Three hundred and twentieth chapters fall into the trap
In the afternoon battle, the Ming army was still the main attacker. And as planned, the center and left wing of the Ming army launched the attack first.
Before the battle between the two sides, the delivery of long-range weapons such as firecrackers and bows and arrows was significantly reduced. Throughout the morning, the firecrackers on both sides were overloaded, and the rate of fire remained so fast that many firecrackers were overloaded.
The shooting was scrapped because the raw material of the gun barrel at that time was only wrought iron, not steel.
And because of the long period of archery, the archers can no longer guarantee the accuracy of their bows and arrows. You know, a well-trained archer's physical strength can only guarantee that he can shoot twenty arrows in a row at most.
If there are arrows left and right, no matter how many arrows there are, he will not be able to survive.
It’s not like what’s described in literary works, like a volley of arrows or something like that. Archery is like shooting a machine gun. This is a real war, not a fantasy novel. If you don’t believe it, you can find an archery hall and go to the archery club for two consecutive rounds.
Let’s talk about the ten bows. Therefore, the afternoon battle quickly turned into a brutal hand-to-hand battle.
The military attaches on both sides used the same mobilization method for the soldiers standing in the first few rows. Several opened boxes filled with silver ingots, and behind the soldiers in the front row stood a row of soldiers holding sharp blades to supervise the battle. Anyway, this
This method of mobilization is completely naked.
If you can look down from the air, you can see that the Ming army formations in the center and left wing collided hard with the rebel formations. The first few rows of soldiers immediately became intertwined. With the casualties of the soldiers, the formations of both sides also changed.
It became thinner and thinner, and in the end, even the soldiers supervising the battle were on board. Therefore, it seemed that not many soldiers could get the silver ingots in the box alive to boost morale.
Then came the second formation, the third...
The fighting place was on a gentle slope. In normal times, these slopes would be almost imperceptible. But at this time, the Ming army attacked from the bottom of the slope upward, while the rebels attacked from the top of the slope. It was obvious that
The rebels took advantage. This is also an advantage for the rebels who can actively choose the battlefield.
However, the Ming army fought in the front row with more or less military-trained soldiers, while the rebels fought in the front row with bandits and refugees recruited by Kong Youde in Denglai. The Ming army also offset the rebels.
With the advantage, the rebels were pushed back step by step with difficulty. At this time, the Liaodong Army on the right wing of the Ming Army strangely stood still and remained silent.
Wu Shigong's coalition forces also dispatched at this time. They followed Qiu Lei's troops in the middle. However, although no Ming army deliberately blocked the road, the coalition forces only advanced to about 500 steps away from the battle line. They were blocked by the front.
The dense Ming army blocked the way and they could no longer move forward.
"Unload the horses!" Seeing that his Runing camp could no longer move forward, Wu Shigong ordered loudly.
The five hundred infantrymen of the mobile battalion at the front immediately unloaded the horses from their cart under the orders of Zhou Xun and Yu Ji. Then they turned the cart 180 degrees and installed a horse on the rear of the cart.
Thick wooden boards. Then several soldiers gripped the handlebars and prepared to push the cart. This was a simple cart modified from the cart used by the infantry of the mobile battalion.
Among the simple carts were Liang Hui's artillery team. They had loaded the artillery with gunpowder and shells. There were ten three-pound artillery pieces and seven one-pound and two-pound cannons later purchased by the Runing Battalion.
artillery.
However, because the three-pounder artillery has a Western-style gun carriage developed by the Runing Battalion itself, and the remaining seven artillery pieces do not have special gun carriages, they were only purchased and installed on seven reinforced carts. Therefore,
, the three-pounder artillery that could withstand the recoil was loaded with solid shells. The remaining seven artillery pieces were loaded with shotshells with reduced propellant.
The two hundred soldiers also jumped off their horses under Yang Rusong's order, holding spears and axes in their hands, ready for battle.
The medium-sized firecrackers carried by the soldiers were handed over to the infantry. These firecrackers, combined with the heavy firecrackers owned by the infantry, will form a continuous firecracker fire.
The auxiliary soldiers of the Runing camp who arrived with the Runing camp immediately stepped forward and took the reins of all the war horses and pack horses, trying to drag the horses to the Yan Dingshan troops at the rear.
Wu Shigong watched the Ming army in front advance step by step, almost reaching the top of the slope, but another group of rebels emerged from behind the slope, blocking the Ming army's progress. The battle became more and more stalemate.
But at this moment, a loud blast of artillery suddenly came from the Liaodong Army's formation. It made people deafen their ears. But before anyone could react, there was another loud blast. Hidden in the Liaodong Army,
The Ming army's artillery finally opened fire.
In order to make the final decision, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian spent a lot of money. They mobilized 20 of the Ming Army's thirty-four large-caliber artillery pieces to the Liaodong Army, preparing for this sudden shooting.
The commander of the Ming army's artillery team also cleverly divided the twenty artillery pieces into two groups, and fired two rows of shells at the right wing of the rebel army.
The firing sound of the artillery was too fierce, and the artillery was so close to Runing Camp, and there was no preparation, so Wu Shigong and others felt a "buzzing" sound in their ears, and some soldiers even temporarily
He lost his balance and fell to the ground.
And the horses were even worse. Some of the horses even broke free from the reins held by the auxiliary soldiers, and started rushing around in fright. Fortunately, there were so many people here, and the crowds were so crowded that the horses couldn't run fast.
