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"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

The platoon guns rang out again, and this time the archers of the Qing army fell dozens more, but the Qing army commander who was supervising the battle behind was taken aback. These Qing troops have never fought with the Mawei Army, but they heard that the firearms of the Mawei Army are very sharp, but they did not expect that this firearm can be so sharp. I wondered how the horsetail rifles were so vicious that they couldn't fight back their archers.

"Quick, all the archers of the last two teams will be on me, and shoot down the rebels on the wall." The commander of the Qing army, who was following behind, hurriedly issued an order to the front, and soon two more teams of more than 500 archers rushed towards the foot of the courtyard wall, and a battle of bows and rifles began again

This Yuanjue Temple is also an ancient temple, with a history of more than 400 years. It is recorded in the book that the first virtuous monk who came here was a monk of Lingyin Ancient Temple in Hangzhou in the Song Dynasty, and he was determined to participate in the Quartet and promote the Dharma to live. In the third year of Jingding, that is, about 1262 A.D., came to Liuxi, which is the place of this Yuanjue Zen Temple at this moment, and saw that Zhong Lingyu was beautiful here, and the weather was extraordinary, so he settled here and lived in Lu, and the name of Lu was called "Yuanjue". After a few years, this Yuanjue Lu Hu built a Zen monastery, and after the efforts of Zen Master Ruzhao and his disciples, the Yuanjue Monastery eventually became a jungle. The origin of the name of the Yuanjue Monastery is mainly because the Zen master and his disciples often hold the Yuanjue Sutra. Therefore, this temple is called "Enkaku Temple". The name of the temple has been used to this day.

The ancient building of this Yuanjue Temple covers an area of more than 20 acres. The temple field is about 60 acres, and it has not been baptized by war for decades, and now the temple is full of incense, so the building has added a few more, and the land has reached 30 acres. Thirty acres of land may not sound like much, but when you think about it, it's a lot. Thirty acres is 0.3 hectares, 20,000 square meters, which is a super large area of 200 meters long and 100 meters wide. The walls of such a long courtyard, as well as the roofs of the nearby houses, were also lined with horsetail soldiers, and at the same time, there were 400 rifles shooting at the south, which was really powerful.

You must know that the temples in ancient times were very rich, and the construction of this courtyard wall really made many landlords and rich gentry ashamed. Under normal circumstances, when building a house in the city or countryside, the height of the courtyard wall is about two meters two or three, and the height is only two meters five, and individual families will build the courtyard wall up to three meters. But this temple is especially large. The shortest wall of that courtyard will not be less than three meters. The same is true of this Yuanjue Zen Temple, and the height of the courtyard wall at the shortest point has also reached three meters. It's a foot high!

The interior of the two-hundred-meter-long courtyard wall was raised by the Mawei military sandbags, and the Mawei soldiers stood on the sandbags and showed half of their bodies to shoot. The soldiers below are specifically responsible for loading ammunition, and then the rifles loaded with ammunition are handed to the soldiers in charge of shooting, the whole process is smooth, and the gunfire does not stop for a moment, such a density, how can five or six hundred Qing army archers compare!

The sound of rifles on the courtyard wall kept ringing, and the deafening gunfire shook the ears of the soldiers who were responsible for loading the ammunition below, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke emitted when the rifles were fired also made them squirt, and it was indeed terrifying to watch the flames rise from above them from time to time. After some shooting, the two sides generally damaged each other, but the soldiers of the Mawei Army had a courtyard wall to cover them, and after the baptism of actual combat on the battlefield yesterday, the soldiers were full of confidence in themselves.

In the process of the Qing army getting closer to the archery, most of the arrows were blocked by the courtyard wall, and a small number flew directly over the courtyard wall, so the Qing soldiers' arrows were extremely limited in damage to the horsetail soldiers, after several rounds of shooting, only six horsetail soldiers were hit by arrows, but these soldiers were also unlucky, because they exposed the upper body, the arrows were either shot in the chest or in the head, and three of the six soldiers died directly at once. The other three were not seriously injured, but they were immediately carried down by the soldiers responsible for saving people and immediately began to treat.

