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

Chapter 486 Attack
The drums of the Chinese army sounded, and the front battalion of Yang Guozhu's new army, as well as the following two infantry battalions, attacked across the board!

The earthen trucks were heavy, so they mostly rushed towards the wall of the Qing army's stronghold under the cover of the chariots.

The defense line of the Qing army collapsed in many places at this time, and some village gates were opened, and the suspension bridges of each village gate were seriously damaged.

However, the three trenches in front of the main wall are all right, so there are still a lot of attacking equipment accompanying the soldiers of the new army.

Some Baizi guns from the friendly chariot battalion also attacked the mountain, and the rest of the chariot battalion's Flang machine and other guns, some of which were light, loaded with shotguns and went along with them.The rest will stay at the foot of the mountain, depending on the situation of the war to support.

A large number of civilian men chanted and pushed the trench carts, 轒辒 carts, and pointed donkeys up the hillside. On both sides of them, they were covered by Yang Guozhu's new army bird musketeers.

In front of these bird gunners, there are also civilian husbands pushing chariots.

These chariots are the light vehicles in Yang Guozhu's battalion.The single-wheel style is relatively light, and the card is inserted on the top, covered with leather bedding and other things, and it also has better protection against bows and arrows and bird guns.Behind the gunners, there are teams of spearmen, who can take over the strength of their brothers at any time and step forward to fight.

Among the hand-to-hand combat, some are cavalry from the main barracks. They fight sharply, and this kind of melee scene is the best.So some of them also participated in the battle, armed with swords and shields, as forward elite fighters.

There are also chariots pushed by some people filled with thousands of enemies.

Because of the attack on the mountain, Wang Dou supported Yang Guozhu with many thousands of enemies, poisonous smoke bombs, gray bombs and other trench warfare weapons.

However, considering that close combat in trenches, poisonous bombs and gray bombs can hurt the enemy and himself, Yang Guozhu mainly used ten thousand enemies to attack the mountain.

The Ten Thousand Enemy in the Jingbian Army was made small due to improved formula, but it was powerful enough to be thrown farther.

Usually, sharp weapons such as the Ten Thousand Enemies and Thunderbolts in the Ming army are as big as a human head, and they can only be thrown by a thick and powerful sergeant only a dozen steps away.For the tens of thousands of enemies of the Jingbian Army, a strong sergeant can throw it twenty or thirty steps away, which is really convenient and powerful.

Seeing the Ming army rushing forward with shouts, densely packed chariots and mountain attacking utensils rushed up, the Qing soldiers behind the wall roared loudly, shouting and fighting, and a large number of reinforcements poured in from various defense lines in Zhongling.

In the Niangniang Temple tower area, due to the strong wind on the ridge, the poisonous smoke and ash caused by the poisonous bombs and ash bombs fired by the mortars of the Shenji Camp earlier have slowly dissipated.

Most of the cloth belts were removed from the heads and faces of the defending soldiers, but there was still that strange smell on the front and back of the wall, which made people cough a few times.

Except for the severe ones, most of the Qing soldiers defending there also inhaled some smoke. Although they didn't show anything right now, it is unknown what kind of illness they will have in the future.

Here, Jia Lazhang Jingyanzha yelled for the Han army and the Korean army to face off with musketeers, and some catapults and other things that were not destroyed were also placed with rolling stones and cupping pots, ready to be thrown.He also ordered the Manchurian soldiers with white banners in Jiala to use bows and arrows to prepare for battle.

However, due to the serious damage of various equipment under the artillery fire of the Ming army, the defensive wall equipment that can meet the enemy is less than [-]% of the original.

In particular, the walls of the village were collapsing everywhere, Yan Zha and the others really had no idea whether they could hold it, but the Ming army had already charged up, and it was too late to repair it at this time.

Seeing the Ming army coming densely, Yan Zha quickly ran to an oil pot behind the wall of the village, where all the boiling oil was boiling.Originally, there were several places of this kind of oil pan, but after the artillery fire of the Ming army, there were only two places left in the area of ​​Niangniang Temple Tower.

