Chapter 70 Attacking the Mountain(1/2)
Half an hour later, Li Xiaojun mobilized his troops and drove to Sanju Mountain.
The troops set out this time were 122 shield soldiers, 366 spearmen, 60 flying kites, 60 Lumi gunmen, and 30 6 red cannons. In addition, there were 30 ammunition transport teams composed of old men in the fort.
The remaining 2 teams of shield soldiers, 3 teams of spearmen, Xuanhu heavy cavalry, Franc, Tiger Squat Cannon, etc., were all left to Chifeng Castle.
The entire attacking force lined up in a long snake shape and moved forward silently towards the southeast Squat Inu Mountain.
At the forefront of the team was the shield soldiers led by Mo Changrong, and then the gun soldiers arrayed during the second period. Next was the firearms unit led by Zhao Jie, with the Lumi gunmen in front, and the Red Armored Cannon and Transportation Team behind.
The Feiyaker Light Cavalry was divided into two parts, 30 horses each under the arrangement of captain Wang Yishou. The front part followed Monk An and others to open a road and provoke a while in front, while the rear part protected Li Xiao and his tail.
Monk An, who led the way forward with his six subordinates, looked at Li Xiao's flexing flags and orderly troops, and felt inexplicably moved that Li Xiao was so young, but his military skills were really amazing.
He knew that there were many new recruits in Li Xiao's army, including those artillerymen who were using large chariots that were transporting bricks to transport red artillery, were all new recruits who had never been on the battlefield. Li Xiao was able to train them so neatly in this short time, which was really a great way.
But at the same time, Monk An was deeply doubted that Li Xiao could really defeat the Eye Bandit Army, which was defending with this little force alone?
Monk An looked at Li Xiao behind him with doubtful eyes, but Li Xiao gave him a warm and firm smile.
"Brother An, how long does it take for our army to arrive at Sanju Mountain?"
"Mr. Li, with our army's speed, we will definitely arrive within two and a half hours at the latest."
"Very good. Now it's midnight. The entire army must rush to Sanju Mountain before dusk!"
"Get orders!"
When Monk An led Li Xiaojun to Huangjia Village, it was less than an hour away from Sanquan Mountain.
At this time, a bandit soldier in the eye who was probing in the field finally found the fierce Li Xiaojun.
The whistle siege quickly went up the mountain to reward him and rushed to the Zangyun Cave of Goutouling, the highest point of Quanshan. At this time, the boss was discussing matters with Hu Laoshu and others.
"The boss, the big thing is wrong! Monk Na'an rebelled against my village and led Li Xiao's army to attack me, Shou Quanshan!"
The whistle detective rushed into the hall, knelt on his back and reported it quickly, gasping for breath.
Everyone in the hall changed drastically.
Hu Laoshi, who was sitting on one side, rioted: "What happened? Can you find out clearly?"
"Reported to the second in command, Xiao Xiao has indeed found out that Monk Na'an is leading the way with the six rebels in front. The team of hundreds of people came from the northwest, with the word "Li Xiao" and not Li Xiao from Chifeng Castle. Who else?"
The detective quickly identified Hu Laomo frowned.
"What should I do now?" Hu Laofu looked at a person sitting silently on the stone pedestal and said in a trembling voice.
The person sitting on the stone pedestal was a bald man. A dark red scar on his shiny scalp was hideous and eye-catching. His slanted eyebrows were thick and triangular. His right eye was wrapped in a black cloth. He could still see a deep scar that stretched out from the black cloth. His angular chin was wide and turned outward. His cheeks were protruding outwards and were covered with horizontal flesh. His tight and thick mouth was a greasy and long hard whisker. This face suddenly looked like an angry orangutan, showing the chin that was chin that was chilled without any scruples.
This bald and strong man is the head of the squatted dog bandit gang with one eye.
His blind right eye is said to have been blinded by the dying boss when he was murdering his ex-boy. This bloody experience of rebellious bones made this nickname even more famous, but his real name is no longer known.
"Bang!"
One eye threw a wine glass on the table next to it on the stone slab in front of the hall, and the fine porcelain wine glass was smashed to pieces.
"Monkey An, who is dog-entered! On that day, you were like a stray dog, and came to join Benzhuan. Benzhuan saw that you were pitiful and took you in, but he didn't expect that you not only ruined my good deeds, but also brought Li Xiao to attack me in the squat of Quanshan. You are such an ungrateful thing, really worse than pigs and dogs!"
He stood up with one eye, his fingers were empty, and he shouted and scolded.
"The master, Monk Na'an is a despicable man and forgets his righteousness when he follows him before, he can see the person's face clearly." Hu Laoshi seized the opportunity to express his position to another eye.
