Chapter 448: 446 [The Lame Manchu First Warrior]
Although Hauge is reckless, he is not stupid, and he has to be strategic when rushing.
The Manchu and Qing armies were very patient in fighting. During the battle of Dalinghe, they bombarded each other for a long time.
Huang Taiji prepared 8,500 light and heavy artillery shells each, and forcibly pulled out all the Ming army forts on the periphery of the battlefield one by one. Almost every Ming army fort was bombarded by more than 200 rounds of artillery shells from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
Moreover, the Manchu Qing army, at that time, infantry, artillery and cavalry cooperated in combat!
Now Hauge followed suit and ordered the whole army to wear only one layer of armor. This is because they have figured out the route of the Datong Army, and know that there are no archers in the Datong Army, but a large number of firecrackers.
That being the case, there is no need to wear multiple layers of armor, anyway, they will be pierced by firecrackers.
Just before the battle, Shang Kexi came to offer advice again: "My lord, the enemy's guns are fierce, why don't we dig trenches and move forward, until we reach those slopes!"
Before the emergence of powerful flower bombs, there were three ways to attack the bastion:
First, use human lives to pile up until the defenders can't kill them.
Second, shelling with mortars. The mortars shoot at a large angle, and a large number of mortars are used to project the city wall.
Third, dig tunnels. First dig a circular tunnel, then dig a parallel tunnel, and then dig a circular tunnel... the cycle goes back and forth, advancing little by little.
Naturally, the Manchus did not dare to sacrifice human lives, and they only had cannons, and they had never been in the habit of carrying mortars.
Then we can only dig tunnels. Although Shang Kexi didn't propose a circular tunnel attack, it is still very powerful to think of digging tunnels.
Haug shook his head and said: "When the tunnel is dug, the wheat in the countryside will be rotten. This battle must be settled quickly! The castle on the opposite side is very short, and it can be captured quickly by breaking through the slope outside and braving arrows and stones. I plan to Attack from all sides, the formation should be looser, and one or two thousand casualties will surely be able to conquer this castle."
Shang Kexi hesitated to speak, and didn't know what to say.
Digging tunnels is indeed a lot of work. The Manchu Qing sent troops this time mainly to harvest wheat.
By the way, to fight for aid in the siege of Gaizhou.
Hauge belongs to the partial division here, and dare not besiege the city to fight for aid. If you stay too long, you may be rushed by reinforcements and attack from behind.
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"The enemy is about to attack!" Jiang Yu said standing on the tower.
Xiao Zongxian smiled and said: "I am in a hurry to die."
Xiao Zongxian was stationed in Fuzhou before, and after the Pinglu Fort was repaired, he brought the firecrackers over, while the melee infantry and dragoons remained in Fuzhou.
Due to time and condition constraints, Pinlu Fort is not a serious bastion, and the construction is actually relatively very simple.
On the periphery of the low castle, there are circles of ditches and earthen walls.
The soil and rocks excavated from the trenches were piled up into slopes on the outermost periphery, and low walls were piled up between the trenches.
The low walls everywhere are only half a person high, and the firecrackers can hide behind and shoot. After the enemy rushed over the slope, there were still trenches waiting, and each trench was a natural moat of life and death.
All ditches and earthen walls had to be breached before the real castle could be attacked.
At this moment, outside the slope, there are small groups of enemies everywhere, attacking in an extremely loose formation.
Xiao Zongxian held up the binoculars, and said slowly: "The order is not to fire. This attack is all weak soldiers, not the Eight Banners Army at all. It should be to test our army's firepower deployment."
Above the castle, there is no fire.
These were soldiers (coated soldiers with the army) who were forced to feign an attack. They ran to the vicinity of the slope before being defeated by the Datong gunfire soldiers on the slope.
Jiang Guan flattered him and said, "General Xiao has good eyesight, as expected, they are all weak soldiers!"
Xiao Zongxian said with a smile: "Although they are all wearing cotton armor, their charging momentum is not right. It is not even as good as the peasants and soldiers of Datong in the south. What are they not weak soldiers?"
