The two Eight Banners of the Han army learned from the lessons of the first wave of offensives and directly rode their horses to the left wing of the third battalion. With the horse's rapid maneuverability, they directly reached the front of the barbed wire to avoid being attacked by muskets on the way.

Just as these Qing soldiers rushed in on horseback, the Third Battalion also discovered them. Li Ran stared at the approaching Qing soldiers with a telescope and judged their attack location.

"Jiannu wants to attack our left wing." Li Ran made a judgment when the Qing army approached 100 meters away, and immediately pulled out half of the musketeers and deployed to the left wing.

The caltrops and barbed wire successfully blocked the attack speed of the Qing soldiers and gave Li Ran enough time to deploy. After the two Han army Eight Banners who were invested in the left wing successfully destroyed the barbed wire, the 1,000 musketeers responsible for defending that area had also entered the battle sequence.

For a moment, the muskets and tiger squat cannons bombed the Qing army on the left wing. The Qing army near the trench began to lay wooden boards in the trench, but under the key attack of the muskets and tiger squat cannons, the Qing army that carried six or seven meters long wooden boards fell down one by one.

At this time, a wave of feather arrows flew over from the Qing army's back formation and instantly shot more than a dozen musketeers down.

"There are archers, let the musketeers retreat 50 meters, and the baggage troops come forward to protect the gunners on both sides." Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Ran immediately commanded the musketeers to retreat. 50 meters away, they had a low wall.

The distance between this short wall and the first trench was 100 meters, and the Qing army's bows and arrows were basically no lethality 100 meters away. At this time, more than a dozen baggage soldiers rushed to the first low wall with giant shields, put the giant shield on the low wall, and protected the gunners behind them.

The musketeers retreated 50 meters away. In order not to injure the gunner, tiger squat cannons could not be arranged 100 meters on the front, but tiger squat cannons were arranged at the back, so they could not attack the enemy. Therefore, tiger squat cannons were arranged on both sides, and four tiger squat cannons were arranged on each side to form cross fire with the musketeers behind.

After breaking through the first barbed wire and coming to the first trench, the Qing soldiers were only 50 meters away from these tiger squatting cannons. When each cannon was bombarded, hundreds of stones and iron beads were sprayed with barrage than the firepower of a musketeer.

The tiger squat cannon can fire twice a minute, and the 8 tiger squat cannons can fire 16 shots in one minute. At the same time, the 4 tiger squat cannons on each side can fire in turn to achieve continuous firepower and will not cause repeated damage.

The two Han army Eight Banners attacking the left wing were violently attacked. When each cannon fell, hundreds of Qing soldiers fell to the ground. Every seven or eight seconds, a tiger squat cannon on both sides showed its power, constantly devouring the vitality of the Qing army's wings.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria who were hiding behind the cold arrows shot heavy arrows on the shields raised by the baggage soldiers. The shields were made of wood and wrapped with a layer of steel. Although the feather arrows shot by the Qing army could penetrate the steel sheets, they could only be nailed to the wooden shield. Few those who pierced the shields and could not kill the artillery soldiers behind them.

Every time the artillery fired, it pushed the artillery cart behind and quickly loaded the projectiles. After the loading, the baggage troops retreated their shields to the side of the company, leaving a gap that could accommodate the muzzle. Then the artillery pushed the artillery cart forward and aimed at the Qing army to ignite the fuse.

The shotgun fire net formed by tiger squat cannons on both sides swallowed the soldiers on both wings of the Qing army. As well as the Qing army, which had wooden boards laid in the first trench, the charge was sharply shrunk.

The musketeers behind dealt with the Qing army in front, and the shooting speed was far less than that of the tiger squat cannons. However, the wooden boards laid by the Qing army could only accommodate a little pass. The Qing army that walked onto the wooden board was constantly shot. Moreover, while the Qing army was rushing to the cover, the shotgun of the tiger squat cannon also attacked the Qing army that rushed to the second trench. With such cross-fire power, the Qing army's offensive momentum was stopped and there was no instability.

The meat grinder kept running. In less than five minutes, nearly 4,000 people had fallen down by the Qing army, with layers of corpses everywhere.

At this time, the Qing army finally laid enough wooden boards. The brigade of Qing troops rushed through the first trench and touched the second trench. However, the Qing army, who rushed to the second trench, could not move the wooden boards behind them for a long time.

