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

Chapter 485
Jia Lazhang Jing Yanzha looked at the armored archers who had fled back and roared. He was unwilling to fail, and wanted to organize a heavy cavalry attack, but was held back by Niu Luzhang Jingniu Gulu.

Niu Gulu said that today is different from the past, the morale of the Ming army is strong, and they have sharp firearms, they should stick to the stronghold and use the trench wall to consume them.Don't act rashly again, so as not to damage the warriors in Jiala in vain.

Let's just say that in the short battle just now, the warriors who attacked from the village gate in Jiala suffered more than [-] casualties, which is really unbearable.

He was weeping, counting the casualties caused by the artillery of the Ming army, their armored soldiers, just the armored soldiers with white flags, had already suffered three to four hundred casualties, and if the fighting continued, they would be wiped out.

In fact, Yan Zha was really upset, and when he heard the news, he took the opportunity to step down and only ordered the Qing army in the defense line, no matter the Han army, Korean army, or Manchurian soldiers.Everyone must stand ready and guard the line of defense to prevent the Ming army from entering.

The handymen and coats behind the line of defense have to carry their knives at critical times as a backup for the army.

The attack was thwarted, and the Qing army inside the line of defense no longer raised the matter of mobilization. They just shrank behind the wall and paid close attention to the movement of the Ming army at the foot of the mountain.

Under the cover of the blunderbuss soldiers, the Qing army did not dare to attack. The Ming army's chariot battalion behind, and a large number of mountain attack equipment, took the opportunity to pull up the Qing army's artillery on the main and middle ridges, densely packed, Gather at the foot of the mountain.

The Qing soldiers behind the wall looked ashen. With so many artillery and equipment, can their own defense line really be defended?

First of all, the artillery of the Ming Army Chariot Battalion, most of them are the middle and lower Flang machines that hit two catties or less, the captive guns, and the Baizi blunderbuss that fire shotguns.

These chariots were all arranged in the open space on both sides of the earthen chariots. In order to attack the mountain, Hong Chengchou dispatched a total of four chariot battalions.In Yang Guozhu's department alone, there are two car battalions and nearly [-] Frang machine guns.

Although some tanks were lost during the march, most of them were still there.

They lined up, along the foot of the Qing army's wall, and meandered to the depths of both sides.

The door-to-door cannons on the chariot were all aimed at the wall of the village on the mountain, especially at the gates of the village, many Frang machine guns and Baizi blunderbuss were arranged.

The gunners of the chariot battalion were blasted out of their stomachs by the Qing army's artillery when they were dragging the chariot artillery earlier.

Because of the slope, the Qing army's artillery on the main and middle ridges couldn't hit them at this time. Because they were so close, only a few hundred steps away, among the few Tartar artillery on the wall, the Hongyi small cannons also couldn't hit them. , because they all went to the back.

The same is true for most of the Franglers on the wall. Will the rest of the dozen or so Franglers be their opponents?

This is the advantage of fighting from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. You can aim at the target by lowering the muzzle at will. However, no matter how you lower the muzzle, the shells will still fly far away.

The gunners of the Ming army's chariot battalion were full of pride and screamed, and they must show the Tartar soldiers on the defense line to see how powerful they are.

The blunderbuss soldiers in the front battalion have given way to these gunners and retreated to the earthen carts on the back floor. If the Qing army suddenly rushed out from the gate of the village again, they would definitely step forward to attack.

Behind the chariots, there are a large number of pontoon troops—trench chariots, the positions of the Qing army. Although there are three trenches in front of the main wall, most of the trenches have no low walls behind them, only horses and wooden stakes.The trench cars can easily push them away and put the bridge on top of the trench, allowing the attacking troops to pass smoothly.

Even behind some ditches, there are obstacles such as low walls, and you can also use carts and pointed wheels.

These instruments have thick wooden frames, thick boards, and outer coverings such as raw cowhide and quilts, which can effectively withstand the blows of stone arrows.

Under the cover of these equipment, you can dig walls and fill trenches leisurely.Even if the Frang machine hits the cart and the pointed wheel, except for shooting through some holes, it can't do much harm to the whole equipment, let alone bows, arrows, and birds.

Of course, if the Hongyi heavy artillery hit, the situation would be different. Unfortunately, the Qing army's Hongyi artillery was already covered by the slope.

The power of industry and equipment has made the seemingly extremely difficult task of attacking the mountain a breeze.

Under the terrified eyes of the Qing army on the wall, the Ming army at the foot of the mountain has been arranged one by one.

The entire position suddenly fell silent, no matter the Ming and Qing sides, there was only the sound of each other's heavy breathing.

At this time, it was the middle of the hour, the sun was rising, and the temperature was getting hotter and hotter.

