On January 30, 40,000 Ming troops under Hong Chengchou began to attack the Qing army camp.
The Ming army prepared more than 500 large and small wooden shield vehicles and more than 1,000 wooden bridges. Twenty thousand people under the command of Wang Pu, Yang Guozhu and Wu Sangui carried these equipment and walked towards the trench of the Qing army's camp.
Walking in front is the wooden bridge of the Ming army. There is also a wooden shield made of a circle of wooden boards hanging below the wooden bridge, which can prevent fire and cannon fire.
The Qing army's fire cannons had a range of only one hundred meters, so the trenches were dug within a hundred meters of the camp walls. However, the Qing army's light Hongyi cannons could shoot one mile. The Ming army slowly carried heavy weapons to attack the fort.
After moving a hundred steps away from the trench, a dozen cannons in the camp opened fire.
There was only a rumble of artillery, and the Qing army's artillery spit out tongues of fire, firing shells weighing several kilograms at the target's huge wooden bridge. In just one salvo, eight wooden bridges were smashed. The shells completely destroyed the wooden bridge.
The wooden shield below was smashed into pieces and shot into the Ming army's column under the wooden bridge.
Broken meat and blood suddenly flew out. Dozens of Ming soldiers under the eight wooden bridges were killed in an instant, and they were immediately frightened. More than a hundred people threw down the wooden bridge and ran towards the way they came, covered in blood.
Blood.
Seeing the power of the Qing army's artillery, Hong Chengchou and Yang Guozhu looked at each other, very surprised.
I didn't expect the Qing army's Hongyi artillery to be so sharp. Looking at it this way, if you want to build a wooden bridge over the trench, you will have to pay a lot of casualties.
Compared with the Hongyi artillery of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou's army only had more than 30 French cannons. These French cannons could only fire two to three hundred meters. They were generally used to fire scatter cannons and could not hide from them.
The Qing troops behind the gun emplacement exchanged bombardment.
Wang Pu felt very distressed when he saw that his soldiers were hit by Qing artillery. He turned to look at Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, and said to Hong Chengchou: "Junmen, let Xing Guobo's artillery go up and destroy the Qing army."
Let’s use the artillery to charge into the formation again!”
Hong Chengchou pinched his beard, frowned and said nothing, and did not answer Wang Pu's request.
On the front of the battlefield, the Qing army's Hongyi artillery was still firing.
When the wooden bridge advanced to the first trench, it had already been hit three times by Qing artillery. At least thirty wooden bridges were defeated, and hundreds of troops collapsed. The Ming army that was not attacked will 300
The wooden bridge was placed on the first ditch and retreated.
The wooden bridge at the back crosses the first trench and leads to the second trench in front.
But they had only taken a dozen steps when the Qing army's artillery started firing again.
This time, the Qing army used scatter cannons.
The scatter cannons fired from the seventeen cannons formed a barrage and shot into the wooden bridge dozens of meters away. The wooden shields made of wooden boards under the wooden bridge could prevent the gunners' bullets, but they could not prevent the scatter guns at all.
The densely packed wooden bridge became the best target for the scatter cannon, sweeping away a large area.
Screams came from under dozens of wooden bridges at the same time, and at least thirty wooden bridges were hit by scatter cannons. Once hit by the projectiles of the scatter cannon, they would pierce two holes and be thrown away in an instant.
Life. The two or three layers of soldiers in the front row of the wooden bridge were penetrated in an instant and died miserably on the battlefield.
The high morale of the Ming army suffered a heavy blow, and the soldiers were frightened. Thousands of wooden bridges stopped between the first trench and the second trench, and they were unable to advance or retreat.
Hong Chengchou looked at the battle ahead with a serious face. After thinking about it, he waved his hand and said, "Blow the horn!"
The central army of the Ming army blew the horn to urge the soldiers to advance. When the soldiers in front heard the horn sound, they knew that they could not retreat, so they had no choice but to rush forward.
A wooden bridge was lowered over the second trench, and the Ming army behind it crossed over.
The Qing army's Hongyi artillery fired again.
Another shot of scattered artillery swept across, and the wooden shield under the wooden bridge was torn open by the projectile like paper. Behind the wooden shield, Cotton's flesh and blood body was exposed in front of the iron projectile, and the fragile body was pierced alive. The projectile was in the flesh.
It stabbed straight, in from the front and out from the back, and then rushed towards the next body.
Blood splashed out like a fountain, covering the inside of the crowded wooden bridge with blood.
