serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 5 The Battle of Ningyuan 2
The sky was cloudy and the cold wind blew across the Liaoxi Corridor. The main force of the [-] Manchus and the Qing Dynasty had already arrived at the mountain pass. The Tartar army did not rush to attack, but set up a camp at the foot of the first mountain. The [-] army and thousands of tents The tops are close to each other, so densely packed that you can't see the edge at a glance.

Yong Qi stood in front of the big tent, squinting his eyes and looking at the mountain road in front of him. He knew that there must be Zhou Jun's ambushes hidden on the first mountain. Although the general Jinzhou made a suggestion to quickly support Ningyuan City, he did not accept it. Climbing the mountain to destroy the ambushes of the Zhou army, at least one must know how many ambushes there are, and only when the mountain road is safe can they march.

At this moment, the general guard of Jinzhou hurried over and reported: "Young King, the spies are back, and the Zhou army is bombarding Ningyuan City."

After a pause, "The mountain road is safe."

Yongqi let out an "oh", turned around and got into the tent.

The guard of Jinzhou couldn't help but smiled wryly. The county king was not in a hurry to attack. Isn't this just giving the Zhou army time to break through Ningyuan City?As for the ambush of the Zhou army on the first mountain, hehe, there are at most 4000 people. Could it be that this small number of people can defeat the [-] army and fail to escape?
Two thousand Mongolian and Han Green Battalion soldiers are climbing towards the mountainside, but all the trees and weeds from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside have been cleared away, and the entire field of vision is very clear, and the mountain road is very stable and the road is very easy to walk. Is it possible that Zhou Jun is attacking for the convenience of his side?

Quickly climbed to the mountainside, the hillside became steeper, the mountain road was narrow and rugged, suddenly there was a scream, and the green battalion soldiers immediately fell to the ground, an officer followed the reputation, it turned out that a soldier stepped on the trap , I saw that the trap was full of wooden thorns, and the green battalion soldier had become a meat skewer.

On the beacon tower, Jia Hu stared at Ningyuan City in the distance. The continuous sound of cannons meant that the Zhou army had not yet launched an attack on Ningyuan City, which meant that the city wall was still standing. It seemed that Li Chengyang's plan had failed.

"My lord, the second Tartars are coming!"

Yang Dayong reminded him in a low voice.

Jia Hu came back to his senses: "Yeah." Hearing the screams coming from the mountainside, he couldn't help but sneer. In order to reduce casualties, he ordered people to dig trenches and set traps under the mountainside, making it extremely difficult to walk on the slope. After passing through the trap, there is a half-person-high low wall built of large and small stones on the slope. The Zhou army behind the low wall can rely on the low wall to shoot at the Tartars.

Three trenches were dug behind the low wall, two steps apart, and the trenches were also covered with wooden thorns.

The Ertars, who had escaped the trap, had gradually entered the range of firecrackers and bows and arrows. The officer on duty gave the order to shoot, and he shouted hoarsely, "Shoot!"

In an instant, those Ertars who were hit fell to the ground wailing, and many of the Ertars who escaped by chance fell into the trap in a panic, and there was a scream.

With the continuous shooting of bullets and arrows, more and more Ertars fell. Those who fell into the trap were pierced by wooden thorns, and blood flowed in the trench. The officer stopped and fled down the mountain.

I don't know how many traps are ahead, and Zhou Jun kept shooting arrows and firing guns on the mountainside. They didn't dare to charge forward at all, and fled down the mountain in a crowd. I don't know how many people crowded together. It just fell into the trap and became a meat skewer.

The cries were earth-shattering.

Seeing the Ertars fleeing in a panic, the officer raised his head and laughed loudly, then shouted, "Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Amid Zhou Jun's shouts, a large number of Mongolian and Han green battalion soldiers rolled down the first mountain. In a short while, more than a thousand green battalion soldiers died under the cliff, and only two or three hundred people fled back.

The Jinzhou guard's face was distorted with anger, and he didn't even touch a hair of the Zhou army. How could he report to the county king, restrain the anger in his heart, and asked the officer, "Are you sure there are only 2000 Zhou soldiers on the mountain?" people?"

The officer swallowed and nodded.

The guard of Jinzhou looked at him directly: "You haven't even seen Zhou Jun, how do you know that they only have 2000 people?!"

The officer lowered his head timidly, and replied: "The mountainside is full of traps and ditches. It's not easy for us to attack, and it's not easy for them to get out. It's useless to hide so many people."

The guard of Jinzhou was stunned.

At this time, a general nearby said: "General, there are at most three thousand ambush soldiers on the first mountain. The most important thing for us right now is to quickly pass through the mountain road. The walls of Ningyuan City may collapse at any time."

The guard of Jinzhou pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Send two more spies to find out the situation on the mountain road and the edge of Ningyuan City within half an hour. The army will leave in an hour. I will go and talk to the county king."

Under Ningyuan City, Li Chengyang's expression was a little unnatural.

