Chapter 131: Meat Grinder (Medium)
"Ping!"
A muffled sound like the sky and the earth cracking sounded from the ground, at this moment, the entire Datong city was trembling violently, after the deafening loud noise, the middle section of the east wall of Datong suddenly arched upward, and then collapsed to both sides, forming a gap more than ten zhang wide.
The broken bricks and mud at the gap fell down to the outside of the city, forming a gentle slope with a height of about five meters in the middle, although the broken wall with potholes and pits could block the sprint of the war horses, but it could no longer stop the infantry from climbing, and the majestic Datong city wall finally became a smooth road in front of Jiannu.
Before the smoke and dust dissipated, the three thousand elites of the two yellow flags rushed towards the gap under the leadership of Baiyintu and Aobai, and the Datong border army guarding the city wall had not recovered from the huge shock, and a deafening howl had already sounded outside the city.
The Datong border army guarding the city wall blew up in an instant.
"Jiannu is up!"
"Shoot the arrow, quickly release the arrow to Lao Tzu......"
"Master, the city wall has collapsed, Datong is finished, it's all over......"
"Shut up, dare to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army, Lao Tzu will hack you alive!"
The shouts, the cries, the sound of the bowstrings fluttering, and the frenzied howls intertwined on the city walls, and these Datong border troops, like the defenders before the city was breached, were making their last desperate struggles, in their opinion, the defense of Datong was over, and with the collapse of the city walls, everything was over.
However, is it really all over?
Almost at the same time that the three thousand Jiannu of the two yellow flags began to attack, the black pressure of the Ming official army also suddenly appeared behind the broken wall, and quickly entered the back of the pre-built low wall, this team of Ming troops has a full 2,500 people, in addition to the two thousand teams of Monk Zhang and Tang Sheng, and the five hundred Ding teams of Xiao Qi.
In fact, it only takes a salvo of 100 musketeers to completely block the gap that is only about 10 zhang wide, so 500 musketeers are enough to plug the gap with continuous firepower, but Wang Pu will never underestimate Jiannu's determination to break the city, since the gap has exploded, Jiannu will never give up if he does not break into the city.
Once Jiannu began to attack, it was bound to throw a steady stream into the army, although only 500 musketeers could lock the gap for a while, but they could not hold it for too long, because after the Ming army's muskets fired continuously, the chamber would heat up and expand, the shooting accuracy would be greatly reduced, and it was even possible to explode.
Therefore, Wang Pu must prepare sufficient troops for rotation to ensure the continuation of firepower, and Wang Pu is intent on turning this gap into a meat grinder for slaughtering Jiannu.
Although Jiannu has at least 150,000 troops, the defenders in the city have at least 100,000 rounds of ammunition, as well as more than 10,000 dragon cannons.
Wang Pu didn't believe that when Jiannu paid more than 50,000 casualties in this gap, they still had the determination and courage to continue the attack, Jiannu was not the Ming Dynasty after all, they didn't have hundreds of millions of people, there was no inexhaustible source of soldiers, the real Jiannu army was only 60,000 at most, and one less one died!
"Whoa......"
The smoke and dust on the gap can be lightened, and Aobai, who is known as the first warrior of Jiannu, has rushed to the gap with the first batch of fifty Jiannu, and the two yellow flags are worthy of being the elite of Jiannu, all of them are tall and big, and the fifty Jiannu behind Aobai are the elite of the elite.
In this battle, Jiannu was bound to win, so he did not send the Eight Banners of the Han Army or the Eight Banners of the Mongols to consume the sharpness of the defenders as before, but directly sent the most elite of the two yellow banners from the beginning, of course, this is also related to Dolgon's deliberate weakening of the strength of the two yellow banners.
"Warriors of the Two Yellow Flags!" Ao Bai straightened his burly body, held his saber high, and didn't even look at the Ming officers and soldiers who were already waiting in front of him, turned around and turned to the fifty elites behind him, and the elite of the yellow flag who was climbing on the broken wall behind him, his face full of beards was like a needle in the hunting dust, and the sound of thunder resounded up and down the city, "Cut down these Nanming barbarians, we will be happy and happy in Datong City tonight......
"Whoa."
"Wow."
"Wow yes ......"
All the warriors of the two yellow flags who heard the roar of Ao Bai roared hoarsely, and their eyes showed the light of greed and silver evil, of course they knew what Ao Bai meant by being happy and happy, which meant that they could rob the treasure at will, and they could destroy the silver women at will, and they could almost do whatever they wanted.
Women and money are always the most able to arouse people's animal desires, silver plundering for the barbaric slaves, it is commonplace, for these savages, if they win the battle without robbing, if they do not destroy the silver woman, it is not called winning the battle at all, money and women are always the spoils they yearn for the most.
"Kill!"
Ao Bai pushed the saber in his hand forward, shook off the stride and rushed down the gentle slope formed by the broken wall, and the fifty warriors with the yellow flag behind him also waved their sabers and rushed down excitedly, almost biting the butts of the fifty elites of the yellow flag, and Bai Yintu also rushed up the gentle slope with the fifty elites of the yellow flag.
Inside the ruined wall, behind the low wall.
The first team of 100 musketeers was already in full array, and a hundred muskets had been set up on the low wall, and the black muzzles were slightly upturned, aiming at the Jiannu who were rushing down the broken wall, and the low wall was only twenty paces away from the gap in the city wall, and it was already within the range of the muskets.
At such a close distance, the musketeers behind the low wall could almost directly hit Jiannu's body with their eyes closed.
