Chapter 186
The silence around Jinzhou City is terrible, after two consecutive days of hustle and bustle, this terrible silence makes people a little uncomfortable.
Instead of hurrying to sleep, all the soldiers lay on their stomachs on the cold head of the city, trying to look into the darkness. Even though I couldn't see anything, I couldn't help but look at it.
The big guy has no bottom in his heart, and the battleship at sea has already left. Even if you don't drive away, the black lights don't know where the Ming army is and where the Tartar soldiers are.
Without the support of artillery fire from the sea, the ghost knows that Jinzhou City is very hanging tonight.
But now there is suddenly no movement, and the fireworks are hitting the sky like no money. The moment the fireworks exploded, not a single Tartar soldier could be seen.
"The Tartars withdrew?" Zu Dashou himself felt that this was unreasonable.
"Beware is a trick to lure the enemy!" Yuan Chonghuan didn't believe it when he killed him, and the Tartar soldiers withdrew like this. Since the beginning of the army, from Fushun to Shenyang and Liaoyang. Which station of the Tartar soldiers is not invincible, Jinzhou City has been disabled.
As long as last night's tactics are repeated, the walls on all sides will not be able to be saved. The southern city wall alone was lost, and Jinzhou had half a life left. If all four walls are lost, it's a good game.
He stared at the eyes for half a night tremblingly, very afraid that the Tartar soldiers would suddenly touch the city. All the fireworks from the stock were distributed to all parts of the city. After a while, one was hit, and the big guys all stared wide-eyed at whether anyone was digging the wall under the city.
The migrant worker brothers, who were not lightly fooled, once again fought bravely to be the first. This time, instead of letting them be cannon fodder, it was to plug those huge gaps in the southern city.
The method is very simple, fill the wooden board with straw and sprinkle some soil. Then they poured water on it, buckets and buckets. The gap becomes a wall of ice.
Not to mention climbing, this wall is difficult to even stand on. Now everyone thinks that it would be nice to be fucking colder. Compared with life, it is really not worth mentioning to be frozen, and it is not worth freezing to death anyway.
When it was tossed to the third watch, the lights on the pier suddenly turned on. One after another, fireworks exploded in the air, and many bonfires were lit on the docks.
"I'll just say it's a fraud!" Yuan Chonghuan was like a cat with its tail stepped on, pointing to the dock and jumping up at once.
"There are no fireworks for the Tartars! How I look at that ship, it looks like the ship of the chief soldier. Zu Dashou looked at it carefully for a long time, and suddenly became a little excited.
"It's really the Chief Soldier!" This time it was Yuan Chonghuan's turn.
When Yuan Chonghuan was so excited that he was crying like a wolf, Ao Canghai was also roaring loudly.
"Fireworks, fucking fireworks."
He knew that the Tartars would come to attack tonight or during the day tomorrow, and he had been arranging for several days, just waiting for the Tartars to come.
Ao Ye even had a feeling of impatience!
The first to explode is a mine, can a mine be planted on a frozen sea ice?
Landmines cannot be buried, but they can be placed on the ice. As long as it is wrapped in a white cloth, the huge mine looks like a piece of ice. If you're not paying attention, anyone can step on it.
This kick may be the last kick in this life, because the person who stepped on it definitely did not have a knife in his boots. Huge explosive force, can lift people straight away.
Countless iron nails and steel balls are simply a nightmare for those around them.
When the first mine exploded, the excited Ao Canghai immediately ordered the fireworks to be lit.
Although he was mentally prepared, Ao Canghai was still startled when he saw the dense Tartar soldiers under the fireworks.
The first wave of impact was so costly, and it can be seen that Nurhachi is determined to win.
"Mortar, put!" The shooting Zhuyuan has long been calibrated, and there is no need to calculate the black light. Just adjust the angle and smash it down!
I have to say, this is really frozen. The cannonball smashed down, but it didn't break the ice. However, many of the shells hit the ground and bounced before they exploded. Invisibly, shrapnel is more widely distributed. The greater the lethal power, the greater the will.
Hauge took the lead with the white flag, and even if he took the entire white flag today, he had to get his dad out.
I don't know which unlucky guy stepped on a mine, and before Hauge could react. Countless cannonballs fell from the sky, sparks and shrapnel danced together, and Shura and impermanence were drunk together.
