Yan Yingyuan and other nine scholars also issued orders to their respective subordinates.
The next moment, Xu Wuniu and other 900 soldiers stood up at the same time, then placed their flintlock guns on the wall of the car, aimed at the rebels outside, and pulled the trigger.
Accompanied by intensive gunfire, more than 700 lead bullets roared forward.
Not all flintlock guns can fire, and there are always malfunctions.
However, the fire rate of nearly 80% is already extremely good. Compared with bird guns, matchlock guns like Rumi Guns are almost a dimensionality reduction strike.
Gunshots rang out, and the Chaos Saber players twenty steps ahead fell to the ground one after another.
Almost none of the more than 600 sword players in the row could still stand. The thick wooden cards could not even hold up the muskets produced by the Ming Dynasty War Bureau, let alone the flintlock guns produced by the Ming Arsenal.
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The rebel soldier who was at the front was knocked down and was lucky enough to survive.
Seeing that the Ming army killed and wounded more than 600 of its own side with just one round of shooting, the rebel guerrillas were shocked and angry.
This guerrilla army is quite courageous. It can be seen that the weapons of the Ming army are extremely sharp, so they must get close to them as soon as possible to start a close combat. Otherwise, none of the more than 6,000 people will survive.
At that moment, the rebel guerrillas raised their sabers and shouted: "Charge forward at full speed, charge at full speed, charge forward, all charge with me, charge forward..."
Hearing the roar of filial piety from the rebel guerrillas, the six rows of spearmen who were originally walking behind immediately accelerated, passed the musketeers and charged forward at full speed, trying to get close to the car formation and start a close combat with the Ming army.
Unfortunately this is just wishful thinking on their part.
Before they could take a few steps forward, the second row of Ming Army musketeers moved behind the car wall.
Then there was a continuous sound of gunfire, and another row of dense rain of bullets poured over. Most of the first row of spearmen who rushed to the front fell instantly, and the rest fell after them after running a few steps.
And this time, the rebel guerrillas were not spared either.
At least two lead bullets hit him at the same time, one of which hit his neck.
The rebel guerrilla threw away his machete, covered his neck and slowly fell to the ground. Red blood quickly overflowed from between his fingers, and his whole body was left in constant twitching.
Seeing this, the following rows of spearmen became a little panicked.
This lethality is too scary. What kind of gun is this from the Ming army?
How come the penetrating power is so strong? Also, how can the Ming Army musketeers get so close?
Subconsciously, the spearmen who followed up slowed down one after another. The Ming army's muskets were too scary, not to mention that the leading guerrilla was also killed. Is it necessary to rush forward?
At this moment, another row of Ming Army musketeers came up.
After another loud blast of gunfire, another row of spearmen fell to the ground wailing.
Seeing this, the remaining three rows of spearmen finally became frightened, turned around and ran back.
As soon as the spearmen ran away, the three rows of musketeers parked behind them immediately turned around and ran back.
In this way, the rebel army's first wave of offensive was easily disintegrated. The casualties of the rebel army were at least two thousand, at least half of them were killed, and the rest lay helpless in front of the position and wailed.
However, the Ming army suffered zero casualties. This was a dimensionality reduction strike.
Revolutionary firearms and subversive combat concepts,
Taken together, this is the effect.
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Seeing that the rebel army was retreating, Hu Guozhu once again asked Chongzhen for a battle: "Your Majesty, if you drive the cavalry in pursuit at this time, you will definitely be able to directly overwhelm the rebel army's formation."
After all, it was Hu Guozhu, who started fighting with his father at the age of seventeen.
Therefore, it is immediately obvious that now is an excellent opportunity to fight. Taking advantage of the opportunity for the rebels to flee back, the cavalry can be driven to follow and cover them up. The remaining three or four thousand defeated troops will only become more frightened and swarm towards them without choosing the right path.
If you run back, you will most likely disrupt the formation of the rebel army.
The whole formation of the rebel army will be over in a moment of chaos.
After all, it is not a highly organized army.
"No need." Chongzhen refused to pursue.
Because Chongzhen's purpose was not to defeat the rebel army, but to make an emergency landing.
Again, the Ming Dynasty is on the eve of great industrial development, and what it needs most is labor.
Therefore, he would not drive out these hundreds of thousands of rebels unless absolutely necessary. Whenever possible, he would do his best to forcefully land these rebels.
Hu Guozhu couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he didn't say much.
Chongzhen didn't explain too much. As an emperor and a superior, he couldn't explain it.
If he had to explain everything to his ministers, then he wouldn't have to do anything.
Chongzhen raised the telescope again, but his field of vision turned to the direction of Wuchang City. He said leisurely: "Counting the time, the army blocking Yinxi should have crossed the Yangtze River, right?"
Gao Qiqian immediately reported: "Long live my lord, Master Du sent flying cavalry to report three hours ago, saying that he was crossing the river with the help of the navy, so he has probably crossed the river now."
