The Jin army attacked the right wing of the mountain, Wang Guangtai climbed the left wing of the mountain to watch the battle, only to see 3,000 Jin troops with cannonballs, advanced to 150 steps from the top of the mountain, was blocked by a vertical steep slope dug by the Ming army.

The musketeers of the Jin army began to shoot at the Ming army, and the sword, shield, and spearmen of the brigade rushed out of the gap between the shield carts.

For a while, the sound of cannons on the top of the mountain rumbled, the sound of killing was all over the sky, and the sound of cannons, shouting and screaming were mixed, so that people in the distance only felt that their ears were buzzing.

As the distance approached, the accuracy of the firearms increased, and the fighting began to rage.

The defensive side of the Ming army was very simple, that is, to delay the speed of the Jin army with the obstacles of trenches, antlers, and horses, and then to fire in turns, artillery bombardment, and then equip a small number of earth-shattering thunder to form a strong and continuous fire suppression, to strangle the Jin army attacking the mountain.

"Rush! The people of the second thousand armor divisions! ”

Zheng Wencheng waved his sword and commanded, and several Jin soldiers carrying short ladders rushed out of the gap between the shield carts beside him, but they were knocked down by the fire gun before they came out and ran two steps, and the soldiers behind immediately rushed up to pick up the short ladder on the ground, but they were soon shot by the fire gun again.

After the Jin army rushed out of the shield wall, it lost its image, and was hit by the fire in pieces, and the corpses were scattered everywhere.

After paying a lot of casualties, the Jin army put up the first trench with wooden planks, and finally rushed through the trench, but immediately faced with the rejecting stakes of antlers and oblique thorns all over the place, and the soldiers dodged the impact, but in the process of dodging, they undoubtedly reduced their speed and became the target of the Ming army's gunners.

Four miles away from the Jin army's large array, Meng Qiaofang held a clairvoyant mirror, watched the Jin army's attack on the mountain, and found that the low wall was filled with gunsmoke, and the Ming army's gunners took turns to shoot, the speed was very fast, and there were artillery guns that were replaced with scattered bullets, one by one, and the Jin soldiers had to cross the trench, and there were antlers and horse rejection piles all over the place to hinder the speed.

He didn't know that the Ming army also sprinkled thistles to deal with the war horses, and as long as the Jin army stepped on it, it basically lost the ability to attack.

"Artillery bombardment! Suppress the Ming army on the mountain! Meng Qiaofang saw that the attack of the people and horses attacking the mountain was weak, and ordered with a cold face.

The accuracy of the red-coated cannon is not enough, and under normal circumstances, when your own men and horses are about to meet the enemy, in order to avoid accidental injury, they will stop bombardment, for fear that they will accidentally injure their own men and horses.

Hearing the order, the chess and card officer who gave the order was a little hesitant, but seeing that Meng Qiaofang had already picked up the clairvoyant mirror and was ready to see the results of the shelling, he could only convey Meng Qiaofang's military order.

The flag was waved, and after resting for a long time, the Jin Army's artillery, which had already dissipated heat, began to roar again after a while.

The projectiles fired by the twenty red-clothed cannons were much more powerful than the small cannons of the Ming army, and an iron bullet of more than ten catties smashed on the earthen wall, overturning the earthen wall and the firecrackers who shot on it.

Zheng Wencheng only felt a few gusts of wind blowing overhead, and saw more than a dozen black cannonballs, which quickly crossed his head and smashed towards the mountain, and the Ming army's front was suddenly dusty.

His face suddenly became happy, and he immediately shouted: "Rush with Ben!" ”

The morale of the Jin army was for a while, Zheng Wencheng led the troops to rush out, ready to take advantage of the situation to rush to the top of the mountain in a melee, but he didn't rush a few steps, and another gust of wind hung up, and a cannonball of the Jin army fell into the Jin army's formation by mistake, and Zheng Wencheng's side directly knocked out a member of the Qianzong.

The body of the thousand general was directly torn apart by the cannonball, and the broken limbs were splashed everywhere, raising a cloud of blood mist, which shocked the Jin army's offensive for a while.

The ant-like Jin army advanced with difficulty under the network of firepower intertwined by both sides, and the black iron bullets with a sharp whistling knocked the Jin army over, and the Jin soldiers flew flesh and blood in the rain of bullets.

The Jin general Zheng Wencheng was full of gunpowder smoke, and commanded the Jin army to approach step by step, slowly advancing to a hundred steps from the mountain.

On the top of the opposite mountain, Wang Guangtai looked at the battlefield, and the Jin army, after receiving the support of the red-coated cannons, formed a certain suppression of the Ming army on the top of the mountain, and was already about to rush through the second deep trench, and a hundred steps further could rush up to close combat.

Wang Guangtai was confident in the Ming army on the top of the mountain, 1,500 people were condescending, and there was no problem in blocking the attack of 3,000 people. It's just that he can't let the Jin army approach the top of the mountain for the first attack, which will hit the morale of the Ming army and improve the courage of the Jin army in the next attack.

