Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 132 Fierce Battle at Xifengkou ([-])

As a time traveler, Ji Dong knew about some major events recorded in history, which seemed to have a foresight in the eyes of others.

For 1638, Huang Taiji divided his forces to detour through Mongolia to attack, Qiangziling and Qingshan Pass, Lin Yi had this account in his mind.In addition, in 1636 and 1637, A Min and Huang Taiji harassed Gyeonggi twice and returned after two major defeats. Lin Yi knew that they would definitely intensify and make a comeback.

Therefore, Lin Yi strengthened the city's defenses, built forts, and stepped up military training. He sent dozens of miles outside the Great Wall at night, and 3000 soldiers were on standby. After several months of preparation, his 200-mile Great Wall defense line was impregnable.

On the 200-mile winding Great Wall, there are mainly two fortresses, one is Xifengkou and the other is Qingziling. Both of them are equipped with red cannons, a total of 50, and every place along the way has soldiers day and night. On patrol, there is a garrison point every 100 meters. This is a special platform on the Great Wall, which is mainly used for observation. Lin Yi sent eleven soldiers including the small flag leader to be responsible for the police. machinery.

In addition, the two fortresses on the Great Wall have higher observation towers, because the Great Wall is built on the mountain, which is already high and condescending. With a single-lens telescope, you can see far away.

On this day, a small flag leader on the observatory saw six pillars of smoke rising high on the vast grassland in the distance, and immediately reported it to Lin Yi and Zu Keyong.

The smoke of the wolf was ignited by Ye Bu Shou outside the city, and Ye Bu Shou was a professional scout in the Ming Dynasty.A pillar of mace means that the Tartars have 1 soldiers, which means that the Tartars came with 6 horses this time.

Immediately after Ji Dong learned of these battle reports, he ordered 3000 troops to enter the fighting state.In addition, Lin Yi immediately ordered his flying horse to report to Liu Zhaoji, the commander in chief of Miyun, to despise them strategically, but he must pay attention to them tactically.

After the three generals Liu Zhaoji, Lin Yi and Zu Keyong met to discuss, Lin Yi proposed to fight against the wall and wait for work with ease.At the same time, send an army to ambush outside the city to cut off the return of the Tartars, and then attack from both sides, so that they will never return.

Liu Zhaoji very much agrees.Half an hour later, You Yebu received the specific information from the Pegasus newspaper. The enemy troops were divided into two groups, all the way to Xifengkou, and all the way to Qingziling. This time it was the two princes of the Qing Dynasty, Duoduo and Jier. Harang.

"These two guys are here, it seems that the visitors are not good!"

Ji Dong knew more about Duduo and Jierhalang.

Duo Duo and Dorgon crawled out of the same mother's belly. He was one of the Eight Grand Masters in the early Qing Dynasty, and his title was hereditary. He captured Hong Chengchou in the Songjin War and followed Dorgon into the pass. After that, he defeated Li Zicheng, broke through Yangzhou Tucheng for 10 days, and later created the Jiading Santu, killed Shi Kefa, went south to the south of the Yangtze River, and captured Zhu Yousong, the first emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty.More than a million Han people died under his hands?Emperor Qianlong called him the most heroic of the founding kings. In fact, his hands were covered with the blood of the Han people. He was a heinous executioner who slaughtered the Han people.

Ji Erhalang is Amin's younger brother. Although his father and elder brother died at the hands of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji in history, he still loyal to Nurhachi and Huang Taiji. Prince of the King.He is a veteran of the three dynasties. He followed Nurhachi Huang Taiji to conquer Mongolia and attack North Korea until Pyongyang.After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, he chased and killed Li Zicheng all the way.Later, Fulin succeeded to the throne for Shunzhi, and he became the auxiliary minister.

The two of them personally led the troops here. They were undoubtedly heavyweights in the Qing Dynasty. Of course, Lin Yi didn't dare to underestimate them.

Liu Zhaoji decided to go out in person and lead 5000 troops to ambush outside the city in order to cut off the return of the two Tartars.

In order to make this battle more certain, General Liu Zhaoji also wrote a letter to his neighbor, Wu Sangui who was stationed at Shanhaiguan, asking him to send troops to help.It's a pity that this Wu Sangui is so treacherous and loyal, especially when he heard that Lin Yi, whom he hated, was here, he tore the letter to pieces, and never sent a single soldier.

On the second day after Liu Zhaoji's 5000 troops left the city, the battle started.

Neither Duduo nor Jierhalang were reckless, and they also spent a certain amount of time to find out the defense situation of the Ming army in Miyun area.When they learned that there were a total of 8000 Ming troops here, and that the 200-mile defense line on the Great Wall was usually only guarded by Lin Yi's 3000 men, they laughed contemptuously.

