The battle started in the early morning, and the attackers mobilized their entire army to make a desperate move.
Amidst the sound of the horn, Jurchen soldiers were densely packed all over the mountains and fields, climbing and charging towards the hillsides on both sides in skirmish formation. At the middle pass slope, Yalu Buhua personally went into battle, leading 10,000 cavalry to prepare for an all-out attack in the direction of the pass.
breakthrough.
Gao Muqing stood on an earth platform above the pass with a solemn expression, witnessing the opponent's full-line attack. Gao Muqing knew in his heart that the real battle was about to begin. Yesterday's battle was just a wave of tentative exchanges between the two sides. The opponent paid the price, but also
He tested out a few of his trump cards. The two trump cards, the Thorn Array and the Swarm of Rocket Launchers, have been exposed and have lost their ability to surprise the opponent. But overall, yesterday's battle was a complete victory. Four to five thousand enemies were killed.
We only lost more than 200 men, and that was the damage caused by the counterattack of the opponent's cavalry and archers. The opponent was not even able to fight hand-to-hand with our side, which shows that the overall defense line is stable.
But now, the enemy has launched a full-scale attack. This kind of full-line attack is what Gao Muqing is most worried about. The Luoyan Army only has a total of 40,000 troops. Although it is condescending, it is only a hillside terrain, not a city. There is no need to use special means to attack.
, they only need to climb up the hillside. After extending the front line, the opponent's superior strength will be reflected. Gao Muqing himself is not sure whether he can withstand it.
"Send an order and tell Gao Songlin and Li Muzhu that there is no room for loss on the slopes on both sides. They must hold on tightly. I will send 5,000 men each to reinforce them to make up for the lack of troops on both sides. If there is danger, be sure to inform them immediately for reinforcements." Gao Muqing
An order was given.
Several generals around him frowned when they heard this. General Gao wanted to mobilize 10,000 men to reinforce the hillsides on both sides, but there were only 9,000 men left at the pass. This seemed a little inappropriate. But they didn't
When they raised objections, they all understood that it was a last resort. To a certain extent, the hillsides on both sides were more important than the pass. If the hillsides were lost, the pass would be lost. The disadvantage in the number of soldiers and horses forced General Gao to send more men.
After helping to lengthen the defensive front, the defenders' forces are weak. After all, the pass is blocked by fortification walls and ground spikes, making it much easier to defend than the hillsides on both sides.
When the Luoyan Army mobilized troops and horses to strengthen the defense line, the attacking soldiers all over the mountains and plains had already started a full-scale attack on the hillside under the cover of rocks and weeds and shrubs on the hillside.
Although the Jurchens changed from cavalry to infantry, this did not have much impact on their actions. In fact, the Jurchens grew up in the mountains, forests and wilderness inside and outside Changbai Mountain, and had already developed the ability to move like flying in the mountains.
, the slopes of the two Fangcheng Mountains in front of us are nothing compared to the steep mountains and dangerous peaks of Changbai Mountain. If they were not wary of the defenders' bows, arrows and firearms, these Jurchen soldiers could rush to the top of the mountain in just one stick of incense.
However, yesterday's situation was still vivid in their minds. The power of the opponent's firearms was really terrifying, and the Jurchen soldiers felt a little shadowy. Even though the generals gave the order to attack desperately, they refused to rush up stupidly.
Instead, they chose to jump up and down among the rocks and dwarf trees. No one wanted to be the target of the enemy's arrows on the top of the mountain.
Soon, the attacking troops and horses
Arriving at the mountainside, which is more than 300 steps away from the top of the hillside, we have already entered the attack range of the bed crossbow. Thick crossbow arrows arrived as expected with a whining sound piercing the air. The iron-headed crossbow arrows were shot between the rocks and vegetation.
, splashing gravel, soil and sawdust, and raising a cloud of smoke, which is quite scary. However, all this is due to the strong thunder and small rain, the protection of the rock shelter, and the limited number of crossbows, so it is a huge battlefield.
There were scattered stars on the ground and lacked power. After a round of iron crossbow attacks, very few were hit directly. Instead, some Jurchen soldiers were injured by the flying rocks shattered by the iron crossbow arrows.
However, this also indicates that the battle is about to enter the formal fighting stage, and beyond that is not only the attack range of the bed crossbow, but also the attack range of the opponent's rockets and powerful bows.
The rapid sound of horns sounded at the bottom of the hillside, and the big cowhide drum made a rapid sound. This was the order for the Jurchen soldiers and horses to speed up the attack. Within 300 steps, no advance is allowed, no retreat is allowed. This is a strict order. Quickly capture the hillside.
There can be no hesitation at all. The longer the delay, the greater the casualties. This is common sense.
"Kill!" The generals at all levels who led the army howled loudly. The Jurchen soldiers who had climbed halfway up the mountain with their heads down and panting also knew that the time to fight had come. Now they had to rush up the hillside in one go and could no longer delay. Most of them were in
Staying on the hillside for a while will bring you one step closer to death.
"Ululuru, ah wow wow." All the Jurchen soldiers emerged from the rocks and trees. While climbing hard up the hillside, they uttered sharp and weird shouts. This was what they were saying in the mountains.
