The seesaw is one of the secret weapons, but it’s not the only one.
Because some blind infantrymen went around to the east of their own unit, that is, to the rear.
The east side is still defended by the East Palace Guards. The opponent is clearly planning a Tao Yuanming-style attack!
A certain prince raised snakes for more than a day or two. He accumulated a lot of venom in two years!
Due to the timeliness of snake venom and its tendency to cause accidental injuries, a certain prince has not used it in combat in the past two years.
This time, in order to deliver food to Zu Dashou, there was a high chance that Huang Taiji would be blocked and robbed on the way, so I took him out.
Archery masters from Neichang, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were all photographed on the east side of the position, lying behind tanks and firing cold arrows.
It's just that it's not an ordinary cold arrow, but a 100% poisonous arrow, almost fresh!
The snake venom is not dried, but placed in a glass bottle with a black cloth to protect it from the sun.
Now dip the snake venom in the bottle, and then use the bow and arrow to shoot out. This lethality is almost as cold as the edge...
Archers are also fully protected from head to toe, with no exposed parts, plus double-layered cowhide gloves.
The gloves are specially made, with silk lining between the two layers of cowhide to prevent them from being completely cut by arrows.
There are also goggles on the outside of the helmet to prevent snake venom from splashing into the eyes, causing blindness and accidental injury to oneself.
There were five hundred archers, each equipped with a hundred armor-piercing arrows. Each archer had a person responsible for carrying the snake venom jar, which contained two kilograms of venom, and someone responsible for carrying the heavy arrow jar.
Do armor-piercing arrows need to pierce armor?
That's a secondary part. Hit the face first. If you can't hit the face, then target other parts of the Tatar.
In short, as long as the arrowhead comes into contact with Tatar's skin, even if it just lightly rubs his cheek, it will be considered a success.
"No! The arrow is poisonous!"
"I was shot~!"
"Ah...save me!"
The Qing infantry who was shot and wounded immediately realized that something was wrong when he noticed that the wound turned black.
These barbarians on the other side are so shady, they really kill people!
But it was too late, hundreds of poisonous arrows kept shooting at them.
Even if he wanted to fight back, it would be useless to shoot at him with a bow and arrow.
The Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were heavily armored, as were the archers on the opposite side, and the protection was even better, so that even the facial features could not be seen.
Archers don't need much mobility at all. They can just stay in an area and release arrows. There are only three or five positions.
After each person fired a hundred arrows, the task was considered completed, but everyone wanted to show off in front of the prince, so they naturally used their own special skills to show off.
Originally, a certain prince had not thought of selecting so many people from the factory guards. After passing the test, if he could shoot a human-sized target at a distance of ten steps, he was considered qualified. Unexpectedly, a battalion of archers was gathered together in no time.
In order to prevent snake venom from being distributed in advance and poisoning companions in order to understand personal grudges, a certain prince sent people to distribute it to the archers when the braid rushed over.
After the battle, the snake venom must be handed over in bottles. Anyone who dares to withhold it without permission will bring it upon himself if he is poisoned to death. Death is not a pity.
Fighting during the day did not have as many scruples as at night. Not only poisonous arrows were used, but white phosphorus dummy bullets that could be fired from revolvers were also used in the battle.
Why wasn't it used to fight braided cavalry before?
What if we just take out all the money and frighten Huang Taiji so much that he dares not send any more troops?
No matter what, you have to give people some hope!
Not too much, just a little is enough!
Let Huang Taiji believe that as long as his minions work harder and harder, Prince Dog's formation will be broken.
"Run!"
"The wind is so tight!"
"No! I can't stand it!"
As soon as the poisonous arrows were fired, the morale of the Qing infantry, which had been rushing to the target despite the fierce artillery fire, was completely destroyed.
Because everyone knows that you may not die if you are shot, but you will definitely die if you are poisoned!
The territory of the Qing Dynasty is not rich in venomous snakes. The only few dens are still on the islands, which have long been controlled by the opponent.
Huang Taiji also wanted to treat his body in his own way, but he had no choice but to let his men smear the arrowhead with gold juice.
But the Ming army was all heavily armored, and even the faces could not be seen. The golden juice armor-piercing arrows could only threaten the opponent's limbs, nothing more.
As long as the Ming army cleaned the wound promptly after being hit by an arrow, applied medicine and bandaged it to avoid suppuration and infection, the threat posed by the golden juice was not great.
The fate of the Qing infantry who were poisoned by snake venom on the opposite side was completely different. If they couldn't break Man Ming's formation, no one would care about their life or death.
No one cares about those who are still alive after being poisoned. As long as they can still stand, they must continue to rush forward.
But as more and more people died of poisoning in the middle, even Niu Luzhangjing, who was supervising the battle at the scene, could no longer hold on.
