Chapter 53: The Battle of Erlang Pass

Wang Long replaced Daniel Zhang and stormed the far goal. Daniel Zhang is indeed a fierce general, although he is still young, but the way of using soldiers is already quite popular.

Under the city of Chongqing, fierce battles were fought all day. The fighting is not extinguished day and night.

And Zeng Ying simply wrapped himself in clothes and stayed on top of the city. But Zeng Ying was still able to hold on, but the soldiers under his command couldn't hold on. Zeng Ying sighed in his heart, he called the envoy of Mandahai over, and said: "Now the situation, you have also seen, Chongqing City can not hold out for a few days, if your army can come to Chongqing City within three days, I will naturally move the city to the Qing Dynasty, how can not, I have no choice but to open the city and surrender." ”

Zeng Ying had no intention of returning to the Qing Dynasty. He was not willing to let him surrender like this. Therefore, I left a thought for myself, if the Qing army could defeat the Xia army, it would fight all the way to the city of Chongqing. Zeng Ying's situation is much better.

After all, the Qing army did not have a water advantage.

At that time, Zeng Ying will have a lot more room to maneuver between the Qing and Xia sides

The messenger received Zeng Ying's letter and came back to see Mandahai. After Man Dahai saw it, he frowned slightly and looked up at Erlang Guan.

Erlang Pass is a dangerous pass, a road spirals up until the top of the mountain is a mountain peak on one side and a cliff on the other. And on the road, the levels are heavy and layered, and they all need to be attacked from the back. With only a few hundred soldiers, it can block thousands, and tens of thousands of troops cannot advance or retreat.

Compared with the Sword Gate Pass, this level is a lot worse. But it's not an easy place.

It's just that now, if you don't fight a dozen, I'm afraid it will be spread out and there will be a reputation for cowardice.

The Qing army was advancing rapidly in all parts of the war, and there were few defeats, let alone cowardice. Mandahai and the Dorgon brothers are all fighting for the title of Prince Li, their father. But with the name of cowardice on his head, I am afraid that even if he has all kinds of means, he will not be able to get to the position.

Therefore, Man Dahai gritted his teeth and selected white-armored soldiers everywhere, wearing triple armor, and under the cover of layers of archers behind him. Storm Erlang Pass.

It's just that He Hutou has been waiting for a long time again.

Although the main general of Erlang Pass is Luo Dai. But it was He Hutou who really presided over the defense. He Hutou has not followed Zhang Xuan for a long time, but in the use of firearms, he has won Zhang Xuan's true biography. Moreover, among the various departments of the Xia army, the number of firearms in the Hutou department was also the largest.

At this moment, from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, at least one sentry is arranged at each checkpoint.

It's not that I don't want to arrange more, but blocking a road with a sentry is enough, and even a little more.

More soldiers followed He Hutou and Luo Dai on standby on Erlang Mountain, and on Erlang Mountain, they were condescending and saw clearly below.

The reason why this Erlang Mountain is called

Erlang Mountain, it seems that it is no longer testable, but there is a temple of Erlang God here, it seems that the incense is quite vigorous, when the army comes, the people in this vicinity have to hide. But there are still many offerings in this temple. Cleaned cleanly.

Seeing this, Luo Dai and He Hutou also put a few pillars of incense in the temple. This Erlang Temple is regarded as the location of the army in the army.

Luo Dai said: "Tiger head, today's battle. Are you sure? ”

He Hutou touched a sunflower plate from the worship of Erlang God, and unceremoniously deducted raw melon seeds from it to eat. While eating, he said: "Don't worry, with this level, plus if my headquarters can't hold it, I'll give you a head, but unfortunately, the cannons are all under the city of Chongqing." If there's a cannon, I'll give them a taste of it now. ”

He Hutou estimated it on the mountain, and he estimated that if he planted a cannon here, he would be able to directly bombard the camp of the Qing army below. This condescending terrain greatly increased the range of the cannon.

As the two were talking, they heard the roar below, and the Qing army fired first.

In addition to the march, the Qing army did not carry many cannons, all of them were small cannons. After a burst of artillery bombardment, more than 100 soldiers rushed up from the mountain road to kill.

Immediately, a crackling sound spread, and it was He Hu who began to fight back under his head.

