The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 240 Bloody Battle

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, on December [-]th, at the end of the day, the sun was westward, and the wind and snow slowed down.

The surrounding area of ​​the Jiazhuang Ming army camp was already in dilapidated condition, many sections of the camp wall were destroyed, and the ravines outside had been filled with flat ground.

Most of the original sentry towers and forts inside and outside the camp have been destroyed.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and a sickening stench.

The dead bodies on the ground were scattered all over the field, and the white snow that originally covered it was already stained red and soaked by blood.

The ground is no longer hard but soft, and in many places it is extremely difficult to just walk.

Lu Xiangsheng stepped on the blood pool with one deep foot and one shallow foot, and all the guards who followed him were injured.

It has never been Lu Xiangsheng's style to live in the formation and command safely. He often does what he does when he charges into the battle and takes the lead, and this battle is naturally no exception.

The Zheng robe on Lu Xiangsheng's body was already stained red with blood, and the knife in his hand has been changed three times since the fierce battle at Chenshi. It's true.

But now Niu Lu'e, who built slaves, has already gone to the underworld to meet the judge of the underworld.

After dawn at Chenshi, the Qing army immediately launched an attack on the Ming army in Jiazhuang after completing its assembly.

However, it was not a hand-to-hand battle. The Qing army gathered all the large and small artillery they collected to set up positions on the periphery, and fired artillery to bombard the Ming army camp first.

The artillery battle lasted for nearly an hour. The Qing army gradually advanced to the position without haste, drove the looted people to fill up the gully, and then launched the attack with the shield cart.

The war lasted from Sishi to Weishi. The Qing army continued to advance relying on shield vehicles, and then moved the artillery positions forward, constantly pulling out the watchtowers and forts set up in the Jiazhuang Ming army camp.

The two sides continued to fight fiercely around the camp wall, as well as watchtowers and forts.

The Qing army was equipped with heavy bows and arrows, but Xuan Da's army was not badly armed. Under Lu Xiangsheng's command, Xuan Da's army was no longer the beggar army that didn't even have a winter coat to keep out the cold a few years ago.

Almost all the soldiers in Xuan Da's army wore armor. Although some armors were not of good quality, they were still iron armor.

In addition, the long spears and swords they hold are also high-quality weapons made of refined iron, not the junk that is silted up in the arsenal.

Under Lu Xiangsheng's rectification, Xuanda's military bureaus have also changed their appearance. The quality of the guns in Xuanda's army is also guaranteed, and the guns are considered sharp.

And not long ago, Lu Xiangsheng also transferred more than [-] excellent Lumi guns into Xuanda.

Lumi blunderbuss has a longer barrel, slightly heavier than bird blunderbuss, has an extremely long range and greater power, is superior in structure to bird-billed blunderbuss, and is also quite accurate.

Therefore, in the stage of confrontation, Xuan Dajun was not completely suppressed by the Qing army, and even gained a certain advantage on the local battlefield by virtue of the advantage of the long range of the Lumi blunderbuss.

"Master..."

Hearing the sound, Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and saw Du Wenhuan surrounded by a group of armored soldiers. His brows were slightly frowned. The Qing army's attack had just retreated, and he had just retreated from the front line.

Du Wenhuan is in command of the Chinese army, and logically speaking, he should be in command, but now that he is here to look for him, there must be something wrong.

"But there are changes in the camp?"

Du Wenhuan nodded with a solemn expression.

"The artillery and ammunition in the camp will be exhausted."

Lu Xiangsheng's expression was embarrassed, and his expression changed several times in succession.

He had expected this kind of situation a long time ago. When he was in Baoding Mansion, he was already in a state of no food and no salary, and naturally no food and no payment.

The food and salaries were not replenished, and the gunpowder and shells naturally did not get much replenishment.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head back, and the fort behind him, which had been silent for a while, roared again.

"I have ordered the gunners to slow down the firing interval, but at most they can only hold on until this round is over, a quarter of an hour."

"One quarter of an hour……"

Lu Xiangsheng clenched the Shun Dao in his hand, and turned his head to look southeast.

The southeast is still as empty as before, except for occasional Qing army rangers passing by.

The Qing army had a large number of people, but they did not encircle them on all sides, but left one side behind.

The fierce battle for several hours was far more intense than the previous battles, but morale did not shake much.

Lu Xiangsheng knew very well that the soldiers under his command were able to persist.

It is precisely because they are in a desperate situation that they have long known that things cannot be done, and all military academies have the heart to die.

