People and horses were smashed by cannonballs and turned into mangled corpses.
Flesh, flesh and bones were mixed together and turned into a puddle. It was impossible to distinguish between you and me, or between humans and animals...
The Qing army's cavalry, which rushed in with great force and momentum, was hit head-on!
In an instant, that indomitable momentum disappeared.
Only the thick smell of blood and gunpowder smoke were left between heaven and earth!
The next moment, the flag order of the Qing army changed, and the cavalry array that had gathered to charge quickly dispersed.
The cavalry formed an array in twos and threes and continued to charge towards Dagukou.
They all held horse bows, drew arrows from their quivers, bent their bows and nocked arrows, and charged towards them.
Behind these cavalry, the Qing infantry continued to advance.
A large, dark, green battalion of the Qing army, as well as civilians recruited from all over Northern Zhili, pushed shield carts and artillery carts, approaching Dagukou.
Bang! Bang bang! Bang bang bang!
A series of crisp gunshots sounded one after another.
The two sides were still nearly 200 meters apart, not even within the effective range of the Qing army's horse bows.
The Ming soldiers hiding in the trenches of the defense line held rifled guns, aimed at the charging Qing cavalry, and pulled the trigger.
Clouds of gunpowder smoke continued to rise from the Ming army's position. The Qing army cavalry who rushed in front had blood sprays bursting from their bodies, and then fell off their horses and died.
There were even war horses that were hit by lead bullets. After neighing, their momentum suddenly stopped and they fell to the ground.
Under the influence of inertia, the cavalrymen on horseback were instantly thrown away and fell onto the extremely hard ground that was frozen in winter.
The bones were broken, the tendons were broken, and the brain was burst.
Chentai held a telescope smuggled from the Ming Dynasty and looked at the scene on the battlefield with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"This...what the hell is going on?"
"How did the Ming thief's musket shoot so far? So accurately? It's nearly two hundred steps away now, right?"
Chentai's face was full of solemnity and confusion.
He was not the only one with the same expression, all the Qing generals around him had the same expression.
"Hiss... the Ming thief's firearms are really sharp!"
"Yeah, I really didn't expect that the Ming thieves are not only powerful with artillery, but they can also shoot far and accurately with muskets!"
"..."
The generals of the Qing army were all discussing the Ming army's firearms, with disbelief on their faces.
Finally, someone remembered the battle situation on the front line and spoke to Chentai.
"General, let the Eight Banners athletes on the front line stand down!"
"It's only right to let Luying go up and consume the Ming thieves!"
"After all, our Eight Banners has a limited number of people, so we can't afford such consumption!"
"..."
At this time, the frontline battlefield between the two sides could be described as a one-sided massacre.
The Ming army relied on the superior range of its own muskets and ultra-high accuracy to harvest the lives of the Qing cavalry from a distance.
Whether it is the Eight Banners cavalry wearing cotton armor or the green battalion cavalry wearing only one uniform, as long as they are hit by lead bullets, they will most likely die.
Even if a person is not hit by a lead bullet, falling off the back of a horse that is running at full speed can still kill someone.
At this moment, there were at least two to three hundred casualties!
If this number of casualties were placed on the Green Camp soldiers, I would probably not even blink an eye.
But if it were placed on the Eight Banners soldiers, it would be a different matter.
Chentai urgently ordered the troops to retreat, and the harsh sound of gold ringing echoed throughout the battlefield.
However, just as the Qing cavalry was about to move away, the field artillery deployed by the Ming army opened fire.
It's like beating up a drowned dog!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amidst the harsh roar, smoke filled the entire front.
Dozens of artillery pieces opened fire at once, and all they fired were shotgun shells.
A dense barrage formed a crossfire and was fired towards the battlefield.
Phew! Phew!
Countless shotguns flew, tearing into pieces the bodies of people and horses, and even beating people into sieves.
Whether it was cotton armor or uniforms, they were no different in front of the dense barrage of shotgun shells.
Blood spurted out, and the entire battlefield was filled with miserable corpses pretending to be dead.
There were broken bones everywhere, shredded internal organs trampled by war horses, and the smell of blood filled the sky.
The Qing cavalry suffered a round of shelling and then retreated helplessly.
When Chentai saw this scene, his face turned extremely dark!
This was just a tentative attack, and our Qing Dynasty lost three to four hundred cavalry.
There are even Eight Banners cavalry among them!
The casualties were really heavy. It would be no exaggeration to say that they suffered a head-on attack.
Listening to the faint cheers of Ming thieves coming from the direction of Dagukou.
Chentai's face became darker and darker.
"Send the order for the infantry to advance toward Dagukou!"
"The artillery accompanying the army is ready for artillery battles to provide fire support for our infantry to launch an attack on Dagukou."
"Let the Musketeers also be prepared to face the enemy. Our Qing Dynasty has spent so much money and food to support them. Now it is time for them to be loyal to our Qing Dynasty."
Now our Qing Dynasty also has specialized musketeers.
Yes, there is no doubt that it is an imitation of the formation of the Ming musketeers.
Even the tactics used by these Qing musketeers imitated the Ming Dynasty's line infantry, three-stage attack, and bayonet charge tactics.
Even in terms of weapons, they imitated the Ming Dynasty's flintlock guns!
However, due to the technical barriers of spring steel, the Qing government failed to break through.
Therefore, the Qing court could not mass-produce flintlock muskets to equip the army.
Now the only musket used by the Qing army musketeers who appeared in Dagukou is just a matchlock.
Also, the Qing government not only failed to mass-produce spring steel, but also failed to mass-produce sleeve bayonets.
The bayonets used by the Qing army today are still plug-in bayonets.
Of course, it's just spring steel and sleeve bayonets. It's not that we in the Qing Dynasty can't make them.
It can definitely be made, but there is no way to mass-produce it to equip the army.
Most of the musketeers of the Qing army were selected from the slaves of their respective banners. The loyalty of these people could be guaranteed, and they were all trained to be more obedient.
Just the most suitable musketeer soldier!
Following Chen Tai's order, the Qing infantry began to press upward.
Walking at the front were the Qing musketeers who formed an array and marched neatly.
They walked forward in an orderly manner with one meter of space between them.
From a distance, their array looks like a long black line.
These musketeers of the Qing army were wearing uniforms, with muskets on their shoulders, bayonets and bullet pouches on their waists, and they strode forward.
Behind them were various artillery pieces of different sizes, as well as shield vehicles.
The green battalion soldiers of the Qing army, armed with swords, spears, bows and arrows and other cold weapons, pushed their shield carts hard and strode forward.
Boom! Boom!
The large calibers of the Ming army opened fire again.