In the large array of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou was holding a clairvoyant mirror to watch the artillery bombardment in the distance, and Hong Chengchou was very satisfied with the results of this series of shelling, and the performance of the gunners of the Ming army was indeed remarkable, which could be regarded as an extraordinary performance.

Before the war, Hong Chengchou did not expect that the gunners gathered from various departments of the Ming army would be able to do such a thing, which was really unexpected.

Hong Chengchou had already made up his mind that this battle would rely on Liu Yan's new army to fight a tough battle, and the soldiers and horses of several fierce generals such as Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui, and Cao Bianjiao would support the overall situation. As for the soldiers and horses of the other chief officers, to be honest, Hong Chengchou actually didn't have much hope.

However, at this time, the gunners drawn and gathered from various towns actually played extraordinarily, which not only greatly improved the morale of all units of the army, but also really caused untold casualties to the Qing army, and even the first line of defense of the Qing army showed signs of collapse, which Hong Chengchou never expected.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou is very optimistic about the prospects of the Battle of Jinzhou, and the goal of this battle has changed from the original siege of Jinzhou and forcing the Qing army to retreat, to being able to severely damage the main force of slaves and thieves after the siege of Jinzhou!

At this moment, Hong Chengchou put down the clairvoyant mirror, listened attentively, and said to Zhang Ruoqi and Ma Shaoyu beside him: "Listen to the two prison guards, is the movement on the other side of the artillery array weaker?" ”

Zhang Ruoqi and Ma Shaoyu were stunned when they heard this, and then they listened for a while, saying that they didn't notice it.

At this moment, a staff general of the Governor's Battalion rushed over, clasped his fists and said: "Governor Qi, report from the artillery array: most of the artillery is overheated, and the shelling must be stopped, please show the governor!" ”

Hong Chengchou looked at the results of the artillery array in the distance, nodded and said, "Order the artillery array to stop." ”

"Yes!"

Immediately, Hong Chengchou said to Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming, who were already waiting by his side: "Two generals, start attacking the mountain!" ”

Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming looked at the tragic situation of the Qing army in the distance at this time, and their confidence was greatly increased, and they hugged their fists to receive their lives.

At this time, Liu Yan and the rest of the chief officers also rushed to the side of the Chinese army, Liu Yan looked at Yang Guozhu, who was about to return to the army, and also rode his horse to follow, and then said solemnly to Yang Guozhu: "Yang General Soldier is careful in everything, although the slave thief has been hit hard, but its main force has not been damaged, this battle is still difficult, do not rush forward!" ”

Yang Guozhu nodded emphatically and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I will deal with it carefully." ”

Then Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming also hugged their fists and said goodbye, and the two rode back to the army.

Yang Guozhu immediately ordered the whole army to line up and disperse, and each team was one foot eight feet apart from each other, so as to minimize the damage caused by the Qing army's artillery fire.

Trumpets sounded in the two armies of Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town, and the mountain attack army led by Yang Guozhu slowly spread out to the front and back, making the gap between each team in the army formation more sparse. The same is true of the Shanxi town army led by Li Fuming.

Yang Guozhu looked at the soldiers of the army who were ready, and then ordered to blow the trumpet to advance.

The horn of the central army in Xuanfu Town sounded, and the tide-like army slowly set off and separated from the Ming army's large array. Almost at the same time, the soldiers and horses of Shanxi Town led by Li Fuming also set off.

The two armies, one on the left and one on the right, marched in unison, attacking different positions in the Loess Ridge. The 20,000 troops in Xuanfu Town were the main force of this attack, and the direction of the main attack was the Qing troops in the area of Niangniang Miaoduntai.

With the attack of the two armies of Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town, nearly 200,000 soldiers of the Ming army suddenly burst into cheers, and the sound of "ten thousand victories" broke through the sky, and the morale of the army reached its peak.

Elder Bai, the flag elder of the left general of the left rear camp of the new army in Qinglai Town, also blushed, shouting hoarsely, and Shen Wen, who was the captain next to him, also roared angrily, both of them were the first time to participate in such a big battle, and at this time, the blood was boiling, and they couldn't wait to follow the soldiers of Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town to go into battle together and kill the Tartars!

