Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The Qing army who fled back to the big formation in a panic was held up one by one by the supervising team, and then beheaded in front of more soldiers.Seeing the strength of the army, Shanahai immediately ordered the second wave of the Qing army to fight. For a moment, like a huge wave coming back after the ebb tide, countless green flag soldiers in livery rushed towards Zheng Jun again. line of defense.

Shanahai didn't know what happened on the earthen wall yet, so in his opinion, the biggest threat to the Qing army now was the artillery from the Zheng army.Although he didn't know why Zheng Jun's artillery could fire more than five times in a row without stopping the fire to dissipate heat, but based on general knowledge, this firing frequency was impossible to continue, so he invested heavily without hesitation, hoping to employ people The sea blocks the sea of ​​fire.Of course, Shanahai didn't want to consume too much cannon fodder before confirming the victory, so he ordered without hesitation the artillerymen of the Green Battalion, who proved useless in the previous battle, to attack in the infantry formation, in an attempt to disperse the artillerymen of the Zheng Army attention.

As expected, Shanahai's plot had some effect. The two types of artillery on the horse-faced fort were quickly attracted by the reappearing green battalion artillery team. They were defeated differently, but most of the Qing army was able to avoid Zheng Jun's extremely lethal shotgun and chain bullets.

But Shanahai didn't realize that Zheng Jun's earthen wall was actually a trap, and the Qing army, which was attacked from three sides, could not break through at all.So when the advance was blocked, the Qing army began to surge in the direction of various passages automatically.

In fact, when the adjacent water barriers were filled, Zheng Jun had already abandoned the various gate plugs established adjacent to the water trenches, and just hid behind the heavy horse-repelling array and used rifles to shoot at the Qing army.It's just that thick corpses have been piled up in front of these heavy refusal horses, so that the Qing army, who can only advance but not retreat, can step on these dead comrades, jump over the refusal horses and kill the generals.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Jun also began to change formation. The riflemen who had been in the front retreated one after another, and the front line was quickly replaced by spearmen wearing warts.The Qing army who broke through the refusal formation was ecstatic when they saw Zheng Jun retreating, when they suddenly found that an iron man wrapped in armor appeared in front of them, of course they became angry from embarrassment.It's just that a group of green battalion soldiers soon found that they couldn't break the defense when their swords fell on the wart armor. Although the long spears struggling to stab forward could occasionally cause damage to the opponent, most of the time it was just outside the opponent's armor. slide over.

This discovery caused a basin of ice water to be poured head-on, which immediately made the green battalion soldiers who were once in a frenzy feel terrified.But at this time, they couldn't retreat even if they wanted to, so they had to collapse to the ground under the cold assassination orders of the squad leaders of Zheng Jun.Of course, the Zheng army's armored white soldiers also suffered a lot of casualties. The Qing army squeezed from three sides, and there were all kinds of arms. Among them, they were occasionally shot at the front door by the Qing army's archers and shot at the body by the Qing army's musketeers at very close range. These are the main reasons for Zheng Jun's casualties.

Either because the casualties of the armored white soldiers on the front line increased, it was no longer possible to form a gun formation, or because the hot weather and the physical exertion of the armored white soldiers were too high, when Zheng Jun's first line of troops at the passage was stirring, they had already The riflemen who had finished loading rearranged into rows.When the white soldiers who were ordered to retreat bypassed the side, the riflemen who had already squeezed into a solid phalanx immediately launched a volley, and this single blow almost wiped out the first row of Qing troops on three sides.

Taking advantage of the deterrence of the Qing army, the second team of armored white soldiers rushed up quickly and took over the position of the riflemen again.It's just that at this time, Zheng Jun's original "convex" pattern of responding to the enemy on three sides has been forced to shrink into a "one" pattern, and has been pushed back step by step to the inner side of the earth wall by the continuous influx of Qing troops.

