Chapter 462: The defenders attack the artillery and kill the enemy

In the outer extension of the earthen enclosure, there are dense fortifications, and the area visible to the naked eye is not to mention horses, and even foot soldiers walking in it will be troublesome.

What's more, the low walls, the rejection of horses, the deer rocks, the ditches and other fortifications are staggered and layered, who knows if there will be any other troubles when walking in the meantime.

Of course, there are not only flat rivers around Seoul, there will always be some natural and artificial ups and downs, such places, often all kinds of defensive fortifications will not be so rigorous and dense, but in such a place, the cannons on the head of the city are facing each other, and they still can't be impacted.

The only few passages, that is, the crooked passages in the fortified area after the cavalry in the city stood out, and the area directly opposite the city gate was not visible in the area of these earthen walls and city gates, and there was no need to worry about being hit by long-range fire, which was the reason why these Mongol light cavalry dared to lead their troops in pursuit.

Who would have thought that after passing the red flag, the artillery on the head of the city suddenly poured in, this road is very narrow, far from the city wall, no matter how you judge, there will be no artillery, there may be ambushes on both sides, but in this situation, even if there are ambushes, you have to worry about accidental injury.

The artillery digs a pit and fills the fort, after each fight, dozens of people come to reset together, it is very troublesome, the artillery on the head of the city is also fixed where, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty used to attack Liaoyang and Shenyang, to deal with this kind of artillery is to rush over regardless of it, and it is safe to rush through the range.

Besides, the accuracy of the artillery is also limited, and the narrowness of the road makes the possibility of hitting very small.

Of course, the above are the concepts of artillery by the soldiers and horses of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they have not seen the field artillery of the Jiaozhou battalion, so they naturally will not know how powerful they are.

Directly behind the battlements of the ground wall, the artillery is placed at the rear end. It is not visible from the angle below the castle, and when it is necessary to fire, it is pushed to the firing position by the artillery.

This firing angle and firing have been tested many times, and several inverted triangular wooden blocks nailed to the ground are placed near the outer battlements at the head of the city, and after calculation, the artillery subway wheels are against the hypotenuse of these two wooden blocks, and the wooden pegs between the artillery and the gun carriage are nailed into the current calculated angle.

It is fired from the artillery of the Jiaozhou battalion, and the fixed number of propellants and standard shells. Five guns fired side by side, after firing three rounds, there will definitely be about ten shells hitting the road.

Ground fire may only guarantee accuracy at one range rather than one point, but if you do all the advance amounts, you will reach your desired goal with the best possible probability. Wang Hai led his army into Seoul, and the work of preparing in advance took half a year.

The cannonballs whistled, and the Tartar light riders galloping down the road were panicked. But he didn't think that this shell would hit him, and he still chased after him, striving to break through when the Ming army entered the earth encirclement.

So when the shells hit the ground, the casualties were very heavy, in fact. The people in the back row hurriedly dismounted and ran to the fortified area on the side, which might be able to ensure safety.

But the habitual concept of these Tatar light horsemen felt that they were very safe, three-wheeled artillery, fifteen shells. Twelve shells fell on the road, and the cavalrymen who were being hit by the shells were not to mention that even men and horses were killed on the spot, and some shells fell into the gaps in the cavalry ranks.

But this condescending shooting, the momentum of the fall was huge, and the shells landed on the ground and ejected, causing the second round of killing, and the horse's legs and human legs were all grazed. They are all broken and broken, and the roads in this fortified area that can be used for cavalry to run are specially reinforced and compacted.

Solid shells are more effective at ricochets when they fall on hard ground, and of course, these pursuing light horsemen suffer more damage, and the whole road is covered with human and horse corpses. The whole road is clogged up at once.

On the battlefield. Sometimes a comrade who dies in battle can make a soldier fight for revenge. Wounded comrades, on the other hand, will have the opposite effect.

The Mongolian light cavalry that was hit by the shell in the non-vital part was the effect at this time, and the limbs were lost by the metal projectiles, and they lost the ability to move almost instantly, but they could not die for a while, and could only endure the great pain at the wound, slowly wailing and waiting for death, waiting for the blood to drain.

