Xiong Wencan looked at Li Zhi, then turned to look at Li Zhi's army filled with firearms, and asked: "Is the guerrilla general sure of defeating the traitors in one fell swoop?"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "It only takes a quarter of an hour for me to defeat the traitor Xian."
When Xiong Wencan heard Li Zhi's words, his face turned red with excitement and he said loudly: "Then general, please quickly lead your troops to kill the enemy!"
Li Zhi bowed his hands and saluted Xiong Wencan, then rode quickly to the Huben division's formation and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the thieves!"
The trumpeter beside Li Zhi blew the horn, and eight thousand soldiers of the Tiger Division shouted "Wan Sheng" amidst the sound of the horn, and followed Li Zhi into battle. The chainmail armor on the cavalry was shining brightly, and more than seven thousand muskets were raised in unison.
In front of the soldiers, the Hongyi artillery carriage moved quickly under the pull of six military horses. As soon as Li Zhi's army moved, Xiong Wencan couldn't help but nod, praising Li Zhi's troops for indeed being a strong army.
The equipment of this army is so sophisticated. Even the equipment of the Qi Army was nothing more than that, right?
Xiong Wencan looked at Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, and suddenly felt that if Li Zhi's soldiers and horses were there to help, his suppression might be able to proceed smoothly. The so-called appeasement was a policy that did not need to be adopted until the last step.
Xiong Wencan stroked his beard and suddenly felt that his position as prime minister of six provinces might not be bad.
Led by 1,500 cavalrymen of the Selected Front Regiment, 8,000 soldiers of the Tiger Division bypassed the stalemate frontal battlefield and reached the flanks and rear of Zhang Xianzhong's horse south wing.
Two thousand Xianthief cavalry and five thousand official infantry were still fighting hard, but they saw Li Zhi's troops coming.
Zhang Xianzhong ordered the flag to be waved, and two thousand brave cavalry abandoned the Luzhou soldiers and horses and the Yunnan army, and rushed towards Li Zhi's troops.
The two thousand knights are the elite of the bandit army. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. They are all very brave. These knights either hold horned bows or long-handled weapons, and ride high-headed war horses.
As they rushed together, smoke and dust billowed up, and they were so fierce that they seemed to be trying to overwhelm Li Zhi's troops at once.
If the guards were weak, they would probably be at a disadvantage when facing these two thousand knights, and they would be at risk of collapse if they were not careful. If the ordinary eight thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could withstand the charge of these elite knights, they would be able to finally defeat them.
It would be good to get rid of them.
However, Li Zhi's soldiers and horses were not ordinary Ming Dynasty soldiers.
Li Zhizhong's military order flag was waved, and the cavalry of the Selected Front Regiment retreated to the two wings. Eighty six-pound cannons were unloaded from the artillery carriages. The five hundred veteran artillerymen of the Selected Front Regiment quickly loaded the cannons with gunpowder shot.
The distance was 300 meters or 200 meters. The knights were overjoyed when they saw the cavalry of the Selected Front Regiment withdrawing. There was no obstruction in front of them. The knights spread out and rushed towards the infantry of the Huben Division. They wanted to use the cavalry's weapons.
The impact severely damaged this 8,000-strong force of officers and soldiers.
However, they did not know the power of field artillery.
At a distance of one hundred meters, eighty six-pound cannons opened fire. Flames spurted out from the barrels, huge smoke followed, and eight thousand cannonballs covered the entire front of the battlefield.
By firing shotshells at a distance of one hundred meters, a six-pounder can cover an area of twenty meters in front of the formation, turning this area into a real death zone.
A bandit knight was holding a horned bow and was about to rush in and shoot an arrow within fifty steps. He was a good horseman and archer. He was originally an officer in Henan, but because he couldn't get military pay, he simply joined the bandits. He joined the bandit army.
