Dezhou is the first gateway of the eastern section of the Grand Canal, in Chongzhen 17 years ago, because Cao Yun is the main north-south economic transportation line, here has always been an important hub from the south to the north, and now it is also a very important military town in the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the first corps of the first army of the Ming Guards army had been arrayed in front of Song Guantun, which was at the northeast end of Dezhou Mansion, and was the only way for the Qing army Tan Tai in the direction of Wuqiao to attack Dezhou.

Because the west of Texas is the Grand Canal, and the south is the Gaojin River, only from Song Guantun there is a direct land route to Dezhou.

At this time, the two artillery battalions of the First Guards Corps, with a total of 100 12-jin infantry heavy field guns, 300 6-jin and 500 3-jin infantry light field guns, were all lined up on the outside of Songguantun Fort.

At the same time, the six infantry battalions of the First Corps of the First Guards Army were also at the forefront, of which the infantry battalion and the cavalry battalion directly under the corps and Liu Qian, deputy commander-in-chief of the corps, were located in the center, and the two field cavalry battalions were located in the outermost part.

Tan Tai's 200,000 troops had also arrived here, including 2,000 Manchurian cavalry, 5,000 Mongolian cavalry, and 5,000 Han cavalry, followed by 100 red-coated cannons and nearly 200,000 firearms and green battalion soldiers.

When the two armies confronted each other, they naturally needed to beat drums to cheer them on, and for a while, there were already drums and killings.

Tan Tai was not surprised to see the Ming Guards lined up under the city instead of Jushou in Tunpu City, because he had already learned that the Guards were fighting and not defending the city.

Moreover, although Tan Tai was in a hurry to fight against the Ming army, he was not in a hurry to rush over directly, he was observing, observing the flaws of the guards in front of him.

In addition to the cavalry battalion and artillery battalion, the 1st Corps of the 1st Army of the Guards Army did not need cover, and the Guards Infantry Battalion was actually stacked with piles of sandbags as shelters, although it was a formation.

At this time, Zhou Yuji, who was standing in the Songguan Tuntun Fort, was also looking at the 200,000 Qing troops not far away with the monocular made by Li Ruolian's family industrial company, and he couldn't help but have a sneer on his face.

Zhou Yuji knew that if Tan Tai wanted to attack Shandong, the first big city to occupy was Dezhou, and Dezhou was the place where the canal was locked in the shade, and if he wanted to hold Dezhou, he could only put the main force of a corps in Dezhou to directly fight against Tan Tai's 200,000 troops.

"What the hell is this Tan Tai dog Tartar thinking, if you don't go to war on such a cold day, do you want to freeze your brothers to death?"

Zhou Yuji scolded.

However, at this moment, Tan Tai launched an attack, and the first to dispatch was the 50,000 green battalion led by Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Tong Tulai, accompanied by the sound of a hundred red-clothed cannons.

The shells of these red-coated cannons were directly fired at the Songguan Tuntun Fort.

Tan Tai knew that the red-coated cannon had a long range but was not accurate, but he could guess that the important generals of the Ming army must be in the Songguantun Fort, so when he ordered the red-coated cannon to attack, Tong Tulai led 50,000 green battalions to advance at the same time.

Boom.

The city wall of Tunbao was hit by a cannon and collapsed more than half of it, and Zhou Yuji, who had been transferred to the fort at this time, couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of ash: "Grandma, I'll let you dog Tartars taste the power of my Daming cannon fire later!" Tell Liu Qian to give an order when he sees it, don't worry about the official. ”

Liu Qian was also using binoculars to look at the approximate distance of Tong Tulai's 50,000 green battalion soldiers from him at this time, and after a while, Liu Qian immediately gave an order: "Heavy artillery battalion attack!" ”

Suddenly, the officers and men of the artillery team with 100 heavy guns began to immediately compact the propellant and immediately adjust the angle, and soon 100 shells fired by 100 heavy field guns roared towards the Qing position.

Tong Tulai knew that the Ming army's firearms were powerful, so he ordered all the officers and soldiers under his command to raise iron shields to form a door for setting firearms.

But what he didn't expect was that there was a more dense artillery fire group in the Ming Dynasty now, and the hundreds of whistling shells directly defeated the shield camp composed of 50,000 Qing Han soldiers like ploughing fields, and these green battalion soldiers were killed and injured many times in an instant.

Here, Tong Tulai's 50,000 green battalion soldiers camp was in chaos, and the two cavalry of the Guards rushed over directly, and the sharp alloy steel knife was made by the first steelmaking method.

Suddenly, these 50,000 green battalion soldiers were in a big mess, and they were busy running back. However, this Tong Tulai used the Manchurian cavalry to form a warlord, and after slashing and killing several people, these green battalion soldiers had to shoot with firearms again, and under the command of Tong Tulai, they began to form a three-stage shooting method to prepare for the cavalry of the Guards.

However, by this time, the cavalry of the Guards had withdrawn, and the heavy artillery battalion continued to drop lead bullets on the Qing army's position, and the rumbling sound of hitting the ground never stopped.

Tan Tai was a little depressed, he didn't expect the Ming army's artillery to be so fierce, so he didn't mean to stop, and the interval was not very long.

Tan Tai decided not to carry out tactical scheduling, but directly ordered all the officers and soldiers under his command to kill the 1st Corps of the Guards on the opposite side.

After all, at this level, his Qing army can only be passively artillery, and the red-clothed cannons of his Qing army seem to be harmless to these guards who are close in front of them except for bombarding the city wall.

And if all the Qing troops are pressed up, they can still occupy the advantage in numbers, and maybe they can directly defeat the Ming army in front of them.

So, Tan Tai led his 10,000 cavalry to kill the generals as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, and there were other battalions of green battalions at the same time.

Watching more than 100,000 Qing troops rushing towards their camp, in fact, the impact on the Guards is indeed quite large, at least visually, but the First Corps of the First Army of the Guards is the trump card of the Guards, and the old officers account for a large proportion.

"Six-pound cannon fire!"

"Three-pound cannon fire!"

The cannonballs covered like a tide, and countless Qing troops were disrupted in formation, and countless Qing troops lay directly on the ground and wailed.

And Tan Tai's 10,000 iron cavalry also lost dozens of cavalry as a result.

However, Tan Tai still rushed with the cavalry.

But by this time the infantry battalion of the Guards had begun to shoot at the cavalry from their bunkers.

These flintlock pistols are all Chongzhen 19-type flintlock pistols, which can be used to carry out the method of continuum, and the firing gunpowder has also become nitrocellulose, the firing efficiency has been greatly improved, and the firing range has also been increased a lot.

Therefore, when Tan Tai rushed with 10,000 iron cavalry, the three infantry battalions immediately gave a fierce counterattack, and the rapid explosion of Chongzhen's nineteen-style burst and nitrocellulose caused countless bullets to shoot the Qing troops to the ground one by one at a fast speed.

It didn't take long for countless corpses to be left on the entire battlefield, but the Qing army was still stubbornly attacking.

However, at this time, all kinds of shells and the bullets of the Ming Chongzhen flintlock pistol continued to fire, and it didn't take long for the Qing army to retreat.

I'm so sleepy, I fell asleep while writing, and the typos will be corrected tomorrow

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