Like the low and long chant of a prehistoric beast, the notes blown from the horn spread over the cascading mountains, mixed with the sound of war drums that shook the heavens and the earth roared in the land of Jinzhong, the drums and trumpets boiled the air, evaporating the coolness in the rain, like a shot of adrenaline secretion, stimulating everyone's heartbeat.

"Kill!"

The Qing army led the Han army to jump out of the formation, holding a long knife and running forward frantically, the raindrops on the blade refracted the faint sunlight, shining into a cold light.

Behind him, hundreds of shield cars lined up in three walls, under the impetus of the soldiers of the Han Army's forward battalion, accompanied by a very rhythmic shouting and killing, the wide front is enough to be a hundred zhang wide, blocking the entire Shiling Pass in front of the water, behind the shield car, the tide-like soldiers bowed their bodies and followed closely, and countless wheels pressed in the muddy water, making a "zaza" sound.

Looking through the gap in the shield cart, a pair of red eyes shone fiercely through the gap, like jackals at night.

This kind of red light is dotted, mixed together, turning into a red wave, emerging at the intersection of the mountains, towering as a rock-like stone ridge pass, before the wall, those several trenches and low walls, like the breakwater in front of the embankment, bear the brunt of this wave of death.

Li Tingyu's Lin Zi battalion of 3,000 foot soldiers, plus 7,000 Shanxi righteous troops guarding here, there are three large trenches, two in the front and one in the back, and a low wall with a vertical wooden fence in the back, and there are 5,000 people behind each low wall. They are two hundred feet apart from each other.

Compared with the fierce momentum of the Qing army, the Ming army was a little silent, whether it was in the city or under the city, except for the sound of running footsteps coming and going, no one shouted loudly, everyone knew what to do, everyone had their own tasks, and there was no need for officers to temporarily shout and arrange.

The veterans did not look as swaggering as they did on weekdays, silently loading the arrows of the mountain-destroying crossbow, tightening the bowstring, and their eyes were calm and sharp.

The tide is getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer, because of the fear of the power of the Ming army's long-range artillery, the Qing army's large array is far away, and it is eight miles away from the Ming army's position.

Wang Huan stood on the top of the gate, held a clairvoyant mirror and observed for a while, and asked, "Can gunpowder be used?" ”

Ma Wannian was on one side, and replied: "All are well preserved, there is no moisture, the people below also know how to use it in the rain, and the gunners are trained." ”

Wang Huan put down the clairvoyant mirror and nodded: "The Shenwei Cannon and the Sky Thunder are not busy first, keep them for the Tartars." The people who came up first were Han soldiers, and when they were cannon fodder, they just used small cannons to hit them. ”

He looked sideways: "The distance is enough, let's raise the flag!" ”

A big red flag, from the three flagpoles standing side by side on the upper floor of the gate quickly raised, the flagpole is extremely high, the flag is very large, even in the drizzle is very conspicuous, no matter where you are in the gate, you can see clearly.

The Han army is in the middle of the first shield car traffic, and he has a very good opinion about his position.

"Fuck you! Bai Guangen and Liu Fangming, these two miscellaneous pieces! It's really not a fucking thing, chewing the root of the tongue in front of the nobles in Jianzhou, talking nonsense Lao Tzu's soldiers have a set of sieges, let his mother shit! ”

He looked back at the second and third shield carts that were at least fifty zhang away from him, and Bai Guangen and Liu Fangming's men and horses were hiding behind: "This job is clearly to send to death!" Wang Huan's cannon can't even stop Nikan and Bolo, so Lao Tzu can withstand it? Lao Tzu's people were not raised by his parents? Why do you want Lao Tzu to rush in the first wave? ! ”

Complaining is complaining, since you are here, you can't help but pick and choose, otherwise the regent will be angry and it is very likely that he will cut himself first.

Tang Tong turned his head, squeezed his body into the pile of family soldiers, and then shouted at the top of his voice: "Hurry up!" The artillery of the Ming army will come at any time, and those who don't want to die should be sharp, faster, faster...... Belch? ”

He saw the red flag that was raised.

In this era when there were no walkie-talkies, communication basically relied on roaring, but there was another set of long-distance communication methods in the army, that is, flags and drums.

