Chapter 390 Camel Cannon 6000 Words Big Chapter

At the military meeting convened by Song Xiance, the generals under him were full of war spirit, and they simply disdained the reinforcements of the 10,000 Qing Dynasty.

Although the generals did not dare to disobey Song Xiance's orders, their inner disobedience was still obvious, and they were not used to seeing the weakness of a scholar and literati like him, which was manifested in shaking their heads and mouths, talking and shouting, and no one took the 10,000 Qing Dynasty Qinwang teachers in their eyes.

Especially Hao Shaoqi, He Renlong, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan, as well as Cui Changhao, the general of the dynasty, they are all seven dissatisfied, eight are not angry, aren't they just some camel soldiers? Camels with cannons, can they stand up? Isn't that a joke? Even if it is a stand, can it still be as powerful as our red-coat cannon and new muskets?

In fact, you can't blame these people for being arrogant, they have a good record with their Lin Jianguo along the way, they are invincible, invincible, invincible, and they don't know how to write the word defeat.

Once upon a time, the Manchu Eight Banners were known to be invincible, and even Mongolia and the DPRK had to bow and worship, but what was the result?

In just one or two years, so many founding fathers of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Baylor and famous traitors, including Dolgon, hundreds of thousands of Qing troops and eight banners were invincible in the world before, and the result was not beaten out of temper? Even after suffering defeats, from the defeat of Shanhaiguan to their Jingshi, why worry about the fact that only 10,000 Qinwang have come now?

Therefore, one by one, they competed to fight, scrambling to be the first, and they used me in the first battle, and they used me to win.

However, in the face of such high morale, Song Xiance was not happy. Because he knows that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, not because he can pinch and calculate, nor because he is rich and rich, talented and calm, but he has experienced too many such things.

Want to follow Li Zicheng back then, from Henan all the way to Shaanxi, the first country of the Ming Dynasty, the Dashun Dynasty was born, which is unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty in nearly 300 years, and then from Shaanxi to Yanjing through Shanxi all the way, forcing Chongzhen to hang himself alive, the world's heroes are not the only ones? Li Zicheng, the king of Dashun, is the pride of the sky, and the change of dynasty is a sure thing, how dare the princes of all parties and the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty not come to bow and worship?

However, only Lin Yi, the soldiers and horses, and Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan don't know the current affairs, isn't it a mantis arm as a car?

At that time, Song Xiance was the same as the current He people, Long Hao, and they were even more arrogant than them.

But the result? The Dashun army was driven out of Yanjing, and the defeat of Shanhaiguan was so miserable that the emperor was killed!

What's even worse is that Xi'an, Shaanxi, the hometown of the Dashun army, was also served by Lin Yi's Ming army, and the Dashun country was short-lived and completely defeated.

That time, Song Xiance had a long memory, and the arrogant soldiers would be defeated!

Now that Lin Yi, the master of the prison country, is not in front of him, he has to be cautious. Therefore, when he saw these stunned young people flying high, gearing up, and eager to try, he was a little unhappy, and he said in his heart that he had never suffered a big loss, not to eat a trench, not to grow wise!

Therefore, Song Xiance's little black face was gloomy, look at this, look at that, and finally he had to send a team of soldiers and horses to resist the enemy, although he needed to be cautious in using soldiers, and he could not be proud of the enemy, but the battle still had to be fought.

Now that the camp has been settled, it means that they have a place to stay, they can attack when they advance, and they can defend when they retreat, so he has to send a team of soldiers and horses to feel what the strength of the other party is.

Therefore, Song Xiance picked and chosen, and finally chose He Renlong to take the lead.

Don't look at the two of them before, they were natural enemies, because Song Xiance was the protector of the thief leader Li Zicheng, and He Renlong was the chief military officer of the imperial court to suppress the thieves, and he was not an ordinary general with troops, but one of the mainstays of the imperial court to exterminate the thieves, because he fought bravely and did not want to die in battle, and was called He Madman by the thieves.

