Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 482: Fuck! Fuck! Fuck Zeng to death!
Fight to the death and protect the artillery.

Once you win,
The contribution of this pillar of support is as dazzling as it can be.

Between the lightning and flint,

Lin Chuan snatched the camp flag from the flag bearer.
Swing hard,

shouted:

"Brothers of the 4th Battalion, move closer to me and guard the artillery."

"Mount bayonets, form a battle array! Form a battle array!"

……

More than 200 soldiers directly under the battalion, plus dozens of passing soldiers with disorganized organization, formed a temporary formation.

Line up in front and on the left wing of the artillery position.

The artillery lieutenant was quite surprised and ran over.

"The 4th Battalion will never retreat."

Seeing Lin Chuan so determined, the artillery lieutenant couldn't help but look at him with respect. After saluting each other, they returned to their own camps.

The sound of artillery fire began to be heard sporadically.

Solid bullets flew over the soldiers' heads and hit the Qing army.

The Qing soldiers coming out of Liuyang Gate were a mixture of musketeers and sword and shield soldiers.

The charge distance is the shortest and the threat is the greatest.

……

Three consecutive solid bullets hit the crowd accurately.

Too dense,

One shell can even penetrate 20 floors.

Zeng Di, who was watching the battle from the city wall, also discovered the flaws.
Cursed:

"The road out of the city is too narrow to spread out."

"This, this is like an hourglass."

Overlooking,

There are huge numbers of soldiers in the city, and one must first cross the suspension bridge before entering the vast space outside the city.

Mr. Zeng's metaphor,

Exquisite.

He is truly worthy of being the man who makes all the wise men in the Censorate stay away from him.

……

The Wu army’s artillery fire was not fast, but very steady.

Liuyang Gate,

The moat was stained red with blood~
The suspension bridge was plowed by multiple artillery shells and was covered in blood, like a slaughterhouse.

Some smart people have realized that something is wrong, so they pretend that their feet are slippery and scream that they have fallen into the water.

Most people in Hunan can swim.

If you flop around in the moat, at least you won't be hit by artillery fire.

The cool river water also makes people’s minds clearer.

Liuyang Gate,
It should have been the biggest threat, but because of the hourglass terrain, it was hit the hardest by Wu’s artillery.

……

The new recruits of the guest regiment lined up in front of the artillery position were now standing shoulder to shoulder with their necks hunched.

Not a coward.

Instead, they were located in front of the artillery, with sparks falling from the sky from time to time, instantly burning through the military uniforms.

From time to time, someone jumped up due to the burns, and the comrades around helped to pat away the sparks.
Lin Chuan smelled a faint burnt aroma.

Gnawing his back teeth,
roared:

"Brothers, don't be afraid. Just think of it as a piece of iron."

The soldiers felt relieved.

Mining and blacksmithing are the occupations that young Hakka people are most familiar with.

It’s hot, so just bear with it.

However, the bullets were whizzing over my head, making my scalp tight and me feel the urge to pee.

……

In the queue,

The military caps of the three soldiers flew up and fell freely to the ground.

One of them complained:
"Damn gunner, can you raise the muzzle a little higher? Do you have to be so dangerous? The cannon wind is blowing over my head and I'm so scared."

The face of a person next to him turned pale.
He gritted his teeth and dared not turn his head to look back.

During boot camp,

Anyone who turns back before the battle will be thrown into a small dark room.

Men are not afraid of the dark.

But there were rats squeaking, snakes hissing, and insects crawling in the small dark room, and it felt like they were right next to my ears and I could be bitten at any time.

Anyway,

The person who invented the small dark room must be a pervert.

The space is not big, it is difficult to stand straight and sitting is difficult.

after coming out,
Man is like a puddle of mud and can only crawl.

……

"put."

This round of 10 6-pound cannons fired at the enemy coming from the north.

The Hunan Army that rushed out of Xiaowu Gate was temporarily delayed.

immediately,

The Tusi soldiers who were at the front suffered more than 30 casualties and immediately dispersed.

Keep charging with your head down.

