Win the Ding 1617

"Damn it! That's it again!"

Whether it is Sasuka through the telescope, or the two Niu Luzhangjing and Xu Youxin of Manahai and Alamu, and his subordinate officers, they can all see it with their naked eyes. The soldiers and horses of Wu Changqing not far away, relying on The city wall of Hongqiao Town was once again lined up around the city.

It's just that the retreat of the Qing army just now bought Wu Changqing time to retreat and rearrange the defense line.

He declined Ji Changming's kindness to let him lead his troops back into the city to rest.He just asked Ji Changming to move his two infantry battalions and one artillery battalion out of the city, and arrange for civilian men to urgently repair a fortification outside the city.

"It doesn't need to be particularly strong, a parapet that can cover the brothers' bodies is enough!"

Therefore, in the eyes of Qing army generals such as Sasuka and Xu Youxin, this tactic is a cliché.It's just that Sasuka remembered the several times when Hexiwu, Tashan, etc. had fought head-on with the Southern Guangdong Army. In those few times, the Southern Guangdong Army or relied on fortifications to inflict heavy damage on the Qing Army.Or relying on and reforming fortifications, step by step, put a lot of pressure on the Qing army.

Today, a curved parapet as high as half a person has been vaguely formed. Behind the Nanyue Army, thousands of civilians and auxiliary soldiers are carrying linen bags from the ramp on the city without stopping, using these huge and heavy bags Build a parapet.Occasionally, some things leaked out of the gaps in the sackcloth bag and spilled on the ground, forming a dotted line in dots.

"The barbarians of the dog days are indeed rich! They actually used good rice to repair the fortifications!"

Countless officers and soldiers of the Qing army also noticed this scene and cursed in their hearts.This move undoubtedly mobilized the Qing soldiers for battle.

Wu Changqing also seems to be very supportive, the victory just now may have made him despise the Qing army.He lined up his troops against this parapet from south to north and west.The three infantry battalions formed three thin lines, and the artillery of the artillery battalion between the infantry battalions was placed slightly forward on the two wings of the battalion formation.Another infantry battalion and his guards, cavalry signal team, and baggage team stood behind the parapet with guns as a reserve team.Dozens of other vehicles that seemed to be baggage vehicles lined up behind them. Presumably, they were either baggage vehicles or vehicles of the health team.

At such a short distance, the strength and configuration of both sides can be seen clearly.Sasuka sneered, turned to face Xu Youxin, who was only an arm's length away from him weaving the golden dragon banner, and said with a smile: "From my point of view, this Nanban military officer is nothing more than that! I just took a small advantage, It’s so entrusted. Before the fortifications are complete, you dare to fight our Qing soldiers head-on. And, Xu Zongbing, come and see!”

He pointed at the ramp in use behind the parapet with his horsewhip, "This ramp must have been built to echo the defenders outside the city. Although it looks rough at this time and has not yet been completed. But it is also It can be used! If you defeat the Nanman in front of you, then you can use this ramp as bait to lure the Nanman and my Qing soldiers to compete for this road into the city!"

"My lord has been through the battlefield for a long time, and he has seen thousands of miles. You are right! The last general thinks so too!"

"Manahai!"

"The slave is here!"

"Send someone with Ben Mele's command arrow to urge the rear soldiers and horses, and let them come quickly with artillery!"

Under his orders, the sound of hoofbeats sounded in the formation of the Qing army, the messengers galloped back and forth, and groups of Qing troops came out of the formation. (There is no way, these soldiers and horses who surrendered from the former Ming army have degenerated to the point where they cannot convey orders and communicate with each other through flags, golden drums, and horns.)

Groups of Qing soldiers lined up in a dense formation in front of the formation.At the front are more than 1000 archers and firecrackers. The firecrackers are in front and the archers are behind.Their task is to shoot at the firecrackers of the Southern Guangdong Army, buying time and space for the soldiers and horses behind.As long as they can consume the ammunition of the gunmen of the Southern Guangdong Army and let them fire two guns, the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers behind them will come and start a hand-to-hand fight with the Southern Guangdong Army.

