Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 503 Battlefield Interdiction
With a gunshot, Jiannu fell off his horse at night without responding.

Seeing it from a distance, Xu Yingwei couldn't help being surprised.

There must be more than a hundred steps, right?Can one shot hit this far?
This guy, King Ding's luck must be too good.

Xu Yingwei attributes this to luck, and in his opinion, it can only be good luck.

It has to be admitted that there is indeed an element of luck here, mainly because Jiannu Yebuyan has formed a mind-set for the Ming army's flintlock guns in countless outposts. As long as the distance exceeds fifty steps, the Ming army's flintlock guns will Firing the gun was just for display, so there was no evasive action like kicking inside to hide at all.

Furthermore, the terrain here is also very flat.

Otherwise, Zhu Cijiong really couldn't hit Jiannu at such a long distance.

When Xu Yingwei arrived with a team of scout cavalry, Zhu Cijiong had already dismounted and cut off the rat tails that Jiannu would not harvest at night, and Jiannu's big bow and saber were also searched.

These are all his trophies, to be collected.

After a few decades, he will be able to take out these war breeds and brag about his heroic deeds to his children and grandchildren.

Zhu Cijiong kicked Jianu's body again, and said with a smile, "Xu Guijian, the head of this Jianu who is not accepted at night and the chain mail and cotton armor on his body will be given to you."

Xu Yingwei didn't say a word, but turned over and jumped off the horse.

When he got closer, he saw that there was a hole in Jiannu's chest. This shot pierced through the front of Jiannu's cotton armor and chain mail.

Blood was still gushing from it at the moment.

Zhu Cijiong said with some embarrassment: "Both armors have a hole in the chest, which is still easy to repair. Even if you don't repair it, you can still use it on the other side. At least it can block arrows from the front."

But Xu Yingwei's eyes widened: "One hundred steps, and you can still penetrate two layers of armor?"

As soon as the words were finished, Xu Yingwei suddenly saw a black shadow jumping out of the grass dozens of steps away from the corner of his eye.

Xu Yingwei realized in an instant that this was another Jian slave who was lurking in the dark and would not accept him at night. Before he could think about it, he swooped and threw Zhu Cijiong to the ground.

The moment Xu Yingwei threw Zhu Cijiong down, a scream passed over their heads.

When the two of them fell to the ground and turned over again, they saw a strand of red tassels slowly falling down, but it was Zhu Cijiong's tasseled spear that was shot down by Jiannu Yebu with an arrow.

Xu Yingwei couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

What a surprise, King Ding was almost killed by an arrow.

Zhu Cijiong was furious, and immediately turned over and jumped up.

At this time, Jianu Yebushou, who failed to succeed in one blow, had already fled away.

And in a blink of an eye, it was almost a hundred steps away, and there was only a small spot left.

"Looking for death!" Zhu Cijiong raised his rifled rifle and locked on to Jiannu who was galloping on horseback.

"Prince Ding, forget it." Xu Yingwei got up, patted his buttocks and said, "It's so far away, it's a waste of lead."

Zhu Cijiong was unmoved, but raised the muzzle of the gun slightly, then lightly pulled the trigger, and there was a bang, and a puff of white smoke spewed out of the muzzle instantly.

"How, didn't you hit it? This is the wave..."

Xu Yingwei said while turning his head to look at the Jiannu Yebuyan who was facing forward.

The next moment, the word "fee" was stuck in Xu Yingwei's throat, and he couldn't get it out.

Xu Yingwei was very surprised to see that Jiannu Ye Bushuo, who was riding wildly, fell from the horse's back.

Xu Wuniu, Xu Yinglong, Xu Huhu and others were also standing still, how could that be possible?With such a long distance, King Ding was able to shoot Jian Nu to death with one shot?What kind of god luck is this?
After a long while, Xu Yingwei said: "Prince Ding, how did you do it?"

But Zhu Cijiong said with a chuckle, "It's not a big deal. Last month in Zijin Mountain, Gu once shot down a pheasant on the top of a tree two hundred paces away. That was very difficult."

"What, two hundred steps away?" Xu Yingwei lost his voice.

Xu Wuniu, Xu Yinglong and the others also looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to believe their ears.

"Here you are." Zhu Cijiong didn't say any more nonsense, and directly handed the rifled rifle in his hand to Xu Yingwei, and took out a cardboard fixed ammunition and handed it over, saying, "Come and try."

"Prince Ding, is it because of the gun?" Xu Yingwei immediately realized.

"You're right, it's because of the gun." Zhu Cijiong said with a smile, "This is not an ordinary flintlock gun, the emperor said it is an improved version of the flintlock gun, called a rifled rifle, and the official model is the [-]th type. "

Because it was only established in Chongzhen 20 years ago, it is called the [-]-type rifle.

"Type [-]?" Xu Yingwei bit open the paper casing of the fixed-load ammunition, then opened the ram, first poured a little gunpowder into the priming chamber, then closed the ram, and then poured the remaining gunpowder in from the muzzle.

After pouring the gunpowder, Xu Yingwei took a special look at the lead.

It was found that the lead was also different, it was not round but conical.

And there is a cork at the bottom of the conical lead, which is hollow in the middle.

Zhu Cijiong also specially reminded: "Xu Guijian, the end with the cork is facing down."

Xu Yingwei nodded, stuffed the lead into the muzzle of the gun, and then pressed it into the barrel to the bottom with a cleaning rod.

