Let’s not mention the deployment of the main forces of the two armies for the time being. Let’s first take a look at the hill occupied by Shumo!
Although the commanders of both armies unanimously ignored the hill occupied by Shu Mo, at this moment, a fierce battle suddenly broke out on the top of the hill.
When Zhang Liang's bannermen of the Han army and the Korean gunners relied on the cover of shrubs and rocks to reach the top of the mountain in the form of skirmishers, they did achieve a miraculous effect. The Qing army was getting closer and closer to Shu Mo's troops on the top of the mountain.
After all, there was only half a night, and it was impossible for the Book and Ink Department to completely clean the bushes and weeds on the mountain, so it gave these Qing soldiers many hiding places.
Although the volleys of Runing's military artillery still caused a large number of casualties to the Qing soldiers, because the Qing troops were relatively dispersed and the casualties were independent, the deterrent to these Qing soldiers was also reduced a lot, allowing them to control themselves.
It felt like the threat from firecrackers was much smaller. Therefore, these Qing troops were able to endure such casualties and still move forward.
Watching his soldiers gradually approaching the top of the mountain, Zhang Liang, who was watching the battle at the foot of the mountain, was also very excited. In his opinion, as long as his soldiers got closer, they could withstand a round of fire from the muskets and charge into the Ming army on the mountain in one go.
In the army, those Ming troops who only have the courage to set off firearms from a distance will definitely collapse.
But at this moment, the Runing Army on the top of the mountain suddenly stopped firing muskets. These musketeers all retreated to the back of the mountain, and then six one-pound cannons fired a volley of cannonballs. Although this time the volleys of cannonballs were fired.
The effect was not very good, but it pushed the Qing soldiers who were rushing to the front to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, a group of Runing troops appeared on the top of the mountain. There were four hundred of them, arranged in a twenty by twenty square formation. After a shout, the square formation rushed down to the foot of the mountain.
Moreover, among the soldiers of the Runing Army, there are at least nearly a hundred soldiers wearing armor. This armor is not leather armor or cotton armor. They are all iron armor. And this iron armor is not the ring-arm armor or scale armor of the Ming Dynasty. Look.
It looks like an iron bucket made up of several pieces of iron sheet. It looks very strong. The soldiers all wear helmets on their heads. The helmets also look like iron. They look like steel warriors. This kind of defense
, it makes people feel chilly just looking at it, what else is there to fight for?
Of course, Shumo didn't think that he could defend this hilltop with firearms alone. He had already divided the 800 spearmen and axemen into two teams, led by the chief and deputy commander of the infantry regiment respectively, just to prepare for an attack at this time.
Countercharge.
The person leading the team this time was the deputy of the infantry regiment. He stood at the right front corner of the phalanx, raised the ax gun in his hand, and shouted energetically: "Brothers, charge!" Then the entire phalanx trotted towards the formation.
They rushed down from the foot of the mountain. While running, the soldiers were still shouting in unison. This actually played the role of drums and bugles during war, but it also added a majestic momentum to the small square formation.
The Han army flag and Korean gunmen did not expect that the Runing army would take the initiative to attack. Even the counterattack fireguns did not fire a few shots, because most of these people were still lying on the ground. When those people just reacted, you
The Ning army's phalanx had already charged into the Qing army's formation.
Therefore, if you succeed, you will have scattered troops, and if you defeat, you will also have scattered troops. Han military flags and Korean gunmen cannot form a formation to resist. The Qing soldiers facing the square formation will face at least seven or eight spear points. Needless to say,
After resisting, they couldn't even escape because the Runing army's top-down charge was too fast.
Some nearby Korean gunmen can still fire a few shots. But they can't form a volley, and the power of the gun is negligible. Besides, the Runing soldiers in the first few rows are all wearing iron armor. They only need to lower their heads and continue listening.
There was a "ding-dong-dang" sound, but basically everything was fine.
When the Qing army saw that the shooting was ineffective, they became even more panicked. They didn't know who shouted first: "Run!" Then all the Qing soldiers fled to the foot of the mountain.
But such an escape can't increase the speed at all. Not to mention that it takes some time to turn around and escape, there are only a few roads up the mountain, and most of these Qing soldiers chose these convenient escape roads, so they crowded together.
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Dozens of spears immediately stabbed the backs of the few people running at the end. Some desperate Qing soldiers began to wave their weapons, preparing to turn around and fight, but they could not make complete movements during the squeeze, and there was already a lot of pain in their chest and abdomen.
There are a few more bloody holes.
The assassination of the soldiers of the Runing Army was so easy. They performed standard assassination movements. All of their arms moved very measuredly, and the forward and backward movements would not exceed half a foot. This kind of assassination was guaranteed to penetrate deep into the enemy's vital points.
And it can be easily pulled out for assassination.
Some Qing soldiers were lucky enough to escape the spears from the first row, but there were also spears from the second and third rows. The battlefield was in chaos, with constant curses and screams.
Among these sounds, the loudest was the rhythmic shouting of the Runing army. Some Qing soldiers could no longer hold on, and they began to use their knives to clear the way. This act of killing each other also made the fleeing Qing army even more confused.
But the biggest casualty was not the front of the phalanx. The Runing soldiers on both sides of the phalanx were slashing and killing each other with axes, guns and waist knives. When many clever Qing soldiers saw the phalanx rushing down like a torrent, they
They all jumped to the side of the road to avoid it, but at this time they were all facing the phalanx with their backs or sides, unable to make any fighting movements at all, so they were chopped down by the Runing army until blood spattered. It was a complete massacre.
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In this situation, the spearmen in front are like drills, trying desperately to drill away the Qing army, while the axe-men and swordsmen in the back are like flying knife wheels, constantly flying, trying to drill open the wounds.
tear.
After killing like this for a while, they finally exceeded the limit of the Qing army. As if someone was issuing an order, the remaining Qing troops suddenly exploded in all directions. Everyone dropped their weapons and ran away, jumping into the road.
In the nearby bushes, no one was willing to fight against Runing's army.
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When Zhang Liang watched his troops at the foot of the mountain, rolling down the mountain and escaping, he was dumbfounded by this sudden change. Until the phalanx of the Runing Army rushed about twenty steps in front of the wall of the oars.
At that time, he had not issued any orders to resist.
It wasn't until the Runing Army stopped in a demonstration and a dozen gunmen stood up and fired a volley at the wall of the oar that Zhang Liang woke up from the pain of being thrown to the ground by the soldiers.
"Fire the firecrackers! Drive them back!" Zhang Liang, who was lying on the ground, gave the order hurriedly.
But at this time, the phalanx of the Runing Army had already turned around and headed back to the top of the mountain under the order of the regimental deputy.