Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 616 Together: Play hard to get
It is the Korean army that is responsible for guarding the peripheral gun platforms.

Moreover, Yan Yingyuan did not tell the Korean army that Jiannu's real target was the blunderbuss on the east bank of the canal. It is precisely because of this that the Korean army on the periphery of the blunderbuss was so lax.

That's right, Yan Yingyuan did it on purpose.

Yan Yingyuan didn't even arrange caltrops or antlers in the ditch outside the gun platform.

Of course, what Yan Yingyuan drove were those North Korean soldiers who had not yet been naturalized in Huaxia.

Of course, Yan Yingyuan would not be so cruel to the [-] North Korean troops who have been naturalized in China, but Yan Yingyuan has no psychological barriers when using other North Korean troops as cannon fodder.

He is kind-hearted and soft-hearted, but he can't be the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

It wasn't until the Eight Banners Han army leaned the ladder against the parapet that the Korean army on the gun platform finally found out.

"There are Jiannu! Jiannu attack at night!" The sentinel behind the parapet yelled mournfully.

"Bah bah bah!" Immediately there was a burst of intensive gunfire, but the Jiannu musketeers on the opposite side of the trench opened fire one after another, and the dense rain of bullets poured over, knocking down the sentries of the Korean army in an instant.

Taking advantage of this gap, Wang Fuchen carried a steel knife on his waist, and quickly climbed up the gun platform with hands and feet.

Wang Fuchen was already tall and had long legs, so he climbed up the parapet wall which was no more than two feet high in a few strokes, and then he drew his saber from his waist and swooped down from the parapet.

The North Korean soldier who bears the brunt subconsciously raised his flintlock, trying to block the knife.

It was too late and then too soon, Wang Fuchen's saber had already slashed heavily on the flintlock.

Wang Fuchen's horse-chopping knife is not an ordinary horse-chopping knife, but a custom-made horse-chopping knife that is longer, thicker and heavier.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were actually many powerful generals who did not look like human beings. For example, Lu Xiangsheng, a scholar who joined the army, used a machete that weighed 136 catties!
Wang Fuchen was not as fierce as Lu Xiangsheng, but he was not far behind.

Wang Fuchen's saber is five feet long and weighs more than 50 catties!

With a bang, the flintlock gun in the hands of the North Korean army broke in two from the middle.

Of course, the barrel of the flintlock was not cut off, but was broken from the weld seam. The quality of the flintlock made by Jiannu was not as good as that produced by Daming.

Wang Fuchen broke the barrel of the gun with this knife, and he split the head of the North Korean army without exhaustion.

All this is a long story, but in fact it happened in a flash, so for the other Korean soldiers on the gun platform, the shock caused cannot be described in words.

Anyway, I saw a giant nearly seven feet tall, wearing heavy armor and a hood with a visor on his head, brandishing a saber that was taller than a man, and suddenly leaped over the parapet and rushed into the gun platform. Then they split the head of the chief, Park Sung Tae-jun, in two, and his brains splashed all over the floor.

"Ghost, ghosts are coming!" The remaining North Korean soldiers panicked.

Wang Fuchen would not let go of such a good opportunity, and immediately followed by a move to fight in the night, in a flash of cold light, the two Korean soldiers closest to him were cut in half in an instant, and their internal organs were scattered all over the place.

It must be admitted that Wang Fuchen is really a fierce general!
At this time, the other Eight Banners Han troops also rushed into the gun platform.

Wang Fuchen immediately took a few steps back, panting slightly against the parapet.

Although he was far from the limit of his physical strength, the two strikes just now consumed a lot of physical strength. In addition, the Ming army's first blunderbuss platform had already been broken through, so he was unwilling to lead the way and charge forward.

But even without Wang Fuchen, the Eight Banners Han army is already in the game.

Because the Korean army stationed on the outer blunderbuss platform has been defeated.

……

"Hong Butang, your strategy of attacking west and east has worked."

Hou Fangyu pointed forward and said: "The Ming army on the outermost gun platform on the east bank has been defeated."

Standing on the nest cart several feet high, you can clearly see the battlefield on the east bank of the canal through binoculars.

Hong Chengchou frowned and didn't answer, instead he felt a little uneasy in his heart. Logically speaking, with Yan Yingyuan's reputation, shouldn't he be so careless?Is it difficult to live up to the reputation?
"Hong Butang, are you suspecting that Yan Yingyuan shouldn't be so careless?"

"Isn't it? Yan Yingyuan shouldn't be able to see through the tricks of the hall."

"Hey, as the saying goes, those who drown will be able to swim, and those who fall to death will also be able to climb trees. It is always inevitable for famous generals to stumble. Zhuge Liang, who is so wise and close to a demon, is also in Chencangguan He was beaten by Hao Zhao to the point of throwing away his helmet and armor."

"Hou Canjun, that's a story in a novel." Hong Chengchou's face collapsed, "It's not a historical fact."

"Aren't there few such examples in historical facts?" Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "Xu Da, the war god of the former Ming Dynasty, had almost no defeats in his life, but he suffered a complete defeat in the Battle of Lingbei, directly burying the godsend of chasing after victory and destroying Mongolia. This is a good opportunity, and this is how the confrontation between the former Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty lasted for nearly 300 years."

This time Hong Chengchou did not refute, nor could he.

In the Battle of Lingbei, Xu Da was indeed a little careless.

