Huang Taiji gave a reward to everyone present with a serious expression for the brave warriors, and clearly conveyed the order to the ears of everyone in the army.

In this battle, the warriors who were the first to climb the first earthen wall of the opposite Lushun defensive position were promoted to two levels on the spot, and were rewarded with a Zhuangzi with a dingkou, 100 taels of silver, and 5 horses of cloth.

The warriors who were the first to climb the city wall of Lushun were promoted to three levels in a row, up to the total number of soldiers, and rewarded two Zhuangzi, 300 taels of silver, and 5 horses.

The first warriors to climb the wall of the water city in the port, the Jurchen warriors can carry the flag to the upper three banners, and the other Mongolians and Han people are rewarded with the flag. And all of them can be upgraded to four levels in a row, up to Taiji. He also gave a book of iron scrolls, which could be exempted from capital crimes three times, five Zhuangzi, 1,000 taels of silver, and 10 horses.

But whoever cowers from the former, regardless of his position or tribe, shall be beheaded on the spot, and the whole family shall be reduced to Ahha, and the armoured man shall be enslaved······"

"Wow!" Many of Dorgon's supporters, led by Dord, were the first to respond, and the others followed suit, at least on the surface, as if they would follow orders and try to attack.

Dolgon let out a soft breath and looked at the distant wall of Arthur that was gradually disappearing in the setting sun, and seemed to mutter.

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To the north of Lushun City, gunpowder smoke filled the entire battlefield, and after a distance of more than 100 meters, it was almost impossible to see the distant scene.

At the foot of the West Mountain, a group of swords and soldiers gathered to slaughter, carrying a variety of different colors of banners of the Houjin Army, spread all over the field not far from the foot of the mountain.

In the front row of the front line of the Houjin Army, there was also a thunderous sound, accompanied by the sound and flashing red cannon flames from time to time, and more than 100 old smoothbore guns of various calibers were constantly roaring.

These artillery, which were completely different in weight and caliber, shot iron balls and stone bullets ranging from 3 to 10 catties at the earthen wall of the Lushun defensive front a few hundred paces away.

Iron bullets fell into the front and back of the earthen wall with a whistling sound. Then, either hit the ground or hit a rammed earth wall, splashing up bursts of dark dirt.

However, the earthen wall where the Huaxia army was stationed has always maintained an eerie quiet state, and there is no intention of using artillery to return fire.

At the pre-war military conference held by Dolgon, it was suggested that the first attack should be made on the large fortress at the entrance and exit channel of Port Arthur.

They believed that although it was very likely that they would suffer heavy casualties if they attacked there, once they really conquered the fortress, they could completely block the only waterway in Port Arthur with artillery and cut off the logistics supply of the Huaxia army.

Many people in the Later Jin Army recognized this assertion, and Yue Tuo, who proposed this tactic, also insisted that that fortress was the key point in this battle.

However, when everyone went to the nearby mountain to take a look at the situation there, they found that if this tactic was implemented, it would be too difficult, and it was strongly opposed by several high-ranking people of Houjin.

The fundamental reason for this is that the terrain there is extremely narrow, and it is impossible to deploy troops at all. And when attacking, the attacking troops on the flanks will also be shelled by the warships of the Chinese Navy.

In the inner harbor of Lushun, there are at least 4 or 5 Chinese "fast crab" warships, and there are several even larger warships on the sea outside the port.

What's more, the fortress was built on the top of the mountain, and the Huaxia army was condescending, as long as the Houjin army transferred troops, the Huaxia army on the mountain would immediately find out, and at that time, they would naturally send reinforcements from Arthur City and other places in the rear.

The Huaxia army occupies a favorable position, and the speed of troop transfer is a few points faster than that of the Houjin cavalry.

However, the most important thing is that Houjin itself has no water power, and a few ships sent by the Tianyou Army and the Korean Kingdom have long been sunk on the dock by the Huaxia Navy.

Even if the Houjin army really captured that place, in the narrow area of the long strip of the port entrance and exit channel, there was no way for the Houjin to hold on without warships.

In the end, Dolgon still placed the attack point in the defensive position in the middle of Arthur City, and the mountain defense line on the opposite flank, the attack was too difficult.

The height of those mountains was much higher than the earthen walls excavated in the position, and the layers of defenses on the mountains, and the trenches that were also dug everywhere, made it impossible for the shield carts to use.

The Huaxia Army can also mobilize troops from all over the city and the rear to reinforce the positions in front, especially which side of the Golden Mountain will not only be hit by the artillery fire set up by the Huaxia Army on the earthen wall, but will also be shelled by the warships of the Huaxia Navy and the Coast Guard in the port and at sea.

Dolgon really didn't want to attack the most difficult, impregnable mountain defense position on the opposite side from the beginning, so he was ready to try the earthen wall defense in the middle of the mountain first.

Although all the artillery on the frontal position of Arthur City was quiet and did not speak, the Huaxia side was not unwilling to fire, but only wanted to lure the snake out of the hole and try to lure the Jin army forward as much as possible before firing.

Therefore, it has nothing to do with the frontal position, and several artillery pieces on the Xishan Battery, which does not need to be fully linked, are returning fire towards the Houjin army one after another.

These artillery pieces are also a new "invented" artillery model after the Huaxia Army has expanded its army in the past two years in order to cooperate with the large army in combat.

It is an imitation of the smoothbore artillery of the "12-pounder mountain howitzer" used by the US military when Chen Xin was mixed in the circle of military fans in the past.

Of course, now this kind of artillery has not yet appeared in the world, so after it was "developed", according to the naming rules of this era, the name of the artillery naturally became a 10-pound mountain howitzer.

The story of this mountain howitzer, it's a long one.

The howitzer is a short-barreled, large-caliber artillery gun with a much higher ballistic curve than an ordinary field gun, and its high trajectory allows it to effectively kill and injure the enemy behind fortifications or hillsides.

The mountain howitzer, on the other hand, is a special howitzer that is small in size and weight, and can be broken down into several parts to be carried by livestock.

In 1835, in the original history, the army of the United States was equipped with 10 catties of mountain grenades for the first time, which is an imitation of the French Army mountain grenades, called M1835, and has been equipped with 12 doors. Later, some changes were made to the design, which was called M1841.

Equipped with American troops, this lightweight and compact gun immediately played a huge role in the Mexican War of 1846-1848, and later in conflicts with the Indians from Florida to the West Coast.