Faced with such a trench that was five meters wide and two meters deep, the Qing soldiers could not cross it. Under the pressure of death, they jumped into the trench helplessly. Although there were no traps in the trench, they had to spend a lot of effort to climb out.

After many Qing soldiers jumped into the trench, they simply ran to both sides, then hid in the corner, and simply stopped going out. They were very safe in the trench. The Ming army in front could not attack them, and the cavalry behind could not cut them down.

Some Qing soldiers ran to a location without musketeers and climbed out of the trench. But as soon as they climbed out, they faced the barbed wire behind the trench, and were then shot and killed by musketeers who rushed over.

The 15,000 Qing troops who first attacked the front finally touched the first barbed wire after half of the casualties, but they were destined to be a tragedy.

Without archers' cover, the 1,000 musketeers on the front did not need to retreat, so there were four tiger squat cannons among the musketeers, and four on both sides. There were a total of twelve tiger squat cannons.

Under the shooting of twelve tiger squat cannons and musketeers, the Qing army that was attacking the center continued to fall. After most of the casualties, the Qing army finally collapsed collectively.

Even the Qing army behind realized that they could not break through the Ming army's defense line at all, and going forward would be a dead end and there was no way to survive.

Both the Mongolian and Han soldiers began to turn around and flee, and it spread rapidly like a plague. The Qing army, who was supervising the battle behind, realized that these people could not cross the Ming army's defense line, and immediately ordered a retreat.

The Qing army, who had permission to retreat, was as if they were amnesty and turned around and fled wildly.

"Prince Su, this won't work! There are five trenches in the Ming army. Such waves of impact will only keep our strength deteriorated." Dai Shan observed for a long time and said to Haoge, "We have to find a way to fill those trenches."

"The trenches are all three or four meters wide. If they need to be filled in, we will have more people to lose." Duoduo said with a serious expression.

The strength of the Ming army was completely beyond their imagination.

Under such fortifications, they could only be beaten passively, and counterattacking with bows and arrows was useless at all.

"What should I do?" Haogeton felt very difficult, and Duoduo suggested at this time: "It's better to quit now, and then send people to Zhenjiang, Phoenix Fort to recruit civilians, and at the same time concentrate all artillery, supplemented by chariots, Ming's attack again, and let all localities transport grain here to siege the Ming army for a long time."

"Uncle Thirteen said it is right, but we can also attack and adjust. If we stop, we will give the opponent Mingdo a chance to breathe." However, Haoge was unwilling to stop the attack, and he was in a state of difficulty in riding a tiger.

"If the King of Piaoqing wants to continue attacking, he can first send a few Mongolian flags to attack the left wing of Minggou and lead the Minggou to the left wing. Then he raided the right wing of Minggou. If he fired his bow left and right, he would definitely let them die without a place to bury him." Dai Shan made a suggestion at this time.

"Before our army's artillery chariots arrived, such a fierce attack would inevitably lead to a lot of losses." Duoduo did not agree with this method. Although Dai Shan felt that his idea was almost certain, he might have to pay a large price.

"Now my father is trapped in North Korea and cannot return. We resolved the Ming army in front of us as soon as possible, and then cooperated with my father to return to Liao in Ji and Zhenjiang." Haoge said, and Dai Shan also agreed. Under Dai Shan's flattery, Duoduo, who was originally on par, completely lost his voice, and Duoduo had to agree.

At this time, the Qing army rang the golden bell. After half of the loss, the Qing army, who was attacking the left wing of the Third Battalion, turned around and retreated when they heard the bell.

During the retreat of the Qing army, Li Ran immediately ordered people to clean up the battlefield. Dozens of spearmen rushed down the trench and began to clear the Qing soldiers hiding in the trench.

These Qing soldiers rarely resist when they saw these fully armed spear soldiers. Most of the Qing soldiers hiding here were not willing to lose their lives. Being captured was also a relief for them. If they escaped, they would be used as cannon fodder again.

After paving the route with wooden boards and passing through the trench, the soldiers of the Third Battalion began to clean up the corpses all over the ground. There were too many of these corpses, and there were many wounded soldiers mixed in.

They usually make up for these wounded soldiers. At this time, the battle was in a hurry, but they were in the mood to treat these wounded soldiers.

The Qing army corpses on the left wing were at least four or five thousand, and there were six or seven thousand corpses in the middle of the defense line. These corpses were stacked and everywhere, and the ground was completely stained with blood.

