Chapter 223: Facing the Shelling
"Ahh
A gunshot rang out, and the Manchurian soldiers who leaned out and wanted to shoot at the Ming army below were shot in the face, screaming and falling down from the wall.
His screams caused panic among the rest of the Qing soldiers within the walls, as did the remaining Manchurian soldiers, who looked at the smashing gate and did not notice the changing expressions of the armor and green soldiers behind him.
Suddenly, one of the green battalion soldiers raised his waist knife and slashed at the back of the Manchurian soldier with a hideous face, although the Manchurian soldier was defenseless, but the sixth sense cultivated by the battlefield still made him sense the murderous aura behind him before being slashed, and rolled around on the ground in embarrassment, dodging the waist knife that slashed at him.
By the time he straightened up again, the Green Battalion soldiers had already shown their fierce faces, and one of them shouted, "Dog***, go die!"
After that, he was about to step forward and slash again, and the Manchurian soldiers hurriedly ordered to the armored cloth standing on the side, "What are you doing? Don't hurry up and suppress the thieves!"
Who knew that those few Baoyi were unmoved, although they showed a look of struggle, but they still didn't dare to step forward, and watched a few green battalion soldiers rushing towards the Manchurian soldiers, and the Manchurian soldiers had no choice but to discard their war bows and draw their sabers to face the battle.
He raised his saber horizontally, blocked the waist knife of the green battalion soldier facing him, raised his right foot and kicked heavily in the abdomen of the opponent, the latter screamed and was kicked to the end, the Manchurian soldiers did not pay attention to the green battalion soldiers who temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, raised their hands and slashed hard in the chest of another green battalion soldier who killed, he roared angrily, the saber cut a hideous wound in the opponent's chest, and then slashed diagonally down, and the green battalion soldier died tragically on the spot.
Seeing that the Manchurian soldiers were so brave, the remaining green battalion soldiers all showed timid expressions, but after they glanced at each other, they still rushed up again, and the Manchurian soldiers opened and closed widely, and a knife slashed heavily on the handle of a green battalion soldier, and cut off his waist knife, and then the blade turned and provoked upward, and a huge wound was cut on the throat of the green battalion soldier, and blood gushed out, blurring the eyes of the Manchurian soldiers.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the green battalion soldier roared and raised his waist knife, slashed it hard, and slashed firmly on the shoulder of the Manchurian soldier, but the latter was wearing three layers of heavy armor, and the waist knife only cut the outermost layer of cotton, revealing the iron armor below.
"Uh......"
A deep cut wound in the abdomen, the green battalion soldier unwillingly widened his eyes, his legs were weak and he fell to the ground, the Manchurian soldier snorted coldly and kicked it to the ground, but before he could withdraw his saber, he heard a gunshot in front of him, a tingling pain in his chest, and his breathing was stagnant.
The Manchurian soldiers looked down in disbelief at the traces of the projectile on their chests, and then looked up at the green battalion soldiers whose bodies were trembling and holding a bird gun in their hands, only to feel that all the strength of their bodies flowed out of the wounds on their chests, and their knees were weak and they fell directly to the ground.
At this time, the armor and coats who watched the whole play glanced at each other, and rushed forward, and the ones who ran in front of the Manchurian soldiers raised their knives and cut off the heads of the Manchurian soldiers in one fell swoop.
A great human head fell to the ground, and then, as if ostentatious, the coat picked up the head, threw away the helmet, and carried the slender and thin braids, and said, "I killed him!" I will atone for my sins!"
The rest of the Baoyi and the remaining green battalion soldier looked at the shameless Baoyi angrily, and were about to step forward to snatch it, but at this moment, the gate was forcibly smashed open from the outside, and the line infantry swarmed in, and they looked at the several corpses in the courtyard and the traces left after the battle, and they were all stunned in place.
But they quickly reacted, and the deputy company commander led by them shouted an order: "All lay down their weapons and surrender on their knees!"
As soon as the deputy company commander finished speaking, the people in the courtyard all knelt down and shouted, "We are willing to surrender!"
