Chapter 95 The Battle of Shanhaiguan 1

Although the Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion sent by Jiannu this time is indeed equipped with a large number of firearms, and the number of firearms is close to or even more than half of their troops. It can be said that it is a little interesting to draw tigers according to the cat, they found that there are also a large number of Han soldiers in the opponent's firearms holding three that have long been eliminated by them. Eyes.

Although the three-eyed gun can launch three projectiles in a row, and the density of the projectile is higher than that of a single-shot gun when firing together, the range of this thing is really pitiful. The effective armor-breaking range does not exceed 30 steps, and it can only aim roughly. It is impossible to aim accurately at all. When firing on the battlefield, it is also Relying on the quantitative advantage, it is possible to hit the enemy, but the disadvantage in range makes them have no chance to fight against the Dazhong army at all.

As for the bird gun, it goes without saying that it is still a relatively advanced weapon in this era. However, compared with the large-caliber flectar guns equipped in large quantities at present, the range is probably one, but the power is far worse. What's more, the guns of the large and medium-sized army were used to aim and shoot against the shoulder many years ago. The buttstock design has made the Dazhong Army have a higher hit accuracy than the standard bird gun of the Ming Army since the earliest bird gun. Coupled with the use of the flin hair device, the Dazhong Army has now completely eliminated the bird gun in the army, and completely let the fireman hand get rid of the burden of the fire rope, making the firepower of the Dazhong Army become more Strengthen the toughness.

But today, they didn't expect that Jiannu was also learning to walk in Handan. They imitated their Han army and made such a tactic. They wanted to restrain the Dazhong army with the tactics of the Dazhong army. They really wanted to make people laugh. If the two armies fought against each other and the Dazhong army lost to their Wuzhen Chaoha camp, then in the future The army doesn't have to muddle along any longer. Everyone can go back to their respective homes to find their mothers, wash and sleep!

Therefore, when he saw Jiannu on the opposite side using this tactic to meet their Dazhong army, Xiao Tianjian not only laughed, but also many generals in the army couldn't help smiling disdainning. Not only was the morale not affected at all, but the morale of the Dazhong Army was even more boosted.

"Mom! Jiannu and the serrat actually want to learn from us! Use our methods to deal with us! Damn, if they don't fight today, they will look for their teeth all over the ground, and I'll change my surname to mule!" Luo Li, the First Guards Army, who lined up in front of the Chinese army, laughed and scolded on the spot.

This time, Xiao Tianjian led the troops to fight. As the main force of the Dazhong army, Luo Li was stunned to grab the task of the striker from Liu Yao and led the troops to line up in front of the center of the army, so it was the soldiers under his command against the Wuzhenchaoha battalion of King Sanshun.

The foot army of the first town under Yan Chongxi and the foot army of the second town under the command of Diao Zheng are on the left side of the Dazhong Army, while Wang Chengping and the cavalry of each army are temporarily led by Wang Chengping. They are lined up behind the foot army of the Dazhong Army. In the direction of the sea is the generals of Liu Yaoben's Second Guards, and the three foot soldiers are arrayed in the shape of character. , facing the Jiannu army and constructing the main front of the Dazhong army, making the formation of the Dazhong army look very stable.

However, this arrangement of the Dazhong Army fell on the Jiannu side, but the slave chiefs of Jiannu felt that the front of the Dazhong Army was too open, so that the front of the Dazhong Army was only a few dozen people in thickness, which seemed a little thin, which made all Jiannu see a glimmer of hope and felt that the emperor of the Dazhong Army. Xiao Tianjian is really too arrogant today. In such a decisive battle, such a thin array is actually arranged. With the field ability of their slave army, they can easily break through the front of the Dazhong Army. Therefore, such as Daishan, Ji'erhalang, Ashan and other slave chiefs who have not fought with the Dazhong Army, have revealed one after another. Silky color.

But the slave chiefs who once fought with the Dazhong army, such as Dorgon, Duodu and Dudu, did not dare to underestimate the formation method of the Dazhong army. Their faces were still very solemn. Looking at the situation in front from afar behind the array, Dorgon opened a few mouths, the most After that, he didn't say anything to remind Huang Taiji.

Now Dorcon knows that his position is already precarious in the Qing Dynasty. Now Huang Taiji did not deal with him and Duo Duo and his three brothers immediately, but it does not mean that Huang Taiji will not deal with their three brothers after going back this time. So at present, he doesn't want to say anything more to Huang Taiji at all. Anyway, he has already said what he should say. Now he can see that Huang Taiji is not actually trying to completely defeat the large and medium-sized army on the opposite side through this battle. Huang Taiji wants to consume those Han troops and Mongolians, so in this battle, he only needs Just watch the battle.

The two armies slowly approached each other in the sound of their respective drums. When the two sides were arraying, they spread their own cannons and pointed their mouths at the battlefield.

As the marches of the two armies began to enter the battlefield, when they approached the enemy, they gradually began to enter the range of the enemy's cannons.

The gunners on both sides watched the enemy nervously and kept calculating the distance of the enemy until they felt that the enemy had entered the range of their cannons. The more than a dozen heavy Hongyi cannons pulled by the Jiannu side this time, under the command of Wu Shoujin, finally took the lead in starting this scene with Jiannu. The first shot of the Shanhaiguan Showdown.

