To put it bluntly, during the first exploratory attack, the Ming army had some concealment and reservations. The design of this wide but shallow trench in terms of distance was not so simple.
There are a lot of obstacles in the wide trench, which makes it difficult for shield carts to advance and the attack of heavy armored infantry will be slowed down.
Amin hesitated and bit his lip, not knowing whether he should give the order to charge and attack.
Boom, boom, boom...
On the Ming army's position, several cannons that had cooled down and been reloaded were unleashed again, bombarding the Jiannu's shield carts.
Amidst the flying wood chips, the protection formed by the shield carts was no longer complete. The casualties and chaos caused by the bombing also slowed down the speed at which the shield carts behind could move forward to fill the gap.
Ten eagle guns fired a volley, and lead bullets shot into the Jiannu ranks through the gaps, blowing off heads and breaking arms. Amidst the flying blood and flesh, the heavily armored infantry were no match for them.
The horn wailed and sounded, and Amin finally gave the order to attack.
Hesitating in front of the trench would only result in wasted casualties. The heavy infantry should have crossed the trench before all the shield carts were destroyed.
Under the roars and organization of the officers, clumps of arrows poured down crazily on the Ming army positions. The Han army in heavy armor shouted as they rushed over the shield carts, jumped into the wide trench half a man deep, and rushed towards the Ming army positions with their heads held high.
That’s right, there was fear mixed in with their shouts. They were the cannon fodder charging in the front, consuming the Ming army’s gunpowder and bullets, and creating better attack opportunities for the Jiannu army behind them.
The Han army bypassed the additional obstacles in the wide trench and moved forward, rushed across the trench, jumped onto the edge of the trench, and the only thing left in front of them was the wooden stakes of Luzhai, which were dozens of meters away.
The muskets fired like popcorn, and the continuous firing made the smoke thicker and thicker. The thick smoke soon covered the front of the position and swallowed up all the people and objects.
Amin narrowed his eyes, exchanged glances with Jirgalang, and nodded at the same time.
The sound of the horn suddenly changed, becoming as unpleasant as the howling of wolves and ghosts, echoing throughout the battlefield.
This was not an order to retreat, but another fierce attack, just to the east, which was a counter-attack deliberately hidden by the Jiannu.
That’s right, Amin and Jirgalang not only built shield carts, but also formulated a more thorough and insidious attack plan.
They believed that their own forces were definitely larger than the Ming army, but if they attacked from all sides simultaneously, it would be a bit of a lopsided attack, making it difficult to form a sharp attack to break through the enemy's formation.
Therefore, while they were surrounding Fort Port Arthur from all sides, they chose to feign a fierce attack on one side to attract most of the defenders' forces, and then suddenly break in with a lightning-fast attack on the other side, which would increase the possibility of success.
In order to achieve this effect, Amin and Jirgalang not only came to the feint attack front to command in person, but also mobilized all the shield vehicles and prepared for a fierce attack.
On the other side, two thousand troops had quietly moved and hidden behind the siege troops, waiting for the order from this side.
But Amin and others overlooked one thing, that is, the wooden watchtower standing tall in Lushun Fort.
If it was just an ordinary watchtower, it wouldn't be a big deal. What they didn't know was that the officers on the watchtower were holding binoculars instead of relying on their eyesight to observe military intelligence.
When he heard the order, Jiala Ezhen Mosile, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, jumped on his horse, howled like a wolf, and led two thousand heavily armored elite soldiers to gallop through the path made clear by the troops in front and rushed straight to the front of the wide trench.
The Jiannu soldiers dismounted from their horses without hesitation, shields raised and swords brandished, leaping down the wide trench. With ferocious faces and loud shouts, they charged towards the Ming army's positions.
Hundreds of Jiannu soldiers on horseback fired a hail of arrows at the Ming army positions, then jumped off their horses, changed to strong bows, and continued shooting forward.
Amin and his men believed that the key to success was speed. While the Ming army was distracted by the feint, they would likely dispatch reinforcements and catch them off guard.
Learning war in war was not only the task of the new army, which was equipped with a large number of muskets, grenade launchers, and dug a large number of earthworks, but also the task of the Jiannu.
With a wide front, a somewhat sparse attack formation, and the protection of shields and heavy armor, the Jiannu had learned their lesson. Or perhaps it was the heavy casualties that forced them to change.
But what stood in their way were only the Deer Fort and wooden stakes, as well as the Rumi gun, which was more powerful than the bird gun?
When the dense explosions and gunshots rang out, even Amin and Jirgalang, who were far away on the other side, looked at each other in dismay.
This—is even more fierce than the counterattack from this side?!
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