Chapter 329: Battle Array (3)

There is no city wall in this world that can never be broken, and there is no shield that cannot be broken, and more than a dozen shield carts that were once considered extremely strong by the Qing soldiers were hit by iron pellets the size of eggs and finally fell apart, followed by bursts of bright red blood flowing out of the shield carts, and these blood were all those crossbowmen hiding in the shield carts.

"Come down, come down!"

The Qing soldiers' reaction was swift, seeing that the shield cart could no longer provide protection for their side, the crossbowmen hiding in the shield cart could no longer sit still, and jumped out of the shield cart one after another, raised their bows and crossbows and fired arrows forward.

The sparse and sharp arrows were the first to hit the artillery battalion, and from time to time gunners were hit by the arrows and fell to the ground. At this time, the Qing soldiers had approached a distance of seventy paces from the artillery camp, and this distance was already the maximum effective range of the Qing crossbowmen.

"Hahaha...... Attack, attack! At a distance of two or three miles from the battlefield, many Qing army generals with clairvoyant mirrors shouted excitedly, in their opinion, as long as they were forced to come forward by the Qing warriors and cleared these nasty artillery, those musketeers who would only hide in the distance and shoot were a lamb to be slaughtered.

The joy of victory surged into their hearts, and even Huang Taiji's originally gloomy face showed a hint of a smile, although he had lost more than two thousand cavalry just now, as long as he could annihilate these five thousand firecrackers and those gunners, this qiē was worth it, and more importantly, they would also get thousands of the most elite firecrackers at present, with these firearms. The Great Qing Kingdom can form an elite firearms battalion, and they no longer have to be afraid of the firearms of the Yingzhou army.

Of course, there are happy and worried, and Dolgon, Yue Tuo, Azig and others, who have taught Yingzhou Jun a few times, are not as happy as others, they always feel that things are not so simple, but at this time, everyone is so happy that they can't pour cold water on everyone, so they have to stand quietly in place and remain silent.

Just when Huang Taiji and many Qing army generals were happy about the upcoming victory, a hundred generals were standing next to a row of catapults holding a small red flag, which had been lined up one by one at this time, and one by one the heavy and huge 10,000 enemies were lying quietly on the projectile board of the catapults. Next to each catapult stood two people. One person holds a torch in his hand, and the other holds a drawstring in his hand.

"Ten thousand enemies, release!"

At this critical moment, the red flag in the hand of the general manager fell sharply. A loud roar came out of his mouth. With the order given. The fiery ropes on the 10,000-strong enemy were ignited. The soldier with the rope in his hand pulled hard, and 10,000 enemies the size of a volleyball erupted from the projectile board.

"Whoosh ......"

The Ming Dynasty version of the grenade, which weighed four or five pounds, was thrown into the air by a catapult, and after crossing an oval arc, it fell seventy or eighty steps away and then fell heavily to the ground. Some were lucky enough to hit the head of an unlucky bastard, causing him to bleed.

When the Qing army in front of them watched these flying black bumps continue to fall to the ground, many people thought it was very strange, how could the power of these Ming army's artillery be so small, could they all be out of shape.

But soon, they knew that they were wrong, and they were very wrong, these iron bumps that fell under their feet suddenly exploded, this explosion was as violent as the sky and the earth cracked, and countless Qing soldiers heard such a violent explosion for the first time in their lives, and then ...... And then there was no more then.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Countless violent explosions were accompanied by bursts of smoke, and those Qing soldiers who were rushing forward were killed in the violent explosion, and anyone who was within the impact range of the shock wave was shocked to death by bleeding to death. Even those who were not within the blast wave were hit by the shrapnel that flew in all directions, and those who survived were so shocked by the sudden explosion that their ears were buzzing, and the entire front line was thrown into chaos.

The damage caused by this round of explosions to the Qing soldiers was much greater than those solid bullets just now, and many of the Qing soldiers who were hit by this kind of blow for the first time were stunned, many of them were moving around like headless flies, and even many auxiliary soldiers even knelt down on the spot and bowed to the sky to pray for God's forgiveness, and the whole battlefield was in chaos.

