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

Chapter 393 Gaizhou
The land of Liaodong is frozen for thousands of miles, and the cold air cuts through everything in the world like a blade mercilessly. The world is so vast that it seems that there is no trace of life.

The sound of guns under the city of Gaizhou rumbled, and a dozen three-inch or even four-inch guns were pouring out their anger at this small city. Those who operated these artillery were yellow and emaciated soldiers of the Ming army.In the middle of winter, they were actually shirtless, sweating profusely, reloading and firing at the fastest speed, and every time they fired a cannon, they roared at the Houjin battle flag flying above the city: "Go to hell!" !"

The scorching shot blasted out of the gun bore, and hit the city wall with astonishing kinetic energy. Once the arrow stack was hit, it would shatter immediately. The city wall wrapped in bluestone was also not so strong. Mars splattered everywhere, stone chips flew around, and many city walls were cracked, exposing the soil embryo inside.The post-golden soldiers guarding Gaizhou City groaned weakly under the fierce artillery fire. When did the beggars in Dongjiang Town get so many cannons!
That's right, the beggars from Dongjiang Town came to torment them again.

When Mao Wenlong was still there, Dongjiang Town crossed the Yalu River almost every year, entered the hinterland of Liaodong, attacked cities and looted land everywhere, burned, killed and looted...why does it sound like a crime on the run?Well, it was supposed to be a crime of wandering.This criminal gang that runs around and commits crimes has tens of thousands of people at every turn. At the most exaggerated time, it will be as many as 10,000+. It is known as the "50 army". In places swept by this "50" army, basically there will be no grass left. down.There is no way, Dongjiang Town is hungry, hundreds of thousands of Liao people have less than 20 taels of food and salary every year, which is definitely not enough, so they go ashore to commit crimes when they get the chance, and grab a vote fiercely, otherwise they will definitely starve to death of.This kind of rogue tactic caused Houjin a lot of headaches, because every time they took advantage of the opportunity of Houjin's army to go on an expedition, they ran over to grab a piece. They would slip away as soon as Houjin's army came back, although it would not cause too much damage to Houjin. , but let them toss like this, Houjin's rear will not be safe, and it will be impossible to conduct long-term large-scale expeditions.But then Liao Town imposed a blockade on Dongjiang Town, not allowing merchants to sell food and cloth to Dongjiang Town to sell. Jin's large rear area allowed Huang Taiji to go on bold expeditions of thousands of miles repeatedly, break in and plunder Gyeonggi and Xuanda, and the situation immediately opened up.

But now, those beggars are here again...

Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, was stationed within a stone's throw away, looking at the city wall with rubble and iron bullets flying across the sky, his facial muscles twisted slightly, and he muttered to himself: "Jiannu, I didn't expect it, we are back again!"

Li Weiluan, deputy commander in chief, held the reins of the horse, and the veins on the back of his hands came out.These cannons were all sent by Yang Menglong. They were of excellent quality and powerful, far surpassing the cannons of the same kind he had ever seen; the artillerymen were defected from the Denglai rebels. With a lot of advanced shooting skills, and after fighting with officers and soldiers for so long, with rich actual combat experience, he is almost completely ravaging his opponents!It is precisely because of this batch of excellent artillery that Dongjiang Town dared to attack Gaizhou. Unfortunately, the transport fleet sank two ships and several cannons sank to the bottom of the sea. Get those cannons!He said: "Thanks to Xiao Yangshuai for sending us this batch of supplies and weapons, otherwise it would be a problem whether we can safely cross the east. As for attacking Gaizhou, it is wishful thinking!"

Huang Long said: "If I have the chance, I must see this warrior who stabbed the slave chief Hongtai to death on the banks of the Daling River, and defeated Yue Tuo head-on!"

Li Weiluan said: "Yes, we must meet him. With this invincible general who uses soldiers like a god to guard Denglai, our life in Dongjiang Town will be much better. Huang Shuai, the matter of moving Liao people to Denglai..."

