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Chapter 194 Salhu Mountain City

Saerhu Mountain City is built on the mountain, in an irregular oval shape, with two cities in the east and west, the east city is the outer city, and the west city is the inner city.The gate of Dongcheng is located at the mouth of a narrow ravine, and there are moats, which cut off the ridge, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Originally, this was a cottage, but after being captured by Nurhachi, it was built into a mountain city to defend the Ming army.After the expansion of the Houjin site, the Saerhu Mountain City, which became the hinterland, was no longer useful, but now that Shengjing was lost, the Saerhu Mountain City became an important base of the Houjin Dynasty again.Amin's inlaid blue flag was stationed in Salhu Mountain City.

"The Liao Army, the Liao Army is here!" The heads of the people on the hill shook and looked into the distance.

Sure enough, at the junction of heaven and earth, as the flag of the Liao army first appeared, a black line changed from thin to thick, and from the line to the surface, a neat army formation rolled over.At the forefront of the army formation are soldiers with muskets, marching in an orderly manner under the command of drums.Although some of them have only undergone a few months of simple training, listening to the drumbeat command has been engraved into their bones, and even if they are soundly asleep, they will wake up immediately when they hear the drumbeat.

In addition to the Musketeers, there were also many horses carrying artillery and a large amount of ammunition, and were guarded in the middle of the army formation to prevent the defenders of the mountain city from going out of the city to make a surprise attack.Most of these war horses were captured from the previous battle with the Eight Banners, and there were also Mongolian horses that the Horqin tribe took refuge in to honor.

A small number of cavalry were lined up on both sides, and the leading knight held a large banner and hunted loudly.

Liu Xingzuo, the brigade officer of the [-]rd Infantry Brigade, rode on an excellent Mongolian horse bestowed by Chu Yun. The back of the horse was slightly bumped, but he was concentrating on observing the terrain of Sarhu Mountain City with the binoculars he carried with him.

Although the topographic map of the intelligence department has recorded in detail the defense of Saerhu Mountain City, but if you believe in the topographic map blindly, it is no different from talking about armies on paper.

"Everyone, look at this Saerhu City, which is closed on all sides and has a circumference of eight miles. Look at the highest mountain in the west, which is the inner city of Saerhu Mountain City. The terrain is even more steep. It is estimated that the headquarters of the Xianglan Banner is in the There." Liu Xingzuo saw through the binoculars that there was a little fog in the inner city, and he couldn't see clearly, but the flag with the blue flag on the top of the mountain could be faintly seen.

Huang Weiyao, the battalion officer of the 45000nd Battalion of the [-]rd Brigade, saw the familiar old place and couldn't help feeling a little emotional: "Nine years ago, I was a small soldier under Jun Junjun at that time. Nurhachi once led a force of [-] troops from the Six Banners to attack and station Our army near Sarhu was cloudy, difficult to distinguish, and there was heavy fog. Our army lit torches and shelled, but the damage was minimal. But at that time, we never thought..." The third brigade Huang Weiyao, the battalion officer of the second battalion, said.

"I never thought of it?" asked the rest of the battalion officers.

"The light of the fire exposed our position, and the Houjin soldiers used their tactics to attack from the dark, and gathered arrows to shoot, and most of them hit. Nurhachi, a cunning man, took the opportunity to launch a strong attack with superior forces, and under the cover of thick fog, crossed the trenches, Pulling out the fence and attacking our army camp eventually led to the complete defeat of our troops. I also became their prisoner, ashamed." Huang Weiyao talked about the past, and he still vividly remembers it.

"It was this torch that caused Saarhu's defeat?" Everyone was a little surprised.

"Actually, it would be unfair to blame the torches for the defeat. Judging from the present, Juniper's army was not strong at that time, and they even divided up [-] troops to besiege Jilin Cliff. The headquarters was encircled by six of the Eight Banners and failed. It is also expected. Looking at it now, but if the commander-in-chief Jun Song concentrates all his troops to defend Sarhu and wait for other troops to come to help, the result may not be known." Huang Weiyao shook his head.

"Don't worry, our cannons this time are much more powerful than the imperial army, and the morale is not comparable to that of the miscellaneous guards recruited from the customs at that time." Liu Xingzuo is full of confidence.

This time, it was the most elite First Infantry Brigade of the Liao Army, the third Infantry Brigade, which had also been battle-hardened, and the light howitzer with a relatively large elevation angle brought by the Artillery Brigade.

With the arrival of the evil star Fu Liao army, the Houjin army with blue flags inlaid in Saerhu Mountain City did not dare to make any moves.A cavalry has been sent out by Amin to copy the Liao army's grain roads, and they will be divided into Jilinya. Now there are only about [-] defenders in the city of Saerhu Mountain.In the past, when the Xianglan Banner faced a small number of Fuliao troops, it was still deflated. What's more, this time it was besieging Saerhu Mountain City with twice as many Liao army troops as its own.

The Fu Liao army blatantly set up camps under the mountain city, and then the artillery officers led troops to inspect the targets of the shelling.

"There are four mountain gates in the outer city of Salhu, and it is said that there is also a convenient door. To break through the outer city, you must break through their mountain gates before you can enter the city. But the mountain gate is between the valleys, and there are heavy troops here. , there are piles of wood and rocks, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Eight Banners are condescending, as long as arrows rain down, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."

The artillery officer observed the terrain from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain city, but found that the terrain of the mountain city was steep, with trees and rocks, and he couldn't help feeling a little sad.
"I'm afraid this time we will use the blood of many soldiers to storm up."

"The military lord only gave us five days. We must destroy the Xianglan Banner in Sarhu Mountain City, and then quickly go south to join the fifth brigade and the second brigade."

There are two Niulu troops stationed at a mountain pass in Saarhu City, relying on the fact that one man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it, they can feel a little more at ease.

"There are too many Liao Liao troops at the foot of the mountain, and the number is much larger than ours, right? I wonder if His Majesty will bring people to rescue us after we are surrounded..."

"I hope that the Liao army will attack the mountain and not attack our mountain gate. Otherwise, if the Liao army's artillery bombards us like that, we will almost die."

"There are four mountain gates in the outer city. Our luck should not be that good. A quarter of the chance is still very safe."

The two garrisoned Niu Luezhen were thinking about it in private, but they secretly hoped that the Liao army would attack other mountain gates instead of attacking their own troops.

"My lord, the cannon, look, it is the cannon of the Liao army!" The sentinel patrolling outside the mountain gate hurriedly reported.

The two Niu Lu'er really climbed up and saw an army of more than [-] people separated from the camp of the Liao Army, dragging a dozen artillery pieces towards their mountain gate.When this tribe came down the mountain, the musketeers formed temporary sub-camps, while the artillery units looked for favorable terrain to build artillery positions.

"It's a long life, why did the Liao army choose our mountain gate!" The two Niu Luzhen looked at each other.

(End of this chapter)