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

Chapter 269 Are You Comfortable?
Soon, the Qing army in the front rushed nearly a mile and a half. What surprised them was that the usual fierce artillery rockets of the Ming army did not fire, and they rushed another two hundred steps, and it was still the same.

There is a high platform in the Qing army formation two miles away. Here, the Eight Banners of Manchuria Zhengbai Banner, Xiangbai Banner, Eight Banners of Mongolia Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner are erected, and several huge gold-woven dragon banners of the Mongolian Karaqin Department of the Outer Fan.

Behind the two sides of the high platform, there are mighty soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty, among which the armor of the Eight Banners Manchuria Zhengbai Banner is the most.

Originally, among the total 310 cattle records in Manchuria in Eight Banners, 48 ​​cattle records in Zhengbai Banner and [-] cattle records in Xiangbai Banner, the two banners with the largest number of people in Eight Banners, and the two yellow banners led by Huang Taiji. many.

This time, the Dorgon Brothers Banner had the most soldiers and horses. Although many bannermen stayed behind in the Qing Dynasty, the two banners sent a total of 5000 troops, including 5000 armored bannermen, and there were still a few in the two banners. Hundreds of Bala soldiers.

After the battle with Xuan Da's army, among the two brothers, Duduo lost the most, but the Dorgon Banner's armored banner Ding and unarmored Ding Ding only lost a few hundred people, and the bones are still there.After the military meeting last night, Dorgon knew that he could no longer drive the Eight Banners Mongolia to fight against the Outer Fan Mongolia, and they needed to take the lead by themselves.

Therefore, several Jialazhangjings of the Liangbai Banner led some soldiers and horses, with the Manchu soldiers in the front and the Mongolian soldiers behind, and attacked the frontal camp of the Shunxiang Army in multiple waves.In addition, the Ba Yala soldiers of the two white flags followed slowly behind, depending on the situation of the battle, they launched a decisive attack.

In the past, they hadn't charged nearly a mile, and the Ming army's artillery rockets were already firing violently. At this time, there was no sound, which made Dorgon and others a little unaccustomed.

Duoduo was a little puzzled: "Could it be that the Ming army of Wang Dou's department has already collapsed under the bombardment of my artillery fire?"

Dorgon and Abatai beside him were pondering, and the bannermen of the Mongolian Eight Banners laughed and said, "Prince Yu's words are very reasonable. They have always bombarded us with artillery. Now we bombard him. We are caught off guard. The Wang Dou army suffered heavy casualties, and it is possible that they collapsed."

Duoduo even guessed: "Perhaps all Wangdou cannons have been blown up by my cannons."

Abatai shook his head: "Wang Dou is full of tricks, don't underestimate the enemy."

Everyone fell silent, just staring at the situation ahead. Not long after, the first wave of Qing soldiers, under the cover of layers of shield vehicles, rushed to the low wall and ditch of the Shunxiang Army. Gunshots began to sound.

Tan Ma rolled back and reported: "...the Ming army's artillery is nowhere to be seen on the various passages. The firecrackers they fired are much weaker than yesterday..."

"The Ming army seems powerless to resist, but our Qing soldiers can break into the Hao Wall with a single drum."

Immediately, Duoduo and the others began to discuss, and Duoduo said: "Let me just say, since all the Wangdou cannons have been blown up, and our warriors in each banner are covered by shield chariots, their firecrackers are naturally useless. It seems that they If you have been blown out of courage, you will be defeated."

Several Mongolian banner owners of the Eight Banners agreed with Duoduo's opinion, and Abate shook his head: "It is so easy to defeat, it is not Wang Dou."

He said: "According to my guess, Wang Dou's troops suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of my general's artillery. They were unable to defend the first trench wall, so they retreated into the second trench wall. Yesterday, the white flag warriors attacked the trench wall When I was inside, I once saw a defense line behind the Ming army."

Dorgon made up his mind and said: "Wang Dou should not be defeated yet, but the previous rounds of artillery bombardment, it is expected that his army suffered heavy casualties, and he is powerless to defend. He has lost his spirit, and our Qing soldiers can take it. His first trench wall can also break through his second trench wall. Under the bombardment of my artillery, where can he retreat? No matter how many trench walls they set up, they will be broken by my army one by one!"

He issued a series of attack orders, and the passionate drums sounded again. It seemed that at the same time, the overwhelming shouts sounded in front of him, and the Qing soldiers rushed towards the passage of the first earthen wall of the Shunxiang Army.

