Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

"Mingfeng!"

The more he thought about it, the more anxious Liu Jinzhong called He You and He Mingfeng, the leaders of the Zuo Xie Xie under his command, to him.

"General Town, do you want the last general to lead the cavalry to charge him for a while?" He You is also a tiger general, and he couldn't wait to ask for a fight when he arrived in front of Liu Jinzhong.

Liu Jinzhong waved his hand, frowning: "There are few anti-bandit soldiers, but they occupy a dangerous place on the pontoon bridge... they won't rush out easily. Now they just want to grab the bridgehead on the south side of the Beixi pontoon bridge, and then use it as a stronghold. Use cannons and mines to drive us back. In order to occupy a place for their follow-up soldiers to form formations!

But we have a lot of soldiers but we can't deploy. If we attack with a small group of elite soldiers in turn, it is easy to be defeated one by one by bombing. "

His analysis is actually just a brainstorming, Zhu Hesheng didn't think too much, he just got addicted to fighting and refused to stop.

However, Liu Jinzhong's younger brother, He You, still liked his elder brother's analysis, and asked with a frown, "General Town, what shall we do?"

Liu Jinzhong said: "Look here, I'll go to the artillery base to see how those blind men fired the cannons? Remember, don't be led to the bridgehead by the rebels. If they put the cannons on the bridgehead, you will command the soldiers The horse backs up and backs away."

"Retreat again?" He You reminded, "Retreat again and enter the city!"

Liu Jinzhong thought for a while, and then said: "Let's retreat to the city first..." He gritted his teeth, "Wait, wait until I direct the three red cannons to fire their top cannons, and you immediately lead the cavalry to charge Let me take the Beixi Floating Bridge back to Lao Tzu!"

He paused, then lowered his voice again: "Beixi Floating Bridge is a shortcut for us to return to Chaozhou Mansion's lair..."

He You understood what Liu Jinzhong meant. The general of Chaozhen already knew that the situation was not good, and wanted to retreat to his lair to support his soldiers!

"Don't worry, Zongzhen, the lower officials know what to do!"

Liu Jinzhong nodded, without saying anything else, he led dozens of soldiers and went straight to the artillery barracks.

When he got outside the fortress, he got off his horse and went in when he heard two people arguing inside, one of whom was his godson Liu Bazong.

The other person seems to be a commander of the Dongguan Town Artillery Team-there are no red cannons in Chaozhou Town, but Dongguan Town, which governs the Humen Fortress, has red cannons.

So Mi Sihan transferred eight red cannons from Dongguan Town, each commanded by two generals, and divided into two teams, one team with four cannons.One of the teams was used to guard Lianjiang while bombarding the capital of Guiyu; the other team came to Jieyang County.

The one who is arguing with Mr. Liu now is Mr. Dongguan who led the artillery team to Jieyang County.

"Damn it, what kind of cannon are you, little bastard? You have been fighting for two or three hours, and you missed the first shot. Are you blind? If you miss it again, I will chop you up with a knife!"

It was Liu Jinzhong's son-in-law, Liu Bazong, who was furious, and all these words reached Liu Bazong's heart!

The gunner in Dongguan Town is always blind!

"Look at them... they have hammered the Jieyang Beiguan city tower dozens of times, and the city tower is full of holes. You can't get a single fucking shot. What are you doing? You can't hit any more , believe it or not, I chopped you up with a knife?"

Yes, it should be chopped with a knife!Liu Jinzhong stopped while thinking about killing people, wanting to hear how the artillery team explained it?

"It's none of my business... This, this cannon, it has spirituality! The four cannons I brought were all cast by Emperor Chongzhen under the order of Xiong Wencan. They are all Ming Dynasty cannons, so I can't bear it." Boom the Third Prince Zhu and the Third Grandson Zhu..."

What kind of nonsense is this?Is this gun still fine?

Liu Jinzhong's face was as gloomy as water!

"You're talking nonsense, what kind of shit does this gun know? Besides, everyone has their own tricks, let alone a gun?" Liu Ba always is also a fool, knowing that people are talking nonsense, and he also talks nonsense along with him.

When Liu Jinzhong heard this, his face became hot... Isn't he the one who eats inside and outside?He was originally an officer of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also from the Yongwei Battalion of Emperor Chongzhen!

Eat food from the Zhu family, wear clothes from the Zhu family... In the end, I followed Ma Degong to capture the Zhu family's Hongguang Emperor, and now I want to help the Tatars kill the third prince and grandson of Zhu's family. !Is this what he did?Does he dare to use the name "Jinzhong" like this?

Liu Jinzhong felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of these things.

At this time, the artillery chief said again, "I'm not talking nonsense, it's true... Look at the inscription on this cannon! You can read it if you don't believe it!"

