Ming Empire

Chapter 230 Unlocking Hellfire
Boluo is the grandson of Nurhachi and the third son of Abatai, the king of Raoyu County. Because of his outstanding military exploits and great brains, he was appreciated by Dorgon and was reused.

During the establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty, Boluo followed Huang Taiji to conquer everywhere, made military achievements repeatedly in the battle against the Ming army and Mongolian tribes, and was later named Beizi.In the second year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji granted Boluo the post of discussing politics.In the third year of Chongde, he was granted the title of Lifan Academy.During the Battle of Songshan, Boluo and Azige captured Bijia Mountain and obtained a large amount of rations from the Ming army; they also set up an ambush with Luo Luohun and others to defeat the fleeing Ming generals Wang Pu and Wu Sangui.

This time following Dorgon's southern expedition, Bo Luo was one of the most capable generals under Dorgon, but he did not expect that he was killed by the shells fired by the Ming army before he led the army to charge. Died very uselessly.The news soon spread to Dorgon, and Dorgon became furious when he knew it. He once again ordered all the troops to attack with all their strength, destroying the artillery of the Ming army regardless of the cost, and broke into the Ming army's position.

At the same time, he ordered Boluo's elder brother, Abate's second son, to assist Guogong Bohetuo to direct this wave of attacks.

He wants Bo and Tuo to fight desperately to avenge his younger brother Bo Luo.

At this time, Abatai was fighting against the bandits led by Li Zicheng in Shanxi with Duoduo, and his fourth son Yue Le was with him.Abatai's eldest son, Shang Jian, died young, and the other two sons, Bo Hetuo and Bo Luo, followed Dorgon to serve.Originally, Abatai thought that letting the two sons follow Dorgon would surely make another military contribution and get a further promotion.Unexpectedly, this was the beginning of his family's tragedy.

After learning that his younger brother was killed by the solid bullets fired by the Ming army, Bo and Tuo were filled with grief and indignation. After receiving Dorgon's order to command another wave of attacks, they immediately ordered that all the people participating in the attack should do their best. Charge to the Ming army position, no one is allowed to retreat.After giving the order, he quickly rushed towards the Ming army's position with his own soldiers and the three thousand flag soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner under his command.

At this time, the artillery of the Ming army continued to bombard. After firing three rounds of solid ammunition, the [-] new artillery pieces of the two Guards divisions began to use flowering ammunition. The whistling sound fell on Jiannu's formation, more or less blasting some people into the sky.

Because of Dorgon's strict order, the charging formations of all walks of life cannot be dense, but must be scattered, and they will not gather until they are within the range of the bow and arrow.Therefore, the damage caused by artillery shooting to Jiannu has been greatly reduced. In addition, after several rounds of artillery firing, the temperature of the barrel needs to be cooled, and the gunpowder remaining inside needs to be cleaned up. The frequency and intensity of artillery firing began to decrease.

Jiannu participated in this wave of attacks with at least 4 people. They came from multiple directions. The artillery of the Ming army could not cover all the impact surfaces. Charge over the position.

People sometimes have a herd mentality, and it's the same when fighting. When seeing their companions shrinking, they also feel timid and dare not charge forward.But if the people around you have no worries and keep going forward, then you will also be encouraged.

Jiannu's first and second attacks were due to the huge lethality of the artillery. The surrendered Ming Jiang army turned and fled first, and the Han army and the Korean army followed.But the third wave of attacks, because many escapees were shot or beheaded, and the Jurchen elite cavalry also joined the attack sequence, and they rushed forward regardless of the artillery bombardment, even passing the following The Mongolian Eight Banners behind the Han army.The bravery of the Jurchen elite soldiers also inspired other Jiannu, not many of them dared to stand still, and they all rushed forward in a swarm.

However, wars in the era of hot weapons cannot be won by courage. Cao Yue's firepower configuration was unexpected by Dorgon, Fan Wencheng had never seen it, and the other Jiannu had never expected it.When Jiannu thought that he had passed the coverage area of ​​the Ming army's artillery, accelerated further, and was about to start to assemble, the Franco cannons equipped on the warships in the canal and the guards on the shore also began to roar.

Although the range of the Flang machine gun is shorter than that of the Hongyi cannon and the new artillery newly equipped by the Ming army, its rate of fire is far superior to these two types of artillery.Just when Jian Nu thought he had rushed past the artillery firing area of ​​the Ming army, revenge shells from the front of Fran's machine gun poured on them.More intensive explosions sounded in Jiannu's formation, and countless Jiannu and their horses, together with the blown up soil, were blasted into the air.

At this time, the shields held by Jiannu in the front of the charge, originally intended to block the musket fire of the Ming army, became a burden. These huge shields not only did not play any role, but became a stumbling block when Jiannu charged. Some Jiannu were not caught The cannonball hit, but the horse lost its front hoof because it stepped on the scull shield thrown on the ground.Under the continuous bombardment of the artillery, there were a lot fewer Jiannu who were lucky enough to continue to charge forward.But the remaining Jiannu did not flee, and the elite soldiers of the Mongolian Eight Banners and Jurchen Eight Banners continued to charge forward.

In fact, besides the Han army and the Korean army, the current slave soldiers, the Mongol Eight Banners and the Jurchen Eight Banners are really not bad in combat effectiveness. They are far better than ordinary Ming soldiers in riding and shooting and battlefield endurance.After suffering such a tragic loss, they did not have the slightest fear, let alone retreat, and continued to move forward.

Bo and To were much luckier than his younger brother Boluo. Many of his soldiers had been killed or wounded by artillery, but he was unscathed.Regardless of the continuous falling of the Ming army's artillery shells, Bo Hetuo kept ordering the soldiers under his command to charge forward.

He held his breath and wanted to avenge his younger brother Boluo who had just died in battle, and he knew that only by rushing to a place not far from the Ming army's defensive line and within the range of the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers, could he pose a threat to the Ming army, otherwise Only beatings.

Under the demonstration of Bo Hetuo and other Jurchen generals, the Jurchen cavalry and the Mongolian Eight Banners burst out with a huge impact. Facing the continuous explosion of the artillery, they plunged into the sky-high gunpowder smoke and charged towards the Ming army's position.

The Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Banners of Korea, and the Ming Jiang Army were also encouraged. They changed their incompetence and cowardice during the first and second waves of attacks, and rushed forward together with the Eight Banners of Jurchen and Eight Banners of Mongolia.

It was almost noon. Although the wind was not strong at this time, Cao Yue, who was standing on a high place, could still see the figure of Jiannu rushing through the binoculars amidst the smoke.After seeing Jiannu at the front rushing to about a mile away from the ground defended by the Ming army, he decisively issued another new order, "Turn on the hellfire."

Following Cao Yue's order, all the Franco cannons in the two defensive positions on both sides of the canal adjusted their shooting circles to the bottom, and began to bombard a certain area about one mile away from the Ming army's position.With the huge roar of the artillery and the explosion of the shells after landing, the land was suddenly torn open like a giant. Amidst the loud noise of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, successive explosions came from the direction near the Ming army position. Fang Yanyan instantly engulfed the slaves who had just emerged from the smoke.

(End of this chapter)