Not only people, but also horses, horses neighed and struggled on the ground, but they still couldn't avoid death, white stubble, and all kinds of flesh and blood in red, purple, and black.

But in this case, the Tartar light cavalry in the rear team who had not yet reached did not dare to come forward to help, because it was the range covered by artillery, and they could only see their comrades waiting there for death.

The demoralization of watching their comrades die was devastating, and even the hearts of these warriors who had been through the battle tightened for a while.

The continuous sound of "wow, wow", someone couldn't help but spit out right away, such a situation can only appear on the heads of the so-called battlefield recruits.

After three rounds of artillery firing, the position of the artillery on the head of the city has deviated a little, and the position of the artillery began to be adjusted according to the various scales marked in advance, which did not take too long, and the artillery on the head of the city has completed the loading and firing again.

A shell landed on the outward position of the red flag and smashed it on the ground, but it happened to hit the place where there was no body, and it bounced outward.

Still there, the Mongolian light cavalry vanguard was suddenly swept by the shell of this artillery, the legs of the horses in front of them were broken, and the cavalry above fell directly, this shell was almost an order, and the pursuing light cavalry who were still there did not know how to advance or retreat turned their horses and ran behind.

No one knew how far the defenders' artillery could hit the city, but no one wanted to be a fool under the shells, and the road was twisted and turned, and only four or five horses could run side by side.

Fang just looked at the scene of his miserable comrades-in-arms, and the sudden artillery bombardment made the mental state of these Mongolian light horsemen on the verge of collapse, and they didn't talk about any rules.

Of course, the cavalry at the back felt lucky, and just turned their horses and fled, but the front team just now. Now it has become a rear team, and there are comrades in front of it, so in this case, it is not possible to pull out a knife and kill the comrades in front, but directly run towards the fortified areas on both sides on horseback.

These fortified areas, though troublesome, were out of range of the enemy's fire, and there were no defenders in the city.

However, there are areas full of moats and low walls, which can be crossed and low walls can be bypassed. But Lu Yan and Juma were fortifications specially prepared for cavalry, how could they easily dodge, coupled with the haste of escape, regardless of the rush of the horses, the horses fell into the trench and fell over on the rejecting horses.

The cavalry who had been thrown down did not care that Pingsuri, who was used as the mount of his companion brother, got up and ran outside without hesitation.

Sure enough, in addition to these fortifications. There were other arrangements, some cavalry, some infantry with lost horses, and suddenly they fell downwards and fell into a pit. It's not a staggered trench, but a look at the ground that looks unremarkable, and when the centaurs sink in, sharpened wooden thorns await them.

This institution has a name. It is called the Tiger and Bear Pit, which is specially used to hunt large animals in the forest, and it is not for live capture or profit, but also for killing and injuring. Neither a man nor a horse, pierced by those sharpened wooden spikes, will result nothing other than death and near-death severe injuries.

But this moment's scream of pain and pain even completely suppressed the chaos on the battlefield, this desperate scream. The already chaotic formation became even more scattered, and the cavalry who had just run to the fortified area all turned around and ran back cautiously.

Fortunately, at this time, the cavalry soldiers who had already run back to the earthen enclosure did not come to take the opportunity to shoot the water dogs, and the artillery on the head of the city was tested twice, this time obviously out of range, and this chaotic retreat, or rather, the rout lasted for half an hour, before it was considered to have withdrawn from the fortified area.

The kings of Yujun, Duoduo and Aobai, who were riding on horses, were already pale. Listen to the report of the soldiers in front of him. The soldiers who came to report had just returned from the front, and he also knew that the two masters were in a bad mood. So the voice was also very low, and he didn't dare to raise his voice, and said in a low voice:

"Two hundred and thirty-five men were killed and one hundred and fifteen wounded by the firearms, and three hundred and twenty of the Mongols with white flags did not return from the city. ”

The reason why I said that, not to mention the dead and wounded, it was obvious that there were people in that fortified area who were not dead and were howling miserably, but these people definitely couldn't come back either.

