When moving to 300 steps in front of the pass, those so-called "tiger squat cannons" raised their muzzles high again, and fired two rounds in a row at the gate, this time the effect was far greater than just now, the shells were concentrated in the battlements of the city wall, and the shrapnel splashed in all directions made the Qing soldiers exclaim.

Green, an artillery instructor of the new army marching from the city, jumped up and cheered. This tactic is completely unprecedented for him, and the tiger squat cannon equipped in the Ming army is actually transformed by Qi Jiguang according to the previous white-clothed general cannon. It played a huge role in the war against the Japanese invaders, especially in the terrain of the mountains.

Lianshan Pass was built on the mountain, the main city was condescending, and the roads were narrow, so it was difficult for the artillery units in the Ming army to give full play to the advantage of firepower. And this unique tiger squat cannon transformed by He Changshui can just come in handy. In the past, the Tiger Squat Cannon was rough and the gun chamber pressure was not enough, so it could only be used within one hundred and fifty steps, but according to Zhu Ping'an's requirements, He Changshui and Sun Heding insisted on increasing the range of the artillery to four hundred paces away. The resulting change is that the muzzle diameter and barrel length of the cannon are somewhat higher than those of the previous Tiger Squat Cannon, but they are still suitable for foot soldiers and cavalry.

Because of this, Li Dingguo formulated this unbelievable plan. First of all, the artillery unit was equipped with special fire oil bombs to cause confusion among the garrison troops in the city, and then Green, under the cover of foot soldiers, led his subordinates to approach the city wall and bombarded the main city pass. And the distance of 300 steps is exactly the distance that the Manchu bow and arrow cannot reach, not to mention, after a few days of bloody fighting, it has long been ascertained that the Qing army's rolling logs and stones have been exhausted.

Watching his artillerymen happily raise the firing angle, they couldn't help but bombard the city. Green was stunned for a moment, then slapped his head suddenly, "God, so close." Do you still need to bombard the city? ”

Shuo Zhan at the head of the city had already seen the every move of Green and the others under the city, and although the Ming army was not violent, he was powerless to send the artillery directly to his soft underbelly. Since Huang Taiji began to revise the military system and change the tactics, the Qing army has always followed the combination of infantry, artillery, and cavalry, and has always firmly believed in and practiced the heavy artillery series for the application of artillery. But he didn't expect that in the past, the Ming Army's firearms, which had a variety of varieties and fancy styles, but were not practical, would have such a use.

Seeing the Ming army approaching under his nose, firing artillery unscrupulously, the Qing army was helpless, from that moment on, Shuo Zhan knew that the fall of Lianshan Pass was tonight.

He Luohui, Ahanikan and others should already be arranging the withdrawal of the army, so there won't be much time left for him Shuo Zhan. What he can do is to do his best to buy more time for the main force. So much for.

"How many Orions are there?" The subordinates with black smoke on their faces counted the number of people, "There are probably more than six hundred people!" ”

"Let them go out of the city, don't open the city gates, the target is the group of bright dogs under the city, I don't care what method they use, even if there is only one person left, I must stop them from firing again!"

"Huh!"

As soon as the order was issued, dozens of long ropes immediately went down the city. At the head of the city, hundreds of people howled and clung to the long rope to go down to the city. The animal skin armor on these people was poor, but they were full of fighting spirit, even if their hair was burned and burnt, they still exuded a brave and bloodthirsty aura.

In the Manchu army, the red armor and white armor were the elite soldiers, and the 300 people of each banner were a bull record, five cattle records were a Jia La, and five Jia Laa was a solid mountain. The real white-armored elite soldiers are actually only a few thousand. Now most of them have followed the army to the south, and some of them have joined the guard barracks, taking on the responsibility of protecting the Manchu royal family, and there are very few who remain outside the pass.

And the armored people are stationed in the bitter cold land of Ningguta. The vast majority of those guarding the frontier are actually soldiers of all ethnic groups and tribes. These people live in the bitter cold, and their endurance, physique, and fighting spirit are actually not inferior to the white-armored elite soldiers, and the best of them are called "Orions".

They say that they are hunters, but in fact, the object of their hunting is just people. These armor-clad people have been fighting against the alien vagrants in the north for a long time, and they have rich experience and sophisticated methods, although what they lack is the coordination of large corps operations, but their personal combat power is now second to none outside the gates.

Dolgon joined the army since childhood, and at the age of 14 he went into battle to kill the enemy, and was once called "Sahada", which means "the leader of the hunters", which is to describe his fruitful military exploits, which shows the status and combat power of these "hunters" in the Qing army.

As soon as the "Orions" landed on the ground, they invariably took off the longbows behind their backs, but their legs kept rushing towards the artillery positions of the Ming army. As he ran, he took out the heavy iron arrows in his quiver and ran with his feet, but his hands complemented each other perfectly and were extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, just a few dozen steps later, hundreds of "Orions" had already completed the action of opening their bows and arrows.

