Fifteen hundred rounds of artillery shells sounds like a lot, but when spread evenly among thirty Napoleon cannons, it is not very conspicuous. The fifty rounds of each cannon only lasted for an hour before the shells were exhausted, and this It was only possible to do it with a lot of stops and starts.
At this hour, it was a nightmare for the Qing army. These more than a thousand artillery shells took the lives of at least more than 4,000 Qing soldiers, and also turned at least the same number of Qing soldiers into wounded soldiers.
"Boom..." After the last artillery shell exploded in the Qing army camp, no more shells fell in the camp for a full two-quarters of an hour.
Amin, who was hiding in a small forest under the protection of dozens of Goshihars, looked at the sky with tears in his eyes and murmured to himself: "Blessed by the eternal God, those Ming army artillery shells have finally been used up. Hurry, hurry up Order everyone to line up and assemble!"
As soon as Mao hour passed, the sky began to get brighter, and the Qing soldiers who had withstood the bombardment for an hour finally came out of their hiding places and began to assemble under the orders of the surviving officers and subordinates at all levels.
Most of them were disheveled, some were only wearing underwear, and some even had their bodies naked and shivering in the morning wind. There were even fewer of them with weapons in their hands.
Amin almost burst into tears when he looked at the dark army in front of him that was comparable to a beggar. Is this still the invincible army of the Qing Dynasty that dominated the world? Now I am afraid that a group of peasants and local warriors can defeat them, right?
Celebrity Amin called Shuotuo and said solemnly: "Shuotuo, please immediately count the troops and ask the soldiers to put on their armor and pick up their weapons. After half an hour, we will immediately march to Kaicheng, where we are still stationed. Only by joining forces with them can we have a way out, otherwise our tens of thousands of troops will fall into a situation that is beyond redemption."
"Scum!"
Shuotuo, who understood the seriousness of the matter, immediately took the order and left. Two quarters of an hour later, Shuotuo, with a gloomy face, came back and reported: "Er Beile, we killed and injured nearly 8,000 people last night, and more than 2,000 people are missing. , now we only have more than 20,000 available troops."
"What, so serious!"
Amin, who was originally pale, shook his body and almost fell down if it weren't for the support of the long knife in his hand. Although he expected that the loss last night must be considerable, he did not expect that the loss would be so huge. What does this mean? , this shows that of the 50,000 troops he led this time, in addition to the 10,000 troops left at various passes in Korea, half of the 40,000 troops in his hands have been lost. This loss will be huge for the sparsely populated Qing Dynasty. It's nerve-wracking.
"Let's go, leave now, we can't stay here any longer." As expected of the commander of the rebel army, Amin quickly woke up from his grief. He knew that if he allowed this army with low morale and lost most of its supplies to continue to stay, The only option here is to annihilate the entire army. "Order the soldiers to organize their supplies immediately and break camp on time in a quarter of an hour."
Every move of the Qing army was watched by Ye Bushou, who was ambushing the Ming army around. When Pang Gang, who was two miles away, received Ye Bushou's report, he had to admire the quality of the Eight Banners Army at this period. It was indeed not as good as that of later generations. Those Eight Banners disciples who rely on hard-core crops to support themselves and can only walk down the street carrying bird cages can't compare.
"Since they want to leave, how can we not give them a farewell?" Pang Gang said with a smile on his face, but there was a sharp look in his eyes. He led thousands of people to feed the mosquitoes here all night, wasn't he just waiting? This moment?
In fact, Pang Gang had never thought about leading his troops into the Qing camp in the dark, but it was not an easy task to break into an enemy camp with complete defense facilities and unfamiliar terrain at dark night.
There was a possibility of being bitten by the enemy, so Pang just decided to set up an ambush next to an unknown hill that was the only way for the Qing army to retreat.
At a quarter of the hour, a group of dozens of cavalrymen slowly drove out from the Qing army's camp. After they left the camp, they scattered and ran forward. Behind them was a dense group of Qing soldiers.
Their target was exactly to the northwest where Pang Gang was ambushing.
Pang Gang stood on a small hill and looked into the distance. A man named Ye Bushou came quickly on horseback to report: "Sir, the Tatars have left the camp and are now heading here. The leading ones are
They are dozens of Qing army spies."
"I know." Pang Gang nodded to express his understanding, and then raised the telescope in his hand to observe the direction in which the Qing soldiers were coming.
After a while, there was a slight sound of horse hooves coming from the front, and dozens of Qing army spies were spreading out to investigate the surroundings. Pang Gang knew that under such circumstances, it would be impossible for his side to make a sneak attack.
"Since we are here, let's fight with real swords and guns." Pang Gang spat out a grass root in his mouth, turned around and shouted: "Order the brothers in front to get rid of those annoying spies."
"yes!"
"Bang bang bang..."
As a series of crisp and soft sounds rang out, more than a dozen Qing army spies who were carefully checking the movements on both sides fell down amidst the gunfire. The remaining dozen spies were so frightened that they immediately ran away on horseback.
