A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 126 Wooden Shield Artillery Rocket
The sound of the horn sounded, and the Qing soldiers outside the city separated, and one after another shield vehicles were pushed out.Although Wang Dou burned several forts in the territory, so that the Qing soldiers could not find wood and wood to make shield vehicles, but they also had their own methods.

Shunxiang Castle is surrounded by mountains, and there are always trees in the depths of the mountains. Although the journey is a bit far away, after a day, the followers and auxiliary soldiers of the Qing soldiers also cut down a lot of trees. They treated those trees slightly, Bundled together, it becomes a rough shield car or a large shield. Although the style of these large shields is not very good, they also have the function of shield defense.

This kind of rough shield car wooden shield bundled with thick wood, except for cannons, it may be difficult for firecrackers to penetrate them.

Moreover, the firecrackers cannot be projected, so they are probably powerless against the Qing soldiers hiding behind wooden shields.

These shield chariots and wooden shields came slowly, and only ten of them were estimated to be well-built shield chariots, with wheels to push them underneath, and several layers of thick cowhide wrapped in the front shield wooden frame, and even a few The vehicle is also covered with a layer of iron sheet, which has been splashed with water.

This kind of refined shield car, not to mention firecrackers, within a certain distance, even small artillery can't break through them.It is also Abatai who leads the army with white flags, and has the ability to make this kind of excellent shield car.

Except for this kind of refined shield cart, the rest is the rough shield cart wooden shield of the Qing soldiers. A dozen rough woods are bundled together to form a shield.Most of the wooden shields don't even have wheels, but there are many wooden handles on the wooden shields, so that some followers and auxiliary soldiers can slowly push these heavy large shields forward.

From Wang Dou's point of view, there may be nearly a hundred shield carts and wooden shields coming slowly, row by row, layer by layer. Except for more than 70 shields that came from the south gate, the rest of the shields The chariot and wooden shield were pushed towards the east wall.Obviously, the Qing soldiers planned to attack Shunxiang Fort from both sides at the same time.

Compared with the scale of the Qing army's attack on the city last time, the number of shield vehicles this time is obviously several times larger. It seems that the Qing army's determination to attack the city is not small.

Seeing the dense armored vehicles of the Qing soldiers in the distance, the soldiers and civilians in the city couldn't help panting heavily. Wang Dou's eyes were also full of solemn expressions. He burned several forts by himself, and the Qing soldiers could still do such a thing. There are many shield vehicles. It seems that they have been fighting for many years and have their own wisdom. They are formidable enemies that cannot be underestimated.

How many Qing soldiers were hiding behind those shield chariots at this time, five Niulu, ten Niulu, or even one Jiala?
With the arrival of the shield chariots, Wang Dou could already see that those shield chariots were made of rough wood. I am afraid that such shield chariots would not be able to penetrate even the guns of the Shunxiang Army at the top of the city. Cannons, those large shields move very slowly, and I can use cannons to deal with them.

The shield chariots of the Qing soldiers pushed closer and closer, and when they were nearly [-] steps away, Wang Dou sent an order: "The artillery is ready!"

The flag was waved on the top of the city tower, and voices were heard one after another from the top of the city: "Gunners are ready!"

At this time, on the south wall of the old fort in Shun Township, there were fourteen copper and iron cannons of the Frang machine, twenty small copper and iron cannons, and fifteen tiger crouching cannons.These Buddha wolf machine guns are all light artillery, weighing three to four hundred catties, mounted on high gun mounts, firing projectiles weighing about two catties, with a range of about 300 meters.Those small copper cannons and small iron cannons fired projectiles about one catty or eight taels, and the range was more than 100 meters.The rest of the tiger squatting guns have a range of 40 to [-] steps, that is, [-] to [-] meters.

There are three gunners next to each Franco cannon, and there are two gunners next to each small copper cannon, small iron cannon, and tiger crouching cannon, except that one of the gunners is a member of the original artillery team, and the rest are one or two. People are all gunners temporarily selected from the young auxiliary soldiers, and their combat capabilities are worrying.

The Qing soldier's shield chariot pushed closer again.

"fire!"

Fourteen Frang machine copper and iron cannons fired one after another, and the shells whizzed out from the top of the city, smashing hard at the Qing soldiers outside the city.

