Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 172
Yan Yingyuan led his cavalry and rushed towards Huaining City, completely ignoring the raging fire that collapsed in front of him and was still burning.

The Guards cavalry like him also pierced under the city wall like sharp arrows.

Seeing this, the [-] iron cavalry of the left army in the periphery could not retreat. Instead, relying on the left army's firearms battalion, they began to approach the cavalry unit of the guard army step by step.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was carried up to the tower.

Looking at the army cavalry under the city wall in front of him, and the tens of thousands of his own troops trapped outside the city are the army artillery and infantry on the periphery.

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but glared at Zuo Menggeng: "Guys who have never met before, this little bombardment made you so scared that you withdrew the periphery. It would be nothing if it was an army of hundreds of thousands, but just looking at it is nothing. Tens of thousands of horses are worth scaring you like this!"

Zuo Menggeng couldn't help being puzzled: "The people below said that according to the sound of the guns, the number of people was no less than 20. Why did my father say it was only a few tens of thousands?"

"If it's really 20, it's impossible for the Sentinel to not notice. A few days ago, the Sentinel came to report that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers came towards Huaining. Since then, I ordered the Chinese army to strengthen their guard and repair these wooden gates. I just want to have an extra line of defense, but now it’s good, as soon as someone comes to attack you, you’ll be like turtles, you really haven’t fought, I don’t know why it won’t work!”

When Zuo Liangyu said this, Zuo Menggeng couldn't help asking: "This is very strange. Since there are not so many horses and horses, as reported by the sentries, why are these tens of thousands of horses having such intensive artillery fire?"

"You need to use your brain when you encounter problems! You have been with your father in the Chinese army for so long, and you know a lot of news from various sources. Don't just focus on Yuan Jixian and Huang Degong!"

Zuo Liangyu said a few words about his son, and couldn't help but sneer: "If my father's expectations are right, this should be the court's guards, otherwise no one is so rich and powerful, and Huang Degong didn't dare to raise so many artillery. Take a look at the cavalry under the city wall, all of them are full of emotion and pure eyes, and they have not experienced much battle at first glance, otherwise, how could they not know that cavalry is not suitable for living under the city wall! It is the so-called training at first glance Guards for half a year!"

"I heard that all of these guards have drunk ink. They are fighting to defend their homeland and revitalize Ming Dynasty, not to get promoted and get rich. Many of them are today's talents, such as Chen Zilong, Zhang Huangyan from Huguang, and Zheng Zhilong. My son, Zheng Sen, was all talented at the time, but I don’t know if these talented people will pee their pants when they meet veterans like us who are used to killing people!”

Zuo Menggeng said with a smile.

"Whether you pee your pants or not, I don't know, but you guys were scared to pee your pants!"

Zuo Liangyu slapped the table, coughed angrily, and then ordered: "Pass the order to our department outside the city, and the cavalry will immediately attack the infantry and artillery, so that the group of scholars know that fighting is not an examination for a scholar. Desperate! At the same time, the Firearms Battalion immediately launched an attack on the cavalry of the official army, and repelled this army of officers before sunset!"

Zuo Liangyu asked someone to carry him back and continue to rest his body.

Here, Zuo Menggeng personally came to the city tower and ordered people to issue orders to the left army outside the city.

The left army outside the city, especially the [-] iron cavalry were Zuo Liangyu's servants, who swore their allegiance to Zuo Liangyu's elite, and galloped towards the infantry battalion of the guards as soon as they heard the commander's order.

Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi glanced at each other, then they raised their flintlock guns together with other officers and soldiers of the infantry battalion, and lined up to continue to march towards the cavalry of the left army who was galloping in front of them.

The cavalrymen of the left army all had fierce expressions on their faces, and they stretched their longbows to the full, and some even shouted directly: "Little white faces, just wait for my ass to be touched by me!"

"Shield!"

Yang Tinglin, the commander of the No. [-] Infantry Battalion at the forefront, was originally a Hanlin official. Because of his noble official position and a Jinshi background, he performed very well in the Guards, so he became the infantry battalion-level commander. He is the commander of the capital, one level higher than the rest of the armies.

Now he could not help but blush when he heard the left army cavalry speak foul words, but he still gave the order calmly.

In order to prevent the cavalry from shooting intensive bows and arrows, the infantry battalion will arrange shield soldiers in the front row when they advance, so as to block a large amount of arrow rain, especially some strong bows and heavy arrows.

The first row of shield soldiers knelt down on one knee, and the alloy steel shields formed a dense array, protecting most of the officers and soldiers behind them like trenches.

At the same time, a row of officers and soldiers in the back automatically turned their flintlocks upside down, began to remove the paper shells, quickly bit the paper, poured powder particles into the barrel, and then began to rely on the shield to shoot at the left army in front. .

The flintlock bullet penetrated the void at a significantly faster speed, and with the improved gunpowder, the resistance in the barrel was lower, and the speed was faster, and it quickly hit the left soldier's chest.

A left soldier fell to the ground as if he had been hit hard.

In an instant, a large number of left troops were hit, and the entire cavalry camp of the left army was in chaos. .

Most of the officers and soldiers can still shoot.

Wang Fuzhi aimed at a left soldier who was baring his teeth at him, and pulled the trigger. The hammer instantly struck sparks on the flint, and the bullets spun in the air at high speed.

And this Zuo Jun also saw Wang Fuzhi, he didn't think Wang Fuzhi would shoot him, he threw his horsewhip, and planned to shoot with his bow as soon as he sat down on the horse and galloped to a closer distance, so as to hit the man who looked at him. The officers and soldiers who looked thin but knocked down several brothers in front of them to the ground.

Wang Fuzhi is also challenging to attack the enemy farther away. This is the first time he has faced such a large-scale cavalry attack, but Yang Tinglin's calmness in the front made him calm down, and began to calmly test the flint in his hand. The furthest range of the gun.

boom!
The left soldier suddenly leaned back, and soon found himself shot in the left chest.

The left soldier looked up in disbelief, but Wang Fuzhi's gun was emitting white smoke.

The left soldier fell to the ground. He never thought that he would be hit with a firearm at such a long distance.

Chen Zhenhui was also in the army at this time, but seeing that there were so many left troops in front of him, and this was his first time on the battlefield, he instinctively wanted to retreat, and there were also people in front who wanted to retreat.

However, when there was a scream from behind, he looked back and saw that a colleague had been shot and fell to the ground unfortunately.

He instinctively stopped backing, and at this moment, Qianhu, his target, yelled in his ear: "Raise the gun, reload it, why are you standing there!"

"Yes!"

Chen Zhenhui shouted instinctively, then began to tremble, load the ammunition and aim and shoot according to the training rules.

But perhaps because of nervousness, he fired the shot to nothing, and a child student next to him hit a left soldier.

Chen Zhenhui fired the first shot, not to be outdone, tried the second shot, but didn't notice the arrow flying past his ear, and his second shot accidentally overturned the Tianling cover of a left army.

Chen Zhenhui's confidence increased greatly.

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