Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 225 The Great Ming Field Cannon Shows Its Power (Part [-])
At this time, the singing of all Han Jiaerlang was also heard in the Doduo camp.

The Manchurian iron cavalry is okay, except for Duduo and other Manchurian military nobles, most of them can't understand the songs sung by the Han people.

But Kong Youde, Zhang Shenyan and many other people from the Eight Banners of the Han Army can understand it, and after listening to "Qin Feng Wuyi", they feel extremely complicated.

It seemed at this moment that they realized that they didn't seem to belong to the Qing army camp, but seemed to belong to the opposite Ming army camp.

Because the Manchu masters in the Qing army camp were crying to their comrades, they couldn't understand them.

But at this moment, the Han family voice from the opposite side gave them a sense of loneliness of being abandoned and a sense of loss of being homeless.

in contrast.

Although the guards were in grief, more of it was grief and anger. Most of the grassroots officers and many soldiers knew the meaning of this ancient poem, and their morale was boosted.

Duoduo couldn't stop the opponent's singing from infecting the Eight Banners of the Han Army in his barracks, but he knew that he couldn't delay like this any longer. Even though he didn't have artillery support, he had to make a decision early whether he wanted to fight or leave, otherwise the morale of the army would be broken. Sooner or later it will fall apart.

Doduo didn't want to return without success, especially when his main force of Manchurian cavalry was still there, and he wanted to try again.

What's more, Yangzhou's outer city has now been opened up, and the inner city is not protected by a moat.

Duoduo felt that he could attack again.

He even hoped that the Ming army would lose its spirit due to the morning's battle.

In addition, he also knew that his elder brother Dorgon had just taken power in the court, and his prestige was not high enough. He and Azig urgently needed a big victory in the south to stop those Manchus who were unwilling to enter the customs. The mouth of the rich and powerful.

After noon, the drums sounded again, and Duoduo began to issue orders to attack Yangzhou City.

This time, Duoduo did not have the cannon in red to rely on, so he could only rely on traditional siege methods, that is, ladders, giant logs, and stone throwing machines.

For these, Duoduo also prepared some siege equipment, but this time, it was no longer the Eight Banners of Manchuria that marched at the forefront, but the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and even the firearms soldiers of the Eight Banners of Hanzhou were at the forefront.

Not only is it the Eight Banners of the Han Army, Duoduo also asked Kong Youde to put the captured Han people at the forefront as human shields.

Duoduo knew that without the red cannons in the next siege, he could only use human flesh to fill it up. Naturally, he would not let his Manchurian elites be used as cannon fodder.

"Your Majesty, Jiannu has started to attack. It seems that they really don't want to give up!" Zhou Yuji walked up to Zhu Youjian at this time and said something.

"I know, he Duduo's Manchurian main force is still there, so he naturally refuses to give up easily, but without the red cannons, they can't pose a big threat to my Yangzhou City. I ordered the defenders in the city to step up and block the gap immediately. The main forces of the various units of the Outer Guards must deal heavy damage to the Qing army this time!"

Zhu Youjian originally thought that his 18 infantry, under the control of flintlock guns and strict military discipline, could severely damage Duoduo's [-] cavalry.

But he didn't expect that in the face of the powerful mobility of the cavalry, no matter how disciplined the infantry was, they would not be able to cause fatal damage to the [-] cavalry in this short distance without any obstacles.

Of course, the guards themselves did not receive much impact, and they did kill more than [-] iron cavalry from the Duoduo tribe.

But obviously, the loss of more than [-] iron cavalry has not had a great impact on Duduo's military spirit.

On the side of the Guards, the infantry of each battalion began to prostrate dignifiedly on the half-person-high bunker, forming a semicircular formation and preparing to attack the Doduo siege troops.

But because Kong Youde ordered the firearms soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army to put the people at the forefront, it was difficult for the infantry of the Guards to attack the firearms soldiers of the Han Army at this time.

Seeing this, Duoduo couldn't help sneering, and Kong Youde also sneered, if other generals of the Ming army faced him at this time and took the people of Daming as hostages, they would kill them if they said they would kill them, but now the Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty is here .

If the Ming army really dared to shoot and kill the people, Duoduo would dare to tell the Han people in the north that the Ming emperor Zhu Youjian was still a tyrant.

"Your Majesty, do you think we should fight or not?" Zhou Yuji asked.

"Fight! Why don't you fight? Let Doduo know that artillery is not just for siege." Zhu Youjian clenched his fists. What he hated was not the cruelty of the Manchurian cavalry to the Han people, but Kong Youde A scum who uses his own countrymen as human shields.

At this time, the field artillery battalions of the three battalions of the Guards formed three rows outside Yangzhou City.

There is a hundred steps between each row, and Zheng Chenggong is in the first row, and together with other artillery teams, he directs the artillery team under his jurisdiction to prepare for firing.

for a moment.

The first row of field artillery spit out hundreds of flowering bullets, and these flowering iron bullets exploded directly among the Manchurian cavalry following the Han army cavalry.

Mele Erzhen Alxa saw the iron bullets flying all over the sky, and thought they were just ordinary solid iron bullets, so he shouted: "Quickly dodge, don't panic!"

Unexpectedly, the shells of the Daming Field Cannon were all explosive shells, and when they hit the ground, they exploded directly, and the poisoned iron pieces directly pierced into the belly of his horse.

Alashan was directly thrown to the ground by his war horse, and his war horse ran forward frantically, directly disrupting the camp in front of him.

Not only Alashan, but also other Manchurian cavalry were shot one after another at this moment, and the entire Qing army Duduo's rear camp was in chaos for a while.

In the morning, because the Manchurian iron cavalry charged at the forefront of the Qing army, and they used cavalry to charge as soon as they arrived. The speed was too fast, and it was difficult for the artillery battalion of the Guards to quickly stop the charge of the Qing army cavalry. Zhou Yuji went directly to the infantry.

But this time, because the Qing army Doduo wanted the Han army iron cavalry and the Han people to be cannon fodder in front, he fell right into the arms of the artillery battalion of the Ming Guards, and could bypass the Han people and directly hit the Manchurian iron cavalry behind.

The range of Ming’s field artillery is not far, but its destructive power is greater than that of flintlock guns, its range efficiency is higher than that of the red cannon, its cost is lower than that of the red cannon, and its operation process is simple, so it can be regarded as an artillery specially designed for field battles.

Hundreds of artillery shells exploded directly, causing the Manchurian cavalry to explode directly, and retreated in a hurry.

But at the same time, in order to avoid greater casualties to his Manchu and Qing masters, Kong Youde hastily dispatched his own cavalry of the Han army to rush out from the left and right wings in an attempt to rush over to defeat the artillery battalion of the Ming army.

Although the cavalry of the Qing army were composed of two Tartars, most of them were also composed of outsiders and military landlords, and their combat power was not low.

Otherwise, the cavalry of the Qing army would not have dared to rush forward in front of the defense system composed of so many infantry and artillery guards. It can be seen that they are also relatively brave and bravely guarding their master.

Dodo nodded with satisfaction.

Kong Youde sneered, he sent two thousand iron cavalry, and they were all his most powerful family iron cavalry, comparable to real Tartars, and they were skilled in bowing horses.

Therefore, Kong Youde believed that his two thousand cavalry would be able to break through the infantry camp in front of him and defeat the artillery battalion of the Guards just like Mele Erzhen Alashan broke through the infantry camp of the Guards.

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