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The trench wall of the Shunxiang army attacked by the Qing army in the past few days was 600 steps long, and the [-]-meter-long defense line of later generations included five passages, each with an interval of [-] steps.

Attacking the Xuanda camp today, Dorgon's Zhengbai Banner led the Mongolian Harqin Department of Outer Domain to attack the three passages and related low-walled trenches.Duoduo's Xiangbai Banner led the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner to attack two of the passages and related low wall trenches.

The two white flags dispatched two Jiala troops each, and each Jiala army formation was separated by more than a hundred steps. In addition, there were nearly 4000 Mongolian soldiers and more than [-] miscellaneous servants, making a total of more than [-] troops.It can be seen that Dorgon Bobo is determined to continue to lay down the king's battle position.

When the Qing soldiers rushed to the front of the Shunxiang army formation, the densely packed shield chariots still avoided the gaps in the passages just like yesterday.

Only their handymen, driven by the threat of the Qing soldiers behind them, carried heavy wooden shields tied with rough wood on one side in fear, crossed the low walls, and placed the wooden shields in the unfilled paths. In front of the parapet moat.

Among them, many of them were killed and injured by the gunmen of the Shun Township Army. If those handymen retreated in panic, they would immediately shoot sharp arrows from behind and knock them down one by one.

As usual, after the wooden shields are installed, the two white flags and a few Mongolian heavy armors from the Eight Banners will protect the two wings, while the remaining archers will cover the handymen to fill in the trenches.However, seeing that there were no artillery figures from the past in the various passages, they couldn't help but feel puzzled and probed their brains.

After receiving the order from the Shangguan in the banner, the Qing soldiers retreated between the low walls and ditches, and gathered behind their armored shield chariots, and arranged them as a whole team.

The sound of passionate war drums sounded from the rear, and they suddenly raised their flags high, and under the cover of shield vehicles, one team after another, they rushed towards all passages with loud shouts.

"These fresh goods..."

The Qing soldiers rushed in like a tide, and there were black banners and armors everywhere, as well as rumbling chariots.

Seeing their charging power, Han Zhong couldn't help but curse, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the overwhelming shouts of foreign races.

Soon the Qing soldiers poured into all the passages. In front of them, there were at least three refined shield vehicles, and there were five shield vehicles paralleling the two passages in front.Behind each shield car are sergeants with white flags and white flags inlaid with heavy armor holding their shields high, holding knives and axes.

On both sides of these heavy armored soldiers, there are also many light armored archers shooting arrows at the Shunxiang army on the earth wall to cover the forward movement of the shield chariot.The first wave of people rushing into the passage, at least one of them recorded hundreds of people.Behind them, densely packed are two white-flag fighters one after another.

"withdraw!"

Han Zhong yelled, the purpose of attracting the Tazi soldiers has been achieved, there is no need to stay here.

Under his orders, hundreds of firecrackers under his command immediately ran into the second earthen wall.When he ran back, the ground was covered with mudbags, soil baskets, and coagulated slippery blood. Many people stumbled and slipped in a hurry, and the firecrackers beside him hurriedly helped him up.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared within the second earthen wall.

Soon the Qing soldiers rushed in, and then they ran into trouble.

The shield carts pushed by the handymen, after a few steps into the earth wall, could no longer move, and the ground was full of mud bags and baskets.

On the passage ahead, dozens of people dressed as white flag sergeants flashed out from behind several shield vehicles. One of them was extremely short and strong, with a beard and a face full of scars.He has a very bulging body, a breastplate on his chest, a black tassel on his helmet, and a high flag behind him, but it is a white flag covered with three layers of heavy armor.

He carried a heavy shield and held a huge half-moon hatchet in his right hand. Looking around, there was no one in the earthen wall in front of him. There was only another earthen wall more than a hundred steps ahead of him, and no one moved behind the wall.Between this earth wall, there are mud bags and earth baskets all over the ground, making it extremely difficult for people to walk. What the hell are those Ming people doing?

He couldn't allow him to think too much, and the warriors behind him had poured in continuously. They were wearing double-layer armor, holding spears, halberds, and big knives and axes.Or wearing armor inlaid with iron cotton, holding bows and arrows, all of them are heavy armored soldiers and light armored soldiers with two white flags.

Behind them, there are some unarmored bannermen.

