The sound of the horses' hooves when thousands of cavalry came running was like winter thunder, reaching the ears of the officers and soldiers behind the armored vehicle from far and near, making their scalps numb and their hearts trembling.

Even though they were all veterans who had been in the army for many years, and their hands were stained with the blood of rogue bandits, their calves were still trembling when they faced three thousand infantrymen against one thousand cavalry.

"Oh my god, how is this the same as that day?"

Once again, the nightmare experience on the river embankment a few days ago emerged in the minds of countless people. How did the Tatar cavalry rush into their formation like chopping melons and vegetables? They cut down the people around them to the ground one by one.

The nightmares they had had had frightened them and made them tremble all over, but no one dared to retreat. Shen Bao, who was in the middle army, had only said one sentence from the time he ordered the whole team to form.

"Your Majesty, military laws are strictly prohibited, please do your own thing!"

A good thing to say!

It was enough to make the trembling people give up the idea of ​​​​escape.

The spear formation Shou Lin on the north bank of the Huaihe River is still hanging there. Even in their dreams, they can smell the fishy smell coming from the Shou Lin and hear the sound of bones cracking when their necks are cut off. All of this All of them made them tremble with fear.

nightmare!

It's just a dream, but the prince's sword is real!

"Grandma is a bear, she will die if she dies..."

The people who held the weapons in their hands tightly and made up their minds suddenly felt relieved. They talked loudly or teased each other loudly, but their waists were always straight, as if at this moment, they were not connected with the hills behind them. The hills are connected into one, forming a majestic mountain.

"First Chief, Second Chief Musketeers are ready!"

Shen Bao, who has been in the army for more than 20 years, is naturally familiar with marching and fighting. When the Qing army's cavalry came like rolling thunder, he immediately and calmly began to set up the formation.

The so-called "chariots defeat cavalry, and cavalry defeats infantry" in the art of war means that infantry cannot resist the trampling of cavalry, while chariots can block the trampling of cavalry and can take advantage of firearms. So from the beginning, he used armored chariots to form a wall of vehicles. , the musketeers stood behind the car, but this was only the first step.

"The third and fourth generals are on the left and right wings, ready to prevent the enemy who dares to die from breaking through the car wall..."

When he was adjusting the deployment of the five infantrymen in the battalion, the gunners between the vehicle walls were already operating the artillery to aim forward. These twenty-four nine-pound mountain howitzers were placed in the middle of the vehicle wall because they were light and compact. , just right deployed between cars.

The cavalry of the Qing army moved very quickly. When they were still a thousand steps away, they had already taken out their bows and arrows from their bow bags. As soon as they reached the enemy's rear, they would use their bows and arrows to shoot at the Ming army behind the car formation. In Liaodong, On the battlefield, they had conquered the thin vehicle walls of the Ming army more than once, and now they had no doubts either.

"Prepare!"

When the Qing army was galloping to attack, the gaps between the vehicles lined up by saws were no more than three feet wide, and the gunners stared nervously ahead.

"General, you can fire!"

"Wait a minute!"

"General!"

"Wait a little longer..."

Facing the reminder from his subordinates, Shen Bao persisted stubbornly. He no longer needed telescopes. He opened his eyes wide and stared at the Qing cavalry getting closer and closer. The formation of those people was not dense.

One thousand steps is definitely a distance where you can fire, but... you can't fire!

A thousand steps!

Eight hundred steps!

Just as the distance was getting closer, Shen Bao roared loudly again.

"Fire a gun at a hundred steps...and shoot. Anyone who dares to shoot in advance will be killed without mercy!"

Faced with the sudden military order, Niu Jinxing, the captain, felt his heart jump into his throat. A hundred steps, this is too close!

coming!

coming!

They are coming to kill!

Six hundred steps!

Five hundred steps!

Just when Niu Jinxing felt that he could see Donglu's nose and eyes, he heard a roar from behind him.

"fire!"

Shen Bao's roar was very loud.

"ah!"

The nervous gunners, whose throats were hoarse, suddenly regained their consciousness, and they hurriedly used snake poles holding match ropes to light the powder in the tail of the cannon.

"Here..." A ball of fireworks quickly jumped up from Yaonian, and instantly got into the barrel of the gun. Then, a puff of white smoke came out!

One second, two seconds...

At this time, the Qing cavalry was closer!

Battelle, who was leading the way, had even started to put the arrow on the bowstring. When he got closer, he shot an arrow through the Ming army behind the car, and then... swept past the formation!

Four hundred steps...

Three hundred steps...

Just when everyone's heart was in their throats, suddenly, in the middle of the staggered car wall, puffs of white smoke were suddenly sprayed out. The white smoke was mixed with a group of flames, and there was a "boom" sound, and several times in succession. Ten cannon blasts instantly sent a stream of scalding heat rushing forward.

Niu Jinxing, who was behind the car wall, felt for a moment a heat wave blown by the cold wind. In a cloud of white smoke, a black figure and red flames spurted out of the muzzle.

The black shadow seemed to fall after flying twenty steps. Before Niu Jinxing could figure out what was going on, the charging Donglu cavalry seemed to have been swept away by a giant stick. Hundreds of horses were knocked down in an instant, and those war horses were broken into pieces. As for the people on the horses, the same was often the case.

Battle, who was about to draw his bow and shoot an arrow, was momentarily dumbfounded.

When dozens of clouds of smoke were sprayed out from the wall of the carriage, he suddenly saw a burst of black dots followed by a "chirp" sound. Not only did the war horses fall, but the armor of the soldiers was also blown away. It was penetrated, and blood flowed along the bullet holes in the armor.

How is this going!

Battle was stunned instantly!

"How can Ming Gou's hundred bullets hit so far?"

Whether they are Mongolians or Eight Banners soldiers, they are no strangers to the shotguns fired by various firearms of the Ming Army. Compared with solid bullets, the most commonly used shotguns of various light artillery of the Ming Army are shotguns in pursuit of "striking twenty feet horizontally" at close range. The effect is enough to knock over the advancing enemy cavalry in an instant.

But the effective range of that kind of shotgun is only a few dozen steps, which is why Battle was so proud when he saw the Ming army firing cannons. After firing this cannon, the Ming army would be at the mercy of others!

But he didn't know that the shotshells used by this group of Ming army gunners were different from the shotguns he had come into contact with. The shells they used were closed-chambered iron cylindrical containers containing up to 268 rounds of iron bullets. In order to better hold their breath, the iron shells were There is also two inches of felt between the back of the barrel and the propellant - this is a reference to later shotgun shells.

Thanks to the good air-holding effect brought by the thick felt, its range has reached an astonishing 300 meters. This is because it is to load more shotgun shells and not to use large-diameter heavy shells, otherwise the range can be further.

Three hundred steps!
Chapter completed!