A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 317

Dozens of brothers fell beside them, and the gunners of the Shun Township Army in the front were still motionless. They all gritted their teeth and waited for the order to fire with their own guns.

Some firecrackers came up from the back floor to fill up the vacancy in the front floor.

"put!"

A death-like shout sounded, and with this sound, the muffled sound of "porphyrin porphyrin" fire blunderbusses continued, and fierce flames burst out... At the same time, a large amount of dense smoke was ejected from each blunderbuss tube, and finally in Shun Township A wide area of ​​gunpowder smoke converged in front of the army formation.

Accompanied by the sound of the volley of firecrackers, large and thick blood mist rose from the bannermen of the Han army on the opposite side, and they fell down in pieces.

The firecrackers of the Shunxiang Army can break through cotton armor at a hundred steps, and at seventy steps, which is 100 meters in later generations, can break through double-layer heavy armor. Can it stop the shooting of Shunxiang Army gunners?In addition, the firepower had the decisive advantage, and the more than [-] Han army gunners in the front row were almost swept away.

Watching the gunners in front of him fall one by one in front of his eyes, in the blink of an eye, the front was empty and there were not many people left.The gunners of the Han army in the second row were a little sluggish, and many of them looked blankly at the comrades of the same banner who rolled and howled on the ground. There were blood holes all over their bodies, and some people were even beaten until their stomachs drenched.

Unlike the bullets of later generations, when the bullet hits a person's body at this time, it is a big hole that is broken and tattered.Due to the irregularity of the ballistic trajectory, the final wound area may be several times, or even dozens of times, that of the projectile surface.This kind of pain is unbearable for ordinary people, and few people can survive being shot in the torso.

Before they could react, there was another voice from the Ming army on the opposite side that shocked them: "Second floor, step forward."

"Protect!"

Amid the majestic shouts, the first row of firecrackers of the Shunxiang Army retreated, and the second row of firecrackers stepped forward two steps neatly. They all shouted together, and hundreds of firecrackers were turned down again densely.

According to Kong Youde's Han army flag's usual battle formation training, when the front row of musketeers finished firing gunpowder, they should empty their guns and reload behind them to keep their firepower going.However, the front-level blunderbuss soldiers are almost dead, so how can they turn their guns behind them?

Hearing the sound of "Come forward" from the Shunxiang army on the opposite side, the Han army's musketeers in the second row also stepped forward reflexively.

"preparation……"

Both sides raised their firecrackers in a dark manner, which was completely different from the faces of the Shunxiang army's firecrackers, but the Han army's flag bird gunners on the opposite side were all numb and at a loss.

"put!"

Amid the volley of firecrackers, soldiers from both sides fell down one by one. Unlike the dozens of gunfiremen of the Shunxiang Army who fell down, the bannermen of the Han army on the opposite side were almost swept away again.

"The third floor, go forward..."

"mighty!"

In response to the majestic shout, the third row of gunners of the Shunxiang Army stepped forward without hesitation.

"I understand……"

Kong Youde, behind the Han army flag formation, looked pale. He murmured, "No wonder they lined up in four rows. That's how it is, that's how it is..."

On the hill, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and others also looked pale. Standing like this and shooting at each other, how much blood and courage do both sides need?Huang Taiji and the others over there also rubbed their hands and shook their heads, panting in low voices, as if they were afraid of disturbing the soldiers in front of them.

The banner owners looked at each other, and they all saw the ashes on each other's faces.

"preparation……"

Seeing the hundreds of firecrackers being raised densely on the opposite side, the third row of the Han army's flag bird gunmen in front of them was dizzy, and suddenly they screamed and collapsed collectively.Like a tide, the front army followed by several layers of the Han army, as well as Kong Youde's three-tiered left and right winged blunderbuss soldiers, and finally the Chinese army, all collapsed in an instant.

Kong Youde's suppression was meaningless. He was threatened by the rebel army and had to retreat under the protection of his servants.

Seeing these Han troops rushing towards them shouting like a tide, the Zhenghuang Banner Baya Latuzhang Jingtulai who was behind the formation... wanted to suppress and stop them, but those red-eyed fleeing Han troops raised their guns at them.Dozens of Ba Yala fine riders fell off their horses meaninglessly.

