Four huge cannon shots suddenly came from behind the formation.
Li Tiezhu, the uncles and nephews of the Lu family, and the heavy artillery gunners had spent a day recuperating and had already re-adjusted the iron-core copper body cannon.
The artillery shells accurately landed on Jiannu's military formation, knocking down several flags and flying a severed hand. One round of artillery cost the enemy his life.
Nurhachi frowned and waved his command flag.
The main force of Jiannu attacked.
Wang Hongyu nodded with satisfaction.
The role of heavy artillery in field battles lies in this, which is to take the initiative in one's own hands through range.
In order not to be bombarded in vain, the enemy had to take the initiative to attack, so that the Ming army could defend first and then counterattack, giving full play to the advantages of its own firearms.
Watching the Jiannu flags lined up one after another.
From west to east they are, in order, Zhenghongqi, Xianghongqi, Xianghuangqi, Zhenghuangqi, Xiangbaiqi, Zhengbaiqi and Zhenglanqi.
The Eight Banners had reached seven, forming a fan-shaped, semi-encirclement shape, and launched an attack without any remaining force.
This time, because most of the shield vehicles had been lost, the Eight Banners Dead Soldiers and Savage Jurchens took the lead.
The dead soldiers wore heavy armor with two layers of fish scales, held horse-killing swords, and had savage and ferocious faces. Each of them was a ruthless man who dared to die under a heavy reward.
The savage Jurchens were even more brave and fearless. They opened their mouths wide and let out strange screams that were difficult to distinguish from ghosts and ghosts. They held up leather shields, spears, javelins, throwing axes, iron bones, etc. and waved them in their hands.
Immediately behind them were more than a thousand archers from various banners, totaling nearly ten thousand people. These people were all old hunters in the mountains and forests. They had gone through dozens of battles and killed too many people.
Too many people are now insensitive and murderous without blinking an eye.
"Dudu!"
Two horns sounded, and the Jiannu cavalry also moved.
The cavalry and mounted heavy infantry of each banner acted separately. Each banner's 1,000 cavalry detoured to the flanks, so that 4,000 enemy cavalry gathered on each of the east and west wings.
The horse-riding heavy infantry also followed the archers. If you look closer, you will see that these guys are the Bajala guards of each banner. They are all covered with exquisite fish scale armor, most of which came from the most elite Ming army in Sarhu.
The result was painted with the colors of each flag, making it look very dazzling.
The Baya La Guard Army is the main force behind the Eight Banners. They are all elite veterans. This time they have no reservations and will participate in the decisive battle.
The main force of more than 30,000 Jiannu was mobilized.
"Prepare artillery fire!"
Zhang Mingshi gave an order, and the Confederate army's Fo Lang machine, matchlock guns, and three-eyed muskets were ready to fire.
He looked at Chen Ce, Qi Jin, Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu who were in charge of the generals, and then Wang Hongyu pointed at his bow and arrow and replied with the order.
"Target! Enemy Archers!"
After hearing the order, the Ming army shouted together: "Yes! Target enemy archers!!!"
The soldiers repeated the order together so that the whole army could hear it clearly.
"Boom boom boom!"
Dozens of squatting tiger cannons fired diagonally upwards. The flight of the cannonballs had a unique sound, just like the elongated sound of birdsong, which turned into a terrifying scream from far away and slid toward the enemy.
"Boom boom boom!"
The ammunition of the Hu Zun Cannon is not a single large solid iron bullet, but is loaded with small lead bullets weighing 5 taels or 100 small stones, and is topped with a large lead bullet or large stone bullet weighing 30 taels. The size of the launcher
The bullets flew out together, roaring like thunder, falling from the sky, and the damage range was very large.
The batch of iron nail bullets that Li Tiezhu rushed to make were basically used up last night. Now they are firing ordinary round lead bullets, so their power is slightly weaker and they are somewhat weak against well-prepared heavy armored enemies.
