Chapter 169: The Battle of Putai

After having dinner with his subordinates, Mo Li immediately ordered the soldiers to rest and replenish their strength, leaving only the sentries on duty at night to be on guard. [ 八一 (Chinese?[?) [ ]]].] 8〉1〕Z]].COM

Nothing happened overnight.

After sleeping until the third watch, Moli ordered the generals to gather men and begin to march towards Putai.

In order to prevent the sound of horses' hooves from revealing their whereabouts, Mo Li ordered the hooves of all the war horses to be wrapped in thick cloth, so that the war horses would not make a loud noise when they ran, making it difficult for people to notice.

More than 2,000 soldiers quickly moved into action, stepped on their war horses and rushed towards Putai.

Putai is only less than forty miles away from here, and the cavalry of Moli is all selected fat and strong Mongolian horses, which run very fast and have long-lasting endurance, and the soldiers braved the severe cold to attack overnight, and soon ran out of more than 20 miles.

He Zhenbei and Li Guo led 300 people as the vanguard soldiers, responsible for solving the possible ranger outposts sent by the rebels, so as not to reveal the whereabouts of the army.

However, I don't know if it was because the officers and soldiers were too weak and incompetent to attack, which made Pan Yanfei too arrogant and confident, and he was not afraid of the officers and soldiers coming to suppress him, or because of the severe cold weather, the rebels were all cowering in the city and were unwilling to come out, and they didn't encounter a single rebel outpost along the way.

In this way, Mo Liqin led the army to advance to five miles below the city of Putai, but the rebels in the city still did not notice that the official army was coming, and they were still drunk and drunk in the barracks, and fell asleep.

The rebel soldiers at the head of the city were also drowsy, hiding in the corners of the battlements and napping, or lighting a fire to make a fire.

Therefore, when Moli's 2,000-strong army suddenly slaughtered the city, the rebels in the city were all shocked. At this time, it was not yet dawn, and the rebels never dreamed that the officers and soldiers would come to attack at this time. Because people in this era basically have night blindness, and now it is late October, there is no moon in the sky, and the four fields are dark, where are the officials and soldiers from?

What's more, the last few times I have dealt with officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers have been immediately defeated, and this has also greatly boosted the arrogance of the rebels, who feel that they are all big straw bales and are vulnerable.

And this sudden appearance of the official army finally made the rebels sober up, knowing that there are no absolutes in the world, and the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not all like the Beijing camp that has been transferred from high to low.

But, it's too late.

Although the Moli Department did not carry heavy artillery, and not even many Furlong cannons, the firepower of the Mobu was still very strong. In addition to dozens of Franco cannons, each of them was also equipped with a single flint gun, the prototype of this modern rifle was undoubtedly the world's leading in this era, and the fast firing frequency and high hit rate caused the rebels on the city to fall one after another.

In addition, the Moli Department is also equipped with two hundred newly developed individual weapons by Lei Luo and others-Rocket Slip!

Speaking of this rocket slip, in fact, it also has a lot of origins.

The earliest Ming of the rocket slip was Zhao Shizhen in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, he received inspiration from the bed and bolt of the bird, and thought that since the bed and bolt of the bird bolt can make the lead shoot accurately, the rocket is not possible, so a rocket launch device is made, which can give the rocket a certain direction and angle, which is the prototype of the modern rocket launch device.

The main firepower of the rocket slip is a small and medium-sized gunpowder of the burning type, the range is much longer than that of a crossbow, bow and arrow, etc., and when it hits, it will produce a small explosion, and the scale of the explosion is about like a sudden fire burning. The shape of the rocket slip was much smaller than that of the current bazooka, but it was all cylindrical.

When he was in Lingchuan City, Mo Li went to inspect the weapons research of Lei Luo and others one day, and happened to see a drawing drawn by Chang Youbao, an old craftsman who came from Dalinghe, and felt a little familiar, so he asked Chang Youbao.

Chang Youbao said that it was Zhao Shizhen's rocket, and he was Zhao Shizhen's assistant more than ten years ago and assisted Zhao Shizhen in researching some firearms. Since following Mo Li, he saw that Mo Li attached great importance to scientific and technological research such as firearms, so he remembered Zhao Shizhen's rocket.

often Youbao explained, and Mo Li also remembered the bazooka of the individual combat weapon of later generations. This rocket is very close to the bazooka of later generations in principle and design, but the casting process and gunpowder raw materials are different.

Artillery casting requires a very high process, and the material requirements are also very high, and this kind of recoilless bazooka used by individual soldiers, the structure is extremely simple, the casting materials and process requirements are not high, as long as the problem of artillery shells is solved, it can completely equip the army in large quantities and greatly improve the combat effectiveness.

At this time, the gunpowder used in the Ming Dynasty was still black powder, compared with yellow powder, the power of black powder was much worse, the performance was also unstable, and it was easy to explode.

But yellow powder, that is, yellow explosives, is good, but it was only discovered by the Europeans more than a hundred years later, where to find it at this time?

Mo Li was not a graduate student who studied science weapons in his previous life, and he was not even a middle school student who could attend classes well, so he naturally didn't know how this yellow explosive was prepared, so he had to let Lei Luo, Chang Youbao and others study it slowly on their own to ensure that it was safe and convenient to use.

As for the question of the amount of power, it can only be improved slowly in the future.

