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

Chapter 898
(Old White Bull: There are still three chapters to end. After several years of hard work, it is finally time for the results.)
With the sound of drums, dense shield vehicles approached and headed towards Huilongguan.

This is the left-wing front of the Qing army to attack the Jingbian army. Prince Yu Duoduo supervised the battle and led half of the eight banners, including the Han Eight Banners, Japanese Eight Banners, and Fresh Eight Banners. In addition to the shield car moving forward, in the Japanese Eight Banners position, there are also protective equipment such as bamboo beams and rifles unique to Japan.

As the main infantry combat force, they need to push all the way to the front of the Jingbian army, at least one or two miles away from there, so that the supervising army Duoduo can continue to arrange attacks.

After Japan and other daimyos were attached, because the time was short, they basically did not change their outfits except for shaving their hair, so their array looked quite dazzling, with colorful family crests, flags and horse seals, coquettishly dressed mothers and banner samurai .

And even the ashigaru are wearing bamboo armor painted with bright red lacquer and black lacquer, and each has densely packed flags, which are quite eye-catching.

The vassal lords pretending to be Gushan's forehead are even more gorgeously armored and horned helmets, with a hideous appearance.

They dressed so coquettishly naturally attracted a lot of attention.

The Eight Banners of Japan and the Eight Banners of Xian have [-] banners. All of them will fight this battle. They are very active in the battle. Liaodong is sparsely populated and the land is fertile, but there is a lack of population. They also hope to enter the customs. Grab some coating.

Because of being conquered, they are also full of confidence in the combat power of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, not to mention the sharp weapons that horrified them, Datong and Guobeng, were seized after entering the customs.

This kind of confidence was maintained until after the rockets of the Jingbian Army were launched, and the Japanese were horrified to discover that there were more sharp weapons than Guobeng in the world.

Compared with the sharp weapons of the Jingbian army, the dozens of big barrels and the collapse of the country are obviously not enough.

At this time, the Chinese army's five large barrels in front of the formation are nothing compared to the firearms owned by the Jingbian army on the opposite side.

They have about 8000 people from the Four Banners in this left-wing formation. There are [-] people from the Four Banners. Full of Eight Banners, Ding holds the formation and supervises the battle.

Under the golden drum order, they moved forward slowly. The battle on the left wing has already made many lords breathless, the army is too vast.

Looking to the left, you can vaguely see the right-wing troops of the Shun Army, and they are even more boundless. Adding up all kinds of things, I am afraid that it will be a battle of millions of people. Has there ever been a battle in the history of Japan?It was only when I came to China that I saw the big world.

Compared with domestic battles with a scale of 1 people can be recorded in the history books, participating in this war by yourself will definitely be famous in history.

Just when these feudal lords were full of emotion and pride, five Hongyi heavy artillery, five heavy mortars, and twenty ordinary Hongyi cannons placed by the Jingbian Army in the Huilongguan position roared and fired at them from three miles to two miles. One mile, another mile.

These days, the eight banners are all brightly colored armor, and the sea of ​​colorful flags is as eye-catching as standing out from a flock of chickens. If you don't beat them, who will you beat?

Not to mention that they still have thousands of iron gunners. The Japanese iron gunners have always been famous, and the bird guns were imported from the Japanese country.

When necessary, rockets will be dispatched to wipe them out in one fell swoop, so the Eight Banners have been bombarded terribly these days on the way to the formation.

Walking about 1.2 meters per second, maintaining the army formation, pushing carts, and walking more slowly, at this distance, the gunners of the Jingbian Army aimed calmly, so that the Eight Banners of Japan did not know how many shots they received in those days.

With the sound of the rumbling cannon, white smoke rose again from the village on the other side of Xuanfu Palace. A shell weighing more than ten kilograms whizzed towards it, kicked up a large cloud of soil with a bang, and then jumped up violently, hitting the shield in front of it. The car hit hard.

With a bang, the carefully crafted shield cart was immediately shattered into fragments, and the fragments exploded in all directions, and the Japanese coating of the cart rolled over a large piece screaming.

The solid iron ball of more than ten kilograms had no remaining momentum, and hit the bamboo bundle pushed from behind with strong force.Bamboo beams can effectively prevent bullets, but they cannot protect against cannons, especially the solid iron balls emitted by this heavy artillery, which also shattered into pieces with a clattering sound, and a few rifles that followed were also smashed to pieces.

The rifle is a sharp weapon against arrows, but its anti-collision ability is far inferior to that of bamboo beams. Being hit by a solid iron ball weighing more than ten kilograms is as easy as breaking apart a pile of toys.

