The gunshots were still ringing like exploding beans, and bullets were raining down. Coupled with the smoke columns exploded by the shells of Weiyuan general cannons and small-caliber mortars, clouds of smoke rose up on the hillside outside Dajinmen.
After the gunfire became sparse, the shouts of killing began.
The Qingyao spearmen wearing blue cloth armor held up their spears and carried earth bags. Under the cover of the archers, they once again launched a wave of attacks on the Ming army's "trenched line"!
The 10,000 new officers and soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner under Sun Sike, organized in units of generals and commanders, like a stormy wave, took turns attacking the "trench line" outside the Golden Gate, with one wave retreating and the other arriving. As dusk fell, the Qing army's offensive became more frenzied. They had already suffered huge casualties. The corpses of Qing soldiers wearing blue cloth armor lay scattered on the hillside. Inside the second trench in front of the Golden Gate, there are even more layers upon layers, which is shocking. But the subsequent troops still came in waves.
Sun Sike's general flag was once again planted on the Golden Gate. He himself took his two commanders, two counselors, and more than ten first-class guards who were ordered to supervise the battle to the outside of the Golden Gate.
More than a dozen first-class guards all put on yellow mandarin jackets, carried waist knives, and stood in a row behind the second trench outside the Golden Gate with Sun Sike's Goshiha.
The retreating Qing soldiers were blocked when they arrived at their place, and the officers leading the team were picked out one by one and escorted to Sun Sike. If Sun Sike thought he played poorly, he would lose his head on the spot.
Rows of spears have been planted on the Golden Gate, with a bloody human head hanging on each spear.
The soldiers who retreated will be reorganized, led by Goshiha or the imperial guards designated by Sun Sike, and then retreat to the back to line up again, waiting for the next round of offensive... Although the sky is getting darker and darker. It was dark, but including Sun Sike, the prominent figures in the Qing army's Jiangnan camp were unwilling to give up.
Because they know very well that if they lose this bloody battle this afternoon, the new Eight Banners soldiers below will have no experience and know that they will have no chance to rob Jiangning City. Moreover, in order to launch this offensive, Sun Sike had already sent out all the money he could. It can be said that you have given everything you have. If you still can't win, then you will have to die to repay the king!
After witnessing two or three hours of bloody battles close to the front, Sun Sike's face was already very ugly. He stood motionless outside the Golden Gate, completely ignoring the Ming army rockets that flew over from time to time, and just stared ahead. .
His men had tried their best. They were coaxed by the money, forced by the supervising team, and stimulated by the hope of looting Jiangning City, and launched wave after wave of charges.
But there was no way to break through the seemingly thin "trench defense line" held by the Ming army... He had never dreamed that trenches and earth walls would have such a good bulletproof effect, nor did he expect that the The intensive firepower of the flintlock gun was so powerful, and he never thought that he could put a long knife on the barrel of the flintlock gun and turn it into a short spear.
Although this kind of short spear is not as powerful as a long spear and a large blade when used as a cold weapon to fight the enemy. But...the rebels don't have martial ethics. They will never practice martial ethics in this life. They will load ammunition into the chamber of the flintlock gun and then fight out in hand-to-hand combat! And they also have the kind of thunder hammer that can be exploded by pulling a rope on them. Before launching a bayonet assault, smash a wave of grenade hammers, and then charge with a flintlock gun loaded with bullets and bayonets.
With this style of play, not to mention that the New Eight Banners under Sun Sike cannot withstand it, if you ask the old Manchu white-armored soldiers who were invincible in the world to come, they will still be defeated!
In Sun Sike's sight, he watched helplessly as another wave of officers and soldiers rushed forward and were repelled by the fusiliers of the Ming Army who had no martial ethics. He suddenly thought of something and shouted: "If you see them, come here quickly!" "
"嗻!"
A tall man with a slender face, Goshha responded and reached Sun Sike's side in a few steps.
This Geshiha was selected by Sun Sike from the Green Camp soldiers from Gansu, and his name was Yue Shenglong.
