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Ma Sanbiaozi was wearing a cotton shirt that was about to rot, which he received when the "Eight Banners" was established last winter. Although it is now June (lunar calendar), I don't know where the summer clothes are, and the soldiers of the entire "Back to the Eight Banners" can only make do with wearing winter ragged cotton clothes. He carried one on his shoulder, one hand holding a strip of cloth on top of the barrel of the gun and pulling it tighter, and the other hand crossed it, shouting "Hey! Hey! The labor horn went forward, with a numb expression on his face. And on his left and right, they are all like this, and they are all dressed like this, and the officers and soldiers of the "Hui Eight Banners" are no different from the beggar Hanako.

"Dad, I'm hungry, I'm scared ......" It was a half-grown son who was only thirteen or fourteen years old who carried the gun with Ma Sanbiaozi, and it was his son Ma Quan, who was panting and squeezing out such a sentence from the foam of his mouth.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we will soon see your mother, your mother opened a mutton restaurant below, and she has to kill ten big fat sheep every day, and when you get below, we will have something to eat." Ma Sanbiaozi spoke, with a happy expression on his face.

He originally opened a restaurant in the outer city of Beijing, with a high hall and children below, and lived a peaceful and beautiful life until the Taiping army called......

Now his restaurant is gone, his father and mother also died of exhaustion on the way to move outside the customs last year, and after arriving in Manchuria, the family died of illness and water and soil, in order to treat his wife, the daughter was sold to a Manchurian magnate family as a concubine, and now only the father and son are pulled into the Eight Banners as cannon fodder to fill the ditch!

"Don't talk, hurry up!"

The officer behind them waved his waist knife and sounded a warning sound. Most of the officers who returned to the Eight Banners were Manchus and Mongols outside the Guan. It's not as easy to talk as Uncle Eight Flags in Beijing. The wildness of the ancestors has not been worn away!

Ma Xinyi also carried a waist knife and advanced with his subordinates. At this time, what he thought of in his heart was not how to kill the enemy for Emperor Tiande, but Li Hongzhang, who had the same friendship with him! Now he is the Duke of Lujiang County of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of the Korean Kingdom, and the governor and admiral of Jilin. is already a very human minister, but what about himself? I'm going to die here, right?

At this moment, a loud bang was heard not far away, and there was a boom. I saw a ball of fire rising on the left side of the Great Array of the Eight Banners, and a huge pit appeared on the ground after the smoke dispersed!

Ma Xinyi took a hard breath of cold air, that shell will explode!? That big dirt pit was blown out!! If this explodes in the ranks, how many people will die!

The whole team was immediately stagnant, and everyone was staggering and refusing to move forward, even the Manchurian and Mongolian officers outside the Guan. The cannon of Ming Rebellion is also too ferocious, if it hits the pile, the ancestors will not be able to bless it.

"Whew!"

A sharp and piercing sound pierced the sky, and another 8.9-pound grenade burst through the sky at a speed visible to the naked eye! The shells flew along the trajectory of the parabola, and the landing point was a few points closer to the Eight Banners Formation than the grenade that had just been missed.

There was a loud "boom". The grenade exploded violently, and countless fragments were shot out in an instant. These large and small metal fragments swept over the edge of the large array like the scythe of death, sweeping down seven soldiers. Three of them hung up without even screaming, and four screamed, their hands instinctively trying to cover the bleeding wounds, not even knowing that they were dead.

"Charge, give the order to charge!"

Muravyov, who was watching the battle from the watchtower, shouted loudly to Guerja beside him at this time. Yuan Bao roared.

Gualca. Yuan Bao was stunned. Muravyov quickly and urgently explained: "The enemy has just corrected the trajectory with howitzers, and when they complete the correction, they will fire a salvo!" Hurry up and charge, rush over and fight them hand-to-hand! ”

"Ballistics? Salvo? "Gualca. Yuan Bao was stunned and stunned.

"Go!" Muravyov waved his hand vigorously to Gualja, who didn't know what was going on. Yuan Bao drove down the watchtower.

"The whole team! Forward ......"

