On the battlefield, the artillery of the Qing army roared, and the shells whistled and smashed into the Wei defense line, causing mud pillars to splash and dust all over the sky.

On the Wei army front, Huang Bingzhong held a clairvoyant mirror and observed the Qing army in the distance, just saw a group of people on the hillside, put down the clairvoyant mirror and said to the left and right: "As soon as Azig arrives, the attack of the Tartars should be coming soon." ”

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies had long analyzed the situation facing the Qing army, and knew that Dolgon lacked mobile troops, and that the 100,000 men in Henan had to guard against the two directions of Tongguan and southern Henan, and they had only the ability to protect themselves, and they had no ability to deploy troops to support other battlefields.

There are still 50,000 horses in Beijing, but they have to beware of Haoge, and as Gyeonggi, they can't help but enlarge the military town, so they can't move either.

Therefore, the problem of the Manchu Qing Dynasty now is that the stall is too large, there are not enough men and horses, and at most 10,000 or 20,000 horses can be transferred from the outer domains, and Dolgon has no soldiers.

Now that the Qing army has 100,000 troops in Shanxi, of which 30,000 are not very reliable, it is impossible for the Qing army to let the Wei army rush into Hedong.

Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty was, after all, a foreign regime, and had no favors for the people of Shanxi, once the Han people entered Shanxi, I am afraid that the situation would be even more unstable, and there would be a situation of despair.

Therefore, according to the judgment of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the best choice for the Qing army was to attack the Wei army with all its strength and drive the Wei army out of the east of the river before the main force of the Wei army crossed the river.

At this time, the Qing army was only a little chaotic by Haoge, the Wei army's eastward expedition, and the Ming army's Northern Expedition, but the Qing army's actual strength was still considerable, as long as it blocked the external threat, it would definitely be able to be suppressed internally.

"Governor, look at the military flags clearly, there is a real Manchuria with white flags, and there are a few more Han army flags, a few green battalion soldiers, and the people and horses are quite mixed." Zhao Mingchong pointed to the Qing army in the distance.

Huang Bingzhong said with a smile: "It seems that the Tartars are really sunset." Are they just scraping together to pull out this team? ”

"The situation is urgent, and it is estimated that they have no choice but to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall." Zhao Ming rushed back, looked at the direction of the Qing army's artillery bombardment, and said in a low voice: "Dudu, the Tartars are concentrating on shelling Xiayang Fort, they must be preparing to break through from here, do we need to rearrange it?" ”

Huang Bingzhong waved his hand, "Maintain the original deployment, but you can transfer the Ma army to the second earthen wall and counterattack at an appropriate time." The goal of the first line of defense is to consume the Qing army, frustrate the enemy's spirit, even if the enemy army breaks through, it doesn't matter, when the Tartars attack the second line, the mortar on the third line of defense first bombards a round, and then the soldiers of the second line of defense take advantage of the situation to counterattack and recapture the first line of defense. ”

Huang Bingzhong paused and said with a smile: "Of course, it is best to be the first line of defense and not let the Tartars break through." This time, the plan of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was to first use the defense to consume the Tartars, and then turn to the offensive when the Tartars' morale was exhausted, and our goal was to kill and injure the Qing army as much as possible. ”

Zhao Mingchong nodded, "Then the humble suggestion, if the first line of defense is not broken, don't use the mortar first!" ”

When the Ming army attacked Sichuan, it used mortar cannons and flowering shells, and the army felt that this thing was good, so it began to produce in large quantities, and derived a variety of models, including huge siege mortars, and smaller mortars used for defense.

Huang Bingzhong said with a smile: "General Zhao, the first line of defense will be handed over to you, you can't underestimate the enemy." According to Xuan Yiwei's intelligence, the Tartar is now also a shotgun for a cannon, imitating a lot of our Great Wei equipment! ”

"Dudu, the last general is not a light enemy, but self-confidence!" Zhao Mingchong said with a straight face: "The last general wants to tell the Tartars that our Rock Army is not so easy to fight, and is ready to leave them some deep memories, so that the Tartars know that the master will always be their master, don't think that if you imitate some equipment, you can compete with us." ”

"Good!" Huang Bingzhong couldn't help but exclaim, "Then the governor will look at General Zhao!" ”

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The Wei army had three lines of defense, the first line of defense was directly facing the attack of the Qing army, the second line of defense was the reserve, and the third line of defense was the mortar artillery array, each line of defense line was about seventy-five paces apart.

