Nanming Yiming

Chapter 77 Bloody Battle in Si'an Town
Seeing the dust billowing in the north, Zhang Xiaofan hastily ordered the gunners to rearrange their formation.

At this time, the speed advantage of the cavalry was reflected. After all, the gunners of the Jingnan Battalion were not as professional as the training of the Shenji Battalion.

In the panic, some nervous soldiers began to fire ahead of time. At this time, the enemy was not within the effective range at all, and could not cause much damage.

After disrupting the rhythm, the first round of volley fire suppression was not enough. Although some Mongolian soldiers were shot down, the enemy's overall advance pace was not disrupted, and the rain of arrows thrown by the Mongolian cavalry also shot at the Ming army. Although the actual casualties were not large, it exacerbated the chaos of the Ming army.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry who rushed to the forefront waved their sabers excitedly. In their view, the formation of the Ming army was already in chaos, and there was nothing but a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

In the panic, the loading rhythm of the Ming army gunners was also chaotic, and the second round of salvo did not cause much damage.

The Mongols' second and third rounds of arrow rain continued to harvest the Ming army. At this time, in the contest between bows and firecrackers, it was obvious that the bows and arrows of the Mongolian cavalry had the upper hand.

The third round of volleys in the Jingnan camp has not yet been released, and the fourth wave of arrow rain from the Mongols has already been eaten.

Temporarily changing the formation, the Ming army was no longer able to launch the "three-stage strike" in a well-arranged formation, but was forced to use salvos to deal with the Qing army.

Moreover, the rate of fire of the matchlock gun is far inferior to that of the Mongols' bows and arrows.

After all, most of the people in Jingnan Battalion had not experienced real battles, and most of them only participated in some smooth battles to annihilate the local green battalion of the Qing army.

At this time Zhang Xiaofan finally realized that his Jingnan Battalion was far from a real strong army.

Fortunately, when Qian Mo established each battalion, he set different development directions for several first-class battalions.

The Shenji Battalion is a professional firearms unit, the Chongming Battalion is the main force of mountain warfare who is good at mandarin duck formations, and the Jingnan Battalion is a heavy infantry unit that develops the Iron Armored Army.

Although it was very difficult to build the iron armor, the entire Suhu Governor's Mansion equipped the Jingnan Camp with 300 pairs of iron armor.

At this time, among the 500 people led by Zhang Xiaofan, there were 150 heavy infantry in iron armor.

Zhang Xiaofan shouted: "The Armored Army stand in line, the others retreat!"

Excited Mongolian cavalrymen were brandishing sabers and preparing to rush into the Ming army's formation to harvest their heads.

But he found that the Ming army in front of him were all heavy infantry in iron armor and holding long knives.

These long knives are horse-chopping knives specially made by Qian Mo for the Iron Armored Army, referring to the Mo Knife of the previous Tang Dynasty.

It can also be called a machete. It is seven feet long, three feet long with a blade, four feet long with a handle, and weighs 15 catties.

This weight was determined after many tests, not only to ensure the killing of cavalry and horses, but also to allow soldiers with knives to use it.

After all, those weapons that weigh more than 50 catties cannot be danced by ordinary soldiers at all.

This is also the first time since the Iron Armored Army was established that it will face off against the cavalry.

In the first wave of impact, many Mongolian cavalrymen and horses were cut down to the ground by the heavy infantry of the Jingnan Battalion.

There were also some inexperienced iron armored soldiers who were directly hit by horses and flew several meters away. They were hit by internal bleeding and died directly.

However, the head harvesting scene imagined by the Mongols did not appear. Instead, the first wave of cavalry seemed to hit the iron wall, and almost lost all casualties. Those Mongolian soldiers who fell to the ground were quickly beheaded by the Iron Armored Army.

Fortunately, I ran into the Mongolian light cavalry. If it was the first time to face the Manchurian heavy cavalry, the inexperienced armored army might not be able to carry it.

The follow-up Mongolian cavalry saw that the cavalry in front hit the iron plate, and turned their horses' heads in time to change from cavalry to charging into bow and arrow throwing.

Fortunately, the armored army was wearing heavy armor, except for a very small number of people who were shot in the face, they basically did not cause too many casualties.

At this time, the firecrackers, who had readjusted their formation, also began to fight back.

The range advantage of the Lumi blunderbuss began to be brought into play at this time, and Mongolian cavalrymen were constantly hit by blunderbuss bullets.

At this time, Aga was furious, but he had no choice but to leave more than 200 corpses and lead the remaining Mongolian cavalry to retreat.

The Jingnan Battalion also had a lot of casualties here, with a total of 70 people killed, including 20 armored soldiers.

In addition, more than 30 people were seriously injured and basically lost their combat effectiveness in the subsequent battles.

Zhang Xiaofan ordered the seriously injured to be transferred to Anji Prefecture, and sent someone to call the police in Huzhou.

