At midnight, more than a dozen divine fire flying crows were launched from the Qi army's fortresses. The rockets dragged their long tail flames into the opposite artillery position, exploding brilliant sparks and igniting several coated tents. The Qing army's red The huge cannon was removed in advance and only killed dozens of the night watchers.
The Qing army symbolically fired a few artillery shells towards the opposite side. Because it was a temporary launch and the bombardment direction was not marked in advance, it was not known where the iron balls flew after they came out of the barrel.
I don’t know if it was because of concealing their strength. On the night of the first day of the war, neither Qi nor Qing launched a night attack. The ruler of Korea, Li Shunyi, asked the Qing emperor several times for a fight, asking him to lead the Korean soldiers to pursue the victory. However, Du Du decisively reject.
Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong were aware of everything and knew the intentions of these Korean sticks. These night attacks were fake, but fishing in troubled waters was real. When Xianglan Banner retreated last evening, the Qi army had not had time to move back the grain and grass supplies left at Laohutai. , Li Shunyi has always been interested in food.
In the second half of the night, the artillery on both sides finally stopped, the battlefield returned to tranquility, and tens of thousands of soldiers fell asleep.
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Jin Yinghe opened the window lattice of the tower room and rubbed his sleepy eyes. The last quarter moon slowly set, and a touch of fish belly white appeared in the eastern sky.
He walked down from the attic and leaned on the railing at the south gate to look far away. At some point, a thin layer of mist rose from the field. Directly opposite the Qing army's Zhenghongqi camp, the noisy sound of the slaves making fires and cooking could be heard.
"The Tatars are about to attack again."
Jin Yinghe witnessed the entire process of the fall of Laohutai with his own eyes. Although Kang Ying gave repeated orders in advance, ordering the city wall defenders to stick to the city and not attack without permission, the Korean general could not help but want to bring his archers to confront the Qing army. shoot.
After witnessing the power of Wuzhenhachao artillery, Jin Yinghe gave up the idea. Jinnige told generals Jin Yinghe, Zhao Lijiao and Qi Jin:
The many independent small fortresses in the fortress group can force the Qing army to disperse their ranks, and can also prevent the Qing army's infantry and artillery fire reinforcements. The soldiers guarding the small fortresses will die one by one.
The guards on the city wall belonged to Shenyang's second line of defense. Only when the Qing army, which was trapped in a bitter battle in the fortress group, showed a tendency to collapse, could the city wall defenders consider attacking and switch from defense to attack, thereby reversing the battlefield situation.
Jin Yinghe couldn't understand this kind of fortress tactics that focused on defense. He felt that with the current field combat capabilities of the Qi army, they could send the main force to the outskirts of Shenyang, leaving only a small number of troops to defend the city, and the large army would fight with Jiannu in the wilderness. Defeat Jiannu and determine the outcome in one battle.
This fortress complex designed by Xu Guangqi of Jinni Pavilion and others is actually equivalent to a giant meat grinder. In terms of killing people, its efficiency is comparable to the most perfect war machine.
Of course, everything needs to be tested in war.
Jin Yinghe inspected the defense of the south gate again and sent three messengers to inquire about the situation of the defenders of other gates. At this time, low conch trumpets sounded from all directions outside Shenyang City. Then, a thunderous sound of artillery fire suddenly sounded, and the sound of artillery was so dense that it was difficult to distinguish.
Before dawn, the Qing gunners who had finished breakfast immediately began to bombard the Qi Army fortresses.
The large-caliber 42-pound gunboat cannon tore through the morning light. The shells hit the fortress trenches with thunderous force, setting off large swaths of mud. Several parapets in front of the trenches were penetrated by the shells and collapsed.
Jin Yinghe put down the telescope in his hand and held the crenel with his hand, feeling that the city wall under his feet was shaking slightly.
The 42-pound cannon began to dissipate after two rounds of shelling. The remaining red cannons continued to bombard. The shells hit the surface of the Qi army's fortress like raindrops, making a dull banging sound. Bricks and rubble continued to fall off the piers, and the shells fell. It was so dusty that some low fortresses were almost submerged in ruins.
After the shelling continued for half an hour, the giant cannon assisted by the red-haired barbarians finally stopped.
Accompanied by a burst of crackling fire cannons, two thousand Wuzhen Chao fire cannon soldiers lined up in a horizontal line. Amidst the roar of the red-haired Yi instructors, all Han Eight Banners fire cannon soldiers stabbed the front bayonets of their fire cannons diagonally into the sky. , marching towards the fortress group in the distance with fairly neat steps.
The weapon in Wuzhen Hachao's hand was the Type 22 flintlock gun that had long been eliminated by the Qi army. Under Du Du's desperate urging and Hetuala's craftsmen trying their best, they could only imitate it to this level. The maximum range of the Type 22 flintlock gun is slightly lower than that of the Type 25 (20 steps less). However, the Qing army has the advantage in artillery and manpower, so the infantry on both sides actually clashed, and the outcome was unknown.
Five hundred armored Aha armed with hoes, hatchets, baskets, rushed in front of the firecrackers, and hurriedly cleared the battlefield obstacles. They had to use these simple tools to clear mines, breastworks, and fill trenches.
