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

Chapter 621 The Alliance 4
The salt pond is not a pond, but a small lake more than [-] miles away from the side wall—just by the name, you know that the lake must be extremely salty. In the dry season, a large amount of the lake evaporates, and everyone will see it immediately Thick layer of salt.However, this salt is rich in halogen elements, and it is too bitter to drink. If anyone is thirsty and goes there to drink it, [-]% of them will foam at the mouth.The Mongols hate this kind of saltwater lakes because they cannot provide the necessary drinking water for cattle, sheep and herders.This salt pond is a treasure in the eyes of the Tianxiong army. They just sent a few glass products and then replaced the salt pond. They built a small city there and built a salt factory to draw water from the lake day and night to cook salt.Excessive halogen elements are not a problem for those salt workers who have worked with salt all their lives. They just change the pot for boiling salt into a sharp-bottomed pot, and add some soy milk to adjust the seasoning when boiling salt. Snow-white salt with a good taste came out. As soon as this salt was released, the supply was in short supply. It was almost used as currency at the border. brought the gospel.The border is too remote, and the price of salt is frighteningly high. More than half of the outrageously expensive salt price is included in the transportation cost. The Tianxiong Army uses local materials, and the cost is very low.

However, now Yanchi has become a battlefield. Thousands of Ordos cavalry came rolling in, people screaming, and the more than 600 soldiers in charge of defending Yanchi did not show any weakness. A rifled flintlock was fired, and two 20mm howitzers were pushed out on a slope more than 85 meters high behind the parapet. More than 300 salt workers also took up their flintlock guns and joined the battle. Facing the Mongolian iron cavalry, they did not change their faces.To them, the so-called Mongolian iron cavalry is nothing more than an idiot that they can knock down with a hook of a finger. No one is afraid of an idiot that they can kill with a single little finger, right?Of course, the Tianxiong Army did not forget the deer stockade and the barbed wire, both of which were used. These things would form a huge obstacle to the cavalry of the Ordos Department, allowing them to bleed dry in front of this crude line of defense.

"Although this city is small, it is very strong!"

Salibu from the Ordos Department rode a war horse, frowning at the station city a thousand meters away.This small town is relatively traditional. Two sandwich walls were built with red bricks and cement weighing ten catties, with rammed earth in the middle. The thickness is about one and a half meters, and the height is less than four and a half meters. It is not an iron wall, but For the Mongolian cavalry who lacked artillery and large siege equipment, it was already quite deadly.

A group of tribal leaders all had bitter expressions on their faces. Why did the damn Tianxiong army build the city so strong?Why build the side wall so strong?It made it impossible for them to rob happily!But fortunately, this is an isolated city, too far away from the side wall, they can easily surround this isolated city, encircle and send reinforcements, and annihilate the Ming army who will come to aid one by one, and the Ming soldiers in the city will be hungry If you attack the city again when it is weak, by then, no matter how strong the city is, it will be useless.Thinking of the benefits of taking down the salt pond, the leaders' eyes lit up with excitement. Salt is money. With salt, they can get everything they want, including food!Hmph, those idiots are always staring at the crops of the Han people, always thinking about how to rush in to grab a vote, never thought of occupying the salt pond and exchanging the salt produced by the salt pond with the Han people, they are so stupid!
boom!
Just as he was thinking happily, there was a sudden roar from the Ming army's defense line, a large cloud of smoke rose from the slope, and an 85mm howitzer shell was fired at high speed, with a palpitating whistling across the air. High parabola, facing the Ordos army headlong!I only heard a loud bang, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, even the ground trembled, and an orange fireball rose from the army denser than ants, and immediately there were two cavalrymen People and horses were thrown high, sharp shrapnel and hot steel balls flew in all directions at an explosive speed, and their limbs were thrown all over the place, and the screams were earth-shattering. Centering on the point of impact, more than 20 people fell down. , one by one was either dead or maimed, bloody and horrible.The horses of the Mongolian army were taken aback by the terrifying explosion and roared, and they hissed. Fortunately, most of these Mongolian cavalry had fought against the Ming army and had also been bombarded. The war horse was controlled without causing too much confusion.But immediately, the Ming army bombarded again, this time the artillery was more accurate, it hit right next to a leader, and with a bang, the leader and a dozen soldiers around him were blasted to pieces , hands, feet and intestines flying all over the sky, many Mongolian soldiers looked pale, and the recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time vomited out while lying on their horses.

Salibu was shocked: "The cannons of the Ming army can hit so far!?"

