Nanming Yiming

Chapter 185
After seeing these words, Nikan felt bad, and was about to order everyone to retreat, only to hear a "bang", a bullet made a beautiful bullet mark, and directly passed through his chest.

Nikan looked at himself incredulously, then collapsed unwillingly.

After Huang Yu put down the special sniper gun with a range of 180 paces, he also seemed extremely excited. He personally shot and killed Nikan, King Jingjin of the Qing Dynasty. This was the first Manchu prince killed by the Ming army!
Although he was sure that he had hit Nikan, Huang Yu ordered all the tiger squatting guns to fire at Nikan's position just to be on the safe side.For a time, the Qing troops around Nikan were all commanded, participated in the leadership, and almost all the assistant leaders were killed. It was a perfect "beheading operation" and directly paralyzed the entire command system of the Qing army.

The gunmen of the Ming army on the hillsides on both sides kept shooting, taking advantage of the chaos of the Qing army to shoot and kill more enemies.

It has to be said that the Eight Banners of Manchuria are still quite elite. When the commander was killed and the senior officers were lost, they were not completely panicked, and they quickly retreated towards Taniguchi, and even used bows and arrows to fight back against the Ming army on the mountain.

After Nikan broke into the valley, he still left a team of 500 people at the entrance of the valley to guard his back.

At this time, 2000 Iron Armored Army were attacking the Qing army at the mouth of the valley. As long as they were driven into the valley, the pockets of the Ming army would be completely tightened.

The Qing army was also very surprised when they saw these heavy armored infantry holding sabers. The Ming army actually formed this kind of infantry specifically to deal with cavalry.

The strength of the Eight Banners soldiers is actually uneven. The most elite white armor soldiers and red armor soldiers were either killed when they fought for the entrance of the valley just now, or they rushed into the valley with Nikan. of.

I saw that the horse-chopping swordsmen of the Ming army were like a bunch of killing gods. They waved the horse-chopping swords in their hands, and cut off the horses and horses of the Qing army with one blow.However, the Qing army also used the impact of its own cavalry to severely damage these Ming troops. Although bows and swords could not hurt these heavy infantry at all, there were still many Qing troops with blunt weapons such as maces that directly killed the Ming troops. .

Soon, a large number of Mongolian cavalry appeared behind these heavy infantry. Although the feathered arrows of the Mongols could not penetrate the heavy armor of the Qing army, the Mongols' arrows were tricky and often hit the face and throat of the Qing army. At the same time, the Qing army had to guard against the sneak attack of Mongolian feather arrows while fighting the heavy infantry of the Ming army.

This kind of blow is not only physical, but also morale. Originally, these Mongols followed the Qing Dynasty to fight the Ming army in the south, but now they are fighting the Qing army instead, which is a great blow to their morale.

With the joining of the Ming army's musketeers, the 500 cavalry were soon beheaded by the Ming army.

Nearly 2000 iron armored troops, plus more than 1 Mongolian cavalry, completely blocked the valley. The gunmen of the Ming army even occupied the hillsides on both sides, condescendingly shooting at the Qing army.

However, this was the only escape route for the Qing army. Although the Ming army blocked it heavily and was equipped with Lumi guns and the powerful long-range firepower output of the Mongolian cavalry, the Qing army launched many charges without hesitation.

Even the casualties of the Iron Armored Army rose sharply, and the Mongols even exchanged bows and arrows with these Eight Banners soldiers.

However, after the Ming army adjusted the artillery, the fierce artillery fire directly blocked the direction of the valley, and the Qing army gave up this suicide charge.

After having no hope of breaking through, the weakness of the Qing army without a leader was finally exposed. They began to fight on their own, and the Ming army could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Huang Yu knew that it would take a lot of time to eat up all these thousands of remnants at this time.But now 4000 Green Battalions of the Qing Army and 5000 Manchuria Inlaid Red Flags are attacking Xuancheng from north to south.

Although there were 3000 troops from the Huizhou camp stationed in the city, the Qing army did not have large siege equipment, and the city would not be broken soon, but he could not take this risk, so he sent the Mongols to Xuancheng to support.

Outside the north gate of Xuancheng, the Qing army finally filled the moat after a day of hard work.The general Wu Hai shouted excitedly: "Brothers, the inlaid red flag has arrived at the south gate, and the Ming army in the city will not be able to withstand it; everyone will follow me into Xuancheng, and let the brothers enjoy themselves after breaking the city." sky."

After hearing Wu Hai's words, these Qing soldiers became even more excited, pushing the ladder and rushing towards Xuancheng.

But at this time, heavy horseshoes sounded behind them, and the black spots in the distance became more and more clear. The scene of thousands of horses galloping made the whole earth tremble.

