Chapter 231: The Trap (I)
Shi Lang said: "Master Hou, this method is not good, how long will it take to fill up the river surface nearly 100 zhang wide?" How could a lowly sailor watch Jiannu fill the river? ”
A faint smile flashed across Wang Pu's face, turned around and picked up the teacup on the case and handed it to Shi Lang, saying, "Look at this again." ”
Shi Lang took the tea cup from Wang Pu's hand in confusion, thinking that this is not a cup of tea, what is there to see? Glancing at it casually, Shi Lang looked away and was about to say something, when the whole person's expression suddenly suffocated, and two terrifying essences suddenly appeared in his eyes, staring at the tea cup in his hand.
It was a cold tea, because the weather suddenly became cold today, and there was a thin layer of ice floe on the tea surface!
Pack ice! Icing!!!
Shi Lang's face suddenly turned pale, he thought of the bad weather in Shandong, such a cold day, what if the canal froze? Once the canal freezes, his sailor ship will sink into the ice and be unable to move, while Jiannu can step on the ice and attack his sailor ship directly!
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Liaocheng, Dolgon's residence.
Duoduo sighed and said, "Everyone knows that the key to the victory or defeat of this battle is the Nanming Water Division, but if you want to solve the Ming Army Water Division, how easy is it?" ”
"yes." Abatai echoed, "No matter how brave and good our Eight Banners warriors of the Qing Dynasty are, it is impossible for them to rush into the river to fight with the Nanming Water Division, right?" ”
"Huh." Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "Your Royal Highness, what if the slaves have a way to make the Eight Banners warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom rush into the river to fight with the Nanming Water Division?" Are you confident that you can take out your opponents? ”
"What?" Duoduo and Abatai lost their voices at the same time, "Do you have a way to get the Eight Banners warriors to rush into the river?" ”
"Just kidding." Fan Wencheng's expression was solemn, and he turned back to Dolgon and said, "Master, there is no way for the slaves to let the Eight Banners warriors step on the river to attack the Nanming Water Division, but God can!" ”
"Oh my God?" Dolgon said in a deep voice, "What do you mean? ”
Fan Wencheng said: "Master, now the weather outside is already very cold, and it continues to get cold, according to the slave's speculation, the canal will freeze tonight, if this cold weather continues for another three to five days, there will be several inches of ice on the canal surface, and then our Eight Banners warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom will be able to step on the ice and directly attack the Nanming Water Division!" ”
"yes, how did you forget about this stubble." Dolgon was overjoyed when he heard this, "Once the river is frozen, the Eight Banners warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom will be able to attack on the ice, once the river is lost, the Nanming Water Division will be vulnerable, and the warships of the Nanming Water Division will also be trapped by the ice, they can't escape even if they want to, hahaha." ”
"Great." Duoduo also said happily, "As long as the Nanming Water Division is solved, even if the weather gets warmer and the canal thaws, Wang Pu who is trapped here will also become a turtle in the urn, hehe, just wait for Wang Pu to be captured alive, this king will definitely break his body into thousands of pieces, and avenge the first emperor and countless Eight Banner warriors who died in the hands of this fang!" ”
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That night, Liaocheng's "black wind freezing" became more and more severe, the temperature dropped sharply, and the sentry in charge of the night vigil was soon frozen to a blue nose and swollen face, and his hands and feet were wooden, so he quickly ran down from the arrow tower one by one, and began to run in circles.
Thin ice floes also began to appear on the surface of the canal.
The next morning, Dolgon climbed to the top of Liaocheng surrounded by Duoduo, Abatai, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanme, Tong Yang and others, and stood on the top of the city to see that the surface of the canal had been completely covered with ice.
"Bring it."
As soon as Dolgon's hand was stretched, Goshha handed over the binoculars.
