Chapter 159: The war begins in a very small place

"He looks down on us."

Qian Shaoshao stretched his neck and watched Lu Xiangsheng go away, saying a little dissatisfied.

Yun Zhao said: "Let's fight this battle first. Judging from the news from Shengjing, in order to regain Lantian City, Huang Taiji sent Dorgon to come with 10,000 troops from Zhengbai Banners. Not only that, the Eight Mongolian Banners, which had not been established for a long time, also followed 20,000 people. Gurus, Omubu Chuhuer and Genggeer, led the four Mongolian princes and princes under the unified command of Dorgon.

A little bit, this time, the pressure here is getting too high."

Qian Shaoshao sneered and said, "What pressure can you have? This time we will definitely make Jiannu touch his head in Lantian City with blood."

Yun Zhao said: "I am not as optimistic as you think."

Qian Shaoshao said: "Don't think so much. We cannot give up Lantian City. Since we can't give up, we can fight to the death. If we don't fight, we will not be able to make the situation clear.

After all, you can't pass the dead, I don't even know how you have such thoughts. You are not a coward, but you are too hesitant about this matter.

I even think you value Lu Xiangsheng too much.

He is the commander of the army. Since he is a person on the battlefield, he should face death calmly. I think Lu Xiangsheng is ready to die on the battlefield, but you don’t have it!"

Yun Zhao smiled and said, "So you want to make up your mind for me?"

Qian Shaoshao looked at Yun Zhao's eyes and said, "Let's fight to the death once! No matter what the result is!"

Yun Zhao nodded and said, "Then fight once?"

Qian Shaoshao smiled and said, "We must fight once!"

Yun Zhao pinched his chin and said, "Now Dorgon is behind, should we meet Yuetuo and Du Du first?"

"Let Batel lead the Mongolian cavalry group to attack the camp."

"After Lu Xiangsheng attracted the attention of Yue Tuo and others?"

"That's right. Yue Tuo is Lu Xiangsheng's old opponent. He should pay more attention to Lu Xiangsheng."

Yun Zhao nodded as if he agreed to Qian Shaoshao's suggestion.

He understood that Qian Shaoshao's suggestion was not his own suggestion, but the collective opinions of Gao Jie, Yun Juan, Zhang Guozhu, Li Dingguo, and Zhang Guofeng.

They do not value Lu Xiangsheng as much as Yun Zhao attaches importance to him. In their eyes, since it is time for the two armies to confront each other, it is a ridiculous act to talk about what is there or what is missing.

The powerful Lantian County gave these people enough arrogance to treat everything that can be used in this world as an helper to achieve the goal of victory.

The wheat fields outside Zhangjiakou were filled with thick smoke. This was the yellow wheat fields that Lu Xiangsheng sent to ignite for a long time without watering.

The fire rolled inward from the periphery of Zhangjiakou until it reached the ditch dug out by the serfs to isolate the flames, and then it slowly went out.

Such behavior caused a strange picture to appear on the plain outside Zhangjiakou. The wheat fields near the city were green, while the farmland ten miles away from Zhangjiakou turned into ashes.

Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates rode back and forth on black wheat fields on horseback and repeatedly wanted to get close to Zhangjiakou within ten miles, but were always driven away by the cavalry brigade that appeared in the Qing camp.

If they failed during the day, these people came to the evening. After taking the opportunity to attack several times, they were killed by the ambush set up by the Jiannu cavalry.

After learning from Yun Zhao that Dorgon was about to go west soon, Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates harassed Yuetuo and Dudu camps more and more frequently.

Later, it was almost at the point where it was to kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 of them.

Until this time, Yuetuo and Dudu still closed the city built outside Zhangjiakou, and except for sending a few cavalry to deal with Lu Xiangsheng's harassment, they did not look like they were doing a big move.

According to the agreement with Lu Xiangsheng, Yun Zhao also sent Li Dingguo to participate in the harassment of the Jiannu camp. Two times, Li Dingguo took advantage of the Jiannu cavalry being attracted by Lu Xiangsheng and quietly approached Yuetuo camp. Unfortunately, he was discovered by Jiannu's cavalry twice and had to return in disappointment.

Until one day, Yue Tuo suddenly heard the sound of artillery. When he walked out of the tent to check, he found that thick smoke was rising in the northwest corner of his three-mile camp.

In a short while, Yue Tuo accepted the news that his camp was bombarded by Lu Xiangsheng's artillery.

"Lu Xiangsheng had already run out of ammunition and food, so how could he get such a big noise? Not only did he have the strength to harass us, judging from the battle situation these days, the power of the Tianxiong Army has not only not weakened, but has become increasingly powerful.

Now, even the artillery has come out, this is impossible.”

Du Du was a little angry after hearing the report of the war.

Fan Wencheng said hoarsely: "This is not Lu Xiangsheng's power, it should be the work of the forces here in Lantian County.

The northwest of Zhangjiakou is a mountainous area, with our people guarding it. Now, we have not even received the warning, so the enemy has placed artillery on the mountain and started bombarding our camp.

The slave thought that this was the news that Prince Shuorui was about to go west, and he was eager to jump over the wall and wanted to fight us first. The two Beile must not be fooled. Although they were harassing us, in fact, we also tied them firmly to Zhangjiakou, which is a good thing.

