After five rounds of shooting, the Runing gunners standing in the front row stopped loading ammunition and ran towards the back of the phalanx in an orderly manner.
"Gun formation! Reject the horses!" the leader of the middle infantry regiment shouted loudly. The spearmen in the front rows of the Runing army's formation immediately bloomed flowers of death in front of the square formation.
However, the Runing army was ready, but the Qing cavalry stopped charging. When they rushed four or fifty steps in front of the formation, they reined in their horses, took down their riding bows, and started shooting.
The cavalry bows are all soft bows with insufficient speed and power, and the current distance is relatively long, so these Qing cavalry use upward shooting. There is no need to pay attention to whether the head is accurate or not. As long as the shot is in this way, it will always be
It hit several Runing soldiers in the square formation. However, this kind of archery, under the protection of the Runing soldiers, had no lethality at all. It was just a kind of harassment at most.
But even harassment is annoying. It's better than mosquito bites! But the Runing Army was also helpless. There was no way to fight back for a moment. Only the firearms commander shouted to the gunmen: "Quickly install it."
Ammunition, run to the front and shoot." However, the inconsistent orders of the firearms commander caused a period of confusion among the gunmen.
Taking advantage of this time difference, the second cavalry group of the Qing army rushed over again. This time they got closer and dismounted at a distance of thirty steps. After standing still, they drew their bows and nocked arrows, dismounted and started shooting on foot. This time they used
With a long bow and heavy arrows, and shooting straight, the power of the bow and arrow is very great. The first team of Qing cavalry also stepped forward and dismounted. Nine out of ten people shot arrows, and one person led the horse to make a stake.
A dismounted rifle shot of about thirty steps was not something simple armor could withstand. This time King Qin’s Runing Army had more than a thousand newly made plate armors, and they were mainly equipped with officers of all levels, so they stood
Many of the Runing soldiers in the first row were wearing beggars' armor with iron plates on them. This protective power could not withstand the heavy arrows of the Qing army at such a close range.
So after the first sound of the bowstring, the heavy arrows shot out, and a large number of soldiers of the Runing Army were immediately shot down. With the arrival of the third group of Qing Army cavalry, they also dismounted and swarmed towards the front.
Come over and fire the heavy arrows in your hands as much as possible. The casualties of the Runing army will be even greater.
The Runing gunners from behind finally arrived. They no longer cared about the danger of being shot by bows and arrows. They rushed out from the cover and gaps to load ammunition and prepare to fight back. At this time, they didn't care about firing volleys.
It's free shooting. But compared with bows and arrows at this distance, there is no advantage between firecrackers and bows. What's more, the number of Qing cavalry is far greater than that of firecrackers.
The firecrackers were roaring continuously, the bowstrings were also trembling, and the screams of the dead and wounded were even more constant. At this moment, the gunners of the Runing Army finally loaded the shotshells with hard work. After that, a round of
shoot.
This made the entire battlefield quiet. However, in order to prevent the Qing cavalry from rushing into the formation, the artillery had already dragged the artillery back, so now the range of these shotgun shells could not reach the Qing army shooters. So after being stunned for a moment, I found myself
After they were safe and sound, the morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted. They turned and shot at the gunners, nailing several gunners to the ground. Seeing that the shotgun shells had no effect, the remaining gunners braved the rain of arrows and pulled the cannon back desperately.
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"Come forward and assassinate!" Seeing that the situation was getting more and more unfavorable, several officers in the front row ordered. At this time, they no longer care about the uniform movement of the soldiers. The first priority is to eliminate these troublesome Qing army shooters.
Under the loud orders of the officers, the soldiers of the Runing Army in the first few rows raised their spears and braved the rain of arrows, and rushed forward with large strides. In the distance of more than 20 steps, some people kept falling to the arrows.
It was raining, but the gap left by the fall was immediately filled up by those following behind.
All the soldiers in the Runing army had a strong feeling in their hearts: Damn it! Even if I die, I have to kill a few to cover my base.
After several rounds of rapid fire, the shoulders and arms of the Qing army's shooters were a little sore. They originally needed to take a short rest, but they never expected that the Runing army would actually come up with long guns. In the impression of the Qing army soldiers,
The Ming army should have collapsed under such a dense rain of arrows. They were originally surprised by the tenacity of this Ming army. Now they saw that this Ming army dared to fight back, and they were a little scared.
But how far is the distance of more than ten steps? In the blink of an eye, the Runing Army rushed to the shooters. Now the soldiers of the Runing Army no longer care about any standard movements. They are gritting their teeth and stabbing forward, stabbing at the same time.
He also shouted: "Kill!".
The cry of killing was loud. Then there was a large area of screams. The power of long-range weapons lies in the distance. If the enemy is close, it is almost the same as being unarmed. The Qing army archers holding bows and arrows fell to the ground one after another, even if
The archers at the back took out scimitars and short spears from their horses, but compared to the Runing army's simultaneous assassination, they could not provide any resistance at all.
So the Qing cavalry began to retreat, and everyone tried their best to get on their horses to escape further. But in a hurry, many people couldn't find the reins in the horses' hands, and they had no choice but to run towards the outside on foot.
At this time, the gunmen of the Runing Army finally became proud and proud. They kept shooting at the backs of the Qing soldiers, knocking them to the ground one by one. It seemed that the situation was starting to improve.
But at this moment, those Qing troops who were escaping on horseback and on foot all fled to both sides. They opened a gap in the middle, and the fourth team of Qing cavalry roared towards the middle of the Runing Army through the gap.
At this time, the Runing soldiers who had rushed out of the phalanx had no time to return to their own formation. All the gunmen began to shoot in a hurry, but many of them had no time to reload their ammunition, and there was no unified order, so they could not form a volley, let alone
There were rounds of fire, so such free fire did not stop the Qing cavalry's charge.
The spearmen could only form a thin spear formation on the spot and watched with wide eyes as the Qing cavalry got closer and closer.
"ah--!"
Amid the shouts, the Qing army's cavalry suddenly collided with the gun formation. Although the gun formation injured many horses in the first row of the fourth team, after all, the formation was too thin, and all of you who were hit were
The soldiers of the Ning army were all knocked away hard. By the time the second row of cavalry rushed through, the spear formation in front of the square formation no longer existed.
But this obstacle bought time for the phalanx after all. The spearmen and axe-gunners in the first few rows of the phalanx bloomed with death spears again. So when the second row of Qing cavalry rushed into the phalanx, most of them were killed.
The spear that shot straight out made a sudden stop.