Great Ming National Teacher

Chapter 32 The Battle of Zuoanmen

A few days later, in December, the real cold winter months, when dripping water turns into ice, Huang Taiji assembled heavy troops to storm Zuoanmen.

Yuan Chonghuan still led the elite of Liaodong, leaning against the city wall, fighting desperately.

Regardless of the objections of the officials, Zhu Youjian personally climbed the wall of the outer city. Li Yunya shocked him too much in the military academy in the summer. Boys aged eighteen or nineteen are most likely to be infected by the demeanor of soldiers. Once I imagined that one day I would be able to put on the battle armor myself, lead thousands of troops, first punish the bandits, then destroy the Jiannu, and finally wipe out Mobei, and complete the great cause that the emperor Taizu failed to complete back then.

Although he knows that he is the emperor, this kind of thing can only be thought about, but it has been realized in his dreams several times, and this desire has become more and more urgent. Therefore, this time when the slaves came to attack, he did not want to stay in the palace no matter what. He insisted on coming out to take a look, he told himself: If you don't even have the courage to take a look from the top of the city, then you are not worthy of being a descendant of Taizu and Chengzu!

He finally stood on the city wall in the bitter cold wind, and watched with his own eyes the screaming Manmeng barbarians spread out quickly on the white ground. They collided fiercely, and through the binoculars Li Yunya gave him, he could clearly see these savages cutting off the necks of Ming soldiers with long knives, causing their heads to fly high, or chopping off half of them The head, or pierced the chest of the Ming army with a long spear, and raised it high. He also saw Yuan Chonghuan leading the officers and soldiers to resist, and the mighty Guan Ning cavalry also chopped up the enemy who rushed to the front, severed limbs and internal organs. It was splashed like a soup mixed with fresh blood.

Zhu Youjian grasped the city wall with his hands, his fingers turned white. The cruelty of the real war far exceeded his imagination. The words Li Yunya said in the military academy last year suddenly appeared in his mind: "Because of those who threw their heads Soldiers who shed their blood and fight Jiannu outside the customs, you can sit safely in the Forbidden City and be the emperor..." "Soldiers are protecting and defending the country with their lives, and the country should give them enough respect. If a The country's soldiers live without dignity, anyone can insult them at will, this is a sign that a country is about to perish!"

What Yun Ya said was right, he asked me to transfer Manchu to Zunhua, to guard Da'ankou and Longjingguan for a generation. At that time, all the courtiers said that it was impossible for Jiannu to come from there, and it turned out that Jiannu really came from there!Yun Ya said that Yuan Chonghuan was not a handsome talent, and that if he did not get along with the general, it would cause trouble for a long time. In the end, he really killed Mao Wenlong and put all the Jiannu into the prison!

Zhu Youjian recalled the scene he saw during the military parade that was deeply engraved in his mind and will be unforgettable for the rest of his life.

It's a pity that Yunya has too few soldiers. If there are more, 3 soldiers, Jiannu will not be so rampant!

Being killed by the enemy country to the capital, he could only hide in the city, allowing the other party to show off his power outside and ravage his own people wantonly. This is a shame and shame for any emperor. Zhu Youjian clenched his fist hard and pierced his nails. in the meat.

If I hadn't made Yun Ya a Taoist priest at the beginning, but I could have ignored the objections of those courtiers and made an exception to let him be a supervisor, and give Yun Ya all the resources given to Yuan Chonghuan, the current situation would definitely be different.

Zhu Youjian turned his head and looked to the south. He thought of Li Yunya from time to time these days, but only at this time, this kind of thinking was the most urgent. For him, it was unreliable for civil officials to resign collectively and threaten him. This is also unreliable. Through the experience of Emperor Tianqi in the previous dynasty, Jin Yiwei and eunuchs are not good, and even Empress Zhou of the harem has helped ministers to provoke the relationship between herself and Yunya several times, all of which are unreliable!Only when Yun Ya was there, did he not truly become a loner.

