"Your Highness, this~, is this a flowering bomb? How can it be so powerful? ”

Not only was Dolgon stunned, but even the generals of the Ming army were surprised, and their faces unconsciously cracked open and smiled.

"With such a sharp weapon, even if the Jinqing coalition army comes with another 200,000, what is the way?" Li Dingguo also slapped his chest excitedly.

Wang Yan smiled, "It took the Ministry of Industry two years and tens of thousands of silver to get to today's results, but don't be too happy, you also saw just now, half of the shells that were fired out exploded before they landed." ”

"Your Highness, even if only fifty percent of the shells can hit the enemy and explode, it will be better than the original!" Liu Fangliang said excitedly.

If such an explosion occurs, I am afraid that the mode of fighting in the future will have to be changed, and if the dense phalanx is hit by a few cannons, it will not immediately collapse.

Although there are many soldiers and horses in the Jinqing Alliance, in the face of such sharp weapons, how many people are in vain, and the generals are naturally excited.

Wang Yan originally hoped that the generals would not rely too much on equipment, but the facts are in front of him, this explosion is indeed much more powerful than the original solid bullet, and it is more suitable for field combat, even if it is only half of the explosion, the power is still far better than before.

"Haha..." Wang Yan could only smile and say: "Yes, these flowering bombs are really good, but the number is not much, and the Ministry of Industry has just been put into production, so if you hit one, there will be one less, so don't pin your hopes on it." ”

Weapons must pass the test of the battlefield to determine whether they are useful or not, and it is impossible to come up and mass produce them on a large scale.

This time, Wang Yan brought 500 pieces, and when the battle was over, the army felt that the effect was good, and reacted to the Ministry of War, which asked the Ministry of Industry to produce it before it was included in the plan for the coming year.

The officials who followed up with the Ministry of Industry would also evaluate the effect and reflect their opinions to the Ministry of Industry, and after the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War discussed, the deficiencies were improved, and finally the imperial court allocated funds for production.

The artillery of the Ming army was condescending, and from time to time you could see the Qing troops on the artillery array of the Qing army being blown away by the explosion, and then smashed to the ground.

In terms of the number of red-coated cannons, in fact, the Qing army was more, and when the monk Kong Youde was happy to fight Nanyang, he used a hundred red-coated cannons.

The Qing army had at least 120 red-coated cannons, but they were completely suppressed by the 50 red-coated cannons of the Ming army, and only more than 10 cannons remained, which fired back from time to time.

In the years of war, the Ming Dynasty summarized the use of artillery.

At present, the red-coated artillery is mainly equipped with naval warships and city passes, and the infantry army is rarely equipped with this kind of heavy artillery, and the infantry artillery is developing in the direction of light rapid fire, which is suitable for field warfare.

Wang Yan and the others were talking, when someone suddenly exclaimed, "Be careful", and saw a Qing army cannonball directly smashed on a section of earthen wall not far from them.

I saw the earth splash, and the wall was smashed into a large crater, and the dirt on it immediately collapsed. Without being instructed, soldiers immediately carried sandbags and re-piled the collapsed place.

At the moment, Wang Yan was resolutely "invited" by his generals to go down the wall, even if the Ming artillery pressed the Qing army, but this matter could not be joked.

His Royal Highness is the commander of the army, in case he is hit by a cannon or shot in the face by an arrow, even if the army's heart is shaken, the Northern Expedition is estimated to be over immediately.

In the past, Wang Yan must have been on the front line in battle, and at that time he was indeed hit by an arrow, and there were no less than ten scars on his face, but at that time, Wang Yan had no hole cards, and he would be finished if he lost one game, so he had to work hard.

The current situation is different, even if this Northern Expedition fails, he still has a lot of opportunities to make a comeback, but there is no need to be on the front line and take any risks.

The Qing army was shocked by a cannon, Wang Yan did not insist, but before going down the city, he explained: "Although the artillery of the Qing army was suppressed, the lone king expected that Dolgon would not be reconciled, he would definitely brave the artillery fire, fill the trench first, and then attack in an all-round way." The frontal defense, Li Guo is the main one, Liu Fangliang and Li Dingguo are the auxiliaries, you work together to give the lonely king a head-on blow! ”

After that, Wang Yan returned to the big tent under the escort of Lu Shikui and handed over the defense of the camp to the three of them.

As soon as Wang Yan left, sure enough, tens of thousands of horses rushed out of the Qing army, they pushed the shield cart, hid in the cave house, and came to the Ming camp, seeing that the situation was indeed to fill the three deep trenches in front of the Ming camp first.

Seeing this, Li Guo couldn't help but rub his hands, and waved his hand with some excitement, "Artillery preparation!" ”

The Qing army was numerous, probably because they were afraid of the artillery of the Ming army, so they did not form a dense formation, but scattered and rushed towards the Ming village.

The formation of the Qing army was loose, and the men and horses were scattered in the wilderness, and they shouted to dispel the fear in their hearts, and the Ming army only felt that the mountains were full of enemy troops.

In order to attack the camp, Dolgon still made full preparations, the shield cart was pushed in front, which provided an excellent defense for the Qing army behind, the Qing army advanced like a wall, and the Ming army's guns hit the shield cart, sparks splashed everywhere, but it was rarely able to penetrate, and did not cause damage to the Qing army behind.

