If there is enough time, Shen Jia doesn't mind digging the big pit a little deeper. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoMost people were worried about the wide open east gate, but Shen Jia found that the big pit was a perfect fortification. The pit provided a natural defense for the Ming army, which could be in a semicircle, using a temporary low wall of sandbags as a cover, and concentrate fire on the doorway.

Just when Shen Jia was rejoicing at his discovery, the Tartars outside the city were ecstatic to break through the east gate of Fushun. Either way, the Tartars saw that it was a broken door, and their passion for battle was ignited. Mang Gurtai decisively adjusted the focus of the attack, and a large number of infantry began to rush towards the city gates.

Taking advantage of the slight reduction of the fire, wave after wave of attacking people crowded densely towards the city gate. The doorway was already crowded, and people shouted for the people in front to charge.

In order to prevent the pit from being filled, Shen Jia arranged for people to find an opportunity to drag away the corpses in the pit. Looking at the deep pit more than one person high, the Tartar in front hesitated, while the people in the back kept pushing and scolding. The tartar was unsteady on his feet and was quickly pushed into the pit by the restless crowd behind him. The Ming army took the opportunity to throw grenades into the pit, and there was a continuous explosion in the pit, and then it was engulfed by burning fire.

The Tartar was red-eyed, blind to the cruel scene. They did not stop, but continued to choose to attack. The Tartar stepped on the corpse of his companion, facing the explosion and the flames, and tried to rush into Fushun City with fearless brute force. Soon, the pit was filled with corpses. Behind them were a large number of Tartars, who trampled on the dead bodies and stumbled towards the Ming army behind the improvised stone walls.

"Prepare for battle, the Tartars are up!"

Ma Hong roared, turned around and killed the torrent. Shen Jia didn't have time to stop it, so he had to organize the tiger cannons on both wings to shoot diagonally into the doorway. As long as the living force of the Tartars can be cut off, I believe that Ma Hong and the Fourth Company and the Fifth Company will definitely be able to leave the enemy in the city. The continuous explosions completely turned the entrance of the door into a death zone, and the accumulation of corpses not only made the Ming army's vision unclear, but also made the Tartars fearful. Gradually, the pace of the Tartar offensive slowed down.

The deafening terrorist explosion, like a wild beast, lay across the entrance of the door, opening its bloody mouth, and was rapidly devouring the surging life.

Zeng Shi was carrying a big knife, he swung the knife and slashed over a person, and he saw that Ge Yishan was being knocked down by the enemy. Zeng Shi saw that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly threw out the big knife in his hand, the big knife hit the Tartar in the head, Zeng Shi hit it hard with his shield, and the Tartar suddenly fell to the ground and died. Zeng Shi glanced at Ge Yishan, his face was pale, and his limbs trembled slightly. Zeng Shi nodded at Ge Yishan and encouraged him to continue fighting.

The Tartars who rushed in were completely mixed with the Ming army, and after the Ming army took advantage of its large numbers, full organization, and stable mentality, the Ming army slowly entered a state of battle.

A brutal scene is staged inside the city gate. A large number of grenades, explosive packets were thrown into it one after another, and the explosions continued continuously. Wave after wave of explosions kicked up rubble and rubble scattered like a goddess scattering flowers. The doorway was filled with dust kicked up by air waves, obscuring the already dim light. Blood and dust rolled intertwined, and the strong smell of blood desperately escaped from time to time to the exits on both sides.

The nightmarish scene finally stopped the Tartars who had been reinforcing outside the city, and they stood still, cowering and not daring to move forward.

The doorway was littered with rubble and corpses, and behind it was a constant wriggling crowd of people, making it impossible for the Tartars at the front to retreat. The reflexes of the Ming army continued to throw explosives at the doorway. In the rising dust, there were screams everywhere. Taking advantage of the lack of vision, the Ming army took the opportunity to throw burning asphalt into the doorway, and the disgusting black fog soon enveloped the dim doorway, and the Tartars smelled the smell and did not care about the corpses of their companions, and soon fled completely.

The fire was still burning, and the wind whipped up a black mist that carried it far outside the city, and many people felt chest tightness and nausea, and their whole body was weak.

After a long and bloody battle, the Ming army finally cleaned up the Tartars that rushed into the city one by one, and the situation at the city gate slowly stabilized.

The Tartar offensive turned into a strong crossbow, and the remnants of the city walls were wiped out by the Ming army. After a tense and fierce battle, the Ming army also suffered heavy casualties, and the people who were alive sat on the ground exhausted and gasped for breath.