Later, he was accepted as a knight by Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son Zhang Kewang. He was a popular and popular drinker, and he had a share of the women and money and silks obtained from the robbery. During each battle, he charged with his bow and shot many soldiers.
He was rushing at the front of the team, and in an instant, three shotgun pellets penetrated his body, causing three huge blood splashes on his body. How could the paneled iron armor stop the three shotgun pellets? Three pellets passed by
Finally, it penetrated the body of the knight and smashed all his internal organs into pulp.
Without even a scream, he lost his life and fell under the horse.
Three bullets penetrated his body and hit another knight behind him, killing the second knight behind him before stopping.
A commander of the heroic cavalry was an officer in the heroic cavalry. He was originally from Shaanxi and could be regarded as a fellow villager of Zhang Xianzhong. His family was too poor at that time, but the government also urged him to pay grain taxes from other people's fields and did not give him a way to survive. He was in Chongzhen
He followed Zhang Xianzhong for six years and fought with Zhang Xianzhong for four years. Because of his bravery and proficiency in battle, he was promoted to the rank of commander of the knights. He also experienced many tough battles with the army.
At this time, he was waving his saber and charging into the battle, but was suddenly hit in the head by a projectile. In an instant, half of his head was blown away by the projectile, and blood and brain matter were sprayed into the air.
The horse under his crotch was also shot together with him, and his body fell heavily to the ground.
Only a scream and the whine of the horses were heard at the same time. More than 600 knights who had survived the battle fell into a pool of blood in an instant. These knights who died tragically were all the knights in the front row, and they were often men and horses.
At the same time, he was shot and fell down, falling in front of other knights like an obstacle, tripping over forty knights who had no time to stop their horses.
How could the remaining knights still have the courage to charge into the battle? They all stopped in front of the corpses of their comrades in front with pale faces and hesitated for a few seconds.
Just these few seconds cost them their lives.
The Central Army of the Huben Division roared with a long swan sound and issued the order to fire a volley. Two thousand Mini rifles opened fire at more than 1,300 knights standing still in front of the corpses of soldiers and horses. They attacked the stationary target from a distance of 100 meters. The pair
For the soldiers of the Huben Division, it was like training at a shooting range, and their hit rate was astonishing.
Except for those knights in the back row who were stopped by the cavalry in the front row and survived, almost all the knights in the front row were shot.
A valiant commander was a bandit who had just joined Zhang Xianzhong's team. He took seventeen of his subordinates to join the bandit camp and was appointed as the valiant commander. Five of his original seventeen subordinates were classified as infantry, and seven were classified as infantry.
Ma Jun, he was now in charge of the five most powerful men who were classified as Xiaoqi. He thought he would follow Zhang Xianzhong to drink and eat meat, but he didn't expect to die under the guns of the army so quickly.
A bullet pierced his armor from the left side of his chest and entered his heart, shredding this important organ into a mess.
He screamed and fell under the horse. His body shook and he could no longer move.
A knight who was shot was an old thief who had joined Zhang Xianzhong's team for many years. He had been following Zhang Xianzhong as a thief since the fifth year of Chongzhen Emperor's reign. He had robbed many villages and towns, killed many good people, and raped many girls. With many years of fighting, he
, he changed from infantry to cavalry, and then to knights. In his eyes, the officers and soldiers were useless wimps who knew neither enjoyment nor fighting. Only by following the eight kings to plunder, could they
It is a good life for a good man.
He did not expect that his dirty life would end in Anqing Mansion. A mini bullet was shot from his abdomen into his body, turning his intestines and right kidney into a ball of meat. He was there
He immediately spurted out a mouthful of blood, bent down little by little, and finally fell under the horse.
One thousand one hundred knights were killed by tapered bullets in an instant. The laminated iron armor could not stop the minie rifle a hundred meters away. The power of the black powder particles was astonishing. Those armor plates only allowed the tapered lead bullets to penetrate.
When it enters the body, it rotates more irregularly, which only increases the destructive power of the lead bullet.
