Qiao Mingjun stretched out his hand to wipe away the blood stains on his face and looked fiercely at the battlefield ahead.

The 60,000 Denglai New Army soldiers have been stationed at Zhenbeiguan for twelve days. Seeing that their food and grass are almost exhausted, during this period, the Eight Banners Army only launched a tentative attack on Zhenbeiguan. If the Eight Banners Army

He has been stationed in Tieling and has no intention of launching an attack on Zhenbeiguan. Once more than fifteen days pass, Qiao Mingjun will be forced to take the initiative to launch an attack on Tieling. After all, the lack of food and grass for the army is fatal.

The situation at Zhenbeiguan is closely related to the situation in the Battle of Liaoyang. If the Battle of Liaoyang remains in a state of confrontation for a long time, the pressure on Zhenbeiguan will increase infinitely. If the Denglai New Army wins the Battle of Liaoyang, then the Eight Banners

The army was forced to launch an attack on Zhenbeiguan in an attempt to retreat northward from Datong.

So for Qiao Mingjun, if the Eight Banners Army launches a crazy attack on Zhenbeiguan, it will be the biggest good news.

Zhenbeiguan is in the hinterland controlled by Houjin. It is difficult for the army to rush to rescue. It is also difficult for Qiao Mingjun to obtain key information. However, no matter what the situation of the Liaodong battle is, before receiving new orders, he must fight with the six

Thousands of soldiers will defend to the death, even if there is only one left, we must persist.

At dawn, the scouts reported that a large number of Eight Banners troops were marching from Tieling City towards Zhenbeiguan.

Qiao Mingjun let out a long sigh of relief. He especially longed for a brutal fight.

Qiao Mingjun's wish did not come true. Starting from Mao hour, the Eight Banners Army launched an offensive against Zhenbeiguan Linglie.

The defensive front of Zhenbeiguan has a total of four layers. The first layer is a trench that is 200 meters long and about two meters wide. The trench at this level was only one meter at first. During actual combat, war horses could easily jump over the one-meter-wide trench.

Therefore, Qiao Mingjun ordered that the width of the trench be increased to two meters, so that most of the war horses would be afraid of the two-meter-wide trench under heavy load.

The second layer is a wooden fence, two hundred meters long and about one meter high. The top of the wooden fence is sharply sharpened. When the war horse jumps over the wooden fence, if you are not careful, you may get punctured in the stomach.

A layer of wooden fence can block most of the war horses.

The third layer is a log fence. This layer of fence is mainly used to prevent the sergeants from charging.

The fourth floor is the renovated closing platform.

The entire four-level defensive formation has a distance of fifty meters. The second-level wooden fence is ten meters away from the trench, the third-level log fence is twenty meters away from the second-level wooden fence, and the log fence is twenty meters away from the gate gate.

These are all calculated by Qiao Mingjun in detail and are considered the best defensive distance.

What Qiao Mingjun didn't expect was that during the attack that started at Mao hour, the Eight Banners Army didn't care about the loss of war horses. The trenches on the first floor were filled with the corpses of war horses. The charging horses behind them went crazy under the ruthless whipping of their owners.

A general charge towards the second wooden fence forced Qiao Mingjun to quickly evacuate the sergeants deployed on the first line of defense. After all, infantry faced cavalry, and no matter how brave the infantry were, they were all at a disadvantage.

The sharp wooden fence on the second floor played a vital role. When the war horses faced the sharp wooden fence, most of them were afraid. No matter how hard their owners whipped them, they did not dare to jump easily. Some of the war horses tried to jump.

, some did not jump over, but were penetrated by the Jiangmu fence into the horse's belly, and stopped struggling with a neighing sound. Some even jumped up, but were hit by percussion flintlock guns and fell down with a neighing sound. Naturally, the sergeant on the horse could not escape.

Stay alive.

The most brutal fighting took place around the sharp wooden fence on the second floor. The Eight Banners Army changed its offensive and used a dense rain of arrows to cover it. The sergeant stepped forward and used the steel knife in his hand to hack away at the wooden fence frantically.

Qiao Mingjun was well prepared and dispatched a large number of infantry, armed with percussion flintlock guns, to shoot neatly at the attacking Eight Banners Army sergeants. Rows of Eight Banners Army sergeants fell under the whizzing bullets. Qiao Mingjun could

What I didn't expect was that the Eight Banners Army behind them used the bodies of the fallen Eight Banners Army sergeants to cover themselves and continued to advance forward.

The Eight Banners Army has always valued brotherhood. When they fight, as long as the situation allows, they will definitely snatch back the corpses of sacrificed sergeants and transport them back for burial. But this time, the Eight Banners Army sergeants actually used the corpses of their lost brothers to cover up, which illustrates one point.

, the situation in the Battle of Liaoyang was extremely unfavorable to the Eight Banners Army. They urgently needed to capture Zhenbeiguan to ensure that the Eight Banners Army could evacuate from Zhenbeiguan to the far north.

After thinking about this clearly, Qiao Mingjun also tried his best. According to the initial deployment, the 10,000 infantry soldiers around the second wooden fence used the cover of the wooden fence to launch an attack on the Eight Banners Army. Seeing the Eight Banners Army sergeants slashing wildly,

At the sharp wooden fence, Qiao Mingjun once again sent 10,000 infantry to launch an attack on the Eight Banners Army sergeants, so that there were 20,000 infantry around the second wooden fence.

