On the 10th day of November, Chen Xin took his guard of 500 people to the predetermined blocking battlefield named Fort 1.2.3. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Each of the three forts is located on high ground and is close to a water source.

Fort No. 1 is located in the southernmost protrusion, Fort No. 2 and Fort No. 3 are diagonally behind the north of Fort No. 1, and the three bastions are finished in glyph divisions.

Fort No. 1 is located on a gentle hill more than 30 meters high, is a square with a side length of 300 meters, and at the highest point of the fortress hill, a high tower has been built, which can not only observe the enemy's movements, but also command the troops from a high position.

A sunken depression next to the tower is the command post, the command post moves 30 meters outward, in the gentle area, is the residence and office of several squadron leaders, and 30 meters outside the siege of the city, is the camp of the soldiers inside the fortress. With Chen Xin's military tent as the central axis and several squadron leaders' houses as coordinate points, roads were planned inside the barracks to facilitate the transfer of troops from all sides.

On the plain at the foot of the mountain, in the direction of the enemy's arrival, to the south, was stationed the 1st Squadron of the 1st Infantry Brigade, which was the main force of the defense, and on each of the other three sides was a militia squadron to assist the 1st Squadron in its defense.

Surrounded by several squadrons, there are hospitals, artisan houses, public assembly halls, storerooms, kitchens and other buildings.

All of the buildings are made of timber brought from the Korean North Administrative Region, and the timber that has been processed in several processes by the wood processing factory is lightweight, insect-proof, and easy to install, and although it is a temporary building that can be built quickly, it can be used for several years.

It's already November, and the weather in northern South Korea is very cold, so in order to avoid non-combat attrition caused by the cold, ondols and iron stoves are installed in each townhouse.

At the foot of the hill is extending outward for a distance, that is, the outermost part of the fortress is a wide trench, the trench is 3 meters deep and 4 meters wide, and the foundation of the inner fortress is 1.5 meters high.

On the 1.5-meter-high foundation, thick fences were built with thick logs to protect the camp tents in the low part of the hillside, the gaps between the fences were filled with mud and sandbags, and there were plenty of shooting holes at the height of the soldiers' chests.

In the open space between the trench and the foundation, more than 12,000 thick wooden stakes with sharpened ends were inserted diagonally at a density of 10 per meter, which was the simplest and most used method to block the enemy's approach.

After Chen Xin arrived with his guards, he directly stationed in Fort No. 1 and occupied the command post on the highest point.

The captain of the first brigade, Da Chun, said to Chen Xin with a wry smile on his face, "General, this place is too dangerous, please go to the rear and sit in the rear." ”

Chen Xin took off his big hat unhurriedly and sorted out his salute, "Da Chun, you are the old man who followed me all the way from Houjin, I took the lead in charging back then, I haven't experienced anything in the rain of bullets, and I'm afraid of this danger." ”

Da Chun's face was serious, "General, there were only 100 people under your command back then, and most of them were Baoyi and Aha, you naturally have to take the lead, otherwise the battle will not be able to fight." But now it's different, I have tens of thousands of Xuan troops, hundreds of thousands of people under my command, and everyone's future and fate are all in your hands. ”

Chen Xin stopped what he was doing, turned around, faced Da Chun, and said slowly, "Why don't I want to sit in the rear and wait for the news of our army's victory, but this time the situation we are facing is extremely grim.

You should know that the enemy leader is Suke Saha, his father Suna followed the old slave when he was fighting, he didn't leave his hands, he didn't gnaw a hard bone for more than ten years, he never touched the hard city, and he picked soft persimmons such as villages. As Suna's eldest son, Sukh Saha has been taught by Suna since he was a child, do you think he will be a reckless person?

Although we have three forts on this narrow terrain, if there is no attractive target here, Sukh Saha's nearly 30,000 cavalry can pass through here at any time if he wishes, and go to our hinterland to burn and loot, which we have worked hard for more than three years, and many of our Xuan's parents, wives and children are there. ”

Da Chun was puzzled, "General, do you want to use yourself as bait to attract Sukh Saha here?" ”

"Yes, I was his former friend, but I helped Amin to stand on his own, I am afraid that he hates me to the bone, plus Azig and Haoge, the two Houjin banner masters, died in my hands, and Huang Taiji has already issued an order to take my life, so as long as I am here, I don't have to worry about Suke Saha not coming."

