Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 443

The miracle really happened. This day is already the 11th of the [-]th year of Chongzhen. Instead of retreating, the army of founding slaves who suffered heavy casualties has once again aggressively forced them up. There are already a lot of scarce Jurchen infantry in the army. Amidst the sound of the trumpet, the heavy chariot was pushed and stepped on the battlefield that had not been cleaned up, and the corpses were frozen hard in the snow, and they approached the begging army's stronghold heavily.

Rarely this time, the Han army flag, which has always been cannon fodder, was not pushed up to take the lead, but was completely protected at the back. There was no way that only the Han army could use the cannon, and if the Han army flag died, after returning, it would attack the Han people in the territory. It will also cause turmoil and dissatisfaction. If you don't even have a head, who will talk to you?

This early in the morning, the noisy beggar army also got up quickly, and the engineers in the back kept carrying ammunition and sandbags for repairing the gap on the bastion, leaning on the top of the wall and looking down. It seems that all the firearms seized in Chuanzhou Poxian County have been transported here. There are large and small Franglers, muzzle guns, tiger squatting guns, general guns, stone guns and mortars. It is like an artillery museum. Reluctantly turned around and joked to Sun Chuanting and Liu Zongmin.

"This year's Chinese New Year, there is no need to buy these firecrackers!"

"Marshal, this is not funny. We have already achieved success and fame, but you want to take risks!"

Sun Chuanting had no humor at all, with a gloomy face. The cannons in front of him didn't even look at them, but instead looked behind him. At a glance, it was really a flat river. There are already a full seven or eighty meters wide, almost a hundred meters wide, and the shallow part of the shore is covered by fortresses on the ice, but there is still a huge gap of three to four hundred meters wide, and the rear of the army is directly exposed. come out.

If it's okay in summer, it's full of water, even if the enemy comes by boat, he won't be afraid of him, but now it's severe winter, and the solid ice is almost impossible to hit with a cannon as thick as the ice layer of a flat river.

"Don't worry, my great military advisor, I'm sure!"

This battle is indeed a bit dangerous, but there is no turning back. Now that he has decided to gamble, Song Qingshu is naturally full of confidence, and Liu Zongmin on the other end is even more careless. Go and keep an eye on the Sixth Division of Beggars, and make sure nothing will go wrong, besides, don’t you have Bayintu’s cavalry to help you?”

"Hey~ I hope everything goes well, Commander-in-Chief, I will request to supervise the First Division and the Second and Fourth Division of Qihuo. I hope you approve!"

The two guys left, and I was bored on the bastion. However, seeing Sun Chuanting's worried expression, Song Qingshu finally waved his hands helplessly: "Go, go, all of you!"

"Thank you, Master!"

After answering twice, the two generals took the lead and went down to the bastion. On the entire bastion, only Li Tiezhu's Second Begging Division was left to deploy their defenses. At this time, Song Qingshu himself became a superfluous person. Watch him deploying his defenses intensively , Song Qingshu didn't bother, he simply looked down at the formation of the slave army in the Kuaicheng Ancient Cannon Museum.

All kinds of firearms have been placed for about half an hour, and the Jiannu can be regarded as ready to attack. It is completely different from yesterday. This time, it is obviously inclined to attack and defend. This kind of heavy-shielded chariot was pushed out, and it was pushed down the city with a roar. If you didn't fight just now, you were afraid they would run away. You don't need to be polite at this time. The artillery commander, Ma Rulong, the deputy of the fifth division, ordered sixty The Hongyi cannons shot out tongues of fire together, and the front heavy-shielded chariots were directly thrown backwards by the gunfire, and the lead bullets bounced on the frozen ground, and they were smashed. A few thighs.

But today, Jiannu seems to be more tenacious than yesterday. When the car overturned, the one that can be pushed up again will continue to be pushed, and the one that can’t be pushed aside, and the gaps between the other cars will be closer together. It rang, but the lethality was significantly less. Few of the roaring iron pills could hit the back, and most of them were blocked by the heavy scull shield in front of the Jiannu chariot.

At this time, Jiannu's cannon array also opened fire. It was really too late. Hundreds of cannons of all kinds sprayed out together, dozens of heavy iron balls, shot puts, and even big rocks cracked. When they hit the front of the formation, only a dozen rounds hit the slanted bastion, and most of the rest fell on the open space between the two armies.

Song Qingshu really wants to thank the parasites who will be in prison in Daming. The longest history of these unmaintained cannons can be traced back to the time of the Yingzong Civil Fortress War. They have not been fired for hundreds of years, and more than a dozen guns blew up. , and a few two hundred and five shotgun shells were filled into the muzzle, and when they were shot out, the Jian Nu who was pushing the cart in front of him was knocked down by dozens of numbers. On the other hand, it really answered Song Qingshu's joke, it was much louder than firecrackers.

But this was just a small episode. He advanced to 70 meters under the cannon fire. At this time, Song Qingshu was still looking through the binoculars. Suddenly, Xiaobao screamed and grabbed his neck and pulled him back, dragging him to sit on the ground Yes, with a bang, a sharp arrow just hit the big flagpole behind him, looking at the trembling arrow shaft, Song Qingshu was breaking out in cold sweat.

