Niuluzhang Jingniuerjia had a piece of flesh and blood on his buttocks cut off by Ming army artillery in the previous battle at Shimenshan. Although the wound has basically healed and scabbed, it has not fully recovered.
However, when the Qing army encountered this battle, it was also the time to hire people. It was not easy for him to hold on to the empress palace artillery formation last time, so naturally he would be in charge here this time.
But this Niurjia was heavily bombarded by the artillery of the Shenji Battalion last time, so he still remembered the scene of the Ming army's artillery bombardment, especially the gray bombs and poison bombs fired at the end, which almost made their entire empress palace artillery array paralysis.
For example, the first warrior in his Niulu, Fendebo Shikuwuta, had his arm broken by a cannon and then choked to death by a Ming army poison bomb. The tragic situation at that time is still vivid in his mind.
Fortunately, the Qing troops at the east and west Shimen were able to defend themselves well and forced the Ming troops back. Otherwise, he would not have been able to guarantee that the empress palace artillery array would be intact.
Now, Nuerjia's face was full of anger, but there was a trace of panic. He looked at the Ming army's artillery array on the opposite mountain, and shouted loudly to remind everyone around him.
At the Qing artillery array in the Empress Temple, Niuerjia's half Niulu was still responsible for garrisoning. In addition, there were some newly transferred 300 Han troops and 200 Korean troops, even if some Aha auxiliaries were added. , the total number is less than a thousand.
He looked to the south of the mountain collar, less than two miles away from the Niangniang Temple artillery array, where dense red figures were busy.
In the artillery formation of the Ming Army over there, with the gun coats pulled up, the shiny black iron cannons are very eye-catching in the sun. You can vaguely see the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Army wiping and cleaning the gun barrels, measuring the firing range, and loading the cannons. .
On one of the slightly raised hills, there are some short artillery pieces mounted high on four-wheeled gun mounts. Although these artillery pieces don't look very eye-catching, what they shoot out from their muzzles is exactly those gray bullets and poison. Bullet, but extremely vicious!
Seeing this scene, Nuerjia's throat rolled up and down involuntarily. He subconsciously glanced at the Niu Luzhong warriors beside him, but saw that they were all uneasy.
Moreover, next to each person, there were buckets of water with a large number of cloth strips soaked in them.
This was the only way the Qing army could deal with the Ming army's poison bombs and gray bombs. However, even if it was used in this way, it could only slow down the damage caused by the Ming army's poison bombs and gray bombs, and would still leave more or less damage afterwards. Have some side effects!
Thinking about the many warriors in my record, they were hit by poisonous bombs and gray bombs, and they inhaled a lot of poisonous smoke. They still have a lot of injuries and illnesses, and everyone is unconsciously aware of it. Mao Lai.
Finally, under the nervous gaze of the Qing soldiers at the Empress Temple, the men from the Shenji Battalion leisurely used square and round tools to measure the distance between the two sides, and also adjusted the elevation angle and range of the artillery.
Nuerjia suddenly shouted: "Cover everyone with wet cloths. Quick! Quick!"
Amid the roar, Geshiha beside him hurriedly and nervously handed him a piece of wet cloth, and then he also didn't forget to cover his mouth and nose with a piece of cloth.
Nuerjia's movements were equally agile. After he took the wet cloth strip, he stuck it on his face.
He completely ignored the water droplets on the wet cloth and kept dripping on his armor. He only leaned his body tightly behind the relatively strong village wall, carefully stretched out his head, and kept looking down the mountain.
"boom!"
The low sound of artillery fire came from afar, and white smoke rose from the hills more than a mile away. A cannon shot pierced the quiet sky, and the wind roared.
Just like the prelude before the thunder was launched, the roar of cannons continued immediately afterwards. Not only the artillery array of the Ming Army in the south of the Empress Temple, but also the east and west Shimen and other places, the roar of the artillery of the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Army could be heard. Come.
For a moment, there was the sound of artillery blasting everywhere, endlessly!
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To the left and right of Shimen Mountain, in the direction of Shimen, large clouds of thick smoke and fire were rising, and cannonballs were flying in with piercing screams.
Jiala Zhangjing Yirza of Manchuria's Zhengbai Banner led half of the Jiala Zhengbai Banner Tatars to garrison the West Shimen Mountain Road. Because the mountain road was solid, trenches could not be dug, so only large and small stones were put together to build a structure that looked quite impressive. Strong wall.
Lying across the mountain road, some parts of the village wall were built with very wide platforms, on which were placed cannons. The muzzles of the cannons were also dark and deep, like a demonic beast with its huge mouth open, looking angrily at the progress down the mountain. The Ming army in China.