If the fight continued, he would definitely be poisoned to death. After losing his fighting spirit, he gave up suppressing him and ran back with his men.
It was obvious that he would be bombarded by barbarians when he returned, but fortunately he could still gamble on his luck.
If you win the bet, you will save your life.
If you lose the bet, you will be insulated from the wealth in this life...
"Your Highness, Donglu has been defeated. Can you send cavalry to attack?"
"No need! Preserve your strength first!"
Now that I have made money twice, I cannot go back again.
A certain prince directly rejected Zhou Yuji's request to send troops to cover up the killing. There is no room for failure in this small business!
Originally, a bonus would have to be paid for killing Braid, and if the cavalry attacked and lost more people, another sum of money would have to be paid.
When Li Shiwen found out the cause and effect, he insisted on criticizing a certain prince's beloved general for not cherishing Taicang silver!
A certain prince's combat philosophy is to first make yourself invincible, win as little as you lose, and don't vomit when you win!
A lot of them can net a net profit of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. In the end, if you add up a small amount, it will be a pretty big achievement.
The results achieved in this battle are definitely more than those in the last Luanhe victory, so we must keep them well.
Besides, we are only halfway through the journey, and we still have a return trip, and we don’t want to stay in Jinzhou permanently.
If you don't vomit out the results of the previous battle on the return trip, you will be able to digest them completely.
"Report~! Your Highness, the Donglu troops have retreated across the board!"
"Yeah! Okay! After it exits the artillery range, let each ministry send people out to count the results!"
"yes!"
If he continued on his way without touching the corpse, no one would be happy. After finally repelling the braid, why should everyone happily touch it again before talking about it?
It took more than three hours to fight, and more than an hour to count the corpses. The total was more than five hours. If we didn't take the opportunity to move forward, we would have to camp in place again today.
With so many corpses nearby, camping in place would definitely have an impact on the sanitary conditions. Therefore, after a certain prince got a summary of the battle situation, he ordered to go west for another five or six miles, at least before leaving this scorched earth.
This time, more than 31,000 pigtails were killed and more than 500 people were captured. Adding in the number of cavalry who had previously taken down the pigtails, the result was a total of 67,000.
If Braid hadn't prepared a large number of carriages as mobile bases this time, the results would definitely have been much greater, but a certain prince was already very satisfied with the current amount.
If Huang Taiji doesn't stop him tomorrow, he should be able to reach the outskirts of Jinzhou City before evening.
Using more than 400,000 troops to deliver meals to the 10,000 defenders in Jinzhou City was an unprecedented military operation.
If we hadn't fought these two battles, the cost of delivering meals would have been millions of taels of silver just based on the soldiers' monthly salary.
If you fight, you have to multiply this by ten, but you don't come back empty-handed.
The content of the photos that cost tens of millions of taels is absolutely classic!
Perhaps it was because they hurt the emperor's chicken, or perhaps because they were afraid of the power of snake venom, the pigtails did not appear that night and the next day. They were probably huddled in the Siding Mountain area, licking their wounds like wild beasts.
A certain prince didn't care so much, but due to changes in the weather, he had to speed up his troops' advance.
The entire army arrived at the outermost trench of the siege on the evening of March 25, and began filling it with armored bulldozers the next morning.
At noon on the 27th, the army that had passed through three trenches finally met up with the Jinzhou defenders outside the city.
"His Royal Highness personally led the army here. I will be ashamed! I will be guilty!"
Zu Dashou, who was so hungry that his heart was close to his back, immediately fell to his knees when he saw the holy driver, and apologized to the prince with tears in his eyes.
"General Zu, hurry up! The general led his troops to defend Jinzhou and restrained the Donglu army for a long time. Both my palace and the imperial court admire General Zu's ability, and the soldiers under his command are even more perseverant. He can be called a role model for the king! I feel ashamed to say that. , I should be ashamed, I came late and let the soldiers suffer from hunger, please accept my compliments!"
"It is absolutely impossible! The last general will kneel down on behalf of all the soldiers to thank His Highness for his great kindness!"
Zu Dashou hurriedly stopped the crown prince from saluting him. He was a man of great wealth and would be crowned the great treasure in the future.
The prince's trick can win people's hearts. If it's fake, it's easy to tell. Otherwise, he won't be able to count on the court's food in the future.
"Soldiers, please get up quickly. I think the city will be running out of food in the near future. I wonder what the situation is?"
"Back to Your Highness, the food in the city is almost out. We only have one bowl of porridge every day, and the rest depends on killing horses for food!"
As the commander-in-chief, Zu Dashou is willing to share joys and sorrows with his subordinates, but in a few days, if even the horses are killed, there will be no more fun.
"Alas~! What a hardship! Come here, please bring the meat and food into the city quickly!"
"yes!"
