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Chapter 103 Burning the Realm of Fanzhai

The iron balls and lead balls used as shells are burned red, and the barrels of the cannons are full of gunpowder. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The generals who were watching the artillery array were more or less aware of firearms, and everyone wondered when they saw the Huwei Army operating like this, and even the cautious and cautious person took a few steps back to avoid the explosion.

An officer took an iron tong wrapped with a cotton cloth around the handle and turned over the shell, turned around and gave the order, and the artillerymen immediately began to act, cleaning the barrel and loading the medicine bag, and then tamping it.

However, the next action was a little incomprehensible to them, and instead of putting in the shell, the next step was to use a wooden board about the size of the muzzle, smear the outer side of the board with thin mud, and then carefully stuff it into the muzzle.

When I think about it, this is also the case, there are wooden planks and mud insulation, and the red-hot shells will not immediately ignite the medicine pack, and the artillerymen have already roughly adjusted the angle, firing from the bottom to the top, and the range is closer than normal.

The artillerymen picked up the shells with iron tongs, loaded the barrels with a cautious action, all the guns were loaded, and the angle was quickly checked, only to hear someone give an order, and more than a dozen guns were fired.

The speed of the cannonball's flight is not fast, and you can even see the red light flying towards the mortal village in that realm, the range of the six-pound cannon of the Huwei Army is already very far, and after adjusting the angle, it is very simple to shoot into the village.

Falling into the village can already hear the screams, everyone looked at each other and nodded, the effect of this round of artillery is good, and then I saw the rapid action of the artillery of the Huwei Army, cleaning the chamber and recharging, and loading the kind of red-hot shells, seeing this, all the generals who watched the formation nodded, the Huwei Army can be so strong It really has his reason, the soldiers are fast, efficient, and extremely organized.

After two rounds of shelling, there was not only screaming in the stockade, but also vaguely seeing a pillar of smoke rising, and it turned out to be a fire

Although this season is civilized, the ground is muddy, but the rest of the place is still dry, this village is all wooden houses and shacks, with a roof covered with hay, so that the cannonballs that burn all over the body fall on it, and they will catch fire immediately, and no one dares to stop the cannonballs on the way, and they can't stop it, and the cannonballs have to jump up when they land, and this one does not dare to go forward.

After two rounds of shelling, many people in the village were killed and wounded, and everyone was dodging the next round of shelling, and who cared about anything else, and then it caught fire.

It was freezing cold, and although the village was leaning against the woods, it also had to hoard firewood and grass, and the burning of houses and buildings quickly ignited the firewood and grass piles, and then the fire could not be stopped.

"Lower the muzzle of the cannon and bombard the wooden wall!"

Another person ordered that the third round of shelling was directed at the wooden walls and doors of the stockade, and after this shelling, it was soon also on fire, inside and outside, with many dead and wounded, and the defenders who were in a hurry could no longer take care of it.

On the side of the artillery array, it can also be seen that the people on the stockade fort are already running down in a hurry, and someone else ordered:

"Raise the muzzle, use the enemy's battery as a baseline, shell one more round, and then the archers come forward!"

At this time, the red-hot shells have been empty, and the artillerymen have replaced them with ordinary shells with their hands and feet, and after this shelling, although the distance is quite far away, it is not accurate, and it may be seen that the defenders who were still on the wall of the wall have disappeared, and the smoke column in the stockade has risen to the sky, and the crying can be faintly heard here.

The archers carried bows and arrows on their backs, and carried all the inexplicable utensils of the charcoal stove and copper basin in their hands, and ran forward in small steps, and now the stockade had no ability to attack forward.

At this time, the infantry soldiers in the back began to go up the mountain to line up behind the artillery array, and there were not many people, but they were all brave men drawn from Jizhen and Liaozhen, holding knives and axes in their hands.

There are also people on this side of the artillery array who unloaded the two cannons, connected with the livestock, and are also preparing, and the archers over there arrived at the stockade, but put the charcoal stove copper basin or something on the ground, and also began to light the fire, first someone shot the unlucky ghost who had not left the wall, and then soaked the arrows wrapped in cloth strips in grease before shooting, and then shot into the village.

This is still arson, which may have made the newly organized firefighting team in the village even more chaotic, and there is no one to defend the wall.

The archers retreated again, as some people began to jump from the wall, and those who jumped were killed by bows and arrows, and the artillery behind them was slowly pulled to the door of the stockade, followed by foot soldiers with swords and axes.

The screams in the stockade became more and more terrible, even if the artillery and foot soldiers of the Ming army came to the door, no one cared about it, and the artillery of the Huwei army set up artillery aimed at the gate of the village, and no one paid attention to it.

