According to the final agreed strategy, Xuanfu Commander-in-Chief Yang Guozhu and Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Li Fuming will lead the main troops to attack Shimen Mountain to the west of Shimen Mountain; Ji Town Commander-in-Chief Bai Guangen and Ningyuan Commander-in-Chief Wu Sangui will lead the headquarters troops and horses to attack Shimen Mountain to the east of Shimen Mountain.
Then Datong Commander-in-Chief Wang Pu and Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief Ma Ke led their troops to form a formation in the northwest of Songshan City to prevent the captives from riding in Rufeng Mountain. They went to support Shimen Mountain from the west and attacked Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming's troops who were attacking West Shimen from the flanks.
Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Miyun, led the troops of the headquarters and was responsible for protecting the trenches of the civilians and monitoring the Tatar bandits stationed in Songshan Ridge to prevent them from going to the direction of Shimen Mountain for reinforcements.
At the same time, in order to achieve the unexpected purpose of the Tatars, Hong Chengchou ordered the ASEAN General Soldier Cao Bianjiao and the former Tun Guard General Wang Tingchen to lead their own troops to attack Huangtuling and Maojiagou respectively.
He even asked the two of them not only to fight really, but also to fight hard, and to launch the attack first. They must make the Tatars think that the main attack direction of our army is in the Huangtu Ridge and Maojiagou area, so he sent out a fierce general.
of two people.
According to Hong Chengchou's deployment, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's troops must fight as real as possible in at least the first half of the battle. If they can capture Huangtu Ridge or Maojiagou in one fell swoop, even if they cannot capture it in the end, they must try to mobilize some Shimen Mountain soldiers.
Tartar thieves and cavalry went to reinforce them.
Finally, Liaodong Commander-in-Chief Liu Zhaoji and Lieutenant-General Zhang Cheng served as reinforcements, and together with Hong Chengchou's Dubiao Battalion served as the reserve force of the entire army, waiting for opportunities to go into battle to overcome difficulties, or to support operations in various places.
The Tatars have placed a large number of artillery and muskets in various camps such as Shimen Mountain, Rufeng Mountain, and Huangtu Ridge. Now that the army is going to attack these places, it will naturally require a large number of artillery for cover, which requires many firearms from the Shenji Battalion.
On the move.
Chen Jiugao patted his chest and assured everyone that he would definitely provide maximum artillery support to the friendly forces attacking the mountain. However, his guarantee naturally could not reassure the generals. Even Governor Hong Chengchou felt the same way.
He was not worried about the cannons and muskets of the Shenji Battalion, but he was worried about Chen Jiugao and the veteran soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.
But at this moment, he could only offer some kind words to comfort Chen Jiugao, hoping that it would have a certain motivating effect.
At this time, Zhang Cheng was thinking about another problem.
At this time, no matter the cannons used by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they still fired solid bullets. This kind of iron ball did not explode. It only relied on the kinetic energy generated by its strong rate of fire to directly kill or form ricochet to kill the opponent.
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However, the large and small artillery pieces of the Tatars fired from the hills and down the mountains were naturally very powerful against the Ming army that formed a dense formation to attack the mountains, and the damage they caused would be great.
However, if the Ming army wants to attack from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain, first of all, the elevation angle must be adjusted very high, which is not easy, and it cannot form an effective ricochet to kill the defending Tatar thieves.
What's more, the Tatars are still hiding behind the stronghold wall. Let's not talk about the problem of extremely low hit rate, but the problem of artillery elevation angle, which cannot be solved. The mountain is slightly higher, and if the artillery is fired upward at the mountain, the elevation angle cannot be raised at all.
, and bombarded the shit!
With his own doubts in mind, Zhang Cheng turned around and had some exchanges with Wei Zhice behind him, and then slowly raised this question under the attention of everyone in the hall.
For a moment, everyone including the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, was in a daze, not to mention the commander-in-chief Zhang Ruoqi and other generals, as well as generals such as Yang Guozhu, Chen Jiugao, and Wu Sangui.
Could it be that my Ming Dynasty's artillery has become useless scrap metal in this battle?