The queue of the Qing army was very long, and the 3,000 people who had finally gathered together could not be used outside this courtyard wall, and the team was so dense that such a conspicuous target would really be sorry for such a good opportunity if it didn't hit you, the horse-tailed soldiers unceremoniously opened fire on them fiercely, but after a while, more than 200 Qing archers became the souls of the guns.

Seeing that his sons and daughters had suffered heavy losses, the commander of the Qing army was about to sit still on horseback, but he knew that Tula gave him a death order, and he must pull out this nail, otherwise he would die if he went back. So his eyes widened, and he shouted: "Pass the order, everyone presses down, speed up, as long as you can climb the courtyard wall and win, it belongs to us." ”

"Brothers, kill! The temple is not big enough to hold many people, as long as we win the wall, it will be ours."

"Woo woo"

"Woo woo"

"Woo woo"

In a melodious sound of bull horns, the Qing archers who had suffered heavy casualties spread their feet and retreated, on the contrary, Qing soldiers holding small round shields carried small simple ladders that had just been made of small trees around them and desperately rushed towards the courtyard wall. The two horsetail battalion commanders on the courtyard wall stretched out their bodies to observe the battle situation outside, and they all smiled when they saw the Qing archers suffering heavy casualties under the attack of the riflemen on the wall.

The Qing army, which was more than 2,000 people, followed closely. This time, the Qing army was equipped with a lot of shields, and the casualties in the rapid approach were indeed much less, although there were also many Qing soldiers who were hit by the rifle bullets of the Mawei Army and fell, but after all, the brigade was still close to the courtyard wall. Although the courtyard wall is still three or four meters high, this height is nothing in a battle, not to mention the ladders prepared by the Qing army. Once the Qing army approached the edge of the courtyard wall. It only takes a few clicks to set up a ladder. You will be able to climb over the courtyard wall.

"The Qing soldiers are approaching. Grenade ready! The observer had been closely watching the distance between the Qing army and them, and when the Qing army approached fifty meters, he issued a warning to his commander, and the commander of the first battalion of the Eighth Division immediately emerged from the courtyard wall and immediately issued the latest order.

Hundreds of torches were immediately lit and placed behind the soldiers, and when the Qing army approached only ten meters under the courtyard wall, the soldiers in the courtyard ignited the grenades and quickly threw them out. The target, of course, is the Qing army outside the courtyard wall.

"Keep throwing! Don't stop! ”

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

A series of explosions sounded outside the courtyard wall, and more than 100 grenades exploded in this short range of more than 10 meters, and the power was really not inferior to the explosion of one flowering bomb after another, and in some places four or five grenades fell at the same time, and the power of the explosion was far greater than the explosion of the flowering bomb. The Qing soldiers who rushed to the front immediately let out a terrible scream, and the soldiers in the courtyard who heard the scream were all trembling, and they almost failed to throw out the grenade that had been ignited in their hands, this thing was going to die in this courtyard and exploded, with the dense range of the horsetail soldiers in the courtyard, there would be at least thirty casualties in an instant.

The Qing army rushed to the vanguard of five or six hundred people under the courtyard wall. As soon as it was blown up by such an explosion, it was immediately full of stumps and severed arms. The twenty or so ladders that had been made improvised had become logs again, and even a few of them were no longer a threat to the courtyard wall. The rifles on the Mawei Army's side still haven't ceased firing, and bullets are still chasing these Qing troops outside. So the final result was that after the attack of more than 2,000 people died in the attack, the Qing army had to leave a pile of corpses and wolves to retreat. Two thousand people is already a large number, and the horsetail soldiers on the courtyard wall who saw it were a little numb in their scalps, but this time they were successfully repelled by the soldiers.

