Chapter 77: It's Not Easy

The car's Franc cannon became an ornament, as well as a bird gun.

As a firearms unit, the Eight Banners Han Army not only had artillery, but also arquebuses, and each Niu Lu had 100 musketeers.

The 100 musketeers were divided into three groups and took turns firing their guns, and they fired at the Ming troops on the guns through a 30-pace-wide trench.

The Ming musketeers on the platform were completely suppressed.

Because there were only 20 musketeers of the Ming army on the platform.

However, although the fighting was lively, the actual casualties were not large.

Because both sides were protected, the Ming army had a wooden fence, and the Eight Banners Han army also had a partial van.

But this balance of power was soon broken, because the two tiger squatting cannons on the platform opened fire again, and only two booms were heard, and another side van was destroyed by shells.

To tell the truth, an open-mouthed cannon like the Tiger Squat Cannon, due to its poor air tightness and short range, its accuracy is also miserable.

Two partial vans were destroyed one after another, and the Eight Banners Han Army was immediately a little breathless.

Because if it continued like this, 12 partial vans would not be enough for the Ming army to fight, so Geng Jimao, who led the troops, decisively ordered a team of sword players to jump down the trench and attack directly on the platform.

But as a result, the 30 knife players had just jumped off the trench when they hugged their feet and screamed.

Bai Yintu and Ao Bai, who were watching the battle from a distance, were immediately a little dumbfounded, what is the situation? Is there a trap in the trench? The Ming army sprinkled thistle in the trenches?

At this time, the Ming musketeers on the platform also changed their targets,

Take the muzzle of the gun and aim it at the Eight Banners Han saber player who collapsed at the bottom of the ditch.

"Woohoo!" With a loud clatter, seven or eight sword players were shot in an instant.

The rest of the knife players panicked, and some ran down the trench to both sides, but as soon as they took a step, they fell to the ground screaming, and their feet were pierced again, because the bottom of the ditch was full of sharp stakes and bamboo thorns.

There are also knife players who turn around and want to climb the slope at a height of a zhang, but the foot board has been pierced and cannot be strengthened, and the bottom of the ditch is not at a right angle, even if there are companions on it who are reaching out, they can't reach it.

In this way, 30 sword players were shot and killed one by one by the Ming army musketeers.

"Rubbish!" Seeing this scene, Ao Bai was so angry that he scolded his mother, "It's useless." ”

"It's already possible, I think I already know how to crack the Ming army's gun." Bai Yintu showed a confident smile on his face, and then probed to Zu Zerun below and said, "Let them retreat, don't attack." ”

Zu Zerun was pardoned, and quickly withdrew the Niu Lu who attacked.

……

On the other side of the bucket.

Zhu Cijiong waved his fist vigorously: "Jiannu is nothing more than that!" ”

"It's just a tentative attack." Zhu Cihong said, "And this is only the Eight Banners Han Army, not the real Eight Banners Army, and the test is still to come." ”

"It depends on what tricks Jiannu can play."

Zhu Cijiong was a little unimpressed, he felt that the defense line of Xiazhen designed by his father was an iron wall, and Jiannu was not able to break through it at all.

However, Zhu Cijiong's idea was soon shattered by the cruel facts.

Without waiting for the Ming army on the platform to catch its breath, Jiannu launched a second wave of attacks.

And this time it was no longer the Eight Banners Han Army that went on the offensive, but the real Eight Banners.

Jiannu was more cautious than Zhu Cijiong imagined, and after they arrived, they did not rush to attack, but chose four positions and began to dig the back of the slope with all their might.

"Ah, this? Jiannu, is this going to be done? ”

Zhu Cijiong was a little confused: "Is this to dig up all the slope protection?" ”

"And when do they have to dig? Each line of defense can be preceded by a slope protection several zhang thick. ”

"They don't have to dig it all, they just need to dig a few gaps in the middle of the slope." Zhu Cihong glanced up at Chongzhen, and after receiving encouragement, he said, "In this way, the Franc cannon on the side car can directly attack our gun, and the wooden fence on the platform can't stop the closing bullet of the Franc cannon!" ”

Chongzhen didn't have any expression on his face, which he had expected.

The process of excavation was boring, but Kennu was patient.

Although the Ming army did ramming and reinforcing when building the slope protection, but the strength was limited after all, under the rotation of more than 300 Eight Banner soldiers and more than 300 accompanying coatings, by the time it was dark, four large gaps of more than one zhang wide had been dug in the right-angled trapezoidal slope protection with a bottom width of more than five zhang.

Trucks and vans can be easily accessed from it.

When it comes to civil work, Jiannu is also an expert and a veteran craftsman.

When the four gaps were dug to the point where only a thin layer of soil remained, Jiannu stopped digging.

Then he directly pushed four gun-carrying side vans into through the gap, and after fixing the side vans, they collapsed the thin layer of soil with just one closing bullet.

The fence of the Ming army's fort was directly exposed under the muzzle of the Jiannu gun.

Although the gunners of the Ming army on the platform have long judged the direction and have readjusted the firing angle of the tiger squat cannon, the accuracy of the tiger squat cannon is really indescribable.