But now the two of them are a family, and relatively speaking, Song Xiance values He Renlong more, this person is loyal to Lin Yi, and more importantly, he is a martial artist with a red Miaozheng, leading the team to fight for many years and has rich experience. Non-Hao Shaoqi, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan and others are comparable, these people are self-taught buns at most.

Therefore, Song Xiance sent He Renlong to fight with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and sent an artillery battalion to cooperate with him.

Of course, Song Xiance was not idle, 5,000 soldiers and horses against 10,000 people, which in itself was a light enemy, he must not make such a mistake.

Therefore, after He Renlong left, Song Xiance ordered another 20,000 horses, and brought Hao Shaoqi, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan to cheer for He Renlong.

It is in Heigang Town, outside Shengshangjing, less than 20 miles away from Shengshangjing, and more than ten miles away from the camp of the Ming army.

At this time, the 5,000 Ming army led by He Renlong, plus 500 artillery carrying 50 red-coated cannons, encountered the Qing army's division of King Qin.

Song Xiance took Hao Shaoqi, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan and a team of people to watch the battle on the high slope in the distance.

5,000 Ming troops lined up, 50 red-coated cannons were placed on the high ground, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the Qing camp in the distance.

A few hundred meters away from the opposite side, tens of thousands of Qing troops also set up the battlefield.

The 10,000 Qing troops were roughly divided into two camps, one was the ordinary cavalry camp with about 3,000 people, all of whom were Mongolian generals from Horqin, that is, Mongolian iron cavalry.

However, the difference between these 3,000 soldiers and horses is that all of them are ironclad soldiers, not only are the people in full armor, but the war horses also wear iron armor.

This team stands out in the sun.

But what was even more eye-catching was the other camp, which was all camels, without war horses, and these Mongol Tartars all rode on camels, and there were five or six thousand men.

This time, the Qing army struck first, but it was not the kind of charge that came and went like the wind, but marched forward in line, just like a military parade, 3,000 ironclad cavalry and five or six thousand camel soldiers lined up in a neat battle formation.

10,000 horses is not a lot, it seems overwhelming, boundless.

He Renlong had already made preparations, he stared at the Qing army that was slowly coming, he took the guards, and immediately commanded the battle from a high place.

The artillery commander of the Ming army saw that the Qing army had entered the range of the artillery, and waved his hand down, which was the order to open the artillery.

50 red-coated cannons opened fire on the Qing army's camp, and for a time the mountains shook, the smoke billowed out, and the flames soared into the sky, because the shells led the grass and trees.

As soon as the cannon of the Ming army rang out, the 10,000 Qing troops no longer moved forward slowly, but accelerated the speed of the charge, and one shell after another fell in their camp and exploded.

The redcoat cannon lives up to its name, and 50 guns fire at the same time, which is also quite powerful. The Qing soldiers on the opposite side were blown upside down, and the ironclad war horses or camel soldiers were blown up, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and some flew into the sky.

It also caused local chaos, but this did not affect their overall charging formation, and the overwhelming Qing army still advanced rapidly.

He Renlong, who was in charge of commanding this battle in a high place, looked at it, haha, you have this ability, first as cannon fodder, and then as a target, he raised his big knife into the air, and shouted: "Kill-"

The 5,000 Ming troops who were ready to attack rushed towards the Qing army camp on the opposite side like the water of the embankment, and the two armies hedged against each other, and the shouts were earth-shattering.

When the two sides rushed to a distance of about 200 meters, the red-coated artillery on the side of the Ming army stopped firing, first, the first round of shooting had been completed, and second, because the two sides were too close to each other, for fear of hurting their generals.

But at this time, the camp of the Qing army rushing over from the opposite side suddenly changed, and the ironclad cavalry and camel soldiers dodged to the side and stopped the charge.

The soldiers of the Ming army who were charging forward were also a little stunned at a glance, according to their thinking, the two sides rushed together in the blink of an eye and started a hand-to-hand white-knuckle fight, but there were still two hundred meters apart, why did the Qing army on the opposite side suddenly stop charging?

At this time, another special team appeared, and it was all camel teams, and there could be hundreds of camels, row by row, neatly arranged, with a certain interval between each row of camels, and a relative distance between the two camels, so as not to be chaotic.

