I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 167 Are You Enough To Die?
Chapter 166

It is actually impossible to achieve the supremacy of firepower and complete suppression in the late Ming Dynasty.First of all, the machine gun has not yet been played. There is still a clear gap between the Thunderbolt and the real machine gun. Secondly, the rear-loading rifled gun, Cheng Shijie has only achieved half of it. The rear-loading smoothbore gun has appeared, but the rifle has not yet appeared.

What's more, there are only 24 artillery pieces now, which is far from hundreds or thousands of artillery pieces.In order to make up for the gap in firepower, Cheng Shijie adopted the Feilei cannon as a supplement for short-range firepower.Although the Flying Thunder Cannon has many shortcomings, no one will doubt the power of the Flying Thunder Cannon.

"Big gold wins!"

Yue Tuo's legs clamped the horse's belly, and the horse galloped out like a gust of wind, rushing towards the Ming army's artillery position. Following Yue Tuo's roar, thousands of Jiannu cavalry roared like wild beasts, almost shaking The clouds scattered from the sky, thousands of horseshoes raised and fell at the same time, and the ground rumbled like an earthquake, making people untenable!
Cheng Shijie nodded and said, "As expected of the strongest army in East Asia, thousands of light cavalry came from the wild, like an avalanche!"

The officers and soldiers of Guan Ning Army and Dongjiang Army couldn't help but change their expressions in horror, and the excited expressions on their faces froze in a blink of an eye.

Sun Chengzong looked dignified, and murmured: "The momentum is like rushing thunder, unstoppable... so strong, really so strong!"

Zhao Wencai stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Commander, the last general requests to fight!"

"No, it's just a group of cavalry archers eager to reincarnate, let's take a rest!"

Huang Long couldn't help clenching his fists, his palms were covered with cold sweat, and murmured: "Jiannu is coming so fiercely...can you stop it?"

Quarqua was stunned, and almost cried: "Master, calm down! If we fight like this, even if we win, few of us will survive! When we fight in Daikin, we always move to avoid the enemy. The sharp edge of the army, attacking their weak brigade, how can there be a majestic formation to face head-on..."

Cheng Shijie saw Sun Chengzong's nervousness, and smiled disapprovingly: "Teacher, please rest assured, if Jiannu only has this means, we will definitely win this battle!"

Huang Taiji was right. Given Cheng Shijie a few years, without the power of the Ming court, Cheng Shijie would be able to overthrow the Dajin Kingdom by himself. There is no doubt that this is also Cheng Shijie's strategic plan.

However, Huang Long has his own pride. He said to Cheng Shijie: "Cheng Shuai, don't worry, Huang Long will not die, and the Dongjiang Army's defense line will not be breached by Jian Nu!"

However, they were disappointed. Ning Haijun never stopped gunshots anyway. As Cheng Shijie, who puts firepower first and completely suppresses it, how could he make such a low-level mistake?

The white-armored soldiers with red flags were like this, but those ordinary soldiers were even more unbearable. I don’t know how many Jiannu warriors felt as if they were standing on the crater of an erupting volcano. .The bodies and war horses were all shattered, including their bodies.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Ning Navy are like a sophisticated killing machine. Musketeers and thunderbolts are arrayed toweringly. Like the scythe waved by the god of death, the rain of arrows and bullets with almost no gap drew a cold line of death 100 meters ahead, and you will die if you touch it!
There were many young golden knights screaming and falling down together with their horses, blood quickly pooled up, and when they stepped down, blood spattered everywhere.

With the improvement of Cheng Shijie's status, he officially entered Huang Taiji's field of vision, and the public information about Cheng Shijie was also collected in front of Huang Taiji.

There is no way around this. The Dongjiang Army is too poor, and many soldiers can't shoot arrows. They can only use this method. Crossbow shooters are manual labor, especially winding.

Kwarkwa is Nurhachi's son-in-law and also Huang Taiji's third brother-in-law, that's why he dared to speak in front of Huang Taiji. Of course, the ass determines the head. Now this attack is the Xianghongqi attack. The Xianghongqi suffered heavy losses, but it was not given to the Ming army. cause any casualties.

