Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 212 Tiger Crouching Cannon and Grenade

The tiger squat cannon can fire live ammunition at a distance, and it can fire shot ammunition at close range. It is relatively not heavy, so it has been equipped to the general level in the new army.

There are at least three sects in a general, and at least twelve sects in a battalion.

Li Dingguo's deployment in the east is the third battalion of the fourth town of the frontier defense army.

Although there were trees blocking it, out of the twelve iron bullets fired, three still hit the Chuangjun, and one of them even disabled three Chuangjun soldiers in a row.

If it was an ordinary army, it would at least hesitate and delay for a while after encountering this burst of shelling, not to mention retreating.

But these powerful soldiers rushed towards the mountainside at a faster speed.

Because they all know that there are intervals between the firing of cannons.

Even if the tiger crouching cannons are fired faster, there will be dozens of breaths apart, and this is their best chance to advance.

However, just as many of the intruders rushed forward boldly according to the time, they heard the sound of cannons again, and more than a dozen iron bullets shot over again, killing several unlucky ghosts.

At this time, it was less than twenty breaths away from the first round of shelling.

This caused the hundreds of pioneers who were in the vanguard to find places to hide in surprise.

Liu Tichun, who led hundreds of soldiers to serve as the supervising team at the end, was equally astonished.

"The cannons of these officers and soldiers fired so fast?"

And no one answered him.

One thing is that most of the garrison troops who fought against the Chuang army before were inferior to the border guards in terms of combat quality.

Second, the previous battles between the two sides were basically encounters, lacking large-scale positional warfare, so the Chuang army had no chance to experience the increase in the firing speed of the Ming army.

However, this incident did not make Chuang Jun hesitate for long.

"What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up!"

As the forward held the flag and gave the order, and took the lead in charging, hundreds of powerful soldiers continued to rush up the mountain.

And this time, hundreds of people found a place to hide after a dozen breaths, preparing to wait for the Ming army's shelling before rushing.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army did not wait for the shelling.

This, on the contrary, caused hundreds of soldiers to hesitate.

Seeing Liu Tichun at the foot of the mountain waving the flag to urge the forward to hold the flag, he gritted his teeth and took the lead to continue the charge.

This time, he rushed to the place dozens of steps ahead of the Ming army formation.

The sharp-eyed commander of the flag saw smoke coming from the Ming army's position, and his heart froze immediately, and he shouted: "Be careful of the guns!"

He hadn't finished speaking when the booming cannons rang out, and countless small iron bullets shot down like heavenly maidens scattered flowers.

Some of the intruders hid behind trees and stones in time, and escaped unharmed.

However, some of the intruders failed to evade in time, and 30 to [-] people were shot immediately, either died suddenly on the spot, or fell to the ground and cried out in pain.

Seeing the situation, the flag bearer had no time to grieve, nor did he save people, but just after the sound of the cannon stopped, he led the people to continue to charge forward, and this time, he finally reached the distance of [-] to [-] steps in front of the Ming army's formation.

"Hidden! Shoot the arrows!"

In fact, there is no need to hold the flag and issue orders. These powerful soldiers with many years of combat experience also know what to do.

I saw that they quickly found a suitable place to hide, and then opened their bows to shoot arrows at the Ming army's position.

Bows and arrows are more flexible than crossbows and muskets, and can be projected. In this kind of mountain forest terrain battle, they have an advantage.

However, the frontier guards above are all elite, and it is winter, everyone is wearing a cotton face mask, and ordinary bows and arrows cannot penetrate at a distance of twenty or thirty steps.

Occasionally one or two were shot in the cheek, only to be wounded or killed.

But the Chuang army did not expect to take down the Ming army's position after a few bursts of arrow rain. Therefore, the flag leader led hundreds of soldiers to temporarily suppress the artillery on the Ming army's position with arrow rain, and let the Chuang army who followed behind The elite soldiers charged.

These elite soldiers have all joined the Chuang army in the past two years. Although they are not as strong as the old battalion, they still dare to fight.

With the waving of the battle flag, hundreds of people rushed to the Ming army's position holding swords and shields and shouting.

"Kill it!"

Hearing the shouts of killing and seeing the rushing troops rushing in groups, the archers of the Ming army also began to show their power.

But they are all in front of those shooting arrows dozens of steps away.

The short-term confrontation caused casualties on both sides, and the frequency of shooting arrows decreased.

The gunners of the Ming army immediately took the opportunity to fire another round of shotgun.

At this time, the Chuang army had rushed to a place a few steps away from the front of the Ming army's formation, and was suddenly sprayed by shotguns from tiger squat guns, and immediately fell down a large area, causing hundreds of casualties.

