The soldiers of the Mughal Empire who rushed at the front were their arquebusiers, archers, and artillerymen carrying cannon barrels, and among them, the majority were archers. In addition, a small number were equipped with weapons from
Dutch Fusiliers.
It can be said that in this first wave of attacks, Aurangzeb did not hold back at all.
In the original plan, he also sent out the Dutch musketeers, but because the artillery suffered heavy losses, if the Dutch suffered more casualties, Kueyi said that he could not explain it to the headquarters. In the end, Aurangzeb revoked the order after considering it.
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The light cavalry on both wings, some carrying bows and arrows, and some holding lassoes, were like tigers in the mountains, waiting for an opportunity to charge forward.
Behind these long-range troops, soldiers carrying ladders, as well as war elephants and other troops are also following up.
Viewed from the top of Bhagalpur City, the Mughals outside the city were densely packed, like a large forest, moving towards the city wall.
However, let alone the soldiers of the Ming Army on the top of the city, even the soldiers of the Ming Army behind the female wall outside the city did not panic at all.
The entire Ming army was still quiet. Even the soldiers of the Mughal Empire would wonder if the Ming army had turned into statues because they did not even move.
This situation once again gave Aurangzeb a bad feeling.
Because of the previous two experiences, the Ming army's reaction seemed to be confident from top to bottom. What on earth gave them such confidence?
The Ming army's artillery can indeed shoot very far, but no matter what, the lethality of the artillery is actually not high. There is no problem in scaring the new recruits, but for the veterans, they all have a clear understanding.
On Aurangzeb's side, they had just seen the range and accuracy of the Ming army's artillery, so they sent out all the elites who fought in the north and south. If we say, the Ming army wanted to rely on their artillery to repel this army.
This attack was a dream!
Still wondering what the Ming army had to rely on, Aurangzeb turned around and asked: "You are familiar with the Ming army. Do they have any means to deal with such an attack?"
After hearing this, Kui looked in the direction of Bhagalpur and said uncertainly: "They have many people, they have iron-clad steam battleships, and they know a lot about firearms..."
After saying this, he suddenly couldn't go on. Because the biggest impression given to him by the Ming army was that there were many people and many ships.
But just now, the range and accuracy of the Ming army's artillery taught him another lesson, causing heavy losses to him. He suddenly lost his confidence: How well did he understand the Ming army?
Aurangzeb did not hear what he continued to say, and was about to turn his head to look at him when he suddenly heard the sound of artillery shelling.
"Boom boom boom..."
On the top of the city of Bhagalpur, smoke rose into the sky again. Iron bullets roared and hit the Mughal Empire army outside the city.
I saw iron bullets falling to the ground near the attacking war elephants, then ricocheting, plowing bloody ditches.
These war elephants all spread out and attacked because they had learned lessons.
But it is obvious that the Ming army's artillery should aim at these war elephants and conduct free bombardment.
In the first round of shelling, an unlucky war elephant was hit by an iron bullet and fell to the ground whiningly. Although the other war elephants were a little frightened by the iron bullets falling around them, they were trained and, although a little panicked, they were still beaten by the elephant.
The soldiers were under control and no stampede occurred.
But no matter what, the soldiers next to the war elephants were unlucky. They also immediately understood that the Ming army's artillery gave priority to bombarding the war elephants, so as they walked, they began to stay away from the war elephants.
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The frontline officers of the Mughal Empire were obviously experienced. After the Ming army opened fire, they issued military orders, and the entire long-range troops began to run towards the city wall.
"Boom boom boom..."
The artillery on top of the city continued to roar. With every bombardment, war elephants and nearby soldiers would be unlucky. It can be said that the accuracy of the Ming army's artillery was definitely the most powerful the Mughal Empire army had ever seen.
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However, they were all elite members of the Mughal Empire and were not frightened. They continued to approach the city wall so that they could be within a stone's throw and then use long-range weapons to counterattack.
Aurangzeb looked gloomy in the distance, because he discovered that he originally thought that the Dutch were the most proficient in firearms, but he did not expect that, at least for now, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was definitely no worse than the Dutch.
It can even be said that they seem to be better than the Dutch in terms of rate of fire and accuracy!
This made him a little worried. If nothing unexpected happened, the Ming army would probably give him a "surprise" with their muskets!
As a man who has led troops in wars for many years and has experience, Aurangzeb knows very well that the power of firearms is huge, far beyond the comparison of cold weapons. If the Ming army is better than the Dutch in firearms, this battle will
It’s hard to fight!
But at this time, there was no use trying to be right. He just stared at the battlefield with a gloomy expression.