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At this time, the Qing soldiers who attacked the south gate, Abatai took a total of 500 Qing soldiers from Jiala, including 500 soldiers, and Gushan Ezhen'er Mubchu from Tumote Right Banner. Huer asked one of his subordinates to lead a coordinated attack with 500 Mongolian soldiers, including 150 armored soldiers.

Not only that, but Abatai also asked that Jialazhang Jingyanzha to lead his dozens of armored soldiers to fight with him.

On the east side of the old castle in Shun Township, another Jialazhangjing led three Qing soldiers with nearly a thousand soldiers, and accompanied by five hundred soldiers from the Outer Kingdom of Tumote Left Banner, escorted a large number of Ming people. Attack outside the city walls.The remaining Qing soldiers and Mongolian soldiers will serve as a reserve force, ready to support the battle at any time depending on the situation of the battle.

It was still the same. During the attack of the Qing soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers followed the soldiers and pushed the large shields and shield chariots forward. Behind the shield chariots, there were also archers on both sides who were lightly armored and good at shooting. Armor, dead soldiers with shields and broadswords ascend the city to fight.

Behind the dead soldiers, there are a large number of auxiliary soldiers and followers of the Qing soldiers. They are carrying soil or pushing small carts full of soil and other things to fill in the trenches.In the end, the elite white-armored soldiers of each bull led the formation, waiting for the opportunity to go to the city to fight.

No matter which side of the city wall of Shunxiang Fort was attacked, the Mongol soldiers were more afraid of death than the Manchu soldiers. They refused to take the lead, but hid in the middle of the siege army.

When the cannonballs whizzed out from the top of the city, no matter whether it was above or below the city, they all watched the flight paths of those cannonballs.

There were several loud bangs, and several iron balls hit the shield vehicles, causing the shield vehicles to disperse and disintegrate, and there were screams from behind the shield vehicles.These wooden shields came in rows, and the advancing speed was slow, making them good targets for the artillery in the city. Even though many gunners in the city were novices, after the first round of artillery firing, there were still five shells each. Hit a Qing soldier shield car.

Although it is difficult for firecrackers to penetrate these tall wooden shields made of thick wood, shells weighing a few kilograms can break them apart. Immediately flew away, those shells pierced through the wooden shield as if they had penetrated into the body of a Qing soldier, immediately causing a huge blood hole in his body.

There are also aroused fragments, which also have great lethality.Some Qing soldiers screamed and rolled on the ground, with sharp wooden thorns stuck in their faces.Those thick logs that were beaten around also caused some damage to the Qing soldiers behind them.

Although some shells missed any targets, they jumped and rolled violently on the ground. As long as they rolled until they hit, at least they would end up with broken feet and bones.

Only the ten well-built shield cars were fine. They had thick cowhide or even iron skins. Although a shell hit one of the shield cars, it only broke a few pieces of wood in its shield or collapsed it. Those shield vehicles were still slowly pushing towards them.

"Change bombs!"

This result dissatisfied the artillery team officer on the top of the city, and he shouted again.

Immediately, the gunners of various Buddha Wolf machine guns reloaded one after another.They poked iron rods into the iron handles of the sub-guns, unloaded the fired sub-guns, and loaded new ones.

At this time, there are still three gunners for each Franc machine gun in Shunxiang Fort, one unloader and loader, one aimer, and one gunner.

With the experience and lessons of the previous loader, in order to avoid gas leakage and the tragedy happening again, among the three gunners, the old gunner from the past was used as the unloader and loader, and only the two new auxiliary soldiers were young and strong. Serves as aimer and gunner.Some new aimers don't have the slightest idea of ​​mathematics, and don't know how to adjust the distance to aim. They also need the old gunner and aimer, and only the gunner does not need any technical content.

In this way, the reloading speed of the Chengtou Buddha Wolf machine artillery will inevitably be much slower than before.

With great difficulty, the fourteen Franco cannons at the top of the city were reloaded with guns, and the aiming was completed.

The artillery team officer waved his command flag again, and shouted: "Fire!"

There was a loud bang, and smoke rose from the top of the city, and the fourteen Franco machine guns fired again one by one. Soldiers with wooden shields, killed and wounded some Qing soldiers who were hiding behind wooden shields, and two more shells hit the carefully crafted shield chariots of those Qing soldiers, knocking down the shield defense of a shield chariot and wounding the shield chariot Some Qing soldiers later.The shield on the other shield car was also punched with a big gap, losing its cover effect.

