After the rebel cavalry was defeated again and retreated, there was no more resistance from the rebels in front of them. The four hundred gunmen quickly advanced for more than a mile under the leadership of the three battalion officers, Jiang, Li, and Shao. The front was facing the enemy.
The rebel infantry were scattered by the wolf cavalry and divided into seven or eight groups. The largest group had more than a thousand people, and the rest mostly had two or three hundred people in one group. Two groups only had dozens of people. They were in fear.
Watching the wolf cavalry troops charging left and right.
Surprisingly, although these mobs suffered heavy casualties under the heavy armor of the Wolf Riders, they did not flee back as before. Instead, while trying their best to avoid the Wolf Riders, they began to stabilize their array and launch a small-scale counterattack.
There were people everywhere in sight. It was unknown how many more troops the rebels had sent up. Without the general's order to retreat, the Jinzhou Army had to fight to the end.
"Charge!"
"preparation!"[
"put!"
While approaching a group of rebels, the Jinzhou Army fired the firecrackers in their hands. The dense firecrackers caused great damage to the rebels without armor protection, and also raised a black smoke screen over the battlefield, making the already
Because of the strong wind, it was difficult for both parties to open their eyes and could not clearly see the situation on the other side.
However, this situation is obviously more beneficial to the Jinzhou Army, because they are the attacker and have heavy cavalry to rush into the formation. The opponent is now in chaos and cannot form a large-scale counterattack. As long as this chaos continues, they will persist until the end of the day.
Black, the rebels have to withdraw their troops.
Most of the horse power of the wolf cavalry has been consumed, but the momentum of the charge has not weakened at all. The wolf cavalry do not need to see clearly the situation of the rebels on the opposite side, nor do they need to swing their sabers to kill them. They just need to charge forward on horseback, anyway.
There are dense rebel infantry on the opposite side, and they are a large area in one charge.
Every time they rush through the rebel team, the wolf cavalry must immediately charge the three-eyed guns in their hands. Before the opponent is able to counterattack, any damage will be enough to completely collapse their resistance psychology.
Shi Dayong, who was on horseback, could see at a glance that one mile behind these chaotic rebel infantry, thousands of rebels armed with muskets were waiting closely. From the opponent's formation, it can be judged that these are the rebels.
The main force lies!
In the eyes, many rebels were frightened by the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in front of them. They lost the will to resist and ran howling towards the rear. However, before they could get close, they were killed by the main force of the rebels in formation.
There is only one reason to explain why he stood still despite having an overwhelming military advantage and allowed his opponent to massacre his own troops. That is, the rebel general wanted to use these troops to drag down the Jinzhou Army to death, and then act like a cat playing with a mouse.
The same goes for slowly killing the Jinzhou Army.
Knowing that if the fight continues like this, the Jinzhou Army will become a rat trying to escape, but Shi Dayong still wants to go down this road. He has too many choices. He knows that as long as he retreats now, the rebels will swarm.
They surge forward without giving themselves a chance to breathe, let alone safely withdraw from the battlefield.
The only solution for now is to fight to the end and wait for the night to come! Shi Dayong has never thought of rushing directly to the main force of the rebels and defeating the enemy in one fell swoop. However, the distance is too far and he is restrained by these defeated troops who turned back. The Wolf Cavalry
The army could no longer conduct such a long-distance attack.
Looking up, the sun is still hanging slanting in the sky, and darkness is still so far away.
Shi Dayong was anxious, and the rebels were also anxious. Seeing too many casualties, they could not stop the rampaging heavy cavalry of the Ming army. Two of Li Zhongfu's trusted officers came to Li Zhongfu in a panic, and one of them cried: "General, this is
The battle cannot be fought. The Ming army's cavalry is too powerful and our brothers can't stop it at all. If we continue like this, without Geng Zhongyi taking action, we will die at the hands of the ruthless Ming army!"
"Where did this Ming army come from? It is impossible for the Ming army in Jingying and Beizhili to have such capable cavalry!" Another officer was also frightened. He had just walked away from the gate of hell.
Circle, if not for quick hands and feet, this would have been a puddle of mud on the ground.
"The Ming army's blunderbuss is also fierce. My brothers can't guard against their cavalry, but they can't guard against their blunderbuss. General, you have to think of a way quickly. If this continues, I'm afraid there will be a mutiny!"
Li Zhongfu was also anxious. He knew that if his subordinates did not complain, he would not be able to continue like this. Every time the opponent's heavy cavalry charged, he would lose dozens or even hundreds of men and horses. If they were allowed to continue charging like this, these three thousand men and horses would be lost.
I'm afraid I really have to leave it all here.
Turning around and looking behind him, Geng Zhongyi's three thousand Liao soldiers were motionless, with no sign of reinforcements.
Oh shit!
Li Zhongfu cursed and ordered to an officer with pigtails on the back of his head: "Sanjinbao, I haven't treated you badly on weekdays, but today I'm in trouble, tell me what to do!"
The officer called Sanjinbao was not a Han, but a Jurchen. They used to be the personal soldiers of brothers Liu Xingzhi and Liu Xingzuo. After the defeat of the Liu brothers, these Jurchen soldiers were divided among the Dongjiang generals because they could fight.
Kong Youde also assigned more than 300 people at that time. Because these Jurchen soldiers were good at archery, Kong Youde organized them into an archery camp for suppression in battle.
When Kong Youde led his troops to Liaodong, these three hundred Jurchen archers stayed in Dengzhou. After the city of Dengzhou was destroyed, Li Zhongfu took them over and took them with him, and incorporated them into his own army.
After listening to Li Zhongfu's words, San Jinbao nodded slightly and said nothing. He didn't bother to gather the tribesmen who had just been scattered by the rout. He took more than a hundred tribesmen around him and squeezed forward from the crowd, and then
Quickly draw your bow and nock an arrow.
