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Chapter 504 Stalemate

The Qingbei Tomb is located on the plain, guarded by the royal family Bran, led by 25,000 Manchu family members and Baoyi slaves.

Although these people are not serious Eight Banners soldiers, their combat power cannot be underestimated.

Decades later, during the Three Feudal Rebellion, all the Qing brigades fought south, and the north was empty.

King Chahar of Mongolia and the grandson of Lin Dankhan, Burny, believed that the time was coming to escape from the Qing army. In the 15th year of Kangxi (1676), he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and proclaimed himself "Da Yuan", and marched into Beijing.

At that time, the elite Qing army went to quell the Three Feudal Rebellion, and there were no elite soldiers around the capital, which scared the Qing court almost gave up the capital. At this time, Bumubutai disagreed with the opposition and suggested that Kangxi organize the Baoyi slaves in the capital and the guard guards of the Eight Banners nobles, and finally defeat the Chahar army in Burny.

It can be seen from this that the Manchu family members and the Baoyi slaves still have certain combat power, but they are not in the army after all, and they are not all young and strong. Half of them are old, weak, women and children, and their strength is greatly reduced.

This made Zhaoling's defenders still feel pressured when facing 20,000 green camp surrendered troops.

Zhaoling is not like the Dongling. It is not built on the hills, but on the plains, which makes Bran and the elderly, weak and women of the Qing army have no geographical advantage to rely on.

On the wall of the mausoleum, the Qing army and the women and children saw that the coalition forces in the distance were all nervous.

Bran pulled out his waist knife and roared angrily: "Emperor Taizong is behind us, we have no choice but to retreat! Fight to the death to fight against the enemy!"

The Eight Banners' family members and the Baoyun slaves in the mausoleum suddenly had red eyes and roared together, clasping their weapons tightly, and the tomb was filled with a tragic aura.

At this time, the coalition forces formed a horizontal formation in the wilderness. Tang Tong, Li Benshen, Li Qisheng, Han Zhaoxuan and other surrendered generals pulled out their battle swords and pointed forward. The 20,000 Green Camp soldiers surrendered, and then pressed towards Zhaoling, the support point of the Qing army on the western front.

On the eastern front, 80,000 Korean troops and 10,000 Japanese troops fought against 18,000 Qing troops, and the coalition forces were nearly five times that of the Qing army, which was very confusing.

On the Western Front, Zhao Ming only held 20,000 Green Camp surrendered troops and 10,000 elite troops from Donghai Town, totaling 30,000 troops.

At this time, there were 25,000 Qing troops guarding Zhaoling on the western front, and in the Qing army camp, Hong Chengchou still had 17,000 troops and horses not moving.

Although the coalition forces were twice that of the Qing army, most of them were Korean troops. If the Koreans were hindered, the coalition forces' strength advantage was not obvious.

"Report, Lord Zhongtang, 20,000 rebels attacked Zhaoling!" The Qing army sent a message to the cavalry, flew off the horse, and kept sending the latest news on the battlefield.

Bayan suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "So, Zhao Zamao has only 10,000 troops and has not moved! Zhao Zamao invested 90,000 people on the eastern front, but most of them are Koreans. Zhao Zamao invested 20,000 troops on the western front, but they are elite soldiers of the Green Camp. Generally speaking, the two armies are trying to break through the wing first. What does Zhao Zamao mean? Which side does he attack? It is so difficult that he wants to advance together and break through the left and right wings at the same time?"

The Ming army invested 90,000 troops in the east, and its momentum was extremely terrifying. The mountains and fields were full of figures climbing towards the Dongling Tomb on the top of Shizui Mountain. The coalition forces were densely packed, which made the Qing army feel scared. However, most of these tens of thousands of coalition forces were Korean troops with extremely poor combat power.

On the other side, less than 20,000 Green Camp surrendered troops and pressed towards Zhaoling to the west. Although their number was small, five thousand fewer than the defenders, they were all elite soldiers from the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty.

This made many Qing generals puzzled. The arrangement of the coalition forces, east and west lines, could pose a threat to the defenders, but the threat was far from enough, and there was a lack of some time.

Bayan and others didn’t understand where Zhao Zamao was going to focus on?

Everyone felt that the East and West Lines were threatened, but the threat was not strong enough.

When Hong Chengchou heard the words, he stood up and quickly thought in his heart. After walking back and forth for a few steps, he suddenly sneered: "No matter which side he is the main attack, Zhao Zamao has only 10,000 people left, but there are more than 17,000 people in this hall. Just stare at Zhao Zamao's 10,000 people!"

At this time, outside Zhaoling to the west, 20,000 surrendered soldiers, wearing heavy armored soldiers, holding battle knives and carrying shields, walking in front of them like a wall. A large number of spearmen, archers, and bird gunners behind them followed the climate and approached Zhaoling two miles away.

On the walls of the mausoleum, Qing army artillery roared, and balls of smoke and dust rose. The shells roared into the surrendered army formation, and immediately splashed in fluffy of soil.

Under the shelling of the Qing army, Tang Tong and others angrily scolded their subordinates to maintain their formation and the army continued to advance.

It can be seen that this surrendered army is not a false appearance. Under the shelling, if it were ordinary people, there would be a riot. However, the 20,000 Qing army surrendered army still maintained a very intact formation. Following the rhythm of drum beats, they beating shields, shouted loudly, and moving forward with neat steps.

At this time, the artillery of the surrendered general was also dragged forward, and the gunner quickly loaded and fired a shot.

The coalition artillery was fiercely hind legs, and the shells were fired out at a rapid speed, bringing up a ball of smoke and dust.

Zhao Ming saw from the Qianli Mile Mile Mile mirror that the wall of Zhaoling was hit by artillery shells, and immediately the smoke and dust rose. The wall of the Qing army's tomb was not as strong as the city.

The shells hit and smoke filled the dust. The courtyard wall was directly hit by the shells, causing the Qing army's defense to appear full of holes.

"Okay!" Zhao Ming took the Qianli Miles Miles and couldn't help but exclaim.

At this time, Tang Tong and others suddenly roared, "Brothers, rush!"

The Qing army, who had originally attacked the shield with a knife and slowly advanced, rushed directly to Zhaoling, a hundred steps away, "Kill!"

Behind the wall of the mausoleum, the Manchu women and children bent their bows together, pointed the arrow diagonally towards the sky, and then shot arrows together.

With the sound of strings, countless arrows soared into the air, and the sky was darkened.

"Rise the shield!" Almost at the same time, Tang Tong shouted loudly, and saw the coalition forces holding their shields high. At this moment, arrows in the sky fell halfway like locusts.

The coalition soldiers continued to move forward, and soon the front row of soldiers jumped over the trench and rushed to the tomb wall. From the gap fired by the shells, they attacked Zhaoling fiercely. The two armies fought fiercely.

The Qing army's family and Baoyi used their bodies to block the holes smashed by the shells. The coalition soldiers rushed up and from opposite sides, with their faces pressing against each other. Various weapons flew up and down, and blood and flesh splattered, killing the world and the sun and the moon were gone!

The coalition soldiers rushed to the wall, stabbed the spear and slashed the sword. The shouts and howlings of the Qing army and the coalition soldiers went straight to the sky.
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