Then the heavy solid iron ball rushed towards the iron gunners who lined up behind them. They stood in a dense column, and after being hit by the solid iron ball, it caused a very tragic scene.

Fragments of limbs, fragments of weapons, flags and armor danced wildly. After the solid iron ball finally stopped, the area was full of screams, and blood was everywhere. Many Japanese flags with missing arms and legs rolled and cried in a pool of blood.

A soldier in particular rolled over with his own little foot in his arms. His right little foot was severed at the knee level, and blood gushed out like a fountain. There were still pale leg bones exposed at the severed place, as well as some remaining muscles after being torn. Looking at it Extremely scary.

Another heavy artillery shell shot into a large group of soldiers, overturning a large area of ​​the mothers who acted as Ba Yala and the banner warriors here. These people rode on their horses, and a solid iron ball weighing more than ten kilograms collided past. A crowd of people screamed and screamed, and fragments of broken limbs and armor scattered.

These Japanese warriors exclaimed: "The country collapses...the country collapses..."

Duoduo looked over there with some worry. The artillery of the Jingbian army kept roaring, beating his own position and crying for his father and mother. On special days, the Eight Banners side was in chaos and looked like it was going to collapse at any time.Compared with the Han army and the Koreans, these Japanese were not very capable of fighting artillery, and he was very worried about whether they would be able to stand in front of the Jingbian army.

He ordered the armored soldiers accompanying the formation to strengthen supervision, regardless of the banners of Han, North Korea, and Japan, no matter how high or low, anyone who dared to fear disobedience and fled in a panic was killed.

……

The sharp artillery roared, and a solid iron ball weighing more than ten kilograms roared towards it. A solid shield vehicle on the right wing of the formation was smashed to pieces. , flesh and blood flew, and the screams were deafening.

Some of the trolleys fled with coats and the screams of the soldiers in the rear, and then they were cut down to the ground by the bannermen who were in charge.

Compared with the Qing army, the original Ming army had less chance of being bombarded. Facing the threat of artillery, even if many of them were elite Guanning soldiers, they were all terrified. Without the supervision of the Qing soldiers, they could not survive. In front of the Jingbian army.

Tang Tong silently withdrew his gaze, and glanced at the expressionless Wu Sangui.

Seeing Wu Sangui looking over, he quickly turned his head away, but there was still a fierce light in the corner of his eyes.

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To the west of the capital, there are continuous beautiful peaks, majestic and elegant, arched to the right, known as scenic spots.

On Cuifeng Mountain, Gaogui held up the binoculars to look at the movement in the capital, and the cavalry commander Zhuang Huizu, the left battalion officer beside him, looked at the sundial next to him from time to time, watching the shadow of the sun move, corresponding to the hour scale on the dial , the agreed time is coming.

He looked in the direction of the capital, and then looked back at the foot of Cuifeng Mountain. The dense hats and helmets covered the bottom of the valley. The metal light of armor, spears, and muskets stretched to the other side of the mountain. .

Since yesterday, their 3 people have been hiding in this area thirty miles away from the capital, and they have been waiting until today, until this time.

Soon, the appointed hour is coming.

……

In the capital, above the majestic Deshengmen city wall, a surrendered official said to Niu Jinxing worriedly: "Master Prime Minister, rumors have been rampant in the capital recently, and it seems that some rioters are advocating righteousness and rioting. This atmosphere is quite wrong."

Niu Jinxing frowned slightly, and finally waved his hand and said: "The main force of the army is heading north, and there are only [-] people left in the city. It is not surprising that there are remnants of Mingxiao who incite the foolish people to create chaos. As long as our army returns from victory, they will all be reduced to dust. Let’s all be cautious in the near future, and let’s avoid incidents.”

These demoted officials looked at each other with regrets. After Li Zicheng led the main force to go north on April [-], the atmosphere in the capital was different. No matter how dull a person was, he could feel that a big storm was coming.After they expressed their worries, Prime Minister Niu, who stayed behind, was also at a loss, and only asked them to be cautious.

Alas, it seems that it is just a dream to seek the wealth and honor of the new dynasty.

At this time, they followed Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Gu Junen, Song Qijiao, Zhang Linran and other six government officials, and patrolled the city defense with them. Song Qijiao and others heard Niu Jinxing's voice and were silent.

From the high-spirited and high-spirited time when I first entered the city, to now everyone is worried and frightened, but it is only a short month.Who knows what it will look like after entering Beijing, everyone can only hope that the frontline army will win.

