"With a slim body, from Yinchuan, the power of the soldiers arrived, and the pot pulp competed. The three Qin are determined to be in the middle of the country; Xingshi crossed to the east and went straight to Yanjing. Referring to the day to return to the pasture, the horse to release Huayang, Chang'an Dingding. Shall we not rest at the table with all the peoples!

All the soldiers should be loyal and angry, and use the collection of skills. It has the destruction of the front, the hard-working people, the tearing of the soil, the tin with the sharpening. Those who are treacherous and carry two and those who violate the order ruthlessly will be punished by the state, and the law will be difficult to repay.

All the soldiers, this is the meaning, don't burn my house, don't abuse my people. But now the covenant is sworn by, and each of them is reluctant. ”

In Chang'an City, Li Zicheng unloaded his sword in the harem, and the two guards took off his armor for him, and he stretched his muscles and bones with satisfaction. Gao Guiying, who had been officially canonized as the queen, greeted him and waved his hand to signal the guards to go down and rest.

"The emperor has worked hard to go out of the city to review the army this time." Gao Guiying ordered the palace maid to fetch tea, snacks and fruits.

"Huh! What kind of hardship is this with when we turned to war with the Quartet? It's too late to enjoy! Li Zicheng was quite unimpressed.

Seeing that Li Zicheng never forgot the experience of fighting in the Quartet, Gao Guiying was also quite moved, this is a manifestation of the emperor's nostalgia, if other women saw the emperor so benevolent and kind, I am afraid that she would have already knelt down on the ground and shouted long live, but who is Gao Guiying? It was also a figure who had seen countless winds and waves in the Ten Thousand Horse Army, and immediately just nodded slightly and praised Li Zicheng's words. Instead, he instructed several guards leaders to pay attention to His Majesty's clothing, food, and other matters, and not to make His Majesty overworked, etc.

"What does the queen do in the palace?"

Li Zicheng waited for Gao Guiying to finish this move before asking.

"Your Majesty went out of the city school to parade horses, Mr. Niu and others sent the text of His Majesty's Eastern Expedition, and it happened that several girls from Huimei also entered the palace to ask for peace, so I left them to read this text together."

Huimei and Huiqiong are all girls who grew up in front of Gao Guiying's eyes, just like Zhang Nai, Li Shuangxi, Wang Si, Luo Hu and others. They are all orphans adopted by Li Zicheng and his wife or orphans of fallen soldiers, and Li Zicheng and his wife regard them as their children. After entering Xi'an, Gao Guiying was in charge, Huimei married Zhang Nai, and Huiqiong married Li Shuangxi, which can be regarded as fulfilling these couples who grew up on the battlefield with another kind of childhood sweethearts.

"Is this the return of these women?" Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying played haha in the rice fat dialect. Turning his head, he instructed the guards around him, and told the imperial dining room to prepare a table of wine, and I would have a reunion dinner with the queen and these women.

The banquet was not yet complete, but Gao Yigong held a few documents in his hand and ran into the palace in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, our army is on the front line of crossing the river in northern Shaanxi! Ruhou led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to cross the river successfully, and has captured Shilou, Zhonghe and other county seats! ”

Everyone present was a little stunned. When Gao Yingxiang was alive, he led several peasant armies across the Yellow River to Shanxi for food. At that time, the Yellow River was still in the winter freezing season. People and horses can step on the ice, but now that the autumn flood has just passed, the Yellow River is still full of water, how to cross the Yellow River so smoothly, and capture two county seats?

Although the Dashun Army is not like the Ming Army, it is unlikely that there will be any lying about war exploits, but this is inevitably too fast, right? It's been said in the military newspaper all along. The Ming army and regimental training on the opposite side built countless pillboxes and artillery forts along the river bank, and dug several trenches as defensive positions. How can you go down in one fell swoop? Don't fall for someone else's tricks!

Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, Gao Yigong was about to speak, but in the corner of his eye, he saw Huimei's nervous and concerned look. At that moment, he smiled a little narrowly: "This matter is going to ask our little snarel!" ”

Hearing Gao Yigong talk about his lover, Huimei's expression became a little nervous.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, here's the thing." Gao Yigong is an elder after all. He is also an important minister of the court. Naturally, you have to consider your identity, it's not good to be too disrespectful in front of Huimei, so she will show the situation of the enemy before crossing the river in Qingjian according to the battle report.

