The violent explosion spread just a dozen steps away, and the rushing air waves were like a violent and irregular tornado. In the blink of an eye, seven or eight Han Army flag artillerymen were stunned and bleeding!
Even Dorgon, Duoduo and others who were just in front were knocked over by the rapid air wave!
"What the hell is going on?" Dodo climbed up from the dust, and the 'iron hat' disappeared, revealing half of his bare head.
"Prince Yu, be careful! Retreat quickly! This is the artillery fire of the Ming army!" A Han army flag gunner commander shouted and ordered the gunners in front to pull the cowhide carts to this side.
Duduo wanted to ask more questions, but was pulled back dozens of steps by Dorgon, "Fifteenth brother, take one step back first!"
In a moment, Dorgon, Duduo, Abatai, Azig and others had withdrawn a hundred steps away, and then they were able to take a breath.
"Brother, what the hell is going on? How come the Ming army also has artillery?" Duduo said in great frustration.
Dorgon had also reacted at this time. He looked at the blazing muzzles of the cannons on the top of Pinggu City and cursed: "Look at the good things he has done! If these cannons are not transported away earlier,
Now it has become the biggest obstacle hindering the advance of my army!"
Duduo was stunned and then realized that Pinggu City was the most important material transfer base for the Qing Dynasty. Most of the Ming army artillery and firearms they captured this time were transported to Pinggu City first, and then from Pinggu City.
Transferred to outside customs!
But Tan Baiwu lost Pinggu City. These properties and materials were taken by Liu Ruyi before they could be transported away, and these artillery pieces were only part of them!
"Brother, what should we do now?" Duduo asked quickly.
Just now, with the advantage of artillery, Duduo was a little arrogant, but at this moment, seeing Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army actually starting to fight back with artillery, Duduo obviously lost his confidence. After all, the shadow Liu Ruyi left on him
, it’s really too huge!
"What should we do? What else can we do? Inform the artillerymen in front and let me suppress the firepower of the Ming army! Quick!" Dorgon roared loudly.
These Han army flag artillerymen spent a lot of effort and money on him to finally reach such a scale, but they were silenced by the Ming army's artillery in one round!
How could Dorgon accept this?
"Prince Rui has given the order, the artillerymen should fight back quickly! Press down the Ming army's artillery!" A white-armored soldier rushed to the Qing army's artillery camp and shouted loudly.
"Yes!" These Han army flag artillerymen were also extremely frustrated. They had already occupied an absolute advantage, but they had never thought that those bright dogs were so insidious, hiding the artillery and delaying any action, waiting for their artillery.
The tube is already very hot, so don’t do it until you can’t continue to use it!
This, this damn guy wants to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger!
"Brothers! Keep working hard! The caliber of those Minggu artillery is too small and they are no match for our Franco machine artillery! Press them down!" the Han army flag commander yelled, and hurriedly ordered the gunners around him to reload ammunition.
At this time, on the top of Pinggu City, Liu Ruyi was also shouting: "Quick, keep on, keep beating me! Press these bastards down! Don't let them breathe!"
The muzzles of the Qing army's artillery were originally aimed in the direction of the south gate and the city wall of Pinggu City, but Liu Ruyi hid the Ming army's artillery on the east side of the city wall. He originally wanted to keep it until the last moment, but Dorgon made a big move.
It was used during the attack. Unexpectedly, Dorgon's artillery was so sharp. Liu Ruyi had to take it out immediately and fight with Dorgon!
As the saying goes, 'The only martial arts in the world that can't be defeated is speed!'
At present, these Franco machine artillery are very heavy and clumsy. Just adjusting the angle of the muzzle takes a lot of time.
At this time, the Qing army's artillery was in the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming army's artillery was hidden in the darkness behind the city wall. For a while, the Qing army could not accurately aim in the direction of the Ming army's artillery camp!
How could Liu Ruyi let go of such an opportunity? Naturally, she would kill you while you were sick!
On top of the city, you have a wide field of vision. Although the terrain is slightly narrow, you can clearly see the position of the Qing army's artillery camp!
Huo Lang shouted desperately and directed the Caishi Army artillery gunner to adjust the angle of the muzzle, while the loader continued to fill the deep barrel with black shells as big as footballs!
"Get ready~~~~! Release~~!"
Following Huo Lang's loud shout, twenty artillery pieces let out a low roar at the same time.
After a moment, 'Boom~Rong~Rong...' a series of loud noises suddenly exploded on the Qing army's artillery position!
There was a sudden burst of screams in the artillery position of the Qing army, and the chickens were flying and the dogs were jumping!
They never thought that the Ming army on top of the city would be so despicable, and they were not given any time to react!
If it hadn't been for the cover of a dozen cowhide carts in front, I'm afraid half of their more than twenty artillery pieces would have been disabled by this round of shelling!