The artillery lieutenant's pupils shrank instantly as he sensed danger.

roared:

"Let all the Torghut soldiers in front lie down."

After a few dozen breaths of chaos,
500 Torghut sword and shield soldiers lay down on the spot.

immediately,

The lieutenant mobilized 15 guns to fire at full speed, lowering the firing angle to the extreme.

……

The muzzle is low, so the shells will be more effective in killing infantry.

This principle,

It’s just like “skipping stones on water”!
The shooting position must be low enough to achieve three or four consecutive drifts.

The shells bounced along the ground like stones skipping on water.

The city head,

Zeng Di and Bao Yong were stunned.

"Bao Youji, why are the enemy's cannons so powerful~"

"Thieves are not as skilled as others, but they have their own masters." Bao Yong was very frank.

Zeng Di's triangular eyes flashed with cold light:

"Is it because of inferior skills or inferior artillery?"

“All are inferior to others.”

Bao Yong was so straightforward that Zeng Di was speechless for a moment.

After a while,
he asked:
"Now let's mobilize the heavy artillery to attack the enemy's artillery? Isn't that a good idea?"

……

Bao Yong was embarrassed and stammered:
"Governor, everyone here is ours. Isn't it bad?"

"What you say makes sense, what you say makes sense."

This time, even the devil felt a little embarrassed.

Zeng Di's face turned slightly red.
I opened the telescope and looked down at the latest battle situation, and saw that the militia that left the city from Xiaowu Gate had already engaged the enemy.

The sword and shield soldiers on both sides were fighting hand-to-hand.

"Good, good, the battle is promising."

"In my opinion, it is the people of Hunan who are good at fighting."

Bao Yong complimented:
"Only the beautiful mountains and waters of western Hunan can produce people like you. The 11 brothers of the Zeng family are all outstanding people."

……

The camera looks south.

Huangdao Gate on the south side of Changsha City,
The Green Camp soldiers who rushed out were the last to arrive at the battlefield.

Just 20 guns,
It is no longer possible to stop such a large group of enemies.

Facing the huge crowds surrounding us on three sides,
Lin Chuan's forehead was covered with sweat, and the huge fear triggered hysterical madness.

He stood on an ammunition cart,

Shouted loudly:

"General Wu is using the tactic of dragging the sword. The army will come back soon. Hold on. Our battalion will be the first to win the credit if Changsha is captured."

"Farming only brings in 30% profit, but fighting a war brings in a hundred or a thousand times the profit."

"Brothers, fight, fight, fight!"

……

The soldiers roared like thunder.

now,

Everyone seemed to have returned to those familiar days, and the whole village, young and old, went out to grab water sources~
Farming only brings in 3% profit, but military merit brings in a hundred times more profit!

The ferocity of the Hakka people was fully aroused at this moment.

Lin Chuan pointed his sword forward and shouted:
"put!"

A large number of Qing army musketeers on the opposite side fell down.

Then, under the command of the officers,
White smoke rises, and a counterattack begins!

……

Wu's infantry and artillery were compressed in the middle position and surrounded on three sides by the Qing troops from Changsha.

Zeng Di laughed out loud when he saw this.

Bao Yong quickly suggested:

"Futai, captured cannon~"

"Give you all!"

"Thank you, Governor."

Bao Yong was delighted.
As an experienced gunner, he could guess from the range that the play of Wu Jun's artillery must be very small.

However, the Qing Dynasty's artillery had a large amount of leeway.

This caused serious leakage of gunpowder propelling gas and a lot of loss of range.

……

at this time,

The three city gates were still crowded.

It is actually quite difficult to organize 40,000 people to leave the city in a short period of time.

There is a modern joke:

Every time before the school organizes a spring outing, the principal suffers from insomnia for several days.

I reminded them again and again that on the return journey, there should be neither one less nor one more person.

One less person would be a death sentence, and one more person would be helpless.

Zeng Di was also a little uneasy at this moment. Looking at the messy city wall, he felt regretful.

"Pass the order, the people behind don't have to leave the city."

however,
He modified the order on the spur of the moment, which produced a series of unexpected reactions.

