The person responsible for guarding the peripheral gun towers is the North Korean army.
Moreover, Yan Yingyuan did not tell the North Korean army that the real target of the slaves was the gun tower on the east bank of the canal. It was precisely because of this that the North Korean army on the peripheral guns tower was so lax.
Yes, that's right, Yan Yingyuan did it on purpose.
Yan Yingyuan did not even place iron caltrops or antlers in the trenches of the outer gun tower.
Of course, Yan Yingyuan was driving those Korean troops who had not yet naturalized as Chinese citizens.
Of course, Yan Yingyuan would not be so cruel to the five thousand Korean troops who had been naturalized in China, but using other Korean troops as cannon fodder, Yan Yingyuan did not have any psychological barriers.
He is kind-hearted and soft-handed, but he cannot be the commander-in-chief of the three armies.
It wasn't until the Han army of the Eight Banners placed the ladder against the guard wall that the Korean army on the gun platform finally discovered the ladder.
"There are Jian slaves! Jian slaves are attacking at night!" the sentry guarding behind the wall yelled sadly.
"Bang bang bang!" Then there was a burst of intensive gunfire, but the Jiannu musketeers on the other side of the trench opened fire one after another. The dense rain of bullets poured over and knocked down the Korean sentries in an instant.
Taking advantage of this gap, Wang Fuchen carried a steel knife at his waist and climbed up to the gun platform quickly with his hands and feet.
Wang Fuchen was already tall and had long legs and feet, so he climbed up the protective wall, which was only two feet high in a few moves. He then drew his saber from his waist and pounced down from the protective wall.
The North Korean soldier who bore the brunt subconsciously raised his flintlock gun and tried to block the sword.
Soon enough, Wang Fuchen's sword had already struck the flintlock spear heavily.
Wang Fuchen's horse-zanting sword is not an ordinary horse-zanting sword, but a custom-made horse-zanting sword that is lengthened, thickened and weighted.
In the late Ming Dynasty, there were actually many fierce generals who did not look like humans. For example, Lu Xiang, a scholar who joined the army, used a machete that actually weighed 136 kilograms!
Wang Fuchen is not as powerful as Lu Xiangsheng, but he is not far behind.
Wang Fuchen's horse-killing sword is five feet long and weighs more than fifty kilograms!
There was just a bang, and the flintlock gun in the hands of the Korean army was suddenly broken into two pieces in the middle.
Of course, the barrel of the flintlock gun was not cut off, but was broken from the weld. The quality of the flintlock gun made by Jiannu was not as good as that produced by the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Fuchen broke the barrel of the gun with this knife, and before using up the remaining force, he split open the North Korean soldier's head.
All this is a long story, but it actually happened in the blink of an eye, so for the other Korean troops on the gun platform, the shock it caused cannot be described in words.
Anyway, I saw a giant who was nearly seven feet tall, wearing heavy armor, and wearing a hood with a visor on his head. He brandished a sword that was taller than a man and suddenly crossed the wall and entered the gun platform.
Then in one fell swoop, they split the head of their leader, Park Sung-tae, in half, and his brains splattered all over the floor.
"Ghost, the ghost is coming!" The remaining Korean troops panicked.
Wang Fuchen would not let go of such a good opportunity, and then he used a move to fight in the night. In the flash of cold light, the two Korean soldiers closest to him were instantly cut in half, and their internal organs were spilled on the ground.
It must be admitted that Wang Fuchen is really a fierce general!
At this time, other Eight Banners Han troops also followed and entered the gun platform.
Wang Fuchen immediately took a few steps back and leaned against the wall, panting slightly.
Although he was far from reaching the limit of his physical strength, the two sword strikes just now still consumed a lot of physical energy. In addition, the first level of the Ming army's gun platform had been broken through, so he was unwilling to lead the charge forward. Lan
However, even without Wang Fuchen, the victory of the Eight Banners Han Army was already certain.
Because the North Korean troops stationed on the peripheral gun towers have been defeated.
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"Hong Budang, your trick of making false claims to the west and attacking the east has worked."
Hou Fangyu pointed forward and said: "The Ming army at the outermost gun platform on the east bank has been defeated."
Standing on the nest car several feet high, you can clearly see the battlefield on the east bank of the canal through the telescope.
Hong Chengchou frowned and did not answer. Instead, he felt a little uneasy in his heart. Logically speaking, Yan Yingyuan shouldn't be so careless with his reputation? Is it difficult to live up to his reputation?
"Hong Butang, are you suspecting that Yan Yingyuan shouldn't be so careless?"
"Isn't it? Yan Yingyuan shouldn't be able to detect the secrets of the headquarters and attack the east."
"Well, as the saying goes, those who drown are those who know how to swim, and those who fall to death are those who can climb trees. It is always inevitable for a famous general to have a horse stumble. Isn't Zhuge Liang, who is so wise and almost demonic, also at Chencang Pass?
He was beaten by Hao Zhao until he lost his armor."
"Hou Shenjun, that's a story in a novel." Hong Chengchou's face fell, "It's not historical fact."
"Are there few examples like this in historical facts?" Hou Fangyu said with a sudden smile, "Xuda, the former Ming God of War, had almost never been defeated in his life, but he was completely defeated in the Battle of Lingbei, which directly ruined his destiny to pursue victory and destroy Mongolia.
This was a good opportunity, and this led to the confrontation between the Qian Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty that lasted for nearly three hundred years."
This time Hong Chengchou did not refute and was unable to refute.
In the Battle of Lingbei, Xu Da was indeed a little careless in underestimating the enemy.
So, Yan Yingyuan also underestimated the enemy this time?