Yue Tuo did not fail to live up to Huang Taiji's expectations, and he knew very well that if he retreated now, his success would fall short.

Even so, the Jiannu under Yue Tuo suffered a big loss this time!

Yue Tuo roared: "Don't be intimidated by their vain firearms, only cowards will rely on these things to fight! Jurchen warriors, mount your steeds, draw your strong bows, swing your sabers, defeat They, crush them, let their corpses cover the battlefield, let them know who is the king of the battlefield! The cavalry attack!"

As Yue Tuo's Jiannu cavalry rushed into the range of the Thunder Gun, the Thunder Gunner opened fire first.

Several white-armored soldiers threw Yuetuo to the ground, and the bullets flew over their heads. As long as they were still riding on horseback or standing Jiannu cavalry, without exception, they were all shot and fell to the ground.

"Boom boom boom..."

Sun Chengzong was nervous, sweat appeared in his palms, he held a cup of tea for half an hour, but he didn't take a sip.

As expected, Yue Tuo lived up to Huang Taiji's high expectations, and managed to get within two or three hundred steps of Ning's naval artillery. This distance was only an instant for the fast-charging cavalry.

Yue Tuo discovered by accident that as long as their formation was dispersed enough, the killing effect of Ning Haijun's artillery would be too small, and they rushed into the range of [-] paces of Ning Haijun's artillery.

"Big gold wins!"

At this moment, Hauge suddenly stabbed Quarqua's head with a knife, and Quarqua's voice stopped abruptly, and Douba's head flew out whirling with the blade, bringing a cloud of blood rain.

Saying that, Yue Tuofei got on his horse and rushed down the mountain with a group of red baya soldiers, blowing the horn.

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "Pass the order of the commander in chief, and the whole army shrinks its defense!"

The explosives exploded in the gun barrel, and the shock wave of the explosion poured out, throwing the large bag of explosives out, swirling all the way, drawing a strange ballistic trajectory, and more than a dozen packs of explosives fell crookedly between the two armies, but There were still more than 20 packages that fell directly among the Jiannu warriors.

However, everyone learned in the war, especially Yue Tuo. After this attack, he learned two tricks, spreading the attack, which can reduce casualties.

"Boom boom boom..."

Huang Taiji did not attack immediately, but ordered to kill the sheep, and the whole army had a full meal.

According to Huang Taiji's habit, the Han army and the Mongolian servant army attacked next. Kwarkwa led his troops to join Nurhachi in the past, just wanting to live a good life with Huang Taiji, but followed Jiannu to die.

This is actually the credit of nitrocellulose, because nitrocellulose is used as propellant powder, the chamber pressure is higher, and the muzzle velocity of the bullet is faster, so the power is also greater.

If it was in the past, Huang Taiji really would not have fought such a tough battle, especially using cavalry to attack the strong defense line of the Ming army. But the problem is that he has no chance to choose now. He didn't recover his vitality, and what made Huang Taiji even more uncomfortable was that he originally wanted to extort some food from North Korea.

Those who were lucky enough not to be injured were also frightened and stupid, standing there like clay sculptures and wooden sculptures, letting the blood rain on their heads and the broken limbs and organs on their bodies, motionless, their faces pale and horrified, My eyes completely lost focus, I just felt that the sky is falling, the earth is cracking, and the end of the world is coming!
Cheng Shijie was very satisfied to see that the front line of the Jiannu army had become a slaughterhouse, with pieces of meat everywhere, blackened and mutilated bodies, bloody wounded, and a piece of intestine hanging from his body. The soldiers with trembling legs all proved how terrifying the thunder strike just now was.

Fate played a terrible joke on them. At this time, the Jin Dynasty was flourishing, and the Ming Dynasty met a real opponent when it was dying.

If it hadn't been for Cheng Shijie to equip the Dongjiang Army with a large number of crossbows, it would not be an easy task for the Dongjiang Army to block Jiannu's attack. Sang Nu.