Soldiers only worship the strong. If you have the right temper, you can sell your life, especially the rebellious Liao people.They don't know anything about those people, they only show embarrassment to them, waste their food and pay, and steal their military merits. The civil servants are only disdainful or angry, but they are convinced by Yang Menglong, who has never met face to face.Yang Menglong head-on defeated the main force of Xianghong Banner at Daling River, shot and wounded Yue Tuo, and disturbed the two white flags with 120 cavalry cavalry, forcing Huang Taiji to flee. These glorious achievements and almost legendary deeds have already spread throughout the Liaodong Peninsula, making countless Liao people very excited and fascinated.After it was passed on, it became more and more popular, and it became that Yang Menglong used four hundred iron cavalry to defeat the inlaid red flag personally commanded by Yue Tuo, rampaging in the defense line composed of tens of thousands of elite soldiers on the two white flags, and Yang Menglong chased the emperor even more. Tai Chi cut off his beard and abandoned his robe, and stabbed this heinous guy seriously with the last shot... Well, the person who made up this kind of joke must have read too much "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and remembered the deeds of Lu Bu, Zhao Zilong, and Ma Chao. The brain is settled on Yang Menglong.But the people of Liao firmly believe in it, and whoever dares to question it is just waiting to be punched.Li Weiluan, the deputy general, is also [-] convinced of Yang Menglong, and he agrees with his proposal to move the Liao people to Denglai. The Liao people in Dongjiang are too miserable. Hunger is the normal state of their existence, and many people starve to death every year. , there is a place that has freed up a large piece of fertile land to accept them, that would be great!His only concern is Huanglong's opposition, because moving so many Liao people may weaken his strength.

Huang Long didn't even think about it, and said: "Move, move as soon as the sea ice melts! And it must be done as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no land!"

Li Weiluan breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled: "The general wants to share a piece of land in Denglai. I heard that it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the land is fertile. It is a fairyland on earth..."

Just as he was speaking, the gate of Gaizhou city opened wide, and more than 200 post-golden cavalry rushed out, raising their knives and screaming, and roared towards the artillery positions of the Ming army. They had been bombarded by the cannons of Dongjiang town. Try to fight out and destroy these cannons that are destroying the city walls.How can the Dongjiang army let them get what they want? These cannons are more precious than our eyeballs. If you destroy them, how can we mess around?The commander-in-chief of the artillery team yelled: "Shotguns, fire!" and Mr. Qian, who was in charge of protecting the artillery positions, yelled: "Pikemen, protect the cannons!"

The four three-inch guns that were of poor quality and had not been fired suddenly let out a deafening roar. Thousands of small lead bullets swept out like a torrential rain. Big balls of blood sprayed out from their bodies, screaming and rolling, and four three-inch guns fired a salvo and smashed more than 30 rear golden cavalrymen.The flame of the muzzle has not yet disappeared, thousands of spearmen stepped forward, faced the golden cavalry behind and squatted down, the iron nail at the end of the spear was inserted into the hard ground, and the cold blade pointed obliquely at the golden cavalry behind—— You just hit it!

Looking at the dense forest of guns, the rear golden cavalry groaned inwardly.Many of them had fought against Tianxiong Army and Wuyang Guard, and they felt headaches when they saw this kind of four-meter long spear. Obviously, the spearmen of Tianxiong Army and Wuyang Guard had already given them a fear of spears.The post-golden cavalry who suffered from spear phobia did not dare to step into the spear formation when they were killed, so they had to approach only 50 meters away from the artillery position, rushing back and forth, shooting sharp arrows at the spearmen one after another... The riding skills are superb, and the arrow skills are also very precise, but it is useless. They suddenly shot out the cannons that wanted to destroy the Ming army. This attempt has been shattered.The most wicked thing is that in order to prevent their cavalry from rushing out to destroy the cannons, Dongjiang Town poured water 50 meters in front of the artillery positions to form an ice surface more than ten meters wide. Eat, no, one after another fell down with a wild neighing, throwing off the cavalrymen on their horses, and the rear golden cavalrymen screamed and were in a panic.

At this time, there was a thumping sound from behind a row of heavy shields, and rows of crossbow arrows only one foot long shot towards the horse. It was Shansang crossbow!These beggars actually used the mountain mulberry crossbow!The distance of less than 60 meters was like a dead line. Amidst the screams of sharp arrows piercing through the air, small clusters of rear golden cavalrymen screamed and fell down. The desperate high-quality iron armor and cotton armor can no longer provide them with any protection at this time, and they will have to lie down after being touched!
Seeing this, Li Weiluan was very happy.This crossbow is better than their firecrackers. It is accurate and powerful. If you just pull a civilian over and train for a few days, you will be a qualified archer.As for the Houjin soldiers who were not killed by the arrows, Li Weiluan was not worried at all. The freezing cold in Liaodong and the rust and dung on the arrowheads would make them regret why they were not shot to death on the spot!He was about to speak, but he heard Huang Long roaring: "Shoot! Shoot these Jian slaves to death!"

