The morale of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry can no longer be sustained. They have abandoned more than two thousand corpses in front of the formation. It can be said that they are using their fragile lives to fight against the power of firearms. And this firearm is not a firearm of this era, it is a leading
Two hundred years of rifled guns from this era.
If the technological gap of fifty years is called a generational difference, the gap of two hundred years is a world of difference. The technological gap makes this massacre particularly cruel.
Several Eight Banners Manchurian Jia La Zhangjing who led the charge knew that the team had collapsed to the critical point of collapse, and they were afraid that the cavalry would collapse and the sacrifice of the warriors in front would become meaningless. They anxiously blew the horn to boost morale.
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The horn sounded, encouraging the cavalry to continue advancing.
After hearing the sound of the horn, the eyes of the soldiers in Manchuria turned blood red. They had just killed more than a thousand people in front of the formation, and the battle loss rate was as high as 20% to 30%. If they hadn't seen that there was only a thin
The three-tiered fire gun soldiers would have been defeated long ago if they had not firmly believed that they would win as long as they charged forward.
It was the contempt for the melee combat of the Ming army's artillery soldiers that supported them to continue charging into the battle with their lives.
Hearing the sound of the horn, nearly three thousand horsemen howled and thrust their heel spurs into the belly of the horse, stabbing the horse's belly until blood dripped. They urged the horse to rush forward. They rushed towards the soldiers of the Tiger Division as quickly as possible.
He rushed forward and soon reached the musketeer fifty paces away.
In the Ming Dynasty, one step was one and a half meters, and at fifty steps, the horn bow could already reach the target.
The Manchu and Mongolian cavalry on horseback shouted loudly with joy, bent their horn bows, and fired arrows at the Ming army seventy meters away. They hoped to use a hail of arrows to knock down the fire musketeers of the Huben Division.
The Tatars in the front row fired arrows, and the Tatars in the back row barely found an angle to throw their bows and arrows, hitting the Polu regiment and the trapping regiment.
More than 3,000 bows and arrows pierced the sky and shot at the troops of Huben Division. The bows and arrows were like raindrops, flying towards Huben Division.
The ideal shooting range of the horn bow is within 40 meters, and the distance of more than 70 meters is still a bit far, not to mention the bumps immediately, and the aim is not accurate at all. Only 300 bows and arrows hit the soldiers of the Huben Division. More than 300 soldiers
Screaming and covering his arrow wounds, he withdrew from the formation.
However, the Tiger Division, whose morale was high, was not frightened by the rain of arrows at all. In response to the rain of arrows, two thousand rifles fired furiously.
"Kill the slaves!"
At a distance of more than seventy meters, the soldiers of the Tiger Division with excellent shooting skills were almost accurate with each shot, knocking down the Tatars who were bending their bows and shooting arrows one by one. At this distance, not to mention two layers of armor, even three layers of armor could protect them.
Unable to stop the cone-shaped bullets of Master Hu Ben, nearly two thousand bullets were sprayed on the Tatars in a dense grazing formation, killing these warriors who had trained hard for more than ten years on bows and horses before entering the battlefield.
If the soldiers of the Huben Division can become excellent archers by practicing hard for six months, the training time of an archer is measured in years. Without more than ten years of practice, these Manchu and Mongolian Tatars would not be able to
Becoming a qualified warrior. These trainings take up a lot of time and manpower.
But no matter how hard you train, no matter how brave the warrior is, facing a conical bullet can only end the matter with one shot.
This technical gap made the balance of the battlefield tip unreservedly to the side of the Huben Division.
Shooting from a distance of more than 70 meters, the hit rate of the soldiers of the Tiger Division was over 70%. More than a thousand Tatars or their horses were shot, and the Tatars who rushed to the front row to shoot arrows were suddenly wiped out. It was a scene of blood flying everywhere.
, like a massacre.
Jia Lazhangjing, who was leading his troops into the battle, was also shot. He was hit in the forehead by a bullet and died instantly. He fell off his horse without saying a word and fell to the cold ground, never to be seen again.
angry.
Seeing the tragic scene of the charging cavalry, the Qing army's central generals were all speechless.