Near the oil pan, there were five catapults, which belonged to the small catapults with a range of tens of steps, but the rolling stones rolling down the slope, coupled with the fire oil, were quite powerful.But under the artillery fire of the Ming army, three of them were also destroyed.

"Shoot, shoot Ben Jia!"

Yan Zha yelled at the panicked North Korean soldiers beside the trebuchet. Those North Korean soldiers looked at him in fear. Yan Zha spoke Manchu, how could these North Korean soldiers understand?
It was Yan Zha who yelled and yelled and whipped with a whip, so they understood what he meant.

A North Korean soldier said that the Ming army was not within range, and the trebuchet was not far away, and it was not accurate at all. It is best to wait for the Ming army to get closer before throwing.

The sergeant of the Korean soldiers there saw the fierce look in Yan Zha's eyes, and felt a little afraid in his heart, and said in Korean: "Master Yan Zha let me shoot, you can shoot!"

The Korean soldiers had no choice but to raise the capstans of the two catapults, and put a stone on each of the iron sheaths, which were all roundly carved.Then each person scooped up a spoonful of kerosene and poured it on the lapping stone. With a bang, the lapping stone turned into a burning fireball, and the flames rushed up to Lao Gao.

"shoot!"

The sergeant roared, and several North Korean soldiers suddenly pulled the cable, and immediately a heavy fireball shot out in a parabola, flying out of the wall of the village.

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Liu Yongzhong led his own blunderbuss armor and hid behind a unicycle chariot. There were also several chariots beside him. Behind the chariot were all the blunderbuss brothers in the team.

Each chariot was vigorously pushed by two civilian men, and the new army bird gunmen behind them followed closely with their waists bent.

Behind these chariots are several Baizi gun chariots and Franc locomotives, all loaded with shotguns, providing fire support at any time.

From the current point of view, the car camps in these friendly towns are still closely cooperating with Yang Guozhu's new army. Of course, there is the temptation to conquer the mountains, military achievements and leaders.

On the left side of Liu Yongzhong's chariot, there are several trench vehicles side by side, and the trench boards in front of the vehicles are erected high.These trench cars, after reaching the trench, put down the trench board, and then they can cross the trench like a smooth road.Moreover, these trench panels are wide and thick, which can prevent bullets and provide cover for people behind the vehicle.

Behind every trench car, there are black cart pushers.Although the mountains here are gentle, it is not difficult for the attacking equipment to go up the mountain, but after all, it is a heavy trench car, and it is going up the mountain. Each car cannot be moved forward without more than a dozen people pushing it.

On the left side of those trench vehicles, there are many covering tanks and gunners.

However, if there is no gap in the wall of the Tazi village in front, or there is a low wall behind the ditch, the Ming army will use 轒辒 carts and pointed donkeys.Looking around, the front, back, left, and right sides of the mountains are full of winding chariots and trench cars.

Along the way, Liu Yongzhong could clearly see that the wall in front of him had collapsed, leaving a gap for several people to enter.In front of the wall of the village, there are three ditches, and the front of the ditches are covered with wooden stakes for rejecting horses.However, as long as the trench is on the frame, it is easy to remove obstacles such as rejecting horses.

From a distance, the remnants of the wall on both sides of the gap were already covered with musketeers and archers from the Tartars. They looked nervous and just aimed at their own people with their firearms and bows.

Suddenly, the people around him shouted in alarm: "Be careful!"

Liu Yongzhong looked quickly, and saw two fireballs thrown out from behind the wall of the Tazi's village.

With two loud bangs, the fireball shot on the slope, igniting some remaining shallow grass on the ground, and then rolled and jumped down from the slope like a ball of fire, leaving sparks all the way.

A fireball rolled into the air, and another fireball hit a chariot not far from Liu Yongzhong.

In that chariot, the two peasants who were pushing the chariot couldn't help but panic. They threw the chariot away and turned around to avoid it, but they were blocked by the gunfire soldiers behind them.

With a bang sound, the fireball hit the chariot, knocking the chariot to the side, and then the rock did not move, but the kerosene on it splashed onto the chariot, making the chariot blaze.

In particular, some kerosene splashed on the body of a peasant, the kerosene was extremely viscous, as soon as it touched the body, the man immediately caught fire.

