The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 519 Buying Time
With the help of the Hongyi cannon, this group of Qing soldiers directly rushed out of the Ming army's chariot formation.

You Qingqi can almost rush the horse in.

At this moment, He Xiaoche appeared with a team of fusiliers, bang bang bang, a volley of gunfire passed, and the dozens of Qing soldiers who had just rushed in fell to the ground one after another.

Youming Jun looked at the gap and waved his hand: "Here comes the cannon."

Several artillerymen lifted the 6-pound guns and lifted them directly to the gap.

There used to be a large cart over there, but it happened to be destroyed by the first round of Qing soldiers' artillery, and the Qing soldiers attacked this gap most fiercely.

At this time, a large number of fusiliers were here, firing at each other, and the Qing cavalry retreated one after another.

The opposite rear also kept shooting arrows, and the Ming army also suffered a lot of casualties.

The 6-pound gun was quickly erected.

Another wave of Qing soldiers rushed forward.

"beat."

Boom, this cannon is directly replaced with shotgun.

Chi la, there was a storm along the way.

"Ah..." the Qing soldiers crashed before they entered the gap, screaming and falling down.

After the Qing soldiers fought in the second round, the artillerymen locked their approximate positions.

Originally, ten cannons weighing more than 12 pounds were unlucky just now, and one was hit by the second round of Qing soldiers.

At this moment, nine 9-pounders and six 12-pounders were waiting, and the artillerymen in the middle were reporting the approximate range.

"No. 7 has an elevation angle of 2 degrees, and No. 8 has an elevation angle of [-] degrees. The distance is one mile and seven. Let's hit first."

Bang, bang, the 24-pound cannon fired. After the shell landed, an officer looked at it with a telescope.

"Hit again at 8.5 degrees, eight miles per mile."

Boom, the No. 3 gun fired again.

"8.5 to 9, the distance is one mile, eight at random."

The rest of the cannons fired one after another, boom, boom, boom, and the shells fell on the opposite side one by one.

At this time, as long as the shelling does not miss and hits the main direction, even if it misses, the shells bounce forward and have a chance to hit.

Therefore, the artillerymen of the Ming army should be trained to be able to see the direction and assess the approximate distance.

After the Ming army fired its artillery, no one knew whether it was hit, but the Qing army did not make a third round within a short period of time.

At this time, the battlefield was very tragic. Except for the second round of Qing soldiers coming in, which made the Ming army panic for a while. After they opened a gap and the Ming army blocked it, almost no more shots came in.

Aobai kept riding and shooting around the periphery with a bow, shooting more than a dozen Ming troops, but seeing the overall situation of the battle was not very good.

The Ming army used vehicles to block the front. When the vehicle overturned, it would be beaten by gunmen.

Subsequent soldiers and horses overturned again, and were beaten by gunmen again.

The Ming army was very methodical in fighting. Right now, they are not shooting bursts, but shooting freely.

Most of the musketeers shoot from a distance, while the pikemen shoot from close.

As a result, many Qing soldiers who rushed over were fighting to the death with the spear and shield soldiers, but found that there were no reinforcements behind them.

The Ming army fought more with less in all parts.

Oboi's Qing troops were originally [-] more than the Ming army, but after the two previous sweeps and the rear charge, they were completely knocked out by [-], and the strength of the two sides was almost equal.

However, the rate of death and injury of the Qing soldiers far exceeded that of the Ming army.

Because the more than 3000 blunderbusses of the Ming army kept fighting, Qing soldiers were knocked down every minute.

His only hope now is that his artillery can defeat the Ming army.

Boom, soon, the third round of artillery from the Qing soldiers rang.

Ten shells flew again, whizzing, swishing, flying wildly this way.

Ding Yi would like to thank himself. It was he who asked Yuan Gui to bring the wheel-wheel gun to Huang Taiji. Thus affecting the construction of artillery.

There were only twelve Hongyi cannons placed in Yizhou City by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Obai kept two small ones, and brought over ten larger ones.

