At a distance of more than two miles, the Qing army's Hongyi artillery fired on Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen's troops.
Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen's army was equipped with a large number of firearms such as Baizi Guns and Crouching Tiger Cannons. However, these firearms could only reach a maximum distance of three hundred steps and could not fight the Qing army at a distance of two miles. Two generals led the troops.
They rushed forward. When they reached a distance of 200 steps, the Ming army laid down their firearms and began to shoot the Qing soldiers.
The Baizi gun is a small firearm with a very slender muzzle and weighs two to thirty kilograms. When used, dozens of pellets can be filled into the barrel at a time, and it can shoot enemies hundreds of steps away like shotguns, hence the name Baizi gun.
.Of course, you can also just fill it with a large projectile and shoot it. In this case, you can smash a tank two hundred paces away.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon is a small artillery piece, weighing three to forty kilograms. In order to facilitate shooting, the cannon is placed in a fixed position, much like a tiger squatting, hence its name. The Tiger Crouching Cannon is mostly fired by projectiles.
It is quite lethal within 500 steps.
Although the Ming army did not have powerful Hongyi cannons, it had more firearms of various types than the Qing army. There were only six Hongyi cannons in the Qing army's formation, and after a period of firing, the casualties were much higher than those of the Ming army.
The Qing army no longer fired artillery, but rushed forward on horses.
The Ming army blocked a thousand four-wheel sidecars in front of the formation to defend against the Qing cavalry. The sidecars were chariots several meters long. The wooden planks of the carriages were like a city wall, protecting the infantry behind the vehicles.
.Only the narrow gap between the chariots can pass. The Qing cavalry rushed to the front of the formation and could not move forward, so they had to dismount and fight on foot.
The Ming army brought Bijia Mountain to defeat the Qing army's majesty, and their morale was high. At this time, the Ming army was more numerous than the Qing army, and the Ming army was not afraid of the Qing army and fought together with the Qing army.
Wang Tingchen was originally a tiger general. He led a thousand servants, holding a big halberd, to attack the Qing army, killing countless people. Inspired by Wang Tingchen's lead, the morale of the Ming army was even higher, and every one of them could not fight to the death.
retreat.
After fighting for half an hour, both sides suffered heavy casualties, each suffering hundreds of casualties. The Qing army could not bear the casualties at first, so Ming Jin fled. The Qing army abandoned six heavy Hongyi cannons and fled towards the northwest mountains.
Go. Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen were not willing to let go of this opportunity to make meritorious deeds, so they abandoned their firearms and chased after him.
After chasing for five miles, they entered a mountain col. Wang Tingchen suddenly turned aside and sweated all over his body.
"Betrayed"
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Li Zhi led an army of 15,000 people and marched fifteen miles south of Xingshan Mountain. The army let go of the scouts to search for military information within 20 miles around, and marched along the official road in a long snake formation. The 15,000 people lined up in rows of five.
Entering, it meanders forward and backward for several miles. Looking around, there are flaming flags everywhere.
The morale of Huben Division was high, and the soldiers could not wait to rush to Jinzhou immediately to fight the slave chief Huang Taiji.
Li Zhi led the team to walk in the middle of the army. As he walked, he suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in front of him. Two servants dressed as Ming soldiers galloped on their horses, and they rushed towards them in panic.
The servant galloped up to Li Zhi, but was stopped by Li Zhi's personal guards. The servant rolled off his horse, hurriedly took out his badge to check his identity, removed his saber, and then rushed in front of Li Zhi.
As soon as the two servants arrived in front of Li Zhi, they knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "Uncle Xingguo, our commander-in-chief Wang Tingchen and the general soldier of the Chinese Association Bai Guangen were ambushed and surrounded by 50,000 Tatars in Hejia'ao. Please ask Xingguo."
Bosu quickly sent troops to rescue."
Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and secretly thought that these Ming troops were really careless, and they were ambushed by the Qing troops again?
With a wave of his hand, Li Zhi stopped the army.
Seeing that Uncle Xingguo didn't say anything, the two servants kowtowed on the ground like pounding garlic, and begged: "Uncle, my marshal and Bai Guangen are guarding a small hill, and they are about to lose their hold. Uncle, hurry to the rescue.
My master and Bai Guangen will definitely never forget my uncle's kindness."
Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Bring me the map."
Two personal guards ran up and spread a map of western Liaoning on the ground next to Li Zhi's horse.
Li Zhi asked Wang Tingchen's servant, "Where is Hejia'ao?"
The two servants looked at the map for a long time, finally understood it and pointed out the location of Hejia'ao.
Zheng Kaicheng came up to look at the map, took a breath and said: "Uncle, that place is all mountainous, and the mountains are full of woods, which is not conducive to the use of our Tiger Ben division's rifles."
Li Laosi pondered and said: "If it is full of woods, the rifle can only shoot within a few dozen steps. Any further away will be blocked by tree trunks."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "In the mountains and forests, it is really difficult for me, Master Huben, to perform."
When the two servants on the ground heard Li Zhi's words, tears burst down their eyes and they kept kowtowing on the ground.
"Uncle, if the Huben Division has 15,000 troops and goes in, our Ming army will be as numerous as the Qing army. We will definitely be able to support them until other reinforcements arrive!"
"Uncle, we are all friendly forces, you can't just ignore them and save them!"
Li Zhi looked at the two crying Ming soldiers, thought for a while, nodded and said: "If Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen, more than 30,000 people, are surrounded and annihilated by the Qing army, this battle will be impossible to fight. Okay,
I'm going to save your commander!"
The two servants on the ground seemed to hear the sounds of nature, and their eyes shone with joy.
Zhong Feng grinned and said, "Uncle, our soldiers and horses haven't fought in the mountains and forests yet!"
Li Zhi said: "There is a first time for everything. Inform the whole army to march urgently and send troops to Hejia'ao."
The flags of the Central Army were waved, and the messengers galloped out from the Central Army, spreading the order for a rush march to the entire army. Fifteen thousand soldiers of the Huben Division and eight thousand heavy civilians ran quickly along the official road towards Xingshan City.
When the army arrived at Xingshan City, the civilians who carried the baggage left all the food and grass in the city. They only used carriages and armor to follow the army to Hejiaping. After walking another ten miles of official roads, the army stepped into the city when it was only five miles away from Hejia'ao.
In the mountains and forests.
The scouts from the front came back quickly to report that 50,000 Qing troops had surrounded more than 30,000 Ming troops in the col, and the fighting was fierce. The Ming troops were about to be defeated. The scouts had searched the area for 20 miles, and there were no more troops nearby.
No other Tatars ambush.
Li Zhi asked the soldiers to put on their armor neatly, put bayonets on their rifles, and led the troops into the mountains and forests.
The mountain forest was full of pine and cypress trees, and occasionally there were a few maple trees, which grew densely. Li Zhi felt that in such a mountain forest, the enemies fifty meters away would be completely obscured by the trees. Only when the Tatars rushed forward, the fire
A gun can only be fired once.
After walking for another three miles, there were loud shouts of killing coming from ahead. Li Zhi walked to a small hill, stood on a slightly open high ground and looked ahead. He saw tens of thousands of people in the distance, densely packed and fighting together.
The Ming army wore bright red cotton armor or mandarin duck war jackets, and was surrounded by the Qing army, struggling to support them.