The cry of the stork made when hunting wild beasts in the middle of the siege is just right to be used as a charging slogan at this moment.
The scene of people all over the mountains and plains climbing up the hillside seems both spectacular and small. The long hillside has countless black spots as small as ants. But the countless ants are climbing up densely, which makes people feel like they are crawling all over.
Goosebumps and hair standing on end. For the defenders on the hillside, this was real pressure. They did not dare to regard the enemy as ants. Those people were fully armed and showed their claws. They were all beasts. Once they were attacked by them
If you get close, they will kill without mercy.
A fireworks bomb rose into the air, it was a green signal bomb.
As the green fireworks annihilated in the sky, there was a roaring sound from the top of the hillside. It was not the roar of firearms, let alone a crossbow. It was the sound of the springs of bows and arrows. It was the sound of huge round stones rolling down from the top of the mountain.
The mountain of Fangcheng Mountain is not steep, nor is it steep. Although there are many rocks on the slope between the grass and dwarf trees, there is no possibility of being attacked by rolling stones. Because these rocks are buried underground, only exposed due to severe weathering.
Therefore, when someone in the Luoyan Army initially proposed carrying stones on the hillside for a rolling stone attack, it was quickly discovered that it was not feasible at all. Don't look at the mountains full of rocks. Is there anyone who can carry them up the mountain?
How much? Because they are buried deep in the mountain, they cannot be excavated and moved. And small stones cannot roll down from the not steep hillside at all. Those sea bowl-sized stones rolling down the hillside will soon be
It was stuck between grass, shrubs and rocks.
In view of this, the final plan was to concentrate on mining out a huge rock on the top of the mountain and dig it into
More than a hundred round boulders weighing a thousand kilograms are used as a special means of defense against mountain attacks. This idea was actually proposed by Fang Huanqiu. She came up with this idea when she heard that Gao Muqing was worried that the rolling stones could not be arranged. According to Fang Huanqiu's
The saying is that this method is called "pull one to move the whole body". A huge rolling stone is used as the mother of stones. When rolling down the hillside, it will inevitably collide with the rocks on the hillside, causing a series of flying rocks. It is like
Just like an avalanche, the collapse of a piece of snow will cause a large avalanche on the entire hillside. This is what Fang Huanqiu hopes to achieve.
Gao Muqing quite approved of Fang Huanqiu's idea. Although this idea was a bit taken for granted and could not be confirmed in advance, Gao Muqing still ordered the digging of boulders on the top of the mountain as a means of defense. After all, regardless of whether this avalanche effect can be realized,
Huge rolling rocks are always an effective defensive method. Anyway, it is not too difficult to mine the boulders on the top of the mountain. An additional means of attack will increase the hope of victory.
At this moment, on the top of the hillside, a huge boulder weighing a thousand kilograms slowly rolled down from the top of the mountain. It was slow at first, but after falling fifty or sixty steps, the speed of the boulder became faster and faster, and the boulder turned into a ball like a mud ball.
Like small rocks, they rolled down the hillside quickly. Along the way, the boulders violently hit the rocks and various obstacles on the hillside. Not only did each impact not slow down its speed, but it seemed to make it become slower.
Even more violent. After being hit by rocks, they will fly into the air, and the next time they hit the ground, they will hit harder and with greater force.
When dozens of boulders rolled down the hillside, they threw up countless rocks and dust. Stones as big as fists flew into the air and fell like rain. Dozens of channels with splashing rocks were formed on the hillside. Each channel was filled with rocks and dust.
The trajectory is like a huge monster rushing down the hillside, followed by countless small monsters, heading straight towards the dense Jurchen soldiers attacking the mountain on the hillside.
Some boulders did not survive to the end. They disintegrated due to impact on the mountainside and shattered into dozens of large and small rocks. However, this did not reduce its power at all, but made them more lethal. Fragmentation
The rocks were still rushing down, causing rocks to fly in a larger area, causing more rocks to collapse downwards, carrying the broken trees.
The scene on the hillside on the east and west sides of the pass, if viewed from the air, looks like more than a hundred violent yellow dragons rolling down the hillside carrying a large number of rocks, shrubs, thorns and debris. The scene is extremely spectacular.
The Jurchen soldiers were horrified to see the giant yellow dragon rolling up the hillside. A large amount of gravel rained down. They dared to rush up and hurriedly looked for shelter to avoid the oncoming giant dragon. However, they dared to rush up.
, the soldiers who were on the trajectory had no way to avoid it. There were rocks rushing everywhere, debris flying everywhere, and the angles were unpredictable. Each and every one of them had their heads smashed and bleeding, and they lay on the ground protecting their heads and faces and allowed themselves to be dealt with by fate.
.Though the unlucky ones were the soldiers who were hit head-on by the boulders and were unable to dodge, and were directly crushed into meat patties, and then smashed into mincemeat by the subsequent rocks.
Although the avalanche effect was not fully formed, there was no complete collapse of rocks on the entire hillside. Only dozens of rolling rocks were formed, which was quite powerful. Fang Huanqiu had no intention of inserting willows, but he achieved this result.
