The attacking Laodong quickly passed through the fifty-step wide surrounding ditch.
The surrounding ditch was lined with iron thorn pears and mines were also laid, which could be described as murderous intent at every step.
However, a passage has been reserved, and Laodong always walked through the reserved passage through the surrounding ditch and up to the ground.
The Ming army's gun platform defense line has been connected into a whole, surrounded by trenches on the outside, but there is an 800-step wide open space between the Ming army's gun platform defense line and Jiannu's gun platform defense line.
In this open space, the Ming army could only pass through the surface.
The appearance of President Laodong immediately attracted Jiannu's attention.
For this, Jiannu on the opposite side was obviously prepared for this.
Although the attacking Ming army only had more than 200 soldiers and almost half of the infantry, they were still hit by artillery fire from Jiannu Hongyi artillery, Fran machine cannon and Tiger Crouching artillery.
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"Check, check, check..."
Amidst the sound of uniform footsteps, more than 250 soldiers of President Laodong stood in three rows and advanced slowly with uniform steps.
Xu Yinglong held up his blunderbuss and walked to the far left of the line array.
Behind Xu Yinglong were a trumpeter and a drummer.
The trumpeter played a melodious tune, while the drummer beat the drums slowly and leisurely.
Including Xu Yinglong, General Laodong's disciples and soldiers were very relaxed at this time. They had the illusion of loneliness and invincibility as they drew their swords and looked around at a loss. The Ming Dynasty was really too powerful.
However, the illusion will eventually be shattered by the cruel reality.
"Hunt, hunt, hunt..." A scream that seemed to tear the air suddenly sounded.
Xu Yinglong's heart suddenly tightened. At this time, he was already a battle-hardened veteran. Just by hearing this sound, he knew it was a shell from the Jiannu Hongyi cannon.
If a shell like this hits you, your whole person will be shattered.
However, Xu Yinglong did not shout to get down, nor did he turn around and run back.
Instead, he continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened.
"Peng!" A dull crash sounded from the rear right, and Jiannu's artillery shell hit the ground, plowing a deep groove in the frozen hard ground in an instant.
"Hunt, hunt, hunt..." More shells screamed one after another.
Xu Yinglong's heart rose to his throat, and he prayed silently in his heart: My ancestors bless me. If I don't die this time, I will return home to give you three sacrifices.
I didn’t know that Xu Yinglong’s prayer had an effect.
Or was it because the accuracy of Jiannu's Hongyi cannon was so poor?
Anyway, I only heard the scream of cannonballs, but not a single cannonball fell on the Ming army's formation.
However, the Ming army was hit by many shells on the left and right behind the line formation, plowing dozens of eye-catching deep grooves on the ground, just like the giant spirit god plowing them out with an iron rake.
After walking about two hundred steps forward, Jiannu's Hongyi artillery began a second round of bombardment.
This time the accuracy was better, and one shell hit the Ming army's line array.
The cannonball hit the ground first, then bounced up and ricocheted, passing over the Ming army's line array and shattering the ankles of three Ming soldiers in an instant.
With blood and flesh flying everywhere, the three Ming soldiers wailed and fell into a pool of blood.
"Stay to the left and keep moving forward!" Xu Yinglong didn't stop, looking up to the sky and howling.
General Laodong's formation moved slightly to the left, and the gap created by the shells was quickly filled, so it still maintained a complete and rigorous three-row formation.
Almost at the same time, four Korean troops rushed out carrying stretchers.
The two injured Ming soldiers were quickly carried back and sent to the operating table.
However, the only thing waiting for them is amputation surgery, and they will have to use crutches from now on.
Xu Yinglong led more than 200 soldiers and continued to advance forward unhurriedly.
Advancing about a hundred steps further, Jiannu started shelling again, but this time, it was no longer the Hongyi cannon, but the Folang machine cannon. This could be distinguished from the sound of the shells raking through the air.
The number of Jiannu's Franco machine guns was obviously greater, and the shells were also denser.
And because the distance became closer, the accuracy of the Jiannu artillery also improved.
"Kacha!" A cannonball roared and directly hit the head of a Ming soldier, instantly smashing the Ming soldier's helmet and head to pieces. Before the remaining force was exhausted, it smashed the heads of the two Ming soldiers behind him.
The three Ming soldiers did not even have time to say a word, and died heroically on the spot.
Another artillery shell bounced off the ground and changed direction, passing diagonally past the line array.
A Ming soldier walking in the far right corner of the queue immediately fell to the ground clutching his ankle in pain.
As the Ming army advanced, more artillery shells fell, and more Ming soldiers fell into a pool of blood.
More Korean troops rushed up with stretchers and carried the injured or killed Ming troops back to their main formation.
About ten minutes after the attack started, the Ming army approached within 300 steps of Jiannu's gun platform. At this time, Jiannu's Tiger Crouching Cannon also began to fire fiercely, raining down pieces of lead towards the Ming army's lines.
The array poured in.
At the same time, Jiannu's Fran machine gun did not stop and continued to fire.
As a result, the casualties of the Ming army began to increase sharply, with rows of people lying in a pool of blood.
In the end, even Xu Yinglong was shot and fell in a pool of blood, but soon a sentry commander came on top.
