Chapter 32: The Great Battle of the Rabbits

The generals did not dare to delay after receiving the report, and hurriedly reorganized the army to reinforce it. The www.biquge.info of the pen divided the soldiers and horses into three parts, Yang Yuan led three hundred cavalry as the front, Shen Yourong led the firearms camp in the middle, and Yang Shaoxun led the pacesetter camp in the rear. At the same time, scouts were sent around to guard against the sneak attack of Monnu. Everyone was cautious all the way, and it took a lot of time to reach the outside of Zhenyuan Fort.

At this time, the one who led the troops to besiege Zhenyuan Fort was "Rabbit", the son of the chief of the Taining tribe "Su Jianghai". His father has been a disaster in Liaodong for more than 20 years, and has repeatedly invaded the Ming Side Mirror. Wanli led his troops to invade Yizhou in the tenth year, and Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, set up an ambush in Zhenyi Fort. He didn't know what the plan was, and was shot by Li Pinghu, who was a general at the time, and was beheaded by Li Youming after falling off the horse.

After the death of Su Jianghai, the second son succeeded the rabbit to his throne, often wanting revenge, and repeatedly violated the border. This time, the barbarians gathered all the troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and the rabbits worked very hard, leading 8,000 men and horses to attack and plunder. originally wanted to break through Zhenyi Fort and slaughter all the Ming people to avenge his father, but Li Chengliang had already taken precautions. After losing the troops, seeing that there were not many Ming troops stationed in the area of Zhenyuan Fort, he turned to lead the troops to attack.

At this time, guarding the town of Yuanbao was the garrison Hu Yukun, this person's ancestor was a Hui person, and he settled here after coming to Liaodong with the army in his early years. There are not many soldiers and horses under the command of Hu Garrison, and under the fierce attack of the rabbits, the city is already full of dangers. Fortunately, Hu Yukun inherited the characteristics of the Hui people who are brave and good at fighting, and he was born strong, and he led dozens of his subordinates to rescue everywhere, which was able to keep the city alive.

Hu Yukun is tall and big, and his weight is even more terrifying, reaching more than 200 catties. The back and forth rescue of these cities on all sides has long been exhausted. Fortunately, Shen Yourong and others came to help in time, and the enemy had to stop attacking, otherwise the city would be destroyed and killed in this day. There are a lot of reinforcements from the Ming army. ordered his son-in-law Hua Da to lead 3,000 men and horses to continue to besiege Zhenyuan Fort, and he himself took 5,000 men and horses to meet the Ming army reinforcements.

Yang Shaoxun and Shen Yourong led their troops to form a formation five miles away from the city at this time, and saw that the enemy was divided into troops to fight. Immediately ordered Yang Yuan to lead his cavalry to entangle with the enemy and disrupt the enemy formation. At the same time, the firearms battalion was in the front, and the artillery and general guns carried were lined up. A and B are in a formation behind them, and after the artillery is fired, they will meet the enemy with fast guns and sharpshooters, and the three generals are arranged in a zigzag pattern. Shen Yourong personally led his family Ding to command in the center, and Shen Wansan and Ziren led the cavalry team to follow him, waiting for the order to join the battle at any time.

Yang Shaoxun led the pacesetter battalion and finished the formation behind the firearms battalion. Seeing that the enemy was outnumbered, he was worried that the firearms battalion would not be able to resist, so he sent two commanders, each with a division of men and horses, to escort the left and right flanks of the firearms battalion. Li Dequan needed to recuperate after being injured, and his subordinates suffered a lot of losses in the first battle before the night was not collected, so they did not participate in the battle for the time being.

Thinking of the rabbit as revenge for his father, he has repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty with his uncle over the years. Li Chengliang led the Liaodong soldiers and horses to defend it to the death, and did not take too much advantage. This time, the detention was outside Zhenyi Fort and suffered a lot of losses, and the attack on Zhenyuan Fort saw that the city was about to be broken, and it was indeed interrupted by Yang and Shen with troops. Very dissatisfied in his heart, he led the troops straight towards the Ming army.

Yang Yuan's men were few and couldn't resist, so they just shook for a while, and then led the army to retreat. The rabbit was bent on breaking through the Ming army's array, and he did not divide his troops to pursue. Yang Yuan was able to withdraw smoothly, leading the troops to bypass the front of the firearms battalion and directly join Yang Shaoxun.

