Wang Jinzhong put down the binoculars and said, "The Eight Banners New Army is nothing more than that!" Vulnerable! ”

Tuhai's Eight Banners New Army performed too badly, compared to firearms firearms, and was broken by three rounds of musket volleys from the Ming army; Hit with the horse team, and as a result, under the formation of the Ming army's bayonet hollow array and grenades, the cavalry of the three thousand eight banners died more than a third, and the rest lost their fighting spirit, and did not dare to rush and kill repeatedly, so they turned their heads and ran, and were sent off by the stragglers of the Ming army with rifled guns behind the buttocks, leaving more than a hundred cavalry. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Ming infantry stepped forward, surrounded the wounded and fallen Eight Banners New Army, and ordered them to throw away their weapons and surrender.

The 3,000 cavalry fled back less than 2,000 people, more than 700 were killed, and more than 400 people were captured, in addition to this, the Ming army also captured more than 500 war horses. The mountain soldiers won a complete victory, and on the Ming army's position, the officers and soldiers cheered.

"Defeated, defeated!" On the other side of Tuhai, the situation is different.

Originally, it was thought that the Eight Banners New Army, equipped with new weapons, could be as invincible as the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers before entering the customs. It's a pity that these second and third generations of flags have long been unusable, and the speed of this degeneration and corruption is really unmatched. In real history, Kangxi Ping and the three feudatories fought Galdan, relying on the green camp, and the Eight Banners had long since fallen to the point where they could not be used. Originally, the Eight Banners system was a system of half-soldier and half-civilian, military-civilian integration, and after entering the customs, it became a hardcore crop with no worries about food and clothing, walking birds and shopping, drinking tea and listening to operas, which had long worn off their blood, coupled with the special offerings of the Eight Banners invented by Wang Xinyu, which accelerated the degeneration of the children of the Eight Banners. Not to mention anything else, let's just say that more than half of the Eight Banners New Army smoked the Eight Banners special offerings.

In fact, after the start of the San Francisco Rebellion, it was a group of Han gentry led by Zhou Peigong, as well as the Ganshan Green Camp of Zhao Liangdong, Daniel Zhang and others who kept the Qing Dynasty.

The attack of the Ming army really encountered the tough Ganshan Green Battalion. In terms of weapons, the weapons of the Ganshan Green Battalion are very poor, but the morale of this army is very high, the combat effectiveness is strong, and every soldier is not afraid of death.

Since ancient times, Qin has produced strong troops. The Ganshan Green Battalion formed by Li Guoying originally had Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao, Sun Sike, Daniel Zhang and other fierce generals under his command. Since Zhao Liangdong and Wang Jinbao arrived at Huguang, they followed Aobai and formed the Huguang New Army, and at present, the commander of the Ganshan Green Battalion is Daniel Zhang, and the subordinates include Cheng Fuliang, Wu Dan, Gao Meng, Zhu Yike, and others, and the bannermen responsible for supervising the Ganshan Green Battalion include the Han Eight Banners Commander Feiyada, the Mengba Banner Commander Biliktu, and the Manchu Eight Banners Deputy Commander Amida and other Eight Banner generals.

In the head-to-head confrontation, both the Huguang New Army and the Eight Banners New Army were frightened by the Ming army, and the Wuchang Qing army retreated on all fronts. However, when the Ming army attacked the Qing army's Luojiashan position, it was desperately resisted by the Ganshan Green Battalion.

The development of firearms to this point, especially the development of heavy artillery, was originally a small hill on the plain like Luojia Mountain, which was not a battleground for soldiers, and the army attacking Wuchang could completely bypass this hill. However, after the range and accuracy of heavy artillery increased, the artillery on the top of the mountain could pose a serious threat to the bottom of the mountain. In addition, the green camp Qing army stationed on the hill can also attack the back road of the Ming army at any time, and keeping this hill is a big trouble after all.

