nanming man

Chapter 143 Qing Army Herding Horses
The Qing army has been besieging the city for many days, and it has always been the Mongolian and Han army banners attacking the city, but tonight it was Bayala, the most elite of the Qing army, who attacked the city.

These people were selected from each Niulu, and a Niulu only selected ten people, and the Eight Banners soldiers were already tough, so the selected Ba Yala was naturally one of the best in a hundred.

Under normal circumstances, these Ba Yala are only acting as guards or supervising battles, but Abatai saw that the foreign clan and Wu Zhenchaoha had never been able to win Linqing, so he wanted to use this elite soldier to try and see if he could make a miracle. achievement.

These Ba Yala are extremely brave, most of them wear three layers of armor, they are hard to hurt with swords, they are not only powerful in foot combat, but also extremely accurate in arrows.

The "swish" arrows shot up from the bottom of the city, and there were screams from the top of the city.

Wang Yan held down Wang Weidong, holding the arrow shaft on his shoulder tremblingly, and then snapped it off violently. Wang Weidong's face turned pale, he clenched his teeth, inserted the knife with one hand, and propped himself up directly. sat up.

Just as Wang Yan helped him up, there was another scream beside him. A soldier fell on his back. Wang Yan looked back and saw that the soldier's left eye was hit by an arrow, and his face was covered with blood. He covered his left eye with one hand, and blood flowed from his finger The gap was left open, and the whole person howled in pain.

"Quick, drag it down!" Wang Yan now also had experience, knowing that the wounded should not affect the morale of the defenders, he greeted, and together with Ah Chen dragged the wounded soldier to the city.

On the back of the city wall, a long row of beds was built with door panels. In a short while, there were already five or six wounded lying there, all of whom were shot with bows and arrows from the Tartars.

Wang Yan put the wounded on the wooden board, an old doctor ran over immediately, Wang Yan didn't care anymore, and ran up the city wall in a hurry.Ah Chen followed behind him, shouting again and again, "Master, slow down, be careful~"

Although the Ming army occupied a favorable location above the city, the archers and musketeers were suppressed by the Tartars below the city, and they did not have the upper hand. As soon as the soldiers exposed their bodies, they were easily shot by the Tartars.

Li Ponu didn't even kill a Tartar with a few arrows. The Tartar had arrows stuck in his body and continued to climb up like a hedgehog. Seeing that the Tartar soldiers couldn't be killed, the defenders in the city panicked. up.

"Smash the oil tanks and burn them to death." The wounded Wang Weidong roared angrily, lifted a jar with one hand, and fell directly from the top of the city, hitting the shields raised above the heads of the Tartars below. The jar shattered and the fire oil splashed.

Seeing this, the climbing Tartars showed fear on their faces. At this moment, Li Ponu dropped his bow and arrow, pulled out the torch next to him, and threw it directly down. There was a raging fire, and the burning Tartar soldiers screamed and fell from the ladder.

At this time, Wang Yan's heart was beating violently and his throat was dry. He stood on the steps to the city, his chest heaved for a while, and then he untied the firecracker on his back.

He is a scholar, knives, guns, bows and arrows, these things all need the basics, which are not suitable for him, he can only use the firecrackers which are relatively easy to master.

At this time, the Tartars shot their bows and arrows quickly and accurately. Wang Yan didn't get close to the city wall. He squatted aside, loaded the ammunition, adjusted the position of the matchlock, and then blew up the fire, ready to shoot the Tartars in the upper city.

There were screams on the city wall, and the Tazi soldiers had already started to climb the city wall, but Wang Yan took aim for a long time, but he didn't fire a shot.

At this time, Li Ponu and Wang Weidong faced a fierce Tartar. Although the Tartar was over-clothed and unable to walk, but the Yanling Saber in his hand was extremely fast, he pressed down on Wang Weidong and Li Ponu and slashed to death.

Wang Weidong swung the knife with one hand to resist, and the knife cut a lot of gaps in a short while. He was wounded, and he retreated repeatedly after being hacked by the tartars. He threatened the Tartars' flanks, but who knew that the Tartars ignored him at all and continued to force Wang Weidong to kill him. the wall.

