At the beginning, the several rounds of attacks by the Mongols from the outer vassals on the Xuanfu army positions in Changling Mountain were actually very unorganized. After all, the Ming army's troop distribution, firepower configuration, and layout in front of the defense line were not yet known.
After Ombuchuhu'er, Shanba, and Karma were finally defeated, Ashan and Baiyintu also discussed some countermeasures, and then reported them to Prince Duduo of Yu, and obtained permission to implement them.
Therefore, this time the Eight Banners Mongolia Zhenghuang and Xianghuang mainly attacked the mountains, and they arranged many coated slave ants to attach themselves to them. Their role was no longer to cooperate with the attack, but to fill in the trenches.
However, there are also many traps in front of those trenches. If they cannot be filled up, it will not only affect the attack, but also the subsequent shield vehicles will not be able to push forward.
And filling all these traps will undoubtedly be a very huge project.
At the same time, we must be careful to guard against the artillery bombardment of the Ming army defending the mountain. Although at this time, solid iron bullets or stone bullets were still the main ones, and explosive bullets were rarely used. Even poisonous bullets and gray bullets were rarely seen.
But even if the solid bullet did not explode, the power was still astonishing. In fear, those Aha slaves were too timid to move forward wholeheartedly.
They even pushed or dragged the corpses of their companions directly into the traps, large and small, and then filled some earth bags on top. In this way, they filled the traps much faster.
This is the cruelty of war. Once you become jealous, you will not recognize your relatives, let alone your companions who are fighting together?
At this moment, the most important thing in the world is to keep yourself alive!
The farther up the attack went, the steeper the terrain became. Although there were many fewer traps on the ground, there were more vertical trenches, which the Tatars could not fill up.
However, fortunately, these trenches were parallel to their direction of travel. Since they did not prevent them from attacking the mountains, they did not bother to waste manpower to fill them one by one.
As the two Ming army defense lines in the southeast and northeast of the Changling Mountain defense line got closer and closer, the long longitudinal trenches gradually came together, and the dozens of ramps that could accommodate people's passage became narrower and narrower.
This is like "boiling a frog in warm water"!
Although there were trenches at the beginning, they were dug vertically and could not stop the Qing army from attacking Changling Mountain, so they did not pay too much attention to them.
However, as they got closer and closer to the Ming army's trench walls and ditch defenses, they discovered that these long trenches were gradually moving closer together, and the roads were becoming narrower and narrower. However, it was too late.
More and more Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers and coated slaves are crowded together, so densely packed that if you look down from a high altitude, they look like several ant armies moving.
Moreover, there are no annoying traps or trenches on these passages, and the road surface is extremely smooth, making walking comfortable.
But in the passages in front of us, there were so many corpses strewn about, some scattered, or wooden shields that had been split and blown up, as well as the few shield carts that had been pushed here with great difficulty.
The remains of these instruments have seriously hindered the passage of the Mongolian Eight Banners troops attacking the mountains.
A Mongol general shouted an order, and the Aha slaves who were forced to walk in the front began to push the human bodies and the remains of the shield vehicles into the trenches on both sides.
As the ramp forward was cleared, the Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers began to move forward.
"Tum! Tum! Tum!..."
However, at this moment, the artillery fire on the mountain came again violently. Some bombarded the edge of the trench, raising a cloud of gravel and dust, and some bombarded the trench, causing a rain of blood to fly into the air.
Although these artillery shells rarely hit the Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers attacking the mountain head-on, the momentum was so shocking that many people were frightened to death and they rushed around in the crowd.
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Immediately, many of the Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers who attacked the mountain were squeezed into the trenches on both sides. Although there were no sharp wooden thorns in it, the trapezoidal structure of the trench was deeper than their heights, and the side walls were covered with holes.
It's extremely smooth, so how can you climb up?
The panicked Mongolian soldiers were in the trench, scratching and grabbing, and they found stumps and other unknown parts. They screamed in surprise and left them far away.
The smoke of death filled the entire Ming army's defense line. Every time it rose, it caused waves of commotion among the Mongolian soldiers attacking the mountain. While the Mongolian soldiers with two yellow flags struggled and screamed, a feeling of despair arose in their hearts.
Where is this ordinary mountain?
