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Chapter 740 It is expected to break the siege of Jinzhou in one fell swoop
The shells roared, and Chen Jiugao's 25 large-caliber mortars were divided into five artillery arrays, fired in sequence, and the shells flew through the wind one by one.

Except for a few shells that exploded in the air ahead of time, most of the huge round flowering shells fell on the front and back of the Qing army's artillery formation in Niangniang Temple, smashed hard on the ground, and smashed into Niangniang Temple.

In the defensive line, no matter the Eight Banners warriors, Tianyou Army, or North Korean soldiers, they all screamed.

However, everyone later discovered that this wave of cannonballs did not seem to have the power of the previous cannonballs. Although they also fell from the sky, they did not damage anything, let alone roll and jump forward?

Looking at those cannons, many people were curious, and some even wanted to step up to have a look.

Suddenly, someone noticed that the fuze on the shell was burning, and immediately a well-informed man screamed loudly: "Ah...it's the thunder..."

"...Poisonous smoke...Poisonous smoke bomb..."

"...it's a gray bullet... run..."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Amidst the repeated loud noises, the poisonous smoke shells exploded one after another, and puffs of dazzling and choking thick green smoke filled the air instantly, and some people who happened to inhale it immediately coughed uncontrollably , all screaming, running for their lives.

Those who inhaled a lot of poisonous smoke felt that their eyes were dizzy, their headaches were splitting, and then they felt panicked and felt short of breath, and they felt suffocated.

They stretched out their hands and scratched desperately in front of and around them, wanting to ask for help from others, and then wanted to call out, but found that they couldn't say anything, only the sound of "hehe" in their mouths, and their whole bodies twitched violently.

After inhaling the poisonous fumes, some people found that their vision was difficult and blurred, as if they were blind. They howled in fear and ran around, vomiting heavily while running, so that their bodies were covered in dirt.

While some people were running, black and red blood flowed from his nose and mouth from time to time, adding to their fear!
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On the large formation of the Ming army, Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao put down the binoculars in his hand, and said calmly: "The artillery of the Shenji Camp was so sharp that it blasted Dongnu silently. General Yang of Xuan Town has also driven Dongnu away today. They are attacking the Niangniangmiao position."

Commander General Zhang Ruoqi was already shocked by the effect of the artillery bombardment, and for a moment forgot to use the binoculars to watch the battle ahead. Hearing this, he hurriedly raised the mirror to look at it, and was also full of joy: "If the commander is determined, the officers and soldiers will use their lives before the battle. This is the blessing of the sage. From this point of view, today is expected to capture the east and west Shimen, and relieve the siege of Jinzhou in one fell swoop!"

Hong Chengchou was still elegant and respectful. He stroked his beard and smiled, but just stared ahead without saying anything.

Zhang Cheng also held up his binoculars and kept observing the situation on the battlefield ahead, but he saw a large cloud of smoke and dust flying up. Most of the Xuanzhen cavalry seemed to have confronted the Tartar cavalry, and the infantry as the vanguard had indeed repelled the Tartars. , is moving in the direction of Niangniang Temple.

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The [-] soldiers of the guerrilla general He Zhenxiong's new army formed a chariot formation in front of them and attacked the enemy with blunderbusses, but they still suffered heavy casualties.

After all, the chariots are equipped with light artillery, which cannot reach far, and are all solid iron bullets. Their deterrent power is far greater than their destructive power, and at a distance of one or two hundred steps, even heavy armored infantry can rush there in an instant.

Especially when the two sides entered a distance of [-] steps, the power of the heavy arrows of the Tartars was prominent, not inferior to the cannons at all, and the heavy arrows they shot seemed to have eyes. place.

Although there were many officers in front of the battle commanding to boost morale, the Ming army was still very frightened in the face of such precise and vicious heavy arrows from the Tartars, and the artillery basically stopped loading.

They carefully hid behind the chariot, and frantically loaded the guns with ammunition. Naturally, their speed was much slower than during the usual practice, and their momentum also weakened. It was obvious that the Tartars had gained the upper hand.

Just when He Zhenxiong was burning with anxiety, Guo Yingxian, the general of Xuanzhen Town, led [-] elite cavalry, and rushed from the mountain on the left. After the chariot cheered enthusiastically.

The attacking Tartars also seemed to have spotted the Ming army cavalry who came to help, and saw that hundreds of Tartar cavalry in the distance immediately rushed to the mountains to cover the flanks of their own infantry from threats.

At the same time, the sound of the golden drum was loud, and the Tartars gave up attacking He Zhenxiong's troops. Even though the chariot formation was about to be breached, they did not hesitate to follow the order and retreat, leaving more than [-] Tartars dead. Common sense.

Although He Zhenxiong was a little surprised by this, he only attributed it to his own cavalry who came to help in time. After all, there were only 3000 Tatars attacking him, and the casualties were heavy, and the Tartar cavalry was only a few hundred. More than a thousand fine riders!

He only made a rough estimate of the casualties in his battalion. Over [-] people were killed and another [-] were injured in this battle alone. However, the battle is far from over, and this is just the beginning.

He Zhenxiong left one hundred new troops behind, simply cleared the battlefield, took care of the wounded and retreated. He commanded the remaining nearly [-] soldiers, pushed the undamaged light chariots, and rushed to the Qing army's position in Niangniangmiao on the right side of the mountain road. .

"Brothers, take down the Niangniang Temple with all your strength, and don't dare to let the Tartars look down on our Xuanfu officers and men!"

He Zhenxiong loudly boosted morale, and commanded the soldiers to press slowly towards the Niangniang Temple in a sparse formation. The distance between the two sides was continuously shortened, and it seemed that there were only more than 300 steps left.

At this time, he saw his own artillery began to bombard the artillery formation of the Qing army on the Niangniang Temple.

He couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, go up, while the Tartars are under fire, go up and take the Niangniang Temple."

"boom……"

But as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he heard a loud bang coming from above, and then he saw a dark thing flying towards him at high speed.

Before he had time to react, he heard "boom...boom...boom..." several consecutive explosions, and gunpowder and gunpowder smoke rose from the Qing army's artillery barrage outside the Niangniang Temple on the hill.

Black cannons flew out of the smoke, and He Zhenxiong shouted: "Fire the cannons, be careful of the cannons..."

"boom!"

The first cannon that flew over suddenly hit a soldier next to He Zhenxiong. His chest was pierced through, and he lost his life. Following the flying cannon that flew backwards, he fell backwards. On the ground, there was no cry from the beginning to the end, and there was no trace of blood on the wound.

He Zhenxiong was taken aback for a moment, this was the first time he saw his subordinates being hit by enemy artillery, he couldn't help being furious, roared loudly, and rushed up the mountain with the steel knife in his hand.

But he had only rushed up a few dozen steps when he heard another "rumbling" sound. With previous experience, he hurriedly shouted: "Tartars are firing, dodge carefully."

The new soldiers of the Xuanfu reminded each other, and they all looked up to observe the trajectory of the cannons fired from the hills, and at the same time saw black cannons flying into the Niangniangmiao position.

Fortunately, He Zhenxiong lined up in a sparse formation at the very beginning. Although he experienced two rounds of shelling by the Tartars, there were some casualties, but they were not serious.

When they looked up at the Qing army's position in Niangniang Temple, they saw green smoke all over the sky, covering the entire hill, like a fairyland.

However, although the shelling stopped here, He Zhenxiong could faintly hear the sound of horses' hoofs stamping on the ground, as if thousands of horses and thousands of horses were galloping.

(End of this chapter)