Dorgon and others also saw this extremely tragic scene.
In the thin morning light, tens of thousands of Eight Banners Han troops were seen marching forward with self-made fire guns, but they suffered a large number of casualties from the Ming army's self-made fire guns.
The Eight Banners and Han troops were like wheat that had been cut down during the autumn harvest, falling down in rows.
The Ming army hid in the trenches, firing muskets one after another in rows, projecting dense and precise lead pellets onto the Eight Banners and Han troops in the front row. The thin cotton armor on the Eight Banners and Han troops could not stop them at all.
With every attack by the Ming army, a large number of Eight Banners and Han troops would inevitably fall to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, the corpses and wounded soldiers of the Eight Banners Han Army were already lying in front of the Ming army. These stacked corpses and wounded soldiers even blocked the path of the following Han army, slowing down their advance.
This made the situation of the Eight Banners and Han Army even worse, which was simply unbearable to watch.
Although many Eight Banners and Han troops fired cannons as they advanced, the effect was minimal.
The Ming army in the trenches had only a few casualties, and most of the Ming army was still advancing in an orderly manner, holding self-made fire cannons and taking turns firing cannons at the Eight Banners Han army.
And this is not the most disappointing thing.
The most desperate thing is that the Ming army artillery moved the squatting tiger artillery from the trench back to the outer square formation.
In less than half a quarter of an hour at most, the Ming army's artillery could secure the Crouching Tiger Cannon and launch an artillery bombardment against the infantry array of the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Manchuria. Only then would the real disaster occur.
Because one shell of the Tiger Crouching Cannon can hold two hundred lead pieces.
Once the Ming army's crouching cannons start firing, bullets will rain down on the battlefield!
There is no time, the Eight Banners Manchurian army must be allowed to take over the Eight Banners Han army to launch the approaching attack.
After all, the Eight Banners Han Army is useless. At this critical moment, we still have to rely on the Manchu warriors!
"According to my decree, the Eight Banners Han Army will withdraw immediately!" Dorgon shouted, "The Eight Banners Manchuria will take over the attack!"
Dorgon's instructions were quickly conveyed to the front of the formation. The Eight Banners Han army who received the order immediately felt like they were being amnested. They hurriedly gave way to the front position and retreated to the rear formation through the gap between the Eight Banners Manchurian formations.
At this time, the Eight Banners Manchuria had also rearranged their infantry formations.
A total of 10,000 Eight Banners Manchu infantry were divided into sixteen three-section lines. They held self-made muskets flatly, shouting slogans loudly as they moved forward, and took turns firing muskets at the Ming army.
The Ming army's outer square formation was completely surrounded.
This was supposed to be a standard line-up and shooting.
And the distance between the two sides was less than thirty steps.
However, just because of Xu Yingwei's idea, the situation changed.
The Qing army adopted the queuing and shooting tactics stolen from the Battle of Guting Town. However, the tactics adopted by the Ming army had accidentally evolved to the stage of trench warfare.
So the final result was that the Qing troops were lined up and shot.
The Ming army, on the other hand, suffered fewer casualties because they hid in trenches.
As a result, several rounds of firepower came down, and the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.
Looking at the Qing infantry array that was gradually becoming incomplete on the battlefield ahead, Dorgon was a little dumbfounded.
How could this happen? This shouldn't be the case? Shouldn't this be the result? It must be because of dazzling eyes. Yes, it must be because the sky is just getting light, so the hallucination occurs.
Dorgon closed his eyes hard.
After a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes again.
However, the battlefield ahead has not changed much.
The only change is that there are fewer Eight Banners Manchus on the infantry array.
"This..." Dorgon was really confused now, what's going on?
Relying on this infantry array, the Ming army once withstood the siege of the Qing army's 60,000 cavalry with only 8,000 cavalry. But this time on the Liaodong battlefield, why did it suddenly fail?
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Dorgon looked confused, while Xu Yingwei looked attentive.
While feeling solemn, Xu Yingwei also felt a little lucky.
If it hadn't been for his inspiration, which allowed the Ming army to array themselves in trenches,
If the Ming army had continued to train as usual, forming a three-section line on the ground and shooting at Jiannu,
So the final result is hard to say. We must admit that the Eight Banners soldiers who established the slaves were really brave. How many real slaves were killed and injured? The entire infantry array has become sparse, but there are still more.
They advance one after another and take turns firing guns. Just as the Holy One said, this is really a powerful army!
"Xu Gijian, this must be a real slave!"
Gao Qiqian's whole body was shaking even more violently.
After a pause, he turned to Zheng Sen and said: "Zheng is admonishing the air force to attack quickly. Fly to the heads of these real slaves and throw grenades to kill these real slaves. Blow them up!"
"No." Zheng Sen shook his head depressedly.
"The wind is too strong, and the flying car will be blown away when it reaches high altitudes."
"Xu give me advice!" Gao Qiqian turned around and told Xu Yingwei again.
"You must withstand Jiannu's attack no matter what."
"Eunuch Gao, don't worry." Xu Yingwei said calmly.
"Jiannu will definitely be defeated today, and Ming Dynasty is invincible."
