Chapter 254 Artillery fire

On the sixth day of the lunar month, the five thousand iron cavalry led by Beile Mang Gurtai and Haoge of the Later Jin Kingdom took the lead in rushing to the Karaqin Department. At this time, Lin Dan Khan had already retreated, leaving Karaqin in a mess.

In just half a day, Uliangha led the Karaqin children back to the place where they lived, and after learning about the situation of the tribe, Uliangha raised his head to the sky and screamed miserably, and rolled off his horse. Karaqin suffered countless casualties, cattle and sheep were robbed, and many young women in the clan were also robbed. For hundreds of years, the Karaqin tribe has never been so miserable. At this moment, Wu Liangha seemed to have lost his soul, he didn't know why he wanted to go to Guannai with Huang Taiji, knowing that Lin Dan Khan had bad intentions, and took away all the capable fighters in the clan.

The high-spirited Uliangha became silent, as if he had lost half his life. Mang Gultai and Hauge didn't know how to comfort the frustrated man, and now the Karaqin disciples also had other voices, some people were opposed to Uliangha's original decision, and there were already people who wanted to oust Uliangha from power.

The matter of Karaqin may only be solved by Huang Taiji, and what needs to be done now is to deal a heavy blow to the Han people stationed in Gyeongju City.

Although it is possible to go east from Karaqin to return to Horqin directly, there is no need to fight Gyeongju. However, if you don't hit Gyeongju, how can you hang it on your face?

If it weren't for this Han army to mess up the rear of the Dajin Kingdom, maybe the children of the Eight Banners would still be crisscrossing the hinterland of Gyeonggi in the Ming Dynasty. The hateful Han people, the hateful Yunfu Iron Horseman.

The next day, Dai Shan led the red flag and the blue flag to the Karaqin Department, at this time, the Eight Banners and Mongolian soldiers and horses gathered in the Karaqin Department had nearly 20,000 people, and it was time for Mang Gurtai and others to make a move on Gyeongju.

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Zunhua City, since the recovery of Zunhua, Hou Shilu has not returned to Beijing. At this time, there was a serious disagreement in Zunhua City about whether to continue the pursuit. Yuan Chonghuan felt that since he had driven the Jurchens out, there was no need to chase after them. But Hou Shilu didn't think so, he felt that he couldn't let the Jurchens withdraw easily, but to continue to chase and kill.

At this time, Man Gui was seriously injured and was still raised in Beijing, and the soldiers and horses of Datong Mansion were temporarily headed by Lou Daji. The Xuanfu of Datong Mansion advanced and retreated together, not to mention that Lou Daji and Tiemo had a very personal relationship, so they naturally supported Hou Shilu, but Yuan Chonghuan's status was respected, and there was really no place for him to speak here.

Regarding what to do next, the two sides were arguing, and Yuan Chonghuan was already a little anxious, "General Hou, there is a way to chase the poor Kou, since the Tartars have returned to the Guanwai, if we continue to chase, if we fall into the ambush of the Tartars, what should we do?" ”

Although Yuan Chonghuan is the Jiliao Governor and his status is respected, Hou Shilu, as the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, does not need to look at Yuan Chonghuan's face to do things, so he said with a strong attitude: "Inspector Yuan, don't forget, there are still my 20,000 Yunfu iron horsemen outside the pass, with the temperament of a Tartar, I will definitely not let the iron garrison withdraw easily, and at the moment, the 20,000 soldiers still need us to respond." ”

"We can easily defeat the Tartars, but thanks to the iron garrison leading the troops to attack Liaodong, now that the Tartars have retreated, do we care if they live or die?"

Hou Shilu was so resistant, Yuan Chonghuan's face was a little unbearable, he got up and said coldly: "Having said that, but the iron garrison doesn't need to fight with the Tartars at all, he just needs to give up Gyeongju and return to Zhangbei along the same road." ”

"Inspector Yuan, how can you talk like that?" The Black Cloud Dragon had a fiery temper, and immediately couldn't suppress the fire.

"When the iron garrison came, it was Lin Dan Khan's way out of the way on his own initiative in order to get benefits. Now, who knows what Lin Dan Khan thinks? According to the spies' report, before the Tartars arrived at Xifengkou, Lin Dan Khan withdrew, this guy made it clear that he didn't have a good heart, how can you guarantee that if the soldiers and horses of Yunfu return the same way, Lin Dan Khan will not stumble halfway? ”

As soon as Heiyunlong finished speaking, Li Jiasheng continued: "That's the truth, hum, Inspector Yuan, with the lives of our Xuanfu disciples, is it worthless in your eyes, we ......"

Before Li Jiasheng finished speaking, He Kegang couldn't listen to it anymore, slapped the table and said loudly: "Shut up, what is your identity, you actually talk to Inspector Yuan like this." ”

Li Jiasheng has no concessions, they are all leading the troops, who wants to bow their heads?

