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Chapter 859

At about two o'clock, the elite cavalry of Guo Yingxian, the general of the Xuanfu, was blocked about five miles east of Changling.

Opposite them were Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner cavalry with less than a thousand horses, but between the two armies, there was a trench more than one foot deep and two feet wide.

Looking at the wide trench about forty steps ahead, Guo Yingxian looked helpless. In order to ensure the speed of the march this time, they not only marched lightly, but also did not even bring auxiliary soldiers.

But now there is a wide trench across the Songxing Avenue, blocking his way forward, but he is unable to fill it up and pass, Guo Yingxian can't help feeling a little anxious.

Although Zhang Cheng told him to go slowly and not to rush forward, but at this moment Zhang Cheng's battalion of infantry and chariots were less than ten miles behind him, but he was blocked here, how could he not be in a hurry.

However, Guo Yingxian has nothing to do about it. Although there are only a thousand Mongolian knights on the opposite side, they are patrolling on the opposite side of the wide ditch. Once they get close, they will be shot back by their random arrows.

What's more, they rushed forward lightly, and they lacked digging equipment, so they couldn't dig soil and fill trenches at all.

"General, why don't we wait for the commander-in-chief." Chief Qian Guo An reminded Guo Yingxian from the side.

Veteran Guo Yingxian was not in a hurry to answer, he rode his horse to inspect the wide ditch before he shouted an order: "The whole army dismounts and rests, and you are not allowed to approach this ditch within [-] paces without an order from this general."

Seeing that all the generals under his command followed orders and led their cavalry to dismount and rest, he got off his horse and said to Guo An, "Guo An, take a team of elite cavalry and report the situation here to Zhang Shuai."

After Guo An led the team to leave, Guo Yingxian carefully observed the trench in front of him and the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side, and muttered in his heart: "These bastards are really digging wherever they go!"

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The battle against Changling Mountain, for the sake of it now, actually doesn't make much sense whether or not it is taken down.

Although Duoduo was a little irritable, he was not a fool. Although the main force of the army stayed at the foot of Changling Mountain and fought hard, he did not forget his purpose of coming here.

He also focused on the overall situation and considered the overall situation. While attacking Changling Mountain fiercely, he also dispatched groups of main forces to take actions in four directions, such as attacking Xingshan Fort, cutting off the grain transportation channels of Ming Dynasty officials, etc., and reconnaissance horses. Go out everywhere, check out where the Ming army is stockpiling food.

After all, the purpose of his trip was to attack Xingshan and Tashan, block the Ming army's grain transportation route, and cut off the connection between the Songshan Ming army and the rear!
The Qing army that went to attack Xingshan Fort was led by Gushan Erzhen Baiyintu of Xianghuang Banner who was defeated the day before. He led the elite knights of Xianghuang Banner to attack Xingshan Fort.

But those who went to various places to cut off the grain roads and check out the places where the Ming army hoarded grain were mainly soldiers and horses from Outer Fan Mongolia and Eight Banners Mongolia.

At the same time, Tulun of Yala Shizhangjing with a red flag in Manchuria, Baya Latuzhangjing with a yellow flag, Gong Adai, the younger brother of Baiyintu, and others also led a team of Tartars, and escorted the remaining coated slaves, as well as the surrounding area. The captured Liao people went to dig trenches elsewhere.

According to the order of Emperor Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army had to dig trenches from the Nuer River to the edge of the sea, thus completely blocking the connection between the Songshan Ming army and the rear.

Even Duoduo didn't dare to neglect this order. Although he was a little manic, he was still extremely afraid of the emperor and elder brother.

As for Changling Mountain, in Duoduo's eyes, the location is indeed very important, but it is not a must. For him, Changling Mountain is the icing on the cake.

Now, the main reason why Duoduo is still attacking Changling Mountain is that the other Ming armies are too cowardly, just like Meng Dao, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Defender, who led more than [-] troops, but only guarded Xingshan Fort and dared not attack. Half a step out of the castle.

Even though the Qing army outside the Xingshan Fort only had a mere two thousand cavalry, he only guarded the fort and resolutely did not go out of the fort to fight in the field.

Even Meng Dao, who has a heavy army, is like this, and the defenders in other places are even more unspeakable. Only a few thousand Tatar cavalry went south, and they smashed the small forts outside Xingshan Fort, robbed a lot of food and grass, and also plundered a large number of people. Civil husband.

However, the Manchurian Zhenghong Banner Gushan Front is really Shuotuo, who has led the Zhenghong Banner Tartar army to break through the Daxing and Dongqing Second Forts, and is besieging Wudaoling where Zuo Guangxian, the general soldier of the Chinese Association, was stationed.

