nanming man

Chapter 771 Mortar bombardment
On the battlefield near Xiayangbao, behind the earth wall, the flames of the Wei army's muskets and guns flickered, and the smoke filled the entire front.

The copper cannon of the Qing army was dragged forward and stopped two hundred steps away from the earthen wall. The soldiers dug more than ten cannon pits and piled up mounds of soil in front of them. The gunner wearing a bamboo hat pushed the copper cannon into the cannon. Bit, hit the earth wall at close range.

Amidst the sound of the booming guns, the earthen walls had already been smashed down in several places, but the far and near firepower of the Wei army's defense line, composed of firecrackers, cannons, rockets, and thunder, still suppressed the Qing army behind the shield chariot.

All kinds of firearms of the Wei army on the earth wall were fired in volley, and a swarm of rockets shot out more than 1000 arrows in an instant. Put it down immediately.

At this time, the Wei army's firecrackers and the Qing army's firecrackers fired at each other, the earth wall was hit by loess, and the wall was covered with bullet holes. In the open space between the two armies, layers of corpses of the Qing army were thrown to death on the way forward. , The corpses of the Qing army in gray cloth gowns were hung on the horse rejection piles.

Although the Qing army began to imitate the firearms of the Wei army and train soldiers according to the Wei army's soldier drill code, it is not that simple for the army to practice.

Without a system of rewards for military exploits and pensions, soldiers are not motivated, so they can only learn superficially.Moreover, the manufacture of firearms of the Qing army is far inferior to that of the Wei army.

Azig also saw the gap between the two armies, and sent 3000 troops to reinforce Li Benshen again. The sword and shield soldiers carrying shields rushed out from the gap, causing great casualties, and moved away the horses and antlers that stood in front of him. , cleared several passages close to the trench.

The Wei army fired with blunderbusses, thunderbolts flew out continuously, and the corpses of the Qing army piled up in front of the earthen wall filled the ground, screaming one after another.

"Sun Maosheng, push your shield cart up!" Li Benshen saw that the spearman carrying the ladder was killed before approaching the trench, and pointed his knife at Sun Maosheng.

Sun Maosheng's heart trembled, but who told him that he was not from Xuzhou Town, and without a backer, he could only do this kind of work.

"Go!" Sun Maosheng gritted his teeth, commanding his subordinates to push forward along the passage cleared by the sword and shield soldiers.

The soldiers of the Wei army shot and killed the Qing army against the cover of the earthen wall, and the projectiles hit the advancing shield chariot, flying up balls of cotton wool.

On the earthen wall, Zhao Mingchong noticed that the Qing army's shield chariot was approaching, and hurriedly shouted, "Cannon!"

The Qing army suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of the Wei army's firearms, but still many shield vehicles bypassed the obstacle and advanced to the edge of the trench, more than 20 steps away from the earth wall.

At this time, in addition to artillery, the Qing army finally had new weapons that could threaten the Wei army's defense line. At a distance of twenty steps, the thunder of the sky was enough to throw behind the earth wall.

The two armies threw thunderbolts at each other at a distance of about twenty steps, and the casualties of the Wei army finally began to increase.

"One thousand more banner soldiers!" Azige paid attention to the battlefield, saw six thousand soldiers and horses, and finally opened up a situation in Xiayangbao, decisively invested in the Eight Banners, wanted to break through further, and opened a gap, "Let Shang Ke take the place !"

Behind the earth wall, there was a loud noise, and the dust scattered, and the soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to cover Zhao Mingchong.

At this time, the battle had lasted for nearly two hours. After the Qing army cleared away the antlers and rejected the horses, trenches and bridges began to be built on earth walls.

After Shang Kewei joined the station, he raised his saber and shouted loudly, urging the first two batches of [-] Green Battalion soldiers to charge forward.

Sun Maosheng was originally hiding behind the shield car, watching the green battalion soldiers who rushed out were killed in groups, but at this time he was also urged to throw thunder and charge forward.

After the Green Battalion soldiers cleared the obstacles such as horses and antlers in front of the trench, the Qing army's charge was cleared. A large number of people rushed to the edge of the trench. Some Eight Banners soldiers supervised the battle while throwing thunder.

At this time, the artillery of the Wei army on the earth wall thundered, the shield chariot in front of the trench was violently torn apart, and the Qing army fell down.

Sun Maosheng trembled, he wanted to stay where he was, a few soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han army with blue flags held their knives, and the commander of nearly a hundred green battalion soldiers rushed up with ladders on their backs. A retreating soldier was immediately crushed by the banner After the soldiers were overthrown, Sun Maosheng hurriedly merged into the crowd, followed behind the sword and shield soldiers, shouting forward.

Behind the second line of defense, Huang Bingzhong used a telescope to observe the front line. The roar of the artillery rang in his ears. He held up the telescope and looked at it for a while. Aim the mortar at Xiayang Castle!"

On the first line, Zhao Mingchong was commanding the soldiers to fight, when a brigade commander ran beside him, "General, the commander told us to retreat!"

Zhao Mingchong was fighting vigorously, and raised his eyebrows, "Why? Tell the governor that our Panshi army is as strong as a rock and can hold it!"

"General, what the governor means is that hand-to-hand combat is not worthwhile, let it in and fight again!" the palm brigade said anxiously.

Zhao Mingchong frowned, but still waved his hand, "Two Divisions A and B withdrew to the second line of defense, and Division C's three divisions withdrew to the left to get out of the way and let the Tartars in. The golden voice is an order, so don't hesitate!"

As soon as the order was given, the soldiers immediately went to deliver the order. After a while, the sound of gold sounded, and the soldiers of the Wei army immediately evacuated along the trenches and low walls.

Sun Maosheng walked along the moat bridge, climbed over the earth wall, and jumped down with a knife. Seeing the back of Wei Jun fleeing, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback, feeling like he was out of the air.

Behind him, a number of soldiers of the Qing army climbed over the earth wall one after another, breaking through the first line of defense.

More than 5000 Qing troops poured into Xiayangbao. The Qing troops immediately raised their weapons high and burst into cheers, "It's broken, the Wei army has escaped!"

Surrounded by the Blue Armor and Eight Banners, Shang Ke stepped onto the Wei army's line, overjoyed, "Wave the flag and report to Prince Ying that our troops have occupied Xiayang Fort!"

On the top of the mountain, Azig saw the Qing army rushing through the Wei army's defense line, and finally showed joy on his face, "This king's judgment is good. The Wei army's battle line is too long, and the troops are stretched into three noodles. If I concentrate my troops to attack a little bit, we can break them." defense!"

"What should the lord do now?" Zhunta said happily.

"Immediately increase the number of troops and replace Li Benshen and Zhang Tianlu. I want to raise the flag for them~" Azig was talking, when suddenly a huge cannon roared on the third front of the Wei army, and white smoke billowed up. More than [-] black projectiles rose into the air, jumped over the second line of defense of the Wei army, drew parabolas, and flew towards Xiayang Fort.

On the ground of Xiayangbao, more than 5000 Qing troops, holding their weapons high, were cheering, and they all raised their heads when they heard the loud noise.

Sun Maosheng looked up at the sky, and saw a black spot quickly enlarged in his eyes, occupying his pupils in an instant, making his face full of panic, "No, shelling!"

Sun Maosheng rolled into the ditch the moment the shells fell, and a series of "boom boom boom" explosions rang out violently, and Xiayangbao's corpses flew around and fell into a sea of ​​flames.

On the top of the mountain, Azig's voice stopped abruptly, his eyes protruded, and his eyes seemed to be about to collapse, with an unbelievable expression on his face~~~~~~
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