The two divided the work, Duoduo attacked Xifengkou, and Jierhalang attacked Qingziling.The two of them planned to make Ji Dong difficult to care about, and faced enemies from both sides.

Of course, the two of them knew that these two places were Ji Dong's key defensive areas, but they still chose these two places as breakthrough points.Because the Great Wall is built on the high mountains, it is difficult for other places to approach the Great Wall, let alone fight.

Under the command of Duoduo, a group of troops, as the first echelon, stormed Xifengkouguan City.Under the leadership of Gu Shanerzhen, about seven thousand and eight banner soldiers rushed towards Guancheng like a tide.

The 30 red-clothed cannons on Guancheng had already aimed at the swarming Tartars.

Ten Ming soldiers are in charge of a red-clothed cannon, and each red-clothed cannon is responsible for a ten-meter defense line. There are auxiliary cities around the city gate, and an urn city inside the city gate. These are all newly built by Lin Yi. The red-clothed cannon stands Ammunition, arrows, logs, stones and other things to defend the city were piled up like a mountain on the crenels, the urn city and the auxiliary city road.

The gap between the cannon and the cannon is filled with musketeers and archers, so that they form a cross fire force from far and near.

Lin Yi immediately commanded himself on the city of Guancheng.

The average height of the Great Wall is about eight meters, and the width is about seven meters. It is roughly a trapezoid with a wide bottom and a narrow top.But the city wall of Guancheng is several feet higher, and the design of the Great Wall is on top of lofty mountains, built according to the topography, the inner wall appears low, and the outer wall appears high.

Therefore, at the place where Lin Yi immediately was, from the outside of the Great Wall, he was standing more than three feet above the top of the mountain, condescending, and through the single-tube telescope, he could see the situation in the distance very clearly.

Today's weather was fine, and he saw a place more than ten miles away, densely packed with Tartar soldiers, covering the sky and covering the sky and boundless, with flags of various colors fluttering in the wind.

"Damn it, 3 horses are quite a lot. It's good to come. If you don't come, I'll be busy these days!" Lin Yi gritted his teeth when he saw these vicious Tartar soldiers, and felt ruthless in his heart.

At this time, the Eight Banners soldiers of the first echelon rushed over.

"Don't panic, let these Tartars get closer to the city."

Through the binoculars, Ji Dong could clearly see the noses and eyes of these flying horses charging towards the Tartars.

2000 meters...1000 meters...500 meters...

"fire!"

Lin Yi gave an order, and the flag next to him ordered the soldiers to wave down the artillery flag.

It turns out that Lin Yi's troops are now different. There are artillery, musketeers, and archers. According to another method, there are cavalry, infantry, and so on.The flags used to pass orders are of course different for different types of troops.

This is the order that was seen in the artillery camp, and a general in the army is in charge here.Ba total is one level higher than Bai Zong. It was an official position in the Beijing camp soldiers and frontier troops during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was inferior to the garrison. It was roughly equivalent to the battalion commander of later generations. Depending on the organization, it was in charge of three to 500 people. .

One of Lin Yi's 300 artillerymen in Xifeng Pass is now in charge.

After the general received this signal, he gave an order, and the ignition soldier beside the cannon in red, who had already been prepared, held up a torch and ignited the fuse.

The fuse of the gunpowder gave a whistling tendency, emitting puffs of white smoke.After the fireman ignited, he quickly retreated.The nearby soldiers were afraid that their ears would go wrong, so they quickly plugged their ears.

"Boom, boom, boom... boom boom boom..."

The 30 artillery pieces roared continuously, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains.One after another, the shells flew out in the air, accurately landed among the charging crowd of Tartars, and then exploded.

During this period, the most powerful firearm was the red cannon.There are two types of shells for the red cannon, one is solid shells.This kind of shell has a long range, great impact and destructive power, and is mainly used for tough battles.

The other is ammunition similar to shotguns, which are mixed with gunpowder, stones, iron flakes, iron nails and the like.Used to attack armies.But the range is not as far as solid bullets, but the killing area is large.It has great lethality for charging and gathering enemies.

Now, of course, they use shotguns. One shot can blow up a large area.

The Tartars were instantly blown upside down, and some were blown to pieces with their horses and men. One Tartar was hit by the flying shells, and the man and horse turned into a fireball, soaring into the air and then When it fell, it became a rain of blood, and there were no bones left.

The Qing army outside the city suddenly howled ghosts and howled wolves, people shouted and horses neighed, and there was chaos.

(End of this chapter)