Chapter 172: The Troubles of the Turtle in the Urn
Shen Shiqiang has basically not fought with Mongolian soldiers until now, and the city gate was opened with Du Wenhuan as soon as he arrived at the Ming army entering the city, and he cast a begging glance at Du Wenhuan: "Military seat, let me take the soldiers to attack it!" ”
Du Wenhuan glanced at the Han soldiers who were tied up behind Shen Shiqiang, "Don't worry, I will leave the credit to you, but you have to do two things first: first, settle these Han soldiers in the camp - we can't run around with them; Second, send a military report to the commander, to make a long story short, that Yue Tuo has fled to the Mongolian Horqin Division, his whereabouts are unknown, we have entered Quang Ninh, and are clearing the remnants of the Mongol soldiers in the city, and the ammunition is very depleted. The commander is a man who understands, and he must understand what I mean. ”
"Yes, Throne." Shen Shiqiang saluted and turned around.
Du Wenhuan was still stunned at the Mongolian camp.
The same people, the Han soldiers and the Mongolian soldiers, is there such a big difference?
Shen Shiqiang came back soon, "Junzuo, both things have been done, now you can attack the Mongols' camp, right?" ”
"Shiqiang, be careful, the Mongols will never escape, and the casualties of the soldiers must be reduced."
"Yes, Throne." Shen Shiqiang personally went to select the soldiers.
Du Wenhuan had nothing to do, he took three hundred soldiers and went to the city to hang out: Quang Ninh, you are finally back.
On the periphery of the Mongol camp was a low earthen wall with a fenced main gate. When the Mongols fled into the camp, they were afraid that the Ming army would pursue them, and they didn't even have time to close the fence.
Shen Shiqiang took six hundred soldiers and two battalions of troops, bent his waist, and slowly walked through the fence.
There are more than 20 Tupi houses in the earthen wall, which should be the barracks of the Mongols, and there are a large number of tents on the far left, and some Mongols may not be used to living in houses and still live in tents.
If the Mongols hid in the barracks, it would be troublesome, the flintlock pistols could not penetrate the earthen walls of the barracks at all, and Shen Shiqiang hoped that some Mongols would hide in the tents, which were the targets of the flintlock pistols.
Shen Shiqiang picked the easy ones to deal with first, he found more than a dozen gunmen, and fired at the tent with flintlock pistols.
Round holes appeared in the thick tent, and the bullets were burned black around the holes, but there was no movement in the tent.
Is there really no Mongol here?
Shen Shiqiang was still not at ease, he was worried that Mengre was hiding in the tent behind.
He asked the soldiers to pick up the arrows and bows that the Mongols had thrown outside, put straw, cotton and other fire-igniting objects on the arrows, and then lit them with fire breakers and used them as rockets.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
Rockets were constantly fired at the tents, which were soaked in butter or mutton fat, and caught fire at sight.
The tents were connected, and the red spread rapidly, and in an instant, all the tents were set on fire.
The Ming gunners kept their eyes on the tents, waiting for the Mongol soldiers to emerge from the tents.
But there was no one in the tent.
Did the Mongols all hide in the barracks? Shen Shiqiang was slightly disappointed.
The tents were burned, the barracks were completely isolated, the barracks had no back door, and as long as the front doors and windows were sealed, the Mongols could not fly away.
Shen Shiqiang looked at the barracks, all the barracks were closed doors and windows, and there was no movement in the house, and he couldn't see which barracks the Mongolian soldiers were hiding in.
"Start with the first building on the left, clean up one by one."
Cleaning up one by one is the stupidest way, but Shen Shiqiang really can't think of any better way.
The gunners fired several shots at the door and window of the first barracks on the left, but the gate did not move, but the window rattled.
Shen Shiqiang saw that the window was not secure, so he simply knocked out the window first, and then said, "Continue to shoot at the window until you shoot down the window door." ”
More than a dozen flintlock muskets were concentrated in the window to the right of the gate.
The wooden planks of the windows are on the thin side, so bullets can easily penetrate them, and the windows and doors constantly make "squeak" sounds.
"Bang dang." The window door fell off and fell to the ground, revealing a large black hole in the window.
"Keep shooting." Shen Shiqiang didn't know if there were any Mongolian soldiers in this house, so he shot a few shots first.
But the bullets of the flintlock pistol do not bend, and if the Mongols hide behind the earthen wall, the bullets will not hit.
The gunners worked in groups of three, slowly approaching the window.
Two groups of gunners, flintlock pistols in their hands, with their muzzles pointed at the window, blocked off the different positions of the holes, and their eyes were fixed on the large holes in the windows, slowly approaching the windows.
The gunners were more careful when they came into range of their bows and arrows, but they had no armor or shields and had to rely on their own reflexes to dodge the arrows that the Mongols might fire.
"Whoosh."
The upper body of a Mongolian soldier suddenly appeared at the window and fired a cold arrow at the Ming gunners in front of him.
"Bang, bang."
Two flintlock muskets were fired at the Mongol soldiers.
The arrow struck one of the gunmen in the forehead, piercing the skull, and the gunman fell silently.
The Mongolian soldiers let out a scream of "ah......, followed by a "bang" sound from the house, apparently someone had fallen.
One life for another.
If you fight for consumption on the battlefield, the Ming army is numerous and can definitely afford it.
"Stop attacking!" Shen Shiqiang is gone, now the Mongols are already old turtles in the urn, and it is obviously not worth it to use the lives of soldiers to fight for consumption.
The Ming gunners withdrew, and the body of the dead soldier was carried back by his companions.