With the level of treatment in this era, the people who can be treated as injured in the dead and wounded are generally people who have a great risk of death, and the engagement of the party is equivalent to the loss of nearly 600 people, and the loss of the battle is not a little morale, if it was in the past, the Mongolian Eight Banners were all under the command of the emperor, which was actually equivalent to the attached army of the two yellow flags, but the regent Dolgon came to power, and the first mention was that each flag commanded the Mongolian flag and the Han army flag to which each flag belonged.

This plan is except for the two yellow flags and the prince of Su Haoge, the rest of the banners have benefits, and it is rare to be unanimously praised by Daishan and Jierharang, and everyone agrees. If in the past, the Mongolian generals with white flags were disposed of by the Minister of the Interior, but now they can't cross the king of Yujun.

Ao Bai glanced at Duoduo beside him coldly, and his nose hummed a cool breath, but the meaning was clear, of course Duoduo understood, he was famous for his hippie smile and no positive shape among the Eight Banners of Shengjing, but at this time he couldn't make that gesture, Duoduo looked at the surrounding terrain on the horse, and the preparations for the defense in the city were really complete, and within the range of his eyes, he couldn't even find a few trees, and the materials for making siege equipment had to be obtained ten miles away.

"Set up camp here, send messengers to Kaesong on horseback, urge the follow-up troops to speed up their march, and let them bring three times as many people!!"

These three times the number of people are the local Korean Ding Zhuang who looted, not only can they be used as baggage teams, but these people can also be used as cannon fodder during the siege of the city. After saluting and receiving orders, several soldiers galloped towards the north with tokens.

After saying this, Yujun Wang Duoduo jumped off his horse and ordered in a cold voice:

"Bring the leader of the rout army to this king. ”

Several of the soldiers who waved their teeth suddenly agreed, and ran towards the front team on horseback, and in a short time, the leader of the Mongolian army with a white flag had already been captured and used as the vanguard of the army. suffered such an embarrassing defeat, and the Mongolian leader also knew that it was not good, so he followed his own soldiers with his head down.

"Do you know your sins when you go out to fight so ugly?"

Hearing this inquiry, the leader suddenly understood what was going to happen to him, and knelt down suddenly, but he took a few steps towards Aobai, crying and pleading:

"Grandpa Ao. Grandpa Ao, when the grandfather conquered Phi Island, the slave followed your old side, and also blocked an arrow for your old man, Fang Cai is really not a slave cowardly, the Han dog's firearms are too powerful, and the slave can't suppress the situation! ”

No one thought that this would be the case, and Ao Bai narrowed his eyes and looked at the leader who was kneeling on the ground and crying. Although this Mongolian leader is from the Mongolian flag, it has been completely Jurchenized, and the Shengjing accent is correct and round, but Duoduo, who has always had a gloomy face, sneered a few times:

"Our Mongolian men are all good men, and there are no bad seeds. If you lose, you know what the end will be, don't howl like a. ”

After finishing speaking, Wang Duoduo of Yujun didn't care about the ugly face around him. Taking a step forward, he cut off the head of this leader with a knife, ignoring the blood that splattered out, kicked it away casually, and said to the soldier in front of him:

"Pass on the heads of the armies, and if you cower in wartime, don't forget the military law of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Watching his subordinate leave with his head in his hands, Dodor took a breath. Turning to Ao Bai beside him, he said:

"Aobai, what the Han army said before made sense, just follow what he said, if we don't pull out the thorns around this Han City, we won't see the meat inside!"

There is no objection to this, Ao Bai has no objection, originally this siege and defense of the city, and the defender of the city is a shrunken turtle. If you outcrop, you will be beaten to the ground. But today's first battle under the city of Seoul was reversed. If this siege battle is fought like this, the soldiers and horses of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be unlucky.

Since Nurhachi raised his army, the Manchu Tatars have won many brilliant victories in various campaigns against Mongolia on the steppe and against the Ming Dynasty.

Every general who led his troops out to fight has experienced such glory to a greater or lesser extent, although Duoduo and Ao Bai are not old, but they have also made great contributions in previous battles, such as the annihilation of the Ming army on Phi Dao, the siege of Jinzhou, the great victory of Songshan, the pursuit of Lin Dan Khan, and several times into the customs.