The Qing army arranged a heavy artillery battalion of the Huguang New Army on Luojia Mountain, equipped with eight 3,000-pound red-coated cannons and 18 general cannons, which could cover the entire east of Wuchang City, and the maximum range of heavy artillery could also hit Wuchang City.

The heavy artillery battalion of the Huguang New Army was responsible for protecting more than 10,000 people from the Ganshan Green Battalion, as well as 1,000 Han and Eight Banners and 1,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners to cooperate with the garrison. According to the rules of the Qing army, it is the Eight Banners to control the Green Battalion, although the Green Battalion has its own independent commander, but the various Eight Banner generals set up by the Qing court are the real bosses, and the Eight Banners Army is equivalent to the supervision team.

In addition to bows and arrows, the long-range weapons of the Ganshan Green Battalion are also equipped with a large number of firearms such as bird guns, lifting guns, tiger squat cannons, general cannons, and Franc machines. About half of the Ganshan Green Battalion were ranged soldiers, and the other half were hand-to-hand soldiers.

Daniel Zhang, the defender of the Qing army, relied on the slopes of the fallen hills, densely built trenches, walled walls, and wooden fences, arranged bird guns and spearmen in the trenches, arranged rolling wooden stones, wolf tooth beats, 10,000 enemies, fire oil canisters and other defensive weapons on the wall, and erected tiger squat cannons, Franc machines, and general cannons on the high platform. A variety of firearms and throwing weapons combined fire from near and far, and the shrubs, trees, and raised rocks on the hillside were cleared clean, leaving no dead ends. Once the Ming army attacked the mountain, it would be attacked by the condescending attack of the Ganshan Green Battalion, and it was conceivable that it would be a bitter battle.

In the camp of the Ming army, Wang Yuyou pointed to the map and said: "Luojia Mountain must be taken!" After taking Luojia Mountain, we will be able to use the cannons on the top of the mountain to threaten the city of Wuchang! In addition, the snake mountain by the river must also be taken! After taking Snake Mountain, our sailors will block Wuchang City on the river, and they will not be threatened by Tartar batteries. At that time, we will defend the positions on the periphery of Wuchang and confront the Tartars, and if the time drags on, the Tartars can only abandon the city and flee. ”

The food supply in Wuchang City completely relied on the Yangtze River ferry from Jiangbei. However, due to the threat of the Snake Mountain Fort, the Ming Army's naval division was unable to cut off the Yangtze River transportation line.

Relying on the Snake Mountain Fort, the Qing army arranged obstacles such as barrage ropes and underwater hidden piles in the river, and Shi Lang's sailors cooperated with the fort to ensure the smooth transportation lines from the north and south of the Yangtze River.

Attacking the Snake Hill Fort is the next step in the plan, and at present, the first thing to do is to capture Luojia Mountain.

On the morning of December 6, the battle for the mountain began.

It was Shang Zhixin's Cantonese army that was tasked with attacking the mountain, and the Cantonese army at this time was still dominated by cold weapons, and they attracted the firepower of the Qing army in front. The main force of the Qiongzhou Army followed behind, supporting the attacking Cantonese army with artillery fire; The stragglers followed from a distance, sniping the Qing soldiers with rifled guns; The musketeers of the Qiongzhou army would follow closely and support the Cantonese army with a platoon of guns.

Two 18-pounder rifled guns, 12 three-pounder hexagonal guns, 24 12-pounder cannons, 36 8-pounder field guns, 20 6-pounder howitzers, 48 6-pounder field guns, 12 64-pounder mortars, 36 12-pounder mortars, and other artillery pieces spewed flames.

The overwhelming number of shells fell like a sea of shells, and the continuous bombardment of more than 200 artillery pieces of various types could fire more than 300 shells within a minute.

Solid shells smashed on the hill, wooden fences shattered, and a twelve-pound shell hit the wolf's tooth racket stacked on the platform, shattering the winch, and the heavy wolf's tooth racket was also knocked into the sky.