So, Yan Yingyuan also underestimated the enemy this time?
While Hong Chengchou was thinking, the Eight Banners Han army had successfully seized all the peripheral gun platforms, and bit the Ming army's ass to attack the second heavy gun platform.

……

Yan Yingyuan and Xie Yuancai are on one of the gun platforms on the third level.

Seeing the North Korean army retreating along the trench, Xie Yuancai panicked.

"Wu Heng, it's really not going to happen like this? Jiannu chased after the North Korean army biting his ass, our army couldn't aim, so we couldn't just shoot at the North Korean army right? What should we do?"

"What should we do?" Yan Yingyuan said, "Then give Jianu another heavy gun platform."

"What? Give Jiannu another blunderbuss?" Xie Yuan asked back in surprise, "In this way, wouldn't there be only one blunderbuss left on the east bank of the canal? What if we fall again?"

"Lao Tzu said: If you want to take something, you must first give it."

Yan Yingyuan said: "You have to give Jiannu some sweetness, so that they can fall into a big fight."

After a pause, he shouted again: "Give me an order, the guards at the second blunderbuss platform will fire a few shots at will and retreat, but they cannot retreat after they have reached the ditch on both sides of the third blunderbuss platform."

More than a dozen Guozisheng received the military order and rushed away immediately.

Soon, the 11th sentinel Ming army guarding the second blunderbuss platform retreated.

The Han Army of the Eight Banners took the second blunderbuss easily without any effort.

However, when the Eight Banners Han army was about to make persistent efforts and seize the third and last gun platform on the east bank of the canal, it was stubbornly blocked by the Ming army.

The Ming army, which was still fleeing just now, suddenly stopped and launched a line array to fight back.

This kind of tactical action of suddenly switching to on-the-spot blocking during the "retreat" was previously only possible for the Eight Banners Manchuria, but now the Ming army can also do it, even better than the Eight Banners Manchuria.

The reason is also very simple, the Ming army already has a large number of high-quality officers.

A large number of officers who had received systematic military school education entered the service, making the command and dispatch of the Ming army like a finger.

The Ming army guarding the third blunderbuss platform opened fire at the same time, pouring a torrential rain of lead onto the heads of the pursuing Eight Banners Han army, and the defenseless Eight Banners Han army fell to the ground in a row.

……

This time the Eight Banners Han army was really caught off guard.

The cloth visors worn by the Eight Banners Han Army simply couldn't bear it.

In an instant, hundreds of Eight Banners Han troops were knocked down.

"Back back!" Wang Fuchen, who shrank behind, hurriedly ordered loudly when he saw this.

"Back back, back quickly, back to the second blunderbuss platform and shoot at the Ming army!"

It is not only the Ming army equipped with self-generating firecrackers, the Eight Banners Han army also equipped with self-generating firecrackers, and with one shot, they can completely suppress the Ming army by virtue of their numbers and firepower advantages.

Wang Fuchen's idea is very good, but the reality is extremely cruel.

After withdrawing to the second blunderbuss platform, Wang Fuchen was surprised to find that the Ming army had actually planed off the rear half of the parapet facing west and the slope protection, which was disgusting.

Because the Ming army could hide behind the protective wall and fire, only showing their heads.

But the Eight Banners Han army did not have a protective wall as a cover, so their whole body was exposed.

Only the head is exposed on one side, but the whole body is exposed on the other, how can this be beaten?
This is not the most disgusting thing, the most disgusting thing is that the Ming army actually pulled out the red cannon. Because of the short distance, the red cannon is not loaded with a solid iron bullet, but hundreds of lead and hundreds of bullets. !
The red cannon shoots shotguns at close range, which is much more ferocious than the tiger crouching cannon.

Because the chamber pressure of these two guns is completely incomparable, the lethality is also very different. In a word, as long as you wear armor on your body, you still have a chance to survive if you are hit by a tiger squatting gun.

But if unlucky enough to be shot by a red cannon,

Even wearing triple armor, he was still shot into a sieve!

The Ming army used more than 100 red-clothed cannons, which were set up between the battlements of the turret platform and the wall in advance.

This time the Eight Banners Han army was beaten badly. With only one row of artillery shelling, the Eight Banners Han army retreated to the second heavy gun platform and a large area fell. In just one blow, at least a thousand Eight Banners Han troops fell to the ground, most of them on the spot. kill.

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"How is this going?"

Seeing this scene from the field of vision of the telescope, Hong Chengchou was stunned.

Because the propagation speed of the sound was relatively slow, Hong Chengchou saw the red light shining, and then he saw the Eight Banners Han army retreating to the second stage of the gun platform falling down one by one, and he was stunned on the spot.

Hou Fangyu also couldn't believe his eyes.

"What happened? Is this an ambush?"

Just as the two of them looked at each other in blank dismay, the sound of loud cannon blasting finally came.

"Is this a cannon in red?" Hou Fangyu yelled, "Ming Gou had already prepared the cannon in red on the third turret platform, and aimed the muzzle at the second turret platform, and put the second turret Plane off the rear half of the parapet? As soon as the Han army of the Eight Banners enters the second stage of the gun platform, a hundred cannons will be fired, and I am afraid that they will still use a hundred bullets!"

"Try to get caught!" Hong Chengchou's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"What a good Yan Yingyuan, he has already planned a play-by-play scheme and is waiting for the main hall!"

Hou Fangyu sighed: "Hongbutang, the opportunity to fight tonight has been lost, retreat."

"Can't withdraw, the good show has just begun." Hong Chengchou said, "It's still too early to end."

(End of this chapter)