Chapter 2627: Gui Zi Juan fights **** battles one after another, life hangs by a thread
Seeing more and more Jianzhou troops starting to gather from both wings, and the cavalry taking the initiative to move around and attract their own firepower, Tao Dasheng knew that from this moment on, the war would really begin.
All previous victories and advantages were based on the premise that the opponent did not understand our own situation. If we knew that we had an artillery array, we would not have so hastily attacked the camp head-on with a dense push. This is purely Create the best bombardment target for the artillery array.
But now the situation is becoming increasingly clear. The location of the artillery array and the size of the gunners are basically known to the Jianzhou Army.
In this case, the galloping fire of the Jianzhou Cavalry will definitely be greatly strengthened. Even if they risk being shot by firecrackers, they will still have to create interference and damage, forcing their own artillery and firecrackers to be unable to go all out in the attack that is about to begin. The second round of siege.
Just as the northwest battlefield was preparing for the real fierce battle, the main battlefield on Zhu Mei's side had actually ushered in the climax of the offensive that Fei Yingdong disliked.
Comparing the twists and turns on the northwest fortress battlefield, both sides of the main battlefield knew the basics and entered into a fierce battle from the beginning.
Fei Yingdong's cavalry kept attacking from the flanks from the beginning, trying to create a breakthrough from the flanks and rear. However, facing this conventional routine of the Jianzhou Army, Zhu Mei and He Kegang had already been prepared.
By this time, both sides are no longer strangers to each other, and all kinds of tricks have been basically used up.
It was nothing more than a confrontation between the approaching Jianzhou archers and the Zhou army's gunners and artillery teams, and then the Jianzhou cavalry continued to attack and harass from all directions, intending to seek a breakthrough.
The Zhou army's cavalry was at a disadvantage and could only respond passively, and was often suppressed. Gradually, the battle distance became closer and entered a state of hand-to-hand combat.
However, the Jianzhou Army also did not have much advantage in the close combat.
Using the time required to pull into this space, the Zhou army's firecrackers can give full play to their firepower advantage, and the artillery team can also adjust the strike direction in a timely manner to cause damage to the Jianzhou Army.
Although the Jianzhou Army continued to change their formations and no longer adopted the method of intensive charge, after entering hand-to-hand combat, the spearmen could still firmly resist the attack of the Jianzhou Army, giving the fire cannons an advantage.
Under this situation, Zhu Mei and He Kegang were sure to withstand Fei Yingdong's offensive, and they could also use Fei Yingdong's proactive attack to wait for work and continue to cause damage to Jianzhou's active forces.
Now Zhu Mei is not worried at all that Fei Yingdong can defeat her side on the frontal battlefield. Even if there are some problems in certain parts or areas, she has a reserve team, and You He Kegang personally leads the team, which can be put in at any time. He was very confident on this point.
The key to Fairy is that on the battlefield on the Heiyunlong side, an army of more than 10,000 people is twice as big as the Heiyunlong tribe. Can it withstand it?
Hei Yunlong is a general who can fight hard and tough battles, but it is conceivable that the character who can make Nurhaci confidently lead an army of 10,000 to 20,000 people to go around the border wall and come to the Liaohetao swamp area is definitely not an easy-to-match character. He is also experienced. A veteran of hundreds of battles.
Zhu Mei was also unsure whether the hastily built fort, which was twice as many as our own, could fully utilize its firearms advantage to hold back the opponent.
Similarly, Heiyunlong had no confidence in Tao Dasheng's persistence in the fortress he came from.
At this time, Heiyunlong still organized a line of defense two miles back. He wanted to hold on here until the Ji Zhen Army's pincer attack came from behind, and completely annihilated this strange army of Jianzhou.
Tao Dasheng's camp was now like a small boat in the angry sea, and was being besieged by the Jianzhou Army three times his own size.
In addition to Sajiala who suppressed all the Jurchen soldiers in the East China Sea, Hu Erhan also deployed 3,000 Jianzhou infantry to attack from the flanks. In addition, he also sent an additional 1,000 rangers to constantly harass and attack the outside, creating opportunities for Tao Dasheng's troops. Killing and applying pressure.
A trench dug twenty steps outside the camp in advance could only act as a hindrance.
Because the ground was too frozen, even a trench that was less than two steps wide and less than one person deep still took more than two thousand people a day.
Previously, the Zhou army cleverly covered the trench with branches and covered it with a straw curtain, so at first the Jurchen army did not notice that the trench was more like a trap. When they finally reached the camp, they naturally fought desperately When they swooped up, they fell into the ditch one after another, which also gave the gunmen a good opportunity to kill them in one round.
But such an opportunity could only temporarily delay the opponent's attack. When the six thousand troops surged up, the trench was quickly annihilated. At this time, the fence of the camp was quickly pushed by the Jurchen army, and gaps began to appear one by one. Exposed, real hand-to-hand combat begins.