The screams rang out in an instant, and Hauge was crushed by the guards. The Tartar now has some experience with cannons, which means that the damage taken after lying down will be much less.
Fireworks flew into the sky one after another, and the ice in front of Juehua Island was illuminated transparently.
Since the sneak attack has been discovered, it is simply changed to a strong attack.
Countless cavalry urged the horses under their crotches and rushed up on the ice and snow. This is not Jinzhou City, and Juehua Island has no walls to defend.
The iron horseshoe under the war horse is full of iron nails, and although it runs on the ice, it rarely slips.
The cavalry thundered like a whirlwind, and the flying mortar shells killed a batch, and they didn't care. The mines killed another batch, and they didn't care.
I have been holding my breath under Jinzhou City, and now I need a place to vent. Robbing the light of Juehua Island, and killing all the people inside by the way, should be able to alleviate Nurhachi's depressed mood.
Just as they were about to approach the island of Kyaw Hwa, they discovered something they had never seen before.
Wooden stakes barbed wire, this thing is definitely a weapon against cavalry. The wooden stakes are frozen on ice in advance, and they can be pulled with barbed wire when needed.
It is difficult for the charging cavalry to stop on the land, let alone above the snow and ice. The fast-charging cavalry did not dare to rein in their horses, only hoping that the war horses under their crotch were good enough to escape from these wires that did not look thick.
The ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.
The galloping war horse broke through a layer of barbed wire, and those iron wires were tightly wrapped around the body of the war horse. Sharp iron thorns pierced into the skin, and then were torn with tremendous force, splitting the skin into small pieces. The pain spurred the horses to run like crazy, and the wooden stakes frozen in the ice were torn off by them.
The second barbed wire fence still did not stop the horses that were tormented by the pain.
But the crazy horse suddenly flipped to the ground in front of the third barbed wire. Both the horses and the knights were covered with barbed wire, and the more they struggled, the tighter they became entangled. The screams of the knights and the wailing of the horses overwhelmed the north wind of "hoo" and "hoo", resounding throughout the battlefield.
"Fuck, these bastards are so fierce. It crashed three times in a row, but his mother's son prepared eighteen barbed wires. If they are not satisfied, they will fill it with human lives. The cotton coat on Ao Canghai's body was open, and he took out a copper wine jug from his arms and took a big sip.
The distance was closer, and the platoon guns rang out. The bullet mercilessly pierced the armor of the Tartars, and the charging Tartars fell off their horses like dumplings.
As for the war horses, they are much more powerful than people, and many war horses have been shot three or four times, and they are still running wildly with four hooves.
"What's going on?" Ao Canghai put down the flask, because he could hear that something was wrong with the gunshot.
"Ao Ye! Some of the barrels have become so small that bullets can't fit in. The little soldier who reported the news was about to cry, and his gun was not working. No matter how you poke it with the whole strip, the bullet just can't get in.
"Damn, when something goes wrong, it's not good, and then there's something wrong with his mother." Ao Canghai was so anxious that he stomped his feet.
"Trebuchet, load up the gunpowder bomb and throw it outside. Pick a place with a lot of people to smash! In his heart, he scolded Li Xiao for being unreliable, and ordered the trebuchet to launch.
The trebuchet will not shrink the barrel due to thermal expansion and contraction. The rougher and more primitive something is, the more reliable it is.
This is well demonstrated on trebuchets, which can send more than 100 catties of gunpowder bullets out a hundred and ten paces away as long as they knock down the hammer. In pursuit of power, the powder bullet was too heavy. The torsion spring of the trebuchet can be thrown so far.
If it is on land, the power of an explosion of 100 catties can only blow up a crater. As long as you ride a horse and dodge a little, you won't have any problems.
But this is on the sea ice, and being pierced like this can kill you.
The ice under the horse's feet could no longer withstand the devastation and was bombarded by a violent explosion. Immediately, the mass of ice shattered, revealing the black waters within.
Screams and screams rang out at the same time, and the more than 100 Tartar soldiers who rushed to the front all fell into the ice cave. Wearing heavy armor, these people disappeared without even a bubble.
Even if you're an Olympic swimming champion, you can't swim in cold ice water in armor.
"Damn! There is a kind of swimming. Ao Canghai's voice spread across the battlefield like a night owl, and his thick voice seemed to be stronger than the explosion.
It is obviously unrealistic to swim over, and the water at this temperature will basically be cold when you go down. Not to mention people, they can't even carry horses.
