Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 133 Fierce Battle at Xifengkou ([-])

But the Eight Banners soldiers are worthy of being one of the most powerful troops in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They are well-trained and all of them are fearless.

Especially Duduo's army, the main force is the Zhengbai Banner. In the Eight Banners Army, strictly speaking, counting the Mongolian two banners and the traitor banner soldiers, it is one of the 11 banner soldiers, and it can be called one of the ace divisions.

In addition, they are very familiar with the fighting style of the Ming army. In recent years, the Tartars have fought all kinds of wars. In addition to fighting the Mongols, they also fought against the Koreans. And these Tartars outside the customs have become stronger and stronger through fighting, as if they were born for fighting, and they grew up in fighting.

It can be said that the army is an old rival of the two of them.

Although shells were flying, fireballs were blasting into the sky, thick smoke was everywhere, and the ground was shaking, they were still rushing forward desperately, stepping on the blood and limbs of their companions, these Tartars shouted like chicken blood. Shouting, dispersing and reuniting, separating and reuniting, some even galloped out of irregular curves and moved forward in a detour.

They naively believed that these Ming troops were nothing more than that, as long as they could break through their artillery line, they would become sheep at the mercy of others.

After 30 cannons fired a round, the Tartars who had fallen on the field outside the Guancheng were killed and injured.After all, the power of the red cannons is limited. The most important thing is their deterrent power. When the deterrent power does not work, in the era of cold weapons, a few cannons alone cannot stop the pace of the charge.

Under the command of the general, the artillerymen hurriedly reloaded their ammunition and prepared for the second round of shelling.

The Tartars took advantage of this opportunity and rushed forward, within a range of 200 meters.

At this time, Lin Yi on the Guancheng lowered the second command flag.

"Aim and fire!" Lin Yi still had hundreds of musketeers under his command. These musketeers came from two main sources.One is the Guanning iron cavalry, and the other is the guns and ammunition obtained from the Shanxi merchants they intercepted. In this way, more than 100 people were equipped, plus the troops sent to him by Liu Zhaoji this time, all added together. Among Yi's 3000 troops, 500 were musketeers alone, and 300 were musketeers at Xifengkouguan City.

Among the 300 muskets, the main ones are fire blunderbuss, bird blunderbuss, and three-eye blunderbuss, most of which are matchlock guns.

At this time, the 300 musketeers also come in handy. They train every day, and they are personally guided by special forces elites like Lin Yi. After several months of training, all of these musketeers have become snipers. Straight, very good aim.

At this moment, hearing Ji Yi's order, it crackled like an earth-red firecracker, and the gunpowder smoke filled the air. The Tartars were shot and fell off their horses one after another, especially the Tartars who ran in front fell down in rows and groups.

Many of the Tartars were headshot directly on the galloping horses, like smashing a ripe watermelon, the blood mist sprayed and then dispersed.The smell of gunpowder mixed with the smell of blood became stronger and stronger.

The cannon just now did not frighten the group of Tartars, but this burst of musketry stunned them.

The cannon begins and the musket sweeps the end.Such a simple combination is quite powerful.As a result, the first charge lasted for nearly half an hour, and the Tartars retreated with casualties all over the place.

"Quick! Load the ammunition!" The artillerymen and musketeers quickly took advantage of this opportunity to speed up the charge and reload.

"Damn, let's run away now? Duduo's troops are nothing more than that. Lao Tzu's archers, the rolling logs and stones on the top of the city are useless, and there are also charging teams waiting here!"

Lin Yi smiled inwardly, and temporarily put down the binoculars.

"Brother Lin, when will we fight out?" Zhezhe beside him couldn't wait.

"No hurry, they will come again, wait until they charge a few times."...

Doduo is standing on a high place, directing the battle.The [-] city-climbing team, also known as death squads, were ready. These people were infantry, carrying ladders and wearing knives. They waited for Duoduo's order and rushed to climb the city.

If the first echelon successfully broke through the Ming army's fire defense line, attacked near the city wall, and suppressed the firepower at the top of the city, it would be their turn to assemble 5000 death squads and rush over to climb the city.
But Duoduo saw that the first echelon was defeated, and in just over half an hour, more than 2000 horses had been lost.Duoduo showed no expression on his face, and swiped his sword at the battle. Thousands of people from the second echelon rushed up again, shouting.

