A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 577 Changling Mountain Meat Grinder

Lao Bai Niu: It was passed on but not published, speechless, one chapter at [-]:[-] pm, and there may be another chapter in the evening.Also back to Shanghai Beet Book Friends, I can’t draw pictures, but hand-drawing is okay, computer-based drawing, I can’t find the way.

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After staying on the mountain for so long, the gunners of the Jingbian army had already checked the range of various places down the mountain, checked the numerous positions, and carefully drew up the shooting map, especially the gentle area under the mountainside, which was the key bombing area for the gunners.

Mortar guns fire bullets, no more than Hongyi cannons, Buddha wolf machine artillery, etc., the firing angle is more curved, and they will not shoot far into the air.

"Tom, tom, tom!"

Amidst the muffled sound of the mortars, poisonous and ashes bullets kept falling on the dense crowd of the Qing army. Once the fuzes were burned to the end, there was a violent explosion, and strange blue smoke and white mist filled the air.

Every time there was an explosion, the Qing army and handymen Ahha who had been recruited howled and ran in fear, and the wooden shields of the Ahha slaves were useless at all.

Strange whistling noises continued, and raindrops of poisonous and ash bombs kept coming from the forts on the mountain. It didn't need heat dissipation like Hongyi cannons. Using mortars to bombard them, as long as there were enough cannons, it didn't hurt to hit as much as you wanted.

The movement and steering of the mortar gun is also much more convenient than the Hongyi cannon. The mortar gun with a weight of more than [-] kilograms can be carried by four big men and run away.

In the chaos, the Erhuang Banner Mongolian soldiers, some Manchurian soldiers, and many handyman slaves continued to climb up the hillside, but slowly, the terrain was not easy to walk.

Not to mention that some slopes are a bit rough, but there are deep trenches and traps everywhere. In the traps and trenches, all the front ends are roasted by fire, and the sharp and hard wooden thorns. At this time, many trenches and traps have been hung below People, both Han and Mongolian, all died in miserable conditions.

The sharp and long wooden thorns pierced through their bodies. Every corpse twisted in a strange way. The fresh blood solidified in the cold wind, emitting a shocking light.

It was the hard work of many slaves, but here, those heavy wooden shields were difficult to push in many places, or they gave up, or under the strict orders of the Manchu and Mongolian officers, they moved forward with difficulty, foot by foot.

Because of the previous waves of attacks, Ashan and Baiyintu, the masters of the Erhuang Banner in Manchuria, also discussed some countermeasures. The ants-like coated slaves even carried sacks, soil baskets and other things from the bottom of the mountain, and took these things with great difficulty. Trench traps filled.

It's just that there are too many traps, and it is a very huge project to fill them all. On the way, we have to be frightened to prevent the poisonous ash bombs on the mountain from attacking.

These grounds are no longer easy to walk on, so many Manchu and Mongolian troops are crowded in the dark. There are ten flat passages specially set aside on the slopes in the southeast and northeast of the Changling Mountain defense line.

These passages have no traps and ditches, and the roads are flat and comfortable to walk on. Naturally, they were also the focus of attacks by the Mongolian tribes of the outer vassals. Before the attack, they also forced the coated slaves to use shielded vehicles to cover them.

It’s just that in the passage in front of you, not to mention corpses, there are still scattered pieces, or wooden shields of various colors that have been split and burned. Many wooden shields are still burning, seriously hindering the traffic. Before the Manchurian army passes through, Also force those coated minions to clean up first.

During this period, the mortars on the mountain bombarded poisonous bullets and gray bullets from time to time, accurately hitting the wooden shields among the dense crowd.

The pervasive smoke of death caused commotions every time. While many soldiers struggled and screamed, their hearts were full of despair. This Changling Mountain is not an ordinary mountain, it is clearly a corpse mountain hell.

With great difficulty, the Mongolian soldiers and Manchurian soldiers from the Erhuang Banner were pushed before the first wave of low-walled trenches from the Jingbian army, and they felt a deep sense of powerlessness in their hearts, and they understood the fear of the Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals.

There is a low wall in front of you. The low wall is actually not high, it only reaches the chest of each person, but it is very solidly rammed, which is nothing. The key is that there is a slope in front of the low wall. two feet.

Because the weather turned cold, the slope in front of him was splashed with water in many places, and with some coagulated blood, it shone with a cold and slippery light. It was obviously not easy to climb up to the low wall through the slope.

Moreover, in front of this low wall, there are three trenches. The first two trenches are okay. Zhang, up to ten feet wide, not to mention spikes all over the inside, in front of the trench, there are layers upon layers of Juma deer strongholds, if you want to move Juma under the eyes of the Jingbian army, just think about it...

In fact, between these three trenches, there are dense corpses with strange expressions, spreading along the trenches to the distance in all directions.

Not only that, what the Tartars and Baoyi saw, behind this low wall, there were two low walls, one higher than the other, and the distance between each wall was no more than a few steps, at most ten or so steps. The Mongolian soldiers from the Outer Domain who attacked the mountains before said that there are two waves and six roads behind such a low wall, and finally the main village made of mountains and stones.

Those damn Jingbian troops, their deployment of troops is just as insidious and damned as they are. Sometimes their own soldiers attack fiercely, and they retreat to the second wave when the first wave is hard to stop by the low wall. At this time, their strength is the combination of the two waves , Sometimes they retreated to the third wave. At this time, their strength was the combination of the three waves, and their firepower was even fiercer.

In the meantime, it is necessary to prevent their spearmen from attacking from time to time. If they are not careful, the big guys will retreat to the first wave of low walls and trenches. Repeatedly, the blood of the warriors will continue to be sprinkled on this ordinary mountain. above.