Among the pedestrians was Ze Hou Tian Jianxiu who was at the front. He stayed behind with Niu Jinxing and other civil servants. There were [-] old battalions in the headquarters, some troops from the outer battalions, and a total of [-] people from the Beijing battalion guarding the inner and outer cities. Compared with the huge capital, It really feels that the troops are not enough to use, and they are stretched everywhere.

He also felt the strange atmosphere in Beijing, but the main force went out of the city to the north, and with a small amount of troops in his hands, even if he wanted to make a difference, he felt that he had more energy than he wanted.

He also heard Niu Jinxing's voice, and he didn't express anything other than a slight frown. He stood by the city wall and looked north, wondering how much food and grass he would supply today, and when King Chuang would be able to win. ?

Such a majestic and majestic capital, I really want to keep occupying it forever.

He was patrolling the city defense, and he was naturally accompanied by his personal guard Xiaoqi. His three thousand old battalions were divided into multiple gates in the inner city, one in the east and one in the west. attract attention.

Compared with other old battalion soldiers who were lightly armored and unarmored, all of them were heavily armored, each piece of armor was made of refined iron, which looked extremely heavy and thick, and the leaves of the armor clattered as they walked.

These soldiers are actually five brothers. Tian Jianxiu accidentally rescued them in Henan two years ago. Since then, these five brothers have been following him. In the past two years, they have been born and died with him, and have rescued Tian Jianxiu and others many times. Life is highly trusted and valued by Tian Jianxiu himself.

After entering Beijing, Tian Jianxiu knew that these five people liked heavy armor, so he specially collected these five sets of armor from the warehouse.

"I don't know how the Qinghe shop is doing?"

Tian Jianxiu said to himself, still looking at the wilderness outside the city, but stretched his hand back.

A armored soldier understood, took out a box of "Gaoqian Zong brand" small cigarettes, smoked one for Tian Jianxiu, and another armored soldier took out a fire pocket from his waist and lit it for him.

Tian Jianxiu puffed out a puff of smoke slowly, this small cigarette is really a good thing, after smoking one, all worries and troubles are gone, after entering Beijing, he confiscated some from a marquis's mansion, and there are not many boxes left.I heard that there are a lot of small cigarettes in Xuanfu Town. I hope that after defeating them, some big cigarettes can be confiscated from Wangdou Mansion.

He was thinking about it, but unexpectedly several armored soldiers exchanged glances behind him, and one armored soldier looked at the sky and nodded.

With a sudden choke, a armored soldier drew out a long knife from his waist, and with a flash of cold light, he stabbed straight in from the back of Tian Jianxiu's heart, and with a "poof", blood shot straight out immediately.

This sudden knife made Tian Jianxiu's eyes wide open, he couldn't believe it, let out a beast-like howl, grabbed the protruding blade with blood dripping with one hand, and wanted to scratch the person behind him with the other hand .

The armored soldier held down the handle of the knife with force, his face was splashed with blood from Tian Jianxiu's body, and the sharp blade was still twisting slowly.Tian Jianxiu was thumping and roaring, but he couldn't turn around. Finally, he slid down the city wall with both hands weakly, and he didn't even see who gave him a knife.

The armored soldier put one foot on Tian Jianxiu's body, and pulled out the knife with a "puchi", blood splashed on the city wall and on the city bricks immediately, which was shocking.

The scene of the rabbit rising and the falcon falling shocked everyone present, one of his followers reacted, and he roared in grief and indignation: "Your Majesty."

Just as he was about to pull out the weapon on his waist, there was a clang, and a armored soldier pulled out his long knife again, and with a "poof", it pierced fiercely through his left eye and out through the back of his head.

Immediately, blood mixed with brains, red and white, splattered all over the walls and all over the floor.

Another entourage roared and slashed with a knife, the armored soldier did not dodge or dodge, the entourage's long knife slashed on his armor, sparks shot out amidst the clanging sound.Taking advantage of this gap, without hesitation, the armored soldier slashed the entourage's neck with the long knife in his hand.

More than half of the attendant's neck was split open, a large stream of blood spurted out, and he fell to the ground with a "boom", his body still twitching continuously.

With cold light and screams, Tian Jianxiu's entourage was killed by five armored soldiers soon. Their armors were covered with bloodstains, and the air here was also full of bloody smell.At the same time, there was a killing sound nearby, and several groups of sharp men also wearing iron armor came rushing here.

Niu Jinxing and the others screamed in fright. A Shunguan wanted to run away, but a long knife was stabbed straight from his abdomen to the back, and when the long knife was pulled out, a large stream of blood gushed out from his mouth and the wound. He fell to the ground, screaming at the top of his lungs.

Niu Jinxing and the others stared their eyes wide open, they huddled together and screamed in horror.

