Chapter 84 Melting the sky and turning the earth, the sound shakes the universe
The deer harvesting weather in early summer is changeable, but today was another rare good weather.
The sky was blue, with not many clouds, and the sun shone warmly on the bodies of every soldier of the Shun and Qing armies. The early summer breeze carried a slight heat, blowing on people's faces and bodies, which was particularly comfortable.
Li Zicheng's imperial camp Huang Gai was moving forward, and Dashun's nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses were advancing towards the open and flat Huolu battlefield - there was only a gurgling stream in front of them. The soldiers stepped on it, and the horses galloped. There was no need to throw whips yet.
The stream has stopped flowing.
There are several slightly raised hills in the middle of the battlefield. Emperor Yongchang concluded that these places would become the key points for the two armies to fight back and forth on the Huolu battlefield. He sent Liu Tichun to lead an army composed mostly of people from northern Shaanxi.
The elite infantry seized a high hill. Huang Gai of the imperial camp also quickly followed to the vicinity of the high hill. The energetic and well-equipped guards of the imperial camp were heavily guarded, making this place quickly become a Dashun army.
A Chinese military position on the Huolu battlefield.
The summer flowers on the mound were in full bloom, with delicate petals, holding up a beautiful fire-like umbrella. Liu Tichun turned over and dismounted, moved his feet that had crushed the petals, and looked at the Qing army's front line in the distance:
Red, yellow, blue, white...the Donglu flags of various colors fluttered in the wind, and the military appearance was neat and tidy, showing a strong and wild power.
A heat wave hit Liu Tichun's throat, and the scorching tide surged in his chest. He held his breath hard, enduring the hot blood rushing around in his chest, and finally shouted to Li Zicheng under the yellow umbrella:
"Long live! It's begun—"
Time started to accelerate from this moment, and the fuse of the war was ignited. It would not stop until one of the two armies was completely destroyed.
Zhang Pili, who was following Zhang Nai, was one of the first generals to confront the Qing army's frontline troops during the Dashun Army's all-out offensive. Knowing that the critical moment had come, he carefully took out a delicate weapon from his arms.
Inside the wooden box was a brand new self-generating fire gun given to him by Li Laiheng.
This is a self-generating short-handed musket, and its rate of fire is much higher than that of old-style muskets such as portal guns and matchlocks. However, Huguang has not yet fully mastered the production technology of self-generating muskets, that is, flintlock guns.
Only a small number of trial products are produced.
The self-generated fire gun in Zhang Pikui's hand shone with a blue luster in the sun. Zhang Pikui grasped the gun hard and aimed at the enemy in the distance on the galloping horse.
shouted:
"Destroy the enemy!"
There was a sound like soybeans bursting, and a Mongolian soldier in the Donglu formation fell down. The Chu Chuang cavalry was invigorated and rushed forward with all their strength. The knights followed Zhang Nai's Suwei cavalry and picked up their weapons one after another.
The gun started firing.
But this time, the Qing army did not slowly let the shun cavalry approach its battle line as before.
As soon as the Shun Army cavalry arrived within the shooting range, Monk Kong Youde deployed a large number of light and heavy artillery from King Sanshun and the Han Army Banner to fire cannons. It was estimated that hundreds or even thousands of artillery fired at the same time, causing a roar like thunder.
The charging chants of the Dashun cavalry and the dense shells were like a rain of fire, burning out all life in sight.
The war horse was hit by the shotgun, and immediately lost the kinetic energy of the impact, and fell down with a whimper and hiss. The cavalryman on the horse still raised his arms high, and before the cold light on his sword flashed, he was reduced to a bloody corpse by the shotgun.
Duduo was not afraid of the Dashun Army's all-out offensive. In the previous round of confrontation between the vanguard armies, under the pressure and requirements of Huang Taiji, he restrained the power of the Eight Banners Army and deliberately slowed down the Qing army's artillery fire.
Place the heavy cavalry of the Shun army near the Qing army's front line to fight.
Now Fan Wencheng and Ye Bilong personally rode to the front line, bringing new instructions and orders from Huang Taiji.
Fan Wencheng directly handed the document to Duduo and said: "King Yu, Your Majesty is not optimistic. This battle must be won, and it must be a great victory...!"
Duduo opened the document and after reading the Manchu text above, a smile of victory appeared on his face. If Huang Taiji is like a cunning fox, Duduo is like a common brown bear outside the customs. Although his movements are slow, he is
Has profound power.
Ye Bilong urged anxiously: "The intruders still have a large army near Shenzhou, and that group of intruders is more powerful than the bandit soldiers and horses in front of us. We are now racing against time. We must first annihilate the enemy in front of us before we can turn back and attack."
Those intruders from Shenzhou.”