If you are careless, if you are a little later, you will have your headshot!
But not every sergeant has his own soldiers. He poked his head out through the shield, and Jiannu's locust-like arrows rained down on the German army. A dozen beggars were caught off guard and screamed. Going down to the top of the city, the rain of arrows is not over yet, and I don't know how many Jiannu archers have gathered behind them. The people shot by the black arrows can't even lift their heads. The upper layer of the bastion is almost like a hedgehog.

With this harassment, the defense of the beggar army is no longer so easy. The gunners have to put up a big shield in front of them. Each musketeer can only hide his head under the crenel of the sacks, and only when he is cold can he raise his head and fire a shot. Arrows come and go, constantly creating slaughter in the opponent's camp.

At this time, the banner of Jiannu changed again. Most of the Jianzhou Jurchen formed a cavalry battalion with as many as [-] cavalry. Those who swung their whips and leaped out from the edge of the army formation, but they did not rush to the frontal battlefield, but After making a big circle, I came to the bank of Zhangshui River.

Dorgon's head is not wax gourd, it's not that he didn't see the big weakness behind the begging army, but just a few days ago, during the same battle in Jiazhuang, Manqing used artillery to smash the ice on the Zhang River, killing thousands of people. Ji's Ming army fell into the water and made popsicles, how could he make the same mistake himself?

When he personally supervised the army to the river, Dorgon ordered dozens of strong men to lift the rollers, screaming and smashing them on the ice. Except for the crack, there was no damage at all. Bao Chengxian, who had lost his ears, ran back excitedly and shouted.

"Lord Baylor, don't worry, the ice is at least three feet frozen, even if Ming Gouzi cannons come over, it won't break through!"

Finally he breathed a sigh of relief, and Dorgon's handsome face turned ferocious like a ghost for a moment, and he swung his big bow forward violently: "Warriors of Baishan Heishui, ride your horses, and go to the back of Gouzi!" , Harvest their heads! Kill!!!”

With one order, [-] horseshoes trampled heavily on the ice. The horseshoes cut the iron and even created a layer of frost on the ice. Along the road where the beggars attacked yesterday, the Jiannu cavalry held their bows high. , roaring and making a big circle.

"Donglu is here!"

Such a big commotion couldn't be concealed at all. Hearing the roar of horseshoes, the Sixth Beggar Division who stayed behind shouted and rushed forward, adding the skirmish line to the front, and each battalion lined up six or eight A thick bayonet array was formed to block the rear of the begging army. The sergeants in the first row squatted directly on the ground and picked up the bayonets. The bayonets in the second row were raised horizontally. Then, the bayonet was also raised forward, and the three layers of bayonets formed an insurmountable iron mountain of thorns.

In animal psychology, in fact, war horses will not collide with layers of sharp objects. No matter how well-trained, horses still have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so the imaginary cavalry is almost looking for death. However, even the French heavy knights mostly rely on the prestige of charging to scare the untrained peasant soldiers to give up their formation and flee, or they attack the opponent's left and right wings and defeat the enemy from the side.

In the Battle of Waterloo, Marshal Ney, the commander of the cavalry, led a large number of French cavalry to directly attack the front of the Duke of Wellington's army, but he was beaten by British artillery and phalanx.

Facing the tightly blocked back, Jiannu's Xiaoqi battalion slowed down as expected, approaching the bayonet formation 80 meters away, the Jianzhou soldiers of Xiaoqi battalion got off their horses one after another, and raised their bows and arrows high, almost at the same time , Liu Zongmin also yelled loudly with a passion for fighting: "Fire!"

A puff of white smoke was blowing from the begging army's position, and the front of the Xiaoqi battalion was immediately overturned by crackling bullets, throwing down their bows, and the Jianzhou soldiers at the forefront prostrated themselves on the ground, clutching their chests. Similarly, densely packed arrows flew out whistling, and landed on the dense formation of Qi Liu Division. Even though they were wearing chain mail, many sergeants still shot to the end.

Arrow rain attacks are rare for the beggar army. Several recruits had a mental breakdown and dropped their guns to escape, but they were immediately beheaded by the rear supervisory team, and their heads were thrown to the front. Liu Zongmin's gloomy and cold With a face, the Overseer growled behind him.

"Tiger crouching cannon, blast his mother!"

It was originally expected that Jiannu would rush over directly. The tiger squatting guns were filled with shotgun shells, but the gunners hurriedly replaced them with solid bullets. There were 120 tiger squatting guns in a battalion, and [-] tiger squatting guns passed through more than [-] guns. After a second delay, with the next round of gunfire, another round of more lethal lead bullets was ejected from the army formation. This time, it fully pierced through the first three floors of the Jiannuxiao cavalry camp. pierced.

"too slow!"

Seeing a mass of blood erupting from the head of a tall Liao horse not far in front of him, before he could groan, he fell to the ground screaming, Dorgon roared anxiously, and immediately pulled out a short handle from his waist. The dagger came, and when he stretched out his hand, it actually wrapped around his own mount's neck...

(End of this chapter)