Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 120 Fierce Battle

Tan Tai, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner, took three banners, a total of fifteen Niulu, plus a thousand wraps, and after the division of troops at Juyongguan, he headed east all the way, along the official road to Huairou.

A Niulu under Tan Tailing's banner is at the end.One is to protect a thousand coats, and the other is to guard against a surprise attack by the Ming army in the future.He himself leads the four Niulu of this flag as forwards, and walks in the front of the entire brigade. The Niulu with the blue flag and two red flags is located in the central army, about three miles apart.

Tan Tai was taciturn by nature, brave and sturdy in battle against the enemy, and Azig was childhood playmate.When he was 15 years old, he and Azig followed Nurhachi to fight everywhere, and saved Azige's life several times, which won Azig's trust.

After Azig became the owner of the Zhengbai Banner, he promoted his good friend to Meile Zhangjing, and commanded ten of the 25 Niu Lu under his banner, which shows his heavy reliance on Mrs. Tan.

The time has passed, and the scorching sun is scorching the earth.The army had traveled eastward for [-] miles, and the soldiers and horses were exhausted, and the packers who pushed the carts behind were complaining even more. Mrs. Tan continued to lead the army in silence.Soldiers are precious and fast, since the prince ordered him to divide his troops to plunder, a little bit of hard work is nothing, the Eight Banners are not the kind of softies like the Ming army who can't bear hardships.

The official road from Juyongguan to Huairou is relatively spacious, and can accommodate three horses in parallel.The north side of the official road is close to the undulating mountains, and the south side is an open and flat land.The Qing army's scouting horses had already traveled thirty li, and the mountains and woods on the north side had also been scouted.

The whole army marched another ten miles or so, only a few dozen miles away from Huairou.

It has been a while since there was any news from Tanma, and the intuition of years of fighting reminded Mrs. Tan that something was wrong.

The scout horses of the Qing army were all elites of hundreds of battles, and the scout horses scattered were all white riders, among which there were five Baiba Yala, each of which was an enemy of a hundred men.

It is no exaggeration to say that five Baiba Yala can not lose against a hundred Ming troops, this is the treasure of the flag.Among the 25 cattle records in the entire Zhengbai Banner, there were only more than 200 Baiba Yala. In this expedition, Azig brought out more than a hundred Baiba Yala, and Tan Taibu had more than ten of them.

According to the military regulations of the Qing army, scouting horses gallop forward and backward in turn. While resting their horsepower, they will report the situation ahead to the general uninterruptedly. Anyone who is slack can be killed. tough.According to common sense, there should be two groups of scouts reporting back, but now they have not seen a wave, which has never happened before.

Could it be that something will happen to the five Baiba Yala's sentries?It stands to reason that it is absolutely impossible, but why hasn't Tanma come back to report for such a long time?
At this time, the army happened to pass by a forest, and Mrs. Tan was about to send someone to check it out, when all of a sudden she felt the hairs on her body stand on end, as if she was being watched by a ferocious beast.He immediately raised his voice and shouted: "There are enemies! Forward!"

After finishing speaking, he slammed his legs on the horse's belly, lowered his body, and the horse rushed forward suddenly.

The Qing army heard the warning from the general, and before they could react, countless long arrows flew out from the dense forest on the north side with a whistling sound, and the defenseless Qing army on horseback were hit by arrows one after another.

Although Mrs. Tan reacted extremely quickly, her left rib was still shot by the bow and arrow. Fortunately, it was blocked by the armor and did not go deep into the flesh.But the war horse was also shot by a few arrows, and after running forward for a few steps, it fell to the ground with a cry of grief.At the moment before the horse fell to the ground, Mrs. Tan quickly left the stirrups with both legs, and rolled to the right. After landing, she rolled several times, and then pounced on the fallen horse. The longbow was drawn from the horse.He picked up a few bows and arrows scattered on the ground, crouched on the ground, opened his bow and arrows, and shot them into the forest.

After more than a hundred Qing troops fell from their horses with arrows, the rest of the Qing troops did not panic.At this time, it is not the best choice to drive the horse forward or to the other side, because the speed of the horse is not up, the target is bigger when riding on the horse, and it is easier to be shot by bows and arrows. Before the second wave of arrows in the forest arrives, All the Qing troops who missed the arrow quickly dismounted and hid behind their horses, either holding shields to cover them, or taking bows and arrows to fight back.All of this was done within a few breaths, and it has to be said that the Qing army is worthy of being a strong soldier in a hundred battles.

Due to the wide field of view in the Gyeonggi area, it can be seen far away without any obstruction.The Qing army with the inlaid blue, two red and three flags in the rear team noticed that the situation ahead was different, and immediately drove their horses under the leadership of the chief general.

