Nanming Engineer

Chapter 463
In the field of vision of the telescope, the bronze cannon with huge wheels of the Ming army was dragged by two strong horses, and began to move forward with the infantry formation, surrounded by bird musketeers and infantry guards, and the cavalry followed from a distance. Finally, from a distance, it looks like three groups are moving forward side by side. The infantry formation in the middle is slightly forward, and the artillery teams on both sides are slightly behind. A strange large-caliber iron barrel-shaped cannon was pushed by manpower, and it was also advancing. This kind of cannon was probably a curved cannon, otherwise the Ming army would not dare to deploy it behind its own soldiers.

"This is trying to beat us by defeating Nikan." Dorgon narrowed his eyes and squeezed the lens barrel of the binoculars: "The Nanban artillery is powerful, and the Han army's shield vehicles can't stop them. Let them stop. Send the message to the artillery battalion to move forward!"

After a pause, he said again: "Let Ye Chen and Guozhu come to see me! Call Sun Long and Chagu too."

Immediately someone galloped away, and within a short while, two people came flying to see him, one was Ye Chen, the Jurchen Eight Banners Bordered Yellow Banner Mel Zhangjing.Another person, Guozhu, Mongolian Eight Banners and Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen, the third-class Viscount, married a Jurchen wife, known as "son-in-law".

Both of them are generals who command the cavalry, and the men who control the reins under their command are brave and invincible. They can be regarded as first-class strong troops in the unparalleled Qing army. Superior to others, in the battles that Dorgon came to personally, he has always been relied on, often playing the role of opening up the situation and breaking through the strong formation.

The two men were strong, with big shoulders and round waists. When they arrived in front of Dorgon, they rolled off their horses together, knelt down and buried their heads: "Slave Ye Chen (Guozhu), kowtow to the regent!"

Dorgon put down his telescope and said calmly: "Get up."

The two thanked En and stood beside the horse in a proper manner. Dorgon looked at the two of them and ordered: "You two, Ye Chen on the left and Guozhu on the right, will follow the artillery battalion up from the two wings, slowly Advance, first protect the safety of the artillery battalion, and prevent the Nanman cavalry from raiding the artillery battalion. After the artillery battalion is properly placed, you two wait for the flag of the Chinese army. When the flag is raised, immediately lead your troops to charge the Nanman artillery formation, in order to hit the enemy. , as long as you occupy the Nanman artillery formation, you will win more than half of this battle, so the two of you have a heavy responsibility, and you must not relax!"

Ye Chen is a veteran, and has fought more battles than his age. At this time, he thought about it and asked, "Regent, if the Ming army is overwhelming with infantry, how should we deal with it?"

Dorgon smiled, and said cheerfully: "If Nanman did this, then his cannons would be useless. In melee infantry, you can't discriminate between the enemy and yourself. Wang Huan won't be so stupid, wait for him It must be using cannons, not pawns, take ten thousand steps back and say, if Nanman really does that, it will be easy, you two just charge and kill!"

Guozhu also smiled and said: "Killing the infantry, the defeated troops were routed, and we charged back to his own formation, which saved us a lot of energy!"

Ye Chen nodded, nodded and said, "Understood! Please rest assured, the Regent!"

Dorgon waved his hand and let the two go. At this time, the order from the army was transmitted to the Han army, and the advancing Han army immediately stopped and stopped.

Later, the two artillery battalion commanders Sun Long and Chagu also hurriedly arrived on horseback.

Dorgon didn't talk nonsense to the two, and directly ordered the two to take the artillery battalion and divide them into two sides, facing the artillery battalions on the two wings of the Ming army, and continue to move forward. Stop.

After hearing this, Sun Long licked his lips hesitantly. There were beads of sweat on his head, big as beans, and rolled down his cheeks.

He peeked at Dorgon, and said in a low voice, "Regent, the cannon in red is extremely heavy. It is difficult to move on this kind of muddy ground without roads. Even if you try to move forward, it is difficult to find a solid ground to mount the cannon on. It is easy to overturn when firing, and it has taken a lot of effort to drive to the current position, and then go forward..."

Having said that, he looked up and met Dorgon's icy cold eyes head-on, he couldn't help shivering all over, and couldn't continue speaking.

Dorgon looked at Sun Long expressionlessly, waved his long whip, and pointed to the Shenwei Cannon of the Kuizhou Army in the distance, which was easily moved forward by the horses, and asked without a tone: "How did the Ming Army do it?" of? Why can't you do it?"

