Chapter 338: The Flesh Mill

The riflemen of the Qingzhou Army, who were hiding behind the low wall, kept shooting at them from behind the low wall, shooting the shield cart and the auxiliary soldiers behind the cart to the ground one by one.

"Quick, fill in the trenches!" A man hiding behind the cart shouted and ordered his men to step up their movements and fill in the trench in front of them.

The riflemen of the Qingzhou Army, two hundred paces away, were lying behind the low wall and shooting at the exposed Qing soldiers with Mini rifles.

After paying the price of thousands of casualties, the Qing soldiers finally advanced to the second trench, and at this time, dozens of shield carts of the Qing army were also destroyed.

However, in the face of this victory, Dolgon and Yue Tuo are still satisfied, as long as these three trenches are filled, the rest is a thoroughfare, as long as they can fight with the Ming army in close combat, how many Ming troops are not the opponents of the Qing warriors.

"Hurry, hurry! Push the shield cart to the front! ”

Seeing that it was going well, the Qing generals who supervised the battle were also like chickens, excitedly urging the auxiliaries to move forward.

It's a pity that when they pushed the shield cart and other things to continue to advance, the opposite side had stopped for a long time, and the temperature of the artillery had dropped to a normal temperature, and they began to speak again.

After the Qing soldiers had filled in the first trench, the auxiliaries struggled to push the shield cart to the second trench, and just as they were about to repeat the old trick of pouring earth into the trench, the whistling projectiles broke their plan.

Heavy projectiles hit the shield cart in an instant, and the seemingly sturdy shield carts were suddenly knocked to the ground, suddenly vacating a lot of space, exposing the Qing soldiers who were originally hiding behind the shield cart.

The Qing soldiers were too densely lined up, exposed to the front of the Ming army, and the riflemen who were originally suffering from no goal could still hold on, and the rifle in their hands suddenly pulled the trigger towards the gap opened by the artillery fire, and a Qing soldier who was caught off guard was hit by a large piece of projectiles that flew like raindrops.

"Damn minions, plug the gap with a shield cart!"

In the large array of the Qing army two miles away, the Qing soldiers built a large platform several meters high with loess and wood. On this high platform, Dolgon and Yue Tuo stood under the weaving golden dragon, looking at the front of the battle, and saw a Qing soldier slaughtered under the firearms of the Ming army like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, it is impossible to say that he was not anxious.

Luo Luohun, who was standing behind Yue Tuo, clenched his fists as if he was cheering for his own warriors, as long as he advanced another hundred steps, the warriors of the Qing Dynasty could shoot their bows and arrows into the camp of the Han people, and at that time there would be no one in the world who could organize the footsteps of the Qing Dynasty.

"Put!"

In the face of the dense shield cars of the Qing army, Dong Guo continued to order the gunners to open fire, and a large puff of gunpowder smoke rose from the artillery camp position of the Qingzhou army, and the thirty-six Napoleonic cannons were bombarded again, and in the deafening sound of artillery, more than 20 shield cars of the Qing army were knocked to the ground, and the shells that did not hit the shield cars were jumped behind after passing the shield cars, and the place where the projectiles passed was close to a bloody road.

A blue-flag-inlaid Niu Lu Zhangjing saw that his side had suffered heavy losses under the artillery fire of the Ming army, and shouted in anger: "Warriors with blue flags, everyone rushed forward with me and killed all those lowly Nikans (Nikan is the name of the Jurchens for the Han people, and the Ming Dynasty was also called (Nikan Kingdom) by the Jurchens. The Manchu meaning of the word Nikan is "barbarian's house") If you are not afraid of death, you will kill me! ”

After speaking, this Niu Lu Zhang Jinggao held a long knife in his right hand and a heavy shield in his left hand, shouted and ran out from behind the dodging shield cart and rushed forward, followed by hundreds of Qing soldiers who were instigated by him.

Seeing that there are hundreds of Qing soldiers rushing towards themselves, the Ming army hiding behind the low wall will not have the slightest softness, in the deafening cannon, dozens of artillery guns fired at the same time, as if blowing a huge wind, dense lead shot iron bullets in the roar, and more than a dozen Qing soldiers carefully built shield carts were beaten to the ground, and the Qing army archers or auxiliaries who followed behind them were swept to the ground by a large area, and almost all of them showed dense blood holes, As for the Qing soldiers who followed Niu Lu and Zhang Jing's charge, they had already turned into a mess of minced meat and fell on the way forward at this moment.

