Chapter 50 Explosion
Yang Zhen heard Zhang Degui directing the deployment of the Crouching Tiger Cannon in the forest, and quickly sent someone to call him over. He lowered his voice and said to him: "Leave the command of the Crouching Tiger Cannon to Yang Shen! He will break into the camp in a while.
When the time comes, you bring a rifle team and follow me into the camp! Let your rifle snipers attack the Tatar generals! Whoever dares to stand up and direct the Tatar resistance, you will let the rifle snipers kill him! Shoot him!
The man shoots the horse first, and the thief is captured first. The king is captured first! After killing the Tatar generals sitting in the camp, the Tatars have no one to command, and we have a greater chance of winning!"
Just as Yang Zhen was busy making preparations for the battle, Zu Keyong finally arrived with a hundred armored "heavy infantry" under his command.
Zu Keyong came to Yang Zhen to take orders, which made Yang Zhen's anxious heart somewhat calmer.
Moreover, Xu Changyong's three hundred Mongolian soldiers arrived with Zu Keyong's troops.
These three hundred Mongolian soldiers are all veterans. Their combat effectiveness may not be very good, but their sense of smell on the battlefield is very keen.
At this time, these Mongolian soldiers seemed to feel the atmosphere of the impending war. They changed their usual lazy style and concentrated on staring at the enemy camp in front of them, silently making preparations to charge into the camp.
As soon as Xu Changyong came to Yang Zhen's side, he couldn't hide his excitement. He deliberately lowered his voice and said to Yang Zhen: "Brother! This is the first time for a brother to fight in this kind of battle! Now we have
Everyone is here, when are we going to come!?"
"Brother Xu, please be patient! Wait for Yuan Jin! I need the tung oil they carry!"
As soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound in the forest behind him - Yuan Jin's troops are coming!
Sure enough, after a while, Yuan Jin came to Yang Zhen's side. Seeing that everyone had gathered, he quickly whispered to Yang Zhen: "Shame! Shame! It took a little time to arrange the retreat ship!"
Seeing that all the men scheduled to attack the camp were already in place, and the people in the Tatar camp not far away were still sleeping, Yang Zhen decided to attack immediately. No matter what the outcome was, at this point, he could only move forward bravely and take a gamble.
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Yang Zhen was determined and without hesitation, he immediately summoned all the generals to his side and said to them:
"Everyone! Our main attackers are all here! I intend to start the attack immediately! Now, I order Zhang Chen, Pan Xi, and Yuan Jin to be the first echelon. They should first carry muskets, gunpowder bombs, and tung oil, and use rope ladders to enter
Camp! After entering the camp, don’t stay, go to the grain store and haystacks as soon as possible and set fire to them! If you encounter Tatar soldiers or sentries, Zhang Chen’s musketeers will be the main ones and shoot them on the spot!
"After the fire broke out in the camp, the grenadiers led by Li Lu opened the way for the left wing and directly used ten thousand enemies to blow up the Tatar camp. The other troops rushed in from the blast point and were the second echelon!
"The second echelon was led by the grenadiers led by Li Lu, followed by the Mongolian soldiers led by Xu Changyong, followed by the musketeers led by Zu Keyong and Yang! In addition, all the rope ladders of the second echelon were handed over to Yuan Jin.
Everyone uses it!”
After saying this, Yang Zhen looked at everyone, and then said: "Zhang Degui will take the gun team and act with me! The right wing of Yang Shen's artillery team, as the third echelon, will not enter the camp and will be positioned towards our breach.
Tiger Crouching Cannon, be sure to adjust the distance, seize the opportunity, and be prepared to respond when retreating!"
The first echelon composed of Zhang Chen, Pan Xi, and Yuan Jin took the order first. The second echelon composed of Li Lu, Xu Changyong, Zu Keyong, and Zhang Degui accepted Yang Zhen's order without saying a word and clasped their fists in agreement.
As for Yang Shen, he also realized the heavy responsibility he shouldered, and immediately "accepted the order and said yes" to Yang Zhen.
After making these arrangements, Yang Zhen continued: "I have arranged for Yan San to lead people there regarding the pontoon bridge on the Xiaoling River. I think they have already arrived at the place! Everyone! The success or failure of this battle will depend on whether you can give orders and prohibitions.
, obey the command!
"I want to put my ugly words at the forefront! When I attack, I will lead the musketeers, and the musketeers will follow behind. If I encounter Tatars who dare to retreat without fighting, I will directly order them to be shot! When retreating,
Everyone must listen to my whistle! When the whistle blows, no matter what is in front of you, whether it is a haystack, a grain hoard, or Tatar gold and silver, you must retreat immediately! Those who do not listen to the order will be responsible for the consequences, and do not say anything.
No warning!"
At this time when the war was about to begin, it was indeed the time to declare discipline and state orders. The generals were all experts on the battlefield. After hearing Yang Zhen's words, they all clasped their fists and accepted the order. There was no need for Yang Zhen to bother explaining.
Yang Zhen once again looked at the quiet and peaceful Tatar camp in front of him, then at the already agitated team on his side, and immediately said: "Okay! Let's start!"
