When Abatai and others came to the camp... they saw a Ming army striding forward under a big banner. Although this Ming army was almost all infantry, they had bright armor.
There was also a battle formation during the march, with about two thousand soldiers at the front and rear, firmly protecting hundreds of carts in the middle, and they marched in front of the Qing soldiers towards Dezhou City with their heads held high.
"These Nanbarbarians are really bullying others!"[]
Seeing this situation, Abatai and the generals behind him were trembling with anger.
These Mingcao knew that less than a mile away from them was the Qing army camp, where more than 10,000 elite Eight Banners soldiers were stationed, but they just walked over in a swaggering manner, treating tens of thousands of troops as if they were nothing.
I really don’t take the warriors of the Qing Dynasty seriously.
Abatai raised his hand that was shaking with anger, suppressed his anger and asked: "Everyone, who among you is going to destroy the arrogant Ming army in front of you? Ben Beile will definitely be rewarded!" "Sir, you are welcome.
Let me go, I must cut off the head of the Ming army general and give it to you first!" As soon as Abatai finished speaking, a Jia Lazhangjing jumped out to ask for a fight.
Abatai glanced at him slowly, but did not agree immediately. Instead, he asked: "Duo Siyan, are you sure that you can completely annihilate that Ming army?"
This Jia La Zhangjing said proudly: "Don't worry, sir, if I can't let this Ming army slip through the net, it will not be considered a success!"
Abatai looked at the Ming army approaching the gate of Dezhou city and nodded slowly: "Then you go ahead. If you can completely annihilate this Ming army, I will take the decision to capture Bici after returning to Shengjing."
I will give you an extra share of the people and wealth that come here."
"Slave, thank you Lord Beile for your kindness!" This Jia La Zhangjing was overjoyed. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Abatai, and immediately gathered his men and horses happily. After a while, he personally led more than 700 fine cavalry towards the direction.
The Ming army rushed over, but Jia Lazhangjing, who was eager to make meritorious deeds, did not see the gloating look in the eyes of Amul who was beaten to pieces behind him.
At this time, Yi Jiang and Ji Ruxing on the Dezhou City Wall were closely watching the reinforcements coming from the southeast. However, when they saw that this army was so arrogantly trying to enter the city from the south gate, they were both shocked.
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"Damn it, who is commanding this Ming army? Doesn't he know that Shoes is stationed at the south gate?" Seeing this scene, Yi Jiang's already dark complexion turned even darker.
"Who is the arrogant general who commands the army? He dares to enter the city through the south gate like this. Doesn't he know that the shoe will not let go of the meat that is brought to his mouth? This fool, I must join him in the future.
Ben!" Ji Ruxing on the side saw that the only supporting army in so many days was walking past the shoe camp with such a big bag, and he suddenly became angry, but he did not expect that if this Ming Dynasty
His army was annihilated by the Qing soldiers, so what else could he do to help others?
Sure enough, after a while, a group of cavalry rushed out from the Qing army's camp. They rushed towards the Ming army that was heading towards the south gate. At this time, Ji Ruxing's heart felt like it was falling.
At the bottom of the valley, it seems to the Texas magistrate that the reinforcements that have been waiting for so long are about to end! Although Ji Ruxing is a civil servant, he also knows what will happen if the infantry that has been marching encounter the cavalry that has been charging towards them.
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But the development of the situation was beyond the expectations of both parties! When the Qing soldiers just rushed out of the camp, Ye Bushou, who was originally patrolling next to this team, immediately raised the alarm. At this time, this Ming army was far away from the Qing soldiers and Dezhou.
The distances between the city gates were 900 steps and 600 steps respectively. If the Ming army rushed towards the Dezhou city gate at this time, it would definitely be too late. After all, everyone knows that racing with two tui and four tui is stupid.
When everyone had already concluded the fate of this Ming army, something that surprised everyone happened. The Ming army actually stopped and formed a square formation on the spot. The baggage soldiers immediately moved all the large troops.
The carts were lined up in two rows of semi-circular arc-shaped defense lines. Then a thousand cannon soldiers came behind the carts and lined up along the arc. The sword and shield soldiers ran next to them and protected their heads with shields.
, and the pikemen were at the end. This formation was completed in a short time. When the formation was completed, all the soldiers stood still on the spot. The gunmen were divided into five rows and started under the orders of the officers.
Loading gunpowder lead bullets, soon the five rows of bird commanders all shouted "Protect!" and then all the soldiers immediately stood firm.
"Hiss" Yi Jiang on the top of the city took a breath of cold air, "What are they going to do? Are they going to use these blazing guns to resist the cavalry with shoes? How is this possible?"
Just when both parties arrived and were surprised, Duo Siyan, who was leading seven hundred fine cavalry, didn't think so much. He was wearing cotton armor, holding a long-handled ax in his hand, and rushed in front of the team on a war horse.
