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Chapter 1278 Defeat
"Fire, fire!" Following the order of the artillery commander of the rebel army, the artillery of the rebel army spit out tongues of flame violently.

In order to blast Taiyuan City, the rebel army previously dispatched forty "General Qingtian Cannons", plus more than a hundred flying blunderbusses, golden cannons and field cannons of various colors, with powerful firepower.

How ridiculous is it that Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of the left, and Li Guoliang, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen, relied on the elite cavalry of the border town to destroy the artillery of the rebel army in one fell swoop?

Before the formation, the Ming army successively filled in five passages on the trenches for the cavalry to enter and exit.

Each sent a general to lead four or five hundred cavalry, a total of more than two thousand and two hundred cavalry, and filed out.

However, as soon as the Ming army cavalry left the cover of the van and stepped on the passage, they were immediately bombarded by the artillery of the rebel army.

It turned out that when Zhang Shun ordered the soldiers to stop shooting just now, the gunner had already loaded the artillery.

More than [-] artillery pieces were disposed of in each passage, firing salvos at the Ming army on the passage.

The accuracy of Hongyi cannons in this era is not high, and the hit rate of firing solid bullets at long distances is really worrying.

Later, based on past combat experience and repeated trials, Zhang Shun discovered that the most effective way of killing artillery is basically the same as that of firecrackers.

It is all through intensive salvo to achieve the maximum killing effect.

The Artillery Commander of the Rebel Army divided the [-] artillery pieces of various types into seven positions, each with more than [-] artillery pieces.

However, the artillery commander of each position divided the artillery into three parts, each with seven or eight artillery pieces, in order to form an echelon of firepower.

"Boom, boom, boom!" With the sound of the cannons of the rebel army, the elite cavalry of the Ming army, who were originally majestic and high-spirited, suddenly became confused.

Some had just crossed the passage, and hurriedly dodged to both sides; some had just walked halfway, some rushed forward eagerly, and some ran back in a panic, huddled together.

It doesn't matter if they are huddled together, it is just right for the artillery bombardment of the rebel army.

Coincidentally, three cannonballs went in, piercing through more than a dozen soldiers and horses in a row, and only blew out a path of blood.

"Bastard, hurry up, hurry up to me!" Some generals were already furious, and couldn't help yelling loudly at the panicked cavalry, regrouping and preparing to march.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The second round of volleys from the rebel army started again.

This time, on the basis of the first round, the shooting parameters were corrected, and they actually hit five shots at once.

Among them was a huge iron bullet that was the most terrifying, it directly pierced through a sentry cavalry lengthwise, like candied haws on a string, at least twenty or thirty cavalry were strung together.

"Straight mother thief, how can the bullets of the thief be so dense!" Some of them couldn't help cursing angrily.

"What about our Hongyi cannon? Why won't it even make a sound!"

As soon as the main voice fell, there was only a loud "boom", which only shocked his ears and buzzed.

It turned out that the Hongyi cannons of the Ming army finally started to fight back, and one of them was lucky enough to break into the artillery positions of the rebel army in front of them, killing three or five gunners and causing quite a mess.

However, the Hongyi cannon of the Ming army has a long barrel and heavy weight, which is not only inconvenient to load, but also has worrying mobility.

For the same cannon, often the rebels fired two or three cannons, but the Ming army did not return a single cannon.

Every time a certain number of shots has been accumulated, it is easy to modify the shooting parameters, which can cause damage to the rebel army.

The artillerymen of the rebel army immediately put on mules and horses, pulled away all the artillery, ammunition, artillery and other dry objects, and re-established artillery positions elsewhere.

Since then, the Ming army's Hongyi cannon not only has a worrying rate of fire, but also has an astonishingly low hit rate.

On the contrary, he was shot into the position several times by the artillery shells of the rebel army, which injured many gunners, and made the gunners frightened and flustered, making him no match for the rebel army.

With great difficulty, the cavalry of the Ming army crossed the "death" passage under the "cover" of the Hongyi cannon.

The leader of the team didn't dare to delay, he quickly adjusted the formation a little and launched a timely charge to the artillery positions of the rebel army.

In this era, in order to reduce the damage caused by firearms to cavalry, the normal charge formation should use sentries as units and line up in horizontal formations to charge.

However, today's Ming cavalry is within the range of the rebel artillery, and the Ming cavalry are worried that the rebel artillery will cover the entire team's position, so they dare not stay for a long time.

"Come closer and fight!" Zhang Shun, who was standing on the watchtower, saw the opponent's five cavalry like five sharp arrows coming towards the rebel army, and he couldn't help but ordered calmly.

The artillery position of the rebel army was only two miles away from the camp of the Ming army, and the cavalry arrived suddenly.

If you still shoot with solid bullets, not only the hit rate is impressive, but the killing effect is not satisfactory.

That being the case, Zhang Shun simply ordered the soldiers to put on shotguns, preparing to kill the Ming cavalry at close range.

The rebel gunner who received the order quickly fired the solid shells already loaded in the barrel according to the commander's order, and then reloaded the shotgun.

The artillery that had been loaded with shotgun was pushed forward by the gunner, leveled the barrel, and aimed at the cavalry who was raising smoke in the distance.

