Zhu Cixuan, who was trekking in the vast wilderness, had no time to care about Kunming's reaction. He was only concerned about two things now, one was the war in Guizhou, and the other was how far away Chengdu was. After landing in Xuzhou, he had been
Struggling in the forest. In later generations, he traveled from Chongqing to Chengdu countless times and was very familiar with this road. However, at this time, the Sichuan Plain had completely degraded into a wild world, with no farmland, no towns, only endless forests and
Wild beasts that appear everywhere. In the woods, there are military stations every few dozen miles. The soldiers in the military stations are more like savages struggling to survive in the wilderness than soldiers. The main task is to survive and farm.
Hunting and fishing, these silent soldiers didn't even care about the identity of Prince Zhu Cixuan. They saluted numbly and silently watched these brightly-armored imperial camps approaching.
"There is no color in the eyes, and there is no longing for victory." Zhu Cixuan sighed, "Brother Wang, for them, maybe the defeat of the Ming Dynasty is a relief? No more fighting, no need to worry about being beheaded by the Tatars one day.
, as long as you are willing to shave your head, you can live a stable life. Maybe hair is not that important?"
Wang Qilong said solemnly: "Your Highness is overly worried. There must be some scoundrels who have forgotten their ancestors, but I firmly believe that more of them are good men who are incompatible with the Tatars."
Zhu Cixuan nodded silently. He had long discovered that despair had begun to spread among the Ming army. This could not be undone by shouting slogans and saying a few inspiring words.
"Improve everyone's life bit by bit and rebuild everyone's faith in the Ming Dynasty step by step. This is what I want to do when I arrive in Chengdu. But the most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty needs a victory!" Zhu Cixuan whispered, looking in the southeast direction, "Sichuan
King, we must defeat the Tatars in Guizhou!"
Guizhou, Zhenyuan. On the first day of the thirteenth year of Yongli, Feng Shuangli began to besiege Zhenyuan City.
Harabaer wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and did not send anyone to warn Jixiham of the incoming Ming army. Jixiha instead urged the troops to advance dozens of miles to Kaili, occupying several forts abandoned by the Ming army.
A frontline early warning line was set up. The forts were simple and not strong enough to fight against the army. As soon as Feng Shuangli's soldiers arrived, Ji Xiha immediately withdrew his troops back to Zhenyuan without saying a word. But Ji Xiha was quite hesitant about withdrawing his troops directly back to Hunan. Feng Shuangli advanced quickly,
Before Ji Xiha could make up his mind, Zhenyuan was surrounded.
Ji Xiha did not panic. He had nearly 20 Niulu men, more than 5,000 people, which was more than enough to defend the small city of Zhenyuan. Feng Shuangli had about 15,000 people, so he was not without the strength to fight. Of course,
Ji Xiha has already sent people back to Hunan to report the military situation. As long as we hold on for half a month, reinforcements will surely arrive.
Feng Shuangli was a veteran on the battlefield. After the siege, he did not rush to attack, but carefully observed. Ji Xiha did not defend the city gate, but set up a stronghold at the city gate to cover the city gate tightly. Feng Shuangli nodded secretly.
, Jixiha’s arrangement is very organized, and this old slave is indeed well-deserved.
"Bring the artillery over and blast it for a while to break the barracks at the city gate." Feng Shuangli muttered. "If the barracks are not broken, it will be difficult for our army to threaten the city gate. We have to prevent the Tatars from attacking our army from the barracks."
General Qian of the Artillery Battalion took the order and soon ordered his men to push the cannons to the front. Feng Shuangli brought four red cannons. They were cast by Sun Kewang in Guiyang by recruiting Portuguese craftsmen from Macao. Compared with the "Red Cannons" that were imitated by the Manchus and renamed
"Yi cannon" is lighter in weight and has a longer range. Jixiha also has cannons, but they are small cannons that are easy to march. The Mongolian Eight Banners were not allowed by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties to equip Hongyi cannons. The city gate barracks are not big, and Jixiha has no hope.
