golden scales

On August 17, the [-]th year of Chongzhen, [-] captive soldiers led by Bahana and Shi Tingzhu marched to Gaocheng, only fifty miles away from Zhending.Here, however, they were attacked by the Ming army for the first time.

The pull-fire mines completely replaced the gunpowder ignited mines, and a large number of unqualified gunpowder collected became the propellant of the mines, which were used to throw all kinds of gravel and nails to kill infantry in a large area.The reason why Xiao Mo finally put the Donglu soldiers in Gaocheng was to have enough time to prepare the battlefield and fill in the mines.

The first round of landmine strikes made Bahana quite nervous, and he quickly deployed the main force to the south, ready to fight.However, the engineers of the battalion had already selected the area suitable for the cavalry to charge, and arranged barbed wire, repelling horses, and trenches. This forced Bahana to send a large number of coated charges first, and used his life to sweep away the obstacles on the road and fill them up. ravine.

"fire!"

As the artillery fired, roads of blood were paved on the North China Plain.

Donggong gunners have mastered advanced artillery skills and scientific training, and have demonstrated combat effectiveness far superior to Donglu in actual combat.Although Shi Tingzhu's Zhengbai Banner Han army also had artillery, they did not master artillery skills.Those gunners who were taken to Liaodong were not willing to work for Kong Youde, and they were even more afraid that they would lose their advantages and be abandoned after others learned gunnery.

This directly caused the gunners of the Han Army Banner to fire at the maximum range of the artillery. Although the iron projectile formed a ricochet after it landed, it was already at the end of its strength when it rolled to the front of the Eastern Palace Army array, and it would not cause casualties at all.

"Move the cannon up!" Bahana shouted loudly as he couldn't find Shi Tingzhu at the beginning of the battle, and he didn't know if anyone was going to deliver the order.He scolded angrily: "They put their cannons in front of the formation! Where are our cannons!"

Under the same predicament, Shi Tingzhu also thought of pushing the artillery forward, especially the [-]-jin Shenwei General Cannon.In his opinion, ten catties of iron is enough to collapse the Ming army formation.

However, the [-]-jin artillery moves on the battlefield without roads, just like a slowly moving snail.The auxiliary soldiers and artillery surrounded in a group are another attractive target.Long Fucai stood in front of the center gun position, and held back the gun commander who was about to give the order to fire.Gritting his teeth, he said, "Let me do it."

The gunner straightened his chest, and said: "Report to the lieutenant colonel, according to the drill code, people and guns are one body, and humble positions cannot get out of the way!"

Long Fu just glanced at him, his lips twitched, and suddenly a fierce light shot out of his eyes.He pushed the gunner away heavily, occupying the radiation: "Correction: Three degrees higher, one left."

The other gunners were obviously not as persistent as the gunner, and quickly corrected their shooting angles.Long Fu took the torch and lit the match.With the sound of stinging and igniting, the flame penetrated into the barrel of the gun.With a roar, eight catties of shells were spit out.

Long Fucai pursed his lips tightly, watching the shells fall towards the crowd transporting them.

There was a huge sound of gold and iron, and the shell hit the Shenwei General Cannon accurately.

"God bless Huangming!" The gunners exclaimed in unison.

The gunner who was pushed away also stood back to his post, looking at the results of his gun in disbelief.

——If the lieutenant colonel's instructor didn't correct the angle, the shell would definitely be inaccurate!

The gunner looked at Long Fucai with admiration, not hiding his astonishment at all.

It takes one shot at this distance.It was like a miracle.

Long Fu pursed his lips and backed away from the cannon position, and ordered flatly: "Quick fire!"

The inspired Ming Army artillery array significantly accelerated the firing speed, and those Fran cannons that were good at rapid fire poured projectiles at the enemies who rushed into the effective range, and the entire battlefield was full of gunpowder.No one knew that the cannon shot by the god just now was actually aimed at the soldiers carrying the cannon.

Originally, what Long Fucai wanted to see was that the cannonballs would set off a bloodbath in the crowd, in order to appease the spirit of his wife and children under the Nine Springs.However, he missed the auxiliary car...but it was a good result.

"The cannon just now. Collective third-class merit!" The military judge rode to the front of the cannon array and shouted loudly, his voice was quickly drowned out by the cannon.

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"My lord, let's hurry up, the artillery is already firing!" Wang Chengen said to Emperor Chongzhen panting while riding on the horse.