"Boom! Rumble! "The two tiger squat cannons fired one after another.

After the smoke passed, the van with the gap on the opposite side was unscathed.

Obviously, the two closed shells fired just now missed the target.

When the Ming gunners hurriedly reloaded the ammunition and lead, the opposite side opened fire again.

The Franc cannon can be loaded with sub-cannons, but the speed is much faster than that of the Tiger Squat Cannon.

Four more cannon shots rang out, and the wooden fence at the front of the platform was directly punched out of four large holes.

This time, the Jiannu Franc machine gun used 25 catties of closed bullets, and it was a piece of cake to hit the wooden fence, and several Ming troops inside were killed.

At the same time, another group of musketeers of the Eight Banners Han Army appeared at the top of the slope with a partial van, and under the cover of the partial van, they condescendingly fired at the Ming troops on the platform.

The Ming gunners on the platform were busy dodging.

Because the Eight Banners Han Army's bird guns can already threaten the inside of the platform through the four large holes in the fence.

Without the fire support of the tiger squat artillery, the Ming army on the platform became more passive, and taking this opportunity, more than a dozen white-armored soldiers jumped into the trench outside the platform without hesitation.

These dozen or so white-armored soldiers were dressed in triple armor, and their feet were also wearing thick and tough cowhide boots, and they were not afraid of wooden stakes or bamboo thorns, and they could not pierce the iron thistle.

Thirty steps away, it's also the work of soaking and peeing.

Approaching the platform, more than a dozen white-armored soldiers threw out four flying claws to hold the wooden fence on one of the sides, and then divided into four groups to pull down half of the wooden fence that had already broken two large holes on this side.

Immediately another white-armored soldier knelt on the ground with his back hunched and his hands on the ground to make steps.

The other two white-armored soldiers put their hands together and built a step up.

A tall white-armored soldier immediately stepped on two "steps" and jumped up the platform that was no more than 5 feet high.

The spearmen of the Ming army guarding the platform had not collapsed at this time, and immediately held their spears and stabbed them in rows.

As a result, the white-armored soldier just bent down and dodged, and while his feet landed on the ground and straightened up, he flicked his left hand and fished it again, and then clamped four spears under his armpits.

The four Ming spearmen struggled to recapture the spears.

As a result, the white-armored soldiers used their strength to reach the four spearmen of the Ming army at once.

At the moment of approaching the Ming army, the long knife in the right hand of the white armor soldier slashed the situation, and cut the throats of the two Ming spearmen, and the two Ming spearmen immediately covered their throats and fell on the platform.

The remaining Ming spearmen instinctively retreated.

However, the spearmen of the Ming army retreated less than half a step, and the long knives of the white-armored soldiers slashed over.

With a thud, the blood light collapsed, and the head of the third Ming spearman flew into the air.

Although these white-armored soldiers were draped in triple armor of more than eighty catties, as well as spare heavy weapons such as long knives, large bows, and even iron thistle terrestris, they were not clumsy at all.

Because after a long time of fighting and training, the white armor soldiers have adapted to this load.

With the third spearman being killed, the Ming army on the platform finally collapsed, and it was really unbearable.

The rest of the musketeers and spearmen jumped up and ran, not to mention the tiger squatting cannon, and even threw away the spears and birds, only hating the grandmother for missing two legs.

Zhu Cijiong saw it from a distance and scolded angrily.

"These cowards, but only one Jiannu came up, there are seventy or eighty of them, even if one person spits and drowns Jiannu, what are you afraid of? What is there to be afraid of? ”

"It's not easy for them to hold on until now."

Chongzhen just shook his head, and asked Zhu Cihong again: "Hong'er, how long have they been holding out?" ”

Zhu Cihong looked at the sky and said, "One hour is definitely more than one, but two hours are estimated to have not yet arrived." ”

"Jiong'er, now you know why you can't concentrate all the firearms on the periphery, right?" Chongzhen said to Zhu Cijiong earnestly, "When marching and fighting, you must have a clear understanding of the strength of both sides and us, and then make the most conservative estimate based on the comparison of the strength of the two sides. ”

"Yes, Erchen remembered." Zhu Cijiong was honestly taught.

Zhu Cihong also gained: "If you are conservative, you will still have the opportunity to make adjustments, but if you fall into danger because of the risk, you will not even have the slightest chance of adjustment and recovery." ”

"That's the reason." Chongzhen nodded happily.

The personalities of these two sons have also been seen by Chongzhen.

Zhu Cijiong has a very smart brain and is more active in thinking, but his personality is slightly reckless.

The elder brother Zhu Cihong's brain is slower than that of his younger brother, but his personality is more calm.

At this time, there were new changes in the battlefield ahead, and after the defeat of the Ming army, the dozen or so white-armored soldiers refused to let go, and even chased the Ming army's rout into the retreat channel.

The white-armored soldiers paid the price for their hubris.

Because the retreat channel connecting the guns is also the fire output channel.

The four Tiger Squat guns on the two platforms diagonally behind had already aimed at these two retreat routes, and even the trajectory had been calculated.

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