Everyone was discussing there when they saw another group of Tatars coming from a distance. Hua Zhang saw it clearly through the telescope. The group of Tatars was led by a Fende Bashiku wearing heavy armor and consisted of 150 people.
On the left and right, these Tatars were all riding horses, and there were more than thirty of them, one with two horses, and they looked very elite. This group of Tatars came from the north, and suddenly stopped when they reached the hill where Hua Zhang was.
Fende Bashiku seemed to have discovered something, so he shouted a few times and sent ten single-horse infantrymen up the hill to search.
Hua Zhang suddenly shouted: "I've been discovered! Let's go! Escape!"
He shouted loudly for the soldiers to mount their horses and escape, and then he also jumped on the horse and rode his horse to escape south. Seeing the platoon leader taking the lead, the other soldiers fled south one by one.
The Tatars at the foot of the mountain saw that there was indeed a Ming army on the mountain. They shouted loudly and mobilized their horses to chase them. The horses' hooves rolled and raised countless smoke and dust. Thirty soldiers from the Selective Regiment and more than a hundred Tatars chased them on the outskirts of Beijing.
The scouts of the Selection Group all have one person and two horses. After riding for a period of time, they can change horses when they run out of strength. Moreover, they all ride high-quality, selected war horses. Their endurance is much stronger than ordinary pack horses, and they can ride very fast. And those Qing soldiers
There were many auxiliaries and followers among them, but only half of the more than one hundred people rode war horses, and the remaining half were only considered pack horses and could not catch up with the fast horses of the selected soldiers.
After chasing for ten miles, the Tatar team was already out of touch: more than 60 vests and infantrymen on war horses rushed in front, and the scouts of the Selection Regiment were more than a mile away, and the auxiliary soldiers and followers on pack horses were holding back.
Then he fell behind the team, already more than two miles away from the elite in front.
Hua Zhang looked back at the disengaged Tatars, his eyes lit up. He slowed down his horse and shouted loudly: "Stop the horse! Fight!"
The running soldiers were stunned, wondering why the platoon leader didn't escape again. But several squad leaders were veterans and knew how to obey orders. They rode their horses around to gather the skirmishers and shouted: "Stop."
Horse fight!”
Amid the shouts of the squad leader, thirty veterans of the Selected Frontier Regiment stopped their horses and gradually gathered around Hua Zhang. They took off the rifles on their backs and began to load the ammunition, preparing to meet the impact of the Tatar vest infantry.
Not only did they load their rifles, but they also loaded the handguns on their belts with bullets and gunpowder, ready to be pulled out and fired at any time.
The squad leader of the first squad looked at the menacing Tatar cavalry and infantry three hundred meters away. He thought for a moment and said, "The platoon leader is brilliant! These sixty or so cavalry and infantry were out of touch with the auxiliary soldiers behind them, and they were shot to death by us."
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Hua Zhang nodded and said: "Aim the gun!"
More than thirty veterans on horseback raised their rifles and took aim at the over sixty Tatars.
When the Tatar soldiers saw the Ming army running very fast with one man and two horses, they thought they could not catch up, but unexpectedly the Ming army stopped. The Tatar soldiers were overjoyed and rushed forward with their horned bows.
At a distance of three hundred meters, two hundred fifty meters, two hundred meters, the Tatars entered the rifle range. Hua Zhang aimed at the heavily armored Fende Bashiku and shouted: "Shoot!"
Thirty-one rifles spurted out flames and poured thirty-one bullets at the Manchu and Qing cavalry two hundred meters away. The Qing infantry in the front row seemed to have hit a wall and fell down one after another. They
Blood splattered on his body and his internal organs were shattered by bullets. He no longer had the strength to hold on to the reins and fell under the horse.
Their bodies lying on the ground became an obstacle, tripping up the two horses behind them.
Twelve double-armored cavalry soldiers were also shot, but the kinetic energy of the bullets weakened after penetrating the iron-plated cotton armor and chain mail, and did not cause much damage to them. The one wearing three layers of heavy armor received a share.
Bashiku was also hit by Hua Zhang, but the mini bullet did not break through his three layers of armor, but only caused him to pause on his horse.
The Tatars were hit hard and stunned. They stopped their horses beside the eleven fallen infantry and hesitated for a while. However, the Fende Bashiku was still unwilling to let go of the thirty Ming troops and shouted: "Ming
The army's firearms can only shoot once, so rush up and shoot them to death with bows and arrows."
