The sky is bright and the morning breeze is blowing.
The humidity in southwestern Sichuan is very high, especially in summer. The moisture in the mountains and wilderness overnight has slowly risen at dawn, forming a layer of thick fog that envelopes the entire Daguan Town battlefield. Occasionally, one or two birds chirped, making this morning particularly quiet.
I don’t know if it’s because all the cannon fodder in the Green Camp have been shot, or because it’s time to “punch out”? Anyway, starting from early this morning, the fighting on the battlefield of Daguan Town has been suspended.
The Qing soldiers retreated to their positions built in the mountains and forests to the north of Daguan Town, and there was no movement at all.
Wu Bing did not take advantage of the victory to launch an attack. They just sent people to clean up the battlefield, and by the way "resurrected" the Green Camp soldiers who had been knocked down by cannons and guns and took them away. Then they used carts, shields, and horse-repelling guns to form a front line seven or eight miles long. After finishing their work, they made no sound. I wonder if they went to bed?
And when it gets brighter, countless sharp blades condensed with morning dew are flashing on the Qing army's front!
Sixteen Weiyuan general cannons had been carried to the front of the Qing army's formation at this time. They were lined up one next to the other. Each cannon was covered by a side plate. In front of the side plate, there was also a anti-horse gun placed in front of it to prevent They were attacked by Wu Jun's bamboo spear cavalry.
Wang Zhongxiao, Na Qin, Wang Leiyong, and Yu Haitao each led thirty or forty cavalry, and immediately stood behind the cannons of General Weiyuan, all with long faces.
Because they were tricked by that old guy Yue Le into a night shift and even an early morning shift in the middle of the night last night, everyone was seizing the time to catch up on sleep, while they helped Dai Zi's people carry the cannon!
Although they all have a lot of strength, none of them have ever done the physical work of "carrying a cannon". They are all masters!
What makes them even more angry than "picking up cannons" is that they still have to guard these unlucky cannons until this morning Dai Zi's people used them to complete the bombardment of Wu Bing's front line!
These cannons are now placed at the forefront. If the Wu army on the opposite side finds out and launches a cavalry assault, their lives will be in danger!
But no matter how unhappy they felt, they did not dare to disobey Prince An Yue Le, who was already a little angry. Yue Le now also chops off the heads of those with yellow belts and red belts. In Yue Le's eyes, their heads are nothing, so he will just chop them off.
However, Wang Zhongxiao didn't intend to really fight against Wu Bing's Bamboo Lancers - he "invented" this bamboo lance cavalry's tactics. How powerful was the impact? Didn't he know?
If Wu Bing's cavalry really came to kill him, he would have to find a place to escape. But it would not be easy to escape! Because Yue Le placed these dozen unlucky Weiyuan general cannons in the center of the battle line.
No matter which way Wang Zhongxiao ran, he had to pass in front of a large section of the Qing army's front!
Moreover, the Wu soldiers on the opposite side didn't know that he was one of their own, so they might have shot him with a shotgun! Although his martial arts is very powerful, no matter how good his martial arts is, he is still afraid of shotguns!
Therefore, if you want to escape, it is best to wait for Yue Le's Qing army to launch a decisive attack before running away. Whether you can survive until this time depends on God's will!
While Wang Zhongxiao was praying to God silently in his heart, suddenly the sound of horse hoofbeats came, luckily it came from behind him! Wang Zhongxiao looked back and saw a royal guard holding an order flag coming on horseback. As he raced, he shouted: "Your Majesty has an order, fire the cannon."
The wait is finally here!
Wang Zhongxiao breathed a sigh of relief and immediately shouted together: "Quick, quick, quick, shoot out all the explosive bombs, and then blow up the troops and close the team!"
"嗻!"
A gunner who was born in the Han Army happily agreed, waved his arm suddenly, and shouted: "Bring the gunpowder!"
"嗻!"
A gunner agreed while bringing a silk medicine bag and stuffed it directly into the barrel of the gun.
"Load!" the gunner shouted again.
"嗻!"
The answer came from the two gunners, who were holding a bomb with four hands and carefully stuffed it into the thick barrel of the Weiyuan General Cannon. Then the gunner who had put the gunpowder just now had brought a prod and pressed the shell into the barrel again.
After he finished pressing the shells, the gunner took out two fuses, one long and one short. The long one was inserted into the fire door of the shell, and the short one was inserted into the fire door behind the butt of General Weiyuan's gun. Finally, he Take the fire fold, first light the fire line at the breech of the gun, and then light the fire line inserted in the blooming bullet.
