Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 884 Bloody Battle

All night long, the Tianxiong Army was nervously making preparations.Those bulky bronze cannons that could only shoot solid shot balls were mercilessly discarded, and the shells were gathered and melted by military artisans to make rifle bullets and shotgun shells.The peasants struggled to put out the fire, searched for available supplies in the pile of ashes, or slaughtered dead or injured mules and horses, cut off the meat and roasted it, and shared it among each person.There were not many tents left, and the soldiers huddled in their nests with their arms folded, shivering from the cold, but insisted on letting themselves sleep for a while.

Rifles, bullets, shells, crossbows, etc. scattered everywhere were carefully collected and sent to the army.These are precious combat power, which are related to the life and death of the entire army.Under the cover of Denglai's new army, the peasants raced against time to transport the supplies from the ferry on the west bank of the Liaohe River.At this time, the thousands of Ming troops standing on the east bank of the Liao River had been wiped out, but their desperate counterattack also caused the outflanking Qing army to pay a heavy price. It is shocking to form a huge brown spot in the ice and snow.That battle was so fierce that the peasants and soldiers at the ferry on the west bank said with tears in their eyes that at the end of the battle, Paoze on the east bank fired the last shell, fired the last crossbow arrow, and exhausted his last bit of strength. In the wild cry of "Wan Sheng", he held a spear and brazenly launched the last charge at the roaring Qing cavalry, and disappeared in the rain of blood... The sacrifice of thousands of Ming troops bought back precious time, Qing The army was exhausted, the casualties were heavy, and the ice surface of the Liaohe River was blown up, so they had to stop attacking and rest for a night.

They rested, but the Ming army did not rest. Instead, people carried horses and went all out to transport supplies.Eighty thousand crossbow bolts, 20 rifle bullets, [-] thunder cannon shells, [-] rocket launcher shells, as well as large amounts of dry food, cotton-padded clothes, weapons and spears, were continuously transported to the front line.People kept falling down due to excessive exhaustion, and they never got up after falling, but no one complained. Everyone knew that only by transporting these materials to the front line could there be any hope of breaking out of the siege. Those who died would die. Grit your teeth and continue working!

Early the next morning, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the reports submitted by the troops, and his eyelids twitched.

One night, just one night, as many as 700 Ming soldiers who slept in the wild froze to death and frostbited. Those poorly clothed peasants were even more miserable.

They must break through as soon as possible, otherwise what awaits them will be overwhelming bad luck!

Ming Jun stretched his hands and feet, and after warming up a bit, he began to eat a fixed breakfast.There were only two biscuits for breakfast, which added up to four taels, and a small piece of frozen horse meat.The rations of the Tianxiong Army were even less than other troops, because they did not wear armor, had less burden, and less physical exertion, so their breakfast was only a biscuit, but there was a little more horse meat than others.While eating, the Changping Army, the Denglai New Army and other troops handed over part of their rations one after another. Just as they were about to refuse, these soldiers rolled their eyes and said viciously: "If we are bitten, we will I rely on you to protect Lord Hou and the emperor and rush out, how can I eat half full? Eat! Otherwise, I will choke your neck and stuff it for you!"

The Qing army was also nervously making preparations. Smoke billowed from their camp, and large pieces of horse meat rolled in the pot, and they were fished out with flesh and blood and bitten like hungry wolves.The breakfast given to the Japanese soldiers guarding the ice wall consisted of two rice balls mixed with wheat grains and a small fish, which was already a rare delicacy for them.The dwarfs devoured their food, and the sound of their swallowing resounded throughout the battle line.

This was the last breakfast most Japanese soldiers had.

Just as they were devouring, the Ming army had already finished the unappetizing breakfast.Amidst the desolate and chilling trumpets, all the ministries took their positions. In the male army carrying rifles, 300 people lined up neatly one by one, and the cannons were pushed up. The cold wind blew their fiery red helmets, like a group of Rolling flames.Thousands of cavalry were also gathered together, holding long lance sabers, grenades stuck in their waists, and a huge water bag filled with kumiss was hung from the saddle of the horses.Denglai's new army moved back, and thousands of soldiers lined up densely, with long spears and crossbows, and the iron armor glowed with a hint of coldness. Their indifferent eyes and straight waists were all warning their opponents: XX, Don't be insulted!
Huang Taiji's complexion changed slightly, and he called: "No, the Ming army is about to break through!"

Mang Gurtai smiled ferociously: "Breakout? Where are they going to break out! The retreat has long been cut off by Guan Ning's army. No matter how they break out, they will only have to jump into the sea!"

