As the remaining Qing troops retreated, Pang Gang ordered the musketry soldiers who had retreated behind the pikemen to follow. Thanks to the invention of the flintlock and fixed gunpowder, the musketry soldiers were finally able to throw away their heavy weapons.
The simplification of the fire rope and cumbersome firing procedures also greatly increased the flexibility of the bird gun soldiers, so that when Pang Gang's order was given, the bird gun soldiers could quickly run behind the thorn chariot and drive forward.
gun.
"Bang bang bang..."
As the gunshots like fried beans continued to sound, the Qing soldiers who fled backward fell forward one by one. They received the most shameful way of death for a soldier from ancient times to the present, that is, being shot from behind by the enemy.
die.
"Shame, this is the shame of our Qing Dynasty!"
Saharian, who was watching the battle from behind, turned blue with anger. When would the invincible warriors of the Qing Dynasty expose their backs on the battlefield and let the enemies beat them to death one by one? This kind of thing was unimaginable in the past.
Yes, but today it actually happened in front of his eyes.
Saharian's body was also trembling, but this was not anger, but fear. He knew very well that with the annihilation of Niulu's army, his life had entered a countdown, and Lord Amul, who was watching the battle behind him, would not
Let him, the defeated general, go.
He looked around at the more than 200 cavalrymen behind him and the dozen Baiba Ya soldiers behind him. These people were all cavalrymen brought out by him. Now that his destiny has come to an end, let these two
More than a hundred loyal subordinates will be buried together for you.
Saharian slowly drew out his scimitar and raised it high. The cavalry behind him also followed their Niulu's movements and drew out their weapons, preparing to follow their Niulu to die gloriously.
A slightly sad voice sounded in the cavalry team, "Warriors of the Qing Dynasty, let me, your Niulu Saha company, take you to the glorious place today..."
"Asshole!" Before Saharian could finish his words, a gloomy voice sounded beside Saharian, and then a riding crop was whipped on Saharian's body without thinking.
"You stupid pig, it doesn't matter that you lost one of our Niu Lu troops, now you want to take these remaining warriors to die? How many warriors in our Qing Dynasty can afford your squandering!"
Amul scolded Saharian and whipped Saharian hard. Saharian did not dare to resist, but jumped off the horse and knelt on the ground crying bitterly. Amul's strength was so strong that after dozens of whippings, Saharian died.
The riding crop made of cowhide was broken by him.
It wasn't until Amul panted heavily on horseback that he threw the two-part riding whip to the ground. Saharian sobbed and cried: "Sir, it's not that the slaves don't try their best, but that the Ming army's firearms are too powerful.
, their firearms can shoot through the armor of warriors from thirty to fifty paces away. We... so many of our brave warriors were shot and killed by them without even seeing their faces.
Oh! I don’t ask you to spare my life. I just want to die in front of the battle like the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, so that I can rest in peace."
Seeing the rough-looking Saharian crying like a child, Amul couldn't help but feel soft in his heart despite his gloomy and violent temper. However, when he thought that this fool had just wanted to lead more than two hundred warriors to die.
An unknown fire arose in his heart: "You idiot, if you want to die, I won't stop you, but you should never let hundreds of warriors accompany you to die. Just because of this
I won't be able to spare you, so you should end it yourself because you have followed me for so many years."
Saharian raised his head and looked at Amul's gloomy face. He knew that his love was irreversible. He cried and said: "Sir, I don't dare to ask you for anything when I am dying. I only ask that you can take care of me after I leave."
I am a small family, so I am thinking of your great kindness even when I am underground."
Amul said with a gloomy face: "Don't worry, I will take care of your family after you leave, so you can go without worry!"
"Thank you, sir!"
Saharian knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Amul three times until his forehead bled. Then he got on his horse, raised his whip and let out a loud shout.
"drive!"
Saharian rushed towards the Ming army's vehicle formation alone. Everyone, including Amul, couldn't bear to look at Saharian's lonely and miserable figure. After a while, there was another burst of speculation not far away.
There was a sound like beans, then there was a heavy sound of falling horse, and then there was no sound.
Amul stared straight at the car formation formed by the Ming army not far away, and secretly gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart. He originally thought that with his warriors of more than 1,500 people, he could devour this Ming army of only more than 3,000 people. Ming
He was very clear about the combat power of the Ming army. Although he only had five soldiers and more than 1,500 people, he was confident that he could fight head-on with the Ming army of 7,000 or 8,000 people without falling behind. But he miscalculated this time.
He never expected that he, who hunted geese all day long, would be blinded by a wild goose one day. In just one short attack, the Qing warriors who were so impressive were all gone. This made him how to attack the siege after he returned.
