Chapter 233: Artillery Battle
Ningyuan City welcomes the grace gate.
When the soldiers learned that they were going out to line up to fight Di Yi, they were also stunned.
What kind of commander would give such a blind military order?
The soldiers slowly gathered outside, many of them did not go out on horseback, but led their horses out, and even worse, some of them didn't even bring horses, they seemed to have calculated that the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei would kill and run over, and the final result was to escape back to the city gate, so it was more realistic to wear armor and a shield to come out.
Anyway, the possibility of Duoyan Sanwei directly rushing over is not high, but he will shoot with a bow and crossbow from a long distance, why bring the horses out?
In case the horses were shot, the cavalry was converted to infantry, and the treatment plummeted.
"Hu Lu is coming!"
On the top of the city.
Qian Ying looked at the chaotic scene when the soldiers below went out of the city, and was very anxious, and then picked up the binoculars to look into the distance...... Even without binoculars, the enemy's cavalry could be seen rapidly approaching the city gates.
"How far is it?" Zhu Feng didn't have an intuitive impression of distance or anything.
Wang Qiong made a careful judgment and said, "It should be three miles, and it will not be within range." ”
"Wait!"
Zhu Feng was very nervous.
In the back, he grabbed a torch directly, and seemed to be going to light the cannon himself.
When Zhang Yanling saw this posture, he hurriedly wanted to go down to the city, but was stopped by the soldiers, and he yelled: "Get out!" Whoever stands in the way of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants his life. ”
Wang Qiong said: "Don't go, Uncle Jianchang!" You're leaving your post without permission, Di Yi won't be able to enter the city gate! ”
"Get out of the way!"
Zhang Yanling really almost had to fight with the soldiers around him who blocked him, and in the end he was carried into the city gate tower.
"It's close, it's close!"
The person who shouted this was a general under Qian Ying at the head of the city.
"Where's the crossbow, what about the crossbow? Artillery preparation ...... If he kills him, let him go......"
Qian Ying and others were gossiping, and in the end, they didn't know whether the military order would be implemented.
Just on the eastern part of the city, the head of the city wall has become a pot of porridge.
Chen Rui looked at this posture, shook his head helplessly, and thought in his heart, expecting such a group of people to fight, I was really blinded by lard before, why don't I bring out the soldiers, are the soldiers fighting in Liaodong like this?
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Before the Ying'en Gate, the cavalry went out of the city gate less than 200 horses.
It seems that everyone knows that going out of the city gate today is to come out to die, and they still have to be able to return to the city at a critical time.
At this time, the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei had already killed within two miles of the city gate.
Over here...... It is already within the range of the improved sub-mother cannon by Zhang Zhou.
"Ready!"
Zhu Feng shouted, only to remember that this group of gunners had been commanding with the order flag from the beginning, and they were going to take out the command flag, and in a panic, the command flag fell to the ground.
It was Wang Qiong who helped him pick it up, and then pressed his hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Anbianbo, we will win this battle." ”
Wang Qiong is still knowledgeable.
As long as the people of Duoyan Sanwei dare to approach the city, reach the range of the Franc cannon, and send the shells to the enemy camp, this battle is a sure win, even if the follow-up finds that the opponent's lineup is still neat and does not send troops to pursue, the result is also very stable.
Now I am afraid that Zhu Feng and his soldiers will mess up.
"Who gave you confidence?" Ren Liang poured cold water on the side.
Ren Liang was also nervous.
If the people of Duoyan Sanwei were not limited to driving the Ming Dynasty army back, but directly attacked the city...... Now the 200 cavalry who went out in a posture are too late to come back, and the city gate is too late to close, so they can only rely on the inner city gate to block it at a critical time...... It's not good.
"Ready!"
At a critical time, it was Wang Qiong who came out to take the lead.
All twelve guns had already pointed their barrels in the direction of the enemy position.
Wang Qiong patted Zhu Feng on the shoulder again, meaning that you should do the first shot yourself, Zhu Feng seemed to have finally found comfort and support at a critical time, and first lit the cannon in front of him with a torch.
"Go away! Don't blow up! ”
After Zhu Feng lit the fire, he also ordered the people around him to disperse.
Before Ren Liang and the others could remind him, they had already hid far away, but Wang Qiong did not leave, as if they wanted to fight side by side with him.
"Bang!"
