Just as more than 3,000 Qing cavalry were charging towards the Qingzhou Army with long bows and various weapons, screaming, a series of whistling sounds passed through the air, and round cannonballs fired from the Ming Army camp.
Flying in the same direction, they passed over the heads of the Qingzhou Army and flew in the direction of the Qing Army.
Immediately afterwards, a series of explosions sounded among the Qing cavalry who were charging towards the Qingzhou Army. The huge roar frightened the Qing Army's horses and caused them to run around. A strong shock wave wreaked havoc in all directions accompanied by flying shrapnel.
Driven by huge kinetic energy, the sharp shrapnel quickly penetrated into the Qing army's body wrapped in thick armor. In the sound of explosions, many war horses fell to the ground screaming, followed by the Qing soldiers.
They rolled around and fell to the ground.
For a time, the screams of the Qing soldiers along with the wails of the war horses became the main theme on the battlefield.
"artillery!"
Seeing countless warriors and war horses of the Qing Dynasty fall in the red flames, Duduo's heart felt as if it was being twisted by a knife. These were not the artillery fires of the Meng Eight Banners or the Han Eight Banners, but the ones with white flags.
Elites, Duduo doesn't want to see any of them killed or injured.
This round of artillery bombardment shocked everyone on both sides. The terms artillery support and artillery cover did not occur in this era. The proverb "artillery is the god of war" has not been mentioned yet. People's understanding of artillery
It is limited to superficial applications such as using it to break solid city walls or using its huge explosions to deter the enemy's military morale.
But Pang Gang doesn't know that. Coming from the era of the information explosion, he clearly remembers that the so-called artillery is a barrel-fired weapon that uses energy such as gunpowder, gas pressure, etc. to project projectiles with a caliber equal to or greater than 20 mm. It is a type of area-killing weapon.
Weapon, it can be said that its appearance changed the way of war.
It can not only destroy the enemy's strong fortresses and forts, but also cover the infantry. Yes, it is the covering infantry.
When Pang Gang decided to take the initiative to rescue those people, he considered the possibility of being suddenly attacked by the Qing army. He knew very well that since the Qing army had adopted a posture of expelling the people as cannon fodder, naturally
It is impossible to allow the Ming army to come out and rob the people. They will definitely come out to cause trouble.
How to rescue the people and return to the camp safely, Pang Gang also thought of several ways, but none of them were suitable. In the end, he decided to use artillery support, a method that had never been tried before.
The term "artillery support" is familiar to modern people, but for the soldiers during the Chongzhen period, let alone heard of it. They didn't even dare to think about it. The use of artillery by soldiers at this time was still relatively primitive.
For example, the Ming army stipulated that when firing, the artillery must be positioned at the front of the army, for fear that the artillery would hurt one's own people. This rule was not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also in the Qing Dynasty.
, no one has ever thought of placing artillery behind the infantry and using artillery to provide artillery support to the infantry.
But Pang Gang dared. In his opinion, it was natural for artillery to provide artillery support to infantry, and there was no doubt about it. Therefore, Pang Gang gave an order to the artillery battalion guerrilla Dong Guo before setting off. If they
When the Qing soldiers were pursuing them and could not escape, they would use artillery fire to support them.
Dong Guo's artillery battalion guerrillas were also swayed by Pang Gang's bold idea. However, this guy was also audacious. Although it had never used artillery to provide artillery support to infantry, this was completely feasible in theory.
, so that’s when the scene just happened.
Under the bombardment of thirty-six Napoleon twelve-pound guns deployed in the north, the Qing cavalry following the Qinghua army suffered a sudden blow. Under this overwhelming blow, the Qing cavalry offensive was
The war horses that had never heard the sound of cannons were frightened by the huge roar and fled in all directions. From time to time, war horses or knights were hit by flying shrapnel and fell to the ground.
Looking at the cannonballs flying over his head, Pang Gang's palms were covered in cold sweat. If one of the cannonballs fell next to him, it would be great fun. But fortunately, this guy Dong Guo still cheered him up, and there was no
There was a loophole, and the artillery shells still passed over their heads and landed in the Qing army's camp one after another.
Seeing that the Qing army in front was in chaos, Pang Gang naturally would not miss this good opportunity. He put the sharp whistle hanging around his neck into his mouth and blew hard.
"Beep beep beep..."
Three sharp whistles sounded immediately. For the Qingzhou Army, this was an order to fire. The whistle was so sharp that even violent explosions could not cover up its sound.
"First row, fire!"
"Bang bang bang..."
The riflemen who had already raised their guns and were on standby immediately pulled the triggers in their hands, and bursts of dull gunfire rang out again along with the white mist.
The Qing cavalry who had already rushed more than 200 steps away from them were first greeted by a barrage of artillery fire and were blown to pieces. Then, another burst of projectiles flew past like raindrops, turning them into a mess.