"Damn it again, well done, fire!"

Ji Dong took advantage of the fire just now, and the Tazi soldiers rushed within 500 meters, ordering the cannons on the top of the city to roar.

Then there were 300 musketeers, but this time the Tartars charged much more intensely than the last time. They attacked within 100 meters, and some of them had already attacked under the city wall.

They began to shoot arrows towards the top of the city, shooting while charging.

It turned out that these Tartars didn't come rushing to be shot, they shot arrows on the head when they were within the range of the bow and arrow, trying to suppress the firepower at the top of the city, and then asked the soldiers behind to climb the city with ladders.That is to say, the front charge is a cover, and the real siege is the climbing troops with ladders behind.

But at this moment, arrows rained down on the city.

The Tartars were good at horseback riding and archery, but now they found that the Ming army on the top of the city not only had good accuracy of cannons and muskets, but also the power of bows and arrows.And they are condescending, these Tartars have to shoot arrows at the top of the city.

As a result, the Tartars suffered a disadvantage in this burst of shooting. They broke through the defense line of artillery fire and were shot back by bows and arrows. It is really ironic.

This time Duoduo was angry, and he chopped Gu Shanezhen, the supreme commander of the second echelon, under his horse.

Then all the defeated troops from the first and second echelons will join the third echelon, so that the third echelon will exceed 1 horses.

Duoduo gave them a death order. If they can't suppress the firepower of the Ming army on the top of the city this time and let the climbing team behind successfully climb the city, they will be killed.

Doduo then organized 1000 troops, led by him himself. These 1000 troops were not charging, but were dedicated to supervising the battle from behind. Those who were not good at charging, or those who ran back, were all beheaded.

In this way, more than 1 Tartars in the third echelon, under the personal leadership of two Gu Shanerzhen, overwhelmingly overwhelmed them.

Thousands of horses are galloping, and they are full of arrogance.

Ji Dong looked at the Tartars this time, and they should have tried their best.

When the Tartars rushed into the range, the Ming army's third round of shelling began again. After the cannons roared, hundreds of musketeers also opened fire.

But this time the Tartars did not retreat any more. They knew that if they rushed forward, they would die, and if they retreated, they would die.To die on the battlefield is better than to be hacked to death by their lord's supervising team.

Therefore, after paying a large number of casualties this time, the Tartars attacked the city.

But this time no arrows were shot down from the top of the city, the sound of the guns stopped, the muskets stopped, the bows and arrows also stopped, Mingjun seemed to have disappeared on the ground, there was no movement on the top of the city, only countless Tartars outside the city went City head archery.

Duduo saw that it was done this time, and this effect was what he wanted.No need to ask, it must be that the firepower of the Ming army on the top of the city has been suppressed, or they have no ammunition, and it is just around the corner to capture Guancheng and kill Lin Yi.

At most, there are only a few thousand Ming troops in Guancheng, can they still withstand Prince Yu's several dashes?The fighting at Qingziling was also very fierce, and part of Ji Dong's army was also restrained. Under such circumstances, how long can the Ming army support it?
Thinking of this, Doduo felt that victory was in sight.

So he gave an order, and five thousand death squads from the Tartars charged forward with ladders and knives in their waists.

They had just attacked below the city wall, and some Tartars had just erected ladders to climb up the city.The Ming army on the top of the city suddenly shouted and killed, and the musketeers, archers, and rolling logs and stones were lowered together. It turned out that Lin Yi had just ordered to stop shooting, to give the musketeers time to reload ammunition, and the muskets, bows and arrows also stopped. All the rolling wood and stones stopped, using this trick to confuse the enemy.

The Tartars were fooled, and the Ming army suddenly counterattacked on the top of the city, and the Tartars who erected ladders to climb the city suffered heavy casualties.Those who were shot to death by muskets, those who were shot by bows and arrows, those who were stoned to death, those who were hit by the Tartars who fell from above, and those who collided and squeezed each other, the casualties were countless.

Only then did the Tartars know they had been fooled, and they were responsible for covering the Tartars and quickly shot arrows at the top of the city.

Just then, the city gate opened.Lin Yi personally led more than 1000 Guanning iron cavalry, and killed them from Wengcheng...

(End of this chapter)