Suddenly, there was a shrill swan sound from the position of the central army in the front battalion. Immediately, the artillery rang out. Hundreds of Franc cannons continuously sprayed a large stream of fierce flames and gunpowder smoke forward.

Although the Fran machine guns are not as powerful as the Hongyi cannons, and the bullets fired by these artillery pieces are not large, but the bombardment of hundreds of artillery pieces is not trivial?
It took a long time to count hundreds of cannons before they were fired in one round, and the cannons of the Ming army always fired from left to right in turn.For a while, the sound of cannons and the whistling of shells continued.

Amidst the sound of thunderbolts, densely packed cannons ranging from a few taels to two catties kept whistling and pounded on the wall in front of the village.Countless rubble and dust were stirred up, and the entire Qing army's wall seemed to be shaking.

With such a big momentum, Liu Yongzhong and others behind were all trembling, artillery, artillery, Daming's sharp weapon.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty built more than ten thousand Folang machines, which once played a huge role, but now they are slowly giving way to the Hongyi Cannon.However, in close combat, the Frang machine still has an irreplaceable role.

At this time, the Qing army behind the wall of the village appeared to be more panicked and chaotic than the previous bombardment by the Hongyi cannons of the Shenji Battalion.Because there are too many Flang machine guns in the Ming army, and their power cannot be underestimated when fired at close range.

A two-pound cannon can't knock down the walls of the village, but what about ten, twenty, or fifty?
Moreover, the advantage of the Franco machine is that it has excellent heat dissipation, and it can fire more than a dozen rounds at a time before stopping to dissipate heat.

Moreover, due to the use of sub-guns, the firing speed is very fast. If a gunner is well trained, the total time spent on the first three shots will not exceed 20 seconds.In other words, it only takes seven or eight breaths to fire a cannon, which is far inferior to the Hongyi cannon.

Although most of the gunners in these car battalions do not meet the proficiency requirements, they are still able to fire a single shot within ten seconds.

Moreover, these car battalion gunners were all suffocating, and many of them performed supernormally at this time.

Most of them are gunners in a group of four. After the Fran cannon shot, one person pulls out the iron flash, one pulls out the sub-gun, and the other fills in a new sub-gun. At first, one person inserts the iron flash again, and the last person clicks. The guns made the sound of the guns really continuous.

Hundreds of cannons were shot continuously, and there were thunderbolts under the mountains, and the endless cannons made the Qing army behind the wall in a panic.

Cannonballs roared, continuously shooting at the wall of the village, rumbling and rumbling, and broken stones flying across.The earth wall was okay, but the stone wall was a disaster if it was hit. This made the Qing army on the defense line hate it deeply. Why did they use stone walls when they built the trench walls?

The violent roar and the force of the vibration made people's internal organs seem to burst, and many people's eardrums were so shaken that they ached.Moreover, the artillery shells brought bursts of stone rain, and if they were hit by fragments, it was no less than being hit by a blunderbuss bullet.

After the screams and panic, no one dared to stand on the wall of the village. Except for a few watchmen, the rest of the Qing soldiers were far away from the wall. Many people still lay tightly on the ground to prevent Gravel laser. Shoot.

From time to time, some gravel and mud fell from the air, hitting their helmets and armor, and soon, many people were covered with dirt and pebbles.

Amidst the whistling sound, the Ming army's artillery came down wave after wave, and finally, thick dust rose up, and the walls in many places could not withstand the shells, and they collapsed one after another.

Although there are not many people on the wall of the village at this time, their defense equipment is still there, such as rolling wood and beating stones, many catapults and so on, all of which were crushed by earth and rocks, and some Franc cannons were also destroyed. The Qing soldiers howled with heartache.

However, the artillery of the Ming army still refused to let it go, and continued to bombard the wall if the wall in front of it did not collapse.Those who fell down faced the gap and fired shells into the back of their line of defense, bombarding the tents of their stone houses and wooden houses behind the ridge, beating those places into a mess.

In particular, the gates of the Qing army's village and the towers of the Niangniang Temple were the main attack points of the Ming army's artillery.

The cannons whizzed past, hitting the bowl-sized holes in the suspension bridges, and piercing through many village gates.There were even two village gates, the ropes on the suspension bridge were interrupted, and the dull bridge fell down with a rumble.The gate of the village behind him was even blown apart.

Finally, in the ears of the Qing soldiers, the continuous Ming army artillery stopped.

The Flang machine guns in Cheying fired at least ten shots each. After firing thousands of rounds of large and small cannons, the Ming army's artillery fired, and it just came to an end.

Seeing the results of the bombardment by their own artillery, all the gunners of the car battalion showed satisfaction in their eyes. Seeing that the Tartars were rampant, they just hit us with Hongyi cannons. Are you comfortable being bombarded now?
They shouted loudly, and raccoons sang.

