The vanguard of the Ming army fired at the captured Qing army positions, and bombarded the Qing army with captured artillery. www.biquge.info About two hours later, the Ming army behind came up the mountain with a twelve-pounder light mortar.

The weight of the twelve-pounder mortar is very light, less than 100 catties, and four people can easily carry it away, but the power of the twelve-pounder mortar is not small, because the barrel of the mortar is short, and the most reliable ignition fuse can be used to open the shell, and the fuse of the flowering shell can be directly ignited from the muzzle.

And the flowering shells of cannons, with a success rate of less than half of the explosions, are generally used in naval battles.

Mortar artillery in the mountainous area, the power is very powerful, especially in the trenches and ravines of the position, used to deal with the Qing army's position, the curved shells can be smashed into the trench and exploded, causing heavy losses to the Qing army.

Twelve mortars began to fire in turn, one after another flowering shells continued to whistle, smashing into the Qing army's trenches and exploding scarlet fireballs. This flowering shell fell directly into the trench, but the power was much more powerful than the direct bombardment of a solid shell aimed at the edge of the trench, and a solid shell smashed into the trench would kill a Qing soldier at most. However, a flowering shell fell into the trench and exploded, and the Qing soldiers in the entire trench were full of flesh and blood.

The trenches dug by the Qing army were not the crooked trenches of modern warfare in later generations. Trenches in modern warfare are made up of arc-shaped trenches in a section, which can avoid the phenomenon of a single shell falling and blowing up a large section of trenches. In this era, the trenches dug by the Qing army were straight, and a single mortar shell could blow up a large section.

The sound of artillery rumbled, and the Qing army camp on the opposite side was blown into smoke and dust. Twelve twelve-pounder mortars were placed in line, flowering shells piled up like hills beside them, and the gunners stripped themselves naked, loaded gunpowder and shells into the chambers, and fired them like thunderbolts.

The whistling mortar shells continued to fall in the trenches, and the Qing soldiers who hid inside and fired at the Ming army suffered heavy losses.

Seeing that the mortar bombardment was almost over, Wang Xinyu asked his soldiers to pass the order: "Pass my order, prepare to attack, and take down the third and fourth trenches of the Tartars!" ”

After receiving the order to attack, the Ming soldiers who had been holding back in the trenches for most of the day were in high morale, and they jumped out of the trenches one after another and launched a fierce attack on the positions of the Qing army. On the entire mountain, there were Ming troops wearing red military uniforms everywhere, accompanied by the earth-shattering shouts of killing and the explosion of grenades, one after another bright red Ming battle flags were inserted into the trenches of the Qing army. Whenever a section of trench was captured, thunderous cheers rang out from the position.

The Qing army, whose morale had fallen to a low point, either turned around and fled, or knelt on the ground and surrendered.

The fierce battle began in the early morning and continued until the evening, when Pigeon Mountain completely fell into the hands of the Ming army. At the same time, the Ming army attacking from the west captured Luohan Mountain, and the Ming army attacking from the east also captured Hanlin Mountain.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The Ming army on the entire battlefield cheered like thunder, and even the people who accompanied the army couldn't help but cheer for victory together.

Although the Qing army is still in the hands of the Qing army in the periphery of Wuchang, there are still positions such as Yuantai Mountain, Nutai Mountain and Lion Mountain, but the Qing army is just surviving, the overall situation of the mountain attack on the periphery of Wuchang has been decided, and the first line of defense of the Qing army in Wuchang has not been able to support for a long time, and it is expected that the Ming army only needs to use three more days, together with preparations and attacks, as long as three days in total, it is enough to tear apart the first line of defense of the Qing army and push the front forward for six miles.

Guo Weifan, who lost Pigeon Mountain, did not have the determination to live and die with the position, and he retreated with the remnants of the defeated army.

However, Guo Weifan had just returned to the outside of Wuchang City when he was taken down by the Eight Banners.

"Why did you arrest me? I'm not convinced! Guo Weifan, who was pinned to the ground by the Eight Banners, shouted.

Yue Le walked out of the tent of the Chinese army with a group of Goshha, and he looked around coldly: "Lose your position, lose your troops!" What did you say when you went to watch? Survive and die with the position! What now? The position is lost, and you still have the face to come back? Hum! Take them all! Tomorrow afternoon, behead the public! ”

Outside Wuchang City, on a large open ground behind the criss-crossing ravines, there were five rows of Green Battalion officers who were tied up with five flowers, and behind each Green Battalion officer, there was a Eight Banners soldier holding a steel knife. Yue Le, who was in charge of supervising the beheading, sat on the stage and looked at these Green Battalion officers who had lost their positions and fled back with a blank face.

"When the time comes, get ready to cut it down!" Yue Le, who was sitting on the stage, took out the arrow from the bamboo tube in front of him and threw it to the ground.

Just when the Eight Banners raised their knives and were about to raise their knives and fall, a long shout came from behind: "Master Ao has arrived!" ”

Aobai appeared on the execution ground surrounded by a group of generals and Goshha.

"Xiangye spares his life! Xiang Ye spares his life! Seeing Ao Bai appear, Guo Weifan shouted desperately as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Ao Bai waved his hand and motioned for the Eight Banners to suspend the execution.

"Xiangye!" Yue Le hurriedly stepped off the high platform, stepped forward to greet Aobai, and bowed his hand.

Ao Bai returned the salute, and then pointed to the green battalion officers who were kneeling on the ground and asked, "Prince An, why are so many soldiers tied up?" All these people are going to be killed? ”

"Hui Xiangye!" Yue Le arched his hand and said, "These Han people are all generals of the defeated army, they failed to live and die with the position, almost lost all the soldiers under their command, and fled back with the remnants of the defeated army!" On military law, they should be beheaded! ”

Ao Bai said: "It's not too late to ask clearly before you cut it." ”

"Everything is up to Xiangye!" Yue Le said.

Ao Bai walked in front of the bound generals and officers of the Green Battalion, only to see that the clothes and armor of each of the generals and officers of the Green Battalion were in tatters, their faces were covered with oil and blood, and some of them were injured in many places.

"Xiangye spares his life!" Guo Weifan knelt on the ground, crawled to Ao Bai with his knees, and kowtowed repeatedly, "Xiangye, it's not that the last general retreats without a fight, and it's not that the last general makes a mistake in command, it's really a thief with sharp firearms, and the brothers have suffered heavy losses!" ”

Ao Bai asked, "Then why don't you live and die with the position?" Do you still have the face to come back? You're still not a man? ”

Guo Weifan replied with a crying voice: "Xiangye, the last general is not afraid of death, but the thief's palm thunder is too powerful!" The brothers tried their best, but they still couldn't stop the thief! Xiangye, the last general is loyal to the court! But if the last general dies on the mountain in vain like this, will he be able to keep the Qing Dynasty? ”

Ao Bailuo nodded, turned to those Eight Banners soldiers and shouted, "Untie up!" They're all a bunch of heroes! They've done their best! The defeat in this battle is to blame the old man! It was the old man who underestimated the power of the thief's firearms! ”