583 unconquerable fortress

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Eyes turn back to the end of September, location: the area of the Great Black Mountain in Golden State.

"Kill!"

A few miles north of Jinzhou, on the Great Black Mountain, at this time, the sound of killing shook the sky, and a team of Tartar Han Eight Banner soldiers, like insects and ants, were desperately attacking the three fortresses on the Great Black Mountain.

"Musketeers, fire!"

Bang bang bang!

As the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Tartar Han rushed up from the bottom of the mountain, when they rushed to a distance of dozens of steps from the castle, a burst of crisp gunfire rang out on the castle.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Tartar Han who attacked on the back at the foot of the mountain fell one by one, but they did not dare to retreat, and still rushed up one by one.

Because at the foot of the mountain, a group of Tartar horsemen were supervising them, and if they dared to retreat, they would be shot by the Tartar horsemen.

Moreover, their family is all in the hands of the Tartars, and if they dare to become deserters, their families will suffer.

Therefore, although these soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Tartar Han Dynasty were desperate at this time, they could only attack the three forts on the mountain without their lives.

Only by breaking through these three forts can they have a chance to survive.

"Fire!"

Boom Boom!

At the foot of the mountain, more than a dozen artillery pieces of the Tartars also opened fire at this time, bombarding the three forts of the White Dragon Army on the top of the mountain.

"Get down on your stomach and watch out for the artillery. The enemy came up and threw iron-clad mines. ”

On the top of the Great Black Mountain, on a fortified fortress, a general of the White Dragon Army shouted orders to the soldiers on the castle wall.

These three large fortresses were built by Li Sheng with thousands of people and completed in more than half a year, and they were also the first line of defense to guard Jinzhou in Liu Chong's plan.

Thundered!

As dozens of iron-hulled mines were thrown, the Tartar soldiers, who were trying to climb up the fortress on ladders, were immediately hit by dense shrapnel and fell down screaming.

The higher terrain of the Great Black Mountain, combined with the three large fortresses built by the White Dragon Army, is simply a turtle shell.

The defense constructed in this way, even in the era of hot weapons in World War I and World War II in the later generations, it is estimated that the enemy will have to pay a lot of price if he wants to capture it.

Not to mention, at this time, in addition to the fact that these Eight Banner Tartars are equipped with more than a dozen red-clothed cannons and hundreds of red-colored bird guns, others are still using broadswords and spears!

On the other hand, on the side of the White Dragon Army stationed in the fortress, flintlock guns, iron-shelled mines, and more advanced artillery.

In this case, if the Tartars want to capture these three fortresses, it is simply a fool's dream.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Tartar Han led by Shang Kexi have been attacking for two days, and they have basically gained nothing except for throwing thousands of corpses on the Great Black Mountain.

If it weren't for the thousands of Tartar cavalry led by Dolgon, who stayed behind to supervise them, it is estimated that these soldiers of the Han Eight Banners would have collapsed long ago.

Dolgon suffered a big loss because of the defeat in the pursuit of Li Zixiao in Zhenjiang, which made him angry and even more unable to swallow this breath.

At the same time, Dolgon was unwilling to return to Shengjing like this, as his elder brother Huang Taiji would probably fall for him.

So, at this point, Dorgon needed a victory to restore his damaged reputation.

Therefore, this time he set his eyes on the 'Zhenliao Corps' commanded by Liu Chong and Zhou Dazhu, who was left in Jinzhou by Li Zixiao.

At the end of September, Dolgon led nearly 10,000 Tartar iron horsemen from Zhenjiang to Gaizhou, and summoned two traitors, Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong.

Let the two of them gather their men and horses to attack Golden State with him, and they will play the striker.

Nearly 10,000 Tartar cavalry commanded by Dolgon, as well as nearly 20,000 soldiers of the Han Eight Banners organized by Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi, nearly 30,000 people approached Jinzhou.

In Dolgon's opinion, he relied on these 30,000 men to definitely take the Golden State.

As a result, before arriving in Jinzhou, the scouts he sent out found these three forts built by the Ming army on the big black mountain north of Jinzhou.

At this time, Dolgon was very embarrassed to find that if he wanted to successfully attack Golden State, he must first pull out the three forts on the Great Black Mountain.

Because the Great Black Mountain is a few miles north of Jinzhou City, the forts set up on the three fortresses can completely reach the Jinzhou area with the help of the terrain.

This also means that if Dolgon does not uproot the three forts built by the White Dragon Army on the Great Black Mountain first.

When Dorgon led his army to attack Jinzhou, the artillery of the three fortresses on the Great Black Mountain could bombard them from behind, and even cut off their retreat and food routes.

Therefore, Dolgon could only give up the attack on Golden State first, and prepare to pull down the three fortresses of Great Black Mountain first.

The Tartar cavalry was not good at attacking fortifications, so this task naturally fell to Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong.

