Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Opportunity
The moment the cavalry of the Qing army rushed out of the camp, a row of more than 100 cowhide tents at the front of the camp was pulled open by the foot soldiers with concerted efforts, revealing more than 200 Franc machine guns arranged in them.
Tunqi's plans are interlocking, leaving Bolo with a faulty heart to say nothing, Tunqi is Azig's henchman, belonging to the backbone of the regent Dolgon's lineage, while Bolo is more inclined to the imperial line, the reason is that his younger brother Yue Le is an out-and-out emperor's confidant. This is also the reason why he succeeded so easily in usurping the power of the Qing army commander on the East Road this time, behind which there was actually the strong support from the emperor and the queen mother, and the green camp had to fully cooperate, Wu Sangui was tantamount to a dumb loss.
Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu and Li Yan, who were guarding Nanjing, had already proved their talents, and Tun Qi did not dare to despise such an opponent. For today's exchange, there is no doubt that the Ming army will make all preparations. The key is to deliver a fatal blow to the most unexpected weak link of the Ming army. This key point can only be at the city gates.
First, the white-armored elite soldiers raided the city gate, causing a certain amount of confusion in the Ming army. Although they are all the elite of the Blue Banner, but now, these white-armored soldiers can only be regarded as a desperate bet, after all, their combat power is there, except for the strength of their green battalion, banner, and Mongolian soldiers, it is not easy to complete this task with no return.
Then all the artillery of the Qing army was gathered and the city gate of Jubaomen was bombarded with all their might. When the Ming army was fighting with the white armor, they would never have thought that these white armors were discarded chess pieces, and their existence was to make the Ming generals have an illusion. More than 200 cannons bombarded it intensively, and even if the Jubaomen was cast in copper and iron, it would be difficult to resist.
There's another problem. That was the artillery threat of the Ming army. As we all know, the firing range of the Ming army's artillery can reach 1,500 paces away, while the Qing army's artillery is slightly inferior, can only reach about 1,000 steps, only the well-built Hongyi cannon can be compared with it, but the configuration in the army is too small. There are only two doors. The reason why the forward battalion of the Qing army was moved forward a little was to allow the artillery of the Qing army to reach the established range, but in this way, it would have to face the coverage of the artillery fire of the Ming army. Therefore, the Qing army's actions must be in front of the Ming army, as long as two rounds of artillery bombardment can be issued, the city gate of Jubaomen will definitely collapse before the Ming army returns fire.
At the same time, it was the all-out assault of all the cavalry of the Qing army, taking advantage of the short time when the Ming army was in the face of artillery fire. The cavalry let go of their feet and rushed towards the city gate at all costs, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army. The reason why the Qing army did not clean up the moat and the mountains of corpses piled up in the moat was so that the Qing soldiers could pass through quickly and be strangled with the Ming army defending the city gate.
The plan is a bit risky, but it is definitely the most perfect attack strategy at the moment, which even Bolo, Qin Guanglian, Kong Youde, Geng Jingzhong and others have to admit. In their opinion, according to the current strength of the Ming army in Nanjing. Even if they hastily detected the intentions of the Qing army, it was difficult to react accordingly.
As soon as the cavalry of the Qing army came out of the camp. At the same moment, the various departments of Wuzhen Chaoha began to act quickly, the gunners filled the shells that had been prepared into the barrels, and the soldiers on the side were also ready to fire, Shi Tingzhu was still extremely satisfied with the efficiency of his subordinates.
The gunner lit the torch in the charcoal basin and turned to light the fuse. But at this very moment. Jubaomen was the first to hear the rumbling sound of cannons.
Everyone was shocked, and couldn't help but look up, the first line of the Jubaomen City was actually flashing with firelight, looking at the posture. It was twice as many artillery as in the previous siege.
Shi Tingzhu changed color violently, as the leader of Wuzhen Chaoha, he knew very well what this meant. In an instant, the Ming army had seized the opportunity, that is, in this short moment, the established plan of the Qing army had been completely disrupted.
Shi Tingzhu couldn't think about how the Ming army found out the battle plan on his side, it was obvious that the artillery fire of the Ming army was coming to the forward battalion of the Qing army, and the family background of the Wuzhen Chaoha East Road Army was now at the forefront, and the opportunity was lost, waiting for the disaster of the soldiers of Wuzhen Chaoha.
"Retreat!" Before they could react, the artillery shells of the Ming army had already whizzed, like a storm mixed with wind and frost and swords, and suddenly the artillery positions of the Qing army were covered in flames and shrapnel.
Hundreds of catties, or even thousands, of artillery bodies were knocked to the ground by violent explosions, and even more so they were blown up into the sky, and when they fell, the surrounding Qing soldiers were all crushed into meat sauce without exception. Most of the first round of artillery fire of the Ming army were solid shells, and the huge shells rushed into the camp of the Qing army like thunder, and where they passed, the severed limbs and stumps fell like raindrops, and the screams could not even be heard in the ears, and everything was already calm. The soldier's body could only helplessly turn into a bloody rain in the face of the cannonball.
