1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 449 Attacking Liaodong ([-])
Gaizhou, in the fourth year of Ming Hongwu (1371), the original Gaizhou was changed to Gaizhouwei.In the following year, a new city (now the urban area of ​​Gaizhou) was rebuilt, and it became Gaizhou again.In the ninth year of Hongwu (1376), the state was abolished and the guards were set up again, and Gaizhou guards were set up again. There are nine other castles in the territory, including Gaizhou City, Xiongyue City, Yongning Jiancheng and Wuzhaibao, and there are many piers.In the 9th year of Wanli (48), Jiannu captured more than 1620 cities including Jin, Fu, Hai, and Gai in the Liaodong Peninsula. Later, the slave chieftain Huang Taiji abolished the original guards of the Liaodong Peninsula in the Ming Dynasty and implemented the prefecture and county system.

Gaizhou City is located in the northwest-central part of the Liaodong Peninsula, on the east coast of the Bohai Sea, at the junction of the Liaohe Plain and the hills in southern Liaoning. As early as the Han Dynasty, it was an important town in the northeast where merchants gathered, and the population was extremely prosperous.However, in the later years of the slave chieftain Nurhachi, the Han people in Liaodong were massacred, and the Han people in the Jin, Fu, Gai, and Hai Liaodong Peninsulas decreased sharply, and they have not recovered to this day. That is Haizhou) a county.

The Bell and Drum Tower is located on the south side of Gaizhou City and on the north central axis. It was built by Wu Yu, the commander of Gaizhou from the fifth to ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, when expanding the southern city. It is the bustling place in the city.The former Commander's Mansion of the Gaizhou Guard of the Ming Dynasty has now become the Commander's Mansion where slaves were stationed here.

Meng Kui, the commander of Gaizhou City, belongs to Zhengbai and is a descendant of the Eji family.In September, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty ordered Qibei Le Abatai as the commander-in-chief on the grounds that the Ming court had lost faith in the peace negotiation.Niu Lu Ezhen in Haizhou was ordered to recruit bannermen to Shengjing, so he transferred two or five bannermen and more than one hundred Eight Banners Han troops to Gaizhou.

Meng Kui was in charge of Gaizhou City, and he was very annoyed that he did not accompany the army to attack the Ming Dynasty assembled in Shengjing. Called, wantonly insulted.

Yesterday, because he was a bit tired of eating mutton, Meng Kui ordered Wang Lizhong, the commander of the Eight Banners Han army in the city, to go to the beach to catch some fish for a change of taste.

But until night, these damn servants didn't bring any fish, and Meng Kui was furious, so he called Wang Lizhong here, so that he could be whipped.Don't think that because you entered the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty, you dare to shirk your mistakes with the Lord.Although it is not a serious military affairs, such procrastination has annoyed the master, believe it or not, he chopped off the heads of these dog slaves.

Enduring the pain of whipping, Wang Lizhong tried his best to explain to Meng Kui, saying that the fishing boats that went out to sea have not returned, it was not because he did not do his job wholeheartedly, or maybe there was a storm on the sea, which caused some accidents to happen to the two small fishing boats that went out to sea. up.

When Meng Kui heard this, he was even more furious. You are a dog slave, but Mr. Bully is a hero on horseback, and he doesn't know anything about the sea.Liaohai has always been calm, and now it is early winter, there will be no storms.It is clear that you Han servants are afraid of the cold weather at sea, and are all hiding in the city to be lazy!
The next day, Wang Lizhong, the commander of the Eight Banners Han Army stationed in Gaizhou, once again ordered his subordinates to supervise two fishing boats to go fishing, and search for the other two fishing boats that did not return yesterday.The banner man's master was right. In the early winter season, the sea was calm, and the fishing boats going out to sea should not have fallen into the water due to wind and waves.Could it be that the fishermen on the boat killed their soldiers and fled to Mingjing by boat?
It seems that this time more people should be dispatched to the fishing boats going out to sea, and the fish must be brought back as soon as possible.Otherwise, at noon, the banner man's master would be annoyed that he hadn't eaten any fish, and he might find an excuse to chop himself off.For a fish, I lost my life, how unjust it is!

