The sun shone lazily on the earth, and the two camps of the Qing Army and the Ming Army facing each other were very calm. It was already bright, but the Qing Army showed no sign of coming to attack. The entire Qing Army camp was silent. If not
The cavalry on alert galloped past the Ming army camp from time to time, which really made people think that the Qing army had withdrawn.
However, although there was no movement from the Qing army, the officers headed by Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to relax at all, and still urged his sergeants to monitor the movements of the Qing army. At this moment, Pang Gang led a group of officers to patrol the entire defense line.
Li Yuan, who was following Pang Gang, asked with some confusion: "Sir, why don't the Tatars come over? Are they afraid of being beaten by us?"
Before Pang Gang could answer, Da Zhuang on the side also asked: "Yes, the Tatars began to gather and attack as soon as it started to light up in the past few days. Are they just useless today?"
Pang Gang laughed and shook his head, "You really think that I am Zhuge Liang, the prophet of Wei Gua, but I estimate that the Tatars will not be able to hold on for a few more days. The losses of the Tatars in the past few days have almost reached their limit.
If you continue to fight, it will damage the root."
Pang Gang's words were not without purpose. According to later historical records, the total military strength of the Qing Dynasty before entering the Pass had never exceeded 200,000. It was absolutely impossible to support such a large army with the Qing Dynasty's total population of less than one million. They
Only constant plundering can maintain such a huge army.
Since I came to this era, I have wiped out no less than 40,000 to 50,000 Qing soldiers by my own hands. This does not include the Qing soldiers annihilated in this battle. Such a large loss is enough for the sparsely populated Manchu Qing Dynasty.
If the losses continue to be so severe, in the next ten years, the Manchu Qing will not only continue to invade the south, but even self-protection will be a problem. Therefore, based on this inference, Pang Gang concluded that Yue Tuo and Dorgon
Either concentrate your forces and fight to the death with yourself, or withdraw your troops. There is absolutely no other way to go.
Thinking of this, Pang Gang turned to Li Yuan, Da Zhuang and others and said: "After these days of bloody battles, our casualties are not small, but the Tatar casualties are even greater. If my estimate is correct, if the Tatars
If you don't gather forces as soon as possible to fight me decisively, the only way is to withdraw your troops. In order to prevent the Tatars from jumping over the wall in a hurry, everyone must cheer up. As long as we can withstand a few more rounds of Tatar attacks, it will be our turn to chase their butts.
Already."
"Haha, if that's really the case, then I'll definitely have to deal with them. I've been so depressed these days." Li Yuan on the side said with a big smile. He was always passively defensive these days, but he
He was suffocating.
Not to mention Li Yuan, Da Zhuang and the others. Behind them, Hao Dayong, Hei Tie and others also began to gear up, preparing to make new achievements in the next battle. The middle and senior leaders of the Qingzhou Army knew that their Da Da Zhuang
His heart is very big. Although the territory of Shandong is not small, it is definitely not Pang Gang's ultimate goal. Now is the troubled times, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Ming Dynasty is already in turmoil and is on the verge of collapse. If Pang Pang can be prosperous in the future,
If they ascend to Dabao, those of them who are ministers from the Dragon will definitely be granted the title of marquis and general in the future. If they don't behave well now, then when will they wait? Thinking of this, everyone's eyes became even more hot.
At that moment, just after midnight, Pang Gang, who had a vague feeling in his heart, ordered the pots to be buried to make rice. Before noon, the Qingzhou army had already finished eating.
Pang Gang's premonition was indeed correct. Just after noon, a blast of trumpets sounded from the originally silent Qing army camp, and countless Qing soldiers poured into the Ming army camp like a tide.
Moreover, the attack of the Qing army this time was also different from the past. There were more shield vehicles accompanying the attack than in previous days. The dense shield vehicles were lined up on several levels, followed by dense Qing troops holding swords, spears and heavy shields high.
soldiers.
Not to be outdone, the Ming army's camp also sounded the sound of drums.
"Dong dong dong dong..."
Countless Ming army soldiers also poured out of their respective tents, fully armed and running towards the camp's defense line with various weapons in hand.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The first person to speak was still the artillery battalion commanded by Dong Guo. Seeing the densely packed Qing army that could not be seen outside, the fool also knew that the Tatars were serious this time. Dong Guo was no longer "stingy" and ordered the gunners to move the remaining soldiers.
More than two hundred explosive shells were also fired.
"Boom boom boom..."
Following an order, more than sixty Napoleon cannons began to roar, and shells exploded one after another in the dense formation of the Qing army. If you look down from high altitude, each shell will explode with more than ten people.
Even dozens of Qing soldiers were blown up into the air.
It stands to reason that any general would be distressed by such heavy casualties, but today's Qing soldiers seemed to be going crazy, without any hesitation. After the Qing soldiers were opened by a bomb, the gap was opened in the blink of an eye.
It will be filled by the Qing soldiers swarming in from behind. All the Qing soldiers seem to have lost their minds and rush forward in a swarm with weapons in hand.
"Quick, everyone fire and fire!"
Facing the swarming Qing troops, all the Ming troops started shooting faster than usual without the supervision of their officers. Whether it was the Qingzhou Army's Mini rifles or the Shanxi Army's Xuan Dajun's Lumi guns or self-made guns.
Or all the cannons were fired at the Qing soldiers.
"Artillery Battalion, hurry up and knock out the Tatar shield trucks. We must not let them fill up the trench." Pang Gang knew that if the third trench was filled up, their defense would be even more difficult.
Following Pang Gang's order, the gunners also tried their best to fire ammunition forward. After firing four rounds of artillery shells on average, the shells in the artillery camp had long been exhausted. At this time, they had no choice but to fire solid shells.
Even with heart bombs and shotguns, they could not withstand the Qing troops' gradual advance.
Under the fierce attack of the Qing soldiers regardless of casualties, in less than an hour, the third trench of the Ming army was filled with countless mud and corpses of Qing soldiers. Countless Qing soldiers holding heavy shields, swords and guns abandoned their shields.
The car roared and rushed towards the Ming army. In their opinion, at a distance of less than 70 steps, they could swamp the Ming army's camp with just one charge.
Pang Gang had also arrived at the front line at this time, leading the riflemen to fire desperately at the Qing army. The Mini rifles caused huge damage to the Qing soldiers at close range, but the Qing soldiers seemed to have gone crazy.
As if, regardless of casualties, one after another, holding heavy shields and rushing forward desperately, their idea is very simple, that is, as long as they rush in front of the Ming army, they will win...