The first cannon rang out under the eyes of everyone, and a black thing erupted from the barrel, and from the angle and initial velocity alone, everyone in the city who had seen the cannon felt different.
The black cannonball, in full view of everyone, turned into a wonderful parabola in the air, and then fell on the ...... of the Duoyan cavalry Beside.
Not sure?!
It seems to be reasonable, when the cavalry is rushing, it is impossible to line up to bombard Ling, so don't the cavalry of the three guards have any experience in defense? Even if you think that your artillery range is not enough, you should also be on guard against the recent terrifying "mighty heavenly gunpowder", in case Daming buried this thing outside the city, we are not looking for death when we stand together?
When the shells hit the ground.
Although it didn't directly hit any of them.
But then there was a dazzling fire, and then a "boom" came.
I saw that where the shells landed, a huge fire exploded on the spot, and with the firelight, in addition to the dust and smoke, there were horses and soldiers that were directly blown away, and lead bullets and stones that flew up, which shook the cavalry dozens of meters or even hundreds of meters around.
"Wow!"
Just this cannon stunned the panicked soldiers at the head of the city.
For a while, the air seemed to be quiet.
Time seemed to stand still.
The city gate was crowded with the Ming cavalry who were about to enter the city, and because of the appearance of this scene, they lost their minds for a while, as if everyone had forgotten that their next goal should be to escape......
Are you sure you want to go through the city gates?
"Bang ......"
Before everyone could get out of the shock of the explosion, the other eleven cannons on the head of the city also rang out almost at the same time.
Six or seven of them were flowered rounds, while the rest were shotguns.
Before the eleven shells landed, Zhu Feng waved the order flag again and shouted: "Change the ammunition!" ”
The soldiers responsible for firing the artillery, there are about fifty or sixty people, not ordinary border soldiers, not even the soldiers of the Beijing camp, but the Jinyi guards carefully selected by the East Factory, at least at the level of a small flag, they usually show off their might, and they can't be ambiguous at critical times.
And after a lot of training, they know best what they are here for.
In fact, before Zhu Feng gave the order, when the first shot was issued, there were already two people next to him carrying heavy "magazines" to replace them.
The soldiers on the tower of the city gate blinked, and the second round of artillery magazines were already equipped.
And at this time.
The shells that were released had only just hit the ground.
"Boom ......"
The cannon explodes the moment it is discharged, and it also explodes when it lands, not only with flowering shells, but also with shotguns.
The cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei saw what it meant to be a "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers", and when they found that the shells were coming in their direction, they basically didn't have to hide, just wait for death.
Because there is no place to hide, the coverage is too large, and I can only hope that my helmet is hard enough to block the fatal blow.
But it looks ......
It's just a luxury.
"Boom!"
Every time there was an explosion, there were cavalry all around, and at this time they were still nearly two miles away from the city gate, which was still far from the range of their bows and crossbows, so that many cavalry were directly "head-on" in the momentum, leaving no space and room for reaction and turning.
In the middle of the charge, it is impossible to turn around on the spot, otherwise the cavalry that will rush after will collide with you.
But just after a volley, he was lucky not to be hit, or the scope was not large, and he was not killed but injured, thinking that he could escape by luck, and was ready to take revenge or escape...... The next round of shells flew from the air to his side......
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"This ...... This ......"
Ren Liang had already hid in the city gate building, and when he saw the two volleys, when the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei had been blown up, he had already come out of the city gate building and stood in front of Zhu Feng.
"Put!"
Zhu Feng's face was flushed at this time, and he couldn't care about anything at this time because of his brain congestion, in his eyes, he could only hurry up and finish the five rounds of salvos.
That's all there is to the shells.
And Zhang Zhou said that it is unlikely that the chamber will be blown up within five rounds, but if it is after five rounds, it is uncertain.
Zhang Zhou didn't start to work on this thing until after the anniversary, the steel cannon body was very material-intensive, and Zhang Zhou's coal mine hadn't been opened yet, let alone iron ore...... There is no guarantee at all, it is not easy to cast these cannons, in general, it is ...... I was able to put five rounds of 60 rounds of cannons out of the way, and I had done my best.
If these sixty shells did not have the desired effect, then it is better to huddle in the city and wait for the three guards to escape.
