343. I can't get out
"Kill ......"
Hu Laosan roared, the bayonet in his hand stabbed into the chest of a soldier of the Horqin tribe who had just climbed up from below, the thin leather armor could not block the Mitsubishi army thorn made of high-hardness stainless steel, the sharp army thorn pierced his chest after Hu Laosan kicked him, the soldier of the Horqin tribe let out a painful cry and fell off the city wall, and the moment the bayonet was pulled out of his chest, a stream of hot blood spurted out of his chest.
At this time, the gunfire on the wall has become more and more sparse, which also means that the vast majority of the soldiers have run out of ammunition, due to the simplicity of the wall, which also makes the enemy only need to climb a few steps up the ladder to climb the wall very lightly, so when the ammunition of the Yingzhou army is finished, the two sides soon entered the most brutal hand-to-hand combat.
Hu Laosan, who had run through the rivers and lakes as a nurse, was undoubtedly brilliant in martial arts, and the power of the bayonet was vividly displayed in his hands, only to see that he was holding a Mini-style firearm, like a poisonous dragon spitting letters, flying up and down, and in less than a quarter of an hour, four or five enemy soldiers who tried to climb the wall were stabbed to the ground by him.
More than half an hour has passed since the battle, and the three thousand men and horses of the Horqin tribe who were the first to enter the battle have been killed and wounded, and now it is the Zhenghongqi men and horses of the Mengbaqi who continue to attack the Horqin tribe, at this time, Zhai Sang looked at the wounded who were carried down and was so distressed that he shed tears, he grabbed the commander who was responsible for organizing the attack and gritted his teeth and asked: "What did I tell you just now, didn't I tell you not to go too far ahead?" That's how you carry out my orders! ”
At this time, Zhai Sang's eyes were almost spewing fire, a full three thousand warriors, and now there are less than a thousand who can come back, that is to say, more than two thousand warriors fell on the battlefield in less than half an hour, this loss is too great, even with the wealth of the Horqin tribe now, it can't stand it!
Looking at Zhai Sang, who was almost about to breathe fire in his eyes, the commander of the thousand men cried loudly as soon as he saved Zhai Sang's trouser legs: "Chief, I don't want to either." The fifteenth elder brother with the white flag stopped behind us, but whenever he flinched, he immediately gave us a knife, more than ten warriors had died under his knife just now! ”
Zhai Sang trembled with anger, and only after a long time did he say hatefully: "Duoduo...... The old man and you are incompatible! ”
Looking at Zhai Sang, who was furious, the commander asked in embarrassment: "Chief, what should we do now?" ”
"What should I do?" Zhai Sang sneered: "Since those people don't treat us as human beings, then why should we give them their lives." Let's go, let's not play with them! ”
"Yes!" The commander gritted his teeth and agreed, and led his men and horses to retreat with Zhaisang.
When Zhai Sang led the men and horses to carry carts of corpses down, many Mongolian tribes in the large array saw the tragic situation of the Horqin tribe. Many people were shocked.
And Dolgon and the others, who were in the center of the Qing army's main formation, also saw it, Dai Shan frowned, and whispered to Yue Tuo: "How could the people of the Horqin tribe fight so badly? ”
Yue Tuo sighed: "Shicai Duoduo went to the front to supervise the formation, and forced the people of Zhaisang not to withdraw, and in the end it was like this, three thousand went up, and less than one thousand came back." ”
"How could Dodor do this!" Dai Shan slapped his thigh angrily, "Dolgon, this stupid man, does he know what he's doing?" ”
"That may not have been Dorgon's intention." Yue Tuo smiled bitterly. "Amma, you also know Dodor's temperament, this may also be his unauthorized ......"
