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But still the same sentence, the mountain road is narrow, no matter how many people are, it's useless, just line up honestly.

"Withdraw!"

After a tentative attack, Man Dahai ordered to withdraw his troops again, he was almost disgusted by the terrain.

He was not Nurhachi, even when the chariot was completely destroyed, he could still rush to shoot an arrow alone, and one arrow wounded the ear of the general guarding the village.

Even Nurhachi cut off the drinking water in the village and forced the village to surrender.

Man Dahai was very anxious, and sent a messenger again: "Let Ai Xing hurry up, don't wait for most of them to go together, first bring the artillery over and blow down the wall of the village!"

Dazi didn't have many cannons, only a few dozen left. Moreover, most of the musketeers were disbanded because they didn't have enough gunpowder.During the war with the Ming Dynasty, most of the gunpowder used by the Tartars was bought from the Han, and they could not produce much by themselves.

Now that the trade is cut off, gunpowder cannot be purchased, so they can only produce it slowly by themselves.

The poor annual output of gunpowder can also supply the needs of cannons, and the musketeers are not enough.

For example, the rest of the Tartars that Yang Zhenqing was facing didn't have a musket, and facing the condescending Datong army, the bow and arrow in his hand had no room to fight back.

Keep chasing, keep reloading, keep launching.

The thousand or so elite Tartars retreated down the mountain in an orderly manner at first.As casualties mounted, the Tartars became panicked.Moreover, the mountain road was narrow, and when they were scrambling to retreat, some Tazi friendly soldiers were squeezed out of the mountain road, fell from the mountain wall, and were either killed or maimed.

The more you panic, the more mistakes you will make, and the retreat will soon turn into a rout.

"Attach the bayonet and charge!"

Yang Zhenqing gave an order, and more than 700 people mounted bayonets and rushed towards the chaotic Tartars.

This last blow completely collapsed the Tazi soldiers, and hundreds of them fell off the cliff by themselves.

"Don't keep one, don't take prisoners!" Yang Zhenqing ran and shouted.

More than 700 independent regiment fighters took the initiative to attack more than 600 Tartars.Up to now, no soldier has been damaged, and the enemy has been killed crying and running for his life.

After chasing down the mountain, some Tartars jumped into the Suzi River to escape, and some Tartars fled along the river bank to Hetuala.

Yang Zhenqing went back to the village happily, rested for half an hour, and then stood up suddenly: "Leave 100 people to guard the gate of the southern village.

The rest follow me to kill through the North Village Gate! "

This time, more than 100 people rushed towards Mandahai with more than 3000 people.

Knowing that the situation was wrong, Man Dahai withdrew all the way down the mountain, waiting for Yang Zhenqing to come to die.

"It's boring, let's go back to the village." Yang Zhenqing didn't dare to chase him any more, so he fought on the steep mountain road, and he couldn't get any cheap money going down the mountain.

In fact, Yang Zhenqing was also guilty. He led a surprise attack on Hetuala, and he didn't have much ammunition with him.The ammunition of the whole army is on the side of the large army, and it will take a day or two before the large army can come from Hetuala City with ammunition and supplies for reinforcements.

If the large troops do not come, the ammunition in their hands will only be able to fire another [-] or [-] shots per person.

Man Dahai is also waiting, waiting for Ai Xing'a to quickly bring the cannon.

The wall here is not very strong, it can collapse in half a day, and then he will kill Yang Zhenqing with his own hands.

Chapter 690 [Dead End]

Ai Xing'a threw down his baggage, the old and the weak, women and children, and led thousands of people to march quickly. He took the risk of loading cannons on board and went upstream along the Suzi River.

Some parts of the Suzi River are turbulent, and many rafting projects have been developed hundreds of years later.

Coincidentally, the river section near Maldun is very turbulent.Maldun is built on a high mountain, the river is under the cliff, and the mountains on both sides stand tall,

The height drop of the river bed is very large.

Transporting cannons by boat requires not only rowing, but also pulling fibers on the shore.

Hurry up and hurry up, one of the Tarzi's artillery ships capsized on the way.Time was running out, and he didn't bother to salvage. Ai Xing'a landed west of Mardun, and then rushed into the battlefield with cannons.

It's a pity that there are no defensive artillery on the stone walls of Fort Marton at this time, and they were all removed to the main battlefield before.

Yang Zhenqing could only helplessly, watching the enemy artillery advance.

"You can't be beaten passively, you have to fight out!" Yang Zhenqing said to the soldiers under his command.

Leaving 500 people guarding the stockade, Yang Zhenqing led the remaining hundreds of people to fight out.

The Qing cannons are being slowly carried up the mountain.In front of the artillery, there are more than 300 Tartar soldiers to cover the artillery from surprise attacks.

These more than 300 Tazi soldiers are all the few Huotong troops in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The mountain road is narrow and not too many people can stand on it.