Behind these more than 1000 people, there are more sword and shield soldiers and pike soldiers.The sword and shield soldiers are all veterans of Xu Youxin's subordinates. They basically have armor on their bodies and iron helmets on their heads.But the pikemen are much colder, most of them have only one piece of armor without iron wool on their bodies, and only one felt hat on their heads.It's no wonder that most of these people are strong men who were coerced along the way to the south, and they belonged to cannon fodder.From the perspective of the army leaders, it is enough to give them a wooden stick with a spearhead made of pig iron. Anyway, they are used to charge and climb the city. Who will give them good swords, guns, equipment and armor?

Nearly 1000 pikemen barely maintained their formation without herding sheep under the punches, whips and curses of the officers.Slowly marching behind the archers and musketeers.Behind them, there were less than [-] sword and shield soldiers, and the team of sword and shield soldiers was much more organized. After all, they were considered the elite soldiers of Xu Youxin's town.behind them.With the sound of hoofbeats, hundreds of cavalrymen served as the assault force and the supervising team, their long knives and axes sharp in their hands.

The rain has stopped, but the autumn wind is colder.Accompanied by the Qing soldiers' cavalry approaching slowly, in the wilderness outside Hongqiao Town, it seemed more and more murderous.

The war is about to come, Wu Changqing, standing behind the parapet under his own banner, exhaled softly, looked at the soldiers beside him, all of them had their lips tightly closed, their teeth clenched, and their faces were distorted .There was silence around him, only the slight breathing sound of people desperately suppressing it, which was torn away by the autumn wind in an instant.

Through those unobtrusive ground markers, Wu Changqing and Ji Changming at the top of the city can clearly judge how far the Qing soldiers are from their position.

In the blink of an eye, the archers at the front had advanced more than a hundred steps, and the outlines of their facial features could be vaguely distinguished, which proved that these Qing soldiers who only wore cotton armor or armor inlaid with iron It was within the effective strike range of the artillery of the Southern Guangdong Army.

If it was severe winter at this time, Wu Changqing would have already ordered the cannons to be fired.However, now that the rain has just stopped, the ground is just a piece of slippery mud, and the bouncing damage of solid shells has been reduced to a minimum.Therefore, the enemy must be placed as close as possible in order to give full play to the power of the cannon.

Seeing that the Qing army marched more than [-] steps forward, and could already clearly distinguish the eyebrows and eyes of the soldiers, Wu Changqing decisively waved down the command flag in his hand.

"Squad, fire!"

The artillery team, which had already loaded the shells and cut the fuzes, immediately began to speak.

The rumbling sound rolled over like a huge thunder, bursts of gray-white smoke rose up, and bursts of shells roared, flying towards the formation of the Qing army.At this distance, the dozen or so six-pound guns placed on the Wuchangqingtuan's defense line basically fired flat, and the trajectory of the shells at this time was about a straight line.As long as the naked eye can see it, the artillery can hit it.

Amidst the whistling sound, hot iron balls weighing several jins smashed into the Qing army formation one by one.The iron ball rushed across the crowd, directly leading a path of blood.The dozen or so small bullets fired with the cannon ran wildly around, and the Qing soldiers screamed and rolled to the ground.

It's a pity that although there was a commotion in the formation of the Qing soldiers, it was mostly fine and they still marched slowly.The ground was slippery and muddy, and the shells could not bounce after hitting the ground, and could not perform secondary damage.

"Don't mess up! Go up! As long as you get close, the bows and arrows can reach you, and the Nanban cannons won't hurt you!" In addition to the weather helping the Qing soldiers, the hoarse and desperate officers in the team also played a role. Huge effect.Without their yelling and cursing to stop them, these archers and gunfire soldiers would have already collapsed.

I don't know when, the autumn rain in the sky stopped falling, and what fell on people's faces and bodies was graupel between rain and ice.This thing is called Xue Mi or Mi Xue in many local sayings, and it is also clearly classified as Xue's close relatives.Its arrival marks the beginning of further cold weather and the beginning of cooling.

