Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 269
Kong Youde's plan to use Hongyi cannons to break the gate of Jinzhou City soon ended in failure.

Although the Yongwei Battalion blasted the gate of Yizhou City with the Frang machine gun with a shorter range, it was built on the Jiannu who guarded the city and had no long-range firepower to suppress the Ming army. The Flang machine gun was placed in Jiannu Bows are only successful on the basis of out-of-range coverage.

The maximum range of the cannon that Kong Youde brought with him when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty was only about four miles, and the effective range was only about two miles.

It is not so difficult to manipulate the cannon to hit the city gate two miles away. Even the extremely high-precision artillery of later generations needs to be calibrated several times before it can hit.According to the current level of shooters, even ten cannons lined up for a day do not know how many projectiles will hit the target.And the Hongyi Cannon also has a fatal flaw: it is a receding front-loading smoothbore artillery, and every time it is fired, it will seriously deviate from the original shooting position.According to the normal operating procedure, it needs to go through the steps of resetting, reloading, and setting the azimuth and elevation angles again.

This is still based on the fact that the opponent does not have long-range firepower to pose a threat to you, and it is up to you to fight. Of course, the Ming army, which is also equipped with Hongyi cannons, will not just watch you fire at will.

The gunners of the Ming army at the head of the city understood their intentions after they set up artillery positions on the Han army flag and fired a round.The six cannons at the head of the North Gate began to fight back one after another. Although the shooting distances of the two sides were similar and the accuracy was also the same, the ten cannons of the Han Army Banner required a large position, so the target was very obvious.

After the gunners of the Ming Army fired two rounds with no results, one of the gunners came up with an idea: six cannons concentrated their firepower to bombard the same area, and the six projectiles would always hit, right?

Under the command of the sentinel of the artillery battalion, the cannons at the top of the city switched their firing methods and began to focus their fire on an area.

It worked.Although the six cannons did not fire in volley, they had the same target. After this round of shooting, although most of the projectiles missed the target, a ten-jin projectile landed on the position of a cannon with a Han army flag On the ground, several gunners and loaders of the Han army flag were killed or injured on the spot, and dozens of supporters around them scattered in panic.

Although these dozens of coats were finally beheaded by the Eight Banners soldiers, the Ming army's cannon fired another round after a few hundred breaths. A bloody road was plowed, causing more than ten coated casualties.

Kong Youde, who was observing the situation of the enemy and ourselves from a distance, saw that the situation was not good, and decisively ordered all the gunners to withdraw from the position, and moved the ammunition away.Leave the cannon alone, and pull the cannon back when the light dims. Anyway, the Ming army dared not go out of the city to fight in the field.

Yue Tuo, who had been watching the battle in front of the battle, also saw the scene in front of him. Seeing that the imagined scene of the sound of the cannon, the shattering of the Jinzhou city gate, and the swarming of Eight Banners soldiers would not appear, Yue Tuo kept a dark face and said nothing , got on his horse and returned to the camp several miles away with his guards.

At about Shenshi, the Eight Banners army set up camps five miles away from the north gate and west gate of Jinzhou City.

Around You hour, Yuetuo's camp was brightly lit. Senior generals from the Manchu Banners and Mongolian Banners, as well as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others from the Han Army Banner were summoned here to discuss what to do next.

"This time, our Eight Banners mobilized tens of thousands of horses to come to Jinzhou. We wanted to avenge Yizhou, but we didn't realize that people retreated into the city as before. Today's cannons are useless, and tens of thousands of people are afraid It is very difficult to break into Jinzhou. We have spent a lot of food and come from a long distance. If we get nothing, it will be ridiculed for no reason! You wait and discuss, how should we use our troops next?"

As a leader among the younger generation of the Eight Banners, Yue Tuo established his position in the Eight Banners today by virtue of his military exploits and his loyalty to Huang Taiji.But if he leads the army south this time and returns empty-handed, it will be extremely detrimental to him and the future development of the two red flags, so there must be something to gain this time.

"Prince Cheng, I feel that since Jinzhou is difficult to get down, why not go around Jinzhou and fight south? Songshan, Xingshan, Daxingbao and other castles behind Jinzhou should be easier to break than Jinzhou. As long as these few places are broken Baocheng, if you get the population and supplies, this is equivalent to avenging Yizhou, and we didn't come here in vain, so the prince can do business for the emperor after we go back, right?"

Geng Zhongming went out to salute.

Yue Tuo pondered for a while and said: "It's okay, the revenge of Yizhou must be avenged, and our Eight Banners can't suffer this kind of loss! Since Jinzhou is difficult to fight, let's put it aside for now, and the army can go elsewhere! Leaving a team to watch, the provincial Zu Dashou has other thoughts!"

Geng Zhongming saluted again; "My lord, we brought so many coats this time, we can't let these nikans idle. Tomorrow, let these slaves dig trenches and surround Jinzhou from east, west, and north. A small number of people can just look at Jinzhou, and save Ming people from blocking our way!"

Geng Zhongming has forgotten that his ancestors were Han Chinese, and now he seems to regard himself as a bannerman.In his eyes, those Han people in Baoyi were no longer his ancestry, but some lowly and damned Nikan.Since these dog servants are holding the jobs of the Banner Man master, they can't just eat for nothing, they have to find something to do for them.

"King Huaishun's idea is good. Tomorrow, you will lead a team to monitor the Nikans digging trenches, so that Zu Dashou in Jinzhou city can't get out of the city gate! Jinzhou is the place where I must take the Eight Banners. Wait for the main force of my Eight Banners' westward expedition When you come back, you will come to attack after you have recuperated. We will do the best job of digging trenches first. You, King Gongshun, prepare the cannons. After the scouting horses are ready, you and King Zhishun will bring the Han army flag and accompany me to Songshan; Borge, you left two thousand cavalry to cooperate with King Huaishun to monitor the Jinzhou Ming army just in case!"

As soon as it was light on the second day, the gates of the Eight Banners camp opened wide, and hundreds of horses in cotton armor galloped out. They bypassed Jinzhou City from the west and headed towards Songshan, Daxing Fort, Xingping Fort and other fort cities respectively. go.Geng Zhongming ordered his cronies to rush to the coating camp in the rear, organized the coating people, brought various tools, and rushed to Jinzhou City.

The movement of the Eight Banners camp had long been discovered by the Ming army at the top of the city. After the guerrilla in charge of the inspection ordered the whole army to be on alert, they hurried down from the top of the city and rode their horses towards Zu Dale's mansion.

Zu Dale, who was still hungover, was sleeping soundly with his concubine in his arms. The butler Zugui knocked on the door cautiously. Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, Zu Gui bravely called out: "Master, Ding Gueran came to report and said There is an urgent military situation!"

After Zugui yelled a few times, Zu Dale's impatient voice came from the room: "Fucking emergency military situation! Ding Kui, a bastard, didn't guard the city well, and came here to disturb my slumber! Get out of here Tell him, don't come and call out if Jiannu doesn't attack the city!"

Zugui knew that his master had such a temper, and he could behave a little better in front of the master in Jinzhou City, and he always acted according to his own temper to others.

In desperation, Zu Gui had to get out of the inner house and return to the front yard, and said to Ding Kui who was waiting in the ear room: "Ding Guerrilla, my master told you to go guard in the city, and he will report to the elder's house later. This matter!"

Ding Kui knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and immediately got up, clasped his fists at Zu Gui, and left the compound, got on his horse and galloped away with his own soldiers.

　Sorry, I forgot the title of the last chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)