Seeing Yang Zhenqing leading troops out, the Eight Banners Army stopped advancing immediately. More than 300 Tartar gunfire soldiers lined up at the front, but they were feints, and the front row would block the shooting angle of the back row.Even if a few Tazi soldiers squatted in the front row, only the second row could shoot normally.

On the side of the Datong Army, the situation is just the opposite, condescending, and several rows in front can shoot.

"Bang bang bang!

Don't talk nonsense when you meet, both sides open fire directly.

More than a dozen Tartar gunfire soldiers fell, and only one soldier from the independent regiment was shot.

"Change fire!"

The Datong Army, which was unable to shoot in the back row, quickly passed the firecrackers filled with ammunition to the front, and fired a second burst at an extremely fast speed.

On the Manchu side, this cannot be done.

Because the firecrackers of the Tartars are still arquebus guns.

Matchlock guns need to stand scattered when shooting, and the width of the battlefield is seriously insufficient.On the narrow mountain road, it is even more embarrassing. Only three or four people can stand in a row, while the Datong Army can stand in a row with seven or eight people.And fearing that the entanglement of the matchlock would get in the way, the firecrackers always wrapped the matchlock around themselves,

It is very troublesome to pass the firecracker out.

Due to the disadvantages of terrain and muskets, the Tartar musketeers could only be beaten passively.

More than 60 people fell down one after another, and the front row of the Tartar firearms finally couldn't bear it any longer, and they shouted and asked to retreat to the foot of the mountain first.

Man Dahai and Ai Xing'a are both behind at the moment, and they can't see the battle ahead at all.

Man Dahai felt something was wrong, so he pushed forward himself.He passed the artillery unit with difficulty, almost climbing over the barrel, and finally understood what happened to his gunmen.

"The Huozhu Battalion will stand up, and the rest of the troops will gradually retreat down the mountain from the front army to the rear army." Man Dahai made a decisive decision and quickly issued an order.If the fight continues like this, the whole army will collapse on the mountain road, and they can only use the lives of the gunfire soldiers to buy time to retreat down the mountain.

This attack by the Tartars obviously failed again.

More than 300 Tartar gunfire soldiers were almost wiped out.Only a few dozen people were killed by bullets, and the rest of the Tartar gunfire soldiers died in the pursuit when they were allowed to withdraw.

"Attach the bayonet and kill!"

Man Dahai waited for the artillery to retreat, and then blew the horn to signal that the gunfire soldiers could withdraw.These Tartars, who had been beaten all the time, scrambled to turn around and run for their lives, and were chased and stabbed by Yang Zhenqing's troops.

In this battle, the independent regiment had 3 dead and 8 wounded, killed more than [-] Tartar soldiers, and picked up many ammunition bags from the corpses.

Back down the mountain, Man Dahai's face was gloomy.

Marton's wall really couldn't stand the bombardment.But if you want to use the cannon, you must push the cannon to a certain height, otherwise the ghost knows where the cannonball can hit.

"Where's the car?" Man Dahai asked.

Ai Xing'a replied: "The chariots are still on the way, and there are not many of them."

These Tartars abandoned the city and left with the aim of quickly breaking through the encirclement. Of course, it was impossible to bring all the heavy chariots with them.

Man Dahai said: "When Taizu attacked Mardun, he was still unable to defeat him. In the end, he blocked the descending passages on both sides and cut off the drinking water in the village, so that the enemies in the village were forced to surrender. But we can't wait, in case the village If the water has been stored in the water for more than ten days, the Nanmanzi behind him will catch up.

"My lord is very right." Ai Xing said.

"Our army can only attack by force," Man Dahai continued, "the number of enemy troops in the village should not be large. Thousands of people should be separated and cross the cliffs on the river bank, and cut off the water source at the foot of the mountain in the southeast of the village. Etc. The chariot came, and the north and the south attacked together. The north side used the chariot to advance and cover the artillery to go up the mountain.

The car in the south cannot be transported, but it can also feign an attack to contain the enemy's division of troops to defend. "

Ai Xing'a said: "I will immediately send someone to urge the follower."

Man Dahai said: "I can't wait any longer, I just need to select the elite to attack. We can no longer use musketball soldiers to cover the cannons up the mountain. We must use infantry elites in front, and fill them with human lives. The artillerymen will step over the corpses!"

"This... can this work?" Ai Xing'a expressed doubts.

Facing the firecrackers of the Datong Army, the elite retreating armor charged on the narrow mountain road.I'm afraid that before rushing to melee, the infantry elite will die, or they will collapse before they die.

Man Dahai gritted his teeth and said, "We must try it, go and choose a warrior."

Ai Xing'a hadn't even started yet, when suddenly shouts came from the hillside.

Anba, who surrendered, stood on the hillside holding a tin horn and shouted: "Jurchen brothers down the mountain, listen, I am also a Jurchen. My name is Anba, and I am the guard over the small fort. Just put down your weapons and surrender. , you have a chance to live. Look at me, don’t I live a good life? I have been reused and can continue to fight and make meritorious deeds...

