Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 329 The Bloody Battle of Bozhouping ([-])

In the early morning of August 28, the 23th year of Wanli.

The camps of the Ming army on the four sides of the vast mountains in Hailongtun were already full of noise. A steady stream of banners came out from each battalion and slowly gathered on a piece of flat land in front of Tongzhu Pass, the first pass of Hailongtun. After a few days of rest, The Ming army resumed its attack on Hailongtun.

At this time, this small flat land was already crowded, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of dark human heads, probably tens of thousands of people, and even the surrounding relatively gentle mountains were full of soldiers and horses.At this time, everyone looked solemn, looking at the banners, most of the sergeants on the army formation were military horses from the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, especially the military horses from Datong Town, who were standing at the most forward attack position.

The result of the discussion on the 21st was still to take Hailongtun's nine passes. After all, Hailongtun's terrain is like this, and Yang Yinglong can't defend it, so any tricks are useless.However, since the Battle of Pingbo, after several months of fighting, the officers and soldiers of all provinces are exhausted and urgently need repairs. If they are asked to fight another bloody battle to seize Hailongtun, I am afraid they will be powerless, so the subsequent attacks and battles will be left behind. Famous for being elite, but also has been resting and recuperating on the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Datong, Shanxi.

The first wave of attack was led by five thousand troops from Datong Town led by Ma Jin.

Huang Laifu's time was about [-]:[-] in the morning, and the army had already assembled. The endless iron armor and forest of spears showed a chilling momentum, which made the friendly troops from various provinces watching the battle secretly sigh in the hearts of the two towns.

After the formation, the tens of thousands of soldiers in the two towns remained silent, just waiting for the order to attack.Although there were tens of thousands of people, there was no sound on the battlefield, only the sound of the hunting of military flags, which showed the good military quality of the officers and soldiers of the two towns.

On a hilly highland behind the army formation, the trees that blocked the line of sight had already been cut down, and there were many guards in armor, showing strict security.In front of a boulder, Huang Laifu stared at the Tongzhu Pass several miles ahead with a calm expression, not knowing what he was thinking.Beside him, all the generals of the Ming army wearing cloaks and iron helmets, the chieftains of the Han generals and chieftains surrounded him.Even the governors of the three provinces were wearing iron armor, waiting nervously for the start of the battle.

After an unknown amount of time, Huang Laifu turned around and said to Ma Jin beside him, "General Ma, let's start!"

Ma Jin clasped his fists and said loudly: "The last general takes orders!"

With the sound of horseshoes, he led a few of his relatives down the high ground and headed towards his own army formation.

Not long after, horns sounded in the army formation of Datong Town, and an army horse came out of the army formation and headed towards Tongzhu Pass not far ahead. Cheng Xun led an army of 2000 men as an attack vanguard.As soon as Ma Jin made a move, he asked his nephew to lead the army, and 1000 of them were his servants, so he was determined to fight.

Among the [-] troops from Datong Town who came to Bozhou with Huang Laifu, all of them were first-class soldiers selected from Datong Town. Sufficient, excellent weapons and equipment, and somewhat trained. In the concept of elite soldiers in the southwestern provinces of Ming Dynasty, as long as they can eat enough every day and have trained several times a year, they are considered the elite of the elite.

Not to mention Huang Laifu's servants and most of the Shanxi Army, even the army horses in Datong Town, all young and strong, plus their treatment and equipment, placed in the southwestern provinces, has already made the officers and soldiers of the provinces envious.Under the jealousy, there are naturally all kinds of gossip.

Especially in the past few months, the officers and soldiers of the two towns of Datong in Shanxi have been occupying the surrounding areas of Chongqing Mansion without any fierce fighting, which has made many soldiers in the Southwest dissatisfied.Their words reached the ears of the officers and soldiers of the two towns, which made them suffocate. Now it's my turn to attack, and I have to show it well. It will not take away their credit.

Ma Chengxun led two thousand soldiers and horses to push towards Tongzhuguan. The leader was hundreds of soldiers with swords and swords from one thousand generals. Everyone was tall and sturdy, wearing iron armor, with fierce eyes. It was the general Ma Jin The servants under his command.Afterwards there were more than a thousand firearmsmen, armed with blunderbusses and muskets. The weather in the southwest was hot and humid, and bows and crossbows were unusable. Long-range fire support required blunderbusses.In particular, among these firecrackers, there are hundreds of Wuzhaibao flintlocks supported by Huang Laifu, which further increases the power of his firecrackers.

Then there is Ma Chengxun's reserve team of the Chinese army. The road in front of Tongzhu Pass is rugged and narrow, and it is not easy to deploy troops. It is impossible to have many troops for frontal attack. It can also be supported at any time on the battlefield, and it can be used to overwhelm the enemy on one point.