"My lord, my lord!..." Wang Lizhong was thinking about how to have some fun first, make the Banner Master happy, so as not to keep thinking about eating fish, and then punish himself.A Han army flag soldier ran in in a panic, shouting loudly while running: "My lord, a group of black-clothed bandits came from outside the city, and killed several brothers who were patrolling outside the city on the spot. Now, They are spying on me in Gaizhou City not far outside the city!"

"Huh?" Wang Lizhong was stunned for a long time when he heard the words.This is Gaizhou, and there is still nearly a thousand miles away from the front line of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.Moreover, the navy of the Ming army has never harassed this place for decades.Didn't my Qing Dynasty have already broken through the pass, invaded the vicinity of the capital of the Ming Kingdom, and defeated more than [-] Ming troops in front of it? At this time, shouldn't the Ming Kingdom be huddled in various cities in the Ming Dynasty, watching my Qing warriors plunder the four fields? ?So, what is the origin of this black-clothed thief army from outside the city?
Wang Lizhong didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately followed the soldiers who reported the news to the city wall of Gaizhou on horseback, climbed to the top of the city and looked out.

In the wilderness 500 meters outside the city, a group of more than [-] soldiers dressed in black faced the direction of the city wall, sitting or standing in twos and threes, talking and laughing loudly. The Eight Banners soldiers of the Han Dynasty took it seriously.

"It's weird!" Wang Lizhong said softly.With such a small group of troops, as long as a dozen cavalrymen are dispatched, they can be killed by a single face-to-face encounter.But the other party was exposed to the wilderness so wantonly, so naturally he didn't come here to die.Then, they have only one purpose in acting like this, to lure the soldiers and horses in the city out.

"Slave dog, there are only more than 30 Nikans outside, and you are so afraid of battle that you dare not go out of the city to kill them!" After hearing the news, Meng Kui, the commander of the Eight Banners stationed in Gaizhou, came to the top of the city and saw such a scene. Unable to help being furious, he slapped the horsewhip in his hand fiercely on the face of a soldier of the Eight Banners Han army beside him.

"Return to master, this slave thinks that these bandits outside the city may be luring our army out of the city, so that they can set up an ambush outside the city to attack my troops out of the city." Wang Lizhong bit the bullet and came to Meng Kui, beat him respectfully, carefully Said.

"Huh?" Meng Kui thought for a moment when he heard this, then turned his head and looked at the small army of more than thirty people outside the city, his eyes kept rolling.This Han slave is right, the small group of soldiers and horses outside the city are acting like this, it must be a trick to lure the enemy.But the contempt for the Han army in his bones also made him a little disapproving of it.He was blocked outside the city by more than 30 people and did not dare to fight. If it got to the ears of Niu Lu Ezhen in Haizhou, he might be severely reprimanded, and he might even be laughed at by the clansmen in the banner.

"Send fifty soldiers out of the city to find out their reality." Meng Kui ordered.

"Hey!" Wang Lizhong promised loudly.Immediately, a general was called and asked him to lead more than [-] soldiers of the Eight Banners Han army out of the city, and told him that if he encountered an ambush from the other side's brigade, he must withdraw quickly and report the situation to the other side.

After Niu Sanping left the city, he looked at the black-clothed thieves who were out of formation in front of him, feeling a little apprehensive.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the opponent's small team is a bait, and the greater danger must be on the way after they escape.Maybe, a group of myself rushed over, and the other party turned and fled directly, and then took them to an ambush location set up in advance, and wiped them all out.

But the military order is difficult to disobey, at worst, the small group of black-clothed thieves will be driven away. They just stay far behind and scout carefully on the road to avoid being caught by the opponent, and maybe they can escape with their lives.

Hey, what's the situation, we are less than a hundred steps away from each other (about 160 meters), why don't they turn around and run away, instead they start to organize their formation, forming a thin horizontal formation of three rows, holding pointed his spears at them.

