Chapter 313: Cannon Fodder
Huang Taiji supervised the battle in front of the battle, mainly to observe the reaction of the Ming army on the head of the city, the first wave of attack was tentative, testing the reaction of the defenders, but I didn't expect to rush to the moat at once, and the rain of arrows sprinkled down on the city was not much, sparse and sparse, completely different from the previous rain of arrows, that is, there were more muskets.
Thinking of all kinds of information sent back by the secret spies before, what kind of reorganization did the Ming border army do to cause mutiny, great disarmament, etc., so that he had the idea of breaking the city, he was not the only one who held this view, and the patriarch Baylor and the fierce generals around him were all in good spirits and asked for battle.
Huang Taiji ordered the second wave of attack, and the charge was still the cannon fodder of the Han army flag, however, the charging team was mixed with a lot of armored warriors, and the other team of elites moved forward, once the armored warriors killed the city, they immediately launched a charge to respond and enhance the momentum of the attack.
"Cheer me on!" Huang Taiji drank the order.
The earth-shattering rumbling war drums sounded, countless soldiers with shields, machetes, short axes and other weapons, let out an earth-shattering shout, the tide generally poured into Jinzhou Jiancheng, in the middle was the archers responsible for suppressing the defenders of the city, and behind were the soldiers carrying ladders, pushing carts, towers and other heavy siege equipment.
At the head of the city, Hong Chengchou's expression was as calm as water, and when the first wave of attacking Jin troops retreated, he had ordered the soldiers who had just fought to retreat and rest, and replace them with another group of troops to take over the city.
No matter which unit, even if it has been trained for ten years and has not experienced the test of blood and fire, it still cannot be regarded as an elite veteran, actual combat training, the test is the perseverance and courage of the soldiers, and quickly help them grow and improve, only the soldiers who survive on the battlefield can be regarded as real veterans, and those who survive many battles can be regarded as the elite of veterans.
Hong Chengchou understands this truth, so he arranged for his troops to take turns into battle and conduct actual combat training, although the experience time is a little short, and the Jin army is only a feint, but it is better to experience actual combat than paper training.
"Your Excellency, you see, the Jin Army's attack this time seems to be a little different from just now." Mao Wenlong, who was on the side, held a monocular and looked into the distance and said that it was normal to regain the activation of the Son of Heaven and regain military power, and to be anxious to show his ability.
Zhu Jian's original plan was to arrange Mao Wenlong, He Renlong and others in Shanhaiguan and accept the command of Lu Hongniang, but Lu Hongniang was too young after all, and it was difficult to suppress these unruly generals, if it was Qin Liangyu in command, it would be no problem, so in the end, he still threw people in the Ningjin defense line and let Hong Chengchou, the old commander, take charge.
In terms of qualifications, Hong Chengchou has nothing to say, on the black belly, Man Chengchou is also crushed, Mao Wenlong, He Renlong and other fierce generals really dare not mess with him, and Zhu Jian emphasized military discipline in his letter to Hong Chengchou, as long as the rewards and punishments are clear, and fairness and justice are achieved, the soldiers will be convinced and swear to serve their lives.
"Hmm." Hong Chengchou nodded, he also saw the difference from the monoculars, although the first wave of siege Jin troops also carried ladders, but there were no heavy siege equipment such as rushing cars and towers, and there were no armored warriors mixed in the group of ordinary soldiers, this telescope is really a good baby, and the small skills played by the Jin army were clearly seen.
It seems that this wave of attacking Jin Army is going to attack the rhythm, but whether it is a strong attack or a feint, the old man will not change everything, or fight like this, as long as he does not go out of the city to fight in the field, the old man is afraid of a ball, Huang Taiji, you are a turtle grandson waiting, wait for the old man to train the new army and then play with you, whoever runs is the grandson.
Boom Boom Boom –
The Franco cannon on the fort at the head of the city began to roar angrily, after killing the artillery of the Jin army, the artillery had no opponent, and could only take the Jin soldiers who came in like a tide as the target of attack, according to Hong Chengchou's meaning, no matter whether you are a real attack or a fake attack, as long as the target enters the firing range and is dense, the beating is correct, there are few people from the tribe outside the Guan, and one less one dies.
One after another, the flowering bombs exploded in the charging crowd with balls of fire and billowing gunsmoke, and the stumps and severed arms were thrown in all directions, and the crowd of people who were charging intensively were instantly blown out of a vacuum.
The generals who watched the battle at the head of the city all raised the monoculars in their hands to watch the artillery in their hands, and shouted in their hearts, the emperor was too right, the artillery is the god of war.
After paying a certain price for casualties, the attacking Jin soldiers finally rushed through the death blockade constructed by the flowering bombs, and soon rushed to the moat, where they desperately threw mud and sandbags.
Bang bang bang –
The soldiers at the head of the city lowered their guns under the command of the officers and knocked down many of the golden soldiers, while the snipers hiding behind the battlements also took advantage of the sound of ping-pong gunfire to shoot the targets that had already been locked.
The reason why these snipers did not shoot was because they did not want to expose the range, accuracy and sniper tactics of the new sniper rifles, and to name the officers or armored warriors of the enemy army in advance, which would definitely arouse the vigilance of the Jin army, unless it was an important target at the level of the prince, Baylor, and general.
The cannon fodder of the Han army banner rushed back and forth, and only after paying the price of more than a thousand people did they fill in the moat, and then rushed to the city with a shout, put the ladder on the city wall, and climbed up the city with a roar.
The soldiers who climbed up the city were shot and fell to the ground under the fire of muskets, and those behind continued to climb upwards, falling to the ground after being shot, and some people climbed up again......
It must be admitted that even if they are cannon fodder, they are still quite tenacious, and they have a fight with the elite border army of the Ming Army, but that was before, after a major reorganization, the new army has changed greatly, and what is lacking is only a certain period of basic training and actual combat training.
Boom Boom Boom ......
Piles of golden soldiers crowded under the city, the target is dense, it is the best time for the thunder to strike, the soldiers on the city are not polite, throw the blue smoke of the thunder down, the golden soldiers under the city are blown up to the flesh and blood, the ghost cries wolf.
Heavy siege equipment such as ladders, rushing cars, and towers is the focus of the thunderstorms, and the ladders are damaged after being hit by seven or eight thunderstorms, and what is even more frustrating is that Hong Chengchou also ordered the soldiers to throw bags of explosives under these big guys, and the siege vehicles, rushing cars, towers and other heavy siege equipment were blown up next to the city wall, and none of them could reach the city wall or hit the city gate.
The Jin soldiers who rushed to the bottom of the city wall were basically blown away by the thunderstorm, and a little farther away they were shot down by a dense volley of guns, and the ground was littered with corpses of various deaths, as well as a large number of wounded soldiers who were not dead and were lying on the mud and struggling and howling.
The Han army flag is cannon fodder, it is okay when fighting a good battle, but it is unbearable to fight a tough battle, and finally retreated in embarrassment after more than 2,000 casualties.
Huang Taiji did not order to cut people, but let these retreating cannon fodder go to the back camp to rest, this battle, this batch of cannon fodder did their best, at least filled the moat, and lost more than half, even if there was no merit, there was hard work.
The earth-shattering rumbling drums beat again, and another wave of cannon fodder shouted to attack.
Sorry for the late update.