It is impossible to completely avoid the Jiannu artillery.
But not avoiding it at all would be foolish.
It is impossible to be stupid. You should try to hide if you can.
Amidst the sound of trumpets and drums, the four hollow square formations of the Ming army changed their direction of advance again.
The two inner hollow phalanxes continued to move closer and merged into one, coming face to face with the huge hollow phalanx of Jiannu on the opposite side. As a result, Jiannu's artillery could only hit behind these two phalanxes.
The outside corner.
The two outer hollow square formations continue to move outward, and the distance is widened.
This caught Jiannu's artillerymen off guard and they quickly adjusted their firing range.
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Also caught off guard was Dorgon, was he acting like a rogue?
Shouldn't the Ming army advance along its original route and then be attacked by the Green Battalion's Camel Rotating Cannon and Tiger Crouching Cannon Lake? How could they move to both sides to avoid it?
It doesn't matter if you give in,
Doesn’t the Green Battalion’s artillery have to miss the mark?
You are so unruly. This is a lack of martial ethics.
Cao Eryu said hurriedly: "Master, we must quickly let the Green Battalion adjust the muzzle of the guns, and then let the Eight Banners Mongolia and Horqin Mongolia exert pressure from both wings to restrict the movement of the Ming army."
"You understand." Dorgon glared at Cao Eryu.
Cao Eryu was so frightened that he shrank his neck and did not dare to say anything more.
Hou Fangyu said: "Master, don't worry, no matter how hard the Ming army evades, it is impossible to completely escape the shelling of the Green Camp. However, the Green Camp only needs one round of shelling to crush the Ming Army's hollow phalanx."
"Yes." Dorgon's face looked much more relaxed after hearing this.
Cao Eryu looked aggrieved for a moment, thinking to himself, why should Hou Fangyu do this?
If he's not just a eunuch without any eggs, why on earth is he?
…
Xu Yingwei was also sweating.
Jiannu's Crouching Tiger Cannon was probably blind, because the operation from removing the iron drill to turning the muzzle and then driving the iron drill back in took five or even ten minutes.
In this time, the Ming army had already approached within fifty steps.
However, Jiannu's camel cannon has extremely high maneuverability. You only need to change the direction of the camel to lie on the ground, and you can quickly adjust the muzzle. This is really impossible.
Therefore, the Ming army could only endure a round of shelling from Jiannu's camel cannon.
Although Xu Yingwei didn't say anything, he was sweating in his heart.
For a moment, Xu Yingwei even had doubts about his decision.
Perhaps, we shouldn't order an attack? If we don't order an attack, although we won't win, at least we won't lose. A draw in the end is actually acceptable, but now, there is no retreat at all.
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There are nearly two hundred camel cannons on the left side of Jiannu.
Nearly two hundred camel guns were divided into two rows, front and rear, in a fan shape, staggered, and the black muzzles were re-aimed at the hollow square formation of the 1st Infantry Brigade.
When the slaves in the front row took the match rope and lit the fuse,
The soldiers of the 1st Infantry Brigade couldn't help but create a small commotion.
After all, it is a defense between life and death. There is great terror between life and death. It is impossible not to be afraid.
Gu Yanwu was also shrouded in a huge sense of fear. Several of the camel cannons seemed to be facing him. The Jiannu artillerymen opposite had obviously realized that he was the leader of the Ming army.
For a moment, Gu Yanwu really wanted to turn around and run away.
An ant is greedy for life, let alone a human being? Not to mention that he still has a bright future?
He, Gu Yanwu, is one of the Qinwang scholars. He has been registered with the Holy Emperor. As long as he lives, his future is limitless. But if he dies here today, everything will be over.
But the next moment, Chongzhen's passionate voice sounded in Gu Yanwu's mind again.
"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. When the slaves join the invaders and the world is in chaos, all the sons of the Han family should shoulder the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the war. You scholars and students have read the books of the sages, and you should be the leaders of the world.
Set an example. Give up pen and ink, practice gold and sword, fight for our body, hair and skin, fight for our Han family's clothes, fight for our ancestral temple and state!"
"If you gentlemen abandon the fight and flee, who will be left to protect your parents, wives, and children?"
"If you, the scholars, give up the fight and flee, who will be left to protect the Han family's clothes?"
"If you, the scholars, give up the fight and run away, who will be left to protect the ancestral temple and the country?"
Inspired by these Kang speeches, Gu Yanwu suddenly walked a few steps to stand in front of the hollow square formation, and then pointed the short gun in his hand at the Jiannu artillery in front.
"Warriors of the Ming Dynasty!"
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always be there!"
"The clothes of the Han family will last forever!"
"The Chinese Ancestral Temple will always exist!"
After a moment of silence, three thousand soldiers from the 1st Infantry Brigade were the first to respond.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the other three infantry brigades who attacked also responded loudly, and even the 5,000 Ming troops who stayed in the central formation and did not attack also responded loudly.
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always be there!"
"The clothes of the Han family will last forever!"
"The Chinese Ancestral Temple will always exist!"
In the end, the North Korean army also responded to the mountain call.
It was also from this moment on that Li Yucheng strengthened his determination to fight for the Ming Dynasty.
Li Yucheng was the captain of the Korean servant army Lin Qingye. He followed Lin Qingye to Shengjing a few months ago, and not long ago he followed Lin Qingye back to the Ming Dynasty.
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always be there!"
"The clothes of the Han family will last forever!"
"The Chinese Ancestral Temple will always exist!"
