1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 654 Attacking Nanjing ([-])
The first tentative attack of the Qing army in Longtan Town ended in a disastrous defeat. Only more than [-] people fled back to the front line. However, the coach Luck Dehun did not show an angry look, but was quite satisfied with the result.

In the process of charging, more than a hundred Han troops were counter-charged by hundreds of Ming troops, but at the beginning stage, they almost defeated them with only two rounds of bow and arrow shooting.If the Ming army hadn't sent more than a hundred "elite servants" to reinforce it, it might have defeated the Ming army that was several times larger than itself.

The strength of these Ming troops is mediocre!

"Zhang Tianlu, lead the Han army to attack in an all-round way. The main target of the attack is the wall in the front. Do not retreat without orders from the general!"

"Sai Shuo, lead the red flag infantry and stand by. After the forward breaks open, break in from both sides of the town!"

"This commander personally led the inlaid blue flag armor and rode in the rear supervisory formation, and waited for the opportunity to strike with a thunderbolt!"

"My lord, shall we wait for the artillery from behind to come up before launching an attack?" Zhang Tianlu hesitated for a moment, then bowed to suggest.

"Why do such bastards use artillery!" Luke Dehun said nonchalantly, "The Ming army stopped our Qing soldiers here to buy time for the Ming army in Zhenjiang to retreat. Please be quick, if you wait for the artillery to arrive, wouldn't it be a waste of time, allowing those Ming troops to escape to the river safely after looting Zhenjiang?"

"...My lord, it's better to be cautious." Zhang Tianlu bit the bullet and continued to persuade: "Although this town is not big, it is easy to hide more than [-] soldiers and horses. The servant is worried that the Ming army may be in the town There are heavy troops hidden, and we only need to wait for our army to attack the wall of the stronghold, and suddenly attack. At that time, our army will be in a very unfavorable situation."

"Hmph, Zhang Tianlu!" Luke stared at Zhang Tianlu with sharp eyes, "Even if there are more than ten thousand Ming troops hiding in the town, do you think they will pose a fatal threat to us? Our Qing army is all over the world, and we have never experienced defeat. , relying on the courage and determination to move forward. An ambush of more than [-] people? Do you think Zheng Zhilong from Fujian is facing coercion from Guangdong and Jiangxi, and he can spare tens of thousands of soldiers to come here?"

"..." Zhang Tianlu didn't dare to say any more, but he was thinking in his heart, what if it was not Zheng Zhilong's soldiers from Fujian, but Zhang Huangyan's Ming army who lived on Zhoushan Island, what should we do?It should be known that Zhang Huangyan’s Ming army occupied many islands off the coast of Ningbo, with tens of thousands of troops, often harassed Ningbo, Yuhang, Songjiang and other places, and was more or less connected with Gu Sanmazi who occupied Chongmingsha.If they come to attack Zhenjiang with the whole army, they will be able to gather [-] to [-] troops.

In the Qing army camp, once a man from the Manchurian Banner served as the commander-in-chief or as the leading general, the commander of the Han army generally had little right to speak. It is still gratifying to say that, all the generals of the Han army can only obey the orders of the army. Who calls us their slaves?

During the Battle of Yangzhou five years ago, Zhang Tianlu and his brother Zhang Tianfu led 3000 troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and followed the Qing army into Yangzhou City, participating in the brutal massacre of the city.After the war, Prince Yu Duoduo ordered all the soldiers to surrender, and the former official was recruited, and he was subordinate to the Han army with a yellow banner.Although they are both members of the Eight Banners, they have the word "Han Army" after all, so their status is naturally higher than that of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners.

No, on the battlefield, Zhang Tianlu, the deputy commander of the Xianghuang Banner of the Eight Banners Han Army and the admiral of Jiangnan, must shoulder the obligation of cannon fodder and lead the battle to open a charge gap for the Manchurian Eight Banners troops behind him. Annihilate the Ming army in the town to create a favorable battlefield situation.

"Admiral, do you still want to attack?" Deputy General Han Xiyuan asked in a low voice when he saw Zhang Tianlu approaching with a solemn expression, looked at Luck Dehun who was sitting on his horse in the distance.

"Well, the King of Shuncheng County ordered our troops to quickly attack the Ming army ahead." Zhang Tianlu said: "Prepare to mobilize the troops and launch a full-scale assault."

"A full-scale assault?" Han Xiyuan was shocked, "My lord, the number of Ming troops in the town is unknown, and there are artillery!"

"Don't say any more!" Zhang Tianlu sternly said: "The Ming army on the opposite side is at most three to five thousand. Under the rapid attack, they will definitely collapse and flee. ... As for the artillery, as long as we endure a few casualties and quickly attack the front, we will naturally be spared. Threatened by artillery, it may cause the enemy to collapse, and rushed all the way to Zhenjiang City. Go, organize the attack immediately."

