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

Chapter 484 First Victory
When people from the Central Army came to urgently inform Yang Guozhu and others of the method Wang Dou came up with, Yang Guozhu patted his legs and sighed.

During the Battle of Julu that year, Wang Dou's Shunxiang Army used sacks and baskets filled with soil to defend against shells. Why didn't I think of it.Sacks and other items can be piled on the ground, and can also be carried on the vehicle to protect the safety of the soldiers.

Immediately, Yang Guozhu sent an order that all the civilian men in the central military department of our side who pushed and pulled the long carts stepped forward, and used their carts filled with sacks and soil baskets to guard the front of the sergeants and the cart battalion.

At this time, Yang Guozhu's unit had about 3000 forward troops. After suffering a lot of casualties, under the cover of chariots, they were advancing rapidly. They were already not far from the Qing army on the first line of defense in Huangtuling, and they were almost at the foot of the mountain. .

Although there were some cannons and blunderbusses on the wall of the Qing army’s stronghold there, under the fierce attack of the Shenji camp’s artillery fire, especially the continuous firing of poisonous smoke bombs and ashes bombs, they had already ignored their own time, even if they opened fire, Not too harmful.

And after approaching the foot of the mountain, because of the slope, the artillery of the Qing army's main ridge and middle ridge also shifted their targets.

The key is that a large number of vehicle battalion artillery, a large number of mountain attack equipment, etc., they moved slowly and had to go forward, so they soon became the targets of the Qing army artillery in Zhuling and Zhongling.

Shenji Battalion's artillery can't hit them, but they can bombard them as they like. For a while, the artillery will hit you and I will hit me. It depends on who can't bear it first.

Most of these car battalions are sergeants from Youzhen, who usually only use artillery to attack others, and are rarely attacked by other artillery. When they are suddenly hit by Qing army artillery, they all feel panic and fear.

As for those civilian husbands, who had not been through the flames of war, seeing the Tartar artillery continuously roaring towards them, and everyone around them either died or were injured, they were all panicked.

Fortunately, at this time, the Chinese army issued an order to use earthen vehicles to cover their bodies, so that they could resist the Tartar shells.

As soon as they heard that those carts filled with sacks and soil baskets could defend against shells, those who immediately pushed the carts became the cutest people in the army, and everyone rushed to want them.

Fortunately, not long after, a large number of earth trucks were sent to the rear of the central army, and a large number of Jingbian army doctors arrived to carry the casualties down, and the morale of the attacking teams became more stable.

Soon, in Yang Guozhu's various armies, not only the forward troops, the backup troops, and the central army troops, but at least every team was covered by several earthen carts in front of them, and all the cavalry dismounted and used earthen carts for cover.

The chariots of each battalion, and the equipment for attacking the mountain, also hid tightly behind the earthen vehicles.

These earthen trucks are filled with sacks and soil baskets, and many soil bags are tied to the front bottom and sides of the earthen trucks.

Facts have proved that these earthen trucks can indeed effectively protect the Tartar artillery. Sometimes the earthen trucks are hit by roaring shells, and the cloth crumbs and mud are aroused to fly, but the whole truck will not burst and hurt, and the people hiding behind the trucks are also safe and sound. .

Moreover, the earth vehicles are densely packed, and the Qing army's artillery shells are also difficult to cause extensive ricochet damage.Although their artillery still inevitably caused some casualties, because some shells passed over the earthen vehicles and directly hit the tanks and troops, but compared to the previous one-sided form, it was much better.

All of a sudden, all the troops attacking the mountain were greatly encouraged.

Yang Guozhu took the opportunity to give the order to speed up the march, and soon, waves of attacking troops approached the first line of defense of the Qing army in Huangtuling.

Yang Guozhu's Central Military Headquarters was less than a mile away from the defense line, directing the battle nearby.

In order to prevent artillery fire, the front and sides of his Yuanrong chariot and Shuaiqi chariot were more densely packed with sacks and baskets of various colors, forming a series of crenel walls.

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Because of the earthen trucks, the artillery fire of the Qing army, which had been raging just now, immediately lost most of its power.

Watching the Ming army's attacking troops approaching the mountain in waves, Dorgon, Eduardo and others on the main ridge were stunned.

Dorgon couldn't accept the result in front of him, and shouted sharply: "What's going on, why is my Qing artillery suddenly useless against the Ming army?"

He could see very clearly that the artillery of Wuzhenhachao artillery battalion on the mountain, after the Ming army rolled out sacks and basket carts, their own artillery immediately lost their power like a tiger losing its teeth.Even if the shells hit their cars, they would have nothing but kick up some mud or shake some of their cars.

