Chapter 492
Chapter 492
Chapter 492
Shandong, Muling Pass.
Following a few choked horns, the remnants of the Qing army backed away from the gate in a panic, leaving corpses of their own clans one after another, and it was too late to take them away.
The guards of the Ming army who closed the gate taunted the retreating Tartars wantonly. Some even stood on the battlements and took off their trousers to urinate on those embarrassed guys.
Everyone laughed heartily.
"Who told you to retreat!"
"My lord, our battalion is almost dead. The southern barbarians are defending against danger. There are so many guns that we can't attack them at all. If we fight again, we will all die."
Not far off.
Under the commander-in-chief, Boluo cursed at the retreating general, and whipped him hard when he raised his whip. The leader knelt on the ground and gritted his teeth to bear it. He didn't dare to dodge, he could only beg.
"I don't listen to this. Without my military order, even if you're dead, you can't retreat. Come here, push this guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and behead him."
Ignoring the man's pleas, Bolo threw the whip aside and ordered.
Several generals came forward to intercede, "I also ask the lord to spare this slave's life. It's not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, but Muling Pass is really difficult to attack. Ming thieves have been prepared for a long time, and there are new reinforcements recently, adding a lot of trouble." Firearms help to defend against this narrow pass, even if I, a manchurian athlete, are brave, it is difficult to use them."
"Another 500 people will be deployed to prepare for the attack. If there is no order, even if they are all dead, they will not be allowed to retreat. Even if they are piled with corpses, they must be piled up for me to go to the city!"
"My lord, calm down, calm down!"
A group of generals panicked when they saw that Boluo's temper had come up. In fact, there was nothing left to fight until now, and they should have retreated a long time ago.But Boluo just refused to admit defeat, he insisted on smashing here, attacking forcefully, secretly attacking, feigning attack, night attack, and exhausted all kinds of methods, but the Ming army guarded him impeccably.
With the help of this man-in-charge terrain, they have lost nearly 2000 people here.
For the [-] and Eight Banners who came from afar, this is almost an unacceptable heavy blow, especially if they continue to fight like this, they may be surrounded, and there is not much food and grass.
"My lord, it's better to go to Laiwu first, and change to Jinan, I can't stay here any longer!"
Boluo still wants to fight again, he still has the most elite Bayala Battalion in his hand, with [-] elite Bayalas, but facing the iron wall of Muling Pass, Boluo dare not take these Manchuria Elite recklessly.
"Report!"
"General, the Ming army, the Ming army captured Yishui City and came to Daxian Mountain."
"But the Ming army that captured Yizhou?"
"It was Liu Shixun of Haizhou and Lu Xiangguan of Zhucheng, the city of Yishui that the two armies jointly captured."
Several generals heard the sound and rushed in to persuade them, "My lord, the Nanman has already surrounded us from three sides, and if we don't withdraw, we will be surrounded."
"Wai, I asked him to come and see if they can fight!" Boluo gritted his teeth.
"My lord, think twice, it's better to go to Jinan first."
"Yes, we are not afraid of Ming thieves coming to attack, but we are afraid that they will surround us and not fight. Then we will have no food to support and it will be difficult to hold on."
The generals persuaded him, but Boluo could only sigh.
"At night, half of the troops from the Baya La camp will leave the camp quietly and lie in ambush in the valley. Tomorrow morning, the rest of the troops will retreat with great fanfare, luring the thieves to attack.
If they dare to attack, destroy them. "
The generals felt that Boluo had lost his mind and went crazy. He had used this trick several times before, deliberately pretending to retreat. In fact, there was an ambush long ago, but the Ming army was not fooled. Take it over and check carefully.
Although Boluo felt that he was irrational, the military orders were hard to disobey, and everyone was satisfied to be able to retreat.
If I stay any longer, I'm really worried about being surrounded.
the next day.
When the gate was closed, Meng Xian got a report from Wen Hu that the Tartars outside the pass had changed, and the Yebu sent to check it, reported that the Tartars were retreating.
"The tartars are playing this game again? It's really exciting. How many times have you withdrawn your troops?" Meng Xian was rubbing his pistols, dismissive of this.
"This time it seems like I'm really going to run away." Wen Hu said with a smile, this officer who is extremely capable of committing crimes, with a Muling pass, he just brushed up several levels, and he was promoted back to the rank of commander-in-chief from the night without accepting the team leader. Made a battalion deputy.
