readx; When the Ming army's eight loose guns began to bombard Qian'an one mile from the city, the morale of the enemy defending Qian'an was completely crushed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo&{}. {}.} They couldn't figure out how this kind of cannon, which could easily shoot shells into the city from a mile away, was transported here by the Ming army in the ice and snow.

In fact, how did they know that the free cannon is actually not heavy, only a few hundred catties, and it can be easily dragged with a sled. And that's not all, the Ming army still has twenty lighter rapid-fire guns and flowering cannons, and they haven't had time to use them yet.

If the Yuan Rong cannon was only bombarding the city wall, it was more of a psychological shock to the Qing army, then the close shooting of the eight free guns brought real damage to the Qing army. Only two rounds of salvos, 16 shells, the city was bombarded into a mess, the Qing army thought that it would be safe to run down from the city, but did not expect that it would be equally difficult to escape the doom, and dozens of people were killed by the shells in a short effort.

In the case of experienced troops, in this case they should be dispersed and each looking for cover, which can effectively reduce casualties. However, how could the Han army banner have this quality, seeing that the defense of the city was under bombardment, and the attack could not be attacked, and it soon collapsed completely. Zhu Changzuo still wanted the soldiers to rush out to their deaths to delay time, but who would listen to him now?

After two rounds of artillery bombardment, the Ming army saw that the Qing army did not resist, so it continued to advance. The Yuan Rong cannon in the back had stopped firing, reloaded onto the sleigh, and followed with four thousand cavalry and other baggage. The eight loose cannons continued to fire, and the detachment of 400 cavalry and 200 birdmen pressed forward again, and soon reached within 100 paces of the city wall. Here the bird-gunners again lined up and fired suppressively at the head of the city.

Seeing that the Ming army had advanced under his nose, one of Zhu Changzuo's subordinates said in a trembling voice: "General, the Ming army has come up too fast, the city is about to be destroyed, and it will be too late if you don't retreat!" ”

Actually, this is a typical bad idea. If the Qing army continued to resist stubbornly, abandoned the city wall and allowed the Ming army to enter the city, and started street battles in the city, the Ming army's artillery advantage would be seriously weakened. Of course, because the Ming army still had birds, the Qing army was still unable to resist the enemy, but it could still hold out for a long time.

However, Zhu Changzuo didn't know how to fight, and he was at a loss for the Ming army's tactics of completely using firearms to attack the city, coupled with greed for life and fear of death, he was already in chaos, so he nodded in confusion and said: "It's the only way, withdraw from the south gate quickly!" ”

As a result, nearly 3,000 soldiers of the Han army, before the Ming army captured the city, rushed to escape from the south gate of Qian'an, and were defeated to the town of oil press. Because the defeat was too hasty, they didn't even have time to set fire to the city and cause sabotage, and handed over the city of Qian'an and a large amount of grain and grass to the Ming army.

At this time, the cavalry of the Ming army finally dispatched, and they divided 2,000 men and horses to chase the Qing army to cover up and kill. In terms of military strength alone, these 2,000 people are not as large as the number of Qing troops. But the Qing army has been defeated like a mountain, how can there be a heart to fight. The cavalry, in particular, relied on their own horses, and even ran forward with all their might, deliberately leaving the infantry behind. Only those infantry suffered, and they didn't run far before they were caught up by the Ming cavalry, picked up the long pole and big knife, and harvested it like cutting leeks. This is simply a massacre without suspense, just one meal, nearly a thousand Qing soldiers died in Huangquan, and the Ming army did not have a single casualty.

Zhu Changzuo and the remnants of the Qing cavalry took the opportunity to escape, and the Ming army did not chase after them, and returned to Qian'an City after simply cleaning up the battlefield.

At this time, the Ming army had already occupied Qian'an, first controlled the city gate and city wall, put two Yuan Rong cannons, eight Xiaoyao cannons and twenty light artillery guns on the city, and then launched a carpet search in the city, and pulled out dozens of Han army banner soldiers who dragged ugly braids and had not had time to escape, and beheaded them after a simple interrogation.

Immediately afterwards, the Ming army released all the people who were captured as slaves by the Qing army, so that they should not panic, obey the arrangements of the officials and soldiers, and restore order in the city. The common people are looking forward to the clouds for a long time, and now they are finally looking forward to the official army, and the first battle is so that the Tartars are holding their heads and running away, and they are ecstatic, rushing to help the officials and soldiers carry the baggage, rush to repair the city wall, clean up the ruins, and lead the Ming army to receive the money, grain and materials stored in the city one by one.

The Ming army soon switched to defending the city, on the one hand, it immediately sent scouts to the rear to achieve victory, and on the other hand, it concentrated most of its artillery on the southern city wall, preparing for a large-scale counterattack by the Qing army.

Above the city, Hao Yongzhong, the chief general of this operation and who had just been given the seal of "Xiao Cavalry General", was patting the shoulder of the general Meng Gong and laughing: "The future is terrifying!" I think Xie Sheng, Li Dingguo, and Li Laiheng are young enough, but I didn't expect you, a rising star, to be very powerful! I heard that most of the defense of the capital division was fought by you, but I didn't believe it at first, but this time seeing is believing! ”

Meng Gong smiled embarrassedly: "The general has won the award, the last general is not powerful, it is the saint who purchased this batch of artillery from the Westerners, and then there is the general who commands well, and the general just follows the order, and I don't know anything else." ”

"Hehe, I don't dare to take credit, this kind of play was arranged by the saint himself!" Hao Yongzhong said with a smile, "You also know, I was born as a thief, and I have attacked cities in the past, but it is the first time to attack a city with artillery. This style of play is good, first bombard you with artillery from a distance, then the cavalry covers, the infantry follows, pushing the cannon and pressing forward little by little. If you don't come out, I'll keep banging until I smash you; If you dare to come out, hehe, it's a muzzle of a gun. Originally, defending the city had a great advantage, but under this tactic, it was completely useless! After this battle, our army annihilated more than 1,000 enemies, and there was no casualty of its own. ”

The two were talking happily, only to hear a muffled thunderous sound on the horizon due south, and the experienced Hao Yongzhong immediately alerted: "This must be the Tartars' brigade to kill." Get ready for battle! ”

Sure enough, as if a large dark cloud was pressing over from the sky, the thief chief Amin led the whole army with a white flag to abandon the oil press town and rushed straight to Qian'an.

However, at this moment, due east also made a loud noise, and another cavalry unit appeared in the field of vision of the Ming army. Meng Gong couldn't help but be a little nervous, because the vanguard he brought was only a thousand people, and Hao Yongzhong's troops were all cavalry, if the Qing army attacked the city with all its might, Qian'an would not be as easy to defend as the Beijing division.

Hao Yongzhong stared at it for a while, but he was overjoyed and said, "Do you see it?" All of them are armed with horses and heavy armor, holding maces, this is Guanning Iron Horse! ”

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