Chapter Twenty-Six: Who Did Zhang Dadou Caught?
Chapter 26 Who did Zhang Dadou catch?
With a muffled bang, everyone's hearts lifted. Not only Zhang Dou, but even Nurhachi, who was watching the battle from afar, couldn't help but shout: "Okay! These dozen cannons were not in vain, and finally hit one shot.
Zhang Dou's heart also raised his throat, if the Jurchens' artillery fire destroyed the car formation, then all his arrangements would be in vain.
At that time, he Zhang Dou had no second way except to be driven down the Hunhe River by Nurhachi.
Even the horse armor soldiers not far from the Ming army's chariot formation were also ready, as long as the chariot formation was broken, they would have to step on the Ming army, and they would definitely avenge the arrow just now.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the side car, and the cannonball hit the sand basket outside the car. The basket was shattered, and the damp sand in the basket was smashed by the kinetic energy of the cannonballs.
But that's all, the shell lost its kinetic energy after passing through two layers of earthen baskets, and smashed into the van of the van with a "Boom! There was a muffled sound, and there was no more sound.
When Zhang Dou heard that the carriage had been hit, he became nervous. He quickly ran to the car where he was hit, and personally went to the car to check it, and found that the car plate was intact, and there was not even a crack before he was relieved.
He was relieved to be calm here, and the Jurchens outside were dumbfounded. They stared blankly at the cart formation and saw that there was nothing but a pile of sand and dirt, and there was no movement.
What about the broken car formation? What about the car that was said to be destroyed and killed? What about the said good Ma Taming Army? Why is it gone? Could it be that the Ming army's car formation was all made of fine iron? Otherwise, how can you withstand the bombardment of the general's artillery!
Originally, Nurhachi was happy to see that the Ming army's car formation was concentrated, "Haha!" laughed, praised Li Yongfang for his success, and remembered his great achievements.
But what happened next made him confused, what happened? Shouldn't the Ming army have broken their car formations and fled in embarrassment? How can you be safe and sound when you are hit by a general?
What he said just now was like a slap in the face. At this moment, Nurhachi was annoyed and ashamed, and he roared angrily: "Find me Li Yongfang, a dog minion!" ”
Li Yongfang knew that it was broken the moment he saw that the artillery did not destroy the Ming army's car formation, he was just a dog. Of course, meritorious service can be rewarded by the master, but if it fails, the master does not mind eating dog meat.
So when he saw that the artillery failed, he slapped himself a few times, and scolded in his heart: Let your mouth be cheap! Make you underdraw! But he couldn't solve the problem by pumping himself, and he thought about how to minimize his responsibilities as he walked.
When he came to Nurhachi's horse tremblingly, "Poof! He knelt on the ground with a bang, "Slaves should be damned." Damn the minions! O Khan King Rong Bing! He even cried and howled to hear Nurhachi's annoyance.
"Hurry up and talk about why the general's artillery didn't have the Ming army's vehicle array." Nurhachi said with a gloomy face.
"Back to the master! The maximum firing range of the general's cannon was less than 10 li, while the Ming army's vehicle array was more than 10 li away from the city. The minions were afraid that they would not be able to hit the Ming army's vehicle formation just now, so they had already asked the gunners to load an extra percent of gunpowder. In this way, the Ming army was barely hit, so the power of the artillery was inevitably insufficient......"
Li Yongfang hurriedly exaggerated, blowing how much gunpowder was loaded, and he was risking his life to supervise the gunners to open fire.
At this moment, there was a loud bang in Sheng Jingcheng's head. Then two gunners were thrown into the air, and the screams of men were heard from the top of the city.
The explosion of this artillery came too timely, and this explosion saved Li Yongfang's life.
Nurha looked at Li Yongfang with a blank face, "If the artillery at the head of the city is unloaded, how long will it take to achieve the firing range?" ”
Li Yongfang shrank his neck when he heard this, and said in his heart: My lord! Your brain hole is also too big, more than 3,000 pounds of a big general.
It's okay to get it down from the city like this, but to pull it to the battlefield is a fool's dream. But in the face of Nurhachi's question, he couldn't help but answer, so he could only bite the bullet.
"If you go back to the master, the general's cannon will be transported down to the city, and it will be possible to find some more people in half an hour. Well......" he groaned.
Nurhachi was furious, "If you have something to say, let it go!" ”
"The master is angry! Each of the general's cannons weighs 3,000 pounds, and a strong road must be built to transport them to the battlefield. It also had to be covered with thick planks to prevent the artillery from sinking into the ground, which would take a long time. After Li Yongfang finished speaking, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Nurhachi again.
