Chapter 941 Under the Battle of Nanguan
The Qing army in Lushun fled to Nanguan, and the morale collapsed.
At this time, Gao Huan led his troops to rush forward, and Mandahai and Kong Youde were about to be finished, but Gao Huan did not attack, but used fortifications to trap them.
If Gao Huan quickly eliminated the Qing army in Lushun, Haoge would definitely retreat, and the main strength of the Qing army still exists.
In this way, when Gao Huan retreats to the pass, Haoge sees the opportunity and will definitely make a comeback.
Therefore, Gao Huan kept Mandahai and Kong Youde as bait, fished Haoge's army, and asked him to continue attacking Nanposhan.
In this way, we can use the fortifications of the army to bleed the Qing army, causing Haoge's vitality to be severely damaged, and he will not be able to recover in one or two years.
In addition, the Qing army in Lushun also had more than 35,000 people, of which more than 20,000 were elite soldiers. Gao Huan launched a large-scale attack, and they were inevitably fighting a trapped beast, which would cause losses to the Gan Army.
The cost of Gao Huan's raising troops was completely different from that of the Qing army.
The economic prosperity of the Chao Dynasty made Gao Huan sufficient money and food, but it also brought a problem, that is, the cost of Gao Huan's military support was much higher than that of other countries.
After all, a handicraft in Jiangnan can get two silver dollars a month. Those who are in the army should hold their heads and don’t eat on their waists. The military pay is too low and there is no guarantee.
Although Gao Huan conducted a lot of ethnic education in the army and shouted slogans, slogans cannot be eaten as food after all.
Not only did the military pay for the soldiers in the army be extremely high, but it was several departments of the Qing army and the Western Army. The pension was even more so that the soldiers had no worries. It was not that the Qing army and the Western Army had a meal and could only be compared with the military pay.
Compared with the Qing army, Gao Huan is indeed unable to afford to die now.
There was nothing to say all night, the next morning, the horn of the Qing army camp broke the tranquility on the battlefield.
In the Qing army camp, the soldiers had a full meal and came out of the camp to form a formation and began their operations before the attack.
Although Haoge and Hong Chengchou knew that the Qing army in Lushun was surrounded and the situation was very dangerous, their previous attack also made them understand that if they could not find a way, the rash attack would only increase casualties.
At this time, after the Qing army formed a formation, it did not launch an attack, but began to dig trenches in the wilderness.
Hong Chengchou took the drawings and said to Haoge: "The firepower of the army is strong, and there are obstacles in front of the formation. The army will attack rashly, and will only suffer heavy losses like yesterday."
Haoge nodded slightly, "So Master Hong suggested digging the trench into the front of the barbarian's formation!"
Hong Chengchou pointed to the Ganjun position, "Digging the trench to a distance of two hundred steps from the Ganjun can reduce the impact of the Qing warriors. At the same time, we can also push the mortar cannon in front of the Ganjun formation and bombard the enemy position."
Haoge said melancholy: "This is indeed a solution! But I wonder how long Mandahai and Kong Youde can last?"
"Prince, did you hear the sound of cannons?" Hong Chengchou suddenly asked.
Haoge shook his head in confusion, "What does Mr. Hong mean?"
Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "In theory, Gao Huan knew that we were going to rescue the soldiers of Lushun, and he would inevitably be in a hurry to eat Prince Xun and King Gongshun, but Gao Huan did not attack now. Why is this?"
Haoge narrowed his eyes and twitched his lips and said, "Gao Huan is so arrogant! He is sure that I can't take the Nanpo Mountain. He uses the trapped army in Lushun to fish me, and uses the Nanpo Mountain to consume my army!"
Hong Chengchou nodded and said in a deep voice: "So, we must not only attack and rescue the Lushun army, but also pay attention to casualties and not to hurt the army's vitality."
Haoge nodded, "I will not let Gao Manzi be happy. In addition to digging trenches, I also have to prepare more shield cars for the soldiers. This time I must take down Nanpo Mountain and slap Gao Manzi hard."
The Qing army was working in front of the position, and the army was not idle either. They pulled field artillery to the mountain, set up obstacles in front of the formation, sprinkled caltrops, and buried a large number of mine artillery.