As for the artillery on Ma'anshan, the two Belermos should be happy. I heard that the artillery in Lantian County is quite good, even surpassing the red barbarian cannons we seized in Liaodong.

If we can seize a batch of such cannons, even if the war damage is severe, it will be a great achievement."

Yue Tuo smiled and said, "It's true. The cannon is bulky and difficult to move. Someone thought that he could indeed test it once.

The commander of the cavalry deputy commander Jige to find out the location of the enemy's artillery, and after figuring out the terrain, attack immediately. The speed should be fast. Don't let those enemies destroy the red cannons."

The messenger left in a hurry, and Yue Tuo looked at Fan Wencheng and said, "I have really gone to Gushan E of Laohahe. I want him not to abuse your family."

I see your loyalty in my eyes and remember it in my heart. After this battle, I personally told Your Majesty that the defeat of Zhangjiakou is a matter of your ability, not any change in your loyalty. Fan Wencheng, I will do my best to Your Majesty. I, the Qing Dynasty, will not treat any slave who is loyal to us unfairly."

Fan Wencheng burst into tears...

The cannons can hit the walls of the city, which means that the enemy's cannons are less than three miles from the northwest corner of the city.

However, three miles northwest corner of the city wall is a saddle-shaped mountain that is not very tall. Standing at the highest point, it just looks down at the entire Jiannu camp.

At the beginning of the camping, Yuetuo sent five hundred scouts to station here. A few days ago, Lu Xiangsheng's harassment continued to increase, and the scouts here suffered heavy losses. Before Yuetuo could replenish the soldiers here, he was captured by a group of guys in black during the day.

Yue Tuo was still preparing to regain the mountain before evening, but unexpectedly, the enemy actually moved the cannons up.

The person who attacked Ma'anshan was Li Dingguo. He climbed over the mountains and quietly came to Ma'anshan last night. At dawn, he raided Jiannu's stronghold on Ma'anshan, and then used a pack horse to transport Lianmen cannons from the bottom of the mountain. Before Jiannu could react, he bombarded the Jiannu camp with cannons.

The artillery has never stopped since its bombardment, and it has to stop until the barrel is about to turn red.

The purpose of this is to make the enemy make a mistake in judgment, thinking that there are many cannons on Ma'anshan.

The light artillery in Lantian County can fire twenty solid projectiles in a row. If this number exceeds, the barrel will turn red.

Even so, every time three cannons are bombarded, a large bristle brush is required to clean the cannon chamber with water. The two light cannons are bombarded continuously, which will make Jiannu think that there are at least five red cannons here.

Yuetuo and Dudu chose impeccable camping locations. They leaned against Zhangjiakou City, Yanghe River, and Ma'anshan. Only to the north is the endless wasteland.

In this case, it is unlikely to lure Jiannu out, so you can only rely on the cannon as a bait to achieve your goal.

Sure enough, when the artillery stopped bombardment and began to water and dissipate heat, a team of Qing infantrymen came out of the northwest corner of the ruined camp and attacked Ma'anshan for a moment.

Li Dingguo looked at the Jiannu infantry who were swarming in, smashed his mouth and said to Zhang Guofeng: "Today is our good day."

Zhang Guofeng smiled and said, "Be careful. After hitting Jiannu, you will continue to retreat. I will take the cannons to wait for you on the opposite hill."

Li Dingguo entered the position without saying a word with a musket. Zhang Guofeng ordered the artillerymen to remove the 500-pound gun barrel from the gun stand, place it on the back of two connected camels, and carefully retreat along the path on the top of the mountain to the high ground.

Lying in the half-man-high trench, Li Dingguo carefully aimed at a tough Jiannu. After pulling the trigger, the musket made a muffled sound, but Jiannu on the opposite side did not react and continued to climb up with his shield.

A team was glaring at Li Dingguo hatefully, and Li Dingguo was a little shy when he saw him. Then he remembered that the correct way to fight was to shoot densely in groups of muskets.

Seeing that Jiannu had reached one hundred and fifty steps away, Li Dingguo threw away the musket, raised his big bow, and shot the Jiannu he wanted to kill with one arrow.

As the arrow shot out, the sound of fried bean-like gunshots rang out on the mountainside, and from time to time, there were grenade explosions mixed in.

Jiannu, who had just entered the range, fell to the ground under dense guns. Even holding a cowhide shield, could not stop the invasion of the specialty medicines of Lantian County. This iron egg-wrapped lead-wrapped medicine on the tough cowhide shield was as simple as penetrating a piece of white paper.

However, accuracy is still a problem.

More than 200 people fired at a not-exclusive intersection at the same time, which was a real rain of bullets.

The Jiannu infantry fell at the intersection and threw the longbow aside. Until now, they had not shot an arrow.

Shooting upwards... requires thirty steps!

Three shrill whistling sounds of "buzzing" passed by Li Dingguo's head. He could see clearly that three thick crossbow guns flew over his head.

Immediately afterwards, "Buzzing" sounded endlessly, Li Dingguo leaned on the trench and stared at the crossbow arrows flying over the trench. He once again expressed his praise for the trench to the team beside him.

No one can say that he can keep his face in the face of something like a crossbow gun. If this large weapon that can shoot 800 steps is blocked, it will be lifeless if it is blocked from its way forward.

The numb buzzing sound of the crossbow gun disappeared, and Li Dingguo saw that the team was not asking the brothers to get up and shoot again.
Chapter completed!