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

Chapter 64
A few Tatars were ordered by Abatai to come to the artillery camp on Gaopo's side to see what happened. Who knew that as soon as they came up, Wang Jian led people to kill them, and Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan ate poles and shovels. The Tartars climbed down with both men and horses rolling. They went up really fast, and they went down in a hurry.

One of them was quite lucky. After getting up, he was covered in blood, lost his hat, and didn't want his horse. Batai approached.

Abatai is the seventh son of Nurhachi, the half-brother of Huang Taiji, but because he was born to a side concubine, he was often excluded from the power struggles of the Qing royal family, but the blood of Taizu Nurhachi flowed on his body. Big Baylor who is also an extremely human minister.

This person is a war-type talent, very good at fighting, and good at using soldiers.At that time, he followed Nurhachi to fight in the south and north, blocking east and west and killing in the west. In terms of credit, he was no less than Amin and Yuetuo. This is because he followed Azigefaming and conquered 12 cities around the capital of the Ming Dynasty in just one month. More than 10 Han people were robbed, and their property was worthless.

If Ji Dong hadn't crossed over, according to the original historical development, his record since then would have been even more glorious and glorious. A few years later, he conquered Ming again, ravaging the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Zhili, Shandong, and the first part of Jiangsu, and captured it in seven months. In 94 cities, 10,000+ Han people were plundered, and millions of taels of gold and silver were taken away.

Convicted of the same crime, Huang Taiji could not tolerate Amin and Mang Gurtai, but he could tolerate Abate, not only because Abate was his brother, but also related to his illustrious military exploits.

This time Faming Huang Taiji appointed him as the director of military and horses, in order to let him check and balance Azige, Amin and Yuetuo as an elder.

"Bei... Lord Le, big big big big big big big big big bad thing, the artillery battalion... is full of Ming troops..."

Even injured and flustered, this Tartar could not speak.

"How could there be a Ming army?" Abate turned pale with fright. It was clear, and then began to ambush the troops. Could it be that these Ming soldiers fell from the sky?

Abatai couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, and he didn't think about it now. No wonder his artillery battalion didn't exert its power. It turned out that it was taken over by the Ming army.

"Quickly, annihilate this Ming army and regain the position of the artillery battalion!" Abate yelled frantically.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the cannons on Gaogang roared one after another.

One after another shells exploded in the densely populated area of ​​the Tartars, sand and stones splashed, smoke filled the air, and thick smoke rose with the fire. Some shells ignited trees and wormwood, and the flames soared into the sky, and thick smoke billowed.

These Tartars were trying their best to encircle and wipe out Lu Xiangsheng's men and horses. They were blown dizzy and scattered everywhere. Some of them were blown to pieces with no bones left.Some war horses were frightened, rampaged and trampled each other, causing countless casualties.

In Ji Dong's opinion, the power of these cannons is too primitive, and their lethality can't even catch up with a hand grenade of later generations.But in the era of cold weapons in the late Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of these people in the late Ming Dynasty, the power of cannons was simply more terrifying than the missiles of later generations.

The lethality of cannons is secondary, and the key is deterrence.

Therefore, after Ji Dong's first round of shells, tens of thousands of Tartars were bombed, and their hearts were panicked, and their soldiers had no fighting spirit.

Lu Xiangsheng's Ming army can breathe a little bit, especially when Zu Keyong swung his big axe and shouted: "My lord, it must be Mr. Lin who attacked the enemy's fort!...Brothers, there are cannons to cheer us on. kill!"

This time, Lu Xiangsheng and the others became more energetic. They mobilized their horses, used their weapons in turn, and used all their strength to kill the Tartars. Their corpses were scattered all over the ground. This team is like a tiger joining a herd of sheep.

Abatai had never fought such a useless battle before, unwilling to lose, he divided the work with his lieutenant Tan Tai.

Abatai continued to mobilize heavy troops to besiege Lu Xiangsheng's men and horses, while Tan Tai quickly gathered a banner of people with a yellow banner, and rushed towards Gaogang where Lin Yi and the others were, intending to regain the fort.

Tan Tai was also one of the founding generals of the Qing Dynasty. He was as famous as Sony. According to the original historical development, six years later, the Songjin War broke out. It was Tan Tai who cut off the return of the Ming army. In that battle, Hong Chengchou was captured. After Huang Taiji died two years later, after Shunzhi ascended the throne, because of his young age, Dorgon and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang promoted a group of auxiliary ministers, among them was Tan Tai, which shows how capable this person is.

