartars, but also the two red flags of Prince Li Daishan as the second echelon, attacked Xingshan and Tashan Ming army's important grain roads, in order to win with one blow.

According to the plan, the two red flags should have been rushing towards this side after having dinner at Maoshi today.

At the same time, Huang Taiji even sent Gushan Ezhen'ashan and Baiyintu of the two yellow banners to lead some elites from their respective banners to help Duoduo.

This is Huang Taiji's brilliance. On the one hand, he reuses Dorgon and Duoduo brothers, because they are both real people.

But on the other hand, it is indeed a wise move to send other officers and generals to carry out surveillance in the name of helping from the side.

Thinking about the three battlefields today, only Huangtuling and Xiaolinghe are where Prince Su Hauge is presiding over the confrontation with Xuan Da's army.

As for the battlefields of Shimenshan and Nuerhe, and the most important battlefields of Xingshan and Tashan, brothers Dorgon and Duoduo were the main generals, which shows the importance of their brothers in the Qing Dynasty.

The two yellow banners of Manchuria and the two yellow banners of Mongolia, as well as the troops and horses of the Mongolian princes and ministers of the outer vassals, all set off after Duoduo's inlaid white banner, and they also just arrived here.

Today, most of the troops of the Qing army used to sneak attack the Ming army's rear have all gathered here, and they are all the elite soldiers of the Tartar army, which shows that they attach great importance to this battle.

Looking at the ordinary mountain in front of him, showing a narrow and long terrain, Baiyintu showed a look of contempt in his eyes, and he said in a loud voice: "Is Duduo a little fussy? Just this mere mountain in front of you , He still can’t capture the white flag? Why do you want my two yellow flag warriors to come here and join us to attack the mountain!”

This Baiyintu is a veteran of the old slave Nurhachi's era, and his qualifications in the Qing army are both old and hard.

Moreover, he is extremely loyal to Huang Taiji, but he often relies on the old to sell the old, even to Huang Taiji, the slave chief, he often regards himself as an elder, and Huang Taiji always laughs it off.

Therefore, he developed his current tone of speech, and often treated the Dorgon brothers as juniors.

This relatively casual habit also affected his younger brother, General Gong Adai, who was also indifferent to the Changling Mountain in front of him.

"A mere mountain, under the iron hooves of my warriors of the Qing Dynasty, can't be captured with just a single charge!"

This is Gong Adai's innermost thoughts.

At this moment, a group of fierce knights in white armor galloped towards this side. There was a small commotion on the hill immediately, and then everyone separated a passage for the group of warriors with white flags.

It was Prince Yu Duoduo, the owner of the inlaid white flag, who rushed to this mountain under the guard of the Ba Yala warriors in the flag.

Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Forehead Zhen'ashan, although he is thin, has bulging veins on his face, neck, wrists, etc. It is obvious that he has extraordinary strength, and he is by no means as weak as his appearance shows.

His expression was quite gloomy, and he was more cautious than the engraved yellow banner Gushan Ezhen Baiyin Picture. When he saw Xiangbai Banner Bayala running towards this side, he rode up early to meet him.

Dang took the lead in riding and saluted, "Ah Shan, I pay my respects to Prince Yu."

Duoduo didn't say much, he just waved the whip in his hand as usual, and he accepted the ceremony, not to mention stopping, he didn't even slow down, just passed in front of Ah Shan, and went straight up the hill.

Regardless of the fact that Ashan is Gushan Ezhen of the Zhenghuang Banner, he is extremely respected in front of other banner owners Baylor, and even Dorgon is very courteous to him and Baiyintu.

However, Duoduo is a different kind, he has never been used to the temper of these people!

Perhaps because he was loved by the old slave since he was a child, Duoduo has developed a proud disposition. Even Huang Taiji is also tolerant of this half-brother, and rarely punishes him for things.

And Duoduo lived up to expectations, and gradually grew into a rare general in the Qing army.

However, because he is Dorgon's brother, Huang Taiji is always on guard and dare not appoint him too much, lest Dorgon's faction become too powerful and eventually become too big to lose.

At this moment, Duoduo immediately got off the hill and stopped in front of the crowd. His cold and haughty eyes scanned the crowd one by one, and even Bai Yintu, who relied on the old to sell the old, felt chilly.

"Although the mountains here are not big, they lie on the side of the road. If we don't capture them, our army will not be able to concentrate on attacking Xingshan, nor will we be able to completely cut off the Songxing Passage."

Seeing that Prince Yu Duoduo had spoken, everyone quickly echoed. Most of them had no objection to taking Changling Mountain first, but Bai Yintu and a few others still showed a nonchalant expression.

