Chapter 184: Ferocious Shelling

Soon, the Qing army on the front rushed within a mile and a half, but what made those Tartar soldiers feel strange was that the fierce artillery and rockets of the Ming army were not fired at this time, and they rushed two hundred paces further.

Two miles away from the Qing army array has a high platform, here, erected eight banners of Manchurian white flag, inlaid white flag, eight banners Mongolian positive white flag, inlaid white flag, several huge woven gold dragon flags of the Mongolian Karaqin Department of the outer domain.

Behind both sides of the high platform, there are Qing soldiers and horses, among which there are many banners of Manchurian white flags.

Originally, among the total of 310 cattle records in Manchuria, 48 cattle records were recorded under the white flag, and 50 cattle records were inlaid with white flags, which were the two flags with the largest number of people in the Eight Banners, and the two yellow flags led by Huang Taiji, and the number was not as large as that of the Dolgon brothers.

Although there are many bannermen left in the Qing Dynasty, there are still 15,000 soldiers from the two banners, including 5,000 in armor, and there are hundreds of Bayala soldiers in each of the two banners.

After the battle with the Xuanda and Shandong armies, Duoduo of the two brothers suffered large losses, but only a few hundred people were lost in the Dolgon banner and the unarmored banner, and the bones were still there. After the military meeting last night, Dorgon knew that they could no longer drive the Eight Banners Mongols to fight against the Outer Mongols, and they needed to take the lead themselves.

Therefore, several Jialazhangjing of the two white flags led a part of the soldiers and horses, with the Manchurian soldiers in front and the Mongol soldiers behind, and attacked the frontal camp defended by the new army in Xiahezhai in multiple waves. In addition, there were two white flags of Baya soldiers, slowly following behind, ready to launch a decisive attack at any time, depending on the situation of the battle.

In the past, before rushing close to a mile, the artillery rockets of the Ming army were already firing violently, and at this time, there was no sound, which made Dolgon and others a little unaccustomed.

Duoduo was a little puzzled and said, "Could it be that the Ming army of Lu Xiangsheng's army has already broken up under the bombardment of my artillery?" ”

Dolgon and Abatai beside him both groaned, and several banner owners of the Eight Banners of Mongolia smiled and said: "What Prince Yu said is very reasonable, it has always been their artillery bombardment of us, and now we bombard him, this is caught off guard, then Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's army suffered heavy casualties, and it is possible to disperse." ”

Duoduo even speculated: "Maybe the artillery of the Ming army has been blown up by our artillery." ”

Abatai shook his head: "Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan are scheming, we can't underestimate the enemy." ”

Not long after, the first wave of Qing soldiers under the cover of layers of shield vehicles had rushed to the low wall trench defended by the new army in Xiahezhai, and the fierce shouts and firecrackers in front began to sound.

The probe rolls back and reports: "...... Their artillery was not seen on the various passages of the Ming army, and the guns they fired were much weaker than yesterday......"

"The Ming army seems to be powerless to resist, and our Qing soldiers can attack the trench wall with one drum."

Duoduo and the others were already discussing, and Duoduo said: "I will say that the artillery of the Ming army has been blown up completely, and our warriors of all banners are covered by shield carts, and their firearms are naturally useless. It seems that they have been blown out of their courage and are about to be defeated. ”

Several banner owners of the Eight Banners of Mongolia agreed with Duoduo's opinion, but Abatai shook his head and said, "It's so easy to rout, it's not Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others." ”

He said: "According to my speculation, the various units of the Ming army suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of our general's artillery, and were unable to defend the first trench wall, so they retreated into the second trench wall. Yesterday, when the White Flag warriors attacked the trench wall, they saw that there was another trench wall defense line behind the Ming army. ”

Dolgon made up his mind and said: "The Ming army should not be in the time of rout, but in the previous rounds of artillery bombardment, it is expected that the Ming army has suffered heavy casualties, and it is already powerless to defend. Now that the Ming army has lost its spirit, our Qing soldiers can capture his first trench wall, and they can also break through his second trench wall. Under the bombardment of my artillery, where can he retreat? No matter how many trenches they set up, they will be breached by our army one by one! ”

So Dolgon issued a series of orders to attack, and the passionate war drums sounded again, and it seemed that at the same time, the overwhelming shouts in front of him sounded, and the tide of Qing soldiers swooped down towards the first earthen wall passage defended by the new army in Xiahezhai.

