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

Chapter 454 Lushun Attack and Defense 2
Outside the city gate is the position of the Ming army, which consists of a series of earth barriers, trenches, horse pits, horse rejections, and deer villages. It looks simple, but it is very practical.However, in Yang Menglong's view, this line of defense is not very reliable. The deer village is too thin, and the trenches are too shallow to hide people at all.However, as far as the current situation is concerned, these trenches are not used to hide people at all. The artillery has not yet developed to the point where it can force the infantry to squat in the trenches.The Houjin artillery fired one after another, and many shells went straight to this crude line of defense. The deer village fell apart after being wiped, and the broken wood and the torn limbs of the soldiers of the Ming army flew around.Fortunately, Hou Jin hadn't produced the explosive bombs yet, otherwise the soldiers of the Ming army defending this line of defense would have suffered heavy casualties.

After a cannon fire smashed the city wall and the fierce camp at the city gate, the Houjin artillery stopped firing—it couldn't be stopped, the barrel was too hot.Amidst the sound of the trumpets, the Houjin light cavalry galloped out, pressing on both sides, firing their strong bows at the defense line of the Ming army, and raining sharp arrows.On that messy position, the muffled sound of arrowheads tearing flesh came and went, and the soldiers of the Ming army who had finally survived the bombardment of the Houjin artillery were shot dead and wounded.Yang Menglong frowned and looked at the cannon closest to him, only to see the gunner staring at the rear gold light-clothed flying knight with a stern expression, not intending to fire support at all.These gunners should really be thankful that they are not members of the Heluo New Army, otherwise they would have to lose their heads.But in Dongjiang Town, such an arrangement is very reasonable. Dongjiang Town is extremely poor, and every round of shells is used less than one round. The devil knows when this battle will last. Of course, it has to be saved.

The Ming army outside the city also knew that they would not be supported by the artillery, and they did not expect the artillery to be of any help. Amid the officers' continuous roars, a row of mountain crossbows protruded out. They were less than 50 meters away, and Jin Qingqi shot furiously, and the metal trembling sounds were connected into pieces, and each sound seemed to tug at everyone's heartstrings.The crossbow arrows shot out violently, and many Houjin Qingqi seemed to be slashed by a saber, screaming and pounced forward, and fell heavily. The cavalry on horseback was thrown out, and fell to the ground twisted into a strange shape. The shape, after a few twists, won't move.Even more unlucky, he shot a few arrows in succession, the chest cavity ruptured, and streams of dirty blood spewed out from it, and he fell from the horse's back like a grain handle.After being hit by a round of crossbow arrows, Jin Qingqi howled like a wild beast, and spread out even more. The sharp arrows in his hand shot out one after another, fast and hard. , but the crossbowmen of the Ming army quickly retaliated. They organized a second round of volleys and swept the Houjin Qingqi down like cutting wheat... Such an exchange is not a disadvantage to the Ming army. Training a crossbow Soldiers only need half a year at most, which is to cultivate high-quality crossbowmen. Most crossbowmen can shoot and kill the enemy with a strong crossbow after a few days of training, but it is not so easy to train a light cavalry skilled in bow and horse. At least You have to fight for several years!For Dongjiang Town, it would be profitable to exchange two cheap crossbowmen for a post-golden cavalry!

Houjin's light cavalry whistled and withdrew.Before the Ming army could breathe a sigh of relief, the sound of hoofbeats suddenly started, and another larger light cavalry came up to kill them. The strings of the riding bows in their hands trembled, and sharp arrows were poured out towards the Ming army's position.They are not giving up yet and are working hard to find loopholes in the Ming army's defense line.The crossbowmen of the Ming Army fired successive volleys and responded with powerful crossbows in their hands. The two sides continued to shoot at each other from a distance of five to sixty meters, exchanging lives.The Golden Cavalry suffered a lot after this kind of shooting. The range of the cavalry bow in their hands was less than 60 meters, while the range of the Shansang Crossbow in the hands of the Ming army reached 200 meters. It was far better than the cavalry in terms of range, accuracy and lethality. Bows, and the Ming army also had camps as cover, but the Hou Jin cavalry had no cover. It was strange that they could take advantage.After several rounds, the fronts of both sides' positions were densely covered with arrows. The injured soldiers were holding the arrow shafts that were deeply pierced into their flesh and squirming in a pool of blood, wailing in pain. The battle situation was tragic.

