Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 563 Killing Beach!
After nightfall.

The Huangjinshan Fort was plunged into darkness.

Except for the patrol teams and fixed sentries, everyone was hiding in the houses, eating, drinking or sleeping soundly.

Su Shun stood on the fort wall and looked down~
About seven miles from the foot of the mountain, the beach was brightly lit. Through the telescope, he could even see the busy figures of the Wu army carrying supplies and towing artillery.

However, the distance is too far.

The artillery fire was powerless.

……

However, Su Shun still had the confidence to turn the Golden Mountain into a Mountain of Corpses.

The next morning, the dull sound of a cow horn broke the silence.

The Wu army launched an attack impatiently. Time waits for no one, and they must capture Lushun and obtain supplies before the food runs out.

The infantry formations were lined up in a row.

Captain Wang Ren held up a telescope and repeatedly looked at Huangjin Mountain and found that the mountain was steep and difficult to climb.

The battery is well hidden and has multiple layers of defense on the hillside.

He shouted:
"The first batch, three infantry companies will go first."

……

When the first enemy shell fell, the soldiers began to charge at the same time, trying to break through the artillery blockade as quickly as possible.

The battle became intense from the very beginning.

The Huangjinshan Fort fired frequently, and the wind was strong at the seaside, so the smoke was blown away in an instant, and the gunners' vision was always clear.

From time to time, soldiers were hit by shells, thrown high into the air and torn into pieces.

Su Shun stared at the foot of the mountain, estimating the killing effect.

"Hurry, reload quickly."

"Point all the cannons towards the land, leaving a few lookouts facing the sea. Once the Wu warships attack, it won't be too late to turn the cannons around."

……

"Captain, the Qing army's firepower is very strong."

"Ah."

After half a quarter of an hour, the artillery fire slowed down slightly.

The attacking Wu soldiers had already reached the foot of Huangjin Mountain and began to climb. The steep mountain made the climb very difficult.

From time to time, soldiers of the Wu army who were climbing were shot and rolled down the hillside screaming.

Confrontation and shooting.

Suddenly, a dozen rocks rolled down from above.

The Wu army hiding behind the trees were caught off guard and had nowhere to hide, suffering heavy casualties.

The Qing army carried two mortars and launched a bombardment, and a chaotic stream of shotgun shells kept falling from the sky.

Captain Wang Ren, who was supervising the battle in the rear, had his hands trembling slightly. He was concerned about the lives of his brothers and was also worried about failing to complete the mission.

……

The first attack was thwarted.

In the afternoon, Wu's army launched a second attack and was frustrated again.

In Lushun City,

The Eight Banners soldiers drew their swords and guns and used force to drive out all the civilians.

"Your Han army has already attacked us. We dare not keep you here."

"Leave the city and join your own people."

"They might even give you cotton clothes to wear and rice to eat."

The huge crowd of civilians was driven out of the city gate like a herd of migrating wildebeests.

The sun was about to set, and from time to time people slipped and fell into the trenches that had been dug in advance. What was even more terrifying was that the sound of gunfire behind them exacerbated the chaos.

……

Tens of thousands of terrified civilians fled in all directions without any direction at all. They just instinctively wanted to stay away from Lushun.

A quarter of an hour later, night fell.

Because of widespread night blindness, many people could only huddle on the spot.

The lucky ones hid in the woods or found a pit. The majority of people could not find shelter at all and just waited numbly for death to come.

The Wu army camp was brightly lit, making it extremely eye-catching in the night.

Out of the animal's instinct to move toward light!
The civilians within 2 miles ran towards the light, stumbling and falling. As expected, they were shot by the patrol.

……

"what's the situation?"

"I don't know, but they don't look like Qing troops."

The sudden and intensive gunfire startled everyone in the camp.

Half an hour later, I finally figured out what was going on.

Wang Ren was in great pain. He had no extra food to feed the laborers, but his conscience could not bear with him.

finally,
He ordered the civilians to be allowed to approach the campfire outside the camp, and gave them dozens of axes so that they could chop wood and add to the fire.

At least, don't freeze to death.

As a result, the Wu army was forced to mobilize several cannons to guard the camp fire to prevent the civilians from attacking the camp.

early morning,

Everyone gasped. There were at least several thousand civilians gathered outside, forming a black mass.

A staff officer hurriedly approached the commander:

"Captain, we have to disperse these civilians, otherwise if something happens, they will disrupt the camp."

“I can’t bear it.”

……

The staff officer looked up at his boss in surprise, and could tell from his expression that his boss was serious.

He hesitated for a moment before saying:
"I have to remind you one last time that there are risks in doing this."

"I know, and I will take all the responsibility."

Seeing their boss so stubborn, everyone remained silent and left the tent.

Just as the staff officer expected, there were more and more civilians outside.

The patrol team shouted from time to time:

"Stand back, don't cross the line."

The ants are still living an ignoble existence.