The corpses on the left wing were easy to clean up, so they could just be thrown into the sea. For these fake captives, the soldiers of the Third Battalion had no desire to cut off their heads, and because they could not exchange for silver rewards, they simply threw them into the sea.

The corpse in the middle is not so easy to deal with. Li Ran asked someone to throw the corpse in front, then repair the fortifications and then ignore it.

The damaged part of the barbed wire was repaired again. The caltrops were also sprinkled in front of the barbed wire, waiting for the next attack by the Qing army.

The beauty of barbed wire and caltrops is that it can seriously delay the attack speed of the Qing army and give Li Ran enough buffer time to arrange troops.

The Qing army saw that they had not stopped repairing the barbed wire, and the barbed wire and caltrops could not cause them much trouble. The real trouble was the five trenches behind.

In their opinion, as long as you break through those five trenches, you can win.

After Hauge and Daishan agreed on the offensive strategy, Duoduo began to personally arrange the offensive queue. He ordered people to look for wooden boards everywhere, which were five or six meters long.

There are not many wooden boards everywhere, but there are many small trees five or six meters long. Duoduo ordered people to tie the small wooden strips into integrated wooden boards like bamboo rafts.

The Qing army retreated from the attack and retreating in the morning, and prepared until noon. Under Duoduo's personal command, the 60,000 cannon fodder troops were divided into two parts.

Each part has 30,000 people, and they carry large bundled wooden boards. As long as this integrated wooden board is mounted on the trench, three or four people can pass through the trench at the same time.

According to the past, most Qing army would choose to withdraw after paying such losses, but the current situation forced them to be impatient because Huang Taiji was in North Korea and the Yalu River was blocked again.

After noon, the Qing Dynasty chose to launch an attack again. Most of the 40,000 cannon fodder troops composed of Mongolian soldiers rushed to the left wing of the third battalion under the supervision of the Inlaid White Flag.

Forty thousand people, and they were lined up in an offensive formation of more than 30 meters wide, it was simply black, like a long dragon.

"This time Jiannu is really here. Battalion Commander, let the artillery fire! This is a good opportunity." Deputy Battalion Commander Qian Zhengguo looked at the fierce Qing army and said to Li Ran.

"It's such a good opportunity that it's time to blow his damn. Order the artillery and rocket soldiers to take their place, and the 125mm cannon and rocket soldiers aim at the Qing army's formation." Li Ran issued a fire order without hesitation.

After the order was issued, the artillery soldiers who were already ready in the back formation jumped up in excitement, and quickly lifted up the disguise covered by the artillery under the commander's roar.

That was one hundred 75mm cannons and one hundred 125mm cannons. One thousand artillery soldiers began to load into the cannon chamber and aimed at the Qing army approaching the left wing, while the 125mm cannons aimed at the Qing army's formation.

At the same time, two hundred rocket soldiers also began to adjust their launch frames. After they tested the wind speed and distance, they aimed at the Qing army directly in front.

Currently, the rockets equipped with a range of 1,500 meters, which is enough to hit the Qing army 800 meters away. At the same time, the artillery is enough to attack the Qing army's military formation. However, Li Ran wanted to lure the Qing army to take the bait, and did not want to scare the Qing army away too early.

"The Qing army sent so many people to attack our left wing. It seemed that it wanted to attack the east and west, and ordered half of the 75mm cannons to open fire, and the rest were on standby. Send people to let the warships stand by on the right wing." Li Ran vaguely understood the intention of the Qing army, but he still placed all the musketeers on the left wing.

Forty thousand Qing troops dismounted and walked, carrying integrated wooden boards, and rushed towards the left wing with great momentum. Suddenly, a cannon sound came from the back of the Ming army opposite.

Then a large ball of light flew over and fell directly into the Qing army's formation. With a "boom" sound, the shell exploded in mid-air.

The shrapnel were scattered in the air, and the Qing army below fell down like harvesting wheat.

"Fight well." In the Ming army's rear formation, the artillery that fired that shot can't help but smiled excitedly when seeing such an effect. In order to deal with such dense charges, the shells should be exploded in mid-air.

It is very difficult to calculate the time well, and it depends on luck.

Many Qing army did not know what happened, but then, the rumbling sound of cannons continued in the back of the Ming army, and fifty 752mm cannons fired one after another.

I saw large balls of light rising from the Ming army's rear formation, then drew an arc and fell from the air.

"Boom boom boom..."

The light balls will explode as soon as they fall. Some will explode after hitting the ground. They can only explode more than a dozen people around them. However, if they explode in the air, they will kill dozens of people.