Seeing the situation like this, Tulai had to give up his plan to suppress, and fled back with his Zhenghuang Banner Bayala supervisory soldiers.

……

Seeing Kong Youde's Han army flag fled in embarrassment, the Shunxiang army still stood quietly in the wilderness.

The defeat of Kong Youde's Han army was already expected by them. They are the most powerful fighters in the world, and no one can stop their progress.The Eight Banners soldiers of Manchuria and Mongolia could not, and neither could Kong Youde. They firmly believed in this!

Under Huanglong's big umbrella, Huang Taiji took a step forward and helped Kong Youde who was kneeling on the ground pleading guilty: "Your Majesty, please stand up, Wang Doujun's guns are sharp, in this battle, I will do my best to be obedient to the King."

After Kong Youde got up with tears of gratitude, Huang Taiji was thoughtful. He looked towards Wang Dou for a long time, then turned around and glanced at everyone: "I have come to Pinggu to watch the battle in person. Wang Dou is indeed my confidant and powerful enemy of Daqing. The future will be long, There is no need to rush into this battle, retreat."

All the ministers around him breathed a sigh of relief, and said in unison: "The emperor is wise!"

"The slave chief has retreated."

As the horns sounded, Wang Dou, Cao Bianjiao and others on Gaogang saw that the Qing soldiers had joined the formation, and their rear army changed to the front army, and the formation slowly retreated.Although they were retreating, they were still in good order, and they had no chance to take advantage of it.It made Wang Dou and others unable to have the idea of ​​pursuing.

Seeing them stepping and riding, leaving across the sea of ​​flags, watching Huang Taiji's big yellow dragon umbrella slowly disappear, this Qing emperor's decision left a deep impression on Wang Dou.It seems that between myself and him, there are still a lot of possibilities for confrontation in the future.

……

On the eighth day of February in the 12th year of Chongzhen, the Ming armies of Wang Dou, Cao Bianjiao, and Wang Tingchen and the army led by Huang Taiji fought in Xindian, Pinggu, and Huang Taiji was defeated and retreated.

In addition to reporting victory to Tongzhou, the three also sent a large number of sentry cavalry to detect Huang Taiji's departure, and finally confirmed that Huang Taiji had retreated.Their army did not go through the Tongzhou road, but took the route of Pinggu-Sanhe-Xianghe-Wuqing and other routes, and went all the way to Tianjin.

On the tenth day of February, Chen Xinjia, Hong Chengchou and others led the Tongzhou army to Pinggu.

After hearing the good news of Pinggu, Chen Xinjia and others were amazed and delighted.Chen Xinjia hastily reported the victory to the capital, saying that tens of thousands of slave chieftains invaded the territory, and under his own command, Xuan Dajun and Guan Ning's army joined forces to repel the enemy led by slave chieftain Hong Tai in Pinggu, and saved [-] soldiers in Pinggu and rescued the people.

After the news of success came out, Chen Xinjia mobilized all his troops from Tongzhou to come. On the one hand, Wang Dou was in Pinggu, and the army felt safer staying there.On the other hand, there is not much food and grass in Tongzhou, and it is very difficult for tens of thousands of troops to eat and drink.In Pinggu, the Qing army intercepted by Wang Dou and others captured a large amount of grain, rice, cattle and sheep, and moved to it, just to solve the problem of grain and grass for its tens of thousands of troops.

During the few days when Chen Xinjia's army came, Wang Dou went to the east of the city every day to appease the captives, and he had already decided to bring all the [-] people back to Baoan Prefecture.

These captives, they were rescued by Wang Dou, and they ate and drank in the refugee camp every day, and they were already very grateful.In addition, the Tartar emperor personally led the army to attack Pinggu, and they were all beaten by the brave general Wang who was the champion of the three armies.Hearing the many wonders of Baoan Prefecture spread by the heroes of the Shun Township Army, it is like a paradise, and everyone is moved.

At this age, there is enough to eat, there are no bandits, and there is no place to be harassed by Tartars. I am afraid that in the whole northern part of Ming Dynasty, there is only one place in Baoan Prefecture.

While comforting and inspiring the people, Wang Dou was also busy visiting the wounded and killed soldiers in this battle.