How long these camps can hold, the Ming army has to spend time to fight even if it achieves its goal, so Jixiha is not willing to place the artillery in the camps, but moves them all to the top of the city, preparing to use the height of the city wall to suppress the Ming army's artillery array
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Seeing the Ming army shouting slogans and pushing the Hongyi artillery to the front of the formation, and starting to build the artillery array in full swing, Jixiha turned around and asked: "Can our cannon hit the Ming army's artillery array?"
"No, but the current position of the Ming army's artillery array cannot attack the city wall."
"Let the men in the camp take precautions, Minggou is about to fire." Jixiha warned, "When the Minggou cannons stop, let Baiyin lead the people to rush to kill the Minggou artillery array."
Baiyin was a weather-beaten Mongolian man. After the defeat of Lin Dan Khan, he took his relatives to Huang Taiji and was rewarded with a cow. At this time, he looked nervously at the Ming army's artillery array and silently said to
Changshengtian prayed. Seeing the Ming army artillery suddenly disperse, Baiyin shouted: "Get down!"
"Boom!" There were four blasts in one sound, and the shells came out, but only one hit the camp. The unlucky Mengba Banner was hit by the wood splinters from the shell hitting the wooden wall, and screamed loudly.
There was a slight commotion among the surrounding soldiers, and Bai Yin shouted: "Lie down, don't move around, Han Dog's cannon will only sound once, and it will stop after a while. Follow my orders and kill them all!"
The Ming artillerymen did not even look at the shooting results. Following the gunner's instructions, they began to clear the barrels and adjust the angles. The Mongolian Eight Banners in the camp lay behind the wall and waited hard for the bombardment to end. The four Hongyi cannons no longer fired volleys.
They opened fire gradually according to their own rhythm. Soon, the third round of shelling achieved results again. The shells hit the wall of the village and unreasonably tore apart the section of the wall made of hardwood like knocking down building blocks, exposing the
There were several Mengba Banners inside who were in a panic. The Ming Army shouted loudly. The Mengba Banners who were lucky enough to be uninjured looked up and found that the camp wall protecting them had collapsed. They were so frightened that they rolled and crawled to the side. The Ming Army continued.
As the artillery fired, shells fell into the camp from time to time, with huge roars and continuous screams. The Mengba bannermen who had been passively bombed began to become confused, unwilling to lie on the ground and wait for death. Baiyin tried his best to comfort,
I was also filled with resentment in my heart. Why hadn’t Han Dog finished firing?
Finally, the sound of the Ming army's artillery gradually stopped. Baiyin was refreshed and was about to lead a team to attack the Ming army's artillery array. Before he could raise his arms and shout, a broken gong-like voice rang out: "Brothers, Han
The dog cannons have stopped, go into the city and hide!"
Baiyin was stunned, then furious: "Bodun! How dare you run away from the battle!"
The man named Bodun ignored what Baiyin said, and ran towards the city gate, shouting as he ran: "Brothers in the city, pull me up quickly, I am Bodun, and my Ama is
Niulu Zhangjing of Manchuria's Zhenghuang Banner..."
Baiyin was helpless. Bodun was the Manchu whom Jixiha had stuffed into his Niulu. He said he wanted to train under him, but in fact, Baiyin couldn't control him at all. This Bodun's father was Jixiha.
His subordinates fought bravely and were deeply loved by Jixiha. Thinking that the tiger father had no dog son, Jixiha happily accepted Bodun, but unexpectedly Bodun did something wrong to him in the first battle. Baiyin saw that
The Mengba bannermen were about to move and shouted: "Don't move, line up and charge with me!" They turned around and cursed at the soldiers: "Go and report to your lord, Bo Dun escaped from the battle, let him get out of my Niulu.
I'll settle the score with him after the war!"
When the trumpet sounded, three hundred Mongolian cavalry got on their horses and rushed straight towards the Ming army's artillery array two miles away. Feng Shuangli smiled and said: "The Tatars are tough enough. They dare to attack our army with this small force. The artillery array must not miss anything.
Ask Di Sanpin to stop them."