Nurha, who was standing in the distance watching the battle, twitched his red eyelids, and now he regretted coming to Juehua Island a little. It is unclear whether there are mountain-like supplies on the island, but Li Yongfang said that the sea here will freeze, and there is no city wall on Juehua Island.
These are things that the eye can see, for tonight's sneak attack. Nurhachi led the most elite Red Bajia Lama Army of the Eight Banners, as well as the White Bajia Lama Army.
The white flag is responsible for the sneak attack on foot, and if it is exposed, the red Bajiala army behind it and the white Bajiala army will charge together. Nurhachi thought that the first charge would take Kyaw Hua Island.
Unexpectedly, Juehua Island has no city walls. But there was that nasty barbed wire, and you can still see the people in those barbed wires still struggling.
"Amma! That kind of barbed wire seems to be very powerful, and the cavalry can't rush through. Let's let the red-haired man's cannon try! "At the critical moment, it is still good for the brain.
"Then what are you waiting for, let Kuichi blast the barbed wire fence with a cannon. This thing is not the Jinzhou City Wall, not to mention that he can't open it. ”
"Absolutely!" The reason why Dai Shan was so confident was because he had seen a kind of cannonball called chain bullets in Yuyi, which was specially designed to deal with cavalry.
Use this kind of shell against barbed wire, and that barbed wire is like scum.
Not long after Dai Shan left, the artillery pulled by the ox cart went up to the ice. At first, I was worried that the artillery would be too heavy and would collapse the sea ice. Unexpectedly, the sea was quite solid. The ox cart walked on it with the artillery, and only the "creaking" of the wheels could be heard, and there was no problem with the sea ice.
He had never seen the sea freeze so hard in his hometown in the Netherlands. Today is finally an eye-opener, maybe only the climate of those places in Norway and Denmark can be compared with this damn Liaodong.
The thought that he would probably live here for the rest of his life made him feel that the future was dark and that he had completely lost his light.
The cannon pushed up, and the chain bullet was actually two iron balls connected by iron cables. After firing, one shell will drag another shell out of the way.
Usually this thing is used against cavalry, or enemy sails. If you are lucky, this thing hits the mast, which can tear the mast and paralyze the enemy battleship. This is the first time it has been used against barbed wire.
The chain bomb was reloaded, and there was a bang. The chain bomb hit Xuanzi and crashed into the barbed wire!
The barbed wire, which could entangle the cavalry into a sturdy one, was torn off by chain bullets at once, and some wooden stakes were also brutally killed. Directly interrupted by a chain bullet. The barbed wire fence on top of it flies as it bounces. I don't know where it fell!
"Father Khan, look!" Dai Shan proudly pointed to the torn barbed wire.
"Hmmm! Not bad! Dai Shan, you two red flags rush again. When Nurhachi saw the destruction of the barbed wire, his heart suddenly rejoiced. As long as there are no nasty gadgets, it will not be a problem for the Eight Banners to rush over.
I wanted someone to hold a wooden plank and cover the ice hole that was blown out. Unexpectedly, it was only an hour before and after. The sea water was frozen again, and the bold ones approached step by step. Walking to the center of the explosion, there was nothing at all.
"Huh! God help me! Nurhachi laughed wildly at the dark sky, and those fireworks that kept exploding were supposed to celebrate himself in advance.
The Eight Banners once again launched an attack, and this time it was the Red Flag that rushed to the front.
Dai Shan also went out this time and wanted to show his face in front of his father. Shuo Tuo, who flickered the red-haired man's merits, led the team to charge, and the boss behind him, Yue Tuo. This guy has the elite of the red flag, and he is following behind the red flag.
Dai Shan said, as long as someone feels that they take a step back, the people behind them will be killed.
With such a strict military order, the cavalry of the two red banners charged forward fearlessly. This time, the barbed wire tripped only a few hapless cavalrymen, under artillery bombardment. The trebuchets had to hide, and the threat was gone, except for the remnants of unexploded mines.
"Damn! Grenades, throw grenades. Seeing the roaring red flag iron horseman, Ao Canghai shouted loudly.
The enemy cavalry had already rushed within range of the grenades, and the situation was so sinister. Ao Canghai picked up his spear and led a team of people to the front. If you let the Tartar rush to the hands of the firebolts, the firecrackers will be lambs to the slaughter.