"First battalion commander, you can still withstand it here, do you need support?" The second battalion commander, who had just come from the west side, asked the first battalion commander. On his side, he concentrated around the Heavenly King Palace, and at the same time took care of the west to prevent the Qing army from stealing from the west. The back and east of the Yuanjue Temple are ponds, and only the south and west sides are open spaces, and the Qing army is coming from the direction of Zhengnan, that is, starting to attack from this direction. And the commander of the second battalion ran to the Tianwang Hall on the west side, because the terrain is high, and the base of the main hall is specially built, and the scene outside the courtyard wall can be seen on this platform, so he set up the six general cannons brought by the army this time.

"Take care of your side, the brothers are on the rise! But after a while, that Tula will definitely make more Qing troops pounce, and then your fire support will not be able to drop the chain! The commander of the first battalion looked at him, then turned his head to look outside and said.

"Of course, our brothers must play brilliantly, show their faces well, I think of the guys in the second division now and get angry, isn't it that all the soldiers are brought by veterans, we are now considered veterans, and we have guarded this Yuanjue Zen Temple, and we have surpassed them once in battle! Hmph, I'm going to have to take a good look at what those guys are up to! The second battalion commander pouted and said.

"That's right, but I don't know when the division commander will arrive, we have a total of 2,000 people, if the Qing army is fast enough, all the Jiang army will be transferred to fight us, but we won't be able to last too long!"

The two battalion commanders in the courtyard were talking, and Tula in the distance gritted his teeth after seeing that the more than 2,000 people of the front army had all been defeated, and finally made up his mind that this group of horsetail troops must be taken, otherwise the road of their army to the north will be blocked, even if they pass by, but with the horsetail army's shotgun that can start shooting at a long distance, they will become targets. And even after paying the price, there will be no morale in the whole army, and there will be no more morale in the whole army, so don't want that kind of army!

"Report! Report to the general, the Yuexiu Bridge in front was blown up by anti-thieves, and our army can't cross the river! "Just then, the soldiers of the former army came back and reported to him a devastating news." And there is more than one Yuexiu Bridge, more than a dozen bridges on nearby rivers have all been destroyed, and we can't go back! ”

Tula's heart froze in a sigh of relief, and a mouthful of blood spat out.

"General"

"General"

"General"

The generals around him immediately surrounded him and said with concern. At this time, Tula was their backbone. I can't afford to have an accident. "The order goes down. The follow-up troops quickly caught up. Mobilize the chariot to come forward, and give me the anti-thieves in front of me! As for the bridge in front, you can take a pontoon bridge to pass guò, and then all those useless things will be thrown at me! ”

"Wow!" The generals of the Qing army also understood that if they wanted to withdraw to Suzhou safely and build a pontoon bridge safely, they had to take down the Mawei Army in front of Jiang, otherwise everything was empty talk. After listening to the order, all the generals of the Qing army were in their hearts. Qi Qi bowed down and agreed. In less than a quarter of an hour, the follow-up Qing soldiers finally caught up with the brigade, together with the soldiers who had just retreated, the strength of the tribute of 8,000 people was all pressed up, if you look down from the sky, you will find that one by one is as dense as ants surrounding this small Yuanjue Temple, but it is only limited to the south and west sides, after all, the Qing army does not have wings to fly over the pond.

Looking at the Qing soldiers who were densely pressed up, the faces of the two battalion commanders of the first and second battalions couldn't help but change color. "It's not good, the Tartars are all pressed up, it seems that this time the Tartars are bound to win!"

The commander of the first battalion looked at the Qing soldiers who seemed to be out of sight in the distance and the soldiers who showed nervous expressions around them. To say that they are not afraid in their hearts is false, although their recruits won the battle yesterday and just now. But at this moment, they were still terrified with 2,000 people against tens of thousands of people. But as the main general who is now facing the enemy head-on, he knows that all the soldiers are looking at him at this moment, and if he shows a trace of panic, it will inevitably affect the feelings of all the soldiers.

So the commander of the first battalion took a long deep breath and said loudly to the nearby soldiers: "Brothers, now that the Tartars have all been pressed, are you afraid of the big guys?" ”

"Battalion commander, let's not be afraid!"

"Don't be afraid! Battalion commander! ”

Although he was also very apprehensive in his heart, the soldiers around him still answered loudly and vigorously.

