stubborn thief

Chapter 506
The Gulang Gorge on June [-], the seventh year of Chongzhen, was densely covered with gunpowder and smoke.

In the narrow valley, two deployed car battalions bombarded wildly. The smoke was so thick that the mountain wind could not blow it away. Lead pellets and iron were constantly shuttled in front of the formation. moving.

Ding Shaoyin, the commander of Liangzhou who commanded the battle of the car camp, heard the report from the fortress defenders that thousands of reinforcements from the Marshal's Mansion had arrived on the battlefield and were delivering [-] cannons to the car camp in front of them.

One of the doors is... very heavy.

Ding Shaoyin acted as if he hadn't heard the news, and remained silent for a long time amidst the rumble of gunfire. It took a while for his eldest son Ding Zizhen to be recruited.

When Ding Zizhen received the summons, she was studying train combat with the generals in front of the car camp. Hearing this, she ran back to the Chinese army, but saw that her father had no intention of giving orders, but just watched him quietly.

"General, what's the matter?"

Ding Shaoyin didn't speak, just said: "Go get me a basin of water and wash my face."

Although Ding Zizhen was puzzled, this kind of trivial matter can be done by just looking for a close relative, and it would not be necessary to call him over, but she still clasped her fists and saluted, and turned to the Chinese army to fetch water.

Looking at the back of the eldest son, Ding Shaoyin had a gratified expression on his face.

First, a [-]-jin gunpowder pack and a wooden horse, and then the wrestler carried a [-]-jin shell into the chamber, and then withdrew the chariot that was covering the cannon in front, and pointed the ferocious muzzle at the opposite chariot camp.

"Yes, but he left a letter and asked someone to send it to Ningxia. After thinking about it, this letter is very important. You still have to lead your family to go there in person, and you must present it to Hong Junmen face to face."

Ding Shaoyin collected his emotions and nodded slowly: "I believe in you, you can walk the road well, cherish yourself, go."

The two sides of light firearms are similar. He has more than 1000 bird guns and eagle guns, and 1000 lifting guns; on the opposite side are more than 500 three-eye guns and bird guns, and more than [-] Francophone guns.

Gansu, which had lost the Wuwei oasis, could not support so many troops, so Liu Chengzong could only continue to march outward, with Ningxia to the east and Hehuang to the south.

More importantly, Cao Wenzhao wanted to do a major event to turn the tide of the war. For this event, an indestructible army must take root in Gulang Gorge to attract the main force of the Marshal's army.

The problem in Gansu today is not whether the army can continue to fight, but the entire Northwest panicked in this environment, without a backbone. Confidence, I am afraid that the whole of Hexi will be lost.

The design concept of the car battalion itself is not for attacking fortifications, but to ensure that they will not be attacked by the enemy. The purpose of all weapons is to destroy the enemy's effective force to attack.

Their heavy equipment is the same, all of which are small light cannons. The main force is a small 95-jin wrought iron cannon. A chariot is equipped with three doors side by side. There are ninety of them, and there are seventy or eighty on the opposite side; The firepower is eight 400-jin cast large captive cannons, which are similar in shape to the lion cannon, and there are sixteen on the opposite side.

Feng Ru thought this was too fucking scary, he planned to go back to discuss with Liu Chengzong, he didn't bring the car camp, whoever wants to use this set of equipment.

Afterwards, three newly arrived heavy artillery were aimed at the enemy formation behind the vehicle formation. This was the artillery most familiar to the artillerymen of Feng Lu's department, and it was also at the most suitable distance for the artillerymen to be able to shoot with their eyes closed.

Although Liu Chengzong's original intention was to let Wei Qian'er try the close-range bombardment effect of a small amount of charge on the battlefield, for Wei Qian'er, how could he restrain the cannon that weighed [-] catties in front of him? The idea of ​​killing him with full gunpowder?

However, Cao Wenzhao has poor information. Bai Guangen’s deputy general Lu Yunchang is the chieftain of Liancheng, and he has absolute leadership over the tribes in Maya Mountain. The small road in and out of Liangzhou, this road can lead directly to the ancient castle in the southwest of Liangzhou.

The Ming army's vehicle camp equipment also reflected this point very well, paying special attention to the intensity of firepower, and fighting would be a hail of bullets, and no one could even try to get close.

Both kinds of cannons fire shells that weigh more than one catty. The difference is nothing more than that the small Mielu cannon fires one shell, and the large Mielu cannon is loaded with two muzzle shells, or a hemp and equal-weight shell.

Feng Ru was still immersed in the feeling that Che Ying was really powerful, so Liu Chengzong asked Wei Qian'er to bring this thing... To be honest, he felt that Liu Chengzong was really ruthless.

These thirteen cannons are three thousand-jin cannons with seven catties of ammunition, three Hongwu big iron cannons, six Franji general cannons, and one mighty general cannon of [-] catties newly cast by Liu Chengzong.

