"The golden juice is burning, the ash bottles are ready, and there are ten thousand enemies. Hurry up and bring the ten thousand enemies over!"
President Qian's roar resounded throughout the gun platform, but Zhang Zongren was still confused. The half-hour-long bombardment just now shocked his whole body.
"Get up, get up!"
Zhang Zongren was stunned and had already received a kick from Mr. Qian on the butt.
This kick instantly woke up Zhang Zongren. He quickly turned over and climbed up, then entered behind the protective wall with his spear. Then he looked forward with his head bowed and saw that the Ming army had lined up and entered within fifty steps.
"Archers, fire your arrows quickly, and musketeers, fire quickly!"
Mr. Qian's roar of mourning sounded again, and a dozen archers on the gun platform quickly drew their bows and fired arrows. The only two musketeers also quickly raised their matchlocks and aimed at the opposite side.
The next moment, the sound of bow strings vibrating was heard.
Then there was a gunshot, and of the two matchlock guns, only one fired successfully.
Zhang Zongren hurriedly looked at the Ming army on the opposite side. He couldn't see clearly in the darkness, but it seemed that no one was shot. Anyway, he didn't see the Ming army fall to the ground.
"Oops, missed."
"Fourth brother, you are blind."
"You can't even hit it from this close."
Lian Yong's jeers immediately rang out from the gun platform.
Lian Yong, who was ridiculed, decisively used another musketeer to back him up.
"That's what I said. I finally made a sound, unlike Ma Liu who didn't even fart."
After the round of shelling just now, these warriors seemed to have passed the initial panic period, and each of them was even in the mood to make fun of the two musketeers who performed poorly.
However, this is just an illusion.
Just as Lian Yong was cheering, intense gunshots suddenly rang out.
But the Ming army on the opposite side opened fire, and a row of dense bullets rained down in an instant.
Just now, Lian Yong, who had been crowding behind the wall to make a fuss, fell down in an instant, including the musketeer Li Si, who was shot directly in the door and fell backwards to the ground.
"Squat down, squat down quickly!"
Mr. Qian’s voice sounded again.
Zhang Zongren quickly squatted down.
After squatting down, Zhang Zongren discovered that Li Si had fallen at his feet.
By the light of the fire, Zhang Zongren could clearly see that Li Si's face was covered in flesh and blood from the nose down, leaving only a huge hole, but his eyes were wide open.
Zhang Zongren felt a buzzing sound and was stunned again.
Zhang Zongren suddenly realized that this was not a slapstick, but a war.
People will die in war. From this moment on, he may be killed by the Ming army at any time, so huge fear will unstoppably control Zhang Zongren.
…
The Korean army has arrived in front of the slope protection of the first heavy gun platform.
The Ming infantry responsible for covering the Korean army had already formed rows of line formations behind the slope protection, using self-generated fire cannons to suppress the Jian Nu on the opposite cannon platform.
The Jian slaves on the gun platform opposite have been completely suppressed.
Li Yucheng did not see a single Ming soldier fall to the ground after being shot.
"Li Yucheng, it's your turn." A Ming army staff officer rushed over.
"Yes!" Li Yucheng responded loudly, then turned around and shouted, "For the sake of Ming Dynasty, come with me!"
"For the Ming Dynasty!" Hundreds of Korean soldiers responded loudly, and then followed Li Yucheng down the ladder to the trench.
Inside the trench, bundles of wheat straw thrown down by Minzhuang in advance were burning brightly, and the balls of fire illuminated the originally dark trench as bright as day.
In addition to providing lighting, burning wheat straw bundles can also destroy Jiannu's traps.
Many crossbow traps were burned down, and even many landmines were detonated.
However, there are still a lot of crossbows and landmines left, and the most annoying one is the iron pear.
When the North Korean troops descended to the bottom of the trench and charged forward, some people were constantly pierced through their feet by iron pricks and fell to the ground. Even worse, they were shot through the body by crossbows or blown up directly by landmines.
But overall, the number of casualties is not large.
After paying more than 20 casualties, Li Yucheng's 100-man team rushed to the protective wall of Jiannu Gun Tower.
The height of the parapet is actually only five or six feet, but with the ten-foot-deep trench, the total height is more than four meters.
"Put up the ladder, put up the ladder quickly!" Li Yu gave the order, and the following Korean troops quickly put up the four wooden ladders they had brought over.
"Follow me!"
Li Yucheng, a loser, is indeed brave.
With a loud roar, Li Yu took the lead in climbing up the ladder.
By this time, the battle had become intense. Jiannu on the gun platform realized the danger and began to desperately try to counterattack.
Gray bottles were thrown down one after another.
Buckets of golden juice poured down.
The most terrifying thing is that an enemy with ten thousand people can burn people to death.
The Korean troops who were attacking on other ladders were hit head-on by the Jiannu. Some had their heads covered with gold juice, some were covered in lime lakes after broken ash bottles, and some were beaten by thousands of enemies.
The flames spurted out, and he immediately fell down the ladder with his face covered. The Korean troops on the three ladders were quickly defeated.
One of the ladders was even set on fire by thousands of enemies.
However, Li Yucheng miraculously climbed to the edge of the gun platform on the ladder.