In the battle between Pinggu and Kong Youde, Wang Douhuo's musketeers suffered nearly a hundred casualties, but not many died, less than 20, and the rest were sergeants with various injuries.All the gunfire soldiers of the Shunxiang Army wore fine iron breastplates, and most of them also had chain mail seized from the Qing army inside. The armor on his body.

However, when the projectiles came, they hit the body hard like a hammer, causing some people to suffer internal injuries and bleeding to death. This was the case for some soldiers who died in battle.The injuries of the remaining sergeants are uncertain, and they need to be carefully observed to see if there are some hidden diseases.In the past few days, Wang Tianxue led the doctors to make daily inspections.

In this battle, the Shunxiang army killed hundreds of Kong Youde's flag bird musketeers of the Han army, and Wang Dou collected their cotton armor in his own inventory.As for the head, Wang Dou still gave it to Cao Bianjiao and the others, which made them very grateful.

The Shunxiang army also seized the bird guns discarded on the ground by thousands of gates of the Han army flag. These bird guns were also collected by Wang Dou in the inventory. These firearms will be useful to him in the future.

In this battle, the Qing army used firearms to fight him. It was beyond Wang Dou's expectation. History has changed somewhat, and the corresponding tactical thinking in the future also needs to be changed.It's okay to shoot at each other, but if the Qing army uses cannons in the future, how should our own army respond?

This is a question that Wang Dou has discussed with Han Chao, Wen Fangliang and others every day in the past few days.

……

At noon on February 12th, [-]th year of Chongzhen, Chen Xinjia, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and more than [-] troops arrived in Pinggu.

Wang Dou, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and other generals all went to the west bank of Cuoshui River to meet them. Chen Xinjia, Hong Chengchou and others got off their horses and saw Wang Dou and others bow down.Chen Xinjia took a step forward, helped the three of them up, and said with a smile on his face: "The three generals repelled the slave chieftains and saved the people of Pinggu. They have made great contributions to the country. There is no need to perform such a great gift, there is no need to perform such a great gift..."

He even said to Wang Dou: "The general is worthy of being crowned by the emperor himself as the champion of the three armies. Xuanda has a general like this. It is really a great blessing for the country, a great blessing for the country!"

He hehe laughed, Hong Chengchou also smiled with his beard, and said to Wang Dou: "The general is brave."

Only Sun Chuanting looked at Wang Dou with a complicated expression.

Wang Dou clasped his hands and said: "The governor has a great reputation, this battle depends on the cooperation of Cao Junmen and Wang Junmen, the last general can get away with defeating the slave chieftain."

Chen Xinjia looked at Wang Dou with a smile and said nothing, and then the generals behind them stepped forward to greet Wang Dou and the others, their expressions of envy and jealousy couldn't be concealed.

But on the surface, they congratulated Wang Dou, Cao Bianjiao and others for repelling the invasion of the slave chieftains.In particular, Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, patted Cao Bianjiao on the shoulder, repeatedly sighing with envy.Since I knew that Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen had beheaded more than [-] ranks of martial arts in their hands.

He Renlong, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, also stepped forward to congratulate him. When he left, he muttered, "Donkey ball, if you follow Wang Dou, you must have a military head and white silver taels."

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei also stepped forward with smiles, they both looked embarrassed, without Wang Dou's cooperation, they actually lost the battle in Tongzhou, which made the two veterans deeply ashamed.Guo Yingxian, a general of Yang Guozhu's army, patted Wang Dou's shoulder and shook his head emotionally: "...Old Wang, I really don't want to talk..."

The army camped along the river outside the city, and Chen Xinjia and other high-ranking civil officials naturally lived in Pinggu City, occupying the garrison mansion in the city.

On behalf of the imperial court, Chen Xinjia visited the people in the east of the city. Chen Xinjia summoned the generals to discuss the matter, and praised Wang Dou and others. When talking about the Qing army in Tianjin, Chen Xinjia coughed: "The slave chieftain is here. There are hundreds of thousands of troops. Very strong, we should not underestimate the enemy, we must be cautious."

Wang Dou was silent, sighing deep in his heart: "Chen Xinjia didn't dare to approach Tianjin. Perhaps for him, the battle that started in Chongzhen in 11 years is over."

(End of this chapter)