The brutal fighting lasted for two full hours.

The Eight Banners Army finally retreated after leaving behind a large number of corpses. However, several large gaps were cut in the pointed wooden fence. The Eight Banners Army's cavalry could launch an attack from these gaps.

There were only two layers of defense left. The infantry of the Denglai New Army also suffered a lot of casualties, mainly casualties caused by the Eight Banners Army's arrow rain. The third layer of log fences was crucial. If it was broken through by the Eight Banners Army,

Then there will be face-to-face fighting and hand-to-hand combat. The gate platform is too small to accommodate a large number of sergeants, and the army cannot spread its attack.

After putting away his piercing gaze, Qiao Mingjun spoke to the messenger beside him.

"Pass my order, all the Franchise aircraft are set up. Once the Eight Banners Army rushes through the pointed wooden fence, all the Franchise aircraft will open fire, knocking him off his back. Order the cavalry battalion to be ready. Once the Eight Banners Army's attack

The cavalry retreated and attacked from the left and right flanks, telling them that I did not want any prisoners..."

After the ordering soldier clasped his fists and saluted, he quickly went to deliver the order.

In close combat, the Franchise is extremely powerful, and the Franchise carried by Qiao Mingjun has been modified by the Firearms Bureau to be more powerful and have a longer range. Even Houjin's heavy cavalry cannot withstand it.

Qiao Mingjun's purpose was very clear. He wanted to nail Zhenbeiguan like a nail so that Hou Jin's Eight Banners Army could not move forward, no matter how heavy the casualties were, he would not hesitate.

...

Melezhangjing, who was wearing a white flag, clasped his fists at Dodo with a look of panic on his face.

"Sir Flag Master, the losses have been too great. Should we make some slight adjustments and launch the attack again tomorrow..."

The color on Duduo's face had long since drained. He had fought against the Denglai New Army, and his painful defeat experience made him never underestimate the Denglai New Army. Therefore, when the attack began, he ordered the army to launch a mountain shout.

Tsunami's attack did not preserve its strength at all, but what Dodo did not expect was that the losses to the army were still too heavy.

Among the Eight Banners, the Zhengbai Banner and the Xiangbai Banner were the most powerful. In this attack, Duduo used the cavalry of the Xiangbai Banner as the main force, assisted by the cavalry of the Xianghuang Banner. The Han army explored the path and launched the attack first. To put it bluntly,

However, facing the two-meter-wide trench, the Han army, which was mainly infantry, had no choice, so it broke through the first layer of defense, mainly cavalry from the Eight Banners Army, most of which were from the Mongolian Eight Banners.

sergeant.

The Han army was the main force that broke through the sharp wooden fence on the second level.

The Han army with white flags and yellow flags was almost wiped out, which meant that they tore a few gaps in the pointed wooden fence. The firearms of Denglai's new army were so powerful that the whizzing bullets kept devouring the sergeants' weapons.

life.

The Han army with the white flag was equally brave, but the losses were so huge that Duduo was equally heartbroken.

However, when the battle has reached this point, we must not give in. If the battle ceases, then the previous attack will be completely in vain. Duduo has made such a big sacrifice and finally opened up the situation, how could he give up so easily.

Looking at Mele Zhangjing coldly, Duduo spoke expressionlessly.

"Half an hour later, the cavalry launched an attack in a square formation. It must completely break through the defense line of Denglai New Army. You are the vanguard officer commanding the battle. If you cannot break through the defense line of Denglai New Army, then

Come to me with your head raised..."

Melezhangjing looked at Dodo, clasped his fists and saluted, and went to make arrangements.

Duduo looked back at the direction of Tieling. At this moment, the Eight Banners Army of Zhengbai Banner and Zhenghuang Banner led by his second brother Dorgon were marching in the direction of Tieling. If the armies met, there would definitely be no problem in taking Zhenbeiguan.

, but Dodo will never admit defeat. He will lead the most courageous Xiangbai Banner to completely capture Zhenbeiguan.

When commanding the battle, Duduo calmed down a lot. He knew the severe situation faced by his second brother Dorgon, and he also knew that the Qing Dynasty had reached a life-or-death situation. In fact, this war, which was related to the survival of the Qing Dynasty, had been going on since the beginning.

The Lai Xin Army took the initiative, and the Qing Dynasty was not prepared at all. There was a gap in the collection of grain and grass, and the morale of the soldiers. The failure of the Liaoyang Battle was equivalent to a fatal blow to the Qing Dynasty. Now

Under such circumstances, the Eight Banners Army had no choice but to withdraw towards the far north in order to preserve its strength and retain the foundation for its future rise.

The comfortable days of the Qing Dynasty are gone forever. Facing the powerful Denglai New Army and the behemoth Wu Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty has no advantage at all. Not to mention Dorgon, even his father

Nurhachi, faced with such a situation, I am afraid there is nothing he can do.

Duduo also knew that the Mongolian grassland tribes had wavered, and some tribes no longer supported the Qing Dynasty unconditionally. His second brother, Dorgon, once issued an order to send troops to the Mongolian tribes, but very few responded.

It can be said that the stormy moment has arrived.

Duduo, who knew the situation well, was determined to capture Zhenbeiguan even if the white flag was no longer there, so as to ensure that the Eight Banners Army could successfully evacuate from Zhenbeiguan.

Therefore, the size of the casualties is not too exciting for Duduo. His goal is to capture Zhenbeiguan.
Chapter completed!