Once, Zasak Gulusiqibu, the Right Wing Banner of Harqin, led his men to attack their main village. Thick, uneven stone walls, and the dense towers, they flinched, and left a lot of corpses meaninglessly.

It is difficult to attack from the front. Some of the Mongolian soldiers from the Outer Domain circled to the northeast of the mountain and wanted to attack up the mountain along the river. However, there are also many low walls and ditches here, and the mountain is rugged, so it is impossible to deploy their troops, which is even worse. Well, some people still want to go around to the back of the mountain, but here are the cliffs, many people fell to death while climbing the mountain...

Facing the defense line of the Jingbian Army's heavy troops, the Mongolian soldiers of the Erhuang Banner and some Manchurian soldiers felt powerless in their hearts.

However, as high above, Ashan and Baiyintu, the banner owners of the Manchurian Erhuang Banner, don't care about their feelings, especially at this time, most of the casualties are not Manchurian soldiers under their flag, so the big drum at the foot of the mountain is sounded, and the order to attack has begun. .

At this time, the military law of the Qing army was strict, and once the order to attack was issued, they must not hesitate. The low wall in front, especially the ten passages rushed.

Seeing them rushing in like a tide, in the telescope, Sun Sanjie on the wall of the main village in the mountains looked kindly. He understood that another wave of cruel fighting had begun, and his eyes gleamed coldly. These Tartars did not give up, so let them On your own strong defense line, let the blood flow, and squeeze your flesh and blood!

The turbulent flow of people from the Tartars spread all over the hillside, especially the ten passages of the mountain, which were even more crowded with people, and there were dense wooden shields in between. Seeing that they were approaching a hundred paces, Sun Sanjie suddenly gave an order!

Pole!
The sharp swan sound of the Chinese army resounded and spread throughout the entire mountain.

With the sound of firecrackers firing together, above the first wave of low walls, three thick white smoke billows rose, and hundreds of tartars or coats shot out blood mist from their bodies, howling and rolling on the ground, shooting out from behind the low walls. Good, and except for the passage, there are very few Tartar soldiers covered by wooden shields, and the results are obvious.

In the first wave, hundreds of gunmen on the three low walls fired a volley, and the spearmen behind the third low wall also threw out thousands of enemies like raindrops, accompanied by the sound of gunfire, boom boom boom , Ten Thousand Enemies exploded continuously, making the Tartars and the packers howl like ghosts and wolves.

Along with bullets and thousands of enemies, there are also raindrops of stones thrown, which is the masterpiece of some refugee refugees in Changling Mountain.

Since participating in the war will provide good food, wages, and even military leaders, the civilians all signed up enthusiastically. They threw stones desperately, smashing the heads and the packers in front of the first low wall and ditch. , and sometimes even beat them to death!
Of course, Sun Sanjie didn't dare to let them throw Ten Thousand Enemies, which required a certain amount of courage and training. Sun Sanjie couldn't guarantee whether these peasants would let Ten Ten Thousand Enemies blow themselves up or throw them on the heads of the soldiers in front of them in fear. go up.

At this time, the Erhuang Banner Mongolian soldiers and some Manchurian soldiers who attacked the mountain understood what the incoherent Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals meant when they said that the three low walls of the Jingbian army were very difficult to fight.

Their poor language is not enough to describe the fortifications on the mountain. Only when they visit the battlefield in person can they understand the strangeness of the three firepower points between the low walls of Changling Mountain.

Some Tazi soldiers, before the trenches, usually aimed at the gunmen behind the first low wall according to their inertia. However, they didn't shoot arrows, so they were shot for no reason, and fell down on the slope with their eyes closed.

After some people wake up, aiming at the last two low walls to shoot arrows, but also to prevent the gunmen behind the first low wall, they often pay attention to their heads and ignore their backs. If they don’t pay attention, behind the third low wall, there are a few iron bumps. Even hundreds of stones were thrown to blow them up or smash them to death!

The three-dimensional firepower of the Changling Mountain defense line, accompanied by constant enemies and stones, and the especially concave and convex low walls, facing the low walls and trenches, the Qing army felt that they had nowhere to hide. They ran around like mice, Hope to find a safe place.

On the mountainside and the rear, the mortars on the mountain were still bombarding poisonous and ashes from time to time, adding to their confusion.

With the sound of the blunderbuss, and the sound of artillery such as Baizi blunderbuss, a flood of Mongolian soldiers rushed to each passage, and with the sharp sound of swans, the Baizi blunderbuss at the entrance of each passage burst out with loud noises, At this time, there were as many as a hundred gates in Changling Mountain, such as Baizi guns and Flangji, and each wave of low wall defense lines and each passageway were divided into multiple gates.

They fired in turn, and accompanied by the thick smoke from the artillery, countless soil smoke and dust exploded on the slope, and bursts of blood sprayed from behind each wooden shield, like wind blowing rice waves, and wooden shields kept falling backwards. go.

How can a rough wooden shield stop the bombardment of shotguns?Lead bullets like a torrential rain caused casualties to the Manchurian and Qing soldiers at various passages.

Originally, in these places, layers of Mongolian soldiers and coats from the outer domain had been thrown down in various postures, and flesh and blood stumps were scattered everywhere. The soldiers deliberately did not clean up the corpses of these Qing soldiers, so as to deter the subsequent attacking Tartars. Zi Bing.

The attacks of these Erhuang Banner Mongolian soldiers and some Manchurian soldiers only made the corpses pile up higher at the entrances of the passages.

Blood kept flowing out of their corpses, like a stream, flowing all over the mountain.

(End of this chapter)