On the hillside of the Yongwei battalion, dozens of Hongyi cannons were lined up, and the cannonballs flew like locusts frantically towards the Qing army.

The infantry array of the Qing soldiers is too dense, it is difficult to miss it, and the lethal effect of the Hongyi cannon is too strong!

The disadvantage is that it is too heavy to be transported, and the six-pound Hongyi cannon has weighed 1,000 catties, and there are several Shenwei general cannons weighing 5,000 catties on the city wall of Beijing.

Zhu Cihong sent people back to Beijing in the past two days and transferred all the artillery of the Yongwei battalion. Ten six-pounder Hongyi cannons, fifteen three-pounder Hongyi cannons, ten large Furlong cannons, forty medium-sized Furlong cannons, and a few magic arrows.

According to the theory, it was necessary to fire a wave of artillery first, and then wait for the opponent to rush a hundred steps before striking with a musket.

However, Zhu Cihong was worried that the artillery salvo would scare these Jiannu away, so he waited for them to launch a major attack before using artillery.

Zhu Cihong's purpose was not to drive away the Qing soldiers, but to eliminate the living forces of the Qing army!

There is another reason, and the main reason, that the artillery casting process at this time is not as good as that of later generations, and it cannot be fired continuously.

After a few rounds of firing, the gun needs to stop firing to dissipate heat and clean the chamber, otherwise it is easy to explode.

In particular, the Hongyi cannon must not be fired more than three times in a row, and it must be suspended for more than half an hour after each 40 rounds to cool down the barrel, and the operational requirements in all aspects are too high.

The distance between the two sides was outside the range of most artillery, and even if some artillery could hit, it was not within the effective killing distance.

The hundreds of gunners of the Yongwei battalion calmly opened fire and loaded their ammunition one by one, and under their fire, pieces of Qing troops were beaten with flesh and blood, which was unbearable to see.

These gunners were carefully trained by the Yongwei Battalion, as the Beijing battalion with the best conditions, plus Zhu Cihong, who was the crown prince, took special care of them, and there were a large number of shells for training on weekdays.

It can be said that the artillery of the Yongwei Battalion is the most elite existence in the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Fire!"

As soon as the artillery commander gave the order, dozens of Francophone cannons in the artillery array of the Yongwei battalion let out bursts of roars, and a large number of shells flew out, slaughtering a large number of Qing troops.

Several artillery pieces deliberately lowered their muzzles to take care of the shield soldiers of the Qing army at the forefront.

After a roar, the shields of the Qing army in front of them fell to the ground, and many Qing soldiers behind the shields were pierced by projectiles, screaming and rolling to the ground.

The fierce artillery fire of the Yongwei battalion caused a commotion in the Qing army camp that was attacking on a large scale, and some Qing soldiers fled in all directions screaming wildly, running back and forth, not knowing what to do.

There are also some little clever ghosts lying on the ground motionless and not daring to move, dodging the rain of bullets, and the Qing soldiers behind see that the practices of these little clever ghosts are effective, and they also follow the same example, and lie on the ground honestly.

Suddenly, a large number of Qing troops were lying on their stomachs and pretending to be dead, causing a burst of laughter among the soldiers in front of the Yongwei Battalion.

Because the Yongwei battalion fired artillery, Yanguli was taken aback, and he ran to a high ground behind him early under the escort of his own soldiers, avoiding the falling shells.

At this time, Yanguli looked at the Qing soldiers lying all over the ground, his face was blue with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The dignified Qing soldiers were actually beaten like this by the Nanban......

The Qing army traveled a long distance and did not carry artillery, and some of the artillery captured from the Ming army was also transferred to the front line by Azig to attack the city, because the Yanguli could only be passively artillery, but there was nothing to be done.

A Jia Lazhangjing beside Yanguli looked at the tragic battle situation in front of him, and couldn't help but say: "Elu, our warriors have suffered too heavy losses, order the withdrawal of troops!" ”

At this time, the Qing army had lost more than 2,000 people under several rounds of artillery bombardment by the artillery of the Yongwei Battalion, and now there are less than 6,000 people left.