...The Green Camp soldiers listened to the governor's order and pressed forward even more, determined to leave the city.
Even if you can't get the head after leaving the city, just find a random corpse and chop it up a few times, letting the blade be stained with blood.

After the battle,

Please reward me according to my merits.

The blade is clean and the attitude of asking for reward is not tough.

but,

When stained with blood, one becomes tough.

At least he could ask for a pot of wine, a piece of meat, and a tael of loose silver.

The imperial court could not afford to have these rotten soldiers complaining about unfair rewards and punishments, which would deal a blow to military morale.

You have to appreciate it even if you have to pinch your nose.

……

Zeng Laosan, who was relatively silent, stood behind Zeng Di, holding the hilt of the knife.

suddenly,

He screamed:
"Oh no, the Wu bandit cavalry is back again."

Everyone looked up.

Southeast direction, smoke and dust are rolling~
Zeng Di was also decisive enough.

Immediately issued a series of orders:

"Close the city gates. Soldiers who have left the city are stationed at the foot of the city. Artillery fire from the city walls is provided as cover."

however,
The idea is good, but execution is difficult.

The city gate and the inner city gate are packed with people. How to evacuate them?

Who's going out?
Who's coming in?
and also,

The siege of the city is in full swing, how do we withdraw?
……

The situation on the battlefield took a turn for the worse.

First of all, the city gates could not be closed and the drawbridge could not be raised.

Soldiers are going out, and soldiers are coming in.

Changsha version of "Fortress Besieged"!
Trampling and crushing accidents suddenly occurred.

“It’s so crowded.”

"Those behind, retreat quickly."

The Green Camp soldiers cursed at each other and their feet were lifted off the ground.

People kept rolling their eyes and vomiting blood~
Half a quarter of an hour has passed~
The three city gates still could not be closed, and the Wu cavalry vanguard was still two miles away from the battlefield.

……

Zeng Di was panicked.

"Second brother, third brother, you two lower your guard to take command."

"Brother, don't worry."

The two burly men were also unambiguous.

Wearing heavy armor and carrying weapons, he had someone lower a rope along the city wall and climb down.

Among the 11 sons of the Zeng family, only the eldest son is able to read, the rest are all warriors.

My great-grandfather was a powerful Han Chinese in Yuanzhou Prefecture. He married the legitimate daughter of a chieftain and had considerable influence.

Moreover, this chieftain woman is the most fertile.

From the time I got married, I had one baby every year, and this went on for nearly 20 years.

It was not until Zeng's father died that the warehouse was closed.
The landscape in western Hunan is dangerous, and the law has always been weak.

The Zeng family had money, food, and male children.

Surprisingly, a Jinshi (a scholar) was born in the family, and he was favored by the hereditary chieftain of Fenghuang Hall, and they married again, making him famous within a hundred miles.

Xiangxi bandits,

None of them robbed Zeng’s convoy.

One can imagine its reputation in the local area.

……

Wu Simai held an 8-foot-long spear in his right arm and began to increase the speed of his horse.

300 people followed closely behind~
Based on the suggestion of the Torghut captives and the approval of His Majesty, the Light Cavalry Corps formed a Lancer Company as a pilot project.

The charging lancers held their spears horizontally and charged towards the nearest Green Camp musketeers.

A Qing army captain yelled with a distorted voice:

"shot."

White smoke rose and the knight fell off his horse.

The rest continued to charge on horseback, pointing their spears forward.

The courage of the Green Camp soldiers seemed to disappear as the bullets flew out.

They threw away their muskets,

Run backwards.

The scale of the escape gradually increased and an avalanche began to form.

……

The Lancer Charge was the most terrifying.

The flanking performance of the Polish Lancers and Cossack Cavalry even frightened Emperor Nazianzu, who specially formed a Lancer Army to fight against them.

Even if it is a hollow square, there is a high probability that it will be dispersed by the lancers.

One inch long, one inch strong.

The spear is the best weapon, no matter on the battlefield or in a duel.

Even if the sword master entered the alley, he was afraid of long weapons.

The pressure on the Wu army inside the encirclement suddenly decreased.