Dolgon raised the monocular to the front of him, looked through the mirror hole, and saw that the Ming navy ten miles away had become a pot of porridge, dozens of sailor warships had all been trapped on the canal river, and the Ming soldiers on the boat were holding pistols and pennies to stab at the ice, and some soldiers were throwing burning cloth strips into the river, trying to melt the ice with a little fire, so that the sailor warships could be transported again.
"Haha." Dolgon couldn't help but let out two pleasant laughs, "God bless the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Army's sailors are finished!" ”
Fan Wencheng, who was standing behind Dolgon, said with a smile: "The servants have already gone to inspect this morning, the thickness of the ice by the river is already half an inch thick, as long as this 'black wind freeze' lasts for two more days, the thickness of the ice will definitely exceed three inches, and the thickness of the ice in the center of the river will also exceed one inch, which is enough for tens of thousands of troops to attack from the ice!" ”
Duoduo, who was also holding a telescope next to him and was inspecting the situation, said: "The position where the Ming army's naval division was trapped is almost in the middle of the canal, this section of the canal is relatively wide, and the attack distance on both sides is about the same, about seventy zhang (210 meters), but the left bank is close to Wang Pu's camp, which is not conducive to our army's attack. ”
"Hmm." Abatai nodded, "We have to attack the Ming army's naval division warships from the right side, so that the musket team in Wang Pu's camp will be beyond our reach, and we can only watch his naval division be destroyed by us!" ”
"Nope." Dolgon shook his head suddenly, and said in a condensed voice, "As a last resort, don't destroy these dozens of naval division warships, as well as the Ming army sailors on board, it's best to force them to surrender!" Since the death of King Qu of Sanshun, our Qing Dynasty's water division has existed in name only, and we have to find a way to rebuild it, and this Ming Army water division is the cornerstone of our rebuilding of the Great Qing Water Division! ”
The "iron case" of King Sanshun has been overturned by Dolgon, and it is with the "iron case" of King Sanshun that Dolgon pulled the chief regent Zilharang off his horse and has since become a slave chief with great power.
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Kennu's luck is good.
This "black wind freezing" lasted for four days, and it snowed for half a day in the middle, and the ice was covered with another layer of snow, with this layer of snow, Jiannu didn't have to tie straw ropes under his boots, and he could directly step on the ice covered with snow to attack the Ming army's naval warships trapped in the middle of the canal.
The Ming army sailors on the warship naturally did not stand still, and were frantically piercing the ice on the river with spears and pennies, and many soldiers jumped onto the ice, slashing with knives and hammers, but all their efforts were in vain, and human power was small in the face of nature.
The sailors managed to make a hole in the solid ice, and before they could expand it, the gushing water had already re-condensed into ice floe, and before they could pee, the porridge-shaped ice floe formed solid ice again, and it was thicker and stronger than before!
Seeing that the Ming army sailors were tired like dogs but in vain, the Jiannu rangers, who were cruising and monitoring on both sides of the canal, leaned over unscrupulously, and let out a burst of smug laughter on horseback, and they were greeted by a dense row of guns, and the two rangers were killed on the spot and fell off their horses.
The rest of the Rangers fled as if they were flying away, far from the riverbank.
As if smelling danger in the air, the Ming soldiers began to frantically knock on the ice, and the central army in the large camp also extended a helping hand to the sailors, and bales of hay were transported to the river to ignite, trying to melt the solid ice, but this heat was too insignificant for the vast ice.
When the low sound of the horn sounded in the wilderness on the right bank of the canal, the Ming army sailors finally gave up the useless struggle and hid back on the boats, and now the only thing they could rely on was the fifty sailors warships, and the central army that came to support them also fled back to the camp in disgrace.
"Woo......"
"Woo......"
"Woo......"
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The low and distant sound of the bull's horn was like a burst, followed by the suffocating sound of war drums, accompanied by the sound of agitated war drums, a group of Jiannu Eight Banners soldiers emerged from the wilderness on the right bank of the canal, like a wave of rapid but slow flood peaks, crushing towards the wide canal river.
