During the Zhu Yuanzhang era, Mu Ying used three-stage attacks in Yunnan to defeat the chieftain's elephant soldiers with fire blunderbuss.
Eight years before the Hongwu period, Ming military firearms were manufactured by the Baoyuan Bureau, which was later changed to the Bingzhan Bureau (inner government) and the Ordnance Bureau (Ministry of Industry), and all firearms casting rights were returned to the central government.
The Ministry of Industry was the first to be corrupted. The quality of the firearms manufactured by the Ordnance Bureau was extremely poor. Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty ordered him to learn from the military tactics of the eunuchs.
As a result, the Ordnance Bureau did not learn well, but the Military War Bureau learned badly.
By the Zhengtong period, the centrally made fireguns could no longer be used, so the firearms manufacturing rights were transferred to other places. Among them, Sichuan was the first to start casting fireguns.
The Cantonese fire gun in Nie Wei's hand was more slender than Zhu Yuanzhang's at that time, as long as an adult man's arm and a half.
In front of his eyes, the rebel infantry were approaching. Nie Zhen divided the five hundred fire rifle soldiers into three rows and shouted: "No one is allowed to light a fire without my order!"
As a result, saying it is one thing and doing it is another.
These are just ordinary guardsmen. They are already very powerful if they can play with firecrackers. Do you still want to expect them to remain calm in the face of battle?
Before the thieves even entered the effective shooting range, the first row of soldiers started firing in a panic, only shooting down a few unlucky ones among the rebels.
Nie Wei was furious: "Whoever disobeys orders again, I will kill him!"
The first row retreated to fill up the gunpowder, while the second row went up with trembling hands, ready to run away at any time. It was okay to let them shoot on the Cangzhou city wall, but facing the rebels' charge on the ground was beyond the professionalism of the guardsmen.
"You are not allowed to retreat, anyone who retreats will be killed!" Nie Zhen stood behind with a sword in hand to enforce military law.
This guy is also a cruel person, or he was forced to become cruel by the situation.
When the enemy troops were thirty steps away, Nie Wei shouted: "Light the fire!"
"boom!"
A small section of the anti-bandit army formation was disrupted. Many bandits dared to charge with bows and arrows, but did not dare to charge with fire guns. In panic, they fled like headless flies.
"The third team comes forward."
"ignition!"
There was another loud noise. The actual damage was not great, but the two thousand rebels who were facing each other were blown away.
"Don't retreat!" Yang Hu personally led the team and killed more than thirty people in a row. Finally, he reluctantly gathered his formation and charged towards the car formation desperately.
Nie Wei yelled: "The first team comes forward... Damn it, the first team comes forward."
The first team that fired in advance has not reloaded its ammunition after retreating.
Half of the full archers were on the shooting boat to fight against the thieves. Since the rebels on the flanks hadn't arrived yet, he immediately moved the other half to the front, using bows and arrows to gain reloading time for the fire gunners.
Seeing that the bandits had advanced to about ten steps, the first group of gun soldiers finally stepped forward and completed a volley of fire under Nie Wei's order.
"boom!"
With a loud noise, a spectacular scene appeared on the battlefield.
The rebels in the front row in front of them seemed to have been wiped off the battlefield. The soldiers on the left and right were so frightened that they ran for their lives in panic. Even Yang Hu's supervising team could not stop them.
After firing the shot, the fire gun soldier who had made great achievements also dropped his weapon and turned around to run away - he was really too close!
The defeat on both sides caused a chain reaction.
On the official side, as soon as the gunmen fled, they immediately led the archers and civilians to flee.
On the rebel side, more than two thousand people fled, and the deserters attacked Yang Hu and Zhao Hao's central army.
The rookies pecked each other and fled at the same time!
Nie Wei and Man Zheng were already mad. They were still running around at this time. One more volley would achieve a decisive victory.
Yang Hu and Zhao Hao were also tired and shouted wildly: "The official army has been defeated, the official army has been defeated! Anyone who retreats will be killed!"
Liu Liu and Liu Qi had already driven their boats ashore. These two fierce bandits were wounded, but they rushed into the car formation at the head of the soldiers, chasing the archers, firecrackers and civilians and hacking them indiscriminately.