In fact, Meng Xian was also promoted because of the Battle of Muling Pass, he was promoted to the front line, and was promoted to lieutenant general, but he still led the Left Association and guarded Muling Pass.After this battle is over, maybe he can be promoted to the general army.
The battle at Muling Pass this time was indeed very well fought, taking the first step to capture the pass city, preventing Boluo's 2000 soldiers from entering the pass for a long time, and even consuming nearly [-] Boluo soldiers.
This military merit is great enough, but the battle loss is still small. He just scored a battle loss ratio of one to three, which is much less than the loss of the Tartars. This is the elite of the Eight Banners, and this credit is really worthless.
Although this is to take advantage of guarding the city, the problem has to be with an opponent like Bo Luo who is willing to cooperate with giving away the head, especially if the opponent is one of the eight kings who assist the government.
Meng Xian is quite grateful to Bo Luo now, wishing he could stay for a while longer.
"Really running? When is it not really running?" Meng Xian smiled.
"It looks like he really ran, but he must have ambushed halfway."
"Forget it," Meng Xian waved his hand, "Whether he really runs or not, we have earned enough military exploits on this Boluo, so let him run if he wants to. The Holy Majesty has repeatedly reminded us not to underestimate the enemy. Be more careful, we have done enough meritorious service, just don't make mistakes and overturn the ship."
"Really not chasing?"
"Forget it," Meng Xian shook his head, "You hang Yebushuai behind and see him off for me. Remember to keep a distance and be careful."
In the fight with Boluo these days, although he killed [-] Tatars, Meng Xian was also deeply impressed by the bravery of the Tartars. He is not afraid of killing a lot of people every time, anyway, Meng Xian admires it very much.
Such a ferocious Tartar, if he really wants to pursue him, he may not be able to take it well. Even now he still has about [-] soldiers in the pass, plus the rest of the auxiliary soldiers, Minyong and other tens of thousands of people. If he really wants to go out to fight , he probably won't be able to beat him, so it's better to be honest, let him go if he wants to go.
Anyway, his mission was to defend Muling Pass, not to defeat Boluo.
The generals who shut down supported Meng Xian's decision. Although they wanted to make great contributions in their hearts, they had fully seen the bravery of the Boluo tribe's Tartars these days.
Close the door and stick to the danger.
Only Wen Hu leads the night and does not close the gate to follow.
Half of Boluo's troops retreated from the camp with great fanfare. He himself led the other half of the elite, including Ba Yala, out of the camp quietly in the middle of the night. No, I didn't see the Ming army appearing either.
It wasn't until the afternoon that I saw a nightbuckle coming.
But they were cautious, alternately sending Ye Dare to pry carefully, they hid in the valley, but they were still found, angry Boluo sent Ba Yala to chase them, but that night they didn't accept them, but they slipped away and fled far away.
Boluo saw through his plan and had no choice but to order a retreat.
As soon as they left, the night-buying and hanging up far away, Boluo sent cavalry to chase them away, and they retreated, anyway, they followed like flies, very annoying, but people had no choice but to let them hang behind .
Yishui City.
Chief Soldier Lu Xiangguan and General Anyang Liu Shixun joined forces in Yishui. There was no main force of the Qing army here, only some local battalions and township soldiers. When Boluo passed by before, a batch of grain and grass were forcibly confiscated.
When two Ming armies attacked, the officers in the city ran away first, and the rest of the local officials ran away. The rest of the officials found the local gentry and recommended them to take the lead to meet the Ming army.
Go down without a fight.
"General, Boluo has been defeated and is retreating from Muling Pass to Laiwu!"
"The opportunity is rare, hurry up and intercept it!"
Lu Xiangguan heard that Boluo had lost 2000 troops at Muling Pass. Now that he was defeated, he immediately decided to intercept him. Liu Shixun was a little hesitant. He was a naval general. Take Yishui again, but basically there is no battle, he hesitates.
However, Lu Xiangguan believed that the opportunity must not be lost, and that it would never come again, so he tried his best to intercept it.
"General Liu, Boluo has been repeatedly defeated at Muling Pass, losing troops and losing generals. Now the morale is depressed, and they are retreating in a panic. Although there are still seven to eight thousand people, how can the newly defeated army fight? Moreover, the valley is dangerous, and the Tartars are eager to fight. If you run away, you will never have the heart to fight. With the momentum of the new victory, our two armies just smashed the captives in one fell swoop. Even if we can't encircle and wipe them out, we can still tear off a few large pieces of flesh."
