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

Chapter 335 The Battle of Jinzhou ([-])

Outside the west gate of Jinzhou City, thousands of Tartars charged in the hail of bullets. Their horses were as fast as flying, and they came and went like the wind.

But no matter how fast the tartar is, it is not as fast as the bullet at this time.But they were not specially here to block bullets. They charged and shot arrows at the Ming army. These Tartars gave full play to the habit of nomads who are good at riding and shooting.

But bows and arrows are compared to muskets, which is equivalent to bullock carts compared to locomotives. Their disadvantages are self-evident. Let alone their lethality, the range alone is far behind.

Regardless of the wind speed, the effective shooting range of a bow and arrow is generally within 80 meters. Most ordinary archers have a shooting range of about 150 meters. Especially for generals with extraordinary physical strength such as Lin Yi, with that kind of strong bow, the shooting range is also beyond [-] meters. But [-] meters.

According to records, the effective range of a crossbow in the Middle Ages can reach 220 meters, but this is only an isolated case and has not been used in military warfare on a large scale. The range of a crossbow is generally considered to be within 120 meters.

This is basically within the strength of the human arm. In theory, the range of a bow and arrow can be infinite, as long as the material is good, but a bow that is too strong cannot be pulled.If a bow is pulled by several people, or fired with the help of other tools, its efficiency and mobility will inevitably be affected.

Several people pull or use other tools to launch this is called a crossbow.

Strictly speaking, there is a difference between a crossbow and a bow. The former does not need to be pulled by humans, but is mechanical.The range of crossbows is about twice that of ordinary bows and arrows.

But things in the world have their advantages and disadvantages.From the perspective of dialectics, it is the contradictory body of opposites and unity.

Because this kind of crossbow is laborious and time-consuming to string, it is not as flexible and fast as bows and arrows. Although it is said that as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties, the effective range of crossbows can sometimes reach 500 meters or even one kilometer. This kind of behemoth is no longer an ordinary arrow. , and can even launch javelins and spears, some of which are fired with a sledgehammer, and their power can pierce several people hundreds of meters away, like piercing candied haws.

However, such a powerful killing weapon has not been effectively promoted, and it still cannot replace the hand-drawn bow and arrow.

In the era of cold weapons, the two armies used the most hand-drawn bows and arrows to fight.

The ancient generals who were good at archers spread a unique technique called Baibu piercing Yang, and the distance is about 100 meters.

And for this distance, for the three-eyed firecrackers of the late Ming Dynasty, its minimum range was more than 100 meters, not to mention the new self-generating flintlock guns that Lin Yi's army is equipped with on a large scale. Above 200 meters.

The difference in the range of these two weapons has been doubled, and the results can be imagined.

Often the Tartars shot arrows like rain, but the soldiers of the Ming army held their guns and stood still. After shooting, the Tartars fell off their horses one after another.

As soon as the Tartars raised their bows and arrows, they were shot, and they threw their knives, guns, bows and arrows and fell off their horses, or the bows and arrows they shot were exhausted and fell on the ground within tens of meters in front of the Ming army's musketeers. up a layer.

It can be said that although their bows and arrows are powerful, they have no effect on the Ming army.

Each musketeer of the Ming army in the front line fired an average of three bullets, that is, after three rounds of shooting were completed, the charging Qing army was already in a mess.

The general of the Ming army saw that the power of the musket had almost been exerted. It was time for their cavalry to charge. He gave an order and the general outside the west gate was He Renlong. Swinging the saber, he climbed into the formation first, led thousands of cavalrymen under his command to charge over, rushed into the chaos of the Tartars, swung the machete of the three pavilions like chopping melons and vegetables, killing the heads of the Manchu Tartars, and blood flowed into rivers , wherever people and horses go, no one is invincible.

The team behind He Renlong was the Qin army cultivated by Sun Chuanting back then, that is, Lin Yi's Invincible Battalion. It was one of the three most powerful armies in the late Ming Dynasty. At this time, four thousand Invincible Battalion soldiers followed the leader Killing the Tartars by dragons is like slaughtering pigs and dogs. The ten thousand Qing troops were hit head-on and dispersed.

