Chapter 385 Wu Zhen Chao Ha Soldiers (4)
The three thousand Ming army heavy cavalry had arrived near Yangpo, and Li Guodong quickly made arrangements.
"He Xing, you lead 500 people and dig a few pits three feet deep and one meter in the half slope. Remember, you are digging under the snow and digging three feet of soil. After digging, cover the snow, and then abandon the horse and ambush the top of the slope. Once the Jiannu heavy artillery fell into the snow pit, they rushed out immediately and attacked condescendingly from a high place."
"promise!"
"Zhou Tao, you bring five hundred cavalry and ambush on the left side of the bottom of the slope. Once the Jiannu formation is in chaos, immediately come out from the left side, kill the gunners as much as possible, and destroy the artillery!"
"promise!"
"Zhao Wu! You lead a thousand people and abandon your horse to help He Xing and others dig a hole. After the completion, you ambush on the right side of the Banpo. When you see the Jiannu cannon cart trapped in the hole, you immediately shoot it with your step bow."
"promise!"
Li Guodong finally said to the other brothers: "Everyone, you and I ambushing behind Jiannu on the east side. When we fight in front, we will rush out to kill the slave!"
After the arrangement was made, Li Guodong personally led a thousand cavalry to ambush on the side of the east avenue.
He Xing and Zhao Wu both gave up the war horses and used them as infantrymen. All the war horses were concentrated for Li Guodong and Zhou Tao. After He Xing led his men to climb the slope, he immediately dug a hole in the snow according to Li Guodong's order.
The officers and soldiers shoveled up the snow, dug out the outer layer of snow, exposed the soil under the snow, and continued to dig down, digging three feet deep pits under the soil layer, then transporting the soil away, stirring the snow to soften, and then shoveling the snow into the pit, and quickly filling the pit. Such snow pits look exactly the same as those on the snow, but when heavy horses and vehicles walk up, they will immediately fall into the pit, especially the heavy red cannons, which will overturn as soon as they enter the pit.
It is really not easy to fight a successful ambush. First, you must clean up the opponent's scouts and whistle, and then choose favorable terrain for arrangement. You must calculate the time so that you can fight a beautiful ambush.
In order to confuse Kong Youde, Li Guodong also sent dozens of people wearing Qing army uniforms to rush to the night, appearing on the way to the Wuzhenchao Ha camp of the Qing army from time to time, revealing the lower part to prove that the road ahead is very safe, so that Kong Youde's Wuzhenchao Ha soldiers walked forward with confidence.
Everything on He Xing's side has been arranged, He Xing led his men to the top of the slope; Zhao Wu led his men to ambush on the flank of the slope.
The soldiers buried their whole body in the snow. The three-fold armor on their bodies, the cotton armor, has a cold-proof effect. There is also a cotton coat outside, a wool sweater inside the chain mail, and a cotton underwear inside. It is wrapped tightly and buried in the cold snow. Although there is a hint of coolness, it will not feel too cold.
Li Guodong knew the profound lessons of the Changjin Lake Battle. The ambushing volunteers suffered a large number of non-combat reductions due to lack of cold clothes, and the number of people who died of freezing and frostbite decreased by one-third! As a result, the ambush failed to achieve the expected results. Therefore, Li Guodong's army paid special attention to keeping cold and avoided non-combat reductions as much as possible.
He Xing, who was ambushing in the snow, had already seen the Qing army Wuzhenchao camp appearing under the slope ahead. The soldiers held their breath and were quiet everywhere, and everyone could hear their heartbeat.
There was a flat ground below the slope. The heavy artillery of Wuzhenchao Ha Camp was led by four horses and walked on the flat ground at a relatively fast speed. Soon after, the Qing army began to climb the hill.
"Everyone comes up to help and push the cannon up!" Kong Youdela yelled in a loud voice.
He Xing, who was ambushed in the snow, picked up the telescope and observed the hillside. What was disappointing was that the Qing army climbed the hill first, but some light artillery. The horse pulled the cart and sniffed, slowly climbed up the slope. Baoyi and the Qing soldiers behind pushed the cart together.
He Xing, who was ambushed on the top of the slope, and Zhao Wu, who was ambushed on the bank of the slope, waited patiently.
The Qing army climbed the hill very slowly. After walking for half a quarter of an hour, it had not yet climbed half a slope, which made the ambushing Ming army both anxious and nervous, and felt that their hearts were about to jump out of their chests.