Under the city of Changping, the shield chariots of the Qing army gradually approached the big formation of the Ming army's musketeers.The gunners at the top of the city are busy resetting the cannon, and then they have to clean the barrel, fill the gunpowder, and move the projectile.Although the Hongyi Cannon is powerful, the interval between launches is too long.After firing the first shot, the cannon will be shaken away from its original position due to too much recoil, and it will take more than a dozen people to reset it, which will take hundreds of breaths (about 3 minutes).

When there were more than a hundred steps away from the Ming army's phalanx, following an order, the packers uttered a shout, and pushed the shield car to accelerate forward.As long as you rush for dozens of steps, the archers following behind will be able to reach the shooting position. The heavy arrows of the Qing army can penetrate the armor in fifty steps. The heavy armored soldiers immediately rushed into the opponent's formation to hack and kill, and charged to both sides, leaving a passage for the cavalry behind to attack the front.

More than a hundred Baoyis in the front row pushed dozens of shield cars forward, and when they rushed to the distance of [-] steps from the front of the Ming army, a series of explosions sounded, and suddenly dust filled the air, smoke was everywhere, and the shield cars Toppled over, with broken limbs and arms flying around.

It turned out that Sun Yingyuan had sent people to plant a large area of ​​landmines here a long time ago, in order to give the Eight Banners cavalry a surprise charge. Unexpectedly, the Qing army sent shield vehicles first.

Dozens of shield carts in the front row and the packers of the carts suffered heavy casualties.Each landmine is filled with sharp objects such as broken porcelain pieces and iron pieces. After the explosion of the shell of the landmine, it breaks open and shoots in all directions. No one is spared within ten steps from the center of the explosion. After being bombed to death, or being shot by objects inside the explosives, they fell to the ground, and the screams and wailing resounded throughout the battlefield. After two strikes, only [-] or [-] of the more than [-] shield vehicles of the Qing army remained still available.

Abatai, who was in the back line, was frustrated twice before seeing the enemy. This kind of aggrieved feeling made him irritable, and made him even more angry. This feeling of being passively beaten was something he had never experienced before.I came to rob, not to be beaten!
He loudly ordered the remaining shield chariots to continue charging, and the archers followed closely. As long as they got within sixty steps, the Ming army would not be able to withstand the continuous shooting of heavy arrows.As for the life and death of the packers, he didn't care at all. A group of Han dogs died when they died. They were wasting food while they were alive.

After Shitku led his men forward and beheaded several people in a row, the packers, under the pressure of double fear, shouted desperately to push the cart and rushed forward, avoiding the corpses and wounded in front. On the one hand, if you rush over, you may still survive, so you can only gamble.

After another series of explosions, the remaining dozens of shield vehicles finally advanced to about fifty paces of the Ming army, and there was no more mine explosion.With the sound of a horn, the remaining packers turned around and ran to the side and rear as if they heard the sound of a fairy.As long as the shield chariot stops there, the archers of the Qing army can rely on the shield chariot to open their bows and shoot arrows, and the task of the coaters will be completed.

More than a thousand archers of the Qing army rushed forward, and in another twenty steps they could reach the back of the shield chariot, and then the Ming army standing on the opposite side could taste the power of the Eight Banners' heavy arrows.As for the power of the Ming army's firecrackers, the Qing army has experienced it many times.Not to mention the short range, the hit rate is extremely low, and the Ming army saw the Qing army rushing, and in a panic, they fired the firecrackers regardless of orders.The muskets of this era can only be more lethal if they are focused on fire. It is more difficult to hit the enemy on the opposite side with a single shot than winning the lottery.

At this moment, a sharp and piercing horn sounded, and amidst a burst of beans-like sound, the firecrackers of the Ming army fired.

The archers of the Qing army secretly rejoiced. The Ming army was still the same, and they started firing guns from such a distance.As long as the shot is finished, before they can reload again, the archers will be in place and shoot a few rounds of arrows, and then the Ming army will start to collapse, the armored soldiers will follow up and attack, the Ming army will be completely confused, and the cavalry will charge, and the entire Ming army will be defeated , this is the usual routine.

As the gunpowder smoke rose in front of the Ming army's firecrackers, the hundreds of Qing army archers rushing forward suddenly seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer, and their bodies suddenly snapped backwards, falling straight like trees cut by a giant ax fell to the ground.Although many of the blunderbuss shot by the 100 firecrackers were blocked by the shield car, most of the blunderbuss still passed the shield car and shot forward.The hit rate of about [-]% in the first wave caused the casualties of more than [-] archers of the Qing army.

