Wen Du led his troops out of the city, but like a whirlwind, he rushed towards the position of the Jing Navy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Behind the cavalry were four heavy and clumsy chariots.

The chariot is made by imitating the chariot of the Ming Dynasty in the later Jin, the tall wooden board in front of the chariot is covered with raw cowhide is the best defensive equipment, in the Nurhachi era, even the Ming army firearms are generally difficult to break its defense, except for the red-coated cannon, but the red-coated cannon is generally used to attack the city, but it is clumsy in the field, that is, when the field war, the red-coated cannon is difficult to play its role.

Later, such a saying circulated among the Later Jin Army.

If you don't have a car in the face of the enemy, don't go to war!

However, this myth was shattered in the later Battle of Gaizhou, when the Houjin did not appear on the defensive at the beginning, but once attacked the city of Yongning, which was occupied by the Ming army at that time, and started an encounter with the Ming army.

At that time, Houjin took the chariot as the lead, assisted the infantry to advance, and the cavalry pressed the formation behind.

Such a formation, if it was placed in the past, with a series of firearms such as the Ming army's bird guns and three-eyed guns, it would be difficult to do anything about it.

But at that time, the Dongjiang Jing Navy had been formed, the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to it, and naturally the armaments manufactured by the Ming Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau were given priority to its use, and the Imperial Ordnance Bureau at that time had developed a twelve-pound and sixteen-pounder copper field guns, although the range of these guns was not as good as the red-coated guns, but the breech propulsion was adopted, and some of the artillery used bullet-type flowering shells.

In that battle, the Houjin car was tragically ravaged by the Ming army's artillery, and the Houjin army suffered heavy losses!

But the matter of the chariot does not seem to have caused controversy in the Houjin army, the chariot is still a sharp weapon of the Houjin army, perhaps because of Nurhachi's evaluation of the chariot, so that Nurhachi's successors dare not question more, but after this battle, the Houjin army has made a series of improvements to the chariot.

It is not only to increase the height and widening of the car baffle, but also to replace the wooden board with fine iron, and then to wind it with cooked cowhide, the improved defense of the car is of course higher than before, but the gold is from the nomads, and the smelting technology is far behind the Ming Empire.

Moreover, the Ming Empire suppressed the smuggling group and blockaded the Houjin, so there are very few improved cars that can be used here, for example, the five cars under the Wendu account here have not yet been improved.

In fact, Wen Du charged with 300 cavalry, and 200 foot soldiers behind him advanced with chariots, but it was also a good strategy.

Charging with cavalry, when considering the mobility of the cavalry, in Wendu's view, the Ming army is still building a military defense, if its own cavalry can charge with lightning speed, maybe it can disrupt the Ming army's position.

After the arrangement of the chariot soldiers, it is considered that if the cavalry is blocked, it is to advance with the chariot, fight steadily and steadily, stay to a certain distance, and then the cavalry will charge, once the distance is suitable, it will undoubtedly cause great damage to the Ming army, and then if the tower attack in the city can seize the opportunity, he will be able to relieve the siege of Yaozhou in one fell swoop, maybe then it will be like the original battle of Salhu, win more with less, and create brilliance!

At that time, he Wendu will be the hero of Houjin, and what a glory it is to be knighted!

Thinking of this, Wen Du, who was galloping on horseback, couldn't help but 'giggle', but the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is often cruel.

At this time, the Ming army had already discovered that this small group of cavalry was coming out of the city towards the position.

"General, but the last general will send my first cavalry regiment to charge!"

In the face of Hou Jin's charge, Jiang Zhuo, the commander of the 1st Infantry Division of the Jing Navy, asked Huang Long for his life.

Jiang Pin, a native of Yulin, Shaanxi, the Jiang family has been a general for generations, the eldest brother Jiang Rang was the general soldier of Yulin, Shaanxi, and later entered the Qin Wei Army, as the deputy marshal of the Qin Wei Army, Jiang Pan first entered the Qin Wei Army, and then entered the Dongjiang River, and was the commander of the first division of the Jing Navy, with the rank of major general.

Regarding what Jiang Ji said, Huang Long smiled and said.

