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Therefore, when Deng Zhirong received the military information, he did not have time to arrange the battle at Hangu Pass.In this battle, we can only rely on the defenders to resist the first wave of enemy attacks.And what Deng Zhirong can do is to send troops for reinforcements as soon as possible.

However, the new military system of the Ming army limited the authority of the generals to deploy troops, so Deng Zhirong needed to get the emperor's order from Zhu Youjian first.

This back and forth resulted in a big battle that was beyond everyone's expectations - the defense of Hangu Pass.

The intensity of this battle completely exceeded everyone's expectations, and it also prompted Zhu Youjian to make up his mind to innovate Ming's military communication technology.

Zhu Youjian received the news that Wu Sangui was going to attack Hangu Pass five days later.According to normal judgment, if the Zhou army transfers troops from Guanzhong, it will take at least ten days to complete the deployment from assembly to Hangu Pass.

However, Zhu Youjian did not expect that Xia Guoxiang directly dispatched the defenders of Tongguan in advance in the first step, oppressing the defenders of Hangu Pass with refueling tactics, and started the war seven days in advance. At this time, the Emperor Ming had not received the military information.

Chapter 543: Hangu Daoming Zhou Qian's Exploration

The front line of Hangu Pass is not just a simple pass, just like Yanmen Pass, it is actually a complete defense system, but the defense system of Hangu Pass is much more complete and grand.

"Shuangfeng towering beside the river, Hangu has been a battlefield since ancient times"

Originally, Hangu Pass was in the hands of Jin Bing three years ago, but after the Ming army recovered Henan, Hangu Pass was successfully taken back.

After Zhu Youjian determined the military strategic thinking of first north and then west, he sent a group of engineers to build Hangu Pass to ensure the integrity of Hangu Pass defense.Especially for some defensive measures against new firearms, Zhu Youjian introduced some defensive methods used in later world wars.

If you visit Hangu Pass today in later generations, you can actually see that although the mountains on both sides are steep, it is not impossible to go up.If you think about it according to inertial thinking, find a slower place to dig a little bit, and an army will be sent up.

But it was different in ancient times, and the terrain in ancient times was different from that in later generations.It's not that the mountain has changed, but the landform is different.The mountains on both sides of the ancient Hangu Pass are densely forested. If the army wanted to pass, they had no choice but to rob the pass.

Therefore, as long as the Ming army repaired the Hangu fortifications, it could effectively prevent Wu Sangui from leaving the customs.Only in this way did Daming dare to deal with Hong Chengchou with peace of mind.

For example, large-scale trenches, anti-blasting holes, barbed wire and so on.The main pass of Hangu Pass is 30 meters thick and more than 1000 meters wide. There are various small passes extending north and south, and there are many outposts and beacon towers in the west.

Therefore, when Zhou Jun was still [-] miles away from Hangu Pass, the defenders of Hangu Pass had already been called to the police.

Seventeen miles west of Hangu Pass is the narrow Hangu Road.In fact, if the Ming army has enough troops, it only needs to deploy defenses on this Hangu Road. I am afraid that the Zhou army will need a lot of sacrifices to capture Hangu.

However, there is only one division of the Fifteenth Army currently defending the entire Hangu Pass, the division commander is Hu Yiqing, and the deputy division commander is Zhao Yinxuan.The other two divisions of the [-]th Army are in Luoyang, not far away.

As mentioned earlier, Xia Guoxiang is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, and he didn't attack by force once he got on.There is no room for large troops in Hangu Road. If Zhou Jun really storms Hangu Road and is equipped with the firearms of the Ming army, then Zhou Jun will be like a rabbit in the alley, and he will not be able to escape.

Xia Guoxiang was very smart. He knew that to cross the Hangu Road, he had to occupy the hills on both sides. Only by condescending could he avoid the superior firepower of the Ming army.

As a result, a pass attack and defense battle directly turned into a mountain jungle battle.

"Bang bang..."

In the dense mulberry forest, a series of firecrackers sounded, and Zhou Jun's first wave of attack was immediately counterattacked.

Jin Tingxian immediately crawled to the ground, not daring to move.He was a guerrilla under Xia Guoxiang and was used as a vanguard.

The seemingly suppressed Zhou army was actually here to attract the firepower of the Ming army.Because both sides have entered the era of firearms and equipment, and their tactics have undergone innovations, naturally they no longer charge recklessly like before.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Before the Ming army had time to be happy, they suddenly shot countless arrows from the left and right directions.

Gao Wengui only felt a numbness in his shoulder, and then he couldn't use half of his arm.As soon as he turned his head, he smelled a disgusting smell of manure.