Sun Sike handed a newly written testament to Yue Shenglong, "This is my legacy... You take him and try every means to get out. This legacy is related to the survival of our Qing Dynasty." , must give it to the emperor!"
Yue Shenglong was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything else. He just took Sun Sike's legacy with trembling hands, then bowed to him and turned around to leave.
...
At the other end of the battle line, Zhuge Zhengyang was sitting on a horse, with a rocket launcher battalion next to him.
Eighteen six-gun rocket launchers were arranged in two rows, and they were firing rockets at Golden Gate and Sifang City one after another... not in a salvo, but one after another.
If it were a salvo, eighteen six-unit rocket launchers could fire 108 sugar-powder rockets at one time. In less than half a quarter of an hour, another reload could be completed and a second salvo could be launched. In other words, two volleys can be fired in a quarter of an hour, and two hundred and sixteen rockets can be fired, and one thousand seventeen or eight hundred rockets can be fired in eight quarters of an hour!
But this method of fighting consumes too much ammunition, so even the "local tycoon Ming Army" cannot fight like this... Although the output of sugar is high enough, the rocket itself is a handicraft product, not a product of the machine industry. The coppersmiths and blacksmiths were sweating profusely with hammers, hammering out one piece after another, but the output could not be high.
The manual workshops that produce these rockets are far away in Foshan, Guangdong, and the products have to be sent thousands of miles to the front lines in Jiangnan and Jiangxi.
So Zhuge Zhengyang didn't have many rockets on hand...if he started firing, they would be gone within an hour. If he still couldn't fire them down, he would be in big trouble.
Because the current Ming army relies heavily on rocket launchers to output firepower, in a town-affiliated artillery battalion, there is only one field cannon team, with a total of only six bronze cannons firing five-pound bullets.
And they are not very useful, because everyone does not underestimate their power... But bronze cannons are cheaper to shoot. They can not only shoot iron bullets, lead and tin bullets, but also stone bullets, so as long as there is gunpowder, bronze cannons The cannon can fire continuously.
Once the rocket launcher has no rocket shells, it is just a pile of scrap metal... Therefore, Zhuge Zhengyang must use full firepower at the most critical moment.
At this time, his attention was no longer on the "trenched defense line", but on the tomb of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
Although holding the "trench line" has a high probability of defeating Sun Sike with a silver bullet after dark.
But he is a Zhuge who "uses soldiers like a god". It is too "un-Zhuge" to bribe the enemy with one million taels of silver, so Zhuge Zhengyang arranged a surprise attack!
Zu Da, who took the lead in uproaring Zu Yonglie and Zu Chenglie in Jiangning City, led a group of Hakka soldiers from northern Guangdong who were good at mountain warfare to raid Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb!
According to the old man himself, he once took his subordinates out from the west of the inner city of Nanjing and climbed Zijin Mountain several times - this was so that after Wu Sangui's people entered Jiangning City, the ancestral family could secretly communicate with Zijin Mountain. Keep in touch with the Qing army's Jiangnan camp on the mountain.
So this old man volunteered two days ago and proposed such a plan to "rescue Zhu Yuanzhang" in a surprise attack!
As long as the sun and moon flags fly over the tomb, the battle for the Purple Mountain Jiangnan camp will be won... Zhu Heji's money will also be saved! Because the money was actually used to redeem Zhu Yuanzhang, the "dead hostage". If Zhu Yuanzhang's grave was snatched, then the "dead hostage" would be saved. Why should the "kidnapper" collect money? To give him ten taels of silver for traveling expenses back home is already a huge favor from the emperor!
But can Mr. Zuda's raid be successful?
Zhuge Zhengyang couldn't take his eyes away, just staring at the mountain in the distance.
Suddenly, a dazzling green flame suddenly flew into the air, and then a large ball of green flame exploded with a bang - this was caused by gunpowder mixed with copper rust!
This is a sign of a successful raid!
Zhuge Zhengyang suddenly jumped up from his horse, drew his sword and pointed it forward, shouting: "Bazooka! Volley! Volley! Target... Sun Quan's Tomb! Sifang City! Shinto!"