Green had also seen the Qing soldiers coming down the city, and immediately understood the intentions of the Qing army commander. But he was only an artillery instructor, although he also had a certain combat power, but he had never commanded the Ming troops to fight, so although there were more than 500 Ming soldiers around him to guard, he didn't know how to mobilize for a while.

At this time, a Ming army officer beside him stood up, "Instructor Green, you just need to command the artillery to continue to bombard the target, and leave the rest to us!" ”

Green blinked, and at a glance saw a tiger head steel badge on the officer's chest. Green had also been in the Ming army for several years, so he naturally recognized what this delicate steel badge was. That was the standard configuration of the officers who were born in the martial arts hall in the Shandong army, and there was also a hundred refining short knives worn on their waists, which were all issued by Zhu Ping'an personally after graduating from the martial arts hall. The steel badge and the dagger have the names of the cadets cast on them. Other ordinary officers and non-commissioned officers could only have wooden waist badges.

Green could see it clearly, and the officer's badge was impressively engraved with the words "Zhang Jizu".

Zhang Jizu and Wu Ziniu followed Li Dingguo to Liaodong, and Wu Ziniu had been transferred to Cao Bianjiao's command because of his bravery. Zhang Jizu first served as a staff officer beside Li Dingguo, and after conquering the four guards of Fuzhou, he was promoted to the commander of the Jinzhou guards, and then recruited and trained the new army in Jinzhou. This time, he was also ordered to lead 8,000 soldiers and horses from Jinzhou to follow Li Dingguo to the north. Tonight's attack on Lianshan Pass, Zhang Jizu's department was used as a vanguard corps.

Therefore, the task of protecting Green's light artillery detachment to attack Chengguan fell on Zhang Jizu.

Li Dingguo brought less than 10,000 veterans of the Shandong army to Liaodong that year, and the veterans also suffered a lot of casualties in these years of warfare.

Li Dingguo pulled out his waist knife, and with an order, his subordinates had already erected the shields they carried with them in unison, and arranged a barrier in front of the artillery position. The few firecrackers began to roar, inflicting some casualties on the armoured men, but they couldn't stop them from moving forward.

The armoured brigade approached quickly, and as the distance shortened, the heavy iron arrows also came out of the string, whistling with a strange wind. In the beginning, the shield was also able to withstand heavy arrows. But as the distance got closer, the power of the heavy arrows also appeared, and some of the clusters of heavy arrows actually penetrated most of the wooden shields, and even the iron shields were difficult to protect thoroughly.

In the Ming army, there were constantly soldiers who fell with arrows, and immediately there were personnel to replenish the positions. While watching the defense of the Ming soldiers nervously, Green ordered the four artillery pieces under his command to aim at the city gate of Lianshan Pass for concentrated bombardment, and the rest of the artillery selected the heavy artillery within the range of the city head to bombard, pulling out the firepower points that might affect the besieging army.

The armored men finally came closer, and in the face of this tightly knit shield array, they didn't even pause for a moment, and just crashed into it. In the face of such an impact, the shield array of the Ming army began to show signs of retreating. The weapons in the armoured man's hands fell in unison, and the swords and axes added together, and the sawdust flew everywhere. The iron spear squeezed through the gap between the shields and burrowed in like a poisonous snake, and the unprepared soldier snorted in pain and was stabbed by the spear's tip.

Zhang Jizu did not move forward, and always stood behind the shield array with more than 20 personal guards, "Spearman, thorn!" ”

The loud voice made the soldiers frightened for a while, the general was behind him, the steel knife of the guards was not an ornament, retreating could only be a dead end, and it was possible to live in the dead when moving forward!

The bodies of the soldiers have developed an instinctive reaction to familiar orders. Between the gaps in the shields, the soldiers in the back row stabbed their spears out in unison, and when the order to "collect" was given, they suddenly withdrew, and the tips of their spears brought a series of blood flowers and minced flesh.

The warm blood splashed on the face, making the soldiers' hearts tremble, and at the same time, the hidden fighting spirit and bloody nature in their bodies were completely stimulated at the same time. After that, the battle began to become rhythmic, stabbing and receiving, and the brave armored men "Orions" were like encountering a hedgehog shrunken into a ball, and in the face of the spikes all over their bodies, they had nowhere to put their mouths.

In an instant, the shield array of the Ming soldiers began to approach forward, but at this time, the formation among the armored men suddenly loosened, and several tall, shirtless "Orions" passed through the crowd and suddenly came to the shield array.

These hunters held high in their hands hammers weighing dozens of catties, or even hundreds of catties, and they swung them with difficulty, and the hammers fell heavily. The shield, which was filled with heavy arrows and covered with blood, was torn apart and reduced to pieces in an instant.

More than a dozen Ming soldiers were hit by hammers, and without even making a scream, they were knocked out, spitting blood. (To be continued......)