Walking in the front are six general guns. This kind of gun is not a special gun car such as field guns, but is placed on a wooden four-wheeler. The four-wheeler is also a gun stand, and the entire gun stand is placed on a large cart. After arriving at the destination, the general gun needs to be removed from the cart and mounted on the ground before it can be used.
The gun barrel of the general's gun also weighs more than 1,000 kilograms. The total weight is close to 2,000 kilograms, and it is pulled by two horses. It is easy to walk on the flat ground. Once you climb the slope, it is impossible for two Mongolian horses to pull the weight of nearly 2,000 kilograms up the top of the slope. Baoyi Aha and the Han Eight Banners soldiers need to push the cart together, and move it little by little towards the top of the slope with difficulty.
The two Mongolian horses pulling the cart sniffed and walked forward step by step. Suddenly, a loud "boom" sound was heard. The two horses in front fell into the pit, and the heavy artillery cart also slid into the pit. The cart overturned on one side, the barrel fell from the cannon stand and rolled down the hillside. At the same time, another artillery cart that was parallel to the general's cannon also fell into the snow pit. Aha and the Han Eight Banners soldiers who were pushing the cart screamed and fell down.
"Attack!" Zhao Wu roared.
More than a thousand Ming troops who were ambushing on the slope suddenly emerged from the snow and opened the oil paper wrapped around the strong bow. The oil paper was used to prevent the bow string from being caught in snow, causing moisture and causing the bow string to lose its effect.
"Let me go!" Zhao Wu was the first to pull the bowstring. With the trembling sound of the bowstring, a heavy arrow roared out. A Aha who was pushing a cart was shot through his neck. The arrow shot into the right neck and penetrated out from the left. The Aha couldn't even scream and fell on the snow.
Countless arrows flew out like rain. With the sound of sour arrows entering the flesh, Aha and Han Eight Banners soldiers who were panting and pushing the cart were shot into hedgehogs. The Aha and Han Eight Banners soldiers around the Red Cannon Cart in the front were given special care and soon shot all Aha and Han Eight Banners soldiers in the cart into hedgehogs. Relying on just four Mongolian horses, it was no longer possible to pull the heavy cannon weighing more than 6,000 kilograms. The four horses were pulled up by the heavy cannons and lifted their front hooves, and the horses stood up.
"Kill!" He Xing, on the top of the slope, rushed down from the slope with five hundred soldiers.
He Xing rushed down from a high place, and the speed was extremely fast. He Xing rushed to the first red cannon. He shouted: "Brothers, hurry up and push the cannon cart across the slope!"
More than a dozen officers and soldiers took action together, turning the Red Armored Cannon Cart, and then pushed it hard. The Red Armored Cannon Cart aimed at the bottom of the slope, and the thick cannon barrel weighing more than 5,000 kilograms fell from the cannon stand and rolled down the slope.
The heavy gun barrel was like a rolling wooden rolling downhill, rolling over a piece of Aha and Han Eight Banners soldiers who had no time to run away, crushing them into meat paste.
The archers ambushed on the bank of the slope shot round after round of arrows at the Qing army musketeers behind, shooting many Qing soldiers.
Four general artillery and two red barbarian artillery were pushed down from the top of the slope again, rolling down the slope. Suddenly, the Qing soldiers on the slope were in chaos. Seeing the rolling gun barrels, the Qing soldiers fled in all directions to prevent themselves from being crushed to death by the rolling gun barrels.
He Xing and others had already entered the Qing army. He was the first to take his personal soldiers to kill a red barbarian cannon, and cut down more than ten Aha and three Han Eight Banner soldiers in succession.
"Kill up and kill all the attackers!" Kong Youde shouted anxiously and ordered someone to launch an attack.
The Qing soldiers took down the bird guns one after another and shot a row of projectiles at Banpo. However, the distance was too far, and the Qing army's bird guns did not cause any losses to the Ming army.
He Xing led his brothers to chop back and forth among the crowd of Baoyi and Han Eight Banners firearms who had almost no melee ability. Wherever he went, his head fell to the ground and blood stormed.
Under the hillside, Zhou Tao, who was ambushing on the left, suddenly rushed out with his cavalry, and the horses rushed into the Qing army group, crashed and stomped on countless deaths.
Chapter completed!