Chapter 687 - Bombing
Hearing the rumbling cannon sound from the mountain, a trace of doubt flashed in Ah Zhi's heart: "The prince still has to fire a salute when he goes out of the funeral?" ”
The shells fired on Cailiang Mountain fell into the dense crowd indiscriminately, smashing dozens of people and horses, the lethality of solid bullets is limited, it is acceptable to be used to attack fortifications, and it has little impact on thousands of troops and horses.
There was a flat thunder, accompanied by glare and thick smoke flying into the air, it was the mutilated limbs, the center of the explosion was instantly emptied within ten meters, the Tatars within a radius of ten feet were killed and injured by the flying shrapnel, and the Tatar cavalry horses under the crotches that were not directly affected in the distance stood up one after another, neighed loudly, and then scurried around without distinguishing between things and things.
Although the Tatars had long known that the Han Chinese were so powerful in firearms that they had plugged their ears and even blindfolded their horses, the explosion that was close at hand still frightened these battle-hardened horses, and they continued to gallop despite the shouts and shouts of the knights on their backs.
Although the Tatar army was two or three miles away from the nearest explosion, it was seen more clearly from a distance, and the huge battlefield and the dense number of soldiers forced the explosion to dig out more than 20 open spaces, and then they were soon filled with crazy horses, and more than 100,000 Tatar troops were chaotic from the middle.
It was the first time for the Tatars to face this kind of large-scale destruction weapon that could attack from a distance, not only Ah Zhu was dumbfounded, but almost all the Tatars who saw this scene from a distance were terrified by the power of this terrible weapon, and filled their eyes in disbelief, suspecting that this was the wrath of the gods, and sent down heavenly thunder to help the Ming Dynasty.
Ah Zhu looked at the chaotic situation in front of him, his heart was at a loss, and he suddenly felt that his arm was shaken vigorously, Ah Zhu turned his head to look, only to see Alatan anxiously shouting: "Father Khan, father Khan, how can there be a cannon on the mountain?" It's a trap, we've fallen for it! Now we must get the army out of this place quickly! ”
Ah Zhu suddenly came back to his senses after being reminded by him, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Pass the flag order, order Alsaberlot to lead the team to attack the mountain, and the other tribes will go around the mountain, and the goal is the same!" ”
The Khan's order came quickly, and the leaders of the various tribes who had been blown up suddenly came to their senses, and they shouted to their subordinates, and turned around one after another, intending to bypass both sides of Cailiang Mountain and continue to rush towards Datong.
Duan Fei sat firmly on Cailiang Mountain, there was a stove in front of him, and there was a basket of grenades on his right hand, Duan Fei took the grenades one by one and lit the fire twist with great interest and then threw it hard down the mountain, listening to the sound of the explosion, just like he played with matches when he was a child, the arrows of the Tatars under the mountain could not be shot, but it was very simple to throw the grenades down from the mountain, the grenades were not as good as knives and guns, and no matter how strong the flesh was, it could not stand the power of the explosion, although there were only two thousand soldiers of the Shenshu Battalion on the mountain, but no matter how many Tatars could not rush up.
Not long after the first round of shelling, Duan Fei quickly noticed the changes in the enemy's army, and he immediately ordered: "Tell those gunners to aim at those flags and bombard him a few more cannons, if you can directly kill the little prince, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble?" ”
Jiang Hui stood on Duan Fei's right side, and after hearing Duan Fei's words, he sighed and praised: "Seeing that adults are so leisurely, only by being humble can they understand what it means to talk and laugh and use soldiers. ”
The people on the top of the mountain did not have the slightest sense of tension about fighting on the battlefield, and when they heard Jiang Hui's words, many people echoed and said: "Yes, I think that when we were guarding the border passes, once we heard the wind and grass, we thought it was the Tartars coming, how many nights did I have sleepless nights, tsk, today is the first time I have seen so many Tartars, but there is no tension and fear at all, it is simply playing with the Tartars, everyone is right, following the adults is really an extremely pleasant thing, and you can easily make a lot of great achievements." ”
Duan Fei listened to everyone's flattery, he smiled and said: "We can easily defend this hill, the credit should be attributed to these new firearms, there are no grenades and flowering cannons, no new muskets, our two thousand people can block half an hour are all dreams, drink water and think of the source, you can easily make great achievements on the battlefield, but don't forget that these things are created by those brick families in the Jinyiwei Research Department, in the future, when you meet them, you have to be polite to others, now you understand that this official gives them the best treatment, It's not for nothing, is it? ”
Everyone laughed, Jiang Hui said: "No matter what, it's the credit of adults, without the research department of adults, it can't be built, without adults on a whim to guide the research institute work, grenades, flowering bombs and even pressure cookers can't be made." ”
Jiang Hui was right, Duan Fei sighed lightly, it was definitely not his intention to instruct craftsmen to create these cross-era killing weapons, but even if it was never once, he would not hesitate to do so, the Western powers have extended their claws to the whole world, and the Ming Dynasty has no time to slowly kill time with the nomadic neighbors in the north, fight a beautiful war of annihilation with new firearms, recover the Hetao, recover the Hanhai, no matter how blind people are, they can also see the importance of developing new firearms, the Han people are not without ambition, Once they possessed weapons that were more powerful than the enemy, their pace of conquering the world would naturally continue to continue, and by that time, Duan Fei should have already gone away with a smile and a smile.