In the Qingjian area on the west bank of the Yellow River, dozens of large tanks have been prepared, as well as hundreds of rafts. More than 3,000 elites of the Dashun army, each armed with swords, guns, helmets, and armor, lined up on the river beach, waiting for the order to board the ship and attack.

"Little Nai, the ancients were at home for the father and son, and the ministers were the kings and ministers. Although you also grew up under the watchful of our blacksmith Liu, but now it is about the emperor's great cause and the lives of these thousands of people, you don't dare to be a little sloppy. Liu Zongmin put away the rare relaxation, and replaced it with a serious and solemn face.

"Please rest assured that Master Liu, the chief whistle!" Zhang Nai was also infected by Liu Zongmin's look, and couldn't help but call out the honorific title given to Liu Zongmin by the soldiers who broke into the camp back then. "Look!" He pointed with his horsewhip and motioned Liu Zongmin to look at the dozens of eight-pounder, twelve-pounder, and six-pounder cannons on the riverbank, as well as the number of large Buddha Lang machines.

Behind each cannon were energetic gunners, piled up with shells more than half a man high, and slightly back, piled up like a hill of powder kegs behind the hillside. Most of these gunners were gunners taught by Long Shengxing according to the contract when the Dashun army purchased the artillery sold by Long Shengxing, and many of them were Ming gunners who were captured and surrendered in previous battles. Among these gunners, there is a complete set of technical systems, observers, rangefinders, loaders, rifpers, and cotton medicine packs.

Their observation hands, like the generals of the Dashun army, are equipped with telescopes, although there are few, but they can already be guaranteed to be used. At the same time, the rangefinder also has a series of complete sets of square and round instruments, which are used to measure the elements of artillery shooting.

The left and right sides of these guns were divided into two layers, inside and outside, and the emplacements were built with straw bags filled with earth to prevent the cannons from being destroyed by the cannonballs on the opposite side and killing and injuring the gunners. This was true of the artillery positions on both sides. However, in addition to using straw bags filled with soil on the outside to build a fence more than one person high, the Dashun army on the west bank also used 100 large baskets more than half a person high specially woven with wattles and wicker on the inside, which were also filled with loess, and after being wet with water, they were built and arranged into low walls as shelters. These tall wicker baskets filled with wet soil, because of their toughness and humidity, can withstand more cannon blows than straw bags filled with soil.

The inner and outer layers of protection made the gunners of the Dashun Army confident in their safety. Of course, if you really hit the gun, it's a damn ** up.

Behind the artillery corps. There are dozens of rocket launchers, one by one the rockets are taken out of the wooden box, and those launchers shake the handle slightly from time to time, adjust the elevation angle, and control the firing boundary.

"Master Liu! Don't dare to say anything else, those thieves who hit the opposite side didn't dare to open fire. Let the archers on the opposite side not dare to take the lead! Let the brothers who crossed the river drive across the river smoothly! ”

"After landing on the east bank, you artillery battalion will not be worried. It's just that when these thousands of people cross the river, your shells will be smashed on the pillboxes and artillery positions in the east for our Lao Liu! ”

Bai Wang, who served as the pioneer of crossing the river, also accepted Liu Zongmin's military order in high spirits.

"Your more than 3,000 men are ready to board the ship, and when you are ready, set a letter cannon on the river beach. Here, the artillery battalion will suppress the thieves on the other side with artillery fire to cover your crossing of the river. ”

"After crossing the river, you ordered the soldiers to raise the military flag of our Dashun, and the military flag arrived there. The cannon followed there! ”

Bai Wang is also an old figure who follows the camp to fight, although he knows that the Ming army on the other side is a group of frightened birds and rabble, but the rabbit is in a hurry and wants to bite people. Not to mention tens of thousands of people with knives and guns in their hands? Ruhou's move is undoubtedly to add a few more insurances to the brothers. At that moment, Bai Wang took the order and left, and organized the elite of the headquarters to carry the raft to the shore, and all the sailors were concentrated, and each captain was issued ten silver dollars. Five pieces of sailors, indicating that the battle was over. In addition to rewarding silver, everyone also has military merits, and they can be exempted from taxes and money and food for ten years in the future.