Yibai, the leader of the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhengbai Banner, burst into tears. He rushed to Yue Tuoma and grabbed Yue Tuo's right leg and said: "General, give the order to withdraw the troops. There is no way to fight!"
He was in his fifties and had lived in the world for a long time as the leader of the banner. He usually had a majestic air. But at this time, he was crying so hard that he shouted in a hoarse voice: "General, all the warriors in my banner are dead."
Empty!"
The leader of the Eight Mongolian Banners with Red Banners, Gu Shan'e Zhenbu Yandai, also suffered a mental breakdown. He knelt on the ground with a pale face and murmured: "It's over, the banner with red banners is over, the Ming army has beaten us!"
Yue Tuo's face was also white, which made his blood-red eyes even more ferocious. He threw away Yibai's hand and shouted loudly: "Let me go!"
"Withdraw your troops now, and the brave men in front will die in vain."
He shouted loudly to Du Du: "Du Du, you lead five thousand infantry and charge forward!"
Du Du no longer had the calmness of the past, and asked with a trembling voice: "General, do you really want to commit five thousand infantry?"
Yue Tuo yelled: "Push forward, and we will charge forward in one breath! If we charge forward, we will win!"
Du Du stood there motionless.
Yue Tuo roared: "Today I will clear out this powerful enemy for the great cause! Destroy Li Zhi! Charge forward. If we lose this battle, I will be responsible for the emperor alone!"
Du Du gritted his teeth, rode his horse towards the infantry camp in front of the formation, and led his troops into the formation.
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On both wings of the Huben Division, the Mongolian cavalry charging into the formation collapsed.
They had already lost more than two thousand soldiers, and they no longer had the morale to attack Li Zhi's flank. Where is the weak flank? This is the hard bone to lure the soldiers up to die. Six thousand Mongolian cavalry rushed out, and now only more than three thousand are left.
.But the firepower of those Ming army gunmen was continuous.
Even with the archery skills that the Mongols were proud of, they could not hit these gunmen. The Manchu and Mongolian cavalry shot and wounded more than 300 Ming troops, but they lost more than a thousand people on their own side.
The only hope is to rush forward and fight hand-to-hand. There are still fifty steps away, and if you endure one or two volleys from the Ming army, you can probably rush forward. But everyone values their own life, and no one is willing to use his own life to make up for it.
The cannon fodder in the death zone in front of the formation, if you don't run away now, you will be the next one to be shot with a rifle.
What's more, if you are shot by the Ming army's cavalry for one or two rounds, how many cavalry will you have left? Will you be able to defeat the Ming army in hand-to-hand combat?
First, a dozen cavalrymen stopped charging forward and turned around to flee north. The emotions of these deserters soon brought down the charging team. Then dozens or hundreds of Mongolian cavalry all began to flee. Finally, those who were still alive
More than 3,000 Mongolian Tatars had no fighting spirit and were defeated thousands of miles away. They turned their horses and fled in panic towards the east and west sides, hoping to escape from the firing range of Huben Division.
After receiving several rounds of volleys, the 6,000 Mongolian cavalry, known as cavalry, turned into more than 3,000 deserters in a panic, running wildly on the loess land of Fanjiazhuang.
As soon as the Mongolian cavalry fled, the more than 2,000 Manchurian cavalry soldiers who were still alive were nakedly exposed to the firepower of the Tiger Division. The cavalry soldiers were not stupid, knowing that there were 6,000 well-trained fire gunmen in front of them, and more than 2,000 people were there.
There is no way they can rush forward. What's more, the two rounds of shooting have killed more than a thousand vests. The casualty rate of the vest soldiers is as high as 40%, and their morale has collapsed.
Several Jia La Zhangjing shouted loudly, hoping to boost their morale. They also blew the charge horn, hoping to summon up the last strength to rush into the Tiger Division formation. However, their efforts were of no avail.
Looking at the fleeing Mongolian cavalry, the horsemen only hesitated for a few seconds, then turned their horses' heads one by one and fled to the east and west sides.
Ten thousand Manchu and Mongolian cavalry abandoned four thousand corpses in front of the formation and fled in confusion.
The so-called legend that the Qing army was invincible was just a joke in front of Master Huben.8