But the results of the fourteen Franco cannons at the top of the city are just that.The remaining rows and layers of wooden shields of Qing soldiers were still rolling down the city wall.

Seeing the effectiveness of their defense, Abatai and the others outside the city showed smiles on their faces, while the Ming army at the top of the city looked dignified.

Soon, the wooden shields or shield carts of the Qing soldiers moved closer to the city wall by more than 100 steps. At this time, it was the turn of the twenty small copper cannons and small iron cannons at the top of the city to show their skills.

In order to increase the range and hit rate of the small cannons, these small cannons are also installed on high mounts like the Franco cannons at this time, and the same is true for the tiger squatting cannons.The reason why the tiger squatting gun needs to be fixed on the ground with the hoop footpost is because the gun body is too light, only a few tens of kilograms, and it is easy to jump and roll due to the recoil when firing the gun. This problem does not exist.Of course, if the tiger crouching gun is equipped with a gun mount in the field, it is certainly not as convenient and easy as placing it on horseback when pulling it to march.

The twenty small copper cannons at the head of the city had already been loaded with projectiles weighing one catty and the corresponding gunpowder, and the fire gates were also filled with gunpowder.

"fire!"

There was another bang, and with the whistling sound of shells, the wooden shields or shield chariots of Qing soldiers outside the city were hit from time to time. The rough wooden shields that came were still very effective. Those who were hit by these shells, the wooden shields bundled with rough wood were also torn apart, and the Qing soldiers behind the wooden shields were killed and injured one after another.

In just one round of shelling, eight Qing soldiers' wooden shields were scattered, revealing the distressed Qing soldiers behind them.

At the same time, large rockets such as flying guns, flying knives, and flying swords on the city also shot outside the city.These big rockets are about six feet long, shaped like swords, knives, or rocket heads with three edges. The whole body weighs more than two catties. Each rocket contains only thirty arrows, which can travel two hundred steps after burning. Far, but the most lethal within a hundred steps.

After the first round of bombardment by those small cannons, shouts of orders came from the top of the city one after another: "Flying guns and flying swords are ready!"

Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie, who were guarding the southern city wall, fired some large rockets at each sentry post. At this time, on the walls on both sides, the firecrackers each held a dozen large rockets, placed on the branches and aimed steadily. Under the order of the sentry officer, they fired rockets to the outside of the city.

The sound of the big rockets was like thunder, and every time the big rockets exploded, a cloud of smoke rose up. Dozens of rockets in the barrels shot towards the Qing soldiers outside the city with a trail of fireworks.

Those rockets flew high and far, like a torrential rain and a gust of wind. Only the first wave of rockets was fired, and more than 600 arrows were fired from the southern city wall. It was a scream.

There are many Qing soldiers outside the city, and the rain of arrows came overwhelmingly. They didn't know the direction of those arrows when they flew. It was a miserable situation for the unarmored and shieldless Qing soldiers and auxiliary soldiers who were carrying earth carts. There were arrows everywhere, and they had nowhere to dodge. They could only watch the arrows falling from the sky piercing their bodies. Unlucky, he was hit by seven or eight arrows.

Some archers with light armor also suffered the same disaster. Most of these archers did not hold shields. The arrows pierced on people's bodies were not at vital points, and most of them were injured and fell to the ground.

Those dead soldiers or white-armored soldiers holding shields were raining arrows all over the sky. If their shields were not well protected, even if these people were wearing several layers of heavy armor, some of them would be hit by a few arrows and lose their combat effectiveness.

It is only a preliminary estimate that the round of rockets at the head of Shunxiangbao caused nearly a hundred casualties to the Qing soldiers below the city.

More than a dozen large wooden shields that had lost the support of the auxiliary soldiers fell powerlessly to the ground.

Seeing the power of his own rocket, the head of Shunxiang Fort cheered. Wang Dou on the tower and Lin Daofu and others beside him looked at each other and smiled, feeling very satisfied with the power of their own rocket.

Along with horns and war drums, the Qing soldiers outside the city formed a whole team, and those wooden shields and shield chariots still came slowly.

Up to now, Wang Dou estimated that 70 of the more than [-] wooden shields and shield chariots of the Qing soldiers who came to the south of the city had been destroyed. It was erected again and pushed forward.

