Chapter 270: Bloody battle, Bozhou Ping (1)

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

The Ming army camp on all sides of the vast mountains of Hailongdun was already in a noisy state. The continuous flags came out from each camp and slowly gathered on a flat land in front of the bronze pillar pass of Hailongdun. After several days of rest, the Ming army resumed its attack on Hailongdun.

At this time, this small plain land was crowded with people. Looking around, there were dark heads, and there were probably tens of thousands of people. Even the surrounding gentle mountains were full of military horses. At this time, everyone looked solemn. Judging from the banner, most of the soldiers in the military formation were military horses from Datong, Shanxi, especially the military horses from Datong Town, who were even standing at the forefront attack position.

The 21st discussion resulted in the Nine Passes of Hailongtun. After all, this is the terrain of Hailongtun. Yang Yinglong was unable to defend himself, and any strategy was useless. However, since the Battle of Taibo, after several months of battle, the officers and soldiers of various provinces were exhausted and urgently needed to be repaired. If they were asked to fight again and seize Hailongtun again, they would be powerless. Therefore, the subsequent attack and battle were left on the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, which were famous for their elites and had been recuperating.

The first wave of attack was led by five thousand soldiers in Datong Town led by Ma Jin.

Huang Laifu was about 8 o'clock in the morning, and the army had already been assembled. The endless iron armor and the spears and spears were like forests, showing a solemn momentum, which made the friendly troops of the provinces watching the battle in the rear sigh in their hearts of the two towns of military and horse spirits. It was indeed well-deserved.

After the array, 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, the positions were silent, and only the sound of military flags showed the good military literacy of the officers and soldiers in the two towns.

On a hilly and high ground behind the army, the trees blocking the view had been cut off, and there were many servants wearing helmets and armor, showing strict vigilance. In front of a huge rock, Huang Laifu stared at the copper pillar gate several miles ahead, with a calm expression and no idea what he was thinking. Beside him, there were all Ming generals wearing cloaks and iron armor, and Han generals and chieftains, all of them were on the side. Even the governors of the three provinces were wearing iron armor, waiting for the beginning of the battle with a nervous expression.

I don’t know how long it took, Huang Laifu turned around and said to Ma Jin beside him: “Mahjong, let’s start!”

Ma Jin clasped his fists and shouted: "The last general will take the order!"

With the sound of horse hooves, he led several followers down the high ground and headed towards his own military formation.

Not long after, a trumpet sounded in the Datong Town military formation. A group of horses came out of the military formation and rushed to the direction of Tongzhu Pass not far ahead. It turned out to be the general of the Datong Town general Ma Jinbiao. His nephew Ma Chengxun led 2,000 troops as the attack mail. As soon as Ma Jin took action, he asked his nephew to lead the army to fight, and one thousand of them were his servants, and he was indeed determined to fight.

Among the five thousand troops and horses in Datong Town came to Bozhou with Huang Laifu, all the A-class troops selected from Datong Town. Not only were they all young and strong soldiers, especially after becoming A-class troops, under the supply of Huang Laifu, they had sufficient military equipment, well-equipped weapons and equipment, and had some training. In the southwestern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they could eat enough every day and train several times a year, even if they were considered elite soldiers, they were considered elite soldiers.

Not to mention Huang Laifu's servants and most of the Shanxi army, even the army and horses in Datong Town were all green and strong, and their treatment and equipment were placed in the southwest provinces, which made the officers and soldiers of each province envious and jealous. In the face of jealousy, various rumors naturally spread.

Especially in the past few months, the officers and soldiers of Datong, Shanxi Province have not fought any evil battles around Chongqing Prefecture, which has made many soldiers and local soldiers in the southwest dissatisfied. Their words reached the ears of the officers and soldiers of the two towns, which made them feel angry. It was their turn to attack, and they had to show it well. Moreover, if they fought well, according to the character of the Governor, they would naturally not take their credit.

Ma Chengxun led two thousand troops to the Tongzhu Pass, leading the leader of hundreds of sword-branded soldiers from the 1,000 generals. Everyone was tall and strong, covered in iron armor, and had fierce eyes. They were servants under the generals Ma Jin. Then there were more than a thousand firearms, holding bird guns and muskets, etc. The weather in the southwest was humid and hot, and the bows and crossbows were unbearable. Long-range firepower support was necessary. In particular, among these muskets, there were hundreds of flintlock muskets from Wuzhai Fort supported by Huang Laifu, which increased the power of their muskets.

Next is Ma Chengxun's central reserve team. The road in front of Tongzhu Pass is rugged and narrow, and the troops are not easy to expand. The frontal attack cannot be large. Leave a reserve team. In addition to having several attacks, it can also provide battlefield support at any time and surpass the enemy for some purpose.