The Qing army was also confused, and for a while they couldn't figure out whether the incoming cavalry was an enemy or a friend.However, the overwhelming rain of arrows from the Mongols quickly brought them back to reality.

Wu Hai shouted: "It's the Ming army, hurry up and form an array to meet the enemy!"

As soon as his words fell, the second wave of arrow rain from the Mongols arrived. In the panic, a large number of Qing troops were directly overturned by the Mongol arrow rain.

Originally, the Qing army was preparing to attack the city, but tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared behind them. How could they form a formation in time?
Wu Hai also shuddered. Now that he has thousands of infantry and tens of thousands of cavalry behind his back, this is simply like an old birthday star eating arsenic-tired of work!

At this time, the Mongols also saw the weakness of the Qing army, and the leader of the Mongolian capital, Utai, pulled out his scimitar and shouted: "Korqin warriors, let the Duke of Yue of the Ming Dynasty see that our Mongolian cavalry are not just You will hide behind and shoot arrows, draw out your sabers, and kill the Qing soldiers in front of you!"

It is true that the Mongolian light cavalry are not good at forcibly charging into the formation, but the current situation is that the Qing army has no time to form a formation. It is a beating of a dog in the water. Naturally, the Mongols will not let this opportunity pass.

I saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing into the Qing army and waving their sabers continuously. The Qing army was harvested mercilessly by them like rice. Almost every time they swung their swords, a Qing army fell down. In a short while, the Qing army suffered more than half of the casualties. up.

The Ming army in the city was also dumbfounded by this scene. How could this be a war?It's clearly a massacre!
The rest of the Qing army quickly collapsed. They turned around and ran away, but how could they run with two legs better than four?The Mongolian cavalry drove their prey like hunting, and they enjoyed the joy of killing to the fullest!

At this moment, the blood in these Mongols seems to be activated again, as if the Mongolian army that once slammed Eurasia has returned. In the end, only a few hundred Qing troops ran under the city wall to surrender, and the others were all attacked by the Mongols. slaughter.

After entering the city, the magistrate of Ningguo said: "Today, I have finally seen the style of the Mongolian cavalry. There are 5000 Manchurian Eight Banners in the south of the city. I hope that Wutai will make persistent efforts and repel them directly."

Hearing that there are Eight Banners of Manchuria in the south of the city, Wu Tai's face instantly turned ugly.

Although the feeling of slaughter just now was good, he wouldn't swell to the point of life and death just because he abused a handful of vegetables.At first they only came to fight for the Ming army because their young prince was kidnapped. Although the young prince made an agreement with Qian Mo, they were still mercenaries in essence, and they were still unpaid.

He can contribute to the Ming army, but he doesn't want to work hard for the Ming army.

So he said: "The Eight Banners in the south of the city have no siege equipment, so they will definitely not be able to attack Xuancheng. Now the main force of the Qing army is still besieged in Jingting Mountain. Now that this place is safe, I will lead the army back to Jingting Mountain to return to command."

Qian Mo and Huang Yu are not in Xuancheng, the Mongols are not willing to go all out, and the prefect of Ningguo is helpless.

The strength of the Ming army is indeed not enough to eat the two Qing armies at the same time. The battle at Jingting Mountain lasted until the second day before it ended.At this time, the Qing army in Xuancheng had received the news and retreated all the way to Jing County.

After confirming the news of Nikan's death, Du Tong, who was inlaid with a red flag, directly gave up Jing County and led the remnants out of Ningguo Mansion.

Both the Shenji Battalion and the Iron Armored Army were infantry, so naturally they were unable to effectively pursue the Qing army.

This time Nikan led 3 Qing troops to the south. Although only 13000 people have been wiped out so far, 8000 of them are the main force of Manchuria with red flags.In particular, the death of Nikan himself had a great impact on the morale of the Qing army, and the entire southern front was in danger of collapse.

Ma Guozhu personally rushed to Wuhu to take over the command of Nikan. He was afraid that the Qing army in Chizhou would be made dumplings by the Ming army, so he directly ordered to abandon the entire Chizhou Prefecture, and even Fanchang County in the south of Taiping Prefecture. All the Qing troops on the front line retreated to Wuhu to prevent the Ming army from continuing to go north.

The battle situation in the south of the Yangtze River changed too fast. After Hauge arrived in Yangzhou, it took only one month for the 10 troops to lose nearly 6%, many of them were the main forces of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.Now let alone regaining the territory, he can maintain the current situation, and it is good enough to hold Jiangning Mansion, Zhenjiang Mansion, and half of Changzhou Mansion and Taiping Mansion.