The Qing troops fell off their horses one after another like dumplings.
"Second row, fire!"
"Bang bang bang..."
As the riflemen opened fire in an orderly manner, the Qing army's losses increased. After three or four rounds of shelling and two or three rounds of volleys, the originally dense Qing cavalry became sparse, as if they were being attacked.
It's as sparse as a comb.
"Stop shooting!"
"Stop shooting!"
The infantry camp could not stop hearing shouts from the officers.
A strong wind blew by, blowing the smell of blood with gunpowder smoke into people's noses, and also blew away the white gunpowder smoke floating in front of the formation.
The corpses of war horses and Qing soldiers lying dead on the ground appeared in front of everyone's eyes. The dead corpses on the ground and the wounded soldiers rolling and groaning on the ground stimulated everyone's attention.
Seeing this scene, Duduo, who was watching the battle from behind, was so heartbroken that he almost fainted. These cavalrymen were all elite men with white flags. How could they kill most of them in just a short time?
"Quick, order them all to withdraw!" Duduo couldn't care less about taking credit anymore, grabbed the collar of the messenger next to him, and shouted hysterically.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The Qing army's horn sounded again, but this time it was an order to retreat.
"Quick, everyone get back."
After hearing the clarion call for the retreat of the Qing army, Pang Gang also quickly ordered the infantry to withdraw to the camp. There were 70,000 to 80,000 Qing troops around him. If he continued to stay here, who knows if the commander of the Qing army would
He suddenly went crazy and ordered everyone to charge. In that case, even with their three heads and six arms, they would not be able to withstand it.
Looking at the retreating Ming army in the distance, Dorgon gritted his teeth. The battle just now was too useless. In the blink of an eye, half of the three thousand elite men with white flags were gone.
, such a blow is not unbearable for the two brothers.
Dorgon didn't need to look to know that Yue Tuo and his son Luo Luohun beside him must be secretly laughing at him.
He shouted with a stern face, "Come here, pass on my king's general order and escort a group of Han people over. I don't believe it. Those Ming troops can come out to rob people again!"
"Scum!"
The generals behind him immediately took the order and left, and soon a group of civilians were pressed in front of the battle.
At this time, Pang Gang had led the infantry back to the Ming army's camp and was warmly welcomed by Lu Xiangsheng and the generals.
Lu Xiangsheng said happily: "Chaodong, you fought well! You wiped out more than a thousand Tatars in one go, which greatly weakened the Tatars' spirit."
Pang Gang ignored the pleasantries and asked quickly: "Sir, how many people did we rescue just now?"
"There are about a thousand people, what's wrong?" Lu Xiangsheng asked in confusion.
Pang Gang said hurriedly: "Sir, in order to prevent spies from getting into it, we have to gather them together and put someone under supervision."
"Well, what Chaodong said is that it should indeed be the case." Lu Xiangsheng frowned and thought for a while before agreeing with Pang Gang's opinion.
At this time, Heitie also came up and reported to Pang Gang happily: "Sir, just now I have captured more than a hundred Tatars at a lower level. Although more than ten are dead, there are still nearly a hundred alive!"
Seeing Heitie asking for credit, Pang Gang smiled and said, "Okay, your contribution is indispensable."
Heitie opened his mouth and was about to say something when another noise came from the front, and Da Zhuang hurriedly ran over and said, "Sir, the Tatars are escorting our people over again."
"What!"
Lu Xiangsheng, Pang Gang and others were startled. They hurried to the camp and raised their telescopes to take a look. The Qing army escorted Han people to the Ming army again, and this time the number was larger than last time.
Quite a few, six to seven thousand people.
"The Tatars are so shameless!"
Seeing this scene, everyone in the Ming army was so angry that they almost exploded. These Tatars were so despicable that they challenged the bottom line of the Ming army again and again.
"Okay...okay!" Pang Gang's nails dug tightly into the palms of his hands. He couldn't describe the hatred for the Tatars in his heart, so he yelled.
"Guchen!"
"arrive!"
An officer with a tough look and uniform at night quickly stood in front of him.
There was an evil spirit in Pang Gang's eyes: "Aren't you the best at dealing with the Tatars at night? Today you will open the eyes of the Tatars on the opposite side!"
"Humiliation for humble duty!"
Gu Chen responded bitterly, and immediately led a dozen Ye Busuo to pick out more than ten people from the nearly a hundred captured Qing troops. Dozens of Ye Busuo quickly stripped these Qing troops naked.
, and then Gu Chen had another dozen wooden boards brought, and after cutting off all the hand tendons and hamstrings of these Qing soldiers, he took out his dagger and walked towards the dozen Tatars with a grin on his face. He moved the dagger in his hand very skillfully.
Got up.
In an instant, waves of deafening screams resounded through the sky...