After lighting the fire, the gunners spread out in all directions, squatted on the ground with their ears covered, and stopped chanting the "Hallelujah" curse. That Wang Zongrong has already explained that this time he does not aim for the most accurate shooting, but only aims for the fastest. After the shooting, he will run away.
Wang Zhongxiao also quickly rode his horse and retreated a dozen steps back. As soon as he stood up again next to a group of infantrymen of the Eight Banners New Army with ugly faces carrying shotguns, spears and swords, there was a continuous roar from the front.
The sixteen Weiyuan general cannons roared almost simultaneously, and tongues of fire spewed out from each muzzle!
These sixteen Weiyuan general cannons were placed less than 300 steps away from Wu Bing's line. If you hit them casually at this distance, they would not go anywhere. However, due to yesterday's waste, there are not many shells left in these Weiyuan general cannons. On average, each can fire seven or eight rounds.
As soon as the bombardment is over, it will be the turn of the infantrymen of the Eight Banners New Army carrying shotguns, spears, and swords to die!
The green battalion soldiers have been almost exhausted, and they can only let the Eight Banners Han troops and Baoyi minions take over - most of the vests in the Eight Banners New Army are Manchu and Mongolian flags, and most of the infantry are Han troops and Baoji minions. . Compared with the Han army and the Baoyi people, the Manqi and Mongolian flags are the real core of the Eight Banners soldiers!
Now that the army is about to be defeated, Yue Le must of course abandon the Han army and the Baoyi people and keep the most precious Manchu and Mongolian flags.
This group of Han soldiers and Baoyi people who were soldiers in the Eight Banners New Army already knew that something was wrong. Every one of them had a pale face and looked with red eyes at the Wu Bing position in front of them that they were about to attack with their flesh and blood. Yesterday In the evening, they were still escorting the green camp soldiers to die. Unexpectedly, today it would be their turn to be escorted to death by full and black flags.
Isn't this retribution coming too quickly?
"Rumble"
On the opposite side of Wu Bing's position, which was still shrouded in thick fog, clouds of smoke pillars suddenly rose up, shooting straight into the sky in different postures! The smoke column was not dense, after all, there were only sixteen cannons and about a hundred shells - if Wang Zhongxiao had it his way, these shells would have been fired yesterday. But that Dai Zi happened to hide some of them, and now they were all blasted out, blasting quite impressively in front of Wu Bing's formation.
Seeing that the position opposite seemed to be shrouded in fire and smoke, the faces of the Han soldiers and coated men who were about to die looked a little better, but they didn't look good for long.
Because a Weiyuan general cannon only fires seven or eight rounds, and it's all over in less than one stick of incense.
"Why is it over?"
"That's right, I haven't fired many rounds yet!"
"It's just the beginning. How can this be possible?"
Immediately, the Eight Banners Han Army and the Baoyi people started shouting and protesting. Wasn't this shelling too perfunctory? When the Green Camp soldiers were sent to their deaths yesterday, their firepower was even stronger than it is now!
However, their protests were of no use. Yue Le would not listen, did not want to listen, and had no time to listen. Because the 20,000 red scarf Wu soldiers led by Wu Sangui have already arrived in the wilderness ten miles east of Daguan Town - the cavalry sent by Yue Le to conduct reconnaissance has reported that they have discovered the banner of "Reviving the Ming Dynasty President Xiwang Wu" It should be Wu Sangui himself who is here!
And Wu Sangui, the immortal pioneer cavalry, has even reached the east side of the row of low hills to the east of Daguan Town. Although that series of hills is a dangerous place, it is by no means a natural danger that cannot be overcome. This series of hills is not very high, the highest point is less than a hundred feet. Moreover, there are dozens of roads and trails that can pass through this series of hills, and Yue Le simply does not have enough troops to block all the openings.
So now he can only send a small number of cavalry to plant a flag for a while, and they won't be able to resist for long.
"Is the cannon finished?"
Hearing that the roar of cannons had stopped, Yue Le gathered his thoughts and asked.
"The fight is over!"
Fei Yanggu replied with a livid face.
Yue Le ordered: "Then let's start!"
Feiyanggu shouted loudly: "Beat the drums and march!"
"Dong dong dong"
The marching drums sounded, and the Eight Banners and Han troops and the soldiers who had been complaining about the ineffective artillery just now were stunned!