The Qing army, who was suddenly attacked by violent artillery, was collectively frightened. The artillery made every soldier feel chilly on his head, as if he could go to the underworld at any time, making every Qing soldier lose his sense of security. Even the Qing army behind him was the same, because the flesh shield in front had no effect.

The scene suddenly became chaotic. The Qing army, which was originally densely lined up in a dense formation, screamed and avoided the shells flying from the sky. The scene was once extremely chaotic.

Seeing this situation, Duoduo in the distance made a quick decision and ordered the white flag to cut and kill the eight Mongolian and Han banner soldiers running around. Duoduo used rough supervision methods to quickly suppress the chaos.

Fifty artillery cannons cannot form a blow that covers the surname, and it is not a volley. Although the shells are continuous, most Qing soldiers are still safe, as long as their luck is not that bad.

But the casualties of one or two hundred people per second also made the suppressed turmoil again. Duoduo knew the important surname of the left wing, and he had to let these Mongolian and Han Eight Banners restrain the power of the Ming army and create opportunities for the right wing.

Within two hundred meters, two thousand musketeers began to shoot the Qing army. The Qing army in front fell in line under the barrage, but was soon trampled by the Qing army behind.

Duoduo's cavalry of the Inlaid White Banner clashed forward and backward, constantly restraining the attacking Mongolian and Han Eight Banners soldiers, but they were also threatened by artillery shells and could be attacked by artillery shells at any time. However, Duoduo also appointed Gushan Ezhen to supervise the battle, and any retreating Inlaid White Banner soldiers would be beheaded.

Under the layers of supervision of the battle, the Qing army rushed into the caltrop area in the rain of bullets. The Qing army integrated wooden boards and laid layers on the ground until the prickly thorns were completely covered.

Then he rushed towards the barbed wire, and the barbed wire was quickly destroyed after being cut by the sword.

"I didn't expect that those Ming dogs still had a batch of artillery hidden. Uncle Thirteen did a good job!" Haoge saw the situation on the left wing behind the formation, and was surprised and praised Duoduo's decisiveness.

"Purge the king, Minggou has transferred all their gunmen to the left wing. It's time for the right wing to attack." Dai Shan immediately said to Hauge when he saw that the left wing had touched the trench.

"Attack..." Haoge waved his hand fiercely. The 40,000 people behind the formation also carried the integrated wooden boards and rushed towards the right wing of the Ming army. Even Daishan's Zhenghong Banner moved. As a result, only a few hundred guards were left beside Haoge and Daishan.

"Now my army is shooting its bow from side to side to see how Mingdo can deal with it." Haoge laughed wildly.

Li Ran was shocked when he saw the Qing army suddenly rushing out another 30,000 to 40,000 people on the high command platform, and his face suddenly changed, "No, the Tartars have to make a desperate bet. If the command is not properly done, there will be some losses."

"Order the artillery battalion to attack the left wing with all its strength, and the rocket soldiers cover and bomb the right wing, so that warships can bombard the right wing Qing army. Mobilize spearmen to defend the right wing." Li Ran no longer cared about hiding his strength, because most of the Tartars rushed up, so what else could they hide.

"Boom boom boom..."

All the artillery soldiers in the rear formation opened fire at the left wing. In an instant, the artillery fire was several times fierce. Originally, only fifty 75mm howitzers were constantly blowing there, but now they are one hundred 75mm howitzers, plus one hundred 125mm howitzers.

The smoke of gunpowder filled the entire rear formation. The Qing army attacking the left wing suddenly discovered that hundreds of artillery shells had risen from the Ming army's rear formation.

These balls of light flew into the sky and then fell from above their heads.

The shells were too dense. After one round of bombing, there were scenes of flesh and blood flying everywhere, especially the power of the 125mm howitzer, which was almost twice that of the 75mm howitzer. One shot exploded in mid-air and could sweep the Qing army within a radius of more than ten meters.

This is no longer something that flesh and blood can withstand. In particular, the Qing army launched an attack in a dense formation, and suffered heavy casualties and injuries due to such dense shelling.

The bombings continued, and the will of the Qing army began to collapse in an instant. Duoduo bit the ground and ordered people to suppress the escaped Qing soldiers. At this moment, he was even more in a difficult situation.

If you give up, how can you be willing to do so? As long as the left wing can restrain the Ming army, the right wing can easily rush through the Ming army's defense line and tear the Ming army into pieces.

(To be continued)
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