Yang Guozhu's Chinese army stayed in the formation, and when the handsome flag was flying high, Dorgon was still secretly happy, maybe he could kill the general of the Ming army with artillery.

Although the distance from the main ridge artillery array to Yang Guozhu's handsome flag car was about two miles, how easy is it to hit a small car with such a long distance?
However, under the concentrated bombardment of multiple artillery shells, a few shells did hit the sacks stacked in front of the Yuanrong chariot and the Shuaiqi chariot.However, apart from stirring up some mud rain, those shells did not cause any damage at all.

The cavalry and infantry in their formation also hid tightly behind the earthen vehicles, unable to cause much damage to them.

Heaven in a blink of an eye, hell in a blink of an eye, how to make the mountains and mountains accept it?

"why is it like this?"

They all cursed and howled.

Shi Tingzhu roared angrily: "It must be another good thing that Wang Dou did!"

Eduardo also looked and looked with the binoculars, unable to believe his eyes.

He was horrified, using some simple sacks and soil baskets, can they withstand the invincible cannon?Even in Europe at this time, such tactics did not appear.Could it be that in terms of technology and tactics, the noble whites have fallen behind these yellow races?

The artillery battalion of the Qing army in Huangtuling bombarded desperately, but the battle formation of the Ming army was still pushed to the foot of the mountain step by step.

Huang Taiji and others on the mountain city were also stunned. The Ming army used sacks and baskets to block their own artillery?Even their luxurious and sturdy chariots can't stop the artillery. Some simple mud bags placed on some simple vehicles can block the heavy roaring shells?

Huang Taiji suddenly said: "Not good, our artillery is useless to them, and when their artillery is brought up, we must prevent them from bombarding me!"

He fixed his eyes on the densely packed earthbag carts of the Ming army: "Order the Qing positions in various places in Huangtuling to immediately move and fill a large number of sacks and earthen baskets, and place them on the defensive formations everywhere to prevent possible artillery bombardment by the Ming people!"

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Because the Ming army was approaching the foot of the mountain, the artillery fire from the Shenji Battalion also stopped at this time to prevent accidental injury to its friendly troops.

The Qing army on the first line of defense in Huangtuling, at this time, their trench walls have collapsed in many places. Although the slaves in the army tried their best to repair them, they had little effect under the artillery fire of the Ming army.However, the three ditches in front of the main wall and the low wall behind the ditches refused horses, and most of the stakes and ropes were unharmed.

As soon as the artillery fire of the Ming army stopped, the Manchurian soldiers who were supervising the battle took the opportunity to direct the handyman to repair the trench wall. Jialazhang Jingyanzha in the Niangniangmiao tower area even roared to let the artillery on the wall tower fight back, but...

Because the Ming army was too close, the Hongyi three-pound cannon they set up on the wall of the village and the platform of the Niangniang Temple, no matter how they lowered the rate of fire, the shells still flew far over the heads of the Ming army who was in front of the front wave. It was some Buddha wolf machine guns that hit the earth truck, but they couldn't do much damage.

At this time, the artillery of the Qing army on the main ridge and the middle ridge, because of the slope of the mountain, no longer bombarded the forward Ming army, and attacked the Ming army on the mountain, taking the opportunity to set up an attacking position on the mountain.

More than 100 steps away from the wall of the village, especially at the gates facing the wall of the village, there are densely packed earthen trucks piled up.

Behind the earthen cart, set up bird gunners and spearmen to prevent the Qing army from rushing out of the gate of the village suddenly.There is still some open space between these earthen vehicles, which is used to set up artillery, or to use as a passageway for the Ming army to attack.

The artillery of the Qing army was useless, and the blunderbuss, bows and arrows were even less threatening. Their catapults, at such a long distance, did little harm.

They watched helplessly as the Ming army's defense line was established. Behind the Ming army's car battalion, under the cover of earthen vehicles, they braved the artillery fire of the Qing army in Zhuling and Zhongling, and desperately pulled up Flangji and other artillery. There were countless people behind. Attack the mountain equipment, pull it up desperately.

Liu Yongzhong, the blunderbuss armor, also approached the first Qing army defense line in Huangtuling, facing the gate of a Tartar village a hundred steps away.In front of the gate of the village there, a deep trench was dug and a heavy suspension bridge was drawn.Not far to the right of this village gate is a collapsed village gate wall, which seems to have been bombarded by the Shenji camp not long ago.

As far as the eye can see, there are many collapsed places on the walls of the Tatars' villages. As long as one's own attacking equipment is pulled up and the defense line of the Tatars' villages in front of them is broken, it will only take a blink of an eye.

