Chapter 203: The Capture of Simon
The sudden blow caused the Qing army to be in a mess, and under the blow of the Minnie rifle, the soldiers in the double or even triple layer of heavy armor found that their proud heavy armor was easily pierced in front of the small metal that flew quickly like tofu scum, and then the small metal kept rolling and scurrying in their bodies.
Seeing the Qing soldiers who were originally rushing towards him fall in rows, Da Zhuang's originally honest expression became extremely cold at this time, and he waved his hand and ordered loudly: "Keep shooting, don't stop!" β
"Bang Bang"
Compared to the original smoothbore gun, the biggest improvement of the Mini rifle is the rifling inside its barrel, which is an epoch-making progress. A rifled firearm is the real meaning of a rifle, which is more than a star and a half stronger than a smoothbore gun in terms of range and accuracy.
The effective range of 300 paces was enough to make the archers of the world desperate, and under the continuous blows, the 2,000 charging Qing soldiers lost more than half of them in less than a cup of tea, and the Qing soldiers did not even touch the hair of the Ming army.
The man who commanded the attack was on the verge of collapse, and he found that whenever a puff of white smoke rose from the opposing Ming army, accompanied by a burst of gunfire, his men and horses would fall in large pieces, and no matter how hard his warriors tried, they could not shorten the distance between them and the Ming army.
Seeing the warriors under his command charging desperately one by one, but still falling to the ground helplessly, this Jia Lazhangjing looked at the sky with grief and indignation and shouted: "Immortal heaven, have you abandoned your own people?" β
This Jia Lazhangjing was sad and indignant at the moment, and he believed that if he fought hand-to-hand face to face, the warriors under his command could kill all the Ming troops with firearms on the opposite side in less than half a pillar of incense, but those cowards only knew how to use those damn firearms to launch far away, making these brave and warlike Qing warriors die of helplessness one by one.
"We can't go on like this, we're all going to die here." Realizing this, Alazhangjing immediately ordered the horn to be sounded for the withdrawal of troops.
"Woo woo"
The desolate horn sounded soon, and the Qing soldiers who were still desperately attacking in the face of the rain of bullets retreated one after another, and their actions were very resolute, never dragging mud and water. Pang Gang, who was watching the battle behind with a clairvoyant mirror, couldn't help nodding secretly, the Qing soldiers obeyed the order resolutely, and the vast majority of the Ming army in the country was really much stronger than the vast majority of the Ming army in the country now, and it was no wonder that those tun troops in the mainland who couldn't even eat enough would collapse when they met them.
However, Pang Gang was not in the mood to sigh now, after seeing the Qing army retreating, he ordered the troops to speed up and advance, and they must enter the city before the Qing army formed a siege, otherwise if he was surrounded by tens of thousands of Qing soldiers on all sides, he would not be sure that he would be able to retreat with his whole body.
Outside the West Gate, looking at the more than 500 soldiers who hurriedly retreated, Jia Lazhangjing couldn't help but cry, how long has it been, more than a thousand brave and warlike warriors have been wiped out without even touching the enemy's edge. He has fought a battle for half his life, and he has never fought such a battle.
It was not only the Qing soldiers who were also shocked, but also the Korean soldiers on the city wall who were desperately resisting the Qing soldiers, and it was indescribable to see those fierce and brave Qing soldiers being defeated by the soldiers from the Ming Kingdom like cutting wheat.
"Warriors of North Korea, the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom have arrived, everyone kill!"
When they came to their senses, under the leadership of the leading officer, the mood of the Korean soldiers suddenly rose, and they mustered up the courage to lift the stones and sassalwoods and smash them down to the city.
Seeing the chaotic Qing soldiers under the city, Jiala Zhangjing, who hurriedly retreated with his subordinates, grabbed another colleague and said angrily: "Don't say Le, we can't fight like this, the firearms of the Ming army are too powerful, their target is our West Gate, and if we continue to fight, our two Jiala will be finished." β
"I've seen it all." Don't say that Le is also uncomfortable, and many of the Qing soldiers who died in the battle just now were also under his command.
He thought for a while and said: "In this way, let's retreat to the north gate quickly, we must not stay here, the purpose of this group of Ming troops is to enter the city, as long as we don't block in front of them, they don't have the energy to take care of us." β
"Well, I'll give the order to retreat right away!"
With the withdrawal of the Qing soldiers, the remaining more than 1,000 Qing soldiers hurriedly retreated to the north gate without even caring about the remains of their comrades.
"My lord, the Tartar has fled." After seeing the Qing soldiers retreating, Cheng Kai, who had been guarding Pang Gang's side, also said excitedly.
Pang Gang said calmly: "I saw it, and immediately ordered Huang Qianhu to open the city gate and let the baggage enter the city first!" β
"Yes!"
With the retreat of the Qing soldiers, Da Zhuang also led the army to the West Gate City.