Almost at the same time, more Jiannu appeared in the wilderness on the left bank of the canal.
The two groups of Jiannu had a huge lineup, a strict queue, all kinds of banners wanted to cover the sky, the spears standing like a forest and the stretching armor reflected a cold glow in the sun's illumination, extending from the front of the eyes to the end of the field of vision, time seemed to stand still, and endless killing machines were spreading and raging in the air.
The sound of trumpets and the sound of fierce war drums resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the cold glow that stretched to the end of the field of vision was slowly crushing towards the Ming army camp and the poor fifty sailor warships in the middle of the canal.
"Woo......"
As soon as the sound of the trumpets turned low, the fierce drums of war came to an abrupt end.
The Jiannu army, which was crushing forward, stopped its advance under the reprimand of countless leaders and staff leaders, and then began to line up in an orderly manner under the guidance of various colored flags......
"Ang ......"
"Knock...... Knock Knock...... Knock knock knock...... Knock knock knock! ”
After the formation was completed, the low sound of the horn turned and became high again, and the passionate war drums immediately followed, and became more and more rapid, more intense, and finally like a rapid raindrop, it crackled and smashed on the dry earth, splashing countless dust......
"Kill ......"
"Forcing the West......"
The two thousand Han Army Eight Banners and the two thousand Korean Eight Banners that took the lead began to separate from the Jiannu Great Array on the right side of the canal, howling and killing the fifty naval warships in the center of the canal.
These oars and shields are three inches thick, and the surface is also covered with a layer of iron and three layers of cowhide, the muskets of the Ming army can easily penetrate the wild boar skin on Jiannu's body, but it is impossible to penetrate such a strong oar shield, Jiannu's tactics could not be more obvious, that is, to use these oars and shields to resist the muskets of the Ming army, and then use bows and arrows to kill and injure the sailors and soldiers on the Ming warships.
Although the range of the Ming army's musket exceeded that of Jiannu's bow and arrow, the musket was fired in a straight line, and there was no way to kill the archers hiding behind the solid oar shield, while the bow and arrow hiding behind the oar shield could use the back fire to kill and injure the sailors and soldiers on the Ming warship.
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There is an earthen platform more than two zhang high in the middle of the central army camp, this earthen platform originally existed, and later Wang Pu increased it and strengthened it, and now it looks like a small low castle, the earthen platform is full of things, all covered with oilcloth, I don't know what is underneath?
Wang Pu ascended the earth platform surrounded by Li Chengdong and other seven town soldiers, Liu Rushi, Liu Qingyan, Lu Liu, Nen Niang and more than a dozen personal soldiers.
Liu Qingyan, Liu Rushi and Nenniang are wearing military uniforms that are somewhat similar to modern women's military uniforms, the military uniforms of the Central Army are blue, and Wang Pu's governor's dress is also blue, but their military uniforms are green, and the ones they wear on their heads are not big caps, a bit like berets.
The well-cut green military uniforms are like tailor-made for the three women, outlining their delicate and convex body curves to the fullest, revealing endless charm in their sassy and heroic posture, and the green military uniforms more and more reflect the fairness of their complexion.
But coveting and coveting, they also know that these three girls are Wang Pu's forbidden belly, who the fuck dares to use their brains?
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Right bank of the canal.
The 2,000 Han Army Eight Banners and the 2,000 Korean Eight Banners that had been killed forward had already rushed out of the river bank and stepped onto the ice.
A group of sailors and soldiers straightened up from the starboard side of fifty warships, accompanied by a loud bang, rows of guns came over, and the Jiannu shield soldiers who rushed to the front immediately fell more than 100 people, the shooting distance was still a little far, and the hit rate of Datong's muskets was too low.
The Jiannu shield soldiers who followed behind immediately made up for it.