Duduo chuckled and said: "I have fully understood the secrets of the Great Khan's use of troops. Well, our army is showing weakness to the enemy. Now the intruders think that we have been besieging Zhending for a long time and are exhausted. How stupid they are! I have been with King Gongshun, Zhi
King Shun and the others have made it clear that now all the light and heavy artillery pieces of our Qing Dynasty are firing, and all the firecrackers have stepped forward to prepare for shooting. Guns and artillery are placed everywhere in front of the formation, and the rogue cavalry, who do not know my skills, rush forward to die.
It’s so stupid, it’s so stupid!”
Fan Wencheng felt in his heart that the battle was not that simple. He also went to the front line. In front of him, with flags flying, was the Dashun Army with no end in sight. He continued to stare forward, and behind the Shun Army cavalry, there were more
A band of bandits with no tail in sight.
"Lay out the guns!"
The obedient king Kong Youde did not wait for Duduo's order, and ordered all the heavy artillery and gunners belonging to the three obedient kings to open fire. This most shining star in the old Dongjiang Town army, like Shang Kexi, has a blood feud with the Tatars, and is more powerful than the desperate Shang.
Fortunately, the general surrendered to the Qing army in a more shameless manner. He ordered the artillery unit created by Sun Yuanhua, the famous Ming Dynasty official and governor of Denglai, to open fire.
The sound of gunfire suddenly sounded on the battlefield, and the front line was full of elite cavalrymen who fell down after being shot. The fire flickered, and bloody corpses could be seen everywhere in the wilderness. The air was solidified at this moment, and there was no wind.
There is no noise of blowing green grass, no chirping of summer insects, only deathly silence...
"rush--"
Suddenly, a long neigh of a conquering horse broke the silence that had solidified on the battlefield. Yihou Zhang Nai drove an iron-blue war horse and rushed to the front regardless of his own safety. There was a large sticky blood stain on his armor, which was from the previous battle.
The battle left by the forwards on the field left traces, even the necks of the war horses were stained with blood, revealing the intensity of the battle.
The iron-green war horses twisted their long-whiskered necks and whimpered and neighed. Zhang Nai organized hundreds of horses into a column, and tens of thousands of horses galloped, breaking through the Qing army's fire blockade in an instant and rushing forward quickly.
Although Zhang Nai was often obsessed with fighting and did not even care about the casualties of his soldiers, his bravery and fearlessness, his taking the lead and taking risks personally, and his simple and simple fighting enthusiasm were all greatly exaggerated.
This made the soldiers around Zhang Nai full of trust in this bold, straightforward and sloppy general.
The sunshine was like a golden cloak, draped over Zhang Nai's body. His tall and tall figure and the tight-fitting blue blouse made him look more majestic and majestic as a general.
"Ha! Go - don't stop!"
Boom——Boom——Boom——
There were more roars on the battlefield, but this time the roars were made by the Dashun Army.
As Li Zicheng's yellow umbrella advanced, Dashun's 100,000 soldiers and horses, except for Li Guo who led thousands of rear camp soldiers and horses to the north of the battlefield and joined the other thousands of Shun troops who had gone on a roundabout mission, the company's rear troops
The two lieutenants of the battalion, Ma Chongxi and Zhang Neng, both stayed near Li Zicheng's Chinese army's front line with nearly 20,000 infantry.
Now the Dashun Army is attacking across the board, with hundreds of thousands of troops and horses turning the tide. The people in charge of the artillery in the middle camp are Wu Ruyi and Bai Guangen. Wu Ruyi is Tian Jianxiu's veteran general. He is a steady man, but he lacks experience in using artillery, so he still needs to learn from it.
Bai Guangen, a veteran of the Ming army who had surrendered, assisted - after all, when Bai Guangen was still under Sun Chuanting, he had been in charge of the heavy artillery train battalion built by Sun Chuanting.
Most of the Shun army's artillery was captured from the Ming army. After Li Zicheng swept through the northwest, many Qin troops organized themselves and surrendered to Dashun, which also brought a large number of artillery to the Shun army.
The Dashun Army had fought against Sun Chuanting many times and had suffered losses from the train battalion. Of course, they were well aware of the power of artillery. At this time, thousands of artillery fires were launched with great momentum, and they suddenly overwhelmed the Qing army's firepower.
The Shun army had more artillery than the Qing army. At this time, they suddenly opened fire, and the continuous roar of artillery continued. Zhang Pizhu looked back and roughly estimated in his mind that the number of cannons fired was no less than two to three thousand!
It's just that the artillery of the Shun army is not as good as that of the Qing army. Most of them are light artillery of very low weight. Even the more powerful heavy artillery is mostly of the old model. The number of truly powerful Hongyi artillery is far less than that of the Qing artillery.
The army compared.
Therefore, thousands of cannons in the central camp opened fire. Although it immediately created a powerful force that melted the sky and melted the earth and shook the universe, the actual firepower released was still not as powerful as the Qing army.