As a result, after the two days of fighting, Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong's men suffered heavy casualties, but they did not even conquer a single fortress.

This made Dolgon even more irritable, and scolded Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong, and even whipped them with a horsewhip.

With a burst of iron-shelled thunder thrown down from the top of the fortress, the thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Tartar Han who attacked this time could no longer hold on and were defeated again.

"Haha! Well fried, that's right, just hit Lao Tzu like this. ”

A White Dragon Army flag general on the main fort, Timber Wolf, who is also the chief officer of the White Dragon Army of these three fortresses, looked at the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners who were beaten back again, laughed loudly, and shouted to the soldiers around him.

"Waste, all of them are a bunch of waste, what use do you want, all of them will be killed with this king."

Dolgon looked at the soldiers of the Eight Han Banners who had been defeated again on the mountain, and roared angrily.

"Lord Wang, by all means, it is not the soldiers who don't need to die, but the Ming army on the mountain, the fortress is strong, the terrain is towering, and the opponent's firearms are sharp.

The enemy occupies the right time and place, and it is too difficult to take down these three forts, and the soldiers under the non-minions do not need to die! ”

Hearing that Dolgon was going to kill those defeated soldiers, Shang Kexi hurriedly went up to stop him.

Dolgon actually knew this, he had witnessed this battle with his own eyes just now, and he also knew that it would be difficult for the White Dragon Army to build these three forts here and send so many musketeers to garrison them.

However, Dolgon couldn't swallow this breath, and he held a fire in his heart, he had just suffered a big loss from Li Zixiao in Zhenjiang.

Originally, he still thought that going to Jinzhou to find a place and destroy the team left by Li Zixiao in Jinzhou could be regarded as revenge.

However, Dolgon could not have imagined that he would lead 30,000 soldiers and come with murderous spirit.

As a result, he has not yet reached the city of Jinzhou, and he was directly blocked by the first line of defense of others, and it was difficult to move an inch.

Let's ask, in this case, it's strange that Dolgon didn't blow up his lungs!

However, fortunately, Dolgon still maintained a trace of sanity at this time, and did not really let his Eight Banners cavalry slaughter the defeated soldiers of the Eight Banners of Han.

"Listen, you two, no matter what, this king will give you two more days, if you still can't beat the Ming army fortress on the Great Black Mountain, then you can come and see you!"

In the end, Dolgon looked at Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong coldly, left a cruel word, and led people away.

"Hey!"

Leaving Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong, two big traitors, glanced at each other, all showing helplessness.

It's not easy to make dogs for people, especially for tartars!

In fact, at this time, Dolgon saw with his own eyes that after Shang Kexi's subordinates attacked the Great Black Mountain Fortress before, he had no good way to deal with this situation.

In this case, the absolute superiority occupied by the White Dragon Army is no longer something that can be compensated for by individual strategies and tactics.

At this time, the cold weapon concept of 'invincible war horses, bows and arrows', which the Tartars had always admired, was completely destroyed.

Liu Zhong put 2,000 people on the three fortresses on the Great Black Mountain, including 600 Bailong soldiers and more than 1,400 city defense soldiers.

They had enough food to feed them for half a year, plenty of weapons and ammunition, and it was impossible for the Tartars to storm it.

The only way for the Tartars to deal with these three fortresses is to besiege them and cut off the water supply of the fortresses in order to have a chance to win.

Even at this time, the White Dragon Army, which was equipped with flintlock pistols and howitzers, to storm these three fortresses, it is estimated that it will pay a heavy price.

As a result, in the next two days, Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong continued to lead people to attack, and in the end, except for hundreds of corpses, they still found nothing.

Of course, two days later, Dolgon didn't really behead Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong.

Finally, after two days of thinking, Dorgon also came to his senses and realized that it was not wise to storm the fortress of Great Black Mountain.

In the same way, Dolgon also thought of a way to deal with the Great Black Mountain fortress, which was a long siege.

It's a pity that this time he came in a hurry and was not fully prepared, such as food, they only brought enough food for half a month's worth of food for an army of 30,000.

Therefore, he can't do it for a long time.

In the end, the murderous Dolgon could only go back in disgrace, which made the arrogant Dolgon angry, and fell ill directly.

"Hahaha, this Dolgon is really beyond his strength, and he dares to storm the Great Black Mountain Fortress like this, he is really looking for death."

When the news reached the ears of Liu Chong in Jinzhou, Liu Chong couldn't help laughing, and said to Zhou Dazhu and Li Sheng and others on the side.

"That is, with the big sword and spear of the Tartar, in front of the three fortresses of the Great Black Mountain, there is nothing to be done at all, I don't believe that the big sword and spear of the Tartar can see through the rocks and smash the city walls."

Li Sheng on the side also smiled and said happily.