One by one the oars and shields were treed, and soon three shield walls were formed on the ice, and slowly moved forward under the impetus of the oars and shields, and the sailors and soldiers on the Ming army warships were several rows of guns came over, and the Jiannu shields crackled, and the Jiannu archers who followed up quickly bent down and carefully followed the shield wall to move forward.
The river bank is seventy zhang away from the sailor warship in the center of the river, which is beyond the range of the Jiannu bow and arrow, and the range of the Jiannu bow and arrow is only fifty zhang at most, so the Jiannu archers have to advance at least twenty zhang along the river surface, and the arrows can reach the Ming warship in the center of the river.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
With a violent roar, the earth suddenly began to tremble, and the outermost four warships opened fire.
More than 40 Franc cannons fired at the same time, and the red light blooming was like hundreds of large fireworks, which were extremely gorgeous, and the lethality of the Franc cannon was terrifying at a distance of less than 100 zhang.
The solid shield more than three inches thick exploded into debris in an instant, and more than 40 solid iron bullets weighing dozens of pounds pierced through three shield walls in a row, and then plunged headlong into the dense Jiannu array with a terrible scream, just like more than 40 blood plows ploughed out more than 40 bloody paths in the Jiannu array.
The intact Jiannu shield wall suddenly became fragmented, and it could no longer provide protection for the Jiannu behind it.
Dense rows of robberies followed, and the Jiannu who lost the protection of the shield fell down one by one, seeing the companions around them fall one after another, the remaining Jiannu completely lost the courage to continue to move forward, and only hated that his father and mother had two legs missing, and they all threw down the heavy shield and fled.
Duoduo, who was supervising the formation on the shore, turned blue with anger, and his raised right arm was slashed off.
A large rain of arrows swept up from behind the Jiannu array, like endless flying locusts, almost obscuring the sun in the sky, and the more than 2,000 Han Army Eight Banners and North Korean Eight Banners that finally escaped back to the shore were all shot into hedgehogs in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the corpses of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of the Korean Army that fell to the ground on the shore, Duoduo nodded with satisfaction, waved his right arm forward, and there were two phalanxes of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of the North Korea shouting to cover up, this time there were 10,000 Jiannu who attacked, in addition to the five thousand Korean Eight Banners, there were also five thousand Eight Banners of the Blue Banner!
The 5,000 Korean Eight Banners used more than 2,500 giant turrets and shields to build ten strong shield walls in front and back, protecting the 5,000 blue-flaged archers behind them and forcing the Ming warships in the center of the canal.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
With the huge roar of shaking the mountains, the Franc machine guns on the Ming warships opened fire one after another, and dozens of scorching solid iron bullets entered the Jiannu formation, and once again ploughed out dozens of bloody roads, but this time Jiannu did not collapse, and more than 2,000 corpses that were shot were lying on the river beach behind them, and the Jiannu who fought this time did not dare to retreat easily.
In the future, he may die in battle, but he will definitely die in the future, and compared with the two, he can only rush forward.
In the hoarse shouting and reprimand of the Jiannu leaders and the staff leaders, the Jiannu in the back row quickly made up to the front row, and the more than 40 gaps that were ploughed were quickly filled, and the platoon guns from the Ming army's sailors hit the solid shield wall, and there was a loud sound, but not even Jiannu's hair was injured.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
There was another loud roar that shook the mountains, and the second round of shells from the Franco's machine guns came again, and the dense Jiannu shield wall was once again plowed out dozens of gaps, and the scorching iron bullets whistled past, and the severed limbs and stumps fell to the ground, taking away hundreds of lives, but the gaps that were ploughed were quickly plugged again.
When the Franco cannon finished the third round of shells, Jiannu finally completed the death journey of more than 20 zhang, and the Jiannu bow and arrow hiding behind the shield wall could finally use the bow and arrow to return fire, with the sound of the bowstring trembling one after another, a ** arrow rain swept into the air like locusts, and with a screaming roar, the Ming warship in the middle of the river fell fiercely.
