nanming man

Chapter 769 Trench Warfare

On the battlefield, the artillery of the Qing army roared, and the artillery shells roared and smashed towards the Wei army's defense line, causing mud pillars to splash and dust to fill the sky.

On the front line of the Wei army, Huang Bingzhong held a binoculars and observed the Qing army in the distance. He happened to see a group of people on the hillside. He put down the binoculars and said to the left and right: "As soon as Azig arrives, the attack of the Tartars should be coming soon." .”

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies had analyzed the situation facing the Qing army long ago, and knew that Dorgon lacked mobile troops. The 10 people in Henan had to guard against Tongguan and southern Henan. They could only protect themselves, and they were unable to deploy troops to support other battlefields. However, the 15 troops in Shandong, Huaihe, and Huaihe Rivers had to guard against Nanming's looting, and the soldiers and horses could not be mobilized.

There are still 5 people in Beijing, but we have to beware of Hauge, and as the capital has to be guarded by a large army, so we can't move either.

Therefore, the current problem of the Qing Dynasty is that the stall is too large and there are not enough troops. At most, 2 troops can be transferred from foreign domains, and Dorgon has no soldiers.

Now the Qing army has 3 troops in Shanxi, and [-] of them are not very reliable. It is impossible for the Qing army to let the Wei army rush into Hedong.

Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a foreign regime after all, and there was no favor for the people of Shanxi. Once the Han people entered Shanxi with armed forces, the situation would become more unstable, and there would be a situation of waiting for the wind to surrender.

Therefore, according to the judgment of the Dudufu of the Five Armies, the best choice for the Qing army is to attack the Wei army with all its strength, and drive the Wei army out of Hedong before the main force of the Wei army crosses the river.

At this time, the Qing army was only conquered by Hauge, the Wei army, and the Ming army's northern expedition, but the Qing army was still quite strong. As long as the external threats were blocked, the internal forces would definitely be suppressed.

"Captain, look at the army flags, there are real Manchuria with white flags, and there are a few more Han army flags, a few green battalion soldiers, and the troops are quite mixed." Zhao Mingchong pointed to the Qing army lined up in the distance.

Huang Bingzhong said with a smile: "It seems that the Tartars are really sunset. Did they pull out this team by putting together things?"

"The situation is urgent. They probably have nothing to do. They can only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall." Zhao Ming rushed back, looked in the direction of the Qing army's shelling, and said in a low voice: "Commander, the Tartars must concentrate on shelling Xiayang Fort. Is it ready to break through from now on, do we need to re-arrange?"

Huang Bingzhong waved his hand, "Maintain the original deployment, but we can move the horse army behind the second earthen wall and fight back at an appropriate time. The goal of the first line of defense is to consume the Qing army and dampen the enemy's spirit. Even if the enemy breaks through It doesn't matter, when the Tartars attack the second line, the mortars on the third line of defense will bombard one round first, and then the soldiers of the second line of defense will take advantage of the situation to counterattack and take back the first line of defense."

Huang Bingzhong paused, and said with a smile: "Of course, it's best to be the first line of defense and not let the Tatars break through. This time, the plan of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is to use the defense to consume the Tartars first, and wait until the morale of the Tartars is exhausted. Turning to the offensive, our goal is to kill and injure the Qing army as much as possible."

Zhao Mingchong nodded, "My humble suggestion, if the first line of defense is not broken, don't use the mortar!"

When the Ming army attacked Sichuan, they used mortars and explosive shells. The army felt that these were good, so they began to mass-produce them, and derived a variety of models, including huge siege mortars and smaller ones for defense. Mortar.

Huang Bingzhong said with a smile: "General Zhao, the first line of defense will be entrusted to you. You can't underestimate the enemy. According to Xuan Yiwei's information, the Tartars are now switching from shotguns to cannons, imitating many of our Wei's weapons!"