The latter Golden Cavalry probably felt that it was impossible for them to succeed. With a whistle, they dropped dozens of corpses and a dozen wounded soldiers who fell on the ice and wailed and retreated.The crossbowmen of Dongjiang Town sent them off with a violent volley, knocking down a dozen more.Someone dragged the corpses and wounded soldiers with a bamboo pole with an iron hook, and stripped them naked in front of the guarding soldiers, including weapons, armor, helmets, and even clothes. He was naked, and then chopped off his head with an axe, and showed off on the tip of the gun. Dozens of bloody heads raised the morale of the Dongjiang Army and cheered.

As for the horses that were shot and wounded, they were not wasted. They were all dragged over and killed, cut into large pieces and thrown into the pot for cooking.Smelling the bloody smell of horse meat, the morale of the army and civilians in Dongjiang Town increased even more. Huang Long raised his arms and shouted: "Take down Gaizhou and open up to eat meat!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town shouted in unison: "Take down Gaizhou and open up to eat meat!"

"Take down Gaizhou and open up to eat meat!"

The sound of rumbling guns sounded again, and the artillery fire became more intensive and violent.After the battlements of a section of the city wall were almost destroyed, thousands of crossbowmen rushed out, facing the shells fired from the top of Gaizhou City, advancing to a distance of only 70 meters from the city wall, and raised their crossbows towards the rear of the city wall. The golden soldiers shot furiously. Under their cover, thousands of soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town held swords and shields and rushed towards the city wall one after another carrying ladders. The ladders were quickly erected, and groups of soldiers climbed up like ants.Later Jin soldiers used stones, rolling logs, and ash bottles to attack the Ming soldiers who were climbing the city, while the Ming crossbowmen were also shooting desperately to suppress their firepower. Without the protection of the battlements, they dared to stick out their bodies to attack on the ladder. The soldiers of the Ming army could hardly survive the heavy crossbow shooting, and fell screamingly with the crossbow bolts deeply penetrated into their bodies.The soldiers of the Ming army who were hit by the rocks pouring down from the city wall also screamed and fell down, and the corpses at the foot of the city wall were quickly piled up several layers.But the soldiers of the Ming army went completely crazy. Amidst the cheers of tens of thousands of colleagues and Liao people, waves surged up one after another. Those who fell from the ladder died as soon as they died, and those who survived moved their limbs and continued to climb. , that scene can only be described as "magnificent".Soon, the flow of people overflowed the city wall, and started an extremely tragic hand-to-hand fight with Jianu.The Houjin soldiers guarding the city were horrified to find that the beggars in Dongjiang Town, who used to have enough to eat, had changed their shotguns and used a straight knife with a wide front and a narrow back, a thick back and a thin blade, and the cutting power was amazing. Cutting on the head is often splitting the whole head together with the helmet!The martial arts and physical strength of Dongjiang Town soldiers holding this kind of straight knife are not small compared with those of Houjin Warriors, but they couldn't hold back their numbers. The straight knife full of blood rushed forward again, how could the golden warriors with only a few hundred people stand up to it...

On December 21, the fifth year of Chongzhen, Dongjiang Town conquered Gaizhou after three days of hard work, and burned Gaizhou to white ground.In this battle, Dongjiang Town beheaded more than 320 people, and their own casualties were three times that of Houjin, but they won.In the series of battles of corpses and seas of blood during the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Qing Dynasty, the Battle of Gaizhou was not conspicuous, but it sprinkled a lot of salt on Hou Jinshang's bleeding wounds.Hou Jin suffered too many casualties in the Daling River Battle. He spent a whole year licking his wounds, trying to recuperate and gather strength. Liaodong ushered in a rare peace. However, this peaceful situation was broken by Dongjiang Town. Dongjiang Town Use those hundreds of bloody heads to tell Hou Jin: Do you want to recuperate?dream!With us here, you don't even want to live in peace!
(End of this chapter)