The mortar cannon is different from the bronze cannon and the Hongyi cannon, his trajectory is a projectile, so it is placed in the back, just enough to hang the Qing army attacking the Wei army's front, and he can fire flower shells, which is the Wei army's big killer.

At this time, because the defense area was too wide, the artillery of the Wei army was relatively scattered, and the artillery of Xiayang Fort did not occupy an advantage, and was being pressed and bombarded by the artillery of the Qing army.

After the battle of Xiangcheng, the Qing army began to defend against the Wei artillery, twenty small cannons, and six Hongyi cannons, which were smashing the Wei army front, and the shells hit the earthen wall, and suddenly exploded a mud flower, smashing a gap in the earthen wall, and the dust was all over the sky.

The Wei soldiers were not behind the earthen wall, but squatted in the anti-artillery pit one by one with fire guns, waving their hands from time to time to disperse the diffuse yellow dust.

The Wei army had expected to be bombarded by artillery, so they dug some large pits behind the wall, the pits were below the ground, and direct artillery could not hit, so it was relatively safe.

Behind the earthen wall, only a few observers, paying attention to the movements of the Qing army and the gunners of the Wei army, manipulated the copper cannons on these two large wheels to return fire.

At this time, the 3,000 men and horses of the Qing army in Li Benshen's department had been assembled, and the officers of the Qing army ordered their subordinates while watching the artillery battle with the Wei army.

General Sun Maosheng looked at his subordinates and said loudly: "Don't even look at it." After a while, the military order will be given, and everyone will charge with the shield cart. We are a firearms team, so we don't have to fill in the trenches and attack the wall, but when the time comes, we can hide behind the shield cart and shoot arrows. ”

After the last war, the Qing army suffered heavy losses, Sun Maosheng survived, and their soldiers and horses were reorganized with the remnants of Gaojie in Xuzhou Town, because he was an old pawn and was born in Baoyi, so he was mentioned to the general position.

After Sun Maosheng explained the precautions, he glanced at the Eight Banners armor soldiers riding behind the battle, and finally lowered his voice and emphasized: "There is a battle behind you, you just lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, and you can't run back, you know?" ”

More than 100 old and weak soldiers hurriedly shouted: "Understood! ”

Sun Maosheng nodded, "Listen to my instructions later, okay, check the equipment yourself!" ”

The Qing soldier wearing a cloth coat and a red-capped hat on his head immediately began to check the equipment he was carrying.

Many of the pre-war arrangements and drills of the Qing army were carried out according to the captured Wei army pamphlets, and they were basically copied over.

At this time, the Chinese army sounded a trumpet, and the deafening sound of artillery in the Qing army's artillery array suddenly stopped, and the gunsmoke-filled artillery array suddenly quieted down.

Li Benshen, who was wearing armor and riding on a horse, galloped back and forth in front of the army for a while, grabbed the reins of the horse in front of the army, suddenly drew his sword and pointed at it, and shouted angrily: "Attack!" ”

Sun Maosheng and other officers wearing black robes and bowls and hats immediately pulled out their swords and pointed forward, "Up!" ”

In the shouts of the generals of the green battalion, the green battalion soldiers lined up in formation, pushing the shield carts, moved in unison, the Qing army's musketeers and archers were in front, and then the swords, shields, and pikemen carrying the trench bridge.

The musketeers and archers in front, after approaching the Wei army, first released their guns and arrows to suppress the Wei army, while the swords, shields and spears carried the trenches and bridges to attack the defensive line.

After the infantry army, the bronze cannon of the Qing army was also dragged away from the artillery position and dragged by the war horse to advance behind, ready to strike accurately after approaching.

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