Finally, there were a large number of artillery chariots pushed and pulled by thousands of auxiliary soldiers from each battalion, with as many as hundreds of them. According to the terrain in front of the Tongzhu Pass, this was the number of artillery that could accommodate the most artillery. Moreover, due to the difficulty of traveling on the road, it was very difficult to drag the heavy artillery. Not to mention people, even mules and horses used their strength to feed themselves.

Most of these artillery are local local cannons and Buddha wolf artillery in the southwest. They are all large-looking goods, with small power and close range. However, there is no way. Not to mention that Huang Laifu's new cannons have not been manufactured at this time, even if they are manufactured, they are mostly weighing hundreds or thousands of pounds. With the current road conditions of the Ming Dynasty, it is not easy to transport from Shanxi to Sichuan, unless those tiger squat cannons weighing dozens of pounds. However, it is obvious that the power of the tiger squat cannons will not have any effect on the dangerous Hailongtun Nine Passes.

Among the 200,000 Ming troops around Hailongtun, there are naturally many battalions in each battalion, which can provide sufficient support to the Ming troops attacking each pass. Therefore, when Ma Jin's troops attacked as a pre-sentence, Huang Laifu quickly transferred a large number of cannons from each battalion. Unfortunately, the terrain of Hailongtun greatly restricted the use of artillery, which greatly reduced the power of the Ming army's offensive. At present, the attack on the copper pillar pass is only hoped that so many cannons can play a role.

Among these large number of auxiliary soldiers, many people were fighting against the long ladders. There were stone walls between the Hailongtun Passes, connected with the mountains, and the horse roads were connected. Each gate was high and deep. There was no ladder set up. Don’t think that a soldier could climb to the pass.

Ma Chengxun led his army to force him away slowly. Soon, the thick city gate of the Tongzhu Pass in Hailongtun's first pass, the stone wall was in his eyes. The Ming army had heard about the movements of the Ming army in the morning. At this time, he saw that the Ming army was indeed forcing him to come again. The local soldiers on the city were shouting loudly. The general leader at the gate shouted back and forth, just urging his subordinates to defend. Soon, the flags and drums sounded at the Tongzhu Pass, and the rest of the local soldiers and generals came to support him after hearing this.

As the shouting at the gate of the gate, Ma Chengxun led the army to stand still at the foot of Tongzhuguan Mountain, waiting for the cannon to attack first. The road ahead was slowly narrow and rising, and the rugged snake was walking to the city gate. At the foot of the mountain, there were traces of the battlefield a few days ago, with ladders of the equipment for the attack, and rolling stone cannon bottles thrown from the copper pillar, scattered everywhere along with the smashed mud and sand. Blood marks could be seen everywhere, and there seemed to be a disgusting smell of blood and smoke in the air.

In the land at the foot of Ma Chengxun's two thousand army, this was once a deep ditch under Tongzhu Pass. At that time, the natives of Hailongtun had accumulated water to form a dam. During the war a few days ago, it had been filled with flat ground.

The auxiliary soldiers who pulled the cannons had already pushed the cannons to the foot of the mountain. One cannon aimed at the entrance of the Tongzhu Pass, from the invincible general cannons to the Buddha Wolf Machine cannons. The local soldiers and soldiers at the gate were shocked and fired guns and fired guns at the foot of the mountain and threw wooden rocks. However, because they were far away, no results were achieved at any attack on the lock. Although there were several cannons on the copper pillar, they were all earth guns, stone cannons, etc., and they were not accurate when they were not far away. They did not even have Buddha Wolf Machine cannons, so they naturally did not threaten the Ming army at the foot of the mountain. After a while of no effect, they stopped.

Under the command of the Qianzheng General of the First Caravan, the Ming army gunners at the foot of the mountain loaded their medicine. With a command, the sound of earth-shaking cannons sounded, and the ground seemed to be shaking violently. The bullets drew out fireworks trajectories, smashing hard on the copper pillar pass with a harsh whistling sound, making the gate full of smoke and mess.

Although most of the ones firing at this time were only some thick earth cannons in the Ming army, the power caused by hundreds of volleys was also amazing. For a moment, gravels at the copper pillar pass flew, iron balls rolled, and all kinds of fallen. The dense artillery fire suddenly made the heads of the earth soldiers in the city unable to lift up. Some of the earth soldiers at the closed buried their heads tightly behind the stone wall and did not dare to move, while some of them shouted and ran in horror, shouting meaningless words. Some people with bad luck were hit by the shells, and immediately the broken limbs and stones at the pass took off into the sky. The Ming army's artillery fire was so fierce today.

It took a long time before the artillery fire of the Ming army at the foot of the mountain stopped. At this time, there was a choking smell of smoke from the mountain. A faint smell of disgusting blood also came from the gate. This artillery fire also caused considerable casualties to the local soldiers and riots at Tongzhu Pass. Moreover, under the fierce artillery fire, the strong Tongzhu Pass was also broken into several gaps.

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

"Wan Sheng!"