Leaving one side, it seems to be a way out, but in fact it is a real Jedi,

Surrounding Three Queyi is a conspiracy, not a conspiracy. Everyone knows this, but the exposed side can still disintegrate people's desperate heart.

The vacant side, the superficial way of life, even if everyone knows it is a way of death, but in the bottom of my heart, I still can't help but have the desire to win.

And the southeast that was set aside was another signal that the Qing army wanted to release to him-Gao Qiqian would not come.

Gao Qiqian is near Jize and Wei County, only fifty miles away from Jiazhuang.

If Gao Qiqian really wanted to raise troops for support, he would be able to arrive at this time no matter what.

But the southeast is still maintained as it is, and there is no sign of any reinforcements arriving.

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and looked forward. In his ears, the horns were constantly sounding in the formation of the Qing army. The Qing army was gathering for the next wave of offensive.

Through the dilapidated camp wall, and across the corpses all over the ground, what you can see at the sight is a vast array of Qing army infantry.

Swords and guns are like forests, swords and spears are like hemp, and banners cover the sky and connect the sky and the earth.

The black flags were constantly surging in the strong wind, and the tassels on the helmets of countless soldiers in the Qing army rolled like waves of wheat.

After the formation of the Qing army, the deafening sound of cannons sounded again, and the shells pierced the air with sharp screams, whizzing and smashing towards the generals.

"Back to safety!"

The artillery battle broke out again, and Lu Xiangsheng insisted on smoothing the sword, and gave the order to retreat.

During the artillery battle, the infantry standing near the fort would be useless at all, and would only suffer losses in vain and damage morale.

The shelling is a signal, a signal for the Qing army to complete the whole team.

After several hours of fierce fighting, the tactics of the Qing army were almost like a formula.

First, the artillery bombarded indiscriminately, and then the infantry array slowly advanced. After reaching a certain distance, the artillery of the Qing army would stop bombarding, because there was already the possibility of accidental injury.

After the artillery stops, the Qing army will launch an attack pushing the shield cart.

Not far away, the armored soldiers of the Qing army had reassembled, and the densely packed auxiliary soldiers of the Qing army had already rushed up, pushing layers of shield carts and wooden shields.

Behind the shield chariot were countless light armored archers holding bows and arrows, and behind those archers were heavy armors wearing heavy armor and holding sharp knives as dead soldiers of various banners.

Most of those heavy armors were holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, with strong bodies and fierce faces.

These heavy armors used as dead soldiers in various banners are also Jurchens, but in a sense they are not Jurchens, because they are wild Jurchens.

The Jurchens belonged to the fishing and hunting people, and they were distributed in a vast and loose area. The Ming court artificially divided the Jurchens into "three major tribes", namely Jianzhou, Haixi, and Yeren.

Nurhachi belonged to the Jianzhou Ministry. The Haixi Jurchen and the Jianzhou Jurchen were very close to each other, with similar cultures and the same language.

Later, when Jianzhou Jurchen Nurhachi rose, they fought a large-scale war with Jianzhou Jurchen in order to resist Nurhachi's annexation.

However, in the battle of Gule Mountain, the nine coalition forces headed by Yehe were defeated by Nurhachi, and they were merged into one.

The savage Jurchen's distribution range is very remote and wide. Even the Jianzhou Jurchen and Haixi Jurchen may not be familiar with them. Some tribes even have different cultures and languages, and their development is very backward and more primitive.

Even the name of the wild Jurchen was given to them by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they didn't think they were Jurchen themselves.

Many novels of the Qing Dynasty have scenes where prisoners are assigned to armored men as slaves.

At the beginning, the armored men here referred to these savage Jurchen who served as dead soldiers.

Although the status of the savage Jurchens is very low, they are Jurchens after all, and they fight more fiercely than the Jurchens in Jianzhou and Haixi, so they are quite precious in the eyes of the banner owners. .

But now, these armored men have been pushed to the front.

Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't know the situation of the armored men in the Qing army, he could see that the soldiers dispatched by the Qing army this time were obviously more and more elite than the previous few times.

After Lu Xiangsheng led the army all the way back to a safe zone, he immediately boarded the central watchtower used to observe the situation on the battlefield.

Lu Xiangsheng's heart sank directly to the bottom of the valley when he saw the scene after climbing to the observation tower.

He saw that just behind those armored men, there were a large number of Qing army cavaliers riding on horses, and there were even more heavy cavalry from the guard battalion in armor.

