The sound of gunfire continued for most of the day, and when dusk arrived, the fierce fighting to the death on the battlefield finally stopped.
The Qing demons, who have been attacking for most of the day, now need to eat something, replenish some water, and take a breather before they can continue to attack the Ming army's iron-clad defense line... Although they were called "Qing demons" by Zhu Heji "Demon", but after all, he is still a human being!
They were really beaten this past afternoon!
No one will count the specific casualties now, but the battlefield is filled with thick smoke and the smell of blood that refuses to dissipate. Human bodies lying down can be seen everywhere on the battlefield, probably no less than four to five thousand in number, and most of them are from the Qing army. There were also some injured Qing Yao who were still moaning and wailing.
However, in these few hours of bloody battle, the Qingyaos did not achieve anything, except for killing and wounding no less than a thousand Ming officers and soldiers. They also filled in large sections of trenches, cut down more than a dozen sections of wooden fences, and forced a dozen Ming Army three-pound cannons originally placed behind these wooden fences to move to their positions.
After cutting through more than a dozen sections of wooden fences and forcing away more than a dozen three-pound cannons, these demons, who could be called "brave" (more brave than super brave), were beaten with holes everywhere. The shield carts piled earth bags and pushed them into the damaged wooden fence, built more than a dozen strongholds, and also occupied the trenches that were filled with dead bodies and smelled of blood. They also pushed many general cannons into the trenches. On the outside, a new artillery position was formed.
Therefore, the battle lines of both sides are now tightly "glued" together. In some places, there are also criss-crossing situations.
To be fair, the thirty thousand clear demons under Tu Hai and Sun Sike are really capable of fighting! If it weren't for the Ming army directly under Zhu Heji, who had powerful sugar and medicine weapons and armed his thoughts with proto-Confucianism, he would have known who to fight for and why. The victory in this battle in Guicheng City may have been taken away by Tuhai!
However, we cannot exaggerate the fighting power of Qingyao. After all, they were not just entering the customs... After almost a day and twenty consecutive rounds of attacks, most of the soldiers felt exhausted. , and morale was greatly shaken, and rumors inevitably spread among the tired people.
There are some rumors that Wu Sangui has rebelled - can this be considered a rumor?
There are some rumors that Geng Jingzhong also rebelled... This is a "somewhat false" rumor.
There are still people who are claiming that Zu Zeqing has rebelled and has now occupied Guilin and Liuzhou in Guangxi, and is massacring the family members of Dingfan and the Guangxi Admiral Menma Xiong!
In short, these rumors spread panic, making the already low morale even lower... If it weren't for the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers and Sugar Fire Thunder, these green battalions who were used as cannon fodder in the front The morale of the soldiers and the Han army's flag soldiers had probably collapsed long ago.
At this time, behind the Ming army's front on the opposite side, a curved mortar position made of sandbags had just been completed.
A total of twenty 12-pound mortars used to fire super-caliber explosive shells have been placed in place, and super-caliber grenades with wooden sticks inserted into their butts are neatly placed behind piles of sandbags.
About fifty steps behind the mortar position, a rocket launcher position was also set up, and a row of rocket launchers was also placed.
The eldest son of the saint, Zhu Heji, had already put on an ordinary-looking red cloth-covered armor and an ordinary Foshan-made hat. He was in the artillery array that had just been set up, sternly facing everyone. The gunnery commander issued the altitude angle, direction, propellant charge and fuse length that had been calibrated many times.
Whether this counterattack can succeed depends on how well these mortars and rocket launchers perform?
In order to succeed in one blow, Zhu Heji had already stayed at this artillery position for two or three hours, and even personally commanded a mortar to fire repeatedly.
Now we finally have the most accurate metadata!
The brave general Ling Zongjun, who had been promoted to the deputy general of Jinyiwei Qianjun Town, also strode up to Zhu Heji, saluted, and said loudly: "Sage, the five hundred death soldiers are already in place, and I have issued a gift to each of them." Two Rasores!”
The Rasore is a grenade hammer that uses a friction ignition device to ignite the fuse, and the friction ignition powder is an extremely dangerous, but very effective mixture of white phosphorus and lead... It's really a bit crazy!
Therefore, Zhu Heji did not dare to equip his army with a large number of these rasores. He just made 1,500 sets of white phosphorus with two "laboratory female assistants", Bei Jiaxin and Aoi Sew, before sending out troops. Cable ignition barrel. Insert this dangerous ignition barrel into the grenade hammer, and it becomes a rasore.
