The soldiers in the third row put away their bayonets at the officer's call and began to load their rifles.?
The soldiers loaded their bullets and aimed at the Tatar cavalry in the distance.
Gradually, the defeated soldiers rushed over from both sides. The Tatar cavalry driving the defeated soldiers from the rear entered the shooting range of the trapped troops. These Tatars were so addicted to killing the defeated soldiers of the Ming army that they did not realize that they had entered the rifle formation.
death zone.
Zhong Feng waved his hand, and 1,300 rifles fired at the Tatar cavalry.
The crackling gunfire sounded, and more than a thousand bullets were fired at the 500 Tatar cavalry. Just now they had driven away tens of thousands of people. The seemingly powerful cavalry were as fragile as babies in front of rifle bullets. The bullets were merciless.
After being shot into the body of the Tatar cavalry, blood arrows emerged from the flesh and blood under the wound, and spurted out from the armor that had been pierced by the bullet.
The Tatar cavalry seemed to have been named on their horses, and they screamed and fell down from their horses.
With just one volley, more than 400 of the 500 cavalry were killed.
The surviving cavalrymen were so frightened that they ran away with their heads in their hands. How could they dare to chase the defeated troops? They turned their horses and fled quickly towards the camp.
When the cavalry rushed out of the camp just now, the Tatar infantrymen in the camp came out carrying two wooden bridges, so now there are two wooden bridges on the trench. Dozens of Tatar cavalry who were lucky enough not to be killed by rifles came out from the wooden bridge.
I rode back to the camp on the bridge and didn't dare to come out again.
Without the pursuit of the Tatar cavalry, the fleeing Ming army gradually became less panicked. Although they were still defeated, their escape gradually slowed down.
Hong Chengchou saw that Li Zhi's musketry soldiers had killed the Tatar cavalry, and there were no pursuers behind the defeated troops. He felt relieved. He sent soldiers out to collect the remaining troops. It was estimated that it would take some time to recover all the 30,000 defeated troops.
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However, he turned around and looked at the Qing army camp in front of him, and sighed again.
Yang Guozhu cupped his hands and said: "Junmen, the Qing army's camp is so tightly defended that our army may not be able to capture it."
Wang Pu said: "My lord, I'm afraid it's impossible to attack the Qing army's camp. At this time, we can only cut off their food and grass and besiege the camp outside, which will waste time and the Tatars."
Wu Sangui pondered for a moment and said: "If my army were to spend its time here and be stopped by 20,000 Qing troops, I'm afraid the imperial court would not agree. With 130,000 troops and horses assisting Jinzhou, countless soldiers, food and fodder are consumed every day, and the imperial court cannot sustain it for long.
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After hearing Wu Sangui's words, Hong Chengchou fell into deep thought.
Now that the 30,000-strong army has been defeated, even if it is gathered back, it will be unable to attack the camp. The Qing army has only lost a few hundred cavalry and still has enough strength to defend the camp. It seems that it is no longer possible to storm the camp. The way to besiege the Qing army is to
It seemed undesirable. It was very difficult for the imperial court to raise food and military pay. If the war was prolonged, the emperor would have no money to support the army.
Hong Chengchou took a breath and was in a dilemma.
Wang Pu and Yang Guozhu both shook their heads and sighed, and all the generals fell into silence for a while.
Li Zhi saw the helplessness of the generals and smiled.
When Hong Chengchou saw Li Zhi's smile, he was a little surprised and asked: "Why is Uncle Xing Guo so relaxed? Now the only ones who can fight are Uncle Xing's Huben Division and 10,000 Chinese troops. Could it be that Uncle Xing has a good strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Master Governor, I will lead fifteen thousand men to attack the stronghold. Within five days, this stronghold will be defeated!"
Hong Chengchou was stunned for a while, and it took him a long time to react, and a smile gradually appeared on his face. He grabbed Li Zhi's hand and asked: "Uncle Xing Guo, are you really sure of defeating the enemy in this battle?"
Wang Pu said loudly: "Uncle Xingguo, this stronghold is well-defended, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to break!"
Li Zhi said calmly: "Five days is a conservative estimate. It is estimated that within three days, the Tatars will abandon the stronghold and flee."
When Wang Pu heard Li Zhi's words, he was speechless.
Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui and other lieutenants and generals all looked puzzled and seemed not to believe Li Zhi's words. After all, everyone had been busy making attack equipment for so long these days. However, they attacked the camp in the morning but were defeated. The Qing army was defeated.
The strength is there. Although Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are strong, are they really invincible?
Aren’t the soldiers of Huben Division made of flesh and blood?
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Governor, I will organize troops to attack the camp."
Wu Sangui said blankly: "Uncle Xing Guo, don't you want to make weapons for attacking the stronghold?"
Li Zhi said with a smile: "Our Huben division is well-equipped, so why do we need to make those unreasonable equipment to attack the stronghold?"
Wu Sangui was speechless when he heard that Li Zhi called the equipment he designed to attack the stronghold a heretic. Wu Sangui didn't believe that Li Zhi could really defeat the Tatars within three days, but Xing Guobo's reputation and power were there. Wu Sangui
But he didn't dare to question it face to face. He handed over his hand and said no more.
Hong Chengchou said loudly: "I will watch Xing Guobo break the stronghold here!"
Li Zhi flicked his cloak, left Hong Chengchou's central army, and rode towards Huben Division.
When they arrived at Huben Division, Li Zhi summoned three regiment leaders and an acting regiment leader, and said with a smile: "It's our turn to attack the stronghold!"
Xue Sanku, acting leader of the selection team, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "I've been watching those losers messing around for seven or eight days. I really can't stand it anymore. It's finally our turn to attack the stronghold. Let these losers
See how Master Huben fights."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Xue Sanku, set up your seventy heavy cannons and let the Qing army have a taste of the shells."
Xue Sanku sang the promise loudly and went to organize the artillery carriage.
This time, Li Zhi went on an expedition with 4,000 soldiers from the Selective Regiment. Of these 4,000 veterans, 2,500 were cavalry and 1,500 were artillerymen. The cannons Li Zhi brought out included ten
There are seventy eight-pounder cannons and eighty six-pounder cannons. The firepower is very strong.
The Qing army learned from Li Zhi to form a firearms army, and also learned from Li Zhi's example to equip small Hongyi cannons. The Qing army did not know that the reason why Li Zhi only equipped small cannons was because at that time, the opponent had almost no artillery, and relying on small artillery could form an overwhelming advantage.
.However, if both sides have cannons to bombard each other, it depends on whose cannon is bigger.
In the face of heavy artillery with a range of three miles, the dozen or so small artillery pieces of the Qing army could only take a beating.
Each of Li Zhi's 18-pound heavy artillery weighed 3,200 kilograms and required twelve army horses to pull it. Under the escort of more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry, the artillerymen of the Huben Division drove the artillery carriage forward. They were two miles away from the Qing army.
It stopped at a certain place. The artillerymen unloaded the cannon from the sports car, pointed the muzzle at the Qing army camp in the distance, and began to load the barrel with ammunition.
Each heavy artillery had twelve gunners, who worked together and operated the cannon very quickly. Soon, the gunners adjusted the muzzle and aimed at the Qing soldiers' earthen wall.
Li Zhi said loudly: "Let these imitating Tatars know what real firepower is."
He waved his hand and the horn sounded. The gunner of the heavy artillery lit the fire door of the heavy artillery, and seventy heavy artillery opened fire. 8