Two hours passed, and 250 shells were fired. As a result, the city wall of Ningyuan was still standing in front of him. The Manchu Qing reinforcements in the city have arrived.

Thinking of this, Li Chengyang stood up and ordered in a loud voice: "Give me the general's order, and the army will start to attack the city!"

"Ugh-"

The sound of the low-pitched horn resounded through the sky and the earth, and the [-] troops were arranged in four square formations. They pushed the chariots and carried the hook ladder and began to slowly kill the city wall.

At the mountain pass, an apricot-yellow dragon flag flutters in the wind.

Under the banner, Yong Qi sat quietly on a big white horse.

The guard of Jinzhou led dozens of Manchu generals to ride around him.

Tens of thousands of soldiers, horses, banners and flags are flying, and their armor is bright, and they have formed a square formation and are ready to attack.

At this time, an officer came galloping up to Yongqi, reined in the reins, jumped off the horse, and said loudly, "To the king, the Zhou army has already begun to attack the city."

Yong Qi sat on the horse and didn't answer, just waved her hands.

The guard of Jinzhou took a deep breath, drew out his saber, and pointed, "Kill!" He roared and rushed out first. Billows of dust and smoke filled the mountain road with a murderous aura, sweeping towards Ningyuan City.

The eleven general cannons on the mountain took turns to fire. While cooling down, they fired at the same time, making the shelling uninterrupted. Solid bullets and explosive bullets kept hitting the city wall. Countless gravel and dust were stirred up, and the entire city wall seemed to be shaking. .

"boom!"

A heavy solid shell hit a Zhou army's siege vehicle. The soldiers pushing the vehicle screamed and collapsed. The siege vehicle fell to the ground. Fall far away.

"Boom!"

Amidst the loud noise, waves of shells whizzed over, all of which smashed into the formation of the Zhou army's siege army, and immediately blood and flesh flew across the sky, causing a rain of flesh and blood in the air.

The Tartar artillerymen replaced the Franc cannon with shotgun shells. This type of shotgun shell has three or four hundred bullets, which can block the front ten steps wide in front, and its power is amazing.

Seeing the tragic situation on the battlefield, Li Chengyang was annoyed and resentful in his heart. Although his own army's formation was sparse, it could not withstand the damage of such shelling.

With a loud bang, a round, solid iron egg slammed into the Ningyuan city wall fiercely, and the crack became even bigger. Through clairvoyance, Li Chengyang found that there were many cracks around the crack that were as wide as a little finger, maybe Next time the walls will come down.

Jia Hu was standing on the mountainside holding the handle of the knife. A dozen small trebuchets had been installed beside him, condescending, and could easily throw the thunder and explosives into the mountain road.

There was a sound of horseshoes, and all the soldiers stretched their necks and looked closely.

"Here we come!" Someone yelled in a low voice.

Jia Hu observed the cavalry through his clairvoyant eyes, and seeing this indomitable charging posture, he realized that these were armored soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. Yang Dayong couldn't help it, and said anxiously: "My lord, send the signal!"

Jia Hu shook his head, 150 paces, 130 paces, [-] paces and [-] paces. When the Manchu and Qing cavalry were less than fifty paces away, he shouted: "Pass my order, do it!"

With a sigh of relief in his heart, Zhou Jun ignited the fuzes of the explosives and the thunder, and more than a dozen trebuchets were fired at the same time, throwing the explosives and the thunder down the mountain road.

At this moment, the Manchu and Qing cavalry in the mountain road just arrived here, and the explosives and thunder that fell from the sky exploded violently. With the deafening explosion, as far as the eye could see, the earth shook and the sky fell apart!
Many Manchu and Qing cavalrymen were blown to pieces before they could react, their limbs and arms were flying all over the sky, and there was a rain of flesh and blood in the air, and the strong smell of blood was almost suffocating.

Countless thunderbolts and gunpowder packets were thrown over one after another, exploding one after another among the chaotic crowd of Tartars, countless people were blown up, and a large number of Manchu soldiers were killed and injured in the chaos, with deafening explosions , The shrill screams resounded throughout the mountain road.

The Jinzhou guard's eyes were red with anxiety. He knew it was the shocking thunder thrown by Zhou Jun's ambush soldiers on the first mountain. He shouted desperately: "Don't mess up, rush over!"

It's a pity that his yelling was instantly drowned out by the explosion, and he had no choice but to retreat under the protection of his own soldiers.

Looking at the Manchu armored soldiers fleeing in embarrassment, Jia Hu smiled, saying that Manchu is invincible, otherwise he would run away with his head in his arms.

At this moment, Jia Hu suddenly looked towards the northeast direction, and saw a large group of Manchu and Qing cavalry coming slowly, one mile, two miles, three miles. He couldn't see his head, and his brain slammed, how could it be There are so many reinforcements?Is the city of Jinzhou empty? !
Putting down his clairvoyance, Jia Hu said to Yang Dayong solemnly: "Immediately light the beacon smoke to warn the army, and light all three places."

(End of this chapter)