Dai Shan said angrily: "Alas...... I knew that this Duoduo was usually impatient, but he didn't look at what time it was. If they still treat the Horqin tribe like this, aren't they afraid of arousing Zhaisang's disgust? You must know that the Horqin tribe has 200,000 herdsmen and nearly 30,000 cavalry. ”
Yue Tuo gritted his teeth and said: "Ama, it's useless to talk about this now, the most important thing now is how to break through the Ming army camp." Otherwise, a qiē is empty! ”
"This Amma naturally knows, didn't you see that Dolgon has now sent even the Eight Banners of Engetu and Buyandai? As long as they can destroy the thin wall in front of them, at least half of the Yingzhou army will be killed or wounded by then. At that time, it will be the time for our Eight Banners to ride Yang Wei! ”
"Well, Amma is right." Yue Tuo looked at the men and horses of the Eight Banners in front of him who were still desperately attacking like raindrops, and nodded slowly, at this time, even the most pessimistic Qing generals would not doubt whether their side could achieve the final victory, the difference was only in what price to achieve victory.
The wheel warfare carried out by Dolgon did bring a lot of pressure to the Yingzhou army, although there were 5,000 Chahar tribe soldiers led by Bart to help, but this temporary walled wall was too thin, there was no way to play a big role, and now the reason why it can still be defended depends on the courage and sacrifice spirit of the Yingzhou army.
The fierce battle continued, at this time the wall was already full of Mongolian soldiers' corpses, stacked layer after layer, many corpses were almost flush with the originally low wall, the Mongolian soldiers could already step on the corpses of their companions to attack, so that the difficulty of the Yingzhou army's defense also increased geometrically.
"Flutter!"
The bayonet in Hu Laosan's hand had just pierced a Mongolian soldier who was climbing up the ladder, and a burly Mongolian soldier rushed from the side.
"Huha......"
A knife flashed, a long knife slashed towards Hu Laosan, Hu Laosan hurriedly raised the fire gun in his hand to block, and heard a snap, the fire gun in Hu Laosan's hand was split into two, at this time a Mongolian soldier with a full face and beard jumped on the wall, smiled and raised the long knife in his hand and slashed towards Hu Laosan.
At this time, Hu Laosan had no time to draw out the scimitar on his waist, and he could only close his eyes helplessly when he looked at the approaching knife light.
"Bang!"
Just when Hu Laosan closed his eyes and waited for death, there was a crisp gunshot sound next to him, and he smiled hideously and waved the long knife towards Hu Laosan's Mongolian soldiers' footsteps, and the corners of his mouth showed a surprised look after the whole person shook it, although he was still trying to swing the long knife towards Hu Laosan, but at this time his strength seemed to be all rational, and the whole person shook and then leaned back, and then rolled down the wall.
Hu Laosan didn't have time to be surprised, and a calm voice sounded behind him: "Don't panic, everyone, the reinforcements will arrive immediately!" ”
At first hearing this voice, Hu Laosan turned his head almost in disbelief, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.
"Master Hou!"
"It's Master Hou here. Master Hou is here to support us! ”
The sergeants of the Yingzhou Army on the wall of the wall heard this familiar voice, and many people were so excited that they burst into tears, and it had been eight days, and the Hou Ye they had been waiting for for a long time finally appeared.
At this time, Yue Yang walked up to the wall quickly with a short gun in hand, and behind him was Chen Dazhi, who was originally guarding the valley, and five hundred personal soldiers, and behind him were the sergeants who were originally arranged by Hu Laosan as a reserve, and they all rushed over at this time.
Seeing Yue Yang's familiar figure, Hu Laosan seemed to feel that his whole body was full of strength again, and he hissed and shouted as hard as he could: "Brothers, Master Hou has come to support us, everyone kill the Tartars!" ”
"Kill the Tartars!"
The already tired bodies of the soldiers on the walled wall were full of strength. One by one, they brandished fire guns and fought with the Tartars in front of them.
"Fire!"
"Bang ......"
As the reinforcements arrived, the familiar sound of fire rang out again, and a soldier and horse of Mengbaqi, who was rushing forward with the corpse of his companion, was beaten by powerful lead bullets at close range, and rolled down the wall one by one.
Yue Yang strode to Hu Laosan's side, the armor of the general under his command was covered with bloodstains, and the whole person seemed to have come out of a pool of blood, and a pungent smell of blood came over.
