Chapter 375 The eldest girl gets on the sedan chair
The drums and trumpets of the Ming army were extremely passionate, and the shouts of killing were endless.
"Kill the prisoners!"
"Drive out the Tartars and restore China!"
"Kill!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious, serve and supervise the country!"
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For a time, facing the Ming army's attack, the Qing army's cavalry was forced back by the infantry!
Conquer riding with foot!
The Ming army was actually defeating the cavalry with foot!
Shang Kexi's expression was ugly, but he still waved his hand and ordered.
"Command the cavalry to withdraw!"
Although at present, the Qing cavalry is not too far behind, the Eight Banners soldiers are now at the forefront.
Shang Kexi is reluctant to take the Eight Banners soldiers to trade their lives with the Ming army!
You know, now that Guangzhou has been lost, all that remains of his Pingnan Palace is the Eight Banners Soldier in his hand.
To use the remaining bones and blood of the bannermen of Prince Pingnan to exchange lives with the infantry of the Ming army is unacceptable.
The Qing cavalry received the order and quickly retreated.
Unable to pursue, the Ming army stopped, began to organize their formation, and then continued to retreat.
Zhu Hongyu met Li Guangyuan in the camp, patted him on the shoulder and said.
“Well done!”
"In this tentative confrontation between the two sides, the Imperial Guard Brigade has demonstrated the majesty of the Ming Dynasty!"
Whether it is marching in line as neatly as a wall, remaining motionless when faced with artillery bombardment, charging with a bayonet like a rainbow, following orders and prohibitions when facing pursuers, or even being fearless in the face of danger when faced with cavalry charges.
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They all showed the quality of the Ming army!
But this is normal. After all, Zhu Hongyu's Guards Brigade was responsible for the vanguard in this battle, and was the most elite unit in the Ming army.
The muskets and artillery used were all epoch-making rifled guns.
To be able to achieve such a hearty victory can only be said to be deserved.
It would be surprising if they could not win such a victory.
On the battlefield at this time, although the infantry of both sides had withdrawn, the fighting was still continuing.
What is currently clashing is the artillery power of both sides!
Boom! Boom!
The sound of artillery fire resounded like thunder, and the total number of artillery pieces on both sides exceeded a thousand.
The bombardment of thousands of large and small artillery pieces can probably be regarded as the largest artillery battle in the world to date!
The thunderous sound of cannons could be faintly heard even in Xinhui City in the distance.
Under the blind command of Shang Kexi, the outer gate, the Qing army's artillery used a large number of pack horses to pull the artillery to the front line, where it could reach the Ming army's artillery array.
Just wait until the Qing army's artillery is in place.
What greeted them was not a hearty victory, but an overwhelming artillery strike.
Originally, the Qing army's artillery was placed far away and could reach the Qing army's artillery. The Ming army only had those rifled cannons.
Because the smoothbore cannons on both sides are almost the same in terms of range!
However, under Shang Kexi's blind command, the Qing army's artillery moved forward, and at the same time they were able to reach the Ming army's artillery array.
It also successfully entered the range of the Ming army's smoothbore cannons, which were more numerous!
In just an instant, the Qing army's artillery was beaten even worse!
Amidst the roaring sound of shelling, the artillery of the Qing army was almost drowned by the shelling of the Ming army.
Countless explosive shells were smashed in densely, and with the rumbling explosions, the Qing army's gunners and the packhorses pulling the carts were all thrown into the sky by the shock wave.
Shang Kexi looked at his own artillery and artillery pieces that were drowned in firelight and gunpowder smoke, and his face twitched unconsciously.
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After knocking out the Qing army's artillery, the Ming army's bombardment also stopped.
The artillery of this era is like this. After firing for a period of time, it needs to stop to cool down the barrel.
Avoid overuse, which may lead to a decrease in the life of the artillery, or simply exploding the barrel!
After the artillery cooled down, the Ming infantry took the initiative to attack again.
This time, Zhu Hongyu mobilized not only the Guards Brigade, but also other troops and horses to launch an attack on the Qing army.
This time, Zhu Hongyu invested nearly 10,000 troops in the attack.
The Guards Brigade was the main force and was responsible for the frontal attack.
Zheng Chenggong also sent his personal guard battalion and Iron Man Army to take charge of the right-wing war.
The 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Liberation Army is responsible for the left wing battle.
The third front launched an attack on the Qing army!
Behind these three military formations are the cavalry brigade of the Liberation Army and the cavalry of the Zheng Army, responsible for holding down the formation for the army.
After knocking out the Qing army's artillery, the Ming army's field artillery also began to move forward with the army in an attempt to obtain a wider firing range.
Facing another Ming army attack, Shang Kexi mobilized troops and horses to deal with it.
He mobilized the green battalions of Guangxi and Hunan according to different organizations and sent them out to fight the Ming army.
In order to prevent the Green Camp troops from collapsing without a fight, he even prepared in advance to let the Qing Army's Eight Banners suppress the formation!
There was another fierce battle on the front lines of both sides, and the Ming army's center army launched a rapid offensive.
Under the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers strode forward, firing guns constantly, and advanced like a wall.
Although the Ming army on the left did not use rifled guns, their volleys of guns were equally neat.
Facing the rain of arrows fired by the Qing army in return, he was also able to respond without any confusion.
The combat effectiveness of Zheng Jun on the right wing is also not bad!
Zheng Chenggong suppressed both the Guards Battalion and the Iron Man Army, which were the best at his disposal!
You know, Zheng Chenggong's Iron Man Army defeated thousands of Manchurian Eight Banners during the Northern Expedition to Nanjing.
Dealing with some green camp soldiers is no problem!
Facing the Ming army's attacks from three sides, the Qing army was at a disadvantage.
Shang Ke was happy to see this and couldn't help but frown.
"These thieves should all be the elite of Ming thieves. Their fighting prowess is amazing!"
Shang Kexi has never experienced this kind of battle where he was crushed by the Ming army's combat power and fought on the battlefield.
Now that the eldest girl is boarding the sedan chair for the first time, she naturally has mixed feelings!
Shang Yong, who was born as a servant of the Shang family, said.
"What the master said is true. These must be the elite of the Ming thieves. I have seen the banner of the Zheng thieves' iron army!"
Shang Kexi frowned and said.
"Do the Ming thieves on the opposite side know how to fight? Why did they overwhelm the elites as soon as the game started?"
"Aren't you afraid of defeat?"
According to the combat habits of the generals of this era, once a war begins, those at the front will definitely be cannon fodder in the army.
And it can't be an elite!
They will definitely wait until the cannon fodder of both sides fight for a while to determine the winner. This is the time for the elites of both sides to come on stage and seal the victory in one fell swoop.
Shang Kexi was very uncomfortable with the Ming army's style of attacking with their elite troops as soon as they started.
The final result was that, whether it was the frontal battlefield or the left and right wings of both sides, the Qing army was retreating steadily under pressure.
Zheng Jun’s Iron Man Army performed quite eye-catchingly!
Armored like a forest, marching in order, the green soldiers of the Qing army were hardly an enemy.
Facing the iron-armored Iron Man Army, the Qing army's counterattacks were rarely lethal, but the Iron Man Army's attacks were deadly with every move.