"You can't let them come and go freely?"
"If you don't fight now, it will be difficult to fight in the future."
Liu Shixun was also persuaded. At this time, the two armies had more than 1 troops, and their strength was not inferior to that of Boluo, and they won consecutive battles, so the two ordered an attack.
Early the next morning, meals were made at the fourth watch and troops were dispatched at the fifth watch.
The two armies left part of the auxiliary battalion and Xiangyong in Yishui City, and the remaining nearly [-] people marched northwest along the Yishui River Valley, intending to block Boluodong's escape route first.
Marching hurriedly for three days, they arrived at the foot of the Tashan Mountain in Shuhe. No reports were received at night, and the Tartars withdrew from Muling Pass and were heading here.
Lu Xiangguan observed the terrain and chose to camp in Tashan, preparing to form a stronghold to intercept.
Two Ming armies set up camp at Mount Tashan. As a result, the camp had just been half built, and the Boluo army had arrived ahead of schedule. Countless captives galloped across the valley.
Facing the Ming army camped on the mountain, they charged forward without hesitation.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Lu Xiangguan, who was halfway through the camp, had to order to fight against the enemy, and the two sides fought at the foot of Tashan.
As soon as they joined the battle, Lu Xiangguan and others found that the Tartars were extremely fierce and showed no sign of being defeated. They rushed to the Ming army's position, holding bows and arrows and guns, and advanced with shields. The musketeers and archers continued to fight back. , the two sides fought fiercely at the foot of Tashan for half a day.
In the end, gaps appeared in the positions of the Ming army, and several collapsed.
Seeing this, Lu Xiangguan drew his sword and stood under his flag, and shouted, "I will never retreat in a fight to the death. Those who have passed this flag will be killed!"
Under his orders, the defeated soldiers gathered here.
He quickly mobilized the artillery team and the gun team to defeat a rushing cavalry with intensive firepower, and barely stabilized the position.
More and more Ming troops gathered and quickly rebuilt the defense line.
Rejecting horses, shields, and then spears, bird guns, tiger squats, etc. layer by layer.
Fortunately, there is still half of the camp. At this time, there is still a place to rely on when retreating to the mountain. Lu Xiangguan and others personally supervised the camp, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to rush to repair the camp.
"Concentrate on raising your guns and aim at those Tartars who are leading the charge. Those must be Ba Yala!"
The Ming army used artillery, blunderbuss, and guns to block the leading Tatar cavalry, and finally contained their offensive. Fortunately, the Ming army arrived half a day first and built half of the camp. Although the battle was defeated, they retreated in time. Retreating to the camp, still on the mountain, the Qing army was at a disadvantage in attacking.
The Ming army tried its best to repair the camp, while the Qing army did not give up several times and tried to tear open the gap. However, Lu Xiangguan and others personally led troops to defend, fought to the death around several positions, and concentrated firearms, bows and arrows to assist in the defense.
After a day of fierce fighting, countless corpses were piled up inside and outside several gaps.
Both sides were jealous, but the Ming army did not dare to relax. If they relax, the whole army will be wiped out. Fortunately, these are imperial battalion soldiers. Although their armor is not as good as that of the Tartars, they are not the old Ming army, and their fighting spirit is still strong. In the face of this fierce battle, although they are also afraid, they can still keep a close eye on their superiors and their military flag. The officers will not retreat, and the military flag will not fall, and they will all stick to it.
After night, the fortress had been built very strong, and the Qing army's offensive began to weaken. It was no longer possible to attack by force in the dark, and it receded like a tide.
Lu Xiangguan asked people to light a bonfire and put all their strength on guard. On the other side, they continued to build more camps, and even began to dig trenches in front of the camp.
dawn.
Bo Luo rode his horse to the front of the camp at the bottom of the mountain. Looking at the Ming camp on the mountain, his face changed drastically overnight, and his expression changed drastically.
"These are the imperial troops of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty? I thought that the Ming army was only fighting bravely by guarding the city, but I didn't expect that they were so tenacious in field battles. I didn't defeat them in one go yesterday. I was careless."
The rest of the generals also felt very sorry, and it would be very difficult to defeat this Ming army now.
And they may not have this opportunity.
Their casualties were not small yesterday, with thousands lost.
There are still nearly 7000 people, but there is not much waiting for arrows and gunpowder, especially not much food and grass.