I didn't encounter any blows along the way, and it went so smoothly that people couldn't believe it, but there was nothing to be afraid of when the attack came in.Regardless of what lies behind the second earthen wall, it appears that the Ming army has been defeated.Perhaps after entering the second earthen wall, you can see their figures running for their lives in a panic.

In just a moment, the earthen wall was filled with two white-flag Qing troops and Mongolian troops pouring in from various passages, and some of them had already rushed towards the second earthen wall.

Fende Pashiku let out a howl, swung the half-moon hatchet in his hand, and immediately his team of Qing soldiers followed behind him, rushing towards the earth wall step by step.Sure enough, they should not be underestimated. There seemed to be no danger ahead, but they were still covered by heavy armored shield soldiers, and light armored archers followed on both sides, drawing bows and arrows, and maintaining vigilance at all times.

However, there are mudbags and soil baskets everywhere. If you want to look around vigilantly, some Qing soldiers who maintain the battle formation will inevitably stumble and fall, which will greatly damage their image of the warriors of the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing soldiers who poured into the earth wall continuously, bumped and bumped all the way, in this space of 600 meters horizontally and nearly 200 meters vertically, they rushed towards the second earth wall.

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"I'm afraid there are thousands of Qing soldiers who came into the wall?"

On the side of the Shun Township Army, only the howling of the cold wind was heard quietly. Wang Dou looked outside the earthen wall. Outside were the armored banners of two white flags. Seeing them approaching slowly or quickly, everyone left The earth wall is only fifty or sixty paces away.

"it's time!"

Wang Dou looked at the surrounding Shun Township soldiers, and there were four rows of firecrackers quietly squatting behind the earthen wall. Since there were more than 600 firearms in the army, the second earthen wall was only three feet wide. There are more than a hundred steps, less than 500 meters, and there are four passages to go, with many gaps and limited space, so Wang Dou divided the firecrackers into four rows to shoot.

At this time, they hid quietly behind the earthen wall, and Han Zhong's firecrackers who had just entered the wall did the same. They squatted quietly in the fourth row.

In addition, the four passages and the artillery behind the many gaps were all moved into the earthen wall. The whole army was silent, just waiting for the Qing army to enter the urn, and now they finally came.

Wang Dou looked at the pikemen and sword-shield soldiers behind the firecrackers. At this time, they were also lined up neatly, ready to fight.

The ammunition for the cannon has been filled, and the gunpowder in everyone's hands has already been loaded, and the matchlock is also lit. Everything is ready!
Wang Dou looked at Xie Yike suddenly, and nodded heavily. Xie Yike was also extremely excited, and he shouted in a shocking voice: "Drumming!"

The excited drums of the Shunxiang Army sounded, and immediately the whole army shouted, and all the gunfire soldiers stood up.The firecrackers in the front row erected their own firecrackers on the earth wall in a dense manner, and all the artillery were pushed out from the earth wall.

When the Qing soldiers were taken aback, Zhao Xuan shouted hoarsely: "Fire!"

The ground trembled violently, and the earth-shattering artillery salvo sounded. There were four Hongyi six-pound cannons from the Dubiao Battalion, fifteen Buddha Wolf machine medium artillery pieces from the Shunxiang Army, 25 small Buddha Wolf machine bronze cannons, and thirty Tiger Crouching Cannons. Let's fire together.

Thick puffs of gunpowder smoke rose, and the entire earth wall seemed to be shrouded in smoke. Countless lead pellets roared towards the Qing soldiers in front of the earth wall. No matter what armor they wore or what shields they held, there was no trace of harm. effect.

In front of the hundreds of meters long earth wall, those Qing soldiers fell down like ears of wheat in the wind. Everyone's body was bloody and covered with dense blood holes.

Dozens of people were beaten and flew straight out.

The four Hongyi six-pound guns of the Dubiao Battalion have a shot range of more than 200 steps, and the fifteen Buddha Wolf machine guns of the Shunxiang Army also have a shot range of more than 100 steps. There are 25 small Buddha wolf machine copper cannons, and the shooting range of the shot is nearly a hundred paces.

Between the two earthen walls, there were only more than 100 steps, and most of the artillery fired directly, which could penetrate the entire space.Those Qing soldiers rushed in densely, from one end to the other, no one could escape, and they were opened up alleys of flesh and blood from the beginning to the end!
As soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, the dense sound of firecrackers like popping beans sounded again.

(End of this chapter)