"Why, you don't let people talk anymore?"

Although Zu Dashou and the others also felt the need to chase down and take over the soldiers and horses of Tiemo, at this time, they still had to stand on Yuan Chonghuan's side. For a while, the atmosphere in the house was hot, and the two sides would fight at any time. Yuan Chonghuan shouted angrily: "Enough, look at you one by one, what do you look like?" ”

"Chief Hou, in this way, why don't you repair a book, and let Your Majesty decide?"

Yuan Chonghuan's attitude eased a little, but Hou Shilu frowned, he was quite suspicious in his heart, does this Yuan Inspector understand military affairs? It takes at least two days to repair the book and send it back and forth, but the situation around Gyeongju Castle outside the gate will be the same for a while, and the military situation can not wait.

"Inspector Yuan, if you want to wait, just wait, tomorrow Hou will lead the children of Xuanfu to attack Xifengkou."

Turning his head, Hou Shilu looked at Lou Daji, "General Lou, what does Datong Mansion think?" ”

Lou Daji arched his hand and said: "When I came, I saw that the chief soldier had already ordered, and when it came to everything, I would listen to the orders of the chief soldier Hou." ”

"Okay, that's the case, tomorrow I will also ask General Lou and General Li's cavalry to be the vanguard, and give the old man a bite of Huang Taiji, and we must not let the Tartars easily pass through the Xifeng Pass!"

"Whoa!"

Yuan Chonghuan's face was extremely gloomy, Lou Daji's voice was so high, was it deliberate? This Man Gui has always been unpleasant, and he didn't forget to let the people under his hands take eye medicine at this time.

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On the eighth day of the second lunar month of Chongzhen, Mang Gurtai and Daishan led nearly 20,000 troops to Linqingzhou, and at this time, there were more than 20,000 iron cavalry in Yunfu under Tiemo, and the strength of the two sides was almost equal, and no one suffered a loss.

On that day, the Yunfu Iron Cavalry did not defend Gyeongju, but lined up outside the city, with the intention of fighting with Mang Gurtai. At this time, it completely angered Dai Shan and others. Since the Battle of Salhu, the Ming army fought in the field, almost every time it was deflated, so, in the later confrontation, the Ming army was almost all based on the city, even if it was a field battle, it must be several times the number of troops, mainly defensive.

This iron ink is good, there is a city that is not defended, and it also takes the initiative to pull outside the city and make a posture of attacking each other. With the same number of troops, wouldn't this be a contempt for the combat effectiveness of the children of the Eight Banners?

In the temporary camp, Dai Shan's face was gloomy, and the steel knife in his hand slammed the dead grass on the ground, "What a bold Han man, since the Han people are like this, then we must teach this group of Han dogs a good lesson." Ladies and gentlemen, for the sake of Karaqin and the Dajin Kingdom, please work hard to keep this group of Han dogs in this land forever. ”

As for why Tiemo did this, in fact, he also had his helplessness. This time I came to Liaodong, considering the speed of the march, the soldiers and horses I brought were almost all cavalry and artillery carriages. In Sun Chengzong's words, if the cavalry goes to defend the city, it is a waste, and the artillery in the hand at the moment is purely used to defend the city, which is also a waste of firepower.

It is true that the city is defended, but there is another problem. The soldiers and horses of Yunfu can't stay in Gyeongju, and they must be transferred as soon as possible, so defending the city, if they can win, they can't be transferred at any time, which is a loss in itself. Field combat is different, as long as the vanguard of Mang Gurtai and Daishan is defeated in one fell swoop, you can take advantage of the chaos to rush south. At this time, General Hou must have sent troops to chase Huang Taiji's main force to the north, ready to receive the soldiers and horses of Yunfu.

Of course, you can go west along the original road and return to Yunfu, but Sun Chengzong does not recommend this, who knows what Lin Dan Khan is thinking in his heart? It is absolutely foolish to pin the fate of more than 20,000 soldiers on Lin Dan Khan. If you can control your own destiny, you will definitely not depend on others. Retreat to the west, in case Lin Dan Khan moves his bad intentions and sends troops to the Hanhai Grassland, and the main force of Huang Taiji pounces again, the army of Yunfu will die without a place to be buried. Continuing north? To the barren land of Siberia?

At that time, the cold wind in the north was raging, the wind was howling, and the sky and the earth were dark. The two sides were separated by two miles, and the army was arrayed, with murderous intent, and a big battle was about to break out.

I don't know who roared, the earth trembled, and the Houjin cavalry, in their own way, launched the fiercest charge. This time, Haug was still charging forward, his eyes blazing, as if he was going to burn everything.

On the other side, the defensive formation of 3,000 infantry has been completed, and the shield wall is matched with the musket team, and due to the small number of shield soldiers and infantry, the fire coverage cannot be compared with usual. But this time, it was not them who really caused the killing, what they needed to do was to use the firepower and the shield wall to block the Jurchens' charge, and really charge into the battle and create their own own people who caused damage.