At this time, he and a team of brothers hid behind a few dirt carts. Like them, they were not far from the Qing army’s wall, covered with winding dirt carts. Behind the dirt carts, they were all dressed in bright red The gunners of Yang Guozhu's department in the cotton armor,
And more than ten steps behind, there are rows of earth trucks.Hiding behind are all pikemen wearing short body armor.

Liu Yongzhong looked from behind the earthen cart, and saw that the Qing soldiers behind the wall were shouting and pointing at their earthen cart.Some Qing soldiers fired their guns in a snap. Most of the bullets flew to nowhere at such a long distance, and some shot on the dirt carts, only arousing small strands of soil flowers, and the sacks hissed and leaked the soil.

Suddenly Liu Yongzhong heard a drumbeat behind the wall of the village, the suspension bridge of the gate in front was lowered, the gate of the village opened, and several waves of Tazi soldiers in white and red armor rushed out.All of them were holding heavy shields, and the shields in their hands were extremely heavy, probably made of iron.

They were wearing heavy armor, holding big knives and axes, and rushed forward with roars. Liu Yongzhong's heart beat violently, and he couldn't help shouting: "Good time!"

Look at the brothers beside him, leaning tightly on the dirt bike, all of them have nervous expressions on their faces.After all, after the new army was trained, it was the first time for each of them to face the genuine Tazi soldiers.The ferocity of the Tartars has been well-known for a long time, so when they suddenly face each other, they can't help feeling a little panicked.

However, the usual training helped, and the superiors shouted desperately, the Qing army was not allowed to fire their guns before approaching seventy steps, so there was only an eerie silence behind the earthen carts.There were earthen carts facing both sides of the gate of the village, and the bird gun soldiers behind them also turned their bird guns, aiming sideways at the charging Tazi soldiers with white flags.

I saw those Qing soldiers rushing down the mountain roaring, the closer they rushed, the fierce expressions became more and more clear, but the Ming soldiers behind the dirt carts still resisted moving.

Yang Guozhu compiled and trained the new army, because he imitated the Shunxiang Army, so he carefully analyzed the battle cases of the Shunxiang Army in the past.

What Yang Guozhu and the generals generally agreed with was the perseverance and persistence of the Shunxiang Army, and they were not allowed to fire guns without the order of the superior.In this way, the power of the volleyball guns, coupled with their excellent bird guns, naturally has no disadvantages.

Yang Guozhu paid special attention to this point during his daily training. Those who did not obey orders and acted privately during wartime, the armor commander could kill the sergeant, the team officer could kill the armor leader, the general could kill the team officer, and the thousand general could kill the general.

Under his strict training, obeying orders has become the iron law that Yang Guozhu's new army generally abides by.

So even though the Qing army was rushing forward with great momentum, they still waited for the Qing army to approach, and waited for the command of the commander-in-chief there.

A few Han and Korean soldiers armed with three-eyed blunderbuss flashed their shields and opened fire, creating a burst of gunpowder smoke and crackling noises.Liu Yongzhong and the others knew that this was a fake gun from the Tartars, and they specially tricked me into firing it, so they ignored it.If one fires the gun at this time, the sword and shield soldiers of the Tartars behind will take the opportunity to rush forward.

In a blink of an eye, those Qing troops rushed down from the mountain with a lot of dust, and the Qing troops in front even rushed [-] steps.

"shooting!"

The general of the new army, who was on the defense line of the Zhaimen, roared loudly, and pointed the saber in his hand diagonally.

Behind the earth truck there, not far away, the new army bird musketeers behind the earth truck on both sides, nearly a hundred excellent Donglu bird guns, burst into violent flames.Amidst the explosions, numerous muzzles sprayed large streams of gunpowder smoke towards the rushing Qing troops.

In Dabo's charging enemy army, more than a dozen were shot and rolled to the ground immediately, not to mention the Han and Korean soldiers who lured the enemy with false guns and rolled down first.Even the Qing soldiers with white flags inlaid with heavy shields behind them shot out gusts of blood mist from their bodies, staggered and fell down the mountain.

The shields in their hands, even the iron shields, were unable to provide protection, and were shattered by the projectiles that hit them one after another.

In the Battle of Julu that year, the old-fashioned sub-medicine of the Shunxiang Army could not penetrate the iron shields of the Qing Army within thirty or forty steps.However, today is different from the past, the mighty medicine on the East Road can break through heavy armor in a hundred steps, and these Qing army's old tricks can't achieve the same effect as before.

After only a few breaths, the sound of a volley of guns sounded again, and among the rushing Qing soldiers, more people were shot and fell to the ground.

