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Text 446 [The Lame First Manchurian Warrior]

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    Although Hauge is reckless, he is not stupid, and he has to be strategic when rushing.

    The Manchu and Qing troops were very patient in fighting. During the Battle of Daling River, they shelled each other for a long time.

    Huang Taiji prepared 8,500 light and heavy artillery shells each, and forcibly pulled out all the Ming army forts on the periphery of the battlefield one by one.  Almost every Ming army fort was bombarded by more than 200 rounds of artillery shells from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

    Moreover, in the Manchu Qing army, the infantry and cavalry fought together at that time!

    Now Haug has followed suit and ordered the entire army to wear only one layer of armor.  This is because they have figured out the route of the Datong Army, and know that there are no archers in the Datong Army, but a large number of firecrackers.

    Since this is the case, there is no need to wear multiple layers of armor, anyway, they will be pierced by firecrackers.

    Just before the battle, Shang Kexi came to offer advice again: "My lord, the enemy's guns are fierce, why don't you dig a trench and move forward until you reach those slopes!"

    Before the emergence of powerful blooming bullets, there were three ways to attack the bastion:

    First, use human lives to pile up until the defenders can't kill them.

    Second, bombard with a mortar.  The mortars shoot at a large angle, and a large number of mortars are used to project the city wall.

    Third, dig tunnels.  First dig a circular tunnel, then dig a parallel tunnel, and then dig a circular tunnel the cycle goes back and forth, advancing little by little.

    Naturally, the Manchus did not dare to sacrifice human lives, and they only had cannons, and they had never been in the habit of carrying mortars.

    Then we can only dig tunnels. Although Shang Kexi did not propose a circular tunnel attack, it is still very powerful to think of digging tunnels.

    Haug shook his head and said: "When the tunnel is dug, the wheat in the countryside will be rotten. This battle must be settled quickly! The castle on the opposite side is very short, and it can be captured quickly by breaking through the slope outside and braving arrows and stones. I plan to  Attack from all sides, the formation should be looser, and one or two thousand casualties will surely be able to conquer this castle."

    Shang Kexi hesitated to speak, and didn't know what to say.

    Digging tunnels is indeed a lot of work. The Manchu Qing sent troops this time mainly to harvest wheat.

    ? By the way, in the siege of Gaizhou to fight for aid.

    Hauge belongs to the partial division here, and dare not besiege the city to fight for aid.  If you stay too long, you may be rushed by reinforcements and attack from behind

    "The enemy is about to attack!" Jiang Yu said standing on the tower.

    Xiao Zongxian said with a smile: "I am in a hurry to die."

    Xiao Zongxian was stationed in Fuzhou before. After the Pinglu Fort was repaired, he brought the firecrackers over, and the melee infantry and dragoons remained in Fuzhou.

    Due to time and condition constraints, Pinlu Fort is not a serious bastion, and the construction is actually relatively very simple.

    On the periphery of the low castle, there are circles of ditches and earthen walls.

    The soil and rocks excavated from the trenches were piled up into slopes on the outermost periphery, and low walls were piled up between the trenches.

    The low walls everywhere are only half the height of a person, and the firecrackers can hide behind and shoot.  After the enemy rushed over the slope, there were still trenches waiting, and each trench was a natural moat of life and death.

    All ditches and earthen walls must be breached before the real castle can be attacked.

    At this moment, outside the slope, there are small groups of enemies everywhere, attacking in a very loose formation.

    Xiao Zongxian held up the binoculars, and said slowly: "The order is not to fire. This attack is all weak soldiers, not the Eight Banners Army at all. They should come to test our army's firepower deployment."

    On the castle, there is no fire.

    These were the soldiers who were forced to feign an attack. They ran to the vicinity of the slope before being defeated by the Datong firecrackers on the slope.

    Jiang Guan flattered and said: "General Xiao has good eyesight, so they are all weak soldiers!"

    Xiao Zongxian said with a smile: "Although they are all wearing cotton armor, their charging momentum is not right. It is not even as good as the farmers and soldiers of Datong in the south of me. What are they not weak soldiers?"

    Apart from Fei Ruhe, Xiao Zongxian was the one who read the most among the teachers in the early days, which is really not comparable to a reckless man like Zhang Tieniu.

    Of course, Huang Yao, Li Zheng and Hu Dinggui have also insisted on reading these years, although most of them are military books.

    Lu Xiangsheng suddenly said: "It's better to resist for a while from the outside, to show the enemy's weakness, and let the tartars in before fighting."

    "Mr. Lu's words are exactly what I want." Xiao Zongxian said with a smile.

    Chatting in the city, but frowning outside the city.

    Having wasted the lives of some soldiers, but could not test out the firepower of the defenders, this made Hauge feel very uncomfortable.

    He kind of missed fighting in Shanshan and Shanxi. There are a lot of surrendered soldiers and generals available, so there is no need to waste the lives of Eight Banners warriors as a test.

    Withdrew to Liaodong this time, Dorgon also took 20,000The flag order can only be handled by the frontline commanders themselves.

    When Aobai climbed the ladder, he was shot in the calf.

    This No. 1 warrior in Manchuria climbed faster after eating pain, and rushed up in two or three strokes.

    "boom!"

    Another shot hit the Eight Banners soldiers behind Oboi, and this unlucky guy happened to block the shot for Hao.

    Aobai limped out of the slope with his defeated soldiers, and was about to face the artillery bombardment from the city again.

    "Boom boom boom boom!"

    It is difficult for the attacker's artillery to hit the bastion, and the bastion's artillery is also easy to bombard the enemy.  Moreover, this angle is very prone to ricochets. Almost every shell hits the ground, it will jump up and fly forward for a long distance, and if it hits one, it will be either dead or seriously injured.

    Aobai lost his leg and managed to escape back, but what he faced was Hauge's wrath.

    Hauge couldn't figure out what was going on inside, and he was furious when he saw a bunch of rout soldiers: "They've already rushed in, why did they escape again?"

    Aobai explained with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, there are ditches and low walls inside. There are twists and turns, you can't hit the enemy, you can only be hit by the enemy."

    Hauge was suddenly speechless.

    The defeated soldiers fled back one after another, and Hauge counted the casualties. This attack actually lost more than 1,600 people!

    In fact, some of them didn't die, but they couldn't get out, so the prisoners took more than a hundred of them.

    Duny didn't bother to argue with Hauge, and sighed: "Don't attack the castle anymore, go to the countryside to harvest wheat. At least three or four hundred warriors under my command did not escape."

    Hauge glared gleefully: "Since you have heard of this kind of castle, why didn't you remind me?"

    Shang Kexi bit the bullet and explained: "My lord, the general really doesn't know. I only know that this kind of castle is not easy to attack. I don't know what it looks like inside."

    Hauge gritted his teeth and said, "Reorganize your troops and withdraw slowly to prevent being chased by the enemy!"

    Only fools will continue to attack, Hauge can only choose to leave now.

    This kind of castle is terrible, the enemy is not damaged at all, and after several attacks before and after, I have suffered more than two thousand casualties.

    There are a total of two thousand Eight Banners warriors!

    This battle has nothing to do with morale, equipment, training, and organization. It is purely the first time that the Qing Dynasty encountered a bastion, and it was a bastion that was changed into a mess by the Datong Army.  He has no experience in dealing with it at all, and he will really go to hell if he doesn't lose.

    The Datong Army couldn't pursue immediately, and the outer trenches couldn't get through, so they had to build planks slowly.

    Temporary built gadgets are so troublesome.
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