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Chapter 865 Chicheng Camp suffered a big loss
"Haizi Gun, launch!"

As the shield chariot of the Qing army entered the distance of eighty paces, Yu Jin, the commander of the Chariot Battalion, shouted loudly.

The fire flashed, the smoke rose, and there was a burst of gunfire. The forty hundred guns lined up on the front row of chariots were ignited one by one, and thousands of small projectiles or gravels were fired. The gun shot out from the muzzle.

The Baizi Gun is a light shotgun widely used by the Ming army. It shoots small lead bullets that weigh a few dollars, or gravel. It is equipped in every battalion of the Ming army, whether it is defending the city or fighting in the field. , or naval battles can be used.

Zhang Cheng's army did not have this kind of light and small artillery in the Central Plains, but when he marched into Songshan, Liu Zhaoji, the commander of the Liaodong Army, used a hundred blunderbuss to fight against the Qing army outside Xingshan Fort, and he knew that there was such a magical weapon.

At that time, they asked Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, for a batch of Baizi blunderbuss, some of them were reserved for Chen Zheng to guard Changling Mountain, and the rest were kept in the army. This time when they returned to aid Xingta, they naturally had to take them with them.

The length of the barrel of the Baizi gun is better, because the longer the barrel, the straighter the trajectory of the shot and the farther the shot will be.

There is a hole at the tail of the Baizi gun, which is used to insert a wooden handle, which can be used as a handle to adjust the shooting direction.

At this time, there was a wooden bench on the chariot as a platform for setting up the Baizichuang, and an iron bracket was inserted on the bench, which was used as the gun mount of the Baizichuang to support the Baizicun.

In this way, the gun barrel of the Baizi gun can be placed on this gun mount, which is more convenient for it to rotate up and down, and to move left and right to adjust the shooting direction and shooting distance.

The shield chariots of the Qing army on the opposite side were at such a distance that they could not withstand the bombardment of the Baizi blunderbuss. There was a burst of "crackling", and those remaining shield chariots were already riddled with holes.

Even so, the Qing army was still unwilling to abandon it and continued to push forward. However, the Qing army behind the shield car carefully raised their shields for defense. They also had experience and were always on guard against the shield car being hit. Flying sawdust.

However, the shield could protect against the flying debris on the shield car, but it could not protect against the bullets ejected from the Baizigun. Hundreds of Qing army tartars were hit by the bombardment, and they fell to the ground, struggling in pain.

Waves of wailing came from far away from the Qing army's attacking array.

"Sixty paces!" the observer reported loudly.

Yu Jin stared at the tartars running ahead, and shouted: "Fire gun, shoot!"

"Goo!..."

A shrill swan-sounding horn resounded instantly across the entire front line of the chariot formation. When the chariots saw the gunners of the Raiders lined up in the gaps, they all raised their guns in unison, aiming at the running Tartars one by one. .

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

As the flames flashed, a large cloud of smoke rose and kept floating upwards. The deadly bullets roared, piercing the cold wind of early winter, and shot towards the rolling Qing army.

There are 240 chariots in the chariot battalion, and there are 360 surprise soldiers. Among the 360 sergeants, excluding the [-] people holding the shields in front, there are [-] ​​gunmen, that is, [-] deadly lead.

The distance of sixty steps is calculated based on the Yunzhou Type [-] blunderbuss used by the Xuanfu army, and the power of Yunzhou's fine granular gunpowder is enough to penetrate the armor of the Qing army. Even if their heavy infantry wears two layers of armor, it will not help. .

But at this time, the Qing army still had some shield chariots. Although they were dilapidated, they still had a strong protective effect. Occasionally, one or two bullets were shot from the holes opened by the shield chariots and hit the guns held by the Qing army. On the shield, there was a crisp sound.

All of a sudden, dozens of Tartars were shot by the gunpowder. The projectiles fired by the gunpowder were not comparable to bows and arrows, and their kinetic energy was extremely powerful. Some of the Qing army's shields were cracked by the bullets.

As for gunpowder-activated bullets, as long as they hit the human body, even two layers of armor are irresistible, and lead bullets will be deformed by violent impact while breaking through the armor. create greater destructive power.

Therefore, as long as the Qing army was hit by bullets, even if they survived for a while, most of them could not be rescued, and in the end they would die in pain.

However, the Qing army at this time seemed determined to break through the Xuanfu army camp in one fell swoop. Facing the fierce artillery fire from the Xuanfu army, they did not retreat but advanced.

I saw that the Qing army on the opposite side suddenly shouted loudly. They abandoned their shield chariots and rushed towards the defense line of the Xuanfu army's chariot formation.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was only about fifty steps, and the Qing army was approaching in no time. Faced with such a situation, Yu Jin also became a little flustered. He looked back at the Chinese army from time to time, waiting for the flag order from there.

"Don't mess around, the shield soldiers draw their knives. Gunners, discard the guns and replace them with guns, and raise the guns!"