After the loading was completed, Xu Yingwei started to search for the target with the [-]-style.

Zhu Cijiong pointed to a small tree a hundred paces away and said, "If Xu gives advice, hit that tree."

"Okay." Xu Yingwei responded, and immediately aimed at the little tree and pulled the trigger, followed by a gunshot.

Everyone looked intently again, and saw that the small tree a hundred paces away had been cut in two from the middle, and the crown that lost its support immediately fell to the ground.

"Nice job!"

Xu Wuniu and other soldiers applauded loudly.

"Can it really hit?" Xu Yingwei was also inexplicably surprised.

"Is this still fake?" Zhu Cijiong said with a proud face, "Compared with the flintlock rifle, the 150-type rifle is much more powerful. Not only can it be accurate, it can hit accurately from two hundred paces away, and it has strong penetrating power. Admonish you to see it, [-] paces, one shot can pierce Jiannu's double armor!"

"Good gun, really good gun."

Xu Yingwei was overjoyed and said: "With such a good gun, what fear do the white armored soldiers of Jiannu have?"

"Brother Duan, bring them all up." As soon as Zhu Cijiong raised his hand, Xia Wanchun led a group of new troops and brought ten pack horses, with ten wooden boxes on their backs, which could be seen to be rifles from their shape.

Zhu Cijiong pointed to the box and said: "Xu Gejian, here are the [-] styles for you, one hundred sticks."

"Why are there only a hundred?" Xu Yingwei said disappointedly, "Can you give us a few thousand more?"

"What are you talking about, how many thousand?" Zhu Cijiong was amused, "The Daming Armory Factory only produced two hundred in total, and only this one hundred was squeezed out of my own share by the emperor's repeated request. "

"So little?" Xu Yingwei asked in amazement, "Is the production of Type [-] very small?"

"What do you think?" Zhu Cijiong said angrily, "There are only fifty sticks in total every month."

"So that's it." Xu Yingwei soon became happy again, "Although one hundred is not many, it is enough to equip us with scout dragoons, now we can let go of Jiannu's Yebu. .”

"That's it." Zhu Cijiong said with a smirk, "You send out a hundred horses, and a single one also sends out a hundred horses. If the two of us team up to hunt and kill Jiannu, we will not accept them, and neither will be allowed to stay!"

"I do what I want, I don't dare to invite you."

Xu Yingwei said with a smile: "In this way, we can implement the battlefield interception that the Holy Master said to Jiannu, and make Jiannu in Shengjing City blind and deaf, without knowing anything about our movements."

"Don't say anything, let's get to work."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't wait to hunt and kill Jiannu.

After more than half a year of hunting pheasants and hares in the Zijin Mountain, Zhu Cijiong has long since gotten tired of it. This time he finally came to Liaodong, so why not catch Jiannu and kill him at night?

Now, it will be difficult for the Jiannu wandering in the Liaohe Plain not to accept them at night.

As long as Jiannu Ye Bucha is discovered by the scouts of the Ming army, it is basically impossible to run away, because the scouts of the Ming army are also elite, and they are extremely accurate with marksmanship.

In the next two days, Jiannu continued to be discovered and hunted down by the Ming army.

Two days later in the morning, the scout cavalry of the Ming army was less than ten miles away from Liaoyang.

From a distance, one can even see the dilapidated outline of Liaoyang City.

"Xu Gejian, Liaoyang should be ahead, right?" Zhu Cijiong asked, pointing to the front.

Xu Yingwei nodded and said: "Well, in front is Liaoyang City, where the original Xingyuan of Liaodong Town is located."

Zhu Cijiong asked again: "Liaoyang is an important town in Liaodong, and there should be many slaves stationed there."

Xu Yingwei shook his head and said, "I'm afraid King Ding will be disappointed. There are not many slaves in Liaoyang, at most two or three hundred slaves, and most of them are prisoners or escaped slaves."

"What, only two or three hundred?" Zhu Cijiong was very disappointed when he heard that.

After a pause, he said again: "In this case, we might as well take Liaoyang first."

"Of course." Xu Yingwei nodded and said, "If you want to fight Shengjing, you must take Liaoyang first."

While talking, another Jianu was found in the wilderness ahead, and then another hunting and anti-hunting ensued.

Near noon, the scout cavalry led by Xu Yingwei had already arrived outside Liaoyang City, and the Jiannu stationed in the city immediately blew their warning horns, and sparse Jiannu gradually appeared on the top of the city.

Xu Yingwei ordered Xu Yinglong and Xu Huhu to continue to search and kill Jiannu's nighter to block the battlefield, and he found a place to spread out blankets, and asked Xu Wuniu to bring out the leftovers from yesterday.

"Prince Ding, the infantry brigade and artillery battalion will take half a day to arrive."

Xu Yingwei raised his hand and said, "Let's eat something first, to rest our stomachs."

Zhu Cijiong readily agreed, sat down and ate, and asked Xu Yingwei, "Xu Guijian, there is one thing I don't quite understand, why do you want Li to tell the truth?"

"This, in fact, can be regarded as a conspiracy." Xu Yingwei said with a smile.

"An anti-scheme?" Zhu Cijiong snorted, "Xu Gejian, how could this be an anti-scheme? From Gu's point of view, this clearly means that there is no 300 taels of silver here, and he clearly reminds Jiannu to beware of Li."

(End of this chapter)