"The enemy is [-] paces away. The enemy is [-] paces away. The enemy is [-] paces away. The enemy is [-] paces away!"

"The first column ignites and fires, the second column is ready!" As the watchman reported the distance loudly, the commander of the artillery battalion decisively issued an order to shoot.

With the sound of a deafening cannon, countless cannonballs poured out like raindrops.

The cavalry in front of them suddenly became sparser, and some cavalry and horses could even be seen falling to the ground in the gunner's field of vision, which caused some disturbance to the subsequent cavalry march.

However, before these gunners looked at the front of the formation, the white gunpowder smoke enveloped the gunners' sight like a white veil, and everything became hazy.

"The second column fires and fires, and the third column fires and prepares!" The commander of the artillery battalion calmly issued an order, not at all affected by the approach of the Ming cavalry.

"Boom boom boom!" The deafening cannons sounded again, and due to the intensive firing, the cannons were already buzzing in both ears.

However, some gunpowder smoke that had dissipated became heavier, not only covering the gunner's sight, but even irritating his eyes.

"The musketeers are ready to shoot, and the gunners on both wings are ready to cross fire!" Although the commander of the artillery battalion could no longer see the enemy's things clearly at this time, the earthquake of the ground had already announced to him the coming of "impermanence in black and white".

"The first column of gunners advances five steps, fire! The second and third columns follow!" As the commander of the artillery battalion delegated the command, the commander of the gunners continued to issue orders in an orderly manner.

"Bang bang bang!" Just after the sound of the artillery, a neat row of gunners came out of the smoke and fired a row of dense bullets.

After crossing the "death line" one after another, the cavalry of the Ming army were about to approach the artillery positions of the rebel army, but they were caught off guard by the rebel gunners.

"No, the sound of the blunderbuss is not right!" The experienced frontier cavalry of the Ming army immediately discovered the problem.

The three-coin bird gun commonly used in this era has a clearer and louder sound, while the newer bird gun used by the Yijun Xu Quanquan has a duller and more powerful sound.

Before the cavalry could finish speaking, three or five thousand people around him fell off their horses.

It turned out that the frontier soldiers of the Ming army had horse armor, and ordinary three-coin bird guns and Lumi guns had a relatively long distance and it was difficult to penetrate armor and form effective kills.

At the beginning of the "Battle of Renchen", the Ming army often "struggled with its four hooves" and trampled on the Japanese formations, making it impossible for the Japanese pirates, who are good at gunplayers, to do anything.

It's just that the "Battle of Renchen" took place during the Wanli period, but now it is the Chongzhen period.

There was an interval of thirty or forty years between the two, and both the mode of war and the opponents of the war have undergone earth-shaking changes.

The sharp three-coin bird gun in the past is nothing in front of Xu Quan's new-style bird gun with seven-coin powder and one or two ammunition.

"No, the thieves and birds are so sharp!" Seeing his teammates turn their backs on their backs, the originally fierce frontier soldier couldn't help but retreat.

"There is no way to retreat, but to be loyal!" The Ming army general looked at the situation, immediately caught the wavering mentality of the soldiers, and encouraged him quickly.

The war mode of this era is completely different from the era of cold weapons. The biggest damage caused by cavalry attacking infantry is the last breath of the two sides in the battle.

If you retreat at this time, all the casualties caused by artillery and firecrackers will be worthless.

As time passed, the smoke that shrouded the rebel positions dissipated a little.

The Ming army cavalry could vaguely see the movement of the rebel camp, and at the same time the rebel army could also clearly see the movement of the Ming army cavalry.

The watchman standing on a high place once again loudly reported the enemy's distance: "The enemy is fifty steps away!"

"Fire and fire the artillery on the left and right wings!" The commander of the artillery battalion issued the last order of his own.

"Tom tom tom!" The sound of more violent artillery rang out.

It's just that this time the direction of the killing was not from the front, but from the left and right sides.

The cavalry of the Ming army, who were originally lined up in a horizontal line to reduce the damage caused by the rebels' firearms, now approached the enemy from the side.

Under the tremendous power of artillery, a column approaching the enemy is tantamount to becoming a living target for the opponent.

Immediately, the screams of cavalry, the neighing of war horses, the sound of artillery and the dense sound of bird guns all intermingled for a while, forming a hell on earth.

The rebel army fired the cannon for the last time, adopting the Ming army's favorite "Gonglingsun" loading method.

It is also a double charge, and then a shotgun and a solid ammunition are loaded successively.

This can cause surface damage as well as line damage.

There were several solid bullets in a row, and they directly penetrated horizontally and smashed more than [-] troops, killing none of the cavalry of the Ming army.

"Ah, this is hell, run for your life!" The cavalrymen of the Ming army could no longer bear such a one-sided slaughter and the plasma wreckage in the border area, they could not help but yelled loudly, flattered their horses and fled to the Ming army camp.

If one person flees, a hundred people will flee, and if one place collapses, all places will collapse.

The cavalry of the Ming army, who had regarded death as home at first, failed to meet the rebel army head-to-head after all, and finally collapsed under wave after wave of blows!

But at this moment, unaware that the rebel gunners had already finished their rotation, a wave of spearmen and axemen poured out from between the gunners, really preparing to resist the coming cavalry attack.

However, what greeted them was galloping backs and asses!
(End of this chapter)