Bows and arrows flew wildly, fire and gunfire sounded, and within fifty steps, the two sides started fighting to the death.
One thousand spearmen and two hundred sword and shield soldiers were pushed directly to the front line. It was time for them to fight hard.
Wherever the fence falls, they will push it up without hesitation. Even if they are stabbed to death by the Jurchen army or shot by Jurchen archers in an instant, they will not hesitate.
The fire gunners who were also already red-eyed also lined up and fired, focusing their fire on more and more Jurchen soldiers coming in. At this time, there was no need to aim at a distance of thirty or fifty steps. They just mechanically raised their guns and opened fire, and then Mechanically, he retracted his gun and retreated, cleaning the chamber, reloading the gun and tightening it, then stepped forward and fired again, without stopping, until he was hit by an arrow and fell down or was chopped down by a Jurchen soldier who broke through.
The most dangerous moment was when a piece of the fence was pulled down, suddenly opening up a gap of fifty or sixty steps wide, which immediately attracted all the Jurchen soldiers to gather here, hoping to directly break through and capture the entire camp from here.
But the Tiger Crouching Cannon, which had adjusted its shooting angle, finally caught up with this wave.
More than a dozen squatting tiger cannons suddenly thundered, like a storm sweeping over, instantly sweeping away the hundreds of Jianzhou soldiers surging through the gap in the fence. It was like a hurricane passing by, leaving only a pile of broken limbs and flesh and blood flying everywhere. .
Having already been ordered to step aside, Zhou's sergeants took advantage of this momentum and charged forward with their spears raised high, driving the stunned Jianzhou Army out of the gap again, while the fire gunners who followed them fired again and again. , the Jianzhou Army who had just had time to follow up was massacred again.
Hu Erhan felt a chill in his heart.
He never expected to see the fence being pushed down and the Jianzhou Army rushing into the gap, only to suffer such an unacceptable heavy blow.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon, which can flexibly adjust the shooting direction and angle, has simply become a nightmare for the infantry. They use spearmen and sword and shield men to block the gap, and the fire gunmen shoot from both wings to kill. If necessary, they simply suddenly make way for the gap, and then Using the Tiger Crouching Cannon to violently bombard and kill, this routine has become an invincible trump card, but the most powerful cavalry galloping in his hand has no way to exert its advantage in it.
Hulhan was extremely anxious when he saw that the soldiers who were constantly coming forward suffered heavy losses under the rounds of fire from the opponent's guns.
The outcome of this battle was completely beyond his imagination. The strength of the troops deployed by Zhou Jun here, the types and power of firearms they possessed were all beyond imagination, and the consequences were also serious. An hour and a half passed. It actually achieved this, even failing to break through the fence, and had to focus on fighting for the gap in the fence.
Fortunately, the strength advantage of the Jianzhou Army was still reflected at the other end. Fences were constantly being pulled down and destroyed. Although the Zhou Army's spearmen continued to fill in and block the resistance, it was obvious that they could not cover every gap. Seal it, and at this time the strength advantage of the Jianzhou Army will be gradually reflected.
Although they paid a heavy price, seeing the fences being continuously destroyed and pulled down, the Jianzhou Army could finally start to besiege the Zhou army who kept tightening their embrace.
It's just that from time to time a round of Tiger Crouching Artillery bursts were fired, which made the soldiers of the Jianzhou Army have lingering fears. They maintained a rhythm during the attack and tried their best to tangle with the Zhou army to avoid being exposed.
This situation continued. Finally, when the first fence was completely destroyed and the Zhou army began to retreat behind the second fence, Hu Erhan was sure that the battle would be resolved in an hour. In this case, the Tiger Crouching Cannon There was nothing left to do, and at least half of the fire gunners had been lost. Hu Erhan even deliberately slowed down the attack pace to avoid too much loss. He could bring up the archers and solve the battle in a more effective way.
But for Hu Erhan, this was only the first level, and it only took him two hours. According to Fei Yingdong's request, the battle situation here must be resolved in three hours. It will definitely not be possible at this rate.
But while Hu Erhan sent people to explain to Fei Yingdong, he also began to urge the army to bypass the camp that was about to fall and move forward quickly.
The Zhou army must still have a defensive line in front, but Hu Erhan knew that the Zhou army would never find such a good terrain again, and he would gain wisdom by taking every step, and Hu Erhan would not let the opponent succeed again.
Looking at the Jianzhou Army surging past in the distance on both sides, Tao Dasheng, who took an arrow on his shoulder, couldn't help but sigh. He knew that he couldn't hold on much longer. Two hours was already all he could do. At the limit, maybe everyone here will be killed in half an hour, but he has a clear conscience. He has completed the task assigned to him by the Lord in two hours.
As for the arrival of reinforcements, he had never placed any hope on it.
(End of this chapter)