"Improved as a general to protect the country? Has this cannon been appointed?"

"That's right! It was conferred by Emperor Chongzhen, and this cannon is a courtier of the previous dynasty...and it's a loyal cannon! The opposite must be someone from the Third Prince Zhu. This cannon is powerful and cannot be hit."

"But now it's the Qing Dynasty, why didn't you shovel this inscription?"

"You can't shovel it, if you shovel it, it will explode! Alas, the guns in Dongguan Town know loyalty better than others!"

The two are still talking nonsense, but the speaker has no intention, but it sounds like he intends to!

Liu Jinzhong was already a little annoyed, so he walked in with Tieqing's face, strode up to the artillery commander, and yelled, "You firearms, who are you talking about?"

"I said..." The chief turned around and saw Liu Jinzhong who was about to explode, and then blurted out: "President Liu!"

That's right, I'm talking about you, Liu Jinzhong!

Liu Jinzhong also had a violent temper, and immediately jumped, and with a "clang", he pulled out the waist knife and put it on the general's neck.

"No, no, no... I'm talking about Pao, Pao... This Pao is a loyal minister, not you, really, you are a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty..."

This is what I said... This Pao knows loyalty, but Liu Jinzhong is not as good as Pao, and has become a running dog of the Qing Dynasty!

Liu Jinzhong was immediately annoyed, and stared fiercely at the boss, looking like he was going to kill someone, but the boss still wanted to explain, and stammered: "President Liu, please don't get me wrong, I really want to kill you!" Talking about cannons, the red-clothed cannons in Dongguan Town are all evil, they are all remnants of the previous dynasty... ah..."

As soon as Liu Jinzhong got angry, he pulled the knife in his hand...on his neck, would it be good?All I saw was that the artillery team talking nonsense left a bloody gash on the general's neck and was still bleeding out!I always want to cover it with my hand, but how can I cover it?The blood flowed more and more, and the person became colder and colder. After a while, he fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and couldn't move.

Chapter 056: The Cannon Killed Itself!

"Godfather, why did you kill him..."

Liu Erhu, Liu Jinzhong's godson, looked at his godfather who had just murdered, and couldn't speak.

Liu Jinzhong glared at him fiercely, "Is it up to you to kill me?"

"No, no, no..." How dare Liu Erhu let his godfather kill someone?He is not Liu Jinzhong's own son, if he really annoyed this cheap father, he should be punished!But Liu Ba always has something to say to his godfather!

"God, godfather, he is the chief artillery officer of the Humen Association of Dongguan Town..."

"I will explain it to Dongguan Zhang Guoxun!" Liu Jinzhong snorted, "Forgive him for not daring to do anything to me!"

"Then, what should we do now?" Liu Ba always looked at Liu Jinzhong, who was in charge of killing and not burying, and asked, "Godfather, among the gunners from Dongguan Town, he and a guy named Cui Liu are the best. The whereabouts of the fortress in Beixihebei are unknown now..."

There are only two good craftsmen in total, and now they are all gone. How can this gun still be used like this?

But Liu Jinzhong didn't care about this, his face darkened, and his eyes swept fiercely at the dozens of gunners who were watching the murder scene, making the group of people tremble.

"Listen up, I'll sit here personally and watch you shoot, give me a good shot! If you miss for a quarter of an hour, I will kill the head of the cannon... If you miss another quarter of an hour, Just kill the second gun head, and so on, kill the gun head and kill the gunner until all are killed!

Whichever cannon hits the pontoon first, I will recommend the head of the cannon as the commander, no, directly as the commander, and the rest of the gunners will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver! "

Liu Jinzhong firmly believes that there must be brave men under heavy rewards, and if heavy rewards fail, there will be heavy punishments!

With a two-pronged approach, you will definitely be able to force the people below to work hard.

But the problem is... Cannon shooting is a technical job. If you don't learn the "truth" well, you can't just fight with your life, or it will become more and more chaotic!

But facing the bloody knife in Liu Jinzhong's hand, the gunners didn't dare to talk any more, so they had to bite the bullet and go to the cannon.

Liu Jinzhong's godson was quite reasonable, because he was worried that his father would really commit murder later, so he invited Liu Jinzhong to "sit in town" behind a low wall made of mud, and he called it "special waiter". Good news" - this place is actually a bunker for the artillerymen to avoid the bombing after lighting the fuse. Now that it is occupied by Liu Jinzhong, the group of unlucky gunners have nowhere to hide, so they have to take the risk of bombing the guns.

And Liu Jinzhong's temporary disappearance did not dispel the fear of those gunners - Liu Jinzhong and Liu Zongzhen had already killed their commander, his words were obviously not a joke!