Wang Guangtai put down the clairvoyant mirror and immediately ordered: "Order, bombard the Jin army on the mountainside!" ”

The artillery team of the Ming army on the hill got the order, and the soldiers immediately pushed the artillery out, and prepared on the reserved artillery position, and more than ten bronze cannons roared one after another, aiming at the Jin army on the opposite mountainside.

The bronze cannons of the Ming army could hit more than two miles, and they shot farther on the top of the mountain, just enough to cover the opposite mountainside.

Zheng Wen was directing his men and horses to rush forward, and the back of the Jin army was suddenly bombarded, and the rear of the Jin army was in a panic, and the follow-up was weak, and the offensive in front was suppressed again.

"Lord Wang, you can't attack it! Why don't you take it down first! Jin General He Guozhu couldn't help but remind when he saw that the Jin army was bombarded by the Ming army on the other side of the mountain, and it was already chaotic, and it was difficult to attack the top of the mountain.

Meng Qiaofang didn't reply to him, picked up the clairvoyant mirror, turned his head to look at the hill on the left wing of the cannon, put down the clairvoyant mirror, and realized something.

It is not advisable to directly attack the front, and it is not advisable to attack only one mountain, and the artillery of the two hills can support each other, which Meng Qiaofang did not think about before.

Meng Qiaofang observed the entire battlefield before putting down the clairvoyant mirror and said to He Guozhu: "Wait a little longer, see what other means the Ming army has." ”

In this attack, if the mountain cannot be taken, the defensive characteristics of the Ming army must also be tested.

Now kill more people, figure out the defense means of the Ming army, and then the general attack, the Jin army will be able to die less.

As the commander-in-chief, Meng Qiaofang cares not about the gains and losses and casualties of an attack, but about the victory of the entire battle.

However, he didn't speak for long, but the Jin army attacking the mountain suddenly made a noise and retreated directly.

The Jin general Zheng Wencheng was carried back and fled, the Ming army on the mountain rushed down from the earthen wall, and the Ming army between the two mountains also sent more than 500 people to rush out and pursue the Jin army.

The 3,000 Jin army lost hundreds of people in the attack, and the early 2,000 Jin army fled the hillside before the Ming army stopped the pursuit and returned to the fortifications.

The injured Zheng Wencheng was put in front of Meng Qiaofang by his own soldiers, and said in shame: "The last general is incompetent and insulting to the military prestige, please punish the prince!" ”

During Fang Cai's attack, Zheng Wenchen suddenly fell, and the Jin army only thought that the general was killed, and they were already difficult to support, so they suddenly retreated.

"The first time is just a temptation, Commander Zheng doesn't have to blame himself!" Meng Qiaofang was indeed a little dissatisfied with the fact that he did not have Mingjin and the Xingping Battalion retreated without authorization, but after all, the Xingping Battalion had only been formed for more than a year, and it was already good to fight like this.

Meng Qiaofang said a word, looked at Zheng Wencheng, and suddenly asked, "What's wrong with the legs?" ”

"Looks like I've stepped on something!" Zheng Wencheng's face turned pale and said.

Meng Qiaofang kept his head and ordered, "Show it to Commander Zheng!" ”

He Guozhu and another Jin general on the side turned over and dismounted, lifted Zheng Wencheng's right leg, and saw a cold and shining iron thistle, piercing the sole of Zheng Wenchen's foot.

He Guozhu didn't ask Zheng Wencheng a word, so he directly pulled out the thistle, which hurt Zheng Wencheng's head in a cold sweat.

"Lord Wang, it's thistle!" He Guozhu wiped the blood and presented it to Meng Qiaofang.

Meng Qiaofang took the thistle, about the size of a duck's egg, covered with four long thorns, each two inches long, no matter how it fell to the ground, there was always a long thorn upward. Every thorn of the thistle terrestris is extremely sharp, piercing into the war horse, the war horse can't stand it, let alone a human.

"Shameless!" Meng Qiaofang couldn't help but shout angrily when he saw it, he didn't expect that since the Ming army had sprinkled thistle, it would use such a vicious method to deal with the attack of the Jin army.

The Ming army is really getting more and more shameless, and uses things to deal with livestock to deal with the Jin army, but in fact, the Ming army is still very civilized, and they haven't soaked the thistle terrestris with venom, otherwise if they step on it, they will have to waste at least one leg, and now they are just injured, and they will be fine in less than a month.

"Lord Wang, let's stop here today!" He Guozhu couldn't help but say again.

Meng Qiaofang was silent for a while, he knew the use of the Ming army's artillery, and also knew that the Ming army sprinkled thistle terrestris in front of the earthen wall, and the Jin army's harvest was not small.

Meng Qiaofang nodded, raised his head and ordered, "Help Commander Zheng to rest first." Then he commanded: "The army will return to the camp, and you will come to the king's tent." ”

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