readx; A few years later, when summarizing the history of the Ming army's anti-capture war, the Battle of Qian'an, which was not the largest in scale, was listed as a battle of great significance, and even a reversal of attack and defense between the Ming and Qing dynasties*. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info-Because from the beginning of this battle, the Qing army was completely aware that as long as the Ming army wanted to hold the city, it would be impossible for them to take it no matter how many casualties they paid, and the reason was the grenades of the Ming army.

This new type of firearm, which appeared in this time and space in advance because of Zhu Youzhen's crossing, has three most important characteristics>

First, it is small in size, light in weight, easy to carry and flexible in use. Any infantryman, with about twenty grenades on his body, has no problem at all, and can be thrown near or far, especially behind obstacles with a parabola. These features are not present in artillery and guns.

Second, the 'shooting' is fast and powerful. The newly developed string grenade of the Ming army, after pulling the fuse, will explode within a few seconds, and a soldier only needs to be trained to throw five or six grenades a minute. In comparison, the rate of 'fire' of artillery and guns is too slow. In terms of power, the grenade, like the shell of the 'flower' cannon, uses the fragments generated by the explosion to kill and injure the enemy, and the killing range is large, which is also incomparable with the bullet of the solid cannonball and the gun.

Third, it is relatively easy to manufacture. The grenade has a simple structure and few parts, and after solving the fuse problem, it can be built much faster than a bird gun. A production line consisting of more than a dozen craftsmen can produce dozens of pieces every day. In the defense of Beijing, the military factory made a large number of grenades, at least tens of thousands, this time Meng Gong came to Qian'an, a sled was loaded with more than a dozen boxes, each box of twenty, a dozen sleds is 3,000.

Under the frenzied bombardment of grenades, the Qing army's massive offensive completely collapsed in the blink of an eye. It's not that they are greedy for life and afraid of death, but the grenades don't give them a chance to be afraid at all, and after the continuous explosions of "boom, boom, boom", corpses are lying in wait under the city walls, with broken arms and stumps everywhere, and corpses pierced by fragments like blood gourds everywhere. In just half a minute, more than 1,000 Qing troops close to the city wall, most of them were Manchu cavalry, and all of them were reimbursed!

Meng Gongwu refused to give up and ordered the soldiers to continue throwing grenades into the distance. Because at the time of departure, Zhu Youzhen gave him a good opportunity to face to face, telling him that once a large-scale battle broke out, he must fire the enemy as fiercely as possible, and that he would cripple and be afraid of the enemy in a single battle, until the enemy no longer dared to attack the city. Only in this way can we firmly hold the city of Qian'an and gain precious time for the total annihilation of the white flag.

Therefore, all the bombardiers threw their grenades into the distance, and the Qing cavalry thirty or forty paces away were overturned on their backs. At this time, Hao Yongzhong and Cao Wenzhao's subordinates didn't need to 'shoot' arrows, because the Qing army had been completely blown up by this grenade rain, let alone attacking the city, even if they fled, they didn't know where to flee.

The soldiers were so happy to see these bombardiers throwing that they blew up the enemy to the ground, and there was not a single one who was not greedy. Even Cao Wenzhao couldn't hold it back, and smiled embarrassedly at Meng Gong: "Brother Meng, you guys are too enjoyable, and my brother wants to try it too!" ”

Meng Gong was stunned at first, then laughed knowingly, hurriedly handed Cao Wenzhao a grenade, took one himself, and after explaining the key points of throwing for Cao Wenzhao, he first demonstrated throwing one.

Although Cao Wenzhao is a cavalry general, he is also 'proficient' in all kinds of firearms, and he can learn simple things such as grenades. He saw that there was a place on the battlefield where the Qing army was relatively dense, but it was far away from the city wall, at least sixty paces (about 90 meters in the metric system), and weighed the strength of his arm to throw it, so he pulled the fuse violently, luckily dantian, shouted violently, and threw the grenade out with all his might.

The combat characteristics of the Guanning Iron Cavalry are mainly brute force impact, so from the main general to the cavalry, the manpower is infinite. Cao Wenzhao is also a fierce general second only to Li Chongyao in martial arts among the Li disciples, and this investment is really not trivial. I saw that this grenade drew a perfect parabola in the air at an extremely fast speed, rolling and falling towards the pile of Qing troops. Falling to a height of less than five feet above the enemy's head, the fuse in the grenade finally burned out, and only a "boom" was heard, and the dozen or so enemies gathered in the pile were all lifted off their horses!

The Ming army at the head of the city was naturally cheering, because even the most 'colorful' bombardier could only throw about 40 steps at the farthest, and Cao Wenzhao's throw was obviously standing out from the crowd of 'chickens'. Cao Wenzhao himself was also quite proud, and just wanted to vote for another one, but his nephew Cao Bianjiao came over and said, "Uncle, let me vote for one too..."

But the Qing army no longer gave Cao Bianjiao a chance to play. Because Cao Wenzhao's throw was impartial, he happened to be on the head of Amin, the owner of the white flag who was commanding the battle, and the dozen or so cavalrymen surrounding him were all his personal guards, and they were also the best soldiers in the Eight Banners Cavalry.

But no matter how fierce a person is, it is impossible to be more fierce than dynamite. The grenade exploded above their heads, and five or six of the guards were killed by the fragments on the spot. It is considered that Amin's life is big, his position is the farthest from the explosion point, and he was lucky not to be hit by the fragments, but he was swept off his horse by the gas 'wave' of the explosion. Everyone hurriedly lifted Amin up from the ground, only to see that the banner master, who had been invincible half an hour ago, was now paralyzed with his legs, his face was like ashes, and his lips were trembling vigorously, but he couldn't even say a word.

The general Kazhu reacted relatively quickly, and persuaded Amin with a crying voice: "Master, the firearms of the Han people are too powerful, and they can't continue to attack the city, otherwise it won't be enough for us to put all the warriors in!" ”

Amin relieved his breath for a long time, but he burst into tears, choked up, and said: "I finally understand why Lao Ba can't beat the Jingshi, these Han people... How did they suddenly become so powerful? ”

"Master, if you talk about bow and horse martial arts, ten Han people can't match one of us." Kazhu continued to persuade bitterly, "It's just that the Han people are bullying us with firearms, so we don't need to attack hard." As long as we withdraw from the Guanwai, Liaodong and the grasslands can still be galloped by our warriors, and the firearms of the Han people are useless. ”

How could Amin not hear that Kazhu was actually persuading him to accept the result of defeat, give up attacking Qian'an, and quickly withdraw from Guanwai. As a Manchu nobleman who has experienced a hundred battles, Amin also knows very well in his heart that it is impossible to capture Qian'an City, but he still wept and shook his head: "But there is not much food and grass in the army, even if you withdraw, it will be difficult to return to Liaodong." Even if you go back, what face do you have to see the eighth? ”

"Master, don't we still have a Yongping City?" Kazhu hurriedly suggested, "As long as we drive the people of Yongping City and transport the money and grain in the city back to Liaodong, we still have a harvest, which is better than the other Seven Banners going back empty-handed." ”

Amin groaned for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "That's it." This king will collect his troops for the time being, you hurry up to Yongping to do this, and bring those Han people to this king! On the way back, if the military rations are not enough, eat them as military rations! ”

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