Amid everyone's astonishment, Zhang Cheng said again: "Actually, that's not entirely true. The Hongyi cannon is inherently inconvenient to move, and its advantage is in defense, not offense.
Although the Franco cannon and the squatting tiger cannon are relatively light, they also have the disadvantage that the elevation angle is difficult to adjust. It is indeed inconvenient to use this time. However, there are a large number of rocket vehicles in the Shenji camp, as well as numerous divine fire flying crows, which can attack thieves from the air.
Big rockets such as thunder and lightning.
In addition, there are also a batch of mountain-breaking fire mine cannons. These cannons can fire gray projectiles. After the projectiles are knocked off, they will burst when they hit the ground, sending thick smoke everywhere, and the smoke contains highly toxic substances.
Although it may not necessarily kill a large number of Tatar thieves, if it is used to aid the battle, the momentum will be extremely strong, and the poisonous smoke will be everywhere. The Tatar thieves will not stop coughing after hearing it, and they will burst into tears and cannot see.
Under such terror and chaos, they are definitely not the enemy of our king’s army!”
After Zhang Cheng's reminder, Chen Jiugao, the commander of the front camp of the Shenji Camp, woke up from a dream. He slapped his thigh suddenly and shouted: "Ah! We almost forgot, the Shenhuo Flying Crow in our army,
Weapons such as fire and thunder cannons that can penetrate mountains and destroy ground."
He then laughed again and said: "Yes, when our family shoots a large number of poisonous arrows, there will also be divine fire flying crows, flying in the air to strike at thieves, thunder, thunder cannons and other sharp weapons that can penetrate mountains and break the ground.
Poisonous soot bombs will fly into the Tatar camp, which will definitely make you unable to eat and carry around.
No wonder Chen Jiugao is so energetic. In his Shenji Battalion, the sergeants all make their own Rumi guns, and there are also many big guns such as Nine-Headed Birds, 300 rocket vehicles, nearly a thousand rounds of Shenhuo Flying Crow and other big rockets.
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There are also twenty-six cannons from General Shenwei - there were originally thirty cannons. However, he supported Zhang Cheng's four Hongyi heavy cannons on the Changling Mountain defense line, and now he only has two left in his hands.
Sixteen doors.
In fact, in addition to the four Hongyi cannons, Chen Jiugao also supported Zhang Cheng with five large-caliber mortars, which fired 15-pound cannons, and twenty small-caliber mortars, which fired 5-pound cannons. They were all used for reinforcement.
It is used as a defensive line in Changling Mountain.
Coupled with the fifty Baizi guns provided by Governor Hong Chengchou to support Zhang Cheng, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Changling Mountain defense line at this moment is indeed impregnable.
Even so, Chen Jiugao's Shenji Battalion still has forty-five large-caliber mortars and nearly a hundred small-caliber mortars, which shows its strong capital.
The generals were a little worried at first, but after Zhang Cheng's explanation and Chen Jiugao's statement, they all felt relieved. Hong Chengchou also immediately decided to collect a large number of rockets from various armies and warehouses in Songshan to use in the main attack.
From Shimen Mountain.
At this time, Zhang Cheng said again: "Supervisors, generals, and generals, I have one more thing to say. Although most other artillery pieces are not conducive to the battle of attacking mountains, there is one sharp weapon that is extremely useful."
He gave it a try and continued with a smile: "There are many mortar cannons in the armies of our King's Division. Just raise the elevation angle of the cannon and shoot it diagonally into the air. It can easily hit the mountains and over the mountains."
Go to the Tartar stronghold wall."
Many of the generals also had mortars accompanying the army. At this moment, they heard the words and thought about it carefully. If it had such an effect, they all cheered.
Hong Chengchou finally decided to gather the chariots from all armies and use them to form vehicle formations in the wilderness to block enemy reinforcements. He also gathered hundreds of thousands of mortar cannons, Baizi guns, tiger squat cannons and other light artillery to coordinate with them.
Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui and others attacked the East and West Shimen.
He even more sternly stated that all ministries must use the power of a tiger to pounce on a rabbit and use an endless offensive to seize Shimen Mountain and determine the outcome in one battle.