Each camel also carried a cannon on its back, which was similar in shape to the redcoat cannon, but much smaller and therefore much lighter.

After the camel caravan was discharged, it was divided into several rows and stood still. Well-trained Mongol soldiers came running, two soldiers were responsible for a camel, that is, a cannon, one was responsible for the high and low angles of the cannon, that is, aiming, and the other was responsible for firing the cannon.

The charging Ming soldiers understood, and they picked up the muskets in their hands and began to shoot, but at this time their muskets looked a little like a drizzle.

Because the Qing army on the opposite side was well-trained and skillfully operated, and in the blink of an eye, ten thousand cannons were fired.

Although this cannon is not as long as the range of the red-coated cannon, and it is not as powerful as the red-coated cannon, it has a fight with the golden franc machine. In fact, this camel cannon is improved on the basis of the Tiger Cannon, which can be regarded as an upgraded version of the Tiger Cannon.

The tiger squat cannon was invented by Qi Jiguang and equipped with the Qi family army to fight against the Japanese invaders. But later Qi Jiguang also used it to equip the army, and part of the army that fought against the Mongols in the north fell into the hands of the Mongols in Mobei.

The Mongolian Tartars are not all stupid, there are many smart people, and the imitation of firearms is not only the patent of the Manchu Tartars, but also the Mongolian Tartars, they have improved them, and they have become the current camel cannon.

Compared with the tiger squat cannon, the weight of the camel cannon has increased by two or three escorts, there are more than 30 catties of the original, and now it is more than 100 catties, and his home on the camel makes his mobility stronger.

An increase in weight means an increase in firepower. First of all, the barrel became thicker, and the caliber was about the same as the mouth of the bowl. The second is the increase in power, in the past, rocket artillery mainly fired iron nails and small leads, but now it is still this thing, but the amount has increased, and the gunpowder has also increased, which means that the range and power have increased.

Just when the pace of the Ming army's charge slowed down and their eyes were puzzled, some of the Ming soldiers began to shoot with their own flintlock pistols in their hands.

The opponent's camel cannon rang out, and with a boom, it was also earth-shattering.

Ming Jun's self-generated flintlock pistol can only knock down one shot with a snap, and this kind of camel cannon can knock down a piece of the Ming army, so these two firearms are not equal at all, just like millet plus rifles and aircraft cannons.

As the fire at the muzzle of the gun flickered, the sky was full of bullets and rain like fairies scattering flowers, and the soldiers of the Ming army who rushed over quickly fell down.

Then hundreds of such camel cannons opened fire one after another, and for a time the artillery roared, the smoke billowed out, the Ming army suffered casualties everywhere, and the Ming soldiers who were not killed or injured retreated.

He Renlong, who was in charge of the command in the back, was furious, He Renlong was a very face-saving person.

He worked hard to get over this battle, Hao Shaoqi, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan and others all rushed to come over, Song Xiance didn't send them, but sent him He Renlong alone, which shows that he He Renlong is still quite okay in Song Xiance's eyes.

If he defeats his prestige today, maybe Song Xiance's little black face will sink down, and he will have to cut off his head, even if Song Xiance doesn't kill him, how will he explain to Lin Yi, the master of the prison country, in the future?

Aren't they just these cannons on camels? Rush me!

He Renlong was not convinced, but he organized three charges in succession, all of which ended in failure, and finally he personally rushed up to no avail, because he couldn't rush at all, and if he couldn't get close to the enemy, he would be blown up to a blur of flesh and blood, and corpses were everywhere, and most of the casualties of 5,000 men and horses in the four charges were lost.

And these camel cannons are not fixed there, they are still moving forward, and in the end, not only did they beat He Renlong's 5,000 men and horses to the ground, and the corpses were all over the field, but also the 50 red-clothed cannons, including 500 artillery battalion soldiers, were blown to pieces, and the bones were gone.

But He Renlong still fought to the death, and he was injured in many places, and he made up his mind that even if he died on the battlefield today, he couldn't go back and let that little man Song Hei cut off his head, it was too embarrassing.