"As expected, when the eight crouching tiger cannons begin their bombardment, Jiannu will almost collapse. If we take advantage of the situation and counterattack, we will definitely win a complete victory."
"Can we really win a big victory?" Gao Qiqian was a little doubtful.
Even Zheng Sen had some doubts. With the current battle situation, it was good enough to hold the position. Counterattack? The Ming army was probably powerless. After all, there were still 40,000 to 50,000 cavalrymen who built slaves on the periphery.
In the battle of Guting Town, the Ming army only held its position.
The hollow square formation is probably not very useful when used for offense.
Xu Yingwei did not give much explanation.
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In front of the Ming army's outer square formation, a fierce battle was going on.
This was probably the most evenly matched shooting battle in human history. The endurance of the soldiers on both sides to death reached an astonishing level.
Although the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, they showed no signs of cowardice.
The Ming army also suffered heavy casualties, but they remained unmoved.
But in general, the casualties of the Qing army were far greater than those of the Ming army.
But the Ming army was not relaxed. Although only the upper part of the chest was exposed, the distance between the two sides was too close, with only twenty steps between the two armies, so the Qing army's hit rate was also very high.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Bang bang bang!" A row of Ming troops came up one after another and fired guns at the same time.
Twenty steps away, hundreds of Qing troops fell to the ground without a word.
However, the remaining Qing troops showed no fear and turned a blind eye to the casualties that were close at hand. They just calmly and indifferently raised the self-generated fire blunderbuss in their hands, and then followed the command of Commander General or Commander Qian and pulled the trigger at the same time.
"Bang bang bang..." Accompanied by the intensive sound of gunfire, a burst of thick white smoke filled the air in front of the formation.
Then he looked closely at the Ming army's position more than 20 steps ahead. Hundreds of Ming army infantry fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, the second row of Ming infantrymen came up, raised their rifles and pulled the triggers at the Qing army. With another burst of intensive gunfire, hundreds more Qing soldiers fell in an instant.
The Qing army was fearless, and another row of infantry advanced.
This was truly a brutal massacre.
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"Second team, keep changing!"
Gu Yanwu looked up to the sky and howled, while raising his blunderbuss.
The second group of infantrymen who had finished reloading came up and raised their rifles in unison.
"Let go!" Following Gu Yanwu's loud roar, all the Ming soldiers opened fire at the same time, including Gu Yanwu himself, who also pulled the trigger of his musket hard.
Twenty steps ahead, Jiannu fell down in a row instantly.
However, the next moment, the second team of Jiannu quickly came up and pulled the trigger.
Accompanied by the intensive sound of gunfire, a row of Ming troops fell instantly, including a Ming infantryman standing next to Gu Yanwu. This was a peasant soldier recruited by Gu Yanwu from his hometown in Kunshan.
"Er Niu!" Gu Yanwu looked down and saw that there was a hole in Gu Er Niu's neck, and blood was gurgling out like a fountain. Just by looking at the injury, he knew he would definitely not survive.
"Gu Gu, Gu Gu..." Blood bubbles kept coming out of the wound on Gu Erniu's neck.
It was obvious that Gu Erniu had something to say to Gu Yanwu, and his eyes widened.
However, Gu Yanwu didn't care to listen to Gu Erniu at this time. Gu Yanwu didn't even look at Gu Erniu. He just took out a paper shell bullet from his bag, loaded it into the gun as quickly as possible, and then raised it again
Hand gun.
"Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, don't panic, let alone be afraid, the Holy Spirit is with us!" Gu Yanwu waved his blunderbuss while roaring hysterically.
"The Ming Dynasty is invincible!"
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always be there, and the Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
The Qinwang scholars in the trenches were the first to respond, followed by all the recruits.
With the shouts rising higher and higher, the military morale, which had been shaken slightly due to the heavy casualties, was quickly stabilized, and morale was even higher than at the beginning.
The reason is simple, the Holy Spirit is really with them.
"Chongzhen" wearing a mountain armor has always been on the towering chariot.
As for Gu Yanwu and other Qin Wang scholars, they stood in front of them from beginning to end and never flinched in the slightest.
Looking at Prince Qin's not very burly but extraordinarily burly body, the Ming army officers and soldiers only had admiration in their hearts. These high-ranking officials were not afraid of death, so what did they, the soldiers, have to fear?
All this is a long story, but it only takes a few minutes.
But for the queuing and shooting tactics, a few minutes is enough to determine the outcome of life and death.
After more than ten rounds of volleys, more than half of the Qing army was dead or wounded, and fewer than 5,000 of them could still stand and fire cannons. However, these Eight Banners soldiers were indeed fearless of death. After so many casualties, they could still fight to the death.
Don’t retreat.
The remaining more than four thousand Qing troops were still lined up in line, changing their positions according to training, and then took turns firing cannons.
However, at this time, the eight squatting tiger cannons of the Ming army finally fixed the 120 squatting tiger cannons, and then began to load the shells. Moreover, since the two armies were only a few dozen steps away, they were all loaded with shotguns.
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"Boom, boom, boom..." intensive gunfire sounded.
The Ming army's squatting cannons opened fire one after another.