In the past few days, the Qing army attacked the new army of Xiahezhai to defend the trench wall of 400 steps, the long defense line of 600 meters in later generations, of which there are five passages, each passage is 80 steps apart.

Today, in the attack on the Xuanda camp, Dolgon's Zhengbaiqi Outer Domain, the Mongolian Karaqin Division, mainly attacked three passages and related low-walled trenches. Duoduo's inlaid white flags led the eight Mongolian flags, and the white flags attacked two of the passages and related low-walled trenches.

The two white flags each dispatched two Jiala troops, each of which was more than 100 paces apart from each Jiala army formation, plus nearly 10,000 Mongolian soldiers and more than 4,000 miscellaneous soldiers, totaling 10,000 troops. It can be seen that Dolgon is determined to lay down the position of Liu Yan's subordinates.

When the Qing soldiers rushed to the front of the new army in Xiahezhai before, the dense layers of shield carts still avoided the gaps in each passage as yesterday.

Only their miscellaneous servants, driven by the threat of the Qing soldiers behind them, carried in fear a heavy wooden shield bound with thick logs, and crossed the low walls, placing the wooden shields in front of the low wall trenches that had not yet been filled.

Among them, they were killed and injured a lot by the new army of Xiahezhai Bird Gun, and if those miscellaneous servants retreated in a panic, they suddenly shot sharp arrows behind them, shooting them to the ground one by one.

According to the old rule, after the wooden shield is installed, the two white flags and a few eight banners of Mongolian heavy armor protect the wings, and the remaining archers cover the miscellaneous servants to fill the trenches. However, seeing that there were no artillery figures in the past in the various passages, they couldn't help but wonder and probed their brains.

After receiving the order from the Shangguan in the banner, the Qing soldiers between the low walls and ditches retreated, gathered behind the shield carts of their respective Jiala, and arranged a little as a team.

The sound of war drums sounded in the rear array, and they suddenly raised their flags, and under the cover of shield carts, they rushed towards the passages one after another, shouting loudly.

"These Fresh ......"

The Qing soldiers rushed in like a tidal wave, and there were black and pressed banner armor everywhere, as well as rumbling chariots.

Seeing their mighty charge, Wang Bo couldn't help but scold, but his voice was quickly drowned out in the overwhelming shouts of the alien race.

Soon the Qing soldiers poured into the various passages, and in front of them, there were at least three refined shield carts, and on the two passages in front, there were five shield carts in parallel. Behind each shield cart are white flags and white flag soldiers holding shields, holding swords and axes, and wearing heavy armor.

On both sides of these heavily armored soldiers, there were also many light-armored archers shooting arrows at the soldiers of the new army in Xiahezhai on the earthen wall to cover the advance of the shield cart. The first wave rushed into the channel, at least one cow recorded hundreds of people. Behind them, there were two white flag warriors who followed one Niu Lu after another.

"Withdraw!"

Wang Bo shouted, the purpose of luring the Tartar soldiers in had been achieved, so there was no need to stay in the circle.

Under his command, he commanded more than a hundred firecrackers and quickly ran towards the second earthen wall. When he ran back, the ground was full of mud bags and dirt baskets, and there was solidified and slippery blood, and many people were in a hurry, and they couldn't help but stumble and slip, and the birds and soldiers around him hurriedly helped him up. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared within the second earthen wall. Soon the soldiers rushed in, and then they ran into trouble.

The shield cart pushed by the handymen could no longer be pushed after a few steps into the earthen wall, and the ground was full of mud bags and earthen baskets.

On the front passage, dozens of people dressed as soldiers with white flags flashed from behind several shield carts, one of whom was extremely short, full of beard, and his face was covered with scars. He was extremely rose, with a heart shield on his chest, a black tassel on his helmet, and a flag high behind him, but a white flag with three layers of heavy armor was assigned to Pashku.

He lifted a heavy shield, held a huge half-moon short-handled axe in his right hand, looked around, and there was no one between the earthen walls in front of him, only a hundred steps in front of him and another earthen wall, and there was no movement of any figure behind the wall. Between this earthen wall, there are mud bags and dirt baskets everywhere, which makes it extremely difficult for people to walk, those Ming people, what the hell are they pinching?