The current Eight Banners soldiers still have military orders!
The sound of marching drums indicates that their death is approaching!
"Children of the Eight Banners, it's time to serve the Emperor!"
"We can't embarrass our ancestors."
"Aww. Ancestor!"
These Han soldiers and Baoyi people are really less interesting than the Manqizi. The Manqizi can at least brag about their ancestors, but most of their ancestors are traitors, so they have nothing to brag about.
What are you blowing? Do you think our male ancestors couldn't defeat the Manchus and had to surrender? Or did you brag about your female ancestor and make your Manchu master sleep with you?
Although the ancestors have nothing to brag about, they still have to die!
At this time, the sun had risen. As soon as the morning light shone, most of the dense fog dispersed. The Eight Banners Han Army and the coated slaves finally saw the formation on the opposite side clearly, and everyone took a breath of cold air.
Although the round of shelling just now destroyed many enemy horses, side signs, and vehicles, it did not cause much damage to the Wu soldiers on the opposite side. The Wu soldiers, whose helmets were wrapped in red scarves, had already formed five large horizontal formations behind the broken defense line composed of horses, side signs and vehicles.
These are five horizontal formations with a depth of twelve, of which the first eight rows are shotgun soldiers in a sparse formation - the shotguns are matchlocks and cannot be placed in a dense formation, because the matchlocks will be blown by the wind and sparks will be easily ignited. Someone else's musket chamber. Therefore, the shotgun soldiers could not pursue the density of volleys, and could only rely on taking turns to fire to maintain the continuity of firepower.
In the area between the five horizontal formations, Wu Jun also deployed twenty cannons!
"Dong dong dong dong."
The urging drums are getting louder and louder!
The staff leaders and assistant leaders who led the team also began to urge the people below to move forward at the top of their lungs!
"Quick, quick, get on the shield cart and charge forward!"
Yue Le still takes good care of these Eight Banners Han troops and the coatmen. At least he has prepared a daring shield vehicle for them. It is a large vehicle with a side plate for transporting grain and baggage. It doesn't matter whether it can block the guns or cannons, as long as it can Just be brave.
Under the urging of the drums, officers, and of course the amiable Eight Banners vests who lined up behind the formation, these unlucky Eight Banners Han troops and Baoyi finally began to rush forward under the cover of the shield car.
This is a wave of thousands of people!
Judging from the Wu soldiers' position opposite, the Eight Banners soldiers are no longer surging, they are simply pouring down! The Eight Banners soldiers wearing various colored spears and helmets, led by military flags, rushed over like a landslide. Rows of shotguns, spears, and waist knives glowing with cold light were mixed together, undulating forward. Behind them, there were cavalry escorting the team. The entire battlefield is almost filled with Eight Banners soldiers! All kinds of shouts came heartbreakingly. It sounded a little desperate!
"Boom boom boom"
The twenty bronze cannons in front of Wu Bing's formation have been fired!
These twenty bronze cannons weigh more than three hundred kilograms and can fire more than two kilograms of solid bullets or iron sand.
Now as soon as the cannon fired, three or four shield vehicles suddenly shattered into pieces. Wood fragments and parts of the shield vehicles flew everywhere, and the Eight Banners soldiers following the shield vehicles fell down!
At the same time, three or two rounds of solid bullets slammed into the ranks of the Eight Banners soldiers, smashing several Eight Banners soldiers to bloody pulp. One of the solid bullets suddenly jumped up like a demon, and then shot out from the crowd. He walked through it, making a horrifying "Puff, Puff" sound, and there was a blood alley where he passed!
But those Eight Banners cloth armor are still moving forward!
"Boom boom boom"
Wu Bing's artillery fire continues! There is no doubt that the firepower is fierce. Each round of shelling can always smash several shield vehicles, and at the same time create two "bloody roads" in the Eight Banners formation! The injured Eight Banners soldiers who were not dead let out bursts of dying wails, but the living Eight Banners soldiers showed no sign of stopping.
In the blink of an eye, these Eight Banners soldiers who were forced to a dead end, withstood the solid bullets and iron sand fired by twenty cannons, rushed to the front of the Wu army's formation forty or fifty steps!
At this time, Wu Jun's bronze cannon began to fire iron sand, and their shotguns also fired!
The Eight Banners soldiers who rushed at the front were immediately caught in the enemy's bullets, and were mowed down piece by piece like mowing grass!
