Chapter 313 Firepower

The ultimate goal of this battle is to do everything possible to kill the effective forces of the Tatar headquarters. As for Beiyinzhang, Yong'an Fort, Zhongqiansuo and Gaolingyi Sizhai Fort, Ying Yi did not take them seriously.

There are three thousand soldiers and horses stationed in Shanhaiguan. With Guancheng, they are not afraid of the Tatar vassal army in the four villages.

Ying Yi's troops pointed directly at Sanshan Camp, and to reach Sanshan Camp, they had to pass Yong'an Fort first. Even the back shade barrier is also on the side, forming a tripod with Sanshan Camp and Yong'an Fort.

Back Yinbao Fort is in the northeast behind Yong'an Fort, and Sanshan Camp is in a straight line to the east behind Yong'an Fort. The distance is only forty miles.

Ying Yi led his army and passed by Yong'an Fort. He raised his head and took a few glances. The Tatar defenders on Yong'an Fort seemed to be unable to see him.

Ying Yi couldn't help but smile: "I'm afraid of being beaten."

He ignored the fort and walked all the way past it, using the guards' footsteps as fast as galloping horses. Within an hour, at the beginning of the Chou period, the Sanshan Camp was already in sight.

Ying Yi knew the arrangement of the Tatar troops in Sanshan Camp. The number of elite soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Tatar headquarters was found out from the prisoners' mouths, and the layout of their camp was discovered by the detective cavalry.

The Sanshan Camp is located between three mountains. The 70,000 Tatar army is divided into seven divisions. With the Sanshan Camp as the center, a military camp is set up on both sides of the hillsides of the three roads intersecting the three mountains. In other words, the three roads leading in and out of Sanshan Camp are guarded by two military camps on both sides.

As far as the information from the interrogation is concerned, the Eight Banners of the Tatars have returned to the Seven Banners. Only one banner with tens of thousands of elite soldiers was left to guard Liaoyang.

As long as these seven flags are killed in this battle, the Tatars will have their meat on the chopping board and will no longer have any room to resist.

"I estimated earlier how many elite troops the Tatars had. Abatai's entire army was wiped out and 20,000 real Tatar heads were chopped off. In the battle outside Shanhaiguan, more than 5,000 people were beheaded. Here is 25,000. Tatars The waterway surprise attack has more than 10,000 people, which adds up to 37,800. There are still 10,000 in Liaoyang, which is 47,800. The three mountain camps have 70,000, and the total is 11,200."

Ying Yi said that Wang Yisheng said: "Ten people take one Ding, and there are 11,200,000 Ding slaves. I estimate it is about the same number. We only need to destroy 70,000 here, and all the remaining Tatars will be The old, weak, women and children will be destroyed in a matter of days."

Wang Yisheng said: "Your Majesty, the Tatars have 70,000 soldiers and horses. I'm afraid it will not be easy to destroy them in one battle."

Ying Yi nodded: "There are only 70,000 pigs and dolphins, and it is not easy to kill them all. But there is no hurry, we have plenty of time. As long as we hold Jinzhou and block the sea route, the Tatars will have nowhere to escape."

In order to avoid alarming the Tatars, Ying Yi moved far away and made a large circle around the Sanshan Camp. After more than half an hour, he arrived at the east of the Sanshan Camp.

At this moment, the rumbling sound of artillery from the Sanshan Camp suddenly broke out, tearing up the night and shattering the moonlight. Suddenly, the entire Sanshan Camp was boiling!

"Let's go and meet the Tatars. Let's see whether the Tatars are ruthless or my soldiers are sharp."

Ying Yi clamped the horse's belly and headed towards the Sanshan Camp without haste.

Zhu Bingkun's soldiers were old and new, and their level of tyranny could not be compared with that of Ying Yi's personal guards. Therefore, the pace is also much slower.

Ying Yi went to Sanshan Camp and made a long circle before Zhu Bingkun and others arrived with his troops.

When the army approaches the city, how can we say anything? Set up the artillery array and blast.