A gunner danced and sang a ditty: "Lang's surname is Qi, my sister's surname is Qi, and the girl I marry is also surnamed Qi. The daughter of the Qi family is married to the Qi family, and the head and body are aligned in the middle of the night..."

Another gunner sang: "Lang's surname is Mao, sister's surname is Mao, and a girl is also surnamed Mao. The daughter of the Mao family is married to the Mao family, and in the middle of the night, the head turns to Mao."

Several gunners beside the two sang in unison: "Midnight's head is against hair, Midnight's head is against hair! Ahhh!"

Everyone laughed.

At this time, the walls of the Qing army's stronghold, coupled with the bombardment of the previous Shenji Battalion, and the bombardment of the Frangji, collapsed everywhere, and it is no longer a line of defense. As long as the army attacks, it will surely fall down.

In the position of the Chinese army in the rear, Yang Guozhu put down the binoculars with satisfaction, and shouted: "Give me the general's order, the Chinese army will beat the drums and start attacking the mountain!"

"Boom!"

Not far from him, a huge war drum was beating, and the sound of the drum spread wave after wave, spreading in all directions.

……

"The Tartars are on the move!"

Under the hot sun, Wu Sangui looked into the distance, and saw the foot of Huangtuling Mountain on the left in front of him, and the foot of Songshan Mountain in the southeast, thunderous hoofbeats sounded from far to near, and two huge black lines came from the distance. Hilly fields appear.

"It seems that the Tartars are going to flank me from Huangtuling and Songshanling!"

Although Wu Sangui was young, he had battled for a long time and soon understood the Qing army's intentions.

At this time, he and Bai Guang'en, the chief soldier of Ji Town, led the men and horses under his command, as well as many civilian husbands, arrived between Huangtu Ridge and Songshan Ridge, and formed a large formation on one left and one on the right.

Bai Guangen was on the left, guarding against possible enemy troops from the Qing army coming down from the southeast of Huangtuling, as well as reinforcement cavalry from Shimen Mountain and Xiaolinghe.

Wu Sangui was on the right, guarding against the cavalry of the Qing army coming down from Songshanling. He was not worried that the enemy troops in Songshanling would encircle him from behind.

Because not far behind is Hong Chengchou's large formation of the Chinese army, if the enemy outflanks from the rear, they will fall into their own army and the large formation of the Chinese army.

The fact is also the same, the Qing cavalry of Songshan Ridge seemed to come down from the northeast of the mountain, just attacking their side slightly.

At this moment, Wu Sangui and Bai Guang'en formed a large formation respectively, and between the two formations, dense crowds of peasants were digging ditches desperately on the plain.Whether the connection between Songshan Ridge and Huangtu Ridge can be broken depends on their desperate efforts.

Facing the Songshan Ridge, Wu Sangui set up two battalions of chariots, inside of which were a large number of small cannons such as Frang machine and Baizi blunderbuss, soldiers in the chariot battalion, and [-] Donglu bird blunderbusses.

After the Ministry of War purchased [-] excellent bird guns from Wang Dou, most of them were sent to the front line in Liaodong.Because Hong Chengchou valued it, Wu Sangui's subordinates were allotted [-] rods of Donglu bird guns, as well as a large amount of powerful medicine, which was much more than Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong.

In addition, each battalion under Wu Sangui's command had [-] cavalry, including [-] of his servants, who were deployed behind and on both sides of the formation.

Wu Sangui took a brief look, and his experience told him that there were more than ten thousand Qing cavalry pressing towards his own formation.

But Wu Sangui wasn't worried, his camp was strong and he had sharp firearms like blunderbuss.What he was worried about was whether Bai Guangen on the left could block the attack of the slave riders. Looking at the Qing riders over there, they also surpassed [-] people.

At this time, Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Ji Town, was sitting on his Yuan Rong chariot with a big horse.

Jizhen is a big town, and he led an army of 5000 to aid Liaodong. Of course, [-] is just a name.Because all the generals in the town were starving for nothing and drinking the blood of their soldiers, the actual number of aid sent out was only [-] or [-], and some people were left behind in the camp. At this time, the number of troops he pulled out was less than [-].

Bai Guangen's main barracks are all real numbers, five thousand troops, and three thousand five hundred internal cavalry.The remaining infantry battalions are led by the lieutenants, cavalry, and traveling generals in the town. Most of the cavalry are scattered, but their battalions are all cart camps.

Ji Town was the place where Qi Shuai was in the town back then, and he paid the most attention to the chariot camp, so the infantry camp in Ji Town, whether it was a chariot camp or not, was equipped with many chariots.Under Bai Guangen's command, there are even more chariots, ranging from light two-wheeled vehicles to heavy-duty vehicles.

