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

Chapter 823
(Note that chapter 741 has been revised in the second chapter 740. I don’t know what happened yesterday, and I always asked for verification codes on the column, which tossed me for more than half an hour. I clicked it when it was published, but it was unsuccessful. I clicked again, and it succeeded. The result It was later discovered that it was divided into two chapters, so that chapter was revised into 741 chapters, and an extra [-] words was added to express my apologies.)
Shouting to kill Zhentian from below, Li Zhengjing poked his head out secretly. He has a wide field of vision here, and he can clearly see that the thieves are ready to fight on the wall. Behind their archers are layers of swords and shields, densely packed, All of them carried waist knives and shields in their hands.

Not far behind them, there were layers upon layers of old battalion soldiers and thieves holding big knives and heavy axes, and they couldn't help murmuring: "It's about to start."

Looking at the low wall defense line below, he couldn't help shaking his head: "It's miserable."

This time the thieves' offensive was no small feat. They had a heavy bombardment before, and the new army battalion soldiers below were killed and injured. After all, even with the protection of the earth wall, there were a lot of mud bags and earthen baskets behind the wall, but the shells would bounce and jump. Yes, being rolled to the ground is a terrible end.

Those new troops were alright, the battalion soldiers almost collapsed after being hit by artillery, all relying on the suppression of the superiors.In fact, all the generals of the new army had no objection to the arrangement of personnel in the defense line this time, but the battalion soldiers were all apprehensive, and the faces of those who were arranged were all pale, as if they were being driven to the execution ground.

Li Zhengjing nodded secretly. After this bloody battle, the new army has been trained, but their situation is not good right now, and they will soon be unable to hold on.

Especially in the face of those thieves... The two sides shot at each other behind the low wall of the earthen truck, and the Shaanxi New Army was obviously defeated.

Li Zhengjing was in a complicated mood. He knew that most of the thieves' musketeers below were the new army of the former King Cao.

At this time, Li Zhengjing was behind the second low wall of A No. 15. Behind him were Zanhua, Zhenfu, Chen Sheng, Han Kaihui and other general officers, and four rows of blunderbuss squatted behind him. Behind the low wall, they squatted quietly, and the black mass spread along the wall.

The Jingbian army had judged that the old battalion of the thieves would break through these two lines of defense, so they lurked behind the second low wall of No. 16 and No. 16, preparing to give the thieves a thunderous blow at the critical moment.Of course, Zhao Rongsheng, another second-rank army commander, is in charge of the NO.[-] defense line.

In addition to the [-] musketeers, there were also [-] spearmen gathered at some intersections, fighting hand-to-hand at critical moments.

"almost."

Li Zhengjing waved his hand, and immediately the first row of gunmen of the Jingbian army who were squatting behind the low wall got up, put their dark guns on the low wall, and pointed their black muzzles to the bottom. It was a flintlock gun with a blunderbuss sword on the muzzle, and it shone faintly with a penetrating cold light.

They are all well-trained, and they can understand what Shangguan means with just one movement, and there is no need to speak with their mouths.After they put the firecrackers on the racks, they were still silent. In the sunlight, only the fiery red tassels fluttering on their eight-petal caps and iron pointed helmets were dazzling.

At the same time, Li Zhengjing took out a pack of cigarettes, which turned out to be "Mighty General" brand cigarettes, and said in his mouth: "Smoking a cigarette before the battle is better than a living god."

Li Zhengjing smoked a cigarette, and when it was handed to Han Kaihui, although he didn't smoke, he took it out of politeness.

Moreover, Han Kaihui found out that the pressure of fighting was very high. He didn't smoke a single cigarette before, but now he smoked a few cigarettes occasionally.

But when it was handed over to Chen Cheng, he just shook his head silently, Li Zhengjing scolded him: "You are so strict, look at Han boy, you are much more flexible, no wonder you can marry the niece of Mr. Jingying Fu's family."

……

Gunpowder smoke was billowing, and the fire flashed from time to time in the smoke. People were shot and fell down on the low wall. Their firepower was completely suppressed by the gun battalion soldiers behind the earth truck. Amidst the shouts, countless hungry people rushed towards the low wall with short ladders and planks. and go.

"Go forward!"

With a wave of Lao Hu's hand, the sword and shield players and cold weapon players under his command used shields to cover themselves, trotting behind the hungry people and approaching.

The firecrackers behind the earth truck blared like fried beans, covering the charge of the hungry soldiers. Although they stopped firing salvos, they still beat the defenders on the low wall unable to raise their heads.

White smoke filled the air, and below was a tide of people rushing towards the low walls of several lines of defense, shouting and killing loudly.

However, the soldiers of the Patrol Battalion fought against the defenders many times in No. [-], and they knew that they would not give in so easily, so they deliberately slowed down their pace, although they shouted louder than anyone else.

Sure enough, as soon as many hungry soldiers approached the low wall, there was a series of gunshots and a rain of thousands of enemies were thrown out.The sound of the three-eyed blunderbuss and the explosion of ten thousand enemies rang together, and the range of the low wall in front of several lines of defense was completely shrouded in thick smoke, interspersed with the hoarse howls of the hungry soldiers.

Explosions sounded one after another, and the black mass of thousands of enemies just hurled out from the low wall, one after another, like rain, which made the charging soldiers and hungry people howl like ghosts and wolves. yell.

However, the musketeers behind the dirt carts fired fiercely again, slowly suppressing the defenders behind the low wall, and slowly some short ladders were built up, and some sword and shield fighters who broke into the camp climbed up.Moreover, more and more short ladders were erected in front of the low wall, and more and more soldiers who broke into the camp climbed in.

