Before Huang Taiji's order to open the cannon was conveyed to the front, all the banners of the Han army were on standby, and the rumbling cannon sound came from the west bank of the Xun River.

On the artillery array of the new army, Qian Qiao shouted: "Open the cannon!" ”

A total of 96 Hongyi cannons took the lead in firing, and hundreds of shells of more than ten catties continued to fall accurately on the east bank of the Xun River, and most of the shells fell on the artillery arrays of the banners of the Han army.

At the same time, the Franc cannon was always aimed at the artillery array of the Han army's flags, and with its efficient rate of fire, the damage caused to the Han army's flags was even above hundreds of Hongyi cannons!

The rocket artillery of the artillery battalion also began to bombard at this time, the difference is that the rocket artillery always uses the maximum elevation angle to shoot a steady stream of rockets into the military formations of the various banners of the Han army.

Rumble!

Nearly 10 catties of shells fired by a Hongyi cannon smashed heavily on a Franc machine gun, and the heavy artillery was suddenly smashed into a "jump", sweeping away several Han army Red Flag gunners around the area, and several people suddenly broke their bones and tendons, and fell to the ground screaming.

In the distance is the artillery array of the Han army with red flags, more than ten Fran machine shells fell one after another, those Han army gunners with red flags fired back with terrifying faces at this time, and then a shell hit the powder box next to it, and immediately ignited more than a dozen boxes of gunpowder, and the huge explosion covered the range of thirty steps around, whether it was artillery or gunners, all were sent to the sky.

At this time, the order to open the cannon issued by Huang Taiji was finally delivered, and the banners of the Han army fired back one after another, and the artillery arrays of each banner fought separately, and suffered a lot of blows, and the gunners of each flag suffered a lot of casualties, and the three hundred artillery pieces could still fire back smoothly at this time, only more than two hundred, and the firepower was very

Big nerf.

"Put!"

Kong Youde squatted behind a sandbag wall, shouting loudly, and the gunners around him were also chaotic, and he had long lost the calm and leisure he had in the past when he practiced.

And the artillery arrays of the surrounding Han army flags are almost like this, although these traitor gunners have also undergone strict drills, but they have no experience in braving the enemy's artillery fire, at this time they can counterattack in a panic, without rout, it is already extraordinary.

At this moment, Liu Zhiyuan, who was inlaid with a red flag and a solid mountain, actually ran over under the fire of the new army, and dozens of guards around him raised their shields to follow, and finally got here, and hid behind the sandbag.

"King Huaishun! This sandbag wall doesn't work, the casualties of our flags are too great! ”

Kong Youde said angrily: "Fart! If it weren't for the protection of these sandbags, the artillery positions of each flag would have been bulldozed by the artillery fire of the Ming army! ”

It is true that after the Qing army learned the lessons of the Battle of Jinzhou, it learned the experience of sandbags against artillery and guns, and on this artillery array, the Han army prepared a large number of sandbags and stacked them in front.

After Qian Liang commanded the bombardment of the artillery battalion, the sandbags in front of the Qing army did play a big role, and some of the shells were fired.

However, the Qing army did not expect that the Xunhe River on this side of Pinggu County was very narrow, only about two miles, and at this distance, the powerful Hongyi cannon of the new army artillery battalion was enough to break these sandbag walls.

And the large number of Franc machine guns in the new army artillery battalion can also rely on their firepower advantage to hit more shells in places that cannot be protected by sandbags.

As for those rockets fired by the artillery battalion of the new army, since they were ejected, they were sandy

The bag wall can't stop it at all.

Kong Youde shouted: "What are you doing here!" ”

Liu Zhiyuan said loudly: "If this continues, the firecrackers of each banner will be defeated, why don't we also learn from Liu Yanbu, let the firecrackers of each banner press up, close to the salvo, and destroy Liu Yan's artillery battalion!" ”

Kong Youde looked like a fool and asked, "Who will go first?" ”

"Naturally, it is King Huaishun, and King Huaishun has many generals and generals......"

"Get out!"