The soldiers of the Ming army who were guarding the deck fell down one by one, and the dense arrows almost shot the deck of the warship into hedgehogs, and the soldiers of the Ming army, who were lucky not to die, retreated to the cabin in panic.
This is the moment that Jiannu is waiting for!
Duoduo raised his hands and swung forward vigorously, and more than 5,000 Korean Eight Banners and more than 5,000 Han Army Eight Banners came out at the same time, bypassing the blue flag archers with bows and arrows from the left and right flanks, and pounced on more than 50 Ming Navy warships in the center of the canal, and a hideous smile bloomed coldly at the corner of Duoduo's mouth.
As long as the musket team on the ships of the Ming army's naval division is suppressed with archers, there will be no suspense in this battle!
Although the cannon of the Ming army's naval division warship is powerful, its firing frequency is too slow, and the distance of seventy zhang can rush through in less than a cup of tea. How much damage can it inflict on the Eight Banners Army?
Although the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of the North Korea is not strong, more than 10,000 people should be more than enough to deal with the sailors who are less than 5,000 on board!
The Ming army on the naval warship seemed to be stunned by Jiannu's bow and arrows, and the firing of the Franc cannon became obviously messy, and the casualties brought to Jiannu by the shooting of one cannon without one cannon were very limited, and under the reprimand of the generals, the remaining 3,000 shield soldiers and more than 4,000 blue-flag archers also pressed forward to suppress the bow and arrow at close range.
The five thousand Han Army Eight Banners and the five thousand Korean Eight Banners that went up from the two wings quickly approached within twenty zhang, and in a moment of effort, they would be able to rush to the Ming army's sailor warship for a hand-to-hand battle, Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief and smiled easily, the course of the war was unexpectedly smooth, he didn't expect to solve the Ming army's sailor warship so easily.
Soon, though, the smile on Dord's face froze!
On the right side of the Ming Army's naval division warship, two rows of dense shooting holes appeared without warning, and rows of muskets stretched out of the shooting holes.
Duoduo's eyes were dark, and there was only one thought in his mind, the damn Ming army sailor was too cunning! These damn Nanming barbarians actually thought of making holes in the side and then hiding in the cabin and shooting out!? Oh my God, the Ming army musket team has the shelter of the deck, what is the use of bow and arrow suppression?
"Boom, boom, boom......"
"Boom, boom, boom......"
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Dense gunfire rang out one after another, and the Jiannu, who was rushing forward happily, fell down like weeds blown down by the wind one by one, screams, wails, angry scoldings, and shouts were intertwined in an instant, and the blue flag archers in the middle were protected by a shield, and the eight banners of the Han army and the eight banners of the Korean army rushed over on both wings did not have this blessing, and the thin "wild boar skin" on their bodies was not used for birds at all.
Massacre, it's just a naked slaughter!
The Eight Banners of the Five Thousand Han Army and the Eight Banners of the Five Thousand Korean Army fell down one by one under the round fire of the Ming Army's musket team, the distance of twenty zhang was too close, and the queue of Jiannu was too dense, the Ming Army musketeers did not need to aim at all, and a casual shot forward would definitely kill and injure at least two Jiannu!
Stunned by the dense platoon of guns of the Ming army, Jiannu retreated like a tide, and when there were 10,000 people rushing up the river, less than 6,000 people could escape back to the river bank alive.
When he was about to win, he missed the victory, and the huge gap made Duoduo angry like thunder, Duoduo suddenly pulled out his scimitar, and Leng Sensen's blade was drawn forward, and he roared hoarsely: "Don't retreat, don't retreat, pass the order, pass the order, all the eight banners of the Han army, all the eight banners of the Korean army, all the former Ming army, all attack......"
Impulsiveness is the devil, and Dodor has gone mad.
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(To be continued)