Chapter 43: Saving Lives
The battalion general immediately replied: "Commander Qiqi, we can make the gunner's muzzle raise a little, only hit the Jiannu in the back, let the refugees in front get close to the wall, and then prepare a small number of dead soldiers to rush out with thunderbolts to intercept the Jiannu behind the refugees!" Use a thunderbolt to die with them, stop their attack, and take this opportunity to put some refugees in the pass, although you can't save all, but at least you can save some people! Please, the marshal! ”
When Yan Chongxi heard this, he immediately shouted and asked, "Is it possible for the gunner to hit so accurately?" Are you sure? ”
This battalion general was previously an artilleryman, and immediately nodded vigorously: "There is no problem with our gunners!" It's just that those gunners of the officers and soldiers don't dare to guarantee it! So if you want to do it, only our gunners can do it with our guns! ”
This battalion general is actually good, although the range and power of artillery in this era are not too large, and the accuracy is average, if you want to do this kind of thing, it is a little difficult for those gunners, but it is not impossible, because the use of artillery in the Xingtian Army is very different from that of other armies, and all types of artillery in the Xingtian Army have already realized the use of quantitative medicine packs for loading, and the cast cannons are also unified in shape and specifications, which makes the accuracy of the artillery of the Xingtian Army far exceed the artillery of other armies. After all, the gunpowder of each shell is accurately weighed, and the gunpowder with relatively stable performance is used, so the range and power of the shell can be guaranteed, unlike the artillery used by the Ming army and the Jiannu army, or the bulk gunpowder used, the amount of charge each time is basically completed according to the gunner's experience, and the quality of gunpowder is also unstable, so that the accuracy is difficult to guarantee, so this battalion that is familiar with artillery may not be able to change this opinion to others. However, the gunners of the large Chinese army can basically get a certain guarantee.
This is also the basis for his opinion, and at the same time he demanded that only the gunners of the Great and Medium Army and those artillery should be allowed to carry out such artillery tasks.
When Yan Chongxi heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Then do what you say!" Immediately pass my general's order, and let all our gunners prepare! The rest of the gunners were not allowed to fire! Give Lao Tzu a hard beating of those slaves! In addition, where is Wang Chengping! ”
Wang Chengping immediately shouted: "The end will be!" ”
"Go down and pass on my general order to recruit a hundred dead soldiers below the chief, each with a single knife and five thunderbolts! Downtown in a moment! Go and stop me from building a slave! Write down their names, and after this battle, all of them will be reported to the Ministry of War, and their families will be given generous care, and each of them will be awarded a medal of courage! Enter the Martyrs' Shrine for permanent enshrinement! Yan Chongxi immediately ordered.
The reason why he will order the recruitment of dead soldiers below the commander is mainly because it is not easy to train officers in the large and middle army, and if too many senior officers are killed, it will affect the overall command, so such an order was issued, and the Medal of Courage is a kind of medal in the medal system implemented by Xiao Tianjian in the early days of the Xingtian Army, which is specially awarded to the soldiers who dare to fight to the death in battle, and most of them are awarded to those who have died in battle. Moreover, his heirs can be preferentially selected as students in the lecture hall, and after they come out, they are basically officers, and they can win a future for their heirs! So this is also an incentive for the soldiers.
Sometimes the generals in the army always joke about this, saying that even if they want to die, it is better to die as a daredevil, and after they die, they can basically get the Order of Kokang, so that their families will be able to worry about food and clothing for a long time in the future!
And in this era, human life is the least valuable, every time there is a big war, the Xingtian Army will often organize such daredevils to fight in order to reduce more casualties, and they can often receive miraculous results, so this kind of daredevil's tactics are very popular among all departments of the Xingtian Army, and there are many soldiers who are willing to act as such daredevils!
After Wang Chengping answered the order loudly, he immediately went down and began to do this in person, and at the same time prepared a battalion of troops, ready to receive refugees in three closed gates.
Just when they were just getting ready, the main city of Shanhaiguan and the three places of the north wing city and Dongluo City took the lead in sounding a series of cannons, and Wu Xiang over there could no longer hold on, and began to order the defenders under his command to shoot at the pass, this kind of artillery bombardment can be said to be indiscriminate shelling, whether it is a refugee or a Jiannu army, all of them are bombarded.
After the defenders' shells fell, then among the refugees who walked in the front, there was a bloody light, and after each shell fell, a bloody alley was opened among them, which immediately caused a large number of casualties among the refugees, and individual shells also fell among the Jiannu army behind, and the same was the flesh and blood of Jiannu.
