January 13, Zhuxian Town.

Near the Qing army's vehicle defense line surrounding Zhuxian Town, the attacks by the Qing and Wu Zhou sides were in full swing.

Last night, with the cover of darkness and the support of artillery, Wu Zhou's army followed suit, using shield cars, carts, and sacks and straw bags stuffed with soil, broken bricks, wood blocks, cotton cloth, and other things.

, and formed a circular defense line that can block bullets and artillery shells.

The distance between the two circular defense lines is very close, only seventy or eighty steps. If you lie behind the two circular defense lines and set up a musket, you can barely reach the other side.

This style of play looks a bit like the trench warfare of World War I!

However, changes in tactics and the development of weapons and equipment complement each other. The burning speed of "sugar powder" is about eight times that of black powder, and the lethality produced by the explosion is far from comparable to the latter. Moreover, sugar powder is easy to use.

To make smoke bombs - just change the ratio of nitrate to sugar. So when sugar and medicine weapons dominate the battlefield, the strategy of fighting in formation will naturally be replaced by a fighting style relying on civil engineering.

Wu Zhou and Da Qing families now do not have enough sugar to squander, so of course they will pay more attention to the "sugar prevention on the battlefield" measures.

And quickly building simple civil fortifications on the front line is obviously the most effective way to "prevent sugar". Therefore, whether it is the army of Wu Zhou or the Eight Banners New Army of the Qing Dynasty, they are all "civil engineering" now.

Therefore, in the Battle of Zhuxian Town, the Qing army used vehicle fortresses, trenches, and earthen walls to trap Wu Zhou's army, while Wu Zhou's army used similar methods.

So on the Zhuxian Town battlefield, there were scenes of "trenches" versus "trenches" and "exploding bombs" versus "exploding bombs."

Of course, the blooming bullets on both sides are not "very sweet", they are both a mixture of black powder bullets and sugar powder bullets. But Wu Zhou's side uses a little more "sugar" - after all, Wu Zhou "has sugar at home."

Although the Qing army used less sugar, their black gunpowder was more powerful - it was granular black powder made under the personal supervision of Kangxi's academic master, and it was much more powerful than ordinary black powder.

When the two are offset like this, the firepower possessed by both sides is actually about the same. However, Wu and Zhou take the initiative, and have the convenience of fighting on the inside, which makes it easier to concentrate artillery. Therefore, on the northern line where Wu and Zhou's army mainly attacks, their firepower is

An overwhelming advantage.

Hundreds of small-caliber mortars used to fire super-caliber projectiles were placed behind the defense line of Wu and Zhou military shield vehicles, carts, sacks, and straw bags. Beside each small-caliber mortar, there were several

The gunners were busy operating. The cast-iron cannonballs loaded with hammers were thrown like raindrops towards the Qing army's vehicle barriers. Each cast-iron cannonball exploded in the Qing army's vehicle barriers and could fire up Wu Zhoujun's position.

There was a burst of cheers. The morale of every Wu and Zhou officer and soldier was raised to the extreme.

However, the Qing army did not just suffer bombings but did not fight back.

They were not equipped with small-caliber mortars because Emperor Kangxi disliked their short range, so they were not equipped with them. Instead, they were equipped with powerful general cannons as weapons for firing explosive shells!

Although this kind of artillery has a very long range, it cannot fire super-caliber projectiles, is relatively heavy, is not very convenient to move, has a low rate of fire, and has a relatively small number of equipment.

So we are at a clear disadvantage in the artillery battle!

But in terms of long-barreled artillery, the Qing army had a clear advantage. They were equipped with a large number of sub-cannons, also known as Fran cannons, which could easily penetrate the Wu and Zhou army's shield vehicles.

In addition, the Qing army also had some large general artillery and a large number of general artillery. These artillery had a long range, so they were placed far behind the civil fortification defense line and kept firing at Zhuxian Town.

Solid bullets were continuously blasted into Zhuxian Town, falling on the heads of the people in Zhuxian Town, causing considerable panic.

The exclamations, screams, and cries of the people continued to be heard from Zhuxian Town.

Groups of grenadiers from the Wu Zhou Army stood by behind their fortifications, watching the rain of bullets and the smoke-filled scene on the battlefield. They dug out the fortifications one by one and crawled towards the Qing army's vehicles.