Of course it can hit this far. The range of the 85mm howitzer is five kilometers, and one kilometer is the best range!
Boom————

The two howitzers fired at the same time, and two balls of fire exploded among the Mongolian cavalry. Hundreds of shrapnel and steel balls easily swept out a blank area among the army, killing and wounding one place within the killing radius.Explosive ammunition is still a new thing these days and is rarely used. Therefore, the soldiers have almost zero experience in anti-aircraft artillery. Those cavalry sitting on horseback have become the best targets. Having the opportunity to taste the meat, many cavalry were hit by shrapnel or steel balls even though they were 80 to 400 meters away from the point of impact, and they rolled off their horses, screaming uncontrollably.The two howitzers fired unhurriedly, and the shells continued to blast out. Each shot caused a large number of casualties—who made the Mongolian cavalry hit a large area with their eyes closed?After more than a dozen shells, the Mongolian cavalry was already screaming and in a mess.Just a dozen shells caused three to [-] casualties to them, and at this time they were still a full kilometer away from the defense line of the Ming army. This feeling of being pressed and beaten by the opponent is crazy!

A piece of shrapnel flying at explosive speed scratched Salibu's shoulder, and blood gushed out.He looked at the broken limbs and mutilated corpses all over the floor, and his spine felt chills.The damn Ming army is equipped with such terrible artillery, and he didn't get any information beforehand. These Ming dogs are too good at pretending!The red-eyed Master Taiji drew his bow and shot a loud arrow in the direction of the cannonball, roaring: "Attack! Take that damned cannon! Grab Minggou's gunners, and I will chop them up!" Turn it into meat sauce!"

Yes, attack, must attack!
If you don't attack them, you can only stand up and get beaten. If you don't attack them, their morale will drop to the bottom. Those tribal leaders will soon retreat, and the battle will be impossible!
attack!

The sound of the horn hastily sounded, amidst the repeated roars of the commanders of thousands and centurions, hundreds of fine Mongolian cavalry scattered, holding a bow in their left hand and holding a sharp arrow in their right hand, howling like a beast, galloping their horses Swept towards the small town.The Ming army did not defend the city, but built a ring-shaped parapet with sandbags outside the city. 30 meters in front of the parapet was a thin layer of deer village and a concertina-shaped barbed wire. Confidence broke through the firewood village and the barbed wire fence in one fell swoop, jumped over the parapet, and then killed with a machete, avenging his comrades who died under the guns of the Ming army!
What's annoying is that the Ming army didn't seem to take these hundreds of fine cavalry seriously at all. The two howitzers didn't even adjust their shooting circles, and continued to fire at the main force of the Mongolian army. Flesh and blood flew everywhere.Many Mongolian cavalry were so bombarded that they joined the ranks of the charge—it seemed that the charging troops were not shot, and it seemed safer to participate in the charge!
In front of the parapet, the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army calmly chewed a piece of soft candy. This kind of candy is different from caramel, it is very chewy, and everyone likes it very much.Those salt workers watched the Mongolian cavalry charge forward, their guns trembling slightly, and the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army around them would comfort them: "Don't panic, put them in twenty paces and fight again. If a volley of guns passes by, they will say nothing." It takes one or two hundred to fall, and it doesn't take much effort to hit it."

The salt worker asked, "What if they rush over?"

The veteran smiled, pulled out his bayonet and stuck it on the parapet: "If they have the ability to break through the barbed wire, we will use this to greet them." He pointed to the engineering shovel beside him, "And this one, swing it over and connect The horse's legs can be cut into two pieces, it's very easy to use!"

At this time, feathered arrows swished over, and the charging Mongolian cavalry began to diffuse.The Tianxiong army was unmoved, just your poor little horned bows, it is useless to shoot arrows so far away, let alone iron armor, even if you wear thicker ones, you can't shoot!They just squatted against the parapet, and the random arrows that were shot were either nailed to the parapet or flew over their heads, without even hurting a hair on them.On the other side of the fort, the observers kept rushing to this side to raise the banner: "Sixty steps, fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps..."

The Ming army did not open fire, and the Mongolian cavalry rushed to the front of the line of defense easily and happily, but were immediately blocked by deer villages and barbed wire.They don't pay much attention to barbed wire or something. It's just a few thin wires, so what's the point?But Luzhai is really a headache. This thing is not too complicated. It is just two barrels of wooden stakes nailed to the ground crosswise, and then a long sharpened wooden stake or a horse rifle is poked out from the intersection. If the cavalry hits it, Not to mention people, even horses can only be poked through!There was no other way. Some Mongolian cavalry jumped off their horses and used axes and hammers to destroy the deer village, trying to create a gap. Most of them continued to fire arrows close to the deer camp, shooting back and forth to suppress the firepower of the Ming army.Some people even shot arrows at the fort in a whimsical way. Of course, it was useless. The fort was hundreds of meters away from them, so how could it be so easy to hit it!

A loud shout suddenly came from behind the parapet: "The first row——shoot!" Then, a large number of heads wearing steel helmets and hundreds of black holed muzzles protruded from behind the parapet full of arrows, with angry eyes The muzzles of their guns and black holes were pointed at the Mongolian cavalry. Following the officer's order, hundreds of musketeers pulled the triggers at the same time!
(End of this chapter)