In a few moments, more than 3,000 people had boarded the ship. Bai Wang ordered his soldiers to take out a letter cannon and light it on the river beach.

The shrill sound of the letter cannon exploded over the river beach, shaking the cliffs on both sides of the river with a burst of echoes.

"Fire!"

Zhang Nai waved the command flag in his hand downward. Let out a roar.

As the cannon sounded backwards, a continuous burst of artillery fire came out from the artillery array of the artillery battalion, along the position of several miles on the west bank of the Yellow River, from southeast to northwest. Dense smoke rose from a long arc-shaped position, and raindrops of cannons covered the stone tower position opposite!

As the dense cannons swept across the Yellow River, the sharp and piercing sound of air tearing soon rose from the barren grass and trees on the hills east of the river.

As the shells swept across the Yellow River, the Ming army's positions were intertwined with cries and smoke, accompanied by large bursts of fire that rose from time to time in various parts of the mountains.

Seeing a fire on the opposite side, Zhang Nai couldn't help but show a childlike naughty smile on his face, "Add some more condiments to you!" ”

He waved the flag in his hand, and the shooters of the dozens of rocket launchers lined up behind the artillery team aimed their torches at the fuse at the tail of the rocket.

Most of these rockets are so-called oil arrows, mixed with fish oil and fire oil, and used to set fire to enemy positions and create chaos in the enemy's camp.

The smoke and dust exploded, the fire head rolled up, and unfortunately after the body hit the ground, the armor and clothes of the Ming army around the armor and clothes that exploded one after another huge fire burst into flames, and there were bursts of inhuman screams from their mouths, scurrying around the mountains like headless flies. A few unlucky regimental training soldiers, who had not gone far, fell to the ground, their bodies gradually curled and contracted, and they saw that they were burned alive into a ball of charcoal.

As far as the eye can see, the entire river defense position, pillbox, and gun emplacement of the stone building have been shrouded and covered by the smoke and dust raised by the cannonballs falling to the ground, and as the rockets and artillery shells are intertwined and landed, there are still large groups of fires rising from time to time.

In the roar, dozens of cannons of more than ten catties came and smashed fiercely around the Ming army's forts, setting off clouds of dirt and dust, making the artillery positions weakly shake, and this kind of shaking made the Ming gunners hiding behind the artillery base hold their heads in their hands, and tightly shrink behind the low wall made of earthen bags behind the artillery position, all of them in a cold sweat.

These heavy solid iron balls bounced inside and outside the artillery array, smoke and dust, sandwiched with blood light, and the roaring cannons, each bounce brought a piece of blood light, taking away bursts of miserable groans.

Such a fierce artillery fire of the Dashun army really surprised the Ming officers and soldiers on the east bank. A few days ago, the Dashun army was building fortifications in Hexi, and they did not fail to see it when they were building artillery positions. Cattle and horses towing artillery were in groups, and it took a lot of effort to place dozens of heavy guns in place. However, the adjutant general who led the team here insisted that it was a thief playing tricks, where did they get so many artillery? Leave him alone!

As a result, today I got a taste of a cannonball hitting my head!

If it is the number of artillery on both sides, there is little difference. Or if the morale of the Ming army still has the strength to fight, it is completely possible to start an artillery battle and smash each other's positions with solid bullets. At the same time, the Ming army could use small cannons and shotguns to suppress the fleet of the Dashun army that was about to cross the river, so that the blood of the soldiers and horses crossing the river turned the Yellow River into a red river. However, at this time, the Ming army had completely lost the courage to fight! Just hide behind the fortifications and shiver. From time to time, soldiers covered their ears and screamed. Or the eardrum was shattered by the loud sound of a cannonball passing by. Two thin streams of blood slowly flowed down his ears. Or frightened mad by the tragic scene in front of them, they just let out a burst of screams.

Others were hit by shells, broke their legs and feet, and fell in pools of blood, screaming horrifyingly. Beside them, mutilated limbs and bones soaked in pools of blood.

No matter how many bags of earth were placed around the gun emplacements when the artillery was placed, and no matter how thick the breastwall was, it was impossible to slow down in the face of the shells that rained down on the position. Because although the castration of the shell when it encounters the dirt bag will be relieved, it will still roll and bounce. Because artillery emplacements always have to leave a place for activity. Leave a passage for carrying gunpowder for shells. When the cannonball flies and bounces, it seems to be very slow, but in fact, the speed of the cannonball is only seen with the naked eye, but in fact, the speed is very fast, and the human body often has too late to react.

