I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 69 The Ming Army is too arrogant!

At dawn, the rain and snow gradually stopped.

Only the wind remains.

On Paoling beacon tower seven or eight miles away, two white smoke suddenly appeared.

Immediately afterwards, there were two muffled cannon shots.

The veteran soldiers of the Ming Dynasty all know that raising one smoke and firing one cannon on the beacon indicates that there are about a hundred enemies coming; raising two smokes and firing two cannons means about 500 enemies coming; and raising three smokes and firing three cannons above 1000 people.

The slave cavalry attacked, about 500 people!

In the dilapidated pass of Tiemenguan, the student sentry stood up suddenly and shouted sharply: "Enemy attack, five hundred horses, prepare to fight!"

The student soldiers, who had been standing behind the wall for more than half an hour, lifted their spirits and picked up new-style muskets one after another, looking out of the wall with their heads.

With piercing eyes and lightning-like eyes, it seemed that he couldn't wait for the next big battle.

Only the eighteen old soldiers who were disliked, shook their heads and smiled wryly, wrapped their ragged jackets tightly, and each wore half a piece of ripped sheepskin, and continued to curl up behind the wall, closing their eyes and resting their minds, with an expression of indifference .

The iron cannon beacon is seven or eight miles away, and there are three other beacons on this line, adding up the front and back, the Jiannu cavalry should still be twenty or thirty miles away.

These baby soldiers were startled, almost like a group of little rabbits.

"You veterans, can you get up?" The student sentry officer said with a gloomy face: "The Jiannu cavalry is about to attack, but you are still sleeping here!"

"Master sentinel, there is only one road at this iron gate, and a landmine is planted [-] paces away. The cavalry should have a meal before rushing over..." An old soldier said lazily.

The implication is that when we hear the explosion of landmines, it is not too late for us to get up and aim again.

"That's right, sir, when the mine explodes, it's not too late for us to get up and aim again. Otherwise, in such cold weather, holding the musket for half an hour will make our fingers inflexible."

Another veteran soldier grinned.

The student sentry glanced at the old soldier in disgust, and couldn't help frowning.

However, he quickly suppressed his unhappiness and passed on the order: "Everyone recharge your batteries first, and then raise your guns to aim after you hear my signal."

Commanding a battle for the first time, it is unavoidable to be a little anxious. In the teaching materials written by Principal Mao Yuanyi, there are actually very strict norms and regulations for various situations encountered in actual combat...

……

"Niu Luerzhen, those Ming soldiers have discovered us."

On a mountain road more than [-] miles away, the Jiannu iron cavalry changed their horses and began to march in a hurry.

Seeing the two beams of smoke rising into the sky from the beacon, a soldier turned to look at his officer, and asked in a low voice, "Niu Lu Ezhen, should we attack according to the established plan?"

"Don't worry, news came from our insider a month ago that the more than 1000 Ming troops stationed on the front line of Xifengkou have long been transferred away, leaving less than [-] veterans, and even the firecrackers in their hands are the worst arquebus guns. , In such windy and windy weather, their firecrackers can't fire at all!"

"Pass the order to the sons, rush forward boldly, and release the arrow at 120 steps!"

It is called Shenjianying, and naturally it is best at riding and shooting.

When encountering the elite troops of the Ming army, their strong bows and crossbows can fight against them. I heard that there are only some old, weak, sick and disabled on the city wall, and they can't even fire a matchlock gun. Isn't it a living target?
"Order!"

The soldier stepped on his horse and passed on Niu Lu'erzhen's military orders layer by layer.

In the cavalry team, bursts of cheers erupted like howling ghosts and howling wolves. Regardless of the Ming army on several beacons, they rushed towards the iron gate with a gust of wind.

The cavalry that rushed to the Iron Gate Pass were two elite soldiers from the Shenjian Battalion under Erbeile Amin. Originally, there were about 600 cavalry at full strength. During the long-distance attack, dozens of cavalry were lost.

Therefore, there are currently more than five hundred riders.

According to the establishment of the slave army, there were four banners of yellow, white, red and blue, called Zhenghuang, Zhengbai, Zhenghong and Zhenglan, and the flags were all solid colors.

In the 43rd year of Wanli, the former Great Khan created the Eight Banners system on the basis of the original cattle recording, that is, in addition to the original four banners, four banners with yellow, white, red and blue were added. Outside the flag, yellow, white and blue are inlaid with red, and red is inlaid with white.

Every 300 people is a Niulu, and there is one Niulu Ezhen; Wu Niulu is Jiala, and Jiala Ezhen is one person; Wujiala is a Gushan, and Gushan Ezhen is one person.

If it is fully counted, the Shenjian Battalion under Amin's bid has about 500 people, plus the soldiers, logistics, supplies, etc., should exceed 5000 people.

Such an elite division's attack on Tiemen Pass, Panjiakou and other passes is nothing more than harassment and containment, preventing them from freeing up their hands to support Xifeng Pass.

Therefore, these cavalry basically have no pressure.

Especially when they learned that there were only old, weak, sick and disabled left on the pass, everyone's biggest pressure was that they were afraid that the Xifeng Pass had not yet been breached, and that the six Great Wall passes would be broken through in one go...

……

Twenty miles, fifteen miles.

Eight miles, three miles.

More than [-] iron cavalry, plus [-] spare horses, rushed across the narrow mountain road like a sharp knife, and like an unstoppable torrent, rolling up a burst of mud.

Rumble!
Mud splashed and hooves rumbled.

The Jiannu cavalry leaned steadily on their horses, and even saved the routine operations of changing horses before launching a charge. They only wanted to rush to the iron gate and shoot the Ming army to death with a few arrows.

Then, he opened the city gate and rushed in.

Then he turned to the back of the Xifengkou defenders, and stabbed those Daming wastes fiercely!
"Rush to 120 steps before the pass and then release the arrow!"

"Rush to 120 steps before the pass and then release the arrow!"

Niu Luerzhen's orders were passed on layer by layer, and the Jiannu cavalry screamed strangely, took off their strong bows and crossbows from their backs, lay down on their horses, and continued to charge forward.

Because too underestimate the enemy, and learned the 'insider' news.

Therefore, they save another routine operation: the forward's tentative attack.

Five hundred cavalry, plus one thousand horses, rushed towards the iron gate.

……

On the top of the pass city, eighteen veteran soldiers shook their heads and smiled wryly, all of them thought to themselves: "These slaves and beasts are too underestimating the enemy, otherwise, they can completely avoid laying unreasonable landmines..."

a thousand steps.

Eight hundred steps...

With a loud bang, the first landmine exploded.

The seven or eight Jiannu cavalry who rushed to the front, before they could react, were thrown into the air by a ball of fire and a wave of hot air.

Their bodies were blown to pieces by countless iron sands, iron nails, etc., turning into a rain of blood and falling down.

At the same time, the three or four cavalrymen and seven or eight horses behind them were also smashed into sieves by countless iron sand and nails!
Incomplete heads, arms, hands and feet, as well as fragments of leather armor and clothes, flew high in the cold morning air...

'My God, what kind of firearm is this! '

The Jiannu cavalry rushing forward were blown away.

They subconsciously want to rein in the horse's head and charge forward after they figure out the situation.

Helplessly, after a loud noise, the horses in front were frightened and wanted to stop.

As a result, under the torrent-like impact of the iron cavalry behind, he was pushed forward abruptly and rushed away.

boom!
The second mine exploded!
'My God, what kind of firearm is this? It's too terrifying! '

'The Ming army is trash, it's too low! '

(End of this chapter)