With such a glorious experience, whether it is Duoduo or Aobai, although they are also qualified generals, but before coming to this Seoul, they were also fantasizing about a quick victory in one go, and now the flags are side by side, if they can make great contributions, they will definitely stand out.

But what he faced under Seoul was almost a blow to the head, not only did the morale suffer, but it was also obvious that the battle could not end as soon as possible.

However, Duoduo and Ao Bai can also be regarded as military generals who know the soldiers, and the military attachés who have been fighting horses for many years, since they can't win quickly, they can only calm down and fight.

Since they can only defend the city and dare not go out of the city to fight, it means that the defenders in the city are weaker than those outside the city.

For the Manchu army, it has not been such a battle for many years, and it is not counted that there are so many losses in the battle, and there is a very cumbersome civil engineering project to be done next, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners, especially the soldiers of the Jurchen Eight Banners, are extremely disgusted with this kind of work.

According to these people, it is said that they would rather fight in the field with ten times the enemy than go to the menial errand of digging and building a wall with a pickaxe.

However, during the Huang Taiji period, many decisive battles relied on civil engineering to build walls and dig trenches to lay the ground, and even at that time, it was mainly the Han army banner and the men of the Sanshun King who were in charge of this work, and a large number of people were also recruited.

Of course, in the time of Huang Taiji, the emperor's authority was the heaviest, and he was able to suppress the opposition and complaints below, and now the two white flags of the regent have a slight advantage, and the voice of the other flags is not small, and even the soldiers of the Jurchen Eight Banners below can directly complain about this civil matter.

This is why Wang Duoduo of Yujun asked his subordinates to bring three times as many people to come, and it is also for this consideration, including the current camping, generals at all levels are arranging the soldiers of the Jurchen Eight Banners to serve as guards there, and the soldiers of the Han Army Banner and the Sanshun King Soldiers and Horses, the soldiers of the Eight Banners who have been covered are busy camping there.

Seeing this scene, Duoduo was irritated for a while, looking at the posture of those soldiers and horses in the city, it was not difficult to sneak out of the city to attack. If you don't tie the camp tightly, will you wait for someone to touch the ground and send it to death, Duoduo took a few steps, and suddenly drew his horsewhip and whipped it at a few flag-bearers with white flags who were sitting on the side resting, and cursed in his mouth:

"The big war is the first, why are you bastards so leisurely, go and set up camp!!"

His master smoked indiscriminately, and no one dared to say anything. He could only hold his head and get busy, and after a whip, the anger in Duoduo's heart could be regarded as relaxed.

At this time, another door was opened in the earthen fence around the city wall, and the officers of the Tartar army gave a loud order, and the Han army was there to hurry up the artillery, and there were also hundreds of horsemen who were already preparing to attack, knowing that the fortified area was full of traps. Then don't go in.

But if you come out and are no longer within the range of the fortifications and artillery, it will not allow you to be easily harassed, and everyone is nervously watching the movement under the gate.

As soon as the door was opened, more than two hundred soldiers walked out. There was no horseback, and it could be seen that he came out cautiously, and looking at the camp far away from the fortified area, this is the pace of speed.

However, the next move made the Tartar soldiers and horses who were nervously watching here explode. The soldiers gathered the corpses and wounded on the road and threw them on the side of the road, whether dead or alive, and threw firewood, grass and oil, and directly lit a fire, and when the fire first burned to the ground, you could clearly hear the sharp screams.

Looking at this scene, the other party swaggered and killed his own wounded. The Tartar soldiers in the front guard were furious, even though they had done more brutal things in the pass.

But anger is anger, but no one dares to rashly ride a horse or run over to attack, the tragic situation in this area, many people can see it clearly, and Duoduo and Ao Bai have issued strict orders, not to go out without authorization, and those who violate military law are engaged. The one who had his head cut off just now. It is indeed a great shock to the armies.

It was just after noon, and the soldiers in the front line of the Tartar armies watched the soldiers who came out of the city busy there. But he didn't dare to attack easily, and the assumed artillery of Du Si under Shang Kexi was not aimed in that direction, and he was helpless.