At this time, the group of sharp men rushed forward, they nodded with the people here, and the armored soldier in the lead took out his waist card, and shouted at Niu Jinxing and others: "The soldiers of Huangming Xuanfu Town are here. Thief, why don't you catch him quickly?"

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In the low streets and alleys of Chongwenmen Street, there are dense crowds of hometown elders lurking. They all hold sticks, hoes, forks, kitchen knives and other weapons in their hands. They just hide and gather here without saying a word.

The leader of them was Tang Yanji, the armored soldier with a cold face. At this time, he had already put on his heavy iron armor, holding a long knife in his hand, expressionless, and only looked up at the sky from time to time.

Not far behind him was Zhang Shouyin, the squad leader, holding a spear in his hand. The veins in his hand were exposed due to excessive force, and Bagu Yang was standing beside him, holding a kitchen knife in his hand, gnashing his teeth, and his eyes were red.

Looking at these densely populated hometowns, all the elders are silent, just waiting for the time to kill the thief.

They are male and female, old and young, just waiting quietly.

Suddenly they all raised their heads to look at the sky, and there was a sharp whistling into the air, and they saw a huge rocket rising from the inner city continuously, and then exploded in mid-air, and finally the bright fireworks flashed, very gorgeous.

The gorgeous fireworks slowly merged into two big golden characters: "Wan Sheng!"

The loud bang of the thunderbolt shocked Zhang Shouyin, Yang Bagu and others, as well as all the neighbors in the neighborhood.

Tang Yanji roared, "Kill all the thieves!"

Taking the lead, Wudao rushed out.

"Kill the thief!"

Zhang Shouyin shouted at the top of his lungs, held his spear straight, and also rushed out.

"Kill the thief!"

Countless neighbors rushed out with their crude weapons.

"Kill the thief!"

Not only in this street, but also in the nearby streets and alleys, the outer city, the inner city, and around the gates of the capital, there were shouts of killing. There were men and women, old and young, and the voices became louder and louder. The whole city of Beijing is shouting: "Kill the thief!"

Bagu Yang rushed out following Zhang Shouyin, holding the pot lid in her left hand and the kitchen knife in her right hand, screaming heart-rendingly as she rushed, "Kill the thief! Kill the thief! Kill the thief! Kill the thief!"

Her voice was spread far and wide, gathered in the voices of countless people, the whole city of Beijing shouted to kill the thieves, men and strong women shouted to kill the thieves, and there was a lot of noise inside and outside the capital, children and women beat gongs and drums, and copper bathtubs help.

There are also common people throwing bed tables, door panels blocking the avenue, or transporting utensils to pile up alleys to prevent thieves from passing by.Flying tiles and throwing stones like crows, Chen Chen was blinded, men constantly climbed to the roof to wait on the eaves, and threw bricks, tiles, wood and stones down to attack the thieves when they encountered thieves.

Millions of people in the capital stood out in the alley, vowing to kill all the thieves.

……

"Okay, it's time, there's a signal!"

Gao Gui quickly retracted the binoculars, and the densely packed military officers around him also retracted the binoculars. With a distance of thirty miles, if you don't stare at them all the time, the fireworks signals from there may be ignored.

Looking at the officers beside him, Gao Gui said in a deep voice, "Masters, this is what you need to do to restore the capital and defeat the bandits."

He roared fiercely: "Kill all the thieves!"

"Wan Sheng!"

With the sound of passionate orders, the cavalry from the left battalion of the Chinese army rushed out first. Thousands of them rushed out of the valley like a roiling metal torrent, heading towards Fuchengmen in the inner city. They had to race against time, otherwise the people of the capital would die will be big.

There is also the noble left battalion of the White Tiger Army, who also rushed out on horseback, heading towards Guang'anmen in the outer city, and then the remaining soldiers of the third-class battalion all ran forward, entering Fuchengmen and Guang'anmen respectively.

The iron cavalry was rushing, the horses were like a tide, the hooves were thundering, and the dense hats and helmets were shaking, and there was a rhythmic sound of footsteps under the layers of spears and flintlocks.

The gates of the city had been opened, and finally, amidst the overwhelming cheers, the flags of the sun, the moon, and waves entered the capital. The cavalry from the left battalion of the Chinese army first rushed into Fuchengmen, then the left battalion of the noble White Tiger Army rushed into Guang'anmen, and then The soldiers of the C-class army from each battalion soon entered the city through the second gate.

The cold light of dense weapons swayed rhythmically, they kept running, and the torrent of eight-petal hats and helmets continued to enter the city.

(End of this chapter)