The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 169
The journey from Yongping to Luanzhou, which is more than a hundred miles away, seems so long to today's Hou Jin army.

Tired, hungry, hot, hurt and exposed to the sun, many Jian slaves were dizzy, and many had hallucinations. In their minds, the Liaodong snowfield appeared in their minds, and they thought of their wives and children at home. Many former executioners had tears streaming down their faces.

Every time the cold-resistant Jianu launched a large-scale war, it was counting nine cold winters.

Because fighting at this time, wearing cotton armor plus iron armor and sheepskin cotton jacket, the protection power is the best. As long as the feather arrows are not shot directly within thirty steps, basically there is no harm effect.

There is also a huge advantage of fighting in winter. In case of injury, the possibility of wound infection is very small. As long as the treatment is timely, there is almost no danger of life.

Jiannu, who likes to go out to plunder when it is cold and snowy, hates fighting in summer because he can't wear cotton armor, and the iron armor feels scorching hot after being exposed to the sun.

If the injury is more troublesome, the possibility of infection is extremely high, and the wounded who die of high fever often end up in great pain.

Hundreds of defeated soldiers of the Hou Jin Army bypassed Yongping City and ran northward. Several seriously injured Jiannu couldn't hold on and fell off their horses, causing bursts of exclamation.

No one cared about the wounded soldiers who fell from the horse, because the Jin army had experienced battles for a long time, and knew that those who could not persevere and fell from the horse at this time had no possibility of surviving.

The Hou Jin Army, who was at the end of the road, didn't know that they had to pass a pass in the north of Yongping City before they could really escape.

Huangyizhou brought less than 600 people to line up against the foot of the mountain and face the direction of the official road. Among them, Song Pengfei's firearms unit had less than 300 people. They had 92 bird guns, 56 carrying guns, and [-] wheelbarrows.

Originally, Xiao Song's men had only 77 blunderbusses, but yesterday afternoon, Huang Yong sent someone to deliver the latest [-] blunderbusses, which undoubtedly increased the strike capability of the firearms troops.

Now there are 110 people, that is, two full-staffed gunners, 30 of whom operate and carry guns, and 82 of them are equipped with bird guns. Among them, Zhao Kun, Wang Gensheng and other seven with shooting talents all have two bird guns in their hands. .

Song Pengfei was a high-ranking officer with more than [-] households, and he was not in the military quota. He was even more impolite. He had three blunderbusses that were loaded and ready to go.

At this time, 56 wheelbarrows, including the gun-carrying vehicle, without exception, were equipped with three white ash rods and spears pointing obliquely forward. These wheelbarrows surrounded three sides, and the width of the front was [-] paces.

Since the formation was built on the back of the mountain, the infantry formation had no depth and was only [-] steps wide, which meant that it was useless for the cavalry to crash into the infantry position, and the horses could not run at such a short distance.

As long as the cavalry loses speed, the infantry can stab the cavalry or the horse to death with a two-foot white wax spear.

Now this small army formation is united as one, the guns and blunderbusses have been loaded, and even the handymen are holding up their spears to guard. Each of the hundred young soldiers holds a Ming army blunderbuss for training, At this time, the muzzle of the gun was stuffed with the tip of the gun.

Huang Han has not yet formed his own industrial system, not even a workshop-style arsenal, so even getting gunpowder for training is a hassle.

In the absence of their own mass-produced bird guns, the students can only be trained with inferior products that will explode if they are not sure.

Of course, it is mainly for practice loading. When shooting with live ammunition, the standard amount of gunpowder cannot be fixed. It is still not a problem to fire with half of the gunpowder. It is just that the shooting range does not reach [-] steps, so the targets used in training are all at [-] steps. about.

In the future, the bayonets will be designed with bayonets, and now all the teenagers have bayonets, but there is no place for the bayonets to be installed on the Ming army’s standard birdcups, so they can only temporarily choose to stuff them into the barrels and press them tightly.

In addition to bayonets, the young cadets were allotted with a head-removing knife. As the name suggests, this kind of knife is the most convenient for cutting heads.

One hundred young soldiers did not provide them with handymen, and the twenty wheelbarrows they owned all adopted the cart system. Of course, Huang Han would adopt a rigorous attitude in training young soldiers from small things.

Carry out the awareness of the young soldiers to do their own work to get enough food and clothing, put an end to the old style, let them start from learning to push a wheelbarrow, and then learn to array, learn culture, and other quality bird guns to equip troops. These young people should also be able to go into battle and kill the enemy. .

Today these ignorant teenagers appeared on the battlefield for the first time, not to let them fight, but to let them see the cruelty of war, and when they finally clean the battlefield, they will reap the harvest.

These orphans who survived the massacre by the Houjin army participated in head cutting, received nationalist education, learned culture, and learned how to kill efficiently since they were young. How brave must these young people have been in the army for seven or eight years?

Thinking back to when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the orphans in the army and the descendants of the generals to form an army called the Huben Army, I am afraid it is the same.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Facing the upcoming battle, none of the teenagers are afraid. Everyone is flushed and sweating profusely with excitement. On the contrary, some infantrymen who have no experience in fighting the enemy face to face are a little nervous.

He clearly knew that burying thirty catties of gunpowder and detonating it in the rubble would blow up the Jin soldiers, but Song Pengfei, who had experience in playing bombs, didn't set up an explosion point on the official road.

That's because there are two reasons, one is that there is really not much gunpowder, and the other is that the burning time of the matchlock is not easy to control because it is unknown when the enemy will reach the bombing point.

The gunpowder I got from Liu Zhilun in Zunhua was only about [-] catties in stock due to the increase in the number of live ammunition shot by the musketeers and gunners during these days, so that Huang Han did not use the gunpowder blasting mode to seize Yongping City. .

The main reason is that Huang Han knew that as soon as the Ming army started to attack the city, A Min would run away nine out of ten. The second reason was that in order to save gunpowder, he had to ensure the amount of guns and blunderbusses used.

The amount of black powder used to blast the city must not be less than two hundred catties at a time. The amount of gunpowder is enough to fire and lift the gun two to three thousand times.

Moreover, gunpowder blasting Yongping Fucheng needs to blast at least two gates of the outer city and Wengcheng, which means at least two bombings. If the gates are blocked, I am afraid that two times may not be enough.

In order to reduce the dependence of the "Red Banner Army" on blasting and seizing the city, it is also because the gunpowder in hand is not enough to capture Yongping Fucheng. Another consideration is to minimize the destructiveness and risk blowing down the gate of Yongpingfu. Take the risk of attacking a city that you know the enemy is about to give up.

The "Red Banner Army" adopted the traditional mode of the Ming army to attack Yongping Fucheng, and the effect was better than expected. Basically, it belonged to the whole army and took the whole city.

Now the musketeers and gunmen who participated in the firepower covering the top of the city are reloading and preparing to go on the way of Jiannu fleeing north. Dozens of these people have experienced several actual combats, and they are no longer rookies. Everyone is anticipating the upcoming ambush Fight with confidence.

(End of this chapter)