On the north bank of the Hunhe River, the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion was struggling to push one cannon after another, and the heavy artillery ran over the soft riverbank, drawing a deep wheel mark.

Seeing the sound of killing on the opposite side from a distance, and the dragon flag of the Tianwu Army was planted on the high ground on the south bank, Kong Youde was taken aback and said: "Why did the south bank lose so quickly?" ”

On the south bank of the Hunhe River, after Geng Zhongming and other Han army banners were defeated, the Tianwu army was like a bamboo, chasing and killing one after another, Haoge led the blue flag to block the attack, the battle started less than half an hour, the Eight Banners Army was defeated again, and they fled to the north bank with the pontoon bridge.

On the bank of the Hunhe River, there are corpses everywhere, tens of thousands of war horses and armor abandoned by the Eight Banners Army, many people drowned in the water, and the floating corpses are drifting, like geese, dyeing the water of this section of the Hunhe River red.

"Report! Obey the king, the emperor has an order, order you to quickly set up the artillery array, immediately prepare to meet the enemy, be sure to block the Ming army by the Hunhe River, if you hesitate, you will not be spared! ”

After the herald, Ao Bai led a team of cavalry with the yellow flag to hurry over, and Huang Taiji was worried that Kong Youde would rebel against the water, and even transferred his own Baya Laxu battalion to supervise.

Looking at the arrogant Aobai, Kong Youde knew that he had no way out, gritted his teeth and roared: "Pass the order, quickly set up the formation, if there is a delay, cut it!" ”

Heavy red-coated cannons and Franco machine guns were mounted on the north bank of the Hunhe River, and the front perimeter of these guns was stacked with sacks and earthen baskets for cover, and one by one the Wuzhenha super gunners in cotton armor were waiting for them.

On the north bank of the Hunhe River, in addition to the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner, there were also the Eight Banners Han Army led by Ma Guangyuan and Zu Runze, as well as thousands of Korean firecrackers.

The scarlet battle flag of the Tianwu Army fluttered in the wind, and the brigade commander Gao Bang led the forward army to shout the trumpet, steadily advancing to force the crossing of the Hunhe River.

Looking at this army with high morale, Kong Youde's eyes showed madness, and he sneered: "Dare to rush forward without the cover of a shield car, I really can't use my Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion as an ornament!" ”

He hatefully ordered: "When they enter the range of the artillery array and bombard Lao Tzu fiercely, I don't believe that they are not raised by their fathers and mothers!" ”

After a short time, the dense Tianwu army poured into the river bank and began to build pontoon bridges to prepare to cross the river.

Kong Youde immediately shouted: "Prepare to open fire, concentrate fire on the south bank, and focus on the area around the pontoon!" ”

"Fire!"

The fuses on the guns were lit in unison, and the hissing sparks kept rising, and at the shouts of the artillery commanders, hundreds of guns in the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery array roared in unison.

The earth-shattering cannon roared, and a piece of black pressure shells whistled through the sky and flew towards the formation of the Tianwu Army on the south bank.

The earth was shaken, and the iron bullets weighing several catties or even more than ten catties smashed heavily on the land on the south bank, kicking up large pieces of dust, and the rapidly rotating iron balls flew out dozens of meters, tearing a bloody road in the Tianwu Army's military array like a devastating one.

Some of the Tianwu musketeers were swept away, and they immediately screamed, some of them were half of them gone, some of their thighs were broken, and even the whole person was torn apart, and hot blood was sprayed everywhere.

A cannonball shot in front of a deputy regiment commander of the Tianwu Army who charged, and smashed a cylindrical hole, if it weren't for the uneven and extraordinarily soft ground in front of him, blocking the momentum of the cannonball, I was afraid that he would have been beaten to the bones.

The deputy regiment general looked at the deep hole, and still had some lingering palpitations, and then Liu Dawei, the regiment commander on his side, shouted: "Qi Guangyang, what are you stunned, pick up the military flag and rush up with Lao Tzu!" ”

"Yes!" Qi Guangyang stabilized his mind, quickly picked up the military flag that had been knocked down by the shell, and continued to move forward.

Another round of shells flew, and many soldiers in front were swept away, and stumps and flesh flew to the ground.

Suddenly, a miserable scream sounded, and Liu Dawei, the head of the regiment, was broken by half of his body, and the blood in his intestines flowed, staining the ground under him red.

"Mr. Tuan!" Qi Guangyang and several armor soldiers of the regiment's general guard hurriedly tore off the inner lining under the armor and blocked it.

"Ahh Liu Dawei's face was distorted, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "Kill Lao Tzu!" ”

"Brother Liu......" Qi Guangyang shouted.

Liu Dawei is the old man of the Tianwu Army, and he has always taken good care of his brothers in the army, and a few days ago he swore that he would take his brothers to enter Shengjing first, and give the three regiments an independent number, which will go down in history, but I didn't expect it to be today......