The third leader slashed his head and carefully proposed: "Big boss, now the enemy is attacking, why not our army will fight out of the mountain and fight back with one go?"
"No, no!" Hu Laofu quickly opposed: "The Li Xiaojun heard that when he was in Liaodong, the field battle was quite fierce, and even the Tartars could not stop him. Even the brothers of our army, even if they were brave, if they gave up on me to the advantage of squatting in Quanshan and went out to fight with him, they would be the best of our army to attack the enemy's strengths."
After hearing Hu Laomo's words, he nodded with one eye: "Yes! The head of Hu Er made a point, and our army will defend it by risking it. In contrast to the fight, it will make the veteran Li Xiao exhausted the soldiers and never return!"
When Li Xiao and others finally arrived at the Shouquanshan realm, the sun had just set its sight westward.
Li Xiao ordered the entire army to eat fast food and prepare to start the battle immediately after eating. At the same time, he summoned Monk An and his subordinates to discuss matters urgently.
"Mr. Li, this squat Quanshan crosses Zhangxing Town, Zhaoyuan County in the south and Baima Town, Huang County in the north. The mountain is nearly a hundred feet high and more than two miles in a radius. Because the top of the mountain is a huge rock, like a dog squats, it is called Squat Quanshan. The locals also call it Goushan. Although this mountain is not big, the mountain is steep and steep, and it is difficult to climb. There are also many caves. It is actually a good place to hide troops. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the rebel army of the Sui Dynasty, the troops gathered to open a mountain village on the squat Quanshan to set up camps, and there were a total of 1000million troops.
More than 10,000 soldiers were known as one hundred thousand people. Relying on the steep and difficult situation of squatting in the Quanshan Mountain, it was called king and rebel against the imperial court. The Sui Dynasty government repeatedly sent troops to suppress it, but they were all ineffective. Later, the court had to send famous general Zhang Xutuo to encircle and suppress it. Zhang Xutuo led the elite Sui army up the mountain to encircle and suppress it, but he was defeated repeatedly. Zhang Shituo had no choice but to use the technique of siege. A year after surrounding the mountain, Zuo Xiaoyou's army could not hold on because of the food that was exhausted, so he went down the mountain to surrender."
After saying this long paragraph, Monk An found that Li Xiao and others were listening quietly. He felt encouraged and continued, "Mr. Li, now there is only one sheep intestine path that reaches the top of the mountain. Along the way, there are three passes. The first pass is the wailing tiger slope in front, which is shaped like a dog's legs, and the wailing tiger gate at the turning point of the narrow mountain road. After this pass, after walking for a half mile, it is Qinglong Back. It is said that it is the back of this dog mountain. There is a Qinglong Pass here, connecting the dog body and the dog head. Go down to this pass, and then pass Qingteng Bridge, you will be the Dogtou Ridge on the top of the mountain. There is the last pass at the Dogtou Ridge. The bandit leader has one eye and a group of leaders, all at the Canon Cave of Dogtou Ridge."
After Monk An finished speaking, Mo Changrong, the chief of the shield soldiers next to him, took the speech: "Grandma! No matter how many levels he has, now we have the red barbarian cannon, and we are just going to hit the mountain and kill all these bandits!"
"That's right, there is only one small road up and down the mountain. The bandits are now defending the mountain. Our army is not going to shoot and kill them all the way." Wang Yishou, the captain of Feiyazi, also looked contemptuous.
"Everyone, although our army has firearms, we still have to be cautious. After all, this place is steep and the enemy is familiar with the situation here, but our army should not underestimate the enemy." Li Xiao reminded with a serious face.
The group then made a plan to take down the Huhu Pass first and spend the night at Huhu Pass tonight.
Six red cannons, even though they were closely connected on the narrow mountain road, could only be placed in three.
Li Xiao ordered that the other three red cannons should be used as backup. If the three red cannons in front reach the maximum number of fires but still cannot hit the barrier, they will continue to bombard them with the backup red cannons.
When these three huge black red artillery cannons were 600 meters away, the gunners then loaded gunpowder and tamped them, and then gently placed a solid iron bullet weighing 12 kilograms from the muzzle, and the preparations were quickly completed.
The black muzzle was raised high and rushed towards the Huhu Pass on the slope ahead. This silent and solemn aura caused the bandits on the garrison to immediately appear in noise and commotion.
"Don't panic! Damn, our Huhu Pass is solid. The enemy's cannons seem huge. I guess they are just like that. When the enemy's cannons are bombarded and the enemy is frustrated, we will take advantage of the situation to attack and get out of the pass and destroy all these ignorant officials!"
What said this was the thick throat and loud voice that cut his head. His roar calmed down the bandits who were originally panicked.
