Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 506 The Sound of the Northern Expedition's Guns Rolling (Chapter 25)
Irden first dispersed the [-] elite Manchurian cavalry into dozens of squads and ambushed in the hilly forest near Hulao Pass, ready to attack the Ming army at any time.

They dug many horse pits hundreds of miles deep in front of Hulao Pass, but at the same time transported the red cannons to the commanding heights, ready to bombard the main camp of the Ming army at any time.

In the Hulao pass, all the archers stayed behind, and the infantry formed a formation to train the spear assassination technique.

After the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards entered Sishui, they were attacked by a small group of Manchurian cavalry.

However, Huang Degong also anticipated that this might happen, so he also divided the 22 infantry holding Chongzhen [-]-type rifled guns into small groups and guarded the periphery of the infantry battalion and the artillery battalion respectively.

Therefore, when a small group of Manchurian cavalry suddenly rushed out, and even the cavalry battalion had no time to launch an offensive to defend the infantry battalion and artillery battalion, the infantry commando on the periphery had already launched an attack on these Manchurian cavalry with Chongzhen 22-type rifled guns.

These Manchu iron cavalry were all transferred from outside the pass by Jierhalang. Although they also knew that flintlocks were very powerful, they didn't think that flintlocks could hit them at such a long distance. The infantry rushed to the infantry camp and killed for a while before shooting.

However, just as they drew their hard bows, the bullets from the rifled guns knocked their horses to the ground, and even the people flew up.

The loading speed, accuracy and range of Chongzhen Type 22 rifled guns are epoch-making progress. Even the Manchurian cavalry must be more careful in front of flintlock guns, let alone the Chongzhen Type 22 rifled guns now!

Moreover, the guard infantry on three sides can use rifled guns to flank these Manchurian cavalry that suddenly appeared.

These Manchurian iron cavalry did not expect that the Ming army hundreds of steps away on the right could also shoot them. The survivors could only retreat frantically, but their retreat speed could not keep up with the speed of the guards' shooting and the speed of the bullets chasing them. .

So in just a few rounds, all the Manchurian iron cavalry who attacked suddenly were annihilated or captured alive.

After some torture, Huang Degong began to gradually understand Irden's tactical arrangements, and even took the initiative to show his flaws, letting these Manchurian cavalry go into the circle designed by the infantry of the Guards, and soon almost all the Manchurian cavalry were wiped out .

The First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards successfully arrived at the front of Hulao Pass.

"What's going on here? Why did the Ming army appear in front of the pass so quickly? What happened to the cavalry we sent out?"

Irden asked in surprise, and he also began to expect that the Manchurian cavalry he had sent might have encountered an accident. At this time, he could only defend the pass with all his strength, and he had no time to take care of his own Manchurian cavalry.

Irden sent out the spearmen, and he wanted to use the infantry as a bait to attract the Ming cavalry, so as to achieve the purpose of his horse traps and other traps causing damage to the Ming cavalry.

But what Irden doesn't know is that the development of Daming industry and the capture of a large number of Western Fans during the recovery of Dongfan Island have made the mirror-making technology of Daming have made great progress, and telescopes have been popularized to the guards. level.

Therefore, even if Huang Degong, the commander-in-chief, didn't send scouts to investigate at this time, he had already seen some traps in front of Hulao Pass through the binoculars.

"Notify the Artillery Battalion to bombard the two hillsides in front of Hulao Pass. Those two hillsides have few trees and loose soil, so they can just fill in the pits and pad roads!"

Not long after Huang Degong finished speaking, thousands of cannons from the First Corps of the Guards aimed at two hillsides.

Huang Degong is no longer the general who was only good at commanding the classical army in the past. He can also directly predict how much earthwork the artillery battalion can pave the road in front of the entire Hulao Pass after bombarding the two hillsides based on the slopes of the two hillsides.

boom!
boom!
boom!
The unnamed hillsides on the east and west sides began to bear the repeated bombardment of hundreds of shells.

The shells formed by the nitrification explosives were even more explosive, causing earth and rocks to splash.

Not long after, the entire hillside collapsed, like a landslide after a heavy rain, directly covering the road in front of Hulao Pass, and all tunnels and traps were buried by earth and rocks.

"Continue to boom!"

Huang Degong suddenly thought of something, and gave the order to continue the bombardment.

Because of the investment of the whole people, the Ming Guards had a lot of money.

The shells were thrown for free, not to mention that Yuan Jixian, the governor of the Fourth Army, had a good relationship with Lu Jiude of the General Armament Department of the Generalissimo's Mansion, and Huang Degong was a serious and hardcore general of the Ming Dynasty who also worked with Lu Jiude.

Therefore, the Fourth Army obtained a lot of artillery shells, and it is completely possible to use a large number of expensive shells like a local tyrant to bombard the hillside that will not cause enemy casualties at all.

Irden was dumbfounded. He didn't know if the Ming army was burning too much money. They bombarded the two hillsides in front of him and almost razed them to the ground. But he soon realized that something was wrong. I couldn't be happier anymore, and hurriedly ordered loudly: "Quickly withdraw the infantry! Quick!"

But by this time it was already too late, more and more mud and stones smashed into the road in front of Hulao Pass, and even the entire hillside turned upside down, and the tens of thousands of infantry troops sent by Irden were all buried.

Even after the shelling of the Fourth Guards Army stopped, the entire road in front of Hulao Pass had been piled up by more than half a foot.

"Come on!"

The Guards cavalry jumped up and rushed over.

Hulao Pass is mainly dangerous, and the walls of the pass are not high, so after the foundation is raised by the earthwork, cavalry with good equestrian skills can even jump up and let their horses jump directly onto Hulao Pass, and infantry can also jump up to Hulao Pass. Climb up by two people helping each other.

The officers and soldiers of the guards rushed directly to Hulaoguan City and began to fight with the Qing army.

Seeing this, Elden couldn't help crying:
"Oh my god, how did this happen? Why did they have so many cannons, and they were able to knock down two hillsides with such precision? How big is the gap between my Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty! God, why don't you protect Ming?"

Yi Erden, a general of the Qing Dynasty, felt that the situation was over, so he wanted to draw his sword and commit suicide.

However, at this time, Dong Zhining, the commander of the guards, had already fired a shot at him: "There is no way to commit suicide. Take him back to Nanjing. If you cut one more knife, the Northern Expedition ticket will increase by one point!"

Hulao Pass was easily captured by the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards, and the remaining Qing troops were naturally wiped out.

Soon, the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards crossed Wangwu Mountain and entered Shanxi.

At this time, Shanxi was considered the richest and most peaceful area in the Manchu Qing ruled area. Therefore, when the First Corps of the Fourth Guards Army crossed Wangwu Mountain and came down from Wangwu Mountain, they saw large wheat fields and people working in the fields.

When these people saw the appearance of the Ming army, they panicked and ran away, shouting: "It's not good, the officers and soldiers are here to enclose the land!"

"Hey, they don't seem to be officers and soldiers. They don't have braids. They don't ride their horses into the wheat fields, they don't trample the wheat seedlings, but they walk slowly on the field ridges. Where did these soldiers and horses come from?"

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