But the speed at which they fell was incomparable to that of the Green Camp soldiers last night. These were good boys from the Eight Banners who grew up in Forty-Nine City, and were not so slick. At this time, all I was thinking about was working hard. Maybe if I work hard, I can go home!
Their counterattack also began. Half of the Eight Banners infantry were equipped with shotguns, and they did not have to spend their own money to buy gunpowder during training, so their shooting skills were well practiced.
Even though they had suffered heavy losses from the opponent's bullets, many Eight Banners shotgun soldiers still completed a precise shot. The red scarf Wu soldiers on the opposite side also suffered casualties, and many musketeers standing in the front row were shot by lead. They were hit by bullets and fell forward. Some people were injured by gunshots and let out bursts of screams.
While the Eight Banners shotgun soldiers were shooting hard, their spearmen and sword soldiers continued to advance, trying to rush into the Wu army's formation and engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Wu Bing's shotgun soldiers responded by "retreating and shooting". After rows of shotgun soldiers fired their bullets, they ran towards the back of the formation as if they were flying. After all the shotgun soldiers had finished firing their bullets, the line of charging Eight Banners infantry had thinned out a lot, while the Wu army's spearmen and sword soldiers, who formed a dense formation in four columns, were urged by a burst of rapid drumbeats to shout With the slogan "Qing Tian is dead, Zhou Tian must stand", they launched an assault forward!
Yue Le put down his telescope and said in a low voice: "We finally got together and we are worthy of being disciples of the Eight Banners. Well done!"
Fei Yanggu also put down his telescope and shook his head slightly: "It still doesn't work. The rebels are more organized. They used four rows of spearmen to resist our people. They can't withstand our Eight Banners soldiers with sword players on both wings. old!"
"That's enough!" Yue Le said, "Let's go now. Let's rush to the bank of Rong River together, and then swim across the water. As long as we can keep the Manchu and Mongolian elites, our Qing Dynasty will not be able to defeat the Han army. Baoyi is afraid that there will be no one What are you here for?"
Fei Yanggu nodded: "Your Majesty, I will come to the rear!"
Yue Le shook his head: "No, I will come to the rear. You are still young, you must run out, the emperor and the Qing Dynasty still need a strong general like you!"
"Your Majesty."
"This is a military order!"
"嗻!"
Fei Yanggu said nothing more. At this moment, all he could feel was the heavy burden on the shoulders of the Eight Banners disciples of his generation!
The sky of the Qing Dynasty is falling, and the Eight Banners disciples of his generation have to stand up and hold on!
Wu Guogui was riding on a big horse, with deputy general Ma Bao and soldier Wu Shijue guarding him. The three of them found a high ground and stood on it. They looked at the crowded battlefield in front of them. Two or three thousand people were already wrapped in red headscarves. The "resurrected" former Green Camp soldiers, as well as Wu Guogui's own soldiers, were distributed in groups behind them, and in front of them were five infantry-marked lines. As for Ma Bao's Bamboo Lancers, their whereabouts are unknown.
Wu Shijue suddenly chuckled: "A disciple of the Eight Banners? That's it?"
To Wu Shijue, the children of the Eight Banners were the "good boys from other people's families" who had been weighing on him since he was a child. Now he suddenly discovered that those good boys turned out to be scumbags, and he was the one who got high marks in everything. Straight A student!
There is nothing more satisfying than this in life!
"Damn it, I thought these Eight Banners soldiers were so powerful, but they turned out to be like this!" Ma Bao also laughed: "Hahaha, brothers, I'm going to avenge you!"
He was born in Chuangying, and he followed Li Zicheng and Nanming to fight with the Eight Banners soldiers for more than ten years. I don't know how many of his dearest relatives and friends died under the butcher's knife of the Qing soldiers. Now, the time for revenge has come!
Wu Guogui also grinned: "If I had known that they were so capable, why would they still suffer so much? It won't be long after this is over, the whole world will believe that Qingtian is dead and Zhou Tiandang is established!"
At this moment, the horse-armored cavalry originally behind the Eight Banners infantry suddenly began to turn northwest. Thousands of war horses began to gallop at the same time, scrambling for the first place, and rushed towards the northwest direction!
Ma Bao and Wu Shijue both looked at Wu Guogui eagerly, as if waiting for him to give an order.
Wu Guogui waved his hand fiercely and said only one word: "Chase!"
(End of chapter)
