The commander sent by Shuoertu to the Beishan Pass was named Zhan Ban, a Manchurian Inlaid Red Flag Man.

Zhan Ban was a general who was very optimistic about Dai Shan in his early years. Later, he was excluded due to the problem of taking sides and turned to the Dorgon brothers.

Now Zhan Ban works under Ajige's confidant Shuo'etu account, and can be said to be Ajige's direct descendant.

He no longer had too many marks of red flags on his body, and he was completely a good slave of Ajige.

Even if Ajig gave him a knife now and let him stab Daishan's heart, he wouldn't hesitate.

As an experienced general, he certainly understood the intention of Shuoertu to send him to Beishan Pass.

The geographical location of this pass is too important. If you want to go from the north to Hanzhong, you must pass through the Beishan Pass.

Shuo'ertu is a very cautious person. It is impossible to advance rashly before figuring out the virtuality and reality of the Beishan Pass.

Therefore, the sacred map was only allocated to 5,000 people in the Zhanban.

The number of this is too high or too low, and the effect depends entirely on how Zhan Ban uses it.

Of course, Shuo'ertu didn't expect Zhan Ban to rely on these 5,000 people to take down the Beishan Pass in one fell swoop, and forcing the strength of the Ming army to garrison the Ming army was his real goal.

After Zhan Ban led his troops to the Beishan Pass, the Rangers immediately scattered out for reconnaissance.

Although the Qing army had already launched a reconnaissance on this area before, Zhan Ban still believed in his eyes more.

Compared with the last time, the Ming army obviously had built camps at a critical location in the pass. Although the wooden camps were far less solid than the fortress, they were also extremely difficult to attack in this terrain.

However, Zhan Ban still has to find out the truth about Mingjun.

He sent five hundred people to launch a tentative attack on the camp.

The Ming army also responded to their attack.

Countless arrows shot from high places, shooting some slower Qing soldiers to the ground.

But the vast majority of Qing soldiers were well-trained. They raised their shields as soon as possible to protect their vital facial features.

Then they steadily advanced towards the camp gate.

The Ming army then used the thunder. This thing was extremely powerful. Exploding in the crowd could not only break the limbs of Qing soldiers, but also damage their internal organs.

The Qing soldiers were obviously unprepared.

Their shields could block the flying arrows, but they could not do anything to the explosion of the thunder.

With screams coming, most of the five hundred charging soldiers were dead.

Zhan Ban's face turned pale.

There is no doubt that the Ming army was very prepared. They built camps at the pass, moved all the soldiers to the camps, and used the advantages of the terrain to launch a strike against the Qing army.

The firearms they used were extremely lethal, and their flesh and blood seemed very fragile in front of them.

In just one round of attacks, Zhan Ban suffered heavy losses.

But he can't retreat.

Shuo'ertu asked him to come not only to find out the truth of Ming Jun. Otherwise, it would be enough to allocate him a few hundred people, so why would he give him five thousand people?

Shuo'ertu hopes that he can lose some of the strength of the Ming army while reconnaissing the enemy situation. In this way, Shuo'ertu will naturally suffer less resistance when leading his troops to attack.

How come Zhan Ban doesn't understand this truth?

The great credit will naturally be left to your boss, otherwise there will be ten thousand ways for your boss to deal with you.

But he really couldn't think of any good way now. It was obvious that he could not pose a threat to the Ming army by relying solely on the number of people. Instead, he made his own power angry.

After thinking about it, Zhan Ban decided to order the soldiers to build a simple trencher.

The structure of the catapult is not complicated, and the Manchus mastered its manufacturing method a long time ago.

Compared with red cannons, the power of the catapult is naturally lower, but the cost is much cheaper.

Moreover, the manufacturing cycle is very short, and soldiers with a little experience can make it.

Although the catapult is helpless against the solid city wall, there is no problem with using it to deal with wooden village walls.

Seeing that the Tartars stopped attacking, Liu Fangliang also ordered the soldiers to stop and rest.

Of course he knew that the Tartars were unwilling to give up. Judging from the Tartars' actions, they seemed to be making a siege equipment. Liu Fangliang did not have the experience of fighting with the Tartars in Liaodong, so he did not know that what the Tartars are now building was the thief that they were best at using.

Only when the Tartars finished the first catapult and threw it into the battle did Liu Fangliang wake up as if he was dreaming.

The Beishan Pass may lack gunpowder, but it is definitely not lacking in stones.

In fact, various stones can be seen everywhere here, and some are even the size of millstones.

Seeing these huge stones hitting him, all the Ming army instinctively wanted to hide.

The accuracy of the catapult is not high, but it is not easy to hit the target of such a large wall.

After several rounds of ejection, several large holes were already smashed on the village wall.

Liu Fangliang couldn't help but gasp.

It seems that he took it lightly. I didn't expect that the Tartars would have such a trick.

Now is the time to test him.

The Tartars are making more and more catapults. If they cannot come up with a solution in time, the pressure on the village wall will be increasing.

And these pressures will eventually be transferred to the Ming soldiers.

"Boom with a small cannon, aim at the catapult."

Liu Fangliang responded quickly.

In his opinion, the cannon is very accurate, and as long as it can destroy these catapults, it can solve the urgent problem.

Moreover, judging from the previous battle situation, the Tartars were very afraid of firearms.

The thunder of the sky has caused a great deterrence to them, and the more powerful cannon can definitely do this.

Attacking one's heart is the best.

If the enemy's morale can be disintegrated, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to our own side's performance.

After Liu Fangliang's military order was issued, the soldiers immediately followed the execution.

They were very familiar with the use of artillery and quickly pointed the muzzle at these trenchers.

But when the cannons rumbling, the lead bullets hit the catapults.

Many people in the Qing army had seen the power of artillery, and subconsciously ran away when they saw the lead bomb flying.

Lead bullets fell from the air, some hit the trenchers and some hit them near the trenchers. Although they did not directly destroy the target, the secondary damage caused by the ricochet also exploded many Qing soldiers.

Screams were endless, and broken limbs and broken arms were everywhere.

Zhan Ban's face turned pale.

He never expected that there would be artillery in the Ming army camp.

This thing is so heavy, how did the Ming army move them to the Beishan Pass?

Of course, now is not the time to worry about these things, but the reality is that Zhan Ban must make a decision as soon as possible.

The artillery was completely defeated against the catapult. If this continues, all five thousand people will be beaten.

"Retreat!"

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhan Ban still made the decision to withdraw his troops.

This decision is a bit difficult, but it is the most reasonable choice in this situation.

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Chapter completed!