They also had to worry about the Ming army at Muling Pass chasing them.
Looking at the hedgehog-like camp, Boluo was very angry.
But a little helpless.
He rode around three times, trying to find a loophole, but in the end he felt that the Ming army had the determination to defend it. They failed to take it yesterday, and it would be too difficult to take it again today.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
What a pity.
"My lord, get out."
"In yesterday's battle, at least [-] Ming troops were annihilated, and it was a sigh of relief."
"There are still seven or eight thousand Ming troops on the mountain. The soldiers are not weaker than mine, and there is no way to retreat. They are determined to fight to the death."
Bolo's chest was on fire.
Muling Pass can't be defeated, and the field battle here can't be won.
Yesterday's reckless onslaught resulted in thousands of deaths, but it still fell short.
"When did the Ming army become so capable of fighting? The Ming army on this mountain obviously feels far inferior to my Eight Banners, their armor is not as good as our army, their bows and knives are not as good as our army, and they are not as good as ours in everything, but why do they dare to fight? ?”
"Why?"
Even when he was outside the pass and faced the most elite Guan Ning army, Boluo didn't feel this way.
In yesterday's situation, the Ming army must have been defeated. After the first round of attack, they should have collapsed, and then fled separately. The rest is the battle of chasing and annihilating.
Boluo surrounded for another day, trying to find some loopholes, but the Ming army kept strengthening the camp, and even on the third day, even the morale felt that it had recovered a lot.
Even the Ming army dared to send cavalry out of the camp to intercept their reconnaissance cavalry.
Seeing this, Boluo knew that the opportunity was gone.
After resting overnight, Boluo left camp on the morning of the fourth day.
On Tashan, the two generals Lu Xiangguan and Liu Shixun looked at the evacuated Eight Banners, but this time they did not dare to pursue rashly and could only let them go.
"I have underestimated the enemy in this battle. I will report to His Majesty and take all the responsibilities." Lu Xiangguan said to Liu Shixun.
"Why did General Lu say that? We fought this battle together, and we will bear the responsibility together if we lose."
"Hey, pack up and go back to Yishui, send more scouts, be careful that the Tartars will kill you with your carbine!"
(End of this chapter)
Shandong, Muling Pass.
Following a few choked horns, the remnants of the Qing army backed away from the gate in a panic, leaving corpses of their own clans one after another, and it was too late to take them away.
The guards of the Ming army who closed the gate taunted the retreating Tartars wantonly. Some even stood on the battlements and took off their trousers to urinate on those embarrassed guys.
Everyone laughed heartily.
"Who told you to retreat!"
"My lord, our battalion is almost dead. The southern barbarians are defending against danger. There are so many guns that we can't attack them at all. If we fight again, we will all die."
Not far off.
Under the commander-in-chief, Boluo cursed at the retreating general, and whipped him hard when he raised his whip. The leader knelt on the ground and gritted his teeth to bear it. He didn't dare to dodge, he could only beg.
"I don't listen to this. Without my military order, even if you're dead, you can't retreat. Come here, push this guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and behead him."
Ignoring the man's pleas, Bolo threw the whip aside and ordered.
Several generals came forward to intercede, "I also ask the lord to spare this slave's life. It's not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, but Muling Pass is really difficult to attack. Ming thieves have been prepared for a long time, and there are new reinforcements recently, adding a lot of trouble." Firearms help to defend against this narrow pass, even if I, a manchurian athlete, are brave, it is difficult to use them."
"Another 500 people will be deployed to prepare for the attack. If there is no order, even if they are all dead, they will not be allowed to retreat. Even if they are piled with corpses, they must be piled up for me to go to the city!"
"My lord, calm down, calm down!"
A group of generals panicked when they saw that Boluo's temper had come up. In fact, there was nothing left to fight until now, and they should have retreated a long time ago.But Boluo just refused to admit defeat, he insisted on smashing here, attacking forcefully, secretly attacking, feigning attack, night attack, and exhausted all kinds of methods, but the Ming army guarded him impeccably.
With the help of this man-in-charge terrain, they have lost nearly 2000 people here.
For the [-] and Eight Banners who came from afar, this is almost an unacceptable heavy blow, especially if they continue to fight like this, they may be surrounded, and there is not much food and grass.
"My lord, it's better to go to Laiwu first, and change to Jinan, I can't stay here any longer!"
