Chapter 426 Behind you is the Forbidden City! (Please subscribe!)

Bali Bridge borders Tongzhou in the east, reaches Guojiadian in the west, starts from Dongjunzhuang in the north, and reaches Tonghui River in the south. It is an ancient bridge built in 1446. It spans the Tonghui River and is less than 40 miles away from the Forbidden City.

If you want to enter Shuntian Mansion, the shortest way is through Bali Bridge, so this is a battleground for military strategists.

Right here, Prince An Yue Le's army actually collided with Pan Aqiang!

The main forces of the two sides met. The 30,000 Eight Banner New Army and the 20,000 Blue Banner Army competed with the Ming Alliance Army. This battle will be the focus.

However, Pan Aqiang was very devoid of martial ethics. He did not send the National Defense Forces and Guards equipped with electric rifles to the field. Instead, he asked the Korean soldiers to join forces with the Japanese soldiers to line up and shoot them.

In the past few days, Zhu Kezang telegraphed instructions to him: consume more Korean and Japanese cannon fodder!

In Zhu Kezang's view, the men in these two areas are a "mineral resource". Once they are used up, it will be fine. The women will be left behind, just for the good men of the Ming Dynasty to improve their genes.

Since the Japanese soldiers came from the Ming Dynasty's territory belonging to the Japanese Protectorate, they were boosted by spectacles and ideas, and were fearless of death and highly loyal.

But the Goryeo soldiers are different. The armies of vassal states are not subject to bonuses. Even if they are trained by the Ming army, they are still unreliable!

After all, the future events of South Korea were still vivid in our minds, and Zhu Kezang telegraphed instructions: to withdraw some Japanese soldiers as a supervising team to supervise the Korean soldiers.

The Japanese are the enemies of the Koreans, so there will definitely be no problem with this arrangement!

Amidst the sound of drums, more than 15,000 Goryeo soldiers were pressed by 5,000 Japanese soldiers and moved towards Zhangjiawan, preparing to directly occupy Zhangjiawan and thus surround Bali Bridge from the side.

As the key to this battle, Bali Bridge was already heavily guarded by Qing troops. It was not a good idea to attack rashly. Therefore, in Pan Aqiang's idea, he captured Zhangjiawan and then attacked Yujiawei to outflank Bali Bridge.

Purpose.

Zhangjiawan Town is located in the southeast of Tongzhou. It is an important transportation route to North China, Northeast China, Tianjin and other places. It was built in the Yuan Dynasty and was named after the water. It is an important water and land transportation hub and logistics distribution center at the northern starting point of the Grand Canal.

Center, known as the "First Pier of the Grand Canal".

In this era of queuing to be shot, the cruelty of war is like two men without any armor slashing at each other with long swords. Neither side can take a step back, because if they take a step back, the opponent's long sword will

Cut off the head.

This place is only sixty miles away from the capital city of Shuntian Prefecture.

In Pan Aqiang's prediction, this battle can be won, because the Japanese and Korean soldiers are equipped with flintlock guns, but the casualties may be heavy, but it doesn't matter, the Korean and Japanese cannon fodder will be transported to Tianjin in a steady stream.

"Fire!"

But before everyone could be happy, they saw a large number of black spots appearing in the sky. Those were projectiles fired by the Ming Dynasty artillery. It was obvious that this was a covering strike against the Qing artillery position.

As a testimony to Kangxi's efforts over the past few years, the Eight Banners New Army, regardless of its other combat capabilities, has made great progress compared to the past in terms of artillery power. Each town of the New Army will be equipped with an artillery association with a large amount of equipment.

The Weiyuan General Cannon and the Hongyi Cannon are not the shabby mother-and-songy cannons of the past. Although they are inferior to the current artillery power of the Ming Dynasty, they are much stronger than before.

Of course, the Qing army also made a lot of preparations for this battle. They understood the important position of Zhangjiawan in this battle, so Prince An Yue Le personally led 10,000 cavalry to guard Zhangjiawei.

, and 28,000 new banner troops were also deployed in Zhangjiawan before the war.

They didn't know those Koreans and Japanese people, and they couldn't get any clues until they got closer.

This person is Aixinjueluo Zhangtai, the great-grandson of Nurhaci, and his title is Gushan Beizi.

Boom boom boom!

The Qing army's artillery range has been much longer than in the past. Although their technology of explosive shells is still not mature enough, at least in this battle they fired almost all shells. Under the bombardment of dozens of artillery, several shells were fired from time to time.

Falling into the crowd of Korean soldiers and Japanese soldiers, they plowed several bloody roads.

"After being beaten for so many years, I finally have some strength to fight back."

The Qing generals standing next to him were all convinced that before this, their artillery had no room to fight back, let alone hit the Ming army.

However, the main theme of today's Bali Bridge is still the mutual shooting of lining up to kill each other. The Korean-Japanese allied forces and the Qing army were attacked wildly by each other's artillery. The soldiers of both sides kept moving forward, and no one retreated, because the supervising teams and officers of both sides

They all went crazy!

"Everyone, Ming Yao has already reached Bali Bridge. Behind us is the Forbidden City. Now the war has forced us to sacrifice our lives. The artillerymen don't need to worry about anything else. We can fire at Ming Yao with all our strength to serve the Emperor. Today!"

A series of explosions from mortars resounded on the Qing army's positions, and the sky-high flames and shrapnel instantly swallowed up the Qing army!

When the remaining light faded, only people on the ground were left struggling to death. With luck, they died on the spot and there was no more pain.

"Serve the Emperor today!"

Zhangjiawan will be the first tough point faced by the Korean and Japanese soldiers.

“The head of the thousand-year-old canal in Zhangwan, and the ancient forts and canals are densely packed with scenic spots” tells the story of the ancient history of Zhangjiawan and the variety of historic sites.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Accompanied by the fierce sound of artillery on both sides of the strait, the Korean soldiers and Japanese soldiers marched towards the Qing army's position amidst the earth-shaking explosions. In the process, the Qing army's artillery also began to pull out.

Even the current artillery power, range and even quantity are not as good as those of the Ming army, and they explode at every turn. Therefore, artillery battles are often suppressed from beginning to end by the Ming army.

On the artillery position of the Qing army, there was a deputy commander of the Eight Banners wearing the uniform of a second-grade general of the Qing Dynasty. His face was very solemn and he looked extremely calm, but his words did not boost morale very much.

A kind of helpless self-deprecation.

Zhangtai, the deputy commander of the Eight Banners, still stood where he was, not dodging or dodging, because dodging at this time had no meaning. He just looked at the advancing Korean and Japanese soldiers with a heavy look, his expression extremely calm.

Many people will die if you line up to shoot, but the Korean soldiers and Japanese soldiers will have better luck, because they are supported by the Guards and the National Defense Forces in the rear with electromagnetic rifles with ultra-long range.

Once the soldiers retreat, it is easy for the battlefield to turn into chaos, but from chaos to rout.

"Forward!" the Goryeo officer shouted in broken Chinese.

Whether it is the Korean army or the Japanese army, they now all use Chinese.

With the rumbling sound of artillery and the drumbeat of the military band, the Korean people's advance was very rhythmic, neither urgent nor slow. However, the psychological pressure on the new Eight Banners Army on the opposite side was quite strong, because under the winter sunshine, the Korean soldiers were in order.

The bayonets under the array gleamed with cold light from time to time, making people feel horrified at a glance.
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