Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1181 The Battle of the Three Kings ([-])

"Your Highness, this~, is this a blooming bomb? How can it have such power?"

Not only was Dorgon stunned by the beating, but even the generals of the Ming army were astonished, their mouths parted unconsciously, and they burst into smiles.

"With such a sharp weapon, even if the Jin-Qing coalition forces come to another 20, what's the point?" Li Dingguo also slapped himself on the chest excitedly.

Wang Yan smiled, "It took the Ministry of Industry two years and tens of thousands of silver to achieve today's results, but don't be too happy, as everyone has seen just now, half of the shells fired still haven't landed It exploded."

"Your Highness, even if only [-]% of the shells can hit the enemy and explode, that's better than the original one!" Liu Fangliang said excitedly.

This way of blowing up a piece of land may change the way of fighting in the future. If a dense square formation is hit by a few shots, it will not collapse immediately.

Although the Jin-Qing coalition forces are numerous, but in the face of such a sharp weapon, how many people are useless, and the generals are naturally excited.

Wang Yan originally hoped that the generals would not rely too much on their equipment, but the facts were in front of them. This bomb was indeed much more powerful than the original solid bullet, and it was more suitable for field battles. Even if it only exploded in half, it was still far more powerful than before.

"Haha..." Wang Yan could only laugh and said, "Yes, these blooming ammunition are really good, but there are not many of them, and the Ministry of Industry has just put into production, and every shot is one less, so don't pin your hopes on it." on it."

Weapons have to pass the test on the battlefield to determine whether they are useful, and it is impossible to mass-produce them on a large scale.

This time Wang Yan only brought [-] pieces. After the fighting was over, the army felt that the effect was good, and it was reported to the Ministry of War.

The follow-up officials of the Ministry of Industry will also evaluate the effect, and then report their opinions to the Ministry of Industry. After discussions between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, they will make improvements to the deficiencies, and finally the imperial court will allocate funds for production.

The artillery of the Ming army was condescending, and from time to time, the Qing army on the artillery array of the Qing army could be seen to be blown up by the explosion, and then fell heavily to the ground.

As far as the number of red-clothed cannons is concerned, the Qing army actually had more. When the monk Kong Youde was happy to attack Nanyang, he used a hundred red-clothed cannons.

The Qing army had at least 120 red-clothed cannons, but they were completely suppressed by the Ming army's fifty red-clothed cannons, leaving only a dozen cannons, which fired back from time to time.

During the years of war in the Ming Dynasty, the use of artillery was summarized.

At present, the red cannons are mainly equipped with naval warships and city passes. The infantry is rarely equipped with such heavy artillery. The artillery of the infantry is developing towards light rapid-fire, suitable for field battles.

Wang Yan and the others were talking, when suddenly someone exclaimed "Be careful", and saw a shell from the Qing army directly hit a section of earth wall not far from them.

Seeing the mud splashing, the wall was smashed into a big hole, and the mud on it immediately collapsed.Without anyone's instructions, soldiers immediately carried sandbags and piled up the collapsed place again.

At the moment, Wang Yan was resolutely "invited" to go down the wall by the generals. Even if the Ming army's artillery suppressed the Qing army's attack, this matter cannot be joked.

His Highness is the commander-in-chief of the army, if he is hit by a cannonball or shot in the face by an arrow, even if the army's morale is shaken, the Northern Expedition will probably be over immediately.

In the past, Wang Yan must have been on the front line before the battle, and indeed he was hit by arrows at that time. There were no less than ten scars on his face and body, but at that time, Wang Yan had no cards, and he would be finished if he lost a game, so he had to work hard.

The current situation is different. Even if the Northern Expedition fails, he still has a lot of opportunities to make a comeback, but there is no need to be on the front line and take any risks.

Surprised by the Qing army's cannonball, Wang Yan did not insist, but before going down to the city, he confessed: "Although the Qing army's artillery was suppressed, the lonely king predicted that Dorgon would not be reconciled. For the frontal defense, Li Guo is the main force, Liu Fangliang and Li Dingguo are the assistants, and you all work together to give the lonely king a head-on blow!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Yan returned to the big tent under the guard of Lu Shikui, and handed over the defense of the camp to the three of them.

As soon as Wang Yan left, tens of thousands of horses and horses rushed out from the ranks of the Qing army. They pushed shield carts, hid in caves, and came towards the Ming camp. Depending on the situation, they really wanted to fill the three deep trenches in front of the Ming camp. .

Seeing this, Li Guo couldn't help rubbing his hands, and waved excitedly, "The artillery is ready!"

The Qing army had a large number, probably because they were afraid of the Ming army's artillery, so they did not form a dense formation, but spread out and rushed towards the Ming village.

The formation of the Qing army was loose, and the men and horses were scattered in the wilderness. They shouted to dispel the fear in their hearts. The Ming army only felt that the mountains and plains were full of enemy troops.

In order to attack the camp, Dorgon made sufficient preparations. The shield cart was pushed in front, which provided an excellent defense for the Qing army behind. The Qing army advanced like a wall, and the Ming army hit the shield cart with sparks. , but rarely penetrated, and did not cause damage to the Qing army behind.

This shield car is to put a large shield in front of the car, or put a wooden board in front of the car, covered with leather or iron, very tough, but the smelting in the Qing Dynasty was not developed, and there was not much refined iron, so most of them were covered with leather.