A huge shouting sounded from Ma Chengxun's army, covering it with swords and shields holding tall shields. The soldiers of Datong Town, behind them, fought against the long ladders and shouted loudly, rushing towards the rugged mountain road.

The momentum was amazing. The local defenders seemed to be able to feel the momentum when they closed. After a while, they came to their senses and hurriedly returned to their positions to defend under the roar of the local commander. Soon, when the Datong Army rushed forward, the wooden rocks on the closed were also thrown down like raindrops, and the defenders' muskets and bird guns, as well as some blew arrows and crossbows, etc., were also desperately shooting down.

On this narrow road terrain, the attack forces on the front of the Datong Army could not be expanded, but the soldiers following behind were densely packed, all over the road, making it a good target. Although the shields of the sword and shield soldiers could protect some crossbows, arrows, bird guns, they were thrown at the huge wooden rocks, rolled down from the steep mountain, and rushed towards them, which was unstoppable by their flesh and blood. For a moment, there were screams at the bottom of the lockdown. Many Datong Town soldiers were injured and killed in the rainy wooden rock attack, and many people were still dead.

Despite the heavy casualties, the soldiers of Datong Town still held their breath and rushed desperately. The musketeers also tried hard to lift their guns to shoot at the pass, covering the attacking troops. Finally, some people rushed to the pass, and soon, several ladders were set up, and some brave Datong Town sword and shield soldiers climbed up and started a meat fight with the pass.

The Datong military firearms soldiers were trying hard to cover them below, especially those soldiers holding the Flintlock Muskets of Wuzhai Fort. The fire speed was fast and the firepower was strong, and the fire speed was several times faster than the bird guns and other firearms used in the Ming army. In the flames that kept coming out of their muzzles, the local soldiers on the Bozhou were shot one after another, and screamed and fell from the lock, scaring many local soldiers so much that they did not dare to poke their heads out.

More Datong Town sword and shield soldiers jumped to the pass. The Datong Army's outpost had a tendency to go down to Tongzhu Pass for the first time, which surprised the Hailongtun rebels. In the husky drums of the divine calendar, the local soldiers of each pass went down the mountain to support the defenders of Tongzhu Pass, and the battle was even more bloody and fierce.

The native general of Tongzhu Pass was Yang Yinglong's confidant, so he was able to guard the Hailongtun Pass. Seeing that the army was in urgent need, he shouted his subordinates to fight, and at the same time was secretly shocked. The Ming army troops attacked this time seemed different. Seeing that nearly 20% of the casualties were still fighting to the death. I don't know which army of the Ming Dynasty was so powerful. In particular, their weapons and equipment were also very well-equipped, and there was also a unique musket, which was very sharp and had never seen it before.

Under the attack of this army, he felt very difficult to support it. This was something that the Battle of Hailongtun had never been before. In the past battle, although tens of thousands of Ming troops took turns to besiege Tongzhuguan for several days, they all retreated under their own attacks. Therefore, under this result, although there were only a few hundred defenders of Tongzhuguan, Yang Yinglong and the general leader of Tongzhuguan both firmly believed that only these hundreds of people could block the attacks of most Ming troops with the right geographical location of Tongzhuguan. The battle of Hailongtun a few days ago also proved this in fact, but today...

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The sound of guns and cannons and the cries of fighting came faintly, and Huang Laifu just looked there motionlessly. He held a monolithic mirror in his hand and faced the direction of the copper pillar. No matter how the horses that were running water were probing their military situation, he remained motionless and his figure seemed to have become a sculpture.

On both sides of Huang Laifu, Sichuan Governor Li Hualong, Guizhou Governor Guo Zizhang, and Huguang Governor Zhi Dake also held a single-tube Qianli Miles mirror in his hands, but just looked hard in the direction of the copper pillar. Under the effect of this Qianli Miles mirror, the situation on the copper pillar gate can be said to be clearly seen, which surprised the three of them secretly. Huang Laifu's hands were endless, and the yellow metal copper object on one hand had such a wonderful use, and the three of them could not be envious and jealous.

However, Huang Laifu, the Qianlijing, was not much. Apart from equiping his own Shanxi Army, it was naturally impossible to use it to equip the foreign army, which made Li Hualong and others secretly slander and mutter to themselves.

However, at this time, the three people and the generals and chieftains in the southwest surrounding areas did not bother and wonder about this Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile. The battle at Tongzhu Pass in front of them was surprising. Unexpectedly, Ma Jin's Datong Town Army outpost had a trend of downward attack. The elite of the two towns of military and horses was indeed well-deserved. The Datong Town Army was so sharp, so what about the more elite Shanxi Army, especially the direct troops of the Governor Huang Laifu and the Jiadu camp?

Everyone sighed secretly in their hearts. They heard that the Datong Town Army was no different from the southwest army before. They showed this shortly after returning to Huang Laifu's management. This is true.
Chapter completed!