"General Jiang, don't worry, you and I are both generals who have watched the actual combat drills of the Dragon and Tiger Army of the Beijing Forbidden Army, and now that the tower attack has sent such a cavalry charge, why not test the results of the defensive battle training of our Jing Navy's position?"

"Very wonderful, according to the general."

......

"The Tartars are coming, enter the trenches, quick! Fast! ”

"Artillery positions are prepared, aimed at the charging enemy cavalry, and the shells are loaded!"

"Arrangement ...... the chain of guns"

"Fourteen miles."

......

"Eight miles."

"Put!"

With the order of the commander of the artillery position, more than 30 grenadiers and 20 field guns were fired in the direction pointed by the small red flag.

For a time, the roar of artillery resounded throughout the battlefield.

The dense cannonballs covered the entire Houjin cavalry, and the exploding cannonballs fell around the cavalry of Wendusuo, but in a short time, they had already caused huge casualties.

To say that the artillery positions of the Ming army here were only the firearms of the 1st Division of the Jing Navy, and as for the heavy artillery brigades under the army, they were all big guys, and the shells used in the newly made long-barreled cannon were filled with nearly 10 catties of gunpowder.

"Lord Niu Lu, the firepower of the Southern Barbarians is too fierce, can you let the chariot come forward!"

In the sound of the powerful artillery of the Ming army, the cavalry of Wendu suffered heavy losses, and the three hundred cavalry had already reimbursed nearly a dozen people in less than a breath.

Therefore, it was a cavalry colonel who stepped forward and persuaded Wen Du to stop charging for the time being.

And here, in the face of the powerful firepower of the Ming army, seeing the brothers around him fall one by one, Wen Du was completely cracked, and when he looked back at the high wall, although it was crowded, there was no one in the city gate to help.

It was as if Wen had seen the endless taunts from the city walls.

"Hate!"

"It's all a bunch of cowards! If I'm going to die, I'm going to die on you people! ”

Although he was indignant in his heart, Wen Du did not lose his rationality, and in the face of what his subordinates said, although he was a little unwilling, the huge casualties were deeply stabbing his nerves.

"Rider come forward!"

Wendu had five carts under his tent, but under the impetus of fifty strong men, he quickly stepped forward to fill the vacant seats. Then the remaining one hundred and fifty foot soldiers stepped forward, drew their bows and were ready to shoot.

"Five miles!"

"Keep going!"

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But it was said that Wen Du changed into a chariot and stepped forward, but this move almost made the Ming army on the opposite side laugh off his big teeth, and the recruits of the trapping army did not mention it, but as far as the Jing Navy who had experienced the Battle of Gaizhou was concerned.

What a car! That's an old friend!

"Reload Molotov cocktails!"

The thermite incendiary bomb is a new type of artillery shell developed by the Imperial Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau after the invention of the imperial propellant, this new type of artillery shell is a pink mixture of aluminum powder and iron oxide powder in a ratio of 1:2.95, when the shell is violent, the reaction is violent, alumina and elemental iron are obtained and a large amount of heat is released, the temperature can reach 3000C, which can melt the generated iron.

It's just that this kind of shell is not as large as ordinary ammunition, after all, the cost of manufacturing such incendiary bombs is much higher than that of ordinary ammunition.

"Put!"

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, I saw a huge white light flash on the golden car, followed by a terrible roar.

At a high temperature of 3,000 degrees, the foot soldiers under the chariot stuck to the incendiary agent, but the iron armor suddenly melted, melted into the skin, and penetrated into the bones.

"This."

At the head of Yaozhou City, Ta Xi watched all this closely, Wen Du went out to fight without authorization, he wanted to take this opportunity to see the details of the Ming army, but from beginning to end, the Ming army did not send a single soldier except for firing firearms.

And just now, through the Western telescope, that dazzling white light made him tremble in his heart.

What kind of devil's weapon should this be, in a short period of time, not to mention the reimbursement of the five chariots, the two hundred sergeants who relied on the chariots to move forward were basically wiped out, and the miserable howl could be heard even from a distance of more than ten miles.

"What came out of the Ordnance Bureau is really inhumane!"

Regarding the effect of a few incendiary bombs, Huang Long didn't seem to be shaking his head at this moment.

"General, these Tartars invade my territory for no reason, kill people and set fires, and insult my women and children, how can they be described as human!"

"That's true."