At this time, the firearm chief Zhao Jie personally used the gun rule to measure the angle of Zhang Yang for each red cannon to prevent the new gunners from stragging. After the measurement, he nodded to Li Xiao, who was lying behind, indicating that the firearm troops were ready.
Li Xiao's right hand immediately slashed down.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Three deafening explosions, the muzzles of three red cannons spewed out hot red flames almost at the same time, and three black shells weighing twelve pounds, whistling loudly and rushed straight to the wall.
Li Xiao was extremely happy. He saw that because Zhao Jie's measurement was extremely accurate, he actually hit the wall of the Wohu Pass under the start, leaving three cracks on the wall that were like spider webs.
Under the huge impact, the two bandits who were closed were unsteady and screamed and fell off the wall, falling to bloody fall.
A bandit soldier who was so scared that he turned around and wanted to escape, but was chopped over with a knife, and then kicked him down.
"Fuck! Brothers, hold on! Hold on!" Zhuo Wanghuo roared loudly, and the veins on his face swelled up.
Can this official army, whose cannon is so fierce and fierce, really withstand it?
He roared angrily, but in fact, his heart was like other bandits, and suddenly he lost his bottom line.
"Water water and clear the chamber, prepare to ejaculate again!" Zhao Jie, who looked happy, shouted loudly.
The gunners immediately rushed to the ground.
This red cannon is a front-mounted smooth-bore cannon. After each fire, it must be re-corrected and adjusted. It must also be filled with water into the cannon chamber to extinguish the spark. Then it is tied to a rod and inserted into the inner chamber of the copper cannon to wipe the water stains and wipe the residue. Only then can it be filled with gunpowder and ignition materials and stuffed into the shells again before it can be fired again, thereby firing out the next shell.
The entire operation process of the Red Barbarian Cannon was quite slow and tedious. At that time, the fastest operation of the Red Barbarian Cannon in the world was the British Navy, which could be shot again within 3 minutes. Zhao Jie's men were a group of illiterate recruits, so the operation took much longer. The time for each reload was twice as long as that of the British Navy, which took about 7 or 8 minutes.
Eight minutes later, another round of shelling began violently.
Two shells hit the wall fiercely, causing gravel to fly and dust to rain. Another shell roared over the wall. At a speed that was almost impossible to see clearly by the naked eye, three bandit soldiers standing in a row knocked away their heads together. The three bandit soldiers' heads were like three watermelons that were hit hard together, and their pink brains and splashed blood were scattered everywhere, with extremely terrifying shapes.
The bandits were immediately frightened, and the ghosts cried and howled on the wall, and there was chaos.
"Damn it! If the enemy continues to fight like this, our army will collapse without fighting!" Zhuozi was also extremely scared.
No, the artillery of the government army is too powerful. We must rush downhill and fight against the government army. There is still a way out. If we continue to defend like this, we will only be afraid that the brothers will only be buried with this wall.
‘Brothers! The officials and soldiers are all cowards, and they only dare to bombard them at such long-range times. If they want to fight hand-to-hand combat, they are definitely not our opponents! Dear brothers, take advantage of the enemy's artillery fire and quickly come out of seclusion with me to kill the enemy!”
He chopped his head and raised his feather knife in his hand and shouted loudly.
"Run!"
"Kill!"
"Kill the Ming Dog!"
"Kill the officers!"
The bandits opened the Huhu and closed the door, shouted, waved their swords, and rushed down the path up the slope.
Seeing the bandits clamoring down, a faint sneer appeared on Li Xiao's face.
With a call, the gunmen in front of him took down one after another. The 60 Lumi gunmen held up the slender Lumi guns that had already lit the fuse and put on ammunition, and strode forward and stood behind the Hongyi cannon.
Looking at the long row of Lumi gunmen standing in front of him, the bandits rushing down were stumbled without realizing their pace.
The archery behind the formation saw it clearly, and he shouted loudly: "Brother, don't be afraid, the official army's muskets are in the head, as long as we rush to kill, they will be defeated."
When the bandits heard this, they were excited and continued to shout and rushed forward.
As they rushed to within 150 steps, Zhao Jie, with a strange smile on his face, raised his hand and shouted: "Everyone is here, prepare and let it go!"
"Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang..."
Sixty Lumi guns, forty-eight fired.
The dense sound of guns sounded, and the remaining flames at the muzzle were like a row of flying fire curtains. In the choking thick white smoke, dozens of small lead bullets with slight whistling sounds rushed towards the bandits who rushed towards the opposite side.
A burst of creepy screams immediately sounded among the bandits, and tiny blood holes appeared on their heads or on their bodies.
To be continued...