In the midst of an earth-shattering call, the armies of the two towns took firm steps and pressed towards the position of the Qing army.

Along with the soldiers of the second town, there were also a large number of mountain-attacking equipment and four car battalions. The soldiers of these four chariot battalions were selected from Liaodong Town and various towns, and there were hundreds of small and light cannons such as large and small Buddha machines, Baizi guns, and exterminating cannons. These artillery pieces provided close fire support to the soldiers of the two towns as they approached the wall.

Considering the possible bombardment of the artillery of the Qing army, the soldiers of the Ming army attacking the mountain used layers of chariots to cover in front, and the baffles on the front chariots were covered with thick quilts, and some were also covered with cowhide and iron sheets, while the chariots in the back were also wrapped in thick bedding as much as possible.

Looking down from the Loess Ridge, you can clearly see such a scene, with the undulating terrain, the red armor and banners of the Ming army of the two towns and 25,000 soldiers are surging like a stormy wave, as if to completely submerge the Loess Ridge.

On the pier platform of Dongling, Dolgon's triangular eyes revealed a sinister aura, and the Ming army finally came.

At this time, Dolgon looked at the huge artillery array set up here, and thirty heavy guns that could shoot ten pounds of artillery had been deployed, and each artillery could hit three or four miles away, and when the Ming army attacked, they could be given the greatest damage.

At this time, the artillery array was full of gunners from the Qing army's Wuzhenchaoha battalion, many of whom were still Portuguese.

Although the commander of the Wuzhenchao Artillery Battalion will be Kong Youde, the specific artillery command is also commanded by Melesese and other Franc machine officers, as well as those Franc soldiers who were captured together.

The gunners of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion also had clairvoyant mirrors, and like the gunners of the Ming army, they also used moments, guns and gauges. Even some of the Hongyi cannons in Zhongling are still the guns produced by the Bugarao Gun Factory in those years, and the cannon body has the emblem of a shield and a sail. These artillery pieces were all sophisticated artillery purchased by Sun Yuanhua from Europe back then, and were brought to the Qing army by Kong Youde and other traitors. 33

At this time, the black pressure artillery group on the mountain has been aimed at the Ming army formation under the mountain, and the cattle herd pulling the artillery are concentrated behind the mountain range, and there is a dense Qing army camp over there.

On the other side, Jin Zidian looked back at the thirty red-clothed cannons, a look of horror flashed in his eyes. Seeing his expression, Dorgon was very satisfied, summoned the commander of the artillery battalion, Melesesto, and asked, "Merzoling, can my Qing artillery give the Ming army the greatest damage?" ”

Meleses was very disgusted that those Manchurians called themselves Mezzor, but they didn't dare to say anything, at this time Dolgon asked questions in Chinese, Meleses has been in Macao for many years, and naturally he can also be proficient in Chinese, so he said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness, the artillery of our army's artillery battalion has been positioned at three miles, and every twenty steps in the future, it has been marked. Especially at a distance of more than two miles, as long as the Ming army enters the firing range, both the artillery of the main ridge and the artillery of the middle ridge can carry out cross-shelling of their parts. The artillery of the Ming army is far away from four miles, and most of them are light artillery, which cannot hit our artillery battalion, and those Ming infantry have no ability to fight back, and under the bombardment of our artillery, they will definitely suffer serious casualties and deal a heavy blow to their morale. The closer the Ming army goes, the greater their losses will be! ”

Seeing Dolgon's happy expression, Melcesto said cautiously: "Of course, the terrain below the mountain also has disadvantages for our artillery battalion, that is, there are too many hills and mountains. If their formations were hidden behind the hills, the artillery of our artillery battalion would pose little threat to them because of the slopes. If their military formation goes up the hills, the ricochets cannot be deployed, and the threat is just as small. Only when they are exposed to the Pingchuan area is the time when the artillery can exert its maximum power, and even a single shot can cause them more than a dozen casualties! ”

Dolgon was pleased with Meleses' answer.