Finally, there are hundreds of artillery chariots pushed and pulled by thousands of auxiliary soldiers from each battalion. According to the terrain in front of Tongzhu Pass, this is the largest number of artillery that can accommodate artillery.Moreover, due to the difficult road, it is very difficult to drag the heavy artillery. Not to mention people, even the mules and horses have used their milking strength.

Most of these cannons are native local cannons and Buddha Wolf machine guns in the southwest, all of which are bulky, with low power and short range.However, there is no way to do it, not to mention that Huang Laifu's new artillery has not yet been manufactured, even if it is manufactured, it will weigh hundreds of thousands of catties. It is also not easy to transport from Shanxi to Sichuan, unless those tiger crouching guns weighing dozens of catties.But obviously, with the power of the tiger crouching cannon's body-range shooting, it is impossible to have any effect on the dangerous Hai Long.

Among the 20 Ming troops around Hailongtun, there are naturally many battalions in terms of artillery, which can provide sufficient support for the Ming troops attacking various passes. Therefore, when the Majin Department attacked as an early sentinel, Huang Laifu quickly A large number of artillery were dispatched from the battalions.It's a pity that Hai Longtun's terrain greatly restricted the use of artillery, which greatly reduced the power of the Ming army's offensive.For the current attack on Tongzhuguan, I just hope that so many artillery can play some role.

Among these large numbers of auxiliary soldiers, there are still many people resisting the long ladders. There are stone walls between the several gates of Hailongtun, which are connected with the mountains, and the horses and roads are connected. Don't think that a sergeant can climb up to the pass.

Ma Chengxun led the army to push forward slowly, and soon, Hai Longtun closed the tall and thick city gate with copper pillars, and the stone city wall fell into sight.Hai Longtun had already heard about the movements of the Ming army early in the morning, and at this time, seeing that the Ming army really came again, the local soldiers on the city were all yelling, and the commander of the pass shouted loudly back and forth, just urging his men to defend.Soon, when the copper pillars were closed, the flags and drums sounded, and the remaining soldiers and generals came to support after hearing this.

Amidst the yelling of closing the gate, Ma Chengxun led the army to stand still at the foot of Tongzhuguan Mountain, waiting for the artillery to attack first.Right now, the road ahead is slowly narrowing and rising, and the road is rugged and snakes to the bottom of the city gate.At the foot of the mountain, there are already traces of the battlefield a few days ago. There are remnants of the ladders used to tackle key problems, and the rolling stone cannon bottles thrown from the copper pillars.Stains of blood can be seen everywhere, and there seems to be a disgusting smell of blood and gunpowder smoke in the air.

In the land under the feet of Ma Chengxun's [-] troops, there used to be a deep ditch under the Tongzhu Pass. At that time, it was filled with water and formed a dam by Hailong Tuntumen. During the previous few days of fighting, it had already been filled into flat ground.

The auxiliary soldiers pulling the cannons have already pushed the cannons to the foot of the mountain one after another, aiming at the Tongzhu Pass, ranging from the Invincible General Cannon to the Buddha Wolf Machine Cannon. At the foot of the mountain, guns were fired, and rolling stones were thrown, but due to the distance, any attacks closed did not achieve results.Although there are a few cannons on the copper pillar, they are all earth cannons and stone cannons. They are not far away and inaccurate. They don't even have Buddha wolf machine cannons. Naturally, they don't pose any threat to the Ming army at the foot of the mountain. They fought for a while. Stopped when it didn't work.

Under the command of Yiche Battalion Qianzong, the gunners of the Ming Army under the mountain loaded the sub-drugs one after another. With an order, there seemed to be earth-shattering cannon sounds, and the ground seemed to vibrate violently. The trajectory of the fireworks, with a piercing whistling sound, smashed hard on the copper pillar pass, hitting the pass with smoke and chaos.

Although most of the guns fired at this time were some thick earthen cannons in the Ming army, the power caused by hundreds of salvoes was astonishing. Suddenly, gravels flew on the pass of the copper pillar, and iron pellets rolled, all scattered. .The dense artillery fire made it impossible for the soldiers on the city to raise their heads. Some of the closed soldiers buried their heads tightly behind the stone wall and did not dare to move. Yelling meaningless words.Some unlucky people were hit by shells, and immediately their severed limbs, together with the stones on the pass, took off into the sky. The Ming army's artillery fire was fierce, especially today.

I don't know how long it took until the artillery fire of the Ming army stopped at the foot of the mountain. At this time, there was a choking smell of gunpowder smoke, and a faint, disgusting smell of blood came from the pass. The burst of artillery fire also caused considerable casualties to the rebellious local soldiers at Tongzhu Pass.Moreover, under the fierce artillery fire, the copper pillars were used to close the gate firmly, and the tall stone wall gate was also collapsed with several gaps.

The artillery fire stopped, and the soldiers of Tongzhuguan breathed a sigh of relief. The earth-shattering sound of war drums suddenly sounded from the position of the Majin Central Army at the foot of the mountain. This was the sound of the Ming army ordering the attack.

