Ming Zuo

Chapter 158 The Price of Being a Dog

When the fourth brigade attacked the city gate, the artillery brigade stopped firing.

Playing infantry coordination in this era is purely a joke with the lives of our soldiers.

However, there are still remnants in the city, and the fourth brigade plus the cavalry brigade can't solve it, so Zuo Menggeng should just commit suicide and be reborn.

I have to say that the post-golden banners of this era are really brave.

Obviously the five hundred main forces had been wiped out, but the remaining people in the city still dared to fight.

When the fourth brigade rushed to the bottom of the city, people protruded from the city wall, drew their bows and set arrows, and immediately caused a soldier to fall.

Fortunately, the man did not aim carefully and only shot the soldier in the leg, which was not fatal.

But this result made the man overjoyed, and shot the arrow again.

But when he poked his head out just now, what he saw were three or four black muzzles.

After all the shooting, the man couldn't shoot the second arrow at all.

This is what happens when a cold weapon meets a hot weapon.

In the first battle of the rear battalion, Zuo Yong was very cautious and led the charge in person.

When he arrived at the city gate, he stopped quickly when he saw soldiers about to rush in.

"What are you rushing for? What if there is an ambush? Grenade, go."

Immediately, several soldiers ignited clay pot grenades and threw them from the city gate to the exit of the city gate.

He really guessed it, there are more than [-] Houjin soldiers ambushing here at this time.

If they rushed over unprepared, these rear gold warriors would jump out, which might cause a lot of damage to the rear camp.

But unfortunately, because of Zuo Yong's caution, these people's ambush failed.

They didn't wait for the soldiers from the rear battalion, they waited for the grenades first.

The explosion pushed countless fragments into all space, and swept away the Houjin soldiers who were ambushing outside the city gate.

Zuo Yong didn't give the order until he heard the screams.

"Enter the city! The first squadron went to the government office, the second squadron chased and wiped out the remnants of the enemy, and the third squadron occupied the city wall."

The various ministries took orders and moved swiftly. After entering Zunhua City, they headed towards different targets.

The cavalry brigade followed the fourth brigade into the city and began to sweep through all the streets.

During the battle in the back camp, the basic unit is the squad.

A group of [-] people, the first [-] people hold bayonets for melee defense, and the rear [-] people take turns to reload and shoot at the visible enemy.

Hou Jin's remnant soldiers hid in various places in the city, looking for various ways to resist.

A guy was hiding on the wall, secretly observing the soldiers from the rear battalion who were searching, and suddenly shouted loudly and jumped off the ground.

According to his thinking, with such a sudden attack, he could replace two or three of them.

But he was still in the air, and four or five bayonets were pointing at the place where he landed.

It can be said that it was not the soldiers of the rear battalion who assassinated him, but that he himself fell on the bayonet and was strung with candied haws.

There were loud gunshots in the city, shouts of killing shook the sky, and the capture of Zunhua was a foregone conclusion.

Zuo Menggeng was quite satisfied with the whole battle process.Turning around, it turned out that Mao Yuanyi had gone to the artillery.

At this time, he was just like a primary school student, watching the artillerymen operate intently.

News came from the front that the No. [-] Squadron had hit the government office.There are dozens of Houjin soldiers resisting, unable to attack for a while, and need artillery support.

Li Xiangzhu asked the first squadron to enter the city to assist in the storm.

Zuo Menggeng walked over and said to Mao Yuanyi: "Mr. Mao, let's go to the city too."

Mao Yuanyi had only watched the artillery fire from a distance just now, and when she was curious, she immediately followed after hearing this.

"Go to town, go to town."

Zuo Menggeng and the others followed the No. [-] Artillery Squadron to the government office.

At this time, it was already surrounded by the First Squadron of the Fourth Brigade, but the walls were high and the doors were thick, so it was impossible to break in without heavy weapons.

The first and second squadrons of the artillery directly set up the artillery on the street, which allowed Mao Yuanyi to finally see clearly how this new type of artillery was operated.

The cartridge seems to be the same as the Frangler, but the front end seems to be tightened.

It was the shells that surprised him the most.

The artillery shells in the rear battalion were actually oblong with a pointed tip, and there was a fuse behind them.

When seeing the soldiers put the warhead and the cartridge together, Mao Yuanyi couldn't help asking; "Why do you do that?"

After winning the battle, Zuo Menggeng explained patiently.

"This is to prevent the energy leakage of the gunpowder explosion, which can make the shell hit farther."

Mao Yuanyi let out an "ah" and suddenly realized.

