Forty Hongyi cannons were lined up in a row, and under the less dazzling sunlight, they sprayed burning flames towards the Guan Ning Army's position.【】
When Guan Ningjun's doubts and fears were at their peak, the thunderous cannons screamed and hit Guan Ningjun's position, instantly causing death and injury.
No wonder Tong Guogang had so much confidence in the Hongyi cannons and insisted on transporting these forty cannons from Shengjing. Compared with the poor six cannons of Guan Ning's army, the power of the forty cannons' volley was really amazing.
After only one round of shelling, Kangxi saw from the telescope that the "thief soldiers" on the opposite side were already in a mess, running around to avoid the cannons coming from the sky.
"Well, you are indeed my great general cannon!"
Kangxi, who was overjoyed, swept away the gloom of the past few days and showed a smile that he had not seen for a long time. He held a telescope and beamed with joy. Naturally, everyone around him was happy with his happiness. For a while, the surroundings of the emperor were boiling.
The sound of "Long live".
Another burst of smoke rose, and forty artillery fired in unison. With the deafening sound, hundreds of lives were taken away. Those big iron balls that came from the sky or passed through the bodies of the soldiers and smashed directly into the trenches.
, or keep jumping on the ground, creating a path of blood.
It was chaos, chaos, the position was full of soldiers running around, the officers could not use their troops, and the soldiers did not obey their orders. Nearly half of the fusiliers at the forefront were in a state of collapse.
I have always used my own artillery to bombard the Qing army. The artillery beat the Qing soldiers into a state of disgrace, and I felt very unhappy. However, when it was my turn to be bombarded, I was not prepared at all, and I was caught off guard.
Broken arms and limbs were flying around. It would be false to say that they were not afraid. After all, they had never withstood such a dense and powerful bombardment before.
Fortunately, the Qing army was now only bombarding with artillery. The infantry were still moving slowly and did not kill them immediately. This calmed Hu Wang's heart to some extent. While ordering the generals of each battalion to rectify their men, he also sent orders to the artillery brigade.
Quickly fire back.
When the Qing army's artillery roared, artilleryman Kardenov's eyebrows were already squeezed together. As an old artilleryman, he certainly knew that the Qing army's artillery on the opposite side was much more than his own. If his six cannons were equal to
The Qing army fired at each other, but it had no effect at all. It was better not to fight back, but to wait for the Qing soldiers to rush to the bombardment distance before firing. This would still cause casualties to the Qing army. His opinion was agreed by Hu Wang, who did not insist on it.
He gave his orders and let Kardenov decide the timing of firing.
The Qing army also had Hongyi artillery, and there were a large number of them. This made the soldiers of Guan Ning Army at a loss. Then the generals of each battalion urgently ordered to cover up for protection. After a period of confusion, the soldiers finally calmed down and lay down on the earth wall.
They were hiding from the cannons behind the scenes or in trenches, no longer running around like before.
The deafening sound of artillery fire continued on the Qing army's side, and artillery pieces roared towards the Guanning camp, as if they would not stop until they fired all the artillery pieces. At the same time, under the command of the flag, nearly ten thousand Qing soldiers
Finally, we arrived in front of Guan Ning's army's defense line. A shower of arrows, coupled with the roar of artillery, shot at Guan Ning's position. In the blink of an eye, we were in front of Guan Ning's army.
Many Guan Ning soldiers who had no time to dodge were directly shot into hedgehogs, and some officers were also rolled over by sharp arrows.
Perhaps because of new orders, the Qing army's Hongyi artillery no longer directly bombarded Guan Ning's defense line, but instead whizzed large iron balls into the earth wall in front of Guan Ning's army, directly smashing the earth wall.
Big gaps were made everywhere, and the earth wall made of earth had no resistance in front of the cannon. The huge defense line was suddenly smashed everywhere. Without the protection of the earth wall, Guan Ning's army suddenly felt like a woman who had stripped off all her clothes.
They were also exposed in front of the Qing army.
Whether it was fire gun soldiers, spear soldiers, or those Rakshasa soldiers, they were all being bombarded by jumping artillery. Big iron balls were hitting people at high speeds. They were either bloody and broken into pieces, or their hands and legs were broken off.
.There were many unlucky soldiers who were directly hit on the head by cannons. In the blink of an eye, their heads were smashed to pieces. Blood spurted out from the bodies on their heads and fell to the ground. They didn't even have a thought before they died, and they just lost their lives.
No more sunshine tomorrow.
Qianhu Chen Wei was also almost hit by the Qing army's cannon. Fortunately, he reacted quickly or had great luck. He rolled to the side a ten thousandth of a second before the cannon fell. After that, he saw that the ground where he had just been standing was being smashed.
A big hole was made.
After secretly shouting "lucky", without thinking much, Chen Wei quickly stood up again and shouted to the officers to quickly organize a counterattack, because the Tatar soldiers were about to rush in.
This time, the Qing army concentrated all its forces on the southern front line and used artillery to blast the Guan Ning Army's defense line, causing chaos among them. Taking advantage of the brief confusion of the Guan Ning Army, nearly 10,000 Qing Army infantrymen had already rushed forward densely. Their manpower
A long bow, desperately shooting the bow and arrow from his hand. These arrows like a rain of arrows caused a lot of casualties to the Guan Ning army. In addition to direct shooting at the Guan Ning soldiers who could get behind the collapsed earth wall, most of them
The Qing soldiers raised their bows and arrows one by one to cover the entire Guanning camp.