Kong Youde scolded angrily: "The flags are not the bird soldiers in Liu Yan's hands, do you expect this king to take the lead in sending them?" Think beautifully! ”

Liu Zhiyuan was scolded and was about to fight back, but he saw a cannonball slammed into the sandbag wall in front of the two, although it was blocked, but the huge shock force made the two of them angry, and Liu Zhiyuan fell directly on his back.

"Ahh

Liu Zhiyuan shouted, and then he didn't care about arguing with Kong Youde, beckoned a group of guards, and ran back to the Han army's red flag formation in embarrassment.

"Cut! Bastard! ”

Kong Youde looked at Liu Zhiyuan's back, scolded viciously, and then ordered the firecracker in the flag to take another three hundred steps back.

Seeing this, the rest of the Han army's banners also followed suit, and mobilized some of the firecrackers in their respective banners backwards.

On the west bank of the Xun River, Liu Yan held a clairvoyant mirror and watched for a long time, at this time the artillery battle as a whole was his own advantage, although there were constantly Qing artillery shells falling on the artillery camp position, but a large number of earthen trucks and sandbags were deployed in front of the artillery camp and in the array, and a lot of earthen walls were temporarily built, and the three kinds of fortifications formed a multi-level and three-dimensional defensive position

, the interception of layers of earthen walls. In the end, there were very few shells that could kill the soldiers of the artillery battalion.

On the other hand, on the side of the Qing army, it is basically a realistic version of Dong Shi Xiaofeng, although he also knows that sandbags can be used against artillery, but when he actually uses it, he only rigidly builds all the sandbags into a horizontal wall, and there are only some sandbags in individual positions in the back, and there is no other protection.

Such a simple fortification, under the three-dimensional attack of hundreds of artillery pieces of various types in the artillery battalion of the new army, is really very low in defense.

"Not bad!"

Liu Yan looked at it for a while, and saw that the banners of the Han army had not yet been defeated, and the gunners of the banners were still continuing to fight back, so he couldn't help but admire: "The Tartars are stronger than the thieves, at least this will to fight is still good, and it is enough to hold on to the artillery fire until now, which is enough for the governor to give a frontal parity." ”

Miao Shao and Xu Ming on the side were boiling at this time, and hundreds of artillery pieces on both sides continued to bombard each other, such a scene is rare.

"Artillery is really the king of weapons, if firearms continue to develop, I don't know what the battlefield will become in the future!"

Miao Shao couldn't help but sigh.

When Xu Ming heard this, he also said loudly: "When the time comes, it is estimated that there will be explosive firearms everywhere on the battlefield, and everyone will have firearms in their hands, and the two sides will just shoot desperately!" ”

Liu Yan looked at Miao Shao and Xu Ming in surprise when he heard this, the two of them could see the development trend of the future war, which made Liu Yan very impressed, after all, most of the generals at this time only regarded firearms as bows and crossbows, and they were just weapons for hand-to-hand combat, and almost no one regarded firearms as the mainstream of war.

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It was Liu Yan who said loudly: "You are right, in the future war, in the world of soldiers and firearms, whoever has firearms with great power, large number and fast rate of fire will win the war!" ”

Miao Shao and Xu Ming's eyes widened, and they asked almost at the same time: "Which side has a high strategy and the other side has good firearms, who can win?" ”

Liu Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "In the short term, the side with the higher strategy has a better chance of winning, but with the development of firearms, there may be various firearms with great power and can destroy the world in the future, and at that time, the so-called strategy of the generals will be useless, because in the face of absolute power, any strategy is just a joke!" ”

Miao Shao and Xu Ming were thoughtful and stopped talking.

The words are divided into two ends.

At this time, in the Qing army, Huang Taiji, Dolgon, Duoduo, Ashan, Bai Yintu, Dai Shan, Du Du, Fan Wencheng and others had solemn faces, looking at the artillery battle in the distance and were silent.

Although only Huang Taiji has a clairvoyant mirror among the people, he can observe the battle situation relatively carefully, but everyone can hear the fierce roar of artillery, can see the chaotic scene of the Han army's flags, and see the Han army's battle flags falling continuously.

