Chapter Fifty-Eight: Whose 'Graveyard' (Ask for Collection!) )
The calf is thick, the ends are sharpened, and the black carbonization is burned over a large fire, and the barbs of very hard logs are made zuò to finish...
Rows of them plunged into the dirt, the blackened and carbonized wooden spear pointed in the only direction in which the Tartars were attacking the Mushroom Valley.
In the middle of the dense but messy wooden barbs, two trenches one foot wide and three feet deep, lying very conspicuously in the middle of the barbs.
The earthen walls, which were three feet high and three feet wide, were also all on the side of the Tartar attack, three feet from the trenches.
Standing in the three-foot empty space between the earthen wall and the trench, Wei Zheng personally used the arquebus to test a series of processes such as loading, aiming, firing, and clearing, and after confirming that the small space would not affect the musketeer's shooting, Wei Zheng finally showed a satisfied smile from the bottom of his heart.
affirmed to Zhou Shuyuan and Wang Feng beside him: "Good job, what I want is this effect." ”
"In the course of the battle, the scavengers all hid behind the earthen wall and fired in a three-stage manner, firing at the attacking Tartar troops in teams. With the density of barbs in front of the trenches, the musket battalion could fire at least ten rounds of lead bullet forward when the Tartar cavalry attacked from one hundred and fifty paces to fifty paces. Based on the calculation of five Tartar cavalry shot by one round of buckshot, after ten rounds of buckshot, we can shoot at least fifty Tartars. ”
"Of course, this is only the result of the Musket Battalion."
"In my mind, this line of defense had not only musket battalions, but also artillery battalions.
"After the Tartar cavalry has rushed fifty paces, the Tartars will be able to shoot the musketeers we are hiding behind the retaining wall. In order to avoid the loss of the musketeers in vain in the rain of Tartar arrows, the musketeers immediately retreated to the second line of defense through the guò communication trenches. ”
"At this point, it's the turn of the artillery..."
"Of all the artillery guns equipped with the artillery battalion, the Huzun gun is undoubtedly the easiest light artillery to transfer. Coupled with the fact that its range is exactly between thirty and fifty paces, I don't know if these lines are just right..."
"Before the battle began, we arranged a total of six Huzun guns on the first line of defense, two in a group, next to the traffic trench. After the musketeers withdrew from the battlefield, the six Huzun guns were divided into groups of three and shelled in a two-stage firing style. One of the Tiger Zun cannons in one group fired first, the other followed by the cannons, and when they were done, they quickly retreated with the Tiger Zun cannons......"
"Six Tiger Cannons, 1,200 buckshots. It is certain that the two rows of Tartar cavalry rushing to the front will definitely be devastated. At that time, the assault road between 150 and 30 paces in front of the position will become a cemetery where the lives of the Tartars will be lost......"
Wang Feng seemed to be infected by the picture depicted by Wei Zheng, and then added: "General, in addition to the front of the position will become a Tartar cemetery, the defense line under our feet will also become a cemetery for the burial of the Tartar cavalry. ”
By the time the Tartars had rushed to the retaining wall, the musket battalion had already entered the second-line position along the communication trenches. When the time came, the Tartar cavalry had to face not only the traps we had set for them in the first line, but also the lead bullets fired by the musket battalion in the second-line positions. ”
Zhou Shuyuan, the military advisor, also joined the discussion, and said excitedly: "General, Battalion Commander Wang, we can not only arrange a musket battalion in the second line of defense, but also a medium-sized Franc machine gun with a range of more than 100 steps. In that case, if the Tartars want to beat our front-line positions, they will have to pay an unprecedented and greater price. ”
Seeing that the two of them had comprehended this tactical tactic, Wei Zheng, who breathed a sigh of relief, did not hesitate at all, and ordered loudly: "Then what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you go and arrange it immediately... When the Tartars come, the land beneath our feet will be truly turned into a grave for the Tartar attacking troops..."
"Yes, General..."
Two hours later, the Tartar fifteenth Beledodor, who personally commanded a thousand cavalry and a thousand infantry, rushed to the battlefield as promised, and saw that the mushroom valley was constantly being heightened and reinforced, and the city wall was still busy.
Of course, greet Duoduo and the two thousand Tartars behind him. In addition to the city wall, there are also two lines of defense that the Haw Par Army has built, densely packed with wood-barbed barbs like a forest......
Before Duoduo, who was riding on a war horse, could speak, a Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was also riding a war horse behind him, quickly flashed a sneer full of mockery on his calm face.
Then, he said to Duoduo: "Lord Belle, the Ming army on the other side also underestimated the warriors' riding skills... Do they think that with these barbs and a three-foot-high retaining wall, they can stop the warriors' attack..."
"As long as you give the order to attack, I will lead my warriors to break through the defense line of the Ming army in front of us in one fell swoop. Then, in one go, he entered the Mushroom Valley and wiped out all the Ming people hiding in the Mushroom Valley..."
Although Duoduo is arrogant, he really wants to take Mushroom Valley. However, it does not mean that he has no scheming and does not know how to think. Otherwise, he would not have been given the title of Baylor at such a young age, and was in charge of the White Banner, one of the Eight Banners, along with Dorgon.
Therefore, riding on the war horse, he was not affected by the subordinates behind him, raised the monocular of the captured Ming army, and frowned to observe the Ming defense line in front of him.
When all the eyes of his subordinates were focused on Dord, Dordor finally put down his monoculars.
Then, he said with a solemn face: "There is a Ming army behind the retaining wall, and it is also a Ming army musket unit. As for whether there is artillery or not, it is unknown......"
"The repulsion formations, the retaining walls, the musketeers, and even the artillery, one after the other, interlocked, forming a line of defense before us that we have never seen before. From this point of view, the Ming army hiding here is definitely the elite of the Ming army that we have never encountered before. Therefore, we must be cautious about the battle in front of us. ”
The three Niu Lu Zhangjing, who had never lost on the battlefield and were eager to make meritorious contributions, directly ignored Duoduo's reminder.
He continued to say arrogantly to Duoduo: "Lord Belle, you also look up to the Ming army on the other side..."
"In the battle with the Ming army outside Zunhua City, in the face of thousands of musketeers of the Ming army, we can all take advantage of the cavalry advantage, quickly approach the opponent's infantry phalanx, and defeat it. What's more, the Ming army standing in front of us only had a few hundred men, and even if they had more muskets and artillery, it would be impossible to stop our cavalry attack. ”
"It is right to say that on the field battlefield, cavalry is always invincible. As long as you give the order to attack, we will definitely break through the Ming army's defense line, trample the Ming army under our horses' hooves, and turn this defense line that the Ming army has worked so hard to build into their own cemetery. Another Niu Lu Zhang Jing followed closely and encouraged.
Faced with the instigation of his subordinates, and in the face of the fact that the Ming army's firearms troops had always been defeated against the Houjin cavalry, the solemn expression on Duoduo's face finally dissipated, and together with his subordinates, he showed an unprecedented self-confidence.
In front of all his subordinates, he said with an arrogant face: "Everyone is right, the warriors on the war horses are always invincible on the field battlefield. Today, we will turn this position in front of us into a cemetery for the Ming army and bury them all in this cemetery. ”