It turned out that Qian Youlu, the right camp forward of the Ming army, and Dou Chenglie, the meritorious general who cooperated with the general patrol, were stationed in Daxing and Dongqing Second Fort.

They didn't realize it until the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner Tartars approached the fort, but all the access to the fort had been controlled by the Tartars, and naturally no messages for help could be sent out.

Qian Youlu and Dou Chenglie only held on for half a day, but Daxing and Dongqing Forts fell one after another!

Shuotuo burned Daxing Castle to the ground, leaving only a few hundred men to garrison Dongqing Castle, thinking it was a transit point for the army, and personally led the elite warriors of Zhenghong Banner to Wudaoling.

When Zuo Guangxian, the General Soldier of the Chinese Association, first heard the rumble of gunfire in Daxing and Dongqing Second Fort, he sent several sentry cavalry to investigate, but they were all intercepted and killed by the Tartars. None of the sentry cavalry was successful.

Therefore, the news of Wudaoling, Daxing, and Dongqing Second Fort is still unknown to this day, and even the news of Zhenghongqi Tartars going south is completely unknown to the armies of the Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because of these reasons that Duoduo had the spare energy to attack Chen Zheng's Xuanfu army on Changling Mountain.

At this moment, he knew that thousands of cavalry from the Ming army would not be able to pass through the Songxing Avenue, which was completely blocked by trenches. This further strengthened his determination to capture Changling Mountain.

As for his determination, Gushan Erzhen Adai and the Dalai Lama in the Two Yellow Banners of Mongolia have other ideas. Their dark psychology caused trouble, and the warriors in their own banner suffered heavy losses. Those Manchurians did not lose some soldiers and horses. How can you be willing?
And those Zhasaks from the Outer Kingdoms of Mongolia who attacked with the army also had the same thoughts. They even wanted to instigate them.

In fact, since the Battle of Changling Mountain has reached its current level, all the generals of the Qing army, except Duoduo, have hesitated. On the contrary, Gushan Ezhen'ashan of the Zhenghuang Banner in Manchuria is very determined.

In the Qing Dynasty, there is not only competition among the princes, but also fierce competition among the Gushan Ezhen of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Thinking of making more military exploits so as to keep his status.

The same is true for Ah Shan. Although he is now Gu Shan Ezhen of Zhenghuang Banner, he is at risk of being replaced by others at any time!

At this time, he first saw the Gushan Ezhenbaiyintu of the Xianghuang Banner returning home in defeat, and then saw that the defenders on Changling Mountain had obviously shrunk their troops, and they even voluntarily abandoned the low wall of the trench on the first line of defense.

This made him think that after two days of fierce fighting, the Ming army also suffered heavy casualties. After all, the Ming army guarding the mountain was only a few thousand people, unlike the tens of thousands on his side.

How to afford it?
Moreover, the thousands of troops in the Ming military region must have been exhausted after two days of fierce fighting. This is the best time to conquer this place in one fell swoop.

What's more, in today's battle, the inlaid white flag and inlaid red flag were in a desperate posture. Not only the armored soldiers in the banners lined up in large numbers, but even the Ba Yala warriors in the two banners were ready to fight at any time.

Thinking that today seems to be a good time to make meritorious deeds, Ah Shan took the initiative to find Prince Yu Duoduo, volunteered, and led a wave of warriors from the banner, as a partial division, went up the valley to attack the main camp of the Ming army.

How could he have imagined that this greedy effort would cause him, a powerful general trusted by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, to smash Changling Mountain and leave his life here forever!
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It was completely beyond Duduo's expectation that a small Changling Mountain could show such tenacity!

Since he set off from Baimiaobao, the places where the Ming army garrisoned along the way were destroyed one by one, and they were destroyed without any effort.

But how many people were lost in this small mountain?

Now, if Duoduo gave up the attack on Changling Mountain, it would really be a waste of all previous efforts, and this nail blocking the Songxing Avenue would not be removed.

Then the plan of the army to cut off the Ming army is far from complete. Rather than stationing a brigade of fine cavalry here, it is better to pull out this nail completely.

What's more, giving up the attack on Changling Mountain at this time, how can it be worthy of the Qing warriors who died here before?
Moreover, the prestige of Prince Yu Duoduo in the army will be greatly reduced because of this, this is the most intolerable thing for him.

What's more, just now when the sentry report came, Zhenghongqi's army was invincible along the way, and achieved considerable results. Just now, they have conquered the second fort of Daxing and Dongqing one after another.

They looted all the useful materials in the second fort, and they are besieging Wudaoling with all their strength. The Ming army of Zuo Guangxian stationed there has no power to fight back, so they have to rely on the mountain defense line to defend hard.

Zhenghongqi Gushan'e Zhenshuotuo further stated in the letter that he will leave a few warriors to continue to attack Wudaoling tomorrow, while he himself will personally lead the elite of the banner to attack Tashanbao and search for the place where the Ming army hoards food and grass.

