The commander Shuo'etu sent to the Beishan Pass was named Zhan Ban, a man with the red banner in Manchuria.
In his early years, Zhanban was a general that Daishan was very optimistic about.
Later, he was squeezed out because of the issue of his side and turned to the Dorgon brothers.
Now Zhanban is working under Azig's confidant Shuo'etu, and he can be said to be Azig's direct descendant.
He no longer has many red flag marks on his body, and he is completely a good slave of Azig.
Even if Azig gave him a knife and asked him to stab it into Daishan's heart, he would not hesitate.
As an experienced general, he certainly understood Shuo'etu's intention in sending him to the Beishan Pass.
The geographical location of this pass is so important.
If you want to go to Hanzhong from the north, you must pass the Beishan Pass.
Shuo'etu was a very cautious person, and it was impossible to rush into the army rashly before he knew the reality of Beishan Pass.
Therefore, the Shuo'etu allocated only 5,000 people to the Zhan class.
Whether this amount is too much or too little, the effect depends entirely on how Zhanban uses it.
Of course, Shuo'etu didn't expect Zhanban to take the Beishan Pass in one fell swoop with these five thousand men.
His real purpose was to force out the strength of the Ming army stationed there.
After Zhan Ban led his troops to the Beishan Pass, he immediately sent out the rangers to conduct reconnaissance.
Although the Qing army had already conducted reconnaissance in this area before, Zhanban still believed in his own eyes.
Compared with the last time, this time the Ming army had obviously set up camps at key locations in the pass.
Although the wooden camp is far less sturdy than the fortress, it is extremely difficult to attack in this kind of terrain.
But Zhanban still had to find out what happened to Mingjun.
He sent five hundred men to launch a tentative attack on the camp.
The Ming army also responded to their attack.
Countless arrows were shot from high places, knocking down some slower Qing soldiers to the ground.
But the vast majority of Qing soldiers are well-trained.
They immediately raised their shields to protect their facial vitals.
Then they steadily advanced towards the camp gate.
The Ming army then used Thunder Thunder.
This thing is extremely powerful.
If it explodes in a crowd, it can not only break the limbs of Qing soldiers, but also damage their internal organs.
The Qing soldiers were obviously unprepared.
Their shields could block the flying arrows, but they were powerless against the exploding thunderbolts.
As screams came one after another, most of the five hundred charging soldiers were dead.
Zhan Ban's complexion turned livid.
There is no doubt that the Ming army was well prepared.
They built a camp at the pass, moved all the soldiers into the camp, and took advantage of the terrain to attack the Qing army.
The firearms they used were even more lethal, and their flesh and blood bodies seemed very fragile in front of them.
In just one attack on Jamban, they suffered heavy losses.
But he couldn't just retreat.
Shuo'etu asked him to come not only to find out the truth about the Ming army.
Otherwise, it would be enough to give him a few hundred people.
Why should we give him 5,000 people?
Shuo'etu hoped that he could compromise some of the Ming army's strength while investigating the enemy's situation.
In this way, Shuo'etu will naturally encounter less resistance when he leads his troops to attack.
How could Zhan Ban not understand this truth?
Naturally, you should leave the big credit to your boss, otherwise your boss will have 10,000 ways to mess with you.
But he really can't think of any good solution now.
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Simply relying on the number of people obviously cannot pose a threat to the Ming army.
On the contrary, it only increases the morale of others and destroys one's own prestige.
After much thought, Zhanban decided to order the soldiers to build a simple trebuchet.
The structure of the trebuchet is not complicated, and the Manchus have mastered its manufacturing method a long time ago.
Compared with the red cannon, the power of the trebuchet is naturally lower, but the cost is also much cheaper.
Moreover, the manufacturing cycle is also very short, and soldiers with a little experience can make it.
Although the trebuchet is helpless against solid city walls, it is still no problem when used against wooden walls.
Seeing that the Tatars stopped attacking, Liu Fangliang also ordered the soldiers to stop and rest.
Of course he knew that the Tatars would not give up.
Judging from the actions of the Tatars, it seems that they are rushing to build a siege equipment.
Liu Fangliang had no experience fighting the Tatars in Liaodong, so he did not know that what the Tatars were rushing to build was the trebuchet they were best at using.
It was not until the Tatars finished building the first trebuchet and put it into battle that Liu Fangliang woke up from a dream.
Beishan Pass may lack gunpowder, but it definitely does not lack stones.
In fact, all kinds of stones can be seen everywhere here, some even as big as a millstone.
Seeing these huge rocks coming towards them, all the Ming soldiers instinctively wanted to avoid them.
The accuracy of the trebuchet is not high, but it is not easy to hit a target as big as the wall.
After several rounds of projectiles, several large holes had been smashed into the wall of the village.
Liu Fangliang couldn't help but gasped.
It seems that he took it lightly.
I didn’t expect that the Tatars had such skills.
Now is the time to test him.
The Tatars are rushing to make more and more trebuchets.
If they cannot come up with a countermeasure in time, the pressure on the wall will become greater and greater.
And these pressures will eventually be transferred to the Ming army soldiers.
"Blast with small cannons and aim at the trebuchets."
Liu Fangliang responded quickly.
In his opinion, the accuracy of small artillery is very high, and as long as these trebuchets can be destroyed, the urgent need can be relieved.
And judging from previous battles, the Tatars are very afraid of firearms.
The Thunder Thunder has already caused a great deterrent to them, and the more powerful small cannon can definitely do this.
Focus on the heart.
If the enemy's troops can be distracted, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to our own performance.
After Liu Fangliang's military order was issued, the soldiers immediately followed it.
They were very familiar with the use of artillery and quickly aimed their guns at these trebuchets.
But hearing the rumble of cannons, lead bullets were hitting these trebuchets.
Many people in the Qing army had seen the power of artillery and subconsciously ran away when they saw lead bullets flying.
Lead bullets were dropped from the air, some hitting the trebuchet and destroying it, and some hitting near the trebuchet.
Although the target was not directly destroyed, the secondary damage caused by the ricochet also blew up many Qing soldiers.
The screams were endless, and there were broken limbs and arms everywhere.
Zhanban's face turned pale.
He never thought that there would be artillery in the Ming army camp.
This thing is so heavy.
How did the Ming army move it to Beishan Pass?
Of course, now is not the time to dwell on this.
The reality is that Zhanban must make a decision as soon as possible.
Artillery is perfect against trebuchets.
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If the attack continues like this, all five thousand people will be killed.
"Withdrawal" After careful consideration, Zhanban made the decision to withdraw his troops.
This decision is a bit difficult, but it is the most reasonable choice in this situation
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