Many people's bodies were torn apart by the explosion shock wave, and then they were thrown around. Many people were so shocked that their feet flew several meters high and then fell heavily on the ground. His internal organs were shattered.

The cavalry with red flags got on their horses one after another, and the cavalry with red flags had red eyes and rushed forward screaming.

"Scatter, scatter, and attack in skirmish lines!"

"They can't rush over!"

Huang Taiji has actually discovered Cheng Shijie's left-wing army. The forward army is all soldiers from the Ning Navy, well equipped and equipped with many firearms, but the right-wing army is dominated by the Dongjiang Army and Guan Ning Army with low combat effectiveness.

Especially the Xunlei Gunner, while easily pressing the bullets, while bragging. As for the crossbowmen, the crossbow arrows have not been used up yet, and dozens of carriages drive over from behind, and bundles of crossbow arrows are unloaded from the four-wheeled carriages. Constantly added to the hands of each crossbowman.

Zhuo Baylor, who built slaves, gritted his teeth and endured heavy casualties, and continued to attack continuously.They didn't expect to be able to overthrow the Ning Navy's frontal line of defense. They just kept attacking with cavalry archers and left with one touch. The main force bypassed the terrible firepower net and launched crazy attacks on the Dongjiang Army again and again.

Regarding Huang Long's insistence, Cheng Shijie also wanted to give him face, after all, if he stubbornly rejected Huang Long's insistence, it would hurt morale too much.

Huang Taiji knew very well that he could not retreat now. Once he retreated, the soldiers who were killed by the Ming army's artillery would all die in vain, and their deaths would become meaningless.

Yue Tuo was a little surprised. He found that the artillery power of the Ming army seemed a little weak. That's right, the 24 shells only caused casualties of two to three hundred cavalrymen. This price can still be borne by Xianghongqi.

The soldiers of the Ning Navy came out and began to harvest heads. At this time, Yue Tuo took advantage of the opportunity to pat the horse, and the horse jumped up...

However, the three-layer armor on their bodies was like paper in front of the shock wave of the thunder cannon explosion. The shock wave tore apart their armor and their bodies without any delay.

Huang Taiji pointed to Cheng Shijie's general flag: "If they are allowed to continue to develop like this, within a few years, my Dajin will face disaster! This is our last chance!"

There is actually no good way to attack and harass Jiannu. The cavalry have the initiative. They can choose any point as the direction of attack anytime, anywhere, while Ning Haijun can only defend passively.

This is very terrifying. The soldiers of the Dongjiang Army used long spears and heavy shields in the front row to form a simple line of defense. An archer held a stringed crossbow and aimed an arrow at the Jiannu cavalry or Mongolian cavalry. Then Throw the crossbow on the ground, and ask your companions to pick it up and reload the arrows.

If it is not because the rifling problem has not been resolved, with the rifling, the bullets fired will be more accurate, and with the gun cotton as the propellant, the bullets will hit farther and harder.

As for the grenades and shells, they were all assembled on the ground aboveboard. Ning Haijun did all this blatantly, and he did not shy away from letting Jiannu see it.

At this time, the post-gold light cavalry was far from within the effective range of the cavalry bow!
There may not be many people left under Yue Tuo's command this time.

Mang Gurtai scolded: "Father, the boss of the Daishan family is a hero, and we are all cowards? Boys of Zhenglanqi, charge forward! Let Minggou know how powerful we are!"

All Baylor were silent.They all saw clearly just now that Yue Tuo really tried his best, and he let the Ming army's strong bows and firearms hit many casualties during the attack.The most terrible thing is that the cannons of the Ming army have been bombarding their phalanx non-stop. Every time a cannon comes down, they will kill a lot of them. How can they fight?
Huang Taiji stared at Cheng Shijie's general flag, gritted his teeth, and roared: "Continue to attack! Their crossbow arrows are not unlimited, and their gun barrels will become hot if they are fired for a long time, or even explode. Then our chance It's coming! Attack! Don't give them any chance to breathe!"

