Chapter 422: Artillery Position

The same surname is Li, Li Suyan feels that he is not worse than Li Xuanjun in Guangdong, the difference is only age, Li Xuanjun is only eighteen years old, but he is five years older than Li Xuanjun, region, Zhejiang.

However, Li Xuanjun's exploits may no longer be able to be achieved, but it does not mean that everyone cannot develop in his direction, and it is clear that Li Suyan also has the same idea.

He looked at the regimental deputy beside him and said: "Since the beginning of the war, the Tartar artillery has not stopped, in our impression, where has the Tartar ever had such a rich artillery?" Isn't this what the Fanbangs sold to the Tartars? ”

The regimental deputy looked at Li Suyan: "Tuanzuo, you want to copy the artillery position of the Tartars?" ”

Li Suyan laughed, without the slightest sign of the aftermath of the battle just now: "You're right, copying their artillery positions is not only helpful to us, but also to the entire battle situation." ”

"Tuanzao, our regiment is now only the strength of one battalion."

Li Suyan's eyebrows furrowed: "It's not easy to take their artillery position by surprise, but I have to tell the division about this idea." ”

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"Hit the artillery position?"

Huang Degong smiled and looked at the ambitious regiment commander in front of him: "Okay, good, you are all surnamed Li, at least you can't lose the face of this surname, Li Suyan, as long as you can take the artillery position of Tartar, this seat will give you the first credit in front of Your Majesty, say, what do you want me to arrange?" ”

Li Suyan also smiled, and then said uprightly: "My subordinates want to ask the division seat to arrange for the brothers of the two regiments to charge head-on, my 33rd regiment is no longer a formation, and my subordinate has the only artillery position with a full battalion of soldiers to assault the Tartars." ”

"Well," Huang Degong nodded: "I have an idea, one battalion is too little, I will immediately send a message to Commander Yang Lian, let their foot soldiers cooperate with the attack, and I will personally lead the guard regiment to meet your department." ”

Boom...

Li Su solemnly saluted: "I'll go here after my job." ”

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Zilharang's firearms battalion was full of troops from Shandong and Gyeonggi, including a team of Dutch mercenaries, totaling more than 400 people, carrying 100 3,000-jin Hongyi cannons, 50 5,000-jin Hongyi cannons, and 300 1,000-jin Hongyi cannons, with nearly 20,000 gunners and the remaining 10,000 equipped with flintlock pistols.

This group of people spent most of the financial resources of the Qing court, and it can be said that they were armed to the teeth, in addition, there were countless types of firearms equipped by the Shenji Battalion during the original Chongzhen Dynasty.

In the artillery position outside the city, 50 50-kilogram Hongyi cannons are in the position, and there are 100 1,000-kilogram Hongyi cannons, most of which fire fireworks.

The artillery array was commanded by Sunan, a Manchurian who was a close confidant of Zilharang and an official lieutenant general, and this artillery array had not stopped since the beginning of the war early in the morning.

"Quick, pour water on the cannon body to cool down, and push the reserve cannon up..."

Sunan scolded the gunners loudly, and the never-ending shelling made his ears have symptoms of tinnitus, and he had to scream loudly when he spoke.

"What's that sound?"

Goshha, who was beside him, looked up into the distance, and then said, "Lord Hui, the Ming army has launched a charge." ”

A fast horse rushed to the edge of the artillery array, and the herald ran and flew up: "Lord Su, the prince has an order, and the artillery array will be shelled immediately." ”

Zilharang's command position was two miles behind the artillery array, close to the city of Xuzhou, and the reason why he was able to command properly was because of the Songjiang clairvoyant mirror purchased from the Dutch.

Sunan held the hilt of the knife on his waist and shouted loudly: "Zhu Yuan prepare, take turns to shoot, and reload immediately." ”

"Hurry, hurry..."

The people who operated the cannons and carried the cannons were all Han Chinese, and there was not a single Han army banner, but the people who guarded them were all Manchurians, and once the movement was slow, the whip was drawn.

"Fire..."

"Fire..."

Knock knock knock...

The fierce sound of the cannon shook Sunan's body, but he could only feel the recoil thrust generated by the artillery firing in this recess position set up in the artillery array, and he couldn't feel what was happening outside the artillery array at all.

The 28th and 29th regiments attacked the Qing army from the front relying on the remnants of the Wugang chariot left by the Qing army in accordance with Huang Degong's order, and the right flank also had 5,000 infantry soldiers from Yang Lian Maha's department to attack together, although Zu Dashou's cavalry could not attack together, but it contained the Qing cavalry on the left flank.

The battle became fierce again for a while.

While covering the attack, the infantry and cavalry fought together, and the battle was not only fierce, but also neither side was clumsy, and every attack and counterattack was the most intense.

Li Suyan led a battalion of men to move quickly to the right front, because there were two brother regiments covering them, so that his troops moved quite quickly, and in less than a stick of incense at the start of the battle, Li Suyan and his men were actually less than two miles away from the Qing army's artillery array.

In the artillery array on this side, Sunan was still directing his subordinates to fire the cannon quickly, and Li Suyan over there could already see the gunpowder smoke after the artillery was fired and the water vapor generated when it cooled from the clairhand.

"The 7th Company continued to move to the right flank of the Tartars' artillery position, waiting for my signal, the 8th Company launched an attack with me, the 9th Company divided half of the men as the rear team, and the remaining half of the men detoured from the right flank, ready to block the support of the Tartars, all the companies listened well, after the battle began, there was no life or death, although all the things in your hands were greeted to the Tartars' artillery position, if this battle is completed, Lao Tzu will be the master, and after going back, everyone will enjoy a jar of old wine in Huating."

"Yes..."

The explosion points of the artillery bombardment on both sides were similar, except that the veterans of the Dingwu army would always try to find the enemy's artillery position, and then use their own artillery to hit the opponent, so that Li Suyan fell several shells in his advance before he was ready to attack.

Sunan had just called the gunner to cool down the barrel and replace the sub-cannon with a new inner gun, and Goshha, who was in charge of the lookout, ran to Sunan's side in a panic and shouted: "My lord, we have found the Ming army in the left front and are coming to the artillery array. ”

Sunan's ears were a little tinnitus, and he didn't even hear Goshha's words clearly, until Goshha repeated it for the second time, Sunan didn't understand what was happening, so he quickly ordered more than 200 cavalry with blue flags to guard the artillery position to quickly assemble on the side of the artillery array, of course, in fact, Li Suyan was found by the sentry horses who were wandering outside at the beginning of their bright heads, and without waiting for Sunan's order, Niu Lu Zhangjing, the leader of the team, ordered the cavalry under his command to wait in advance.

By the time Sunan's order came, Niu Lu Su Meiha had already ordered his subordinates to take the initiative to attack the Ming army that came to attack the artillery array.

Li Suyan was running quickly, but he saw a large number of cavalry appearing in front of him, at least a hundred or more.

"Prepare to attack..."