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Chapter 803 Niu Erjia's Cleverness

Niu Luzhang Jingniu Erjia was cut off a piece of flesh and blood on his buttock by the artillery of the Ming army in the previous Shimenshan battle. Although the wound has basically healed and scabbed, it has not fully recovered.

However, when the Qing army was in this great battle, it was also the time to employ people. It was not easy for him to hold on to the artillery array of the Empress Palace last time, so this time he was naturally in command here.

However, Niu Erjia was badly bombarded by the artillery of the Shenji Camp last time, so he still remembers the scene of the artillery bombardment of the Ming army, especially the ashes and poisonous bullets fired at the end, which almost made their entire empress palace artillery formation paralysis.

For example, the number one warrior in his Niulu, Pashiku Uta, was first broken by a cannon, and then choked to death by the poisonous bombs of the Ming army. The tragedy at that time is still vivid in my mind.

Fortunately, the Qing army in the two places of East and West Shimen defended well and forced the Ming army back, otherwise he would not dare to guarantee that the empress palace's artillery array would not be lost.

Now, Niu Erjia's face was full of anger and a trace of panic was hidden. He looked at the artillery formation of the Ming army on the opposite mountain and let out a loud cry to remind everyone around him.

Niu Erjia’s half Niulu was still in charge of guarding the artillery formation of the Qing army in Niangniangmiao. In addition, there were 300 newly transferred Han troops and 200 Korean troops. There are less than a thousand people.

He looked at the south side of the mountain collar, less than two miles away from the cannon formation of the Niangniang Temple, the dense red figures were constantly busy.

The Ming Army artillery formation over there, with the gun cover pulled up, under the sun, the shiny black iron cannons are very eye-catching. You can vaguely see the soldiers of the Ming Army Shenji Battalion wiping and cleaning the barrels, measuring the firing range, and loading the cannons. .

On one of the slightly raised hills, there are some short cannons on four-wheeled gun mounts. Afterwards, it is extremely vicious!

Seeing this scene, Niu Erjia's throat rolled up and down involuntarily. He subconsciously glanced at the warriors in Niu Lu beside him, but saw that they were all uneasy.

And next to each of them, there are buckets of clear water, soaked in a lot of cloth strips.

This is the only way for the Qing army to deal with the poisonous and gray bombs of the Ming army. However, even if it does this, it can only slow down the damage caused by the poisonous and gray bombs of the Ming army, and it will still leave more or less damage afterwards. Next some sequelae!

Think about the many warriors in my Niu Lu, who were hit by poisonous bullets and ash bombs last time and smoked, and inhaled a lot of poisonous fumes. Until now, they still have a lot of pain and problems. Mao Lai.

Finally, under the nervous gaze of the Qing soldiers from Niangniangmiao, the group of gentlemen from the Shenji Battalion leisurely used square and round utensils to measure the distance between the two sides, and adjusted the elevation angle and shooting range of the artillery.

Niu Erjia shouted suddenly: "All covered with wet cloths. Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Amidst the roar, Geshha beside him hurriedly and nervously handed him a piece of wet cloth, and then did not forget to cover his mouth and nose with a piece.

Niu Erjia's movements were also nimble. After he took the wet cloth strip, he stuck it in his face.

He completely ignored the water droplets on the wet cloth, and kept dripping on his armor. He only leaned his body tightly behind the fairly solid wall, carefully poked his head out, and kept looking down the mountain.

"boom!"

The muffled sound of the cannon was heard far away, and white smoke billowed from the hills more than a mile away. A cannon pierced through the peaceful sky and roared through the wind.

Just like the prologue before the start of the thunder, the roar of cannons continued, not only in the artillery formation of the Ming army in the south of the Niangniang Temple, but also in various places such as the East and West Shimen. Come.

For a time, the sound of artillery bombardment was everywhere, endlessly!
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In the direction of the left and right Shimen of Shimen Mountain, there were also large groups of thick smoke and flames rising, and the cannons flew towards them one after another with piercing screams.

Jialazhangjing Yierza of the Zhengbai Banner in Manchuria led half of Jiala's Zhengbai Banner Tartars to garrison the Xishimen mountain road. Because the mountain road was solid, it was impossible to dig a trench here, so they just pieced together a large and small stone building. Strong wall.

Stretching across the mountain road, some parts of the wall of the village piled up a very wide platform, on which were placed a series of cannons. The muzzles of the cannons were also dark and deep, like a demon beast with a huge mouth, and it was angrily aiming at the progress down the mountain. Ming army in China.

