Ming Zuo

The only lesson humans learn from history is that they never learn.

Knowing that Xia Guo's navy is strong, they may find a place to land at any time, but the Qing Dynasty coalition forces still did not set up defenses on the coast.

The operation of the North Korean Second Division was extremely smooth.

After the Fifth Regiment took Goseong, the Sixth Regiment took Tongchuan, the Seventh Regiment took Wonsan, and the Eighth Regiment took Xingnan.

The entire east coast of the Korean Peninsula has completely opened its arms to the Second Korean Division.

In fact, the coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty were also a bit wronged.

It's not that they haven't learned their lesson at all, but that the available troops have been used to their limit.The coastlines on the east and west sides of the Korean peninsula are extremely long, and even hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses may not be able to completely defend them.

And they thought that Xia Jun had no extra strength, so they took chances and hoped that they could make a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield.

In mid-May, Xianglan Banner and Mobei Mongolia began to launch an offensive on the northern front.

The main general in this direction is Nurhachi's eleventh son, Babuhai. Compared with other brothers, although he is younger, he is also brave and good at fighting.

In view of the fact that the Marine Regiment guarded the river, Babuhai focused his attack on the North Korean First Division after repeated weighing.

He established a grain and grass base in Lianchuan, and then divided his troops into two parts.

The east is heavy and the west is light.

The main attack is on the east road, and the feint attack is on the west road.

The reason for this strategy is that there is only one passable road along the Dongducheon line.Now it has been completely cut off by the North Korean First Division, and complete fortifications stretching for several miles have been built.

If you attack here, the Qing army will definitely suffer a lot of losses, and it may not be able to attack.

On the contrary, although Pocheon on the eastern front has rough roads, because the ground is wide, there are many places that can be passed, which is conducive to the deployment of troops.

Similar to his idea, Li Yuanlao and Qiao Feng also placed their main force on the front line of Baochuan.

And in order to avoid giving the Qing army an opportunity to take advantage of, the two even gave up Pocheon City, but placed their defenses at the exit of the valley to the south.

Further south from here is the plains.

Once it was rushed out by the Qing army, until the Yi government was completely safe, it meant that Hanyang had opened its doors.

However, Elder Li Yuan and Qiao Feng were full of confidence, and agreed that with the weapons in their hands, they could definitely defend this place.

Because Mobei Mongolia is a new force, Babuhai let them take the lead.

When the battle started, Babuhai found that Mobei Mongolia's combat method was completely different from his cognition.

I saw that these Mongols got off their horses easily, and it seemed that they were not uncomfortable with land combat.

In addition, they also brought many camels.

These camels didn't know what they were carrying, and they walked slowly one by one.

When the cloth on the hunchback was removed, the Qing army couldn't help but gasped.

The weapons brought by the Mongols turned out to be artillery.

Although these artillery pieces are small and far from being able to compare with the general artillery of the Qing army, they are far surpassed in number.

Babu Hai couldn't understand it.

In his impression, these Mongols were even more primitive and barbaric than the Manchus.I have always only played riding and shooting on horseback, so where did I get the artillery?
He didn't believe that the Mongols had the technology to cast cannons.

Gonpo didn't mean to hide it either.

"The Choros people made a deal with the Raksha people who came from thousands of miles away and bought these artillery pieces. This is really a good thing, so we also traded some."

Hearing that the artillery came from Oirat Mongolia, Babuhai's mood did not improve.

Today's Manchus have already dominated the Mongolian grasslands, whether it is Mobei Mongolia or Monan Mongolia, they all bow to the Manchus.

There is only one exception, and that is Oirat Mongolia.

That is, the Wala people.

These Mongolians have already moved to the Western Regions, thousands of miles away from Liaodong.The forces of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties have not yet been able to influence there, so naturally they cannot get the surrender of Oirat Mongolia.

Seeing that these Mongols who disobeyed Wanghua actually got firearms, I am afraid that they will definitely become bigger in the future.

Fortunately, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is still trapped in a corner of Liaodong, and there is no need to consider the problems of the whole world for the time being.

Babuhai watched those Mongols take the cannons off the camels, then assembled them and pushed them to the front, then he thought of something.

"Gunpotaiji, after this battle, please contact the Raksha people on behalf of the Qing Dynasty."

The current Manchu Qing Dynasty has fully realized the importance of firearms.

Especially in the process of fighting the Xia army, if there is no firearm, it is not an opponent at all.

Although the Qing Dynasty had worked very hard to forge muskets and cannons, not only the quality, but also the quantity was far inferior to Xia Jun.

They desperately need to have a source of firearms.

The artillery of the Raksha people brought by Mobei Mongolia gave them hope.

Gonpo readily agreed.

Although Mobei Mongolia's attitude towards the Manchus is not as close as that of Monan Mongolia, they also have self-knowledge.

Knowing that with the strength of Mobei Mongolia, it is completely impossible to compete with the Man Qing.

Anyway, Manchu Qing's control over Mobei Mongolia was much looser than that of Monan Mongolia, and the two sides were in a state of tacit understanding.Therefore, it is not a bad idea to act as this middleman.

The artillery is ready, and the offensive of Mobei Mongolia has begun.

The rumble of guns filled the Mongols with unprecedented courage, as if they felt the great glory of Genghis Khan again.

Under the cover of artillery, they howled and rushed towards Xia Jun's position.

The cowardly southerners will definitely tremble under their butcher's knives.

But when the Mongols rushed forward, they were all dumbfounded.

I saw the front of Xia Jun's position, and looked around and saw some strange iron ropes twisted together, stretching without end.Even the width from front to back was more than fifty paces.

The Mongols saw barbed wire for the first time, although they didn't know the usefulness of these things for the time being.But the Mongol shells hit it, and it didn't cause any damage except for the rattling noise.

This made the Mongols suspicious.

They rushed up, raised the scimitar in their hands, and slashed down fiercely.

What the barbed wire gave back to them was still random noises, and then it returned to its original state.

Seeing that neither the bombardment of artillery nor the slashing of swords could cause damage to the barbed wire, the Mongols used brute force to tear the barbed wire apart.

Not surprisingly, they were all pierced and bleeding.

At this time, the counterattack of the North Korean Second Division began.

In the ditch behind the barbed wire, rows of soldiers suddenly stood up with the sound of a sharp whistle, aiming the cap guns in their hands at the Mongols who didn't know how to avoid them.

The trenches of the North Korean Second Division are very characteristic.

When you get inside, you will find that it is in the shape of steps.

The frontmost place for shooting is the highest.

As long as the soldiers stand up, the earthen wall just reaches the chest.

From the back, it began to descend step by step, and the bottom layer was two meters high.

In this way, the advantage is that the trenches are wide and high, which can well avoid solid shells.

Because the flash cap gun is a front-loading gun, there must be enough space when loading, so the trench has to be widened.

But if the trench is too wide, shells fall into it and roll randomly, which will cause serious casualties.

So after many battles, Xia Jun summed up such a stepped trench.

In it, soldiers can still form a three-stage shooting array.

The soldiers who need to shoot go to the highest point, retreat after firing, and have enough space to complete the loading without delaying the shooting of subsequent soldiers.

Now, the Mongols are beginning to face Xia's tactics.