When Wang Qiong saw Ren Liang coming, she covered her ears with one hand and said loudly with the other: "Did the cavalry from the rest of the city gates go out?" ”
Ren Liang was stunned, and then grabbed Qian Ying: "Did you go out?" ”
"This ......"
Qian Ying was also questioned.
Before and after the tea work, he was a little uncomfortable with this change, he wanted to say, where do I know where to go?
"Ping Jiangbo!"
Wang Qiong yelled.
Chen Rui's armor has been put on with the help of his generals at this time: "Wang Langzhong, don't worry, the last general will go to lead the troops!" ”
Wang Qiong wanted to say, why did you go earlier?
Before, the cavalry went out of the city to line up, and it seems that even a decent general did not go out with them...... The point is, they're all afraid of death!
Only the cavalry with no status was ordered to go out as cannon fodder arrows, and now look at the city gate tower, the soldiers are no longer squeezing to the city gate, but desperately squeezing to the city gate, and the cavalry on the other side of the city gate is blocked by the city wall, they don't know what is happening outside, but they feel that the direction of the city gate seems to be empty......
"Bang ......"
Artillery salvos continue.
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The cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei was also brave and good at fighting, but they were also beaten by the sudden cannonballs and could not find the north.
After three volleys, the cavalry of the Doyan Sanwei had to retreat.
Nothing can stop the power of the Great Ming cannonball, not even a heavy shield.
When the soldiers of Duoyan Sanwei watched their companions being blown apart, they seemed to have experienced the experience and state of mind of being in the fire screen in the city of Yatou Pass, it was really ......
Not in one era, not in one order of magnitude.
They are like a group of children with sticks, facing the tiger and wolf army of the Ming Dynasty.
The soldiers and horses of Duoyan Sanwei did not know how many rounds the artillery of the Ming Dynasty could fire.
They only knew that now they could only retreat quickly and avoid the range of the Ming artillery.
In addition to saving your life right now...... They don't care about anything else.
What kind of honor and shame seems to have no meaning compared to fate.
If it's a frontal bloody battle, you can still fight for honor, and if it's a cannonball from the sky...... Can you die more heroically when talking about honor? Or is it more uniform when it is blown away and the body is torn apart?
The cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei, how brave they were when they charged, how embarrassed they were when they fled for their lives, many of them were not dismounted by bombs, they were directly turned so quickly that the horses rolled over on their sides, and some were tripped by the horses and bodies of their companions, and there were not a few who collided with each other......
There were only sixty shells, which could not cover all the shells, and the shells were just a primer, and the rest of the confusion was more due to the fact that the Duoyan Three Guards cavalry trampled on each other out of fear.
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"Wang Langzhong, I'll leave it to you here, I'm going into battle!" After Zhu Feng gave the order to send out all five rounds of cannonballs, he handed over the order flag to Wang Qiong, while he himself was wearing armor.
Wang Qiong didn't expect Zhu Feng to be so responsible.
"Anbianbo, you don't have to go yourself!" Wang Qiong reminded.
Wang Qiong deliberately looked around when he spoke, except for Ren Liang, who was still standing there in a daze as if he hadn't come back to his senses, all the generals in the city who could ride horses went down to the city tower to reorganize their men and horses to pursue the remnants of the Duoyan Division.
Even Zhang Yanling was dragged out of the city by Chen Rui.
The city, which was originally very lively, is now a bit deserted.
Zhu Fengdao: "As the commander-in-chief, if you can't take the lead, how can you ask the soldiers?" ”
After speaking, Zhu Feng lifted his fire gun and saber, and led people down the city tower.
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"Quick, keep up with him!" Ren Liang lay in front of the battlements and looked outside with a telescope for a long time, turned around and found that Zhu Feng was not there, and then saw that Zhu Feng had already gone down to the city, and quickly grabbed the two soldiers.
He wanted someone to stop Zhu Feng.
"Father-in-law Ren, what does this mean?" The soldier was puzzled.
Ren Liang saw that Zhu Feng had turned over and got on the horse, and he didn't care about anything else, so he shouted: "Lead our horse!" ”
Wang Qiong saw this scene on the side, but she just sneered and didn't care.
It seems that Wang Qiong knows Ren Liang's intentions......
The probability of winning this battle is basically ten percent, even if Ren Liang is not the first merit, there will be a sum of his credit in the book, but if the commander of this battle, Zhu Feng, encounters any accident, and Zhu Feng is the "head horse" of Zhang Zhou, a close minister trusted by the emperor, at that time, whether you Ren Liang has merit or demerit, just say two.