He screamed loudly, and another peasant hurriedly stepped forward to slap him, but it was of no avail. In the end, the peasant was covered in fire, rolling around on the ground, and soon became motionless.

Liu Yongzhong smelled the smell of burning human flesh, couldn't help feeling sick, and secretly rejoiced that the fireball didn't hit his chariot.

The Qing army behind the wall threw some fireballs from time to time, sometimes hitting chariots, sometimes hitting trench chariots or chariot chariots.

They ignited some attacking equipment, and also made some civilian soldiers burst into flames, screaming or rolling all over the ground, or running and howling everywhere, causing bursts of panic.

Fortunately, these fireballs are not very accurate, and the number of throws is also small. Compared with the huge attacking army, the damage caused by these protective equipment is only a drop in the bucket.

Amid the sound of war drums, Yang Guozhu's new army accelerated its march and soon approached the wall of the village by sixty or seventy steps.

Here, the chariots stopped, prepared to cover and shoot, and moved forward slowly.

Although the blunderbuss on the east road can break through heavy armor in a hundred steps, it also depends on the strength of each army, whether this distance can hit the target.

Although the projectile reaches a long distance, even if the accuracy is insufficient, the lethality should not be underestimated. If it hits the enemy by mistake, it can also inflict heavy damage on the enemy.This is no different than an arrow, when it reaches a long distance, lack of power means lack of power, so there is a saying that at the end of the crossbow, it is impossible to penetrate Lu Jin.

But at such a long distance, no matter how powerful the bird gun is, it would be useless to miss it.

Even if the blunderbuss is higher than the head of the bow and arrow, shooting at a hundred steps is still difficult for Yang Guozhu's new army bludgeoner.Even if it hits sometimes, it's a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, and you can't just rely on these small probability events to fight wars.

Therefore, shooting within [-] steps is the principle established by Yang Guozhu before joining Liaodong.

Seeing that the Ming army was about to open fire, the Qing soldiers behind the wall became even more flustered. Amid the roars of the officers, they took the lead.

The sound of firecrackers sounded like popping beans, and the Han army gunners behind the wall, as well as the Korean army gunners in bright red short cotton armor with three-pronged poles on their helmets, fired at the Ming army.

Crackling, crackling, thick white smoke burst out one after another from all over the wall in front of the village, and the fire from the bird guns flashed from time to time.

During the sound of the guns, Liu Yongzhong felt the chariot in front of him rattling and crackling, and some bullets hit the branded quilt in front of the chariot, and the wadding that was scattered immediately floated up.

Fortunately, the blunderbusses of the Tazi soldiers are weak, and at such a long distance, it is rare to penetrate the card shields on the chariots, not to mention, the front of these chariots is covered with thick quilts bedding.As for the bird guns used by the Korean army, their range and power are worse than those of the Eight Banners Han army.

However, perhaps some Tazi craftsmen were highly skilled, and some of the bird guns they made were quite powerful. A single bullet almost pierced through the quilts and playing cards on Liu Yongzhong's chariot.

At the same time, there was a gunner next to Liu Yongzhong, perhaps unable to dodge in time, he was shot and rolled out, and a bloody arrow shot out from the right side of his chest.

There was another shot from the gunner of a chariot next to him, although the bullet didn't completely break through his cotton armor.But the projectile at this distance hit the gunner's body like a heavy hammer, which made the gunner moan.

He groaned while covering the place where he was shot, fearing that his body would be damaged and internal injuries had already been formed.

It seems that the Tazi's blunderbuss, although their power varies from big to small, within seventy steps, they should not be underestimated.

Crack, crack, gunpowder smoke filled the front of the wall, and the Tazi's blunderbusses rang non-stop. Whenever the bludgeon sounded, white dragons would vacate out of the wall like white dragons.

Hearing the sound of thunder from the rockets, many rockets whizzed and flew around, but it was the Tartar soldiers behind the wall of the village, holding a large rocket from nowhere, and fired at the Ming army in front of the village.

"fight back!"

"fight back……"

Amidst the sound of gunshots and the rain of arrows, the Ming army roared one after another.