Ma Xinyi and his own Goshha both drew their waist knives, stood in a column behind the large array, and cut down a few soldiers who tried to escape.

"Xiao Quanzi, it's almost time to see your mother......" Ma Sanbiaozi also comforted his son who was about to scare stupid. As for the uncles who were still yelling at the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners just now, they all had leg cramps one by one at this time, and they no longer had the heart to care about the strengths and weaknesses of others.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The salvo of the Ming artillery finally began, and the twelve twelve-pounder howitzers opened fire at the same time, and the shells fell like meteorites from the sky, and they fell in the large array of the Eight Banners one after another, and exploded into huge fireballs. Shrapnel whistled and flew in all directions, and with each explosion, a mass of flesh and blood was raised, and I don't know how many warriors of the Eight Banners fell in this round of shelling.

"Rush! Rush! Just rush up......"

Ma Xinyi also knew that he couldn't let the team move forward slowly, otherwise he would have to let the Ming army cannon beat everyone to ashes!

At this time, a group of Manchurian cavalry with blue flags had already lined up less than 500 paces behind the Hui Eight Banner Brigade, wooden guns, sabers, bows and arrows were all displayed, and there were several loud voices shouting there: "Lord Dutong's military order: All the Hui Eight Banner Infantry Team charge, and those who dare to delay will be killed!" ”

"If you don't rush yourself, let others rush, these full people are too ......"

Ma Xinyi scolded halfway, stomped his feet, took a few steps forward, waved his waist knife and shouted: "I don't have to live!" Brothers! There is no way to live, forward and backward are death, rush with me, go to heaven together! ”

"Rush, rush, heaven......"

Some people shouted together, these people, like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, all believed in heaven, and at this time they were forced by the Manchurians, instigated by Ma Xinyi, temporarily suppressed their fear, and began to rush like crazy.

"Follow me, Xiao Quanzi, follow me." Ma Sanbiaozi rushed and let his son follow him. If the two fathers and sons want to die, they have to die together!

"Really, let's go back to the picture!"

Ma Xinyi's Goshha, an uncle he brought out from Shandong, quietly came over and pulled him at this time, and whispered: "Gushan, I'll escort you later, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of running out of firewood......"

Ma Xinyi pushed away his clan uncle, waved his hand and said: "I don't have to choose, we have all reached this point, whether you live or die is up to your fate!" Fifth uncle, if you can go back alive, I will ask you to take care of my family. ”

After saying that, he danced his waist knife and rushed forward as if he was crazy!

The twelve howitzers of the Ming army were still firing non-stop, but because the Hui Eight Banners on the battlefield were scattered in formation during the charge, they no longer had the lethality of the initial salvo.

"The Hodchsky grenade doesn't seem to be as powerful as it could be, just spread out the stormtroopers." Muravyov, who was still watching the battle from the watchtower in the rear, said to himself.

As a professional soldier from a professional class, he immediately discovered that the Hodchsky grenade was simply not enough to stop the incoming enemy, and although this powerful shell would cause heavy casualties to the charging opponent, as long as it did not attack in a dense formation, the casualties were still within the bearable range.

"I can't stop ......," Zhang Wenxiang, who was commanding the troops to defend in the trench, looked at Hui Baqi, who was attacking regardless of casualties, and muttered.

"Attention all, 100 steps, free fire! 30 steps, throw a grenade! He paused and shouted, "The artillery work is done, now it's up to us infantry!" ”

Just when he gave the order loudly, the flow of people returning to the Eight Banners had already hit the first barbed wire fence arranged by the Ming army! The thick wooden stakes were formed in a triangle shape, twisted together with thick wires, and smashed deep into the ground. Between these triangular stakes, layers of thick wires are pulled! There were also jagged spikes on the wire, and when you touched your hand, it was a bloody hole. The Qing soldiers who were panting and were forced to rush up were huddled together in front of the barbed wire, unable to jump over or move away, and they didn't know what to do. And the whistling bullets hit again, because it was a fixed target that was crowded into a ball, so it was a gun to the flesh, and the blood splashed in the pile, and the screams were grounded. (To be continued......)