It's just that the situation was unexpected, and He Hutou didn't expect. He Hutou stood up abruptly and said, "What's the matter? ”

He Hutou arranged a sentry with at least 300 birds. Condescending, sectional shooting. A hail of bullets fell. And the Qing soldiers scattered violently, hiding in the ravine. Immediately, heavy arrows shot up from all directions.

Those who were picked out by Man Dahai were all warriors, although they didn't dare to say that they could shoot tigers in the forest. But within a few dozen steps, it can still be done.

Problems with the range of the Bird's Gun again affected the outcome of the battle. Bird guns have limited lethality. This problem is not a day or two, speaking of which, if you shoot at each other, the range of the Qing army's infantry bow and the bird's gun is not much different, plus the ones picked out are all good hands, and everyone is loose. And one of them fell in response.

The elite soldiers trained by the Qing army from the white mountains and black waters are indeed not comparable to He Hutou, who has only been in the army for a year or two.

When He Hutou and the Ming army clashed, they were suppressed by the fire and could not move, and they did not appear at all, but killed and injured each other.

Speaking of which, He Hutou's subordinates performed quite well, even if there were always casualties, most of the soldiers did not move, as if they didn't see it. However, these white-armored soldiers of the Qing army did not come to shoot at each other, they first used the method of shooting slowly closer, and at a distance of dozens of paces, they abandoned their bows and drew their swords, and rushed up violently.

Each of these soldiers was dressed in three

Heavy armor, as long as it is not hit by a fire shot at close range. You can't die for a while, and with the long knife in your hand, the weight is about dozens of catties.

But in such cases. One of them seems to be a bear pix. Although the body is large and the waist is round, the speed has not slowed down at all, but seems to be faster. In just a few breaths, he climbed over the low wall and crashed into the ranks of the Xia army.

In the final charge, many of the soldiers were knocked to the ground, some of them were motionless and dead. Some were still struggling on the ground, and only about twenty people actually rushed in.

But more than two dozen people are enough.

On top of the design of the firecrackers, Zhang Xuan had already proposed a bayonet. But many firecrackers are also accustomed to being equipped with a single knife, in short, when the white armor soldiers of the Qing army rush into the position. The firecrackers are not defenseless, and even in a sentry, there are at least 200 hand-to-hand soldiers, either spearmen, or sword and shield soldiers.

But I still can't resist it.

These more than 20 people formed a small formation, although there was no specific formation, but the smooth cooperation between them made it impossible for the Xia army to drive them down for a while. After only a short delay, a large group of Qing soldiers and horses rushed up.

In a matter of moments, the first level is in the middle of a scuffle.

In the melee, the Xia army was not the opponent of the Qing army, and He Hutou already knew it. Even the Battle of Xiangyang, an experience summarized by Zhang Xuan. Fighting against the Qing army, especially the Eight Banners, you can keep the rules, but if you can't defend it, you must also ensure the integrity of the formation. In any case, don't get caught up in the melee.

Those who can really thwart the Eight Banners army in the melee are only a few in the entire Great Xia, but they do not include He Hutou's department.

Seeing this, He Hutou had nothing to do. Don't even dare to retreat. Lest as soon as they retreat, the Qing army will take advantage of the situation to kill, and when the time comes, the checkpoints on the halfway up the mountain will be broken one by one, and they will hit Erlang Mountain directly.

He Hutou first strengthened the second checkpoint and transported all the small cannons on the mountain. Only then did the first checkpoint soldiers retreat.

In fact, at this time, there was no need for He Hutou to order, and the soldiers at the first checkpoint had already been defeated. He Hutou counted carefully, and there were only more than 100 people left, and the largest officer was just a chief. All 500 people at this outpost were lost in the first level.

He Hutou didn't need Luo Dai to say anything, and consciously went to the second line of defense. For a while, he seemed to recall the situation of the Battle of Xiangyang. The Eight Banners have never been soft persimmons, at least in the past few years, they have not been corrupted and degenerated.

Just when He Hutou mentioned his spirit, Man Dahai was also distressed about his loss.

Breaking through the first line of defense, Mandahai did not die much. There were only a few dozen people, but the dead were all elites. You must know that not every soldier of the Eight Banners can be made a white armor soldier.