The current Tan Tai, the official Bai Gushan Ezhen, was a young and fierce general among the Tatars. Under his leadership, five or six thousand Tatars rushed towards Gao Gang.

Lin Yi was commanding Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, and hundreds of other soldiers, groping to load ammunition and prepare for the second round of shelling. It was already dark, and it was time to light the lamp in a while.

Wang Jian commanded more than 100 generals to meet Tan Tai's Tartars. The Tartars charged and shot arrows at the same time.

Wang Jian and the others took advantage of the favorable terrain to fight back, and soon the Tartars rushed to the high hills, and the two sides fought together.

The Tartars were numerous and powerful, but Wang Jian and the others were extremely brave. Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan swung away the iron poles and big shovels in their hands, and the Tartars were killed. The second round of shelling began.

Although there were only a dozen rounds of shells this round, they were more proficient than before, and their hit rate had improved a lot.

Tan Tai's thousands of troops nearby were bombarded by several shells at the beginning of the second charge.

Abatai in the distance was shouting, several shells flew in one after another, exploding around him, dozens of Tartars fell in a pool of blood.

The personal guards protected him, so he moved quickly.

At this time, another shell roared and fell, and his horse gun exploded with a bang, and the horse was blown to the ground on the spot, and Abate was also thrown off the horse.

His personal guards were flustered for a while, and when they helped their Lord Baylor up, Abate's face was covered with blood, and several Tartars hurriedly changed his horse, and then protected him to escape.

Tan Tai failed to take down this high hill in two charges, and when he was preparing to organize the third charge, he got the news that Abatai was injured.

Tan Tai was shocked, it was already dark at this time, and by the light of the fire, he could see that his men and horses could not surround the Ming army at all.

Tan Tai saw that it was time for this ambush to end.If they continued to fight, they would only suffer a worse defeat, so he packed up the defeated soldiers and ran away overnight.

The next battle lasted for more than half an hour. The reason was that the Tartars were retreating. Lu Xiangsheng led his men and horses, but instead they clung on. They turned defeat into victory, and changed from passive to active. The Ming army continued the battle until it was time to watch. The typists who hadn't run away were beheaded and wiped out, and the lucky Tartars ran away without a trace under the cover of night.

Lu Xiangsheng sent orders to rest the soldiers and horses on the spot, treat the wounded, clean up the battlefield, and take care of the spoils. Naturally, these trivial matters were handed over to his generals. He was in a hurry to see someone.

When Lin Yi and others stood in front of Lu Xiangsheng to salute, Lu Xiangsheng did not speak for a long time, but stared at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi was also taking a sneak peek at the founder of the Tianxiong Army. Under the light, he saw that this man was in his prime, with a sturdy body, a burly figure, a square face, a pointed chin, a slightly red face, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, and he was not angry. Self-prestige.

"You are Ji Dong?" Lu Xiangsheng finally spoke, his voice was loud and his face was kind.

"It's down."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, secretly thinking that he was indeed a good-looking talent.

"How old is he, what is his official position?"

"Return to the governor, I am wasting my time, I am twenty-four years old, and now I am the hundred commander in the army."

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head when he heard this, and said: "It's really a shame. He was so brave at such a young age. He killed a hundred thieves by himself, fought with the Tartars and retreated on foot. He won three battles and three victories in Yongping City. Now he is attacking the artillery camp of the Tartars again. With such illustrious military exploits, His Majesty will be delighted when he hears about it."

Ji Dong took a look, why did he know so much about himself?At this time, seeing Zu Keyong next to Lu Xiangsheng smiling at him, he knew it was his credit.

Ji Dong hurriedly said modestly: "My lord has given you too much credit."

Lu Xiangsheng said solemnly: "Don't be too modest, your contribution is too great, even the governor feels ashamed. If it weren't for your Excellency, the governor might be wiped out this time. The governor plans to go to the court to give you a lot of rewards. I wronged you to stay with Bendu as a guerrilla general, would you like to?"

"Thank you for your love, my lord. I'm flattered." Lin Yi hurriedly thanked him.

From Baizong to Guerrilla General, there are still several levels in the middle. If you want to be promoted normally according to military merit, you need a lot of credit. Lu Xiangsheng can do it with just one word.

Guerrilla generals are not considered small, they are five-rank and five-official, capable of commanding thousands of generals, equivalent to regimental and brigade-level officers of later generations.

"You don't have to thank me. This is what you have earned through hard work. You will be honored as the governor and go to the court. After the documents of the Ministry of War are issued, you can officially confer the general. The governor will give you a pair of armor, a good horse, and 200 taels of silver. .”

"Thank you for your grace..."

(End of this chapter)