Four Jian slaves poked their heads out and tried to push Li Yucheng down the trench with spears. However, as soon as they poked their heads out, a dense volley of guns came towards them and the four Jian slaves were knocked down in an instant.
Taking advantage of this brief gap, Li Yucheng took off two grenades from his waist and pulled the fuse.
According to the instructions of the Ming army instructor, Li Yucheng counted to three before throwing the grenade upward.
As soon as the two grenades crossed the top of the cannon guard wall, they exploded violently. With a huge sound and dazzling light, hundreds of sharp fragments flew in all directions.
Due to the advancement of casting technology, the improved grenade has a lighter and thinner body and greater lethality.
It is certainly incomparable to the German long wooden handle grenade during World War II, but compared to the Eighth Route Army's border-made grenade, it is definitely better, at least it will not explode in half.
The next moment, screams rang out from behind the wall of the cannon platform. You could tell without looking that many Jiannu slaves must have been killed by grenades.
The two grenades that Li Yucheng threw upward just now exploded in the air.
Li Yucheng took the opportunity to jump onto the parapet, and when he looked closely, he saw that the Jian Nu behind the parapet were lying on the ground in a mess, and several Jian Nu were covering their faces and wailing.
But there was also a Jiannu who rushed over with a spear.
Li Yucheng decisively raised the blunderbuss and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and Jiannu was shot in the door and fell back.
Li Yucheng picked up the spear of Jiannu's spearman and strode forward.
Behind Yu Cheng, a dozen Korean soldiers climbed over the protective wall with howls.
In just a moment, Jiannu's first cannon tower was breached.
…
Hong Chengchou felt a chill in his heart.
The first cannon tower fell so quickly, which was really beyond his expectation.
According to this rhythm, the four-layer gun platform on the east bank of the canal could only hold out for about half an hour, and they might not even be able to wait until the arrival of the Eight Banners Han Army led by Kong Youde.
No, you can't wait like this.
You must prepare for the worst.
At that moment, Hong Chengchou shouted sharply: "Hong Er!"
Servant Hong Er took a step forward and said, "Master, my servant is here."
Hong Chengchou shouted: "Immediately inform the practitioners on the west bank of the canal and ask them to cut the ice and set fire to it. Break the ice of this section of the canal as soon as possible. If it cannot be broken, set fire to it and use fire to melt the ice!"
"Hey!" Hong Er, the servant, turned around and ran away, quickly disappearing.
Watching Hong Er's figure go away, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but recall the battle of Juehua Island in his mind.
It was the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626), and it was also the first month. After the old Khan Nurhaci failed to attack Ningyuan, he poured out his anger on Juehua Island, which was isolated fifteen miles away from the west coast of Liaoning.
Because of the severe cold weather, the North Sea was completely frozen.
So the Eight Banners Manchuria stepped directly onto the ice and launched an attack.
The navy of the Ming Army was completely turned into a decoration.
The Ming army was forced to dig a fifteen-mile-long ice trench around Juehua Island in an attempt to prevent the Eight Banner Manchus from landing on the island.
However, the weather was so cold that the ice trenches that the Ming army had just dug froze over again in an instant. Even if they burned wheat straw and set fire to it, the ice could not refreeze quickly. In the end, the Eight Banners Manchurians were able to land on the island.
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Ten thousand Ming soldiers and civilians on the island were brutally massacred.
The 80,000 shi of military rations hoarded on the island were also robbed, and the Ming army suffered heavy losses.
However, time has changed, and now it is the turn of the Qing soldiers to dig ice trenches and set fire to the ice to prevent the Ming army from attacking. I wonder if the final result will be like the battle of Juehua Island?
Anyway, Hong Chengchou felt like he was in a dream.
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Inside the Ming Army camp.
The Air Force's Speedy Vehicle 1 once again ascended to high altitude.
Of course, the bottom is tied with cables.
Otherwise, it would be a fool's errand, and the wind would be strong, and I wouldn't know where to fly.
Jiannu's unusual movements could not escape the eyes of everyone on board Speedy Car No.1.
"Look, Your Majesty." Zheng Sen put down the telescope and pointed at the fire on the canal in front of him. "Jiannu has already set fire to the ice. It seems that he has not buried gunpowder on the canal."
If gunpowder was buried in the ice of the canal, there would be no need for such trouble.
Simply ignite the gunpowder and detonate it, which will blow up the ice on the canal.
"This is also expected." Chongzhen said casually, "What we chose is neither a big port nor a military town, it is just an ordinary river. Jiannu can't bury the entire canal with gunpowder.
How much gunpowder do we need? It’s more than a thousand miles from Xuzhou to Beijing.”
Gao Qiqian said proudly: "However, Jiannu never imagined that Long live the Lord would have thought of it a long time ago and made preparations for it in advance. The ice sledges equipped in the transport camp can not only slide on the ice, but can also drive on land.
It can also sail in rivers, so even if Jiannu burned the ice on the canal, it would be of no use."
This time Chongzhen did not stop Gao Qiqi, but accepted the flattery firmly.
Because the baggage trains of the Ming Army's baggage camp are indeed a major innovation in Chinese history.