This is clearly a corpse mountain hell, a cemetery that kills people!
With great difficulty, the Mongolian soldiers of the two yellow flags finally pushed to less than a hundred meters in front of the first wave of low-wall trenches. However, at this moment, a deep sense of powerlessness arose in their hearts.
Until now, they finally understood what the group of foreign Mongolian soldiers who had attacked the mountain were afraid of?
In front of them was a low wall. Although it was not very high and only reached everyone's chest, it looked very solid.
Moreover, this is nothing, the key is that there is a slope in front of the strong and thick low wall. If the thickness of the slope is included, it is estimated that the low wall is about two feet thick.
But now, the wall of the trench was sprayed with resin or soaked in oil. The slope looked extremely slippery, making it difficult for people to use their strength, and they couldn't feel the edge. They wanted to climb up, but they had no way to use their strength.
These trenches are already filled with corpses and remains, and the smell of blood is particularly strong. It is very difficult for people to resist, let alone on a battlefield where the situation is changing rapidly.
Many Mongolian soldiers who fell into the ditch desperately scratched the wall of the ditch, which was not steep but smooth. However, the feeling of having nowhere to exert their strength only increased the fear in their hearts.
For a time, heart-rending roars and wails could be heard from almost every long trench.
There were some relatively calm Mongolian soldiers of the Two Yellow Banners. They inserted their long knives, big guns, and long axes into the trenches, so that the people trapped below could use their strength to climb up.
But in front of them, there were still three trenches, which was completely contrary to their initial judgment.
At first, all the Qing officers, generals and soldiers thought that there was just a wide trench in front of the trench wall, so they organized the Mongolian Eight Banners to charge, and the Aha slaves also took the opportunity to fill in the trench.
But now as we get closer, we realize that there are actually three trenches!
The two trenches in front were not bad, although they were more than half a foot wide and more than half a foot deep, and the bottoms were also covered with sharp wooden thorns.
But the key is still this third trench!
This last trench was more than a foot deep and about a foot wide. In addition to the upside-down planks full of spikes, the bottom of the trench was so muddy that all the Mongolian soldiers fell into it.
They are all deep in mud, and it is very difficult to move.
Under such circumstances, it would be extremely difficult for those lucky ones who were not penetrated by the sharp thorns to even lift their feet, let alone climb up.
Moreover, because this trench is followed by the Ming army's trench wall defense line, the edge of the trench close to the trench wall is also covered with sharper iron caltrops.
Even if some Mongolian soldiers with two yellow flags stepped on the bodies of their companions and climbed up, their hands would be covered with caltrops, and they would still end up with broken hands and fingers.
Furthermore, even if these Mongolian soldiers of the Two Yellow Banners could successfully cross this last ditch, there would still be two layers of obstacles in front of them, such as the Malu Rock.
And when they approached the first trench, they were already within the shooting range of the Yunzhou Type II muskets practiced by the Xuanfu Army, even those Qing troops who were lucky enough to cross the three trenches.
But how easy would it be for them to move the antlers of the deer blocking the trench wall under the eyes of the Xuanfu army?
Without a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood to fill it up, it would be like easily breaking through the defense line deployed by the Xuanfu army on Changling Mountain. That is simply a fantasy!
In fact, the Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassal who attacked the mountain last time could not even break through the second trench.
Now, just in front of the second trench, there are corpses of Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassal scattered all over the place. They all have strange expressions and are scattered all over the inside and outside of the two trenches.
And that's not all, there are also bright-minded people among the Mongolian soldiers of the Two Yellow Banners.
They saw with their own eyes that the Ming army that was guarding the mountain was already suffering heavy casualties even before they engaged in battle. From the current point of view, this Ming army that was guarding the mountain was extremely extraordinary. Even if their own side had attacked until now, they had only seen one Ming army officer after another.
Just a figure.
From this point of view, if we want to completely capture this mountain, we don't know how many lives of our own warriors will be taken.
Human nature is like this. When everything goes well, everyone can move forward bravely and desperately to gain greater and more benefits, for fear of falling behind others.
But once something goes wrong and the situation on the battlefield becomes slightly worse, there will be those who think they are smart and will always turn around and flee, causing the entire army to collapse.