A cadre of soldiers in the artillery array watched from afar, and the artillery blasted open the gate of the fortress, and then the foot soldiers rushed in with shouts

For a while, everyone was a little relatively speechless, the battle should be over like this, originally looking at the terrain like Jiefan Village, I thought it would be very entangled and difficult to fight, everyone waited to see what tricks Wang Dashuai used, but I didn't expect the method to be simple and direct, open artillery bombardment, ignite the fire to break the village, and then attack to kill people.

The battle process is completely step-by-step, nothing surprising, but everyone feels that this kind of battle is very different from the kind of tactics that everyone is used to.

There were nearly 700 dead and wounded in the stockade, and the wounded were all given a sharp knife and given a good time, and the others were strung with ropes and brought down the mountain.

Although the generals of the rest of the armies were amazed, and even privately studied why the Huwei Army had such combat strength, Wang Tong did not regard this as a major event, and it was just an ordinary battle.

The hundreds of captives were immediately thrown into the most dangerous and exhausting work, the roads were muddy and difficult to walk, so they went to cut down timber and paved the roads, and for a few hours they were fine, but they could not be turned continuously, and two days later there were people who died of exhaustion, and when they reported to the Chinese military account, Wang Tong's instructions were very simple: it was not worth a penny, and he should die.

Along the Suzi River all the way to the southeast, Hetuara was in this direction, the army moved very slowly, but the area around the marching road was cleaned up very well, and within thirty miles along the way, whether it was up and down the mountain, the village where the Jurchens lived, or the fortress stronghold set up by the Ministry of Jianzhou, it was all emptied.

Some of the defenders have run away, and some of them are lucky, thinking that such a small village as mine is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it has nothing to do with the army, maybe the army will ignore the past, and their fate is the same as that of Jiefan Village.

As for the villages of the surrounding people, many of them are Han Chinese, Jurchens and even the ancients of the Gate, according to the information of Sanjiang Commercial Bank and Jinyiwei, most of the Han people in these villages have been Jurchenized or even ancientized, and they also shave their hair and keep pigtails, and their living conditions are no different from those of the Jurchens.

Wang Tong decided on this policy towards these villages, those who dared to resist were all killed, surrendered, the Han family as a man, the Jurchens and the ancient people as slaves, livestock and goods were all confiscated, all set on fire.

These things, the soldiers of the Huwei army are not good at it, but the soldiers of Liaozhen and Datong are experts, they cross the border, it is really exciting dogs do not stay, not only can they get a reward for the army, but they also make a lot of money, everyone is very satisfied, they all say that Lord Wang is strict in governing the army, and it seems to be very reasonable.

For example, if they rob ten percent of their own family, they have to hand over fifty percent, otherwise they won't be able to do things, and they won't be able to do things for a long time.

There were a lot of things handed over to Wang Tong, but Wang Tong just asked the military quartermaster to be checked, leaving behind the necessities such as large livestock and food, and the rest were all sent down as a reward for military merits, which was really a great joy for everyone.

After opening the Maerdun Village, the Eastern Expeditionary Army captured a lot of money, and the number of prisoners was nearly 10,000.

"The captive Han people can only do long-term labor for three years, and they can't sell themselves as slaves, whoever breaks this rule, Ben Shuai can't spare him, and the Jurchens and the ancient people are sold as slaves, if anyone does anything to collect them as private slaves, Ben Shuai can't spare him."

"The lower officials understand that the accounts will be clear when the time comes, and they will never disappoint the commander."

Li Rubai said with a smile, how could Wang Tong not understand what he meant, smiled and waved his hand and said:

"Ben Shuai is not rare this bit of money, you are the master of your own sharing, but there is one point, if you are willing to go out of the border wall to cultivate, give them more cheap, if your Li family is willing to come out to cultivate, you can eat these things yourself, I don't care, and if you can sell it cheaply, you can sell it cheaper, and it will flow for a long time."

What did Wang Xijue say at the banquet in Shenyang, Liaozhen, how many generals in the army were numerous, hearing what Wang Tong said, Li Rubai nodded hurriedly and said:

"The subordinates understand that when they come back after going to Shenyang this time, they must bring the people from Qingzhang Field over, and if there is a gentleman who wants to go out of the customs to take a look, the subordinates will also escort them as guests."

Wang Tong nodded, the Li family is not good at fighting, but these things are clear-minded, and they understand at one point, it is really out of the border wall to cultivate trade, no one can compare to him, the Li family has a deep foundation, and the wealth is powerful, and it is needless to say that their family has influence outside the border wall, if they really go out of the border wall, the Li family will inevitably benefit the most.

This seizure and the sale of the population are actually a kind of display of the heroes and powerful people in Liao Town, and it is profitable to come outside the customs

Most of the captives were taken back and sold into slavery, and a dozen were released, all of whom had their ears cut off and sent a message to Nurhachi in Hetuala.

"The Heavenly Army has arrived in Jianzhou, do you want to fight or surrender."