Chapter 247: Sea of Blood
The majestic singing of the Ming army spread far away, and when the Qing soldiers who came from three sides heard it, many people looked solemn, the Ming army was different, and everyone really had to be careful. Seeing that many of the Baya soldiers beside him still showed arrogant expressions on their faces, he was very cautious about the upcoming battle. The Ming army on the other side is the biggest enemy in his combat career, and he must not be underestimated, Tan Bai secretly reminded himself.
He will never forget the situation a few years ago when he led the Bayala soldiers in the camp to chase the Ming army at night, and after entering a desperate situation, he calmly dismounted. When he turned around, a huge grenade in his hand was being lit, and the moment the grenade exploded, the calm expression on the face of the Ming army was forever engraved in his heart.
At that time, several Bayala soldiers who pounced on him were killed and injured on the spot, and the flying flesh and blood fell on Tan Bai's face and body, and now that he thinks about it, he still has palpitations.
Tan Bang is not an ordinary character in history, the Manchurian Tara clan, the Zhengbai Banner people, Qing Tiancong's entourage besieged the Daling River for five years, and Zu Dashou sent more than 100 horsemen to break through. Tan Bai and Niu Lu Zhang Jing Buyantu at that time chased more than 30 people and obtained 24 horses. In the eighth year of Qing Tiancong, he was awarded the title of Niu Lu Zhangjing.
In the following years, Tan Bai made a lot of contributions, this year's Qing soldiers entered the Kou, Tan Bai followed Yue Tuo's command, entered the wall Ziling, attacked Fengrun, and also broke the Ming eunuch Feng Weicheng's army. In the following years, Tan Bai led the Baya soldiers to make many meritorious contributions, successively defeated the Ming governors Zhao Guangzhi and Fan Zhiwan, and the general soldiers Wu Sangui and Bai Guangen, and advanced to the third-class Lazhangjing with merit. In the third year of Shunzhi, Tan Bai promoted the military department to Shangshu, from the prince of Su Hao Gexi to ask Zhang Xianzhong, repeatedly broke Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers, Shunzhi four years, and transferred the Ministry of Shangshu, annihilated Zhang Xianzhong.
Although Tan Bai is now the most cautious and sober one in the Eight Banners Manchurian Zhenghongqi Bayala Camp, like most Manchurians, he is not good looking, and his stature is not high, but he is rent-strong, and his mouth is full of yellow teeth.
He was also dressed in fine mercury iron armor, and rode his horse to follow the tide of the Qing army camp, rolling towards the Ming army camp opposite.
The drought-clearing step rode densely and densely pressing, and the black pressure was rolling with the wind, and they were getting closer and closer, five miles, four miles, three miles, and two miles.
At Erli, the Qing army camp with tides on three sides stopped, the horn sounded, their formation separated, and countless dense shield carts pushed out. Among the shield carts, in front of them, there were rows of those fine shield carts, with wheels and baffles, wrapped in thick cowhide, splashed with water. However, under the pressure of the bullets of the Qing generals, they still braved the artillery fire and kept coming, and soon entered ten miles.
Wang Dou is a little pity, in fact, if the quality of the artillery is passable, and each artillery has several skilled gunners, the frequency of fire of the artillery is much higher than that of the gun. Even if the Shunxiang army used fixed paper ammunition, they fired six medicines, and the artillery could actually shoot eight. However, at this time, the artillery casting process is far from being good compared to later generations, and the cannon must stop firing and dissipate heat after a few rounds of firing, and clean the gun chamber, otherwise the gunpowder is very easy to lift itself.
In particular, the Hongyi cannon must not be fired more than three times in a row, and it must be paused for one hour after each forty shots to cool the barrel. The operation requirements in all aspects are too high, otherwise it is very easy to cause an explosion accident.
Originally, when the Qing army entered Shili, it was the effective killing distance of the Hongyi six-pounder cannon, but at this time, these cannons were fired intermittently, and their power was greatly reduced.
Looking at the Qing army's shield chariot that was still densely layered, Zhao Yao, who had been staring at those Hongyi gunners, showed a proud look on his face, and shouted: "The big Buddha wolf machine is ready!" β
Under his order, the fifteen medium guns of the Shunxiang Army's defense line raised their muzzles in unison, and at the same time, it seemed that the three sides of the Xuanda Army's defense line were shouting one after another: "Rocket preparation!" "β put!
Like a loud thunder explosion, thick smoke rose in front of the three camps of Xuanda, and the overwhelming rockets roared, with the trajectory of fireworks, like a rain and a gust of wind, rushing towards the entire Qing army position. In the Ming army, there are 30 large rockets such as flying guns, flying knives, and flying swords, which can go 300 steps after burning. Hundreds of tigers are rushing together and waiting for big rockets, a hundred loads, and they can reach more than ten miles after lifting.
As the supervising battalion, as well as the general soldiers of the two towns, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei carried a large number of rockets, and Wang Dou supported a large number of artillery for them. They also supported Wang Dou's big flying guns, flying knives, and big rockets such as Hundred Tigers Rushing Together. And as the chief officer of the three feeds, their rocket frails, needless to say, are mostly sophisticated.