From beginning to end, on the Ming army's side, only the artillery on top of the city was used to kill the attacking war elephants.
As time passed, the running long-range troops were finally close to a stone's throw away from the city wall. As long as the distance was shortened and the Mughal Empire's army had the strength advantage to cover and shoot, they could suppress the city head.
More vitality.
In the first wave of attacks, Aurangzeb no longer expected to attack Bajarpur directly, but demolished all the parapets and barbed wire fences outside the city. That would be a victory.
But at this moment, a series of smoke was seen rising from the top of the city of Bhagalpur and from the virgin walls below the city, and then the sound of a large number of firearms was heard.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Almost at the same time as they saw the smoke rising, the Mughal long-range troops rushing in front seemed to have hit an invisible wall, and they all fell to the ground. It was just like the arson boat encountered on the Ganges in the morning.
The iron rope blocks the same line.
The only difference is that the arson ship really has a line, and at this time, only a few people in the long-range arms crossed that line without any problems. Most of them, as the Ming army opened fire, all the people in the first few rows fell down.
It's on the ground.
Seeing this scene, Aurangzeb and Kuyi opened their eyes in unison, showing incredible expressions again.
Both of them have a lot of experience, and they know very well what the scene in front of them means.
While they were stunned, the Ming army's muskets continued to fire.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The long-range troops of the Mughal Empire's army fell back piece by piece like wheat being harvested.
When Aurangzeb saw this scene, he came to his senses angrily, turned around and asked Kuiyi sharply: "What's going on? How come the Ming army's muskets have such a long range and can shoot so accurately? Why didn't you warn me before?"
Under this musket fire, the number of casualties was far greater than that of artillery fire. They were killed and wounded one after another!
These are the elite of the Mughal Empire army, and they are the basis for Aurangzeb to become king and emperor!
Kueyi himself was stunned. When he heard Aurangzeb's question, he replied doubtfully: "This shouldn't be the case. If their artillery is made very large and heavy, it is impossible for their muskets to do this?"
There are just a few muskets, which makes sense, but they all have muskets like this, which makes no sense at all!"
Aurangzeb didn't want to hear such words at all. What he wanted was the result. He couldn't hear what he wanted to hear. When he was about to ask more questions, he heard Kuiyi ask again: "That's not right. Even if it gets worse, it won't be right."
The accuracy is definitely not that high, what’s going on?”
The enhanced version of the musket is to lift the gun, which requires two people to operate, and loading is also very troublesome. However, the accuracy of lifting the gun is also unreliable. This is determined by the musket!
Therefore, Kui Yi didn't know that the Ming army had equipped Shenwei rifles on a large scale, and he didn't know the role of rifling. The performance of the Ming army's muskets was beyond his knowledge, and he was dumbfounded!
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The sound of muskets sounded continuously, reaping the lives of batch after batch of Mughal Empire soldiers.
Not to mention rushing towards the Ming army, the soldiers who could stand were getting further and further away from the city wall.
Not because they escaped, but because all the soldiers in the front row were shot!
Faced with this one-sided shooting, in the end, these elite soldiers of the Mughal Empire collapsed. Regardless of the supervising team behind them, they all turned and ran away!
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The Ming army's flintlock guns were still firing, and continued to kill the Mughal Empire soldiers who had their backs turned to them. Thanks to the Mughal Empire's large army, otherwise, if the Ming army dispatched cavalry at this time, they would be more capable.
Cause enemy casualties.
Finally, the gunfire slowly stopped.
Outside the city of Bhagalpur, it was much quieter again, and there were still some sounds, mostly from the wounded and not dead Mughal soldiers wailing there.
The soldiers of the Mughal Empire, those who did not participate in the battle, were all very silent when they saw this scene.
If they thought that the Ming army was vulnerable before arriving at Bhagalpur, by this time, they had no such idea at all. It was even the opposite. To the extent that the Ming army's firearms were powerful, they could not rely on the strength of their troops alone.
Advantages, can we win?
Is it going to consume the gunpowder of the Ming Army? But who knows how much gunpowder the Ming Army has?
If the gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty army is not consumed, how can we fight this battle? With the intensity of the Ming army's firepower, they can't even charge through!
Seeing the flag of the Ming army fluttering in the wind above the city of Bhagalpur, the soldiers of the Mughal Empire felt that it was particularly dazzling!
Aurangzeb's face was uglier than anyone else's. Because now one person has proved that the Ming army in Bhagalpur is definitely very difficult to fight. It can be said that it is the biggest enemy he has encountered in his life.
Leading a million-strong army and coming with great momentum, if they cannot defeat Bajarpur, I don’t know how many local military leaders will fall back to the two incompetent puppet emperors.