Just when Duan Fei was stunned, the Tatars had completely given up attacking the mountain, bypassing both sides of Cailiang Mountain, intending to quickly rush through this land cursed by the gods, no matter where they went, they didn't want to stay here anymore, and be blown to pieces by the merciless thunderstorm......
But since you have already stepped into the ambush circle, how can you leave so easily?
The cavalry who rushed to the front suddenly lost their front hooves and fell into the pre-dug ditch, screaming and spurting blood, and the sharp wooden thorns instantly turned the tartars who fell into the trench into blood-red hedgehogs.
The more than 70,000 soldiers brought from Taiyuan were not only well-trained, but also very easy to dig trenches, Duan Fei did not let them enter the city at all after quelling the mutiny, and directly arranged them to the vicinity of Cailiang Mountain, digging the soil for several days, although the arrangement was not seamless, but the Tatars who were frightened by the flowering bombs still cared about the road, and as a result, they crashed into the trap area.
The big traps pitted the people, the small traps broke the legs of the horses, and the gently undulating hills were killed step by step, and the Tatars did not dare to gallop after losing several groups of men and horses in a row, some of them wanted to make a detour to the sides, some of them pierced the ground with spears, and slowly moved forward, and more Tatars rushed up from behind, and squeezed into a pile.
A dull cannon sound sounded in front of the 'bang bang ......' trap area, and the Tatars who heard the tiger's discoloration looked up in shock, and their consternation instantly turned into fear, and under their gaze, dozens of head-sized iron bullets roared and smashed heavily into the Tatars that were crowded into a pile, killing and injuring hundreds of people on the spot, but this was all a trivial matter, and the Tatars who had not been hit screamed in unison, and then they squeezed around in a panic like headless flies.
No one could escape from the chaos, but many people fell into the trap again, and in the panic, the iron bullets exploded one after another, and the Tatars were blown up on their backs and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Alsaberrot, who was ordered to attack the mountain, but ran faster than anyone else, saw this scene and his eyes were red, and when he saw that the people of other tribes were blocking him on both sides, and he could not pass for a while, he turned his heart and shouted with his sword: "Rush forward!" A platoon of five people rushed forward, stepped on the trap and rushed over, grabbed the cannon of the Shu army, rushed! ”
Hearing the order, the warriors of the Menggol tribe rushed forward without hesitation, using their bodies to fill the trap for the compatriots behind them, paving a smooth path, which was perhaps their only way out.
Just when the warriors of the Menggol Jinbu went forward to fill the trap trench with flesh and blood, the Tatar army was like encountering the tide of the reef, swarming to the sides to avoid the trap, it was right, but how could there be such a big hole in the ambush circle carefully arranged by Duan Fei?
Hearing the sudden sound of drums behind the low mountain packs on both sides of the trap area, the Tatars, who were already in the wind, subconsciously tightened the reins and slowed down their horses, but they did not hear the roaring cannons, but saw many troops emerging from the col ahead, their spears pointed at them, and the sky was full of arrows......
This was the familiar battle formation of the Tatars, and they breathed a sigh of relief, and they raised their shields, brandished spears and scimitars, and rushed towards the army that was waiting for them.
The rain of arrows pounded on the Tartar's shield and rolled to the ground, accompanied by a snorting sound and a pungent smoke, and many of the Tartars looked down in their frenzy to see that there were many smoking black iron balls rolling all over the ground!
"Boom...... ......The grenades tied to the arrows exploded one after another, blasting the elite Tatar cavalry into a wolf-howling and flesh flying in pieces.
"Rush!"
The Ming infantry, lined up, with spears several feet long, began to march forward, and under their cover, the archers hiding in the distance continued to shoot deadly into the enemy's depths. Thunder arrows', and the Tatar team was blown to pieces, and those who were lucky enough not to be blown up were either trying to restrain their horses, or they were frightened to turn their horses and want to escape, and the world-famous archers with horses and bows on their backs completely forgot to counterattack and suppress the enemy's archers, and in the face of irresistible firearms, no matter how strong the warriors were, they could not support for a moment or three, and the continuous blows made them tremble and collapse.
The Tatars who bypassed on both sides encountered the sniper of the infantry, and the Menggol Legzin Division, who wanted to step on the trap and rush to the Ming artillery array, finally rushed through the trap area after crossing more than ten trenches, leaving thousands of soldiers and horses under their crotch, and the front was a smooth road, and the eyes of the Tatars who rushed over with blood and the corpses of their companions were burning with rage, and they brandished knives and guns, as if they were madly rushing towards the Ming artillery position.
Two thousand five hundred musketeers from the Shenshu battalion were lined up in front of the artillery emplacement, and the standard three-fold wave formation waited for the arrival of the Tatar cavalry......
PS: Today my wife went to work, the lights are even busier, a few days of serious lack of sleep caused by the whole head is confused, used to work early in the morning, refreshed and quick-minded, now it is busy after a night to have time to work, this head is like paste, tired......