Abatai opened the tent and was greeted by a cold wind with a strong moist breath. He couldn't help but shudder. From the second watch last night until now, it has been raining almost all night.
It flows down like a thread.
At this time, two packers took a mink cloak and put it on Abatai, saying, "Master Beile, it's cold today, so you'd better wear more clothes."
Abatai let out a "hum", pushed the two coats away, and said: "I'm not old yet? I want you two slaves to be troublesome." After saying that, he strode out of the big tent, and the raindrops immediately fell like a dense cloud.
He hit him on his body and armor, making a "crack, crackle, crackle" sound. The two coats hurriedly carried a big umbrella, chased after Abatai, and rushed out.
At this time, outside the camp, the soldiers of the Eight Banners were also neatly dressed in their war suits, and they were lined up in the rain facing a high platform in the center of the camp. Abatai walked through the muddy water and walked out from one end of the queue.
They were all soaked by the rain, but whether they were white-armored soldiers, horse soldiers, combat soldiers, infantry or auxiliary soldiers, everyone's waist was straight, their swords and guns were like a dense forest, pointing straight to the sky.
Abata exhaled a few puffs of white air and nodded with great satisfaction. He was indeed an elite warrior of the Qing Dynasty. In an instant, he was full of confidence in victory.
At this time, other Han troops and Mongolian troops had also organized their troops and formed their teams in front of the central tent. Although their energy and energy were not as high as those of the Eight Banners soldiers, they still held on to themselves and did not dare to show any signs of it.
He seemed to be slacking off. Turg, who was also covered in rain, came to Abatai and said: "Baylor, you are ready with the scriptures."
Abatai nodded, and the two of them stepped onto the high platform together. Abatai said loudly: "Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, listen, many of you have fought against the Ming army in Jinan City, and they all relied on fire.
The weapons are powerful. Fortunately, it rained heavily and their firearms were unable to be used. This is God's help for the success of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, in today's battle, everyone must work hard and block the first. After the city is broken, we need to fight for three days.
The first person to attack the city will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and promoted to the third level. If there are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and are afraid to move forward, you see, this is what will happen."
As he said this, he saw a few wolf-like Qing soldiers dragging a man to the front of the high platform and kneeling him in the muddy water. Behind them, there was also a soldier holding a bright sword with a ghost head.
Like an executioner, he stood behind the man. The man said in a trembling voice: "Master Beile, this villain realizes his mistake. Please save Master Beile and spare this villain's life."
Abatai smiled coldly and said sternly: "Behead."
The executioner raised his knife and lowered it. In a flash of cold light, the man's head fell to the ground. Blood gushed out and mixed with the muddy water, immediately dyeing it red. The tens of thousands of soldiers in the audience were silent for a moment, because it was Mongolia.
In the army, many people's bodies were trembling.
It turned out that the man who was beheaded was a Jia La Ezhen from the Horqin tribe of the Mongolian outer vassal, named Eguna.
Although the Horqin tribe is a foreign vassal of Mongolia, it has a very special status in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The current Manchu emperor Huang Taiji, Queen Zhezhe, and his two favorite concubines, Zhuang Concubine Dayu'er and Chen Concubine Hailan Zhudu
She was from the Horqin tribe, and Zhezhe was also the biological aunt of Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Huan, and Concubine Zhuang's cousin was married to Dorgun.
Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always taken the lead in pursuing the national policy of attracting the Long Mongols, and the Horqin tribe has such a close kinship relationship with the Manchu royal family, their status is naturally different from that of other Mongolians. Even the general Qing ministers have no regard for them. They were also very courteous. The people of the Horqin tribe also felt that they were superior to others and spoke much louder than others.
Eguna was ordered by Gushan Ezhenbadali of the Horqin tribe to bring two thousand men and horses to participate in the battle against Ming Dynasty. However, he followed the principle of conserving strength and grabbing more things all the way south. .The battle was not fought much, but a lot of money and people were robbed. In addition to the Han army, the Mongolian army, and the Manchu army were all a little dissatisfied with them. But Abatai turned a blind eye to this and just played. As long as it doesn't affect the overall situation, forget it. But Eguna didn't realize it and thought he was in trouble, so he became even more shameful and arrogant.
At the military meeting last night, Abatai proposed that he would take advantage of the rain to attack Jinan City tomorrow. Eguna jumped out to object at that time, because the Horqin tribe had gained a lot from this expedition. After receiving the order to retreat, they only wanted to Return to the outside of the pass as soon as possible. Moreover, he also heard that this Ming army is extremely difficult to deal with, so he does not want to waste his troops under Jinan City. He even threatened that if Abatai wants to attack Jinan, he will fight it himself. He will do it early tomorrow morning Then he led his troops back north.
Abatai was naturally furious. He had long wanted to find an opportunity to suppress the Mongolian army. Egun jumped out on his own initiative, and naturally he could not be saved. Although Eguna was from the Horqin tribe, Abatai was also Nurhachi after all. The son of Huang Taiji, the elder brother of Huang Taiji, it is not a big deal to kill a mere Jia La E. Therefore, he immediately ordered to capture E Guna on the spot. When the troops were sent out today, he beheaded them in front of the entire army to suppress them in one fell swoop. The entire army.
Then Abate immediately ordered the entire army to leave camp and attack Jinan.
