The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 125

Jiannu entered the pass and seized dozens of Daming cities and passes. Most of them took the option of looting many castles and giving up.

Da'ankou, Longjingkou, Malan Valley, Jizhen, Santunying, Xianghe, Yutian, Sanhe, Shunyi, Luanzhou, Zhangjiawan and other Daming cities and passes that were once lost have too many Folangji, Wankougun, Raising the gun, there are also a few Hongyi cannons.

It's a pity that the barbarians don't know how to use these firearms, so they can only choose the ones that can be moved and treat them as captured copper and iron materials. Most of the artillery in the abandoned city were smashed by Jiannu with a sledgehammer. This time they attacked Luojiazhai The Ming army seized dozens of rusty guns.

Liu Zhilun was overjoyed when he got these firearms. After derusting and repairing, most of the guns can be used on the battlefield. It is also relatively simple to train the gunners. The structure is actually just a large bird gun.

Now even the "Red Banner Army" stationed in Nancheng has 150 guns deployed. This thing can effectively kill [-] steps. It can really explode the bow and arrow. The enemy is absolutely dead if hit by a two-two-heavy bullet. Lien Chan A horse can't take a single shot.

Being able to hit the enemy while being out of range of the enemy, raising a gun to defend the city will undoubtedly greatly improve the morale of the defenders.

Huang Han drank a large bowl of broth and ate three or five pancakes for each of the strong laborers who had just been rescued and passed the screening, and then gave them a task of making these people kneel on the ground and kowtow in gratitude.

This time the task can be carried out extremely quickly, thanks to Liu Zhilun's particularly thorough preparations for defending the city.

In order to prepare for sending troops out of the city to complete a surprise attack when the four city gates are blocked, Liu Zhilun prepared a lot of ropes and hanging baskets.

Now Huang Han ordered the rescued Han people to work in groups of four or five to use a hanging basket. The purpose of course was to rescue those folks who were hiding at the base of the city wall.

Huang Han announced the rescue discipline. Children should be given priority to women, followed by the elderly, and finally young adults. All young and middle-aged men must be shirtless and pull their hair so that the rescuers can see clearly before they can be pulled up the city wall.

The rescue operation in the south city of Zunhua was underway. Liu Zhilun was amazed by the feat of the "Red Banner Army". He personally brought fifteen guns, brought four bed crossbows, and led a standard battalion of 800 troops to the south gate. Give Huang Han great support.

Many of the [-] to [-] young and middle-aged people who appeared at the top of the city were very anxious, because some of their family members were still outside the city, and a hundred hanging baskets were put down in a short time.

A moment ago, the soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" at the top of the city shouted to let the common people hiding under the city know that the Ming army was going to drag them up to the top of the city with hanging baskets, and that children and women were given priority.

The common people cried and let their wives, daughters or daughter-in-laws take their young children and grandchildren into the hanging baskets.

Of course, the strong labor force who rescued people spared no effort at this time and was not afraid of being shot and killed by the Houjin army. They chanted and tried their best to drag...

Mangurtai, who was monitoring the movements of the Ming army from a distance, found out that the defenders were moving and was furious. Wouldn't it be useless to send thousands of troops, even to the remote valleys to drive Nikan? How long will it take for all of them to be dragged into Zunhua City?

He waved the command flag and ordered Zhenglan Banner and the Tatars to rush to the city and destroy the rescue operation of the Ming army with cavalry and shooting.

In an instant, the enemy came galloping with thousands of troops and horses, and when he saw the post-Jin army who had just come for the slaughter, Huang Han yelled: "The whole army is shooting, I just look at Mang Gurtai, that bastard is going to throw it under the city!" How many people are willing to give up."

The arrows of the Hou Jin army shot towards the city, and there was also a rain of arrows in response to the Tartars and Jiannu, which were sparsely mixed with the sound of gunfire.

The effective hit rate of the feathered arrows shot at the city is not worth mentioning, because the enemy is riding and shooting, and the diffuse is not as powerful as the infantry and direct shooting.

In addition, Liu Zhilun, a master defender of the city, had already set up wooden arrow curtains and grass curtains at the top of Zunhua City, causing more than [-]% of the arrows shot by the Jin army to be nailed to wood or grass like arrows borrowed from straw boats. on the curtain.

To say that Liu Zhilun, who was born in poverty, really knows how to tinker with wood. Wheelbarrows, wooden cannons, wooden arrow curtains, etc. are all cheap and easy to use.

In fact, as long as the wooden cannon has mastered the rules, it is still possible to fire a few shots effectively. I think that the Red Guards used a large number of pine cannons fired with self-made black powder.

The "Red Banner Army" who shot arrows at the top of the city all used helmets and visors intensively, and at worst they also had cotton visors.

Therefore, unless you are unlucky enough to be shot into the eyes by the arrows of the Houjin Army, the lethality is not worth mentioning. After shooting eleven or twelve arrows, I felt that I couldn't pull the bowstring so I gave up.

Hundreds of men who put hanging baskets to pull refugees from the city also went all out. They took the risk of being shot by the Houjin army and pulled the rope desperately. On the contrary, the women and children curled up in the hanging baskets were relatively safer. After all, the outer frame of the rattan hanging basket Enough to resist the feathered arrows thrown by the enemy.

A 20-year-old man named Li San was lucky enough to find his wife and children. Just as he tried his best to pull them towards the city, the Jin army launched a sudden attack, and a rain of arrows hit Li San. Two feathered arrows were shot into the back of the son as a chest.

He used his last strength to pull the hanging basket to the top of the wall, and several companions pulled Li San and his wife and children to hide behind the crenel. Although it was a feathered arrow thrown, it was fatal to the unsuspecting common people. , Li San vomited blood in his mouth, and it was obvious that he was dying.

He looked at his wife, who was less than 20 years old, and his son, who was only three years old, with a smile on his face with infinite affection.

Seeing that the husband she just found was about to leave forever, Li cried out heartbreakingly: "Master, you can't die, you can't leave your son! How can I survive as a woman without you?" ah?"

Li San's lips moved, and he looked at the red flag rolling over the city and said a word with difficulty: "My mother, you remember, follow the 'Red Flag Army', and you will have a way to survive..."

Many men were injured or even sacrificed in order to save more common people, but others were not intimidated. They closed the eyes of their companions and wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes, then put down the hanging basket to bring the hope of life to more Han compatriots .

Medical soldier Liu Dashou was very busy today. Fortunately, he temporarily recruited dozens of healthy women to help carry the wounded, disinfect and bandage the wounded. Some women even saw Liu Dashou stitching up the wound several times. Take the courage to follow the gourd and paint the ladle.

(End of this chapter)