Chongzhen also smelled the smell of sulfur and gunpowder smoke in the air, and felt that the stench was unbearable.If it wasn't for being too insistent on going to the battlefield in person before, I really couldn't help but want to turn around and go back now.After hearing Wang Chengen's words, Chongzhen was ashamed to say it back, and saw the red flag rolling from a distance.Said: "The front is the watchtower?"

The guard of the Eastern Palace on the side stepped forward and said: "Go back to the emperor, the observation tower is in front of you, and His Highness will be there to supervise the battle in person."

Chongzhen felt that his calves were trembling a little, and seeing the other guards looking excited and eager to fly over, he had to gallop away and head for the watchtower.

The watchtower is actually a small natural mound, suitable for observing the entire battlefield and issuing orders.Zhu Cihong stood on the mound, and three to five feet below was Xiao Mo's general flag, which was also the headquarters of the entire battle.Compared with the flat command of the Manchurians, the command method of Donggong is better able to protect senior officers and discover the weak points of the enemy's formation in time.

"Your Highness, if Xiao Mo doesn't charge at this time, Donglu may escape." You Shiwei looked anxiously at the artillery of a battalion, completely weakening the momentum of Donglu's charge.

"No, Donglu still looks down on us now, and he will definitely wait for the artillery to stop charging." Zhu Cihong didn't believe that Donglu would escape because of this little firepower, unless he added dozens of cannons to truly do what Qi Jiguang said All day long, the cannons don't stop.

"The saint is here!"

Wang Chengen rushed ahead and shouted at the top of his voice.

Zhu Cihong turned his horse's head away, took You Shiwei and others to gallop in front of Chongzhen in small steps, performed the Eastern Palace military salute, and said: "Please forgive me for not being able to fully salute while you are in armor."

Chongzhen glanced at everyone, especially at Zhu Cihong who was not wearing armor, and said, "I want to see for myself how my Huangming Jianer killed the thief."

Zhu Cihong retreated to Chongzhen's side, ordered someone to hold the reins for the emperor, brought him to the observation station, presented him with a binoculars, and patiently explained the positions of the various departments below, the meaning of the flags, and the progress of the battlefield.

Chongzhen was confused when he heard it, and felt dizzy after watching it for a while. The smell of sulfur in the air was mixed with the smell of blood, which made him feel more oppressed and want to vomit.

"After the shelling is over, Donglu will charge." Zhu Cihong said.

"Then what to do!" Chongzhen's face was pale.

"Eh?" Zhu Cihong immediately understood the emperor's fear, and quickly explained: "I'm afraid that he won't charge. This time, my son deployed a force four times that of the enemy, in order to completely wipe out this Eastern barbarian army. swallow."

Chongzhen became more frightened and said, "Won't the Nine Chiefs send a hundred thousand troops to the south?"

"Li Zicheng led an army of one million to attack Shanxi, and Dorgon couldn't spare anyone." Zhu Cihong replied calmly, pointing at the battlefield with his arms outstretched: "Look, the gunners stopped firing, and the Eastern captives are retreating."

"Is that the end of the fight?" Chongzhen asked in a low voice.

"No, it's Donglu who wants to charge again, shrink the coat first, and arrange the formation." Zhu Cihong knew that Chongzhen had no concept of battle formations, so he said: "On the battlefield, it is always the way to break the formation and then defeat the enemy. Once the formation collapses, That is the lamb to be slaughtered."

"Then let our army's cannons fire quickly?"

"The gun barrel also needs to be cooled, otherwise it will explode." Zhu Cihong watched the blue armor on the opposite side begin to gather, and said: "Those in gray clothes are coated Aha, that is, their slaves, most of them are Han Chinese, and there are also North Koreans. People. Father, look at those blue armored soldiers, they are the elite of Donglu Zhenglan Banner——Zhenglan Banner Manchuria is the upper three banners, and the owner of the banner is Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge."

"Is he on the opposite side?" Chongzhen asked.

"Uh, he was cut down by his uncle Dorgon, so he didn't enter the customs." Zhu Cihong lost his patience, just at this moment, the Zhenglan Banner armored soldiers also completed their formation, driving the civilian husband and Baoyi forward.

Behind these armored soldiers, Ba Yala in white armor lined up in a row, holding a broadsword, serving as the supervisor of the team.Not only those who flinched would be beheaded immediately, even those who were wounded and howled would have their heads chopped off.

"They rushed over!" Chongzhen exclaimed in surprise.

Xiao Mo's Chinese army tilted the flag forward, and the artillery roared again, followed by mandarin duck formations, shouting the majestic "tiger" word loudly, and launched a countercharge.

Chongzhen only felt the blood rushing to his head, and the cold sweat from the palm of his hand soaked the reins unconsciously.

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