Nie Ying and Man Zheng could not hold back their defeated troops, so they could only escape on horseback. How could they have the courage to continue killing the enemy?
As for Wang Yuan and those guys, they have been watching the show cold-bloodedly from the sidelines.
Zhu Zhi smiled and said: "Wang Yushi, the bandit army is in chaos."
"Heavy Cavalry Assault!"
Wang Yuan held his horse spear and rushed towards the enemy's central army.
In front of them were 2,000 spearmen led by Liu Hui, and on the left flank were 1,800 cavalry led by Qi Yanming.
"kill!"
Without any fancy tactics, two hundred heavy cavalry wearing chains and ironclad composite armor charged towards the spear formation composed of two thousand capable old thieves.
Qi Yanming led 1,800 thieves and cavalry, and collectively adjusted their direction, hoping to surround and kill the army with the spearmen. As long as the 200 heavy cavalry could not break through the spear formation in an instant, they would face the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.
"shoot!"
The two hundred heavy cavalryman raised his hand crossbow, shot an arrow and immediately threw it away, then took out a second hand crossbow and fired.
After shooting the second arrow, the two sides were already engaged in battle.
"Behead those who retreat!" Liu Hui shouted from the horse.
Liu Hui also had high prestige. In history, Zhao Hui was separated from Yang Hu for a while, so he led other thieves to serve Liu Hui as the leader. His status in the world was similar to that of Yang Hu and Qi Yan, but his personal strength was not as strong.
Just strong.
These are all hard-core old thieves. Faced with the charge of two hundred heavy cavalry, none of them retreated.
Wang Yuan swung his horse chariot and swept away four or five thieves immediately. He was almost knocked off his horse by the recoil. He threw away his horse chariot and rushed into the formation, killing more than ten people with his sword in hand. He was wearing chain mail.
Ah Hei also knocked several of them away, and actually penetrated the enemy formation on his own.
The emperor's father's two hundred elite cavalry suffered heavy losses at this moment.
At the moment of contact with the enemy, more than thirty people fell off their horses, all of them knocked down by the recoil force.
But those core old thieves are also finished!
Have you seen the scene of the car accident?
In front of them was a large car accident scene. The thieves in front of them were beaten to a bloody pulp. Even if some of them were lucky enough to survive, they couldn't hold the spears and spears in their hands at all. They were all knocked out of their hands. The tight spear array was easily destroyed.
Chisel through.
Qi Yanming led more than 1,800 light cavalry to kill, but all he saw was a huge gap dug out of his spear array. He led the cavalry through the gap, slashed the friendly troops in the way with his sword, and shouted crazily: "Kill
enemy!"
Yang Hu and Zhao Hao managed to gather their defeated troops, but before they could regroup, they saw more than a hundred cavalry suddenly coming.
In just a moment, these frightened rebels fled again, taking Yang Hu, Zhao Hao and other bandit leaders with them as they fled for their lives.
"The situation is over, Brother Yang, leave quickly!" Zhao Hao said helplessly.
Yang Hu was already red-eyed and shouted: "We can continue to fight, we still have more than 1,800 riders. No one is allowed to escape, everyone is safe for me!"
If he couldn't stabilize, even Yang Hu couldn't stabilize himself. He was surrounded by defeated troops. If he wanted to go back and fight Wang Yuan, he had to carve out a passage among the defeated troops now.
As a last resort, Zhao Hao, Yang Hu and others had no choice but to flee along with the defeated troops.
Qi Yanming and Jia Mian'er were even more maddened. Although they had 1,800 light cavalry, they were behind more than a hundred cavalry. If they attacked from behind, they might actually have a chance to win.
But the problem is that more than a hundred cavalry have already rushed into the broken troops, and Qi Yanming's cavalry has been blocked by his own broken troops.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Qi Yanming killed several defeated soldiers in succession, frightening the surrounding soldiers and running towards the Grand Canal.
"Brother, look!" Qi Yanming's brother-in-law Pang Wenxuan suddenly pointed in the direction of Cangzhou.
"withdraw!"
Qi Yanming only glanced back and immediately ordered a retreat.
However, Xu Tai, the deputy commander in chief, was so eager to take credit that he abandoned his large army and led more than a thousand cavalry to chase after him.