But shooting guns these days is a matter of luck and character. Let alone those gunners who don't understand the "truth", even if Zhu Hesheng personally measures and calculates, the hit rate will not be much higher... After all, the cast iron from the Chongzhen period The gun is not a very accurate thing, and the shells and gunpowder filled in are not standard parts.All kinds of errors are superimposed, and no calculation and measurement will be too accurate.

What's worse, under Liu Jinzhong's intimidation, this gang of gunners, who are already very skilled, has completely fallen into panic, especially the three gunners, who are urging the subordinates to load and fire to clean up like crazy. Cannon chamber... Liu Jinzhong can say, kill one in a quarter of an hour!

If they can't hit the floating bridge within [-] minutes, they will all die!

But what can they do?It's nothing more than a few more shots, so many opportunities.

As for whether the barrel will overheat?Will there be residual sparks in the barrel?Even when adding gunpowder, do you pour in one pack or two packs?And is the projectile stuffed in too big?I can't care anymore!

Under the reckless loading and firing of the Qing army artillery, the rate of fire of the three red cannons immediately increased.Of course Liu Jinzhong, who was sitting behind the earthen wall, could not see the busy scenes on the three gun positions, but he could hear the rumbling sound of the guns one after another... This shows that the gunners are still working hard.

Knowing that the people below had worked hard, most of Liu Jinzhong's anger dissipated, and he also dispelled the idea of ​​killing people.

He's not really that unreasonable, it's just that the cannon team just said the general words too irritatingly, as if the cannon has more conscience than him!

Thinking of this, he waved his hand, called the godson who was guarding the other side to him, and was about to explain a few words before leaving - since the artillery here is working hard, it is only a matter of time before they hit the pontoon bridge.

So he can go back to command the attack on the pontoon bridge!

As long as the pontoon bridge can be regained, this battle will still be fought.

That Liu Erhu just leaned over, bent his waist and put his ear to Liu Jinzhong's mouth, trying to hear what he said clearly amidst the rumbling cannon.

But before Liu Jinzhong could open his mouth, a huge roar shook his ears almost to the point of deafness!

Liu Jinzhong and Liu Erhu, who were hiding behind the earthen wall, immediately realized that something had happened. Although they had never seen an explosion, they had always heard of it.So the two of them immediately stood (straight) up, stood behind the earthen wall that was only as high as their chests, stretched their necks and looked forward, and all they could see was the mess of the blasted cannon!

The one that exploded was the "General Protector of the Nation" granted by Emperor Chongzhen. The barrel exploded in two pieces, one piece flew out for more than ten steps, and the other stuck in the mud.Another piece fell to the ground, still smoking green smoke.There were several people lying here and there beside the original gun emplacement, some of them were bloody and lifeless.There was also someone who seemed not to have suffered any fatal injuries and was still screaming. This person was probably the head of the cannon.Now that he blew up the cannon, he was naturally frightened to death, and when he saw Liu Jinzhong with a fierce face poking his head out to look at him, he immediately started talking nonsense.

"It's none of my business. The cannon was blown up by itself. It committed suicide... The general who defended the country committed suicide!"

What?Guns kill themselves too?Is this cannon really that loyal?

Liu Jinzhong didn't know whether he should believe it or not?

There are about a dozen other gunners in this fortress who can still speak (they are the gunners of the other two cannons, and they were not seriously injured in the explosion just now), and they are also afraid that Liu Jinzhong will kill again, so they also help to scream at this time stand up.

"Yes, yes, the general who protects the country is alive!"

"Yeah, this cannon has always been evil..."

"This is a magic cannon. It was effective earlier, and everyone in Dongguan Town knows it!"

"That's right, everyone in Dongguan Town knows...the gun is wrong!"

Liu Jinzhong was originally a theorist of immortals, and he had always believed in the theory of ghosts and gods. Now that he heard what they said, he had already believed in seventy to eighty percent.

After believing that cannons have spirits, his conscience that had long been extinct has also been discovered a little bit... Look, the "General Pao of the Nation" knows loyalty and would rather die than bombard the old master, and he What about this person named "Jin Zhong"?What has he been doing all these years?It's much worse than other people's "Brother Cannon".

Just when conscience found out, there was a faint roaring sound from behind.He hurriedly looked back, and saw a sail suddenly appearing on the surface of the Rongjiang Beixi River!

The reinforcements led by Qiu Hui have arrived, and they are still using the cannons on the bow to cheer the "rebels" on the Beixi Bridge!

Liu Erhu's trembling voice sounded: "Godfather, there seems to be reinforcements from the rebels on land!"

What?Also on land?

Liu Jinzhong turned his head and looked east. He only saw the sailboats lining up on the water of the Beixi River, but he didn't see the horse infantry marching on the shore!