Different flags represent different meanings, but at this time, Tang Tong, any banner of the Ming army means ominous to him.

He was slightly stunned, the muscles on his face twitched several times in a row, and then frantically grabbed the handle of the shield cart, and began to push the cart desperately, shouting: "Push! Push! Push! The Ming army is about to open fire! ”

His shield car like suddenly adding a foot of throttle, suddenly protruding the entire shield car wall, out of a big section, the car next to the beginning of the confusion, when the "Ming army is going to open fire" shout rolled over, the shield car wall immediately accelerated, the original neat row became a wolf rushing dolphin suddenly, scrambling, all the soldiers are desperately moving forward, the legendary Ming army artillery fire is so terrifying,

Looking at the oncoming group of shield carts running wild like wolves, as if they were on fire on their buttocks, Li Tingyu sneered and pulled a hemp rope in his hand.

The hemp rope was very long, stretching far out of the mud until it reached the piece of land that Tang Tong was about to run.

Tang Tong was already tense all over, staring at the low wall of the Ming army two hundred miles away, he had calculated it when he stepped on the field before the battle, the shield car could fill the two trenches, and the wooden fence low wall, a fire could burn it, or jump over, as long as he was willing to work hard, he believed that the Ming army on the opposite side would not be his opponent in hand-to-hand combat.

Hurry, hurry, Tang Tong shouted in his heart, because his whole body was focused on the shield cart, he didn't shout out, holding his breath and pushing the cart ruthlessly.

The shield car is galloping in the field, the ground is potholed and uneven, the shield car is up and down, and it is normal to jump high by pressing one or two stones.

Therefore, when the shield car jumped up again, Tang Tong was not surprised, and his hands became more and more forceful, trying to press the car down.

To his surprise, this time the car couldn't be pressed, not only could it not be pressed, but it also jumped higher and higher, jumping into the air.

Together, his body also flew into the sky with the shield cart, as if there was a powerful giant under his feet, grabbed his leg and threw him up, this force is so majestic, more than a hundred pounds of body like a mustard rolling with the air wave, a sharp pain came from the stomach, he wanted to look down to see what was going on, but he heard a huge sound in his ears, like thunder.

The world is spinning, and everything in my eyes is falling off one by one.

The Ming army has opened fire! When the moment before the will dissipated, Tang Tong was still thinking, and there was no regret in his heart: he was about to rush to the trench, just a little, a little.

Looking at the position of Bai Guangen and Liu Fangming in the back, the scene is not quite the same, they can see very clearly, when the first shield car group was exploded and rushed into the sky, there was not even a puff of smoke rising from the Ming army's position, it was obvious that it was not the effect of the shelling.

One after another, explosions occurred on a horizontal line, like a thick wall of fire and smoke, blocking the attack of Tang Tongjun, and shattering the people who hit the wall, and the violent shock wave blew the human body into the sky like a hurricane blowing fallen leaves, and then fell down and turned into meat sauce.

In the Qing army's large array, although it was extremely far away, the strong wind still made Dolgon stretch out his hand to block his face and squint his eyes.

"What kind of firearm is this?" After the strong wind passed, he asked indifferently.

A Han army general who accompanied one of the sides waited for a while, understood that it was him, and immediately replied: "This is a thunderbolt, buried in the ground, covered with mud, and guided by a cable, so that water and fire are invulnerable." Chengzu was used in the battle of Baihe in the battle of Baihe when Chengzu was martyred, it was only a prototype at the beginning, and later it was improved and developed by Governor Qi during the Wanli period, and its power increased greatly, but in recent years, the Ming army's armament has been abandoned, this thing is rare, I didn't expect to see it here. ”

Dolgon nodded, and then asked, "Is there such a thing in Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong's army?" ”

The general hurriedly said: "This thing is complicated to make, and it is extremely rare to make it as powerful as this, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for craftsmen in our army to make it." ”

The general who responded was Sun Long, a general under Kong Youde, who was proficient in firearms, so he was specially transferred from Guangxi to listen to the errand under Dorgon's tent.

Dolgon turned his face and looked at him, his expressionless eyes flashing: "This king wants to know why the firearms of the Ming army can still be used in rainy weather, but our red-coated cannons cannot." ”

(End of chapter)