Nie Ying and Man Zheng ran away. When they saw the reinforcements coming from a distance, they immediately turned their horses, gathered up the defeated troops and shouted: "The reinforcements have arrived. My sons, please follow me to kill the thieves!"
Liu Liu and Liu Qi had already occupied the car formation and planned to rescue the defeated friendly troops. At this time, they were frightened and ran away: "Get back to the ship quickly!"
Seeing that Manzheng was not in a hurry to catch up, he sat on his horse and shot an arrow randomly, without even knowing where the arrow landed.
Liu Qi was clinging to the edge of the boat with both arms, and was being lifted up by his men when an arrow suddenly shot him in the back. This guy was injured by an arrow in Cangzhou. The wound had already burst open after a sudden attack. Now that he had taken an arrow, he fell directly into the big ship.
In the canal.
"Brother Liu Qi is dead!"
A thief shouted wildly.
The thieves were shocked and scrambled to climb onto the boat, while pushing away the friendly soldiers who were trying to get a seat.
Liu Liu and his guards were pushed away, and when the bandits on board saw the arrival of reinforcements, they were so frightened that they sailed ahead of schedule and fled along the Grand Canal.
"I haven't boarded the boat yet!" Liu Liu was so angry that he yelled.
Qi Hu said anxiously: "Uncle Six, change your clothes and run away!"
Liu Liu immediately took off his silk clothes and put on the rags of the fallen bandits. He didn't even bother to dress properly, so he fled randomly among the broken troops.
Qi Yanming ran away with 1,800 thieves. Wang Yuan, wearing heavy armor, could not catch up, so he had to lead his heavy cavalry to turn around and kill the core old thieves. Those old thieves were all fleeing, with no one resisting at all, and some simply abandoned them.
He dropped his spear and knelt down to beg for mercy.
The eunuch Zhu Ying had hid far away from the sentries led by Wu Liande, and did not participate in the previous fierce battle. When he saw the great victory, he immediately transformed into a macho man, brandished his sword and started chasing: "Kill the enemy and serve the country.
Today!"
Xu Tai, the deputy commander, could clearly see the battle situation from a distance and said anxiously: "Quick, quick, no matter how slow, there will be no thieves to kill!"
Wang Yuan ignored the spearmen and turned to kill the bandits behind him. The bandits were attacked from both sides and chose to jump into the river to escape.
Qi Hutou couldn't swim at all. Seeing that there was no way forward or retreat, he suddenly remembered the reward documents from the court. It seemed that the leaders of the thieves could kill each other without being prosecuted for the crime.
"Uncle Liu, wait a minute!" Qi Hutou shouted.
Liu Liu was about to jump into the river when he subconsciously turned around, only to see a sword strike coming towards him.
Qi Hutou cut off Liu Liu's head, and faced Wang Yuan's heavy cavalry and shouted: "Don't kill me, Liu Liu's head is here, I want to pay for my crime and make meritorious service!"
"Liu Liu's head?"
When Zhu Zhi heard this, he immediately sped up, ran over and asked, "Who are you?"
Qi Hutou said: "I am Qi Hutou, the son of Qi Yanming, and Liu Liu has given me the title. General, please allow me to surrender to the army and serve the country. I will also persuade my father to come back and surrender."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Zhu Zhi laughed loudly, dismounted carefully, walked over wearing heavy armor, and said with a smile: "You are very good and smart!"
Qi Hutou smiled apologetically and said: "General, my father still has 1,800 cavalry. As long as I follow you to fight, I will definitely persuade him to surrender."
"Not bad, not bad." Zhu Zhi nodded repeatedly and suddenly slashed out with a knife.
The smile on Qi Hutou's face did not disappear, but there was an expression of fear, with both laughter and fear frozen on his face at the same time.
Zhu Zhi held two heads in his hands, but still not satisfied, he captured an escaped thief alive and asked: "Where is Liu Qi?"
The thief knelt down and kowtowed: "General Liu Qi was hit by an arrow and fell into the river."
Zhu Zhi seemed to have just won five million, and then another five million. He shouted in ecstasy: "Go down to the river and retrieve the corpse!"