When the corpses were cleaned up, the soldiers did not continue to move forward, but turned back into the earthen enclosure, and the baffle was lowered, and there was no movement in the ground inside.

From Duoduo and Aobai to the ordinary soldiers below, now they all understand the role of the earth enclosure, and what movements and postures the soldiers and horses in the city make to the outside world, they can go out of the city to prepare the whole team between the earth enclosure and the city wall, and attack calmly, while the army outside the city cannot see the movement at all, and this suddenness is an advantage on the battlefield.

But even if the artillery is erected here, not to mention that the fortified area cannot be entered, even if the artillery is erected at the edge to fight, according to the firing range, it will not be able to reach the earthen fence, and this defense will not be opened.

This battle will be very troublesome, you must first fill in the outer trenches, tear down the low walls, and find out those traps one by one, so that you can advance from the range that the artillery at the head of the city cannot cover, and when you get to the earthen enclosure, many things are much simpler, but now the people have not arrived, let the soldiers come forward, that is, to send them to death, and lose valuable combat power.

For the sake of today's plan, first set up your own camp, and wait for all the armies to gather, this side has just concentrated on camping, and the wooden gate of the earthen fence is open again.

There are already some grass and trees on this side of the Manmeng Terracotta Camp, and when I saw the wooden door open, I was immediately nervous, but the team that came out was very strange, two cannons with iron wheels were pushed out, and there were five people next to each artillery.

It seemed that the road had just been cleared so that the two guns could be pushed out, but the posture looked ridiculous, because in front were soldiers pushing artillery, followed by several soldiers pushing small carts, and behind the carts were several horses.

With this kung fu, it is not enough to let the horses run out with cannons, why should it be so troublesome, but seeing this group of people pushing the cart outside unhurriedly, the leader in charge of the guard gave a few orders, and more than 200 cavalry dispersed and slowly surrounded the intersection of the road.

When we arrived at the junction, it was still about two miles away from the place where the Manchus were camping, but it was less than two hundred steps away from the Manchu advance troops.

When the cannon came out, it was natural to fight, and those Tartar cavalry saw that the other party did not have any follow-up soldiers and horses, and they slowly leaned over. At such a close distance, if the artillery wants to fight against the cavalry, it is really looking for death, and these light cavalry are all soldiers and horses in the founding scene.

Several leaders whistled each other, and although the cavalry formation was scattered, it was already slowly accelerating, ready to charge at any time.

Even if it is two solid shells, it is two people who die, and they may not be hit. When the time came, he rushed to the front and cut them, and the two cannons were pushed on this side of the intersection, and the cannons were directly put up.

Some soldiers were busy behind the artillery, and some were holding long wooden sticks to clean the cannon chamber there, and the Tartar light cavalry who saw this scene felt very stunned, these Ming soldiers were burned out of their brains or stupid and bold, and only now did they clean the cannon chamber, did they think that everyone was riding a cow rather than a horse.

"Go up and slaughter these Han dogs!!"

The leader shouted. He drew the knife in his hand, slammed the horse's belly, and rushed towards it, but the two artillery artillerymen were still holding sticks in and out of the barrels, running closer and closer. At a distance of about fifty paces, the two soldiers who had cleaned the chamber of the cannon drew their sticks and ran behind the cannon.

There was no brush on the stick, but only a larger cylindrical head, which was not a cleaning chamber. This is a fire stick to tamp ammunition, but for these Manchu soldiers and horses, they don't know what the difference between these tools is, the soldiers are fast, and now they only think about rushing to slash and kill.

Thirty paces, the artillery behind the two guns grinned, put the torches in their hands to the side of the medicine eye, and the two "boom" and "boom" were almost muffled together. Despite the huge momentum, despite the white smoke, at this moment, every cavalryman was thinking, control the horses, only solid shells, suppress the shock of the mounts, and rush to the front to kill these half-crazy and half-stupid Ming troops.

But. Out of the artillery are not solid shells. Rather, it was a storm of metal projectiles, and the shotguns fired by two three-pounder guns formed a fan in this area. The cavalry in the fan was beaten into a sieve, and the high-speed flying metal projectiles spread widely.