Come. Therefore, with the combined efforts of everyone, the frightened horses were quickly controlled, and only a few auxiliary soldiers were injured.
But the close-range shooting effect of the Ming army's artillery was too good. The Ming army's artillery fired diagonally. Those shells jumped, and they made twenty paths of flesh and blood in the array of the rebel left wing. In the end, they even penetrated
The rebels' center array.
This sudden blow made the battlefield seem to pause for a moment. But then the Liaodong Army suddenly moved like a rabbit and flew towards the left wing of the rebels.
At this time, the well-trained training of the Runing Battalion was reflected. After a brief chaos, the soldiers of the Runing Battalion, under the order of Wu Shigong, pushed a simple cart and pushed through the Ming Dynasty who was still in chaos in front.
Army, move forward.
There were about a hundred simple carts in total, and they were divided into two rows. They formed a cross section about a hundred steps wide, and they advanced about a hundred and fifty steps at once. The coalition forces in the rear also followed closely.
The footsteps of the Runing camp formed a group and rushed forward.
Everyone can see that the artillery fire has dealt a fatal blow to the rebels. If you don't take advantage at this time, it will be like a thunderbolt.
The infantry in the front row of the Liaodong Army rushed like tigers to a place about 80 steps in front of the rebels' left wing formation, and fired a row of muskets, which made the rebels on the left wing even more confused.
Without stopping, Guan Ning's cavalry behind the infantry was dispatched. After three rows of muskets were fired, the charging horses suddenly crashed into the rebel formation.
Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, who were watching the battle from the rear watchtower, couldn't help but slap the wooden railing in front of them heavily and shouted: "Okay!"
It was as if the scene of the Shahe Battle had reappeared, and the rebel left wing was on the verge of collapse. The Ming army's middle and left wing troops, with great morale, also fought hard forward, violently pushing the rebel formation back.
A lot.
Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, the rebel army immediately heard the sound of gold ringing. The rebel soldiers immediately turned around and fled. The three groups of Ming army troops rushed over the top of the slope and headed towards the slope.
Rush down.
But as soon as they rushed over the top of the slope, the troops on the left side of the Ming army immediately faced a rebel army, and the two troops fought together again. However, the troops on the center and right side of the Ming army advanced quite smoothly, chasing the rebels.
Covered up.
However, the running route of the escaping rebels was very strange. They ran along both sides, suddenly exposing the chariot convoy behind the rebels.
In fact, the rebels had already set a trap here. They set up the chariot fleet in a half circle and ambush behind this gentle slope. The Ming army's troops could not detect the chariots behind the slope. When the Ming army rushed through
After reaching the top of the slope, the rebel chariots were ready and their fangs were exposed.
There are more than 450 rebel tanks in total, and these tanks are divided into three types:
One is the artillery carriage with reserved shooting holes. This kind of artillery carriage is almost the prototype of modern tanks and armored vehicles. Soldiers hide in the carriage to avoid enemy bows and arrows, and there are shooting holes in the carriage to fire muskets and firecrackers unique to China.
Firearms - Rockets (gunpowder-assisted arrows can fire multiple arrows at a time or continuously, which is the so-called "Zhuge Crossbow". The "swarm" mentioned above is also a type of rocket weapon).
One is a two-wheeled vehicle. The other is a grain truck called a multi-purpose vehicle.
During the battle, grain trucks were used to hinder the enemy's charge, two-wheeled vehicles were used to form a circular defensive position, and artillery was mounted on the vehicles. At the same time, soldiers used the carriages of the two-wheeled vehicles as shelters to release blunderbuss and artillery, allowing
The enemy cannot get closer. The artillery vehicles use blunderbuss and rockets to output maximum firepower and inflict maximum damage to the enemy.
Each chariot soldier is also equipped with a sharp samurai sword. If the enemy breaks through the line of fire and invades the chariot formation, the soldier can draw the sword and engage in close combat with the enemy. Japanese swords and sword techniques are also well known for their sharpness and ferociousness. In normal times,
When the horse pulling the cart is saddled, it becomes a war horse, allowing the infantry to become cavalry.
At that time, Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua planned to set up such a chariot battalion. They planned to have 4,000 people in each battalion, including 2,000 combat troops, 2,000 logistics personnel (also combat troops when the battle is fierce), 120 two-wheeled vehicles, and 120 artillery vehicles.
, 60 grain trucks, a total of 300. The weapons and equipment include: 16 Western cannons, 80 medium-sized guns, 100 eagle muskets, and 1,200 bird muskets. The gunners are also equipped with hand muskets, so that the number of firearms is almost one per person.
Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua believed that such troops do not need to be large. If four or five battalions are built, there is no need to worry about the safety inside the pass; if ten battalions are built, there is no need to worry about the power of the Jin army outside the pass; if fifteen battalions are built, there is no need to worry about recapturing Liaodong.
The problem of lost land is over. But these rich inheritances have now been inherited by Kong Youde’s rebels.
Although due to Kong Youde's rebellion, Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua's reform of the firearms troops was not completely successful, and the equipment of the chariot troops was not complete. Especially those Western artillery were also used in the troops attacking Laizhou City, and now they are also
Not equipped in chariot units.
However, this chariot unit is still powerful, and the Ming army will face a monster that the Ming Dynasty spent huge sums of money to arm. (To be continued...