A large number of new army gunners stepped forward, pulled out the civilian men pushing the carts, and put their own guns on the chariot.

There was a more violent explosion than the Qing army's blunderbuss, and thick white smoke burst out in front of the Ming army's chariots.

There were some screams behind the wall, and some Qing soldiers were shot.The excellent bird guns on the east road, together with powerful medicine, caused the gunmen of Yang Guozhu's new army to fire extremely terrifying bullets. Anyone who hit them would either die on the spot or be seriously injured.

Some Qing soldiers who were shot were hit by the lead bullets, and the cotton armor on their bodies was instantly torn. No matter whether they were inlaid with armor leaves, it would not help.

The lead bullets deformed in their bodies, rushed straight, and smashed everything inside. With the spurt of blood, those Qing soldiers fell to the ground, howling inhumanly.

Liu Yongzhong also shot a blunderbuss, which seemed to hit the helmet of a Korean soldier, but it was not very clear from a distance.

Moreover, this kind of mountain attack battle, because of the terrain, it is not convenient to use bird guns to pass tactics. The people in front are finished fighting, and the people behind go up.After Liu Yongzhong fired the blunderbuss, he immediately retreated, leaving the position to Brother Youjia, only keeping his doubts in his heart.

The two sides came and went, shooting at each other across the wall and chariots.

The sound of the guns was endless, gunpowder smoke filled the front of each other's positions, and the cotton wool, soil, and stone chips brought up by the gun bullets flew up and down.

Another rocket continued to fly towards the Ming army.

The power of the rocket should not be underestimated, but the rocket is not accurate, if it misses the target, and the soldiers are wearing armor, even if they are hit by the arrow, they will not be seriously injured.

At the same time, behind the wall of the stronghold, some authentic Manchurian soldiers also shot sharp arrows, but at this distance, the power of bows and arrows is small.The general fighting style of the Qing army is to shoot arrows after the enemy has entered fifty steps. If they shoot upwards, they will form a rocket-like effect.

The two sides fought each other for a long time, and soldiers from each other fell from time to time.

Gunpowder smoke mixed with the smell of blood entered the noses of the soldiers on both sides.

With the sound of war drums and the scorching sun, both sides are fighting desperately.

The Qing army relied on the advantages of the terrain, while the Ming army relied on the strength of firecrackers. Generally speaking, the Ming army that attacked the mountain had the upper hand.

Under their cover, among the various chariots, numerous trench carts, shackle carts and pointed donkeys, pushed forward slowly towards the hillside under the push of the gangsters.

Under the roar of the soldiers in the new army camp, some Baizi guns from Youzhen Cheying, who were hiding far behind, stepped forward.

These cannons are filled with shotgun shells.

These cowards originally said yes, but as soon as they saw the Tartar soldiers shooting arrows, they dawdled, hiding behind and unwilling to come up.I am afraid that if I am not careful, I will get a shot or an arrow.

Liu Yongzhong despised them a bit, but in fact, these gunners were not that dangerous, because those artillery had guards, but they were hollow.Just like the Maxim machine gun of later generations, it has two wheels and has baffles on both sides.

He thought to himself that in the future, the officers and soldiers will have to rely on them, the new soldiers.

Next to Liu Yongzhong, two Baizi guns were also pushed up.

These two blunderbusses are slightly smaller, they are mounted on light chariots, the barrels are several feet long, and there is a rod below, which can be rotated up and down, left and right.The front chamber is loaded with dozens of projectiles, including one large projectile, weighing two, and dozens of small leads, which can hit a distance of about a hundred steps.

There are two Baizi guns, both of which have front and rear sights on the gun body, which can be aimed at, and it looks like an arquebus when ignited.

Under the cover of the chariot, they pushed up and aimed at the wall of the village.

At this time, the Ming army's position was filled with gunpowder smoke, and smoke drifted towards the wall of the village from time to time. The Qing army could not clearly see the movement of the Ming army, and they continued to shoot arrows.The Ming army was a little clear about the movement of the Qing army, because the wind on the mountain was relatively strong, and the gunpowder smoke was easy to blow away.

