Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 299

Persuasion to capitulate failed, but Yue Tuo was not discouraged.Originally, it was to delay the time so that the artillerymen could come up and try their luck at the same time. It is good to succeed, but it is okay to fail. It is just a waste of saliva.He returned to the army formation and said loudly: "The Ming army is arrogant and despises me, Dajin. All the soldiers in this battle must do their best to make them pay the price in blood!"

The inlaid red flags let out a howl full of violence.The blood mist and the horrible smell of blood on the battlefield stimulated the nerves of these bloodthirsty butchers, and the fierceness of Wuyang Guard stimulated their fighting spirit even more, making their eyes more and more fierce.

Such an opponent has a taste in fighting!Like those Ming troops who collapsed after a few rounds of sharp arrows, if it weren't for the spoils of war, they wouldn't even be interested in drawing their swords to cut down!

"Aim the cannons at their general flags, shoot three rounds first, then press all the archers on top, shoot sharp arrows to disrupt their positions, and then the dead soldiers charge into the formation!" Yue Tuo was also full of fighting spirit and gave orders loudly.It wasn't that he was stingy with shells, but the quality of the cannon was a bit horrible. After firing three shells in a row, he had to stop to cool down, otherwise he would wait for the chamber to explode.However, three rounds of shelling, a round of thunderous arrows, plus dead soldiers rushing into the formation, and cavalry side attacks, is already a very powerful combination punch, which is considered VIP treatment, but I don't know if Wuyangwei be able to stand.

Hou Jin's gun carriage finally appeared in front of the Ming army, and the black muzzle was facing the Ming army, making one's scalp tingle.Wuyangwei's reaction was a bit strange, they looked weird, they looked at the Houjin Cannon less than 300 meters away from them without moving, with a look of disdain on their faces, they almost turned around and fired loudly and loudly at the Houjin Cannon. It stinks.Qi Hu separated from the crowd, stepped forward to take a look, and said, "It's a three-inch gun, which can hit three or four catties."

Yang Menglong curled his lips in disdain: "Three inches, such a small caliber, how can you retaliate against the society? Brothers, hurry up, let them see our cannon!"

"okay!"

The artilleryman readily agreed, and pushed the artillery carriage forward... There is no way, the range of the cannons of this era is very short. As far as field artillery is concerned, it is generally only one kilometer at most, but the effective range is only about 300 meters. Skilled gunners It can be effectively hit within 300 meters, within 400 meters depends on character, and within 600 meters...Don't aim, just shoot directly at the moon, because the probability of hitting the moon is as high as hitting the enemy you are aiming at.Front-mounted smoothbore guns are the virtue of this. The psychological deterrence of field artillery in this era is greater than the actual killing effect. To put it bluntly, it is used to frighten people. In fact, not many soldiers actually died under the bombardment of artillery, so don’t hold on to these copper lumps. Expect too much. 200 years later, with the advancement of artillery technology and the emergence of rear-loading rifled guns, coupled with the widespread application of high-explosive anti-personnel grenades, artillery has truly become the god of war, but the range is still not enough.Of course, the cannon used by Wuyang Guards is not the kind of front-loading smoothbore gun that is heavy and heavy, but can only hit pitifully small shot puts, but its accuracy is worse than that of the front-loading smoothbore gun, so it has to be pushed closer.

As soon as they saw their own artillery coming up, Wuyang Guard's pikemen, archers, and musketeers all jumped uncontrollably and took a big step back in unison.The soldiers with the red flag on the opposite side are not as simple as eyelids twitching wildly. Their eyeballs almost protrude from their eye sockets, staring at the eight "cannons" with the characteristics of Wuyang Guard, with a horrified expression, even if it is a [-]-head Tyrannosaurus rex. Travel through time and space and launch a group charge against them, and they won't be so shocked!