It was almost dusk at this time, Zhang Xiaofan knew that this Mongolian cavalry was probably just a vanguard battalion, and there might be more Qing troops to follow.

Right now, there are less than 400 people left in the Jingnan Battalion who can participate in the battle.

A more solid line of defense must be built before dark.

It happened that a lot of "fairy lime" was sent from Anji Prefecture in the morning, so the people of the whole town were mobilized to start construction together overnight to build fortifications overnight.

Agari, who was defeated, had to return to Guangde and ask Jin Li for help.

After hearing the news that the Mongolian cavalry was defeated by the Ming army in Si'an Town, Jin Li was also taken aback.

He has always sneered at the fighting power of the Ming army. Not long ago, he cleaned up the Ming army in Huizhou like chopping melons and vegetables.At first, I thought it was the Mongols who were stealing and playing tricks, and refused to contribute, deliberately exaggerating the combat power of the Ming army.

But seeing that Agari had lost a full 300 people this time, he believed that the Meng Eight Banners hadn't cheated and cheated this time, and that it was indeed the Ming army's extremely sharp firearms.

However, when he heard that the Ming army had only a few hundred people, and Si'an Town had no city walls, he gave up his plan to attack overnight.

After all, he felt that the Ming army was not worth mentioning in front of the real Eight Banners of Manchuria, and there was no city wall in Si'an Town. He wished that the Ming army would go directly out of Huzhou to fight him here, so that he would not have to work hard to attack the city.

After all, they were all cavalry this time, and they didn't bring any siege equipment. As long as there is no city wall in the town, it will be easy.

So it was decided to let the team have a good night's rest in Guangde, and set off to capture Si'an Town the next day.

And overnight asked Guangde Zhizhou to prepare a large number of wooden vehicles to accompany the army.

When the Qing army arrived in Si'an Town, they were dumbfounded.

Jin Li scolded angrily: "Agari, didn't you say that there is no city wall here, what is this?"

Agari was also taken aback by the sight in front of him. Although this cannot be regarded as a city wall, there are actually two sheep and horse walls more than 1 meter high on the front and west side of the Si'an River Stone Bridge.

Si'an Town is located at the strange corner of Si'an River, surrounded by river water on both sides in the southwest.

To the north is a big mountain, and there is only a small path along the river leading to Si'an Town. Before that, Agari crossed the river from a shallow place in the north, and then ran all the way along this path. Now this path is also blocked. The Ming army sealed it with sheep and horse walls

In this way, even if they crossed the Si'an River from the side, they still couldn't get around the sheep and horse wall if they wanted to enter Si'an Town.

Fortunately, I knew in advance that the Ming army's weapons were sharp.

Jin Li also made corresponding preparations, not afraid to attack Si'anxi Stone Bridge from the front.

For a long time, the Qing army had formed its own defense system against the firearms of the Ming army.

For example, the chariot, according to the "War Shou Quanshu" written by Fan Jingwen of the Ming Dynasty, the shield on the Eight Banners chariot is made of thick wood covered with cowhide and iron. The big bricks and stones will roll down when hit, and the firewood will not be burned." It has a strong defensive power.

Although there is no city wall in Si'an Town, and the car was used when the Eight Banners attacked the city, the Lumi blunderbuss used to deal with the Ming army can also be used at this time, and Jin Li is also flexible.

Although the Ming army was already equipped with a large number of firearms in this era, these firearms were mainly aimed at Mongolian light cavalry with no armor or less armor, so they were seriously insufficient in the face of chariots.

The Eight Banners often used a chariot to approach the Ming army, and then used bows and arrows to shoot.

At the other end of the Si'anxi stone bridge, a large number of carts were pushed out to form an artificial wall, which was about 60 steps away from the Ming army's sheep and horse wall on the other side of the river.

At this distance, the Lumi gun can easily shoot and kill the Qing army, but it is powerless in the face of a heavy chariot.

The lead bullets of the Ming army only formed a little depression in the car, while the Qing army behind the car was safe and sound.

Fortunately, the Ming army was also protected by a wall of sheep and horses. The bows and arrows thrown by the Qing army behind the chariot would not cause much damage to the Ming army.

After the two armies shot each other across the river for a while, neither of them could do anything to each other.

So Jin Li decided to take the initiative to attack. The majestic Manchurian Zhenghong Banner of the Qing Dynasty only dared to shoot at the Ming army across the river.

Although the stone bridge is not wide, it can still accommodate two carts side by side at the same time.

In this way, the Qing army slowly advanced towards the Ming army under the cover of the car.

50 steps, 40 steps, and at 30 steps, the shield car couldn't move anymore.

It turned out that the cunning Ming army actually built small conical stone pillars on the bridge.

At this time Zhang Xiaofan gave the order to shoot.

