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Chapter 161 Tartars also have artillery?

As the rockets of the Ming army inside and outside Jiazhuang came like a torrential rain, the shield chariots in front of the Qing army were like hedgehogs, densely packed with flying rocket arrows.

Those wrapped ahas fell one by one, and the shield cars almost stopped in place. Many of the wrapped ahas had nowhere to hide, and ran around in panic.

Without exception, these deserters were all beheaded on the spot, and then another batch of coated Ahha, and even some auxiliary soldiers from the Qing army came up from behind the formation to supplement the manpower of these shield carts.

After the Ming army's rockets fired, they kept forcing the Qing army to form. After a short period of panic, they reorganized their formation, supplemented the upper auxiliary soldiers to follow up, replaced those dead coated Ahha, pushed the shield car, and slowly moved towards Jia Zhuang Ming army. The defensive line advances.

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Cui Shijie, head of the left sentry of the Biao Right Wing Battalion Infantry Thousand Headquarters in Xuanzhen Town, stood behind the earthen wall. With his helmet on and his armor on, he raised his eyes and looked at the slowly advancing Qing army formation on the opposite side with a dignified expression.

The rumble of cannons in the east made him envious, because his own camp didn't have such sharp weapons, if a hundred cannons fired at once, why would he be afraid of the Tartars attacking.

Suddenly, the guard beside him reminded him that the flag order came from the turret. Cui Shijie hurriedly turned his head to take a closer look, and shouted loudly: "Rocket, hurry...quick...Rocket is ready..."

Seeing the rockets flying towards the opposite Qing army array with their long tail flames, Cui Shijie felt extremely happy in his heart. He could even imagine the scene of rockets piercing the Qing army's body in his heart.

"Every army is in position, check the guns, and prepare for battle!"

Seeing that the densely packed shield vehicles of the Qing army only paused slightly under the bombardment of the rockets, and then pushed closer to their own defense line after a burst of commotion, Cui Shijie hurriedly ordered all headquarters and teams to get ready.

He turned around and said to the guards: "Go, look at the situation of the artillery positions. The tartars are within three hundred steps, find a chance, and blast those shield vehicles to me."

Cui Shijie's left post was assigned eleven cannons, including six No. [-] Franco cannons and five tiger crouching cannons. They all had the advantage of being light and suitable for infantry or cavalry to carry and use in field battles.

The disadvantage is that the firing distance is shorter, and the power is not as good as the larger artillery. They have small projectiles, and the large projectiles are in front, and the small projectiles are behind, which is more suitable for use against the enemy in close combat.

Not long after the guard sent the order, they saw more than a dozen sergeants trotting over carrying the No. [-] Franco cannon. They were in groups of three, two carrying the Franco cannon, and each holding three guns, and they came to the gunmen. Behind the first earth wall where it is located.

The blunderbusses spread out one after another to make room for the space in front of the earth wall, and set up Franco cannons for them. The Franco cannons were mounted on the earth wall, and the blunderbuss were also arranged in order beside the earth wall. The observers were calculating The shield car's position, speed and direction of travel.

The two generals under Zuo Xiao's command each have three Franco cannons to support them. Tian Mingyu, the officer of the A and C teams, watched the gunners put the guns in. He said with some concern: "Brother, you have to hit it right, this shield car It's too much trouble, our bird cannon can't hit it."

Of the three gunners, one was observing and aiming, the other was in charge of loading the guns, and the other was in charge of igniting the fire.

Tian Mingyu was not angry, but leaned against the dirt wall, staring at the Franco cannon and the three busy gunners in front of him.

The fire suddenly appeared, a cloud of smoke rose, and an iron bullet roared amidst the explosion, and it flew away like a shooting star through the wind.

"In... in...in...in..."

Tian Mingyu was so excited that he almost jumped up. He squatted behind the earth wall, danced excitedly, and said loudly: "Quick, brother is amazing, hit again...there are too many shield cars... hit a few more..."

The gunner was tall and burly, Tian Mingyu reckoned that he would be able to run with the Franco cannon by himself, but he was standing behind the cannon, holding the torch high, grinning at Tian Mingyu with a big grin With that, Tian Mingyu also responded embarrassingly.

When the torch was put down, another cloud of smoke rose up. When the flames flashed, the cannons flew out with a bang, and rushed to the opposite Qing army array to shoot directly at it.

This round of bullets was not as powerful as the previous one. The previous one hit the bracket of the shield car, and immediately smashed the shield car into pieces. The bullet bounced and injured several archers.

This time, it passed through the middle of the shield chariot. Although it caused a lot of damage to the Qing army's auxiliary soldiers and archers behind it, it did not destroy the Qing army shield chariot.

As far as the battlefield outside the south gate of Jiazhuang is concerned, the firing of the Flang cannon this time caused commotion in the Qing army formation again. There are a total of twelve Flang cannons at the two posts here, each firing three rounds of sub-guns. 36 rounds of iron bullets flew to the Qing army array.

The three fronts of the Ming army are equipped with Franco machine guns. Although they are not as powerful as the salvos of the Hongyi cannons, the more than 30 iron bullets on each side also destroyed more than ten shield vehicles of the Qing army, killing and injuring them. There were so many Qing soldiers, and the momentum of the Qing army's advance was obviously frustrated.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was watching the battle on the watchtower, was very satisfied. He saw it here more comprehensively. Although the red cannons were blessed to the east, it was better than the south and north directions in terms of attack and deterrence against the Qing army. .

But even if Zhang Yan, Jiang Mingwu and the others were defending the direction, the rockets they fired would kill and deter the Qing army, which was also great.

Lu Xiang couldn't help but raise his jaw in praise. The slave thief hadn't rushed to the front of the formation, and these few waves of long-range strikes had greatly dampened his spirit.

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"Lu Xiangsheng is indeed not simple. He is indeed a strong enemy of our army. It seems that we must get rid of him now!"

Two miles to the east of the Jiazhuang camp of the Xuanda Army, there is a huge platform built with mounds of earth and wood up to several feet high. Under the banner, they kept looking at the front of the formation.

The generals of the Qing Dynasty listened to Dorgon's thoughtful words, and Baya Latuzhangjing Holben also nodded his head and said: "Although there are a large number of shielded chariots in front of us, our warriors of the Qing Dynasty still The casualties were not small, and their artillery and rockets were too violent."

According to Dorgon's deployment, he personally commanded the east side, Doro Rao Yubeile Abatai commanded the south side, and Hauge, Prince Heshuosu, was in charge of the north side.

Hearing Holborn's words at this time, Dorgon smiled indifferently, and said: "Didn't my army also capture a lot of artillery and rockets from the Ming army, which are just in use at this moment, so we can try those who surrendered." Ming army's ability! Hahaha..."

Speaking of this, he continued with a more excited expression: "In just one or two days, Zeng Chuankong under King Huaishun and Hua Yingchun of the Han Army will rush over. He and others have many artillery in the army, and they are good at attacking fortified positions with cannons." , wouldn't it be an easy task to break through the small land of Jiazhuang!"

Dorgon looked around at the generals, all of them were full of excitement, he nodded slowly, and then sent an order: "Tell the warriors not to stop, you also send someone to urge those new generals to go up, we also use artillery Boom him, let's see the Ming army's reaction!"

(End of this chapter)