However, the Ming army's line array still did not stop and was still advancing forward unhurriedly. However, the length of the entire line array had been shortened a lot. From the initial width of more than forty steps, it had been shortened to less than
Thirty steps wide, which also means that the attacking Ming army has suffered nearly 30% casualties.
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Seeing Xu Yinglong fall down, Xu Yingwei's heart felt like it was being violently tugged by something. The pain was so painful that he couldn't breathe. This was the pain of losing a close relative of flesh and blood.
Although it has not been confirmed yet, Xu Yingwei's intuition tells him that Xu Yinglong is probably in danger.
"Youzhen, retreat." Jiang Tianyi said helplessly, "Jiannu has obviously been prepared for a long time. The Hongyi cannon, Fran cannon and tiger squat cannon are all set up. We have not prepared a sidecar.
Even if you try, your sacrifice will be in vain.”
Xu Yingwei nodded silently, and Jiang Tianyi immediately ordered the messengers to send flags to General Laodong.
Upon seeing the formation's flag, Mr. Dong, who was attacking, immediately turned around and retreated.
But before retreating, take all the injured compatriots and their corpses with you.
This attack is failed!
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Dorgon, Hong Chengchou and others were also watching the battle from the observation deck.
Seeing the Ming army fleeing back, Baiyin Tu, He Luohui, Ta Zhan and other Manchu generals couldn't help but cheered. After fighting the Ming army in Liaodong for such a long time, they finally won once.
Even if it is just a small victory, it is worth cheering.
Dorgon's face also showed joy, but he was not as superficial as Baiyintu and others.
Dorgon was happy because he saw something profound, shallow attack and construction. It turned out that this was the shallow attack and construction advocated by Hong Chengchou! This method is really powerful!
"Hengjiu, I saw it."
Dorgon turned his head and looked at Hong Chengchou and said with a smile: "The performance of the Ming army in offensive operations is not much better than the performance of our Qing army in offensive operations."
"Master, you still can't be careless." Hong Chengchou said hurriedly, "The Ming army was in a hurry and did not prepare side carriages, so it was vulnerable. If they had prepared side carriages in advance and deployed heavy troops, they could still have done it.
If we advance to our gun platform, there will definitely be a fierce battle between the two armies."
"It doesn't matter. How can our Qing soldiers be afraid of a fierce battle with the Ming army?"
"Hengjiu, the shallow attack you advocate is really powerful."
After a pause, Dorgon continued: "There will definitely be your chapter in the future history books of the Qing Dynasty!"
Hearing this, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I all cast jealous glances at Hong Chengchou, and Hou Fangyu went crazy with jealousy. On the contrary, He Luohui, Ta Zhan and other Manchu generals were sincerely convinced at this moment.
Dorgon turned his attention to the Manchu generals such as He Luohui, Ta Zhan and Bai Yin Tu: "You all remember to me that just as we were not allowed to attack before the carriage arrived, in the future our Qing soldiers will fight against the Ming army.
, we will never be allowed to attack according to the old way again, but we must follow Hengjiu's shallow attack and build tactics. Anyone who violates this will be chased by the flag or even beheaded."
"Hey." He Luohui and other Manchu generals all agreed.
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When Xu Yinglong was carried back, he had only one breath left.
"Brother..." Xu Yinglong opened his mouth to speak, but blood immediately poured out.
"Second brother, don't talk." Xu Yingwei held Xu Yinglong's cold right hand tightly and said in panic, "Don't talk."
"Brother, I can't do it anymore." Xu Yinglong shook his head with difficulty, and then said, "Please help me, I, help me bring a message to dad, just say that I didn't give it, didn't give it to our old Xu family,
leave……"
Before he could finish the last word "face", Xu Yinglong tilted his head and breathed out.
"Second brother!" Xu Yingwei cried out in pain, and two lines of clear tears fell down his cheeks.
Vaguely, he recalled the scene of the two brothers playing in his childhood.
The voice is still in my ears, but the person has turned into a slightly cold corpse.
"You are chaste and I am sorry." Jiang Tianyi and Lu Xiangtong stepped forward one after another and patted Xu Yingwei's shoulders to express their comfort.
However, Xu Yingwei quickly put away his grief. Although the death of his second brother made him heartbroken, there were more important things to deal with at this moment, which was that the tactics of establishing slaves had changed significantly.
Turning around and wiping away the tears on his cheeks, Xu Yingwei turned around and said, "Brother Wenshi and Brother Tongren, I have a very bad feeling that the tactics of building slaves may have changed!"
"Well, my little brother also discovered it." Jiang Tianyi nodded solemnly.
Lu Xiangtong also said: "Jiannu will probably not launch strong attacks in the future, but will instead advance forward by building gun towers, and use this to force us to take the initiative to attack, so that Jiannu can take advantage of the gun towers and attack
Defend, and we can only attack with the Jiannu's Hongyi artillery, Fran machine cannon and tiger squat cannon, and the casualties will be greatly increased."
"That's what I'm afraid of." Jiang Tianyi said.
"In the future, Jiannu will definitely continue to build gun towers."
"This matter is not trivial. We must inform Brother Jianheng immediately and report it to Nanjing."
Xu Yingwei said solemnly: "Even if Jiannu adopts this method, our Gaizhou defense is deep and has a fortified city as a backing. We can still maintain one or two, but we are afraid of trouble at Dagukou."