The most shameless clothed slave even shouted, "I killed ***, but I am atoning for my sins."
The line infantry looked at the head he was still carrying when he knelt down suspiciously, and still stepped forward to escort them all out of the courtyard, ready to take them outside the city to concentrate on the detention, and the deputy company commander also walked out of the courtyard and reported the matter to Wang Qi
Keep moving forward.
Similar battles were staged in all parts of Huai'an Beicheng, and the Qing army also knew that the main force could not defeat the Ming army, so they broke into pieces and relied on the streets and alleys in Huai'an City to resist, which did delay the advance of the Ming army, and supported Nikan to mobilize the soldiers and horses in the city to fight in the northern city.
Dai Chen Gate, after a fierce battle, the Qing army stationed at this gate quickly declared defeat under the attack on both sides, the city gate fell, Ma Xin personally led the army from Dai Chen Gate into the city, and then turned to attack the Gongji Gate not far from Dai Chen Gate, the Qing army saw the Ming army enter the city in a big way, knew that the decline had appeared, did not resist and hurriedly retreated, and gave the city gate to the Ming army.
At this point, the three northern gates of Huai'an all fell into the hands of the Ming army, and it was a matter of time before the north city fell.
However, the Qing army still firmly guarded the main road leading to the south of Jiacheng, and they hurriedly set up barricades on the streets while the Ming army had not yet killed, and set up four tiger squat cannons in front of the formation.
As a large number of artillery arrays on both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the low cost of the tiger squat cannon is a reason, and there are also factors such as light and easy to carry and low requirements for the terrain of erection.
Moreover, in addition to solid shells, the Tiger Squat Cannon is also capable of firing shotguns, which can severely damage enemy infantry.
Therefore, when the Ming infantry advanced here, they were faced with a Qing army with guns and cannons.
"Forward!"
Under the order of the battalion division, the line infantry marched forward in a neat pace, the standard-bearer held high the Canglong battle flag of the Qinglong Left Brigade, the soldiers carried rifles on their shoulders, and looked resolute, and on the opposite side of them, the Qing army's bird guns also occupied the entire street, the front row knelt on one knee, and the back row stood straight, all erected bird guns, aiming at the Ming army advancing slowly on the opposite side.
In front of the Qing army's formation, the four tiger squatting cannons were like tigers squatting on the ground, opening their big mouths of black holes, as if they could devour the land of attack.
"Fire!"
Boom Boom Boom –
The four tiger squat cannons were fired almost at the same time, because the distance was not counted, so the only solid bullets that flew out of the muzzle were just solid bullets, and the four solid bullets roared head-on into the Ming army column, and the huge impact immediately cut off the bodies of the soldiers who touched them, and several soldiers in a straight line were like bowling balls, and they died on the spot.
In the face of the shelling, the Ming army did not have a riot because of this, they still stepped on the neat steps to move forward, and the soldiers in the back row directly filled the vacant seats, seeing that the Ming army was so heroic, Rao is personally supervising the battle Nikan himself was taken aback again.
The Tiger Squat Artillery then shelled one after another, but the Ming army stubbornly advanced to within 200 paces under the shelling, but they did not stop advancing immediately, and while the Qing army hurriedly replaced the solid bullets with pig iron, they accelerated their pace and advanced to within 180 paces.
Then, almost at the same time, the soldiers in the front row of the Ming army raised their guns and fired, and the Qing artillery also lit the fuse.
Hearing only four deafening roars accompanied by gunfire like firecrackers, the entire street was almost covered with pig iron, and the first few rows of Ming troops facing the shelling fell like ears of wheat after autumn, and the Qing troops opposite them were also not pleased, the first artillerymen were all shot, and many of the bird-gunners behind were shot and killed on the spot.
Just when Nikan, who was supervising the battle, and those Qing soldiers thought that the Ming army would not be able to withstand the huge casualties and collapse after receiving the shotgun bombardment, the next scene was a fierce impact on their cognition!