Ilza is now leading half of the Jia La, and is responsible for the defense of the West Shimen Mountain Road.
Niurjia, who was stationed at the artillery array at the Empress Temple, had half of his troops, and two more Niulu were stationed in the camp on the mountainside.
Therefore, Ilza can barely count half a kiara of Tatar troops. In addition, there are 1,500 Tianyou troops led by He Chenggong, as well as more than 1,000 Han troops with red flags, and 500 Korean troops. The remaining people.
Fortunately, they can be said to be holding on to the danger. The valley road between the mountains is inherently winding and undulating. Only between the two mountains are there some slightly gentle mountain roads.
Now, between these mountain roads, ravines of different depths have been dug, and walls made of stone have been erected.
The Qing army's defense in Shimen Mountain was mainly composed of Han and Korean troops. The biggest role of the Tatar armored soldiers led by the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner was to supervise the battle.
Jiala Zhangjing Yirza led two Niulu in his family's Jiala and guarded them in the middle of the West Shimen Mountain Road.
In the previous battle at Shimen Mountain, Ilza's men suffered little loss. At that time, he was also responsible for guarding the mountain road and did not attack. Only more than 300 people under Zhangjing Niuerjia's command were heavily bombarded by the Ming army at the empress temple artillery array. The loss was nearly half of Niulu's troops.
Just this made Ilza feel very distressed, and she scolded Niu Lu Zhang Jing Niu Erjia!
He still has fresh memories. At that time, he was stationed here. Although he did not see the Ming army, the deafening roar from the Empress Temple and the smoke that lingered for a long time still frightened him even thinking about it now. I am still afraid of Ming army artillery.
In addition, he also heard Niu Erjia talk about the poisonous bombs and gray bombs of the Ming army. He still had fresh memories of the pain suffered by his warriors in Jia Lazhong after being choked by the poisonous smoke.
From then on, I learned that poison bombs and gray bombs are more lethal than other cannons.
Therefore, at this time, he saw the four-wheeled artillery carts pushed hard by more than ten people from the Ming army at the foot of the mountain, especially the artillery vehicles with short, short and thick muzzles.
Isn't this exactly what Niuerjia described. Those who fell to the ground would fill the sky with yellow smoke, making people feel like vomiting. Even after the yellow smoke dissipated, they were still deeply affected. Their limbs were often sore and weak, and they would vomit without knowing the reason.
Seeing that the Ming army once again launched such a vicious murderous weapon, the resentment in Ilza's heart could not be washed away even if the entire Liao River was poured down.
At this moment, he looked at the south side of the mountain road, about three miles away from him, toward his defensive side. It was densely packed, and he didn't know how many Ming soldiers and horses had gathered.
On some slightly raised hills, the short and stubby artillery on the four-wheeled gun mounts was being adjusted.
Although these artillery pieces looked very inconspicuous, Irza knew that they fired deadly gray bullets and poison bullets.
His Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he roared suddenly: "Are you dead? Why doesn't the southern barbarian in front of you have sex?"
Ilza roared angrily. He looked at the dark muzzles in the distance and told Nuerjia about the tragic situation, and felt a little panicked in his heart.
He subconsciously glanced at the warriors in the flag beside him, and saw that all of them had resolute faces and full fighting spirit in their eyes. Ilza quickly calmed down and shouted again: "Go, take a look at He Chenggong's arrangement ahead. Quickly bombard the Ming army."
Then he turned around and asked Goshiha who was accompanying him, "Are the buckets and strips of cloth I asked you to prepare ready?"
"In reply to the master, I have prepared everything. According to the master, there are thirty buckets of water, and there are more than twenty strips of cloth in each bucket, just a little more."
Ilza looked in the direction that Goshiha was pointing, and saw a row of buckets in the corner of the stone wall, with a large number of wet cloth strips soaked in them.
Just like the Qing troops stationed at the Empress Temple, they only knew how to guard against attacks by poison bombs and gray bombs.
"boom!"
An explosion came from not far away. Ilza raised his eyes and saw a small cloud of smoke rising from the direction of the empress temple's artillery array.
I don't know if it was the ignorant person who actually muttered: "Why do you want to shoot like this!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a large cloud of smoke seeming to rise from the southeast, quickly spreading upward and spreading to all directions, forming a large cloud in an instant, and becoming increasingly dense.
There were faint thunder-like sounds in the smoke and dust, and black objects flew through the wind. Many black iron balls pierced the sky, making a low "wuwuwu" sound.
Immediately afterwards, there was a faint sound of artillery hitting the ground, and a yellow smoke filled the air at the artillery array of the Empress Temple at the foot of Shimen Mountain.