Yue Tuo did not speak, and knelt directly in front of Huang Taiji, but Querkua Beizi from the Mongolian Right Battalion said: "Minggou has a lot of strong bows and crossbows, as well as firearms. We can't beat them, we can't fight them anymore Go down, withdraw, or our army will be seriously injured!"

"Jianu is about to charge up!"

Huang Taiji looked at Hauge with satisfaction, Hauge finally did something that satisfied him.

Huang Taiji also clenched his fists tightly: "We must rush up!"

I don't know how long it took, but the terrible gunshots finally stopped.

But the problem is that with the support of the Dongjiang Army, North Korea has also become hardened in a rare way. Not only did they expel their envoys from the Dajin Kingdom, but they also prepared to resist the Dajin Kingdom by force.

The white-armored soldiers with red flags beside Yue Tuo were the first to bear the brunt, and the shock wave of the explosion hit them head-on. The three-layer armor on the white-armored soldiers could ignore knives, stabs and spears. A white armor soldier paid at least twenty or thirty times the casualties.

In front of the artillery positions of the Ning Navy, the 36 flying thunder cannons covering the artillery of the Ning Navy emitted large groups of choking smoke and dark red flames at the same time, and the sound was so dull that it made one's heart palpitate. ,

At this time, the battlefield suddenly became lively. Jiannu took advantage of the large number of people and attacked the Ming army from all directions.

The 32mm caliber Xunlei blunderbuss and more than [-] firecrackers spewed tongues of flame at the same time, and the sound of the gunshots shook people's eardrums like thunder.

Bao Chengxian bowed helplessly and said: "Master, this slave leads the Han army flag!"

However, to the desperation of the Jiannu cavalry, they shot down one with great difficulty, and the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army immediately made up for it, picked up the bloody crossbow, skillfully wound the arrow, and aimed and shot with the surrounding companions.

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

The fragrant meat of roasted mutton floated in Jiannu, and the Ming army also started cooking.

"Teacher, try this sweet potato!"

The heavy arrows shot by the Hou Jin cavalry also did little damage to the Ning Navy, and the main casualties were still on the right wing. People kept falling from the arrows on the defense line of the Dongjiang Army.

After half an hour, Yue Tuo, who was full of food and drink, said with red eyes: "Xianghongqi has never suffered such a big loss, I want to fight them to the end!"

Huang Taiji looked at Baylor and said, "Use your brains and think about it seriously! How many people did Ning Haijun have just over a year ago?"

Because the infantry of the Ning Navy blocked the Thunder Gunner's shooting range, Yue Tuo managed to escape back, but the problem was that when he attacked with more than [-] troops, he lost more than half of it.

Huang Taiji also looked at the direction of Ning Haijun's artillery with a binoculars. At this time, Ning Hai's artillery fired a salvo. The target was no longer Jiannu's artillery unit, but aimed at Yue Tuo's elite cavalry with red flags .

then……

In order to turn passive into active, Ning Haijun shrank across the board. On the surface, it seemed that the Ming army was afraid of Jiannu. In fact, Cheng Shijie asked Ning Haijun soldiers to plant more than 6000 landmines.

Only more than 300 Quanhu people went back, and there were hundreds of wounded soldiers.

Jiannu launched several attacks in a row, the purpose of which was to consume the crossbow arrows and ammunition of the Ming army.They firmly believed that what the Ming army relied on to fight against them was nothing more than powerful crossbows and muskets. As long as their crossbow bolts and ammunition were exhausted, they could win.

"Boom boom boom..."

Huang Taiji knew that Cheng Shijie was originally an official of Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu, and he bought it from Sun Yuanhua for 8000 taels of silver. Later, with Sun Yuanhua's support, he became the garrison of the Ning Navy.

For Guan Ningjun, an old opponent, Huang Taiji was very clear that this was an army that was dedicated to defrauding his teammates, and the key to his victory also rested on Guan Ningjun.

Yue Tuo retreated in defeat, and the entire slave camp was filled with a depressing atmosphere. You couldn't gnaw a single hair from him for a long time, and a volley from him killed you all over the place. How can you fight this battle?
"Master, there is no way to fight this battle!"