Soon, Amin, who was heading here with a large group of Qing troops, received the spies' report.
"Sure enough, those Ming troops really set up an ambush here." Amin sighed and said to the two Jia Lazhangjing beside him: "Abala, Sorathu, you lead your troops to that hill.
Qiu launched an attack, remember, I don’t want you to capture that hill, as long as you can attract the Ming army’s firepower, you can retreat after the large army passes, do you understand?”
The two Jia La Zhangjing whose names were called looked at each other, as if they saw the sadness in each other's eyes. They knew that this was basically a narrow escape mission. It seemed that Er Beile was going to abandon these two of them.
It’s done.
Looking at the two Jia La Zhang Jing who hesitated for a moment, A Min's face suddenly darkened and he said in a dark voice: "Why, aren't you willing to go?"
In the Qing army, there was only one consequence for disobeying military orders, which was to be put into a sack and trampled to death by random horses.
A Jia La Zhangjing knelt down towards Amin and cried: "Master Beile, I have a narrow escape from death. I have nothing to ask for. I only ask that Lord Beile can promise me one thing."
"Well, tell me!" The expression on Amin's face remained unchanged, and he still spoke in a cold voice.
"I only want one thing from Lord Beile. If I can't go back, my incompetent dog will definitely be bullied by my cousins in the clan. If Master Beile has some free time, if he can help my ineffective dog, I will be here."
I would also like to thank Lord Baylor for his great kindness."
Perhaps it was the tragic situation of Jia La Zhangjing that moved Amin. He, who had always been cold and cold, nodded for the first time: "Abala, if you unfortunately die in battle, I will help you take care of your family. You can
Go with confidence!"
"Scum, I thank Lord Baile for your kindness." Abala knew that although Baile in front of him was cold-hearted and ruthless, his reputation had always been good. If he said he would take care of his son, he would definitely do it.
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Abala kowtowed to Amin three times and then stood aside. Amin glanced at Jia Lazhangjing, who had been standing silently beside Abala, and asked: "Soratu, what about you? You have one too
Do you want me to take care of my son?"
Sauratu smiled bitterly and said: "I'm telling you, Er Baile, I don't have a son yet. If I don't die in the line of duty, my wife will definitely run away with someone else, so I have nothing to say."
Amin waved his hand impatiently: "Since there is nothing to say, you should go quickly!"
"Sir, the Tatars are coming!" Da Zhuang, who was standing next to Pang Gang, saw the dense crowd of Qing soldiers coming and asked in a slightly excited tone: "Sir, let me teach them a lesson and make sure they retreat obediently.
go back."
Pang Gang shook his head, "No, you and Li Yuan go together. Your mission is to eliminate them as soon as possible, and you are not allowed to entangle with them for too long. I guess Amin will not be so honest and entangled with us, and he will definitely find ways to escape."
"
"Yes!" Li Yuan and Da Zhuang responded in unison, and then led two thousand riflemen to form two blocking lines on the hill to block the swarming Qing troops.
"Warriors of the Qing Dynasty, charge forward!"
Solatu and Abala led more than 3,000 Qing soldiers in a loose formation, holding up their shields and rushing towards the hill with shouts. Behind them were densely packed Qing soldiers who were forcing their way through the hill.
Surge to the northwest.
"Damn it, I didn't expect this Amin to be so cruel and ruthless. He was willing to use two armored horns as bait and shield. What a way to survive by cutting off his tail." Looking at the endless Qing soldiers swarming towards the front,
Pang Gang's face couldn't help but change color slightly. He knew that his original plan to slowly wear down the strength of the Qing army here had failed. If he forced a blockade, he and the Qing army might really end up fighting here and lose both sides.
Looking at the Qing soldiers rushing to pass through the front passage, Pang Gang was a little unwilling but helpless and thought: "Forget it, there will be opportunities to annihilate these Qing soldiers in the future. It would be too much if I use up all my strength now."
It’s not worth it anymore.”
Thinking of this, Pang Gang said angrily: "Order Da Zhuang and Li Yuan to kill all the Tatars in front of me, leaving no one behind!"
"Bang bang bang..."
Half an hour later, when the last burst of gunfire rang out, there was no clear soldier left standing up and down the hill. The blood flowing out almost dyed the entire hill red. There were scattered weapons and weapons everywhere on the hill.
The bodies of Qing soldiers.
"Have all the cavalry been sent out?"
"Sir, we have all been sent out. I promise not to make things easier for the Tatars."
"Tell my brothers, give me a hard beating and never show mercy to the Tatars."
"yes!"
Looking at the dust and smoke in the distance, Pang Gang sneered. Although Amin forced Pang Gang not to devote all his troops to fighting him and let them pass, Pang Gang would not let Amin so easily.
When they returned home, a thousand cavalrymen had already dispersed and started chasing behind the Qing troops. I believe Amin would be very successful on the way home.