Don’t blame them. If you were an artilleryman of that era, you would have been like them if you had spent your whole life dealing with those heavy and pitifully small-caliber cannons, and suddenly saw a few 800mm heavy guns appearing in front of you. , completely dumbfounded!
That's right, the caliber of these eight cannons has reached a frenzied 800 mm!Your eyes are definitely not blind, it is really 800 mm caliber!There is a seat plate, a gun mount, and most importantly, a black muzzle. Who dares to say that this is not a powerful heavy gun?But the body is very short, only twice the diameter of the area.It is so light that you don’t need a horse, and a donkey can pull it all over the mountain. Now a group of artillerymen whistled and easily unloaded these "heavy artillery" from the artillery carriage, placed them on the seat plate, and put them on The gun mount, and then shake the crank handle, adjust the firing range, and lower it as much as possible, and the dark muzzle is aimed at the rear golden army formation.After adjusting the shooting range, start loading. There are two loaders for a gun. The first one takes out a bag of gunpowder wrapped in silk, which looks like a flatbread, and puts it into the barrel with the fuze. He took out a pack of gunpowder that weighed about [-] kilograms, wrapped in linen, and tied tightly, and then stuffed it into the barrel, and then everyone flew up and down, like frightened rabbits, rushed towards the army formation .All the soldiers of Wuyang Guard squatted down tacitly, plugged their ears, and moved in unison. They did it thousands of times and tens of thousands of times.

Inlaid with red flags... still in a daze.In fact, from the moment these eight "heavy cannons" appeared, they have been in a daze, even Yue Tuo was no exception, staring at those "heavy cannons" that were so big that they could be used as wine barrels, Venus danced wildly in front of his eyes: "This...how is this thing made!? Can it be fired?" The owner of the red flag who was shocked by the thunder briefly lost his due calmness and sharpness, and even forgot to urge the gunner When the guns were fired, everyone just watched the performance of the gunners of the Ming army.

After a few seconds————

Tom tom tom tom tom tom tom tom!

The muzzles of the eight heavy guns sprayed out a large cloud of choking smoke and dark red flames at the same time, and the sound was so dull that it made one's heart palpitate.The propellant exploded in the gun barrel, and the shock wave of the explosion poured out, throwing out the large bag of granular explosives, swirling all the way, drawing all kinds of strange ballistic trajectories. Lived up to expectations and smashed towards the inlaid red flag army formation, two packs smashed ten steps in front of the Houjin Artillery, and two packs landed crookedly between the two armies, but still four packs directly hit the middle of the Houjin Warriors. Rolled twice, and then———

Boom boom boom!

Groups of frightening gunpowder smoke wrapped in flames rushed up to a height of more than [-] meters, and thunderous and violent bangs shook the pores of everyone present, and the blast swept everything.Those Houjin Pao groups were the first to bear the brunt, and the explosive wind hit them head-on, blowing their feet off the ground, and flying straight backwards. The army formation was even more tragic. On the erupting crater, the dazzling fire flashed, the ground trembled violently, the shield chariot, shield, spear, armor... everything was smashed to pieces, including their bodies.Many people's bodies were torn apart by the explosion shock wave, and then they were thrown around. Many people were so shocked that their feet flew several meters high and then fell heavily on the ground. His internal organs were shattered.The most wicked thing is that the damned Ming army actually put a lot of iron nails into the explosives, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced the lethality. I don’t know how many people were hit by those iron nails that were burned red by the high temperature of the explosion, howling Roll over!Those who were lucky enough not to be injured were also frightened. They stood there stupidly like clay sculptures and wood sculptures, letting the blood rain on their heads, motionless, their faces pale and horrified, their eyes completely out of focus, and they felt like the sky was falling. The earth is cracked, the end of the world is coming!
Yang Menglong patted his sore ears and stood up straight. He was very satisfied to see that the front of the Jin army had turned into a slaughterhouse.Heartless gun, heartless gun, really heartless!But what made him dissatisfied was that after such a terrifying blow, there was not much movement in the Jin army formation, and the thousands of troops and horses were silent. On the contrary, many war horses and camels on his side were jumping and barking in fright. , The Ming army’s barracks were in chaos, the horses were roaring wildly, people were crying and running around, how lively and lively it was... It seems that this blow caused a far greater psychological blow to the friendly army than it caused to Jiannu The blow is much bigger!He yelled angrily: "There's no reaction at all? Artillery, give them another round!"