Yang Guozhu's new army bird gunners use bird guns to pass tactics, and shoot with those who are good at shooting.A few rows of bird gunners behind them handed the bird guns with sub-powders to the shooters, then took the empty bird guns, and urgently loaded the paper tube ammunition.

Although the speed at which they loaded ammunition was far less swift and fast than the Jingbian army bird musketeers, there were also quite a few errors.But this kind of infantry attack, especially the several layers of blunderbuss soldiers at this time, all have sub-powders in their blunderbusses, so they can maintain a steady stream of firepower.

The sound of platooning guns was wave after wave, and the charging Qing army was constantly shot and overturned. There was a burst of gunfire and screams.

Liu Yongzhong and other shooters leaned behind the earthen truck and nervously fired at the rushing Qing soldiers, mechanically and numbly.Liu Yongzhong also fired three bombs, hitting two Qing troops who were charging.Although they held heavy shields, they didn't work at all, which made Liu Yongzhong admire the power of the Donglu bird gun.

Looking at the screaming and falling Tartar soldiers, Liu Yongzhong was delighted, and he screamed in his heart: "Father, mother, have you seen it? I have avenged you all!"

But at this moment, he couldn't allow him to think too much. After shooting, he immediately passed the empty blunderbuss behind him with his left hand, and took over a bird blunderbuss with sub-powder in his right hand.Standing firmly on the truck, he quickly took aim at a Tazi soldier who was covering his body with a shield, and heard the general's voice: "Shoot!"

Without hesitation, Liu Yongzhong pulled the trigger, and with a bang, the fire door burst into flames, and then a large puff of thick smoke spewed out from the muzzle.In the blink of an eye, Liu Yongzhong saw several large holes in the Qing army's shield, and a few puffs of blood mist rose from behind the shield, but there were several gunners aiming at the Qing army.

This round of platooning hit more shieldmen of the Qing army, because they had rushed within forty steps.But as this time approached, their casualties were even heavier, and the elite shieldmen and heavy armor in front of them were almost wiped out.

Following behind the heavy armor, there were some archers from the Qing army. Looking at the earth truck in front of them submerged in thick white smoke, their faces showed a dazed look. Is such a desperate charge useful?
These archers, taking advantage of the momentum of the terrain, also shot several waves of sharp arrows forward.

But one is that the white smoke is so dense that the target cannot be seen clearly, the other is that the Ming army uses earthen vehicles to cover, and they can shoot if they want to shoot, and the third is that the Ming army's musketeers are all wearing cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves, and they are arrows. Arrows falling on them can't inflict much damage on them. On the other hand, as long as they are hit by a bullet, they will be killed or injured.

These Ming troops are not the fearsome Jingbian Army, their blunderbuss and combat power are so sharp, but on the other hand...

Could it be that the strong bow and arrows of the Qing Dynasty, which was once invincible in the world, are really useless?

Not to mention the complex and fearful psychology of these Qing army archers, while they were shooting arrows, they were also attacked by the earth carts in front and the Ming army musketeers on the earth carts on both sides. Knocked down.

When the Qing army rushed twenty paces, Liu Yongzhong and others fired another volley, and all the sounds were drowned out by the roar of nearly a hundred blunderbusses.

At this time, the front end of the truck was completely covered by white smoke.The pungent smell of gunpowder mixed with the hot sun, and the smell of blood from time to time, is really choking.

In the smog, Liu Yongzhong saw at least dozens of Tartar soldiers rolling on the ground covered in blood, many of them had their intestines blown out, and howled in pain.Looking again, there were only the backs of some Tartar soldiers fleeing in terror. In just a dozen steps, they didn't have the courage to charge up again, and they fled!

The Ming army was silent for a while, and then the Ming army behind the truck cheered loudly.

Soon, bursts of cheers erupted from the winding earthen truck position in front of the wall.Maybe they were infected by the cheering brothers, or maybe the Tazi soldiers who attacked from other village gates were also repelled by them.

In a short battle, the Ming army's bird guns fought against the Qing army's shield bows and arrows, and the bird gunners won a brilliant victory.The battle was a one-sided massacre, with many casualties on the enemy side, but very few casualties on one's own side. How could the new army under Yang Guozhu's command not be cheered?
Quickly, the gunners of the new army are changing psychologically to the old army!

Yang Guozhu stood on the Yuanrong chariot, holding the binoculars presented by Wang Dou, he could see the battle ahead.Suddenly tears welled up in his eyes, he worked hard to train a new army, and finally succeeded, a strong army was born in his hands!

(End of this chapter)