Seeing this panic, Li Ponu rushed forward and slashed at the Tartar. The saber slashed across the armor, making an ear-piercing sound of golden swords and sparks flying, but it could not break through the three layers of armor of the Tartar, allowing Li Po The slave's eyes widened in horror.

The Tatar was about to go forward to kill Wang Weidong, but when he saw this, he swung his knife backhand across Li Ponu's chest, and instantly opened a hole in the cotton armor. Li Ponu was startled, and was thrown into chaos, and was stabbed by the Tatar again. .

This Ba Yala is very fierce in itself, and it is not easy to break through armor, so it is almost invincible, which is frightening.

He saw that Li Ponu had been stabbed in the leg, and was about to raise the knife to catch up, when suddenly there was a sound of a gun behind him, and a projectile hit his back.Tartar's body seemed to be hit by a hammer, and a piece was dented in the back. He fell forward after being beaten, and the bridge of his nose hit the ground.

Wang Yan fired a blunderbuss, and reloaded in a panic without caring about the results of the battle.

Li Ponu's tartar threw himself down, he breathed a sigh of relief, but the tartar moved and wanted to get up again.

Wang Weidong, who climbed up from the wall, immediately flew forward, pinned the tartar, and then roared anxiously, "Pick the armor away quickly, and cut off his dog's head."

When Li Ponu reacted, he kicked the saber in the Tatar's hand away. Wang Weidong threw away the knife and hatchet from the Tatar's waist. , The war knife cut half of the Tartar's neck, and blood shot out from the cut surface, moistening Li Ponu's face.

"Use a hook, sickle, spear, and rope to trip over, pick off the armor and then kill!" The shouts on the city wall resounded all over the city.

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At the junction of the three prefectures of Caozhou, Jining and Yanzhou in Shandong Province, there is a lake called Nanwang Lake.

According to records, the lake is the east end of Juyeze, and it lingers for more than a hundred miles.In the Song Dynasty, it was merged with Liang Shanluo, also known as "Zhang Zeluo".In the 20th year of Zhiyuan (AD 1283), the Jeju River from Rencheng to Anshan into Jishui was excavated to facilitate water transportation.Jeju River passes through Nanwang Lake from north to north, and divides Namwang Lake into two parts. The west part is called Namwang Lake, with a circumference of ninety miles, and the east part is called Namwang East Lake, with a circumference of nearly [-] miles.

At this time, a small boat was hidden in a reed marsh on the west bank of Nanwang Lake. Gao Yicheng pushed aside the reed and looked out, only to see groups of horses galloping in the fields by the lake. The scene was very spectacular. It seems to be the same as in the grassland.

Around Nanwang Lake, there was originally a large piece of fertile land, but because the Qing army invaded Shandong, it has become a pasture for the Qing army.

The food intake of a war horse is astonishing. The Qing army basically has two horses for one man. If the 20 Qing army plus more than [-] war horses eat grain and beans, the grain grabbed by the Qing army may not be enough for themselves. Due to the consumption of food, the Qing army took advantage of the soaring vegetation in spring and selected several flat terrain suitable for horse grazing to graze war horses.

Nanwang Lake has abundant water sources and flat surrounding terrain. It was favored by the Qing army and became one of the places where the Qing army herded horses.

Gao Yicheng looked at it for a while, then stepped back, and asked, "Brother Fang, are you sure that the main force of the Qing army has gone to Linqing, and the Qing army here only has two Han soldiers Niulu and a thousand Mongolian soldiers?"

A man on the boat nodded and said: "Although we are not from the same route, but you saved me, I would not lie to you. Ever since the Tartars entered the pass, all the tribes of the Ming Dynasty dare not fight. They are in Shandong, just like outside the pass. From February onwards, Jiannu had people unsaddle their horses and graze them."

Gao Yicheng really didn't expect that the Tartars were so rampant that they really regarded the officers and soldiers as nothing and regarded Shandong as their home.

Pointing to the outside of the reed, the man continued: "As far as I know, there are only so many Tatars on the west bank of Nanwang Lake. They are responsible for guarding more than 8000 horses and some people and livestock captured from Caozhou~"

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