The cold sweat on Sun Long's head was pouring out like rain, his back was sweating profusely, his legs were fighting, and he could hardly speak. He knew that Dorgon's expression was extremely angry, and it was silent on the surface. Dance wildly.

Before he could answer, Chagu next to him stabbed him quietly, signaling him not to speak, and he said loudly: "Please calm down the regent, Sun Long has a public heart, and he is not afraid of fighting. The slaves will go down now!" , focus on the errands, please rest assured the Regent!"

Sun Long bowed his head to the ground and kowtowed.

Dorgon glanced at the two of them and nodded: "Go ahead, if there is any mistake, I will kill you two and nine tribes!"

The two shuddered, loudly accepted the order, and retreated.

After walking far away, Sun Long sighed and thanked Cha Gu: "Thank you so much for saving the siege today, otherwise Sun would have died without a complete body if the regent was angry."

Chagu waved his hand and said: "It's okay, General Sun, you know the character of the regent, he will advance and never retreat in battle, even if there are huge difficulties, you and I have to stick to our necks. I still remember Tiancong's five years and seven years. In the first month, Zhang Chun, the supervisor of the Ming army, led [-] troops with vans to reinforce the Daling River, which was besieged by Emperor Taizong. The two armies faced each other on the river bank. The chief general is the same as you. He reasoned that there was a difficulty. Emperor Taizong pushed it out without saying a word and chopped it down. He ordered the deputy general to take over. The artillery attack broke through the chariot formation, Zhang Chun and more than [-] generals were captured alive, and we won a complete victory."

He patted the knife on his waist, and said: "So, fighting is a matter of courage and determination. As long as you are not afraid of death, nothing is a problem. General Sun, you and my fellow artillery battalion, we will live and die together. Say these words to you, and hope to cherish them!"

Sun Long was ashamed and ashamed, and bowed deeply to Chagu: "Sun has been taught!"

The two said goodbye to each other and left separately.As soon as he walked away, several lieutenants of Sun Long surrounded him and asked with a sad face: "General, do we really have to move forward? How can such a miracle be followed?"

"That's right, General, the front is full of mud. After days of fighting, it has already been overwhelmed. The red cannon is so heavy, not to mention stuck in the mud and unable to extricate itself. Even if you push and pull with all your strength, you can't keep up with the Ming army." The speed of the artillery, their gun mounts are weird, their speed is not much different from that of people walking, they must be positioned before us, and if we go up slowly, isn't it the same as being a living target for others?"

"If you go any further, you will definitely lose, General!"

"Zhagu is an amateur. He hasn't fired a few times before, so what he says can't be accurate. The general is an expert in firearms. He knows himself and the enemy, so he can't let him lead him by the nose!"

Several people glanced at me and talked endlessly in Sun Long's ear. Sun Long kept his face darkened, staring blankly, and kept walking forward. Several people followed anxiously and continued talking. Suddenly, Sun Long Long stopped, reached out and slapped the nearest general to the ground.

Several people were stunned for a moment and stood there at a loss.Sun Long's eyes were red and he looked like a mad dog, and hissed: "Blow your mother's legs! Whoever dares to disturb the morale of the army again, I will kill him with one knife! The regent has given the order to kill the army. If you can't reach the position, none of us will do it." If you want to live, get down here and get everyone moving, push the cannon, push the cannon!"

At the last few words, Sun Long was already shouting hysterically. Several of his subordinates became excited and ran away in panic.

Under the intimidation of Dorgon's knife, the artillery battalion of the Qing army began to speed up, trying to keep up with the pace of the infantry. It is not easy to walk in the wild, almost all the soldiers of the artillery battalion went into battle, assisted by bullocks, pushed and pulled by manpower, pushing forward as if struggling.

On the other hand, the Kuizhou army, the Shenwei cannon's light carriage and huge wheels are obviously much more suitable for such occasions. Each cannon with two horses and a dozen people can move at a speed much faster than that of the Qing army artillery battalion. Speed ​​moves.

The speed difference between the two sides of the troops approaching each other on the battlefield began to be obvious. The Qing army's infantry formation consciously slowed down in order to take care of the immobile artillery battalion, while the Kuizhou army on the opposite side was simply running at full speed.

When Sun Long was still in a mud pond, pulling a thick hemp rope to drag a cannon out of the mud, the Kuizhou army artillery battalion had already reached the middle of the battlefield, and the muzzle was far away from the front of the Qing army. Less than four miles away.

A single shot here can punch through the Han army and the Eight Banners Han army, which are dozens of rows thick.

(End of this chapter)