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Because of the shrinking of the defense line, Chen Zheng could use the artillery in his hand more intensively.

At this time, the Baizi blunderbuss shot straight at close range, and a piece of bullets or gravel was sprayed out with one blast. There was nowhere to hide within 200 meters, and even the shield car was bombarded like a sieve.

But the Francophones and mortars fired solid shells and bombarded the mountain thieves. Spherical shells, either made of iron or stone, bounced back and forth after landing. go.

Furthermore, on the northeast and southeast corners of the main battalion on the top of the mountain, there are also the two big general guns sent by Shenjiying to Chen Zheng, and they are also roaring continuously. The huge iron cannons they fired almost hit the Tartar formation I went later.

This happened to form three layers of bombardment, and the formation of the Tartars attacking the mountain was immediately chaotic. However, due to the strict military law, they did not dare to run away and had to dodge left and right in the formation.

Although the trenches and low walls in this section are staggered and parallel, another feature is also obvious, that is, there are many gaps. Now each gap, depending on its size, has one, or two or three artillery pieces across it.

Even if it only took one round of bombardment, the power of hundreds of large and small artillery bombardments in unison is indeed astonishing. Not to mention the power of the cannons, the smoke that rises from the sky in front of the Ming army already represents everything.

However, except for those Baizi blunderbusses that caused some damage to the Tartar thieves, the other solid cannons were astonishingly powerful, but their power was limited.

Moreover, the Tartars have been used to these iron lumps for a long time in the battle. They are not attacking the mountain today, and they have arranged their formation so densely like before.

They used the team as a unit, arranged in columns one by one, or gathered in small formations one by one, in order to minimize the damage caused by the jumping shots of the cannons.

Accompanied by the thick smoke gushing out from the cannons, countless soil smoke and dust exploded on the slopes of the mountains, and bursts of blood mist sprayed out from behind the shield vehicles, like wind blowing rice waves.

As the shield chariot was shattered or toppled by the bombardment, the Tazi soldiers were finally completely exposed to the Xuanfu army.

Some tartars who reacted quickly threw the shields in their hands into the ditch, and then jumped in, so as to avoid being stabbed by the sharp thorns at the bottom of the ditch, and to effectively avoid the artillery bombardment.

Originally, these places were places they did not want to lose no matter what, but now they have become places for them to survive. The world is impermanent, who would have expected it?

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The biggest advantage of the Baizi Gun is that it can hold the tail handle and flexibly rotate left and right, up and down, on the chariot.

Of course, due to the recoil force and possible firepower leakage, the handle is like a blunderbuss handle, extending slender and slender towards the rear.

Moreover, the loading of the Baizi Gun is similar to that of the Franc machine, all of which use sub-guns, and there are several doors in each passage.

Bombarding in this way in turn caused the front to howl in agony. After a few rounds of bombardment, the Qing soldiers who attacked the passage would hesitate to retreat, leaving corpses and wailing wounded soldiers everywhere.

Of course, there were too many Tartars attacking the mountain, and the firecrackers and artillery could not shoot them, or some of the braver Tartar soldiers risked casualties and rushed to the artillerymen.

In addition to the gunmen behind the low walls on both wings bombarding them, there were also some swordsmen and spearmen protecting the gunners. However, the bandits were so powerful that they had no choice but to retreat. …

After all, they are the Tartars with red flags in Manchuria, and they are indeed more powerful than those foreign vassals and Mongols, even much stronger than the two yellow flags of Mongolia.

Before noon, there were some reserved passages, which were broken through by Tartar soldiers desperately. The rest of the Qing soldiers were also refreshed, and then poured in desperately.

Distributed on the two wings, the gunmen of the Xuanfu Army fired desperately from the side depressions, and constantly smashed large and small stones from the front to protect the gunners who carried the artillery and retreated back.

On the second line of defense of the Xuanfu Army in Changling Mountain, soldiers from both sides of the Ming and Qing Dynasties launched an extremely vicious hand-to-hand combat.

However, the Tartars rushed more and more, and the Xuanfu Army's firearms were rushed up after only a few rounds. Now that they were fighting hand-to-hand, the gunmen had no choice but to retreat. It was obvious that the Tartars had the upper hand at this moment.

Sure enough, the trumpets of the Chinese army sounded soon, and the soldiers, gunners, and blunderbuss behind the low wall retreated one after another, and the soldiers and civilians who followed them also retreated like a tide.

As the Xuanfu army gradually retreated into the stone camp on the top of the mountain, on the second line of defense, there were only baskets of stones and piles of large logs left there.

The victory of capturing the passage made the Tartars with red and white flags very excited.

They kept pouring in from various passages, but after entering from the opening of the first low wall, without exception, they were all faced with thick walls of earth.