But whether they believe in the gods or not, the doom of the Qing soldiers continued, less than twenty seconds before the first round of explosions, the second wave of blows came again, as usual, dozens of swarthy iron pellets fell from the air in an arc, and the fire rope that was still burning after falling to the ground snorted, and then another burst of explosions rang out one after another, and the thick black smoke shrouded countless Qing soldiers inside.

"How so?" On a hill three miles away, Huang Taiji clenched the horsewhip in his hand, his knuckles turned blue from too much force, and his whole face became distorted.

"I knew, I knew that the Ming army would have such a hand." Dolgon and Yue Tuo, who had already suffered a big loss at the hands of the Yingzhou army, could not bear to witness the tragic situation of the Qing army in front of them at this time, and the two of them closed their eyes in pain.

"How so?" Looking at the continuous explosions that continued to devour the Qing army in front of him, Huang Taiji knew that the six or seven thousand Manchu Qing elites were finished. His scarlet eyes looked around, and suddenly saw the unnatural expressions of Yueto and Dolgon, he suddenly grabbed Dolgon's chest and shouted loudly, "Dolgon, did you already know that such a thing happened, why didn't you tell me?" ”

Dolgon, who was suddenly angry, was also stunned, looking at the Huang Taiji who was in a rage and scolding himself, he couldn't stop squirting saliva on his face, he held back his anger and said: "Great Khan, you are wrong to blame the minister, the brother is not a god, how do you know how the Ming army will fight?" Besides, even if you tell you, will you order Usthai to withdraw? ”

Ustai was the one who commanded the battle at the front, and he was also a brave general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. At this time, Huang Taiji was a little unbearable to be squeezed by Dolgon, he stared at Dolgon and was about to get angry, and Dai Shan on the side saw this and hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Huang Taiji and said: "Great Khan, this matter really can't be blamed on Prince Heshuorui, the Ming army is scheming, and it is indeed unguardable, especially this Yueyang Xiaoer, a few years ago, the old minister had dealt with him once on the Horqin grassland, and he knew his cunning. ”

After Huang Taiji sent a fire, he finally put down his hand a little unwillingly.

Dorgon straightened his shirt. A flash of anger flashed in his eyes. Finally, he said calmly: "Great Khan, you better let Usthai withdraw quickly, otherwise it will be too late." ”

"Withdraw...... Huang Taiji smiled bitterly, "Can they still withdraw?" ”

At this time, the Qing army in front was already shrouded in a burst of gunsmoke. The explosions of 10,000 enemies, the roar of artillery, and the neat volley of guns had all enveloped the Qing soldiers. Even people who don't know anything about military affairs know it. The army is finished.

The sound of gunfire rang out for two quarters of an hour. After the gunfire completely stopped, it took another quarter of an hour for the smoke that hung over the battlefield to slowly dissipate, and at this time it was a terrible scene in front of everyone. In the center of the battlefield, the dense corpses were piled up one after another, stumps and broken arms were everywhere, countless Qing soldiers died tragically on the way to the charge, even some lucky ones who did not die were lying on the ground moaning weakly.

Looking at the battlefield like Shura's hell, Huang Taiji closed his eyes in pain, he lost this battle, Yueyang's Yingzhou army was so strong that he didn't expect, a full 2,500 cavalry and 6,000 foot soldiers were swallowed up like this, and the casualties of the other party were pitiful, only dozens of gunners were killed and injured by arrows.

After the battle, there was a deathly silence on the battlefield, and everyone was shocked by the battle just now.

"Great Khan...... Great Khan, King Zhishun withdrew. A Goshha hurriedly came to report.

"Hmm!" Huang Taiji's already pale face became even more ugly, and he took a deep breath and said, "Go...... Call Shang Kexi over. ”

"Whoa......