However, the deeper the Qing army advanced along the passage, the more it was exposed to the firepower of the sentry tower behind the Zheng army.Originally, because the earth wall blocked the line of sight, they could only attack the two adjacent watchtowers of the Qing army on the earth wall. At this time, they fired obliquely from a high position, allowing the Qing soldiers who rushed to the forefront to understand what a three-dimensional attack is.Of course, the Qing army did not try to fight back, but the killing effect of bows and arrows was really limited, and rockets, nailed outside the cement coating of buildings, could not burn at all.

What terrified all the green battalion soldiers, including the Qing army at the passage, was the shocking thunder that came thrown over. The various fragments brought by this kind of clay pots and earthen pots that can explode, although they may not be destroyed all at once. It will kill you, but as long as you get hit, it will definitely make the Qing army with light armor and no armor lose part or even all of its combat effectiveness.

Just when Zhentianlei's dull explosion sounded one after another on the entire front, a group of bright sparks exploded suddenly on a horse-faced fort of Zheng Jun. When the infantry and artillery team were in charge, they secretly moved forward and shot at Zheng Jun's horse-faced fort. They crossed the low anti-gun wall and hit the gunpowder barrel with a strange arc, causing earth-shattering shocks. big Bang.

Since this explosion also knocked down all the Qing troops who were climbing the horse-faced fort, the column of smoke soaring into the sky and the sudden gap in firepower boosted the morale of the Qing troops. Break the city" cheers resounded through the sky.

It's a pity that the Qing army cheered too early. When the Qing army who had re-erected the ladder had just climbed up the horse-faced fort, Zheng Jun, who came from the rear for reinforcements, had rushed up the horse-faced fort like a whirlwind. The opponents whose foothold was unstable once again rushed to kill.And the artillerymen of the Zheng army on the adjacent horse-faced fort also came back to their senses, and with the help of the fireworks from the muzzle of the Eight Banners artillery team, they determined the opponent's position.

"Hurry up." The shirtless team leader quickly ordered, and the gunner who cleaned the gun immediately used the breech brush soaked in dilute vinegar water to cool down the inside of the gun barrel over and over again. There was whistling white smoke, and almost at the same time, the gunner who carried the shells also put down his job, took out a towel soaked in spirits and wiped it repeatedly on the outer wall of the cannon, the smell of wine and vinegar mixed together to form a strange smell , so that everyone has to use a cloth towel to wrap the mouth and nose in hot weather. "Okay." The team leader who tested the temperature of the inner and outer chambers with his hand ordered decisively. "Load!"

Relying on the bravery of the gunners, when the senior generals of the Qing army, including Naertu and Shanahai, were dumbfounded, Zheng Jun's artillery fire was able to fire almost every 3 minutes, which not only made the Xi'an Banner camp firearms The battalion was dwarfed by comparison, and the green battalion soldiers in various towns were suffering in the torrential rain.

At this time, the night had gradually ruled the entire sky. Looking at the Zheng Army's defense line that stood still like a dam in the tide of the Qing army from a distance, even though Shanahai had been in battle for a long time, the word shock was still written on his face. Shanahai is like this, and the nobles from central Beijing, such as Naertu, Ananda, and Zhuduna, are even more unbearable.

Fortunately, the shock could not shake Shanahai's determination, he pondered for a moment, and then ordered loudly: "Send the order, the fourth attack!"

"Deputy Commander, you can't fight anymore!" Tong Gui, with a pale face, suddenly persuaded. "Up to now, two generals and two lieutenants have been seriously injured, three generals and five guerrillas have been killed. The commander and the battalion officers below the garrison are out of ten. rebelled."

Shanahai hesitated, knowing that the Eight Banners soldiers, including the Han Army Banner, only accounted for 4000% of the [-] army, and more than [-] of them remained in Jingzhou City. If the Green Banner soldiers really bombed the camp, I am afraid that the Eight Banner soldiers It is not so easy to suppress.