"Three hours, a full three hours, 9000 troops attacked [-] people, and you couldn't even chew on the outer camp wall!! You were also crushed three times!!! Three times!!!"

With a ferocious expression on his face, Dorgon slammed his whip on a general who was kneeling not far in front of him, growling.

"Drag it, cut it!!"

Dorgon lifted his foot and kicked him to the ground.

It's no wonder that Dorgon was angry. He assembled a total of more than 4 people, four times the Ming army.

Whether it is the number of people, artillery, or armaments, they are stronger than the Ming army.

Moreover, the Ming army was still deeply encircled and fell into the trap set by him.

I thought it was a destructive battle, but it turned out to be frustrated again and again. After fighting for a full three hours, they didn't even take down the outer positions of the Xuan Dajun. How could they not be angry.

The nearby military academies were furious when they saw Dorgon, and no one dared to step forward to persuade him.

"cut!!"

Accompanied by Dorgon's roar, the head of the real Mongolian Zhenglan Banner Jiala forehead fell to the ground.

"Whoever is timid to fight again, this is the end!"

Dorgon's expression was cold, with his horsewhip in his hand, he looked around at the generals kneeling tremblingly around him.

"Take his head, hang it for public display, let everyone take a look, escape, what kind of end will it be?!"

This battle is of great significance to him. If he cannot win, the prestige he has built up over the years will fall to the bottom.

Anyone can lose this battle, but he alone cannot lose.

He must win this battle, and he must win beautifully and wonderfully.

The longer this battle drags on, the more variables there will be. They have already delayed for two days, and now they can't delay any longer...

Only by winning this battle can he continue to maintain his position and carry out his plan.

"As soon as the cannons stopped, the war drums beat, and the marching drums didn't stop. No matter who it was, I was not allowed to retreat!"

Dorgon's voice was icy cold, as if it was coming from under the Nine Netherworld.

"For a while, I want Lu Xiangsheng's head!!"

"Kill all these Nikans for me!!!"

"kill!!!"

The artillery behind the Qing army's formation had already stopped their roaring, and the deafening shouts of killing also came from the Qing army's formation.

The Qing army from the south, north, and west sides shouted in unison, lined up a large formation, pushed forward the shield chariot, and launched another attack on the Xuanda army camp in Jiazhuang.

A large formation composed of [-] Qing troops came from three sides at the same time, with more than [-] people on each side, almost filling Lu Xiangsheng's entire field of vision.

The distance of a hundred paces was reached in a blink of an eye, and Xuan Da's army fought according to the battalion, relying on the forts to form an array, and arranging chariots to join the battalion as a battalion.

The Qing army came oppressively like a tidal wave. When they reached a distance of nearly forty steps, a large number of arrows flew into the air, and a large amount of white smoke rose from the Xuan Dajun's position.

A large number of bloody arrows splashed in the formation of both sides, there were continuous screams, and people kept falling down, and then never stood up again.

The artillery on the remaining fort in the Xuan Dajun camp let out an angry roar again.

The huge projectile smashed through the shield chariots of the Qing army in the front line, rolled into the crowd, and plowed out bloody gullies.

Perhaps it was because they knew how to shoot at this distance. The Ming army had artillery to help them, and they were at a disadvantage after all.

The hasty sound of foot drums sounded from the large formation of the Qing army, and the sound of killing like mountains and tsunami sounded almost at the same time as the sound of foot drums.

"kill!!"

Like a tidal wave, the Qing army's heavy armor poured out from behind the shield chariot, forming a monstrous wave and rushing straight towards Xuan Da's army.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of Qing troops rushed to the front of Xuan Dajun's formation, and those chariots that had lost their artillery could not resist their footsteps at all.

They leaned on each other in twos and threes, rushed straight to the chariot amidst the sound of hurried pace and drums, and announced the formation of the army.

"kill!"

In Xuan Dajun's army formation, countless soldiers also shouted in unison, his voice was even louder than that of the Qing army.

There was no fear or timidity on their faces, only endless anger.

In his eyes was the courage to die generously, with an indomitable momentum.

Amidst the shouts of killing from the mountains and tsunami, the two armies were already engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and countless armored soldiers of the Qing army rushed into Xuanda's spear formation one after another.

In an instant, the stench of blood filled the space between the two formations.

Mimi blood flowed from the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and the green grass was stained a strange red by the blood.

Jiazhuang is like a huge flesh and blood mill, crushing countless people into flesh and blood.

This once unknown village is destined to be known to the world.

　It's a bit late, I didn't pay attention to the time, there is an update today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)