Chapter 337 Dimensionality reduction to attack the Ming army
Today's battle has lasted for more than an hour. The battlefield is horrific. It is no exaggeration to say that corpses are everywhere and rivers of blood flow. The Qing Dynasty's army originally had 50,000 troops, but has already suffered 10,000 casualties. The Ming Dynasty rebelled.
The army suffered less than 10,000 casualties.
In today's battle, the Qing Dynasty's army only had 20,000 fewer troops than the Ming Dynasty rebels. Moreover, Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun knew the importance of this battle, and they all had a desperate mentality. In this case,
The rebels of the Ming Dynasty, whose military morale was unstable, would inevitably have many people fearing or even running away from the battlefield.
Even so, the casualty rate of the Qing Dynasty army was still significantly higher than that of the Ming Dynasty rebels. Not only because of Zhu Zhanyao's brilliant tactics, but also because many of the officers and soldiers of this Ming Dynasty rebel army were elite soldiers who often fought with Zhu Zhanrong in the west. Even if
They are the officers and soldiers of the Xi'an camp, and their combat power is no less than that of the Beijing camp.
At this time, the Qing army only had more than 30,000 troops left, while the Ming rebels still had 60,000 troops.
If this continues, as Zhu Zhanyao speculated, the Ming rebels will win today's battle, defeat the Qing army, break into Zhili, and then easily attack Shenjing City.
The sky is still gloomy, and Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun's current moods seem to be gloomier than the sky.
At the rear of the Qing Dynasty army, Chu Mingkai, who was wearing the general's armor, was riding on a war horse. Next to him, Wei Kun was also riding on a war horse. Both of them frowned.
Behind the two men was a general riding on a war horse. This man's name was Cao Yong, Cao Wei's eldest son and Cao Wu's brother.
The brothers Cao Yong and Cao Wu took different paths. Cao Wu achieved glory through martial arts, while Cao Yong did not participate in martial arts. Instead, under the arrangement of Cao Wei, he has been working hard in the army from his youth until now.
Cao Wei counted on Cao Yong to gain his title through his military exploits.
Cao Yong did not disappoint Cao Wei. His performance in the army was not bad, but it was not very good because his military achievements were limited. This was not because Cao Yong was not capable, but because he rarely had the opportunity to make military achievements.
Just last year, Cao Yong followed Wei Kun to guard Shanhaiguan City as a military attaché of the Fourth Grade Dusi.
Now, Cao Yong is following Wei Kun to fight against the Ming Dynasty again.
Cao Wei was inevitably worried about this. After all, Cao Yong was his eldest son, but Cao Wei did not stop it. He felt that as a military general, Cao Yong should fight the rebellion for the Qing Dynasty, and if Cao Yong wanted to attack the princes normally in the future, he would need to
To achieve considerable military exploits, conquering the Ming Dynasty is a good opportunity to achieve military exploits.
You must know that Cao Wei's current title is that of a first-class Duke. With such a high title, it would be a pity if Cao Yong could not normally ascend the title in the future.
What's more, the current emperor Jia Yun treats the Cao family very kindly, and even Cao Wu is already a first-class Zhongwu camp commander. How can Cao Yong open his mouth to Jia Yun and prevent Cao Yong from going to war?
When Jia Yun decided to send the Shenjing Firearms Army to the expedition, one of the reasons why Cao Wei was overjoyed was that he was worried about the safety of his eldest son. He believed that if the Shenjing Firearms Army arrived before the arrival of the Shenjing Firearms Army, Wei Kun's army would follow the Ming Dynasty.
If the national rebels confront the rebels, the possibility of Cao Yong's death is not small.
Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun both know that Cao Yong has a special identity and that the Cao family is an unusual holy family member. Chu Mingkai and Cao Wei have a close relationship. Therefore, Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun will not let Cao Yong easily.
Die in battle.
So now, this battle has been going on for more than an hour, but Cao Yong has not yet gone into battle to kill the enemy. He has been leading two thousand cavalry behind Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun.
At this moment, Wei Kun anxiously said to Chu Mingkai: "General, is it time for the Shenjing Firearms Army to arrive? If it arrives too late, we will have very few troops left. Even if the Shenjing Firearms Army is powerful,
Most likely we won’t be able to stop the rebels in front of us.”
Chu Mingkai said: "It's time, it's time to come."
Chu Mingkai had previously asked the messenger to convey military orders to Tang Anping, asking Tang Anping to lead the Shenjing firearms army to rush to join the battle. Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun had been waiting for the arrival of the Shenjing firearms army.
Wei Kun paused and asked Chu Mingkai: "Are those bayonet flintlock guns and grenades really powerful? Can they really turn the tide of today's battle?"
Before Chu Mingkai left Beijing, Jia Yun specially let him see bayonets, flintlocks, and grenades, but Wei Kun had never seen them. In today's battle, Chu Mingkai had great hopes for the Shenjing Firearms Army. I believe
The participation of the Shenjing Firearms Army should be able to turn the tide of the war, but Wei Kun was skeptical.