From Ren Liang's point of view, Zhu Feng must be tied up in the city now, only in this way can the credit be secured.
But Zhu Feng doesn't seem to care about all this, he has experienced the battle of Eccentria Pass, and he is not a novice in charging into battle, after the tempering of these two battles, he seems to be more mature and steady, and he did not hesitate at all when leading his troops out of the city.
Just after Zhu Fenggang took some of his men out of the city, Ren Liang also took his people out of the city.
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The pursuit began.
This is simply a competition for credit, those who go out of the city late, and those who have bad legs and feet are naturally at a disadvantage in grabbing credit, especially those who went out of the city first, have already killed the enemy camp, and cut off the heads of Di Yi who are already lying on the ground or running on their legs.
Zhang Yanling, as the deputy commander-in-chief, went out of the city relatively early.
Although he had deliberately lowered the speed of his horse, he still rushed to the enemy camp relatively early, and there happened to be an unlucky guy lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and when he found it, he rode directly to the front, and first trampled the man with his hooves a few times, and then rushed to pull out his saber to cut off the man's head.
"Uncle Jianchang, be careful!"
But at this time, a large number of Zhu Feng's cavalry also rushed over.
The Duoyan cavalry, which had been bombed first and then trampled on the ground, had lost their resistance, but at the critical time, they burst out with a strong will to survive, taking advantage of the gap when Zhang Yanling was very unskilled in drawing the knife, he had already held the sabers scattered on the ground in his hands, and he was about to cut Zhang Yanling when he got up with difficulty.
Replaced by an ordinary soldier, the other party has little strength, and he will not let the other party succeed at this moment, even if he turns his horse and runs, this person has no chance to cut the knife on himself.
But Zhang Yanling didn't have that level, he fought with his saber.
The more anxious I was, the more I couldn't pull out the knife.
Fortunately, at this time, Zhu Feng led the troops to rush over, Zhu Feng was born in the Wuxun family, and he was not enough than the above, but he was still a lot stronger than Zhang Yanling, and it was also because he had a lot of momentum, and after coming over, he directly knocked over the Duoyan soldier with a horse, and this time the Duoyan soldier was lying on the ground and was completely powerless to fight back.
Zhu Feng didn't compete with Zhang Yanling and continued to move forward.
Zhang Yanling experienced the scene just now, and his soul was almost gone, and he originally wanted to go out of the city to fish in troubled waters, but now he also broke off his mind about making any military achievements.
"Uncle, your credit!"
The thugs brought by Zhang Yanling arrived at this time, they didn't even have armor on them, but they didn't forget to leave the credit of "slaughtering a Di Yi with their own hands" to Zhang Yanling.
They also understand that if Zhang Yanling, who is on the battlefield for the first time, can kill a Tartar with his own hands, this awesome can be blown for a lifetime.
"Hold down! Hold! ”
Zhang Yanling saw that there were all Ming soldiers around him, and he was no longer afraid, so he directly dismounted with a knife, and first kicked the man: "What a big boldness, want to kill Lao Tzu?" Look at Lao Tzu not to kill you! ”
The soldier looked loveless.
is very contemptuous of Zhang Yanling.
It's a shame that a person who can't even hold a knife will die at the hands of such a person.
Zhang Yanling swung his knife and slashed over, originally to cut his neck, but he didn't swing it and slashed it on the opponent's helmet, but the other party didn't have a, but his knife was cut and rolled up.
"Master, the villain's knife, you use it!"
Zhang Yanling and a bunch of his men surrounded a Duoyan cavalry who had no ability to resist, and it took a lot of effort to finally "saw" off the man's head.
"Uncle Jianchang, have you ever seen An Bianbo?"
Ren Liang arrived with a team of cavalry.
Zhang Yanling pointed to the front and said, "Just passed." Ren father-in-law, I won't chase it. This credit ......"
Ren Liang didn't bother to pay attention to it, and led people to continue chasing.
Zhang Yanling just cut off someone else's head, and his stomach was still full of meat and vegetables, but his subordinates were very happy to carry their heads and said, "Master has made meritorious service!" ”
"Fuck off! Lao Tzu almost died! Into the city, into the city! ”
(End of chapter)