Two thousand Zhengbai Banner infantrymen followed Uzhen Hachao. The Zhengbai Banner Zhenyi soldiers were all equipped with cold weapons. Each of them held a spear and a sword, and more than half of them were equipped with bows and arrows. Their mission was to wait until Uzhen Hachao broke through. On the outside of the fortress, they took advantage of the chaos and broke into the interior of the defenders, launching a fatal blow to the defenders in the fortress.
Zhenghongqi's 1,200 horsemen are responsible for covering the flanks of the Qing army. These skilled equestrians now face a serious problem. The Qi army's horses and iron caltrops placed on both sides of the fortress group seriously hinder the cavalry's progress, and the antlers and horse traps are severely hindered. It also made it impossible for the cavalry to form a formation. The Qing cavalry had to get together in twos and threes to avoid those deadly obstacles. The originally half-moon-shaped offensive formation became as jagged as if it had been gnawed by dogs.
boom! boom! boom!
The coated Ahabs who went ahead successfully stepped on the mine cannon and turned into clouds of blood mist in the muffled thunderous explosion.
The remaining cannon fodder was so frightened that they ran around. After several people were shot dead by the white-armored soldiers who followed them, they gradually regained their senses.
"Fill the trenches, knock down those parapets, kill all these Nikans, and then you can raise the flag!"
A stout white-armored soldier shouted to them in blunt Chinese from behind the cannon fodder. After saying this, he drew the bow string and shot at the cannon fodder who was screaming and running around.
Wu Zhenhachao slowly approached the fortress about 300 steps away. The red-haired Yi instructor observing from the side immediately blew his whistle, and all the gunners stopped moving forward and waited quietly for orders.
"Woo! Woo! Woo!"
Suddenly, everyone's attention was attracted by the conch horn that suddenly sounded from both wings.
It turned out that Saharian, the leader of the Zhenghong Banner, loudly ordered his cavalry to attack the Qi army's fortress.
Saharian is the youngest son of Daishan, and he is also Daishan’s favorite son. Perhaps it is to avenge Amma, or perhaps he wants to seize the first prize. This little Belle, who is only fifteen years old, cannot restrain his enthusiasm. , took the lead in launching an attack.
The two British instructors who were directing the Uzhenha Super Formation attack immediately cursed.
"Asshole, this madman, he'll kill us!"
"Fuck!"
The two English knights were shocked by this Oriental unauthorized action.
The attacking Zhenghongqi horsemen had about five hundred horses. The horses began to accelerate after entering a distance of two hundred steps from the fortress.
Aha, the coater in front, had cleared the obstacles for his masters, and Saharian's vests were making good progress. They fired light arrows at the Qi army behind the crenels.
The top of the fortress was quickly filled with dense arrow feathers, and five hundred horse armor shot thousands of light arrows, turning the first two fortresses into hedgehogs.
Sahalian looked at the Qi army's artillery soldiers who kept falling off the pier, with a proud look on his face. He smiled and said to Dorgon, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner next to him:
"Ni is vulnerable. Wu Zhenhachao has been firing artillery for so long. They don't even dare to fire back. It can be seen that they are frightened. Dorgon, you want to preserve your strength, but I don't! I'm here to fight. Yes! If the emperor had allowed Zheng Hongqi to fight earlier, the army would have invaded Shenyang City by now!"
Dorgon sneered twice and retorted sharply:
"Saharian, you forced Airli away, and now you want to harm our Zhengbaiqi? The emperor said that in today's battle, we must listen to the red-haired barbarians and not act without authorization."
After Dorgon said this, he no longer asked anything about this unruly little brother. He turned his horse around and went to explain to the red-haired Yi instructors what had just happened.
Saharian looked at Dorgon's attentive appearance in front of the red-haired Yi, and felt even more angry in his heart. He spat and said angrily:
"Slave! Liu Zhao and Sun are already dead, why are you so afraid of this!"
As soon as the leader of Zhenghongqi finished speaking, there was a burst of crackling firecrackers in front, followed by a deafening roar of artillery.
The Qi army's infantry field artillery, which had been silent for more than half an hour, all began to speak at this moment. Dozens of iron balls weighing two kilograms swept over the running horses, tearing the horses and riders running thirty steps away into pieces, and their morale was like a rainbow. The Zhenghongqi vest seemed to be cut off at the waist, and a large number of people fell down immediately.
"Back up! Back away three hundred steps!"
The surviving riders turned around and ran wildly, ignoring the dense Uzhenhachao fire gun soldiers in front, and collided head-on. They were immediately trampled by people and horses. Uzhenhachao, who was still lining up to load ammunition, was trampled to death and injured numerous times.
Groups of soldiers with weapons and artillery filed out from the fortress, lined up neatly, and fired at the buttocks of the horses running in front.
Under the counterattack supported by the Qi army's field fortifications, new rifles, bayonets and artillery, the five hundred Qing army vests were quickly defeated. The surviving cavalry tried to launch a counterattack. They risked their hopes to penetrate the junction of the two forts, where the Qi army seemed to be denser.
As expected, these vests were caught in the fire net, and under the joint siege of the two fortresses, they suffered all casualties.