The command flag was unfurled again, and under several orders from the front-line officers, the ready-made heavy guns in the left, middle and right directions in front of the formation adjusted their shooting angles at the same time, ignited them one by one, and blasted towards the enemy's vehicle battalion.

It has been half a year since they led the army to fight from Liangzhou. The high-pressure environment of the war made people grow rapidly, and now Ding Zizhen has the appearance of a qualified general.

The son is fine, but he may... may not see the day when his son takes office.

In the car camp, Feng Ru looked at the mighty general with his eyes straightened. He didn't understand what Liu Chengzong meant by moving the fort cannon down.

Strictly speaking, Feng Ru’s car battalion is a bit heavier. Correspondingly, he is more afraid of being rushed up than Ding Shaoyin, so in the process of fighting each other, their light equipment is useless. The entire battlefield is full of 170 wrought iron cannons The gunpowder smoke from bombarding each other.

People will die anyway, and the death of a military officer in the king's affairs is considered a good death.

He fought with Che Ying on the opposite side for three days, and they had a great time fighting, and they couldn't break each other's defenses.

A month later, the autumn grains of corn, beans, rice, and sorghum in Gaotai and Ganzhou will mature one after another, and a [-]-mile-long grain road will be formed in the entire Hexi. If an army goes straight between Yongchang and Shandan at this time, it will what happened?
Once the food road is threatened, Liu Chengzong's army must withdraw westward, and the tens of thousands of troops in Liangzhou City will have the opportunity to regroup. And this winter, the marshal's army, which is short of food and grass, is likely to have a large-scale mutiny.

After all, there is Shanhaiguan in the west of Liaoning, but there is no such barrier in the northwest.

Ding Shaoyin nodded, but stopped his son when he turned around, stepped forward to straighten his cloth mask, straightened his bowl, and said: "This journey is full of difficulties and dangers, if you want to go on your own, you..."

"Don't worry, General, it's not too far to Ningxia." Ding Zizhen said with a smile, "I'll be back in ten days at most."

The flag was unfurled, and on the partial box car in front of the car battalion, the extermination guns launched another bombardment. Iron bullets and lead bullets bombarded the opposite Ming army car battalion. After three days of shooting each other, the two armies' car boards almost They were all covered with a layer of lead shell. This level of attack not only did not affect morale, but made the soldiers more and more calm.

He stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This battle will last for a long time, you should do this well first, and there will be plenty of opportunities to make meritorious service to the court in the future."

Feng Ru was also from the Firearms Battalion of the Beijing Army in his early years, so he was knowledgeable about artillery. This artillery was clearly a cannon that should be installed on the city wall: "What, what do you mean?"

Ding Shaoyin and his savior have a very tacit understanding.

In this absolutely headwind environment, Cao Wenzhao captured the opportunity to fight——Liu Chengzong had [-] troops, and half of them surrendered. Concentrate troops in Liangzhou area.

Ding Zizhen clasped his fists and saluted: "The humble job is gone."

He didn't ask, and Cao Wenzhao didn't say anything.

Ding Shaoyin looked at his young and heroic son, as if seeing himself when he was young.

Under Liu Chengzong, there are not many professional artillery generals at the first level of the Marshal's Mansion, Huang Shengxiao counts as one, and his old chief Feng Lu can only count as half.

When two battalions of such equipment meet together, they cannot break the defense at all, because they will never fight within [-] paces, and most firearms are ineffective in combat between two battalions.

The bird blunderbuss and the three-eyed blunderbuss are simply out of reach; if you lift the gun and the eagle blunderbuss, if the muzzle is raised, there is a chance to shoot a small lead cake on the car floor.

The reloading of the mighty general was much slower than that of the jack cannon. The artillerymen pushed the cannon to the front of the car battalion, and piled up five or six wooden baskets filled with earth and rocks on both sides in front of the artillery as a cover when the artillery fired. Just started loading the cannon.

The screams of people screaming and horse neighing also echoed.

Ding Shaoyin also laughed, the imperial court has its own system of bestowing officials, who died in the king's affairs, plus two grades; died in battle, plus three grades.

Ding Zizhen took the letter, glanced at it, put it in his arms, nodded solemnly to his father, and said: "Don't worry, general, I must fulfill my mission in a lowly position, and present the letter to the military gate face to face... just like this, I won't be able to serve in front of the general. "

The soldiers under Feng Ru's command had never used a heavy artillery that fired [-]-jin iron bullets, so he decided to use other artillery to cover the heavy artillery.

In the rain of bullets fired by the Mielu Cannon, three seven-jin iron balls, like a black light, swept across the battlefield with the whistling wind. There was a cloud of blood mist in the car camp, and after a few ups and downs, roads of blood were crushed again.

Ding Shaoyin agreed to Cao Wenzhao's request, which was to consume Feng Ru's ammunition in Gulangxia and lure the Marshal's army to increase troops to Gulangxia.