"Captain, the last general is not underestimating the enemy, but self-confidence!" Zhao Mingchong said with a serious face: "The last general wants to tell the Tartars that our Panshi Army is not so easy to fight, and I am going to leave some deep memories for them, so that the Tartars know The master will always be their master, don't think that imitating some equipment can challenge us."

"Okay!" Huang Bingzhong couldn't help admiring, "Then the governor is up to General Zhao!"

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The Wei army had three lines of defense. The first line of defense faced the attack of the Qing army, the second line of defense was the reserve team, and the third line of defense was the mortar array. Each line of defense was about 75 steps apart.

The mortar cannon is different from the bronze cannon and the Hongyi cannon. His ballistic trajectory is projectile, so it is placed at the back, just enough to sling and shoot the Qing army attacking the Wei army's line, and he can launch flowering bullets, which is the big killer of the Wei army.

At this time, because the defense area was too wide, the artillery of the Wei army was relatively scattered, and the artillery of Xiayangbao did not occupy the upper hand, and was being bombarded by the artillery of the Qing army.

After the battle in Xiangcheng, the Qing army began to imitate the Wei army's artillery. Twenty small cannons and six Hongyi cannons were smashing at the Wei army's line. A gap was smashed and dust filled the sky.

The soldiers of the Wei army were not behind the earthen wall, but squatted in the anti-cannon pit with their firecrackers one by one, waving their hands from time to time to disperse the permeating yellow dust.

Wei Jun had expected to be bombarded by cannons, so he dug some large pits behind the wall. The pits were lower than the ground and could not be hit by direct artillery, so they were relatively safe.

Behind the earth wall, there were only a few observers, paying attention to the movements of the Qing army, and the gunners of the Wei army manipulated the two bronze cannons mounted on large wheels to fight back. cigarette.

At this time, the 3000 troops of the Qing army in Li Ben's deep department had been assembled, and the officers of the Qing army in various flood seasons watched the artillery battle with the Wei army while ordering their subordinates.

General Sun Maosheng looked at his soldiers and said loudly: "Don't even look at it. After the military order is issued, everyone will charge with the shield chariot. We are the firearms team. We don't need to fill in the trenches and attack the wall. We will hide behind the shield After the car, just fire the gun and shoot the arrow."

After the last war, the Qing army suffered heavy losses, and Sun Maosheng survived. Their army was reorganized with the remnants of Gao Jie in Xuzhou Town. Location.

After Sun Maosheng explained the precautions, he took a look at the Eight Banners armored soldiers riding horses behind the formation, and finally lowered his voice and emphasized: "There is a battle at the back, even if you lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, you can't run back, you know?"

More than 100 old and weak soldiers hurriedly shouted: "Understood!"

Sun Maosheng nodded, "Listen to my instructions later, well, check the equipment yourself!"

The soldiers of the Qing army, wearing cloth gowns and red hats on their heads, immediately began to check the equipment they were carrying.

Many of the pre-war arrangements of the Qing army and the drills of the soldiers were carried out according to the captured Wei army pamphlets, and they were basically copied.

At this time, the Chinese army sounded a horn, and the deafening artillery sound in the Qing army's artillery formation suddenly stopped, and the smoke-filled artillery formation fell silent.

Wearing armor and riding on a horse, Li Benshen rode his horse in front of the army, galloping back and forth for a while, reining in the horse's reins in front of the army, suddenly drew his sword and pointed, and shouted angrily: "Attack!"

Sun Maosheng and other officers in black robes and bowl caps all drew out their sabers and pointed forward, "Come on!"

Amid the shouts of the generals of the green battalion, the green battalion soldiers lined up, pushing the shield carts, moved forward in unison. soldier.

The gunners and archers in front, after approaching the Wei army, first fired guns and arrows to suppress the Wei army, while the swords, shields and spears carried the trench bridge to attack the defense line.

After the infantry, the bronze cannons of the Qing army were also dragged away from the artillery formation, and were dragged behind by the horses, ready to approach and carry out precise strikes.

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