After a short time, the Qing army had already pushed the artillery to a place seven hundred steps away from the front of the Dahua army and stopped, and a soldier with a Han military flag had already begun to busily set up an artillery position.

As the supreme commander of the Han military banner, Kong Youde was not idle, leading a group of generals to patrol around.

"Crackle Crackle"

"Hurry up, speed up, and let the Dahua army on the other side know how powerful we are."

"Hurry up, did you dream of a girl again last night, why didn't you wash your spirit at all today!"

On the position of the Qing army's artillery camp, the sound of whipping the soldiers, scolding and cheering words were mixed together, and there was a chaotic sound.

Looking at this scene, Kong Youde and the generals around him not only did not feel angry, but nodded frequently with great satisfaction.

Kong Youde smiled slightly, turned back to the generals and said: "Yes, it seems that the sons and daughters are very attentive, as long as the artillery can be set up smoothly, it will be able to inflict heavy losses on the Dahua army, and then it will be the time for our Daqing Iron Cavalry to dispatch." ”

"The prince is wise!"

Most of the generals of the Han Army Banner were former Ming generals who surrendered with Kong Youde, so they naturally wanted to slap Kong Youde's sycophants at this time.

Kong Youde squinted his eyes very proudly and looked ahead, the position of the Dahua Army more than 700 steps away looked very blurry to his naked eyes, but he knew very well how much damage it would inflict on the other party once the hundreds of generals in his hands were powerful.

However, Kong Youde's current psychology is that what Dolgon said to himself last night.

"Respectful to the king, you are a former Ming general, on the surface, the emperor is very good to you people, but you know the emperor's body and bones. To put it mildly, the emperor has no more years to live, once the emperor dies, the ten people who will succeed to the throne in the future will be Haoge's boy, you can imagine for yourself, once Haoge succeeds to the throne, according to his always hostile to you Han temperament. What will happen to you Hanchen, I don't need this king to remind you of this, right? Therefore, for the sake of your future, this king advises you to cooperate with this king obediently."

Thinking of this, Kong Youde felt that the good mood that was a little relieved just now was gone. Dolgon's meaning is very clear, that is, he wants Kong Youde to release water in today's artillery battle, and he must not beat the artillery of the Dahua Army too badly, otherwise once the Dahua Army is defeated. Then the prestige of Huang Taiji, who won a great victory, in the Qing Dynasty will be more stable, and he will also free up his hands to clean up those disobedient important ministers, so as to pave the way for his son's succession.

Huang Taiji's body is unknown to others, but Manchu ministers like Kong Youde are very clear that in recent years, Huang Taiji's body has been going downhill sharply. Once when attending a court meeting, Huang Taiji had to announce a suspension because he coughed too badly, and from this moment on, Kong Youde and the important ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had an awakening in their hearts. I'm afraid Huang Taiji won't last a few years.

Thinking of this, Kong Youde was very depressed. Of course, Dolgon's mind was clear to him, that is, he wanted to use the strength of the Great Chinese Army on the opposite side to force Huang Taiji not to eliminate dissidents before he died. As long as he can survive until Huang Taiji dies, will the remaining Hauge still be the opponent of the scheming Dorgon?

But then again, in such a large-scale battle, does Kong Youde dare to release water easily? You know, Huang Taiji is staring at himself from behind.

Just when Kong Youde was in a dilemma, most of the guns below had been erected, and the heavy muzzles of a door were also pointed diagonally to the sky, and the gunners also dropped boxes of projectiles and gunpowder from the cart.

At this moment, there was a faint thunderous sound ahead. When this voice reached Kong Youde's ears, Kong Youde and many others could already see small faintly visible black dots flying towards him.

Kong Youde's face suddenly stiffened, and then his back suddenly broke out with white hairs, and after a few seconds, Kong Youde shouted loudly: "It's not good." It's the shelling of the Great Chinese Army, everyone hurry up and dodge! ”

As soon as Kong Youde's words fell, the faint thunder began to become sharp, turning into a rapid whistling.

Immediately after, a sharp whistling sound crossed my ears. Immediately after that, the first shell exploded less than fifty paces away from Kong Youde.

"Boom ....."

A loud bang was accompanied by a huge puff of black smoke rising into the air, and a cannon weighing more than 3,000 pounds was knocked to the ground in the sound of explosion, and dozens of packets of black powder placed around it were also detonated in an instant, and at the same time, more than a dozen gunners around it were blown to pieces.

"Boom, boom, boom......."

As if a primer, more shells fell on the artillery positions of the Qing army, billowing black smoke rose everywhere, and the flowering shells that were detonated excited all kinds of irregular shrapnel flew everywhere.