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"No, we can't just go back like this. Amul gritted his teeth and stared at the Ming army's vehicle formation in front. The circular defensive formation looked to him like a monster with its bloody mouth open. Now
He is laughing at this Manchu Batulu."
Amul, who had been holding back for a long time, finally came up with a way, "The Ming army on the opposite side is powerful with firearms, so I don't need infantry to attack, I will use encirclement and cavalry to deal with you!"
Encircling camps and riding and shooting is a great skill of the Manchus. This skill was also learned by the Manchus when they hunted wild boars in the white mountains and black waters. This method is very simple, that is, using the cavalry to circle the target with superb riding skills.
, and then use superb archery skills to shoot arrowheads at the enemy while moving at high speed, so that the enemy can only stare when they see themselves. This tactic is called encirclement and mounted shooting by the Manchus.
In fact, the tactic of encircling the camp and riding and shooting is not unusual. As early as three hundred years ago, the Mongols relied on this tactic to dominate the world for nearly a hundred years. However, the Mongols called this tactic "Mangu".
"Evil", the Romans called this method of warfare "Parthian Archery", that is, the mounted archer escaped while shooting arrows at the enemies behind or around him. This was also the magic weapon used by the Mongols three hundred years ago to dominate the world.
But now it has been dug out from the corners by the Manchus and regarded as a treasure. However, the Ming army that the Manchus have always encountered are weak and weak persimmons, but they have achieved many achievements that they consider to be brilliant.
Amul gave an order, and more than 600 cavalrymen of the remaining 1,100 Qing soldiers immediately mounted their horses. Under the leadership of three Niu Lu, they galloped towards the car formation in front, with the rumble of horse hooves.
The ground began to tremble, and they rushed towards the car array in front of them.
Pang Gang, who was standing in the center of the circular formation, watched coldly as a large number of cavalry rushed toward his own position. He was a little puzzled as to why these Tatars did not repent after suffering such heavy losses, and actually wanted to use cavalry to attack the chariots protected by thorns.
Where's the military formation?
After a while, these cavalrymen stopped rushing forward when they were about 300 steps away from the car formation, and began to scatter and run. After seeing this scene, Pang Gang snorted softly, "It turns out that I wanted to
Use those Mongolian tactics to deal with my car formation. Don't they know that such tactics are of little use against an already prepared army?"
Although he said so, Pang Gang did not dare to neglect. He gave a few more instructions to the drummer beside him. After receiving the order, the drummer immediately used all his strength to beat the big drum installed on the car.
"Dong dong dong dong..."
The heavy drum beat seemed to shake everyone's heart. After hearing the drum beat, all the Ming troops who were on guard took action. Under the orders of their respective officers, four thousand sergeants spread out in an orderly manner. One thousand soldiers
The musketry soldiers quickly came to the rear of the Thorn Chariot and formed a circle evenly, while the sword and shield bearers who were originally protecting the wings quickly came to the musketry soldiers and raised their shields to protect the musketry soldiers' heads.
The spearmen also circled around the car formation and squatted behind the sword and shield soldiers to seek maximum protection.
When the drum beat sounded for the third time, everyone stood according to their own positions. The cannon soldiers, spearmen, and sword and shield bearers all took their respective positions! A thousand sword and shield bearers suddenly shouted in unison: "Shoot, shoot.
", shoot!" The sound was deafening. They shouted three times in a row and then stood still. The sword and shield soldiers behind them set up their shields and shouted: "Protect, protect, protect" and then stood resolutely.
The pikemen also squatted down behind the sword and shield soldiers, and then immediately sang "Tu, Tu, Tu" three times in unison, and also stood still.
Soon, the heavy baggage soldiers in the innermost row also raised their heavy shields to protect everyone. Then all the Ming army formed their formation and they all sang "Fight, stand, fight!"
After the entire vehicle formation changed its formation, all the sergeants shouted "Kill, kill, kill" three times. Another horn sounded from the Central Military Headquarters where Pang Gang was located, and the entire vehicle formation immediately fell into silence.
All the sergeants stood ready and did not make a sound.
When the Qing army's cavalry rushed to a distance of sixty steps, where they could use the momentum of their horses to throw arrowheads close to the chariot formation, Pang Gang had already commanded the sergeants to set up an iron barrel formation, with two layers of thorn chariots and chariots in front.
Under the protection of countless round shields and even heavy shields, the entire Ming army was protected as tightly as a turtle shell.
At this time, these cavalrymen had already fired the first wave of arrows. With the help of their horse power, they shot diagonally toward the sky sixty steps away. The heavy arrowheads drew arcs in the sky.
Flying towards the Ming army's vehicle formation......