Da Chun was still a little puzzled, "But, General, even if you are not here, Sukh Saha will not dare to go over, once he leads the cavalry into our hinterland, what will happen to his logistical supply?" ”

Chen Xin glared at Da Chun, "In the past few years, you have been confused in the martial arts hall, right?" Does Houjin have such a thing as logistics? When we were in Houjin, how did we supply food and materials? ”

Da Chun patted his head and suddenly said, "Yes, our army pays attention to logistics supply, but Houjin is a robbery group, and there has never been such a thing as logistics, and all materials rely on looting." Then, as if thinking of something, he said, "General, you just need to plant the handsome flag here, and you can go to the rear yourself." ”

"Do you think Sukh Saha is a fool? Someone who hasn't seen me for a long time, will he be fooled? ”

"Well, is there really only one way?"

"Who else but me can make Sukh Saha change his combat habits and stay here and fight the fortress?"

Da Chun thought about it for a long time, but he really couldn't think of it, and sighed helplessly.

Chen Xin also shook his head and sighed, "Who made our cavalry strength too weak, plus it is the freezing period in the coastal waters, and the ship dispatch personnel are too troublesome, so we can only adopt this stupid method." Ay. I hate passivity. ”

Everyone in the room silently recited in their hearts, "I hate passivity too." ”

Chen Xin quickly cleaned up his mood and ordered towards Dachun, "You go to the second fort and cover the flanks of the first fort." ”

"General, let me stay here, at least I can block your arrows."

"You are the senior commander of our army, your task is to command the army to victory, not to stay here and waste your talents, hurry up, take your direct personnel to the second fortress."

"Yes."

After driving away Dachun, Chen Xin began to personally inspect the entire fortress, all the soldiers had been stationed here, and it was basically completed, leaving only a few artillery positions still being excavated.

Halfway up the hill just above the height of the fence, low-waisted U-shaped batteries were excavated on the hills, and a 10-pound naval long-barreled heavy gun was placed in the battery, which was dug to cushion the recoil of the artillery.

In this era when there is no tube retreat technology and only frame annealing guns can be used, the recoil of artillery is a headache for everyone.

On warships, the guns are firmly fixed in the porthole position, and the recoil is transmitted to the entire hull, plus the very heavy gun carriage, which can also reduce the recoil to a certain extent.

But there was no way to do this on land, where it was impossible to control the recoil of the guns as firmly as a whole ship, and the heavy gun carriages were too slow to transport.

Therefore, in order to transport heavy artillery on land, the ordnance factory specially invented a light gun mount, which greatly reduced the weight, and at this time, the speed of artillery transportation was greatly accelerated, but the recoil was also significantly strengthened.

At this time, the U-shaped gun emplacement was turned out of Chen Xin's mind.

The gun is placed in the middle of this U-shape, and the whole gun carriage falls backwards together after firing, because the rear is a slope, and the kinetic energy will slowly decay, so that the gun will stop, and the gun will move forward with the help of the slope, rush up the front slope again, and then retreat to the middle gun position again.

This gun position greatly saves the manpower and time required to reset the artillery, and greatly shortens the interval between the fire of heavy guns on land.

There were not many heavy guns in the fortress, only 5, but on the same contour line, 17 gun emplacements in different directions were dug in various directions, and in order to facilitate the transfer of artillery, a ring of road surface has been paved at this height.

Although the power of the heavy artillery is huge, the firing speed is relatively slow, and too much gunpowder is needed, so for this battle, the Xuan army took out hundreds of infantry guns from the reserve to strengthen the defenses of various places.

Except for each township in the northern part of the Korean region, which was equipped with one company and six infantry guns, all the rest were brought to the three fortresses on the front line.

Fort No. 1 now has a full 10 infantry guns.

The infantry gun is lightweight, the recoil is small, and it is convenient to adjust the angle of fire, and there are too many advantages, except that the power is not enough, and it cannot deal with the thick city walls, there are almost no disadvantages.

These infantry guns were not arranged with the heavy artillery, but were located a little higher up the hillside.

There, the soldiers of the Xuan army first dug out individual bunkers one by one, and then according to the size of the infantry guns, and then dug out a round shallow gun emplacements that just exposed the muzzles, and after the cannon hoes were opened, they were just on the wall of the circular bunkers, although the infantry guns had shields on their bodies, which could completely ensure the safety of the gunners, but, in the spirit of caution, the officers ordered to enclose a semicircle with sandbags on both sides and behind the gun emplacements.

Now the gates of the fort's four drawbridges are wide open, and two-wheeled supply trucks, under the traction of cattle, are constantly moving in and out, transporting them to designated warehouses or open spaces.

At a distance of 60 meters from the fence, the soldiers, dressed in winter uniforms, stood on the roofs of their respective companies, touching the sand little by little, which was doing fire prevention treatment.

"Plant my flag at the top." After Chen Xin gave the order, he climbed the tower on the commanding heights and took out his binoculars to look into the distance.

"Sukh Saha, I'm waiting for your arrival."