But the leader of this team is very powerful. This Tartar is Prince Azig of the Qing Dynasty. Mentioning this person, it can be said that he was a powerful person in the early Qing Dynasty. Regardless of his background, he is the half-mother of Huang Taiji. Brother, the elder brother of the regent Dorgon, among the many princes of Qing Taizu Nurhachi, he is also a relatively promising one. He is not inferior to Huang Taiji and Dorgon in terms of military strength, but he is far behind them in terms of IQ.

In history, this man conquered North Korea. After entering the customs with Dorgon, he and his brother Prince Yu Duoduo were both the forwards of the Qing army, and in terms of the Han people who conquered Ming Dynasty, the three brothers were better than the other. Azig He was brave and good at fighting, defeated Li Zicheng repeatedly, captured and killed Liu Zongmin, and captured Song Xiance. These three military achievements are unmatched.

Later, as the general supervisor of Zhengxi, he vindicated Jiang Yu's rebellion in Datong, and asked to be named uncle king, but was rejected by his brother and regent Dorgon. He died of depression. This man was more than brave, but not wise enough. .

Now Azig saw that his army was killed by the Ming army with muskets and charges as soon as they left the city, he was a little stunned.

Didn't the Ming army come from afar, a tired army? Why is the combat power still so strong?

Then he became enraged, smashed his horse and brandished his knife and chopped down several defeated Qing soldiers one after another. The others did not dare to retreat, and followed him to risk their lives. Just like this, outside the west gate, Azig led the Tartars and In Ji Dong's Invincible Battalion, the two sides started a scuffle, and the fight was so dark that the sun and the moon were dark.

Firearms and bows and arrows aside, when the two armies fought each other, Lin Yi's Invincible Battalion and the Qing Army's Eight Banners elite combat power were exactly the same. This has been repeatedly verified in the Shanhaiguan battlefield and the battle of Huanggutun.

What is not good for the Invincible Battalion today is that they did not sleep well after marching in a hurry, but the musketeers blocked them for a while and killed the Tartars first. The morale is in my hands, so that after the advantages and disadvantages of both sides offset each other, the two teams will live and die Fight and fight, meet your opponent.

During the scuffle, the two main generals finally met. He Renlong fought against Azig, and the two men also faced each other with needles. The two swords were mixed together, and the two horses were like revolving lanterns. .

At this time, outside the east gate of Jinzhou City, the fighting became even more intense.

This is the [-] troops with the blue banner led by Hauge, Prince Su of the Qing Dynasty. After leaving the city, they encountered the standard battalion team led by Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan. It was the same as the strategic model outside the east gate. First, there were two thousand new-style troops. The musketeers fired a volley at the charging Tartars, and the Manchu Tartars fell off their horses one after another, making a mess.

Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan took the lead in the charge. The soldiers of the standard battalion don't look at the pommel horses who have worked hard all night. Their fighting spirit at this time made them forget everything. Capital means having the strength to fight continuously.

Therefore, the soldiers of the standard battalion followed their chief general, roaring like a tiger, and killed the disordered army of the Tartars. The difference here is that the soldiers of the standard battalion all had one horse with three weapons or four weapons. Not an opponent, this has been repeatedly confirmed in previous small battles.

Today, as soon as the soldiers of the Biaobattalion showed their might, the Tartars couldn't hold on anymore, like a god of death harvesting their lives. Although Hauge charged himself and fought desperately, it was difficult to reverse the defeat.The Qing army couldn't stop the Ming army's charge at all, and the ground was full of Qing army casualties.In the end, Hauge was hit by three knives and two arrows, his blood stained his robe, and he was cut off by his horse. He was trampled by thousands of horses and soldiers from the standard battalion, and the horse was like mud.

Within two hours of his 1 horses, there were none left, and he was defeated in embarrassment. But when they had just defeated the moat, Hong Chengchou sent them a reinforcement of 5000 horses and drove out.

Because the Qing army attacked from all directions in Jinzhou City, Hong Chengchou was not idle at this time. He stood on the top of the city and watched the battle. He only had one pair of eyes and could only watch the battle on one side. Knowing the situation of the battle in time, he saw that Hauge was killed outside the east gate, and the troops could not hold on anymore, so he hurriedly sent reinforcements.