Even if it is not in this fan, even if it is affected by a lead pellet, it will make the horse crazy, and the high-speed small projectile can pierce any flesh leather within a radius of sixty paces.

After the two artillery shots, more than 200 cavalry were crushed at once, if it was in a normal battle, these cavalrymen might not be injured by the artillery, but the artillery's artillery, which was equivalent to attracting the cavalry to the front of the two artillery.

The shotguns fired from the two three-pounder guns had the best effect, and the soldiers who had just finished the charge had already run to the side of the artillery, and connected the artillery ground gun mount with the cart loaded with ammunition, and knotted the handlebars of the cart and put it on the back of the horses that had already turned.

Almost three horses pulled a cannon, and these artillerymen climbed on the gun carriage or gun carriage, urged the horses, and ran in the direction of the city gate, the fire of the two guns had already made the vigilant cavalry behind dizzy, and when the two guns began to run behind, only three cavalrymen hesitated and rushed forward in pursuit.

These three cavalrymen were originally in the back row, and at this time they had already opened up the distance and chased for more than ten steps, but they saw that the soldiers sitting on the gun carriage had already picked up the guns and were loading ammunition there, and immediately stopped the pursuit.

Over there, Duoduo and Ao Bai had just sat down to eat, and the soldiers sent dry food and dried meat, both of them were stuffy and couldn't eat at all, but they were out fighting, and it was very important to ensure their strength to eat.

At this time, the two artillery pieces were pushed out, seeing the battle process that seemed to be child's play, as well as the dead and wounded in front of the formation, how could the two people still be able to eat, and immediately threw the food in their hands on the ground, and wanted to scold, get on the horse to fight, but did not act, this repeated provocation, but let the two younger Manchu nobles grit their teeth and endure it.

Fang Cai still has a few experiences in watching the formation, and they can also understand that the city walls and fortifications around Seoul and the sharp firearms of the soldiers and horses in the city are so sharp, and they will definitely not be able to take them down if they attack it now, and the heavy casualties are predictable, so they still have to wait for the large group of people to come and slowly arrange.

In the direction of the road where the tactics were repeated, in addition to the flap gate of Tuweizi, which was parallel to the north gate of Seoul, there was also a gate more than 200 paces away, and the terrain was relatively undulating in the direction it was facing, and the fortifications were scarce, but the cannons arranged on the city wall in this direction were not hidden in the slightest, as if to warn those who wanted to attack.

Behind the gate on this side, Wang Hai in plate armor stood at the front of the procession, behind him stood a crowd of spearmen and musketeers, the standard-bearer, drummer and trumpeter (suona) player were all standing beside Wang Hai, and the regimental deputy garrison, who was also wearing armor, was always looking in the direction of the city tower.

The sound of cheering and laughter could be heard on the other side of the tower, and behind the battlement, a soldier waved up and down with two red flags in his hand.

Wang Hai also paid attention to the direction over there, saw this scene, and whispered to the suona hand on the side, the trumpeter is generally the general level, he and the flag bearer drummer are the controllers of the whole team, this suona hand put the suona on his mouth and vigorously drummed it.

The sharp sound of the lock sounded, and the noise between the earthen fence and the city wall suddenly stopped, and the Korean people guarding on both sides of the door shouted and began to pull the rope, and the door slowly opened.

Wang Hai, the chief general of the Korean garrison army, looked at the Manchu military camp opposite, picked up the axe and gun and walked outside, the Manchu soldiers and horses who were already extremely nervous had already seen this movement, this was the foot soldiers in the city to fight, and finally could fight with swords, the Tartars were excited up and down, but only saw a few foot soldiers come out, and couldn't help but be stunned.

At first, Wang Hai and the standard-bearer, drummer, and trumpeter walked out together, and after some distance from the door, they stood on the right side, and at this time, a large number of spearmen began to trot out, and began to line up the phalanx based on Wang Hai's position.

Seeing that the phalanx was arranged, the expressionless Wang Hai buckled his armor and raised the axe gun in his hand......