Such a one-sided massacre was a great test of the mental quality of the attacking party. Without iron-blooded military discipline, it would be impossible to withstand such heavy casualties.
After two rounds of Sanzi artillery bombardment, Wang Pu's troops collapsed first.
The morale of the officers and soldiers in Datong Town, which had been high due to the arrival of Uncle Xing Guo, was completely wiped out. When Uncle Xing Guo came, the Ming army should have won the battle and gained military merit, but why did the scene become like this, rushing up and being massacred by cannons? Once the cannon fired, it was a
More than a hundred people died in front of artillery fire. Is this a war?
The 10,000 bridge-building soldiers in Datong Town threw down the wooden bridge and ran across the road, just to stay away from the terrifying Qing army camp. The Qing troops in the camp got this opportunity, aimed at the fleeing Ming troops and started shooting
.Crackling gunfire rang out, and countless fleeing Ming troops fell under the gunfire.
The Ming army who was still alive became even more panicked, howling loudly as they ran away.
"We're defeated, run away!"
"The Tatars are coming out, run away!"
When the Ming army holding a wooden bridge and pushing a cart with wooden shields saw that the Ming army in front collapsed, they also abandoned their attacking equipment and fled back with the defeated army. The 10,000 people in Datong Town fled quickly.
The entire team collapsed. The Ming army in Xuanfu Town and Ningyuan Town also became a broken army and fled towards the Chinese army in the south.
Thirty thousand people rushed in front of the camp and were completely defeated.
Seeing that the Ming army was defeated, the Qing army sent five hundred cavalry to rush out and intimidate the Ming army from behind.
Hong Chengchou looked at the defeated Ming army and his face turned pale. Unexpectedly, the 30,000 Ming army attacking the stronghold collapsed after only a few hundred people were killed. Hundreds of wooden bridges were built on the two trenches.
It will be destroyed by the Tatars. These hundreds of people will die in vain.
Such a defeated army would take a lot of effort just to gather it together. How could they attack the Qing army's camp?
It was the soldiers in Datong Town who exploded without fighting and sacrificed more than a hundred people, leading to the rout of the entire army. How did Wang Pu lead the troops, and the soldiers and horses he brought out were so unbearable? Hong Chengchou glanced coldly.
Wang Pu wanted to beat him with a whip.
Wang Pu felt Hong Chengchou's dissatisfaction, swallowed his saliva, looked at the defeated troops in front, and was speechless.
The fleeing Ming army rushed towards the direction they came from, and finally rushed towards the central army where a group of generals were located.
When the defeated soldiers saw the five hundred Tatar cavalry behind them, they became even more panicked and shouted loudly: "We are defeated!"
"The Tatars are coming out!"
"Run away!"
Wu Sangui's face was stern and he shouted: "Junmen! These defeated troops are rushing towards the Chinese army. Don't let them lead the Chinese army to defeat."
Only then did Hong Chengchou realize that if the 30,000 defeated troops attacking the stronghold rushed forward like this, they would overwhelm the 10,000 Chinese troops. At this time, the vanguard was defeated and the morale of the Chinese army was unstable. There were few soldiers in the Chinese army. If the Chinese soldiers were attacked
Many of the defeated soldiers rushed and shouted. It is very likely that the battle was lost and unwinnable, and they dispersed along with the defeated soldiers.
If the Chinese army also collapsed, then these 40,000 defeated troops would really have to be chased by the Qing cavalry for dozens of miles, and I don’t know how many people would be killed or injured.
Hong Chengchou's face turned pale and he shouted loudly: "Blow the horn to boost morale."
Wang Pu panicked and said: "Junmen, what's the use of blowing the trumpet at this time? The defeated army is about to rush over."
Hong Chengchou glared at Wang Pu and was so angry that he could not speak.
Yang Guozhu quickly led Hong Chengchou's army horse and ran over, saying loudly: "Junmen, please ride your horse away first to avoid being taken advantage of by the Qing cavalry. Wait until the defeated troops are gathered, and then come back from Junmen."
Sit down!"
Hong Chengchou looked at Yang Guozhu and trembled. He really couldn't imagine that the battle to attack the stronghold would be like this. Such a defeated army was chased by five hundred Qing cavalry for a while. How many people would die? Two thousand? Three thousand? Even if they can be killed by then.
The defeated troops were gathered together, and their morale was completely lost.
How could this battle be fought like this? The camp defended by the Qing army with firearms was so strong?
At the critical moment, Li Zhi, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke.
"Junmen, pull back the Chinese army and let my Huben division go up."