What’s more, humans are higher creatures.

Out of their desire for food and life, the ragged and skinny civilians could not help but approach the military camp.

It was breakfast time for the soldiers.

The aroma of food can travel very far.

……

Golden Hill Fort.

Su Shun, deputy governor of Jinzhou, took off his warm hat and kept wiping the sweat from his temples. A dozen Eight Banners officers beside him looked at him with burning eyes.

"Du Tong, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Tongdu, let's take a gamble?"

"General, don't hesitate any longer. If you miss this opportunity, you'll never get it again."

Down the mountain.

A large number of civilians gathered near the Wu army camp, and those who were close to each other could be ignored.

As long as the cavalry is dispatched to charge, these tens of thousands of one-qian men will become the best soldiers to break into the enemy camp and destroy the Wu army's main camp.

But what if it's a trap?

Wu Jun was so cunning and cruel. How could they suddenly show kindness?

The official report once mentioned a battle that took place in Jiangxi.

then,

The Eight Banners soldiers also drove tens of thousands of innocent civilians to attack Wu's army, but were killed and wounded by Wu's close-range artillery fire. The large number of civilians turned around and disrupted their own formation.

The army was defeated in one fell swoop by the Wu army, which seized the opportunity, and dozens of generals and officers were killed.

……

Steam rose from Su Shun's forehead.

Sweat beads kept rolling down and couldn't be wiped away no matter how hard I tried.

Tension, entanglement, anxiety.

His vision began to blur, he became nervous and anxious, and even felt nauseous. As the commander-in-chief, the fate of Lushun and even the entire southern Liaoning depended on his thoughts.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute."

Everyone stretched their necks and looked into the distance eagerly.

At this time, the number of people near the Wu army camp was still increasing, and they were walking towards the Wu army camp in groups of three or five, dozens or even hundreds.

It is difficult to explain this phenomenon.

Smoke from cooking? The smell of food? Or maybe an inexplicable sixth sense?

Anyway,

The civilians hope to find a sense of security in the group.

Perhaps, the words of the Eight Banners soldiers before being driven out of Lushun, "Your Han army is coming," also played a huge role.

……

Time passes minute by minute.

Both the Qing and Wu sides realized that something was really wrong.

The number of civilians gathered around the camp had already exceeded 10,000, and it was impossible to estimate them. Some people knelt down and stretched out their hands to beg, while others leaned close to the fence and looked at them eagerly. Some officers collectively broke into the tent and demanded that "the kind Captain Wang" immediately give an order to disperse the irrelevant crowd by force.

For a time, the army was on the verge of splitting.

Su Shun, who had been standing there for a full hour without moving, finally made up his mind. He didn't expect that he would really meet such a kind man.

……

"Everyone in the artillery, listen up. I will go down the mountain and gather cavalry in Lushun. If you see that I win, everyone in the Huangjinshan artillery except the gunners will go down the mountain and chase the Wu army. If I lose, you will fire to cover. Do you understand?"

"Whoo."

The generals knelt on one knee and roared loudly.

Su Shun took off his armor and went down the mountain wearing only a single layer of clothing, slipping and rolling all the way.

There was only one thought in his mind:
Get to Lushun as quickly as possible!

Even though he was scratched by the branches, he was unaware of it and kept running wildly like a madman.

The defenders noticed the city wall of Lushun.

An assistant commander raised the telescope and then put it down, shouting:

"Quick, open the door and meet him, that's the governor."

……

The moment Su Shun, who looked as miserable as a beggar, ran across the suspension bridge, he pushed away the soldiers around him and stood on a high place.

Shouting hoarsely:

"All the bannermen in Lushun muster up, ride out of the city on horseback, and attack the Wu army camp. They have exposed a big flaw, a huge flaw."

"Hurry up."

"We'll send as many men as we can get. No need for Lushun. We'll push the Wu army into the sea in one go."

The city exploded instantly.

People look for horses, and horses look for people.

The assembled cavalry lined up behind the city gate, ready to attack.

Su Shun grabbed a jar of wine and gulped it down in one gulp, instantly feeling refreshed.

He grabbed the reins and jumped onto the horse's back, holding out his hand:
"Here comes the gun."

"Tongdu, go on."

Su Shun caught the spear and looked at the city gate that was slowly opening.

With a shout:
"Brothers, follow me."

……

"kill!"

The rumbling cavalry drove out of the city gate, carefully avoiding obstacles and winding their way around the gaps in the low walls of the moat.

Until the plain is clear before your eyes~
Su Shun was not wearing armor, he was dressed in plain clothes and holding a gun, and he began to speed up.

behind,

3000 cavalry followed and began to accelerate.

The ground shook and the birds left the forest.

Su Shun felt hot all over and he rode his horse wildly, with only one thought in his mind: ask God for another quarter of an hour.

In just a quarter of an hour, the Wu army will be defeated.