The snow rice scattered in the Qing army's offensive formation wet their red tassels, their swords, guns and tassels, and their clothes, armor and shoes.Soon, these snow rice will wet the ground under their feet together with their flesh and blood.

The fall of the snow rice has lifted the spirits of the Nanyue Army!It's not that the Southern Guangdong Army is not afraid of wind and snow. On the contrary, the main components of the army are people from warm regions or even subtropical and tropical regions, and they have a deep-rooted fear of cold.However, with the blessing of a large amount of warm clothing and equipment, they are now cheering in their hearts: "Get down! Get down quickly! The bigger the better, the more the better! It is best to freeze the ground hard immediately, and also So that you bastards can enjoy our hot shells!"

"Let these Nikans hurry up! Otherwise, the gunpowder will get wet and stop firing, and this attack will be useless again!" Niu Luzhang Jingmanahai held a gun in his hand. The short-handled crescent ax kept yelling and cursing in his mouth.

"Don't panic! Just rush up!" Sasuka was far more scheming and cunning than the mid-level and lower-level officers like Manahai.He also knew that Xu Youxin's army would not be able to defeat Hongqiao Town no matter what.However, to be able to exchange thousands of surrendered green battalion soldiers for the position of the Southern Guangdong Army, understand their tactics and tactics, figure out their firepower equipment, consume some of their ammunition, and kill a few by the way, such a thing, why not Why not?Could it be that he really thinks that the master regent's money and food are inexhaustible and must be used to feed these wastes?With that money and food, shall we forge a few more cannons?

"stand up!"

Seeing that the forefront of the Qing army had entered the range of the three-pound gun, the six-pounder and eight-pounder artillery shells of the battalion artillery had fallen to the middle of the Qing army's queue.At this time, Wu Changqing ordered the battalion officers of each battalion to order, and the officers and soldiers who were sitting on the ground to rest stood up with a bang, and began to consciously check the weapons in their hands without the order of the officers.Whether the faucet, trigger, and flint can be fired normally, and whether the spring is affected by moisture, which affects its performance.Is the dust cap of the muzzle removed?

"...450 steps...250 steps...[-] steps...[-] steps...[-] steps..."

Observers of the artillery team.Constantly report the distance between the Qing army and the Nanyue army's front line based on various reference objects that have been calibrated in advance, and let the artillery team's robes adjust the elevation angle of the muzzle and the scale and other settings.

Accompanied by the distance they reported, the gunners almost instinctively formed muscle memory and issued a series of actions and commands.Under his command, the ammunitionists carried the ammunition packs and shells to the gun position with huge back baskets. The loader loaded the ammunition packs according to the command of the gunner, and then tamped them with a push rod a few times to ensure that they were at the bottom of the gun bore. Then, the shell was slowly sent into the barrel, and then pushed into place with the push rod.

Immediately afterwards, dazzling flames jumped and flashed on the artillery position, puffs of white smoke rose, and shells roared out. The Qing troops who were charging would then see the fiery iron The ball spun and hit them in the face.

Among them, the most craziest performances are those big Buddha Lang machines.A Franc machine, equipped with ten sub-guns.These sub-guns can ensure the continuity of firepower in a short period of time.Continuously fired cannons one after another into the ranks of the Qing army.

Among all the guns, the loaded cannons are basically similar to a baby's fist. It is not for the purpose of killing a few with one shot, but for the purpose of breaking down objects blocking the shooting trajectory!Just imagine, at a distance of two or three hundred steps, no matter how many layers of armor you wear, a high-speed spinning iron ball will hit a huge blood hole in your body, and there is absolutely no reason to live .Even if you are lucky and you are not hit head-on, but if this thing passes by you, rubs against you, hits you, most of them will not die.But you will be crying in bed because of the injury, which is horrible.

A cannonball passed over the heads of the Qing army's queue, making the heads of several Qing soldiers feel the heat for a moment. This fleeting heat made them realize what it means to go from the world to hell, and from the gate of hell. The feeling of crawling to the floor of the human world.