Soon, Shang Kexi, who was in disarray, came to Huang Taiji, and as soon as he came up, he knelt in front of Huang Taiji with a puff and cried: "Great Khan, the slave has failed your expectations, please punish the Great Khan." ”

Huang Taiji forcibly resisted the urge to draw a knife and cut people, and slowly stepped forward two steps and asked in a deep voice: "King Zhishun, why don't you shoot back with a cannon?" ”

"Great Khan, you have also seen the matter of the right talent, the minions don't want to fight back, but they don't have time to fight back, Yingzhou's firearms are sharp, and the minions have not yet set up their artillery, and their projectiles are overwhelming, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, so they don't have time to fight back. And our artillery is more than 1,000 pounds at the light and more than 2,000 pounds at the heavy, and it is constantly moving, and it is impossible to make an effective counterattack at all, and the minions have no choice. ”

"You dare to quibble!" Huang Taiji couldn't help but wave the horse whip in his hand and whipped it towards Shang Kexi's head, only to hear a few crackling sounds, and Shang Kexi's head and body were whipped seven or eight times.

Shang Kexi, who was kneeling on the ground, just lowered his head and silently endured the whip of Huang Taiji, gritting his teeth and not even daring to make a sound. Haoge and several Qing generals on the side looked at Shang Kexi gloatingly, in their opinion, Shang Kexi was self-inflicted, the round of shelling just now almost destroyed the artillery that the Qing Dynasty had worked hard to cast for several years, and now he still has the face to shirk.

Huang Taiji whipped Shang Kexi a few more times, and then gasped and asked, "I ask you, how many artillery pieces did your Han Army Banner lose?" ”

Shang Kexi endured the pain and replied respectfully: "Back to the Great Khan, the appropriate servants have already ordered people to rescue twenty-three red-clothed cannons and thirty-seven small cannons. ”

Hearing this, Huang Taiji's body shook again, Shang Kexi's words meant that half of the artillery of the Great Qing Kingdom was destroyed in this shelling, this is the artillery that he has worked hard to hoard for three years, and he doesn't know this, and the loss is also those gunners who have worked hard to train, these things are all piled up with gold and silver, but now half of them have been reduced to nothing.

Huang Taiji only felt that his eyes were dark, his temples jumped suddenly, and his body swayed a few times. Hauge next to him quickly supported him, and when he saw his own Lao Tzu's appearance, Hauge screamed in fright.

"Huang Ama...... Huang Amma, what's wrong with you? ”

"Great Khan...... Khan you're all right. Seeing this, the people around him also stepped forward one after another, especially Dolgon, who took the lead and walked quickly in front of Huang Taiji. Looking at Huang Taiji's face that suddenly turned pale, he said eagerly: "Come on, hurry up and take the Great Khan back to rest, collect the troops and return to the camp!" ”

"Whoa......

It stands to reason that even if Huang Taiji has fallen now, there are still many people present who are more senior than Dolgon, and it is not Dolgon's turn to give orders, but now after Huang Taiji fell, everyone was flustered for a while, and they didn't care who said this, and everyone began to give orders to retreat, and soon more than ten faces of the Qing army began to move backwards, and tens of thousands of Qing troops also slowly retreated.

The Qing army withdrew like this. It was immediately spotted by the observer in the hot air balloon. Soon Yue Yang also received the news that Yue Yang, who had always been in charge of the envelope and the rest of the brave pursuit of the poor Kou, had no mercy for the Qing soldiers, so he immediately gave the order to pursue, and soon 15,000 cavalry began to pursue the Qing soldiers in two ways. The remaining 20,000 musketeers also began to pursue. Only 5,000 baggage soldiers came down to clean up the battlefield.

However, Yue Yang regretted that although the Qing army retreated, the retreating formation was not chaotic. Under the command of Dolgon, Yue Tuo, Abatai, Du Du and others, they fortified layer by layer, and forcibly blocked Wu Chengfeng and Barth's cavalry on flat ground one mile away from the Qing army's camp, and the scale of the battle between the two sides became larger and larger. Seeing that a cavalry battle is about to break out again. After hearing the news, Yue Yang hurriedly ordered them to withdraw, Yue Yang's hands were so cavalry, if he fought with the Qing soldiers, he would be distressed to death.

"The cavalry withdrew to protect the flanks of the foot soldiers, and the musketeers accelerated and advanced in a total formation!"