This time, Dorgon invested his capital. In order to boost morale, he personally cheered in front of the battle, promising that if he captured Mingzhai, he would give him whatever he wanted, gold and women, and whoever captured Wang Yan would be crowned king directly.

The soldiers of the Qing army hadn't been freed from the fear of "blossom bullets", but they barely cheered up when they heard Dorgon's Xu Luo.

The Qing army knew that the Ming army's firearms were powerful, and they learned how to be good, and they would never be exposed to the Ming army's firearms on a large scale without protection!
In the wilderness, the Qing soldiers pushing the shield carts were in front, and behind each shield cart were nearly a hundred soldiers and trench filling carts full of earth and rocks.

The shield vehicles lined up as a moving wall and slowly advanced towards the camp. The Qing army behind held bows and arrows, pushed the trench-filling vehicles, bent down and approached the Ming camp, and only heard the bullets hitting the front shield vehicles. Bang, bang, bang, the Qing army was extremely nervous.

It's just that there is a shield car in front of them blocking the bullets, but there is nothing above their heads to defend them. Their fear of the "blooming bullets" has not dissipated, and they are worried that shells will fall into them and explode at any time.

Fortunately, the red-clothed cannons of the Ming army bit the Qing army's artillery array and fired, and did not point the red-clothed cannons at them.

The Qing army bowed their backs, fortunately in the future, but the bronze cannons on the earthen wall opened fire one after another, and iron bullets came roaring along with the white smoke rising from the earthen wall.

The Ming army on the earth wall saw the red-clothed cannons roaring behind them, stealing the limelight. Hearing that the bronze cannons on the earth wall finally fired, the blunderbusses fired their blunderbuss as the Qing army approached the trench.

The gunball failed to penetrate the shield car, but it was like paper in front of the iron bullets fired by the bronze cannon.

The shield chariot in front of the Qing army was directly crushed by the artillery shells, and the shield turned into sawdust, flying in all directions.

After Li Benshen ate the military stick under the city of Taiyuan, he now acts as the vanguard of the Qing army, which is actually cannon fodder.

He bent down and walked behind a shield car with a knife in his hand. Suddenly, there was a loud bang on the dirt wall, and a black iron ball burst out of white smoke and flew towards him rapidly.

Li Ben was terrified, and before he could react, he heard a "bang", and the shield of a shield car in front of him suddenly exploded, and the iron ball wrapped countless sawdust and debris, and the clear car behind the shield car was blown away. The army was wounded one after another.

The iron bullet rushed out of the sawdust and broken wood, and directly hit the head of a general in the back. With a muffled sound, the head of the general was exploded like a big watermelon, and the brains burst and flew around, white brains and blood. They sprayed all around together, splashing Li Benshen's face.

Before the cannonballs were exhausted, they knocked down several Ming and Qing soldiers behind them again and again, and then they jumped on the ground a few times and stopped slowly.

Broken shield chariots, stumps and wounded Qing soldiers all over the ground. The road ahead was a mess. Only a few wounded Qing soldiers began to scream. They were nailed to the ground by sawdust.

"Ahh~" screams sounded everywhere, and Li Benshen suddenly felt a sharp pain in his body. He looked down and saw a piece of sawdust inserted into his abdomen, and blood kept gushing out.

Li Benshen's face turned pale for a while, and he held half of the sawdust with trembling hands, and pulled it out with all his strength, his face was distorted and immediately covered with beads of sweat.

At this time, he was about to stand up and command the Ming army on the earthen wall, but suddenly he raised his gun and fired.

Amidst the sound of "bang bang bang", the two wounded soldiers of the Qing army who had just stood up in front were immediately beaten so that their bodies trembled, and they fell backwards on their backs.

The gunball hit the ground, and the soil splashed. The Qing army around Li Benshen kept sifting to death like chaff.When he was panicking, two soldiers suddenly supported him from the left and right, and asked him back, "Hurry up, the army gate!"

The artillery of the Ming army smashed the shield chariot, and the gunmen fired in rows, and the Qing army fell to the ground again and again.

When the Ming army dug trenches, it had already been calculated. The effective range of the Ming army’s new guns was about 200 meters, while the lethality of the Qing army’s infantry bows could only be reflected within 150 meters, or even 100 meters. Within the firing range of the Ming army's guns.

In this way, the firecrackers can shoot the Qing army, but the Qing army can't shoot the Ming army. They can only fill the trench desperately, intending to draw in the distance and shoot at each other.

On the wall, the Ming army unscrupulously platooned and shot. The first team finished shooting, the second team shot, the second team finished shooting, and the third team shot. Several Qing soldiers wanted to move away the horses and antlers blocking the shield cart, but they hadn't moved much. One step, he was knocked down by the gunball.

The Qing army pushed the trench-filling carts, poured soil into the trenches, blasted them with guns, and planted them into the ditch together with the carts.

The gunballs and cannonballs were like deadly rays, intertwined into a large net of death, shooting and killing the rushing Qing army.

The first ditch was not filled with soil, but the corpses of the Qing army who were constantly shot and planted in the ditch slowly piled up, and people kept rolling into it. It was slowly filled up!

After the first deep trench, the Qing army killed and injured thousands of people. Dorgon's face was cold, his hands were shaking, and he said angrily: "Liu Zhongbu, give me the head!"

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