How can Dodo endure this?

But now he still doesn't know that Gushan Ezhen'a Mountain in Zhenghuang Banner has already sacrificed his life for the country on Changling Mountain!
Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Association, stood firm at Wudaoling, and had no energy left to take care of other places. Meng Dao, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Association, shrank in Xingshan Fort, relying on the strong city wall of Xingshan Fort, plus the many guns on the city. , only dare to stick to it.

At the beginning, Meng Dao bullied the Tartars that there were few soldiers, and he also organized his infantry and cavalry to go out of the city to form an array, thinking of defeating the Tartars and boosting the morale of the Ming defenders in the city.

But as soon as he fought, he was defeated by Baya Lajia Lazhangjing's Oboi with Xianghuang Banner, and since then he never dared to leave the city for half a step.

There is also Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, who is currently stationed at Tashan Fort, guarding the important point of grain and grass transshipment in Bijia Mountain. He has the heaviest responsibility and power.

Right now, as long as the Ming army stationed at Changling Mountain is conquered, there will be no strong bones between the apricot pagodas. Whether it is attacking the fortress, robbing the Ming army to store food, or blocking the retreat of the Songshan Ming army, it will be easy. .

Duoduo knew that the key to the battle of Jinzhou now was whether he could successfully cut off the retreat of the Ming army and seize their food and grass during his trip. Once this was achieved, the victory of the Battle of Jinzhou would be just around the corner.

"Changling Mountain, we must take it down!"

Such an outstanding victory, but on this small Changling Mountain, he was beaten to death?
How can Duoduo be reconciled? Now the army is victorious in all four directions, and the coated servants accompanying the army have almost dug trenches to the seaside. Now they only need to capture this Changling Mountain, and they will achieve complete victory in this trip .

Therefore, the battle to attack Changling Mountain must not stop, it must continue to the end!
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Fighting until the end of Shenshi...

Manchuria embroidered with red flags, Gushan's forehead was really full of people on the sea, and he embroidered with red flags warriors fought hard for a day, attacking the defenders of Changling Mountain again and again, but they were defeated again and again.

In today's battle, although he attacked the main camp of Changling Mountain defenders several times, the casualties of his bordered red flag and Duoduo's bordered white flag were also quite large, even more casualties than that of Baiyintu's troops with bordered yellow flag who attacked the mountain yesterday. on many.

Duduo's expression was equally dignified. He didn't dare to count the number of casualties in the Xiangbai Banners today. The battle could not be stopped at this point. Even if he risked his life, he would take Changling Mountain.

The position of Changling Mountain is indeed important, but is it worth it to attack this place with such a large number of casualties?

This idea just flashed in Duduo's mind. It's not that he doesn't know how to calculate, but he can't imagine it. The Eight Banners warriors suffered such a huge loss, and the emperor would be furious when he heard about it!
At this time, the Baya soldiers in the Xianghong and Xiangbai flags also joined the battle to attack Changling Mountain. Seeing the roar of the guns on that mountain, the roar of the battle was even more earth-shattering.

Even if it is as fierce and brave as Duoduo, he can't help but pray secretly in his heart, hoping that this time he can successfully capture the Ming army's position in Changling Mountain.

Looking at the mountains in the distance, he murmured: "Could it be that I was wrong? I shouldn't have wasted the blood and courage of my Qing warriors at the foot of Changling Mountain..."

"Hmph. Changling Mountain must be brought down!"

"Kill the Tartars!"

The earth-shattering shouts kept ringing out, and the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu army stationed on Changling Mountain rushed out of the gate of the village one after another.

Their armored soldiers formed a shield formation in front, and the newly recruited Liaodong army formed a spear formation behind them, rushed out of the gate of the village, and fought together with the Xianghong and Xiangbai Banner Tartar soldiers.

The shields of the soldiers on both sides collided with each other, chopping with knives and axes, stabbing with tiger spears and long spears, one by one the strong figures fell down one after another, the bodies of the dead and wounded on both sides seemed to form a human wall outside the stone wall.

"what!……"

With screams and wailing, people around him fell down one after another, and even the dry and hard ground became muddy.

As fierce and brutal as the Tartars, they were also horrified by the bravery of the Xuanfu army who rushed out of the stronghold. This might be the fiercest Ming army soldier they had ever seen.

Even Ezhen Turg, who was in charge of the battle in front of Xiangbaiqi Gushan, kept screaming, while the Bajala warriors beside him were dragging his heavy body and kept retreating.

On the opposite side, a strong man with a dark face was charging towards him holding a large shield. Several long spears protruded from behind him. The red tassels behind the spears were trembling in the sunlight, which was particularly conspicuous.

(End of this chapter)