But even so, more than a dozen of these Han flag artillerymen have been killed!
In this era, excellent artillerymen are as precious as fighter pilots in later generations, and they require a huge price to train!
Dorgon did not expect that with just two rounds of shelling, the Han Army Flag Artillery Battalion he had worked so hard to build had already lost "one hand"!
"Prince Rui, we have lost the opportunity! We cannot continue to waste time with those bright dogs! Otherwise, brothers, brothers will all be wiped out!" The leader of the Han army flag hurried to Duoduo.
In front of Ergon, he knelt on the ground, crying and begging.
Dorgon couldn't help but look livid. Although the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, he also understood that the Han army flag commander was telling the truth!
In order to set up this Han army flag artillery battalion, Dorgon spent almost more than 200,000 taels of silver, and many of the artillerymen he spent a lot of money to poach from the command of Kong Youde, the "King of Obedience"!
If one of these Han army flag artillerymen dies, it is equivalent to losing thousands of taels of silver. Dorgon's statement that he doesn't feel bad is definitely a lie!
It's like playing DOTA. You've obviously got an advantage in the early stages, but just in the late stages, you're suddenly overturned by your opponent. This feeling is absolutely uncomfortable!
Dorgon glanced around. Except for Duduo, who looked at the head of Pinggu City with a look of hatred, Azig, Abatai, Erke Kongoer and others were all fearful and obviously unwilling.
In such a tough fight with the Ming army!
"That's it! A hero will not suffer any immediate losses! Inform the Han army's flag artilleryman that we should withdraw first! Quick!" Dorgon almost squeezed out these words through his teeth!
"Yes! Prince Rui is so wise!" The flag gunner commander of the Han Army was overjoyed and hurried to the front to shout, telling his brothers to retreat.
But the Ming army on top of the city obviously refused to give up!
The roaring artillery fire continued for more than ten rounds, until the Qing army's artillery position was reduced to the ground. It was not until the sun went down that the entire battlefield returned to calm!
On top of the city, at a glance, almost all of the Qing army's artillery had been buried under the dust. Even the few that were still exposed on the ground were almost torn apart. If they were not overhauled, they would definitely explode if they were fired.
Chamber!
However, Liu Ruyi's artillerymen also paid a heavy price after launching such a crazy offensive!
Since many artillery pieces were in disrepair and of varying quality, during the firing process, six of the twenty artillery pieces exploded, and more than a dozen artillery crewmen died!
If Liu Ruyi hadn't arranged a large number of soil clods and sandbags around the artillery in advance, the artillery crew's casualties would have doubled!
At this time, although they had won the battle, the atmosphere on top of the city was still very depressing. Looking at the endless Qing army tents below the city like ants, everyone felt unsure!
"Donkey balls, the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain! Brother Liu, why don't we find a chance to fight for these dog Tatars! If it continues like this, I'm afraid the brothers won't be able to bear it anymore.
!" He Renlong said a little irritably.
In the current situation, the Qing army could afford it, but the Ming army couldn't afford it!
Although there was a lot of food, grass, and baggage in Pinggu City, the people were dragons and the tigers were powerful. Even Liu Ruyi knew in her heart that if she persisted like this, there would never be reinforcements coming from the court!
If by any chance, Huang Taiji sends reinforcements from outside the pass, with their current strength of less than 8,000 troops, it is absolutely impossible to defend Pinggu City!
"Brother Liu, things have come to this! We have made enough achievements! Come to think of it, the emperor will not blame us! It would be better if we only carried the gold and silver in the city, and all the food and grass baggage were burned.
Clean! Let's break out at night! Keep the green hills and don't worry about running out of firewood! Brother Liu, there will be many opportunities to kill the Tatars in the future, so there is no need to rush at this moment!" Hu Dawei also advised from the side.
Liu Ruyi glanced at the two of them but said nothing!
What they said is true, but at this level, it is actually a dead end!
For Emperor Chongzhen and the senior ministers of the capital, the Manchu and Qing armies retreated from Pinggu City. In fact, the war was over for them!
And Liu Ruyi's current behavior is actually no different from "a moth flying into a flame"! It's purely because he is making himself uncomfortable!
But remembering that there were more than 30,000 Ming refugees in the city, Liu Ruyi couldn't calm down and retreated so easily!
The most important thing is that the Ming army cannot bear it. In fact, Dorgon's Qing army may not be able to bear it either!
After all, they have been on the expedition for nearly a year, they are exhausted, and their casualties are not small!
According to historical records, this time when the Qing army came out of the customs, almost every household in Shengjing City wore sackcloth and mourning. In almost every Manchu household, men died in battle!
This is like a 10,000-meter long-distance running race. Both sides have run 9,900 meters, but they are still evenly matched. Only the last 100 meters of sprint is left. It depends on which of the two sides can hold on.