Nikan's death in battle had such an impact that Hauge didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he quickly asked Fan Wencheng to write a memorial for himself!

When the war in Jiangnan was at a stalemate, the war in Jiangxi was also not smooth.

After Bo Luo led the army to join forces with He Luo in Jiujiang, they had a total of 16 troops.Boluo analyzed the reasons for Tan Tai's failure before, mainly because Tan Tai divided his forces to attack Nanchang and Poyang, but failed to get both ends.

So this time, he decided not to divide his troops to attack Poyang, but to take down Nanchang City in one fell swoop by hitting the superior force, and wiped out all Jin Shenghuan's main force here.

However, the Ming army also had a lot of soldiers and horses in Raozhou Prefecture where Poyang was located. In order to ensure the safety of the flanks, he still left 3 troops to defend Hukou and Jiujiang, so as not to be attacked by the Ming army.

After arranging all this, Boluo and He Luohui led 13 horses down from Jiujiang River, and once again surrounded Nanchang City.

Nanchang, also known as Hongdu, is an extremely strong city, where the famous "Battle of Hongdu" broke out in the early Ming Dynasty.At that time, Zhu Wenzheng led tens of thousands of people. Facing Chen Youliang's 60 troops, he held on for 85 days, buying enough rest time for the Ming army; He defeated Chen Youliang in one fell swoop, thus laying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the circumference of Nanchang City was about 14 miles, and there were 7 city gates in total. Not only were urns built at each gate, but more than [-] meters of moats were dug in front of the city.A tight defense system consisting of moats, urns and walls has been formed.

After seeing Nanchang's 9-meter-high city wall, Boluo couldn't help but gasp. Such a fortified city is really tricky.In particular, 7 of Nanchang's 4 city gates are located in the west of the city. The west of Nanchang is close to Zhangjiang, where the troops cannot be deployed and are not suitable for siege.Only the Desheng Gate in the north of the city, the Yonghe Gate in the east of the city, and the Hue Gate in the south of the city are left. These three gates are suitable for siege.

Naturally, the Qing army was fully prepared for the siege of Nanchang this time, as many as 40 red cannons were prepared.

The Battle of Nanchang began with artillery battles. Outside the gate of victory, 40 red cannons of the Qing army lined up one by one and launched an artillery attack on Nanchang City.However, the city wall of Nanchang is more than 6 meters wide. Although the Qing army's shelling was huge, the actual damage caused was not large.At this time, the Qing army had not yet broken through the moat, and the Ming army did not have to worry about the Qing army attacking the city. Naturally, the city walls would not be full of people and become the target of cannons.

After adjusting for a while, the cannons on Nanchang City also fired back at the Qing army.Although the Ming army also had 30 red-clothed cannons in Nanchang, they were arranged in three city gates, and the number was definitely not as high as that of the Qing army.

In the artillery battle on the first day, it was clear that the Qing army had the upper hand.

At this time, the range of the artillery on both sides was generally about 3-4 kilometers. For the sake of insurance, the Qing army set up the camp 5 kilometers away from Nanchang City.

After nightfall, the Shenji Battalion moved four 4-pound cannons to Deshengmen. After two test shots, the artillery of the Ming army fell directly into the camp of the Qing army.

Although the threat that a few cannons could pose was actually limited, the Qing soldiers who were awakened by the sound of the cannons rushed out of the tent immediately, causing the entire camp to be in chaos.

Then the red cannons of the Qing army also fought back, and their firing directly exposed their position.

The blooming ammunition of the Ming army is much more powerful than the solid ammunition of the Qing army. Soon after, the wooden barrel where the Qing army stored gunpowder was hit by the Ming army, which caused a chain explosion. In one night, the Qing army lost 11 hits. Clothes Cannon.

In desperation, Boluo had to announce the relocation of the camp, and set up the Qing army's camp 8 kilometers away from Nanchang City.

The 12-pound cannon of the Shenji Battalion far surpassed the red cannons of the Qing army in terms of range, accuracy, power, and rate of fire, and their artillery battles were forced to stop after a few days.

The Qing army began to try to break through the moat. This task was not easy. In addition to the heavy artillery such as the red cannon and the 12 cannons on the city, the Ming army also brought 10 portable tiger squatting cannons. Adjust the position and attack the Qing army under the city.

I thought it would be easier to attack the city without a moat, but the moat in front of Nanchang City is about 30 meters wide and 4 meters deep. It is a moat without water.

The Qing army who jumped into the moat couldn't climb up at all, and once the Qing army's carts were pushed into the moat, they couldn't push it to the side of the city wall. The helpless Qing army had no choice but to use ladders to climb over the moat. Otherwise, it would be impossible to attack Nanchang City at all!
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