Zhu Youjian especially hopes that Li Yunya can be by his side at this time, even if he doesn't do anything, just stay with him and stand by his side, but he is also afraid that Li Yunya will really lead the army here at this time, he has already witnessed Seeing the ferocity of Jiannu, although Li Yunya has trained very powerful soldiers and powerful firearms, but only five thousand, if surrounded by Jiannu army, the whole army will be wiped out...

Before Zhu Youjian finished thinking, he saw a small green dot appearing in the ice and snow in the south, and then it became bigger and bigger in his field of vision. He hurriedly raised the binoculars to take a look, and his heart sank suddenly. What came was a The cavalry, compared with the slaves in the city, are pitifully small in number. They wear steel helmets on their heads, green military uniforms on their bodies, long muskets on their backs, and long-bladed horse-chopping knives in their hands. The army under Li Yunya.

Yunya knew that Jiannu was attacking the capital, so he sent someone to rescue him!Yun Ya said that he only had one regiment of cavalry, and the total number was exactly one thousand, and it seemed that they had all been dispatched.Zhu Youjian felt warm in his heart, and besides the comforting post, he was also deeply worried that these 1000 people would be of no use at all, they would just die in vain, and did Yunya himself come?Zhu Youjian was a little panicked, and he comforted himself in his heart: No, Yunya should just send cavalry to harass him, that's fine, lest someone find an excuse to impeach him in the future... Yunya won't come, and he doesn't know how to fight , as long as you sit in the rear and command.Yuan Chonghuan can still support here. Zhu Youjian wants these people to go back quickly. He has seen the cavalry drills of the military academy. When people went out to issue orders, they could only watch the green cavalry rush in quickly.

When Huang Taiji saw this cavalry approaching, he didn't take it too seriously. He sent a Jiala over to fight. There were almost 500 people. This is Huang Taiji's central elite. It's within reach!

After seeing the golden cavalry come to kill, the green army retreated immediately, and at the same time shot back on the horse.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!" The sound of crisp gunfire exploded continuously. The soldiers of the fourth regiment trained by Li Yunya can shoot from the back of a moving horse. It is necessary to practice shooting while avoiding the enemy's bow and arrow, such as pulling the flag with the wind, hiding in the stirrups, or using the small shield on the arm to cover the vital points, and shooting the enemy in various very awkward postures.

After practicing uninterruptedly for a year and a half, tons of gunpowder were consumed. Now these knights are quite accurate. As the gunshots rang out one after another, the Eight Banners soldiers fell off their horses one by one. They drew their bows and released their arrows They fought back, but the range of Li Yunya's muskets at this time was already beyond the range of ordinary bows and arrows. If they fired guns outside their range, they could do nothing. Jia La Ezhen, the leader, roared loudly in the howling north wind: "Rush over to me!" ! Catch them! Cut off their heads..."

The two sides chased all the way to the south, and soon encountered a few strange cars on the road ahead, with black muzzles erected on them, and they were waiting in full force. This armored forehead was really fierce: "Go on! They only have one chance to fire a cannon, rush over and kill them all!"

The cavalry of the fourth regiment lined up on both sides, and the artillerymen of the fifth regiment fired first. The twelve cannons made a loud noise at the same time. , who is very experienced in dealing with firearms, has already spread out in advance. This round of artillery salvo only killed and wounded more than 50 cavalry, and the rest are still accelerating their charge.

It took time to reload the second round of artillery. At this time, the Houjin cavalry had entered the range of the muskets.

Li Yunya rode on the snow-white Zhaoye Jade Lion and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, just treat them like mad cows with their tails on fire, and fight them according to our usual training!"

The Musketeers of the first and second regiments lined up, aimed at the galloping knights, and opened fire one by one.

"Papapa! Papapapa..." The sound of gunfire, like popping beans, continued to explode, piercing people's eardrums, and the rear golden cavalry running at the front lined up like harvested wheat. They were knocked down, and some were unlucky enough to be beaten into sieves on the spot. At this moment, the second round of artillery rang out again, and the shells with strong momentum pierced through Houjin's team. All disabled.