While Hong Chengchou was thinking about it, the Eight Banners Han Army had successfully captured all the gun towers on the periphery, and launched an attack on the second gun tower while biting the Ming army's ass.
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Yan Yingyuan and Jie Yuancai are on one of the gun platforms in the third level.
Seeing the Korean army retreating along the trench, Jie Yuancai became a little panicked.
"Jian Heng, is this really going to cause trouble? Jiannu is chasing the North Korean army with his teeth in his butt. Our army has no way to aim, so we can't shoot directly at the North Korean army, right? What should we do?"
"What should we do?" Yan Yingyuan said, "Then give Jiannu another blunderbuss."
"What? Give Jiannu another gun platform?" Jie Yuancai asked in surprise, "In this way, wouldn't there be only one gun platform left on the east bank of the canal? What if it falls again?"
"Lao Tzu said: If you want to take something, you must give it first."
Yan Yingyuan said: "You have to give Jiannu some sweetness, so that they can cause a big fight."
After saying this, he shouted in a low voice: "This is my general's order. The defenders at the sentries on the second stage of the gun platform can fire a few shots and retreat. However, they cannot retreat again after they have retreated to the trenches on both sides of the third stage of the gun platform."
A dozen or so imperial disciples immediately rushed away after receiving the military order.
Soon, the 11 sentry troops guarding the second heavy gun platform followed and retreated.
The Eight Banners Han Army effortlessly captured the second gun platform.
However, when the Eight Banners Han Army prepared to continue their efforts and seize the third and final gun platform on the east bank of the canal, they encountered a stubborn resistance from the Ming Army.
The Ming army, which had been fleeing just now, suddenly stopped and formed a line to fight back.
This kind of tactical action of suddenly switching to on-site blocking during the "rout" was something that only the Eight Banners Manchuria could do before, but now the Ming army can also do it, even better than the Eight Banners Manchuria.
The reason is also very simple. The Ming army already has a large number of high-quality officers.
A large number of officers who received systematic military school education entered the army, making the command and dispatch of the Ming army as easy as a finger.
The Ming army guarding the third turret opened fire at the same time, pouring a heavy rain of lead on the heads of the pursuing Eight Banners and Han troops. The unsuspecting Eight Banners and Han troops suddenly fell to the ground in rows.
...Lan
This time the Eight Banners Han Army was really caught off guard.
The cloth-faced armor worn by the Eight Banners and Han troops was simply unable to withstand it.
In an instant, hundreds of Eight Banners Han troops were defeated.
"Get back!" Wang Fuchen, who was shrinking behind, quickly ordered loudly when he saw this.
"Get back, get back quickly, retreat to the second level gun platform and shoot with the Ming army!"
Not only the Ming army was equipped with self-generated fire blunderbuss, the Eight Banners Han Army was also equipped with self-generated fire blunderbuss, and with one shot per man, they could completely suppress the Ming army with their numerical and firepower advantages.
Wang Fuchen's idea is good, but the reality is extremely cruel.
After retreating to the second gun platform, Wang Fuchen was shocked to find that the Ming army had actually cut away the rear half of the retaining wall and slope protection facing the west. This was disgusting.
Because the Ming army could hide behind the protective wall and fire, with only their heads exposed.
But the Han army under the Eight Banners had no protective wall for cover, so their whole bodies were exposed.
Only the head is exposed on one side, but the whole body is exposed on the other side. How can you fight?
That's not the most disgusting thing. The most disgusting thing is that the Ming army actually pulled out the red cannon. Because of the short distance, the red cannon was not loaded with one solid iron bullet, but hundreds of lead bullets and hundreds of bullets.
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The red cannon's shotgun fire at close range is much more brutal than the squatting tiger cannon.
Because the chamber pressures of these two cannons are completely incomparable, the lethality is also very different. To put it bluntly, as long as you are wearing armor, you still have a chance to survive when you are hit by the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
But if you are unfortunate enough to be hit by a shot from a red cannon,
Even if he was wearing triple armor, he would still be shot into a sieve!
The Ming army used more than a hundred red cannons, which were set up in advance among the battlements of the cannon tower protective wall.
This time the Eight Banners Han Army was severely beaten. With only one row of artillery fire, a large area of the Eight Banners Han Army that retreated to the second artillery platform fell. In just one blow, at least a thousand Eight Banners Han Army fell to the ground, most of them on the spot.
Kill.
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"How is this going?"
Seeing this scene through the telescope, Hong Chengchou was completely stunned.
Because the propagation speed of sound is relatively slow, Hong Chengchou only saw a red light shining, and then he saw the Eight Banners Han troops retreating to the second gun platform falling one by one, and he was stunned on the spot.
Hou Fangyu also couldn't believe his eyes.
"What happened? Was it an ambush?"
Just as the two of them were looking at each other, the sound of a huge cannon fire finally came over.
"Is this the red cannon?" Hou Fangyu cried out, "Minggou had already prepared the red cannon on the third stage of the gun platform, and the muzzle of the gun was also pointed at the second stage of the gun platform, and he also fired the second stage of the cannon.
The rear half of the protective wall of the platform was cut off? As soon as the Eight Banners and Han troops entered the second stage of the gun platform, hundreds of cannons were fired, and I'm afraid they still used hundreds of bullets!"
"Play hard to get!" Hong Chengchou's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"What a good Yan Yingyuan, he has already planned a hard-to-get trick and is waiting for the headquarters!" Lan
Hou Fangyu sighed and said: "Hong Butang, we have lost the opportunity to fight tonight, please retreat."
"We can't withdraw. The fun has just begun." Hong Chengchou said, "It's still too early to end."