Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 281 Unsatisfactory
On the west bank of the Yellow River, the Ninth Fort.

Shang Kexi held the saber in his hand high, and was giving orders in an orderly manner.

Accompanied by Gao Kexi's command, the musketeers of the Han army stepped forward one by one and fired at the outside of the fort.

Accompanied by the sound of "bang bang bang bang", the Ming army on the opposite side fell into a pool of blood one after another. After about [-]% of the soldiers fell, the remaining Ming army finally collapsed and shouted loudly. Crashed and fled back.

However, before Shang Kexi could catch his breath, another group of Ming troops attacked with wooden signs.

"Fran cannons, get ready!" Shang Kexi gave an order, and two teams of Han troops pushed up two Fran cannons.

The weight of these two Franc machine guns is about seven or eight hundred catties, and they are fixed on two wooden gun mounts. There are small wooden wheels at the bottom of the two wooden gun mounts, which can slide freely.

Most of the Han troops who followed Shang Kexi were the frontier troops from Dongjiang Town.

These frontier troops have fought for many years and have extremely rich experience in operating artillery.

Quickly fill in the sub-cannon, lock and close it, and then correct the shooting angle.

After locking, the gunner inserted the red-hot iron braze through the fire door.

Immediately there was a bang, and the two cannons slid back out together with the base.

At the same time, thousands of one-two-heavy lead had already fanned out.

The Franc cannon can be loaded with shotgun shells or slug bullets. When shooting the wooden formation of horses and horses, it can be filled with [-] two-weight stone bullets or [-] one-two-weight lead bullets. bomb.

At this time, one or two heavy shotguns are loaded, and the two guns have a thousand shotguns!

In an instant, thousands of shotguns poured down on the Ming army's wooden card array in a fan shape.

Accompanied by the sound of "popping", the dozen or so wooden signs held up in front by the Ming army were instantly riddled with holes, and the first row of Ming troops shrunk behind the wooden signs were also shot into sieves at the same time.

The wooden array of the Ming army had no problem resisting the heavy arrows of the big bow, and it was not satisfactory against the bird guns or even the Lumi guns, but the shotgun used to resist the Fran machine guns really didn't work.

After all, a cannon is a cannon, and it is no match for a gun.

More than a dozen Ming soldiers fell to the ground and died without even humming.

"Musketeers..." Shang Kexi was about to order the Musketeers to step forward,
However, it was discovered that the Ming army on the opposite side had already collapsed. After the wooden card array was destroyed and the dozen or so Ming troops in front were smashed into sieves, the Ming army behind them collapsed all of a sudden.

The performance this time was even worse than the previous one.

At any rate, the attack just now withstood two rounds of volleys.

"Bah, a bunch of trash." Shang Kexi spat at the retreating Ming army, and cursed disdainfully, "It's been more than ten years, and I still haven't made any progress."

"Boom!" Suddenly there was a violent impact behind him.

Immediately the entire fort trembled slightly, but Shang Kexi didn't take it seriously at all, he didn't need to turn his head to know that it was the Hongyi cannon from the Ming Army navy warship that hit the fort.

But this is nothing, because the retaining wall built on the side of the fort facing the Yellow River has a large inclination angle and is extremely thick, so the Hongyi cannons of the Ming Army Navy did not pose a threat at all.

At most, a few large pits were punched on the parapet.

Shang Kexi didn't even intend to go to the outside of the fort to command the Hongyi Cannon to fight.

Because compared with the Ming army navy on the river, the Ming army infantry from the ground was obviously more threatening, so he had to stay inside the fort to command the musketeers and the Franc machine guns to fight.

In the flames, the Ming army on the opposite side suddenly spread out to both sides.

"My lord, the cannon in red!" Some Han soldiers shouted in horror.

"Huh?" When Shang Kexi looked intently, he saw that the Ming army had pulled over a dozen Hongyi cannons with bullock carts, dragging them to a distance of more than [-] steps from the fort, and the Ming army artillery began to drive into the iron rods.

At such a long distance, the shotgun power of the Fran cannon is obviously insufficient.

"Catch the bullet!" Shang Kexi immediately roared hoarsely, "Catch the bullet!"

The artillerymen from Dongjiang Town were really good. They replaced the sub-cannons with double-mouthed ammunition as quickly as possible, and then filled the sub-cannons with [-]-jin double-mouthed ammunition in less than a moment.

However, the reaction of the Ming army on the opposite side was not slow.

Just when the Eight Banners Han army was readying the Flang cannon,

The Ming army on the opposite side also built an earthen wall in front of the Hongyi cannon.

"Mother thief!" Shang Kexi couldn't believe his eyes.

Just at this moment, the artillerymen of the Ming army actually built a wall of earth in front of the Hongyi cannon?
Taking a closer look, Shang Kexi discovered that it was not a rammed earth wall, but a burlap wall made of burlap, but the burlap bag was probably filled with sand, and its defensive power was estimated to be similar to that of the rammed earth wall.

The key is that the parapet wall made of burlap also has a large inclination angle.

Sure enough, although the two rounds hit the target accurately,
However, it was of no use, it just broke down a section of the earthen wall.

The artillerymen of the Ming Army quickly brought in more sacks and repaired the earthen wall quickly.

The Eight Banners Han army fired two more shots, which also hit, but it was still useless.

When the Eight Banners Han army fired the fourth sub-cannon, the Hongyi cannon on the opposite side finally opened fire.

Shang Kexi only felt a flash of red light, and then there was a loud bang in his ears, followed by the sound of collapse, and most of the parapet wall inside the fort collapsed in an instant.