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Under the cover of smoke and shelling, these crawling grenadiers would quietly crawl to a distance of only ten steps from the Qing army's vehicle formation, and then throw out the ignited grenade hammer!

Of course, the Qing army was not to be outdone, and also sent dead soldiers with explosives to crawl over and blast Wu Zhou's army!

You and I go back and forth on both sides, and it’s a blast.

The musketeers from both sides also went to the front line, relying on their respective fortifications, and kept firing at the other side's position with their shotguns and turtle-dove rifles.

The gunfire crackled and became extremely intensive.

However, there is always a pause in the intensive sound of gunfire - after firing for a period of time, the guns on both sides need to cool down.

At this time, it was the turn of the soldiers on both sides to go into battle and fight!

Amidst bursts of deafening shouts, Wu Zhou's soldiers carried the arrows of the Qing army, and with the cover of grenade hammers and their own archers, they launched wave after wave of charges.

Yue Le, who was in charge of the overall situation of the Qing army, personally went to the northern front to supervise the battle, and constantly used the cavalry on hand as a reserve team to enter the battlefield one by one to support the infantry that was fighting hard.

The two sides are just going to fight each other, it depends on who can't stand it first!

...

Beijing, heavy snow.

While the battle in Zhuxian Town was in full swing, a troop of troops entered the Wengcheng at Chaoyangmen in the snow on the morning of the 13th.

This is an army composed of hundreds of unpleasant Mongolian cavalry - they are the escort of Prince Burni of Chahar, and they followed their prince into the city from the camp north of Shah River.

The reason why they are disliked is because the Mongols stationed on the north bank of the Shahe River these days do not follow any rules. They disturb the people and rob property everywhere. Moreover, they do not look at the targets when they rob. They not only rob Han villages, but also

They robbed the flag villages under the jurisdiction of the yamen of each of the Eight Banners, and even robbed the villages of the nobles in the capital.

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But there was nothing he could do against these Mongols... Chahar's cavalry was invited by his brother Kangxi!

Moreover, the cavalrymen of the Eight Banners on the left and right wings of Chahar and the Zasak Banner of Chahar have no food and salary... They are all "self-organized", how can Chang Ning expect Burni and Luobuzang to restrain them?

Now I just hope that they can take these tens of thousands of Chahar cavalry south as soon as possible, stay away from Beijing, and go to cause harm elsewhere!

Although I wish Burni would get out of here, I still have to give him face. After all, he is Chang Ning’s cousin... Burni’s grandmother is Empress Zhezhe!

So when Chang Ning heard that Burni had arrived outside Chaoyang Gate, he quickly left the palace and asked his deputy, Tianjin General Soldier Wang Yuxi, to lead three thousand troops to Chaoyang Gate to set up defenses.

Chaoyang Gate in Beijing is a city gate with a barbican, which is a small fortress that is very strong.

If it is attacked by Burni, we will be in big trouble!

So when Burni arrived, the inside and outside of Chaoyang Gate were already heavily guarded. Even the gate tower of Wengcheng was decorated with Tianjin green battalion soldiers carrying muskets!

If the hundreds of people under Bourne wanted to cause trouble, they would be beaten into "Booleans" on the spot.

After setting up the "ambush", Chang Ning led a team of yellow jackets and palace guards and carefully went to Chaoyang Gate to greet the visiting Burni.

And while Chang Nian and Burni's cousins ​​were chatting and laughing in the heavily guarded Chaoyangmen Wengcheng, outside the bustling Dongzhimen, thousands of people who seemed to be fleeing were carrying large and small bags and leading women.

The children came towards the open Dongzhimen. They were talking among themselves as they walked, all saying that their village had been plundered by the Mongols and suffered heavy losses. They also said that they would go to the city to complain to a certain prince or a certain court official!

They all spoke with the most standard Beijing accent, and they seemed to be farmers somewhere in the suburbs of Beijing.

At this time, the farms in the suburbs of Beijing were either banner land or the property of a certain nobleman... These farmers were obviously tenants of the Eight Banners nobles. If they were robbed, wouldn't it mean that the Eight Banners nobles in Beijing were robbed?

It is only natural to go to the city to complain!

These days, there are not a few tenants from the suburbs of Beijing who come to the city to complain, so the green battalion soldiers of the Third Patrol Battalion guarding Dongzhimen and a limping gatekeeper did not dare to chase them away, and even greeted them with a look of sympathy.
Chapter completed!