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

Chapter 264
At the same time as launching large rockets, the Ming army on both sides continued to fire rockets to burn down the wooden shields of the Qing army.

This time, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei carried a lot of rockets in the army. The arrows were coated with grease and could be ignited.The boring palladium players in the two wing armies all put this kind of trigger rocket on their own boring palladium, ignited and launched it.

At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, those wooden shields of the Qing army are mostly big targets that are as tall as one person and as wide as two people, and they all hit them.However, most of the wooden shields were made of bundled rough logs that were felled. Each piece of thick wood was as thick as a human's thigh and calf, and was damp and green. Although the wind was blowing, it was difficult to burn the wooden shield.

Only when the rockets hit the wooden shields nailed with several thick door panels, did those wooden shields burn blazingly, the cold wind blew in gusts, and the firelight was filled with very thick smoke, which was extremely choking.The Qing soldiers hiding behind the wooden shields all retreated in a hurry and dodged behind the wooden shields of the rest.

Every burning wooden shield will cause chaos in the surrounding area.However, there are too few such wooden shields, and it still cannot change the overall situation of the Qing soldiers advancing step by step.

"Junmen, fire from the side."

When Yang Guozhu was gazing at the enemy's situation outside the earthen wall, the artillery team officer of the Shun Township Army Han Zhongbu who supported him gave him a loud suggestion.

The artillery mounted on several passages, of course, is the most powerful to shoot from the front, preventing the large Qing army from attacking along the passage.But at the moment, the Qing soldiers have obviously learned their lesson, and only attack from the low wall and trench.In this way, the artillery on the passage becomes a decoration.However, according to the observation of the team officer, the artillery on the passage can shoot from the front, and of course, it can also shoot from the side to the Qing army in the low wall and trench to prevent them from moving forward.

Hearing the team officer's words, Yang Guozhu's army general Guo Yingxian's eyes lit up, but Yang Guozhu pondered: "The artillery on all roads is strictly guarding the front. If you fire the cannon rashly, the slaves will take the opportunity to rush up, and the soldiers will have to use knives and guns. Drive them out of the wall."

The Ming army on the two wings has only four flat passages, and the rest are in front of the earth wall, which is also a series of low walls and trenches.Looking out from the earthen wall, there are layers of wooden shields of the Qing army dozens of steps away. These wooden shields cover the archers or auxiliary soldiers behind them.It can be seen from the gap between the wooden shields that the color of the armor of the Qing army behind the wooden shields is changed every hour or so, and the new force is constantly replaced.

The Qing soldiers had already filled in three or four trenches. In front of the low walls and flat ground adjacent to the passages, tall and rough wooden shields were erected in the shape of a fox, and each wooden shield was supported by rough wood.Behind the wooden shield, a large number of heavy armor of the Qing army gathered for cover.

Apparently, the Qing soldiers took into account the possibility of firecrackers and artillery that might be fired from the side of the passage, or that the Ming army might rush out from the passage to raid the archers and auxiliary soldiers between the low walls.

However, with the power of shotgun shells, a few cannons were concentrated to blast fiercely. Even if there were many rough wooden shields erected in the shape of a fox, it could still cause a lot of casualties to the Qing army behind the wooden shields.Of course, after the side salvo of the artillery in the passage, it is necessary to consider that the heavy armor of the Qing army on the other side took the opportunity to rush up.

"It counts as much as you can kill. It's better than putting the artillery here and turning it into scrap iron?"

Guo Yingxian shouted: "If the Tartars rush in through the passage, the last general will lead his brothers to drive them out."

Indeed, the Qing army was getting closer and closer, and the heavy armor hiding behind the wooden shield on the side kept shooting at the passage. Although the gunners were covered by the shieldmen, they had to hide behind the earth wall next to them, leaving a few behind. Putting a cannon there is useless.

After listening to Guo Yingxian's words, Yang Guozhu finally made up his mind.

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At this time, on the front line of defense of the Shunxiang Army, Wang Dou and Zhao Xuan, the battalion artillery officer, also thought of this question.

Layers of wooden shields of the Qing army had already moved forty steps closer to the earthen wall. Since the Qing soldiers did not attack from all channels, Zhao Xuan's dozens of cannons were all idle.Seeing the Qing soldiers approaching step by step, Zhao Xuan was also anxious like ants on a hot pot.

After careful consideration, he suggested to Wang Dou that the artillery fire from the side: "General, the general thought that the artillery in my passage could fire sideways from the gap to kill the captives in the ditch."

Wang Dou and the generals of the Chinese army around him were pondering, Wang Dou said: "After the artillery bombardment, the projectile hit the low wall, will it bounce back and accidentally hurt my brother?"

Zhao Xuan was taken aback, he hadn't thought about this question, he pondered for a while, and said: "Probably not, in our Shun Township Army, every passage is more than ten or twenty steps wide, and each cannon Move to the rightmost or leftmost side of the passage and bombard, with this distance, even if the shot hits the low wall and bounces off, it may not be able to bounce back so far.”

He said: "Moreover, the height of each artillery vehicle in our army is about the same as that of the low wall. When the projectile is fired, the chance of rebounding is still small."

Wang Dou nodded, this is also a method.Forget it, you can't just rely on gunfire soldiers to kill the enemy. Pikemen and sword and shield soldiers should come in handy.After the artillery fires, it is expected that the Qing army will definitely take the opportunity to rush up from the other side, so let the Qing army continue to bleed in front of various passages with the firecrackers and pikemen in the army.

After Zhao Xuan got Wang Dou's consent, he also ordered the gunners to prepare with great interest, be careful there is no big mistake, and try it out first.