The explosion sounded like thunder, and the Shunxiang arms soldiers, many of whom acted as rocket fighters, climbed and sat on the earthen wall, one aimed, and one ignited. Every rocket that flew out was thirty or a hundred arrows whistling away. Fortunately, we also captured a large number of Ming artillery rockets and captured a lot of Ming gunners, which came in handy! β
He looked excited: "As long as it takes a few days, the two thousands of catties of Hongyi cannons captured by our army from Tongzhou will be transported, and it will be more certain to break through the Xuanda camp of the Ming army in time!" β
Dolgon nodded slowly, and he ordered Gao Qianβ : "Pull the cannon up, let the warriors continue to meet it, and then tempt!" "β put! In the face of the shield cars of the Qing army that continued to meet the dense sky, Zhao Yi once again ordered to open fire.
There was a stir in front of the Shunxiang army, a large stream of gunpowder smoke rose, and the fifteen Buddha wolf machine guns were bombarded again, and in the deafening cannon sound, several Qing army shield vehicles were knocked to the ground, and the remaining shells jumped out of the bloody road.
Seeing the power of the salvo of the artillery of Shunxiang Fort, the artillery officer of the Supervisory Battalion, who continued to command his Hongyi six-pounder cannon to fire, showed a thoughtful expression.
At this moment, I suddenly saw that the Qing army's shield cars surrounded on three sides dodged through the passages, and then Wang Dou and others were even more surprised to see that the Qing army launched a number of Buddha wolf machine artillery, and even there were Hongyi six-pounder guns and three-pounder guns. There are also many Qing soldiers, who also raised dense rockets.
There were also artillery rockets among the Qing soldiers, which greatly surprised the sergeant Xuanda, and many people were at a loss. Subsequently, the officers of each battalion urgently ordered to cover and protect. Wang Dou also urgently ordered the sword and shield soldiers behind the earthen walls to use their shields to protect the gunners who fired their cannons.
There was a deafening cannon sound from the side of the Qing soldiers, and then the thunderous sound of rockets rang out, and one after another shells also roared towards the Xuanda camp. There was also a rain of arrows, which also roared
Come, in the blink of an eye, he was in front of the Xuan army. Many gunners of the Shunxiang Army who had no time to cover up were directly shot out by rockets. Several gunners of the Inspector's Battalion were also rolled over by sharp arrows. Iron balls smashed into the Xuanda camp with a roar, or hit the outer defense line of the Xuanda army, or shot directly into the tent of the inner defense line, and they were confused everywhere.
Wang Dou saw the firecrackers or pikemen beside him, constantly being carried by the jumping cannonballs, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the hands and legs were broken. Many of their rockets can't roar, and they can take up to 300 steps behind, and their lethality is weak.
The hundred tigers on the side of the Shunxiang army rushed to the big rockets, each bundle was a hundred, with a longer range and stronger power. Every time a huge thunder explodes, it is a rain of whistling arrows. Coupled with the attention of the whole army, their own side has a defensive cover, and this counter-fire regularly suppressed those Qing army rocketeers.
Zhao Yao was extremely angry and caught off guard, his gunners lost many more, but fortunately, there were still one or two gunners next to each cannon. He hid behind the earthen wall, calculated the direction of the Qing artillery on the opposite side, quickly calculated the data distance, and under his order, the fifteen Buddha wolf machine guns adjusted their muzzles together.
The five Hongyi six-pounder cannons in the Governor's Frame Battalion, each cannon also had a few gunners beside them, and under the order of the gunner, they were also quick to adjust. It seems to have borrowed from the salvo experience of the Shunxiang army, and the artillery team ordered the artillery not to shoot alone, and listened to his order to fire for a while.
There were about 30 pieces of artillery of the Qing army on the opposite side, most of which were medium guns of the Buddha Wolf machine, and the firing range was about the same as that of the Wolf medium artillery of the Shunxiang Army. Five of them were Hongyi three-pounder cannons and three-pounder cannons, and it is not known where they were captured.
After that salvo, the captured Ming gunners were busy loading their ammunition. At this moment, their quality was distinguished from that of the gunners of the Superintendent Battalion and the gunners of the Shunxiang Army, and it was obvious that they could not be compared with the gunners of the Superintendent Battalion and the Shunxiang Army.
These captured Ming gunners, they did not understand the situation of the Ming army behind the earthen wall, and they just fired indiscriminately at the camp. Knowing that after the previous shelling, the gunners of the Ming army on the opposite side must have aimed at them, and they all looked panicked and reloaded more slowly. "Put!"
In the Shunxiang military formation, five Hongyi six-pounder cannons and fifteen Buddha wolf machines roared together, spewing out a large puff of gunsmoke.
For such a long time, the captured Ming gunners on the opposite side had not yet loaded their ammunition, and a large piece of iron ball roared and smashed, sandwiching dozens of flying balls, which immediately beat those gunners to the point of flesh and blood, and even damaged a small half of those guns on the spot.