The distance is getting closer, and the situation on the other side can be seen more clearly. The spears held in the hands of the black-clothed bandits seem to be a bit weird, and the posture is also a little different from the daily movement of holding spears. Looking at this posture, it seems It's holding something like a firecracker.

"The first row is ready!"

The distance was close to sixty steps (about 100 meters). Under the order of General Niu Sanping, the soldiers of the Eight Banners Han Army who left the city held up various weapons and were ready to start the final charge. A dozen archers had already shot their arrows. He buckled on the bowstring, but suddenly heard a command from the opposite side, he didn't have time to think about it, and his pace became a little faster, thinking that the other side was about to countercharge.

"Get ready, let go!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

There was a sound of firecrackers, and the momentum of the charging Eight Banners Han soldiers was stagnant, and three or four fell to the ground immediately.

Niu Sanping, the leader of the team, tightened his heart and was secretly surprised that the "spear" held by the other party was actually a firecracker, but then he relaxed again.After the firecracker was fired, the opponent didn't have time to apply the medicine, so he just took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill him.

"Scatter, scatter! Rush over and cut them down!... Their guns are out of ammo!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The second time the sound of firecrackers sounded again, three or four soldiers of the Eight Banners Han soldiers who charged fell down, but the soldiers behind became ruthless and continued to charge forward bravely.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The third time the firecrackers fired, this time because the distance was closer, a total of six soldiers of the Eight Banners Han army fell down.Three consecutive rounds of musket fire made the scalp of the charging Eight Banners Han army numb. Unexpectedly, the opponent only had more than [-] soldiers, and under the charge of the Eight Banners Han army, they could still fire a neat row of guns steadily.What is the origin of these black-clothed thieves?
"Whoo! Whoosh! Whoosh!..." At a distance of more than 30 steps (about 50 meters), the archers in the Eight Banners Han Army team shot the arrows in their hands.

Chief Niu Sanping was surprised to find that seven or eight feathered arrows pierced into the opposite bandit army in black, and only one fell to the ground.

They are in armor!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." There was another round of musket fire, four or five soldiers of the Eight Banners Han army fell down, and more than thirty soldiers of the Qi State Marine Corps had fired four rounds of salvo so far, killing nearly twenty soldiers. Jiannu also retreated nearly 20 meters in formation, but to their surprise, the opponent did not collapse and flee, but continued to charge.

Sure enough, the fighting power is stronger than Annan's!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

There was another terrible volley of firecrackers, and Zong Niu Sanping suddenly felt his right shoulder shake, and the hand holding the knife involuntarily let go, and then he felt a piercing pain.

"It's his uncle, I was shot..." Niu Sanping screamed, his body softened, and he knelt down on the ground, covering the wound on his right shoulder with his left hand, his face turned pale.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

"The first row and the second row are ready to join the battle!...The third row is ready!" Seeing that the distance of Jiannu rushing was less than 20 meters away, a marine platoon leader ordered loudly.

"Stab!" The remaining 30 soldiers of the Eight Banners Han Army rushed to the front of the Qi State Marine Corps, and before they raised their knives to chop, they heard a loud shout from the opposite formation.

The first row of marines stabbed forward fiercely with their bayonet-mounted muskets.

"what!"

"what!"

The musket with a bayonet was nearly 1.7 meters long. Before the short swords of the Eight Banners Han Army touched the marine soldiers, they were pierced through the body by more than a dozen bayonets, and six or seven fell down immediately.

Seeing his comrades in the Eight Banners Han army in the front row being pierced through their bodies and falling in front of him, the soldiers in the back row were stunned and hesitated with their weapons in their hands, not knowing whether to continue to charge forward.

"Second row, come in!"

"Sting!" the platoon leader shouted loudly.

A few steps forward, the second row of marines held muskets and stabbed Jian Nu fiercely in front of him.

"what!"

"what!"

Five consecutive rounds of gun volleys failed to defeat the charging Eight Banners Han army, but the face-to-face bayonet assault immediately collapsed them, and the remaining more than 20 Eight Banners Han troops turned their heads and fled towards Gaizhou City.

(End of this chapter)