The distance between the two sides continued to close. Zhu Hongyu squinted his eyes and turned around to give instructions to the guards beside him.
"Send the order to the rocket troops and ask them to prepare!"
"As soon as the enemy enters the predetermined shooting range, hit me!"
"promise!"
The imperial guards were ordered to deliver the order.
Under the protection of a group of imperial guards, Zhu Hongyu stood at a certain distance from the banner and continued to look at the battlefield.
In order to ensure victory in the first large-scale decisive battle with the Eight Banners of the Qing Army since the Northern Expedition.
Able to completely annihilate the 7,000 Han troops and Eight Banners led by Shang Zhixin!
Zhu Hongyu brought rockets to the battlefield that had never been used after they were developed.
Rockets have many advantages!
It has a fast rate of fire and great power, making it a perfect weapon against cavalry!
But its shortcomings are also obvious!
The firing range is relatively short, only three to four hundred meters away, which is far inferior to artillery.
The accuracy is poor and can only be used for coverage strikes.
Another point is that it is expensive!
The cost of a single rocket is much higher than the cost of a rocket, reaching an astonishing twenty silver dollars!
In order to ensure victory in this battle, Zhu Hongyu mobilized 3,000 rockets at once.
Calculating based on the unit price of a rocket of twenty silver dollars, three thousand rounds would be sixty thousand silver dollars!
Once there are too many of them, no one can resist making them like this!
Finally, the Qing army entered the rocket range of the Liberation Army.
The distance between the forward arrays of both sides is less than 200 meters!
The Liberation Army's rocket launchers have also been set up and are ready for ignition.
"Rockets ready!"
"A round of rapid fire, let go!"
The fuse of the rocket was ignited, and with a crackling sound, the fuse burned out.
The propellant is ignited!
Rockets rose into the sky one after another, making bursts of sharp roars!
The rockets soared into the sky, and each round was fired rapidly, which was three hundred rounds.
The rocket trailed a long tail flame and fell towards the Qing army's formation.
The projectile streaked across the sky, like a falling meteor!
If this is not on the battlefield, if it is at night, the salvo of rockets is actually full of beauty.
Rockets streaked across the sky like meteors!
The east wind blooms flowers on thousands of trees at night, and even blows them down, and the stars are like rain!
Such a scene is really like stars falling!
Shang Zhixin was attracted by the strange sounding rockets and looked up at the sky.
I was stunned to see the rockets falling like rain!
One by one, the Qing soldiers looked up at the sky, and someone murmured.
"What is this? Stars falling from the sky?"
"so many!"
I don’t know who started it first, but suddenly someone spoke with a look of horror on his face.
"God's punishment, this is God's punishment!
"
"We killed too many people, and we will be punished!"
"Oh my God!"
"..."
Feudal superstition and fear of the unknown caused the morale of the Qing army to drop significantly.
The already somewhat scattered military formation became increasingly chaotic.
Rockets fell into the Qing army's formation one after another, and rumbling explosions continued to sound.
The shock wave carried the fragments and lifted each Qing army into the sky.
That scene looks very much like heavenly punishment!
Boom! Boom!
Explosions sounded continuously.
The war horse under Shang Zhixin was frightened and raised its front hooves high, throwing Shang Zhixin off the horse's back.
Immediately, the Qing army was in chaos!
Shang Zhixin was almost thrown to death!
However, before he could do anything else, the Liberation Army's second rocket salvo started again.
The sound of a salvo of three hundred rockets echoed through the sky.
Rest! Rest rest! Rest rest rest!
The sound of the air being cut kept ringing!
Then there were bursts of explosions!
With the help of his own soldiers, Shang Zhixin got on his horse, directed the Qing army to change their formation, and ordered the entire army to attack the Liberation Army.
Amid the shouts of killing, the Qing army launched a charge against the artillery and rockets of the Liberation Army!
If they were the green soldiers during the Duck War, they would have collapsed long ago after being bombarded by artillery and rockets like this!
However, the current Qing army is by no means comparable to the useless Qing army during the Duck War!
Even though they suffered heavy casualties, they still launched the attack after the military order was issued.
Zhu Hongyu waved his hand and ordered.
"Command the artillery to fire rapidly at all costs!"
"Command the rocket troops to shoot out all the rockets!"
"Command the advancing soldiers to prepare to engage the enemy!"
Boom! Boom boom boom!
Rest! Rest rest rest rest!
The sound of shelling and the sharp roar of rockets piercing the air suddenly increased.
Amidst the rumbling explosions, the charging Qing troops were blown away by the bombs.
However, their charging trend continues!
Shang Zhixin rode in front, with the large banner representing his identity flying high, heading towards the center of the Liberation Army.
The Qing cavalry gave up the usual cavalry and archery tactics and launched a charge with the front out of position, preparing to use the cavalry to charge into the enemy's formation!
The guard next to Zhu Hongyu said.
"The war is fierce and the war is in danger. Please take shelter for the time being, Your Royal Highness!"
As he spoke, he wanted to hold the reins of Zhu Hongyu's horse.
Zhu Hongyu grabbed the reins of his horse and said.
"No need to say more!"
"The soldiers are fighting desperately, how can I retreat?"
"If you retreat in the face of battle, what is the difference between you and a coward? How can you still convince the crowd?"
Zhu Hongyu got off his horse, came to the war drum, took the drumstick from the drummer's hand, and said loudly.
"Soldiers, I am with you!"
"Kill the enemy!"
Beat the drums and cheer for the Liberation Army in person!
The dull sound of war drums resounded across the wilderness, boosting the morale of the Liberation Army.
The Guards Regiment was sent to the front line by Zhu Hongyu. He wanted to use the most elite Guards Regiment in the Liberation Army to resist the cavalry charge of the Qing Army.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"His Royal Highness the Governor is victorious!"
"..."
The Liberation Army shouted in unison a victory!
Facing the murderous Qing army, instead of retreating, they actively faced them and launched a counterattack.
Soldiers of the Liberation Army held muskets in their hands, shouted fanatical slogans, and rushed forward.
"Drive out the Tartars and restore China!"
"Rebuild the Ming Dynasty and revive China!"
"Kill the prisoners!"
"..."
Shang Zhixin took the lead and boosted the morale of the Qing army.
When the two sides were not far away, he turned the horse's head and slowed down the horse's speed.
The cavalry of the Qing army kept moving forward like surging waves, getting closer and closer to the Imperial Guards of the Liberation Army.
Bang! Bang!
Just when the two sides were about to collide, less than twenty meters apart, the musketeer of the Guards pulled the trigger.
The oncoming gunfire killed the Qing cavalry at the front!
There were also many people who aimed their guns at the war horses!
The man fell over and a large area fell down!
The cavalry in the rear row were blocked by the corpses of men and horses. In just an instant, the momentum of the Qing cavalry was curbed and their speed was greatly reduced.
The cavalrymen on horseback also wanted to control their horses to continue charging into the formation.
However, facing the bright bayonet forest, the war horse refused to move forward no matter what.
War horses are very smart creatures. They know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages when faced with dangerous objects.
The Qing cavalry had no choice but to dismount, wield their swords and spears, and attack the Imperial Guards.
The heavy armored soldiers from both sides collided head on!
The cry of killing sounded instantly!
The war knives slashed, the spears stabbed, the armor and stomach collided with the swords and spears, making bursts of sounds of gold and iron clashing.