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Chapter 735 Empress Dowager Temple

The Niangniang Temple is located on a high ground extending northward from the mountainside on the west side of Shimen Mountain. Although it has been dilapidated due to the war, it occupies a large area, and the crooked courtyard walls are still there. There are also halls and several rooms in the temple. House available.

The Qing army stationed more than 1000 soldiers and horses here. Except for Niu Luzhangjing who led [-] Eight Banners warriors to supervise the battle here, there were also [-] Korean soldiers and horses.

They store all their military supplies in the courtyard of the Niangniang Temple, and all kinds of large and small artillery are deployed on the flat ground outside the temple, including large and small Flang machine guns, mortar guns, tiger crouching guns, nine-headed birds, and so on.

Many of these were captured by the Qing army from Liaoyang, Shenyang, Guangning, Dalinghe and other cities. Before that, the slave chieftain Huang Taiji used these firearms and guns when he formed Wuzhenchaoha in the fourth year of Chongzhen.

Later, when Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong came across the sea, they brought not only many small cannons and firecrackers, but also craftsmen who made cannons and advanced firearm concepts. Kong Youde named Tianyou Army.

In this battle, Kong Youde stayed in the camp to accompany Prince Rui Dorgon, and Geng Jingzhong personally commanded the Niangniang Temple, and he was also in charge of the entire defense line of the Niangniang Temple.

But Shang Kexi, King Zhishun, was sent by Dorgon to the East Shimen, and led the soldiers and horse gunners of the Tianzhu Army to help and kill the enemy under the command of Prince Su Hauge.

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"Let's cheer up Lao Tzu, Ming people's cannons are standing opposite, don't dare to be vague!"

A general of the Qing army in his forties, dressed in fine iron armor, was patrolling along the artillery positions outside the Niangniang Temple, shouting at the Tianyou Army and the Korean Army stationed here from time to time to boost morale.

This member of the Qing Dynasty was also tall and tall, with beards all over his face, and several scars and knife marks on his face. He looked quite ferocious, but he was the general He Youde of Kong Youde who followed the Qing Dynasty and Shuorui Prince Dorgon into Daming in the 11th year of Chongzhen success.

Behind him were more than a dozen personal followers, all of them with bright and dark armor, and their faces were full of anger.

He Chenggong was deeply appreciated and valued by Kong Youde, so he was ordered to lead a team of soldiers and horses to fight alone the last time he entered the bandits, but he suffered heavy losses in the battle between Gaoyang and Julu, more than half of the troops and horses were lost.

However, fortunately, he fought with Prince Su Hauge at that time. Although he lost his troops, Hauge's Zhenglan Banner was also the same. What benefits do you get from it.

So after so many years, Zhang Cheng has jumped all the way from being a small general in charge of a thousand, to the position of commanding and suppressing generals from the second-rank Wanquandu Division, with tens of thousands of troops under his command.

But He Chenggong is still a Jialazhangjing of the Tianyou Army, and the Jiala under his command has only regained its former glory after nearly two years of operation, and he is also ambitious.

During the siege of Jinzhou, He Chenggong specially asked his own general to respect Wang Kong Youde and asked to join the army in order to make some military achievements in the battle of Jinzhou and improve his status in the Tianyou Army.

Because of this, he did not dare to be careless, and was always on guard. Every time he inspected himself, he had to carefully check each gun position, especially the protective trenches and low walls in front of the gun positions.

The artillery array of Niangniang Temple occupies a large area, so there are many and long low walls, and the responsibility of guarding is extremely heavy.

And the main force guarding this section of the low wall is precisely him, soldiers of the Jiala Han Army and the North Korean Army. As for the [-] Eight Banners soldiers, they are the supervisory team who stayed here to monitor their battles. Perhaps, the Ming Army They also engage in hand-to-hand combat when they break behind low walls.

Along the undulating low wall, you can constantly see Han and Korean soldiers holding matchlock guns or bird guns. Only a small number of them are cold soldiers holding shields and broadswords for close combat.