A dense rain of arrows came, and those soldiers with armor suffered slightly better casualties. Arrows fell from the sky, and many of them had several arrows inserted into them, but it was not in the way, because most of the arrows could not break through their armor. But those without
The Fire Gun soldiers, who were only wearing a layer of leather armor, were miserable. Many of them fell down with a groan of arrows. There was blood everywhere on the defense line, and the screams of the arrow shooters.
Seeing that the fusiliers on the first line suffered heavy casualties, Hu Wang quickly ordered the matchlocks on the second line to press forward, hoping to withstand the Qing attack no matter what.
The only six red barbarian cannons also fired under the command of Baihu Kardenov. Although the power and effect were not as good as the forty red barbarian cannons of the Qing army, they were still powerful against the intensive charging Qing infantry.
It caused a certain amount of casualties, and at least gave the Guan Ning soldiers who had been beaten a glimmer of hope.
We also have cannons!
Facing the rain of arrows that came from the sky and shot at them without knowing which one, the Fusiliers fired their first volley. After the black smoke rose, the Qing army who was attacking frantically was stopped. Their attacks
Guan Ning's soldiers on the opposite side could no longer be seen in his sight, and he could only instinctively shoot the arrow high.
The dense formation also gave the Qing troops a taste of the power of volley fire. In just one round of firing, more than 300 Qing soldiers fell to the ground with their muskets. However, this casualty was nothing to the Qing army, just a drop in the bucket.
.Before the war, the emperor had a strict order. There were advance and retreat in this battle. Even if the last man fought, he would not be allowed to retreat a step. Therefore, all the Qing soldiers fought hard and did not dare to show any fear. What's more, there were those who were the first to rush into the battle.
After being promoted to four levels in a row and being rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, if I don't work hard now, how can I wait? The bandit soldiers are already in chaos. As long as I work harder, I will succeed!
Led by the elite Tiger Spear Battalion and the remnants of the Forward Battalion, the Qing army rushed towards the Guan Ning Army's position like a tide regardless of casualties or fear of death.
In the Guan Ning Army's position, the sound of firecrackers was also constantly ringing. Arrows and muskets were coming and going. No one knew how many people on the other side were killed because the fog on the battlefield obscured everything.
Instinct, it is instinct that prompts soldiers on both sides to fight to the death.
Suddenly a burst of war drums came from the Qing army camp. After hearing the drums, several Qing soldiers shouted and howled and charged with all their strength.
"Steady, steady, listen to my order and fire again!"
Chen Wei's voice was hoarse. There was nothing he could do. If he didn't speak louder, the officers and soldiers wouldn't be able to hear him at all. His regiment was on the front line and was the first to fight the Qing army. The result was that they
The result was the biggest, but the casualties were also suspected to be the highest. The Qing army's shelling had already killed more than half of his men, but he could not withdraw because he had not yet received the order from Master Wanhu.
The "swish, swish" arrows made Chen Wei feel a little dazed. The pungent smell of gunpowder made him unaware of the situation on the other side and the situation of his subordinates, but he knew that he had to withstand it, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
There are still about a thousand soldiers in the Fusiliers Regiment who still maintain combat effectiveness. Under the organization of officers at all levels, they lie in rows in the trenches, or squat behind the already damaged earth walls, nervously
The Qing soldiers charging forward.
"Fire, fire!"
The urgent shouts of first-level officers resounded throughout the position, and rows of cannons were fired in response to the order.
Even with the telescope, the thieves were still resisting stubbornly. Their rapid firecrackers caused heavy casualties to the Eight Banners soldiers, so that ten thousand people could not escape. Kangxi snorted coldly, put down the telescope, and issued an order: "Tell Laita, let's
They pointed all the Hongyi cannons at the thieves with guns, and I want to never see a single thieves in that area again!"
After the emperor's order came, Laita adjusted again, and soon, forty Hongyi cannons fired at Chen Wei's regiment.
I can't hold it anymore, I really can't hold it anymore, one after another, I never know how many cannons landed on the soldiers' heads, taking away the lives of the soldiers in batches.
The army was raining arrows one after another, and the fusiliary regiment suffered too many casualties. It could no longer organize a team to fire in large volleys. It could only make one sound in the east and one in the west, and the power of the muskets suddenly weakened.
After hearing that the sound of gunfire from the traitor soldiers on the opposite side was no longer so fierce, the Qing soldiers became excited: The traitor soldiers are no longer capable, the traitor soldiers are no longer capable!
Finally, Hu Wang's order for Chen Wei to retreat came. The matchlock regiment that supported them also organized a not too violent salvo and then retreated to the rear. The first line of positions was quickly captured by the Qing army.
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Without those Red Yi cannons, Hu Wang believed that he could hold on, but the lethality and destructive power of those Red Yi cannons were too great. Now the soldiers not only had to deal with the incoming Qing troops, but also had to avoid those Red Yi cannons.
The earthen wall as a barrier could no longer play its role, and there was not much to consider at this time. If the Qing army wanted to fight decisively on the southern front, all the troops would be mobilized to fight them to the death.