The reinforcements of the 7000 Qing army, plus the remnants of the defeated generals, a total of 7000 people came out again and planned to turn the defeat into victory. As a result, the soldiers of the standard battalion came to take all black and white. The [-] people were defeated again, and finally the remaining half fled back into the city.

Hong Chengchou was also a little dumbfounded. The Ming army came from afar and was a tired army. The Eight Banners of the Qing army were fierce. According to the instructions, the army should be defeated in one blow. There should be no suspense in this battle, but...

It was beyond Hong Chengchou's expectation, seeing how powerful the Ming army was, Prince Su Hauge took his life first, is that okay?The Qing army was not an opponent at all, and it would be useless to send more troops, and it was too late, so they ordered people to close the city, otherwise the Ming army would come in.

With an order, the suspension bridge was pulled up, the Qianjin gate fell to death, and the big iron gates in the city were locked.The standard battalion soldiers of the Ming army were blocked outside the moat. At this time, there were still nearly a thousand Tartars who had not had time to retreat to the suspension bridge. These Tartars could only scold their mothers. Of course, they scolded Hong Chengchou and other generals guarding the city. city.

But they didn't scold for long, and they were all beheaded by the Ming army on the bank of the moat, staining the moat with blood.

One of Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan was carrying an iron pole and the other was wielding a big shovel. Both of them were covered in blood. They killed an unknown number of people, and the smell of blood had stimulated their fighting spirit.

At this time, the two peasant warriors had long forgotten the exhaustion of marching for more than 200 miles without sleep all night. Like a robot that was inspired to fight tirelessly, after killing the Qing army here, they felt that it was not enough. , led the soldiers of the bodyguard battalion to kill around the city, because they heard the sound of killing from the north.

Outside the north gate, Oboi, the number one warrior in Manchuria, led a force of 1 troops from the Zhenghuang Banner, fighting fiercely with the Ming army.

Here to greet him is Liu Zhaoji's men, this is the new training camp given to him by Yongping Bing and Lin Yi.

Needless to say, the Yongping soldiers are all admirers of Lin Yi. The so-called new training camps are all captives adapted by Lin Yi. These include the old Ming army, as well as Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing and other old bandits. These rogue captives have been screened and adapted for training, which is now the new barracks.

But they are not new recruits, and some of them are very powerful.

The contact between the two sides was another round of musketry, and Oboi's Zhenghuang Banner was beaten into a mess.

Now Oboi's wildness came up again, he took off his shirtless shirt, threw away his helmet, bit his money rattail in his mouth again, shook his big shiny bald head, and his whole body was covered with scars , Either arrow marks or knife wounds, he rushed forward with a big sword, and chopped down more than [-] generals of the Ming army in one breath.

When Oboi was showing his power, a general of the Ming army galloped up, it was Liu Zhaoji, and went straight to Oboi.

Liu Zhaoji was brave and good at fighting, but he couldn't deal with Oboi, he was killed by Oboi in a short while, he could only parry, but he was powerless to fight back.

At this time, there was a great chaos among the Manchu and Qing Tartars. The reinforcements from the Ming army arrived, and Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan rushed up with the soldiers of the standard battalion.

The soldiers of the standard battalion walked past the Manchu Tartars, and the corpses were all over the place.

Oboi's men retreated again.

Only Oboi fought hard and never retreated. Liu Zhaoji, Gan Bao, and Jiang Xingyuan fought against Oboi three times.

This time Oboi was a little flustered, just as he blocked Liu Zhaoji's weapon, Gan Bao's iron pole arrived, just as he dodged the pole, Jiang Xingyuan's big shovel pointed at his big bald head and slapped it down.

After few face-to-face encounters like this, Oboi's forehead became sweaty.Seeing that there are more and more Ming troops, while the soldiers around him are getting fewer and fewer.

Ao Bai didn't pay attention, Gan Bao's iron pole was being pulled on his buttocks, with a snap, his pelvis might have been cracked, and he fell to the ground all at once.

But I didn't expect this to save my life.

However, this life was not for nothing, because he felt that at the same time as he fell, his big bald head hit him, and with a cracking sound, his head seemed to be broken, and then a hot stream flowed down his scalp, and his eyes fell. It's a blood-red world...

(End of this chapter)