"Wan Sheng!"

A huge shout sounded from Ma Chengxun's army, covered by sword and shield soldiers holding tall shields, behind the densely packed Datong Town sergeants resisting the long ladder, shouting hoarsely and rushing towards the rugged mountain road go.

The momentum was astonishing, and it seemed as if they could feel the aura when the native defenders were shut down, and they all panicked. After a while, they came back to their senses, and under the roar of the native leader, they hurried back to defend.Soon, when the Datong army rushed forward, the closed rolling wood and stones were also thrown down like raindrops, as well as the firecrackers of the defenders, and some blowing arrows and crossbow arrows, etc., also shot downward desperately.

On such a narrow road terrain, the Datong Army's frontal attack force could not spread out, but the sergeants following behind were densely packed, covering the road, making them good targets.Although the shields of sword and shield soldiers can protect some crossbows, arrows, and blunderbusses, but when the huge rolling stone is closed and thrown, it rolls down the steep mountain and rushes towards it, but flesh and blood cannot resist it. In the meantime, there were screams at Guanxia, ​​and many soldiers in Datong Town suffered casualties in the rainy attack of rolling wood and stones, and many of them died bloody and bloody.

Despite the heavy casualties, the sergeants of Datong Town held their breath and charged desperately. The musketeers also tried their best to raise their guns and shoot at the pass to cover the attacking troops.Finally, some people rushed to the pass, and soon, several ladders were erected, and some brave sword and shield soldiers from Datong Town climbed up to start a meat fight with the pass soldiers.

The firearmsmen of the Datong Army were desperately covering below, especially those sergeants holding Wuzhaibao flintlocks, their firing speed was fast and their firepower was fierce, which was much faster than the firearms such as birdcracks used in the Ming Army. Two times, in the constant flames from their gun muzzles, the Bozhou soldiers who closed the doors were shot one after another, screaming and falling from the doors, scaring many of the soldiers from sticking their heads out.

More sword and shield soldiers from Datong Town jumped on the pass. The first time the outpost of the Datong Army charged, there was a tendency to rush down Tongzhu Pass, which surprised the Hai Longtun rebels. Soldiers descended one after another to support the defenders of Tongzhu Pass, and the battle became more bloody and intense.

The chief native of Tongzhu pass is Yang Yinglong's confidant, that's why he was able to guard Hai Longtun's first pass. Seeing the urgent situation of the army, he desperately shouted for his subordinates to fight, and at the same time he was secretly shocked.The Ming army attacking this time seems to be different. Seeing that the casualties have reached nearly [-]%, and they are still fighting to the death. I don't know which army of the Ming Dynasty is so powerful.In particular, their weapons and equipment are also very sophisticated, and there is also a strange firecracker, which is very sharp, and I have never seen it before.

Under the attack of this army, he felt very helpless, which was unprecedented since the Battle of Hailongtun.In previous battles, although tens of thousands of Ming troops took turns besieging Tongzhu Pass for a few days, they all retreated under the attack of their own side.Therefore, under this kind of victory, although the defenders of Tongzhu Pass are only a few hundred people, Yang Yinglong and the commander-in-chief of Tongzhu Pass firmly believe that only these few hundred people, depending on the favorable location of Tongzhu Pass, can stop most of the Ming army. s attack.The battle of Hailongtun a few days ago also proved this fact, but today...

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The sound of guns and screams came faintly. Huang Laifu just looked there motionless. He held a single-scope binoculars in his hand and pointed towards the direction of Tongzhuguan. Without moving, his figure seemed to be a sculpture.

On both sides of Huang Laifu, Li Hualong, the governor of Sichuan, Guo Zizhang, the governor of Guizhou, and Zhi Dake, the governor of Huguang, also held a monocular binoculars in their hands, just looking hard at the direction of Tongzhu Pass.Under the effect of this telescope, it can be said that the situation on the other side of Tongzhu Pass can be seen clearly, which surprised the three of them secretly.The good things in Huang Laifu's hands come out endlessly, and this yellow metal and copper thing in one hand has such a magical effect, the three of them couldn't help but feel envious and jealous in their hearts.

However, Huang Laifu himself doesn't have many telescopes. Apart from equipping his own Shanxi army, it is naturally impossible to use it to equip foreign troops, which makes Li Hualong and others secretly slander and murmur.

But at this time, the three of them and the chieftains of the surrounding southwestern generals didn't care about the telescope of muttering and surprise. The battle at Tongzhu Pass in front of them surprised them. The trend of drumming down, the elite of the two towns' army horses, really lived up to their reputation.The army of Datong Town is so sharp, so what about the more elite Shanxi army, especially the soldiers and horses and family battalion of Governor Huang Laifu?
Everyone secretly sighed in their hearts. I heard that the Datong Town Army was no different from the Southwest Army before, and they behaved like this shortly after being brought under Huang Laifu's rule. Huang Laifu's famous general is really true.

(End of this chapter)