Supervising the formation at the rear, beside him were dozens of elite white-armored soldiers guarding him, and two guards holding high blue flags following him.
These 700 elite cavalry are already the most elite force in Duo Siyan's armor. He is also very confident in this operation. The 700 most elite elite cavalry will definitely be able to defeat these thousands of people in the wilderness.
Any protective Ming infantry was torn into pieces. Although these Ming troops used carts to temporarily pull up two lines of defense, in Duo Siyan's view, these two lines of defense were purely paper and would not pose any threat to him.
The rumble of horse hoofs resounded below Dezhou City. Seven hundred knights in red armor with blue edges rushed towards Dezhou City in front, while thousands of infantry in red armor were not far away from Dezhou City.
They also clenched the weapons in their hands and looked coldly at the cavalry rushing in front. This was the second time they had experienced this scene today. After experiencing the war and fighting these days, the sergeants of the Lingshan Guards who followed Pang Gang came out.
They have all transformed into elite divisions who have experienced the flames of war.
The distance of nine hundred steps was not long for the cavalry who had already entered the sprint state. Soon they rushed into the distance of two hundred steps. Pang Gang looked at the galloping cavalry and sneered and said: "Order
They can start!"
The flag bearer next to him immediately raised his flag and waved it twice after hearing Pang Gang's words. Then Li Yuan, who was in the front row, immediately shouted loudly: "The first row of gun soldiers is ready!"
"Wow!"
The two hundred cannons in the front row were immediately picked up by the cannon soldiers, and the black muzzles of the guns were pointed forward.
Seeing that the cavalry had entered a hundred steps away, Li Yuan immediately shouted loudly: "Let go!"
"Bang bang bang. A burst of white smoke sounded. The two hundred cannon soldiers in the front row aimed at the cavalry galloping in front and pulled the trigger. After shooting, the cannon soldiers did not bother to check the results.
At the officer's order, they retreated to the back, and the second row immediately followed and started firing!
When the Ming army's cannon soldiers started firing, Duo Siyan, who was running behind the team, couldn't help laughing. In his opinion, these Ming soldiers were still as timid as ever. Those of the Ming army could only penetrate within thirty steps.
Shooting a gun from a Qing soldier's armor at a distance of a hundred paces would only be a waste of ammunition. It seems that what Amul just said about the sharpness of the Ming army's firearms was just an excuse for his failure.
In fact, not only Duo Siyan, but also Yi Jiang, who was watching the battle on the city wall, was so angry that he yelled, "Who is the commander of this Ming army? Doesn't he know that the lethality of a gunshot at a distance of a hundred steps is almost zero?"
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After seeing such a scene on the battlefield, some people laughed, some cursed, and some were disdainful, but only the Ming army in the car formation still fired at the oncoming cavalry in an orderly manner under the command of Pang Gang.
But soon, Yi Jiang, who was standing on the city wall watching the battle, and Duo Siyan, who was urging the Qing army to charge, began to look surprised, because they had seen the knights running at the forefront falling off their horses one by one amidst the gunfire.
"What on earth is going on? How come the Ming army's firearms can hit so far?" Duo Siyan waited in disbelief and looked at what was happening in front of him with a pair of bull's eyes.
"Hmph, do these shoes think that these seven hundred cavalry can defeat me?" Pang Gang, standing in the center of the formation, looked at the Qing soldiers who kept falling off their horses and sneered secretly in his heart: "Although Rumirui is within fifty or sixty meters,
They can defeat the Qing soldiers wearing double armor, but it is absolutely not a problem to kill the light cavalry wearing only light armor at a distance of a hundred steps, not to mention that their horses are not armored like humans.
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Amidst the gunfire like fried beans, the charging Qing soldiers fell off their horses like dumplings. This scene left everyone stunned.
"Where did this friendly force come from? How could their firearms be so sharp?" Yi Jiang murmured, his hands shaking tightly as he grasped the wall tiles on the crenel.
The sound of gunfire continued. When the seven hundred cavalry rushed to 30 meters away from Pang Gang's troops, they had already fallen more than two hundred cavalry on the road. However, these cavalry were still brave and not afraid of death. It seemed that
After seeing the range of the bows and arrows, they sat up again from their horses, bent their bows and shot arrows towards the Ming army's position ahead.
“Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk
A dense rain of arrows fell on the shields of the Ming army, which had been waiting for a long time.
"Bang bang solution
The sound of cannons sounded again. This time, because the distance was very close, the cannon soldiers could hit the huge target in front of them with almost no need to aim. Amidst the bursts of roars, the fallen cavalry became more and more numerous.
many.
After firing this round of cannons, Pang Gang ordered the fire cannon soldiers to immediately retreat to both sides and continue firing. The spearmen and sword and shield soldiers came to meet them, and a hand-to-hand battle was about to begin!!.