Seeing this scene, Xu Yingwei clenched his fists hard.
Gao Qiqian didn't see the clue and asked, "Xu Gijian, have we won?"
Before Xu Yingwei could reply, Zheng Sen rushed to say: "Not yet, but soon. As long as we defeat the besieged slave formation, we will win."
"Can we really win?"
Gao Qiqian looked suspicious.
This is a proactive attack.
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Dorgon was so angry that he became violent and violent.
"Jiang Xuan, this idiot, what is he doing?"
"What on earth is Jiang Xuan doing? What is he doing?"
Dorgon was like a wounded beast, roaring mournfully.
Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo looked dull.
Today's battle, both the process and the result, was completely beyond their cognitive scope. They were defeated in Xilihutu before they could figure out what was going on.
The same hollow square formation was impressive when used by the Ming army in Guting Town.
But when the Qing soldiers used the hollow square formation, the effect was immediately greatly reduced.
Furthermore, the same Tiger Crouching Cannon, when used by the Ming army, had terrifying lethality, hitting them one by one.
But when the Green Battalion artillery was used, even though there were more squatting tiger artillery, the lethality was vastly different, and they only caused minimal casualties to the Ming army.
Hong Chengchou and the others have too many question marks.
In a word, I was really stunned today.
There are also countless question marks in Hou Fangyu's mind.
But this traitor still never forgets his deep hatred for Chongzhen.
At that moment, Hou Fangyu said: "Master, the Ming army wants to encircle the hollow formation of our Eight Banners Han Army on three sides. Their intentions are not without sinister intentions. However, everything has advantages and disadvantages."
"When the Ming army encircled the Han army under the Eight Banners,"
"It also gave me the opportunity for the Qing soldiers to counter-encircle it."
After a pause, he continued: "Master, you can order the cavalry from the Eight Mongolian Banners and the Horqin Mongolian Banners to outflank the Ming army. In this case, the Ming army will be attacked from both sides and fall into a desperate situation where it is difficult to take care of both the head and tail."
Dorgon's eyes suddenly brightened. Being attacked from both sides was a desperate situation for a military strategist.
At that moment, Dorgon shouted: "Preach the decree..."
Gao Qiqian's expression suddenly changed and he said: "The Mongolian cavalry are outflanking us from both wings. Now our four infantry brigades that are attacking are in a desperate situation, being attacked from both sides!"
"Being attacked from both sides is more troublesome than being surrounded on three sides."
After a pause, he continued: "Based on the situation, I'm afraid that before we can defeat the encircled Jian Nu, we will have already been defeated by the Jian Nu from both sides."
"It doesn't matter." Zheng Sen said calmly.
"I remember the Holy One once said that the hollow square array is least afraid of attacks from two sides."
"Not only did the Holy One say it, but we also verified it more than once during training." Xu Yingwei said, "The result of the battle in Guting Town proved that the hollow square formation is not afraid of cavalry encirclement."
While they were talking, the Mongolian cavalry had already surrounded the Ming army's hollow phalanx.
Immediately, the Mongolian cavalry launched an attack on the Ming army's formation using the "circling cut" tactic.
Ring-cutting tactics, also known as onion-peeling tactics, are conventional tactics used by light cavalry against heavy cavalry or infantry. It refers to the continuous circling and use of bows and arrows to continuously cause damage to heavy cavalry or infantry, just like slicing, piece by piece.
Cut off the outer heavy cavalry or infantry.
The Battle of the Seyo at the end of the thirteenth century,
Sixty thousand Mongolian cavalry relied on this tactic to annihilate one hundred thousand European heavy cavalry.
However, as time passed, when the Mongolian cavalry once again practiced the traditional craftsmanship of their ancestors, they found that it was no longer easy to use. The Ming army infantry was not afraid of the Mongolian cavalry's ring-cutting tactics.
Because the self-generated fire guns equipped by the Ming army were sharper than the riding bows of the Mongolian cavalry.
Unless the arrows fired by the Mongolian cavalry directly hit the throat of the Ming infantry, it would be difficult to cause damage, because the Ming army's cotton armor had good protection and could reduce most of the kinetic energy carried by the arrows.
On the other hand, the Ming army's flintlock guns were enough to cause fatal damage to the Mongolian cavalry.
Therefore, more than 30,000 Mongolian cavalry swept in overwhelmingly. It looked scary, but it was just scary.
At the moment of the battle, you can find that only a few Ming troops fell to the bows and arrows of the Mongolian cavalry, but the Mongolian cavalry fell to the Ming army's guns in rows after rows.
The hollow square formation of the Ming army did not even stop advancing.
Of course, the Ming army behind the hollow square formation retreated while firing cannons.
Soon, the Ming army in front of the hollow phalanx also approached the Jiannu hollow phalanx, and the two sides were less than a hundred steps apart.
The distance of one hundred steps was obviously a bit far for a musket, and the Jiannu people were also very aware of this, so when the Eight Banners Manchurians lined up to be shot before, they waited until fifty steps before firing.
But the Eight Banners Han Army obviously did not have the psychological quality of the Eight Banners Manchuria.
So as soon as they got within a hundred steps, the Eight Banners Han troops couldn't wait to open fire.