Cao Wenzhao was the first to join the army in Liaodong. He has seen the current situation in Gansu, which is exactly the same as the situation in Liaodong in the first and second years of Tianqi.

Not to mention Chai Shihua, Zhuanglanghe's battlefield is not difficult at all, against the Mongolian and Pan coalition forces, Ding Shaoyin's car battalion was surrounded to death, and he stayed on the sidelines, let alone this kind of environment.

In fact, this plan is full of loopholes. There are two biggest loopholes. The first is that the marshal's army is assembled in Gulangxia. What if Ding Shaoyin can't stop it?The second is how did Cao Wenzhao get out after he rushed to Yongchang and Shandan?

Among them, there are indeed four generations of ancestors who retired and became old, but more people were killed in battle or disabled, and their descendants were able to inherit it.

Ding Shaoyin couldn't refuse Cao Wenzhao, on the one hand, because if Cao Wenzhao hadn't led troops to show up in time, his chariot battalion would have died in the hands of the Mongolian and Fan allied forces in Zhuanglanghe a few months ago.

"Specially cast?"

Ding's Liangzhou lineage, twelve generations, will fill in the last piece of the puzzle in his own generation, reaching the pinnacle of the hereditary military officer of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, the hereditary official position of each generation will be the commander.

From the moment this gun arrives on the battlefield, the indestructible car battalion will become a historical term.

Wei Qian'er raised his hand over his head, and pointed at Che Ying on the opposite side: "The commander-in-chief said, use this to bomb Che Ying."

When Nurhachi captured Shenyang and Liaoyang, Sun Degong, Zhang Shiyan, Huang Jin, Shi Tingzhu, Lang Shaozhen, Lu Guozhi, Shi Tianzhu and other generals surrendered after hearing the news, and the governor general retreated into the pass. The world was shocked and confused. It is similar to the situation in Gansu after Yang Jiamo's death. How similar?

"Father, here comes the water."

The Ming army had four battalions in Zhuanglanghe, and Cao Wenzhao could only believe in Ding Shaoyin's car battalion.

"Yes!"

Large and small captive cannons can hit this far, but they can only leave a mark on the five-inch-thick jujube board on the side box car.

Ding Zizhen went back to Gulang Castle, took his war horse and family members, and traveled all the way from Songshan New Frontier to Ningxia, while the car camp that stayed in Gulangxia was still fighting with Feng Rou's car camp.

"General, get ready!"

After all, Ding Zizhen smiled and said: "The humble official also wants to take this opportunity to obtain a few first-level merits."

The soldiers of the two wagon battalions stood under the protection of the wagons and fired. The fighting was in full swing, but no one could do anything to the other, and the casualties were minimal.

Now that Cao Wenzhao was on the road, standing behind Ding Shaoyin were Chai Shihua and Bai Guangen, and thirteen heavy artillery pieces were brought into Cheying by reinforcements. He knew his time had come.

It wasn't until Wei Qian'er sent all the thirteen cannons in his hand to Feng Ru's camp that Feng Ru finally had the confidence to break through the Che camp.

Because he agreed to Cao Wenzhao's request that even if the entire army was wiped out, the car battalion would be crucified in the narrow Gulang Gorge.

This important task belongs to Ding Shaoyin.

If it weren't for this war, Ding Shaoyin might have retired from the imperial court, and let this son, who is skilled in archery and horse and good conduct, inherit the official position of the commander of Liangzhou Wei according to the system.

Everything Bai Guangen did was fought with his life. Although he was smart, powerful and ferocious in field battles, this person only cares about profit and has no moral bottom line. He will definitely run away first when the situation is not good. It is impossible for Da Ming to stick to any place in this situation. position.

Ding Shaoyin came back to his senses, took the wet towel in the copper basin, and wiped off the dust of the past months on his face. When his son was about to take the copper basin away, he pointed to the side and said, "Just put it in Well, General Cao has a mission for you to do."

At this moment, Mr. Bai, who was in charge of the mighty general, rushed from the front to the middle of the formation and reported to Feng Ru and Wei Qian'er: "You can shoot."

Ding Shaoyin thought about such things very openly. In the first generation of his ancestors, Zhang Shicheng's ten thousand households became the Ming army's hundred households. In Liangzhou, it has been handed down for twelve generations.

"Didn't General Cao break up his camp yesterday and set up defenses to the west?"

Feng Ru and Wei Qian'er looked at each other and said in unison: "Let it go, let it go towards the chariot!"

Different from the previous huge roar, [-] catties of gunpowder exploded in the chamber of the [-] catties of heavy guns, and the [-] catties of shells suddenly came out of the chamber. As soon as it came out, the entire gun carriage slammed and then sat down, the surrounding dust suddenly swung away, hitting the soldiers with trembling cheeks, as if their souls had come out of their bodies.

The shells whizzed across the battlefield, and there was no scene of smashing the chariot as people imagined, and even the movement was negligible, as if... It was like piercing a piece of paper.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)