"He looks down on us."
Qian Shaoshao stretched his neck and watched Lu Xiangsheng go away, saying with some dissatisfaction .
Yun Zhao said: "Let's fight this battle first. According to the news from Shengjing, Huang Taiji has sent Dorgon with Zhengbai Banner and 10,000 troops in order to recapture Lantian City. Not only that, but the newly established Eight Banners of Mongolia also came with 20,000 people. They were led by the four Mongolian princes Guru Sichabu, Ombu Chuhuer and Geng Geer. Ergon is under unified command.
Shao Shao, the pressure here is even greater." Qian Shao Shao sneered and said, "What kind of pressure can there be this time? We will definitely make Jiannu suffer a bloody blow in Lantian City."
Yun Zhao said: "I'm not as optimistic as you think."
Qian Shaoshao said: "No. After thinking so much, we can't give up Lantian City. Since we can't give up, let's fight to the death. Without a fight, there is no way to make the situation clear.
In the end, you can't survive the death. Guan, I don’t even know why you have such thoughts. You are not a weak person, but you are too hesitant in this matter.
I even think that you value Lu Xiangsheng too much.
He is the commander-in-chief of the army. Since he is on the battlefield, he should face death calmly. I think Lu Xiangsheng is ready to die on the battlefield, but you are not! ” p>
Yun Zhao smiled and said: "So you want to help me make up my mind?"
Qian Shaoshao looked into Yun Zhao's eyes and said: "Let's fight to the death! No matter what the outcome is!"
Yun Zhao nodded and said: "Then we have to fight once?"
Qian Shaoshao smiled and said: "We must fight once!"
Yun Zhao pinched his chin and said : "Now that Dorgon is behind, should we confront Yue Tuo and Du Du first?"
"Let Battelle lead an empty group of Mongolian cavalry to attack the camp."
< p>"After Lu Xiangsheng attracts the attention of Yue Tuo and others?""That's it. Yue Tuo is Lu Xiangsheng's old rival, and he should pay more attention to Lu Xiangsheng."
Yun Zhao nodded and agreed to Qian Shaoshao's suggestion.
He understood that Qian Shaoshao’s suggestion was not his alone, but the collective opinion of Gao Jie, Yunjuan, Zhang Guozhu, Li Dingguo, and Zhang Guofeng.
They do not value Lu Xiangsheng as much as Yun Zhao does. In their eyes, since it is already the time for the two armies to confront each other, it is a ridiculous behavior to talk about what is available and what is not.
The growing power of Lantian County has given these people enough arrogance to use everything available in the world as an aid to achieve their goal of victory.
The wheat fields outside Zhangjiakou were filled with thick smoke. Lu Xiangsheng sent people to light the withered yellow wheat fields that had not been watered for a long time.
The fire rolled in from the outside of Zhangjiakou until it reached the serfsA ditch was dug to isolate the flames, and then it was slowly extinguished.
Such behavior caused a strange picture to appear on the plain outside Zhangjiakou. The wheat fields close to the city were lush and green, while the farmland ten miles away from Zhangjiakou were all reduced to fly ash.
Lu Xiangsheng’s subordinates rode horses back and forth on the black wheat fields. They repeatedly tried to get within ten miles of Zhangjiakou, but they were always driven away by the cavalry brigade that appeared in the Manchu camp.
If they could not succeed during the day, these people came at night and took advantage of the opportunity to attack several times. After several successful attacks, they were ambushed by the Jiannu cavalry and killed more than 200 people.
After learning from Yun Zhao that Dorgon was about to march westward in the near future, Lu Xiangsheng's men harassed the Yue Tuo and Du Du camps more and more frequently.
In the end, it almost reached the point where he killed eight hundred enemies and lost one thousand to himself.
Up to this time, Yue Tuo and Du Du still closed the walled city outside Zhangjiakou. Apart from sending a small number of cavalry to deal with Lu Xiangsheng's harassment, there was no sign of large-scale deployment.
According to the agreement with Lu Xiangsheng, Yun Zhao also sent Li Dingguo to participate in the harassment of the Jiannu camp. On two occasions, Li Dingguo took advantage of the Jiannu cavalry to be attracted by Lu Xiangsheng and quietly approached the Yuetuo camp. Unfortunately, he was discovered by the Jiannu Rangers both times and had to return in frustration.
Until one day, Yue Tuo suddenly heard the sound of artillery. When he walked out of the tent to check, he found thick smoke rising from the northwest corner of his three-mile camp.
Without much effort, Yue Tuo received the news that his camp had been bombarded by Lu Xiangsheng's artillery.
"Lu Xiangsheng has already run out of ammunition and food. How can there be such a big movement? Not only does he have the strength to harass us, judging from the battle situation these days, the strength of the Tianxiong Army has not weakened, but has become more and more powerful. It means more powerful.
Now, even the artillery is out, this is impossible."
Du Du was a little angry after hearing the battle damage report.
Fan Wencheng said in a hoarse voice: "This is not Lu Xiangsheng's power, it should be the work of Lantian County's forces here.
The northwest of Zhangjiakou is a mountainous area, and we are guarding it , now, we didn’t even receive a warning, the enemy placed artillery on the mountain and began to bombard our camp.
The slaves thought that they heard that Prince Shuorui was going west. News, the two Belles must not be fooled. They are harassing us. In fact, we have also tied them firmly to Zhangjiakou. This is a good thing.
