Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 105

After all the preparations before the bombardment were done, the gunner trotted to Han Sigu, handed the torch in his hand to Han Sigu in a very stupid manner, and said.

"Please, Commander-in-Chief, test the cannon!"

Upon hearing this, Han Sigu took the torch from the artilleryman, nodded with great satisfaction, and praised it.

"Yes, you are very smart! You have a bright future."

When the gunner heard this, he puffed up his chest and said.

"It's all taught me well by Commander-in-Chief!"

When Han Sigu heard this, he burst into hearty laughter, and then quickly walked to a loaded artillery.

Using the torch in his hand, he lit the fuse.

The fuse burned, and then ignited the gunpowder in the gun chamber. The gunpowder quickly detonated, and the gas generated pushed the shell out of the gun chamber.

The shells broke through the air and shot towards the Qing army camp in the distance.

The cannonball hit the Qing army camp heavily, smashing through the camp, damaging the wooden wall and breaking into pieces of wood flying everywhere.

He even managed to overturn a few white tents before he could do anything!
In the tent, an unlucky Qing soldier was hit by a cannonball and had one of his legs broken. He covered his wound and let out bursts of hysterical screams.

For a time, the sudden shelling caused uncontrollable riots in the Qing military camp.

Seeing this scene, Han Sigu laughed heartily.

"Hahahaha, you dog Tatars, are you energetic now?"

Although the task of guarding Guixian County was equally important, Han Sigu still felt resentful about not being selected to participate in the Eastern Expedition.

Because, for the current Ming Dynasty, only the Eastern Expedition has the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Especially as the Eastern Expedition troops came back with good news again and again, it was inevitable that Han Sigu would feel a little unbalanced.

During this time, he often had a bad look on his face.

Only during wartime would his emotions become high.

But it is a pity that the fighting in Guixian has not been fierce.

The Qing army only conducted several tentative attacks on the defense line set up by the Ming Dynasty in Daling Village.

After the attack failed, they gave up the offensive and instead camped outside the defense line of Daling Village to confront the Ming army.

This makes Han Sigu, who is eager to make meritorious deeds, very depressed!

As soon as Han Sigu's laughter subsided, he saw a messenger from the Ming Army trotting up to him and spoke.

"Commander General, our army has just received an urgent report from the county seat of Guixian."

"The gentry of your county brazenly launched a rebellion and invaded the county seat of your county. The county seat is in danger."

When Han Sigu heard this, he was shocked and surprised at first, and then angry. His thick eyebrows knitted together and he asked in a deep voice.

"what is the problem?"

During the questioning, Han Sigu felt a little uneasy.

Because the current focus of Daming's defense line in Guixian is around Daling Village.

On the contrary, there are not many troops stationed in Guixian County.

If the wealthy gentry rebels and invades the county at this time, your county will be in danger.

Once Guixian County fell, Han Sigu's headquarters in Daling Village was cut off.

The consequences could be disastrous!

The messenger took a deep breath and then spoke.

"Reporting to the General Soldier, this rebellion among the wealthy gentry families was instigated by the Qing court and was launched jointly by several wealthy gentry families in Guixian County."

"Several large households incited the tenants and the clans raised troops. After raising the troops, they immediately launched a large-scale attack on the county seat of Guixian County in an attempt to respond to the Qing army blocked by our army outside Daling Village..."

"How should our army respond next? Please tell me, Commander-in-Chief!"

When Han Sigu heard this, he couldn't help but gasped, and then he spoke.

"It's troublesome!"

Thinking about the serious consequences if the army's retreat was cut off, Han Sigu felt a little numb.

But then he became a little excited, because he realized that this crisis was both a danger and an opportunity for him.

After all, wouldn't the military glory he longed for come now?

Soon, Han Sigu made a decision and spoke.

"Send the order, call up the troops and horses, except for leaving the necessary manpower to ensure that Daling Village is not lost, the remaining people will immediately go with our general soldiers to reinforce your county."

Being appointed to defend the defense line of Daling Village instead of accompanying the army on the eastern expedition, Han Sigugu could not hold back his warlike spirit.

Nowadays, some wealthy local gentry have launched a rebellion and are actively seeking death, which is playing into Han Sigu's plans.

He happened to take the heads of these rebellious gentry as his promotion step.

The ordering soldier on the side heard the words, clasped his fists to accept the order, and trotted all the way to convey the order.

……

Not long after, the Ming army on the Daling Village side gathered their forces, left the defense line of Daling Village, and headed towards Guixian County.

Three hundred soldiers of the Ming Dynasty marched towards Guixian along the official road.

Soon, the sun reached the middle of the sky, and the Ming army was halfway through.

The big sun hanging in the sky was radiating light and heat wantonly. Every one of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were marching on the official road were sweating profusely.

The weather in the south is like this, especially in summer. The slightest movement will make you covered in sweat.