The sound was like thunder, and the big rockets on the city were still firing out one by one, and each rocket fired was dozens of sharp and whistling arrows going out of the city.It's a pity that there are not many rockets in Shunxiangbao, and they can no longer shoot and diffuse like before.However, every time the rockets were fired, Qing soldiers outside the city were still shot to death and wounded from time to time.

Those Qing soldiers finally tasted the power of the Ming Dynasty's arrows, and due to the power of technology, the power of the Ming Dynasty's rockets was much more diffuse than that of their archers.

At this time, the twenty small copper cannons at the top of the city were loaded with new projectiles and gunpowder.

"fire!"

Accompanied by the roar of the artillery, shells roared out of the city again. This time, ten wooden shields of the Qing soldiers were scattered, and more than a dozen Qing soldiers were killed or injured.

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Abate's gold-woven dragon banner has been moved to a place more than 350 meters away from the south gate of Shun Township Castle to watch the battle. This is a dangerous distance, but Abate doesn't care, just watching the battle situation on the other side of the city with a calm expression. , a few drummers beside him beat the war drums earth-shatteringly.

A high platform was built here, so you can clearly see the movement ahead.

Seeing the battle situation ahead, Gu Shan'ezhen Shanba of Tumed Left Banner frowned, while Gu Shan'e Zhen'er Mub Chuhuer of Tumed Banner's Wing was pale, and he murmured: " The artillery and rockets of the Ming army are too sharp, I am afraid that our army will suffer a lot of casualties!"

Abatai said: "The Ming army here is indeed brave and unique, but our Qing warriors have also approached the city wall, and their artillery and rockets have lost their power!"

When he said this, he suddenly saw a few cavalry from the Qing soldiers attacking the east wall of Shunxiang Fort, and a cloud of smoke and dust rose up on the dry yellow land. The army attacked the eastern city wall, Jialazhangjing's general, and he eagerly reported to Abatai: "Rao Yu Baylor, it is extremely difficult to attack the eastern city wall. The slaves beg Baylor to give up attacking from this city wall!"

According to him, on the east side of the city wall of the Ming Dynasty, there are pits everywhere. The closer the city wall is, the deeper it gets. Picking soil to fill the pit, but the Ming people in the city transferred many artillery rockets from other city walls. Under the bombardment of their artillery, those wooden shield carts that could not get in in front of the pit became good targets. The Ming army took aim calmly and smashed them one by one. The warriors behind the wooden shields suffered a lot of casualties.

The Ming army above the city didn't care about the life and death of the Ming people below the city at all. The artillery and rockets just kept coming. The soldiers were killed, and they were unwilling to face the artillery rockets of the Ming army on the city.

Moreover, with those pits, the archers covering behind the Qing soldiers became decorations, and they could not pose a threat to the Ming army on the top of the city. Even if they advanced dozens of steps away from the city, they still had sharp firecrackers. Jialazhangjing of the city estimated that it would take three days to fill the pits and trenches on the east wall, or even as high as five days in the worst case.He also had to suffer a large number of casualties from his subordinates.

So Najia Lazhangjing begged Abatai to give up the attack from the east wall.

Hearing what the Qing soldiers said, Gushan Ezhenshan of Tumote Left Banner said loudly: "Rao Yubeile, Master Fei Mo is right. I have also visited the east wall. It is indeed extremely difficult to attack. Why bother to damage the warriors in our army? Fortunately, our army is approaching the south gate wall, if not, give up the attack from the east!"

Among the Qing troops attacking the eastern city wall, there were [-] Mongolian soldiers from the Tumed Left Banner. Hearing what Najialazhang Jingfeimo’s relative said, the Tumed Zuo Banner Gushan’e Zhenshanba was also afraid. When he got up, he didn't want to lose the warriors in his banner in vain.

Abatai was also pondering, he really couldn't afford to waste time outside the city, but fortunately his army had already approached the southern city wall, so it was better to attack the Ming army castle from the south gate in one go.

He shouted loudly: "Send Fei Mo to retreat from the east side of the city wall and let them join the attack from the south. My Qing soldiers will use the force of tigers to take down this Ming castle within today!"

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Lao Bai Niu: Yesterday was closed on Saturday, and today is a normal update.

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