He has seen the Franc machine gun before, and knows that it can hit a few hundred paces at most.

But when I saw the Zuoying cannons firing just now, it was clear that they wanted to hit the city wall from [-] paces away. It turned out that the secret of being able to hit so far was here.

But can the Ming army's Flang function be transformed in this way?

Mao Yuanyi just thought about it for a while, but then reluctantly admitted that it was impossible.

Because the cartridge of the Ming Army's Flang machine gun is made of wrought iron, it is very heavy.For safety and made very thick, the front part cannot be tightened.

The most difficult thing is the warhead.

The Ming army obviously did not have such craftsmanship.

In a trance, the artillery has completed loading, and the speed is more than five times that of the artillery of the Ming army.

Following the firing of two shells, the gate of the Zunhua government office collapsed amidst the billowing dust and smoke, without any defensive function.

The Tazi soldiers inside also knew that there was no hope of holding on, and they all howled and launched a desperate charge.

It's a pity that the gate of the government office that helped them defend just now has become an insurmountable gap.

All those who rushed out were shot to death here by muskets.After a while, the corpses were piled high.

Mao Yuanyi looked at the distance and was surprised again.

"Your army's firecrackers can actually break armor from a hundred paces away?"

Zuo Menggeng chuckled, took the musket from the soldier next to him, and demonstrated it in front of him.

Reload, install the flash cap, fire...

The last Tartar soldier also turned into a dead body.

Mao Yuanyi, who watched the whole process, couldn't help swallowing, as if seeing a devil.

Such firearms, such speed of fire, such range...

Are there any enemies in the world?

It turns out that this boy's courage to attack Zunhua alone is here!
With the breach of the government office, the suppression work in the city came to an end one after another.The ministries kept coming to report, and all of them killed a lot of enemies.

Zuo Menggeng didn't care about the casualties of ordinary Tartars at all, he just asked, "Where is Li Sizhong? Where is Fan Wencheng?"

No one could answer him, which made him very unhappy.

Seeing his gloomy face, all the chief officials of the ministries became more careful and ordered their subordinates to search carefully and search again.

After more than an hour, the second brigade in the west of the city brought good news.

Zuo Hua personally escorted a general who was shot in the leg to Zuo Menggeng.

"Qianzuo, we waited left and right in the west of the city, and we were almost falling asleep. We saw this guy bring twenty or so deserters over. After a random shooting, fifteen of them were killed, and three of them refused to surrender. He was executed. This guy was cowardly and confessed that his name was Li Sizhong."

Zuo Menggeng was overjoyed, and paced over, staring fixedly at the guy with a face full of despair.

About [-] years old, not tall, with a wolf face, sitting on the ground silently, his hands were tightly bound, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zuo Menggeng hadn't done anything yet, but Mao Yuanyi stepped forward and kicked this person directly, yelling at him.

"You bastard who has forgotten his ancestors, never thought you would have today, right?"

Seeing that other people were puzzled, Zuo Menggeng pointed at Li Sizhong, sincerely happy.

"This man's name is Li Sizhong. You may not be familiar with him. But when the old slaves raised troops and attacked Fushun Pass, this guy and his uncle Li Yongfang were the first wave of traitors to surrender to the Tartars."

Upon hearing this, Huang Zongxi, Liu Yiyuan and others suddenly changed their colors.

It is self-evident what it means to be the first Han general to surrender to Jin.

No wonder Zuo Menggeng attached so much importance to this person.

Zuo Menggeng turned to face Li Sizhong, with a cold tone.

"At that time, Li Chengliang was a famous general in the world, powerful in Liaodong. Your father Li Ruhan, your uncle Li Ruzi, and your cousins ​​Li Yizhong and Li Cunzhong defended Tieling. A good person doesn't want to be a dog for a foreign race?"

When Li Sizhong was caught, he knew he was finished.

But he never expected that Zuo Menggeng knew so much about his family background and spoke so viciously.For a moment, his face was ashen and furious.

"Hmph, if you want to kill or cut, it's up to you. On the day when Da Khan returns to his teacher, he will definitely cut you into pieces and avenge me."

Zuo Menggeng let out a long sigh.

"Don't pretend to be brave here. If you really treat death like this, why did you surrender at Fushun Pass? Don't worry, you will die a miserable death. When I catch Fan Wencheng, guess what, Which of you two will die worse?"

Li Sizhong's complexion changed drastically, and he finally stopped being generous.The shivering look was worse than a dying dog.

But the problem is, Li Sizhong was caught, where is Fan Wencheng?

(End of this chapter)