The red lady saw that the golden cavalrymen used the move of throwing arrows back and forth again and again, and she was a little impatient, and said, "Why do these Jian slaves use this move all the time? Can't they change it to something else?"

Li Yan finally seized the opportunity to show off in front of her, and said: "This is a tactic commonly used by barbarians. When the two armies are facing each other, they use light cavalry to repeatedly harass, consume our army's physical strength and arrows, and wait for our army to attack." The arrow branches of the arrows are almost consumed, and then charge into the battle with heavily armored men, smashing our army's camp in one fell swoop..."

The red lady yawned straight away: "Then how long can we fight like this?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's hard to say, it depends on the mood of the commander-in-chief of Jiannu."

The red lady murmured, "Those crossbowmen must have worked very hard..."

Don't say it, she really hit the mark, those crossbowmen's physical strength will soon be unable to keep up.There is no way, the vast majority of the Ming army can’t even eat enough, and their nutrition will naturally not keep up. They gradually became overwhelmed, and the crossbow arrows shot out began to become messy.Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Ming army couldn't care less about hiding their strength. More than a dozen large Franco cannons fired at the same time, and the money used was grape bullets. There was only a series of roars, and thousands of grape bullets were gradually approaching. The rear golden cavalry, the rear golden cavalry immediately screamed, blood splattered, thirty or forty cavalry fell down as if they were being shot by heavy machine guns, and a large blank appeared in the original formation like clouds and flowing water.Later, the Golden Cavalry knew that they could not get any advantage if they continued to fight, so they had to withdraw.

Shocking cheers resounded from the upper and lower walls of Lushun City. Some soldiers jumped out of the camp to cut off their heads. As a result, cold arrows shot at them as if they had eyes. A dozen of them were shot down in a row. retracted.But in any case, they won this round, and they won quite beautifully. The cannons on the city wall did not even fire the rear gold light cavalry, which was unimaginable before.

The red lady yawned again: "Is this the end of the fight?"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes.According to historical records, this beautiful woman is a very famous female general in the peasant army, she has made many military exploits, but judging from the present, she is just a master of guerrilla warfare, and knows nothing about this kind of majestic formation... This kind of tentative attack is not accurate at all. When you see a cheap one, you will attack it, and when you encounter a hard idea, you will dodge it. The Ming army has set up such an iron barrel formation, and Houjin can't take advantage of any advantage. What can you do if you don't withdraw? Sample?
The red lady squinted at him: "Little kid, what's your expression? You despise me, don't you? Believe it or not, I'll screw your scalp?"

Yang Menglong shrank his neck and quickly put away his contemptuous expression.The most common tricks used by the red lady to deal with him were to pinch both sides of his face and pull hard, or to clamp his head with her arms and twist his scalp with her fists. After she twisted him, his hair was as messy as a volcano crater. Yes, his scalp was burning... He was really afraid of her move.At this time, Li Weiluan led a general wearing mountain armor and strode over. The general was tall, wearing a steel helmet, and an iron mask covering half of his face. His eyes were fierce, and it was obvious that He is a fierce general.The fierce general clasped his fist at Yang Menglong and said loudly: "This is Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town. I have long admired the champion Hou Yong, who is the leader of the three armies. The slave chief's expression changes when he talks about it. When we meet today, it is indeed true. I am glad to meet you, I am glad to meet you!"

It turns out that this is the famous Dongjiang Town Commander-in-Chief Huang Long!

Yang Menglong looked at the iron mask curiously, a little puzzled.

Huang Long laughed at himself and said, "I lost my nose and ears, so I have to wear this mask so as not to scare others."

Huang Long was one of the more unlucky ones among so many general soldiers in Dongjiang Town. After Mao Wenlong's death, Dongjiang Town fell apart, and changing the general soldiers was like a revolving door.Chen Jisheng succeeded Mao Wenlong's squad, and was killed by Liu Xingzuo after only one year as the chief soldier. Liu Xingzuo replaced Chen Jisheng, and Huang Long became the deputy chief soldier.Not long after, Liu Xingzuo led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to surrender to Houjin and betrayed Daming. Huang Long, the deputy chief soldier, rose to become the chief soldier.But at this time, Dongjiang Town has actually been abandoned by the Ming Dynasty. Food and salaries are scarce, business travel has disappeared, and 10,000+ Liao people are suffering from hunger.Finally, the Dongjiang army quit, launched a mutiny and tied him up, and divided up the tens of thousands of taels of silver in the Pidao silver warehouse. Although Huanglong managed to escape and quelled the mutiny, his nose and ears were cut off. Not like a human, but [-]% like a ghost.Fortunately, there were not a few people who had their ears and noses cut off for violating military discipline in the Ming army barracks, but he was not very conspicuous.Yang Menglong felt a little sympathetic to him, he was alone, what did he look like without his nose and ears, he took a step forward and cupped his fists in salute: "Junior Yang Menglong, the commander-in-chief of Heluo Town and Denglai Town, met Huang Shuai!"