That’s why I specialize in attacking enemy archers~
The lead was like a pouring rain, and even the archers of the slaves were not weak in close combat. They were wearing captured Ming army armor, but after all, it was not considered heavy armor, and they did not carry shields.
The Jiannu archers did not expect that the Ming army's artillery did not hit the dead soldiers and savages in front, but exploded directly at them, killing and wounding hundreds of people at once.
Some of the Jiannu were so anxious that they started to draw their bows and fire back at them from a distance of more than a hundred steps. However, the damage from this distance was really limited. The wounded soldiers of the Ming army withdrew and their armors were left behind, so they were already ready to fire arrows.
"Fo Langji, let go!"
"Boom boom boom!"
The volley of 80 Folang machines fired with a momentum that shook the heavens and the earth.
Although they shoot directly, they cannot pass over the dead soldiers in the front row and directly bomb the archers in the back row, but direct fire is more deadly!
The dead soldiers and savages in the front row secretly rejoiced that now it was their turn to be bombarded.
After a round of shelling, the dead soldiers kept low, but the savages thought that the shelling was over, so they got up and charged again.
"Boom boom boom!"
Another row of cannons fired directly at the savages, causing their limbs to break, their flesh and blood to fly everywhere, and their bodies to be covered with blood and arrows.
This is the strength of the Folan machine line.
The row at the back of the line immediately pulled out the musket, and the row behind handed over another musket that had already been loaded. The shooter aimed the muzzle at the new target, and the second row of infantry immediately lit the fuse.
"Boom boom boom!"
The whole process lasted only three breaths, and the Franco cannon roared again.
A large sheet of white gunpowder smoke rose from the entire battlefield, and everyone's ears were filled with the continuous sound of gunfire. The two strongest field armies in East Asia were fighting to the death here.
"Wu Jingying comes forward! Youyang soldiers cover!"
"yes!"
Chen Ce saw the opportunity and put the heavily armored Wu Jingying at the front.
At this time, although the Jiannu archers were temporarily defeated by the Hu Zun Cannon, there were tens of thousands of them. If they were to get close enough to shoot arrows, they could kill thousands of Ming troops in a short time.
Therefore, Wu Jingying, who is wearing the heaviest armor, should be at the front. They wear iron armor covered with cotton armor, and their helmets are also two-layered. They can prevent ordinary arrows from missing without a shield.
Unless the enemy gets so close that he shoots someone in the face within ten steps, those archers will basically not be able to damage the heavy infantry of Wu Jingying Camp.
Youyang's infantry followed closely behind Wu Jingying. Most of them wore light armor, carried swords and shields, and used poisonous crossbows. They could not withstand the enemy's arrows from the front, but once someone was in front to cover them, they could use their hand-to-hand combat and poisonous crossbows.
Crossbow Advantages.
Those savage Jurchens howled and rushed towards Wu Jingying, swung their axes, and Tie Guduo hit the heavy armor, but before they hit, they were hit by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth and convulsing wildly.
Dead soldiers are much smarter.
Although they were death squads for establishing slaves, they were wearing two layers of heavy armor and marching at a waist, letting the savage Jurchens carry the first round of shelling and poisonous arrows for them, and then rushed forward.
The Folan machine knocked down many of them with one round of fire, but they couldn't fire when they got close.
It is difficult for crossbows to deal with them, and swords and shields can only block but cannot kill them.
On the contrary, Wu Jingying could deal with them with swords and spears.
The enemy is temporarily blocked from the front, but there are still a large number of enemies on the flanks.
"The gun array moves to the flanks!"
Chen Ce saw Jian Nu's arrangement and decisively ordered the strongest melee elites to cover the two wings.
The spears were raised high to the sky, and the spears slowly moved to the flanks. Under the cover of the spears, the matchlocks and the three-eyed gunmen were combined into the square formation and moved to the flanks.
Wang Hongyu and Zhao Hannian personally led the team to the left flank this time. Here they faced the cavalry with two red flags and a yellow flag.