Three days later, the trapped Qing army of Lushun first launched a signal and asked Haoge to launch a speed attack to rescue them.
The Lushun Grain Road was cut off for a month, and now he has killed horses for food. If Haoge does not attack, they will become Ma Su.
At this time, the Qing army had dug the trenches to the Ganjun position, forming several trenches parallel to the Ganjun trenches.
In the early morning, the trenches on both sides were full of soldiers and artillery teams were all in their positions.
"Your Majesty, you can start!" Hong Chengchou used a thousand-mile mirror to observe the position, and saw that the Qing army infantry and artillery team in the trench all raised flags and made a reminder.
The Qing army's advantage is still a large number of cavalry, but the Gan army dragged the Qing army into positional battle, which made the Qing cavalry unable to play its advantages and could only compete with the Gan army for infantry.
For today's attack, Haoge and the Qing army made a lot of preparations. If this attack cannot take down the Nanposhan position, then although they are unwilling to accept it, the Qing army has to admit its failure.
Haoge swelled his cheeks and shouted in a deep voice, "Send the order, prepare for attack!"
"Prepare for attack!"
"Prepare for attack!"
The Qing army's command flag was waving and the trumpet was blowing. The Qing army generals in the trench repeated the order loudly, and the soldiers clasped their weapons and swallowed.
"Boom boom boom" There was a loud noise in the trench in front of the Ganjun formation, with thick smoke rising, and several shells soaring into the air and landing on the Ganjun position.
With the loud rumbling sound, the earth was shaking, and the flowering bullet exploded violently, lifting obstacles such as wooden stakes, horses, and deer antlers.
"Prepare!" In the trench, Obai took out his knife and shouted loudly.
The Qing army musketeers with their hats held the muskets tightly and prepared to jump out of the trench.
On the side facing the relevant military positions, the Qing army built many slopes to allow the Qing army to attack and facilitate pushing the shield cart up.
"Attack!" Oboi shouted loudly, and waved his sword violently. The whistle of the Qing generals sounded on the front line that lasted for more than ten miles.
"Run!" When the Qing soldiers heard the order, they pushed the shield chariots and rushed out of the trench.
At this time, hundreds of shield chariots were in front, and countless Qing army infantry followed behind, rushed out of the trench and rushed towards the Gan Army's position.
The sound of the Qing army shouting soared into the sky, nodding with a buzzing sound, and the sound spread for dozens of miles.
On Dahuang Mountain and Yantong Mountain, the trapped Qing army of Lushun immediately launched a final attack when he heard the movement.
At this time, Kong Youde heard the Qing army's roar of shouts, and he shouted loudly, "Architecture, bombard me!"
"King, the ammunition of the artillery team has been exhausted long ago!" said the general with a bitter face.
Before, when Kong Youde attacked Dahuang Mountain and Yantong Mountain, the artillery was used too hard and he had no supplies for nearly a month, so the gunpowder had already bottomed out.
Kong Youde was stunned when he heard this, "Damn, you really don't know how to save!"
"Didn't the prince ask us to rush hard before?" the general whispered.
Kong Youde was silent for a moment. Haoge had already launched a charge. He didn't care whether there was artillery support. He drew out the battle knife and pointed down, "Brothers, whether you can break through the siege depends on today. Let me rush forward!"
After speaking, he whistled and took the lead in charge. The Qing army all over the mountains and fields then picked up empty muskets, raised their bayonets, and launched a decisive charge at the Gan Army's positions.
At the Ganjun command post, Gao Huan used a thousand-mile mirror to observe the dense figures of the Qing army, and felt that in this posture of the Qing army, if the Ganjun had a machine gun, he would definitely be able to harvest the enemy like mowing grass.
Gao Huan put down the Qianli Mile Mile and couldn't help but sigh: "I'll just have Maxim in this kind of impact formation."
"Your Majesty, what is Maxim?" Chen Tingyang couldn't help asking.
Gao Huan noticed the silence and explained with a smile, "Oh, it's a new type of musket that I'm going to study!"
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