"Just cross the river." Chongzhen put down the telescope and said to Hu Guozhu, "Hu Qing, be prepared. As soon as the news of blocking Yinxi's army from crossing the river reaches the other side, the rebel army will definitely collapse. At this time, look at the cavalry camp
There are also Yiding, and I only have one request, don’t let anyone go, let alone run away a horse!”
"Yes!" Hu Guozhu said loudly, "Cavalry camp, Yiding prepare!"
After receiving the order, the cavalry and Yiding began to check their equipment.
Some cavalrymen even lit the matches in advance and wrapped them around their arm guards.
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The 100,000 soldiers blocking Yinxi were divided into two places to cross the river.
One is Jinsha Town and the other is Yangluo Town, which are located upstream and downstream of Wuchang respectively.
After crossing the Yangtze River, Du Yinxi immediately ordered the entire army to form a formation and surround it from the northeast and southwest toward Wuchang. If nothing goes wrong, the two lines of troops should be at Jinshazhou and Chongzhen in the southeast of Wuchang.
Reunion, and then complete the encirclement of the rebel army.
At this time, Du Yinxi was leading fifty thousand soldiers to push forward across the mountains and plains.
Due to the dense water network in Wuchang Prefecture, the marching column was cut into pieces by the terrain, but the entire column stretched for more than ten miles from west to east, which was still very spectacular.
Yang Ponu now put on two armors and mounted a mule.
Wang Laoshi and other town soldiers also mounted their own animals, mostly donkeys. Looking from a distance, they could only see a huge group of donkey cavalry advancing across the mountains and plains.
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More than a dozen generals and lieutenants of the rebel army have already exploded.
Because the scout cavalry sent out had discovered the northern and southern armies blocking Yinxi.
Upon learning that two large armies were rushing towards them from the northeast and southwest, the dozen or so generals and lieutenants immediately panicked and lost their minds for a moment.
Some said they would stay for a decisive battle, while others said they would break out separately.
Some people said that they could just surrender and maybe save their lives.
After all, Chongzhen has become much more merciful since he became enlightened in Meishan. The leader of the Donglin Party committed regicide, and Chongzhen only killed the culprit, not even his family.
Therefore, they may not have a chance of survival.
More than a dozen generals and lieutenants quarreled in a group, but could not reach unity for a long time.
Xu Yong couldn't stand it anymore. These idiots, I am so blind that I would follow you to start a mutiny. You are a bunch of idiots who fail to succeed but fail to succeed.
At that moment, Xu Yong lit up his song and headed south.
It didn't matter that Xu Yong left, an avalanche effect immediately formed.
As a result, more than a dozen generals and lieutenants took their respective troops and fled separately.
However, the Ming army's cavalry on the opposite side was waiting for this moment. Seeing the rebels fleeing separately, the Ming army's cavalry immediately attacked in large numbers and started chasing the rebels.
The rebels wanted to resist at first.
But when the first wave of rebels who tried to resist were killed, the remaining rebels collapsed.
In a blink of an eye, the rebel army was defeated like a mountain. They threw away everything they could and just tried to escape. Those who had horses rode on horses, and those who didn't had to rely on two legs.
Suddenly, the mountains and plains were filled with defeated troops.
But just at this time, trumpets and drums sounded simultaneously from the northeast and southwest.
Du Yinxi's 100,000 soldiers rushed to the battlefield and opened a huge encirclement dozens of miles long. Facing the menacing soldiers who rushed towards him, the rebels did not dare to fight.
As soon as they met, the rebels ran back in panic.
Because tens of thousands of "cavalry" came to meet them, the scene was really scary.
Finally, they ran towards the east like a swarm of swarms, preparing to break out from Hu Guozhu's position.
Obviously, the rebels regarded the cavalry led by Hu Guozhu as soft persimmons. After all, there were only three or four thousand cavalry.
However, the number of "Ming cavalry" rushing towards them from the other two directions was tens of thousands, which was a huge difference.
This time it was a big mistake. Although the cavalry led by Hu Guozhu was small, they were real cavalry.
The result can be imagined. In just one charge, more than half of the seven or eight thousand rebel cavalry who first entered the battle were lost. Only less than a thousand cavalry passed by and rushed towards Xingguo Prefecture in the southeast.
Hu Guozhu immediately ordered Wu Batan to lead the Yiding in pursuit, while he led the cavalry battalion back to drive away the rebels.
Finally, the encirclement of 100,000 soldiers and cavalry shrank smaller and smaller, and the rebel army, completely enclosed, finally had no way to escape, and finally had no choice but to kneel on the ground and beg for surrender.
A small number of rebels resisted stubbornly and were quickly killed.
After all, these rebels had already abandoned their armor before the rout.
More than two hours later, the eight hundred Yiding who were pursuing them also returned one after another, each carrying one or more heads. Wu Baotan reported that less than ten rebels managed to escape.
Chongzhen estimated that those rebels were also from Liaodong Town.
However, it doesn't matter if a few rebels escape.
At this time, Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan had already identified more than a dozen generals and deputy generals from the rebel army, including Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Ensheng, Wu Xueli and Xu Yuxian.