After hearing this, Zhang Chen, Pan Xi, and Yuan Jin turned around and left without saying a word, each returning to his own team to deliver orders.
A moment later, Zhang Chen, carrying a musket on his back and a rope ladder in his hand, took the lead, ducked out of the woods, and rushed towards the Tatar camp thirty steps away. Behind him were the soldiers on the left wing of the advance camp musketry team.
After Zhang Chen's musketry team set off on the left wing, Pan Xi and Yuan Jin each led their own teams and rushed to the Tatar camp regardless. Each found a nearby area and threw the rope ladder prepared in advance towards the fence of the Tatar camp.
Seeing the soldiers climbing over the fence one after another and entering the Tatar camp, Yang Zhen's heart, which had been tugging at him, completely relaxed at this time.
"Yang Zhan'ao! Go and give the order to Li Lu! Place all ten thousand enemies under the fence in front of you, against the fence, and then listen to my orders! Be sure to blow it up in one fell swoop!"
Yang Zhan'ao was ordered to leave, and soon Li Lu led the left wing of his grenadiers and ran towards the fence of the Tatar camp carrying the somewhat heavy "Ten Thousand Enemies".
It was at this time that a dull "bang" sound of gunfire suddenly sounded in the distance in the Tatar camp, followed by several more "bang bang bang" gunshots, and the Tatar camp also suddenly "bang bang bang bang".
Bang! There was a loud sound of gongs!
The sound of the gong was clear and crisp at night, and could be heard far away, accompanied by vague and chaotic shouts: "Oh no! Someone has robbed the camp! Someone has set a fire! Go and report to the master, someone has robbed the camp!"
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Yang Zhen's heart skipped a beat, knowing that the musketry team entering the camp had been discovered by the Tatar patrol team!
At this moment, Yang Zhen heard another loud "bang" sound, and a fire burst into the sky in the northeast corner of the Tatar camp, illuminating the night sky there.
"This is the sound of thunder! It seems that Pan Xi succeeded!"
Yang Zhen was guessing the situation of his troops in the Tatar camp when he saw Li Lu leading the grenadiers who had deployed ten thousand enemies to suddenly run back. When he took a closer look, he found that there were several people under the fence of the Tatar camp.
The firelight was flickering everywhere.
Before Yang Zhen could react, he heard violent explosions like "boom", "boom", "boom" and "boom". The huge earthquake on the ground almost knocked Yang Zhen to the ground.
As soon as the roar in his ears dissipated, Yang Zhen saw Zu Keyong's troops and Xu Changyong's troops rushing over with shouts without waiting for the order to attack the camp!
Yang Zhen, who had experienced this kind of scene for the first time, was still a little naive after all. At this critical moment, looking at the broken fortress in front of him and the shouting crowd rushing in, his mind went blank and he was a little dazed.
Fortunately, what was completely different from him, a rookie on the battlefield, was that when he ordered Li Lu's troops to prepare for ten thousand enemies, both generals and soldiers from Zu Keyong's and Xu Changyong's troops were squatting on the ground.
I covered my ears and got ready.
The soldiers on the right wing of the musketeers, the right wing of the artillery team, and the left wing of the grenadiers under Yang Zhen all took precautionary measures. Only Yang Zhen, the time traveler, stupidly waited for the explosion of ten thousand enemies.
The Ming Dynasty's official army used a very large amount of medicine for each of the ten thousand enemies. During the Wanli period, when the country was at its peak, the amount of medicine used by each ten thousand enemy was about 40 kilograms in later generations, which is eighty kilograms.
Even based on the explosive yield of black gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty, which required 80 kilograms of gunpowder for an enemy of 10,000 people, the sound and power of the explosion were already considerable.
However, after the peak period of the Wanli period, the power of the Ten Thousand Enemies began to shrink. First of all, it was reflected in the weight, which began to decline. The amount of black powder also began to decline. Instead, it was made on the large clay pots filled with gunpowder.
Enough effort.
The 10,000 enemies currently used by Li Lu include the Ming Dynasty official army standard 10,000 enemies, as well as the 10,000 enemies equipped and made by himself.
In this sneak attack on the Tatar camp, Li Lu's troops carried tens of thousands of enemies loaded and prepared by the grenadiers themselves. The overall weight was reduced in order to be easier to carry, but the overall power not only did not decrease, but also improved.
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Because the Ten Thousand Enemy they recently made used Pan Wenmao's newly formulated gunpowder, although it was smaller in size, the sound and power it produced increased instead of decreasing.
When Yang Zhen came back to his senses from the deafening explosion, he saw the Tatar camp fence thirty steps ahead. In the explosion just now, a large section had been toppled, and rows of logs had been blown up.
The sky formed a huge gap two to three feet wide.
"Come on! Rush in with me! Rush in and burn the Tatars' grain and grass, and we will win! Burn the Tatars' grain and grass, and we will win!"
Seeing that Zu Keyong's troops and Xu Changyong's troops were already swarming in, Yang Zhen's head got hot for no reason, and his blood surged upwards. While shouting such slogans, he followed the team in front regardless and rushed in.
Chapter completed!