Dai Shan also said: "Yes, Guan Ning's army changed its banner, and the Ming army's way back to the capital has been completely blocked. The only thing they can do is to break out in the direction of Gaizhou and Fuzhou. However, Gaizhou and Fuzhou are far away from here." It's three to four hundred miles away, it's freezing cold, and supplies are scarce. They can't get through it no matter what. Breaking out in this direction will only make them die faster!"

Huang Taiji was not so optimistic. As early as a few years ago, the Tianxiong Army was able to march hundreds of miles a day and arrived at the Daling River frontline in less than 20 days from Handan. After a few years, their marching ability will only become stronger!Three to four hundred miles is a long distance for ordinary people, but for the Tianxiong Army, it is only four or five days' journey. Once they break out towards Gaizhou with all their strength, the Qing army may not be able to stop them!

Failure to kill Lu Xiangsheng in the first place is definitely the biggest loophole in his plan!

Knowing that there was such a big loophole, Huang Taiji was helpless, because the Tianxiong army had already started to move towards the ice wall defense line with brisk drumbeats, 88 steps per minute, striding forward, without looking sideways, thousands of troops and horses were silent Silently, as soon as it is activated, there is a overwhelming pressure covering the battlefield, making people breathless!

tom tom tom tom!

The lightning cannons of the Ming army began to fire. The first to speak was the 160mm lightning cannon. The artillery shells weighing 160 jin rushed into the air screaming, and then plunged into the ice wall defense line.There was a flash in front of my eyes, and there was a loud bang, the thick ice wall shattered, and the crushed ice and rocks wrapped the broken human body and flew into the air. With just three shells, a big gap was blasted into the ice wall defense line.The Japanese army had never seen such a terrifying weapon. They screamed in fright and ran around. It seemed like a hissing monster screaming and fell down. It was okay to miss it, but it was a shower of blood when it hit it!Under the fierce shelling, the Japanese army was completely confused, throwing down their blunderbusses and scurrying around, screaming, and some even cried——they never experienced such fierce artillery fire!
The Ming soldiers and civilians took the opportunity to carry a sack full of ice, snow and mud, and threw the sack into the three-meter-deep trench, which was filled up at an astonishing speed.Originally, under the fierce shooting of thousands of blunderbusses, this trench was an insurmountable sky, but now the Japanese army guarding the ice wall has been blown to pieces, and the civilians are very relaxed and happy to fill the trench!
Huang Taiji shouted angrily: "The artillery fire! Stop them from filling the trench!"

Boom boom boom!

Dozens of heavy cannons from the Qing army, which took a lot of effort to obtain, roared like heaven and earth shattered. The shells roared and fell into the middle of the Ming army, causing a lot of screams. Limbs scattered all over the place.But the Tianxiong Army was unmoved, the officer gave an order, and a row of soldiers from the Tianxiong Army aimed their rifles at the artillery positions of the Qing Army three to four hundred meters away, and slammed the trigger.A large cloud of white gunpowder smoke burst out from the Tianxiong military position, and the bullets hit like the wind. The Qing army artillery position was turned on their backs, and many gunners were beaten into a sieve before they could react. The bullets slammed loudly, sparks shot out, and I was scared out of my wits.The Tianxiong army was unreasonable and unforgiving. After finishing one row, another row went up again, and kept shooting at the artillery positions of the Qing army. Whoever got involved was unlucky!

The artillery was suppressed by the rifles, and the artillerymen were beaten to the point of running away. This is simply unbelievable!However, such an incredible thing really happened. The Tianxiong Army equipped with rifled flintlock guns can generally achieve nine-ring results at a distance of 500 meters. They fired a hundred rounds of bullets at a human-height low wall 400 meters away. At least More than seventy rounds were able to hit the target. The artillerymen of the Qing army did not know how to write the word "death", so they built an artillery position less than [-] meters away from the Ming army. As a result, they were beaten to death and wounded by volleys of guns one by one. They were so stupid. Not a single shell can be fired!

Seeing that the artillery unit he had painstakingly built was actually silenced by the Tianxiong Army's muskets, Huang Taiji frowned, and a twenty-square-meter "日" character floated in the sky.