"Bang, bang, bang"

At a distance of 30 steps, only the relatively thin part of the upper part of the car was penetrated, and 7 or 8 unlucky Eight Banners soldiers were fortunate to become the first batch of Manchurian Eight Banners to be killed by the Jingnan Battalion.

Seeing that the chariot could not be stopped, the remaining Eight Banners soldiers fortunately did not hide and came out directly.

After all, it was the "brave" Eight Banners warriors who could not hold back their breath and charged at the Ming army's sheep and horse wall.

But at this time, there were small cone-shaped stone pillars under their feet, and the speed of charging could not be raised at all.

At a distance of 30 steps, even plate armor can't stop the firepower of the Lumi gun, let alone an Eight Banners soldier wearing cotton armor.

A total of sixty or seventy Eight Banners soldiers were beaten into sieves by the Jingnan Battalion.

However, some Ming soldiers who were too excited to show their heads also became the targets of the Eight Banners archers.

At this time, Jin Li was furious and scolded the Ming army for being cunning. He would only use such indiscriminate methods, and dared not fight the Eight Banners warriors in a dignified decisive battle.

At this time, neither side carried artillery, otherwise the deadlock could easily be broken.

But the brave Eight Banners decided to try again, and this time they rushed behind the chariot with shields in hand.

With the double protection of the chariot and the shield, it really didn't succeed with the firecrackers of the Ming army.

At this time, the Qing army chose to throw a large number of shields forward, although some Qing soldiers were hit by the Ming army during the process of throwing shields.

But the shield successfully paved a way for the Qing army.

It has to be said that the Eight Banners soldiers' fighting will is quite strong, and then they started a new round of death charge.

The road paved with shields is still a little smoother than before.

In this way, the Eight Banners soldiers finally rushed to the Ming army's sheep and horse wall after paying more than 100 casualties.

Some Qing troops who tried to climb the sheep and horse wall were quickly killed by the Ming army, and the Qing army could only confront the Ming army through the wall.

In fact, this "fairy lime" is not the quick-drying cement of the later generations after all. It took half a day to dry completely, and the hardness of the wall is still slightly compromised.

In addition to rushing to repair overnight, the wall was only 20 centimeters thick, and it actually collapsed under the blunt weapons of the Eight Banners warriors.

Just when the Qing army was full of expectations and was about to rush in and slaughter the Ming army, so as to avenge their shame, they discovered in despair that there was actually a sheep and horse wall 50 steps away from this sheep and horse wall.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The dreadful sound of cannonballs rang out again.

Just like the urging sound of Lord Yan, dozens of Eight Banners warriors died.

At this time, the Zhenghong Banner in Manchuria has been eaten by the Ming army for a whole cow (300 people), and the number of Ming army deaths is very small.

The angry Jin Li dispatched another Niu Lu, and he vowed to wipe out this Ming army completely, and not even a single person in Si'an Town could be left alive.

The Qing army once again rushed to the position of the first sheep and horse wall, but this time they did not suffer too many casualties, but directly piled up a corpse wall with the corpses of their companions.

The Qing army behind the corpse wall was not in a hurry to attack again, they were waiting for an opportunity.

Agari, who had already detoured the road once, took another trip with a clearer car. He led the Mongolian cavalry to launch a feint attack on another wall of sheep and horses on the west side, which caused the Ming army to allocate part of its troops to deal with Aga. day.

Hearing the sound of gunfire on the other side, the Eight Banners of Manchuria began to charge towards the second wall of sheep and horses.

Although soldiers were constantly shot and fell down, the Qing army with shields continued to march forward.

The distance of 50 steps is short and long. After leaving more than a hundred corpses behind, the Qing army finally reached the second wall of sheep and horses.

The Qing army's fighting regardless of casualties finally achieved results, and more and more Qing troops climbed over the second wall of sheep and horses.

At this time, the gunmen of the Ming army had already changed into bayonets, ready to fight with the Qing army.

But Zhang Xiaofan ordered the remaining 100 musketeers to withdraw to Si'an Town, and carry out street fighting with the Qing army according to the previous plan.

And he led the remaining 250 people to continue hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army.

On the sheep-horse wall on the west side, more than 50 Ming troops there were flanked by the breakthrough Manchu Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners outside the wall, and all of them died in heroic battles.

Zhang Xiaofan is also gradually running out of support here, the number of Qing troops is really too much.

It has to be said that in close hand-to-hand combat, the Eight Banners of Manchuria still have a considerable advantage.

If it wasn't for the support of more than a hundred armored heavy infantry in the Jingnan Battalion, it would have collapsed by now.

Now Manchuria Zhenghongqi has already spelled out more than 2 Niulu.

And there are only 80 Iron Armored Army left around Zhang Xiaofan. Fortunately, the 10 veterans who followed Weng Zhiheng as the middle force of the Iron Armored Army are all safe and sound.

Both sides are accumulating their last strength, ready to fight to the death.

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