Seeing a Qing soldier being knocked down continuously, Pang Gang felt a clear feeling in his heart, if he continued to fight like this, even if the Qing soldiers could break through the Ming army camp, the price they paid would be heavy enough for them to afford. Now the Qingzhou army has extremely sufficient rifles, gunpowder and food, and can hold out for at least more than 20 days, but can the Qing army last for more than 20 days? The answer is no, if 80,000 Qing soldiers confronted themselves here for more than 20 days, not to mention the casualties of these 70,000 or 80,000 Qing troops, just the eating, drinking, and Lazar of them and the tens of thousands of Ming people would be enough to eat up their food.

At this time, in the open space and trench in front of the Ming army, there were already dense corpses of the Qing army, and those who died were all with different expressions, or their eyes were wide open, or their faces were full of unwillingness, or their eyes were full of deep fear and incredulity.

The crimson blood was terrifying, and the blood that poured out of the wounded or dead Qing soldiers stained the earth, wetting the dry ground before flowing into the trench ahead.

The dead soldiers were better, after all, the pain had left them, but the soldiers in their hands could only continue to bear the endless pain. They were either broken by lead bullets, or their bodies were hit with a big hole, and the severe pain in their bodies made them cry and crawl everywhere when they fell to the ground, these Qing soldiers were seriously injured, although the weather in May has become very warm and even a little hot, but looking at those comrades who are struggling on the death line, all the Qing soldiers invariably feel a chill.

Finally, the auxiliaries who had been desperately filling the trench shouted almost simultaneously, and many of them threw down their burdens or cloth bags, crying and running backwards.

Yue Tuo, who saw clearly in the Qing army's array, saw this situation, and ordered with a calm face: "Drive all those who escaped from the battle back, and those who do not obey will be executed!" ”

Soon, the voice of the war overseer team sounded everywhere on the battlefield: "The general has an order, everyone must not retreat, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

War horses galloped across the battlefield, and the long knives in their hands slashed at the auxiliaries who kept running back, and in the patches of blood, at least hundreds of auxiliaries fell to their own ground.

The bloody killing woke up the frightened auxiliaries, and seeing the fierce appearance of the Bayala camp supervising the battle and the bloody long knives in their hands, many people ran back in a panic, and the scene was very chaotic for a while, and many people were killed by the riflemen of the Ming army in such chaos.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was standing on the tall car, saw this situation, and couldn't help but be amazed, the Qing soldiers did their best to surround the Ming army camp to attack, originally thought that it must be a hard battle, even if they could repel this wave of attacks, their own side was bound to suffer serious losses, but they did not expect that the Qingzhou army only relied on artillery and those powerful bird guns to beat the Tartars to heavy losses, from this morning to now the Tartars have lost at least more than 3,000 people.

This result is not insignificant, and if the battle is carried out in this way, it is impossible for the Tartars to fill these three trenches today without leaving six or seven thousand corpses.

Zhou Siyong, who was behind Lu Xiangsheng, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "My lord, this method that Pang Zongbing came up with is really amazing, I didn't expect these small trenches to exert such great power, Pang Zongbing is really a genius." ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, in fact, he was also very impressed by the use of the Qingzhou Army's artillery, when the Warlock Gate artillery fired a salvo, the huge energy they burst out in an instant was indeed amazing, and it could also give the enemy greater damage and deterrence. And that seemingly simple trench made the Qing soldiers suffer a lot, and countless Qing soldiers were damaged in front of this trench in this way.

At this time, dozens of shield vehicles temporarily transferred from elsewhere hurriedly filled the gap that was opened by the artillery, and there was no good way for the artillery of the Qingzhou Army, so they could only use this passive method to resist, they could only hold as much as you blew up, and I would fill in as many passive methods as possible to resist the opponent's attack.

After some efforts, the Qing army finally blocked the gap in front of the trench, but the price paid for this was the corpses of more than 300 Qing soldiers on the ground.

After paying the bloody price, the remaining Qing soldiers were finally frightened, and the attack was a little cringe, and many Qing soldiers just hid behind the shield cart and threw the dirt bag or loess to the trench in front of them, although this move was very wasteful, but at least it was much safer, and the chance of being shot was much lower.

Seeing that the Qing soldiers were so reckless, the Ming army laughed loudly, and once upon a time, the Tartars, who had always boasted of their bravery, were so afraid of death that they even showed their heads so carefully, who would believe it.

At this time, only the dull sound of gunfire could be heard from time to time on the position, and many seriously wounded Qing soldiers were lying on the ground and moaning, but no one dared to risk their lives to come forward to rescue them. These wounded Qing soldiers could only lie on the ground in pain and wait for death, and their helpless pleading and groaning continued to reach the Qing army camp.

The people of the Bayala battalion who supervised the battle in the back couldn't help but look at each other, the Ming army here was too difficult to reluctant, not only the firearms were sharp, but the defense line they set up was also so obscene, just a few trenches firmly blocked tens of thousands of Qing warriors outside, where is this line of defense, this is simply a flesh and blood mill.

(To be continued)