Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 192
Between Sarhu and Gulezhai, Hou Jin built a stone fortress to connect the two areas, and a force of Niulu was stationed in the stone fortress.

However, the sky was only slightly turning white, and Niu Lu Ezhen of this Niu Lu unit was awakened by the sound of artillery, and fell off the bed in fright.

"My lord, something is wrong, the Liao army is attacking!" A soldier of the Eight Banners rushed into Niu Luerzhen's tent in a panic, and knocked down many weapons lined up in the tent.

"Isn't the Fu Liao army active near Fushun Pass? Why did you call us here? Come on, follow me out and have a look." This Niu Lu was really busy grabbing the helmet on the bedside.

boom!Just when Niu Luerzhen and the others had just walked out, a bullet landed not far from them, and the shrapnel tore everything around them to pieces!
"My lord, be careful!" These people quickly hid behind the nearby stone wall.

"They even brought artillery here?" Niu Lu'ezhen turned pale with fright.

This stone fortress is not big. If the Liao army brought artillery, the range of the artillery could cover the entire stone fortress, which means that shells may fall from their heads at any time, smashing them into meat paste.

Perhaps it was because the Liao army did a long-distance raid, so there were not many artillery belts, and the number of shelling was infrequent. Niu Lu'ezhen came to the stone wall with a few men in fear.

Niu Luerzhen looked out cautiously, and saw the flags of the Fuliao Army fluttering, neatly arranged in formations. The artillery positions had already been constructed, and the soldiers were busy carrying ammunition from the carriages.He thought about it in his heart, and estimated that there were thousands of Liao troops surrounding them, and he couldn't help sweating on his forehead.

"They appeared here overnight, they must have marched from Fushun Guan Lian Ye, and wanted to catch us by surprise."

"Light up the smoke and notify the two Lord Belle to be alert. The other two of you ride out of the castle and ask for help from the banner owner of Sarhu." Niu Lu Ezhen said to his two soldiers.

"But there are people from the Liao army outside..." The two soldiers were in disbelief.

"They are only a thousand people, and they came from afar. It is absolutely impossible to block the main roads around. You are not in any danger. If we don't ask the banner owner for help, we will not be able to hold this place. Can you bear the responsibility?" Niu Lu really said.

"Yes, we must pass the news to the banner owner!" The two soldiers saw the seriousness of the matter from each other's eyes.

Outside the stone castle were He Yi, Chen Xiaolian and others from the third battalion who were ordered to attack. They marched forcefully overnight, but as the initiators of the decisive battle against Houjin, this sense of mission stimulated their nerves and made them excited.

"Has the artillery readjusted its angle after the test firing?" Chen Xiaolian personally sat in the artillery position and asked the commander of the artillery unit of the battalion.

"Officer Chen, our artillery has made adjustments and is ready for fire suppression at any time!" The artillery commander replied.

"Okay, pass the signal to the battalion commander." Chen Xiaolian ordered the guards to use semaphore to remind He Yi.

And He Yi was gearing up early in the morning.After receiving the news from Chen Xiaolian, He Yi made people wave the military flag, as if issuing an order.

"What are they doing?" Niu Luerzhen saw the flags of the Fuliao army waving, and didn't understand their intentions.

Just when Baqi Niulu was in a daze, the artillery outside the stone castle roared again!
Boom boom boom!The explosion of the artillery made the defenders in the stone castle terrified, subconsciously looking for cover.However, this time the artillery did not bombard the interior of the stone castle or the stone wall.But the shell landed near the gate of the stone fort.

boom!Boom!Rumble!There were violent explosions one after another, like thunder on the ground, but there was a violent explosion at the entrance of the stone castle!Flying sparks splashed, black smoke billowed, and this place became a sea of ​​flames!

This series of loud noises is not the sound of artillery, but the explosion of a large amount of explosives, which is more violent than artillery, comparable to an earthquake!

"Charge!" He Yi commanded the prepared infantry to attack the stone castle to the beat of the drums.

Hundreds of infantrymen armed with muskets, took the gap made by the explosives as a breakthrough point, and went to follow-up.

Chen Xiaolian squinted his eyes at the stone castle covered in black smoke, everything was similar to what they expected.This time after Chu Yun heard about their plan, he specially allocated a batch of picric acid explosives from the Academy of Sciences for them.This time the picric acid explosives were packaged, called explosive packs, which were several to dozens of times more powerful than ordinary black powder.Although due to the humanitarian restrictions of the industrial revolution system, high explosives cannot be obtained through the system for the time being, but picric acid is a technology that Chu Yun has already developed, and he has many chemists to help him, so he plans to rely on his own efforts and use relatively rough picric acid explosives Bag.

These explosive packages were carried by soldiers, and they had been piled up at the entrance of the stone fort long ago, taking advantage of the darkness and the chaos of shelling.Because the picric acid explosives were very unstable, they used artillery to detonate these explosives, which directly led to the collapse of the gate of the stone castle!
"Has the Fu Liao Army attacked?" Niu Lu'ezhen was blown to pieces, his ears ringing.

He could see smoke billowing around him and his soldiers panicking, but he couldn't hear what his men were saying to him.Due to the sudden explosion, he was temporarily deaf in his ears.

The defenders in the stone fortress had no time to react, and the Musketeers of the Liao Army rushed into the stone fortress, using black powder and bayonets to massacre with absolute superiority...

At the base of the Saerhu Bordered Blue Banner, Amin, the flag owner, saw the beacon smoke in the south, which made him have an ominous premonition.So he immediately ordered the scouts to go to the direction of the stone castle for reconnaissance, and also sent people to search the surrounding area. If there were any traces of the Liao army in the forty miles around, they would report back immediately.

"The beacon fires are raging in the direction of Shibao, and the Liao Army has already raided Shibao overnight. It is impossible for us not to notice the large-scale operation, so this is definitely not the main force of the Liao Army, at most there are only a thousand people." Amin called Several Jiala Ezhen of the inlaid blue flag.

Speaking of which, the Xianglan Banner can be regarded as the flag that has fought the most times with Chu Yun's Liao Army. There have been at least three or four major battles, and there are more small-scale conflicts. For them, the Liao Army is considered an old opponent.But this also made them a headache for those who were unwilling to face the Liao army.

"There are more than a thousand people in the area. It is estimated that there are not many artillery pieces. The lone army goes deep. As long as the stone fortress lasts for a while, we can easily cut off their food roads and encircle them." A Jiala Ezhen said.

"What Zhatai said is that there is a Niulu in Shibao anyway, and the army rations are sufficient. If the Liao army rushes for a long distance and does not have enough artillery, it is impossible to take it down in a short period of time." Several Jiala foreheads nodded repeatedly. .

"Report! Banner Master, the stone castle has been captured by the Liao army, and all the defenders... were killed..." The spies who went to the stone castle reported back at this time.

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(End of this chapter)