Yue Yang patted Hu Laosan on the shoulder, and a layer of blood immediately appeared on his hands. Hu Laosan looked at Yue Yang, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then he made a military salute in a deep voice, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Qiqi." The last general was ordered to hold the valley until the Hou Ye returned, and now that an inch of land has not been lost, he will pay the order to the Hou Ye! ”
"Good! Very good! Yue Yang looked at Hu Laosan's bloodshot eyes with a solemn expression, and he solemnly replied, "You did a good job." Now that you've completed your mission, you can take your men down to rest! ”
Hu Laosan was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Master Hou, the end will not go down." The last general can fight again! ”
"It's an order!" Yue Yang's face sank, "Now that Ben Hou will take over the command, do you have any opinions?" ”
"Yes!"
Hu Laosan knew that this was Yue Yang's compassion for himself and the soldiers who had been fighting hard for a long time. He gritted his teeth, and then ordered the soldiers who were still fighting hard to retreat.
Prior to this, Hu Laosan divided the 20,000 musketeers into two parts, 10,000 men each, and the two divisions took turns to fight, in the previous days, although the battle was fierce, but because of the advantage in firepower, although they fought for seven or eight days, the casualties were very few, and the total casualties were less than 1,000.
However, after the ammunition ran out today, the battle situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and in less than an hour of fierce fighting, the men and horses led by Hu Laosan lost nearly 2,000 people, which shows the tragedy of the battle.
And after Yue Yang led the new force to join, the situation of the battle was immediately fundamentally reversed. As the musketeers of these live guns and ammunition landed on the city wall, white gunpowder smoke rang out again with bursts of gunfire, and a soldier of the Eight Banners of Meng, who was brandishing his blade and rushing forward, fell in a rain of bullets. On the wall, the musketeers were divided into three teams, forming three layers of wave-like shooting, one team shooting, one team loading and one team preparing, and the continuous rain of bullets formed a dense net of death fire, blocking the Mongolian soldiers in front.
At this moment, a herdsman from the Chahar tribe also came to the artillery position with a basket of gunpowder and iron bullets, which made Zhao Yongxin happy to have snot bubbles out.
A gunner threw himself in front of a basket and cried with joy as he hugged the gunpowder and iron bullets in the basket: "Great, we finally have ammunition!" My lord, we can give the tartar a color! ”
"You stupid people, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up and reload!" Zhao Yongxin's thunderous voice sounded again, kicked the gunner's buttocks, and shouted like thunder: "Hurry up and reload, if you can't get the ammunition out within thirty breaths, Lao Tzu will pick your skin...... Hurry up and work for Lao Tzu! ”
"Yes!"
The ecstatic gunners took the ammunition from the herdsmen and began to reload their guns, and soon a report sounded.
"Report to your lordship, it's a good shot!"
"The second cannon is good!"
"Three guns are good!"
With the sound of the preparation coming, Zhao Yongxin's face showed a hideous look, he looked at the enemy troops still surging in front of him, and shouted with all his might: "Release!" ”
At the same time as Zhao Yongxin gave the order to shoot, a trumpeter beside him used all his strength to blow the whistle in his hand, and a sharp voice resounded through the sky. At the same time as the horn sounded, a series of huge roars also sounded.
A row of scorching fires flashed in front of the circle, and thick smoke rose at the same time. With the firing of the tiger squat cannon, the soldiers of the Eight Banners who rushed to the front immediately fell into a large area, more than 30 tiger squat cannons were fired at the same time, thousands of iron bullets were sprayed out at the same time, and the Mongolian soldiers who rushed to the front came out with a cloud of blood mist, screaming and rolling to the ground. The range of the Tiger Squat Cannon was not high, only sixty or seventy paces, which was much worse than the power of those six-pounder or twelve-pounder guns. Therefore, the projectile does not have much penetrating power, but it is also more destructive, once the Mongolian soldiers are hit by the iron pellet into the body, the internal organs inside will be immediately destroyed, even if the gods come, it is difficult to save.
