When Hong Chengchou heard Li Zhi's words, he turned around suddenly and looked at Li Zhi. But after looking at Li Zhi for a while, he became a little discouraged and said, "Uncle Xing Guo only has 15,000 people. I'm afraid even if Uncle Xing takes action
, they may not be able to defeat these 40,000 Qing troops."
Zhang Ruoqi was very nervous and said: "The Tatars have 30,000 gunmen and Uncle Xingguo's 15,000 men are shooting at each other. How can Uncle Xingguo's soldiers and horses withstand them? What's more, there are 10,000 horse troops over there. If all 10,000 horses attack,
The array of firecrackers attacking Uncle Xing Guo may be overwhelmed."
There were too many Tatar soldiers and horses, and they were fire-gun soldiers just like Li Zhi's soldiers and horses. Hong Chengchou could clearly see through the telescope that the Qing army's fire-gun soldiers were also wearing heavy armor and were very elite. Li Zhi's fifteen thousand soldiers
How can the horse defeat the fire gun soldiers with similar equipment and two or three times the number of them?
Hong Chengchou and Zhang Ruoqi looked at each other with helpless eyes.
Li Zhi was too lazy to talk to the two civil servants. With a flick of his cloak, Li Zhi mounted his horse, rode quickly in front of his Huben division, and shouted loudly: "Send troops to defeat the 40,000 Tatars on the east wing!"
Officers at all levels roared in victory and spread Li Zhi's words to every soldier.
The soldiers of the Tiger Division knew that this was a crucial battle and shouted in unison: "Tiger!"
"Tiger!"
"Tiger!"
The roar of 15,000 people in unison echoed through the sky, shaking the Qing troops who rushed over from several miles away.
Hong Chengchou's face turned pale again when he heard the roar of the Huben Division. This murderous army was so different from the other Ming troops. Hong Chengchou and Zhang Ruoqi looked at each other and thought to themselves: Could it be Li Zhi's Huben Division?
Is there really any hope of stopping the 40,000 Qing troops?
Division Huben formed a circular formation, loaded the rifles with bullets, loaded the cannons with shells, and slowly faced the Qing army pressing in from four miles away.
The commander of the 40,000 Qing troops was Duduo, Prince of Heshuoyu in the Qing Dynasty. Duduo was the fifteenth son of Nurhaci and the younger brother of Dorgon. He was one of the most brave generals in the Qing Dynasty.
Duduo had just defeated 50,000 Ming troops with 30,000 firecrackers. He was so high-spirited that he felt more and more that these firecrackers were a strong force. The combat power of these firecrackers was even better than our armored soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.
It is indeed wise to send out such a force.
Seeing Li Zhi's 15,000 men approaching, Duduo snorted coldly and said with a smile: "The emperor specially created this Han army's flag-fire gun soldiers to deal with Li Zhi, and we will fight today. Let's see what happens.
Is Li Zhi’s gun accurate, or are we the one with the most guns?”
Belledudu gave Li Zhi's team a sharp look and smiled: "Thirty thousand fire rifle soldiers are here. I don't believe that Li Zhi can escape. Li Zhi has been arrogant for so many years, and today Prince Yu led the troops to clean up for me."
If you avoid this harm, your Majesty will definitely reward you greatly!"
Duduo laughed loudly, waved his hand, and shouted: "Kong Youde, lead the firecrackers to attack! Defeat Li Zhi's troops!"
Kong Youde knelt on the ground and shouted: "The last general has received his order!"
He got up, rushed to the front of the firecrackers formation, and shouted loudly to drive the firecrackers forward. Thirty thousand firecrackers lined up in an orderly queue and advanced towards Li Zhi's troops.
The two armies gradually approached, and at a distance of three miles, Li Zhi's heavy artillery opened fire on the Qing army.
There was only a rumble like a thunder in the ears, and the forty heavy artillery in front of the Huben Division's formation opened fire. The forty shells were like forty meteors, shooting straight towards the 40,000 Qing troops.
As soon as forty artillery shells entered the Qing army, there was a shower of blood. No matter whether it was the torso or arms and legs of the Qing soldiers in front of them, whether it was flesh or bones, the cannonballs weighing more than ten kilograms could smash everything they encountered.
.Forty artillery shells bounced forward in the ranks of the Qing troops, drawing forty straight lines of death. Minced meat and blood mist sprayed out in an instant, causing chaos.
Kong Youde was riding behind the firecrackers when he saw a cannonball flying straight towards him, almost hitting a hundred of his own soldiers. The shell finally hit the firecrackers more than ten meters to the left of Kong Youde.
The Han flag soldiers in the queue were immediately killed.
Kong Youde saw a soldier being hit in the chin. As a result, his whole head was smashed. Blood spurted out from the broken neck like a fountain, covering the soldiers several meters around.
A gunman's right hand was broken off, and blood spurted out from the severed artery. The gunman covered the wound on his right hand tightly, but still could not stop the bleeding. His face became paler and whiter.
Unable to stand, he fell to the ground.
Kong Youde was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Zhi's heavy artillery could hit so far and in such large numbers. Kong Youde secretly thought that Li Zhi's cannons were far stronger than his own light artillery. He looked at the casualties in front of the soldiers, waved his hands angrily, and shouted loudly.
Said: "Go forward, speed up!"
The Qing army quickly moved forward two hundred steps, and Li Zhi's artillery shells came again. This time, the thirty heavy cannons placed on the side also opened fire, and seventy shells screamed and fired at the Qing army.
This time, Li Zhi's artillery shells were specifically aimed at the Qing army's small Hongyi cannons.
When Kong Youde saw the artillery shells whizzing towards him, he doubled up in panic. Fortunately, the artillery shells did not hit him, but instead shot into the artillery car team dozens of meters away.
At least six Hongyi cannons were hit by Li Zhi's cannonballs. The cannonballs hit the bronze barrels, making a huge metal impact. The cannons that were hit were knocked backwards by the kinetic energy of the cannonballs, crushing several people to death.
An artilleryman at the back.
Seventy shells not only destroyed several cannons, but also killed many artillerymen.
Kong Youde saw an artilleryman whose left leg was broken by a shell and fell to the ground screaming. His left leg bounced on the ground and landed on his right side. The commander's eyes were bloodshot and he grabbed his broken leg.
The left leg that came down was connected to the base of the bloody left leg, as if trying to connect the broken leg.
Duduo and Dudu, who were standing in the distance, looked at the power of Li Zhi's cannon with solemn expressions. They did not expect that Li Zhi's cannon was so powerful that it could severely damage the Qing army from three miles away. Fortunately, the Han soldiers under the Han Banner had been practicing for several years.
The formations are quite disciplined. Otherwise, if they were hit by Li Zhi's cannon a few times like this, there might be chaos.
Du Du loudly said to Duduo: "Prince Yu, when our soldiers and horses charge forward and shoot cannons, Li Zhi's soldiers and horses will not be able to withstand it!"
Duduo nodded and said: "If you shoot Li Zhi with 30,000 firecrackers and more than 10,000 firecrackers, you won't lose no matter what!"
The 40,000 Qing troops rushed forward under artillery fire and were hit by five rounds of artillery shells. Finally, they rushed two hundred steps away from Li Zhi's troops. The Qing troops quickened their pace, preparing to rush up to seventy steps to shoot at Li Zhi's troops.
, but heard a rumbling sound.
Forty heavy cannons fired cannonballs at the approaching Tatars.