Inspired by their leader, the remaining fifty Tatar soldiers dropped the infantry corpses on the ground and continued to rush towards the soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment two hundred meters away.
At the moment when the Tatars rushed over, the cavalrymen of the Selected Front Regiment loaded their guns and ammunition as quickly as possible, trying to load the bullets before the Tatar soldiers rushed in front of them.
These veterans of the Selection Group have been practicing for four years. They are familiar with the rifles and loaded the bullets in only sixteen or seven seconds. When the Tatars rushed sixty meters away, the soldiers of the Selection Group
The soldiers did not wait for Hua Zhang's order and freely shot at the pressing Tatar soldiers.
At a distance of 60 meters, the hit rate of the soldiers of the Selective Regiment is astonishing, nine out of ten. Moreover, mini bullets using granular gunpowder are extremely lethal at a distance of 60 meters. Even double-layer armor and triple-layer armor can prevent
Unable to hold back, the thirty-one soldiers of the Selective Regiment finished firing their bullets and killed more than twenty Tatar soldiers in the middle of the charge.
The Tatars were stunned. How could the firepower of these thirty Ming troops be so fierce? Two layers of armor could not stop their bullets. In just a short while, the Ming troops had killed nearly forty warriors. This was
Where did the strong army come from? More than sixty Tatars with infantry and vests rushed into the formation, and in the blink of an eye, only more than twenty people were left.
Before the Tatars could react, the scouts from the vanguard group began to charge. They galloped towards the Tatars and pulled out the muskets from their belts during the sprint.
"Kill the slaves!"
When the Tatar soldiers saw the Ming army soldiers rushing forward bravely, they panicked and pulled up their bows and arrows, and shot at the advancing soldiers of the Selection Corps.
The bows and arrows fired by the Qing soldiers while charging were not very accurate. Only five or six of the more than 20 arrows hit the soldiers of the Selection Group. Moreover, the soldiers of the Selection Group were wearing chainmail. Even if they were shot, the bows and arrows would break.
After selecting the front chain mail armor, the arrows will not penetrate very deeply into the body. As long as they are not hit in vital parts, the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers will not cause too much trauma to the soldiers.
Only two soldiers of the Selection Regiment lost their combat effectiveness: one of them was shot into the left chest by a Tatar bow and arrow, breaking his heart and fell under his horse. Another soldier was shot in the face and crawled in severe pain.
On horseback, he was seriously injured and completely lost his fighting ability.
The two sides charged towards each other, and the distance was reduced to twenty meters in a blink of an eye. Before the Tatars had time to shoot the second arrow, the soldiers of the Selected Frontier Regiment opened fire with their muskets.
Only a crackling sound was heard, and the remaining more than 20 Qing soldiers were almost wiped out at once. The armor-breaking ability of the handgun at a distance of 20 meters is very powerful, no matter how many layers of armor are worn.
They were shot through. About sixteen or seven Qing soldiers fell in a pool of blood, including the three-layer heavy armor Fende Bashiku, who also screamed and fell under his horse.
In the end, only six Qing soldiers in the back row were still alive. These six Qing soldiers witnessed a team of more than 60 people in horse-armor and infantry being completely wiped out by the Ming army. At this time, they were surrounded by thirty veterans of the Selected Front Regiment.
, were completely frightened, and no longer dared to fight, they fled outside regardless.
Hua Zhang directed the soldiers to load their rifles and shoot at the six Qing soldiers who were escaping. The six Qing soldiers fled to a height of more than 100 meters and were beaten into a hornet's nest by thirty rifles.
It only took half a cup of tea to kill all the more than 60 main Qing troops. The Qing auxiliary soldiers one mile away saw that something was wrong, turned their horses around and fled, and fled without entering the battle.
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Hua Zhang asked the soldiers to treat several soldiers who were injured by arrows. Although the Tatar bows and arrows were poisoned by horse dung, if the injuries were not deep, as long as the arrows were pulled out in time to prevent the poison from spreading in the skin and flesh, there would be no problem.
causing serious injury.
In this small-scale battle, Hua Zhang's men annihilated sixty-three Tatar horseback infantry soldiers at the cost of one death and one serious injury. Although two brothers were lost, Hua Zhang was still very excited about his considerable military exploits.
Hua Zhang jumped off his horse and searched among the fallen Tatar soldiers, and caught seven injured alive. Hua Zhang was overjoyed: if he got the survivors, he would have information about the Qing army. 8
