Nanming Engineer

Chapter 410 Power Attack
Cao Zhenyan was from Liaoyang. In the first year of the Ming Dynasty, Houjin Nurhachi defeated Shenyang, and Cao Zhenyan's family surrendered. From then on, he became a servant of the Dorgon family who was still Baylor at that time. He followed his master on the battlefield and made countless achievements. Relying on his youth and bravery, He was highly appreciated by Dorgon and became the commander-in-chief of the Han army. However, his status as a servant has never changed. Now that Dorgon is the regent and Cao Zhenyan's chickens and dogs have ascended to heaven, it will not change anymore.

When he came to Shanxi, he originally followed Dorgon, but Duo Duo's sudden death made Dorgon return to Beijing in a hurry, but Cao Zhenyan was left behind and assigned to Boluo as a reinforcement.

Boluo was not so polite to the Han people. He had been used as cannon fodder for a long time. Cao Zhenyan dared not speak out when he was angry, and he had to work hard with all his heart.

At this moment, I can't advance or retreat, I can only stand still with my back straight, but my feet seem to have taken root, and I will stay where I am, but I will not move forward.The shield chariot seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and it was stuck on the spot without turning the wheels for a long time.

But procrastinating like this was not an option. Looking at the dozens of black cannon muzzles on both sides of the Ming army, and thinking about the terrifying range, Cao Zhenyan felt guilty. He was now only five miles away from the Ming army's front line, and he had already been there. He was within the range of the cannon, and the big iron bullets could hit him at any time. Kaer Chuhun's fate was about to befall him.

While he was making preparations, he heard the sudden sound of horns and the rumble of rough cowhide drums behind him. This was the signal for the Qing army to advance.

"My lord, the nobles told us to march there!" A soldier approached Cao Zhenyan in horror and said, not at all the arrogance he had when facing the Nanming army before: "What should we do?"

Cao Zhenyan got bold, straightened the iron helmet on his head, and said fiercely: "What else can we do? Let's all go up together. The cannon is very fierce, but it can only be used from a distance. If you get close, you can't hit it. Let's move quickly. Just get close!"

His skinny appearance irritated the soldiers, who in the old Han army who had lived to this time was not a veteran who rolled out of the dead?Everyone understands that to survive on the battlefield, one will not die if one is not afraid of death, and those who are afraid of hands and feet die the fastest, so everyone shouted together, pushing the shield cart and began to rush forward.

At this moment, I heard the sound of wheels "zapping" behind me. I turned my head and saw two teams of Han troops pushing shield chariots on both sides, chasing up like sparks.

The two leaders of the Han army, Ezhen Cao Zhenyan, recognized each other. One was Daoxing and the other was Luo Dai. They were both generals of Zuo Menggeng, the son of Zuo Liangyu. It was tight, and he was transferred to Nikan.

The two men each led three thousand Han troops, and they copied Cao Zhenyan's two wings. At the same time, cavalrymen caught up from the Qing army's formation and sent Nikan's king's order.

"Instruct Cao Zhenyan to order Daoxing and Luo Dai, the commander-in-chief of the Han army, to lead nine thousand Han troops to advance rapidly and attack the enemy's front. We will definitely gain victory without any mistakes!"

"If you break the formation, you will gain half of your future, and you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"

"If you shrink back, you will be punished for delaying the military aircraft!"

Cao Zhenyan's ears were poured into Cao Zhenyan's ears like a talisman, and he turned his head to look at the large formation of the Qing army with banners fluttering. Just the three generals of the Han army were dispatched at this time, and they were obviously going to do their best.

If you take a closer look, there are people swaying around in the formation. It seems that the Qing army's battalion of dead soldiers is also preparing. Those people are the Qing army's sharp weapon to break the formation. up.

"My lord is going to fight hard!" Cao Zhenyan took a breath, frowned and thought: "For the sake of the Ming army in front of Shiling Pass, it seems that the loss is not counted."

He took a step back and gave up his position to a bodyguard. He dodged behind them, straightened his helmet again, bent down, and hid his entire body in the shadow of the shield car. He shouted with all his strength: "Forward! Forward! Push me with all your might!"

This order was like firing the starting gun for a [-]-meter race. All the Han troops put all their strength into pushing the frame of the shield chariot desperately, and ran forward regardless. The shield chariot had at least hundreds of The weight was heavy, and under the hard work of everyone, they were pushed almost into the air, and the wheels bumped and bumped in the wilderness, like tanks ignoring all obstacles and rushing forward.