Boluo still wants to fight again, he still has the most elite Bayala Battalion in his hand, with [-] elite Bayalas, but facing the iron wall of Muling Pass, Boluo dare not take these Manchuria Elite recklessly.
"Report!"
"General, the Ming army, the Ming army captured Yishui City and came to Daxian Mountain."
"But the Ming army that captured Yizhou?"
"It was Liu Shixun of Haizhou and Lu Xiangguan of Zhucheng, the city of Yishui that the two armies jointly captured."
Several generals heard the sound and rushed in to persuade them, "My lord, the Nanman has already surrounded us from three sides, and if we don't withdraw, we will be surrounded."
"Wai, I asked him to come and see if they can fight!" Boluo gritted his teeth.
"My lord, think twice, it's better to go to Jinan first."
"Yes, we are not afraid of Ming thieves coming to attack, but we are afraid that they will surround us and not fight. Then we will have no food to support and it will be difficult to hold on."
The generals persuaded him, but Boluo could only sigh.
"At night, half of the troops from the Baya La camp will leave the camp quietly and lie in ambush in the valley. Tomorrow morning, the rest of the troops will retreat with great fanfare, luring the thieves to attack.
If they dare to attack, destroy them. "
The generals felt that Boluo had lost his mind and went crazy. He had used this trick several times before, deliberately pretending to retreat. In fact, there was an ambush long ago, but the Ming army was not fooled. Take it over and check carefully.
Although Boluo felt that he was irrational, the military orders were hard to disobey, and everyone was satisfied to be able to retreat.
If I stay any longer, I'm really worried about being surrounded.
the next day.
When the gate was closed, Meng Xian got a report from Wen Hu that the Tartars outside the pass had changed, and the Yebu sent to check it, reported that the Tartars were retreating.
"The tartars are playing this game again? It's really exciting. How many times have you withdrawn your troops?" Meng Xian was rubbing his pistols, dismissive of this.
"This time it seems like I'm really going to run away." Wen Hu said with a smile, this officer who is extremely capable of committing crimes, with a Muling pass, he just brushed up several levels, and he was promoted back to the rank of commander-in-chief from the night without accepting the team leader. Made a battalion deputy.
In fact, Meng Xian was also promoted because of the Battle of Muling Pass, he was promoted to the front line, and was promoted to lieutenant general, but he still led the Left Association and guarded Muling Pass.After this battle is over, maybe he can be promoted to the general army.
The battle at Muling Pass this time was indeed very well fought, taking the first step to capture the pass city, preventing Boluo's 2000 soldiers from entering the pass for a long time, and even consuming nearly [-] Boluo soldiers.
This military merit is great enough, but the battle loss is still small. He just scored a battle loss ratio of one to three, which is much less than the loss of the Tartars. This is the elite of the Eight Banners, and this credit is really worthless.
Although this is to take advantage of guarding the city, the problem has to be with an opponent like Bo Luo who is willing to cooperate with giving away the head, especially if the opponent is one of the eight kings who assist the government.
Meng Xian is quite grateful to Bo Luo now, wishing he could stay for a while longer.
"Really running? When is it not really running?" Meng Xian smiled.
"It looks like he really ran, but he must have ambushed halfway."
"Forget it," Meng Xian waved his hand, "Whether he really runs or not, we have earned enough military exploits on this Boluo, so let him run if he wants to. The Holy Majesty has repeatedly reminded us not to underestimate the enemy. Be more careful, we have done enough meritorious service, just don't make mistakes and overturn the ship."
"Really not chasing?"
"Forget it," Meng Xian shook his head, "You hang Yebushuai behind and see him off for me. Remember to keep a distance and be careful."
In the fight with Boluo these days, although he killed [-] Tatars, Meng Xian was also deeply impressed by the bravery of the Tartars. He is not afraid of killing a lot of people every time, anyway, Meng Xian admires it very much.
Such a ferocious Tartar, if he really wants to pursue him, he may not be able to take it well. Even now he still has about [-] soldiers in the pass, plus the rest of the auxiliary soldiers, Minyong and other tens of thousands of people. If he really wants to go out to fight , he probably won't be able to beat him, so it's better to be honest, let him go if he wants to go.
Anyway, his mission was to defend Muling Pass, not to defeat Boluo.
The generals who shut down supported Meng Xian's decision. Although they wanted to make great contributions in their hearts, they had fully seen the bravery of the Boluo tribe's Tartars these days.