Chu Mingkai said: "It is really powerful and has great hope."
Wei Kun nodded knowingly.
In fact, Chu Mingkai only saw ten bayonet flintlock drills and the power of a grenade at the beginning. Even so, he was shocked by two advanced firearms at that time.
Chu Mingkai also learned through the messenger that the Shenjing Firearms Army dispatched 8,000 troops and a large number of firearms, including 500 bayonet flintlocks and tens of thousands of grenades, which gave him a good impression of the Shenjing Firearms Army.
Great confidence.
At this moment, some officers and soldiers came to report: "General, the Shenjing Firearms Army is here!"
Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun were immediately excited. They hurriedly turned their horses' heads and looked toward the rear.
Soon they saw Tang Anping leading the 8,000 Shenjing Firearms Army, surging forward in a mighty and mighty manner.
The Shenjing Firearms Army does carry a large number of firearms, including various artillery pieces, many shotguns, some explosive bags and trip mines, as well as 500 bayonet flintlock guns and tens of thousands of hand grenades...
In addition, Mu Fu also led hundreds of Jinyi soldiers to follow the Shenjing Firearms Army.
Without waiting for the Shenjing firearms army to approach, Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun couldn't wait to rush forward and arrived in front of Tang Anping. The battle situation was urgent. Chu Mingkai naturally didn't talk nonsense and quickly told Tang Anping about the current battle situation, and then said
: "Commander Tang, I order you to lead the Shenjing Firearms Army to join the war immediately!"
Chu Mingkai is a great general, and even Tang Anping has to listen to him on this frontline battlefield.
Tang Anping clasped his fists and said loudly: "I will obey the orders of the general!"
Chu Mingkai then looked at Cao Yong and then at Wei Kun: "Admiral Wei, it's time for the cavalry around you to go into battle to assist the Shenjing Firearms Army."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wei Kun understood and immediately issued a military order to Cao Yong.
Tang Anping began to mobilize his troops. Soon, the eight thousand Shenjing Firearms Army rushed to the battlefield ahead, and Cao Yong led two thousand cavalry to follow. The Shenjing Firearms Army was weak in the cavalry area. Now there are
With the assistance of the two thousand cavalry troops led by Cao Yong, this shortcoming was made up for.
"Boom...boom...boom..."
The battlefield, which was already raging with war and filled with gunpowder smoke, suddenly heard the roar of hundreds of artillery pieces. This roar immediately shocked the entire battlefield. Even the vast fields seemed to be under the influence of hundreds of artillery pieces.
It shook under the bombing.
The roar of these hundreds of artillery pieces also immediately accelerated the casualties of the Ming rebels. The people on the Ming side fell on their backs, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
"What's going on? The Qing army suddenly brought so many artillery pieces?" Protector Song asked Zhu Zhanyao next to him while observing with a telescope.
Zhu Zhanyao was also observing with a telescope, but did not respond immediately. After observing for a while, he replied: "If I guessed correctly, it should be the firearms camp from Shenjing City."
Protector Song became worried: "It's really unlucky. We were about to win and break into Zhili today, but the firearms camp arrived at this time."
Zhu Zhanyao put down the telescope and said calmly: "Don't be anxious. Although the arrival of the firearms battalion will cause us more casualties, it cannot reverse today's battle. The firearms battalion only has a few thousand people. Today we don't even have the firearms battalion."
They were also defeated!"
Protector Song said: "But our army's strength is precious, and if there are too many casualties, it will affect the subsequent attack on Shenjing City."
Zhu Zhanyao said: "Even if this firearms battalion does not come, we will still have to fight against this firearms battalion when we attack Shenjing City."
Protector Song nodded when he heard the words, and felt a lot relieved. From Zhu Zhanyao's expression and words, he knew that even if the firearms camp came, Zhu Zhanyao was still very confident in today's victory, and he was not only loyal to Zhu Zhanyao, but also loyal to Zhu Zhanyao.
I admire him very much. Since Zhu Zhanyao is so confident, he will definitely win today.
However, soon, both of them were stunned...
Soon, the two of them heard bursts of intensive gunfire and bursts of strange explosions. They both hurriedly picked up their binoculars and observed, and found that, along with bursts of gunfire and bursts of explosions, it was clear that
The casualties of the Chinese rebels suddenly increased a lot, and the front line actually collapsed...
what's the situation?
As the two men observed, Protector Song was extremely frightened. Even Zhu Zhanyao looked panicked. Both of them discovered bayonets, flintlock guns and grenades.
"Then... what kind of muskets are those? Why are they so powerful? And those thrown by the Qing army, what are they? Are they trip thunders? How can trip thunders be thrown like this..." Protector Song was extremely nervous
He said, because he was so shocked that he felt a little awkward even when he spoke.