At this time, Song Xiance and the others, who were watching hundreds of meters behind them, were surprised at first glance, this camel cannon was too powerful, and with ironclad war horses, it was simply indestructible.

Hao Shaoqi, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan and others also widened their eyes in shock, can they still arrange troops like this? They are simply unheard of!

Song Xiance saw that if he continued to fight, the whole army would be annihilated, and he immediately ordered the troops to retreat.

He Renlong did not dare to disobey the order, and he had no choice but to give the order to retreat, and in this way, the more than 5,000 Ming troops who were responsible for the lead were completely defeated and retreated.

But the Qing army is not finished, just like the Manchu Tartars worshipped, and the Ming army bit and did not let go, the Qing army chased after them, and the camel cannons moved forward and bombarded them again.

In the end, the camel cannon could not catch up with the defeated Ming army, after all, the camel did not run as fast as the war horse. But they still have a killer feature, that is, 3,000 ironclad cavalry, rushing out like a whirlwind, and then it's time for them to really exert their power.

The camel cannons stopped roaring, but the 3,000 Mongol ironclad cavalry, like an impregnable chariot, charged on horseback and shot arrows with bows.

The eagle on the Mongolian steppe, Mobei Mongolia is also a strong army that can dominate the world.

At this time, He Renlong's 5,000 soldiers and horses, to be precise, including some artillery, were 5,500 soldiers and horses, and there were not more than an hour before and after, and there was not much left.

Song Xiance didn't see it well, and quickly ordered Hao Shaoqi to lead thousands of men and horses to rush over to respond, no matter what he said, he couldn't let their whole army be wiped out, because this was tantamount to seeing death and not saving him, in addition, He Renlong was a rare general, and he was deeply loved by Lin Yi, if he died on the battlefield, how would he explain to Lin Yi, the master of the prison country, in the future? Just left Lin Yi, the first time he commanded such a battle, he lost such a general, and he seemed too incompetent!

Hao Shaoqi's men, this is one of the elite troops under Lin Yi, and the first batch of musket battalions equipped is now 5,000 people.

Hao Shaoqi saw that He Renlong had lost the battle, and the Ming army suffered so many casualties, and his eyes were red. Gu Dong Gu Dong smoked a gourd of wine, and then shook the wine gourd, the armor on his upper body was also stripped off, and his bare shoulders exposed to his chest hair, waving his big flagpole, he took the lead, ready to block this Qing army and turn the tide of the war.

The main general is like this, and the soldiers are not afraid of death, and the soldiers of the musket battalion are also bravely taking the lead, like the fierce tigers in the mountains, rushing to kill with a loud voice, and it is like a flash flood.

It crackled and exploded one after another like firecrackers.

But the musket battalion was sharply weakened in the face of these ironclad cavalry, because it was far away, and the bullets hit the ironclad horses or ironclad soldiers at all use, and if they got close, they would be injured by their arrows.

The two sides fought for less than half an hour, and the camel artillery team behind caught up again, they aimed at the Ming army and roared and set off the artillery, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties.

Hao Shaoqi was fighting with the soldiers of the Ming army, and with his bravery, he pierced several iron-armored toads in a row, but at this time, the cannon exploded in front of his eyes, Hao Yaoqi screamed, threw the big flagpole and fell in a pool of blood.

The guards around him rushed over desperately, rescued Hao Shaoqi, who was covered in blood, and ran, and in this way, the Ming army was defeated again.

The ironclad cavalry and camel artillery of the Qing army pursued closely behind, and in this way they reached Song Xiance's guard battalion.

Song Xiance also had to run along, otherwise Song Xiance would have to be captured and captured, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan were dumbfounded now, and they didn't dare to be strong, so they had to take people and horses to protect Song Xiance and the others and run away together.

But the 10,000 Qing army chased endlessly, and they clung to the back, and the Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind, and these big camels really ran quite fast, at least faster than the two legs of people.

At this time, Dolgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty on the upper floor of the capital, stood on the high city gate tower, and he took the civil and military officials and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and a group of palace maids and eunuchs, and saw this scene clearly through a single-tube telescope.