After more than half a year of repeated trials and research, Lei Luo and Chang Youbao and other craftsmen finally developed the rocket, after testing, the range can reach 300 to 500 meters, the hit rate is relatively high, and the operation is also convenient, but the power of the warhead explosion is not very large, and it is more to produce explosion and combustion to make the enemy panic.

This time, when Du Geng, He Zhendong and others were ordered to lead their troops to Liaodong, Lei Luo and Chang Youbao handed over the 300 rockets they had just made to Du Geng and brought them to the battlefield in Liaodong.

However, due to the fact that when Du Geng and the others rushed to the battlefield of Dalinghe, the Pingyang army and the Jin soldiers had already fallen into a stalemate in a melee, in order to avoid accidentally injuring their own people, so the rocket slip was not used in that battle.

It was not used on the battlefield in Liaodong, but it came in handy during the suppression of the rebellion in Shandong. Two hundred rockets roared up the city, causing the rebels to catch fire and bloom, and when they touched clothing or wood, they began to beep and burn, although the lethality was not very large, but because of the long range, it was sudden, and it still caused great panic among the rebels.

"Kill! Kill! The earth-shattering shouts and earth-shattering cannons outside the city alarmed Pan Yanfei, and he hurriedly pushed away the two rich daughters who had just been captured yesterday, jumped out of bed naked, and shouted while getting dressed: "Chen Jianren! Chen Jianren! ”

Chen Jianren is Pan Yanfei's henchman and his personal commander, hearing Pan Yanfei call him, he hurriedly rushed in, and said in a panic: "General, it's not good!" There are many officers and troops outside the city attacking the city! ”

"What?!" Pan Yanfei was taken aback and said angrily: "Why didn't you come to report me earlier?" How many officers and soldiers came? Where did the soldiers and horses come from? ”

"This ......" Chen Jianren was speechless for a while, he had just been woken up by his subordinates, where did he know how many people came, so he said stupidly: "General, I just got the news from my humble position, and I was about to come to report, according to Xiao Wu, the official army seems to have five or six thousand people this time!" ”

"So many?! Damn it! Where did this come from, and the officers and soldiers came to attack the city overnight? Pan Yanfei was crazy. Putai is just a small county town, the city wall is low, and there is no fortification to defend, if this is broken by the official army, it will be over.

"Quick, prepare the horses! Check it out! Pan Yanfei put on his clothes and armor and went out with weapons.

The two rich women who were kidnapped by Pan Yanfei and had lewd pleasures were also woken up at this time, and they looked at each other, shocked and frightened, and each hugged their bodies and trembled.

Pan Yanfei and Chen Jianren led their troops to the head of the city, only to see the thunderous sound of horses' hooves under the city, countless officers and soldiers were frantically attacking the city, and shells, bullets, rockets, etc. rained down on the rebels at the head of the city.

The rebels on the city wall were blown up and screamed, wolves rushed to the pigs, and chickens and dogs jumped, so they were not embarrassed.

"General! Checkmate! Oh no, I can't stop it! The general Wang Xiao covered the bloody wounds on his face, ran over and said hurriedly. He was also unlucky, when he was commanding the rebel troops to resist the officers and soldiers at the head of the city just now, he was accidentally knocked off half of his flesh by a stray bullet in his face.

"Wang, what the fuck is going on with you? Aren't those officers and soldiers vulnerable? How did you beat you up so badly? Pan Yanfei said angrily. After Kong Youde let him break off, it was smooth sailing for several days at first, why did an officer and soldier who are not afraid of death come out of nowhere today?

Wang Xiao said with a sad face: "General, this officer and soldier are too fierce! Their guns and bullets are as if they don't need money! The brothers can't stop it! General, get out of the way! ”

Looking at the guns and shells flying in the air and blooming everywhere, Pan Yanfei dared to stay for a long time, and hurriedly took Wang Xiao, Chen Jianren and his own soldiers down the city, and hurriedly gathered people and horses to prepare to abandon the city and flee.

Because, he saw a group of officers and soldiers pushing a dozen Fran machine guns towards the city gate, but almost no one of the rebel subordinates at the head of the city dared to intercept them, and even many of them had already begun to run towards the city.

How did Pan Yanfei not know the virtue of these rabble, they were all some hungry people who were coerced, and most of them were just full of momentum and shouting with the rebels before to loot around, and they had no real combat effectiveness.

Pan Yanfei knew that the general trend was gone, and if he didn't run away, he was afraid that he would have to give his life here, so he ordered a retreat and took everything he could take away.

Although Putai Castle is small, it also has two gates, east and west. Pan Yanfei gave an order, and the rebels under his subordinates rushed towards the east city gate at the moment, fearing that they would be killed by the official army after they fell.

"Wu Da fool, don't you run quickly, wait for the official army to arrest you and cut off your brain!"

"Run, run! Hurry up, everyone! If you are caught by the official army, you will die! ”

"Oops! Dead fatty, you fuck off! Blocking Lao Tzu's way! ”

"Help! Daddy, mother! You save me......"

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The rebels opened the gate of the east city and fled in the direction of Dengzhou, and Pan Yanfei no longer bothered to pack up the soft food, and ran faster than a rabbit.

When the rebels opened the east gate and fled, the new Liao army led by Mo Li also successfully broke through the west gate, and the soldiers swarmed in to pursue the rebels......