However, the defenders behind the low wall were still stubbornly resisting, but with the input of three thousand old battalions, they finally collapsed.

Lao Hu's expression was complicated: "Have you attacked?"

Kong San stared intently over there, and slowly a sneer appeared on his face.

"Attacked!"

There was cheering in front of the low wall, and the intruders in the ditch watched the defenders of No. 15 and No. 16 fleeing frantically from the first low wall. They fled desperately into the second low wall along the slope in front of the ladder cliff , and those unstoppable old battalion soldiers, they chased the figures of those rout soldiers, and they were about to rush into the second low wall.

Then there was the sound of a neat row of guns, which stopped their cheers.

"shooting!"

The dense blunderbuss swords were shining with cold light, they leaned close together, and pulled the trigger at the old bandit battalion rushing madly in front of them.

The deafening volley of firecrackers, violent flames and thick white smoke erupted, countless bloody arrows shot, and the shields in their hands were shattered one by one. Their screams joined together.

"shooting!"

There was another burst of flames under the gun sword, billowing gunpowder smoke rose, and there was a lot of crying and howling, and a large group of old battalion soldiers who followed behind rolled down again.With the shooting ability of the Jingbian army, and at such a short distance, they hadn't expected that the Jingbian army would ambush here, so every time they fired their guns, there was at least a [-]% hit rate.

There were a total of 300 people in each row of the two lines of defense. After they fired twice, at least 500 of the old battalion soldiers who charged fell down. The corpses and wounded had rolled all over the slope in front of the cliff, and blood flowed all over these places.

"shooting!"

Fierce flames burst out again from under the gun sword, and many old battalion soldiers' minds went blank. They stood blankly, and the flames flickered again under the thick smoke in front of them, and then the people around them screamed and fell down one by one.

"shooting!"

There was a thunderous bang, the cries were earth-shattering, the slope in front of the ladder cliff was piled up with corpses, the gunpowder smoke mixed with the smell of blood, and there was an indescribable strange smell in the sun.

"charge!"

Senhan's blunderbuss sword forest stood obliquely, and [-] soldiers of the Jingbian army immediately and decisively charged after firing the blunderbuss. They jumped out of the low wall and rushed straight along the slope in front of the ladder cliff. The blunderbuss sword shone brightly in the sun.

"Kill the thief!"

The dense armor-piercing spears were erected, and four hundred spearmen rushed out from the crossings of the two lines of defense. Their spears were shining brightly, and they came in rows. Their spears stood up in groups, shocking and dazzling. eyes.

……

"it's time."

On the top of the plateau, Wu Zhengchun retracted the binoculars, took a deep breath, and said, "Fire!"

The artillery officer beside him responded, "Yes!"

He shouted: "Poison bomb, gray bomb, launch!"

One by one, the gunners ignited the fuses on the mortars, and immediately the sparks "hissed" and burned.

……

"This is?"

Things took a turn for the worse. Seeing the soldiers of the old battalion, who were still in awe before, ran away crying and howling, the soldiers who broke into the ditch were all dumbfounded. What's going on? Why did the old battalion suddenly lose?
Old Hu was also sucking in the air, and murmured: "The Jingbian army is really powerful."

He whispered: "Do you want to go?"

Kong San looked around: "Wait a little longer."

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound of cannons on the top of the plateau, followed by a shrill whistling sound, and then shells fell one after another, exploding, and there were bursts of strange smoke and white mist.For a while, the already tumultuous formation of military vehicles became even more chaotic.

Some battalion leaders even left the earthen carts and ran away regardless of the retreat from the rear. Their escape caused a chain reaction, and more and more army formations collapsed.

Kong San said: "You can go."

Lao Hu had been waiting for his words, and when he heard the words, he immediately shouted: "Let's go."

……

Watching the bandits retreat like a tide, Sun Chuanting, who had been watching the battle on the top of the plateau, heaved a sigh of relief, winning!

But he felt a little regretful, although the bandits were defeated, and although the bandits in front of the low wall were busy escaping, most of the rear gathered at the fort, and there were layers of archers and gunmen, but our side could not crush them in one fell swoop.But this time, after showing their strength to the Rogue Thunderbolt, they can retreat decently.

After many days of fierce fighting, the battalion was on the verge of collapse and could no longer be used. However, the strength of the new army alone would not be able to defend Yuanwanggou. After all, he could not devote all the strength of the new army to this side. Come.

……

The battle on May [-] aroused great controversy during the camp break-in. Obviously, the earth-car tactic proved to be effective, and the possibility of attacking from the southern end of Yuanwanggou was also very high. However, because the old camp suffered heavy casualties in this raid, It made Li Zicheng and others heartbroken.

The old battalion that was raided by [-] people ended up with more than [-] casualties, and the losses were unprecedentedly heavy. Everyone in the camp was arguing over whether to continue the attack.

Li Zicheng was also caught in a dilemma. Facts have proved that Gu Junen’s strategy of attacking Shaanxi was wrong. It’s just that he fought in Tongguan for so many days and suffered such heavy losses. .

only……

During the controversy, Li Zicheng was hesitant, and when he was troubled, on the morning of the [-]th, suddenly sentry cavalry rushed to report, and the Ming army retreated.

Sure enough, when Li Zicheng went to see, he found that the defenders of the entire Yuanwanggou defense line had retreated. It seemed that they had withdrawn overnight.

There were cheers in the camp, and Li Zicheng swept away all his decadence, and his heart was filled with great excitement and confidence. It seemed that the Ming army had suffered more casualties. As long as he persisted, the final victory belonged to him.

After publicizing the victory, on the afternoon of the [-]th, Li Zicheng crossed Yuanwanggou and entered Nanyuan amidst the cheers of the troops.

(End of this chapter)