Liu Erhu said again tremblingly: "North bank! On the north bank, we will almost reach Beixi Bridge!"

Liu Jinzhong quickly took out a telescope, and with the support of his godson, he climbed up the earth wall in front of him, and then raised the telescope to look north.

What he saw through the binoculars were thousands of infantry in neat formations, with new armor and flying flags!

Liu Jinzhong identified the military flags they were holding again, and then took a deep breath and said, "It's Yanping Palace... Yanping Palace has sent troops! This is terrible!"

Chapter 057 This is an unprecedented victory!

Running along the official road on the north bank of the Rongjiang River to the Beixi Bridge at a fast marching speed were the Zuowuwei Battalion and Yongwei Battalion led by Liu Guoxuan, with a total of 600 people.

This army landed from the pier of Beizhai (located on the north bank of the Rongjiang River) under the control of Da Laohui last night.After landing, they advanced along the north bank of the Rongjiang River and the north bank of the Rongjiang Beixi River.

Because this morning, the [-] cavalry led by Zhu Hesheng had successfully attacked the Beixi Bridge, blocking the connection between Jieyang County and the north bank of the Beixi River.Therefore, the Tangma sent by the Luying Xuntang who were attacked could not enter Jieyang County, and Liu Jinzhong naturally had no way of knowing.

But even if Liu Jinzhong knew that Liu Guoxuan was leading the Yanping Wangfu Fan Army with more than 1000 people, he would have nothing to do.

Because he can't even deal with the 1000 "riding infantry" of the third grandson of Zhu who occupy the Beixi floating bridge in Jieyang now, what else can he do with these more than [-] people?

What's more, the big brother Hui Qiu Hui also brought the main force of as many as seven or eight thousand Chaozhou pirates along the "Rongjiang-Beixi" waterway, all the way west.

If the Beixi bridge, which guards the Beixi waterway, is in danger of being captured by the rebels, then relying on the three to 4000 people under Liu Jinzhong's command will not be able to stop the tens of thousands of troops coming in parallel by land and water.

He could only retreat back to Jieyang County and stand by for help...or simply run away!

Among them, it was the account of the imperial envoy Mi Sihan. Although Mi Sihan sent four red cannons to Liu Jinzhong, he still did not expect Liu Jinzhong to repel the invading Qiu Hui with just four cannons.

Therefore, according to the arrangement of the imperial envoy, Liu Jinzhong only needs to guard Jieyang County when Qiu Hui's army invades, and wait for the army led by Yan Ziming, Deng Guangming, Zhang Haiyang and others to rush to the rescue... In Mi Sihan's view, Qiu Hui It's just a pirate, although he has a few brushes on the water, but on the shore, where are the opponents of Yan Ziming, Deng Guangming, Liu Jinzhong, and Zhang Mengji, the heroes of the Qing Dynasty?

As long as Yan, Deng, Liu, Zhang and other troops gather together, more than [-] banner soldiers, green camps, and militias can be assembled, which is enough to repel Qiu Hui.Even if it can't be wiped out, as long as there are thousands of beheads, and then kill the third prince Zhu in Guiyu Capital later, then Mi Sihan will have successfully completed the task assigned by Emperor Kangxi.

This great imperial envoy even has the idea of ​​raising the third grandson of Zhu Hesheng well... Only by raising the third grandson of Zhu, the little bandit, the imperial envoy Mi can justifiably transfer troops to Chaozhou, and he can also take care of the five grandsons of Duke Xushun's mansion. All collars are under control.

As long as an elite army can be placed here in Chaozhou, then the Shang and Geng feudal lords will not dare to resist the imperial court's deprivation.

This is really killing many birds with one stone!

But now Liu Jinzhong, the most capable general among the four generals Yan, Deng, Liu, and Zhang, was defeated by a mere three hundred Chaozhou rebels!

Liu Jinzhong's soldiers and horses were not only defeated when they were attacked by two or three hundred cavalry, but even in the majestic formation, with more than 2000 people against more than [-] people on the other side, they were also at a disadvantage.

And the main reason why Liu Jinzhong's troops were beaten so painfully was that the opponent's combination of "Tianlei" plus "Tianpao" plus "Pony Cavalry" was too powerful!

So Liu Jinzhong already knew that Mi Sihan's plan would definitely not succeed... If he foolishly retreated into Jieyang County, he would be waiting to die.

"Godfather," Liu Erhu, Liu Jinzhong's godson, knew he was dying, "the sky in Guangdong is about to change!"

Liu Jinzhong looked back at Liu Erhu, but did not speak.

Liu Erhu said in a low voice: "Godfather, our 2000-odd men can't beat 300 of them, so what if Yan Junmen and Deputy Commander Deng's 6000 or [-] people are all here? Vice President Deng worked hard for us?