This shield car is to put a big shield in front of the vehicle, or put a wooden board in front of the car, covered with leather or iron sheet, very tough, but the Manchu smelting is not developed, and there is not much fine iron, so most of the leather is draped.

Dolgon invested this time, in order to boost morale, he personally encouraged in front of the battle, promising that if he captured Mingzhai, the gold and women would be given whatever they wanted, and whoever caught Wang Yan's house would be crowned king directly.

The Qing soldiers had not yet freed themselves from the fear of the "blossom bomb", but when they heard Dolgon's promise, they barely cheered up.

The Qing army knew that the Ming army's firearms were powerful, and they also learned to be obedient, and they would never be exposed to the Ming army's firearms on a large scale and without protection!

In the wilderness, the Qing soldiers pushing the shield carts were in front, and behind each shield cart, there were nearly 100 soldiers and a whole truck full of earth and rock.

The shield carts lined up as a moving wall, slowly advancing towards the camp, and the Qing troops behind held bows and arrows, pushed the trench carts, and bent down to approach the Ming camp.

It's just that there is a shield cart in front of them to block the guns, but there is nothing to defend overhead, and their fear of "flowering shells" has not dissipated, fearing that shells will fall into them at any time and explode.

Fortunately, the red-coated artillery of the Ming army, biting the Qing army's artillery array, did not aim the red-coated cannon at them.

The Qing army was bent on the waist, and the future was fortunate, but the bronze cannons on the earthen wall opened fire one after another, and one after another, iron bullets, accompanied by the white smoke rising from the earthen wall, roared.

The Ming army on the earthen wall, only to see the red-clothed cannon roaring behind them, out of the limelight, heard the order on the bronze cannon on the earthen wall finally fired, and the soldiers waited for the Qing army to approach the trench, and also released the guns to greet them.

Gunmaru couldn't penetrate the shield cart, but in front of the iron bullets fired by the bronze cannon, it was like papier-mâché.

The shield car in front of the Qing army was directly shattered by the cannonball, and the shield plate turned into sawdust, splashing in all directions, and the Qing troops behind were stabbed by sawdust, and the damage was no worse than the flowering bullet.

After Li Benshen ate the military stick under the city of Taiyuan, he is now acting as the vanguard of the Qing army, which is actually cannon fodder.

He bent down and walked behind a shield cart with his knife in hand, when suddenly there was a loud bang on the earthen wall, and a black iron ball rushed out of white smoke and flew rapidly in his direction.

Li Benshen looked frightened, and before he could react, he heard a "bang", and the guard plate of a shield car blocking him suddenly exploded, and the iron ball was wrapped in countless wood chips and debris, injuring the Qing troops behind the shield car one after another.

The iron bullet rushed out of sawdust and broken wood, and directly hit the head of a general in the back, and with a muffled sound, the total braincase exploded like a big watermelon, and the brains burst and flew around, and Bai Huahua's brains and blood sprayed all around, splashing Li Benshen's face.

The remnants of the cannonball were not exhausted, and they smashed over the Ming and Qing soldiers behind them again and again, and only then jumped on the ground a few times and slowly stopped.

The shattered shield carts, the stumps all over the ground and the wounded Qing soldiers were in a mess on the way forward, and only then did several wounded Qing soldiers begin to scream, they were nailed by sawdust fragments.

"Ahhh

Li Benshen's face turned pale for a while, his hand was a little trembling and he held half of the sawdust, and he pulled it out with all his might, and his face was suddenly covered with beads of sweat.

At this time, he was about to stand up and command, when the Ming army was lined up on the earthen wall, but he suddenly raised his gun and shot.

In the sound of "bang, bang, bang", the two wounded soldiers of the Qing army who had just stood up in front of them were immediately beaten and trembled, and they fell backwards with their backs facing the sky.

The gun pill hit the ground, the soil splashed, and the Qing army around Li Benshen kept sifting through chaff to death. When he was panicking, two personal soldiers suddenly supported him on the left and right, and asked him back, "Hurry up!" ”

The artillery of the Ming army broke through the shield car, the platoon of gunners fired, and the Qing army fell to the ground one after another.

When the Ming army dug trenches, it had already been calculated that the effective range of the Ming army's new guns was about 200 meters, and the lethality of the Qing army's infantry bow could only be reflected within 150 meters, or even 100 meters, and the Ming army's trenches were dug within the range of the Ming army's guns.

In this way, the fire gun can shoot the Qing army, but the Qing army cannot shoot the Ming army, they can only desperately fill the trench, intending to close the distance and then shoot at each other.

On the wall, the Ming army unscrupulously shot and killed, the first team shot, the second team shot, the second team shot, the third team shot, several Qing soldiers wanted to move away from the horse and antlers blocking the shield car, but before they could move a few steps, they were put down by the gun.

The Qing army pushed the trench filling cart, poured soil into the trench, and the platoon bombarded it, and planted it into the ditch with people and carts.

The guns and shells were like life-threatening rays, intertwined into a large net of death, shooting and killing the rushing Qing army.

The first ditch was not filled with mud, but the Qing army who were constantly shot and planted in the ditch, slowly piling up corpses, and people kept rolling down into it, and the corpses and soil were piled up layer by layer before they were slowly filled!

Just the first deep trench, the Qing army killed and wounded thousands of people, Dolgon's face was cold, his hands were trembling, and he said angrily: "Liu Zhongbu, give this king a top!" ”

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