With the arrival of the riflemen, Da Zhuang raised his voice and shouted: "Listen to the people in the city, we are here to support your Ming reinforcements at the invitation of the Korean lord, you quickly open the city gate and let us enter the city!" β
Although Da Zhuang spoke Chinese, North Korea at this time was deeply influenced by the Ming Kingdom, and people with a little status were proud to speak Chinese, so he did not worry that those Koreans could not understand his own words.
The Korean army on the city saw the arrival of the Ming reinforcements, who had been waiting through the autumn water for a long time, and opened the city gate without receiving an order from above. With the creaking of the heavy gates, the gates, which had been closed for more than a month, opened again.
"Quick, quick! The baggage soldiers hurriedly brought supplies into the city. β
Seeing that the city gate had been opened, Pang Gang hurriedly ordered the heavy soldiers to drive the carriage into the city, this time to help North Korea, for fear of insufficient materials, he brought more than 300 carts. Ammunition, bedding and food were available, and the carts were lined up for half a mile. Especially ammunition is the top priority, Pang Gang doesn't want to suddenly have a bloody plot of insufficient ammunition when he is having a good time.
"All the soldiers are guarding the city gate, and we must ensure that all the supplies enter the city before entering the city!" Pang Gang let the baggage soldiers enter the city on the one hand, and on the other hand, he commanded the cavalry and the left and right foot guards on both wings of the city gate.
At the urging of officers at all levels, the baggage soldiers desperately drove the cart into the city, but the busier they were, the more they made mistakes, and suddenly the left side of a cart that was entering the city suddenly crooked, the left wheel suddenly fell off, and the things on the cart were scattered all over the ground.
"Bastard, how did you get the car." A quartermaster in the back was so angry that his face turned red, Nanshan Hancheng was originally a small city, and the city gate was not big, so it could only accommodate a large car to drive in. Now the car is blocked at the city gate, blocking the road behind the car.
"What's going on?" Seeing that the front stopped, Meng Qing, who was in charge of the baggage, hurriedly ran over, and after seeing the situation, he glared at the quartermaster who was scolding, "Stupid, when is it, you still have the strength to train people, hurry up and move things." β
After speaking, Meng Qing took the lead and carried a bag of grain and walked forward quickly, and the surrounding baggage soldiers also followed suit when they saw this, and helped to resist the grain into the city, and soon the twenty bags of grain on the cart were emptied, and when the baggage soldiers emptied the grain, people easily carried the empty cart into the city, and soon the city gate was restored to its original state.
While the baggage soldiers were busy rushing to transport supplies, at the other end of the northern wilderness, a large cloud of smoke and dust was rolling towards the west gate. Such a large cloud of smoke and dust showed everyone that only the fast gallop of the Qing army's large cavalry would raise such a large and towering smoke.
Pang Gang stared at the dust and smoke in the north and said in a deep voice: "Hmph, the Tartar brigade is finally here, look at this posture is really a lot." β
I saw that the cloud of smoke and dust was getting closer and closer, and finally, Pang Gang saw a large white flag with red borders appear in front of him, and then a large red and white flag followed, hunting and flying in the blazing voice. Under the dense banners, there were knights in white armor with red edges, and on the top of the jet-black pointed helmet, the fiery red helmet fluttered in the wind.
"It's a man with a red flag in the Tartars!"
Li Yuan, who had long been guarding the left flank of the convoy, looked at the cavalry that seemed to be overwhelming, and his heart was awe-inspiring, although he now had a thousand riflemen in his hands, but whether he could resist so many cavalry, he really didn't know the bottom of his heart.
The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that the earth was trembling under the blow of the iron hooves, and even the riflemen around him who had been through several battles couldn't help but change color slightly.
"Steady, steady!" Li Yuan shouted sharply, "No one is allowed to panic, check whether the gun is loaded, and no one is allowed to shoot without an order." β
The sound of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, and the stout bodies of the knights on the horse are already faintly visible, and their faces are full of anger, if you are familiar with the weaving of the Qing army, you will know that these cavalry are the most elite elite cavalry in Amin's hands. Each of them was dressed in cotton armor, which was nailed with thick copper nails, and on the chest of the general, there was a shiny heart guard.
These cavalry slowly stopped at a distance of three hundred paces, and Amin, who was particularly stout, and was dressed in black and delicate armor, was also among these cavalrymen, looking at the thin defense line of the Ming army composed of a thousand Ming army riflemen not far away, Amin's mouth showed a faint sneer.
"These Ming troops are too naΓ―ve, do they think that with so few firearms and personnel, they can stop the hooves of my Daqing Iron Horse? Don't say that those two fools were driven out by the Ming army so easily, just cutting off the heads of these two minions is still cheap for them. β
After observing for a while, Amin raised his right hand slightly, and then waved it down vigorously
(To be continued)