Under some low walls, at intervals, there are piles of gray bottles and cannonballs.

The artillery formations here are all laid out along the trend of the mountains. At some appropriate positions, various artillery pieces are leveled and erected, and trenches are dug in front of the artillery to pile up walls according to the trend of the mountains.

Taking a closer look at the soldiers of the various armies, there is no big difference in the dress of the Tianyou Army and the Eight Banners cavalry.

However, the armor of those Korean soldiers is somewhat different. Their iron helmets are very similar to those of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Ming Dynasty soldiers. There is also a pointed point on the top of the helmet, which looks like a modern lightning rod. It is three-pronged, while Ming and Qing helmets are single-rooted.

Of course, the armor of the Qing army was derived from the armor of the Ming army. In fact, both the Qing Dynasty and North Korea were deeply influenced by Chinese culture. They admired and learned Chinese culture and took Chinese culture as their orthodoxy.

The Korean generals who were placed on the side of the Niangniang Temple wore bright red long-body cotton armor, with a lot of iron leaves embedded on the arms and upper body of the armor. The armor leaves were densely packed, as if they were covered with medals.

As for their ordinary soldiers, they only wore short padded armor, which was also bright red in color. There were only some copper bubbles nailed on the surface of the clothes, and there were no nail leaves inside and out.

He Chenggong inspected the past all the way, as if he was the master, he comforted and encouraged the Tianyou Army and the Korean Army behind the artillery positions and low walls, and boosted their morale from time to time.

Suddenly, there was an angry curse: "The Southern Barbarians are about to attack the mountain, give Ben Niu some energy!"

Immediately afterwards there was a sound of whipping, He Chenggong took two quick steps, but saw his deputy commander Qing Guohuaishun Wang Geng Jingzhong accompanying Zhengbai Banner Niu Luzhang Jingniu Erjia to inspect the defense.

Niu Erjia is in his 20s. Although he doesn't look particularly tall and mighty, he is also extremely strong. When he swings the whip, the veins on the back of his hands and wrists are looming. Crimson bloodstains.

He Chenggong was still a little angry at first, but it all disappeared at this moment. Like a well-behaved hunting dog meeting his master, he stepped aside, bent down, cupped his fists and said, "I have seen Niu Erjia Niulu, I have seen you." King Huaishun."

This is the case under the fence of others. Although Geng Zhongming is the king of Huaishun in the Qing Dynasty, even the slave chieftain Huang Taiji respects him very much, but among the orthodox Manchu Eight Banners officers, he really doesn't take them seriously.

Just a Niu Luzhangjing of Zhengbai Banner can override him, and even his subordinates have to greet that mere Niuluzhangjing before they can greet him when they see him and salute, he is completely like a second-class citizen.

Geng Zhongming seemed to have gotten used to this. He glanced at He Chenggong, nodded to him, didn't say anything, and followed Niu Erjia to continue his inspection with his hands behind his back.

Those who were beaten and scolded by him were mostly obedient and obedient, and even if they complained a little, they dared not speak out.

Even King Huaishun didn't say a word. The officers of the Tianyou Army, such as Pashiku and Niuluzhangjing, or the deputy lieutenant and sergeant of the Korean army, just pretended they didn't see it. Offend this Niu Luzhangjing in Zhengbai Banner.

What's more, this is still at the moment of the battle, and if it is not good, it will be labeled as a slack defense.

A North Korean soldier was kicked and was angry. After Niu Erjia, Geng Zhongming and others swaggered past, he spat on the ground and muttered in Korean: "Damn, savage!"

Niu Erjia also seemed to hear a little movement, he turned his head suddenly, and looked at the North Korean soldier for a moment, the scar on his face trembled, making him look extremely fierce.

The North Korean soldier was so frightened that he trembled all over, and hurriedly put his head back to arrange the matchlock gun in his hand!

(End of this chapter)