However, the officers who rode on horseback to supervise the battle behind their ranks were not so lucky.A battalion officer who was riding on a horse, waving a leather whip, yelling and scolding the soldiers, was passed by the cannon, and at first he didn't feel anything unusual.When he wanted to wave the whip in his hand, he found that his right hand and the whip fell to the ground.Only then did he suddenly realize that the cannon just now had taken half of his arm away!Suddenly, he hugged his stump and howled!

However, compared with his colleagues, he was extremely lucky.The cannonball only took away half of his arm, and his colleagues on the left and right wing, a cannonball directly smashed the head of the battalion officer of the battalion on the left wing into a mass of mixed red and white things, and his body was covered with three layers of heavy armor. Still sitting on the horseback, the headless neck shoots out large streams of blood like a fountain.The body twisted desperately.After a long time, the headless body crashed down from the horse.

An iron ball directly punched a huge blood hole in the body of a battalion officer. A huge ball of flesh and blood wrapped around the iron ball and flew several meters away.

An officer was very clever. Seeing that several of his colleagues were riding on horses, they were unfortunately the first choice for the shells to hit. He immediately turned over and jumped off the horse.He was guarded in the middle by several personal soldiers, thinking that it would be safe.However, after a shell landed in the crowd and opened a gap in the team in front of him, it jumped forward and directly brushed his right cheek and passed sideways. His nose was knocked out, and his right cheek The bones were shattered, and half of the lips and teeth were gone.The entire right side of the face was smashed in!He touched his face subconsciously, and found that his hands were covered with flesh and bones, and immediately let out an inhuman scream.

If it weren't for the hundreds of Eight Banners cavalry behind the team holding big knives, spears and axes to supervise the battle, under such artillery fire and such casualties, I am afraid that this green battalion would have collapsed several times!

Even so, Xu Youxin, who was watching the battle from a distance, was so distressed that he was about to fall off his horse!These soldiers and horses, although those pikemen are the characters of strong men, broken soldiers, stragglers and rogues that he has gathered along the way, but those archers, firearms, swords and shields are his family property accumulated over the years.This time I lost, what can I do in the future? !

"Don't be afraid! Just rush up! After firing a round of artillery, you can't fire for at least a moment! Just rush up and break them!" Sasu Kamel didn't care about the cost of casualties at all.

After two rounds of artillery fire, the artillery salvo turned into alternate firing. In order to prevent the gun body from overheating, the artillery fire was spaced apart.

"The Nanman's cannon is dead! Let me rush up! Whoever goes up first will be rewarded with ten silver dollars! Kill a Nanman, and reward 20 silver dollars! Anyone who dares to shrink back will be chopped down on the spot!" The officers who supervised the battle in the queue took the opportunity Swinging the sword, carrots and sticks went up together.

Seeing that the artillery fire on the opposite side is gradually thinning out, and the distance between our own team is getting closer and closer, the archers and musketeers in the Qing army's team became more courageous, and arrows began to pass through the air, flying towards the Nanyue army. queue.

"150 steps! Check the gun!"

"120 steps! The first row, squatting! The second row, standing! Get ready!"

"Eighty paces! The artillery stops firing!"

At a distance of sixty steps, the gunners of the Qing army stopped, raised their guns, and fired at the Nanyue army on the opposite side.The archers arrayed up and started throwing.The dense arrows flew over the open space between the two armies, and landed in the formation of the Nanyue Army.

For a while, the bang, bang, the dingling sound of Ding Ding died in people's ears into a chaotic sound.The sound of gunfire, the muffled sound of arrows hitting people's bodies, the impact of arrows hitting helmets and breastplates, and the screams of the wounded were endless.Fortunately, the weather was humid, and the bowstrings of the arrows were all wet by the rain, greatly reducing their power.Even so, people kept falling to the ground and were carried down by the soldiers of the health battalion, and his position was quickly filled.

"Sixty paces! Fire!"

The sound of dense firecrackers sounded continuously, and the thick gray-white smoke formed a barrier of death.