The thunderous sound of firecrackers sounded like fried beans, and the battlefield fog brought by black gunpowder froze the hearts of everyone on both sides of the war.【】
Quiet, suffocatingly quiet.
Wait and see, wait and see eagerly.
The smell of gunpowder in the air is both pleasant and pungent.
Unlike the Qing army, Guan Ning's army was already familiar with the use of firearms. The soldiers who had hundreds or even thousands of guns firing did not show the confusion and anxiety that the Qing army did.
As if the work was done well, after the second brigade started, the third brigade, under the orders of Baihu, raised their guns as if with their eyes closed.
Ready, fire.
The moment the trigger is triggered, no one knows whether their gun can hit the enemy, but everyone knows one thing, that is, the Qing army on the opposite side will definitely suffer heavy losses. This is a kind of confidence, which comes from the confidence of the opponent's weapons.
This kind of confidence is built on the premise of several battles.
Habits become natural. When a soldier is used to firing and seeing countless corpses falling on the opposite side, he is already a qualified soldier. Although greed and bloodthirsty wildness surged in their bodies, and they had feelings of hatred and hatred.
The thinness of life and the desire for rich women, but it is undeniable that this army composed of many bandits is a formidable force on the battlefield.
Once a jackal or a wild beast has wings, it becomes a giant dragon flying in the sky. When the giant dragon spurts out its passionate flames towards its prey, there will be reborn spirits in the world that can resist it.
The rapid fire of flintlock can fire three rounds in one minute. A regiment of 1,800 soldiers can fire 5,400 rounds in one minute. Under the attack of such dense ammunition, how can those who are charging
How many survivors will be able to see the Qing army again?
The answer is certain, but no one can tell. At least until the fog clears, the losses of the Qing army are still unknown. God knows what happened behind the fog. Perhaps, all this will not be known until the fog clears.
But one thing, the soldiers of Guan Ning Army were sure of, that is, the sound of horse hooves that had just made the earth tremble seemed to suddenly disappear, and the feeling of depression that seemed to make the heart jump out disappeared instantly.
The battlefield seemed to be frozen, with the generals looking attentively and the soldiers breathing calmly.
The front of Guan Ning's defense line was equipped with a regiment of fusiliers and a regiment of matchlocks. The fast flintlocks were in front and the slow matchlocks were behind. The two regiments had 3,600 people divided into several layers based on the fortifications.
, going far away, like a wave, rows of heads falling suddenly and suddenly.
The wind hits the waves, the waves hit the waves, the front wave is followed by the back wave, and the back wave is followed by the front wave. The continuous sound of gunfire never stops, and it did not stop until the thousands of households felt that half of the Qing army on the opposite side should be killed.
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On the south and north sides of the defense line, there are two arquebus regiments respectively deployed. The two brigades of arquebusiers of the vanguard division are used as mobile musket units. They are now waiting on the third layer of defense, ready to go at any time.
Replace the Guards Division in action.
The main offensive and defensive line of the Qing army was to the south of Guan Ning's army. On this side, Prince Kang Jie led 6,000 cavalry in a breakthrough, followed by 30,000 Qing infantry. They only waited for the cavalry to break through before charging in. On the other two
The defense line was composed of 14,000 soldiers from Shengjing and 10,000 soldiers from Haonu. According to Kangxi's arrangements before the war, the Qing troops in these two directions were not the main attackers, so their attack speed was obviously slower.
A beat, and lack of cavalry, only made a slow advance there.
A moderate rain two days ago made the weather not sunny these two days, and the air felt damp. Although the ground was not very bad, it was just a little muddy when people walked on it, but the cavalry was still walking on it.
It was mud rolling. Fortunately, this bad situation did not affect the cavalry's combat. Therefore, after Kangxi decided to annihilate the main force of Guan Ning in Qingyuan first, he decisively ordered a fatal blow regardless of the weather factors, so as to return to the army and enter the pass as soon as possible.
Relieve the crisis in the capital.
The weather has not cooled down yet, there is only the coolness of the autumn wind, but in the hearts of the soldiers on both sides of the war, there is no coolness at all. Their hearts are hot. At least, before the fight, the soldiers on both sides of the enemy did not feel cool, but there was a sense of coolness.
This raging fire was burning, burning my heart so hot that the back of my clothes behind me was soaked with sweat.
The southern front suddenly fell silent, but the east and west defense lines were in full swing, with shouts of killing and angry curses. Shengjing General An Zhuhu and General Laita were commanding their respective troops to rush towards the Guan Ning Army's defense line like a tide.
The horizontal distance of the battlefield was more than five miles. All the Qing troops on the east and west fronts knew nothing about the main attack direction on the southern front. They only knew to follow the emperor's order to launch a desperate attack on the rebels.
There was only about 80 steps away from the Guan Ning army in front of them. Some impatient Qing soldiers shot their arrows. Unfortunately, the arrows shot were crooked and could not lead to the "thief soldiers" on the opposite side.
There is nothing to kill, just to let the opponent avoid it a little bit. The more than 10,000 Qing soldiers under Laita are all composed of powerful slaves from the palace of the Duke of Jing. Their quality is uneven. Only a few of them have battle experience, and most of them have experience in battle.
But it was just a temporary battle, the first formation. But according to the tradition of the Eight Banners, as long as there is an elite group that dares to fight and can take the lead, even the timid people who are afraid of death will become warriors. Therefore, Laita believes that these minions are just as convinced
He directly leads the most elite of the thousand vests of Zhengbai Banner.
The timid Han people back then were driven by our Eight Banners warriors to become a mighty army like tigers and wolves! Laita thought so, when the rebel soldiers on the opposite side still did not move, a kind of ecstasy made him unable to control himself, and he waved his horse
Chang Dao roared: "Young men, tie the heads of these Han dogs and Rakshasa ghosts to your waistbands!"
"Uh-huh!"
The general's roar gave the Qing soldiers a feeling of relief from the pressure. The Zhengbaiqi vests rushing at the front seemed to be waving to them from behind the earthen wall, and they shouted and rushed forward.
"Don't even move, put the Tatar fifty steps away and then fire!"
Ge Feihu's face was tense. He was very courageous, and the soldiers he led were also very courageous. Qianhu said that if the Tatars were to be brought fifty steps away before firing, they would be put in.
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The gunpowder had been loaded, and the fire chain was close to the match rope. Some soldiers even shortened the match rope to fire the blunderbuss faster.
When the Qing army finally entered a distance of fifty steps, Ge Feihu took a breath, waved his hand and shouted: "Open fire! Kill all these Eight Banners pigs and dogs!"
At a distance of fifty steps, the fire blunderbuss was enough to penetrate the shields of the Qing soldiers on their chests. At such a close distance, the Qing soldiers could not dodge at all. Soon, the Zhengbai flag soldiers who were rushing at the front fell to the ground.