At this time, the rabbit led the troops less than a mile away from the front of the Ming army, and Shen Yourong hurriedly ordered the general to open fire. The gunners did not dare to delay, and began to fire one after another. The general cannon is a major weapon in the vehicle-mounted firearms of the Ming army, which is divided into three types: large, medium and small, and fires seven catties, three catties and one catty of lead bullets. The general gun of the firearms battalion fired five catties of lead bullet, which was considered a second general gun according to the specifications. Shen Yourong felt that it was not majestic enough and renamed it the Great General Cannon, with a range of less than one mile.

The firearms battalion had four large guns, but this gun did not have sights and was not high. One of the four guns was not properly controlled, and the muzzle of the gun was too low and smashed directly into the ground. However, the lethality of this solid lead bullet is really not small, although only three cannons hit the enemy, and even killed and wounded many Monnu. However, the enemy had a large number of soldiers and horses, regardless of casualties, and still rushed towards the Ming army under the command of the rabbit.

Shen Yourong saw that the effect of the general's cannon was not good, and he urgently ordered the cannon to continue firing. The Killer Cannon is somewhat similar to the Three-Eyed Cannon, and the three barrels can be fired together, or they can be fired sequentially by adjusting the length of the arquebus, but the range is only half that of the General's Cannon. The firearms battalion was equipped with a total of 24 guns, and for a time the Ming army was constantly firing artillery in front of the formation. Monnu withstood two rounds of artillery blows, and the momentum of the charge was slightly paused.

Shen Yourong took advantage of the smoke raised by the artillery and commanded Mr. C to retreat. Commander A and B stepped forward and used the artillery carriage as a cover, ready to open fire and kill the enemy. Shen Yourong saw that the Mongolian Tatars were coming fiercely, and he was worried that the firearms camp would be too small to resist. Let Shen Wansan and Ziren go to the pacesetter camps on the left and right flanks to give orders, so that they can get closer to them as soon as possible.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry, under the loud reprimand of the rabbit, relaunched the charge. When he was close to the firing range, he began to direct his men to release the arrows. Although the Mongols' horse bow had a shorter range than the foot bow, it could be used for horse speed. For a time, thousands of people fired a salvo, which made up for the shortcomings of the poor long-distance accuracy of horses and arrows.

Although the firearms battalion was blocked by artillery trucks, there were also many casualties. Shen Yourong saw that the Mongol slaves were approaching, and began to command the two general men and horses A and B, firing fast guns and sharpshooters to return fire, which also caused a lot of casualties to the Mongolian Tatars. However, the Ming army's firearms were inconvenient to reload, and they fought back for a while, and their firepower weakened. The fast gunners reloaded their guns and prepared for melee combat with the enemy.

The rabbit had been in the middle of the command, and the weapons were all cast. Only then did he lead his cronies to launch an assault, preparing to break through the defense line of the firearms battalion directly from the front. Seeing that he was about to rush to the front of the Ming army's defense line, suddenly a burst of artillery sounded in front of the Ming army's formation. The Mongol Tatars did not have time to take precautions, and the distance was close to a lot of casualties for a while.

It turned out that Shen Yourong saw the enemy approaching, and after Ziren and Shen Yourong left, he urgently ordered the cavalry team to dismount and help in the battle. The cavalry team had just finished loading the tiger squat cannon and led the rabbit to kill in front of them. Shen Yourong hurriedly ordered everyone to open fire, and at this time, the enemy was in front of him, and the scattered bullets sent out by the tiger squat cannon had a very large killing range, resolving the enemy's first wave of offensive.

The rabbit was always protected by a guard, but fortunately he was not injured by the bullet. However, the lethality of the close-range scattered bombs was amazing, and seeing the flesh and blood of many guards in front of him being beaten, he was frightened and hurriedly retreated, but he didn't know that the instinctive decision of the rabbit saved his life.

The men of the cavalry had already seen that this man was the leader of the Tartars, and they were ready to kill him while the men and horses in front of him were swept down by the tiger squatting cannons. Unfortunately, the smoke from the tiger cannon fire obscured the view, and when the smoke cleared, the rabbit had already run away, and the opportunity was missed.