Seeing the Jiannu army surging all the way, these defeated generals in the early stage suddenly became commotion. Although they had been repairing for a month and a half. Moreover, there were more than 70,000 of them, which was more than the more than 50,000 Jiannu.
Twenty thousand more. But they were already discouraged.
"Kill those who retreat without permission, and those who cower and do not dare to kill!" Heiyunlong roared loudly.
At this time, he could only use the Supervisory Team. He had no other good options.
Ma Dengyun looked at it for a while and said: "Black Army Gate, there is a high probability that Nanyuan cannot be defended. If the Qing army breaks into the wall soon, they will set fire to the barracks and various facilities."
To support the enemy, I sent people to pour kerosene in advance. There are 500 barrels of gasoline left in the camp at Dingyuan. It is prepared for times like this."
Because of the defeat outside the pass, Ma Dengyun shouldered all the responsibilities. The veteran Tan Shide was seriously injured and went home to recuperate. Now the army outside the pass is led by Hei Yunlong, and Ma Dengyun was demoted to deputy general.
Madeng Yun was not unhappy at all. He was satisfied with the defeat and not going to jail.
Hei Yunlong was a little confused. He knew that the emperor regarded Nanyuan as a model for military camps and had been asking various military stations to learn from the military camp management system and hardware facilities of Beijing Camp. If it were to be burned directly, I'm afraid it would be difficult for His Majesty to say.
But if it is not burned, the materials here will be used by the enemy.
"Commander Ma, take your 30,000 men and retreat to the military camp first, and gather all kinds of supplies there first. After all, there is a cement wall there. There are also various supplies. Once the outer wall cannot be defended, I will also
Retreat." Heiyunlong said.
Seeing that he was reluctant to burn it, Ma Dengyun had no choice but to nod and retreat to the military camp first.
Nanyuan is very large, more than ten kilometers wide from east to west. The far west is to Daxing Xihongmen subway station. The far east is next to Tongzhou District. It is also more than ten kilometers from north to south. It is impossible to defend such a large area.
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Therefore, it is very realistic for Hei Yunlong to abandon the outer wall and prepare to defend the military camp inside Nanyuan. After all, the military camp is an independent building complex. The buildings are dense and compact. There are high cement walls and barbed wire fences outside, as well as sentry posts and gun towers.
It is also easy to defend.
It really didn't work and the military camp couldn't be defended, so they simply set a fire and burned it all. They retreated towards Wanping City. Wanping City is on the edge of the Yongding River. Relying on the city wall to protect the Marco Polo Bridge, they also protected the south and provided support to the north.
channel.
The Han army mobilized an artillery team and transported five heavy cannons captured at the Great Wall Pass. They used thirty oxen to pull a heavy cannon and slowly stopped at Donghongmen. This is the sea gate of the modern imperial capital.
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The heavy armored infantry of the Eight Banners lined up in a long line, standing solemnly behind the cannon.
Li Yongfang sent Jia Laerzhen Li Sansi to command the artillery team. Li Sansi used a wooden sight to observe over and over for a while and said: "Khan, the adjustment is done, it's time to fire."
Huang Taiji nodded when he heard this and said: "Come on, all these broken walls have been blown down by me. The officers and soldiers who enter Nanyuan first will be rewarded."
The five heavy cannons are all the largest general cannons. Although the projectiles of this cannon are large, due to the unreasonable structural design of the artillery, the range is only 600 to 700 meters. It depends on the quality of the propellant this time.
Because their gunpowder was captured along the Great Wall and in cities such as Zunhua. By this time, the Ming Dynasty was already in ruins. Gunpowder was often not strictly prepared according to the formula. The biggest problem was cutting corners in the amount of nitrate. Because, nitrate ratio
Charcoal and sulfur are too expensive.
In addition to toilet scraping and alkali, there is mining. There are saltpeter mines in Shanxi and Shaanxi. They sell the remaining saltpeter on the black market, and they have a lot of firepower. They don't care who buys it. Except in pharmacies, it is used as medicine.
.It is very likely that these saltpetres were not trafficked to Liaodong and sold to the slaves. I am afraid that they were bought by the rebel parties in the northwest.
Who would be a good person to buy this thing? Do you want to buy it to make firecrackers?
Boom boom boom! The general's cannon opened fire. Lead bullets of about twenty pounds flew towards the Nanyuan wall and Donghong Gate.
A burst of smoke immediately rose up from the impact point, and dust flew up for a while.
The wall of Nanyuan is old and worn out. Two hundred years of wind, rain, and insect and rat bites have long hollowed out its foundation. All five cannons hit the wall. In the first round of shelling, five large transparent holes were opened in the wall.
The soldiers in the back were beaten to the ground by artillery shells.
Those who were shot were basically of no salvage value, and their limbs were all broken.
For a time, the Ming army became even more commotion. They knew that this broken wall was unreliable, but they didn't expect it to be unreliable to this extent. The stone wall in front was shot, and all the rammed earth behind was splashed out. Moreover, the stones also flew inward.
Many people were killed and injured.
It's better not to have this fucking wall. The cannonballs shattered the rocks, which was equivalent to the shotguns being sprayed backwards.
General Banner Tang Xianzong stuck his head out of the big hole and took a look. He could clearly see the faces of the Eight Banners on the opposite side, and he quickly retracted.
"Second salvo, let go."
Following an order, a minute and a half later, the second round of fire started.
This time, all five shots hit again. Because the distance was only three hundred meters, it was almost impossible to miss a fixed high wall from this distance.
The stone wall was once again penetrated by five large holes with a diameter of one meter. Then with a bang, the entire wall collapsed. Dust rose into the sky. For a time, it spread everywhere, and the whole front was shrouded in smoke.
These old walls had long been vulnerable to two hundred years of wind and rain. At this time, a long section finally collapsed.
Huang Taiji waved his hand, signaling Dorgon's two white flags to march.
The three armored men of Zhengbai Banner immediately shouted and rushed towards the smoke. Before the dust fell, they could serve as a cover and not be hit by archers and musketeers.
In the blink of an eye, three Jia La swarmed into the outer wall. The more than 10,000 soldiers guarding the Donghong Gate immediately shouted, turned and ran away.
Hei Yunlong was on the Donghong Gate. When he saw the wall collapsed and his troops scattered, he sighed and had to retreat with his men. They retreated along the east-west road in Nanyuan towards the barracks in the west. Nanyuan was too big. It was huge.
Parts are abandoned.
There are lakes and abandoned rivers all over here. The grass is as tall as one person.
"Commander, Jiannu is chasing us one after another, and the rear team is bitten by them." General Mao Shilu came to report.
"Set fire and burn all the reeds and grass." Heiyunlong said through gritted teeth. It is early spring, it has not rained yet, and the sky is dry. "Let them chase and burn these sons of bitches to death."
It took them more than ten miles to reach the military camp. Apart from setting fires, there was no other good way to stop the pursuit of the slaves. The soldiers in the rear immediately lit fires and ignited all the grass along the way. It was already blowing from the southeast. The fire
Taking advantage of the wind, it quickly burned to ashes.
Yuan Chonghuan has been desperately fighting against Jiannu these days. In fact, he was led by Chongzhen to lead an army, and the emperor has reached this point. It is really hard to explain whether he has performed well or not.
"Superintendent, you see there is a fire in Nanyuan. The fire is very strong. It is estimated that Jian Nu has invaded. Ma Dengyun and the others set the fire."