Kong Youde was stunned by this sudden blow, and he looked at the surrounding position that had become a mess, and his expression was sluggish.

Kong Youde is still like this, not to mention the rest of the gunners of the Han Army Banner, they are either stunned on the spot or holding their heads like headless flies, until the sound of the cannon gradually stops for a while before they come back to their senses.

At this time, artillery was not as fast as in later generations, and after firing the shells, the gunners had to use a long log tied with cloth strips to moisten the remaining gunpowder residue in the barrel, which was also a way to quickly cool down before the silk-wrapped powder bags and projectiles could be reloaded from the muzzle. The process is tedious, and the time is naturally very long, and there is always no three to five minutes to complete the tedious reloading work.

However, in just a few minutes, Kong Youde also reacted. At this moment, he is no longer in the mood to release water, Dahua's shelling he saw yesterday, but when the shell really falls on his head, he can really feel the power of this flowering shell.

"Quick, everyone hurry up and set up the artillery and shoot the projectile out as fast as possible!"

Kong Youde, who had come to his senses, could no longer care about anything else, waving the whip in his hand and roaring hysterically on the artillery position. He understands very well that if he can't give the other party a fierce counterattack as soon as possible, let alone release the water, he may not even be able to save his own life, because Huang Taiji will not show mercy to a defeated waste subordinate.

Fortunately, although the shelling just now looked very violent, the damage to the Qing artillery camp was not so serious, because it was the first round of shelling, so it was still unsatisfactory on the spot. Some of the shells fell in the open space in front, some fell behind the artillery battalion, and only about a quarter of the projectiles actually fell on the artillery positions.

Therefore, although seven or eight artillery pieces were blown up, for the Han army banner with hundreds of general cannons, this blow was not enough to make them lose their combat effectiveness, and under the urging of the jumping Kong Youde and the impatient officers, the gunners of the artillery battalion quickly completed the erection work, and one solid projectile after another was also stuffed into the barrel.

"Quick, load the shell, fire at a distance of seven hundred paces!"

"Bang Bang Bang"

On the position of the Qing army, a low roar also began to sound, and one projectile after another began to fly towards the position of the Dahua army.

"Shelling!"

"Shelling, shield up, quickly put up the shield!"

Seeing bursts of fire flashing in the position of the Qing army in front, on the phalanx of the infantry, an officer hurriedly shouted and ordered the soldiers to erect their shields, although they themselves knew that even the strongest shield could not withstand the impact of a projectile weighing seven or eight catties, but it was better than nothing.

The black solid projectile streaked through the air in a chaotic trajectory and soon began to fall on the positions of the Great Chinese Army. Due to the indiscriminate firing of artillery by the Qing army, there is no need to mention the accuracy, the whole is a mess, and the artillery battalion is at the back of the entire army, so there are not a few projectiles that can fall on the position of the artillery battalion, so the order of the artillery battalion is quite orderly.

But the infantry army formation in front was not so relaxed, and in this round of artillery bombardment, several projectiles happened to land in the neatly arranged military formation. Not a single projectile will leave a long line of bloodstains, and the military formation is still in a dense formation, so the casualties are not small, and the fall of more than ten projectiles has caused more than 100 casualties to the Dahua Army.

Although the training of the Great Chinese Army was very strict, in the face of irresistible shelling, the sergeants still involuntarily showed fear, which had nothing to do with the training, but was purely the heartfelt fear of human beings in the face of death.

Although the casualties of this round of shelling were not very large, the impact on morale was not small, and it also caused a slight commotion in some originally solemn and silent large formations.

All this was seen by Dong Guo, and when he saw this scene, he was also secretly complaining in his heart, what is this called, his artillery battalion is more than a step higher than the Qing army in terms of the quantity, quality and training of artillery, but he was caught off guard by the Qing army firearms battalion that he has always looked down on, and he will definitely be scolded to death by Wang Zhi for a while.

Sure enough, before Dong Guo could order a counterattack, Wang Zhi's roaring voice came from behind him.

"Dong Guo, how did you become the commander-in-chief of the artillery battalion, and you are still a guerrilla appointed by the emperor? I think you're just a bunch of shit, you tell me if you can do a good job, if not, you can say it as soon as possible, Lao Tzu will change people as soon as possible! ”

Wang Zhi was indeed angry, before the battle officially began, he caught the Qing army's artillery off guard, and hundreds of sergeants were killed by the Qing army's artillery without firing, which made him feel extremely angry, even with his plain and quiet temperament, he couldn't help but get angry. (To be continued)

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