Nine thousand Han troops and nearly [-] shield chariots rushed along the wide front that was several miles long.

On the two wings, the Mongolian cavalry who had just been beaten to the north were also about to move. They gathered more people and were lining up.

In the large formation of the Qing army, a large number of Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers were also making final preparations, arranging their bows and arrows, waiting for the Han army in front to consume the firearms of the Ming army before rushing to break the formation.

He sharpened his sword brilliantly just to chop off Wang Huan's head.

Nikan and Boluo sent out all the generals around them to lead their own troops. The two reached a consensus that if they wanted to crack the firearms of the Ming army, the only way was close combat. Jurchen was invincible in close combat. As for the Ming army, this is by no means bragging, but a conclusion drawn after a life-and-death bloody battle. Not only the Qing army thinks so, but even the Ming army agrees, and even Wang Huan has to admit it.

As long as you are close, things will be easy to handle.

Before that, no matter how many lives were spent, it was worth it, just because of what Kuizhou Jun revealed just now, it was worth it.

But when Shiling Pass was closed, Wang Huan stood upright, leaning on the stone crenel on the city wall and looking around, not nervous at all, to be precise, he was a little happy.

"Okay, finally can't help it? I thought I would try it again." Wang Huan's mouth twitched slightly, but he couldn't hold back his smile: "Nikan is decisive, he would rather put his hands on it." You’ve spent all your cannon fodder here, do you still want to defeat me?”

He lightly thumped the stone crenel, and said with a smile, "I think highly of me, but if I were him, I would definitely do the same."

Ma Wannian was very nervous again, standing tall and looking far away, from his perspective, on the battlefield in front of him, the densely packed shield vehicles were like a herd of elephants rushing in line, covering the many Qing soldiers hiding behind them, And farther away, a large number of Qing soldiers under the flag had also formed their formation, and began to press forward slowly. The armored phalanx of various colors moved slowly as a whole, keeping a distance of several miles from the shielded chariot formation in front. , just outside the range of the Ming army's artillery fire.

This type of impact puzzled him a little. Looking at Wang Huan with a strange expression, Ma Wannian couldn't help asking: "Master Hou, what's the use of the Tartar army being so far apart? Don't they Do you know how powerful our cannons are? When the shield vehicles in front are defeated by us and the Qing soldiers in the rear charge up, our cannons have already been prepared and can be fired again."

Wang Huan tapped his knuckles lightly on the stone, and said in a deep voice: "Of course the tartars know that the shield chariots in front are indeed artillery fire, and the Qing army behind them is also the main force to break the formation, but the distance between the two has to be so far. , otherwise our cannons would be able to shoot directly at their rear formation."

"They are so far away, just to avoid us piercing through two formations with one shot. Therefore, it is not the infantry in the rear that launched an assault behind the shield car, but the cavalry on the two wings."

"The shield chariot attracted firearms, and the cavalry followed and attacked. A wave of arrows broke through the chariot formation, and then the dead soldier battalion in the rear happened to catch up with the formation. They were the ace in the formation. The Jurchen soldiers were unbeatable in close combat. At this time, the cavalry attacked me. Two wings, attacking from three sides, with these three axes, the ordinary army will collapse no matter how strong it is, Ni is worthy of being a veteran, Nurhachi has trained many high-level tribesmen."

Wang Huan said these words in a calm tone, as if he was saying another matter that had nothing to do with him.

Ma Wannian became more and more nervous. He thought for a while and wanted to speak again, but Wang Huan waved his hand and blocked his mouth.

"Don't make any noise, just watch." Wang Huan became solemn and serious: "Our Kuizhou army is invincible in the world. This battle is the battle where we will make our name. After this battle, the whole world will know that the sign of being invincible in the field should be displayed. It's at our door."

Under the Guancheng, before the army formation, Li Tingyu and Ma Xintian's faces became solemn, they held each other's fists, said to each other that they cherished each other, and then rode away and rushed to their respective positions.

Yan Mingde's hand had already left the long knife at his waist. He squinted one eye, held the cannon barrel with both hands, carefully passed the scale on the cannon body, and estimated the distance.

In the car formation behind the loose Kuizhou military bird commander, a short and thick frame, like a thunderbolt like a big wooden barrel, was lifted out and placed in the shallow pit dug in front of the car formation Inside, the sergeant Che Ying, who was wearing rattan armor and white robes, walked over carefully holding large medicine bags.

(End of this chapter)