"Hetuala is gone, the queen mother and the emperor have died in the rebellion, and the Qing court is gone. The Qing Dynasty is gone, who are you still working for?"

"Put down your weapons and surrender quickly. If you don't surrender, it will be too late. The 20 main force of the Datong Heavenly Soldiers is rushing over from Sarhu. At the latest, you will be able to kill Mardun in a day or two. Then you will be flanked by front and back attacks." !"

"Those who want to surrender can climb to the foot of the southeast mountain along the cliffs along the river bank, discard their weapons and surrender at Nanzhaimen"

On the Tartar side, the whole army was noisy.

Shouting on the hillside can be heard clearly down the mountain.There are two important things that make them flustered. One is that the Empress Dowager and the emperor are dead, and the other is that the main force of the Datong Army will arrive soon.

The Datong army has occupied Maldun and blocked the back of the Tartars, so these two news are very likely to be true.

Ai Xing'a roared: "It's all rumors, don't believe it!"

The officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Army were still panicking, and there were many discussions in private, and even the nobles of the Eight Banners wanted to escape for their lives.

"What a vicious scheme!" Man Dahai was almost blown out of his lungs.

He had thought of sending another force down the southeast side of Maldun along the cliffs of the river bank.Then, the Northern and Southern Qi attacked and filled the village with human lives.

Unexpectedly, Yang Zhenqing made people call out, and those who said they would surrender ran to the south along the cliff.

This made Man Dahai hesitate. If he sent thousands of people there, the Tazi soldiers who went to the south would think about surrendering before the north and south were attacked by then.

Man Dahai said to Ai Xing'a: "You personally lead the troops to the south!"

"I..." Ai Xing also reacted, and immediately said, "Okay, I'll go!"

Ai Xing'a persuaded some Eight Banners nobles not to believe the rumors, and then took their own Niu Lu and went around along the cliffs along the river bank together.

Although there are cliffs on the bank of the river, it is still passable, because the "side road" was built in the Nurhachi era.

Those sidewalks are usually followed by trackers.

When Nurhachi returned in triumph, the river here was rushing, and all the supplies needed to be pulled by trackers before they could be shipped back to Hetuala.

Ai Xing did not dare to wear armor, and walked tremblingly on the cliffs by the bank.Only one person can pass, and sometimes there is no room for both feet, only one foot can step on the ground.Fortunately for him, the bottom of the cliff was concave, so even if the Datong army on the mountain threw stones, they would hardly hit the people below.

"There are a lot of barbarians ahead!"

A noble from the Eight Banners exclaimed, Ai Xing'a was paying attention to his feet, he quickly raised his head to look forward, and suddenly shouted in fright: "Quickly retreat!"

But it was the main force of the independent regiment. After taking over Hetuala, the peasants and soldiers who accompanied the army were left to guard the city, and finally came to reinforce with civilian husbands and luggage.

The Eight Banners Army led by Ai Xing'a is all on the cliff at the moment. If they continue to move forward, they will be blocked by the independent regiment.

When Ai Xing'a returned to the camp, Man Dahai had already selected a death squad.

"Why are you back?" Man Dahai asked.

Ai Xing's face was bitter: "The barbarians have come to help, there are probably tens of thousands of people (including the food transporters).

Man Dahai hesitated to speak, and finally sighed: "There is no way to fight. Abandon the baggage, and each person takes some food with him. Let's go all the way to the north of the ravine. How much can survive?"

Behind them, there are indeed several ravines in the north, but after the ravines are completed, they have to climb over the mountains, and it is impossible for the army to take away the supplies.

Ai Xing'a said: "If we don't set up an ambush in the ravine, maybe the enemy will rush in and we will win again."

"I can only give it a try." Man Dahai expressed no hope for this.

The Datong Army is not Da Ming's army, even if they set up an ambush and win a game, it is impossible to defeat all the main forces of the Datong Army.

Man Dahai missed the time when he fought with the Ming army. The Ming army killed tens of thousands of people. As long as the Eight Banners army defeated one part, the rest of the Ming army would take the initiative to flee.Moreover, when the Eight Banners Army attacked a part of the Ming Army, other units of the Ming Army rarely took the initiative to rescue, and the Eight Banners Army could move around the battlefield calmly.

The Datong Army is different, each department is like a mad dog.Don't just sit back and watch the friendly army be attacked, even if the Eight Banners Army doesn't provoke it, the Datong Army will take the initiative to attack.

"The whole army retreats into the mountains." Man Dahai ordered helplessly.

They retreated the same way and joined most of the Tartars. With the old, weak, sick, disabled and luggage, they plunged into the valley to the north.

It was a dead end, only a few miles long, and there were mountains beyond.

Chapter 691 [The Shocked Bird]

Thousands of dragoons galloped along the Suzi River Valley in pursuit.

There were sentry riders looking for the way ahead, and these sentry riders came to the exit of a ravine and stopped.Continue to the east, in the direction of Maldun.Turning the road to the north, it is to drill into an unknown ravine.