Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 194
Xuzhou South Gate.

Chongzhen took Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong's younger brothers, surrounded by Wang Chengen, Gao Qiqian, Lu Jiude and other servants, as well as Du Yinxi, Jin Xuan and other civil and military generals, standing on the top of the city.

It would be a lie to say that Chongzhen was not nervous.

But if you want to say how nervous Chongzhen is, that's not enough.

Having experienced the Battle of Xiazhen, Chongzhen already had enough confidence in the Huanghuai line of defense that he had built.

Because the fact of Xiazhen's great victory has fully proved that the combination of Zeng Shatou's strategy of "strengthening the stronghold and fighting silently" with the Western Bastion tactics is effective, and the effect is very good.

To be honest, Chongzhen is not sure how long Xuzhou can hold on.

But one thing is certain, it is absolutely impossible for Jiannu to capture Xuzhou in a short time!
However, it is already the beginning of February. As long as it drags on for about two months, the weather will warm up and the Yellow River will thaw, and Zheng Hongkui's navy will be able to enter Yunlong Lake directly from the Yellow River.

The navy is the real trump card of the Ming army!
By then, the situation in Xuzhou will be greatly eased.

Because the north and east of Xuzhou are the Yellow River, and the south is Yunlong Lake and Yunlong Mountain. Yunlong Mountain is sandwiched between Yunlong Lake and the Yellow River. The Ming Army Navy can provide support to the defenders on Yunlong Mountain from the left and right sides. At that time, there was only one breach in the west for Jiannu!

And even this breach to the west is in trouble.

Because the straight-line distance between Yunlong Lake and the Yellow River is only six or seven miles, if Jiannu really launches an attack on the west gate of Xuzhou from this narrow passage with a width of only six or seven miles, he will suffer the Ming army's navy from Yunlong Lake if he is not careful. , the shelling in two directions of the Yellow River, so the difficulty of siege will be greatly increased.

In short, Chongzhen has the confidence to keep Xuzhou.

Zhu Cijiong set up the awning to look, but found that he couldn't see anything.

I wanted to borrow it from Chongzhen, but I couldn't borrow it. The three-section telescope has already been given to Zheng Sen in the sky.

Immediately Zhu Cijiong began to complain: "Father, why can't our Ming Dynasty make a telescope?"

Chongzhen smiled, and turned his gaze to Fang Yizhi who happened to be there: "Fang's work is in progress, don't you want to say a few words?"

Fang Yizhi said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, and His Highness King Ding, the main accessory of the telescope is the glass lens. Our Daming can burn glass, and there is no shortage of craftsmen who polish it. The main reason is that we have never tried it before, but if we add Try it, I'm sure it's easy to do."

Zhu Cijiong asked: "When will Gewuke start trying?"

By the way, Fang Yizhi has now been appointed as the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Fang Yizhi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, after the battle in Xuzhou is over, Gewu Division will start trial production immediately."

"Then hurry up." Zhu Cijiong scratched his ears and said, "It's really impossible to fight without binoculars. If you get a little farther away, you won't be able to see clearly. How can you do that?"

While talking, the alarm bell of Kongming Lantern was suddenly rang.

Chongzhen raised his head anxiously, and saw Zheng Sen lying on the guardrail of the hanging basket and rushing down to sign language.

Chongzhen learned sign language systematically, but what he taught Zheng Sen and Wang Shizi was a simplified version of sign language, which can convey some of the simplest information.

"C-13 blunderbuss platform lost?!"

Zhu Cijiong also saw it and exclaimed.

Chongzhen's heart also shuddered suddenly, the B-13 blunderbuss platform fell so quickly?
From Jiannu's attack to the present, it took only two quarters of an hour to fight and count, right?
However, just as Zhu Cijiong finished speaking, Zheng Sen continued to sign language like crazy.

"Bing 14, Bing 17, Bing 16, and Bing 15 are all lost!" Even Zhu Cihong exclaimed at this moment, and Chongzhen felt inexplicable unease in an instant.

No way?No way!
No way! ! !
……

Although Chongzhen and the others stood on the five-foot-high city wall, they still couldn't see seven or eight miles away.

But Zheng Sen was at a height of five feet plus ten feet, a total of fifteen feet, so he could see very far away. Jiannu's attack on the first five blunderbusses in District C was very clear.

When I was still studying in the Imperial College, I often heard people talk about Jiannu being fierce.

Almost all the students in the entire Imperial College knew that Jiannu was fierce by nature, but they lacked a clear concept of how fierce Jiannu was.

But now, Zheng Sen has the most intuitive understanding of Jianu's ferocity.

The traitor Jiannu is really fierce, the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty, who in the eyes of them Qinwang Shizi, could be regarded as an elite, was crushed at the first touch under the impact of Jiannu!
It's a one-touch collapse, not an untouched collapse!
In other words, the Ming army still resisted with the help of the blunderbuss, but they couldn't stand it at all!
Jiannu's onslaught was like a hurricane, while the resistance of the Ming army was like a dam made of sand.

What makes Zheng Sen even more unbelievable is that the number of Jiannu who launched the attack was only a few hundred people, which is slightly more than the Ming army with five blunderbusses. The Ming army with five blunderbusses added up to 450 elites The frontier generals.

how is this possible?Zheng Sen was going crazy.

……

Build slaves.

There was a smile on Hauge's mouth.