The soldiers of the Two Yellow Banners of Mongolia have always been brave, and they have always received the best treatment among the Eight Banners of Mongolia. All of this was achieved by their bravery and fighting skills, and their desperate fighting.
They also knew this clearly, and although they never turned around and fled, their pace of advancement slowed down unknowingly, and the scrambling scene at the beginning no longer reappeared!
In fact, as long as these Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers crossed the first trench, they would be within the shooting range of the military guns of Xuanfu, but they didn't know it yet.
Looking at the corpses of Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassal in the trench, as well as the corpses on the ground at the junction with the second trench in front, everyone looked suspicious, wondering why they died.
After all, there were wide trenches blocking them. When the Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals retreated, they all wanted to escape with their own lives and jumped away in a hurry. There were also those unfortunate people who fell into the deep trenches just an inch away.
Within, you cannot escape.
In this way, those dead or dying Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassal were naturally left on the flat land between the two trenches, and when they were dying, their inner pain and struggle made their
Different shapes and complexions.
At this time, it looks absolutely weird!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
There was a sound of uniform firing of firecrackers, and a large amount of white smoke was seen flying behind the trench wall.
Along with the white smoke, groups of fire suddenly appeared, and fatal bullets flew from the crenellations of the trench wall. They flew towards the enemy who invaded their homeland with a roar.
“Puff…pah…puff…puff…pah…pah…”
The bullets came and hit the coated slaves in front repeatedly. They screamed and wailed and fell to the ground one after another. Their expressions were extremely distorted. Many struggled and rolled into the ditch, making no more noise.
As the Aha slaves in the front row fell, dense bullets began to be fired at the Mongolian soldiers with two yellow flags behind them. However, most of those in the front held shields to protect their vitals.
After a chaotic "crackling" sound, the Qing army in front of the first trench was instantly empty.
But how could they just retreat? They heard a shout from behind the formation, the Mongolian soldiers rushed to both sides, and a group of Manchurian bannermen wearing various colors of armor rushed up.
The people in the front row each held a large shield for cover, while the people in the back were divided into two rows and rushed up carrying long and wide wooden boards. They rushed to the front of the trench, shouted in unison, and moved the long board.
The board was thrown forward with all its strength.
Perhaps because they had done this kind of thing a lot, their strength was just right, and there was also a hemp rope behind the long wooden board.
I saw two strong men holding on to the hemp rope just as the board was about to fly out of the edge of the ditch. They just pulled hard, and the force of the long board flying forward was offset, and it fell straight down, just in time to carry it.
On the slopes on both sides of the trench.
As long wooden boards were used in the same way, each trench in front of the reserved ramp suddenly became a smooth road.
"Kill...kill...kill Nan Gouzi..."
A roar rang out from in front of the first trench, and it resounded through the sky in just a moment. It seemed that the suppressed emotions suffered during the previous attack on the mountain were completely released at this moment.
Amidst the roars, the Mongolian soldiers of the two yellow banners, led by their respective generals, stepped onto the newly laid wooden plank bridge and crossed the first trench that had previously been regarded as a natural moat!
But they didn't have time to be happy, let alone have the chance to turn around and take out those long wooden boards and put them on the second trench.
Everything has ended!
On the Ming army's position, large puffs of white smoke rose up, and in the smoke were large clouds of fire.
Hong Chengchou, the Governor of Jiliao, successively provided support to Chen Zheng. He had a hundred Baizi Guns. Chen Zheng actually deployed all these weapons for close combat on the first line of defense.
However, there is nothing wrong with this. The firing range of the Baizi Cannon is almost the same as that of the Yunzhou Cannon. However, its only advantage is that it does not require aiming, making it extremely convenient to shoot.
As the name suggests, the Baizi Gun can shoot hundreds of small cannons at one time. The Baizi Gun here by Chen Zheng is slightly smaller, but even if it can shoot less than a hundred small cannons or gravel, it will definitely be in the 80s or 90s.
Up and down.
What's more, after the gun is ignited, it is a scattered impact, so there is no need to carefully aim and shoot like the Yunzhou gun.
There are nearly a hundred gunshots that shoot out nearly ten thousand small cannonballs or gravel. Its power can be imagined. Not to mention the Mongolian soldier in front who only wears armor. He is just a big stone.