Chapter 348 Military spirit, human heart, willpower
"fire..."
Dong dong dong...
"Quickly, fight back for me..."
Bang bang bang...
The smoke of Dasheng Pass did not dissipate from early morning to dusk. The scrapped artillery and muskets were randomly discarded aside. The two sides even launched several hand-to-hand battles on the pass.
Yang Qi's face was ashen, and beside him stood Wang Jiayin wrapped in bandages.
Yang Qi looked sideways at Wang Jiayin and said leisurely: "General Wang, is this feasible?"
Wang Jiayin was born as an old farmer in northern Shaanxi. If the county officials hadn't forced him too hard, he wouldn't have rebelled and become a bandit. Now after accepting the recruitment, he has become a dignified Shaanxi commander-in-chief, wearing an official uniform and eating royal food, but he still can't change the peasantry. The country bumpkin spirit.
"Well, it's okay, you guys. It's just a victory over the pass. Marshal Yang can just watch it. It's just that after passing the pass, Marshal Yang still has to show off the property in the city."
Yang Qi sneered in his heart, but his face was expressionless: "As long as General Wang can break through the victory, I will never stop you from doing anything."
Wang Jiayin had previously disrupted Yang Qi's deployment. Originally, Mao Shi's surrender was part of the plan. Even if Mao Shi pretended to surrender, Yang Qi could have taken advantage of the chaos and led his troops to attack Dasheng Pass. Who knew that Wang Jiayin's troops on the left were in Mao? When the time switch was turned on, a swarm of swarms rushed into Guancheng, causing Yang Qi, who was the main force, to be blocked outside.
Mao Shi, who was pretending to surrender, saw that the Northern Army had been fooled, so he resorted to closing the door and beating the dog. If Yang Qi had not ordered artillery cover, otherwise Wang Jiayin who entered the city would have been kept in the city by Mao Shi.
The firearms of both sides include flintlock muskets and Shenwu cannons exported from Songjiang. However, the exported Shenwu cannons are no longer as far and powerful as the original ones, that is, they are more advanced than the old-fashioned general cannons.
Even so, the artillery battle between the two sides was still extremely fierce. Wang Jiayin's troops, who were accustomed to hand-to-hand combat, even overwhelmed the southern army defending the city.
Mao Shi's face was not relaxed. Although reinforcements and supplies were coming from Nanjing in a steady stream, the city wall before Dasheng Pass had been breached by them once. Although it had been repaired, it was not as strong as before.
Luo Rucai's eyes shone because he clearly saw the rammed earth layer exposed on the wall of Dasheng Guanxi section: "Go and tell Zijin Liang... No, tell Vice General Wang that the Dasheng Guanxi section can be broken."
Before Luo Rucai's soldiers could find Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang in the distance also saw the rammed earth layer, so he went to Wang Jiayin, his direct leader, and asked the artillery to focus on the Dasheng Guanxi section of the city wall.
Wang Jiayin had just arrived from Yang Qi's side. When he heard that the rammed soil layer was being blasted out by artillery, he was overjoyed and immediately asked Wang Ziyong, who was in charge of the artillery, to support him.
"General, something bad is going on. The western section, the wall in the western section is about to lose its hold."
Before Mao Shi could hear clearly what the messenger said, a violent shaking occurred amidst the sound of artillery, and then he clearly saw dust rising all over the sky in Guancheng on the west side.
"Go and see what's going on."
"The Northern Army is coming to the city..."
"Quick, stop them..."
"The city wall collapsed... collapsed..."
When Mao Shi saw the defeated troops coming towards him, he made up his mind and sent the supervising team forward. More than 300 musketeers stood in front, and a Qianhu officer scolded the fleeing defenders, but it had no effect at all.
"put..."
Bang bang bang... bang bang bang...
The continuous gunshots knocked down the fleeing defenders, and then they stopped thinking about fleeing.
Mao Shi drew out his long sword and shouted: "Send the order, the right battalion immediately reinforces Guancheng and concentrates all the tiger crouching artillery to attack the gap in the city wall."
The Crouching Tiger Cannon is a sharp weapon in close combat. This tactic was learned from Liang Fan.
"Kill..."
"Grab the big victory..."
"Go ahead..."
As the commander of the right-wing battalion, Gao Yingxiang took advantage of the time lag before Luo Rucai and the others could catch up, and led more than 5,000 men under his command to rush towards the eastern section of the city wall in the opposite direction.
"Is Gao Chuang crazy?"
Wang Ziyong had a headache, but he thought that Gao Yingxiang, as his confidant, would definitely not act haphazardly, so he did not issue an order to stop him.
The western section of the city wall was broken, but it was supposed to be the easiest place to break through. Then Gao Yingxiang, as Wang Ziyong's confidant, had already seen that the western section of the city wall would be the most difficult place to attack, so he turned his gun to the intact eastern section of the city wall. Although it was a waste of time, Gao Yingxiang believed that this side would be the first to be breached.
"Kill..."
"Tiger Crouching Cannon Ignition..."
"fire..."
Accompanied by violent explosions, more than a dozen squatting tiger cannons sprayed countless small lead bullets at the gap, spraying towards the Qin troops whose eyes were glowing with blazing light.
Suddenly the sky was filled with blood mist, and wailing was everywhere.
Luo Rucai was shocked. If he, as a general, had not been trapped in the middle of the team, he would definitely be number one among the scattered corpses in front of Guancheng.
"Withdraw...withdraw..."
"What is Luo Rucai doing?"
Wang Jiayin shouted loudly because he saw the troops retreating like a tide from Guancheng in the western section.
"Siege the city..."