The miserable appearance of the gunners beside them, seeing the rest of the gunners was terrified, and under the threat of the Qing army behind those shield cars, they reluctantly loaded and fired.
One hundred and fifty steps, suddenly in the Qing army's large array, there was the sound of Boang's war drums, countless Qing soldiers let out a shout, rumbling to push the chariot, all the flags were raised high at once, and immediately the black pressure was like a dark cloud. The Qing troops on three sides surrounded it, like waves, rushing towards the Xuanda camp overwhelmingly.
"Brothers, calm down, listen to my orders, and wait until the Tartars are nearer before firing their cannons!"
Zhao Zhang hid behind the earthen wall and jumped up and down, staring nervously at the Qing soldiers on the other side of the wall, watching them rush like an ocean of chariot flags. In the cold weather, he couldn't help but sweat on his head.
In the defense city of Shunxiang Fort, there are fifteen Buddha wolf medium guns, twenty-five small Buddha wolf machine bronze cannons, and thirty squat guns in the vacancy of the earthen wall, all of which are flattened. The gunners, under the protection of the shields of the sword and shield soldiers, also looked nervously at the rushing Qing soldiers, while pricking up their ears and waiting for Zhao Yan's order.
Although the defense line of Wang Doushun's township army was long, there were only five flat passages more than ten steps wide that could be used for the Qing army to charge, and in front of the remaining earthen walls, there were trenches and low walls. In the gaps in these earthen walls, there is at least one Wolf machine cannon and a tiger squat cannon. In the middle of the two slightly wide passages, there are also two Buddha wolf machine guns and two tiger squat guns. In front of the remaining artillery, there were no passages, only a few deep trenches.
Han Zhong's subordinates guarding the earthen wall were divided into three rows, and the front firecrackers were densely erected on the earthen wall, nervously watching the Qing army's shield cart that was charging forward. Wang Dou arranged it like this, and most of the firecrackers would be used as side-firing fire on both sides of the passage. Out of the habit of shooting with his right hand, Wang Dou had already ordered that when the battle began, the firecrackers on the right hand side of the gap would shoot to the left at one chance.
Han Zhong, the general manager in charge of defense, looked at the majesty of the Qing soldiers outside the wall, and also pinched a cold sweat, he inhaled while shouting back and forth: "Boys, stabilize it, wait for the brothers of the artillery team to open fire!" β
In the blink of an eye, the dense chariots of the Qing soldiers rushed nearly a hundred steps, and it seemed that a group of Qing archers came out from behind the chariots, holding captured Ming army bazookas and holding fire folds, and were about to ignite and shoot at the gunners at the gap in the earthen wall. "Fire!"
In Zhao Yao's hoarse shout, the earth shook, and a large stream of fierce gunpowder smoke rose (). In the deafening sound of artillery, 15 medium guns of the Buddha Wolf machine, 25 small Buddha Wolf machine bronze guns, and 5 Hongyi six-pounder guns of the Shunxiang Fort defense line opened fire at the same time.
It was like a huge gust of wind, and in the roar of dense lead pellets and iron bullets, the chariots refined by several Qing soldiers were beaten and rolled to the ground, and the Qing army archers or auxiliaries who followed behind them were swept to the ground, and dense blood holes appeared on everyone's body.
The sound of firearms like popping beans sounded, and in addition to these passages, the remaining Qing chariots could no longer push forward after sixty or seventy steps in front of the earthen wall. Here, they encountered the blockage of the Ming army's low wall trenches. Those Qing archers flashed out from both sides of the chariot, desperately shooting at the Shunxiang arms behind the earthen wall, and some kept firing captured Ming rockets.
Dense layers of Qing swords and shieldmen wearing heavy armor rushed from behind the low wall, all of them fell into the deep trench behind the low wall, and the sharp wooden thorns inside immediately stabbed them into meat skewers. Due to the battlefield shelter of the Xuan army, the Qing soldiers could not get close to the defense line, and they did not know much about the layout of the Ming army. Who knew there was a deep trench behind the low wall?
This kind of low wall trench, the trench is good, but the earthen wall is extremely difficult to cross, especially for horses, this kind of continuous hurdle can be said to be a difficult action. I just want to dig up the low wall, and this kind of hard earth wall is really a huge amount of work. It may be possible to boil hot water, but obviously, the Ming army on the other side will not let them boil the water calmly.
There were too many Qing soldiers rushing in, and soon, they almost filled a trench in front of them, and needless to say, the people inside were all trampled into pulp.
Several trenches continued to roll down and fill in the rolling Qing soldiers. These Qing soldiers who desperately climbed the wall and crossed the ditch were killed in front of the earthen wall by the fire soldiers of Shunxiang Fort one by one. Their hot blood poured out, forming a land of flesh between several low walls.
Old White Cow: In the future, let's focus on updating at six o'clock in the evening, no matter how many words there are, they will be combined into one chapter. In this way, everyone is saved from waiting too late, and the author is in a hurry, and there is not much time to think about it.