Originally, he was also very worried at the beginning, could the matter of 10,000 Qin Kings deal with the tiger and wolf divisions of the Ming army?

Now he is relieved, the Ming army has retreated again and again, whether it is a red-coated cannon or an invincible musket, in front of this 10,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, it is simply vulnerable.

Now that I saw the Qing army chasing the Ming army, Dolgon and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang couldn't help laughing, Dolgon's illness was also cured, and the Empress Dowager's waist didn't hurt anymore.

Then Dolgon ordered the fierce generals of Bolo, Sonny and Xihan to lead 20,000 Qing troops out of the city to help the battle, let Huaishun play Geng Zhongming, and Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi, and lead the remaining thousands of men and horses to hold the Jingshi.

In this way, 20,000 Qing troops opened the south gate, the east gate and the west gate, and the tide came out, and they rushed across the moat like a tornado, rushing towards the camp of the Ming army.

This time, the Ming army could not hold its position, even if it was defeated and returned to the camp, the defense line of the Ming army camp became vulnerable for the first time in front of the 30,000 national soldiers on horseback.

In the end, 30,000 Qing troops stepped on the company camp of the Ming army, and 200,000 Ming troops suffered a chain of defeats, and they were defeated for more than 100 miles in one breath before they closed their positions.

This was the first major defeat of the Ming army fighting outside the pass since Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in 1644.

After Song Xiance and others closed their positions, they saw that the Qing army did not chase after them, so they hurriedly looked for favorable terrain and built fortifications to prevent the Qing army from chasing them again, and then counted the number of people, treated the wounded, and set up camp.

Song Xiance ran very badly, the Taoist hat on his head was about to run away, he was drenched in sweat, and his little black face was shining with sweat because of the sweat on his face.

But now he couldn't care much about it, wiped the sweat on his face and didn't even breathe, and hurried to see the injuries of He Renlong and Hao Shaoqi, the two main generals in this battle were injured.

He Renlong had two arrow wounds on his body, and one was injured by a cannonball, but his three injuries were not fatal, and now he was in a coma due to excessive blood loss, and the military doctor was rescuing him, and the operation was bandaged and medicated, and he was very busy, He Renlong's face was pale, and he lay there motionless.

The most seriously injured was Hao Shaoqi, who was mainly injured by a camel cannon.

The wound was mainly on the waist, the flesh and blood were blurred, even the armor was broken, the iron nails and lead bullets on his body were everywhere, and he dragged a big bare shoulder, and a few nails were still nailed to his ribs, which was shocking to see, and the military doctors looked at it and shook their heads, and there was nowhere to start.

At this time, Hao was lying there, no different from a dead man, only a faint float on his chest.

Song Xiance's face turned pale, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan and the others didn't dare to shout, and asked Song Xiance with a sad face.

Song Xiance shook his head again and again and sighed, "What can I do?" When will the Prison Lord arrive, I'll be ready to plead guilty! ”

At this time, the casualty figures came up, and more than 20 thousand Ming troops, including the allied forces of Mongolia and the DPRK, suddenly lost more than 40,000 people, not counting the wounded generals, and it is estimated that the casualties of this battle were about 50,000.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Ming army were silent one by one, their faces were full of frustration, and their morale fell greatly.

Half an hour later, the camp was set up, but it was already evening, the sun was falling, and the soldiers of the Huotou battalion had already begun to bury the pot to make food, and the curling smoke rose in the field.

At this time, the dust in the distance became a big one, and a team of people and horses swung up the billowing smoke and dust, like a giant dragon in the air, but the Ming army in the front was particularly conspicuous, and the fiery red satin was embroidered with the word "Ming" in splendor, and then there was a line of small words: "Ming Jian Guolin".

Soon Song Xiance received a report, and Lin Yi, the superintendent of the country, came!

Song Xiance hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and led the generals to line up at the gate of the camp to greet him, and when he saw Lin Yi's horse head coming closer, Song Xiance took Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan and other soldiers to hula and knelt down.

Song Xiance took the lead in kowtowing upwards, "The criminal minister Song Xiance greeted the Lord of the Prison Country, we are incompetent, please surrender your ......"