Zhu Zhanyao did not respond and continued to observe with the telescope. After observing for a while, he couldn't help but have an idea in his mind: "Something is wrong!"
On the battlefield at this moment, only five hundred Shenjing firearms officers and soldiers holding bayonets and flintlocks were seen firing in a linear formation at the Ming rebels. This formation could cover a large area of firepower and increase the firepower.
The shooting process of a bayonet-mounted flintlock gun is very simple, the hit rate is very high, and the lethality is terrifying...
On both sides, there were large groups of infantry charging forward. These infantrymen not only carried swords and spears, but also carried grenades. As the grenades continued to be thrown, explosions continued to sound among the Ming Dynasty rebels. These grenades also gave the Ming Dynasty
The rebels inflicted heavy casualties...
In addition, two thousand cavalry led by Cao Yong are also assisting the Shenjing Firearms Army in combat.
It was difficult for the Ming Dynasty rebels to break into the line formation composed of bayonets and flintlock muskets. Even if a few officers and soldiers broke in, they would either be assassinated by the bayonets of the bayonet and flintlock muskets, or be killed by the infantry guarding the line formation.
The combination of bayonets, flintlocks and grenades not only caused the Ming Dynasty rebels to suffer casualties far faster than the Qing Dynasty army, but also created a terrifying deterrent for the Ming Dynasty rebels!
Before this, the Ming Dynasty rebels had never seen bayonet flintlocks and grenades. Now they saw such terrifying power and shocking casualties for the first time, causing the already unstable Ming Dynasty rebels to collapse...
Behind the Qing Dynasty army, Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun also observed the battle ahead through telescopes. Chu Mingkai was shocked, let alone Wei Kun.
The shock of Chu Mingkai and Wei Kun was naturally different from the shock of Zhu Zhanyao and Song Protector. The latter was shocked to the point of great sadness, while the former was shocked to the point of great joy.
"This... these bayonets, flintlocks, and grenades are really powerful and domineering. It's really great. We can actually win this battle!" Wei Kun said ecstatically.
"It's breathtaking!" Chu Mingkai also exclaimed overjoyed. Thinking of Jia Yun, he also praised: "The emperor is indeed a genius sent from heaven. With these two types of firearms developed by the emperor himself, and with the current Shenjing firearms army, Ping
Treason against the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner!"
On the other side of the battlefield, Zhu Zhanyao's face was already ugly, let alone Protector Song. It was clearly a hot summer day, but Protector Song felt out of his mind and was fighting in the cold. The battle was originally going well, but suddenly due to the arrival of the Shenjing Firearms Army, the situation changed.
It became very bad.
Seeing that the Ming rebels were suffering casualties at an alarming rate and were disintegrating faster and faster, Zhu Zhanyao could not help but rush forward on his horse. He wanted to personally command the battle. Song Hufa led a pro-army force to follow closely.
However, even if Zhu Zhanyao is an excellent commander, it is impossible to change the current situation. Seeing that the Qing Dynasty army has become unstoppable, Zhu Zhanyao has to reluctantly command the Ming Dynasty rebels to retreat. If the retreat is too late, there is no guarantee that his troops will retreat.
There are not many Ming rebels left after today's battle.
Naturally, the Qing Dynasty army would not allow the Ming Dynasty army to retreat. The powerful firepower of the Shenjing Firearms Army, especially bayonet flintlock guns and grenades, was enough to continue to cause heavy casualties to the retreating Ming Dynasty rebels.
With great difficulty, the Ming rebels escaped from the Qing army. Zhu Zhanyao sadly discovered that before the appearance of the Shenjing Firearms Army, there were originally 60,000 rebels, but they actually suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and thousands more.
The people were so frightened that they fled, leaving only 30,000 capable rebels, whose morale was already very unstable.
Zhu Zhanyao and Protector Song have already realized that not only has today's war situation been reversed, but the Ming Dynasty's next war situation will also be very difficult. Let alone capturing the Shenjing City, the hope of capturing the outside of the Shenjing City is very small, and even
Therefore, it is very difficult to break into Zhili...
Because the Qing Dynasty army seems to have an invincible heavenly soldier and general!
Why did it suddenly become like this?
The answer to this question, Zhu Zhanyao already understood, is that the emergence of the Shenjing Firearms Army was due to the power of bayonet flintlocks and grenades. The combat power of the Shenjing Firearms Army was not the same as that of the Ming Dynasty rebels.
In terms of levels, the former causes a dimensionality reduction blow to the latter!
This dimensionality reduction blow also caused Zhu Zhanyao himself to suffer a strong mental blow!
"Brother Yun, Brother Yun, you really gave me a big 'surprise'!"
Zhu Zhanyao sighed in his heart, and a soldier of the Shenjing Firearms Army he had captured learned about the relevant situation.