After the gunners in the first row finished shooting, they squatted down on the spot to expose the view to the gunners in the back row, and then they used sticks to clean up the gunpowder residue in the gun hall, and began preparations for the second shot.

The archers of the Qing army still rushed forward in astonishment.Those who were hit by the firecrackers were just unlucky ones, and it was not that there were no people who were killed by the firecrackers before, but this time there seemed to be a lot of unlucky ones.

Before the smoke of gunpowder in front of the Ming army had cleared, the second wave of firecrackers had already started.

Since the first wave of blunderbusses had already smashed almost all the cards on the shield chariot, the second wave of blunderbusses shot over without any hindrance, and blood mist rose from the group of Qing army archers.Within a distance of sixty steps, the cotton armor has no defense against the musket. The lead flying at high speed broke through the cotton armor of the Qing army and penetrated into the body. The tumbling and stirring didn't stop until the kinetic energy was completely attenuated. At this time, the internal organs of the person who was shot had been stirred to pieces.

At this time, the cannon at the top of the city was finally ready, waiting for Sun Yingyuan's order to launch at any time.

After the first round of the Ming army's four rows of firecrackers, there were no Qing troops standing within the range of [-] steps in front of the formation.

This round of more than 1000 rounds of blunderbuss caused a total of nearly [-] Qing army archers casualties. For the [-]-strong Qing army, it was already a devastating blow.

Abatai stopped the charge of the Qing army in time. Although the first row of the Ming army was not fully loaded, the two spear phalanxes had already moved forward, ready to start hand-to-hand combat with the follow-up Qing army at any time.Looking at the Ming army's long spears that were more than one foot long, the sharp spear points gleamed coldly, and Abatai gave up the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to attack.

When the sound of the first round of gunfire sounded, the Han army flag commanded by Yang Guli had broken through nearly [-] steps of rejecting horses, and there were only more than [-] steps left to completely clear these rejecting horses.

When a hundred grenadiers from the Ming army arrived, Yang Guli didn't take it seriously.He wondered in his heart that the number of Ming soldiers who came to aid was so small, and they had no weapons in their hands. Could it be that they were going to fight hand-to-hand?
When the grenadiers blew on the fire and ignited the fuse of the Thunderbolt, the Qing soldiers were still struggling to demolish it.The archers of the Ming army who were the greatest threat to them had retreated to one side due to exhaustion. Most of the Qing army just glanced at the corner of their eyes and ignored the hundred Ming troops who rushed over.Hit people with a black iron block in your hand?It will definitely hurt to be hit, but as long as it is not hit on the head, it will not be fatal. The Qing army always thought so.

A hundred black iron bumps were thrown over, hit some Qing soldiers and fell to the ground, and a powerful Ming soldier threw a thunderbolt to Yang Guli's side.

The Qing army who was smashed endured the pain and ignored it, and continued to work hard to demolish it. A Qing army who was smashed was in pain, and when he saw the smoking iron bump lying at his feet, he felt angry and kicked it. past.

First there was a loud "boom", and then there were successive explosions. The thunder that landed on the ground basically exploded, iron nails and broken porcelain splashed everywhere, and the screams of the Qing army were covered by the explosion, and they were directly hit The torso of the leader of the Qing army was shattered, and countless limbs and organs flew up for a while. When the smoke and dust cleared, the ground was a mess.The corpses and wounded of the Qing army were everywhere, and the faces of all the people in the center of the explosion were blackened, with blood, brains, and colorful intestines all around.

The Qing army outside the range of the explosion was already stunned by this sudden blow, and many of the Qing army who were close were deafened by the huge sound waves, and everyone stood still in a daze, because almost everyone had never seen such a blow. Many soldiers of this group of Han army flags looked up at the sky, thinking that it was caused by a thunderbolt from the sky.

Suddenly someone in the Qing army shouted: "The forehead is dead!"

This cry woke up everyone on the field, and the remaining Qing army panicked.

There are stumps and broken arms everywhere, how can there be anyone who is intact?Where can I find the body of the forehead?

As the sound of explosions and gunfire ceased, the Qing army's call to retreat sounded, and the Qing army in front of the formation turned around and fled the Shura field at an accelerated pace as if they were being pardoned.

　The use of landmines in the Ming Dynasty has been widely used as early as the time of Chengzu. During the Wanli period, when Qi Jiguang was the general soldier of Jizhou, he extended the varieties of landmines. The specific information will not be detailed one by one. Interested readers can check it out by themselves. .

　　Reply to Netizen Longzibi: Black powder is indeed not that powerful. What is said in the article is mainly the repeated damage caused by the concentration of the explosion point. Of course, there are exaggerations
　　
　
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