They walked diagonally to the left or right for a few steps, sometimes even a dozen steps, before they continued to see the new passage position.

Just when they were in a daze, the eyes of the Tartars suddenly lit up, and there was a wide area in front of them, with a distance of nearly a hundred steps between the front and the back, and looking left and right, the two sides stretched out again.

But then, the Tartars were chilled again. A stone fortress stood more than a hundred steps ahead of them, and in front of this solid and thick stone wall, there were also several deep trenches.

"Mom, why does Nangou know how to dig ditches?"

Seeing this, a Tartar with a red flag was divided into Pashiku and couldn't help cursing angrily.

Suddenly, a small cloud of smoke rose from the high stone wall in the distance, and then a faint "bang" sound was heard from a distance.

A stream of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and he raised his left hand to cover his chest, and there was also blood gushing out from the gap between his fingers, and before he even had time to cry out, his huge body straightened and fell backwards.

This scene shocked the Tazi soldiers instantly. They looked around in horror, but there was no sign of an ambush.

A cow with a red flag, Zhang Jing, came over after hearing the news. He looked suspiciously at the stone wall more than a hundred paces away, and he couldn't believe that the warriors under his command were hit by the firecrackers on the stone wall?
At this moment, Chen Zheng, the leader of the Dushi Battalion of the Xuanfu Army, put down the binoculars with a smile on his face, and said loudly to a soldier next to him: "Okay, Li Mingjiu. I really didn't embarrass your master, this shot was really good!" it is good."

He turned around and said loudly: "Reward. In addition to remembering the merits, I will reward two packs of 'Yunzhou Tobacco'."

"Wow……"

All of a sudden, it was like opening a camp, and everyone cast envious eyes.

After leaving the Xuan Mansion for more than a few months, the cigarettes that everyone brought with them have been exhausted, although Zhang Cheng also organized the Xuanbei Merchant Gang to continuously deliver various military supplies here. …

But there are only Xuanfu sergeants with nearly [-] soldiers here, not to mention the soldiers from other towns are also fond of Xuanfu's Yunzhou cigarettes, such a sought-after product will always be in short supply.

Even those counterfeit cigarettes imitated by outside vendors, although the taste is a little worse, are still very good in sales channels.

Now that everyone is about to run out of food, Li Mingjiu alone has been rewarded with two packs of the highest-grade "Yunzhou brand" cigarettes, which is not enviable.

"Ninth Brother... Ninth Brother... This is a good cigarette... Divide it up...Brothers are suffering..."

"Brother Ninth is mighty, he has been hit by a bullet from this distance, it's amazing!"

But not far away, there was a person who was unmoved, like a green lotus in a pond, emerging from the mud without being stained.

He leaned on the top of the cold stone wall, with a thick and long big gun resting on the crenel of the stone wall, the muzzle sticking out of the crenel, aiming at a Tatar, Niulu Zhangjing.

Putting the front sight on and off, as the mountain wind whistled, he always seemed to feel unsure, and never shot, just lying there motionless, turning a blind eye to everything around him.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang, and the smoke from the big canopy rose up and was blown away by the mountain wind.

The officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu army gathered around Li Mingjiu were all shocked, they all turned around to look, only to see that the man was still lying on the crenel of the stone wall, still motionless.

After a while, he sighed: "Mother, I missed again!"

Baizong Wang Lianjiang glanced at it and said, "Oh, what a pity, how wonderful it is to win."

After the gun was shot, there was no blood mist flashing on the opposite side, everyone could see it clearly, so although they were startled by the explosion of the gun at first, they all recovered quickly.

Even the chief general Chen Zheng was startled by the explosion. He hurriedly raised the binoculars, looked carefully for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It's only a little bit off, just a little bit more, alas..."

At this time, a voice sounded: "Okay, Li Mingshi. Your brother has done a great job, this time is not bad. Although this big gun can shoot more than a hundred steps, it is really difficult to master it accurately, and it is common sense to miss it."

It was the persuasion by the chief executive Wang Lianjiang just now.

Li Mingjiu and Li Mingshi are both gunners in his game. They train hard on weekdays, and they are very accurate and fast. Moreover, the two brothers are the sharpshooters in the Xuanfu army. Tiger's apprentice.

Li Mingjiu glanced at his younger brother here, and didn't say anything, but promised everyone that after the Yunzhou cigarettes were rewarded, everyone would have a share.

But his eyes did not leave his younger brother Li Mingshi until he clearly saw that his younger brother Li Mingshi's blunderbuss did not hit the tartar, so he hurriedly separated from the crowd and stepped forward to comfort him.