Shen Shiqiang carefully looked at the Mongol barracks.
The barracks on the far left, which had been a Mongol tent on the left, had been burned and all that remained was ashes, and there were no doors or windows on this wall of the barracks.
Shen Shiqiang summoned a soldier and whispered.
The soldier walked around to the open space where the tent had been burned out, clinging to the wall on the left, and slowly moved to the front of the barracks.
He untied two grenades from his waist, pulled off the fuses, threw them to the door, and then turned and ran, hiding behind the wall.
"Bang, bang."
Two muffled sounds, almost at the same time, the dust on the walls fell one after another, and even the eaves shook twice.
The lower part of the main entrance was blown away, and the main entrance had been poured down, and the scattered sawdust smashed the falling dust, and a hole larger than a window appeared in the doorway.
Shen Shiqiang stretched out his thumb to the soldier, "Good job, good job." ”
Encouraged, the soldier groped his way back to the side of the main entrance, leaning against the wall. He pulled out two grenades again, pulled out the fuses, and then reached through the hole in the door and threw them at the window.
"Bang, bang," there were two muffled sounds.
"Ah......h
The three gunners, who had been prepared for a long time, quickly rushed to the main entrance from the left.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
The soldier flew up and kicked towards the main entrance, and the broken main gate fell to the ground.
Three soldiers appeared in the doorway, flintlock pistols pointed at different angles.
"Bang, bang."
Two bullets, hitting the same Mongol soldier, one in the left chest and one in the lower abdomen.
The flintlock pistol reloads slowly, the situation inside the house is unknown, and they must keep a bullet.
"Whoosh".
The last Mongolian soldier in the room shot a cold arrow that hit the soldier in the middle of the heart.
"Bang." The last gunner struck, the bullet hit the left shoulder of the Mongol soldier, and as soon as his left hand loosened, the wooden bow fell to the ground.
The two Ming gunners threw away their flintlock pistols, quickly drew their waist knives, and pounced on the wounded Mongol soldier.
The Mongol soldier was wounded in the left shoulder, and although he drew his scimitar, his body was not flexible, and he was slashed in the right shoulder, and the scimitar fell to the ground, where he was captured by two gunmen.
Of the four Mongolian soldiers in the house, three were killed and one wounded, and the wounded soldiers were escorted out of the barracks and sent to Shen Shiqiang.
Another soldier fell, and Shen Shiqiang was furious: "Beat this Mongolian soldier so that the other Mongols in the barracks can hear it." ”
Two soldiers picked up the horsewhip dropped by the Mongols from the ground, one left and the other right, and slammed the wounded and captured Mongol soldier with his head and face.
"Ah...... Yes...... ...... vomit"
The Mongolian soldiers screamed miserably, and the Ming soldiers could not understand it, maybe the wolf could understand it, maybe the other Mongolian soldiers in the barracks could hear it.
The whip went from head to toe and foot to head.
The Mongolian soldier was in pain, he accumulated the last trace of strength, and when the whip of the Ming soldier who beat him backwards, he suddenly flew up and kicked in the lower abdomen of the Ming soldier, and the Ming soldier fell on his back and couldn't get up for a while.
"Niang Xipi." Shen Shiqiang was furious, he took the soldier's horsewhip, and fiercely whipped it on the thigh of the Mongolian soldier, the whip was wrapped around his thigh, and Shen Shiqiang pulled the horsewhip hard.
The Mongolian soldier's legs were pulled and hung in the air, his body had nowhere to be forced, and with a "poof" sound, he hit the ground hard, his arms were seriously injured, he could not support the ground, and his forehead hit the ground directly.
"Click", a crisp sound, the Mongolian soldier's cervical vertebrae were broken, his head tilted, and he suddenly lost consciousness.
Shen Shiqiang was still angry, and whipped two more whips, and the Mongolian soldiers had no more breath, so he threw away the horse whip angrily.
"Continue to clear the second barracks."
There were five Mongol soldiers in the second barracks, and they were cleared, and the Ming army paid the price of two dead and one wounded.
Shen Shiqiang fell into contemplation, when he attacked Guangning City, Du Wenhuan did not pay such a big price, and he faced these Mongols in the urn, but the soldiers were killed and wounded.
He muttered to himself: "If only there were artillery, which could blow up the walls of these barracks." ”
"Master, we have artillery!" The soldier standing beside Shen Shiqiang said.
Shen Shiqiang's eyes were still fixed on the barracks: "It's a pity that our artillery is in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and it hasn't been transported to Guangning at all." ”
"Division, there is artillery at the head of the city of Quang Ninh, I saw it with my own eyes when I entered the city, and I also touched the artillery."
"Is there artillery at the head of the city?" Shen Shiqiang's eyes suddenly flashed with excitement, "You mean the tiger cannon at the head of the city?" ”
"Yes, division, there is a tiger cannon at the head of the city."
The tiger cannon fired solid bullets, and the blow to the enemy was limited, so the new army of the Ming Dynasty was not equipped with tiger cannons, and Shen Shiqiang also forgot about it.
If it is used to hit the wall of the barracks, the power of the Tiger Cannon may be greater, and the solid shell will not explode, but the energy given by the cannon body when fired is all on the solid shell, and its impact is much more powerful than the flowering shell.
Shen Shiqiang was happy for a while, he touched the head of his own soldier, "Yes, the brain is good, if you can exterminate the Mongols, you are the first to act." ”
The soldier smiled and touched his head.
Shen Shiqiang's face turned pale, and he turned back to the soldiers and said, "Remove all the artillery at the South City Gate, and transport them here together with solid bullets." ”