Close the door and stick to the danger.
Only Wen Hu leads the night and does not close the gate to follow.
Half of Boluo's troops retreated from the camp with great fanfare. He himself led the other half of the elite, including Ba Yala, out of the camp quietly in the middle of the night. No, I didn't see the Ming army appearing either.
It wasn't until the afternoon that I saw a nightbuckle coming.
But they were cautious, alternately sending Ye Dare to pry carefully, they hid in the valley, but they were still found, angry Boluo sent Ba Yala to chase them, but that night they didn't accept them, but they slipped away and fled far away.
Boluo saw through his plan and had no choice but to order a retreat.
As soon as they left, the night-buying and hanging up far away, Boluo sent cavalry to chase them away, and they retreated, anyway, they followed like flies, very annoying, but people had no choice but to let them hang behind .
Yishui City.
Chief Soldier Lu Xiangguan and General Anyang Liu Shixun joined forces in Yishui. There was no main force of the Qing army here, only some local battalions and township soldiers. When Boluo passed by before, a batch of grain and grass were forcibly confiscated.
When two Ming armies attacked, the officers in the city ran away first, and the rest of the local officials ran away. The rest of the officials found the local gentry and recommended them to take the lead to meet the Ming army.
Go down without a fight.
"General, Boluo has been defeated and is retreating from Muling Pass to Laiwu!"
"The opportunity is rare, hurry up and intercept it!"
Lu Xiangguan heard that Boluo had lost 2000 troops at Muling Pass. Now that he was defeated, he immediately decided to intercept him. Liu Shixun was a little hesitant. He was a naval general. Take Yishui again, but basically there is no battle, he hesitates.
However, Lu Xiangguan believed that the opportunity must not be lost, and that it would never come again, so he tried his best to intercept it.
"General Liu, Boluo has been repeatedly defeated at Muling Pass, losing troops and losing generals. Now the morale is depressed, and they are retreating in a panic. Although there are still seven to eight thousand people, how can the newly defeated army fight? Moreover, the valley is dangerous, and the Tartars are eager to fight. If you run away, you will never have the heart to fight. With the momentum of the new victory, our two armies just smashed the captives in one fell swoop. Even if we can't encircle and wipe them out, we can still tear off a few large pieces of flesh."
"You can't let them come and go freely?"
"If you don't fight now, it will be difficult to fight in the future."
Liu Shixun was also persuaded. At this time, the two armies had more than 1 troops, and their strength was not inferior to that of Boluo, and they won consecutive battles, so the two ordered an attack.
Early the next morning, meals were made at the fourth watch and troops were dispatched at the fifth watch.
The two armies left part of the auxiliary battalion and Xiangyong in Yishui City, and the remaining nearly [-] people marched northwest along the Yishui River Valley, intending to block Boluodong's escape route first.
Marching hurriedly for three days, they arrived at the foot of the Tashan Mountain in Shuhe. No reports were received at night, and the Tartars withdrew from Muling Pass and were heading here.
Lu Xiangguan observed the terrain and chose to camp in Tashan, preparing to form a stronghold to intercept.
Two Ming armies set up camp at Mount Tashan. As a result, the camp had just been half built, and the Boluo army had arrived ahead of schedule. Countless captives galloped across the valley.
Facing the Ming army camped on the mountain, they charged forward without hesitation.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Lu Xiangguan, who was halfway through the camp, had to order to fight against the enemy, and the two sides fought at the foot of Tashan.
As soon as they joined the battle, Lu Xiangguan and others found that the Tartars were extremely fierce and showed no sign of being defeated. They rushed to the Ming army's position, holding bows and arrows and guns, and advanced with shields. The musketeers and archers continued to fight back. , the two sides fought fiercely at the foot of Tashan for half a day.
In the end, gaps appeared in the positions of the Ming army, and several collapsed.
Seeing this, Lu Xiangguan drew his sword and stood under his flag, and shouted, "I will never retreat in a fight to the death. Those who have passed this flag will be killed!"
Under his orders, the defeated soldiers gathered here.
He quickly mobilized the artillery team and the gun team to defeat a rushing cavalry with intensive firepower, and barely stabilized the position.
More and more Ming troops gathered and quickly rebuilt the defense line.
Rejecting horses, shields, and then spears, bird guns, tiger squats, etc. layer by layer.