Yu Jin's orders were quickly passed down by the commanders of the teams. Fortunately, the Xuanfu Army practiced rigorously on weekdays, and the sergeants had long been used to following orders.

Although they were nervous and panicked just now when they saw the Tartars rushing up, but when the order was heard, they followed the order one after another, or drew their knives in their hands, or abandoned their blunderbuss and raised their guns, and then fell silent again in an instant.

Zhang Cheng saw the performance of the Che Ying soldiers through the binoculars, and he couldn't help nodding his head in approval.

At the same time, he also shouted an order: "Heading, Chicheng Ying stepped forward, ready to take over Che Ying, and defend the line of defense in front of the chariot."

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Veteran Guo Yingxian rode his horse and stood on a mound, constantly watching the front line, with anxiety floating on the surface.

At this time, the spearmen of the Xuanfu army had already fought fiercely with the heavy armored infantry of the Qing army, and an extremely cruel cold weapon fight was going on there.

But he still hasn't seen any general orders from the Chinese army, and he is wholeheartedly praying for an attack to avenge the old commander Yang Guozhu, how can Guo Yingxian not be in a hurry?
The heavy armored infantry of the Qing army were all elite warriors from the Xiangbai Banner and Zhenghuang Banner, and many Ba Yala soldiers were also mixed in. They withstood the guns of the Xuanfu Army Chariot Battalion and rushed all the way to the front of the chariot.

Although the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu Army Che Battalion also fought bravely, they were no match for the Tartars, and were quickly killed and retreated.

Fortunately, Zhang Guodong led the soldiers of the Chicheng Battalion to charge forward, and they were able to withstand the charge of the Qing army. They also had swords and shields in front, and spearmen with long spears in the back.

The gunmen of the Chicheng Battalion boarded their chariots one after another, condescendingly bombarded the Qing army not far away with their guns. After all, they were too close, and the accuracy of the guns has also improved a lot. Shoot a Qing soldier.

After a fierce battle, they managed to hold on to the line of defense of the chariots, but many of the unarmored gunmen were wounded by the javelins, throwing axes, and iron bones thrown by the Tartars.

Guo Yingxian on this side looked anxious, and so did Zhang Guangda on the other side. Compared with Guo Yingxian, Zhang Guangda was not inferior.

At this time, Zhang Guangda sent his own soldiers to ask Zhang Cheng for instructions three times, expressing his intention to send cavalry to fight, but Zhang Cheng refused.

He did not ride a horse, but climbed to a high hill, looking at the battlefield on the side of the chariot defense line, and saw that the two sides were fighting fiercely around the chariot.

The Xuanfu army once retreated to a place tens of steps behind the tank defense line, but immediately fought back and recaptured the tank defense line, which shows the intensity of the tank defense there.

"Damn, I can see that I'm in a hurry. Why didn't the commander send me to attack?"

Seeing that Zhang Guangda was already so impatient, Lin Fangping comforted him and said: "General Zhang, don't worry about this, the commander has planned a strategy, and everything will be decided by himself. I just need to wait for the military order!"

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Duoduo, Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty, put down the binoculars in his hand, and ordered to all the generals around him: "Attack, order the cavalry to attack, the whole army to attack, kill into the Southern Army formation, capture Zhang Cheng, enter two futures, seal 'Batulu'!"

"Whoo."

All the generals of the Qing Dynasty received the order loudly, and left one after another, calling for their own soldiers and horses, and rode out to attack.

Following the transmission of the military order, the drums of "Boom! Boom! Boom!..." sounded in the Qing army's formation and quickly spread throughout the battlefield.

It turned out that Duoduo had been paying close attention to the battle ahead. He seemed to only care about whether he could break into the chariot formation with the guns of the Ming army, but he didn't care about the cavalry on its two wings.

In his thinking, the cavalry of the Ming army were the food of their Qing warriors, who could be killed and used at any time. On the contrary, the well-organized formation of vehicles on the opposite side worried him a lot.

Originally, the number of infantry invested by the two sides was extremely equal, but under the bombardment of the guns, the Qing army suffered hundreds of casualties, and it was suddenly at a numerical disadvantage.

If it hadn't been for the war before, Duduo had issued repeated orders not to back down, otherwise he would be dealt with as fleeing the war, and not only would he be beheaded personally, but his family members and property would also be confiscated.

Under such strict orders, the Qing army could only face huge casualties, and rushed to the death. They had more than 20.00 heavy armored infantry, and their casualties were close to [-]%. !

Now, although the Qing soldiers are at a disadvantage in numbers, Duoduo is still full of confidence in their combat power. He thought that as long as they rushed to the front of the Ming army's chariot line, they would collapse on their own.

But the situation on the battlefield was beyond his expectation!
Not only did the Ming army not retreat in a deadly battle, but even in close bloody battles, they were evenly matched with the heavy armored infantry of the Qing army, which made Duo Duo amazed.