When testing the defense line of the Ming army, the Feilei cannon fired by the garrison of the Ning Navy is usually fired by a single cannon, and at most two groups can be fired at the same time. I think that although the power of the Feilei Cannon is great, its accuracy is flawed.

Everyone was stunned.

"A year ago, how many people did Ning Haijun have, and what kind of equipment did they use? In just over a year, they have grown several times, and they even have incomparably powerful cannons!"

The Jiannu cavalry were galloping like lightning, faster than Ben Lei. In the past few decades, no Ming army has ever been able to withstand such a crazy impact.

The most wicked thing is that the damned Ming army actually put a lot of iron nails into the explosives, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced the lethality. I don’t know how many people were hit by those iron nails that were burned red by the high temperature of the explosion, howling Falling to the ground, some people even had their eyeballs smashed out!

"Yes!"

Huang Taiji silently looked at Bao Chengxian and Sun Youguang.

Yue Tuo almost fell off his horse: "Damn it, the Ming army's firecrackers hit so far and so accurately?"

Without saying a word, Hauge drew out his saber and led his six thousand cavalry to rush down like a flash flood.

120 meters away, hundreds of Jiannu cavalrymen or war horses suddenly burst into a cloud of blood, screaming, hissing, and falling down. The entire frontline was almost wiped out.

Unsurprisingly, 24 shells landed on the cavalry formation under Yue Tuo's command. The shells exploded, causing a bloody rain in the cavalry formation inlaid with red flags...

Sun Chengzong was secretly nervous, but his face was expressionless. As a general, he must keep Mount Tai in front of his eyes without changing his face, because they are the courage of an army. If even they are afraid, the morale of the entire army will drop to freezing point , Cowardly generals cannot bring out soldiers who are not afraid of death.

The Dongjiang Army also received supplies, more than 4000 spare spears, more than 2000 shields, the key is the crossbow arrows, and [-] pots were sent up in one go.

Of course, when Jiannu killed sheep and prepared to have a full meal, Cheng Shijie also realized that the direction that Huang Taiji was going to make a breakthrough was the Dongjiang Army.

Groups of frightening gunpowder smoke wrapped in flames rushed up to a height of more than [-] meters, and thunderous and violent bangs shook the pores of everyone present, and the blast swept everything.

It's just that Cheng Shijie was relatively relaxed. He used a small red clay stove to roast a few sweet potatoes. As the sweet potatoes ripened, they gave off a sweet and greasy fragrance.

"Keep attacking!"

After regrouping, Yue Tuo's elite cavalry inlaid with red flags formed a huge horn and rushed towards Ning Haijun's artillery position.These slave cavalrymen straightened their backs and raised their bows.The shooting range of their riding bows is generally between 120 and 50 meters. If they use heavy arrows, those who hit within [-] meters will be killed immediately.

Fifteen arrows per pot, almost every archer has about fifty backup arrows, want to use up our crossbow arrows?You have to ask your people if they are dead enough!

But the problem is, when the 36 flying thunder cannons are fired in salvo, the accuracy is really unimportant. With a round of flying thunder cannons, Jiannu's horses are roaring wildly, and people are crying and running around. How lively, the phalanx of more than [-] cavalry under Yue Tuo's command is already a little chaotic, and if the Ming army continues to fire, this battle will be impossible to fight!
Huang Taiji's fingers had already been inserted into the flesh of his palm, he was very nervous: "Rush forward, don't stop!"

"Cheng Shuai ordered that no one should come out to harvest heads!"

Huanglong looked at the front of the Dongjiang army, Jiannu dropped another corpse and retreated like a tide.He stroked his beard and looked at Cheng Shijie's general flag, only to see that Cheng Shijie's general flag was always flying on the front line.

Huang Long couldn't help admiring: "Cheng Shuai is really capable. He not only defends the city well, but also fights in the wild. If every battle was fought like this, Jiannu would have been wiped out long ago!"

Shang Keyi sighed and said, "If a commander like Cheng Shuai had led us to fight against Jiannu earlier, why would we Liaodong Han people have suffered so much?"

(End of this chapter)