The two passages on the front are each 25 steps wide, and they are equipped with a Hongyi six-pounder gun, two Buddha wolf machine guns, and two tiger crouching guns.Under Zhao Xuan's command, the cannons were immediately pushed to the far right of the gap.

Push the red barbarian six-pound cannon to the front and aim at the group of wooden shields of the Qing army on the left dozens of steps away. Between each low wall and flat ground there are many tall wooden shields erected in the shape of a fox. , I don't know how many Qing army heavy armors are hidden inside.

Seeing the black guns of the Ming army aimed at this side, which they hadn't seen for a long time, the heavy armor of the Qing army behind the wooden shield started to commotion.Of course they understood the power of the Ming army's shotguns, and they all hid far away behind wooden shields or inside low walls.

The heavy armor of the Qing army on the right side of the low wall saw an opportunity to take advantage of it. Under the order of La Zhangjing, a Zhengbai flag armor, the officers shouted one after another.Everyone gets ready, and after the artillery fires, immediately rush in from the front of the passage.

A few steps behind the cannons in the passage, Zhong Tiaoyang led the battalion's supply team of nearly a hundred firecrackers, with more than thirty people in each row, forming three rows of firecrackers waiting in line.Behind the gunfire soldiers, under Han Zhong's command, Yang Tong, the chief, personally led the spearmen in the chief and divided them into three rows to guard and kill the enemy. Dozens of sword and shield soldiers in the chief were distributed behind the two sides.

"Oh!"

The earth-shattering sound of the artillery that had been standing in front of the Shunxiang army for a long time sounded again. The Hongyi six-pound gun fired first, and in the thick and sharp gunpowder smoke, densely packed iron balls shot away.A group of wooden shields of the Qing army on the low wall on the left dozens of steps away immediately fell down.

Even though these wooden shields had rough wooden supports behind them, a large piece of wooden shields were still knocked to the ground in the face of the fierce shooting of cannonballs during these dozens of steps.Behind the wooden shield, many Qing soldiers in heavy armor were hit by the projectile, screaming and rolling on the ground.

Like a gust of wind blowing, facing the roar of the rain of lead pellets, the Qing soldiers on the low wall on the left screamed and moved away from this place.Not only that, many bullets hit the low wall and bounced back and forth between several low walls, forming a barrage of random flying, causing even greater casualties to the Qing soldiers over there.

Zhao Xuan showed a satisfied smile on his face, Wang Dou also nodded, the side shot worked well.Moreover, after the artillery bombardment, although the projectile rebounded when it hit the low wall, it was far from reaching the Shunxiang army on the side of the gap.It's just that the shotgun bombardment has a large area, so the artillery has to fire side by side, otherwise the rain of bullets will surely affect the people inside the earthen wall.

The ground began to tremble again and again. After the Hongyi six-pound cannon bombarded, the remaining two Buddha Wolf cannons and two Tiger Crouching cannons on the passage pushed up and fired one after another.Deafening cannons rang out one after another, and dense lead pellets roared towards the left side of the low wall, causing the wooden shields of the Qing army over there to fall to the ground, leaving a mess everywhere.

The Qing soldiers over there screamed and fled, many people ran back and forth, not knowing what to do.There are also some people lying on the ground and not daring to move, but they have also avoided bullets.Seeing that what they did was effective, immediately there were densely packed heavy armored soldiers of the Qing army lying on the ground and following suit.

Shouting and shouting sounded, and densely packed heavy armored soldiers of the Qing army flashed out from behind the wooden shield on the right side of the low wall, brandishing their weapons and rushing forward with shouts.

Judging by the color of the armor of these people, it was the heavy armored soldiers in Dorgon Zhengbai Banner.The passage was 25 steps wide and 37 meters wide. Thirty Zhengbai Banner heavy armored soldiers were lined up in each row. Watching them rush forward and backward, the number of them rushed up to seven or eight rows, more than 200 people.

The first few rows of Zhengbai Banner heavy armor rushed forward, each holding a thick shield, and the big shields in the hands of many of them were actually made of refined iron.It is one meter high, half a meter wide and five millimeters thick.This kind of shield is extremely heavy, perhaps weighing three to forty catties.

Facing such a large iron shield, it would be difficult for the firecrackers of Yishun's army to penetrate and break it.In addition to the big iron shields of these people, the rest are white flag heavy armor soldiers, all of them are also holding thick shields, all of which are hardwood wrapped in thick leather, and their protective capabilities are also extraordinary.They held shields in their left hands and swords and hatchets in their right hands, all of them were vicious, and they just rushed forward screaming.

In addition to these people, the Zhengbai Banner heavy armors behind them, wearing two layers of heavy armor, or holding iron-handled long knives, or holding Eight Banners spears and tiger spears, also roared.

"put!"

The gunners at the entrance of the passage hid far away, and the firecrackers on both sides of the gap also evacuated part of them, and replaced them with swords and shields to defend.Seeing the Qing soldiers approaching roaringly, Zhong Tiaoyang ordered to shoot decisively, and immediately the more than 30 gunfire soldiers in the front row pulled his trigger.

The deafening sound of firecrackers sounded, and the projectiles of dozens of firecrackers hit the shields held by the Qing army.Those iron shields were really strong in protection. Thirty to forty paces away, although several shields were hit, and the hit parts were deeply dented, they were not pierced.

However, some Qing soldiers beside them were holding heavy shields wrapped in hardwood and leather, but they were shattered by the bullets that hit them one after another...

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Old White Bull: There is another chapter tonight.

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