These car battalions were also equipped with a large number of sharp weapons such as Flang machines, extermination guns, rockets, etc. Bai Guangen was not worried when he saw the Qing soldiers approaching.

During the Battle of Xingshan, Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong at that time, was able to gain a lot when his troops were at a disadvantage, and he himself could do the same.And from the obvious point of view, our own military strength is still superior.Looking at the densely packed tanks and artillery in the army, he felt more at ease.

He was sitting swaggeringly, with his elite cavalry at the front and back, he could see that the cavalry was slowly approaching, the mighty people and horses, the boundless banner, even though he was just riding slowly, he had a strong momentum.

Bai Guangen snorted coldly, he was just thinking about how much he could gain in this battle, and how long he would be able to be named uncle.

Every time he saw Wang Dou's energetic appearance, he felt uncomfortable.Huangkou Ruzi, when he led the army to fight, this kid didn't know where he was, and he became rampant once he got his ambition, which is really annoying.

Qingqi came slowly, four miles, three miles, two miles, slowly, their armored horses could be seen more clearly.

Looking at the cavalry, there are some Manchurian soldiers of the Eight Banners, armored soldiers of the Zhengbai Banner and Bordered White Banner, some armored soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner and Bordered Yellow Banner, and many Eight Banners Mongolian troops.

Woo, the desolate horn sounded, and they slowly accelerated. When they entered one mile, suddenly the horses neighed, hooves sounded like thunder, and countless Qing soldiers galloped towards the army formation.

The commander-in-chief of Ji Town couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up abruptly, and shouted at the people in front of him: "Everyone listens to the orders of the Chinese army, and fires guns after the order rings. Anyone who violates the order will be beheaded on the spot!"

Like a tidal wave, thousands of Qingqi rushed towards Bai Guangen's position with banners like clouds.

The whole earth seemed to be trembling violently under the iron hooves!

The ones rushing to the front seemed to be some Eight Banners Mongolian troops, all dressed in light armor, fast horses and light bows.

Bai Guangen calculated the power of his own battalion, and he ordered the artillery and rockets to attack as soon as they rushed two hundred steps.

He nervously estimated the distance, and when he was about to wave his hand, the Mongolian cavalry who came pouring in like a wave suddenly made a movement of pulling their horses with skillful horsemanship, and swept towards the left and right sides of the camp.

Bai Guangen was taken aback for a moment, but before he could express anything, he heard the firearms exploding all over the sky, and his car camp opened fire.At the beginning, it was only the vehicles of the front battalion firing, and then, as if infected, several vehicle battalions of the remaining army could not help but fire.

Just like the roar of thunder, you can hear the booming and crackling of the Flang machine and the bird gun, the rocket is launched, there are thousands of meteors blooming, and the smoke of various firearms is filled and billowing, covering the sun and the sky in a blink of an eye, covering everything. In front of the camp.

Bai Guangen was dumbfounded, and he was stunned for a long time before he woke up and shouted, "Who told you to fire?"

What responded to him was more violent bombardment, and large puffs of gunpowder smoke came out, and all the gunners and gunners of the car camp shot out the ammunition in their hands.The rocket vehicles in each vehicle battalion also kept launching, and they seemed to refuse to stop until they finished shooting the rockets in their hands.

Finally, the sound of cannons and guns became less and less. Bai Guangen hurriedly looked, and there were only a few Mongolian cavalrymen who fell to the ground in front of them.And after those waves of Mongolian cavalry plundered to both sides, another wave of light cavalry rushed in, no matter Manchu cavalry or Mongolian cavalry.

They stuck close to the chariot, and shot a wave of arrows, as well as a large number of javelins, throwing axes, swinging knives, and iron bones. Gunners and musketeers from the chariot camp kept screaming and falling down.

Bai Guangen shouted: "Fight me, the gunner fires!"

It's just that the ammunition of the previous car battalions has been shot, so it's easier said than done to reload it?Moreover, under the threat of sharp arrows from the Qing soldiers, the soldiers became even more flustered.

Occasionally, some gunners and gunners fired guns, but how could it beat the Bobo riding and shooting from the Qing army?

Qing cavalry rolled over round after round, without giving the Ming army any time to breathe, they kept rushing to shoot and kill.

For a while, Bai Guangen's car camps were in danger of being defeated. Bai Guangen was so anxious that he kept yelling, but it didn't work at all.

Suddenly his eyes dimmed: "It's over!"

The smoke and dust billowed, and I don't know how many heavy Qing troops came.

With heavy armor and heavy horses, they overturned the chariot, or crashed the chariot, or jumped into the air and broke into the camp amidst the roar!

(End of this chapter)