Not only was the captain of the Chuang army commanding in the center not frightened when he saw this, but he shouted loudly: "Rush! Rush to the Ming army's position!"

Following the captain's loud shout, the hundreds of powerful soldiers who suppressed the gunners of the Ming army before, as well as the elite soldiers who followed up, all rushed towards the Ming army's position.

For a moment, it seemed that this Ming army position was about to fall the next moment.

But when the Chuangjun rushed to the front of the formation in groups and was about to cross that simple obstacle, black and shabby things were thrown over.

Many Chuangjun didn't wait to see what it was, when they heard a bang, they fell and flew out as if they were hit by a monster.

With luck, he lost consciousness in an instant.

Those who were unlucky, while being overturned by the air wave, were also shot into the body by an unknown amount of iron sand and iron fragments, and immediately the whole body was injured, painful, and bleeding profusely!

At this time, Liu Tichun had already rushed to the front of the battle two or three hundred steps away. Seeing this scene, he not only widened his eyes in shock, but said to himself, "Is this the enemy of thousands of people?"

In Liu Tichun's impression, only the trumpet Ten Thousand Enemy can throw it out and hurt people like this.

But even the small Ten Thousand Enemy is much larger than these things, and of course it is more powerful.

The explosives thrown by the Ming army just now, although the power of each one is relatively small, but when hundreds of them burst out together, it still caused a large area of ​​the Chuang army to fall, causing hundreds of casualties again.

Coupled with the fact that the Ming army was about to fire artillery again, the Chuang army was finally scared, and retreated one after another to find a place to hide.

Seeing that Liu Tichun wanted to force another attack, a captain next to him persuaded: "General, aren't there more than a dozen tiger squatting cannons on Mianhou's side? Why don't you go and ask for them, send them up to suppress the Ming army's artillery, and then let the soldiers Charge."

Liu Tichun frowned and nodded, "Okay, you stay here and watch, and go ask for the artillery."

The [-]-strong army led by Yuan Zongdi was placed in the middle, mainly to support Niu Wancai and Li Laiheng who were attacking the front of the Ming army's position, and to provide reinforcements at any time.

As soon as Liu Tichun arrived, he heard the chaotic sound of cannons from the hill, and realized that he was late.

When I asked, it was Li Laiheng who borrowed seven or eight tiger squatting guns first.

Liu Tichun was so angry that he cut off a small tree next to him with a knife, and said: "This kid is a ghost...Mianhou, I have to give the rest of the tiger crouching cannon!"

Yuan Zongdi knew that Liu Rukui and Niu Wancai didn't like to use artillery and muskets, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, there are only six left, you can take them all away."

"Order!"

Liu Tichun responded, and asked the soldiers to lift up the six tiger squatting cannons and run to the east.

Ordinary tiger squat cannons weigh only a few dozen catties, and some light and small ones only weigh thirty or forty catties, and can be carried and run by one person.

Of course, lighter guns tend to be less powerful.

But the tiger squatting gun is a mortar (curved gun), which is suitable for fighting in the mountains and forests, even if it has a shorter range.

What's more, the dozens of tiger squatting cannons used by Chuangjun were captured by the Ming army in the north before, and they are not light. They all weigh more than 80 catties, and their power is not too small.

Liu Tichun returned to the east, and found that the soldiers who had gone up the mountain before were still hiding, and the Ming army did not take the opportunity to counterattack, obviously willing to waste time.

This cast a dark cloud over Liu Tichun's heart—he felt that the reinforcements from the Ming army were probably already on their way, otherwise the Ming army would not have been able to defend so calmly.

Liu Tichun immediately led the soldiers up the mountain with artillery, ready to use the advantage of the artillery to break into the Ming army's position in one fell swoop.

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On the Ming army's position in the east.

Gao Wengui, a general of the Third Battalion of the Fourth Town of the Frontier Defense Army, looked at the forest below and frowned.

This unnamed hill is already one of the sparsest forests in the vicinity, but for the defenders, there are still too many trees. Not only is it difficult to exert the power of the artillery, but also the line of sight is blocked, making it difficult to see the specific movements of the troops below the mountain.

After the Chuang army stopped attacking for a while, he felt that something must be wrong.

'Is it calling for reinforcements, or is it sending artillery? '

Thinking of these two reasons, he immediately said to the two messengers who followed him: "Chen Wu, go and get the guards and muskets ready to join the battle at any time. Wang Deng, go and let the ministries pay attention to guarding against intruding artillery shells."

"Yes!"

The two messengers had only left for less than a dozen breaths, and there was a shout of killing from below, and the Chuang army launched an attack again...
(End of this chapter)