Yanguli said with red eyes: "No! King Gongshun once said that artillery could not be fired continuously, and once they stopped shelling, he immediately ordered all the cavalry with white flags to kill from both wings, and give priority to destroying their front formations of firearms, and then the infantry followed and pushed over, completely annihilating this Ming army! ”

The King of Gongshun in his mouth is Kong Youde, the Ming general who defected in the Denglai Change, and after Huang Taiji became the emperor, he was named the King of Gongshun, and Kong Youde took away most of Sun Yuanhua's firearms troops, especially the artillery, and he has a deep understanding.

Not long after, the dozens of guns of the Yongwei battalion really stopped, and the artillerymen immediately cleaned the gunpowder in the breech, and then covered the guns with a thin quilt soaked in ice water to cool down the guns as soon as possible.

Seeing that the artillery of the Ming army had stopped, Yanguli immediately ordered all the Mongolian cavalry with white flags and eight banners to attack, and went straight to the musketeer phalanx of the Yongwei battalion from both flanks.

As long as it is close, the Ming artillery is naturally useless, and besides, Yanguli plans to completely eliminate these thousands of brave guard battalions while the artillery is cooling, and he is confident in the close combat of the Eight Banners Army.

The cessation of artillery fire gave the Qing infantry a respite, felt safe, and after hearing the horn of the attack, they got up and charged.

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In the city of Liangxiang, a few miles away from the battlefield, there was a large area of residential houses crowded with the people of the Ming Dynasty, numbering tens of thousands, and these people were all captured by the Qing army from the Changping area.

In the city, there were also a large amount of grain, grass, livestock, and silver and money, so large that even the Qing army did not know how much they had looted along the way.

Fearing that the plundered people would escape and steal the goods, the Qing soldiers hit them in one place and sent troops to patrol them, and as long as anyone left the area, they would be killed directly.

The Qing army selected a group of craftsmen from among the common people to be guarded individually, and asked the craftsmen to repair and manufacture weapons and equipment for them, and those who did not obey were directly killed.

The Qing army also selected thousands of young women from the common people and gathered them in one place to be responsible for laundry and cooking chores. Every day, many Qing soldiers will come here to have fun and vent their animal desires.

The lives of these captive Ming people are very miserable, the places are small and crowded, and they eat some leftovers every day, and many people can't even eat this.

Therefore, every time it is time to eat, there will be a fierce fight here, and the person who grabs the food desperately stuffs the food into his mouth, for fear of being snatched away.

The Qing soldiers who were patrolling outside laughed and watched them scramble for food, and from time to time they said some bird language, as if they were betting money to see who could grab the food.

Here, human life is no longer valuable, and every day there are some people who die in a fight for food, while some old, weak, sick and disabled people cannot grab food at all, and can only starve to death every day.

The Qing army had only 300 people guarding the city, so the Qing army selected some people from the captured people to act as minions to help them manage and organize the captured people.

Some people immediately signed up enthusiastically and were willing to be lackeys, these people were called traitors in later generations, and they were called Ertars in the Ming Dynasty.

Facts have proved that the two Tartars are often worse than the real Tartars, usually nodding their heads and currying favor with the Tartars, turning around, arrogant in front of their compatriots, indispensable, with the help of the breeze of the Qing army, the fox and the fake tiger and the dog fight the human power.

On weekdays, when it comes to meals, they have to choose and eat the meals first, and then distribute them to other people according to their mood, and there are even some women who are lucky enough to avoid the corruption of the Qing army, and they are forcibly raped after being discovered.

Just as the captives were gathering at the center, some people with sharp ears heard bursts of artillery in the distance, and as they listened carefully, they found that more and more artillery fire was sounding.

"What's that sound?"

"It's the sound of artillery! Are the officers and soldiers coming? ”

"The dog officers and soldiers will only harm us, how can they come to save us?"

"It's not the officers and soldiers who will shoot at the Tartars, it must be the officers and soldiers who have come to save us!"

"We have saved ......"

Countless people became excited, looking at each other and crying.

The Tartars and the two Tartars who were defending the city ran to the city wall one after another, looked into the distance, and saw that on a hillside in the distance, there was a dense Ming army neatly arranged, and on the opposite side of them, countless Eight Banner Armies were frantically attacking them.

The faces of the Tartars are very unsightly, they are all battle-hardened soldiers, and they can still see a little bit of the battle in the distance, and their Eight Banners Army seems to be very bad.

When the two Tartars who were usually fighting for the tiger saw the faces of the Tartars, they suddenly felt weak in their hearts and were thinking about the way back.