There are three roads in the Sanshan camp, one leads directly to the west and is aimed at Yong'an Fort. One leads to the north, pointing directly to the shade barrier behind. Zhu Bingkun led 6,000 people to block the road to the west, set up an artillery array outside the mountain pass, and targeted the Tatar military camps on the hillsides on both sides to launch a burst of bombardment.

At the same time, the mountain pass leading to the north was also bombarded by another captain's artillery array.

While the artillery array was bombarding, the Tatars had already discovered the enemy. But no matter how fast the Tatars react, they can't come as fast as the artillery fire.

The Tatar military camp is very simple, without even a wall, probably to facilitate the entry and exit of cavalry, or perhaps out of arrogance. There is only one camp lined up row upon row. This time it was a decisive battle, and all the squatting cannons in Shanhaiguan were pulled over. There are four hundred gates on Zhu Bingkun's side alone!

The two hundred gates lined up and fired crossly. In the span of a cup of tea, they fought six rounds, beating the Tatar military camps on the hillsides on both sides to pieces.

At this time, the Tatar cavalry rushed down from the hillside!

The Tatars didn't even have a chance to fight back with artillery! Even if there is indeed an artillery array on the hillside. But in the first moment, it was reduced to rubble.

"Array! Array!"

The drums were beating loudly, and Zhu Bingkun sat upright on his horse and commanded calmly. The spearmen formed a half-moon formation, surrounding the mountain pass and blocking the Tatar road. The gunmen were hiding behind the spearmen, already loaded with ammunition, waiting for the Tatars to rush over.

However, the artillery formation was unable to continue bombarding at this time. The terrain of Tatar is high, while Zhu Bingkun is low. If you start from low and attack high, you will inevitably hit your own people.

The artillery fire stopped and was replaced by the rumble of horse hooves. The Tatars rushed down from a high position with a terrifying momentum.

A long, bright goose-like horn sounded, bang bang bang... the firecrackers took the lead in attacking!

A large cloud of smoke rose up and dispersed the moonlight, followed closely by people and horses. Large swaths of Tatars fell on the way to the charge. Some had their heads smashed, some had holes in their chests, some limbs were flying, and some were simply injured and fell down, and were thrown away violently. !

Under such circumstances, if you fall off the horse, you can imagine the consequences. They were either trampled to pieces by the cavalry that came after them, or their muscles and bones were broken due to the fall.

The gunfire was almost non-stop, one after another. As soon as the Tatars rushed down the hillside, they seemed to have stopped moving forward. After crossing this line, they all fell. The ones behind continued to rush over and fell down again.

The cannon rang for ten rounds before there was a slight interval.

How well prepared is Zhu Bingkun? Before the bombardment, the muskets were loaded. Thousands of gun soldiers were divided into ten rows by Zhu Bingkun, and they took turns to shoot first.

This burst of firepower was so fierce that the Tatars were stunned. Almost collapsed.

After ten rounds of rest, the Tatars breathed a sigh of relief, howling and shouting continuously, and finally crossed the death line.

I don’t know how many Tatars looked happy, but before they could take ten steps, another round of muskets sounded!

Broken human and horse corpses fell within just two hundred steps. By the time the Tatars rushed closer, the remaining Tatars were already going crazy!

Not that kind of madness, but crash madness!

Some Tatars even jumped off their horses and were trampled to death!

"superior!"

The drums beat loudly, and the spearmen stepped forward in a row, stabbing with their spears!

There was a pop-pop sound, and both the war horses and the armored Tatars were killed in front of the battle as if they were made of paper!

At this time, there was another howl on the hillside, and the second wave of Tatars began to charge again.

Zhu Bingkun smiled and said to the left and right: "How many have been killed?"

"About four thousand people." Left and right replied: "There were about two thousand cavalry from the Tatar military camps on both sides who charged, but they were all killed."

Zhu Bingkun nodded slightly: "Let the soldiers not relax, this is just the beginning."

"Here!"