Lin Chuan wiped his tears and shouted in a broken voice:
"Brothers, bayonet charge."

Half an hour later,

The Changsha Green Camp soldiers who went out of the city to counterattack suffered a massive defeat and rushed towards the city gate.

……

The cavalry pursued them relentlessly.

Stabbing with spears, swinging out hatchets and bone clubs, the blood stimulated the deserters to not dare slow down.

after all,

The most ideal pursuit battle state has basically been achieved.

Around Xiaowumen,
Countless people fell into the water, and countless people were trying to get into the city.

On the city wall,

The Qing army was stunned and wanted to fire but did not dare to for fear of accidental injuries.

The defeated soldiers who could not enter the city saw that the front was crowded and could only continue to flee northwards.
……

The entire battlefield was in chaos.

A cavalry unit rushed to the artillery position, reined in their horses and shouted:

"Where is the artillery commander?"

"The end will be here."

"General Wu has ordered that my troops be under your command. Use war horses to pull the artillery and bombard the Qing troops crowded at Huangdao Gate."

"As ordered."

at this time,

Liuyang Gate is, on the contrary, the least crowded.

Both Huangdao Gate and Xiaowu Gate were very crowded.

Aerial view,

There were huge crowds of defeated soldiers crying and shouting to enter the city.

……

Around Xiaowu Gate, the Qing army’s artillery roared.

They wanted to stop the Wu cavalry from getting too close.
The Wu cavalry, which had suffered losses, also changed their strategy and no longer chased after the lagging deserters and stabbed them in the back.

Change to horizontal sweeping formation,

Kill with cavalry flintlocks and various throwing weapons.

Inside the city wall,
The ground was covered with corpses, and the living people were stepping on corpses.

Everyone was climbing up bravely, rushing to enter the city.

The defeat was like a landslide~
Wu Simai had sharp eyes and saw Zeng Laoer at a glance.

Although I didn't know him, I heard that this guy was wearing heavy armor, holding a long sword, and shouting.

He attempted to gather the remaining Tusi soldiers and form a battle array to fight against them.

Obviously a big shot.

kill!

……

Wusimai rushed forward and thrust out fiercely with the 8-foot-long spear under his arm.

The moment you feel resistance,
Release the spear
Zeng Lao Er fell straight to the ground.

The spear pierced his armor and then his lungs, causing him to vomit blood in pain.

Zeng Laosan, who was not far away,

Seeing this scene, he let out a shrill wail and rushed over to rescue his second brother.

……

I happened to run into the Torghut people.

Zeng Laosan was wearing heavy armor on his strong boar-like body, holding a copper whip and charging left and right.

The Torghut soldiers were unarmored.
He broke out of the formation.

then,

He met Lin Chuan, who came for reinforcement and had a vicious look on his face.

"It's a big fish, kill him."

Five muskets fired in unison.

Zeng Laosan's heavy armor was pierced and he fell to the ground.

Two Torghut soldiers, eager for revenge, rushed over, cut off the neck, and took the head as a trophy.

……

The remnants of the guest infantry, which had been defeated due to the inexplicable retreat order, finally stopped.

A group of their own cavalry came around in front of them.

Shouting:

"The Qing army has been defeated. Everyone should turn back and chase after the Qing army. Everyone will be rewarded."

With such a shout,
The effect is very good.

The visiting infantry hurriedly reorganized their formation, found the flag bearer and drummer, and returned to fight again.

in case,

If the messenger had not shouted the last sentence "Everyone has contributed", the effect of gathering the remaining soldiers would have been half as good.

……

Inside and outside Changsha City,
It was a mess.

At least 1 Qing soldiers had not yet had time to enter the city gate.

Swearing, cursing, crying~
The Zodiac Gate,
The suspension bridge became a place of death.

People fall into the water every moment.

The person who fell into the water later knocked out his companion who was already in the water, stepped on him and drank the blood.

The people below instinctively pulled their companions above into the water.

Eventually they drowned together.

Even more terrifying is,
A cannon pulled by a war horse stopped about a mile away.

(End of this chapter)