Chapter 219 The first battle was won and the night attack ended

Azig and Jilhalang were a little confused. This powerful explosive bomb could at best scare them.

After the test firing was completed, when the Royal Army's artillery company was calculating the ballistic distance and angle time, Azig and Zilharang had time to think about a philosophical issue in life.

"Who am I, where do I come from? What am I doing here?"

In just a quarter of an hour, the Royal Army's nearly saturated attack almost wiped out the former army sent by Azig.

Under the night, the cavalry with torches rushed into the fusilier ambush site of nearly 6,000 people. I don’t know whether it was luck or misfortune.

Now there was another artillery attack, making both men's defense lines unsafe.

"Ajige, what kind of strategy is this?"

"I don't know what the strategy is. I only know that we were ambushed! How did Sun Chuanting predict that we would attack?"

"Thousand-mile megaphone?"

Azig replied uncertainly, he had only heard of this thing, and no one in the entire Manchu camp had ever used it.

"We have all forgotten! The Ming army also has a thousand-mile microphone! They must be out of the camp all night long!"

"There are at least tens of thousands of soldiers armed with muskets ambushed here now! There are also horses. Our cavalry can't charge forward."

"The Ming army has actually started using explosive bullets, and those fire blunderbuss are at least a hundred meters away. These are important news and must be conveyed to the emperor immediately."

While the two were quarreling and reflecting, more and more people came in, and messengers came in the dark.

"Your Highness! What should we do now?"

"Push the shield truck forward! Then retreat four miles, avoid the Ming army's artillery range and set up camp. The artillery is aimed at the Ming army's camp and fire. Can you see clearly where they fired?"

"Not at all!"

"There's too much smoke! I can't see clearly!"

Azig used the moonlight to look around at his surroundings, but except for the lanterns at the top of Xingshan City in the distance and the low visibility nearby, it was still pitch black in all directions.

Several people were discussing, and there was another whistling sound. Jierhalang heard the sound and felt a blockage in his chest, and subconsciously quickly fell to the ground.

"Bang!"

More than twenty meters away from them, there was an explosion. This time the bomb was fired with full power.

The shock wave brought a wave of air, which shook the shield vehicle violently, and various debris hit the shield vehicle with a crackling sound.

During this period, Azig screamed and fell to the ground, covering his arms.

"They can see us! They can see us! Get out! We can't stay here anymore!"

Jirharang controlled the frightened horse, picked up Azig, threw him on the horse, and quickly beat the horse away.

He no longer dared to send people to shoot at them. As long as they could run away, the Ming army could not pursue them, otherwise the advantage would be gone.

As Jirharang's words were conveyed, trumpets and whistles were sounded, and the elite cavalry of the two banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, because they rushed into the fire range of the Royal Army, were beaten and retreated strategically.

"Brothers! The Tatars have escaped!"

"Regiments, please pay attention. This is a collective battle achievement. Repeat, this is a collective battle merit. Don't go and cut off my head."

Clean the battlefield again at dawn tomorrow! This is an order!"

"Got it! Change defense and sleep!"

“Yeah!!!”

A group of Royal Army soldiers howled excitedly. Just now they were only focused on shooting. In fact, they didn't see anything due to the huge smoke, but they heard a lot of howling.

The city wall also re-lit various lights so that the retreating Royal Army could see the road clearly. One group of them was very showy.

"Brothers, take a look, these are Manchu scouts, the most elite ones.

Look at this rat’s tail, I’m telling you, those Mongols and the Han army don’t have this.”

"Platoon Leader Hu! You reconnaissance companies will reap the benefits this time! These are heads!"

"Hahaha, it's just a dozen Tatars, it's not enough for a full streak, hahaha!"

The platoon leader of the reconnaissance company who was being watched was carrying a gun and holding a rat's tail with his left hand, looking very proud.

Behind him was a group of soldiers from the reconnaissance company. Each of them had a string of rat tails hanging around their waists and walked in an orderly manner. Because of the rat tails on their waists, they all had a cold murderous intent on their bodies.

"Oh, this is Jian Nu. He boasts so much, but he is quite ugly."

"He Er, do you want to sell your head to me? I'll give you a thousand taels!"

"What a beautiful idea! This is a Tatar rat tail. I cut it off with my own hands. With it, I can be promoted to lieutenant. I want your money to be put to good use."

"Brother, what are you talking about? You are discussing buying and selling military merit in front of our family. Do you want to practice more?"

The sergeant who wanted to buy a head heard a voice coming from behind him, turned around and looked at the man in a training uniform with the word "gendarme" on his shoulder, and his face instantly became sad.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance company walked to the bottom of the city wall amid the onlookers, looked at Sun Chuanting above, and together with the soldiers around him, raised the objects in their hands and shouted at the wall.