Shen Jia learned a lesson and continued to order the people to expand and deepen the scale of the deep pit, and at the same time he also ordered to arrange a temporary stone wall as soon as possible as a support for the defense of the Ming army's city gate.

He Shixian's face was covered with blood, and he walked over and asked, "Boy, you dug like this, how can we get out later?" ”

Shen Jia explained with an embarrassed face: "Uncle He, I can't help it, if it weren't for the shit luck today, digging a little shallow trench to jam that powder keg, maybe we would have died a long time ago." At this time and that time, hold on first and then talk about it. You look at both sides of the doorway, as long as one side of the stone wall is demolished and a door panel is erected, we can advance and retreat freely, of course, the cavalry, you still think about it. ”

"Okay boy, I called you over today, it seems that it was used in the right place, how are the casualties on your side?"

"I haven't had time to count yet, the casualties in the recruit battalion are very serious, almost more than half of the people in the fourth company have lost their combat effectiveness, and Ma Baihu's side is even more miserable, especially the Ming army in charge of defense in the door hole, almost all of them have been wiped out."

He Shixian looked up at Ma Hong, who was looking for the remnants of the Ming army in the doorway. Although everyone knew that there could be no survivors, Ma Hong, with a sad face, was still carefully looking through the rubble. He Shixian opened his mouth, but then fell silent again, he reached out and patted Shen Jia's shoulder, turned around and left silently.

Shen Jia counted the number of people, and only then did he find that the casualties of the Fourth Company in the hand-to-hand battle just now had reached sixty-one people, and the astonishing casualty rate made Shen Jia reprimand. The commander of the fourth company, Zeng Shishi, named him to the end, and this cheerful man couldn't help but cry on the spot.

The wind was whining, there were scorched corpses everywhere, and no one laughed at Zeng Shi's crying in the Ming army who came over from the flames of war. This is the most sincere sorrow for those who survived the battle, and it is also the greatest affirmation for the soldiers who fought to the death.

Shen Jia patted Zeng Shishi's shoulder, and the iron man raised his head, choking back tears, and saluted him silently.

Shen Jia solemnly returned the salute, and then said loudly: "You are all good, you are all the pride of the fourth company, and the blood of the fourth company will not be shed in vain!" ”

Then Shen Jia revoked the establishment of the Seventh Company on the spot. The establishment of the seventh company was already insufficient, and Shen Jia took the opportunity to replenish all the recruits of the seventh company to the fourth company.

At the same time, Shen Jia announced that the soldiers who died in the new barracks would receive twenty taels of silver, and his family would be given priority to be placed in work. Compared with a life, Shen Jia's work is far from enough, but in a realm where people are everywhere and life is not as good as a dog, Shen Jia's approach still won the recognition of the recruits. At least the recruits thought that even if they died in battle, they would not have any worries. And Shen Jia's credit, whether in the new barracks or on the construction sites inside and outside the city, has always been extremely strong.

Just when Shen Jia was arranging the affairs of the camp, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Lao Tzu doesn't want to do it anymore, you can't buy Lao Tzu's life with this little money." ”

Shen Jia looked back, but saw Ge Yishan walking, taking off his armor again and again, and shouting at the same time to leave the army.

The angry Zeng Shi suddenly rushed out diagonally and smashed a fist on Ge Yishan's head, he roared and shouted: "Our brother has died so many people, is it just to let you, a bad seed, live well?" Are you worthy of your dead brother? ”

Zeng Shi waved his fist and was about to fight again, but the Ming troops on both sides held him tightly.

"Zeng Shi!"

"Here!"

"Stand upright!"

Zeng Shi heard the order and quickly stood in place.

Shen Jia walked over and slowly raised his head to look at Ge Yishan. Ge Yishan's face was pale, but he kept shouting: "Lao Tzu is not afraid of you, you will kill you if you have a kind, Lao Tzu is a showman, you don't have the ability to kill me, Lao Tzu doesn't want to be a soldier!" ”

With that, Ge Yishan threw the wooden sign of the new barracks to the ground.

Shen Jia bent down, picked up the wooden card, and threw it into the fire with an indifferent face. Seeing the wooden plaque being swallowed up by the burning flames, Shen Jia said with a cold expression: "Detain Ge Yishan and send it to the Yamen for trial after the war." ”

"Instructor Shen, I can't be convinced if you deal with it like this!"