"It's almost time for the fire! Give Bai Wang an order to cross the river! "From the monoculars, I can see clearly that the Ming army position opposite is already a scene of ghosts crying wolves and howling wolves. A contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of Liu Zongmin's mouth.

The sound of suona pierced through the bursts of artillery and sounded in the valley of the Yellow River. The military order to attack was passed to Bai Wang, who was waiting impatiently on the river beach.

"Kill!"

The sound of a round of cannons gradually stopped, and the sound of oars and water on the river was heard.

Bai Wang's elite soldiers, who commanded on the big ship of the opposite trough, pulled out their strong bows one by one, bent their bows and arrows, and were ready to open their bows and arrows at the Ming army blocking on the riverbank. At the same time, on the ten large ships rushing ahead, more than 200 firecrackers carefully inspected the firecrackers over and over again. I'm afraid that something will go wrong with the flint or gunpowder projectile, and it will miss a big thing if it can't hit when it lands!

In the middle of the Yellow River, the sailors of the river crossing fleet are desperately rowing the oars in their hands. The captain tried to stabilize the rudder as much as possible, so that the boat and raft were as stable as possible in the rough waters of the Yellow River.

On the cliff to the west, the gunners of the artillery team also desperately cleaned the gun chamber, loaded the cartridge, and used the bomb lever to push the heavy shell from the muzzle to the bottom of the chamber and perfectly combined with the cartridge.

"Good Position!" "Good B!" "Good C!" After the gunners of each cannon have finished loading. Each took his position, holding a wool brush and a pusher lever in his hand, holding a wattle basket used to transport shells, shouting slogans loudly, reporting that his work had been completed.

"Put!"

"Put!"

"Put!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

An eight-pounder cannon belched out flames and smoke, and at the same time as a large puff of smoke erupted, a heavy solid iron ball roared and flew towards the opposite bank.

The huge recoil generated by the gunpowder drove the heavy gun carriage to the upper gun body, and quickly retreated backwards, rushing up the slope made of loess, and then quickly retreated to the pre-launch position. Several gunners rushed forward to reset the guns and prepare for the next round of fire......

The muzzle of the artillery, above the gun position, a large stream of gunpowder smoke was gushing out, quickly connecting and condensing, and in the face of the cold wind blowing on the river surface, it was not to be outdone, and refused to disperse for a long time.

The continuous, deafening sound of cannons, the huge impact, recoil, as if the whole earth was trembling violently.

In the sky above the artillery position, which runs for several miles from north to south, a large stream of white smoke rises, and from a distance, a thick belt of gray-white gunpowder smoke gradually rises into the air, but it is difficult to disperse.

The second round of artillery fire began to fire. Unlike the first round, this round of firing was directed at the gun emplacements that seemed to have some sense of resistance. Provide artillery cover for the brothers who are crossing the river.

"Tell the artillery battalion commander Zhang Nai, fight like this! Fiercely suppress the fire of the thieves. From the binoculars, Liu Zongmin could already see clearly that the river crossing fleet had sailed through the middle of the river, and was gradually getting closer and closer to the ferry on the east bank. As long as the ferry port is seized, it is equivalent to kicking the gate of Shanxi.

There was a vibration from the bottom of the big ship, and a muffled sound came, but it was the bottom of the boat that was in contact with the ground, "It's to the east of the river!" Brothers, rush with Lao Tzu! ”

Bai Wang held the sword in one hand and the Dashun military flag in the other, and roared loudly in his mouth. More than 100 soldiers jumped off the boat under his leadership and waded towards the ferry.

Bai Wang's banner was stubbornly inserted into the mud of the Hedong ferry by the flag bearers.

"This is the credit of our general!"

Dozens of wooden boats and more rafts rushed to both sides of the ferry, and the soldiers of the Dashun Army on board began the battle to seize the ferry.

However, the ferry is not so easy!

Taking advantage of the terrain, the Ming army built several artillery forts at the half-slope of the ferry, placed a large franc machine in the fort, and carried out artillery fire on the ferry, trying to use dense shotguns to block the charge of the Dashun army. (To be continued.) )

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