The artillerymen also felt that they were despised, so without saying a word, they went up with the explosive packs in their arms.There is no need to adjust the shooting world, as long as the direction is not wrong, there will always be one or two packs that will fall on Jiannu's head, just put the explosive pack in.However, just after they put in the propellant packs, there was a scream of panic in the back Jin army formation. The archers threw away their bows and arrows, the soldiers threw away their spear cards, and the cavalry didn't even make a single unnecessary move. , and it was too late to make any unnecessary movements, because their war horses had already gone mad, roaring and rushing, and fled backwards, knocking the cavalry on the horses upside down, many cavalry were thrown off, and then Turned into a pile of meat under the trampling of horseshoes!The originally well-organized army formation suddenly fell into frenzy, and everyone was fleeing. This Ming army is too terrifying. It rides like the wind, fights like a tiger, and even uses demons to invite thunder from the sky. How to fight the battle?Run away quickly, or you will die!
This time it was Wuyangwei's turn to be dazed, looking at the messy Hou Jin Dajun stupidly, he couldn't believe his eyes.They tried their best to kill and fight so fiercely, but they failed to defeat the enemy. If these trash cans fired a volley, tens of thousands of horses would all collapse?How ridiculous!
Qi Hu roared angrily: "Assault! Assault!" He wished he could beat those officers with whips, such a good opportunity, why are you so dazed, hurry up!Wuyang Guard woke up like a dream, the buglers blew the charging horn, and the Lancers rushed out first, completely ignoring the chaotic Houjin infantry, riding spears like a forest, and charged straight at the panicked Houjin cavalry. Then, the muffled sound of the spear cutting into the flesh resounded across the battlefield again!The pikemen roared like a tsunami, their spears leveled, and rushed forward like a group of bulls who had seen the red cloth. The spearmen, sword shieldmen, and archers couldn't run far, and they were pierced by the spearmen rushing over with their guns, and even two or three of them were strung together in a row!The soldiers of Wuyang Guard had gone crazy. After the spear pierced through a bunch of candied haws, some soldiers didn't even bother to pull it out. They pulled out the dog-leg knife and rushed to the next enemy screaming.The Houjin soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the pig-like savage charge of the pikemen should not be too busy to breathe a sigh of relief. Hundreds of horizontal swordsmen with superb sword skills have already killed them in front of them.The archers and musketeers put their crossbow muskets on their backs, drew their dog-leg knives and shouted at the dazed Guan Ning army crossbowmen: "Why are you still dazed? Go!"

That's right, this is a good opportunity to collect people's heads, so hurry up!The crossbowmen of the Guanning Army also pulled out the dog-leg knives that were temporarily assigned to them, and rushed up screaming. When they saw the Houjin soldiers who fell to the ground, they stabbed their necks with a knife!The dog-leg knife made of high-carbon steel was used very smoothly, and the head was chopped off with one knife, and then the next one was chased by the head.The Houjin army was defeated like a mountain, and there were countless casualties under the trample on each other. Many people had no time to stand up after being knocked down, and their heads fell to the ground.Some people took a fancy to the trench dug by the Ming army and jumped into it regardless, trying to use the trench to escape. When the people behind saw it, they jumped into the trench like dumplings. Even the cavalry gave up their pride, Jump into the trenches to avoid the pursuit of the Ming army.

