Chapter 428: A Sudden Blow (Page 1/1)

The area more than a mile wide between the captive army led by Zhang Jin and Lu Ruicai and the Dragon Guard army has also become a purgatory on earth.

Geng Tianrui's soldiers, who had turned around and fled before, easily saw their own team, but unexpectedly, they were greeted by a burst of feather arrows. After four or five hundred people were shot over, there were bursts of shouts from the front team of Jianyu, "The chief soldier has an order, and those who retreat will be killed immediately!" ”

Lu Ruicai looked at the defeated soldiers who fell down, but he was very happy in his heart, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "The surname Geng, you also have today?" This time, your people will be killed, see what you take in the future to compete with Lao Tzu! ”

Geng Tianrui's soldiers had no way to retreat, so they had no choice but to turn around and attack the Ming army's position, without accident, they died faster than returning to Lu Ruicai's side.

For a time, these thousands of Qing soldiers fled in a panic between the two positions, and in the end, only a few hundred people were left to kneel in the middle of the battlefield strewn with corpses in despair, hugging their heads and crying.

"Command, drumming......"

As soon as Lu Rui said a few words, an officer under his command came over, "General, Lord Geng wants to see you." ”

Lu Rui took a closer look at the man, and saw that he was covered in blood, his left hand was gone, revealing Bai Sensen's bone stubble, and his face was blackened by gunsmoke, and he could vaguely identify that it was indeed Geng Tianrui.

He was about to taunt a few words, when he heard Geng Tianrui say in a weak voice: "Brother Lu, listen to me, the Ming army is like a demon, and you must not go up to die again." ”

It turned out that he was going to make a last fight with only eight or nine hundred people, but he didn't expect that the Ming army burst out in the formation, and with only one salvo, few of the people in his hands were still standing. He was also extremely lucky, he was only shot in the arm, and he desperately escaped with the support of two guards.

Geng Tianrui gave a general account of the battle situation again, and Lu Ruicai's face turned pale with shock, and he was about to return to Ma Degong when he saw several officers of the Han army wearing blue armor with yellow flags coming forward.

The man at the head pointed at Geng Tianrui and shouted coldly: "What nonsense! You are afraid of the enemy and war, and you want to talk about the enemy's strength and disturb the hearts of our army?! Then, with a flick of the knife in his hand, the latter's head rolled to the ground.

He shouted to the four corners again: "The chief soldier has an order, and anyone who does not retreat will be killed!" Those who enter Shaoxing first will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! ”

Subsequently, Zhang Jin and Lu Ruicai's 12,000 men and horses were inlaid with yellow flag infantry armor and stabbed on their waists, and they rushed towards the Ming defense line in fear.

These people hesitated for a short time after eating the first round of artillery of the Dragon Guard, and when they were killed by the Eight Banners behind them, nearly a thousand people were killed.

Only then did the rest believe that the commander-in-chief had indeed given the order to die, knowing that turning back would be a death, and they were all screaming madly at the moment, ignoring the artillery fire on the opposite side, dropping thousands of corpses along the way, and using flesh and blood all the way to the front of the Dragon Guard line.

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Zhu Linmiao watched the captives surging up like zombies in the binoculars, but she felt a pity in her heart - these are all elite laborers! Whether it is sent to the shipyard or to build a wharf or to repair water conservancy, it is extremely useful, but it will be wasted by Ma Degong under this Shaoxing city.

And Minnie bullets are also expensive! At present, the Dragon Guard Army is all equipped with rifled guns, and he roughly estimated in his heart that if these captives were destroyed, it would cost nearly 10,000 taels of bullets alone!

What a waste. He turned to Zhang Jiayu and said, "Where is the water master now?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise on the water surface on the west side of Jianhu Lake, which was nearly twice as loud as the movement on the artillery position of the Dragon Guard.

Tian Xiongzheng was directing his subordinates back and forth to cut off the Qing soldiers who did not rush forward with yellow flag armor. He saw that the seven or eight thousand green battalion soldiers had advanced to the Ming army's defense line of about 100 steps, and he was also overjoyed in his heart, thinking that he would only wait for the green battalion men and horses to be entangled with the Ming army, and he would lead the team to outflank him from both wings. Defeat those hateful cannons first, and then plunge straight into the enemy line from the flank, and with the elite of the infantry armor you lead, you will be able to easily slaughter these southern soldiers.

He had begun to fantasize about how to screw off the heads of these southern soldiers one by one, and suddenly there was a violent shaking on the left side, and before he could react, an iron ball weighing eight catties swept past his chest, and all kinds of internal organs that were smashed suddenly erupted, and there was no connection between his head and his thighs.

He heard the rumbling of cannon coming from his flank, then the screams of his bannermen, and then the deathly silence.

Rao is Han army is yellow flag no matter how fierce he is, no matter how experienced he is in battle, he is also panicked at this time. The previous Ming army was on the east side, how could there be half a figure on his left flank? Why are there cannons bombarded on the head, and listening to the sound, there are at least thirty more cannons!

Suddenly, the flag soldiers in the back row began to be confused, some shouted to flank the enemy, some continued to urge the green battalion forward, and some turned their bows and guns to shoot in the direction of the cannons, naturally there was no gain.

The officer at the level of General Qian immediately looked in the direction of Tian Xiong's general flag, but saw that no orders were issued - Tian Xiong was chatting with Niu Tou Ma Mian at this time, where could he still give military orders?

Immediately, an officer reacted, and according to the regulations for taking over the command, he was going to take over the flag. At this moment, another round of shelling came from the water to the north, and the left flank of the nearest yellow flag could no longer hold on and began to retreat.

Although there were 200 of Ma Degong's personal soldiers behind them to supervise the battle, these people were also startled by the sudden artillery bombardment, and they were unnoticed by the rout of the left flank.

"A compass point downstream." Murong Yi stood on the bow of the ship and pointed to the place where the rear team of Jianyu was the most densely populated, "Shoot three salvos first." ”

"Yes!" The helmsman immediately turned the rudder according to his order, and the Ban Chao immediately turned slightly about eleven degrees, and the three cannons on the port side were pointing directly at Murong Yi's signal.

Zhang Guoxuan had already given the order to shoot freely, and the other ten warships on Jianhu Lake also chose the most suitable target to shoot at the same time, and poured the shells on the heads of the captives as quickly as possible.

These eleven ships were armed with more than 60 four- to six-pounder guns, and although they could only shoot at the Qing troops from the port side, the firepower was comparable to that of an artillery battalion of the Dragon Guards.

This is the natural characteristic of warships, which are large in size and carry many guns.

This time it was a small boat of about 70 tons, if it weren't for the narrow surface of Jianhu Lake and the lack of water depth, Shao Wu would not have been able to drive here, otherwise the cannon on its boat alone would have bombarded the Qing army.

Zhang Guoxuan put away the binoculars and said to the adjutant beside him: "Raise the order flag, and the whole army should be as close to the shore as possible." Otherwise, the building on the south side will not be able to reach it. ”

"Yes!" His adjutant hesitated, "My lord, will you be shot by Jianyu's cannon?" ”

"It's okay, they're in disarray, and it's not that fast to regroup." Zhang Guoxuan said again, "Be careful not to run aground." ”

"Yes!"

(End of chapter)

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