With so many civilians, they would surely be able to consume the most powerful first round of firepower of the Wu army and break through their neat military formation.

I will be the first contributor to the revival of the Qing Dynasty.

Can kill Han, can kill Manchu.

The number one Baturu in southern Liaoning!
……

The Lushun cavalry was four miles away, and the Wu army sentries fired their guns and shouted shrilly:
"Enemy attack! There are cavalry, form a formation."

The two groups of officers who were confronting each other in the big tent turned pale in an instant. The previous dispute had lost its meaning at this moment.

Everyone rushed out of the tent desperately, rushed towards their subordinates, shouted at the top of their lungs, and tried to organize a formation to face the impending challenge of death.

Captain Wang Ren staggered for a moment, then grabbed his sword and rushed out of the tent.

The ground is shaking.

Any soldier with a little battlefield experience knows what this means, let alone these veterans who have marched on the expedition to southern Liaoning.

In a very short period of time, more than half of Wu's infantry companies had assembled and equipped their bayonets.

In front of them, thousands of civilians rushed into the military camp like mad deer, pushing down the fences.

They wanted to get away from the Eight Banners Cavalry behind them.

They want to live!
A warrant officer had a distorted expression, pressed his right hand down, and yelled in pain:
"shot."

……

Su Shun stood on the stirrups, listening to the dense gunfire and looking at the rising smoke, and the comfort in his heart was beyond words.

He turned his head and looked, shouting:

"Spread out and attack from both wings."

The sound of the wind almost drowned out his voice, and few people could hear it.

The knights lowered their upper bodies, left the saddle, and relied entirely on the stirrups for support.

It was running at half speed before, but now it is sprinting at full speed. Strictly speaking, it is too early to speed up now. But at this point in the battle, the life of a horse is worth nothing.

The knight at the front waved his saber and howled, driving the civilians to attack the Wu army camp.

……

Corpses were piled up in front of the Wu army.

"Boom~"

After a muffled sound, the gunner wiped his face and his hands were covered in blood.

With such a dense crowd and such a close distance, the killing effect of the shells fired is difficult to describe in words.

However, countless civilians came over actively or passively.

The gunners picked up their shovels and chopped hard.
The infantry bayonet phalanx was also shaken by the impact. The soldiers kept thrusting, but still could not disperse the crowd.

The person in front of an old soldier had already died, but the body did not retreat but advanced. This was because there were countless people crowding behind him, exerting a huge and unimaginable force.

The old soldier gritted his teeth and pushed forward hard.

The bayonet and the barrel of the gun were both stuck into the body, and the palm was slippery.

Soon, he lost his balance and fell.

The soldiers who fell one after another caused the army formation to be broken, and the broken parts were broken into by civilians.

……

What’s even more terrifying is that the cavalry has arrived!

In the chaos, an unknown officer was still trying to organize order and shouted:

"Retreat to the sea."

"Get out."

Withdraw, sounds better.

At least 90 percent of the retreats were actually escapes.

The soldiers rushed out of the crowd in a panic, trying to escape from this terrible meat grinder and the cavalry behind them.

Su Shun was covered in blood.

The warhorse brought him to the flank of a galloping Wu army officer, and the tip of his spear easily cut the enemy's neck, causing blood to spurt out.

The exhilaration of killing made every cell in his body scream wildly:
"We've won, we've definitely won."

……

Golden Hill Fort.

The gunners burst into wild cheers.

Many people rushed down the hillside shouting and picking up swords and guns, eager to share the victory. This battle was a rare achievement, and everyone would receive the most generous reward.

The empty beach was instantly crowded with people.

The next time such a grand event occurred was during the short holiday more than 200 years later.

……

On the sea, a fleet of Wu army warships were approaching.

Fleet commander Wei Zilong's arm holding the telescope trembled slightly.

Shi Lingyang on the side looked nervous and said loudly:
"General, fire your cannons."

Wei Zilong stared at him and said in a bitter and tangled tone:

"I am afraid that my army brothers may be injured by mistake. I will climb up the mast to observe the enemy and our forces."

As they were talking, the warship was getting closer and closer to the beach.

……

Shi Lingyang made the decision in a flash and surrendered. Did Emperor Wu really think highly of a traitor like him?
If you don't take a gamble and do something big, you will always be a dog.

He rushed to the lower gun deck.

Shouting:

"I am the Marquis of Jinghai, and I order all ships to open fire."

However, the gunners remained motionless, their eyes filled with doubt.

Unexpectedly, he rushed over, pushed the gunner away, grabbed the gun rope and pulled it hard.

Boom~
The four-wheeled gun carriage moved backwards instantly and was pulled by ropes again.

A solid 6-pound shell landed magnificently on the crowd gathered on the beach, making no distinction between friend or foe.

Shi Lingyang jumped up and shoved the gunner, yelling:

"Fire, fire, fire!"

(End of this chapter)