The "box mine" used to kill Shang Zhidian also used this cable ignition device.
Zhu Heji patted Ling Zongjun's favorite general on the shoulder and said to him with a smile: "Jiu Mingjun, be careful... the good times will still last!"
"I know," Ling Zongjun's face that was pockmarked by iron sand showed a scary smile, "Sage, don't worry, the students will not die so easily, the students have to create a harmonious world for the world!"
"Okay, I'll wait for your good news." Zhu Heji waved his hand and motioned for his protégé to return to his command post, which was not far from the artillery position. Five hundred brave men and three thousand brave men are already in position, and eighteen three-pound cannons have been loaded with solid ammunition, waiting for Zhu Heji to start here.
When Zhu Heji saw that Ling Zongjun was already in position, he stopped waiting and strode back to his command position. He took the red command flag from a soldier and held it high in the air. After a brief pause, he Swinging down suddenly: "Fire! Blow up Qingyao's fire and thunder array for me! Blow them up..."
The group of twenty mortars shook violently at the same time, bursts of white smoke erupted from the muzzle first, followed by a thunderous sound, and the super-caliber bullets inserted into the muzzle collapsed one by one. When their upward kinetic energy was exhausted, they suddenly turned downward and smashed down towards the Qing army's fire and thunder array.
When the cannon sounded, Deng Zhong, who was staring intently at the men below stirring gunpowder, sugar and nails with shovels, trembled, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose in his heart. His premonition soon became reality. More than ten or twenty super-caliber sky mines, which had already ignited the fuses, roared down from the sky. At least three of them were impartial and fell directly into Deng Zhong's fire. In the thunder array!
How could it be so accurate? Deng Zhong also witnessed a grenade that looked like a long copper hammer crashing down about ten steps away!
"Is it possible that my slave's fate is over?" A terrible thought just popped up in his mind, and a red light flashed in front of his eyes...and then he was hit hard by something unknown on the chest. In the middle, the whole person was like a kite with its string broken. It was blown up by the "gun wind" and fell heavily again.
"Boom boom boom..."
When Deng Zhong's body hit the ground, a thunderous explosion sounded in his ears... and it was a loud explosion!
"It's over..." Deng Zhong, who felt severe pain everywhere in his body, knew that he was done and had to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty. But he was not afraid, because he felt that he would be able to see his old master Dorgon as soon as he died. He just felt regretful... that he could not help the Qing Dynasty to kill the third prince Zhu and the third grandson of Zhu, who were the traitors. What a regret it was!
When Deng Zhong died with regrets, his fire and thunder array had exploded into pieces!
This is not the effect that two or three super-caliber grenades can explode, but the sugar fire thunders scattered everywhere in this fire thunder array and the hundreds of kilograms of "fire thunder powder" in the big iron pot." "Thunderbolt" has "exploded"!
The production of "sugar medicine" is inherently a high-risk process, and the most dangerous one is probably the use of iron pans, shovels, and nails... rust is the catalyst! During the "frying" process of sugar and gunpowder, a lot of dust will be produced! This is dust mixed with powdered sugar, powdered saltpeter, and powdered iron oxide!
When the amount of dust reaches a certain level, a spark can cause a big explosion, let alone two or three bombs thrown at it?
And it's not just the "fire bombs" in the cauldron that are dangerous. Those filled with cast iron cartridges are also prone to self-explosion. Those explosives are a mixture of powdered sugar, powdered gunpowder, powdered iron, and iron nails... They are very sensitive and may explode even if they encounter shocks from a distance.
And now the explosion of super-caliber grenades and the explosion of "fired thunder powder" have turned the Qing army's fire and thunder array into an explosive fire and thunder array!
Fire, shock waves, shrapnel and iron nails swept through the Qing army's fire and thunder array like a storm, violently impacting the cast iron fire thunder. Part of it exploded immediately, exploding with a bang, adding strength to the already distant explosion. The remaining sugar mines couldn't last long in this environment, so they exploded one by one, blasting the Qing army's fire thunder formation into the most terrifying hell on earth!
Smoke, fire, and a terrifying atmosphere enveloped the hearts of all the demons in the blink of an eye - why did it explode so powerfully? Is this a battle of wits? Will the National Games of the Qing Dynasty be... coming to an end?
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