The Eight Banners Army only rushed halfway, and was killed by a third. The more they charged forward, the heavier the casualties. Every meter closer to the opponent's position, the number of deaths would increase by several times. At a distance of 50 meters, all the people in front of him were dead. Before he had time to turn around or retreat, he was hit in the chest by five bullets and fell headlong.

Once the general died, more than half of the casualties were lost. No matter how fierce the Eight Banners Army was, it was useless. They snatched back the body of Jia Laerzhen and ran back. Li Yunya let the artillery fire another round of salvos, and the cavalry of the fourth regiment chased after them. Like chasing ducks from behind, they knocked people off their horses one after another. In the end, the Eight Banners Army who fled back to Huang Taiji had only more than 300 people, and many were injured.

Huang Tai was greatly surprised. He was on a high hill at this time, trying to look towards the south, and saw a team of more than 3000 people driving over there unhurriedly, all of them were dressed in green that was completely different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Clothes, with a helmet like a small pot on his head, he drove the carriage with artillery behind him, and did not rush straight to him, but moved closer to the west, found a high and low place near Zuoanmen, began to unload the horse and unload the cart, Put on an all-out defense look.

Zhu Youjian on the city wall naturally also saw it. Through the binoculars, he clearly saw the young man with a sword on his back riding on a white horse. A man in his 20s doesn't have a beard, and his lips and chin are always clean. Some ministers even called him a real eunuch. He has a handsome face and slender limbs. He wears a green military coat and carries a handle The sandalwood scabbard contained the white sword.

Yun Ya came to the rescue of King Qin!Zhu Youjian took the black sword from the hand of the eunuch behind him a little excitedly, and held it tightly. There was a feeling that he could connect with Li Yunya, even his life: Yunya will not die!Neither will I, let alone the Ming Dynasty!

At this time, Huang Taiji already knew that this group of green-clothed soldiers who had just arrived on the battlefield was the group that caused Azig a heavy loss yesterday. He is still lying in the big tent with a high fever and unconscious.

This time, Huang Taiji sent his eldest son, 20-year-old Hauge, to lead an attack with [-] troops: "Go and get back the head of the Ming general on the white horse!"

Hauge led the army and drove down the hill to Li Yunya's position, like a group of hungry wolves pounced on a flock of sheep that were fewer than himself.

The position Li Yunya chose was also on a high hill, but the height was not too high, and he could not pose a threat to the cavalry at all. Moreover, Hauge was very shrewd. He divided the soldiers and horses into two halves, and 5000 people circled behind them and charged at the same time. Li Yunya The soldiers had to be divided into two halves, back to back to form a circle, with artillery and muskets forming a line of defense, and a thousand cavalry were sent outside to wait for opportunities for guerrilla harassment.

More than 2000 horseshoes pounded heavily on the frozen ground, and the whole earth trembled, charging recklessly from the east and west to the positions of only more than [-] people.

"Fire!" Li Yunya brought out 72 cannons this time, and placed one every ten meters. In the middle was a team of muskets lined up in three arrays. , and then exploded steel ball shrapnel all over the sky, people screamed, horses howled, and fell to the ground one after another. They were quickly trampled by the horseshoes rushing up from behind, their limbs were shattered, and they were immersed in the cold ice and snow.

In addition to artillery, Li Yunya also has 72 mortars. This thing is more convenient to use than artillery. It is just an iron cylinder with a tripod. It can be pulled better by a carriage, and two soldiers can operate one on average. They don't take up space, they hide in the inner circle of the position, and they can fire after adjusting the angle. Due to technical reasons, there is no way to solve the problem of detonating the firing pin. Manual ignition is still required. Of course, it is not with matchlocks. Pull a steel wire rope at the end of the gun barrel to detonate the tail fire of the shell, and it will be thrown out of the barrel. It can hit 300 meters away, which is much farther than the range of the gun, and the firing speed is faster than the gun. Too many, two people operated, the shells were fired one by one, 72 were fired at the same time, the shells fell into the cavalry team of the Eight Banners Army like dumplings, and the bombardment continued, forming thick smoke and fire. Into a black smoke.

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