Before Shanahai made a decision, Naertu beside him was a little fidgeting: "Old General Sha, what Tong Gui said makes sense."

"My lord, don't lose your momentum. Once you withdraw your troops today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack in the future." I have to say that Shanahai's consideration is reasonable. In the face of heavy casualties, if he can't grit his teeth and persevere, he will continue to fight. If you want to regroup after coming down, you have to be a peerless famous general. "Therefore, only by continuing to advance troops and dragging the battle into a night battle can we slightly reduce the power of the sea counterfire weapon."

"Deputy Commander, although the power of the Haini firearm is slightly reduced at night, the combat power of the officers and soldiers is also weakened by the night." Ananda also persuaded. "Besides, according to the confession of the defeated soldiers who retreated from the city, the only way to defeat Haini is to seize the horse-faced forts everywhere, but Zheng Jun's horse-faced forts are many and small. Firearms subject to sea retrograde."

"Deputy Marshal, what Lord Ah said is exactly what he said." Tong Gui continued to persuade. "The same problem is still in the passages everywhere. Zheng Jun blocked the passages with iron men. Although our army is large and powerful, it is at a loss if we cannot use it. It is only a crime of non-war."

Balin, who came back covered in gunpowder, distinguished for himself: "The key is that the number of artillery in the banner camp is insufficient, and the artillery in the green camp is completely useless. If the number of artillery in the banner camp can be doubled, I'm afraid the headache will be sea rebellion."

Ba Lin's words were not just condescending. Since Zheng Jun's artillery was scattered on various horse-faced bunkers, once the Eight Banners Firearms Battalion concentrated fire to attack, it was indeed possible to suppress each of the horse-faced bunkers one by one, but Ba Lin Lin has a limited number of Wucheng Yonggu General Cannons that can shoot against Zheng Jun, and the larger number of Shenwei Invincible General Cannons needs to enter Zheng Jun's artillery range before they can threaten Zheng Jun's horse-faced fort. The Qiying Firearms Battalion is the top priority, even if it is delayed to block the shooting of the Green Banner soldiers. In this case, Balin can only count on Beijing to call in more artillery support.

Hearing what Balin said, Naertu leaned over and said in Shanahai's ear, "Old general, didn't the imperial decree say that there was a foreign firearms battalion transferred from Xuzhou?"

Originally, the Outer Firearms Battalion only used blunderbusses, but as Zheng Jun fought all over the southeast, Kangxi had to abandon the Manchurian riding and shooting that he had always advertised to the outside world, and secretly expanded the firearms troops in the Beijing Banner, and the Outer Firearms Battalion also took advantage of this Dongfeng to also Incorporated into the artillery battalion.The concept of the Outer Firearms Battalion has also changed from being stationed outside Beijing to being attached to large camps in various places. The Balin Department was transferred from the Xi'an Banner Camp to serve as the Outer Firearms Battalion of the Zhennan Camp.

Since the matter of the reinforcements has not yet been made public, Shanahai also whispered in Naertu's ear, "The troops from Xuzhou haven't arrived in Xiangfan yet, and the daylily might be cold when they bloom. "

"There is some truth in what the old general said, but I see that the day is very hot and stuffy. Maybe it will rain tonight or tomorrow. Why don't you wait for Haini's firearms to fail in the rain before attacking, otherwise, it will be really troublesome." If there is trouble, it will not end well."

Naertu is naturally not afraid of a little trouble, but he is worried that it will be troublesome if a large-scale mutiny is triggered. Shanahai is well aware of this, and he intends to refuse, but Naertu is the iron hat king and the coach after all. , he couldn't just refuse to treat the vice-deputies uniformly, so he thought for a while: "Since the prince has an order, let's withdraw the troops for now."

Seeing the Qing army fleeing like a tide, Zheng Jun cheered thunderously across the board, and at the same time, the long-range weapons in his hands fired rapidly, leaving more Qing troops on the spot