Hearing the horn of the Chinese army, the auxiliary soldiers and followers of the Qing army regained their morale and marched forward howling. The battle situation was critical, these Qing soldiers gritted their teeth and quickened their pace, hoping to rush to the trench and lay down the ground as soon as possible.
wooden bridge.
Fortunately, the Ming army's artillery fired only once in a long time. After that round of shotgun fire, the Ming army did not fire again for a long time. The auxiliary soldiers and followers under a row of wooden bridges walked to the front of the second trench.
, lowered more than a hundred wooden bridges, and then retreated with wooden shields.
Seeing that the second trench had also been paved with a wooden bridge, the Qing army heaved a sigh of relief.
Li Zhi's cannon is not that terrible. If it fires only once after so long, the auxiliary soldiers and followers can rush to the fourth level of trench!
The situation is favorable to the Qing army!
The Qing army's more than 500 wooden bridges continued to advance and slowly approached the third trench.
There was silence in Li Zhi's formation for a minute, and then one hundred and forty six-pound cannons opened fire again.
Fourteen thousand iron projectiles instantly dominated all the space in front of the formation, attacking more than a hundred wooden bridges in the front row with overwhelming force. The heavy wooden shields under the wooden bridges were as fragile as glass in front of the iron projectiles.
It breaks into pieces when touched. Not only can the shattered wood block no longer protect the Qing soldiers behind, it has even become a deadly weapon, cutting the skin and blood vessels of the Qing soldiers behind. In the double attack of wood blocks and projectiles
Next, the auxiliary soldiers wearing cotton armor and the followers without armor were killed and injured, and fell to the ground screaming.
This is a massacre.
Before the Qing soldiers holding the wooden bridge could react to the onslaught of shotgun shells, they were immediately hit head-on by riflemen.
The Qing soldiers carrying the bridge moved slowly, as if standing still on the crosshairs. The riflemen hit these Qing soldiers as if they were shooting at a target. Blood flew everywhere again. The 600 riflemen fired only one volley, killing more than 400 auxiliaries.
Soldiers follow.
Seeing that the situation was not good, this row of wooden bridges collapsed again. As more than 2,000 Qing soldiers collapsed, 600 riflemen in the back row who were waiting in front of Li Zhi's formation stepped forward and shot again, killing several more.
The fleeing Qing troops were defeated. It was not until these defeated soldiers ran behind the wooden bridge in the rear row and were stopped by the wooden shields of the wooden bridge in the rear row that the riflemen stopped shooting them.
However, the Qing army numbered 70,000, and the Qing soldiers in the back row were still full of morale under the encouragement of the Qing army officers. The auxiliary soldiers and followers sacrificed more than a thousand lives and withstood the second round of artillery bombardment by the Ming army.
,keep going.
After Li Zhi's cannon fired one round, it went silent. While the Ming army was reloading its artillery, the Qing army built more than a hundred wooden bridges over the third trench, successfully turning the third trench into a thoroughfare.
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Seeing that the third trench was paved with a wooden bridge, the Manchu and Mongolian nobles in the Qing army looked at each other for a while, with joy on their faces.
If you persist a little longer, you can rush to the fourth trench.
The auxiliary soldiers and followers held up the last two hundred or so wooden bridges and rushed towards the fourth trench at the rear. The Qing soldiers knew that even if the Ming army above fired another round of artillery, there would still be at least more than a hundred
The wooden bridge can be used to build the fourth trench. As long as you walk a dozen steps forward, all the trenches will be conquered by the Qing army, and the large Qing army can cross the trenches and kill the Ming army in the stronghold.
At the central military office of the Qing army, the bull's horn was blown again to encourage morale, encouraging the Qing soldiers who were lifting the bridge to rush forward.
Hearing the sound of the horn, the Qing soldiers changed from walking to running, rushing forward with all their strength, towards the fourth trench.
A dozen steps away from the fourth trench, the artillery on the Ming army's stronghold opened fire again. The scatter artillery bombardment was followed by the Ming army's rifle fire.
The wood blocks that flew out after the wooden shield was broken by the shotgun were extremely lethal. Many auxiliary soldiers wearing cotton armor were cut to death by the wood blocks. The shotgun projectiles were even more deadly. The thin cotton armor was in these projectiles.
The one in front of him was as fragile as paper, let alone those unarmored followers. If he was hit in the head, his skull would be broken. If he was hit in the stomach, it would be a big wound and his intestines would be broken.
The riflemen's shooting was even more tricky, hitting the Qing soldiers' torsos with each shot.
The Qing soldiers in the first few rows were either dead or wounded.
Artillery bombardment and rifle volley fire caused more than a thousand Qing soldiers to fall on the hard soil in early spring in North China, and their blood flowed into streams.
A row of wooden bridges were defeated, and thousands of Qing soldiers retreated in confusion. As they fled, rifles were firing, chasing them all the way.
But more than a hundred wooden bridges in the back row survived the artillery fire and volley fire. They howled and struggled to lift the wooden bridge and rushed to the front of the fourth trench. They pressed the base of the wooden bridge against the trench and pushed the wooden bridge.
In the upper part, let the wooden bridge cross the trench and set it up on the low earth wall opposite the trench with a "bang" sound.
Wooden bridges have been built on all four trenches.
The Qing army's wooden bridge tactic can be said to be successful.
Deafening cheers erupted from the ranks of the Qing troops.
Hauge's eyes were red with excitement and he shouted: "General, the wooden bridge is successful! Rush up!"
Abatai also shouted: "General, please charge quickly. If Li Zhi's soldiers and horses come out to destroy the wooden bridge! Our bridge-building soldiers will die in vain!"
Dorgon was also excited about the success of the wooden bridge. He waved his hand and shouted: "The whole army rushes into battle!"
Dorgon gave the order, and the trombones of the Chinese army sounded in the formation. The flags of the Chinese army were waved, and orders were conveyed to the various departments of the Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces. The Eight Banners of Manchuria had 25,000 soldiers, and the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Outer Fans
The 20,000 Mongolian soldiers, as well as the 20,000 auxiliary soldiers who had just withdrawn, formed a boundless army of more than 60,000 people and rushed towards the small stronghold in front.
However, the front of the Ming army's stronghold was only 500 steps long, and the Qing army could only place a few hundred people on one front. The army of more than 60,000 people dragged into a long queue, rushing towards the Ming army like a giant beast.
The stronghold.
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In front of the fourth trench, the Qing soldiers who had just put down the wooden bridge immediately retreated into the wooden shields, preparing to use the wooden shields in front to cover the charging of the army behind them.
However, they did not understand that the slow rate of fire of the Ming army's artillery was a deception. How could Li Zhi's artillery misfire at this critical moment? If the wooden shields of these Qing soldiers were stuck on the battlefield, wouldn't all the riflemen be unable to shoot?
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Before the Qing soldiers could fully raise their wooden shields, one hundred and forty cannons opened fire on the wooden shields.
More than 10,000 shotgun blasts pierced the void, shattering more than a hundred sets of wooden shields into pieces, and beating the Tatars behind the wooden shields until blood flew everywhere. In one fell swoop, more than 600 Tatars were killed by shotgun shells.
The blood was like paint, sprinkled all over the floor.
The Tatars in the back row were all stunned. What happened? Why did the Ming army's artillery fire come so fast? Didn't it take a long time to load the ammunition?
However, there was no time for them to consider this issue carefully at this time. Bashiku, the commander of the battle, jumped out and shouted: "Come with me!"