"Fart!" After hearing this, the commander of the first battalion scolded loudly, "Lie! ”

The soldiers were also stunned when they heard this, their own battalion commander was like this, and he still told them frustrating words? "Lao Tzu is a little stunned, how can you not be afraid?" The consternation in the eyes of the crowd was even greater. The first battalion commander said sharply again: "Lao Tzu is also afraid, it is strange if ten times the enemy pounces on him!" But just being afraid can't solve any problems, the Tartars are making it clear this time that they want to kill us all, you tell Sù Laozi, are you willing to lead the neck and wait for the Tartars to kill us? ”

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

"Good!" Seeing that the morale of his brothers was all up, the battalion commander also nodded secretly, seeing that the Tartars were about to enter the range of the rifle, he immediately ordered loudly: "All of them, prepare!" ”

Just when the first battalion commander was boosting morale, the first battalion commander's voice had just fallen, and the second battalion had already adjusted all the river muzzles, and the second battalion commander also issued an order at the same time: "Open the artillery!" ”。

To put it bluntly, the general cannon of the Mawei Army is just a modified Franc cannon, but the cannon has become lighter, but the power has increased, and the firing range has become longer. This time, in order to march quickly, the six guns that the second battalion was responsible for bringing were all six-pounder guns, each gun weighed only 500 catties, and a horse could pull it and run away. This operation requires three gunners, one for loading, one for aiming, and one for ignition. At this time, each general's cannon had already been loaded with ammunition, and after hearing the order, the gunners next to each gun took out a flaming torch from a nearby shelf and lit it to the fire door, and the lead instantly "creaked".

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

The six generals' cannons roared one after another, and more than six flowering shells flew forward under the impetus of the kinetic energy after the gunpowder burned. As soon as the cannon was fired, the gunners hurriedly replaced the sub-guns in the river, loaded with the new ones that had been prepared a long time ago, and then fired them again.

The Qing army's preparations for this attack were much better than before, and the troops that followed behind also brought fifteen shield carts, and the Qing army followed behind the shield carts and rushed forward quickly, with the cover of this shield cart, the Qing troops behind were hit by bullets much less. But as the old saying goes, "a gun shoots a bird". The target of these shield carts was so obvious that it was naturally the first target of the horsetail gunners.

When the cannon sounded, six shells flew forward with wisps of green smoke, and the target was the shield car in the Qing army.

With a loud "boom", a flowering bomb hit one of the shield cars far away, and at the same time, the shield car was torn apart and sawdust flew sideways, and at the same time, a violent explosion occurred, and the Qing troops who could not dodge around were immediately killed and wounded.

On the other side, "Whoa! With a bang, another shield cart scattered at the same time, and after being hit by a cannon, the projectile shattered the shield cart under the powerful kinetic energy, and the accompanying violent explosion also killed and injured several Qing soldiers in the vicinity. Seeing that the first round of artillery bombardment destroyed the three shield wagons of the Qing army, the horsetail soldiers on the courtyard wall thundered with joy, and the commander of the second battalion in charge of directing the artillery in the direction of the second battalion in the west once again urged the gunners to quickly clean up the gun chamber loading but ammunition, and the gunners also used the fastest speed to clean up the artillery.

A furlong requires three gunners to serve, one of the strongest of the unloaders, one aiming, and one gunner. As soon as the cannon was fired, the loaders of all the guns immediately stabbed the sub-gun into the iron rod and unloaded the sub-gun from the mother. The Franc cannon has always been known for its fast rate of fire, it is composed of a mother gun and a sub-gun, each gun, is equipped with four to six sub-guns, the sub-gun is pre-loaded with ammunition, it is also the world's first rear-loading artillery, the firing is quite fast compared to today's artillery. It's just that because it's easy to get discouraged, the range is not very far, and the range of this Franc plane, which weighs more than 500 pounds, is about 400 paces, that is, 500 meters. (To be continued......)

PS: It's good to be in time today, 5,000 words are presented!