The gunshots sounded like popping beans. The Ming army and civilians had filled the trenches. The Tianxiong army no longer entangled with the Qing army artillery. When a swan whistle sounded, they let out a terrible roar in their lungs and stopped shooting. Straightening the bayonet across the trench, crossing the ice wall that was blown out of shape, and pounced on the Japanese army who was stunned by the artillery bombardment!Tens of thousands of infantrymen in red cloaks charged at the same time in the ice and snow, like a sea of ​​blood pouring down from the sky. Such a magnificent scene, not to mention the Japanese army, even the experienced Manchurian Eight Banners was frightened for a while!Facing the bayonet hitting the wall, the Japanese army was terrified, and the last trace of courage was dissipated in the cold wind. They fled the position, but the Tianxiong army would not let them go. They turned over and stabbed to death in pieces, and the whole battle was a massacre!

The ice wall line of defense was declared shattered immediately.

Huang Taiji yelled: "Wu Sangui, Zu Dacheng, stop them for me! The whole army presses down and destroys them!"

Wu Sangui and Zu Dacheng's complexions were slightly pale, and ten thousand grass and mud horses roared past in their hearts... Isn't this telling them to die!But they didn't dare to disobey the order, so they had to draw their swords and howl: "Follow me!"

Before the words were finished, there was a violent whistling sound, and there was a continuous curtain of fire in the sky. The rocket bombs turned into rain of fire and fell from the sky, falling in the middle of Guan Ning's army. There was a flash of lightning, and the ground followed It shook like a magnitude [-] earthquake, making people unable to stand at all. The continuous explosions turned into walls of flames rising from the ground, swallowing hundreds of soldiers of the Guanning Army in an instant. .It's a rocket launcher, it's a rocket launcher from the Ming army firing!Just a single volley blasted Guan Ning's army to their feet. I don't know how many people turned into fly ash, let alone how many people's clothes and hair burst out of the sea of ​​flames, hissing and wailing!
The trumpets sounded again, and Zu Kuan raised his horse and shouted: "Follow me!" A total of 160 cavalrymen lined up in three rows, and with their horses straightened, they launched their war horses, turning into a fast-moving iron wall and slamming into the Guanning army. past.Behind them, more than half of the thousands of cavalrymen of the Ming army raised their sabers and shouted, galloped their horses, and rushed straight at the enemy's formation!The Qing army was not a vegetarian either. When the swan whistle sounded, thousands of cavalry came across the wilderness. The cavalry in the front rows held four or five meters long spears. The formation was not as neat as that of the Lancers of the Ming army, but Extremely tight, charge over the wall!After being hanged and beaten many times by Tianxiong Army and Heluo New Army, they also learned this tactic!However, they did not learn from the artillery and cavalry cooperation. On the way they charged, they were welcomed by the cavalry of the Ming army. The steel arrows turned into scorching steel rain and erupted towards the top of their heads. People and horses were sprayed together into hedgehogs and even directly nailed into the ground.After being bombarded so violently, the cavalry of the Qing army inevitably panicked, but the cavalry of the Ming army had such high morale that they rammed into their formation with a destructive force and started killing!
Huang Taiji's fists were clenched until the veins were exposed, and the knuckles turned white.

No one had ever told him this truth, but after the brave Manchurian iron cavalry was smashed all over the ground by the artillery of the Ming army like a hammer smashing a beetle, he deeply understood that if he lagged behind, he would be beaten!

Of course, the Qing army would not just sit back and watch the Ming army easily break through the siege. They outflanked them from all directions, and the rolling cavalry made the Liaohe Plain boil. 10,000+ soldiers and civilians of the Ming army formed a huge phalanx several kilometers wide, bearing the impact of one wave after another. Strong crossbows and compound bows were firing, muskets and cannons were roaring, and rockets were flying through the air. The bayonets shone with cold light, the iron cavalry rushed like a torrent, and the infantry phalanxes collided head-on, and the sound of killing resounded across the field. The battlefield stretching for twenty miles was shrouded in blood and blood. So magnificent, and so terrifying!
Ming and Qing fought for more than [-] years, such a tragic bloody battle was unheard of.From using time to provoking generals, and then to luring the enemy, Huang Taiji has been very successful. Mobilizing the Ming army is like mobilizing his own army. It can be said that he has been infinitely close to success.However, no matter how perfect the script is, there will be accidents. He still underestimated the bloodiness of the Ming army in a desperate situation. He paid a terrible price for underestimating the energy that the ancient nation could burst out in adversity.He watched helplessly as his troops were wiped out one by one, one after another was maimed, and finally the torrent of fury broke the dam, poured out, and rushed towards Gaizhou ...

At this time, countless soldiers of the Qing army were sitting on the snow and panting violently, they were too tired to stand up.

(End of this chapter)