Jiannu's Hongyi cannon, which weighs two or three thousand catties, can be said to be regarded as the most powerful cannon in China in this era, and the mastery of Jiannu's big killer is also due to the rebellion of the original Sanshun King, which brought the cannon-casting craftsman of the Ming Dynasty to Liaodong. Huang Taiji is also because of them brought this kind of The big killer, that's why we attach great importance to them, and vigorously cast this kind of Hongyi cannon outside the customs, which has improved Jiannu's ability to attack unprecedentedly over the years. At least in terms of heavy artillery, it has comprehensively suppressed the Ming army that has been riding them for many years.

However, the casting process of this kind of Hongyi cannon is very complicated. It not only has high requirements for craftsmen' craftsmanship, but also takes a long time from mold opening to casting and even the final drilling, and the scrap rate is very high. Therefore, the number of red cannons really cast by Jiannu has not been very large for so many years. This time Jiannu went south, and it can be said that he basically brought out all the red cannons that could be pulled in.

In order to transport and serve these cannons in red, Jiannu used thousands of clothes and thousands of mule horses to drag these cannons. Almost hundreds of people took care of each cannon before they could be transported here to participate in the war.

Unfortunately, it is not the Ming army that they met this time, but the middle army that is better at playing with cannons than them. You should know that Xiao Tianjian has attached great importance to the application of cannons very long ago. After he just occupied Yangcheng County, he used Gao Su, a foreign devil, to cast artillery for the Dazhong Army.

Over the years, with the unremitting efforts of many Xingtian Army craftsmen, the casting cannons of the Dazhong Army have already realized the casting of Hongyi cannons of various calibers. Moreover, under the "creation" of Xiao Tianjian, Xing Tianjun has abandoned the clay casting method that is easy to cause pores and one cannon from a very early age, and changed it to The more advanced iron casting cannon has improved the artillery casting of the large and medium-sized army, both in terms of speed and quality. In the past two years, with the continuous development of steelmaking capabilities, it has begun to try to use steel to cast lighter and stronger steel cannons.

In addition, Xing Tianjun has already formed a systematic artillery training mechanism, and promoted cannon tables, granular black gunpowder and complete medicine bags among the artillery in the army. In addition, Xiao Tianjian was also busy and personally presided over the "design" of gun racks and ammunition vehicles similar to Napoleon's cannons in later generations. It makes the cannons of the large and medium-sized army's cannons in transportation and deployment much more convenient than the red cannons under Jiannu.

Therefore, the weight and caliber of the cannon of the Dazhong Army are not as big as Jiannu's Hongyi cannon, but its power and range are not much worse than Jiannu's Hongyi cannon, and the accuracy of the launch is far more than that of Jiannu.

This time, Xiao Tianjian's three-way army made a northern expedition. The three-way army was equipped with a lot of cannons. Although most of them were three-pound light guns, the number of six-pound and eight-pound medium-sized guns was added together by the three-way army, at least more than 100. As for the 12-pound heavy field guns, these three-way troops were also not equipped. There are as many as 30 gates, which is also one of the guarantees that the Dazhong Army will be almost invincible during the Northern Expedition.

Nowadays, although the strength of Jiannu's artillery has increased greatly, he has encountered a large and medium-sized army that is better at playing cannons than them. Jiannu is a small witch. Although Jiannu's heavy Hongyi cannon seems to be more powerful, their red cannon can only be regarded as siege guns at best, which is not suitable for field warfare at all. Used in.

And the Dazhong Army is not able to build a heavier 24-pound heavy Hongyi cannon at all, but considering that this kind of heavy cannon is transported, under the current transportation capacity relying on human and animal power, it is very difficult to transport heavier cannons, so the production of cannons is temporarily limited to 12 pounds. Cannons, there is no bigger heavy artillery. Compared with Jiannu's red cannons that often weigh two or three thousand catties, the weight of the heaviest twelve-pound field gun in the Dazhong Army is only about 1,700 catties. In addition, the iron gun rack designed by Xiao Tianjian himself makes the cannon of the Dazhong Army more than transport or deployment. Jiannu's cannon in red is too convenient, easy and too strong.

However, before the Dazhong Army fired the gun, Wu Shoujin on Jiannu's side couldn't calm down. Seeing that the infantry array of the Dazhong Army had entered more than three miles away from their cannons, Wu Shoujin couldn't stand it. He gritted his teeth and waved his waist knife in his hand and roared to order the firing.

More than a dozen red cannons of Jiannu were ignited by the Han soldiers of the Wuzhenchaoha Battalion, and in an instant, they let out a roar like shaking the ground, hitting more than a dozen or 20 catties of solid shells into the Dazhong army array that was slowly moving forward on the drums.

When they saw the flash of Jiannu's distant artillery array and the rising smoke of gunpowder, the soldiers tightened everyone's hearts, especially the generals of the first town stationed in Shanhaiguan and the first guard division of Luo Li recently. During this period, they have also learned the power of Jiannu's Hongyi cannon. Although they are not afraid, Nervousness is inevitable. After all, although they are strong, they are still human after all, and everyone will be afraid. This is not shameful. This is human nature.

As an old-style cannon, the flight speed of the shells is not very high. When the huge projectiles are flying, under good weather conditions, and even the trajectory of the cannonballs can be seen with the naked eye. After these more than a dozen Jiannu cannonballs roaring out of the gunpit, they quickly hit the large and medium-sized army on the battlefield. In a short time, the army fell on the battlefield one after another, raising a mass of dust.

(Wow, today I want to thank Bai Yun Guo Gap and Bu Yang's two brothers for the reward! Thank you very much!)