"Whoo!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, under the watchful eyes of the Ming army waiting in full force on the village wall of Longtan Town, more than [-] Qing army infantry lined up in a wide front and slowly approached the town, as if posing a posture of an all-out attack.

"Gu's soldiers and horses immediately retreated into the town as a reserve team."

"The third and fourth companies of artillery enter the artillery positions on the wall of the village, and prepare gunpowder and projectiles."

"Dingziying and Wuziying went to the wall of the village with their spears and prepared to meet the enemy."

"The Champa Firearms Battalion is ready."

"The Second Battalion of the Marine Corps, the Second Battalion and the Third Battalion of the Township Soldiers, Li Bu's Jizi Battalion, Gengzi Battalion, Shenzi Battalion... and other ministries, go to the barricade behind the town and wait for orders."

As the Qing army approached step by step, the coalition forces also began to readjust their combat deployment, withdrawing all of Gu Sanmazi's troops, which were the weakest, into the town as the last reserve team.At the same time, only the Zhancheng Firearms Battalion was transferred behind Li Benshen's Ming army, and he was going to use a mixture of hot and cold weapons to maintain a limited offensive and defensive with the Qing army, and first consume part of the Qing army's strength.

"Boom! Boom!" When the Qing army's infantry entered the wall for [-] steps, several artillery pieces in the formation began to fire, and two shells hit the Qing army's charging line, causing casualties of seven or eight soldiers.

The sudden artillery fire in Longtan Town shocked all the charging Qing troops. Unexpectedly, the first round of firing by the Ming troops on the opposite side hit their charging formation.

"The queue spread out, let's run in small steps!"

"Don't be afraid, the Ming army doesn't have many cannons."

"As long as we rush over, the Ming army in the town will surely collapse."

"..."

The generals of the Qing army at all levels leading the team continued to encourage their subordinates, and the entire charge began to move rapidly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The artillery bombardment in the town suddenly increased by several more, plowing seven or eight bloody roads in the charging Qing army formation, making the entire offensive stagnant.

"Don't stop!...Rush forward, the Ming army is renewing the ammunition!...Speed ​​up the assault!" The general of the Qing army behind the formation roared loudly.

The attacking Qing army began to run quickly. The archers who came forward had already fastened their feathers and arrows to the strings. The sword and shield soldiers tightly blocked the shield in their left hands in front of them. The spearmen sprinted forward with their spears straight. Then, everyone was silently praying that the opponent's cannons must not be fired again.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" To the desperation, three more cannons roared in the town, and several projectiles roared and smashed into the gradually scattered formation of the Qing army.

Luck Dehun, who was behind the formation, was also shocked by the bombardment of numerous artillery in the town. Just hearing the sound, there were ten artillery pieces from the Ming army on the opposite side, and the firepower was extremely fierce.Could it be that there are really more than ten thousand Ming soldiers in the town?
"Change grape bullets! Change grape bullets!" Seeing that the Qing army had already attacked within 100 meters, the artillery battalion commander Gu Shuangquan shouted loudly: "Bomb these bastards to death!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

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"..."

The dense grape bombs swept across the front of the Qing army in a wide fan-shaped area, and immediately more than a hundred people fell to the ground, screaming again and again.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Qing army behind were all terrified, and their pace slowed down accordingly.

"Central battalion, attack!" Zhang Tianlu saw that the forward was showing signs of collapse, and immediately ordered the Chinese army to press up across the board.We are about to attack the wall of the town's village and meet the enemy, but we can't be pushed back after being bombarded by others.

Did these damned Ming troops move all the artillery on the ship here?
Under the strict orders of the supervising officers, the charging Qing army summoned up their last courage, raised their swords and spears, and attacked the wall of the village with shouts.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The Champa Firearms Battalion fired the first round of firearms through the spear array in front of the wall. After shooting, they turned around and ran back without looking at the battlefield.

The muskets fired three rounds, killing and wounding hundreds of Qing troops. Just when the vanguard was about to waver again, the neat array of Ming army spears behind the wall suddenly split, and all the soldiers dragged their spears backwards and turned towards the town. flee.

Well, what's the matter?
"The Ming army is defeated! Go in and kill them all!" A Qing army chief Qian had a look of ecstasy on his face.

Facing our brave charge of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, the Ming army did not dare to fight hand-to-hand, they were afraid!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! ......"

The archers of the Qing army who rushed to the wall quickly shot at the back of the fleeing Ming army. They thought they would knock down more than a hundred people, but surprisingly, all but a few were shot to the ground. In addition, those soldiers of the Ming army with several feathered arrows stuck in their backs rushed away as if nothing happened.

Damn it, these soldiers of the Ming army are actually wearing armor!

However, Bai was blinded by such good equipment, so he didn't dare to face hand-to-hand combat and just ran away.

"Hmph, the fighting strength of the Ming army is nothing more than that!" Luke Dehun waved his horsewhip with his right hand, with a proud expression on his face, "Sai Shuo, lead the red flag infantry and follow!"