"It's time to have sex... Ming Gouzi has time to have sex..."
A scream awakened the Qing troops at the foot of the West Shimen Mountains. Even Jia Lazhangjing Irza had no time to reprimand the screaming Tatar soldier.
He turned around quickly and saw the roar of artillery on the mountains in front. The defending Han and Korean troops were already fighting against the Ming army in front. Large clouds of smoke and fire were rising, and there was a burst of screams of artillery shells. As tight as a while.
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Almost at the same time, on the river valley road in East Shimen, large groups of Miyun Army soldiers moved forward with chariots as cover, and nervously groped their way forward along the flat land between Shimen Mountain and Xiaoling River.
The shouts of killing resounded from the foot of Shimen Mountain, and countless soldiers from Ningyuan Town wearing red military hats and short body armor surged into the mountains in waves to attack the Tatars guarding the mountains.
Raindrops of rolling wood and rocks were thrown down from the mountain from time to time, sharp arrows shuttled, guns and cannons roared, and corpses and injured were piled on top of the mountain and down the mountain.
The air is filled with the strong smell of blood and sulfur smoke!
The war on Shimen Mountain has been in a stalemate from the beginning. Although there are not many Qing troops defending here, and most of them are Han troops and Korean troops, they have been afraid of the Tatars for a long time. Under the pressure of the Zhengbai Banner Tatars, Underneath, the defense was quite tenacious.
Moreover, the Manchurian Tatar soldiers supervising the battle in various positions were not idle. They saw the right moment and shot a cold arrow. These arrows were shot accurately and hard. Every time they saw the soldiers fell to the ground.
As for the North Korean soldiers, they were not only well equipped with firecrackers, but many of them knew how to make trebuchets. There were several tall trebuchets standing behind their formation.
Therefore, although the Ming army under Wu Sangui of Ningyuan, who was responsible for attacking Shimen Mountain, had an advantage in terms of strength, the mountain was rugged and the strength advantage was not easy to deploy. The chariots could only advance to the bottom of the mountain and could no longer move along the rugged terrain. Mountain road, keep pushing forward.
Fortunately, the main artillery force of Shenji Battalion was quite large. With only two rounds of shelling, the Qing soldiers defending the empress temple artillery array were defeated and fled in all directions.
In fact, we can't blame Niu Erjia who defended the Empress Temple for being incompetent. It was really the artillery of the Shenji Battalion that was too powerful.
During the previous battle at Shimen Mountain, the Qing soldiers stationed at the artillery array at the Empress Temple were still able to engage in bombardment with the Shenji Battalion, and they had enough energy to bombard the Ming soldiers and horses under Yang Guozhu's command in Xuanfu Town, which was attacking West Shimen.
But no one expected that the Shenji Battalion's last mortar salvo fired numerous poison bombs and gray bombs into the empress temple artillery array. Such artillery fire would cause minimal damage to the defenses.
But after it landed, the yellow poisonous smoke that rose up spread quickly and instantly enveloped the entire Qing army's artillery array in the Empress Temple.
However, the Tatar soldiers, God-blessed soldiers, and Korean soldiers stationed there inhaled a large amount of poisonous smoke. Many of them were unable to be rescued, and they inhaled a serious overdose of poisonous smoke and died on the spot at the Empress Temple artillery array.
Its condition is so miserable that words cannot describe it!
Even for mid-level officers such as Niurjia and He Chenggong, firstly, they were the first ones to get wet cloths to cover their mouths and noses; secondly, they received good treatment after the war.
Therefore, the damage suffered by oneself is slightly smaller.
Just like Geng Zhongming, King Huaishun of the Qing army who was also in the Niangniang Temple position at that time, he suffered almost minimal injuries, but he is still receiving treatment in Yizhou City and taking medicine every day.
Most ordinary soldiers died of poisoning, and most of those who survived had this or that problem.
Therefore, this time, the mortar fired only one salvo to disperse the Qing troops stationed at the Empress Temple position. No matter how Niulu Zhangjing Niu Erjia shouted, it was of no avail.
In the end, he had no choice but to cover his mouth and nose tightly with a wet cloth, and was supported by the Tatars beside him to get out of the empress emplacement of the Empress Temple.
The Tatars following him all saw a deep red patch on Nuerjia's butt, with red water droplets falling on the ground from time to time.
But it turned out that when he was trying to avoid the artillery fire and shout at the fleeing Han and Korean troops, he had made excessive movements, which actually caused the old wound on his butt to be torn open again.
Perhaps the recurrence of old injuries on Nuerjia's butt was caused by him on purpose, and this is exactly where his cleverness lies!
