Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 485 Recovering Wuqiao (Part 4)
Lou Sheng, the magistrate of Wuqiao County, and his Qing army were shrunken at this time, not daring to show their heads again.

The guard infantry under the city wall could only continue to train their gun skills, using bullet rebounds and other objects to cause casualties to the Qing army.

For example, if you directly hit the tiles on the tower, the tiles will fall and hit one or two Qing soldiers, or knock down the lanterns on the tower, and the lamp ash can also confuse a few Qing troops.

But the Qing army became more and more cunning and timid, and finally they all fell to the ground, so that the infantry of the Guards had to sit down and rest.

At this time, the Guards artillery followed.

Lin Renshu, the commander of the artillery battalion, couldn't help asking Chen Zhenhui, the commander of the infantry battalion: "Commander Chen, what's going on, what about the Qing army? Doesn't Wuqiao County have a defender?"

"Yes, why not, what are those corpses lying on the ground if there is no Qing army? These guys are like turtles. The cat refuses to stand up behind the battlements, and waits for the brothers from the artillery battalion to come up and let them drink. pot."

As Chen Zhenhui said that, Lin Renshu laughed: "Then let these guys see that the artillery battalion is ready, and everyone has it. The first and second heavy artillery are aimed at the city gate, and the third, fourth, and fifth heavy artillery bombard the left side. The battlements on the right side and the rear side, the other artillery fires freely, and smashed Wuqiao county town for this officer!"

Not long after Lin Renshu, the Commander of the Artillery Battalion of the Guards Army gave the order, the artillerymen of the Guards Army began to approach Wuqiao County with their cannons. As the cover-up vegetation and vines were torn away, the cannons began to reveal themselves. His original hideous face.

"The debugging of the No. [-] artillery position is completed!"

"The No. [-] battery has been debugged!"

"The No. [-] artillery position has been debugged!"

"The No. [-] artillery position has been debugged!"

……

Reports came from everywhere, but at this time the Qing army still didn't dare to show their heads, and Lou Cheng, the county magistrate, couldn't help asking the county magistrate next to him: "Listen to this sound, is it the artillery of the Ming army coming?"

The county magistrate cried and said: "The lower officials don't know either."

"Then go out and have a look!" The county magistrate nodded, but he didn't dare to show his head, he just touched a county government official with his foot: "Old Wang, go out and have a look."

This subordinate named Lao Wang poked out half of his head tremblingly. Before he could see the outside, Chen Zhenhui, who had always been a very good shooter, shot his exposed half of the ear: "Infantry Battalion Brothers, suppress the firepower of the city wall for me!"

At this time, the Qing army on the city wall had no firepower at all. What Chen Zhenhui said was just to keep the Qing army hiding under the city wall from showing their heads, so as to keep the Qing army from knowing the outside situation.

The official of Wuqiao County in the Manchu Qing Dynasty named Lao Wang covered his bloodied ears and lay on the ground, daring not to raise his head again. He only cried with a mournful face: "Master, I have a small eye disease and can't see what's going on outside."

"Useless things!"

Lou Sheng, the county magistrate of Wuqiao County in the Qing Dynasty, cursed and then ordered another soldier of the Qing army, "Look up and see what's going on."

But just as Lou Sheng, the magistrate of Wuqiao County, asked his subordinates to continue to look outside, Lin Renshu, the commander of the Artillery Battalion of the Guards, had already given the order to launch.

"put!"

After the shouts of thunder and shouts, there were bursts of roars resounding over Wuqiao County.

Boom!
The battlements in the southwest of Wuqiao County were hit by a bomb, and the battlements were lifted directly, and bricks and mud were splashed.

Some Qing soldiers hiding behind the battlements screamed, and their severed hands and feet fell to the ground along with the collapsed battlements. Blood and flesh mixed with mud bricks filled the entire area around Wuqiao County in an instant.

The city wall of Wuqiao County, which was outsourced and built with soil and rammed mud, could not withstand the bombardment of the nitrated explosives from the artillery of the Guards. Overturned by the blast of shells or injured by shrapnel.

Only some Qing troops who ran to the tower were not injured by the shells and bullets of the Guards.

The artillery of the Guards not only surpassed this era in terms of explosive power, but also surpassed this era in shooting accuracy. The No. [-] heavy artillery and the No. [-] heavy artillery accurately shot the shells on the riveted structure of the city gate of Wuqiao County , Only two cannons were fired each, and the city gate of Wuqiao County fell to the ground with a crash.

"Use the bayonet! The first association captured the rear tower, the second association captured the left side, the third association captured the right side, the fourth association occupied the county government office and the grain depot armory, the fifth association was the military law association responsible for eliminating thieves, the sixth Let us stay at the gate of the main city! The directly subordinate cavalry immediately informed the headquarters of the Corps that we have recovered Wuqiao County at 22:[-] on November [-], [-], [-] of the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! We are waiting for the next instruction from the Corps headquarters."

After Chen Zhenhui gave the order, she first stuck the bayonet on the barrel of the gun and leveled the gun: "Come on!"

The infantry of the First Concord and the Second Concord on both sides rushed out immediately.

The military boots stepped on the yellow soil and splashed a trail of smoke and dust. The speed was very fast, almost as fast as cavalry. As long as there was a Qing army in front of him, he would immediately stab it with a spear, and the Qing army could be directly pierced, and then pulled out to continue. rush forward.

The Qing army in Wuqiao County was completely disorganized. They ran desperately to other streets, and some even hid in civilian houses. However, the First Association of the Guards did not pursue these Qing troops, and only occupied the rear area as quickly as possible. The Qing army on the side gate and the rear gate tower had already run away without a trace, so they occupied the rear gate and gate tower without firing a single shot.

Soon, the Second Association and the Third Association also occupied the left and right towers respectively, and the Fourth Association also surrounded the important Qing army money and food supply bases such as the county government and the grain depot or armory.

The members of the Fifth Association put on their gendarmerie epaulets and entered the city in groups of two. Starting from the top of the city, each time they caught a person in the city, they shouted:
"say!"

The man also spoke, and kept kowtowing for mercy.

"It's not Hejian Mansion dialect, it's Manchu, and it's Tartar!"

The grassroots officers of the Guards Army have all been trained in Manchu and the dialects of various places in the north, so they can hear what these people said. Nowadays, except for the towns above the government, there are Mancheng that can distinguish between Manchu and Han, and the towns below the government are different from Manchu. Han can only be distinguished by language.

As soon as he knew that this man was a Tartar, the infantryman of the Fifth Guards Army drew out his saber and struck at the Tartar. Soon, the Tartar's head was chopped off and put on the got the carriage.

"say!"

"Okay, let me say, Lord Jun, spare your life, Lord Jun, spare your life!"

"It's Han Chinese, let it go first!"

……

In this way, the Fifth Association of the Infantry Battalion of the Guards Chen Zhenhui started preliminary cleaning activities in the entire Wuqiao County this afternoon.

Many Tartars regretted that they did not learn dialects as soon as possible, and some Han people regretted that they had learned Manchu language in order to please their masters, forgetting their original mother tongue and being beheaded by the guards.

(End of this chapter)