"Whoo!"

Sai Shuo licked his lips, jumped off the horse, swung the long knife in his hand forward, shouted "Kill", and ran forward first.

"Tule, you lead five hundred armored cavalry to rush in from the right flank, and this commander personally leads five hundred cavalry to rush in from the left flank, then bypass the town and block all the Ming troops inside! This battle... no prisoners will be left!"

"Whoo!"

Following the order of Luck Dehun, all the Eight Banners of Manchuria moved, and before the cavalry on both wings approached the ponds and trenches, the Ming troops stationed here turned around and fled towards Longtan Town.

The Qing army cavalry ignored the fleeing Ming soldiers and drove straight across the ditches and ponds towards the back of the town.

Luck Dehun glanced at the small town on the right from the corner of his eye. Nearly two thousand Han troops had crossed the wall and began to rush into the town. Some artillery and horses fell to the ground, showing that the Ming army had already been defeated, making the entire frontier The battlefield is in a mess.

Well, would it be too time-consuming to slaughter this town in a while?
Could the Ming army that captured Zhenjiang have already started to evacuate and fled to the river by boat?

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

Suddenly, the sound of rumbling artillery came from inside the town, startling Luck Dehun couldn't help tightening the reins, and the war horse under his crotch immediately slowed down.The armored cavalry following behind hurriedly turned their horses' heads so as not to bump into the Luke Dehun horse.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Then, the continuous sound of gunfire and the screams of soldiers dying came from the town.

As Luck Dehun's horses gradually stopped, more than [-] cavalry on the left also stopped their horses, looking at the small town on the right in surprise.

Was the Han army and the Eight Banners infantry who invaded the town met with a dying counterattack by the Ming army?Or, fell into an ambush set up by the Ming army?

"...Tug, take someone to the town to have a look!" Hearing the roar of artillery and the sound of firecrackers firing continuously in the town, Luke De felt vaguely that something was wrong, pointing to a Eight Banners commander and ordered .

"Ejilong, tell the right-wing armored cavalry to withdraw."

After giving the order, Leket turned his horse's head around, and set off for the camp as he went back and forth.

Zhang Tianlu's Eight Banners Han army followed the direction of the fleeing Ming army, from west to east, all the way to the back of the town, without giving the retreating Ming army any chance to adjust and breathe, and wanted to penetrate the entire town and completely wipe out the opponent. rout.At that time, they will all become lambs waiting to be slaughtered by the Eight Banners Jiaqi, and will be chased and killed wantonly.

When they were chasing to the end of the street, the rushing Qing army suddenly found a long wooden repelling horse in front of them, cutting off the empty street. Military uniforms, black helmets, holding muskets with gun swords, facing them from a distance.

The defeated Ming army quickly rushed to both sides of the army formation along the gap between the rejected horses, and then under the organization of the officers, they reorganized into teams behind the formation and joined the formation.

Before they could stop, the Qing army ran head-on, and was about to step forward to dismantle the rejecting horses, preparing to break into the formation in one fell swoop and continue to kill the Ming army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

Several cannons fired suddenly, and several projectiles with huge kinetic energy instantly penetrated the ranks of the Qing army, leaving stumps and broken arms along the way.

The advancing Qing army column could not stop the rushing momentum at all. The forward was suddenly attacked, and before he could stop and wait and see, he was surrounded by the rear team and continued to move forward.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." There were deafening roars from several artillery pieces.

"Rush through!...Rush through! Don't stop!"

"Accelerate over and cut them down!"

Several generals of the Qing army who led the team shouted loudly that under the circumstances of this kind of assault by the whole army, it is impossible to stop and huddle together and let the artillery bombard them.Of course, you can't turn around and run away, otherwise, the whole situation will collapse in an instant.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

When the Qing army braved the dense grape bullets and suffered huge casualties, when they attacked 60 meters in front of the opposite black-clothed army, a round of volleys swept over, and immediately cut off a thin layer of the charging Qing army. , Dozens of Qing soldiers fell to the ground.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Before the Qing army could take a breath, another round of volleys fired from the opposite side. This time, nearly a hundred people were hit by muskets, fell to the ground, and managed to stop the Qing army's charge.

Afterwards, the firecrackers seemed to never stop, round after round of volleys, shooting and killing the Qing army that kept coming near Juma. In less than a quarter of an hour, the black-clothed army fired a total of ten rounds of gunfire. , At least seven hundred Qing troops were knocked down, and their vanguards were almost wiped out.At this point, the formation of the Qing army began to collapse irresistibly, and the Han army of the Eight Banners rolled backwards, scattering more than a thousand infantry armor of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Red Banner following behind.

A burst of passionate horns blew in the formation of the black-clothed army. The soldiers of the Qi State Marine Corps and the soldiers of the village immediately launched an assault with bayonets. go.

(End of this chapter)