"Report to the General! Under the guidance of His Majesty the Great Emperor! The Second Reconnaissance Company has completed the blocking mission!

We ambush twenty-four of the Hand Blade Jiannu Scouts! We will present the thieves chief and wish His Majesty the Emperor great blessings and a long lasting Ming Dynasty!"

"Report to the General! Under the guidance of His Majesty the Great Emperor! The Three Reconnaissance Group successfully completed the blocking mission! Twenty-two Hand Blade Jiannu scouts were ambushed."

Sun Chuanting and Qiu Min looked up at this group of soldiers. They came all the way through the crowd and saw the heads in their hands clearly, and they were also excited.

Especially Sun Chuanting, who won the first battle, he will be the one who made the biggest contribution.

"Brothers, thank you for your hard work! Tonight's battle fully proves that Jiannu is vulnerable to a single blow and is much weaker than our Royal Army.

Today, I killed a soldier of Jiannu's reconnaissance company. In accordance with His Majesty's original decree, he was promoted to one level and was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver per head.

Your company commander will report this matter. A staff officer will come over to check with you later and upload the details to His Majesty.

I have just reported your merits to His Majesty! Your Majesty will call you back and he will personally award you with the medal after the war in Jinzhou.

Now everyone changes defense and rests! Tomorrow, let us end this battle! Repay the emperor's favor and return home in glory!"

"Okay!!! Repay the emperor's kindness and return home in glory!"

"Repay the emperor's kindness! Return home in glory! Repay the emperor's kindness! Return home in glory!"

Winning the first battle was such a great boost to morale, especially looking at the pieces of thief chieftains in the hands of the reconnaissance company, it was even more heart-wrenching.

Now they are not afraid of fighting, but are afraid of not having a fight. After all, the reconnaissance company has already obtained one hundred taels, what about them?

Building an army of more than 100,000 slaves is not enough for them to get one or two heads?

In the middle of the night, Jierhalang escaped from the defense line on the west side of Songshan with Azige, who was simply bandaged and whose sleeves were still bleeding.

We quickly rode all the way back to the Manchu general account camp. Huang Taiji was woken up in the tent with his eyes black.

When he heard the news that the elite soldiers of the two banners went to Songshan to set up an ambush, Azige acted without authorization, but was ambushed by Sun Chuanting in turn, Huang Taiji felt his brain swelling.

The brain seemed to be beating, and he performed a scene where he spurted blood from his nostrils.

"Bring the bowl quickly."

Huang Taiji pinched his nose and asked Xiao Huangmen to get the bowl.

This is his dragon blood. Based on past experience, if you collect it, you can get a copy of Maoxuewang.

Jirhalang and Azige on the opposite side, as well as Duoyi who came following Azige, buried their heads and did not dare to look directly at Huangtai Ji.

Huang Taiji, who had a blocked nose, was about to speak when he felt a blockage in his throat. He coughed lightly and a large mouthful of bloody phlegm spurted out from his nose.

"The Emperor is vomiting blood!"

Dorgon came after hearing the news that he was defeated in the ambush, and happened to see Huang Taiji who was vomiting blood. He was stunned for a moment, and his eyes were filled with joy. He was about to step forward to comfort and perform, but was interrupted by the people behind him.

"Brother Imperial, you..."

"Huang Ama! What's wrong with you! It's normal to be slightly defeated and ambushed. Don't scare me!

Ouch……"

Hauge, who opened the curtain, heard the panicked voice of the young lady, and eagerly pushed Dorgon away and ran to Huangtaiji, but was stared at by a pair of scarlet eyes.

Blood flowed out of his eyes from his nose through his tear ducts, making Huang Taiji's vision blurred as he stared blankly at the concerned Hauge.

Huang Taiji was covered in blood from his nose to his lips, and the corners of his eyes were bleeding as well. He only had bleeding from his ears, which made up the bleeding from his seven orifices.

After a panic, Huang Taiji blocked his nose weakly and leaned on the chair. He was full of exhaustion and felt as if his body had been hollowed out.

Azig and Jilharan together told the story of today's ambush under the watchful eyes of Prince Baylor.

"Ajige, the scouts never returned. Instead of sending more men, you sent the army to attack. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me! I didn't know that Sun Chuanting had already arrived. They were all infantry, and Sun Chuanting was from Ningyuan who just arrived today.

Even if he flies, he can only fly as far as Tashan, and Prince Zheng is also here, so he also has responsibilities."

"Your Majesty, I think there is nothing wrong with Azig's arrangement. The Zhenglan Banner scouts reported back at noon and afternoon. At that time, Xingshan was still empty. Who would have thought that the Ming army would arrive at Xingshan at night?

?”

Dorgon looked into Huang Taiji's eyes, his blood-scarred eyes revealing viciousness. He was worried that his brother's power would be compromised, so he stepped forward to stand in line.
To be continued...