"Not good." Gao Wengui recalled the stories told by some veterans. He said that in previous wars, if the arrows were covered with feces and golden juice, it would be difficult to save them if they entered the meat.

The deployment of the Ming army in the mulberry forest was based on teams and groups, and they were built into circular fortifications, so as to ensure normal duty.If only one or two people's secret whistle is here, they may be eaten by tigers and wolves without knowing it.

But such fortifications just give the enemy the convenience to attack.The ability is a temporary defense, and in the dense forest, Zhou Jun will naturally come and break them one by one.

As the squad leader, Gao Wengui hadn't reacted yet. Half of the comrades in the entire ring fortification had been killed or injured, so he had no choice but to retreat.However, this is a way to kill everyone.

"Retreat." Gao Wengui gave an order, and the few Ming soldiers who were still able to move quickly got up and retreated.There was another rain of arrows, and including Gao Wengui, there was no one left alive in an instant.

When Jin Tingxian led his people to this small fortification of the Ming army, he spat fiercely at the corpse on the ground.

"General, the firecrackers of the Ming army are not very good. They are not as fast as the arrows in the forehead." A soldier proudly raised the bow in his hand.

This is what makes Wu Sangui so powerful.In the past three years, Zhou Jun has not only been equipped with new flintlock guns, but also has not given up training on bows and crossbows.Coupled with Wu Sangui's background in the Ning army, this army has a better grasp of weapons than the Ming army.

On the contrary, the Fifteenth Army, which put too much emphasis on firearms, was actually compared.

In half a day, the Fifteenth Army was caught off guard and lost more than 300 small positions in one breath, and more than [-] people were sacrificed, but they didn't even figure out the opponent's style of play.

"Teacher, why are you here?" Several tall figures suddenly entered the headquarters of the regiment commander Xu Tianyou, and he quickly recognized it as the commander Hu Yiqing.

"If I don't come again, I'm afraid your position will be occupied by the enemy today?" Hu Yiqing's face was livid.

This is the command post of a regiment headquarters, and it is also an open space opened up in a forest.There are trenches and relatively complete fortifications here, so they haven't been lost yet.

However, Hu Yiqing clearly felt the pressure here.All kinds of enemy firepower are constantly attacking here, but he looked through the binoculars, but he couldn't see a single enemy.

"Where are people?" Hu Yiqing asked angrily.

"They're all hiding in the woods." Xu Tianyou replied.

"Then send someone over to clean them up." Hu Yiqing said.

"Several waves have been sent, but no one has returned." Xu Tianyou was very wronged.These forests cannot be burned unless the incendiary bombs of later generations are used.How many enemy troops have come, they don't know at all.After firing a few shots, they were all blocked by the woods, and the lethality was not strong.

All in all, defending in such a place is much more difficult than attacking.

"What's the problem?" Hu Yiqing asked.

"This is the place where only light weapons can be used. But our firecrackers are too slow, and the enemies are all replaced by archers, so we can't defeat them." Xu Tianyou reported the truth.

"Buy the mine, withdraw quickly!" Hu Yiqing had no choice but to continue fighting like this would be tantamount to the Ming army using its disadvantages to feed the enemy, which is to let his soldiers die.

Although it shows that the army has landmines, don't expect how powerful these mines will be. After all, this is the era of the Ming Dynasty, and the trigger device is just to solve the level of presence or absence.

Hu Yiqing didn't dare to withdraw all his troops to Hangu Pass, so he could only withdraw two or three miles one after another for the time being, and let the mines stop Zhou's army for a while, let's wait for a while.

Jin Tingxian's progress was very fast, and he captured Wuli in half a day. In fact, this was much faster than using cold weapons to attack.If they fought with knives and guns like before, I am afraid that the people who died all over the place will not necessarily be able to capture a fortress.

"Boom!" Jin Tingxian was happy, not far away was a Zhou Bing who was taking a shit, and the landmine blasted the naked man into the sky, and half of his butt fell in front of Jin Tingxian.

The flustered Zhou army touched the mines of the Ming army one after another, and a series of explosions caused many deaths and injuries to the Zhou army.

"Don't move." Jin Tingxian hurriedly yelled loudly, but his voice was still too low, and someone triggered a mine again.After the landmines were blown up, Jin Tingxian counted them, and the real casualties were not much more than the number of landmines that exploded.

This amount is nothing in this day and age.According to Jin Tingxian's thinking, exchanging a cheap life for such an exquisite landmine is simply not a good deal.

It can also be said that from this moment on, the Ming army has entered an era completely different from traditional combat thinking.This means that Daming is beginning to distance itself from this era.

The generation of distance cannot only depend on the difference in weapons and equipment, but more on the change of the way of thinking of the people who use weapons.

Chapter 544: You hit yours and I hit mine