Huang Long hurriedly said: "Little Commander Yang, don't be so polite! You wear the seal of the commander-in-chief of the two towns, and you are the champion hand-picked by the emperor. Your status is much higher than that of Huang. It is reasonable for Huang to serve as your subordinate." That's the right gift!" Holding Yang Menglong with one hand, he said, "Come on, young Shuai Yang, let me introduce you to a hero from Dongjiang Town!" Pointing to a general with thick eyebrows and big eyes, "This is General Shang Keyi! The Shang family is a big family in Liaodong, when the old slaves sent troops to bloody Liaodong, the Shang family resisted and killed many Jiannu, but they also suffered heavy casualties, now only these two seedlings are left in the Shang family."

Yang Menglong asked curiously: "Besides General Shang Keyi, who else is there?"

Huang Long said: "The other one is Shang Kexi, Deputy General of Guanglu Island."

Yang Menglong narrowed his eyes: "Shang Kexi?" The name Shang Keyi may be unfamiliar to him, but Shang Kexi is like thunder!King Sanshun, after he surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he became an eagle dog of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Together with Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, he fought from Liaodong to Guangdong, and killed a mountain of blood.But then again, Shang Kexi's family had a deep feud with Empress Jin, and most of the men died in the Liaodong battlefield. To force Shang Kexi to surrender to Empress Jin, the ability of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty can be considered heaven-defying!Yang Menglong did not have the slightest affection for such bloody and debt-laden people, but history has been messed up. Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde among the kings of Sanshun died in Denglai. Later Jin could not obtain a large number of advanced artillery and cannon casting technology. With the efforts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, Denglai has truly become the rear area of ​​Dongjiang Town. Now Dongjiang Town's supplies are much more abundant than before. God knows whether Shang Kexi will surrender. Preconceived ideas are not a good habit.He clasped his fists to Shang Keyi and saluted: "General Shang, it's a pleasure to meet you, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Shang Keyi hastily knelt on one knee to return the salute.

Huang Long led another general to Yang Menglong: "Mao Yongjun, Mao Shuai's adopted son, is a well-known hero in our Dongjiang Army!"

Mao Wenlong has a good habit, that is, every time he recruits a group of soldiers, he must select the best ones from them to consider his sons, who are called sons, but are actually servants.He has fought in southern Liaoning for more than ten years, and he has adopted many adopted sons. Shang Kexi, Shang Keyi, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other famous generals have all been his adopted sons.This Mao Yongjun is tall, muscular, with piercing eyes, and his body is full of scars. He is obviously the kind of ruthless character who rides a strong horse and fights tough battles.This rebellious general had no temper at all in front of Yang Menglong, and he knelt down on one knee to pay homage just like Shang Keyi, which was unequivocal.

Huanglong also introduced several fierce generals in the Dongjiang Army to Yang Menglong. It can be seen that Huanglong was prepared for Houjin's large-scale attack. The lineup of the Dongjiang Army is also quite luxurious. Nearly half of the young talents are here. In history, he and Li Weiluan commanded a group of old and weak soldiers to fight against Houjin. In the end, almost all of them were killed. Lushun did not wait for a soldier until the city was broken. One soldier's reinforcements.With so many brave generals and so many soldiers, relying on the fortified city, it is absolutely possible to fight against Houjin. Even if he is defeated in the end, he can still break Houjin's big teeth!

Of course, now that Yang Menglong is here, he won't just be satisfied with just losing Houjin's big teeth!

Finally, Huang Long pulled a military general who was not even a deputy general to Yang Menglong and said proudly: "Huang Yulang, our famous cavalry general in Dongjiang Town, it was he who led people to conduct reconnaissance and discovered the mobilization of the Hou Jin army in time. , which gave our army time to respond, which is indispensable!"

Huang Yulang saluted Yang Menglong and said with some frustration: "What's so happy about it? Just this time, half of the humble scouts are gone. The two good horses that I grew up with are all dead, all dead!" "

(End of this chapter)