In Dolgon's earnestness, the skill of using firearms is still more clever than these Franc machine people, since Meleses said conclusively that it can cause heavy casualties to the Ming army, then it must be possible.

At the same time, the Qing artillery was also paying close attention to the situation of the army in Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town, and Meleses also said goodbye to Dolgon at this time, returned to the artillery camp position, and began to make final preparations before opening the artillery.

I saw Meleses holding a clairvoyant mirror, looking at the various artillery markers under the mountain, and constantly reporting the distance data of the Ming army.

Finally, when the chariot of the Ming army passed by the stones piled up everywhere, the other side had been marked with lime, indicating that the Ming army had entered within three miles.

At this time, all the gunners of the Qing army were on standby, and after adjusting the parameters of each artillery, they all looked nervously at Meleses, waiting for the order to open the cannon.

I saw that Meleses also took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly in Chinese with a strange tone: "The Ming army is a thousand paces away, shoot!" ”

The Qing army also used a horn to give orders, the sharp swan sounded, and next to the 30 heavy guns on the Qing army's position, the gunners who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward one after another, and used a long arquebus to ignite the fuse of each cannon, and the lead was hissing and sparkling, some burning fast, some burning slowly.

Suddenly, the thunderbolt-like sound of artillery on the Loess Ridge was endless, a large thick white smoke rose up, and shells weighing ten catties roared towards the Ming army's position.

There was a loud noise, and one shell after another slammed into the hard ground, and then bounced up with all its might, desperately rushing forward.

Rumble!

A Ming army chariot was instantly hit by a Qing army cannonball, and at least ten catties of shells hit the baffle in front of the chariot. Even the thick quilt on the baffle was smashed to pieces at once, and the quilt was torn to pieces by a huge force on the spot, and the baffle made of hardwood became countless sharp wooden thorns, shooting in all directions.

Several of the men who were pushing the cart immediately rolled to the ground and howled, their faces and bodies were bleeding, and they all clutched their spiky heads and faces, and regretted that they should not have coveted the silver and came to push the damned chariot.

Behind them, there were a few soldiers of Xuanfu Town who were armed with bird guns, and they were either shot by sharp wooden thorns, or hit by broken wooden blocks, those soldiers were wearing cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves, and they were a little far away from the chariot, and their luck was good, they were not hit in the head and face, and the wooden thorns did not penetrate deep into the body, but they were also in pain and broke out in cold sweat.

Only one soldier was hit in the lower abdomen by a long and thick wooden thorn, and pierced him deeply, plus several people next to him were also injured, and their blood spilled on the soldier's body, making his whole person look like blood soaked in water, and the companions around him were shocked when they saw it.

At this time, the artillery shells fired by the Qing army continued, one after another cannonballs whistled, because the Ming army array was very sparse, and the terrain was also undulating, so many Qing artillery shells were empty, or it was difficult to form a bounce. However, there were also some soldiers who were hit by the shells that jumped and tumbled, and were broken on the spot.

In particular, a cannonball happened to hit, and it came head-on towards a column of spearmen from Xuanfu Town. At this time, the ground where the soldiers passed was hard and quite flat, and the cannonball smashed about two meters in front of this column of soldiers, and then under the frightened gaze of the leader A Commander, the cannonball jumped up violently and rushed straight towards the body of the A Commander.

The cannonball looked very slow, but in fact it was shot very fast, and the armor commander subconsciously wanted to dodge, but the cannonball had already leaked out of his chest, with bloody flesh, and in a crackling sound of broken bones, several soldiers behind him were thrown to the ground, and there were mutilated corpses everywhere, and the scene was very bloody.

And this shell still did not stop, after knocking down the soldiers of this armor, it turned around and smashed towards the queue of the first armor behind, followed by a burst of broken legs and broken bones, in a burst of screams, the legs of several Xuanfu Town soldiers were broken alive, and the soldiers fell to the ground with a wail, everyone's legs were broken, and the miserable white leg bones were exposed, and their broken legs were not far away, and the surrounding soldiers were shocked to change color.

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