There were too few musketeers, the musket phalanx was not covered by enough fire, and it was okay because there was artillery.

At the rear of the team, the best firing position had already been selected, and for the safety of the artillery, Tiemo even sent Liu Guoneng's subordinates over.

On the top of the running slope, the black cloth was taken off, and the black iron pipes were pointed at the sky, one or two, a full thirty of the latest artillery, revealing hideous faces and sharp fangs. On this day, it will eventually be remembered by history, artillery will finally open its own chapter, and artillery will appear on the stage of history in field battles.

The artillery formed a separate battalion, named the Agni Battalion, and behind the side of the artillery position, a middle-aged man in an earthy yellow military uniform, holding a sabre, looked at the battlefield like a black cloud in the distance. His name is He Jingyuan, his ancestral home is Shandong, he used to be a firecracker craftsman, later joined the army, and then offended Qian Qianyi, and then was exiled to Biansai. By chance, Tiemo met He Jingyuan, and He Jingyuan's talent in artillery simply made Tiemo stunned, so He Jingyuan left Suide and became the first helmsman of the Agni Battalion.

In fact, at this time, only the firing range needs to be considered, as for the accuracy, in front of the cavalry array, one shot will go down, there will be casualties!

In the blink of an eye, the black cloud-like cavalry had already crashed into the shield wall array in front of them.

Bang bang bang musket volley, coupled with the shield wall protection, the impact speed of the Eight Banners disciples instantly dropped a lot. The frontal charge did not work, and Dai Shan ordered to separate and make a detour from both flanks. What puzzled Dai Shan was that the great war had begun, and the Han cavalry had not moved forward so far.

The wind blew bitterly, and the dead grass on the ground mixed with debris flew all over the sky, and the horses' hooves trampled it, and the earth cracked, splashing many clods of earth.

It's a dark day, and it's an ending that no one knows......

In the distant artillery position, He Jingyuan's voice finally sounded, "Ready..... The guns are in place, the direction is northwest, and the angle of fire is forty-five degrees...."

"A good shot ....."

"The second artillery is good ....."

"Three guns are good ......"

When all the artillery was loaded, He Jingyuan finally waved the small red flag in his hand, and then the artillery made a terrible whistling sound.

Bang bang bang bang ......

The cannonballs sprang out of the chamber and flew into the distance, from clear to vague, carrying the hope of everyone in the Flame Battalion.

He Jingyuan looked coldly into the distance, and kept shouting in his heart. Blow it up, blow it up, blow it up to hell, and shut up those who don't accept it completely. At one point, many people found the Iron Garrison, and they complained that the Flame Camp was taking up too many resources. Even General Zhou said that a fire battalion can raise an army of 100,000. And the Agni Battalion, with its combat power, may not be comparable to an army of 100,000.

Today, it is the first time that the Agni Battalion has gone to war, and General Zhou and those people must take a look, the materials smashed on the Agni Battalion are all worth it.

Day by day...... Boom Boom Boom ......

In the cavalry array charging in the distance, there was a earth-shattering roar, and the earth trembled violently, and then I saw black clouds rising from the crowd.

In the rear, Dai Shan only felt that his body was unstable, and after finally standing firmly, he looked at the battlefield again, and only felt that his heart seemed to be broken. Is that artillery? Why did a dozen or even dozens of Eight Banners disciples die with their horses?

At this time, the charging cavalry felt the deepest, they only felt that something had fallen, and then they felt a nearby mountain shake, after the loud noise, the smoke billowed out, and after the horses were frightened, they neighed continuously.

The brothers who were still charging together just now were gone in a blink of an eye, some of them were scorched black, and some of them were even several pieces of people and horses. Charred corpses, with minced flesh on their faces.

What the hell is this, is it a thunderbolt?

Boom Boom Boom ...... Day by day......

What made the children of the Eight Banners even more frightened was that the terrible sound, the terrifying explosion continued, and the artillery fire continued, and there seemed to be no intention of stopping.

Non-stop bombardment, this is what He Jingyuan learned from the three-stage hit. Considering the cooling of the chamber and the continuation of the fire, he divided the artillery battalion into three teams, one of which fired a salvo, with very short intervals in between.

The black clouds of despair kept rising, and every time they rose, at least a dozen Eight Banners disciples were lying on this land forever. Some people are already desperate, how to overcome this demon in the face of this? The once invincible and arrogant Jurchen Iron Rider had fear for the first time.

Dai Shan's head was stunned, he felt that if he continued to fight like this, his people would always be here. No, it must not be like this, once the morale of the army collapses, and the cavalry of the Han people counterattacks, then the whole army will be annihilated.

Calm down, you have to calm down! Dai Shan clenched his hands, sweat streaming from his fingertips.