Shen Jia turned his head, but saw that Wang Zihengzheng looked disdainful and indifferent.

"Instructor Shen, the day before yesterday, your brother-in-law Wu Zhiwen escaped from the battlefield, you just let it go lightly, and Ge Yishan made a mistake, but you have to hand it over to the yamen, this is obviously bending the law for personal gain, and the handling is unfair, I want to appeal."

Shen Jia's brows were tightly clustered together, and he said sharply: "Wang Ziheng, are you sure you want this?" ”

Among the three Liu, Ge, and Wang, Wang Ziheng had the most irritable personality, and the calm and composed Liu Wencai happened to be on the city wall at this time, and Shen Jia understood that there was no way out of this matter today.

"Yes, we were originally talented, and we joined the army, but you instructed us like rough men, I have long had enough, this is my meal, I will give it back to you, from now on we don't owe each other, I want to take Ge Yishan away."

A few pieces of silver were thrown to the ground, Shen Jia stepped on them, and said to Zeng Shi after a while: "Send them away, leave immediately, they are no longer soldiers in the new barracks, and they will be treated as ordinary people in the future." ”

Wang Ziheng and Ge Yishan left, and in the ridicule of the Ming army, the two turned their backs and left without looking back. The Ming army, which fought to the death, had long been accustomed to cowards, and they sneered at those who escaped from the war, and made great sarcasm.

Shen Jia ordered the four companies to assemble.

"I know everyone has some doubts about Wu Zhiwen, yes, he is my brother-in-law. But you might as well think about it, did he have any specialization in the barracks? Of course not, Wu Zhiwen eats and lives with everyone, I believe everyone can see it. ”

"Then why didn't I deliberately punish when I went out of town to harass me on the first day? That's right, that's because everyone is a new recruit, and when they go to war for the first time, I allow everyone to make mistakes and even back down. However, when you go from a recruit to a veteran, this mistake is unforgivable and will be punished. This is also the reason why I insist on punishing Ge Yishan. Ge Yishan has had a serious impact on us, he slandered and denied our efforts and efforts, he tried to use the special class status of the literati to win power in the army, let me ask you, do you agree? ”

"No!" The crowd roared in unison.

"Of course we can't agree, our honor and power are obtained through hard training and bloody battles, no one can take it away for no reason, and no one can get a high position without work, in our recruit camp, what we value is honor, dedication, and hard work. If anyone still wants to leave, I'll let him go now! ”

Shen Jia looked around, the recruits looked resolute, and wanted them to escape from the battlefield where blood had been slashed, which was more difficult for them to accept than death.

Taking advantage of the Tartar to rest, Shen Jia arranged for the Ming army to take turns to have lunch, and at the same time arranged for the auxiliary soldiers to deepen the big pit. The battle just now has shown that the pit is also limited in the use of large numbers of Tartars. At the same time, Shen Jia asked the people to strengthen the temporary stone wall and raise the height to the height of one person, which was tantamount to digging a deep pit in disguise.

After lunch, the Tartars went on the offensive again. However, the terrain in front of the city gate changed drastically, and the Tartar infantry had no choice but to retreat after paying heavy casualties.

When the Tartars realized that the Ming army was defending with the help of stone walls, although the attack firepower was strong, at the same time, the Ming army could not get close to them. So the Tartars changed their way of thinking, and they organized a large number of archers to cover and try to fight their way out, but the temporary stone wall began to work, and the stone wall fended off a large number of crossbow shots for the Ming army head-on. The Ming army, hiding behind the stone wall, threw incendiary bombs into the city gate hole from time to time.

The Ming army took this style of play to the extreme, they used crossbowmen, tiger cannons to shoot alternately, when the shooting was free, they threw grenades to kill, and when the Tartars were numerous, they threw burning asphalt to cut off the reinforcements of the Tartars.

The inside of the city gate cave was already full of potholes and rubble. Careful care was taken with every step, which also invisibly weakened the offensive momentum of the Tartars. The gunpowder seized by the Tartars from Jibong Fort seemed to have been depleted, and the Tartars were helpless all afternoon in the face of the seemingly dilapidated defenses at the city gates.

The battle lasted from the afternoon to the evening, and the Ming army, which had been fighting for a day, finally withstood the attack of the Tartars and ensured that the banner of the Ming army on the city of Fushun would not fall.

Faced with a hard-won and disastrous victory, the soldiers wept with joy. But He Shixian was worried, it was only one day, the city gate was in danger, how to continue in the future?