Ah Shan has also galloped back. Behind Doduo, he speculates secretly: "It is reported that this place is stationed by soldiers and horses under the command of Xuanfu Zhang Cheng. I'm afraid it won't be so easy to capture..."

After pondering for a while, he urged his horse to come closer, and whispered beside Duoduo: "Prince Yu, why don't you let the Outer Fan Mongolia and the Aha slaves in the various banners test the deployment of troops on the mountains..."

Duoduo didn't even look back, just nodded slightly, and raised his whip to stop Ah Shan from continuing.

In fact, this time, besides all the inlaid white flags and one of each of the two yellow flags going to battle, quite a few of the rest of the flags served as follow-up soldiers and went out with the army, in order to supplement the banners as armored soldiers after they made military exploits.

You must know that although they are both Manchurian Tartars, there is still a big difference between ordinary bannermen and armored bannermen.

Because the armored bannermen are regular soldiers of each banner, and when they go out with the army, not only are they rewarded for their military exploits, but they often return with the army to plunder a large amount of gold and silver. In almost every war, many Tartar families will become rich overnight.

It is precisely because of this temptation that the young and strong banner men of all banners hope to join the army in battle and actively kill the enemy, so that they can become real Eight Banners warriors as soon as possible, and win honor and gold and silver for themselves and their families.

In this battle, apart from Yu Ding from each banner, there were also Aha slaves from each banner who joined the army, and most of them were mainly Han Chinese who were taken captive.

The reason why they brought them along was mainly because most of them had some skills. Apart from making equipment for attacking fortified areas before the war, they accompanied the army as laborers and the like.

Compared with the auxiliary soldiers of the various banners, the life of these Aha slaves is naturally cheaper, so they are often used as cannon fodder when a big battle is approaching.

Because Yu Dingchong of each banner was an auxiliary soldier in the army, but they were still Manchurians after all. If the armored soldiers in each banner were killed or injured in battle, they would be an important supplement.

Ah Shan, who are also Manchurians, naturally don't want to easily consume these future sources of soldiers!
However, the Manchurian Tartars often used cannon fodder in their combat methods. They often drove Han slaves or Han army flags to charge forward as the first wave of cannon fodder.

Then came the tribes of Outer Fan and Mongolia who were not very close to them, then the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners of Mongolia who were even closer, and finally it was the turn of the warriors of the Eight Banners of Manchuria to fight in battle.

Among the Eight Banners of Manchuria, there are also some differences. For example, the savage Jurchen they collected from Oroqen, Xibo, Ewenki, Sauron, etc. are dead soldiers in the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

For these savage Jurchens captured by the Tartars, they are more like war slaves of the Tartars. From the day they were captured, they were separated from their families.

They will charge forward almost every battle, and they must be the main force to conquer the city first, in exchange for the safety of their families, so they are often called war slaves, or dead soldiers.

Now that the banners of the Han army and the Korean soldiers are not here, Ah Shan naturally thought of sending the Mongolian ministries of the foreign vassal to go up first to test the strength of the Shanshi defenders.

Of course, in order to avoid suspicion, he also mentioned sending some Aha slaves to attack the mountains together.

However, although his words were soft, they were vaguely heard by Oumbu Chuhuer and others. Although they could not be heard intermittently, the meaning of the words could still be guessed.

Several people couldn't help but secretly annoyed in their hearts: These damned Mantars always let my Mongolian warriors go up and gnaw the bones first, and then they come to eat the meat, it's really hateful!

However, they had already surrendered to the military power of the Qing Tartars, and they did not dare to disobey the military orders.

Moreover, as vassals of the Qing Dynasty, it was not their turn to participate in such strategic layout and tactical command. They just obeyed the orders of the main general to fight, and they just wanted to die in peace.

Compared with Ah Shan's cautiousness at the moment, Bai Yintu looked disapproving.

He raised his eyes to look at the sky, and said lightly: "Forget it. The time of day is approaching, so let Ombu Chuhuer, Shanba and the others lead the soldiers and horses from the Mongolian tribes of the Outer Domain, and add another two thousand Aha Let's go up first, and try to defend the Shannan Dog's strength..."

After expressing his opinion, he smiled very easily and said: "I'm afraid it's a little fuss. There are only a few thousand Nangou in the mountains. I sent two Mongolian armies to attack. I'm afraid they can take it down with a single drum. I'll just wait and see." Let's have a good show."

Duduo also seemed to have an expression of indifference. In his opinion, although the Ming army here was a bit strange, after all, there were only a few thousand people.

Just as Bai Yintu said, how many thousands of Nangou are in a mere mountain range?

However, seeing that Bai Yintu didn't respect him enough, he couldn't help feeling angry, but he didn't say much at this time, but just ordered: "Let's arrange it like this, and send an order to attack the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)