< p>As for the artillery on Ma'anshan, the two Bellemoes should be happy instead of being sad. I heard that the artillery in Lantian County has great merits, even surpassing the Hongyi cannons we captured in Liaodong.If we can capture a batch of these cannons, even if the battle damage is serious, it will be a great achievement."
Yue Tuo smiled and said: "That's true. The cannons are heavy and difficult to move. I think we can really test it once.
He ordered Tongji, the deputy capital of the cavalry.Jige, find out where the enemy's artillery is. After figuring out the terrain, attack immediately. Be fast and don't let the enemies destroy the Hongyi cannon. "
The messenger left in a hurry. Yue Tuo looked at Fan Wencheng and said, "I have already sent a message to Gu Shanerzhen in Lao Hahe, asking him not to abuse your family.
I see your loyalty in my eyes and remember it in my heart. After this battle is over, I will personally tell Your Majesty that the defeat of Zhangjiakou was due to your ability, not your loyalty. Change, Fan Wencheng, please do your best to Your Majesty. We, the Qing Dynasty, will not treat any slave who is loyal to us badly. "
Fan Wencheng burst into tears...
The cannon can hit the wall of the city wall, which shows that the enemy's cannon is less than three miles away from the northwest corner of the city wall.
Three miles northwest of the city wall is a saddle-shaped mountain that is not too high. Standing at the highest point, you can overlook the entire Jiannu Camp.
At the beginning of the camp. , Yue Tuo once sent 500 scouts to be stationed here. In the past few days, Lu Xiangsheng's harassment has been intensifying. The scouts here suffered heavy losses. Before Yue Tuo could replenish his troops, they were actually attacked by a group of men dressed in black during the day. The guy was captured.
Yue Tuo was planning to recapture the mountain before evening. Unexpectedly, the enemy actually moved the artillery up.
The person who attacked Ma'anshan was Li Dingguo. Last night, he climbed over the mountains quietly and came to Ma'anshan. At dawn, he raided Jiannu's stronghold on Ma'anshan. Then he used pack horses to transport a series of cannons from the bottom of the mountain. Before Jiannu could react, he bombarded them with artillery.
The artillery bombardment never stopped until the barrels were about to turn red.
The purpose of this. , just to make the enemy misjudge and think that there are many cannons on Ma'anshan.
The light artillery in Lantian County can fire twenty solid projectiles continuously. If the number exceeds this, the barrel will turn red. >
Even so, every time three cannons are fired, the gun chamber needs to be cleaned with a large bristle brush and water. The continuous bombardment of two light artillery will make Jiannu think that there are at least five more Hongyi cannons here.
< p>Yue Tuo and Du Du chose an impeccable camp location. It is close to Zhangjiakou City on one side, Yanghe River on the other, and close to Ma'an Mountain on the other. Only to the north is this endless wilderness.Under these circumstances, it was not possible to lure the Jiannu out, so the only way to achieve the goal was to rely on artillery as a bait.
Sure enough, when the artillery stopped bombarding and started watering to dissipate heat, a team of Qing Dynasties came out. After the infantry came out of the northwest corner of the dilapidated camp, they attacked Ma'anshan non-stop.
Li Dingguo looked at the swarming Jiannu infantry, smashed his mouth and said to Zhang Guofeng: "Today is the day. Our good days. ”
Zhang Guofeng smiled and said: “Be careful. After beating Jiannu to pain, continue to retreat. I will wait for you on the opposite hill with artillery.” ”
Li Dingguo entered the position without saying a word, holding a blunderbuss. Zhang Guofeng ordered the artillerymen to unload the 500-kilogram barrel from the gun mount and place it on the backs of two connected camels, along the Take the path at the top of the mountain and retreat carefully to the high ground behind.
Lying in the trench half a man high, Li Dingguo carefully aimed at a sturdy Jiannu. After pulling the trigger, the firecracker made a muffled sound, but the Jiannu opposite did not react and continued. Climb up with your shield in hand.
A team member glared at Li Dingguo hatefully, which made Li Dingguo a little shy. Only then did he remember that the correct way to fight was to fire muskets in large groups.
Seeing that Jiannu was already one hundred and fifty steps away, Li Dingguo discarded the musket, raised his big bow, and shot the Jiannu he wanted to kill to the core with one arrow. cold.
As the arrow was shot, gunfire like fried beans rang out on the mountainside, and from time to time there was the roar of grenades exploding.
Jiannu, who had just entered the shooting range, fell to the ground one after another under the dense fire. Even holding a cowhide shield could not stop the attack of the special product of Lantian County. This kind of iron egg is filled with lead. It is as easy as penetrating a piece of white paper on a tough cowhide shield.
However, accuracy is still a problem.
More than two hundred people fired at a not-so-open intersection at the same time. This was a real hail of bullets.
The Jiannu infantry fell at the intersection, throwing their long bows aside. Up to this moment, they had not fired an arrow.
To shoot upward... you need to advance thirty steps!
"Buzz buzz" three shrill whistles passed over Li Dingguo's head. He could see clearly that what flew over his head were three thick crossbow guns.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of "buzzing" was heard endlessly. Li Dingguo leaned against the trench and looked at the crossbow arrows flying over the trench. He once again expressed his dissatisfaction with the trench to the team members around him. Praise.
No one can say that they can remain calm in the face of something like a crossbow. If this large weapon can shoot 800 steps, it will be blocked in its way. It's a matter of death.
As soon as the numbing buzz of the crossbow disappeared, Li Dingguo saw that the team leader did not ask the brothers to get up and shoot again.
Instead, he stretched out a strange pole and shook it from side to side before standing up and blowing the whistle loudly.