After all, it's brotherhood, but Li Mingshi didn't seem to appreciate it. He looked indifferently at the Tartars outside the stone wall, and secretly decided in his heart that the next shot would also hit the Tartar official.

Li Mingjiu and Li Mingshi are actually brothers. They were both born in Mahu. They had nothing to do with the shooting profession. However, they were both selected into the sniper battalion after Xuanbei enlisted in the army.

They worshiped Cheng Sanhu, the number one sharpshooter of the Xuanbei Army, and learned skills from the same teacher, but the way of shooting depends entirely on talent, and the two brothers are the best among the apprentices.

Brother Li Mingjiu has quick eyes and quick hands. According to Cheng Sanhu, he is more suitable for assassination. Once he seizes the opportunity, he will never let it go. This is Li Mingjiu's character. …

However, Li Mingshi is a person with a new and secret mind, and he is extremely forbearing. In order to hit the target, he can stand still for more than half an hour under the scorching sun.

According to Zhang Cheng, Li Mingjiu is suitable for assassination, while Li Mingshi is suitable for sniping. Although they are not brothers, their personalities are different, which determines their different life trajectories.

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At this time, Prince Yu Duoduo, commander of the Qing army, saw that it was hopeful to break through the Ming army's defense line in Changling Mountain, so he hurriedly ordered all the inlaid white flags and inlaid red flags to be pressed up.

He has nothing else to ask for now, but he only wants to break through the defense line of the Ming army, so that he can ask Gushan Ezhen'ashan and Baiyintu of the two yellow flags to see what it looks like when the Qing warriors show their power.

Now, he has to report that he has successfully broken through the second line of defense of the Ming army and is approaching the last stone castle defended by the Ming army. How can he not be excited?

Duoduo urgently ordered that the Bayala warriors in all banners attack quickly, trying to attack the Changling Mountain position of the Ming Army in one fell swoop, so as to attack all parts of Xingshan Mountain.

Le Qihun has been leading the Bajala warriors on standby, and now that the order to attack has been issued, they are all excited, busy checking their armor, and gearing up.

Almost everyone wants to go to the battlefield and seize the head of the Ming army in exchange for their achievements and rewards!

However, the world is unpredictable, and there is a huge gap between almost all dreams and reality, just like in the eyes of the Tartars, no matter where the Ming army comes.

Once they arrived on the land of Liaodong, it seemed that there was no one who could compete with them. Even if the Ming army on Changling Mountain was very powerful, how could it matter?

Could they still prevent me from going to the iron hoof of the warriors of the Qing Dynasty!

Following Duo Duo's order, the Bayara warriors from all banners roared forward, and they all fought bravely to be the first, for fear of falling behind.

But from this point of view, all towns and armies of the Ming Dynasty seem to lack such courage. Even Cao Bianjiao, who is known for his bravery, and the soldiers of the Xuanfu Army seem to be inferior to the Tartars.

Almost at the same time, the Yellow Banner Tartars of Manchuria, who were going upstream along the Nuer River, also felt the Ming army's flanks to hide. Perhaps they thought that their whereabouts were secretive, and the Ming army's guards might not be able to detect them in time.

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Just after noon, the Tartars launched a full-scale attack, especially in the northeast and southeast corners, where a large number of Tartars gathered. With a shout, they rushed to the last camp of the Ming army ahead.

All of a sudden, rolling logs and stones were continuously dropped on the stone wall, and the roar of guns and guns was also heard endlessly.

Although the attacking Tartars kept falling down, they continued to attack from behind. The power of the guns and guns was only a momentary intimidation. If you want to really defeat the Tartars, you can only fight hand-to-hand.

But Chen Zheng's side was indeed due to limited troops, facing the attack of the Tartars, they retreated steadily. This inherently intended to lure the enemy, but it was also to narrow his frontal battlefield.

So that the Tartars cannot attack this last stronghold with all their strength.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Suddenly, there were bursts of roaring sounds from where the Tartars were standing, and it seemed that the ground was trembling along with it.

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It turned out that under this second line of defense, the Ming army had already laid the fuses of countless large and small artillery.

On the surface, it seemed that the two sides were still bombarding, but with the uneasy sound of booming, there was a trace of unavoidable chaos in the Tartar formation.

And at this moment, Duoduo, Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty, received an urgent report from sentry cavalry: "On the northeast defense line, the Ming army has been in a hurry. As for whether it is an enemy or a friend, it is really impossible to judge for a while!"

Gathered around Duoduo, the Mongolian soldiers of the Two Yellow Banners, the Mongolian soldiers of the Two Yellow Banners, all showed terror on their faces. They had come to sneak attack on the Ming army's grain road, but they never thought that they would be like dumpling stuffing from someone else's house.