Liu Dawei twitched all over, his face turned white, and he endured the pain and said: "I can't work horizontally, Lao Tzu..... Lao Tzu doesn't want to suffer! Kill Lao Tzu! ”

Qi Guangyang gritted his teeth, grief in his heart, but he still drew his saber and stabbed Liu Dawei's heart.....

Liu Dawei grabbed Qi Guangyang's arm tightly with one hand, raised it with difficulty, and pointed to Shengjing City on the north bank of the Hunhe River, but finally didn't speak, and slowly closed his eyes.

In the roaring cannonball, Qi Guangyang wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, raised the banner of the three regiments again, and shouted: "Now I will take over the command of the three regiments, and the whole regiment will move forward and attack!" ”

The soldiers of the three regiments around roared and shouted: "Attack! Offensive! ”

Rounds of artillery continued to roar, and the continuous Tianwu army continued to move forward, approaching the Hunhe River without hesitation.

Through the telescope, Kong Youde on the north shore clearly saw that the Tianwu Army had suffered heavy losses, and one flag after another was constantly falling and being erected, and so on.

He laughed and shouted loudly: "It's really happy, continue to bombard Lao Tzu fiercely, and send the Tianwu Army to the sky!" ”

A large number of cheers also sounded in the position of the Wuzhenchao artillery battalion, this one-sided slaughter was really painful!

Looking at the subordinates around him who had suffered heavy losses, Gao Bang, the commander of the forward brigade of the Tianwu Army, scolded angrily: "Fuck, what about our heavy artillery brigade!" When will it be in place? ”

The military counselor said: "Brigade commander, the heavy artillery brigade is behind, but there is no way to arrange it, the firepower of the Tartars on the opposite side is too fierce, so we can only wait for them to cease fire before arranging the artillery array!" ”

The artillery of the heavy artillery brigade used a fixed charge pack, and although the reload speed was increased, it did not have an advantage in range.

Gao Bang hatefully kicked an iron bullet that stopped in front of him, gritted his teeth and said: "Wait for Lao Tzu to kill him, and he will not skin this group of dog-stricken Tartar artillery alive!" ”

In the roar of artillery, the artillery array was shrouded in thick smoke, and the artillery battalion of Wuzhen Chaoha was firing wildly, almost without data such as the angle and distance of the school team, just loading and firing the artillery to cover the south bank.

The many medical soldiers of the Tianwu Army braved the shells to desperately carry the wounded soldiers to the rear for treatment, and collected the bodies of the dead soldiers.

Such a tragic battle situation made the Eight Banners of the Han Army defending on the north bank tremble, if they were the gang on the other side...... I shudder to think about it.

A few miles away from the battlefield, Zhu Cihong's Chinese army was set up here, and he had already been reported by the heralds, and the soldiers in the front had suffered heavy casualties, more than 1,000 people at present, and even a regimental commander had been killed in the battle.

The regiment of the Tianwu Army is always equivalent to a guerrilla general, placed outside, more majestic than other generals of the Ming Army, and the most important thing is that they are all people who have experienced a hundred battles, and now one person is killed in battle, which is a major loss for the Tianwu Army.

Yang Qili hurried over and said, "Your Highness, the loss of the pontoon bridge by the Hunhe River is too great, and the follow-up boats and planks are no longer enough. ”

He added: "After reconnaissance, Kong Youde's Wuzhen Chaoha artillery formation also used bunkers and dug a trench, and our army's heavy artillery brigade is afraid that it will not be able to give full play to its advantages last time." ”

Zhu Cihong's brows furrowed, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Order Gao Bang, the vanguard army to suspend the attack and withdraw outside the range of artillery." ”

"Order Wan Junjie to let his heavy artillery brigade advance and arrange the artillery array as soon as the ceasefire of the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion ceases fire, and destroy their artillery array at all costs!"

"Order Fang Zhenghua, the superintendent of the army, and Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, and let the two of them, no matter what method they use, gather 500 boats along the Hunhe River and put them into the battlefield within three days to build a pontoon bridge!"

Under normal circumstances, three or four rounds of artillery must dissipate heat for a while, and after firing more than 20 rounds, it must stop to dissipate heat for an hour.

The threat of the artillery emplacement on the opposite side is great, but there is always a solution, and the most difficult thing now is to cross the river, the boats are not planked, and the construction of the pontoon bridge is a big trouble.

It is now September, and it has not yet reached the dry season, the water level of the Hunhe River is not low, and the river is hundreds of meters wide, and it is very difficult and risky for the Tianwu Army to swim over with arms.

What's more, there are still many Eight Banner Army on the other side of the river, and it is obvious that they have suffered a loss, and now they are specially sending people to defend the Tianwu Army from swimming across the river.

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The Hongyi cannon is a shipborne cannon imitated by the Ming Dynasty in Europe, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty with a strong sense of cultural inferiority avoided the word "Yi", and specially hung a red silk on the cannon and renamed it the red-clothed cannon.