The Ming army's formation also moved accordingly. Di Sanpin's troops moved laterally, blocking the artillery array behind them. In front, the Ming army's gunmen lined up in two rows, facing the charging cavalry. The gunmen were always lazily
The distance was measured and the whistle was blown. After receiving the instruction, the gunmen lowered their heads and started loading. They poured in the primer, filled the gunpowder, stuffed the projectiles, and stabbed them firmly with the rod. After a series of tedious operations, the gunmen were ready.
The gunmen stood quietly with their guns in hand, waiting for the commander's order. The commander looked back, nodded with satisfaction, and another whistle sounded. The gunmen carefully fixed the lit match rope firmly to the gun clip, and then
They all raised their guns and pointed them at the galloping cavalry.
At this moment, Baiyin's troops had controlled their horses to trot to about a hundred paces. Baiyin whistled, and the Mengba Banners took out their riding bows and shot out an arrow with the momentum of the galloping horses. The fire gun soldiers did not move at all, only lowered their heads. Most of them lowered their heads.
The arrows fell before they reached the front of the Ming army's formation. The cavalry bow was relatively soft and had no lethality after a hundred steps or so, and could not break the gunner's leather armor. Baiyin did not expect to be able to kill several Ming soldiers, but
He just wanted to induce the Ming army to fire. The general of the Ming army was unmoved. He just looked at the Mengba banners and refused to give the order to fire. Baiyin was a little anxious, and suddenly clamped the horse's belly and led the team towards
They rushed forward a few steps, then pulled Ma Jiang sharply, and swerved diagonally to the left. The Ming army's front line fluctuated slightly, but still no one fired.
"Trouble..." Baiyin was even more anxious. He led the team to rush forward, stopped suddenly, and turned. The Ming army was always as steady as a mountain, turning a blind eye to his performance. Baiyin looked around, he had been delayed for a long time, and the Ming army was here.
Under Feng Shuangli's mobilization, there was a faint intention to cut off his retreat. "No more hesitation!" Baiyin gritted his teeth and whistled, and the Mongolian Eight Banners followed closely. Three hundred cavalry raised dust all over the sky and rushed straight to the Ming army's formation.
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"Get ready!" The Ming Army Commander raised his hand high, and the gunmen were refreshed. As they got closer, the angry expressions of the Meng Banners were clearly visible.
"Let go!" the fire gun handler shouted angrily.
"Bang bang bang..." Sounds like fried beans continued to sound, and a rain of projectiles swept across the entire cavalry. The Mongolian Eight Banners in the front row trembled and fell off their horses as if they were struck by lightning. One round of shooting, more than thirty Mongolian Eight Banners
He was killed on the spot. Baiyin's heart was bleeding. This was all the strength he had accumulated through hard work and was the foundation for his livelihood. Not to mention that many of them were relatives of his tribe. When he saw the second row of fire gunners, they were already ready to open fire.
, there were layers of spear formations like hedgehogs behind them, Baiyin felt a shiver in his heart and couldn't rush forward.
"Retreat! Get back to the camp!" Baiyin roared, waving the scimitar in his hand repeatedly. As if they had received an amnesty, the Mongolian Eight Banners turned their horses and drove away one after another, showing off their good riding skills.
"Run away now?" Di Sanpin felt that he was insulted. I have worked hard for a long time, shelling and forming formations, and even took off my pants, and you just show me this? "Follow me! Don't kill this Tatar."
Catch him and beat him to pieces, I won't withdraw my troops today." Di Sanpin roared angrily.
The deputy general next to him was stunned, chasing? Tatars on horseback can't catch up. Di Sanpin didn't care about this and had already charged forward on horseback. The Ming army was short of horses, so the general's mount could still protect him. But he rushed very fast, and Ming behind him could not catch up.
But the army couldn't catch up. The general is so powerful, this is to fight one against a hundred! The deputy general became anxious and urged the Ming army to pursue quickly. The Ming army ran at full speed, and the neat queue suddenly became chaotic. Fortunately, there was no sound.
I thought about making a comeback, otherwise I'm afraid Di Sanpin would have to explain it here.
Feng Shuangli: "...Ming Jin."
Jixiha: "...take care of it."
Bodun: "Sir, you see I'm right, Baiyin doesn't know how to fight at all!" This chapter has been completed!