Apart from Fei Ruhe, Xiao Zongxian was the one who read the most among the teachers of the early divisions, which is really not comparable to a reckless man like Zhang Tieniu.
Of course, Huang Yao, Li Zheng and Hu Dinggui have also insisted on reading these years, although most of them are military books.
Lu Xiangsheng suddenly said: "It's better to resist for a while from the outside, to show the enemy's weakness, and let the tartars in before attacking."
"Mr. Lu's words are exactly what I want." Xiao Zongxian said with a smile.
Chatting in the city, but frowning outside the city.
Wasting the lives of some soldiers, but unable to test out the firepower of the defenders, this made Hauge feel very uncomfortable.
He kind of misses fighting in Shanshan and Shanxi. There are a lot of surrendered soldiers and generals available, so there is no need to waste the lives of the Eight Banners warriors as a test.
Withdrew to Liaodong this time, Dorgon also took away more than 20,000 soldiers and generals, and reorganized the Eight Banners Army in Liaodong. More than 20,000 surrendered soldiers, of which 16,000 were incorporated into the Eight Banners of the Han Army as a supplement.
But the combat effectiveness is worrying, so they can only arrange to garrison the cities to prevent the Datong army from crossing the sea and attacking.
Hauge is also a battle-tested person, so naturally it is impossible to stud. He sent some Eight Banners soldiers to mix with the armored pawns to continue the feint attack of reconnaissance nature, and they took turns to attack all directions of the bastion.
It turned out that as long as the next main attack direction is far away, the sound of muskets must be more sparse, and artillery must be used on the castle to suppress it.
This made the nobles of the Eight Banners very happy.
Even Duni, who was unwilling to attack by force, said happily: "There are at most one or two thousand firecrackers inside!"
"One or two thousand firecrackers is not a small number, but they can be fought." Hauge laughed.
Duolong said: "Split the formation more loosely, and you won't be afraid of firecrackers and artillery."
Aobai knelt down and cupped his fists: "My lord, let me take the lead in attacking the city!"
Hauge immediately arranged an attack plan. He only kept cavalry and musketeers, and the remaining infantry and archers attacked from all sides.
This time I don't need a car, just spread out and rush forward.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Nearly thirty artillery pieces from the Qing Dynasty bombarded those slopes frantically.
Under the cover of artillery, the Manchu and Qing troops began to attack. When they rushed to the shooting point, the artillery on the castle also began to return fire, but the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers rushed forward against the artillery fire.
They often do this kind of thing, because Daming's firepower is also very fierce.
When the Eight Banners soldiers approached the slope, the Manchu and Qing artillery stopped bombarding. The Datong army on the slope fired a few shots sporadically, and then all chose to retreat, abandoning the position on the slope.
Aobai rushed up the slope with his knife in hand, and was a little dumbfounded when he saw the situation inside.
Because there are several trenches behind the slope. These trenches are connected and can be used by defensive soldiers to retreat and transfer.
At this moment, I can't think of anything else.
Obai saw the enemy retreating into the trench and using the trench to transfer, he immediately shouted: "Follow me to chase down the enemy!"
The Eight Banners soldiers everywhere followed Oboi's choice. They all chased down the slope, ran across a section of flat ground, and then jumped into the trench to start chasing and killing.
Many of them were still carrying simple ladders, as if they wanted to rush up to the castle in one fell swoop.
Hauge, who sits in the middle army formation, can't see what's going on inside at all, and can only let the frontline generals play freely.
"Boom boom boom!"
The channel connecting the circular trench has a low wall on both sides.
Behind the low wall, grenadiers suddenly stood up and threw tens of thousands of enemies into the passage.
After eating two rounds of Ten Thousand Enemies in succession, several of Oboi were killed in the blast behind him, and he himself was wounded by the shrapnel.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Then there was firecracker shooting again, condescendingly aiming at the enemy in the trench.
