Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 193

At the beginning of the next day, it was a cool time.

The sound of horns and drums sounded continuously in the Jianshou camp.

Immediately, the head of the army started a fire and cooked meals, and then each banner and each battalion ate one by one.

After breakfast, except for the troops staying in the camp, all banners and battalions left the camp one by one, and began to form a large formation at the southwest corner of Yunlong Lake.

At this time, if the Ming army had confidence in themselves, they would follow them out of the city for field battles.

That's what the Dashun army did in Shanhaiguan back then, going out to fight with the Jiannu and Guanning troops.

If you lack self-confidence in yourself, then just hide in the city and wait for the Jiannu to attack the door, and then rely on the strong city defense facilities to kill and defeat the Jiannu.

Naturally, the Ming army would not go out of the city to fight in the field.

Jian Nu was also mentally prepared for this.

The trumpet blew, and Jiannu's flag gate opened.

Duoduo brought Luo Luohun, Luck Dehun, Haoge and other banner leaders Baylor to the front of the formation slowly.

Looking around, I can only see the armor of the Eight Banners in various colors in my field of vision. The banners waving in the wind are like the overlapping peaks of the hometown of Hetuala, and the countless spears piercing the sky are like virgin forests.

The fierce and murderous aura of the Eight Banners was almost blowing towards their faces.

"Prince Yu." Luo Luohun turned his head to look at Duo Duo, and said in a deep voice, "Have you thought about how to fight?"

"This king has already made a decision on how to fight this battle." Duoduo smiled. The soldiers of the Eight Banners slept soundly last night, but he slept very late, thinking about how to fight Xuzhou.

It wasn't until the beginning of the week that he finally chose a tactic.

"Oh, really?" Luke Dehun asked curiously, "How do you play?"

Duoduo did not answer but asked instead: "The Battle of Saerhu was the battle for the establishment of our country in the Qing Dynasty. You should be familiar with the whole process of the Battle of Saarhu, right?"

Twenty-five years have passed since the Battle of Salhu.

The nobles of the Eight Banners who participated in this war were either dead or in their twilight years.

At this time, most of the soldiers who led the expedition were the second or third generation of Jiannu. Among them, Hauge, the oldest, was only ten years old at the time of the Sarhu War, so he did not participate in the battle for the founding of the country.

But not participating does not mean that they are not familiar with this battle.

They have heard it from their parents and grandparents many times.

"Why is it involved in the battle of Salhu again?" Luo Luohun asked.

Duoduo said: "Let me ask you, how did Old Khan win this battle?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Luo Luohun said angrily, "Of course Ren Er came a few ways, and I only went all the way. The reason why my Qing Dynasty won the battle of the founding of the country was because of Lao Khan's way of fighting. Law!"

Duoduo said: "Then let me ask you again, which is the most critical battle in the Battle of Salhu?"

"Of course it's the battle to destroy the Juniper tribe!" Lu Kede said without hesitation, "The Juniper tribe is the most elite of the four Ming armies, and there are a large number of brave Zhejiang soldiers in the army! Old Khan concentrated all his troops Destroying the Juniper Department in one fell swoop is equivalent to pulling out the sharpest fangs of the fierce tiger of Ming Dynasty, and it is also a good start for the whole war."

Doduo said with a heavy tone: "Then let me ask you again, how did Old Khan defeat Juniper all the way?"

"What are you doing, Dodo? This is a story we have heard since we were young!" Luo Luohun was a little impatient, but he still replied with a dark face, "The reason why Old Khan was able to defeat Juniper was because at that time It was dusk and there was fog again, the Ming army was forced to light torches, but I still couldn't see me, the Eight Banners warrior."

"But I, the Eight Banners warrior, can see the Ming army."

"Then Old Khan took five hundred Ba Yala soldiers as the vanguard, and broke into the Ming army's Sarhu camp..."

Speaking of this, Luo Luohun suddenly came to his senses, and said with a concentrated expression: "Duo Duo, do you want to follow the example of Old Khan and use the Ba Yala soldiers as the vanguard to kill the Xuzhou Ming army by surprise?"

"That's right, taking the Ba Yala soldiers as the vanguard and killing the Ming army by surprise."

Duoduo said: "Last night, the king had already thought about it again and again. If we use the Eight Banners Han army and the red cannons to push forward step by step and pull out the blunderbusses outside Xuzhou one by one, the fastest It will take two or even three months, which we really can't afford because we don't have that much food."

Hearing this, Hauge finally couldn't bear it, and questioned: "Even if you want to kill the Ming army by surprise, it seems that you don't need to send out Ba Yala soldiers, right? The red armor is enough!"

Haoge could guess it with his toes. If he really wanted to send out the white armored soldiers, it would definitely be from his blue flag. It was impossible to send troops from Duduo's own white flag and Dorgon's white flag.

So for the sake of Zhenglanqi and his own interests, Hauge can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Because Zhenglan Qi was originally the weakest of the Eight Banners, with only 30 Niulu and only [-] white armored soldiers, every loss of these [-] white armored soldiers would be a great loss to Zhenglan Qi.

"Prince Su's words are wrong!" Duoduo said in a daze, "The tiger fights the rabbit with all his strength. Although the Ming court is weak, the elites gathered in Xuzhou are also the elite of the country. Naturally, my Qing Dynasty will dispatch the most elite Ba Ya Raise your troops, this will not only minimize your losses, but also ensure that you can break into Xuzhou City in the shortest possible time!"