Gao Yingxiang shouted, and his general Ma Guangyu immediately rushed forward with two thousand people carrying ladders.
Gao Yingxiang suffered great losses from the firearms of the imperial army. After a group of Tianfang merchants sold them many advanced firearms for free, Gao Yingxiang became the general who valued firearms most among Wang Jiayin's camp.
"Raise the gun..."
"put..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
The two sides launched a fierce musket shootout at the foot of Guancheng. Surprisingly, both groups used flintlock muskets.
Gao Yingxiang fully searched for ways to restrain the flintlock rifle in several battles, and finally he came up with the idea of wrapping a large iron shield.
"The enemy troops are coming to the city..."
On the western section of the city wall, Mao Shi was directing the battle. He had lost count of how many times he had beaten out the Qin troops who tried to rush in. However, at this moment, shouts of "The enemy is approaching the city" entered his mind. in the ears.
In the distance, Yang Qi put down his telescope, then looked at the general beside him, and sneered: "These unruly people really have some tricks up their sleeves."
Many of the official generals in the army headed by Yang Qi looked down upon Wang Jiayin's subordinates who had recruited rogue bandits, so they privately called them 'unruly people' or 'thieves'. Of course, although Wang Jiayin knew a little about it, But don't care about it, after all, he is also an official.
And people like Yang Qi are also more taboo about Wang Jiayin, because this group of thieves has been the main force all the way. After Yang He recruited people, he also comforted him greatly, and he was worried that this group of people would rebel again.
Wang Jiayin was overjoyed when he saw that Gao Yingxiang's side had actually captured Guancheng in the eastern section. He immediately ordered Wang Ziyong to reinforce Gao Yingxiang, and then used artillery to suppress the damaged Guancheng in the western section.
Accompanied by loud shouts, Yang Qi chuckled, and then looked back at the generals: "Interesting, come here, tell the Commander-in-Chief that the forward army has broken through the Dasheng Pass, please ask the Commander-in-Chief to move the camp. .”
"yes..."
"Commander, should we go in too?"
Facing the deputy general's inquiry, Yang Qi shook his head coldly: "The supervisor has given them benefits. The victory over the Dasheng Pass is their merit. Don't rob it, otherwise these unruly people will not reason with you and let them rob it." Go ahead, let’s go in after an hour.”
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Song Che did not dare to neglect, because a steady stream of defeated soldiers were rushing towards Fengtai Gate.
"Mao Shi failed?"
Li Wanchang was a little frightened when he arrived, but he soon returned to normal. The fall of Jiangbei meant that the battle to defend Nanjing had begun, and the loss of Dasheng Pass meant the loss of Nanjing's last barrier.
"General Song..."
Song Che heard the sound and clasped his fists towards Li Wanchang: "Mr. Chang Guo, do you have any good ideas?"
Song Che is only responsible for guarding the city, and he is a member of Liang Fan's troops. If something goes wrong, he can turn around and run away.
As the coach of Nanjing, Li Wanchang cannot show a trace of fear at this moment, otherwise the morale of the army will not be guaranteed: "The city is full of 170,000 defenders. As long as there is no accident, even if Yang He's entire army is pressed, we will not be able to break through Nanjing. Besides, we still have cold." More than a hundred artillery pieces and a large number of muskets came from the king's support;
Most of the Qin army was recruited by rogue bandits, and they could not bear heavy casualties;
General Song was asked to guard Fengtai Gate, and Ande Gate was handed over to me. "
Song Che clasped his fists again. After Li Wanchang personally went out of the city to collect the defeated troops, Song Che summoned his own soldiers: "Go to the Marquis of Jinshan's Mansion to deliver a message, saying that Dasheng Pass has been lost, and asking the Marquis of Jinshan to make preparations in advance."
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After Yang He crossed the river, he summoned several of his generals outside Dasheng Pass.
"Emperor Zhaolie has had five tiger generals, and now I also have five commanders. It is really a blessing for the imperial court. Nanjing will soon be unavailable, and all the armies should work together with me."
Du Wenhuan was not there, and Yang Qi, He Huchen, Yang Jiamo, and Wang Jiayin all clasped their fists and said, "We are ordered to take Nanjing by the command of the governor."
Capturing Nanjing was such an honor. Jinling was of great significance. This was the goal that Emperor Chongzhen devoted all his efforts to. He even reached an agreement with Jiannu and established a private kingdom of brothers.
"The troops under Commander Wang used excessive force in this battle. I have already written a memorial and recorded all of them in the military merit book. Once Nanjing is recovered, I believe you and the other five will definitely be awarded titles."
A title...
After Chongzhen came to power, he didn't have a single title, even in such a difficult situation.
Among them, Wang Jiayin is the most jealous. After all, he was born as a farmer. He rebelled because he couldn't have enough to eat and became an upper-class figure in the Ming Dynasty. The span was so large that many substantial changes took place in his heart.
"General Wang..."
Hearing Yang He's voice, Wang Jiayin immediately stepped out and clasped her fists: "Master Supervisor..."
"You are a pioneer..."
"It's an order..."
After Wang Jiayin left, General Yang Jiamo, one of the five commanders, immediately said: "Sir, why did Wang Jiayin's unit be the vanguard?"
This is what other people mean too.
Yang He let out a long breath, looked at the remaining four people, and said after a long time: "Although the country employs talents in any way, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty...
It has to be clear and clear..."
Although the four of them were all generals, they immediately read the taste. You looked at me and I looked at you and sneered. Almost everyone was praying in their hearts for Wang Jiayin, who had the idea of becoming a marquis and a prime minister.
Brother, don't die too quickly...