"However, this attack by Dorgon was most likely a test by the Tartars.

At this time, the battle of the main force of the Tartars in Songjin has not completely ended, and it is estimated that after the spring of next year, it will be the time for the Tartars to attack us in a big way.

That's when we will be truly tested. Zhou Dazhu next to him also reminded.

Liu nodded and said, "Lao Zhou is right, next year will be our biggest test."

However, how can we say it this time, it can be regarded as defeating the Tartars and achieving a victory, we have to report this good news to the general! ”

"I agree, it's time to send this good news to the general."

And Li Zixiao got the first victory in Golden State, but it was a week later.

"Haha, yes, yes! Liu Chong, Zhou Dazhu, and Li Sheng did a good job in Jinzhou. This time Dolgon is probably going to be. ”

After reading the news sent back by Liu Chong, Li Zixiao couldn't help laughing.

Moreover, Li Zixiao did not guess wrong this time, Dolgon was not angry, but directly angry.

"Dolgon is in Zhenjiang, and after being cheated by us, he wanted to go to Jinzhou to find a field, but he hit a big nail on the big black mountain."

Wei Hong also said with a smile.

"Well, over there in Jinzhou, I have confidence in Liu Chong and Zhou Dazhu. If you want to talk about the field battle at this time, maybe our White Dragon Army is still difficult to match the Tartars.

But when it comes to defense, when it comes to rejecting the city and defending it, the Tartars are definitely not as good as us.

Wild boar skin is wild boar skin after all, and it still holds the idea of 'riding a horse and archery to fight the world' cold weapon, which is really a mouse's eye.

It won't be long before the age of cold weapons will eventually be replaced by hot weapons, and by that time, the Tartars outside the gates should also be swept into the garbage heap by history. ”

Li Zixiao's eyes were deep at this time, and he said in a deep voice.

"Indeed, the way of fighting in future wars will inevitably undergo profound changes with the development of muskets and artillery, and it is only after following the general that I deeply understand this!"

Han Lushan also rarely rushed back from Yangzhou, and at this time to participate in this meeting, after learning the news, he said with emotion.

Li Zixiao looked at the battle sent by Liu Chong, and the detailed battle process.

Suddenly, Li Zixiao remembered something.

It turns out that in history, it should be more than 40 years later, and the so-called chaff emperor who was touted by some people in later generations will collide with polar bears in Yaksa in the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

At that time, the people also sent hundreds of people, with a batch of simple firearms, to defend a city, but the Emperor sent more than 3,000 people, and they couldn't beat it.

In the end, the so-called great victory was only won by using the method of a long siege, so that most of the polar bear soldiers in the city died of illness and thirst.

You know, the polar bear at that time was actually very weak, far less terrible than the later generations, and the polar bear soldiers used arquebuses, and the artillery was also pitiful.

Even in the eyes of the European powers at that time, the polar bear at that time was just a small country in a corner of the country, and even the Swiss 1 Dian could beat the polar bear.

For example, in a battle between Polar Bear and Rui 1 in 1700, more than 40,000 polar bear soldiers were beaten by less than 10,000 Swedish troops, and the number of casualties was as high as more than 15,000.

It can be seen that the polar bear at that time was still a bear child at all, and had not yet grown into a behemoth.

A so-called big victory in the eyes of the Tartars is actually more like a joke.

Otherwise, the polar bears were not convinced, and after waiting for the chaff emperor to withdraw his troops, they reoccupied Yaksa and fought another battle.

In the final analysis, they still didn't subdue the people, and in that battle, although the Tartars won the war, they lost the future.

And in later generations, there were still people who showed off this battle as the peerless exploits of the Emperor of the Bran.

It is precisely because of the victory in this battle that the Tartars still do not want to forge ahead, and they still hold on to the cold weapon idea of 'war horses, bows and arrows are invincible in the world'.

During the two hundred years that the Tatars ruled China, China's thermal weapons were basically at a standstill.

And two hundred years later, when the Westerners' strong ships and cannons came over, the Tartars really woke up, but unfortunately it was too late.

And this time, Li Zixiao also saw the shadow of the Battle of Yaksa from the Battle of Great Black Mountain, which made Li Zixiao think so much.

"In this life, I will never let history repeat itself, and I will not let the splendid civilization of China for 5,000 years be ruined by the darkness of the last 200 years.

However, these two hundred years are the handover period of two different eras, which is too important for the future of China.

What I want to do is to let Huaxia survive this period of change in the times.

As long as China is allowed to develop normally, even if I don't need to give me a golden finger, with the wisdom of my Chinese people, I will never lose too much to Westerners in the future.

Orientals have never been worse than Westerners, as it was in ancient times, and it will be the same in the future. ”

Li Zixiao's eyes were resolute, and he warned himself in his heart that his mission was glorious and heavy.

(End of chapter)