Although Yue Yang has tried his best to let the foot soldiers speed up, but the speed of the Qing army's retreat is not slow, they fought while retreating, and after half an hour they withdrew to the big camp, looking at the Qing army camp with perfect protective facilities, Yue Yang sighed lightly, such a camp can not be broken by fire guns alone, and it must be combined with artillery to destroy these facilities.

Sighing lightly, Yue Yang said with some unwillingness: "Forget it, it's cheaper than Huang Taiji, let's withdraw too." ”

A big war ended after only half a day, which no one expected before the war. And the reason is only because of a manager who passed out.

In the camp of the Qing army, Huang Taiji was lying on a bed, with a wet towel on his head, his eyes were a little bloodshot, and his snort was a little short, and a imperial doctor was carefully putting his hand on Huang Taiji's wrist to diagnose his pulse, and beside him was surrounded by many generals, and many people's expressions were a little stagnant.

After a long time, the imperial doctor said slowly: "The Great Khan is caused by the rapid anger and attack of the heart, the main expression is dizziness, accompanied by symptoms such as swelling and pain in the head, red face and ears, irritability, red tongue and yellow tongue, the original Great Khan spit out blood yesterday has vomited most of the blood, but today he is angry again, which leads to the onset of the Great Khan, and the Great Khan needs to be slowly regulated, according to my opinion, the Great Khan should return to Shengjing to slowly recuperate." ”

In fact, in modern times, this disease of Huang Taiji is a systemic disease, commonly known as hypertension, and in ancient times, some people also called it vertigo.

Haoge was dumbfounded when he heard this, what if Huang Taiji left the army? Who's in command? Even if he was arrogant, he knew that it would definitely not be his turn, so he preemptively said: "Imperial Doctor, this is not good, now that my 100,000 troops of the Qing Dynasty are here, and they are fighting against the Ming army, how can they withdraw the army without authorization?" ”

When the imperial doctor heard this, he shook his head and said, "The situation of the Great Khan is not good now, and it is only possible to get better if he returns to Shengjing to slowly recuperate." ”

Hauge looked at Dai Shan and asked him for help: "Big Belle, you can say something, Huang Ama can't go back now." ”

Dai Shan, as the Great Baylor, was known for his prestige in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so Hauge was the first to think of him at this juncture. And Dai Shan is also very embarrassed at this time, this is a hot potato, no matter whether he lets Huang Taiji go back or not. If you agree with Huang Taiji to go back, you will be hated by Haoge, if you don't let Huang Taiji go back, if the Great Khan has a good thing here, he won't have his own good fruit to eat.

In the end, Dai Shan thought for a long time before shaking his head and said: "At this time, it is not trivial, and it still needs to be discussed by the generals." ”

Hearing this, Hauge almost vomited blood. If you let the generals decide, I will ask you what you are doing, you are really an old fox, you will not eat at all, you will die if you help me say a word.

Haoge's mind can naturally be guessed by others, this thing is afraid that his Lao Tzu will suffer a loss after returning to Shengjing, but they are not easy to say this kind of thing, and the two brothers Dorgon and Duoduo sneered on the side.

There was a silence in the big tent, and suddenly a cough sounded, and it turned out that Huang Taiji had woken up at this time. The first thing he said when he woke up was, "How long have I been in a coma?" ”

"Huang Ama, are you awake?" Seeing Huang Taiji wake up, Hao Ge hurriedly pounced, "Huang Ama, you are scared to death by your son, you have been in a coma for almost two hours." ”

"Two hours?" Huang Taiji muttered to himself, looked at the people in the big tent, and said in a weak but firm voice: "I have heard what you have just said, I want to repeat it again, I will not leave, I am here waiting for your good news." Yue Yang will not die, and I will not return to Shengjing! ”

When everyone heard this, they knelt down and prayed: "Great Khan, you have to take care of the dragon's body!" ”

Huang Taiji's gaze slowly swept over everyone, and said firmly: "If you want me to return to Shengjing, it will be easy, hurry up and annihilate Yueyang, this is my will!" ”

"Whoa......

There was a burst of voices in the big tent...... (To be continued......)