There are trenches and earth walls inside, and the terrain cannot be seen clearly at all. Where is the channel of the trench and where is the channel on the ground? The defenders have only been familiar with it after half a month of training.
For the attacker, it is like entering a maze.
"Withdraw, withdraw quickly!"
Aobai shouted in horror, finally he knew how dangerous it was inside.
A bastion is not a lonely castle, but a defense system, which can be understood as a "man-made preset battlefield". All the terrain here is arranged by the defender, and the attacker can only be beaten. That is, maximize the defensive advantage and maximize the offensive disadvantage.
Although the outer fortifications of Pinlu Fort, which combines trenches and low walls, are more similar to the defense of a large camp due to restrictions, it is enough to confuse the enemy.
It's easy to get in, but hard to get out.
Because the outermost circular tunnel has no steps for climbing. Even if the defenders want to fight out, they have to temporarily build wooden planks, and the trenches as high as one person are enough for the enemy to slowly climb.
Fortunately, the Eight Banners Army brought many ladders and put them on the walls of the tunnel, scrambling to climb up.
When escaping for your life, you don't care so much. It's normal for you to scramble for one another, and you often overturn the ladder.
But the firecrackers guarding behind the low wall above the tunnel can easily shoot down.
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the situation on the battlefield and said regretfully: "It's still not deep enough, otherwise these Tartars will not be able to escape."
Hauge was unable to command the battle, and Xiao Zongxian and Lu Xiangsheng were similar.
Because the soldiers in ambush had to squat behind the low wall, it was difficult to see the flag order on the city wall, so the frontline commander could only handle it by himself.
When Aobai climbed the ladder, he was shot in the calf.
The No. 1 warrior in Manchuria crawled even faster in pain, rushing up in two or three strokes.
"boom!"
Another shot hit the Eight Banners soldiers behind Oboi, this unlucky guy happened to help Oboi block the gun.
Aobai limped out of the slope with his defeated soldiers, and was about to face the artillery bombardment from the city again.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
It is difficult for the artillery of the attacking side to hit the bastion, but the artillery of the bastion can easily bombard the enemy. Moreover, this angle is very prone to ricochets. Almost every shell hits the ground, it will jump up and fly forward for a long distance, and if it hits one, it will be either dead or seriously injured.
Aobai lost his leg, and managed to escape back, but what he faced was Hauge's wrath.
Hauge couldn't figure out what was going on inside, and was furious when he saw a bunch of rout soldiers: "They've already rushed in, why did they escape again?"
Aobai explained with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, there are ditches and low walls inside. There are twists and turns, you can't hit the enemy, you can only be hit by the enemy."
Hauge was speechless for a moment.
The defeated soldiers fled back one after another, Hauge counted the casualties, and the attack actually lost more than 1,600 people!
In fact, some of them didn't die, but they couldn't get out, and the prisoners took more than a hundred of them.
Duny didn't bother to argue with Hauge, and sighed: "Don't attack the castle anymore, go to the countryside to harvest wheat. At least three or four hundred of my warriors did not escape."
Hauge glared at Shang Ke: "Since you have heard of this kind of castle, why didn't you remind me?"
Shang Kexi bit the bullet and explained: "My lord, the general really doesn't know. I only know that this kind of castle is not easy to attack. I don't know what it looks like inside."
Hauge gritted his teeth and said, "Reorganize your troops and withdraw slowly to prevent being chased by the enemy!"
Only fools will continue to attack, Hauge can only choose to leave now.
This kind of castle is too terrifying, the enemy is not damaged at all, and after several attacks before and after, I have already suffered more than two thousand casualties.
A total of two thousand Eight Banners warriors!
This battle had nothing to do with morale, equipment, training, or organization. It was the first time that the Manchu Qing had encountered a bastion, and it was a bastion that had been changed into a mess by the Datong Army. He has no experience in dealing with it at all, and he will really go to hell if he doesn't lose.
The Datong army couldn't pursue immediately, and the outer trenches couldn't get through, so they had to slowly build planks.
Temporary construction of gadgets, is so troublesome.