Luo Luohun, Luck Dehun and Baylor also echoed: "That's true. The reason why our Qing soldiers were able to quickly destroy the Ming army under Jun Song was because Lao Khan transferred [-] Baya la Soldier as the vanguard!"

Hauge didn't dare to object any more, any further objection would be to question Lao Khan's military strategy.

Luo Luohun said to Duoduo again: "It's a good idea to catch the Ming army by surprise with the Ba Yala soldiers as the vanguard, but have you figured out which direction to launch the assault?"

"There!" Duoduo pointed out, "Yunlong Mountain!"

"Uh, Yunlong Mountain?" Luo Luohun and Luck Dehun were stunned.

Hauge secretly admired it, because he had already seen the cleverness of Doduo's move.

To put it bluntly, no matter how powerful the Ba Yala soldiers are, it is impossible to continuously penetrate more than a dozen defense lines outside Xuzhou City. If you fight all the way, you may not be able to advance to the city of Xuzhou, then it will become reckless, and it will become a blind fight.

Hitting Yunlong Mountain is different, this is a perfect breakthrough.

Because judging from the defensive formation of the Ming army, it only needs to break through the double blunderbuss platform to advance to the southern foot of Yunshan Longshan Mountain, and then launch an upward attack on the Ming army guarding the mountain.

Then as long as the first hill is taken down, the Ming army on the next few hills will collapse with a high probability. Even if the Ming army does not collapse, it will be fine. From attacking fortified plains to mountain hunting, this is the favorite battlefield of the Eight Banners warriors.

After capturing Yunlong Mountain, the Qing soldiers could advance directly to the southeast corner of Xuzhou City.

It is even possible to let the Eight Banners Han army move the red cannon to Yunlong Mountain.

Then set up red cannons from Yunlong Mountain and bombard Xuzhou from a high position. At that time, the Ming army could not gain a foothold on the city wall in the southeast corner, and the Qing soldiers would be able to attack Xuzhou city without any effort.

That is to say, Duoduo reduced the twelve lines of defense of the Ming army to three lines of defense.

The difficulty of breaking through the twelve defense lines in a row is completely different from that of breaking through the triple defense line.

Luo Luohun, Luck Dehun and other Baylors were young, but they were not stupid. After a little thought, they figured out what was so powerful about it, and they stopped raising doubts immediately.

Duoduo immediately shouted: "By the order of the king, the Baya soldiers with the blue flag, the red flag, and the red flag are the forwards, the blue flag is the front team, and the red flag is the rear team. Immediately attack Yunlong Mountain." attack!"

"Hey!" The princes Baylor and Baya Latuzhangjing suddenly agreed.

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The Ming army in Xuzhou is already in full battle, including the frontier army on Yunlong Mountain.

Jin Shenghuan led a dozen scholars and generals, and stood facing the wind on the ninth peak of Yunlong Mountain. Behind him were Ruan Dacheng, the blowing troupe and actors of the National Disaster Troupe.

The war is imminent, and it is impossible to continue singing.

Because even if the troupe continued to sing, the frontier soldiers would not be in the mood to listen again.

So Ruan Dacheng took the musicians and actors who played the troupe and stood on the gun platform on the top of the mountain to cheer for the frontier soldiers. This was probably the second time after Liang Hongyu that an actor played drums or cheered for the frontier soldiers.

At this moment, Jin Shenghuan was undoubtedly very disturbed, because Yunlong Mountain was likely to become a breakthrough point for slavery.

The only good news is that Jiannu can't directly attack Yunlong Mountain for the time being, because besides the ninth peak standing at his feet, there are two blunderbuss towers.

That is to say, Jiannu must first break through these two gun platforms,
Only then was he able to attack the Ninth Peak of Yunlong Mountain guarded by Jin Shenghuan.

Even so, Jin Shenghuan still felt inexplicably uneasy, and turned to the tall scholar beside him, "Xu Xiucai, is the cannon in red okay?"

Xu Yingwei was the leader of the twelve scholars assigned to Jin Shenghuan's border army.

These twelve scholars are also responsible for manipulating the two Hongyi cannons erected on the top of the mountain.

As for the artillery instructor Qu Shawei, after adjusting the Hongyi cannon, he hid back in Xuzhou City.

"No problem." Xu Yingwei replied, Xu felt that he was not imposing enough, and then added in a more emphatic tone, "When the time comes, you will see the performance of our artillery team!"

In normal times, Jin Shenghuan might even give a few compliments.

But at this moment, Jin Shenghuan was no longer in such a mood.

Because Jianu had already started to attack, and the direction of the attack was Yunlong Mountain!
Amidst the endless sound of horns, one after another the chariots were rolled out from the Jiannu formation. These chariots were all made of hardwood and covered with cowhide and iron, so they were not afraid of fire and lead.

At the same time, Jiannu on the left and right flanks also moved out of formation.

After Jiannu stepped aside, he revealed the Hongyi Cannon behind him.

Jiannu gunners swung their sledgehammers one after another, hammering the iron brazing into the ground.

After fixing the Hongyi cannon, the Jiannu gunner inserted the red-hot iron braze into the fire door.

Immediately, puffs of white smoke rose in front of the Jiannu formation, and when they looked at the five blunderbuss platforms that were attacked, they saw pillars of dust rising from the slope protection ahead.

(End of this chapter)