Fortunately, there is still half of the camp. At this time, there is still a place to rely on when retreating to the mountain. Lu Xiangguan and others personally supervised the camp, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to rush to repair the camp.
"Concentrate on raising your guns and aim at those Tartars who are leading the charge. Those must be Ba Yala!"
The Ming army used artillery, blunderbuss, and guns to block the leading Tatar cavalry, and finally contained their offensive. Fortunately, the Ming army arrived half a day first and built half of the camp. Although the battle was defeated, they retreated in time. Retreating to the camp, still on the mountain, the Qing army was at a disadvantage in attacking.
The Ming army tried its best to repair the camp, while the Qing army did not give up several times and tried to tear open the gap. However, Lu Xiangguan and others personally led troops to defend, fought to the death around several positions, and concentrated firearms, bows and arrows to assist in the defense.
After a day of fierce fighting, countless corpses were piled up inside and outside several gaps.
Both sides were jealous, but the Ming army did not dare to relax. If they relax, the whole army will be wiped out. Fortunately, these are imperial battalion soldiers. Although their armor is not as good as that of the Tartars, they are not the old Ming army, and their fighting spirit is still strong. In the face of this fierce battle, although they are also afraid, they can still keep a close eye on their superiors and their military flag. The officers will not retreat, and the military flag will not fall, and they will all stick to it.
After night, the fortress had been built very strong, and the Qing army's offensive began to weaken. It was no longer possible to attack by force in the dark, and it receded like a tide.
Lu Xiangguan asked people to light a bonfire and put all their strength on guard. On the other side, they continued to build more camps, and even began to dig trenches in front of the camp.
dawn.
Bo Luo rode his horse to the front of the camp at the bottom of the mountain. Looking at the Ming camp on the mountain, his face changed drastically overnight, and his expression changed drastically.
"These are the imperial troops of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty? I thought that the Ming army was only fighting bravely by guarding the city, but I didn't expect that they were so tenacious in field battles. I didn't defeat them in one go yesterday. I was careless."
The rest of the generals also felt very sorry, and it would be very difficult to defeat this Ming army now.
And they may not have this opportunity.
Their casualties were not small yesterday, with thousands lost.
There are still nearly 7000 people, but there is not much waiting for arrows and gunpowder, especially not much food and grass.
They also had to worry about the Ming army at Muling Pass chasing them.
Looking at the hedgehog-like camp, Boluo was very angry.
But a little helpless.
He rode around three times, trying to find a loophole, but in the end he felt that the Ming army had the determination to defend it. They failed to take it yesterday, and it would be too difficult to take it again today.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
What a pity.
"My lord, get out."
"In yesterday's battle, at least [-] Ming troops were annihilated, and it was a sigh of relief."
"There are still seven or eight thousand Ming troops on the mountain. The soldiers are not weaker than mine, and there is no way to retreat. They are determined to fight to the death."
Bolo's chest was on fire.
Muling Pass can't be defeated, and the field battle here can't be won.
Yesterday's reckless onslaught resulted in thousands of deaths, but it still fell short.
"When did the Ming army become so capable of fighting? The Ming army on this mountain obviously feels far inferior to my Eight Banners, their armor is not as good as our army, their bows and knives are not as good as our army, and they are not as good as ours in everything, but why do they dare to fight? ?”
"Why?"
Even when he was outside the pass and faced the most elite Guan Ning army, Boluo didn't feel this way.
In yesterday's situation, the Ming army must have been defeated. After the first round of attack, they should have collapsed, and then fled separately. The rest is the battle of chasing and annihilating.
Boluo surrounded for another day, trying to find some loopholes, but the Ming army kept strengthening the camp, and even on the third day, even the morale felt that it had recovered a lot.
Even the Ming army dared to send cavalry out of the camp to intercept their reconnaissance cavalry.
Seeing this, Boluo knew that the opportunity was gone.
After resting overnight, Boluo left camp on the morning of the fourth day.
On Tashan, the two generals Lu Xiangguan and Liu Shixun looked at the evacuated Eight Banners, but this time they did not dare to pursue rashly and could only let them go.
"I have underestimated the enemy in this battle. I will report to His Majesty and take all the responsibilities." Lu Xiangguan said to Liu Shixun.
"Why did General Lu say that? We fought this battle together, and we will bear the responsibility together if we lose."
"Hey, pack up and go back to Yishui, send more scouts, be careful that the Tartars will kill you with your carbine!"
(End of this chapter)