The Ba Ya La soldiers of Zhenglan Banner gave him a face this time, maybe this time, Duoduo will steal a piece of chicken and lose a handful of rice. Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to weaken their strength of Zhenglan Banner, but in the end they might give him away instead. Give him a great contribution!
If the Baya La soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner can win the first battle, they will not lose their great contribution to the Battle of Xuzhou.

Even Dorgon, the emperor's father and regent, could not hack Zhenglan Banner's great achievement.

But Duoduo couldn't see any expression on his face, he just said lightly: "Prince Su, your Ba Yala soldiers in the Zhenglan Banner performed well, but this is only the first stage of the gun platform, and there will be a second stage next." The gun platform and Yunlong Mountain, especially the attack on Yunlong Mountain from behind will test the physical strength of the Zhenglan Banner warriors."

Hauge's face collapsed, and his eyes turned to the battlefield.

Kurchan, don't let me down!
……

Kurchan is the Baya Latuzhangjing of the Zhenglan Banner, who is the commander of the guards.

Kurchan is [-] years old this year, and is the strongest age in his life. He is tall and strong, has a huge appetite, and his strength is extremely amazing. He cannot beat Oboi in riding and archery competitions, but he is stronger than Oboi in strength. bye.

If Oboi is the number one warrior in Manchuria, then Kurchan is the number one hero!
At this time, Kurchan pushed a cart with iron and rawhide nails on its surface, and walked in the retreat passage between the first and second gun platforms.

The retreat passage was one foot deep, and the ground could not be seen.

Beside and behind Kurchan are more than twenty other white armored soldiers.

Jiannu's cart weighs over a thousand catties and requires more than [-] people to push it at the same time.

But a car can also provide powerful cover for dozens of people at the same time.

The [-] white-armored soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner were divided into two groups, pushing six chariots forward slowly along the two retreat passages respectively.

However, all this is of no use.

Whether it is shotguns or shotguns fired by tiger squat guns,
For Jiannu's car, it's just a tickle.

Only the muzzle shells fired by the Frang machine gun or the tiger squat gun can threaten the car.

However, the peripheral blunderbuss platform is not equipped with Frang machine guns. Although there are many tiger squat guns, the accuracy is extremely poor, so it is not enough to stop the advancement of the chariot.

Soon, the chariot advanced to the edge of the guntai ditch.

Further forward was a ridge two feet high, but the Jiannu white armor soldiers did not stop at all.

When the center of gravity of the carts passed the edge of the ridge, the six carts rolled over one by one, and hit the bottom of the ditch with a bang.

Immediately, more than a hundred white-armored soldiers slid down the two-foot-deep ditch like dumplings, and worked together to right the overturned cart at the bottom of the ditch, and continued to advance along the bottom of the ditch.

I have to admit that Jianu is really good at summarizing.

During the last Xiazhen battle, Jiannu did not have this method of warfare.

At that time, Jiannu was forced to stop after pushing the cart to the edge of the slope protection.

But in this Xuzhou battle, Jiannu summed up the tactics of crossing the trench with a chariot.

This tactic is simple and crude but effective. It is to push the cart directly down the ditch. Anyway, the cart is solid and thick, and it will be fine if you fall twice. You can even use the weight of the cart to flatten the staghorn thorns at the bottom of the ditch.

Jiannu used this strategy to attack the first heavy blunderbuss platform on the outside just now.

Kurchan took more than a hundred white armors and pushed six chariots from the bottom of the trench to continue to move forward.

Countless guns were still raining down, and now that Jianu had reached the bottom of the trench, the chariot could no longer provide shelter, so these guns all fell on Jianu.

However, it is still not enough to cause fatal damage.

Because these white armor soldiers who built slaves were all wearing triple armor.

Only occasional hits of slugs can cause damage.

"Hoo!" Accompanied by a scream that tore through the air,

A 30 double-weight compound bullet hit a white armored soldier.

[Note: Ming Dynasty 1 tael = 37.3 grams, 30 taels = 1.119 kg]

[Note: The 1.119kg slug is a stone ball with a diameter of nearly 10cm]

Immediately there was a loud bang, and the chest of the white armored soldier was dented instantly.

Due to the open design of the tiger squat gun, the airtightness is not enough, so the muzzle velocity of the projectile is not high, and the kinetic energy of the warhead is far from being comparable to that of the flat-fire guns of later generations.

But even so, it is enough to cause fatal damage.

It is indeed impossible for a stone lump of more than one kilogram to penetrate the iron armor, cotton armor and chain mail continuously, but it is enough to dent the triple armor and transmit huge kinetic energy to Jiannu.

"Pfft!" The Jiannu white armor soldier who was hit opened his mouth and spat out a large blood clot.

Then the whole person quickly wilted to the ground, and there was no movement after falling to the ground.

However, Kurchan and the other white armored soldiers didn't even bat an eye.

These white-armored soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles have already seen too much life and death.

None of the white-armored soldiers' emotions were affected, and the white-armored soldiers who followed up drew their big bows one after another, and shot a heavy arrow three feet long at the Ming army on the gun platform.

Ordinarily, firearms such as bird guns should be more lethal than bows and arrows.

But in this local battlefield, Jiannu's bow and arrow has achieved a crushing advantage.

The Ming army musketeers guarding behind the guardrail of the gun platform were shot and killed one by one. After nearly half of them died, the remaining Ming army musketeers were too frightened to show their faces.

(End of this chapter)