In such a situation, everyone knows how this artillery battle is going.

After a long time, Dai Shan said: "Your Majesty, the artillery team of the Han Army Banner in this battle has always fallen behind, I am afraid that the casualties caused to Liu Yanbu are not large, and it is meaningless to fight again, it is better to withdraw the army temporarily and consider it in the long run." ”

Huang Taiji nodded and said: "Okay, order the Han army to withdraw all flags, and at the same time order the Mongolian two red flags and two blue flags to assemble behind the Han army's flags, ready to intercept Liu Yan's troops."

of pursuit. ”

"Huh."

As the melodious horn sounded, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others suddenly cried with joy, and the emperor finally ordered the withdrawal of the army.

The soldiers and horses of the banners of the Han army hurriedly dragged the artillery and retreated, and the musketeers of the banners quickly retreated, and everyone seemed to be a ghost, picking up all kinds of supplies and running away.

At this time, the banners of the Han army faced the shelling of the artillery battalion of the new army, although the casualties were not small, but there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but at this time they were like lost dogs, even if the new army did not pursue, these Han army banners and horses were also horrified, until they were stopped by the Mongols who supervised the battle behind, and the shaking momentum of the army was contained.

When Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong, Liu Zhiyuan and others returned to the Chinese army in embarrassment, and when they saw Huang Taiji, they knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

"The minions and others have failed to severely damage Liu Yan's departments, please ask Your Majesty to surrender!"

Huang Taiji said in a steady tone in front of the owners of the banners of Manchuria: "Liu Yanbu's artillery fire is sharp, and the banners of the Han army are still fighting to the death and not retreating, I am very relieved in my heart. In today's battle, Zhong Aiqing must sum up the lessons for the next battle. ”

Everyone saw that Huang Taiji did not blame, and their hearts were warm, and they wept and kowtowed to apologize.

Huang Taiji ordered everyone to go back to reorganize the soldiers and horses, and first retreat to the large camp more than ten miles to the east. Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others were even more flattered and kowtowed again.

When all the Manmeng flag owners saw this, they all looked disdainful, and Fan Wencheng couldn't hold it on his face when he saw it, and looked sideways to the side.

After Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others left happily, Huang Taiji said to everyone: "This battle can know the fire of the banners of the Han army

Force is still not Liu Yanbu's opponent, in the future, my Qing warriors must be more careful, and treat Liu Yanbu with outwitting as the best policy. ”

Everyone agreed.

At this time, Fan Wencheng said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Liu Yan won't be fooled." Now Minister Liu Yan is engaged in frontal hard fighting, and the terrain here is conducive to frontal combat, and the situation is very unfavorable to our army. ”

Huang Taiji asked, "What is Bachelor Fan's opinion?" ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Your Majesty, at present, how many Qinwang's army in the south of the Ming Kingdom is, and when it will return, our army is not clear. Those soldiers and horses of the Ming State have Liu Yanbu as their backing, and their combat power will increase a lot, so the longer this battle drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to our Qing Dynasty. ”

"Therefore, our army should abandon the direction of Pinggu, the whole army should go north, pass through Malanyu Pass out of the boundary of Beizhili, and then detour to the west from outside the pass, enter Beizhili again from Modaoyu, and the army will go straight to Miyun Town, and then go south through Changping Prefecture and go straight to Beijing City!"

Huang Taiji thought for a long time when he heard this, but did not reply immediately.

At this time, Shi Shan asked: "Liu Yan is not an idle person, will he let our army move calmly?" ”

Fan Wencheng said awe-inspiringly: "I am willing to be the messenger and go to Liu Yan's army to show Liu Yan that our army is ready to withdraw and return to the north, and make peace with Liu Yan!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, but Huang Taiji laughed and said: "Bachelor Fan is a good plan, and he must prepare more gifts to express my heart for peace in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Huang Taiji looked to the west, and saw that Liu Yan's new army was being mobilized, and there seemed to be signs of stepping on the ice to cross the river, so he said to everyone: "Okay, order the flags to slowly retreat, and the matter of Liu Yanbu should be discussed after going back." ”