Finally, they had a full meal. Now the defenders in the city were all smiling. The prince arrived with his army. He must have defeated the Tatar Emperor and the chicken. Jinzhou was saved.
"Your Highness, the last general only heard the roar of cannons. Did Wang Shi come to fight fiercely with Donglu?"
"We fought two battles before and killed more than 60,000 enemies!"
"Hiss... Your Highness is so wise and powerful, Donglu will definitely lose to Master Wang!"
The prince said this amount calmly. Zu Dashou didn't know whether it was true or not, but he still wanted to flatter him immediately.
But it should make sense in theory. Emperor Taiji can't let the prince come to deliver food to the Jinzhou garrison, right?
Since the prince could still lead his troops here, it means that he has most likely defeated the Qing army's blockade.
If it is a great victory, it may be reasonable.
Since Jinzhou was besieged, there has been no way to know any news from the outside world.
Zu Dashou may not have heard about it for a long time. He still has to ask the prince about some important military matters.
A certain prince could speak frankly about important matters, and for some trivial matters, just let Zu Dashou read the newspapers of the past three years.
This time I sent three million kilograms of polished rice to Zu Dashou. You don’t have to skimp on it, and you can still eat it until this time next year.
The daily consumption of the 400,000-strong army was very high, and only Zheng Zhilong's fleet could obtain stable supplies.
The monarch and his ministers chatted until midnight and then went to rest. After a certain prince gave instructions on all aspects of matters, he led his troops to set off the next morning.
The sick and wounded in the city can be evacuated with the army, and the seriously wounded who cannot be taken away by the army will temporarily stay in the city and will be taken away when the army comes again next year.
A certain prince also left enough medicines and daily necessities for Zu Dashou so that the defenders would not have to live too hard a life.
Space in the city must be utilized to grow as much vegetables as possible. In addition to land, vegetable growing racks must also be installed to allow soldiers to supplement necessary nutrients.
In order to prevent Huang Taiji from jumping over the wall after losing two games in a row, a certain prince also gave Zu Dashou some of the unused snake venom from the factory guard, weighing no less than 500 kilograms, just in case.
The manufacturing technology of mortars and grenades was handed over to the blacksmiths in the city. With these two good things and thousands of barrels of oil, Braids would still have to pay a certain price even if they stormed Jinzhou.
As long as Jinzhou City does not fall for a day, it will still have great use value, and it can continue to take the bait of Huangtai Chicken, unless this guy really gives up annexing the Liaoxi Corridor.
If Huang Taiji can give up this strategic location, it is equivalent to a cat not eating fish...
Zu Dashou couldn't understand at all that there were a large number of Japanese soldiers and even Westerners in the king's army, but he didn't ask too much. There must be a profound reason for the prince's arrangement.
To be able to defeat the arrogant Emperor Taiji, successfully reach the city, and deliver food to the defenders is truly the blessing of His Majesty Emperor Gao, the Great Patriarch of the Immortal World.
Of course the soldiers were very happy after receiving their military pay. Although they couldn't spend the money at all, they could at least leave something to think about.
"Huang Ama! Let's fight again! This time I will definitely lead my troops to charge forward and break through the barbarian formation for Huang Ama!"
Hauge was very anxious about Huang Ama's plan to give up the attack. He believed that with the experience of the first two times, the third time would be successful.
"...No noise!"
Huang Taiji was also very hesitant about this. He brought more than 250,000 horses this time. After the second battle with the devil boy, he had lost no less than 80,000.
In addition to those who died on the spot, there were also many people who returned injured and had lost their combat power and even the ability to move. These naturally had to be included in the attrition.
This is equivalent to saying that he has lost more than 30% of his troops. If he continues to fight, if he is sure of victory, he can still make back his capital. Otherwise, he will be asking for trouble.
Huang Taiji didn't know how many soldiers and horses the demon boy had lost, but as a defensive side, the casualties were likely to be much smaller than those on the Qing side.
Even if two were exchanged for one, there would still be 40,000 casualties, but the 40,000 troops probably only accounted for 10% or 20% of the demon boy's troops, far from the point of breaking the bones.
The compromise method is to go back and repair the troops first, and when the time is right, build enough red cannons, then attack the city instead of siege, use heavy artillery to destroy Jinzhou City, and send troops to attack and capture the city.
After taking control of Ningyuan, as long as Jinzhou is captured, Man Ming will not have one important city left outside the pass.
In this way, the Qing Dynasty can still focus on its guests!
This was Ning Wanwo's previous idea for Huang Taiji based on the current battle situation, and Hauge was angrily scolded for it.
The current situation is that it is obviously a daydream to defeat the devil boy with few casualties.
Huang Taiji didn't want the Tie Chaodu troops, which had been built at a huge cost, to suffer further losses or even be seriously injured.
For the time being, I can only stop hasting and be patient, give up the idea of three battles with the devil boy, and give it up...