Li Yucheng cheered loudly,
I feel like the blood all over my body is burning.
Lin Qingye glared over with cold eyes.
Li Yucheng stared back without fear.
Lin Qingye's eyes finally fell.
Li Yucheng hummed proudly and returned his gaze to the battlefield.
Just at this time, the Jiannu artillery on both flanks began to bombard: everything, everything...
Li Yucheng saw very clearly that the figure walking at the front of the square formation of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Ming Army, that figure who was particularly tall and tall, fell to the ground.
A cannonball passed through his chest.
Almost half of his chest was broken.
The internal organs in the chest must have been shattered.
…
Gu Yanwu fell to the ground instantly, his entire body was beaten to pieces.
Following Gu Yanwu, hundreds of Ming army soldiers fell to the ground.
The lethality of the Jiannu Camel Rotary Cannon is quite terrifying.
But soon a Qinwang scholar came up and said: "Brother Ning Ren, leave it to me. The 1st Infantry Brigade has all the troops. The goal is to build the slave formation and attack forward!"
"Hugh..." Another scream of artillery shells passed by.
But it was Jiannu's second row of camel cannon that opened fire.
The soldier who had just replaced him fell to the ground again in an instant.
The solid iron bullets that flew at high speed directly smashed the Qin Wang Shizi's head and helmet into pieces.
But immediately a third Qin Wang Shizi came up, raised the blunderbuss in his hand and looked up to the sky and howled: "We have all of them, the target is to build the slave formation, attack and advance..."
In the square formation, the Ming army officers and soldiers also fell to the ground one after another.
However, no one was sad, and no one flinched. The surviving Ming army soldiers only shrank inward slightly, so that the entire hollow square array remained intact, but the size was smaller.
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always be there!"
"The clothes of the Han family will last forever!"
"The Chinese Ancestral Temple will always exist!"
There were less than 3,000 soldiers of the Ming army left, stepping on drums and shouting uniform chants, and stepped forward behind Qin Wang, who raised his gun high.
About eighty paces diagonally ahead, the Jiannu Camel Artillery was nervously reloading shells.
On the other hand, Jiannu's tiger-crouching artillerymen were busy driving the breech iron rod into the hard ground. After hammering the iron rod, they loaded gunpowder and lead from the muzzle into the barrel.
However, judging from the time, it was obviously too late.
In a short time, the Ming army was approaching within sixty steps.
Jiannu's squatting tiger cannon fired first, and a total of six hundred squatting tiger cannons fired at the same time, with a huge momentum.
However, it is a pity that most of the lead bullets and shells shot by the Tiger Crouching Cannon fell behind the Ming Army's hollow square formation. The reason is also very simple, not enough advance time was left.
It wasn't that the Jiannu artillery was stupid, but that the Ming army moved forward.
After another moment, the two sides were less than fifty steps apart.
At this time, Jiannu's camel artillery had also completed loading.
Seeing this, Prince Qin, who took over the command, decisively pulled the trigger.
"Bang!" A dull gunshot sounded, but Jiannu on the opposite side was unharmed.
However, the next second, continuous "bang bang" sounds were heard in front of the Ming army's formation.
Accompanied by intensive gunfire, the camel artillery of the slaves was instantly thrown into disarray. More than half of the camels broke free from the control of the camel hands, got up, and fled in all directions.
The distance of fifty paces is still a bit far for a musket.
But when shooting a large target like a camel, the hit rate won't be too ugly.
So in just one salvo, more than a hundred camels were hit, and they got up and fled in pain.
At this time, the firing range of other camel swivel guns was also blocked, and in this moment of delay, the second row of Ming army musketeers had already replaced them and pulled the trigger.
"Bah, bah, bah, bah!" Another burst of intense gunshots rang out.
After the gunfire, hundreds of camels jumped up and ran around. This time, dozens of camels were even shot. Although camels have rough skin and thick flesh, they will still die if they are hit by lead.
By the time the third row of musketeers from the Ming army came forward, Jiannu's camel artillery had already dispersed.
The Ming army musketeers ignored the camel artillerymen who ran away to both sides, but aimed their guns at the Jiannuhu Crouching Artilleryman not far behind the camel artillerymen.
At this moment, the artillerymen of Jiannuhu squatting were nervously reloading their ammunition.
However, before the Jiannu artillery could be reloaded, the Ming army's third wave of firepower poured in.
Accompanied by the intensive gunfire of "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom", hundreds of Jiannu artillerymen who were squatting on the ground and firing guns instantly fell down. When the remaining Jiannu artillerymen saw that the situation was not good, they jumped up and dispersed in an instant.
Suddenly, Prince Qin, who took over the command, suddenly changed direction.
The soldiers of the 1st Infantry Brigade who followed behind also turned around.
The Ming soldiers of the 4th Infantry Brigade on the other side of the battlefield turned almost at the same time.
Now, looking down from a high altitude, the situation becomes that the two hollow phalanxes of the Ming army are in front, and the other two hollow phalanxes occupy the left and right wings respectively, forming a three-sided encirclement of the hollow phalanx of Jiannu in the middle.
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[Xianqiang strongly recommends The Wandering Earth 2, and you must watch it on a giant screen]
[In addition, I will beg for a few more monthly votes to see if I can get 2,000 votes by the end of the month]
[As for the update, I still have brain fog, and I rely on menthol nasal inhalants to hold it together. When the weather gets warmer in spring and I resume morning jogging, let’s see if my body can recover. If it can, I can resume the third update]