Yierza is now leading half of Jiala, who is in charge of defending the West Shimen Mountain Road.

Half of Niuerjia's Niulu who was stationed in the artillery formation at the Niangniang Temple was Jiala's soldier and horse, and two other Niulu were stationed in the camp on the mountainside.

Therefore, Yierza can barely count half of Jiala's Tartar troops. In addition, there are [-] Tianyou Army led by He Chenggong, more than [-] troops of the Han Army with red flags, and [-] Korean troops. Yu people.

Fortunately, they can be said to be sticking to the dangers. This valley road between the mountains has twists and turns. Only between the two mountains, there are some slightly gentle mountain roads.

But now, between these mountain roads, ravines of different depths have been dug, and stone walls have been erected.

The defense of the Qing army in Shimen Mountain was mainly dominated by the Han army and the Korean army. The most important role of the armored soldiers led by the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner was to supervise the battle.

Jialazhangjing Yierza took two Niulu from Jiala, and guarded in the middle of the West Shimen Mountain Road.

In the previous battle at Shimen Mountain, Yierza’s subordinates suffered little loss. At that time, he was also in charge of strictly guarding the mountain road and did not attack. Only more than [-] men from Niu Luzhang Jingniuerjia’s troops were bombarded by the Ming army in the artillery formation of Niangniang Temple. The loss of nearly half of the army was recorded.

Just this made Yierza feel bad, and scolded Niu Luzhang Jing Niu Erjia!
His memory is still fresh today. At that time, he was stationed here. Although he did not see the Ming army, the deafening roar from the Niangniang Temple, as well as the long-lasting smoke and dust, even now thinking about it, he still feels shocked. I am still afraid of the artillery of the Ming army.

In addition, he also listened to Niu Erjia's talk about the Ming army's poisonous and ashes bullets, and he still had a vivid memory of the pain suffered by his warriors after being choked by the poisonous smoke.

From then on, I learned that poisonous bullets and gray bullets are more lethal than other cannons.

Therefore, at this time, he saw the four-wheeled artillery carts being pushed by more than ten Ming soldiers at the foot of the mountain, especially the short, short and thick artillery with short muzzles.

Isn't this exactly what Niu Erjia described, when those people landed, yellow smoke rose all over the sky, making people want to vomit.

Seeing the Ming army launching such a vicious weapon again, the resentment in Yierza's heart could not be washed away even if the entire Liaohe River was poured.

At this moment, he looked at the south side of the mountain road, which was about three miles away from him, facing his defense side, densely packed, and I don't know how many Ming soldiers and horses gathered.

And on some slightly raised hills, the short and stubby cannons on the four-wheeled gun mounts are being adjusted.

Although these cannons looked very inconspicuous, but Irza knew that what they fired were all those deadly gray and poisonous bullets.

His Adam's apple was rolling up and down, and he roared suddenly, "Are you dead? Why didn't the Nanman in front shoot?"

Ilza roared angrily, looking at the dark muzzles of the guns in the distance, he was also a little flustered in his heart as he told Niu Erjia about the horrors.

He subconsciously glanced at the warriors in the banner beside him, but saw that all of them had resolute faces, and their eyes were full of fighting spirit. Yirza hurriedly stabilized his mind, and shouted again: "Go, see how He Chenggong arranges ahead, Quickly bombard the Ming army."

Then he turned back and asked Ghoshha who was with him, and said, "Are the buckets and cloth strips you prepared ready?"

"Returning to the master, everything is ready. According to the master, there are 20 buckets of water, and there are more than [-] cloth strips in each bucket, just a little more."

Ilza looked in the direction that Ghoshha was pointing at, and saw a row of buckets in the corner of the stone wall, soaked with a lot of wet cloth strips.

Just like the Qing army stationed at the Niangniang Temple, they only knew how to guard against the attacks of poisonous and gray bombs.

"boom!"

A loud bang came from not far away, Ilza raised his eyes and saw a small cloud of smoke rising from the direction of the empress temple artillery formation.

I don't know if it was the ignorant person who muttered: "Why did you hit this shot!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a large cloud of smoke rising from the southeast direction, quickly spreading upwards and spreading around, forming a huge cloud in an instant, and it became more and more dense.

There was a faint thunder-like sound in the smoke and dust, and it kept coming. One after another, black objects flew through the wind, and many black iron balls pierced the sky, making a low "woo woo woo" sound.