The lethality of the Hongyi cannon is by no means comparable to that of the Fran cannon.

Because the diameter of the Hongyi cannon is larger than that of the Frang machine gun, the barrel is longer, and the projectile is heavier. The key is that the airtightness of the Hongyi cannon is far better than that of the Flang machine gun, and the kinetic energy of the projectile is greater!
More than a dozen Hongyi cannons gathered together, and just one round of salvo knocked down half of Jiannu's Ninth Fort.

Shang Kexi and nearly a hundred Han soldiers guarding the back wall fell from the top of the wall in an instant, and were almost buried alive. Shang Kexi, the dog traitor, even hit his head on the dirt Kela and passed out on the spot.

When Shang Kexi regained consciousness, he was already carried on the floating bridge by the soldiers.

"Ah Qi, where is this?" Shang Kexi felt his forehead was sticky, and when he touched it, it was full of blood.

"My lord, it's on the pontoon bridge." The soldier named Ah Qi panted, "The fort on the west bank of the Yellow River can no longer be defended. Shi Dutong has ordered all Han troops to retreat to the east bank."

Shidutong is the real stone court pillar on the forehead of Gushan in Zhengbai Banner.

Shi Tingzhu can be regarded as Dorgon's lieutenant assigned to Shang Kexi.

After Shang Kexi was injured and fell into a coma, Shi Tingzhu took over the command of the Eight Banners Han Army.

"Retreat?" Shang Kexi said, "Where's the red cannon left on the fort on the west bank?"

"It's blown up, it's all blown up." Ah Qi said helplessly, "The red cannon is too heavy to cross the pontoon bridge."

"Blown up? All blown up?" After hearing this, Shang Kexi couldn't help feeling lost. Now the Eight Banners Han army lost more than fifty red cannons, and the number of red cannons was less than two hundred.

……

As the night passed, the eastern sky gradually became paler.

The entire battlefield was also revealed in Chongzhen's field of vision one after another.

Looking around, the Jiannu blockade ditch south of the Yellow River has basically been filled, the parapets and forts along the blockade ditch have also been knocked down, and dozens of forts on the west bank of the Yellow River have also been razed.

In addition, the five pontoon bridges of Jiannujia were all destroyed.

However, the Ming army's attack on the east bank of the Yellow River suffered a disastrous defeat.

In fact, last night, Chongzhen already knew the result.

Facts have proved that Chongzhen's hopes for the Ming Frontier Army are still a bit high.

In the battle on the west bank of the Yellow River, since Jiannu had only a small number of soldiers from the Eight Banners, and the rest of the tens of thousands of soldiers were all wrapped in clothes, they were quickly beaten up by the Ming army. Wei's artillery team backstab, but when crossing the river to attack the east bank fort, Qu Shawei's artillery team could no longer provide backstabs.

Because the fort on the east bank of the Yellow River was built facing west, the west is the front.

The rammed earth wall of the fort on this side is thick and has a large inclination, and the Hongyi cannon is also helpless.

What's more, Qu Shawei's artillery team can't cross the Yellow River at all, and can only rely on the navy's Hongyi cannon.

Due to the limitation of the tonnage of the bird ship, the navy's Hongyi cannon is lighter in weight and smaller in diameter, so its lethality is naturally not comparable to that of Qu Shawei's artillery team.

Therefore, the frontier troops of Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao attacked three times, all of which ended in disastrous defeat. The [-] soldiers of the border troops who went into the attack were either shot to death by the Han army with blunderbusses, or driven into the Yellow River and drowned. A few soldiers with good water skills fled across the Yellow River, including Jin Shenghuan himself.

"Your Majesty, this minister is incompetent." Jin Shenghuan came to Chongzhen in disgrace.

Jin Shenghuan was really embarrassed. In order to escape for his life across the river, he took off his mountain armor and sank to the bottom of the river.

Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao also looked trembling, thinking that the task entrusted by the Holy Majesty was only half completed, and a reprimand might be unavoidable, and if they were unlucky, they would be punished.

However, to his surprise, Chongzhen did not scold them.

Instead of scolding, Chongzhen helped Jin Shenghuan up.

"Jin Qing, you have done your best." Chongzhen helped Jin Shenghuan up, and then turned to Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao and said, "You have also done your best, go back to the camp and rest."

"I'm waiting to leave." Jin Shenghuan and the others limped away.

Watching the three of Jin Shenghuan leave, Chongzhen said helplessly to his two sons and a group of scholars: "This is the most elite frontier army of our Ming Dynasty. Nearly [-] elite frontier troops from the ten towns made a massive attack, and there are [-] more soldiers left. The cavalry and the artillery team assisted in the battle, and the navy assisted in the battle on the surface of the Yellow River, but they still fought like this."

Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong and a group of scholars were also quite speechless.

Although there are no statistics yet, the casualties of the Ming army will definitely not be small.

The navy alone lost more than a dozen warships and more than [-] officers and soldiers were killed.

As for the frontier troops from the ten towns that attacked, the number of casualties was at least three or four thousand.

Now I just don't know how many troops there are in total among the Jiannu who were defeated by the Ming army?How many real slaves are there?How many are the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Mongolia?

Chongzhen went on to say: "How many troops do you estimate that Jiannu has on the opposite side?"

Zheng Sendao: "Judging from the battle last night, there are about [-] Jiannu guarding the blockade ditch, and there are also about [-] Jianu slaves in the hundreds of forts along the blockade ditch."

(End of this chapter)