Suddenly the sound of cannons roared, and the Baizi blunderbusses and Flang machines in the Ming army opened fire one after another. Gorgeous flames and thick white smoke rose up, and many projectiles formed a barrage of bullets, shooting towards the wall of the Qing army's stronghold.

Those walls had crenels, and many Qing soldiers were hiding beside the crenels of the remnants of the walls. If they fired their guns, their upper bodies would be exposed.Suddenly encountered shotgun shells from the Ming army, behind the wall of the village, there were many screams at the same time.

Liu Yongzhong could see clearly that several Qing soldiers on the right side of the wall in front of them shot countless bloody arrows from their upper bodies, and then many people's bodies exploded.In particular, the heads of a few people turned into rotten watermelons on the spot.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Ming army behind the chariot erupted with more violent flames, shotgun attacks, and bird gun strikes, making the Qing army behind the wall even more chaotic.

Amidst the shouts, the chariot in front of Liu Yongzhong began to move again, sixty steps, fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps, and the front was the wall and trench.

By this time, the battle had intensified.

A large number of peasants, under the cover of chariots and blunderbusses on both sides, came out from behind various mountain attacking equipment, desperately moved away the horses in front of the wall and ditch, tore off the wooden stakes, and then put down the trench planks in front of the ditch carts, and set them up. on a deep trench.

Some trench cars even directly pushed away the rejected horses in front of the trench.

For those trenches with low walls in front and back, there were a large number of peasants digging the low walls, and many people hid in the carts, desperately throwing sandbags and soil bags into the trenches from inside.

Inside the wall of the village, Qing soldiers threw stones and cupping jars, and some stones stained with kerosene were thrown, and they also fired blunderbuss and arrows at the peasants or Ming soldiers.

The Ming army behind the chariot tried their best to cover.

At this distance, regardless of each other's guns, bows, arrows and rockets, they all reached the maximum lethality, and people on both sides kept falling.

Some peasants or soldiers of the new army were thrown by the enemy's stones, and their skin was torn apart, and even died of serious injuries.

There were also some mountain attacking equipment that were thrown into the cupping pots and burned blazingly, and the people inside fled out in a panic.

In a short distance of dozens of steps, it is the place where each other bleeds and fights.

Most of the casualties of the Ming army were those peasants. Many of them paid the price with their lives for the reward of ten taels of silver or a few stones of rice.

In the Ming army, chariots carrying [-] enemies were also pulled up, but the Jingbian Army's [-] enemies were relatively small, and some strong men could throw them at this distance.

Some warriors behind the chariot took Ten Thousand Enemies, held one end of the handle, and let others ignite the long lead rope at the other end.

Then in a hurry, he threw it towards the wall of the village.

boom!boom!
There were loud bangs again and again, these ten thousand enemies, the Ming Dynasty version of the hand grenade, contained many barbed caltrops, gravel, broken iron and so on.It was okay to throw it in front of the wall, but if it was thrown into or behind the wall, the Qing soldiers would be blown up and screamed.

These things in the enemy's internal organs have been soaked in horse manure, which can be said to be full of toxins.In this kind of weather, even if you don't die on the spot, if you get a wound from the blast, [-]% of the time you will be infected and die.And tortured before death.

As the trenches were put on boards and filled in, the Ming army chariots in front of the wall got closer, and the tens of thousands of enemies thrown over became denser and denser.

One by one, the round, black and suddenly tens of thousands of enemies kept falling into the wall of the village. At this time, the soldiers did not have the concept and courage to catch them like lightning and throw them back.

Unless you dodge and escape immediately, there will be a burst of ghosts and wolves when the enemy explodes.

Seeing the Tartars fleeing in a panic by the wall, Liu Yongzhong admired, the firearms produced by the Jingbian army are sharp, like a bird's blunderbuss, and the same is true for ten thousand enemies.

Finally, on Liu Yongzhong's side, the three trenches ahead were paved with trench boards.

And the wall of the village has long since collapsed, and several people can enter the gap, and the height from the moat is only half a person.

Amidst the shouts, a large number of soldiers with swords and shields poured out from behind the chariot, climbed up from the gap, and broke into the wall of the village.

(End of this chapter)