Almost at the same time as the Ao Bai Dance Knife rushed down to kill, the general manager of the first team had already indifferently waved the waist knife in his hand, and shouted at the same time: "Fire!" ”
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the deafening sound of gunfire resounded in the sky in an instant, and the fifty soldiers with yellow flags who rushed down with their knives fell crookedly on the broken wall almost at the same time, and at least 20 of them were directly shot at the vital point and were killed on the spot, and the other 20 people were seriously injured and could no longer move.
Only two Jiannu were not shot, but they were also tripped by their fallen companions, and they crashed headlong into the broken wall because of the excessive momentum, and immediately passed out.
Ao Bai, who rushed to the front, was taken care of by the Ming musketeers, and at least three lead bullets hit his broad chest at the same time, and one lead bullet hit him directly in the center of the eyebrow, and the scorching lead bullet penetrated his brain, and then burst out of the back of his head, taking a large piece of the skull with him.
Although Ao Bai was shot several times, he did not fall immediately, but the entire back of his head had been completely removed, and the brains and blood inside were flowing down, and his situation was indescribable.
Bai Yintu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and the number of people who died under his knife is hundreds, which can be regarded as murderous, but suddenly seeing this bloody scene, he can't help but bend over and retch.
The follow-up two yellow flag Jiannu were not affected by this scene, howling and continuing to rush forward, because the gap was only less than ten zhang wide, and at most forty or fifty people could pass through at the same time, so the two yellow flag Jiannu could only pass through the gap in batches, and constantly rushed into it, and this was simply sent to the door to be slaughtered by the Ming army musketeers!
"Second team...... Preparation. ”
"Fire!"
The second team of the Ming army commander gave an order, and there was a deafening gunshot, and the Ming army once again rose up in front of the gunsmoke, and the fifty Zhenghuangqi Jiannu who rushed down the gap with Baiyintu also fell in a pool of blood, and the Baiyintu who was retching on the ground was also not spared.
Two lead bullets pierced Baiyintu's body, and one of them pierced his heart, killing Baiyintu instantly.
"Hahaha......"
In the overwhelming shouts, another group of Jiannu crossed the gap, brandished their sabers and rushed down, and the Ming army once again rose in front of the formation with a cloud of gunsmoke, and the scorching lead bullet accompanied by a terrible scream roared, easily shooting through the chain mail on Jiannu's body, blood splashed, and screamed again and again.
Just alive, the murderous Jiannu immediately collapsed on the broken wall, turning into a lifeless corpse, and the injured Jiannu who had not yet lost his life lay in a pool of blood and wailed in pain, they desperately climbed the broken wall and wanted to climb back to the outside of the city, but the follow-up Jiannu continued to surge up like a tide, trampling them mercilessly under their feet...... The Datong border army guarding the broken wall was already completely stunned, they had never seen such a war!
The fierce Jiannu howled and rushed up in groups, but fell down one by one under the intensive fire of the firearms battalion, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the corpses of Jiannu were already piled up in the ruined walls, and at least more than 500 Jiannu had become the guns of the Ming army's firearms battalion.
The strong smell of blood began to spread in the air, and the soldiers of the border army who had already fought with the thieves were better, but the people who had just been recruited were all lying on the ground and retching vigorously, that pungent smell, and that kind of tragic scene, few battlefield newcomers could be calm.
Massacre, this is a complete massacre!
The Ming official army, which has always been the target of slaughter, has become a butcher this time, and Jiannu, who used to be a butcher, has become the target of slaughter, due to the death of Ao Bai and Bai Yintu, the three thousand Jiannu of the two yellow flags have lost their effective command, and they can only mechanically carry out one order - rush through the gap and kill into the city!
The three thousand Jiannu of the two yellow flags rushed one after the other, scrambling to hit the muzzle of the musketeers of the Ming army, and the Jiannu, who was already ready for close quarters, did not even bring bows and arrows, so naturally they could not cause any damage to the Ming army, because they had no chance to rush in front of the Ming army.
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Outside the city of Datong.
Dolgon and Yue Tuo stood on the hill outside the east gate to watch the battle from afar accompanied by Manchu and Han ministers such as Ganglin, Tong Yang, Fan Wencheng and other Manchu and Han ministers, because Datong was a town city, and Dolgon was afraid that there were Hongyi cannons on the city, so they did not dare to get too close to the city wall, so as not to be killed by the cannons of the Ming army.
At the moment when the Datong city wall was blown up, everyone, including Dolgon, couldn't help but raise their arms and cheer, thinking that the victory was in hand, because in all the previous battles, there had never been a city wall that was blown up, but it couldn't take the city.
But this time, Dolgon was wrong, and they were wrong.
Because it was not someone else who guarded Datong, but Wang Pu, in fact, Jiannu should have been wary of the firearms battalion of the Ming army a long time ago, because when he was in Liaodong, Wang Pu's family team had defeated the Mongolian cavalry with fewer victories with firearms, and also slaughtered the two hundred guards of the slave chief Taiji without any suspense, which was the most elite warrior in the Jiannu Eight Banners, but there was also no power to parry under the shooting of the Ming army's firearms.
It is a pity that Jiannu did not take this as a warning at all, and their understanding of the Ming army's firearms is still stuck in the previous cognition, and has not changed because of the fall of Shengjing and the capture of Huang Taiji.
In the final analysis, Jiannu is actually just a barbaric and backward savage tribe, due to the harsh growth environment, they are all born warriors, they are brave and good at fighting, not afraid of death, but they lack advanced tactics, let alone learn war in the war, will not evolve, the only sharp weapon Hongyi cannon is still Geng Zhongming's Han Jian, and the person who imitated the Hongyi cannon for Jiannu is also the Han Jian, surnamed Tong Yang.
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(To be continued)