He couldn't think too much about it, and the warriors behind him had already poured in, either wearing double layers of heavy armor, armed with spears, halberds, and large swords and axes. or dressed in iron-inlaid cotton armor, holding bows and arrows, all of them are heavy armor soldiers and light armor soldiers with two white flags. Behind them were some unarmored bannermen.

I didn't encounter any blows along the way, and it was unbelievably smooth, but since I had already attacked, there was nothing to fear.

Whatever was behind the second earthen wall, it seemed that the Ming army had been defeated. Perhaps if you enter the second earthen wall, you can see their figures fleeing for their lives in a panic.

In just a moment, the earthen wall was covered with two white flags of Qing and Mongol troops pouring in from the various passages, and some of them had already rushed towards the second earthen wall.

With a howl and a swing of the half-moon axe in his hand, his group of soldiers immediately followed him and rushed towards the earthen wall. There seemed to be no danger ahead, but they were still covered by heavily armored shield men, and lightly armored archers followed their sides, bows and arrows, always on their guard.

However, if you look at the mud bags and earthen baskets everywhere vigilantly, some Qing soldiers who maintain a battle formation will inevitably trip and fall and eat, which will greatly damage their image as warriors of the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing soldiers who continued to pour into the earthen wall stumbled all the way, and in this space of 600 meters horizontally and nearly 200 meters longitudinally, the black pressure rushed towards the second earthen wall.

"I'm afraid there are thousands of Qing soldiers coming into the wall, right?"

On the side of the new army in Xiahezhai, quietly only hearing the whistling sound of the cold wind, Liu Yan looked outside the earthen wall, and the black pressure outside was the armor and banner of the two white flags, seeing that they were coming slowly or quickly, everyone was only fifty or sixty steps away from the earthen wall.

"It's time!"

Liu Yan looked at the surrounding Xiahezhai New Army soldiers, there were four rows of bird soldiers squatting quietly behind the earthen wall, because there were more than 1,600 bird soldiers in the army, and the second earthen wall was only more than 300 steps wide, less than 500 meters, and there were four passages, many gaps, and limited space, so Liu Yan divided the fire soldiers into four rows to shoot.

At this time, they quietly dodged behind the earth wall, and the same was true of Wang Bo's subordinate firearms who had newly entered the wall, and they squatted quietly in the fourth row.

In addition, the four passages, and the artillery behind many gaps, were all moved into the earthen wall, and the whole army died down, just waiting for the Qing army to enter the urn, and now they are finally here.

Liu Yan looked at the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers behind the firecrackers, who were also lined up neatly at this time, waiting for the battle.

The artillery ammunition has been filled, the musket medicine in everyone's hands has already been loaded, the arquebus has been lit, and everything is ready!

Liu Yan looked at Miao Shao violently and nodded heavily, at this time Miao Shao was also extremely excited, and he shouted in shock: "Drumming!" ”

The fierce war drums in the new army of Xiahezhai sounded, and suddenly the whole army shouted in unison, and all the birds and soldiers stood up. The bird gunners in the front row set up their guns on the earthen wall in black pressure, and all the artillery was also pushed out from the side of the earthen wall.

When those Qing soldiers were collectively taken aback, Qian Qiao shouted hoarsely: "Open the cannon!" ”

The earth shook violently, and an earth-shattering artillery salvo sounded, and the four Hongyi six-pounder guns of the Supervisory Battalion and the five Huzun cannons of the Xiahezhai New Army opened fire together.

A large stream of dense gunpowder smoke rose up, and the entire perimeter of the earthen wall seemed to be shrouded in smoke, and countless lead pellets roared towards the Qing soldiers in front of the earthen wall, no matter what armor they wore or what shield they held, it had no effect at all.

In front of the earthen wall hundreds of meters long, those Qing troops fell like ears of wheat blown down a large number of people, all of them were blurred with flesh and blood, and they were covered with dense blood holes. Dozens of people were beaten and flew out.

The four Hongyi six-pounder guns of the Inspector Battalion have a range of more than 200 paces, and the five Huzun guns of the Xiahezhai New Army have a range of more than 100 steps.

Between the two earthen walls, there were only more than a hundred steps, and most of the artillery fired straight through, which could penetrate the entire space. Those Qing soldiers came intensively, from this end to that end, no one could dodge, directly from beginning to end, and were opened up one by one flesh alley!

As soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the dense sound of birds like popping beans rang out again.

Some people died, but not completely......