The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 310 Infantry and Artillery Collaboration
In the artillery camp, the [-] young artillerymen who hadn't fired a single shot were all downcast.

There are nearly 600 instructors and veteran gunners here, and it doesn't take so many people to operate twelve field six-pound guns.

The reason why the artillery was dispatched in full force was because of the rare opportunity for practical teaching.

The young artillerymen disassembled and unloaded the cannons and loaded them on the ship, then unloaded them from the ship, assembled them and loaded them into vehicles, and then transferred them to the outside of Haimen, Fuzhou Town, to establish artillery positions.

They have completed these procedures very well, but when they are about to load and fire the cannon, they find that they cannot do so, because it is not known whether they can hit Jiannu with one shot, and nine out of ten can hit Paoze.

All the hard work was in vain, which of course caused the teenagers to be extremely frustrated, and even the four Frangji instructors felt extremely regretful.

On the afternoon of the third day, the artillery finally received a new order. Early tomorrow morning, they all marched southwest. Fifty miles southwest of Fuzhou, there was a small city with a circumference of more than one mile.

The name of this small city is Yangguanbao. It is a relatively strong stone city. Therefore, there are more than one hundred troops stationed in Jiannu all year round. Now it is estimated that the whole people have been mobilized, and the number of people participating in the defense of the city is close to four hundred.

Wang Zhicheng, a thousand-household officer, led two hundred general cavalry to clear out the villages and towns of Jiannu, and found Yangguanbao City, a purely military fortress. He did not launch an attack, and reported to the general after careful investigation.

Huang Han learned that there were not many Han Chinese Aha in Yangguanbao. In order to give the artillery a chance to practice and to train the young soldiers' ability to attack fortified areas, the plan this time was to coordinate the infantry and artillery in an offensive and defensive battle, with the young soldiers leading the attack.

The general in charge of taking down Yangguan Fort is Song Pengfei. He has personally observed the terrain. According to the current measurement unit, the Yangguan Fort is less than [-] square kilometers, and the circumference of the city wall is only more than [-] meters. Two city gates.

There are no Hongyi cannons or Franc cannons in this small town. There should be more than a dozen carrying guns, but I don’t know if Jiannu can use them.

Song Pengfei decided to encircle and wipe out Jiannu. At noon the next day, two young musketeers, two hundred spearmen, sword and shield infantrymen, and two hundred cavalry led by Wang Zhicheng approached the south and north gates respectively. Three hundred paces away, the formation is waiting.

Song Pengfei knew that it was perfectly possible to use the minigun to cover the sword and shield hands and climb the ladder to seize the city, but in order to train the artillery and reduce the casualties of the infantry with cold weapons, he still chose to try the infantry coordinated tactics to break the city.

The artillery who finally got the chance to actually fight arrived at Yangguanbao City, and established an artillery position at a distance of about [-] steps. The shelling began a quarter of an hour later.

The power of solid bullets is not very good, but Yangguanbao is a stone city. When the shells hit the crenels or fall on the horse path, they will smash into rocks and splash. The four hundred or so Jiannu guarding the city have never experienced such a blow. There were screams again and again.

Jiannu, who was lucky enough not to be hit by a stone, found that there was no place to hide at the top of the city, because even if he hid behind the crenel, he would be killed by the stones thrown up by the shells falling nearby.

The city can't even stand up, how can the city be defended?
After firing six rounds with twelve six-pound guns, the young infantry advanced in formation. When they approached a hundred paces, they found that the Ming army's shelling had stopped, and Jiannu began to probe their brains from the top of the city.

Song Pengfei gave the order, "The first column fires, aim, and all move forward." When the array moved forward about twenty steps again, Song Pengfei shouted: "The first column fires!"

A moment later, amidst the voice of the command "Fire in the second row, fire in the third row!", there were no living people on the top of Yangguanbao.

The infantry musketeers fired three rounds of volley while moving forward. At this time, they inspected that the infantry calmly completed the loading and uninterrupted shooting without affecting the movement.

There were only two gates in this city, both of which were blocked by Jiannu who were about to stand firm. Jiannu did not expect the artillery fire of the Ming army to be so fierce.

Now they have been plundered for three rounds with a total of more than 300 bird guns and flintlock guns, and no one dared to show their faces on the north city wall.

Of course, some post-Golden troops lying on the horse path behind the crenel refused to live and die with the city. They were not preparing to resist, but crawled along the horse path and climbed down the city wall. They were going to take their horses and flee.

The military laborers ran up with the ladders on their shoulders. In fact, the north city wall was riddled with holes, and many places could be climbed without the use of ladders. After a while, the Ming army invaded the city of Yangguanbao.

Song Pengfei led dozens of Minigun shooters around the city to guard the city. The range of the Minigun was enough to cover the entire city. They found dozens of Jiannu at the south gate busy moving stones blocking the city gate, Sandbags.

How could Jiannu have thought that they were moving things in the south gate of the city gate, and the Ming army who appeared at the top of the north gate could kill them directly, and the Jiannu who were about to open the south gate to escape amidst the crackling gunshots were killed one after another, some of them were lucky Those who were not hit quickly hid in the alleys.

At this time, Fang Liandong entered the city with a sword and shield. He signaled to Song Pengfei and marched forward. Song Pengfei immediately dispatched thirty Minigun shooters to the room to escort the infantry with cold weapons.

Not long after, all the Jiannu in the city were beheaded, and less than [-] Han people were rescued. Dozens of them were seriously injured, and the medical soldiers were already carrying out emergency treatment.

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The emperor in the Forbidden City was particularly depressed during this time. His sleep quality was very poor, and he was often awakened by nightmares.

After the second watch, the extremely diligent Chongzhen was still tirelessly reviewing the memorials under the flickering candlelight. He felt physically and mentally exhausted and always had a bad premonition.

The emperor couldn't help but put down his pen and looked at the night sky outside the window in a daze.

Can the Ming army succeed in dispatching 5 to [-] horses to break the siege of Dalinghe City?Why did Sun Dushi, who tried his best to build this city, be helpless when Jiannu really sent troops to attack?
Will the "Red Banner Army" have only a few thousand troops to raid the Southern Four Guards, will it be self-defeating?
After thinking about it, Chongzhen was already blaming Sun Chengzong in his heart. The court's finances were difficult. Sun Dushi not only failed to cut some Liao pay as the emperor hoped, but also charged more for rebuilding Dalinghe City.

Daling River City, which was built by the imperial court with austerity and gritting their teeth, now has to be rescued by the imperial court paying for food and salaries.

At this time, Chongzhen had already regretted it, why didn't he summon Huang Han to the platform in time to ask advice?Why should Huang Han's melodies be kept in China?Why did they agree to rebuild Dalinghe City regardless of the objections of Huang Han, Zheng Guochang, Liu Zhilun, etc.?
Thinking of the end, Chongzhen, who has always disliked self-criticism and prefers to find scapegoats, came to the conclusion that Governor Sun is probably getting old and has frequent tricks. It seems useless to keep him. It is time for him to go home and live up to his old age. .

Chongzhen really likes to shirk responsibility, and in the last words left when he died for the country, there is the sentence "but all the ministers misunderstood me." This sentence, but he doesn't think that he is a poor emperor.

(End of this chapter)