Yue Tuo's eyes were cracked, and his voice was inhuman: "Don't run away! Don't run away!" He swung his epee to kill those deserters like crazy.A crossbow arrow flew in and hit his left arm, piercing the armor, scraping the flesh, and not hurting the bones, but the tiger medicine quenched on the arrow made his whole body numb. Fortunately, some Ba Yala guards were loyal to protect him. Let him run away, otherwise his head may become Yang Menglong's trophy.Some Niulu tried to make a final resistance, but the terrible cavalry swept across their formation, and they were smashed into pieces. When they saw those brave white armored soldiers staring angrily one after another, they grabbed the spear that had pierced their chest After the spear fell dead in a pool of blood, even Niu Lu Ezhen cried out in horror: "Defeated! Defeated!" and joined the ranks of deserters.Behind them, the Wuyang elite soldier held the bloody head in his left hand, and brandished a knife and gun in his right hand, roaring and chasing after them. The only way to die alone is to die!
A group of post-Gold cavalrymen crashed into the camp of the Ming army by mistake, and bumped into the Guan Ning army who opened the gate of the village and was about to come out to take advantage of it, staring wide-eyed.According to past habits, if the Houjin cavalry rushed into the camp, even if the Guan Ning army lost, it was time to surrender, otherwise there would be a massacre waiting for them.But today's situation seems to be a bit different. Now the fighting spirit of the cavalry has completely collapsed, and the combat effectiveness is almost equal to zero. The most important thing is that there are still a group of lunatics chasing them with their heads... The most important thing is to face Guan Ning The army unconsciously probed the swords and guns. After discussion, everyone finally decided that the Houjin cavalry surrendered to the Guanning army.

After all, Hou Jin used cavalry as the main force, and his mobility was too strong. Although he was beaten to vomit blood, the main force quickly left the battlefield and ran away without a trace.Only a few hundred soldiers were left trapped in the trenches, unable to escape.At this time, the grenadiers finally came in handy, and their weapons were grenades.The structure of this kind of grenade is very simple. After eating the cans, collect the cans, fill them with granules of gunpowder and iron nails and seal them, and then install a fuse. When using them, use a fire twister to light them. Throw the fuse into the crowd, and blow up a large piece of it.Its fragments are difficult to penetrate armor such as plate armor, but the explosive air waves can overturn heavily armored warriors, let alone ordinary soldiers wearing cotton armor and leather armor. Throw it over and it will definitely make them climax.Now that so many people are trapped in the trenches, the grenadiers were very happy. They ordered a few and threw them into the trenches. After a few bangs, the gold soldiers cried and cried.Seeing more and more grenadiers taking out the deadly thing, the Houjin soldiers lamented, "Surrender! Surrender!" They put down their weapons one after another...

On October [-]th of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Wuyang Guards fought against the main force of Xianghong Banner at Jiming Post, and defeated Yuetuo at the cost of [-] casualties, beheaded nearly [-] levels, captured more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] horses , Even the Guan Ning Army, who had been hiding in the camp and dared not come out, had shit luck, and captured more than [-] Golden Cavalrymen.In this battle, the Ming army won a great victory.

It must be pointed out that the number of casualties inlaid with the red flag is far greater than the number of beheadings. Since the outbreak of the Battle of Dalinghe, the Ming army has finally achieved a hearty victory.

Compared with the Battle of Sarhu, the Battle of Hunhe, the Battle of Breach, and the later Songjin War, the scale of this battle is not too large. Although the loss of the red flag is heavy, these casualties were borne by Mongolian cannon fodder. Part of it is not unacceptable.However, this battle dealt a heavy blow to Hou Jin. Since Nurhachi raised his troops, Hou Jin's army was defeated by the Ming army with inferior forces in a field battle for the first time. The dazzling halo was stepped into the mud by Wuyang elite soldiers.History took a big turn here, which meant that the goddess of fate gave up her darling, and turned to favor the ancient nation within the Great Wall.

(End of this chapter)