Nurhachi frowned when he heard that a road needed to be built, how long would it take! One day? Or two days? At that time, the Ming army had already gathered in Shengjing, and this method was absolutely impossible!
He thought about it for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and made a decision~ Continue to shell the Ming army vehicle formation. He still didn't believe it, the Ming army's car formation could block one shell, and could it still block all the shells?
This decision made Li Yongfang like an amnesty, and he hurriedly ran back to Shengjing City. As soon as he arrived at the head of Shengjing City, Li Yongfang trembled, not at all the trembling look just now.
"Master told you about this group of mud knicks? If you don't smash the Ming army's vehicles today, you will never stop the artillery until the last artillery is exhausted. After saying that, the thing hid, he was afraid! In case one of the cannons blew up right under his nose, his life would be answered.
The gunners at the head of Shengjing City had the intention of not doing this work that could kill them at any time, but when they saw those Jurchens holding steel knives, they immediately withered.
It is possible to kill if you open a gun, but if you don't fire a gun, you will die immediately. The light and heavy gunners still had a clear distinction, and they gritted their teeth and worked hard to push the cannon to reset, charge, ignite, and then reset the ghost gate so back and forth.
At this time, the Zhejiang army camp on the south bank of the Hunhe River had already made a pot of porridge. Since the defeat of the white pole army and the retreat to the south bank, Chen Ce's big tent has not stopped for a moment.
Because Qin Minping, the commander of the white pole soldiers, and Qin Bangping, the deputy marshal, were both killed on the north bank of the Hunhe River, Qin Shi also voluntarily broke off and guarded the pontoon bridge with Zhang Dou on the north bank to resist the Jurchens.
At this moment, Zhou Dunji became the highest-ranking general of the white pole soldiers, and at this time he no longer had the idea of making meritorious service to atone for his crimes. Now he has been frightened by the Jurchens, watching the soldiers around him die one by one under the Jurchens' knives, and the roaring artillery that beat the soldiers around him into a blood mist, he was intimidated.
He is now in favor of the withdrawal, while Qi Jin is firmly against it. Because he also had a forward battalion on the north bank of the Hunhe River, withstanding the onslaught of the Jurchens.
But Chen Ce was hesitant, if he didn't start a war with the Jurchens and evacuated directly, then at most he would not be able to rescue in time, and he would not have much responsibility at all.
But now it's completely different, they've been defeated for a while. If he goes back like this, he will be defeated and flee, and his wisdom will be lost.
And just now he got a message that Governor Yuan Yingtai had led more than 30,000 troops to advance here at a distance of 50 miles.
This news greatly increased Chen Ce's confidence to stay and wait for help!
"Vice Marshal Qi! Now the Jiannu artillery is bombarding the forward battalion's car formation, and tens of thousands of iron horsemen are eyeing the flank. It is impossible for Zhang Dadou to get out of the way at all, and it would be a waste of time for us to stay here now. It's better to go and join up with other reinforcements earlier, and then come to destroy Jiannu! Zhou Dunji was frightened by the artillery, and he trembled when he heard the artillery.
"Zhou is always wrong! The soldiers at the front are fighting bloodily, and we can't come forward to help, but want to abandon them, is this what a general should do? In this way, who can serve the country loyally, it is better to go home early and farm more realistically! Qi Jin retorted mercilessly.
The two quarreled over the question of whether to stay or go!
Just as he hesitated, a herald ran in from outside. Knelt down on one knee in front of Chen Ce: "Report!" Marshal, there is always an important military report from the front. ”
As soon as Chen Ce heard this, he came to his senses, "Let the messenger come in!" ”
After a while, a wounded soldier of a white-pole soldier came in from outside, and when he arrived at the big tent, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said: "The little Ma Yingqi has seen the handsome!" ”
Chen Ce looked at the wounded soldier and asked, "Do you have any urgent military information to report immediately?" ”
"Handsome! In order to receive our wounded soldiers into the camp, Mr. Zhang personally led the killer team to attack. When he returned victoriously, he captured a general who built a slave, and this general was the grandson of the old slave, who was inlaid with a white flag and Gushan Ezhen Dudu. ”
As soon as the wounded soldier said this, he was interrupted by Chen Ce, "What did you say?" Who did Zhang Dadou catch? His voice was a little louder, and even the volume of his speech was a little higher.