Although there were also many Mongol soldiers wearing double heavy armor and holding thick shields, the powerful impact of the iron bullet was all borne by them, as long as the iron bullet hit them, all the power had to be borne by their body, and the place where it was hit. Even if the iron pill didn't penetrate the heavy armor, all the bones and internal organs in their bodies were shattered. The people who had been shot vomited blood clots and fell to their knees one by one, and the pain was so great that they couldn't help but cry out loudly. These people don't want to live anymore.
Yue Yang saw a Mongolian officer dressed as a centurion wearing three layers of heavy armor, and the tiger head gun in his right hand was missing. He clutched his right side of his chest, where a large hole appeared in the mouth of the bowl, and blood poured out like a tide. With a heavy shield in his left hand, he just held on, and he stumbled forward, his face full of dazedness, as if he couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
However, with a crisp gunshot, the centurion was hit by a lead bullet in the front door, and half of his head was immediately knocked off, and the whole person flew backwards, and now he was really dead.
With the addition of tiger cannons and muskets to the battlefield, the originally critical form was immediately reversed, and the more than 2,000 Mengbaqi men and horses who had originally rushed in front of the wall were almost completely wiped out, and the dense corpses and wounded almost paved the road ahead.
The sudden change not only shocked the morale of the defenders, but also frightened Dolgon, who was calculating when to launch a general attack. From his side, puffs of white smoke rose from the wall in front of the valley from time to time, and the sound of bursting beans rang out for a while, and he saw that the Mongol soldiers were knocked to the ground, and he could see it clearly.
"What's going on, didn't the Ying Zhou army run out of gunpowder? Why did you start firing again? ”
Dolgon was in a hurry, his eyes almost popped out, and he spun around a few times in a fit of rage, and then said to himself: "By the way, this must be their last remaining ammunition, this is just a return to the light." Yes, it must be a return to the light, and we will definitely be able to drain their ammo as long as we continue to attack. ”
He pulled over a Mongolian leader and shouted: "Agu, you immediately take your tribe's men and horses to replace Engetu and continue to charge, and you must drive the Ming army off the wall!" ”
Looking at Dolgon, who was already red-eyed, Ah Gu knew that the always calm and wise Prince Heshuo had lost his mind, and if he dared to say half a word, what awaited him would be death.
The people on the side of Dolgon's judgment still think that it is more reasonable, and they also think that after these days of consumption, the ammunition of the Yingzhou army must be about to run out, otherwise they would not have fought so hard just now. In fact, this idea is right, and it is not wrong under normal circumstances, but it ran into Yue Yang, a guy who played cards unreasonably, so tragedy happened.
Agu led more than 5,000 soldiers of their tribe to continue the attack, but this time to the surprise of Dolgon, when they rushed to two hundred steps away from the wall, there were still thunderous roars on the wall, and one after another hot projectiles roared towards these people, these projectiles weighing six or even twelve pounds fought their way out of the powerful kinetic energy, and after knocking a Mongolian soldier to the ground, the remaining iron pellets still rolled forward until their last kinetic energy was exhausted.
Looking at a soldier of Meng Baqi who fell to the ground screaming and wailing, Yue Tuo stepped forward and grabbed Dolgon's hand and said to him in a deep voice: "Prince Heshuo, you can't go on like this, although I don't know why the Yingzhou army got the ammunition from at this time, but it is certain that they will not be able to defeat us after having the ammunition, let's order the withdrawal of the troops first, and then we will all add it up, otherwise our warriors will dry up their blood here sooner or later!" ”
Dolgon's face was pale, looking at the wall in front of him that was still roaring with firecrackers, he couldn't understand why the Yingzhou army, which had already run out of ammunition and food, suddenly resumed its firepower, which made him puzzled.
At this time, a banner owner with a white flag suddenly ran over and knelt in front of Dolgon, protecting his thighs and crying: "Prince Heshuo, we can't fight like this anymore, let's retreat." Leave some seeds for our Mongol tribes! ”
Looking at the banner owner who was almost crying blood, Dolgon pointed to the front and smiled bitterly: "It's late, I can't withdraw anymore, the Ming army is out!" (To be continued......)