With a cruel grin, Dorgon looked at what was happening in front of him, and said with a sneer: "Boom! Let them bang! Anyway, it's all their Han people who die, and I don't believe they can kill all these Han dogs! Pass the order, and the people behind are not allowed to mess up! Whoever dares to retreat will be killed on the spot! ”
Where can the refugees who were shelled endure such a scene? So more refugees threw the dirt bags on their shoulders, and they wanted to flee to the back in a panic, but they were greeted by a piece of knives and guns, and in an instant, a large number of refugees fell under the butcher's knives of the Jiannu army, forcing these refugees to brave the artillery fire of the defenders and continue to advance, the refugees cried and begged the defenders in the city not to fire any more artillery, but Wu Xiang in order to hold the city, how dare he order to stop firing artillery, the defenders' artillery sound came and went, and the cannonballs still bombarded mercilessly, More refugees began to turn into clumps of flesh and blood, scattered under the Shanhaiguan, and a large amount of human blood soon soaked into the soil, making the soil in this area much more fertile.
Yan Chongxi shook his head helplessly, turned around and shouted loudly: "Command to fire!" Kill those damn slaves for me! Beat! ”
At this time, the gunners of the Dazhong Army, who were ready at this time, gritted their teeth and carefully operated their cannons, and began to ignite one after another, only to see that on the Guancheng west of Xiluo City, a series of fires flashed in an instant, and the smoke rose at once, and all kinds of shells immediately whistled away from the cannon chamber, and in an instant, they fell into the distance.
Yan Chongxi clenched his fists and shouted to Guan Xia with tears: "Fathers and villagers below! I'm sorry for you! This matter has to be a last resort, and only in this way can Yan save the lives of more people! Offended! After defeating the Tartars in this battle, Yan will personally burn paper for you to pay tribute to you!
Come on, give the order, shout together, and get those refugees to come faster! We'll save them! ”
After receiving the order, the generals of the large and medium-sized soldiers stationed along the wall and the Ming generals who were their auxiliaries immediately began to shout in unison: "Folks, run!" Run forward! We will save you! Hurry up and run forward! ……”
These shells shot by the Dazhong Army are different from the shells played by the defenders of the Ming Army, unlike them that bombard and kill regardless of whether they are enemies or enemies, these cannonballs of the Dazhong Army, as if they have eyes, whistling and flying out of the cannon chamber, basically crossed the heads of the refugees at the front, and soon sprinkled them in the formation of the Jiannu army that followed behind, and then opened a bloody alley in the Jiannu army. Actually hit some siege equipment pushed by Jiannu from a distance, when even some siege equipment collapsed, suddenly the followers of these pushing equipment were shaken over, and the flying sawdust injured a lot of followers and Jiannu soldiers, and the Jiannu was a little dizzy.
"Damn! Why are these thieves' cannons so accurate? Only beat our people, but not those damned Han dogs? Azig stood behind Dolgon, and when he saw this, he immediately exclaimed and cursed.
Dolgon's pupils also shrank sharply, this situation was not expected by him in advance, in his cognition, the current cannon is not so accurate, the cannon of the Xingtian thief is almost all in the military array under his command, but it rarely falls on the head of the refugees in front, it can be seen that in terms of playing with artillery, their Jiannu side is obviously not the opponent of the Xingtian Army, so he immediately ordered, the back of some refugees, try to make the cannonballs of the Xingtian thief not hit them, even if they hit, they can only run on both sides.
So the Jiannu soldiers who followed the refugees hurriedly sped up their speed, kept up with those refugees, and tried to get closer to make the gunners of the Xingtian Army throw rat traps and dare not fight like this again.
But at this moment there was a thunderous shout from the city, beckoning the refugees to hurry towards the three gates, claiming that someone would answer them.
The refugees were unable to advance or retreat at this time, and after hearing the shouts of the soldiers and generals of the big and middle schools in the city, as if they had grasped the last straw, they immediately quickened their pace, threw away their dirt bags one after another, and rushed towards the three gates.
At this time, as soon as the door was closed, the dead soldiers of the 100 Chinese army immediately rushed out one by one with thunderbolts on their backs, and it didn't take long for them to meet the refugees, they shouted for the refugees to run towards the closed door, and they immediately went upstream, pushing the refugees, squeezing through the crowd and staggering towards the Jiannu generals who followed closely.
The three gates opened, and a group of soldiers of the Great Chinese Army immediately began to leave the pass, shouting loudly, beckoning the refugees to flee into the pass quickly, and they began to arm themselves under the gate, raising rows of spears and erecting large shields.
(Today's thanks to the Baiyun Gap brothers for their tip!) )