The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 185

Zhu Linmei was sitting on the saddle, watching the listless captive soldiers coming out of the enemy camp.

The tough battle as imagined did not happen, and the battle ended at Chenshi. The main force of the Dragon Guards and Polu Battalion had already started to eat breakfast, leaving only a small team to continue cleaning the battlefield.

More than an hour ago, more than a dozen cannons of the Dragon Guard artillery began to bombard the east side of the Qing army camp.

The walls of the field barracks are all made of wood, and a horizontal board is nailed in the middle of the wall, and the soldiers stand on the boards and shoot outwards for defense.Although the field artillery of the Dragon Guards can't do anything against the masonry walls, it's too easy to deal with wooden walls.

Especially the nine-pound gun newly equipped by the Dragon Guards this time, every time it fires, the big iron ball weighing more than eight catties will set off sawdust all over the sky, leaving a huge hole in the wall of the Qing army's stronghold.

The remaining three cannons of Jianlu only fired back symbolically before being suppressed by the intensive and accurate artillery fire of the Dragon Guards.

The shelling lasted only a quarter of an hour, and a gap more than ten feet wide was blasted out on the east side of the Qing army camp.

Erdengbu saw that the camp could not hold on, so he brought the last few thousand Qing soldiers in the camp to make a final fight.Unexpectedly, as soon as his men and horses poked their heads out of the camp, they ate two rounds of shells head-on, and immediately retreated crying and howling.

At the same time, under Zhu Linmi's order, Gu Yanwu led [-] soldiers from the Polu camp to the south of the enemy camp.In order to ensure the speed of the march, he only brought seven relatively light No. [-] Frankie cannons. Although the shells of these cannons only weighed a catty, they were still more than enough to blast open the wooden gate of the village.

Gu Yanwu heard the gunfire of the Dragon Guards on the east side, and he also ordered to fire.He had already selected the weakest part of the wall, and after only thirty or forty shots, the wooden wall made of thin planks collapsed, and he immediately marched in.

The main force of Jianlu was transferred to the east side, and Gu Yanwu had only a hundred or so enemy defenses, so he entered the Boluo camp almost without bloodshed.

There was a shortage of food in the Qing army camp, and morale was not high at all. Under the attack of the two sides, they collapsed after not holding on for a while.

Knowing that it was impossible to escape in the hinterland of Fujian, Boluo led hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers to resist for a while in the middle of the camp, but was soon surrounded by the superior force of the Polu camp. The bird gun fired more than ten rounds from a distance, and the whole army was wiped out.

Soon, Zhu's younger brother came to report the situation of the battle to Zhu Linming.

This time in the First Battle of Nanping, a total of more than 700 Jian captives were captured, more than [-] were beheaded, and more than a thousand captives fled.

The Dragon Guards and Polu killed a total of 31 people and injured more than 40 people.Among them, in the battle last night, miraculously, no one was killed in battle, only six or seven soldiers were injured, basically caused by the horse's hoof slipping at night.

"My lord, there are indeed less than three thousand bandits in the enemy camp as those captives said." Brother Zhu continued, "Besides, there is almost no food, grass and supplies in the camp, so they must have been taken away. To confuse me, the prisoners The military tents were not dismantled, and every time it was meal time, one soldier was ordered to burn several stoves. Therefore, watching from a distance, it always seems that there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here."

As he was speaking, he saw Tie Dake leading a group of cavalry coming straight from the north, dismounted from his horse, and saluted Zhu Linmi with a happy face, "It's a good thing that my subordinate has not disgraced his life, and has captured the leader of the thief!"

Afterwards, some soldiers brought over several Jian captives in bright cotton armor, kicked them hard on their legs, and made them kneel in front of Zhu Linming.

"Your Highness," Tie Dake pointed to the thin middle-aged Jianlu at the front, "this dog thief is Boluo," he gestured to the people behind, "and his confidant guard Erdenbu , Zhao Xi and others."

Hearing that he called Zhu Linmi "Your Highness", Bo Luo immediately raised his head, looked him up and down, and said loudly, "You are the King Chen who took my Xianxia pass?"

Seeing Zhu Linming ignoring him, he suddenly laughed and said, "King Chen? Haha! I'm not afraid to tell you that Yingbeile led the army westward overnight on May 26, and Renshou should have passed by now."

He knew that the Ming army would learn the news from the captured officers, so he didn't hide anything, and said arrogantly: "Our army has passed Shanguan to get food and grass, and we will kill the generals and come back in a moment, and we will flatten Fujian like a vertical Like a horse treading grass!"

He snorted again, "I advise you to take good care of this general. When Yingbeile orders my warriors to massacre Fuzhou, if I am in a good mood, I may be able to make you slaves in front of my tent, and save a little life." ..."

Zhu Linmi frowned, turned to Tie Dake and said, "Mr. Tie Qian made a great contribution this time, and he did a good job."

Tie Dake hastily cupped his hands and said modestly: "Your Highness, I appreciate the award."

Zhu Linming said again: "Mr. Tie Qian can confirm the identity of this person?"

"Returning to Your Highness, this subordinate has ordered dozens of prisoners to test and check it before, and there should be no mistakes."

Zhu Linmi nodded, looked at Boluo, and said calmly to Shi Lin: "Drag it, cut it off."

"Yes!" Shi Lin saluted and turned around, letting the two soldiers pick up Bo Luo and leave.

Boluo was taken aback, he didn't expect the other party to be so relentless, and immediately shouted: "I am Daqing Gushan Baylor, and I am ordered to conquer the South General, dare you... oh——"

The last sound was Shi Lin's big hands like iron pincers pinching his neck.

Zhang Jiayu thought for a while, leaned over to Zhu Linmi's side and cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "My lord, this Boluo is a fake clan relative of Jianlu, it may be useful to keep him alive."

"Yuanzi's thinking is right," Zhu Linmi watched as the soldiers pressed Boluo to the ground without stopping him, "If it was with him, he should stay and use up his value. But right now, the living Boluo is a bit troublesome." , just use the head on his neck."

As the sound of sharp blades breaking bones came to his ears, Shi Lin held Boluo's head and came over, "Your Highness, the thief has been executed."

"Immediately send five hundred miles of fast horses to send Boluo's head to Shaowu Mansion." Zhu Linmi glanced at the bloody head and ordered Zhang Jiayu to say, "All counties and garrison places along the way will stop for a while and pass on the news to our army. Yu Yanping smashed the main force of Jianqian and beheaded the puppet general Boluo. The remnant soldiers of the captive army fled to Shaowu in panic like dogs in mourning, and our army followed closely to suppress them."

He waited for Zhang Jiayu to write down one by one, and then continued, "Order Yanping and all the Ming troops in Shaowu Mansion to prevent the enemy from fleeing in their respective defense areas. There must be no mistakes. Defeating the captives is meritorious, and being passive is a crime."

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu's eyes lit up, "Your Highness's plan is very clever!
"Since the captives are stealing and changing posts, everyone in Fujing thinks that the main force of the captives is in Yanping, and Boluo is the leader of the bandits. Now that Yanping has been established, Boluo has been killed. Before that, he was at both ends of the head and feared the future. I will not dare to wait and see any more, and turn to fight against the captives with all my strength.

"There are no less than [-] Ming troops in the north of Yanping and Shaowu Mansion. If they don't ask them to stop Jiannu, even if they harass them from the side, they can greatly delay the speed of the bandit army going west.

Although Azig took away all the food and grass of Jianlu, it was still limited. As long as he was allowed to pass Shanguan later, he might have run out of food and collapsed. "

(End of this chapter)