After a round of artillery bombardment, the artillery positions of the Qing army were full of holes, but not even a single piece of artillery was fired. Shi Tingzhu pushed away the body of Goshha that was pressed on his body, poked his head out of the dirt, and looked at the tragic scene on the battlefield and wanted to cry without tears.
But after all, he has been working hard in the sea of corpses and blood for many years, and Shi Tingzhu knows very well that it is impossible to remove all the artillery at this time, and the only way to do it is to face to face. The first round of artillery of the Ming army wiped out nearly one-third of the artillery number of the unprepared Wuzhen Chaoha Division. Now the only way to do this is to throw in all the artillery and start an artillery battle with the Ming army.
"All of them, aim for the gates, and fire at me!" Shi Tingzhu shouted hoarsely. But the second round of artillery fire from the Ming army followed, and this time, it was filled with flowering shells.
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The rumbling cannon sound startled Chen Ruizhi and Lin Zhiji in the camp tent, and they had just sat down on the seat given by Kong Youde, and this time, they suddenly jumped up from their seats again.
Kong Youde looked at the two people with a smile, "What are you afraid of, this is my Wuzhen Chaoha Department attacking the city gate, and it won't be long before the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty ......!" ”
Halfway through the words, it came to an abrupt end, Kong Youde, who had been immersed in the artillery for most of his life, immediately noticed that the sound of the cannon was different, and before he could open his mouth to ask, the Goshha soldiers outside the tent stumbled in, "Lord Wang, it's not good, the Ming people fired the cannon first!" ”
"What!" Kong Youde Huoran stood up, as the creator of Wuzhen Chaoha, this army contains half of his life's hard work. He knew exactly what it meant for the Ming army to attack first.
Goshha's personal soldiers lifted the curtain of the big tent, the big tent is facing the forward position, you don't have to go out to see the whole picture of the front line, now, the position of Wuzhen Chaoha is already a sea of fire, far away you can see the artillery fire of the Ming army on the head of the city is like a round, but the Qing army is no power to fight back.
"Where's Shi Tingzhu?" Kong Youde roared angrily: "Why don't you withdraw all the soldiers and horses, that is the meat of our Qing Dynasty!" How much silver did the imperial court draw to have today's scale, without artillery, what to use to attack Jiangnan, what to sweep the world! ”
Kong Youde's voice became higher and higher, looking at the miserable situation in front of him, he jumped straight to his feet, but he was helpless, like a tiger trapped in a cage. Chen Ruizhi and Lin Zhiji didn't even dare to make a sound, so they could only hide aside and tremble, for fear that Kong Youde's thunderous anger would vent on their heads.
At this time, no one paid attention, but Chen Ting gently put the wooden box in his arms on the ground, took out a fire fold from his arms, shook it casually, and then gently pulled out a fire rope hidden in the gap of the wooden box with his fingers, looked up at the backs of everyone, smiled, and then lit the fire rope without hesitation.
After doing all this, Chen Ting was relieved, walked to Kong Youde's handsome position by himself, sat down slowly, and looked at everyone's appearance for a long time, and couldn't help laughing.
"What are you doing!" Kong Youde turned around, but when he saw Chen Ting doing it in his position, he couldn't help but be angry.
Chen Ting looked at Kong Youde with disdain, "Traitor, talking to you, the master is disgusted with his mouth." ”
Chen Ruizhi was shocked, "Rebel, you are crazy because you have lost your heart, the prince is here, how can you make such a mistake, quickly make amends to the prince!" ”
Chen Ting looked at his father's face and sighed softly, "Father, all this should be over, the murder you made, the son bears it on one shoulder, the person who abandons the country and abandons the family, will be spit on for eternity, the son really can't bear to see such a situation, today, let's go on the road together." When you arrive at the underworld, go and kowtow to the 100,000 Jiangyin fathers and ancestors who died and confess their sins! ”
"What's that?" Kong Youde's Goshha exclaimed, and everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and couldn't help but be shocked. The three henchmen of Kong Youde in the big tent hurriedly stepped forward to get the fire rope, but Chen Ting felt the two firecrackers on his body, fired left and right, and killed the three of them on the spot.
The muzzle of the black hole pointed at Kong Youde, Chen Ruizhi and Lin Zhiji, Chen Ting smiled lightly, and it was clear in his eyes that the fire rope had burned to the end.
"Boom", Kong Youde's Chinese army tent was suddenly surrounded by firelight, and turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.
On the head of Jubaomen City, Yan Yingyuan looked at the amazing black smoke and fire that suddenly rose from the big tent of the Qing army's forward battalion, and his heart felt like a stab in the back, tears involuntarily slipped down, and he quickly turned around.
Liu Mao beside him was stunned, and after a long time, he broke out into a heart-rending shout, and knelt down on his knees in the direction of the firelight, first kowtowed, and blood soon appeared on his forehead, but he didn't realize it, and then waved his two hands and kept slapping his cheeks.
"Brother Chen, I, Liu Mao, have no eyes, I don't know that you are a true gentleman and a true hero for the country and the people, the foolish brother asks you to take a slow step with your heroic soul, and wait for the foolish brother to cut the tartar with his own hands, and use his head to make a strong move for you!" (To be continued......)