Shang Yi stood on the tower of Jinan City, wiped the rain from his face, and pulled off the windshield on his helmet. It only had night vision function, and it was also rain-proof and fog-proof. At this time, Shang Yi could fully It feels like a disaster, but modern things are good.
Looking from a distance at the west gate of Jinan, where the Qing army was mainly attacking, we saw a group of Qing soldiers leaving the brigade more than 300 steps away, carrying nearly a hundred wooden ladders, and advancing towards Jinan City. Because of this There was a lot of water on the ground, which was wet and slippery. Therefore, not only did the Qing army fail to launch the shield cart, but soldiers slipped and fell from time to time, covering themselves with mud and water, which also caused laughter from the Muling army on the city wall.
However, the Qing army still pushed forward slowly towards the city wall in the rain.
Shang Yi asked Luo Yuanbin next to him: "Mr. Luo, are you ready?"
Luo Yuanbin said: "Please don't worry, sir. I guarantee that the Tatars will be shocked."
Shang Yi nodded, very satisfied, and said: "Okay, now that the Tatars have entered the shooting range, let's start the bombardment immediately."
Luo Yuanbin agreed, walked down the tower, and shouted: "The Tatars have entered the firing range, prepare all artillery, and start loading ammunition and shotguns."
Jinan now has fifteen artillery pieces, including six medium-sized Fran cannons, four small Fran cannons, and five Crouching Tiger cannons. After hearing the order, the gunners responsible for operating the artillery agreed and said, Crouching Tiger The gun began to load gunpowder shells, while the Franco machine gun directly loaded the musket filled with ammunition.
The Qing army would attack in the rain, which was not beyond Shang Yi's expectation, because it was a basic common sense in this era not to use firearms on rainy days, although rainy days would also bring a lot of inconvenience to the Qing army's siege.
, but the Qing army will not miss this opportunity. But this time, I am afraid that the Qing army will be disappointed. Because Shang Yi was also prepared for the rain. Just yesterday, Shang Yi ordered ten towers to be erected on the city wall overnight.
Several reed sheds covered all the artillery positions, and at the same time protected the gunpowder from rain and moisture, so the artillery could still be fired even in rainy days.
As the gunners at various positions reported that all the gunpowder, cannonballs, and muskets had been loaded, Luo Yuanbin waved his flag and shouted: "Fire."
"Boom-boom-boom-boom-" the fifteen artillery pieces roared almost at the same time, spitting out a lot of thick smoke and sending death to the Qing army. At the same time, the offensive and defensive battle in Jinan officially started.
prelude.
As the lead, iron, sand and gravel ejected from the barrel fell at various locations outside the city, a series of hissing and heartbreaking shouts immediately erupted from the Qing army formation. The Qing soldiers almost fell down in pieces, their armor
They were penetrated, their shields were shattered, and the projectiles penetrated into the flesh, tearing open the muscles and internal organs, and shattering the bones. Many people were even beaten into sieves, and then fell headlong into the muddy ground, and then
He couldn't get up either. Blood flowed out, mixed with the mud and water, and quickly began to spread on the battlefield.
In addition, there were some Qing soldiers who didn't know whether they were lucky or unlucky. Although they had been shot, their vital parts were not hit. However, they were unable to stand any longer and could only throw themselves down in the muddy water, screaming at the top of their lungs.
He was struggling and rolling around in the muddy water, looking miserable.
Because the artillery shells contained a large amount of lead, and after the soldiers fell to the ground after being shot, they were covered with mud and water, and the wounds were easily infected with other bacteria, so the wounded soldiers almost had a narrow escape from death.
This round of shelling completely disabled about 300 Qing soldiers from fighting.
After the firing, the gunners of each artillery piece were immediately busy cleaning the residue in the barrel, and continued to load gunpowder, cannonballs, and bullets in preparation for the next firing. Luo Yuanbin did not give orders to let each artillery fire freely.
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However, the current battle situation is not beyond the expectations of Abatai and Turg, because the Ming army is the defender of the city after all, and it is entirely possible to provide some rain protection for the artillery. However, the firing frequency of the artillery is slow.
The attack on the Qing army was limited, but within fifty steps of the city wall, it entered the blind spot of the artillery. Therefore, although it could cause a certain amount of damage to the Qing army, it was impossible to completely stop the Qing army's offensive and pay the penalty.
The first round of attacks consisted of 5,000 Han troops. The Qing army could still afford these losses.
What really played a big role for the Qing army in defending the city were firecrackers and hand grenades, but these two types of firearms were completely unusable on such windy and rainy days. It was impossible for the Ming army to build up the entire city wall in one night.
There were plenty of shacks to protect them from the rain. Moreover, Abatai and Turg could also see very clearly that there were only twenty or thirty shacks near the battlement wall, scattered on the city wall, and they were of no use at all. They were just
The Ming army could not defend Jinan City with artillery.
Therefore, as long as he withstood several rounds of artillery strikes from the Ming army and approached the city wall, Abatai believed that he was at least 70% sure that he could attack the city wall and capture Jinan Prefecture.
So under the constant shelling of the city, the Qing soldiers braved the heavy rain, carried wooden ladders, and pushed hard towards the wall of Jinan City on the slippery muddy ground.