Before seeing clearly the situation on the battlefield, his face was also extremely solemn, without saying a word, he just held up the binoculars and carefully observed the battle ahead.

It was not until he saw that his own warriors seemed to still have enough energy. Although they entered the Ming army's formation several times, they were all driven back, but it was obvious that after fighting for a long time, the Ming army was gradually at a disadvantage.

At this time, Duoduo ordered the whole army to attack. He wanted to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop. At the same time, in order to show his prestige, he even rushed to his horse.

Yes, that's right.

Duoduo, Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty, wants to go to battle in person. He wants to capture the Ming general Zhang Cheng with his own hands, so that he can claim credit from the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji.

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In this battle, the Ming army's infantry battalion suffered a great loss. Among them, there were reasons why the Qing army did not retreat, but there were also mistakes in tactical command.

Most of the Xuanfu army's cold soldiers were equipped with swords, shields and spearmen. They had practiced for more than two years, and they had already cooperated very well. When they suppressed bandits in Henan, they showed amazing power.

But now when facing the Tartar heavy armored infantry, there is a feeling that they can't use their strength.

The spearmen cooperated with the shield soldiers, and every time the big shield opened and closed, the long spears stabbed out quickly, but this time it was different from the battle against the bandits, most of the spear points could not pierce the armor on the Tartars.

After all, the heavy armored infantry of the Tazi are all wearing two layers of armor, so how can they be pierced so easily?
Only when the tip of the spear pierced through the outer armor and just hit the joint of the inner armor, could it penetrate the armor with a brute force and penetrate into the body of the Tartar thief.

But this only happens by chance. Since it is a probabilistic event, its success rate is even more difficult to control.

In fact, to deal with the heavy armored infantry of the Qing army, heavy weapons such as hammers, big axes, and maces are far more effective than weapons such as knives and guns. Even a big stick is better than knives and guns.

The Tartars wear two layers of armor, which are impenetrable with knives and spears, and most of them can't hurt the enemy. On the other hand, the Tartars use heavy weapons such as hammers, axes, and big sticks. Some shield soldiers can't stand the heavy blows they smash.

Even during the fight, the long spears of the officers and men of the Xuanfu army were knocked away by the heavy Tazi soldiers, and even more spearmen of the Xuanfu army were shaken so that their hands were numb and even cracked.

That is to say, the Xuanfu army not only practiced rigorously on weekdays, but also fought in strict order. Even though they were at a disadvantage, no one backed down. Even the military discipline and regulations were obviously stricter than other Ming armies. .

"Marshal, the infantry fought very hard, and it seems that they will not be able to stand up to the Tartars."

Xia Shuncheng, the governor of Chichengying Town, was by Zhang Cheng's side at the moment. He also found that the soldiers of Chichengying seemed to be struggling to fight against the Tartars, so he hurriedly reminded him.

Fang Zhihai, the Fuguan of Qiying Town, also came from Qiying at this time. He came to challenge Zhang Guangda to fight, but Zhang Cheng didn't agree and left him here for a while.

Now seeing the hard work of the infantry battalion, he quickly interjected: "Commander, our spears seem to be unable to pierce the armor of the thieves, but the infantry battalion is struggling a bit. If we let the cavalry go up and charge for a while, we will also be able to do it." Slow pace camp pressure. How?"

Zhang Cheng also had a solemn expression on his face. In fact, he had already discovered the problem, but the Qing army still had thousands of captive cavalry on the opposite side, so how dare he let the cavalry charge forward so easily.

Once the cavalry is exhausted, how can they resist the impact of the Qing army's captive cavalry?
For this reason, he has been reluctantly rejecting Guo Yingxian and Zhang Guangda's invitation to fight, and sent Zhang Mingyuan to personally deliver his military orders to Zhang Guodong, asking Zhang Guodong to withstand the impact of the Tartar infantry and defend the chariot line no matter what.

At the beginning, the soldiers of the chariot battalion withdrew, and after a brief repair, they rushed up to fight again. However, their previous drills with the infantry battalion mostly used chariots and artillery to cooperate with the infantry battalion.

Although the so-called infantry and artillery coordination and infantry and vehicle coordination tactics proposed by Zhang Cheng, he has never practiced the step-by-step coordination between the soldiers of the vehicle battalion and the infantry battalion.

At this moment, when they returned to the battlefield, they could not effectively cooperate with the soldiers of the infantry battalion. The tactics and passwords of the two sides were different, and they could not form a unified formation.

In desperation, Zhang Cheng had no choice but to send an order, ordering Che Ying to withdraw to the rear, and specifically asked Mr. Qian Yujin to get ready, that killer weapon might be used soon!
Now, seeing that Zhang Guodong's Chicheng battalion was in critical condition, Zhang Cheng turned his head and told Zhang Chengfang: "Head the cavalry of the Chinese army to charge up and drive back the Tartar infantry bandits. Then hit the chariot bureau of the Chinese army and go up to the infantry battalion." After the formation, form a defensive line."

(End of this chapter)