"Bang bang bang!" Accompanied by the sound of gunfire, a burst of thick white smoke soon filled the front of the Jiannu formation.
Looking at the four Ming army formations moving forward, a dozen Ming troops each fell to the ground silently, but soon the Ming army from the back row took their place, making the entire hollow square formation intact again.
From the beginning to the end, the Ming army did not open fire.
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"put!"
Upon hearing the commander's order, Huang Deheng decisively pulled the trigger.
The butt of the self-generated gun placed against his right shoulder vibrated violently, causing a faint pain in his right shoulder. At the same time, a continuous sound of gunfire was heard in his ears.
"Back off and reload."
Accompanied by the general command,
Huang Deheng decisively took three big steps back.
Then a small bamboo can containing gunpowder was pulled from the bullet belt.
Unplug the plug, first pour a small amount of gunpowder into the open primer chamber, then pour the remaining gunpowder into the gun muzzle, then take out a lead from the leather pouch at your waist and stuff it in.
In order to prevent the lead from falling out of the muzzle,
The lead was also wrapped with a piece of silk.
Then use the rod to press the lead to the bottom.
Press firmly, but not too tightly.
Insert the purge bar back into the purge bar hole under the barrel, and then open the trigger.
Huang Deheng's training was pretty good. Most of the half-year's queue training and shooting training were in vain. The entire loading process only took more than ten seconds.
"Go forward!" When the command from the general manager sounded, Huang Deheng held his self-made firecracker vertically in front of his chest and walked sideways forward.
Passing by the other two rows of musketeers, Huang Deheng and his group of musketeers quickly arrived in front of the position.
Looking up, through the smoke that quickly turned dull, we could clearly see the Ming army marching ahead.
After clearly seeing the marching Ming army, Huang Deheng couldn't help but feel a sudden chill in his heart, because the distance between the Ming army had been reduced from the previous eighty steps to thirty steps, as close as Chi Chi.
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"Raise the gun, aim..." the general command sounded again.
This time, due to the noise on the battlefield, Huang Deheng did not hear the commander yell out the command to fire.
But when the sound of "boom, boom, boom, boom" sounded, Huang Deheng also pulled the trigger.
Looking up again, through the diffuse smoke, I could vaguely see many people in the Ming army's infantry formation, at least one or two hundred, standing straight forward or falling backward.
But Huang Deheng felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.
Because as of now, the Ming army had taken five volleys of guns from them in less than thirty seconds, and at least a thousand Ming soldiers had been killed and wounded, but the Ming army had never fought back.
Needless to say, the Ming army was waiting for the distance to be close before firing back.
All fools know that the hit rate of self-generated fire guns is higher when the distance is closer.
But it's one thing to know, it's another thing to actually wait until close range before firing.
The Ming army was able to withstand the firepower of the Eight Banners and Han troops, endure such heavy casualties but never fire back, just to inflict fatal casualties on the Eight Banners and Han troops at close range. They were like animals!
So after firing the gun, Huang Deheng quickly turned around and retreated.
Another reloaded companion passed him sideways and stood in the front row.
By some strange coincidence, Huang Deheng looked back, and was surprised to see that the companion he had just passed by had been shot in the face and fell straight back.
When he looked down again, he saw that his companion's entire face had been shattered.
A slight feeling of disgust suddenly surged from Huang Deheng's chest.
However, Huang Deheng quickly overcame this slight discomfort.
Forcing himself not to recall the bloody scene he just saw, he pulled off a bamboo can from the bullet belt and was about to pour the primer into the primer room. However, he found that his hands had become inoperable and kept pouring the primer.
The gunpowder was poured outside the primer chamber. When the last bamboo jar was empty, the primer chamber was not filled.
In the end, I just grabbed a lead and stuffed it through the muzzle of the gun.
Use the purge bar to compact it, then reset the purge bar, and then pull the trigger.
Huang Deheng then walked sideways to the front row holding his self-made fire gun vertically.
He raised his head and looked forward, only to see that the Ming army on the opposite side had reached twenty steps.
Moreover, there happened to be a row of Ming army formations on the opposite side that had just changed up and pressed down the self-generated fire guns that were originally held vertically. The black muzzles of the guns were already pointed at them.
At a distance of twenty steps, the two sides lined up to face each other, holding self-generated fire cannons and blasting each other.
This was an unprecedented test of the willpower of the soldiers on both sides.
"Fuck you!" An Eight Banners Han soldier collapsed instantly, turned around and ran away.
The rout of the Eight Banners Han Army quickly triggered a chain reaction that affected the entire army.
So Huang Deheng and the nearby Eight Banners Han troops turned around and fled.
The moment Huang Deheng turned around and ran away, the scream of bullets suddenly sounded in his ears.
Then Huang Deheng felt a light hit on his head, but the warm hat on his head had been knocked off.
Immediately afterwards, there were continuous screams and wails from both sides of Huang Deheng.
Accompanied by screams and wails, several Eight Banners Han troops fell to the ground with a thud.
Huang Deheng was so frightened that he could not help but speed up. In order to reduce the burden, he even threw away the self-generated fire gun he was holding and ignored it.