Immediately afterwards, there was a faint sound of cannons falling to the ground, and a yellow smoke filled the cannon array of Niangniang Temple at the foot of Shimen Mountain.

"Shoot it...Ming Gouzi go..."

A scream woke up the Qing army at the foot of the West Shimen Mountain, and even Jialazhangjing Yierza had no time to reprimand the screaming Tartar soldier.

He hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw the rumble of cannons on the mountains in front of him, the defending Han army and Korean army had already clashed with the Ming army in front, a large group of thick smoke and flames rose, and there was a burst of screaming artillery shells Tight for a while.

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Almost at the same time, on the river valley road in East Shimen, a large group of Miyun Army officers and soldiers drove forward with chariots for cover, and nervously groped forward along the flat land between Shimen Mountain and Xiaoling River.

The sound of shouting and killing resounded from the foot of Shimen Mountain, and countless Ningyuan Town soldiers wearing red hats and short body armor poured into the mountains and attacked the Tartars guarding the mountain in waves.

From time to time, raindrops of rolling wood and stones were thrown down from the mountain, sharp arrows shuttled, guns roared, and there were layers of corpses and wounded on the mountain and down the mountain.

In the air, there is a strong smell of blood and sulfur smoke everywhere!

The battle on Shimen Mountain has been stalemate from the very beginning. Although there are not many Qing troops defending here, and most of them are Han and Korean troops, they are afraid of the Tartars for a long time. Underneath, the defense was quite tenacious.

Moreover, the Manchurian Tartar soldiers who were supervising the battle in various positions were not idle. They saw the right time, and just shot a cold arrow.

Then there are those North Korean soldiers, they not only have a good ratio of firearms, but also many of them know how to make trebuchets, and there are several tall trebuchets standing behind them.

Therefore, although the Ningyuan and Wu Sangui troops of the Ming army who were in charge of attacking Shimen Mountain were superior in strength, the mountain was rugged and the superiority in strength was not easy to deploy. Mountain road, keep going.

Fortunately, the main force of the Shenji Battalion's artillery is quite large, only two rounds of artillery shelling defeated the Qing soldiers defending the Niangniang Temple's artillery formation, and fled in all directions.

In fact, Niu Erjia who defended the Niangniang Temple could not be blamed for his incompetence, but the artillery of the Shenji Battalion was too strong.

During the previous battle at Shimen Mountain, the Qing soldiers stationed at the Niangniang Temple artillery formation were still able to confront the Shenji Battalion, and had spare power to bombard the Ming army under Yang Guozhu's command in Xuanfu Town who attacked West Shimen.

But no one expected that the Shenji Battalion fired the last round of mortars, and many poisonous and ashes bullets flew into the empress temple artillery array. This kind of artillery did very little damage to the fortifications.

But after it landed, the yellow poisonous smoke that rose up spread rapidly, covering the entire empress temple's artillery formation of the Qing army in an instant.

However, the Tazi soldiers, Tianyou soldiers, and Korean soldiers who were stationed there inhaled a lot of poisonous smoke. Many of them couldn't be rescued, and they inhaled too much poisonous smoke, so they died on the spot in the artillery formation of Niangniang Temple.

Its misery is beyond words!

Even mid-level officers like Niu Erjia and He Chenggong, firstly, because they were the first to get wet cloths to cover their mouths and noses; secondly, they received good medical treatment after the war.

Therefore, the damage to oneself is slightly smaller.

Just like Geng Zhongming, Huaishun King of the Qing Army who was also in the Niangniang Temple position at that time, he suffered almost the least damage, but he is still receiving treatment in Yizhou City, taking medicine continuously every day.

Ordinary soldiers mostly died of poisoning, and most of those who survived had this or that kind of problem.

Therefore, this time the mortar fired only one round of volley to disperse the Qing army stationed at the Niangniangmiao position. No matter how Niu Luzhang Jingniu Erjia shouted, it was of no avail.

In the end, he had no choice but to tightly cover his mouth and nose with a damp cloth, and was assisted by the Tartars beside him to get down from the empress temple artillery formation.

The tartars following him all saw the deep red on Niu Erjia's buttocks, and there were red drops of water falling on the ground from time to time.

But it turned out that to avoid the guns and shout at the fleeing Han and North Korean soldiers, he moved too much, which caused the old wound on his buttocks to be torn open again.

Perhaps Niu Erjia's old injury on his buttocks recurred because of his deliberate intention, and this is precisely where his cleverness lies!
(End of this chapter)