Because Han Sigu was too hot, he did not wear a breastplate. Instead, he went bare-chested, exposing his strong muscles. He galloped back and forth in front of the team, and kept urging the army to march faster.

"Quick! Quick! Quick!" "Speed ​​up the march, and go faster. The battle situation is extremely urgent, and we can't delay..."

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a blast of shotgun fire from the dense forest on both sides of the official road.

Then there was a dense sound of bow strings trembling!

A dense shower of arrows and projectiles were fired at the Ming army in the center of the official road.

A Ming sergeant was first hit by a piece of iron sand shot from a shotgun, and a ball of blood burst out from his chest. Then he was hit by a sharp arrow, which penetrated his body and was nailed to the ground. Blood flowed along the arrow shaft.

But he didn't die for a while, and let out a series of shrill screams.

What's more, he was shot into a hedgehog by dozens of arrows in the blink of an eye, which was extremely miserable.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sudden explosion of artillery.

Several earthen cannons hidden in the dense forest opened fire in unison, and thick clouds of shotgun shells spurted out from the muzzles, sweeping up a large area of ​​Ming soldiers.

The scene was shocking.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Hide, hide quickly! Find cover!"

"Prepare to engage, musketeers, spearmen, prepare to engage!"

"..."

The Ming army on the official road couldn't help but panic.

The grassroots officers are still making their last efforts to keep the war situation from collapsing.

At the same time, Han Sigu was covered in blood, his face was pale, and he was surrounded by several soldiers in the center. The aura on his body was vague, as if he would die at any time.

Just now, Han Sigu, who was riding on horseback, was ambushed by enemy troops. Several shotguns were aimed at him and fired volleys. Countless iron sand pellets directly cut off his life.

Now he is hanging with only one breath left.

Han Sigu seemed to be coming back to his senses. He took a breath, pointed in the south direction, and made his final decision in a trembling voice.

"Withdraw... withdraw to Daling Village, and then... then ask for help from Wu Xuan, and wait for reinforcements..."

However, before the soldiers around Han Sigu could convey his final order, Han Sigu, a veteran of the Ming army, died.

The next moment, from the dense forest on both sides of the official road, a militia soldier rushed out and killed the Ming army who was slightly panicked due to the sudden attack in the middle of the official road.

"kill!"

"Kill thieves to protect the family and serve the Qing Dynasty!"

"Kill the thieves of the Ming Dynasty and protect the Qing Dynasty..."

"..."

There was chaos on the battlefield.

Because the Ming army was suddenly attacked and Han Sigu was killed in battle, the army lost its unified command.

After just a little resistance, it collapsed!
Seeing this, several of Han Sigu's soldiers could only protect his body and retreat along the official road towards Daling Village according to his last order...

……

In the dense forest, Wang Kang, surrounded by several servants, looked at the direction of the battlefield with a proud face, stroked the goatee on his chin, and said with a proud face.

"Haha, you gentlemen, what else can you say now?"

"If you didn't listen to me, instead of setting up an ambush on the way the Ming thieves must pass to return to your county, and instead went to attack your county by force, would we still be able to achieve such a great victory now?"

"Can we still severely damage the main force of the Ming thieves with only a few casualties?"

The gentry in Guixian County have just launched an army, and there are huge differences of opinion between them.

Some people advocate that we should attack Guixian and capture Guixian to coordinate the imperial army's crusade against the Ming thieves.

Some people advocated an ambush on the Ming army's only way from Daling Village to return to Guixian County.

Destroy the main force of the Ming army stationed in Daling Village, so as to coordinate the imperial troops and horses to tear apart Guixian's defense.

Facts have proved that Wang Kang's decision was correct.

It is a fact that he slapped those gentry who advocated attacking Guixian County in the face. It goes without saying that Wang Kang felt proud.

As one of the people who had been slapped in the face, Mr. Niu felt unhappy, but he did not say anything bad.

He just spoke in a calm tone.

"What the Li family leader said is reasonable, but now that the war situation is good, we should stop talking nonsense and let people continue to hunt down the Ming thief and expand the results."

"Brother Wang, what do you think?"

Saying "Master Li" and "Brother Wang" is Niu Yuanwai's counterattack against Wang Kang.

It seems to be saying, although you are the head of the Li family now, don't forget that your surname is not Li, you are just a son-in-law.

Things that can't be put on the table!

When Wang Kang heard this, the pride on his face instantly froze, and his expression became a little unbearable.

To be honest, the identity of his son-in-law is definitely the biggest pain point in Wang Kang's heart now.

But now that the pain point was torn open like this bloody, and they even rubbed salt on the wound in public, Wang Kang's face was quite upset.

But because of his face, he couldn't face the cattleman in front of him, but his face darkened obviously.

He looked at the battle situation on the official road and ignored the ridicule from Yu Niu.

However, in Wang Kang's heart, he had actually already thought about how he should take revenge.

As a son-in-law, he is really not very thoughtful...

(End of this chapter)