Chapter 542: A Sea of Fire

The next day came as promised, however, Huang Taiji's 10,000 elite iron cavalry had not yet left the city, but the rumbling sound of artillery had already sounded on the opposite side, and the dense cannonballs fell into the city wall, so that the Qing army defending the city could not lift it at all.

Boom boom...

The smoke of gunpowder is filled, the dust is flying, and the screams are endless!

At this moment, everyone understood Huang Taiji's good intentions, why he insisted on exchanging 10,000 elite iron cavalry for dozens of Hongyi cannons and destroying them.

The artillery between the two sides is not at the same level at all, and the artillery of the Dashun army is not only powerful, but also has a long range, far beyond the reach of their red-coated cannons, let alone return fire and blow it up.

Otherwise, once it showed its head, just fired a cannonball, and before it hit the enemy, it was hit by the Hongyi cannon of the Dashun army, and the cannon was completely destroyed.

In the corridor of the city gate, 10,000 elite iron cavalry had already been waiting for a long line, and as long as the two doors were opened, they would roar out and rush straight towards the artillery camp position of the Dashun army.

At this time, Ao Bai's fine clothes and armor, riding on a horse, were at the front of the team, and Huang Taiji stood aside, explaining earnestly, repeating and emphasizing over and over again.

"Aobai, you must remember, you must not be in love with the enemy, entangled with the enemy, cover the troops behind to break into the artillery position of the Dashun army, as long as you ignite the shells next to you, the artillery of the Dashun army will be invalidated, and you can still block the pursuers behind you......"

Ao Bai patiently listened to Huang Taiji's instructions, and after the other party finished speaking, he asked a little anxiously: "Then the emperor... When will the last general be able to lead the army to move and sneak attack the artillery positions of the Dashun army? ”

Huang Taiji did not answer immediately, but listened attentively, and then responded slowly in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Aobai, after this wave of bombardment by the Dashun army is over, you will go out of the city again, so that your casualties can be reduced as much as possible." ”

Ao Bai immediately understood what Huang Taiji meant, once the cannon of the Dashun army stopped, it meant that the other party was loading the cannonballs and cooling the chamber of the red-clothed cannon.

Otherwise, there will be a blow up or a dumb fire.

However, at this moment, amid the rumbling of artillery, a soldier ran down from the city wall, hurried to the front of the two, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the Dashun army has begun to attack the city with the help of the cover of artillery." ”

In an instant, without waiting for Huang Taiji to respond, Ao Bai was already anxious, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, once the Dashun army approaches, our plan will not be able to be implemented, and these 10,000 iron horsemen will not be able to leave the city at all!" Otherwise, the other side will take advantage of the loophole and capture the city gate."

Although he was also very anxious and there was some chaos, Huang Taiji still forcibly suppressed the restlessness, forcibly calmed himself, and made a countermeasure.

"That's the only way, Aobai, you go out of the city immediately, get as close as possible to the opponent's artillery position before the Dashun army gets close, destroy it, and after you succeed, don't go back to the city, and return to Jianzhou immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave understands!"

At this moment, Ao Bai not only knew that he and the 10,000 elite iron horsemen would be dead, but also understood why the emperor didn't let him come back?

There was not so much time to think deeply, and it was too late to say goodbye, so Ao Bai waved his hand and shouted: "The warriors of the Qing Dynasty, come with me, rush~!" ”

Accompanied by the deafening sound of cannons outside, the two gates emitted a long, dull sound, "crunching", and Ao Bai took the lead, and instantly rushed out, like an off-string arrow, and the other cavalry followed.

In the camp of the Dashun army, Lu Xiangsheng rode on a horse, holding a telescope with both hands, looking at the direction of Shengjing City from afar, his expression was very calm.

At this time, his eyes passed through the charging cavalry, through the thick gunpowder smoke of the outer city, suddenly, Lu Xiangsheng saw a Tartar cavalry rushing out, fighting with his own soldiers in an instant.

Stunned, Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect that the Tartars would take the initiative to attack and go out of the city to face the battle, and he saw a more unexpected scene, the Tartar cavalry did not stop, did not entangle with their own soldiers, and went straight to the artillery position.

Lu Xiangsheng reacted immediately, realized what the Tartar wanted to do, and responded.

"After the order was given, the firearms battalion and the fierce fire oil tank unit immediately went out to protect the artillery unit, and it was arranged in echelons, with the fierce fire oil unit in front, blocking the Tartar cavalry from a hundred meters away from the artillery position."

Boom boom boom ....

Bang bang bang ...

In the sound of gunfire, accompanied by the sound of horns, two small flags also flew up and down in a regular manner, and immediately two teams responded, three hundred soldiers carrying fierce fire oil tanks in front, lined up in turn, keeping a certain distance, and on both sides were firearms units armed with bird guns and three-eyed guns.

Ao Bai took the lead, galloped, as the artillery unit of the Dashun army approached more and more, seeing that there were only two or three hundred people in front, each of whom had no other weapons except for a small box behind his back and a tube like a burning stick in his hand.

At this moment, Ao Bai believed that as long as he killed the two or three hundred soldiers of the Dashun army in front of him and was shot by the firearms on both sides, he would be able to enter the artillery position and solve all the hidden dangers, and the troops in the rear would be able to ignite all the shells with one fire, and then destroy all the artillery.

As soon as he thought of this, Ao Bai unconsciously clenched the reins in his hand, clamped the horse's belly, increased his speed, and shouted violently: "Warriors, rush... Kill all these Han Chinese! ”

Bang bang bang ...

There were no accidents, the gunfire came as promised, although the continuous attrition, people were constantly shot, Ao Bai still did not hesitate to rush forward to kill, as the artillery position got closer and closer, I couldn't help but show a cruel smile, more proud.

However, as soon as he rushed into the camp of the fierce fire tank troops, before he could slash and kill, the faces of Ao Bai and all the other Tartars froze, and they looked at the scene in front of them in horror, feeling a wave of heat coming, and a scorching breath came towards them.

Burst...... Burst...... Burst......

The tongue of fire is like a dragon, about a zhang long, with a radius of nearly twenty centimeters, and every fierce fire tank soldier has such a fire dragon in his hand, spitting out a tongue of fire, almost instantly, burning the nearby Tartars to the point of screaming again and again, and the war horses neighing.

For a time, within 100 meters in front of the artillery position of the Dashun Army, it turned into a sea of fire, and the Tartars in it quickly lost their lives, and the smell of barbecued meat continued to permeate, with people and horses.

At this moment, the Tartar cavalry who arrived in the rear were stunned, looked at this scene in shock, tightened their reins, and stopped in time to stop ten meters away from the fierce fire tank troops.

After a while, I was afraid, and my heart was pounding!

However, the fierce fire tank troops did not stagnate, but constantly approached the Tartar cavalry that had stopped, and stepped forward in turn, and the fire dragons lined up in a row discouraged the Tartar cavalry, and they were very afraid, and the war horses kept snorting, "kicking and tapping" and retreating straight back.