Their target was not the Ming cavalry, but the infantry firing guns.
The bows and arrows in the hands of these Jurchen archers were various, including short bows used by hunters in Liaodong, standard cowhide long bows captured from the Ming army, and even bows that looked like crossbows.
"Shoot those bright barbarians!"
After hearing the leader's order to shoot arrows, these Jurchen archers immediately took out arrows from the arrow pots behind their backs and shot towards the Ming army on the opposite side.
If you are still a certain distance away, you cannot aim directly at the opponent. You can only shoot towards the opponent's head in a flurry, using the force of the projectile to make the arrows fall towards the opponent from above.
Because the projectiles require sufficient density and quantity to cause effective damage, the Jurchen archers lined up in several rows, with dozens of people in each row. After shooting, they bent their bows again, but it was obvious that the speed of this archery mode was different from the
The efficiency was not very high. They only fired the second round after Ming's ordnance command fired twice.
Because of the distance, 90% of the arrows fell on the open space in front of the Ming army. Only some arrows shot with the Ming army's standard longbow fell on top of the Ming army, but only a few of them hit.
A few branches were also lightly inserted into the arms or shoulders of the Ming army sergeants, and they could be easily pulled out.
However, one soldier seemed to be unlucky. The fallen arrow hit his butt, where a piece of soft flesh penetrated a few centimeters at once. He screamed in pain. The companion behind him hurriedly chopped off the arrow with a knife.
body, leaving the arrowhead in his butt, which he would dig out after the battle. "Put it away!"
Jiang Wanli, who was directing the soldiers to shoot guns, saw some pigtailed archers suddenly appearing on the opposite side. He was surprised at first, thinking that the rebels and the Jiannu were colluding together, but he saw that these pigtailed soldiers were all wearing rebel uniforms.
clothes, and many of them were still shouting in Chinese. I couldn't help but look at them with disdain. I knew that these Jurchens must be mature Jurchens from Liaodong who threw themselves into the Dongjiang River. There was nothing to be afraid of. So I ignored them.
He knew that these Jurchen archers could not cause too many casualties to his side, and at most they would only cause some minor trouble.
The top priority now is to effectively kill the rebels who are fighting with the wolf cavalry. Only by beating them up can the victory of this battle be guaranteed. As for these archers, let them shoot, and they will shoot anyway.
Not many died.
The Jinzhou Army's method of shooting muskets is the staged shooting passed down from the time of Emperor Chengzu. Instead of firing one team at a time, the team in the first row passes the shot to the second team, and the second team fires the guns in their hands.
After loading the gunpowder and lead, he handed the firecrackers to them, and they followed them one by one.
This firing mode is essentially the same as the three-stage shooting method that was popular in later generations, but the method is different. Only after the soldiers in the first row are heavily killed by the enemy's arrows, the second row, third row and the reserve team behind them
It will be added.
With the second and third round of shooting by the Ming army, dense pellets roared out, and the casualties of the rebels increased rapidly.
At this time, the Jurchen archers had only fired the second round, but the effect was even worse than before. Li Zhongfu, who was watching the battle from a distance, was so angry that he picked up his riding crop and whipped the nearest soldier.
If he dared to get angry, he could only cover his face in grievance and subconsciously move a few steps to the side to avoid being beaten again by the furious Li Zhongfu.
In the fourth and fifth rounds, the Ming army's shooting did not change due to the harassment of the Jurchen archers. As long as they hit the pills in the front, they could almost kill people. Even if they couldn't kill them, they could frighten the rebels and scatter them.
And run.
Although the rebels also had firecrackers, their familiarity with the use of firecrackers was far less than that of the Jinzhou Army. Coupled with the chaos, the soldiers did not know the generals, and the generals did not know the soldiers. They could not form an organized confrontation, so they could only be beaten passively.
Seeing the enemies constantly falling to the ground, the officers and soldiers of the infantry camp felt a sense of accomplishment. They did not have to worry at all about the rebel army coming suddenly. Because whenever the rebel army gathered, the general would lead the wolf cavalry to the right position.
They dispersed again.
It can be said that with sufficient gunpowder and lead, the Ming army is now in an invincible position.
The Jurchen archers are still working hard at long-range shooting, and their projectiles still look scary. One or two hundred arrows are fired at a time. The effect is also shocking, but only ten of them actually hit the ranks of the Ming army.
Just one or two hits.[
The 400-foot campfire gunners were arranged in five or six rows in a linear pattern, spreading out over a large area. However, the Jurchen archers could not even touch their skin, which could not but be said to be a failure. This situation was the same as their cavalry.
No matter how fierce the army looks like without formal training, it is just a paper tiger. After the initial arrogance is suppressed, it can only kill with a human instinct, but there is no strategy at all.
Li Zhongfu saw the performance of Sanjinbao and the others and was extremely disappointed, but he did not let anyone tell them to give up such a meaningful move. Maybe it was because he was extremely angry now, or maybe he thought that this kind of harassing battle was detrimental to the overall situation.
help.
What he is most concerned about now is the hundreds of heavy armored cavalry of the Ming Army. As long as they are completely defeated, the hundreds of gunmen will not be a problem.
Most of the arrows fired by the Jurchen archers were slowed down and blocked by helmets and breastplates. There were less than ten casualties in one round, and most of them were not fatal. For the Jinzhou Army, this was too acceptable.
After taking turns to fight one by one, the emotions of the Ming army soldiers who were still a little nervous were relieved. The captive soldiers who were forced to be pulled up by the Changping soldiers saw that their side had the upper hand. Although the rebels were more numerous, they rushed forward.
He couldn't come up, so he slowly settled down, and the fire system in his hand fired more smoothly.