The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 342
It's no wonder that they became traitors only for begging for work, and they fought for the slaves only for food and clothing. Now that they are facing the situation that if they don't run away, their corpses may be smashed into pieces, of course the Han soldiers rushed away. scattered.

The Han army fleeing to the city in a panic heard their chief general Ma Guangpu shouting at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, don't run, come back quickly, you will be beheaded on the spot if you flee!"

As soon as Ma Guangpu finished speaking, a piece of white snow appeared, it was a team of supervisors formed by more than a dozen Ba Yala coming up wielding broadswords, they spread out to block the chaotic defeated soldiers, and in a short while twenty or thirty Han soldiers' heads fell to the ground.

Jiannu Ba Yala yelled loudly: "Anyone who dares to escape will be killed without mercy! Whoever abandons the leader will kill the whole team."

The traitors are doomed to be human inside and out. The Ming army’s shells fired indiscriminately, and the Jiannu’s knives cut down mercilessly. The Han army wanted to cry without tears. They thought bitterly, why is it so difficult to survive?
The artillery shells of the Ming army were still flying, and Jiannu Ba Yala's massacre of deserters was still going on. Suddenly, a shell roared and hit a Jiannu white armored soldier by accident.

The bouncing iron ball slammed into it at an incredible speed, and this Ba Yala was caught off guard and was hit on the leg, and half of his calf flew to the bottom of the city immediately.

This white-armored soldier just grinned grinningly and chopped off the head of a Han soldier who was running away with his head in his arms. His supercilious look and the way he looked at the Han people contemptuously out of the corner of his eye, I can vividly remember the frightened Han soldiers.

At this time, he was bleeding profusely and rolled over on the ground for a while, crying, "Help me, save me quickly. Stop the bleeding, stop the bleeding quickly! Help!"

"Hahaha!" The dozen or so Han soldiers around laughed out loud, tearing their eyes out.

They looked at Ba Yala, who was crying with his broken leg, and no one stepped forward to rescue him with playful eyes. At this moment, they only felt that the Ming army's artillery fire was really relieved.

The northern city of Jinzhou was in a mess, and there were at least a few dozens of Houjin soldiers who were wailing after being seriously injured. Jiannu had no medical soldiers, and they didn't even arrange manpower to treat the wounded professionally.

The Han soldiers deliberately covered this Ba Yala to prevent him from being discovered by other Jian slaves, until he lost too much blood and could no longer make a sound.

The artillery shells of the Ming army were still falling, and it seemed that they were getting more accurate. The Han army did not dare to run down the city after leaving the artillery positions.

It is impossible for the Jiannudu team to be as embarrassed as the Han army. They still put on a fearless look and swung their knives to kill the traitors who dared to sneak into the city, but the shells have no eyes.

Soon a few Bayalas were killed or injured by the stones and bricks splashed by shells because they were too obvious to stand on.

Seeing that the Han army could better prevent shelling by lying on the ground, Jiannu stopped pretending. They all lay down and protected their heads with shields, and continued to endure the ravages of the Ming army's shells.

Destroying the artillery position at the head of the Jinzhou City, and striving to destroy the artillery owned by the Jin Army is the main purpose. The artillery observers on the seven or eight lookout posts and the infantry soldiers on duty are all observing with binoculars. The artillery is adjusted from time to time according to the data of the observers. elevation angle.

After working like this for nearly two hours, four or five hundred iron balls attacked the artillery deployed at the head of Jinzhou City. On average, each artillery was hit by more than forty shells. It is basically impossible to keep it intact. There are two red The barbarian cannon was even smashed to pieces.

Liu Zhilun and Chengquan came down to the front line surrounded by many civil servants and generals, and they were not worried about being discovered by Jiannu, and a volley of artillery fire was fired, and there was no guarantee that any shells would fall into their brightly armored team.

Zheng Xiaowen kept his heart on his back, his eyes kept observing, and his ears always paid attention to the sound of the artillery. He had been in the army for a long time, and he knew the range and power of artillery fire, so he was always on guard against shelling.

Seeing that the governor and the angels were on the front line in person, Song Pengfei took advantage of the gap between the artillery fire and said:
"Brothers, the Son of Heaven sent Governor Liu of Shuntian and Eunuch Cheng, the angel of Xuanzhi, to visit you at the forward positions that may be bombarded by the enemy. Now I order you all to stand at attention and salute."

In an instant, all the five or six thousand soldiers and civilians here stood up straight, and all the soldiers and laborers of the "Red Banner Army" raised their left hands obliquely and placed them at the temples, staring at Liu Zhilun, the civil and military generals, and a few eunuchs with piercing eyes.

The first day the "Red Banner Army" accepted ordinary people to join the army, they began to train their ranks, explaining military regulations to them, and told them that the "Red Banner Army" did not kneel down easily, and all performed military salutes.

Now they have learned it well, and everyone saluting at the same time can really shock people. Even the Dongjiang soldiers were taught by the "Red Banner Army" to stand straight and raise their left hands obliquely.

After a while, Song Pengfei shouted: "After the ceremony, please applaud warmly to welcome the envoy sent by the Holy Son of Heaven."

Immediately there was a wave of applause, and Liu Zaiqi took the lead in shouting: "The Holy Son of Heaven wins! The Ming army wins! Lord Liu wins! Father Cheng wins!"

At this moment, the emotions of Liu Zhilun and Chengquan have been infected. Five or six thousand good men of the Ming Dynasty gave them courteous treatment at the front line, although it is relatively simple, it is commendable.

Liu Zhilun said loudly: "The soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty are all good. There are such mighty brothers on the front line killing the enemy. It is just around the corner that we, the Ming Dynasty, will regain Liaodong."

Cheng Quan also said in a sharp voice: "Thank you for your enthusiasm. When we return to the emperor, we must report back what we have seen and heard. Our family is willing to ask for court rewards for the soldiers who fought in the front line."

Liu Zaiqi took the lead in shouting: "We are all good sons of the Ming Dynasty, and we will follow Yue Wumu as an example to serve the country faithfully and pledge to fight Jiannu to the end!"

All the Ming troops echoed: "Serve the country loyally and fight to the end!"

Song Pengfei reported the results of the shelling to Liu Zhilun, and then ordered to continue firing and then invited Liu Zhilun and Cheng Quan to go to the lookout post and use binoculars to check the shelling scene.

The Ming army built a lot of lookout posts, and they were divided into primary and secondary ones. In each direction, there would be the largest one for the generals to use. This kind of lookout post was built with wooden stairs around it to reach the top floor that could accommodate more than a dozen people to observe.

Liu Zhilun, Chengquan and more than a dozen people came to the top floor of the lookout post that could shelter from the wind and rain. Through the binoculars, everyone saw the severed arms and limbs of the Jin army behind the city of Jinzhou, and also saw a door that had been beaten horizontally. The Hongyi Cannon that came over.

The Ming army's bombardment is still continuing, and it is estimated that it will not be long before all the artillery at the artillery position at the head of Jinzhou City will be destroyed.

Liu Zhilun looked at the artillery that smashed into the top of the city of Jinzhou with emotion. This is a mode of seizing the city that he longed for. For this reason, when he was in the capital the year before last, he had no time or money to get the artillery. The risk of whimsy made a wooden cannon.

Originally, he thought that the Ming army might face a shortage of troops when attacking Jinzhouwei, but now seeing the absolute advantage of the "Red Banner Army" artillery has increased his confidence in seizing the city.

(End of this chapter)