If he was like Huang Taiji in the battle of Daling River, with forty Hongyi cannons in hand, and a wave of bombardment, with such a dense formation of the Ming army, he would definitely suffer heavy losses, or even be defeated.

When the third round came, even God helped Ding Yi.

A group of Mongolian soldiers on the east wing had just broken through the chariot formation and pushed away the cart, and seven or eight elite cavalry rushed in.

Unexpectedly, a cannon fell and plopped, hitting the junction between the Mongolian cavalry and the Ming army.

Both sides screamed and rolled down, and the two horses that rushed in were crushed to death on the ground, just blocking the gap.

The Ming army immediately blocked it with another 6-pound cannon.

There were eight pieces of this round of artillery in the formation of the Ming army, and there were casualties everywhere. A thousand generals of the Ming army were directly smashed to death.

Many soldiers surrounded Ding Yi, holding shields one after another, ready to block the shells with their flesh and blood.

Ding Yi's face was not good-looking. He couldn't beat the artillery formation of the Qing soldiers. No matter how elite soldiers were, no matter how good their discipline was, they couldn't stand up.

"Don't panic, we have too many cannons, we will destroy their cannons immediately."

"Master Ding is here, you must win every battle, don't panic."

"For Master Ding, for Lushun, brothers stand up."

Officers at all levels were yelling to boost morale.

Shen Shikui had already rushed to the artillery battalion in front at this time: "What are you doing, why don't you destroy the artillery of the Qing soldiers?"

"It's out of reach." Boss Paoyingqian was about to cry.

"If you can't reach it, let me push it up and lift it up." Shen Shikui was furious, and jumped off his horse: "Come on, carry it with me, and let us hold up the guns and shields." Shen Shikui lifted the cannon himself.

Chen Yang followed behind him, took out a long knife, and waved it: "Brothers go."

"Go." The audience shouted in unison, gunmen and spear shield soldiers, abandoning the cover of the cart, stepped out of the formation one after another, and jumped forward.

The artillerymen pushed their cannons forward.

Aobai's soldiers and horses rushed to the northern part of the Ming army. At this time, the soldiers and horses of the Ming army in the northern part of the Ming army were like crazy, pushing the carts, whether it was artillery or blunderbuss soldiers, spear and shield soldiers went out one after another.

Aobai's eyes immediately widened: "Come on, go on, don't let them move the cannon forward."

He encouraged the soldiers and horses around him to charge forward.

Both sides are closing the distance.

"Stop." The Ming army called first: "Let go."

Boom, the cannons in the front row suddenly fired a wave of shot.

"Hey!" Qing Qi, who rushed wildly, fell to the ground.

"Kill." The Ming army raised its sword, and a large wave of spear and shield soldiers rushed forward.

Because the front space is small at this time, a large number of full riders have fallen down, and many unmanned horses are on the field.

This made the Qing cavalry's subsequent charge weak, after all, the cavalry needed space to charge up.

Now there are war horses and corpses everywhere on the field, and the wounded, Qingqi really can't rush behind him.

Cavalry has no speed, no impact, and infantry is not afraid.

What's more, there are so many unmanned horses and corpses blocking the field.

The Ming army saw the opportunity, and a wave of gun shield soldiers rushed forward to block the artillery. The cavalry on the opposite side also rushed over, and the two sides fought hand-to-hand directly in front of the battlefield.

The gun shield soldier is to make room for the artillery, so that the artillery can continue to push forward.

The gunmen behind also followed, and cooperated to fight the Qingqi on the opposite side.

The artillerymen pushed wildly, like 6-pound and 12-pound guns, four or six people can lift them up, and the 12-pound guns can't be lifted far, but they can still walk tens of meters.

The Ming army moved the cannon forward frantically as if they had taken medicine.

At this time, it was the spear shield soldiers and gun soldiers fighting fiercely with the Qing cavalry, buying time for them with their lives.

At this time, the benefits of more guns can be seen.

Ding Yi used Beigou's tactics again.

The front cannon moved forward, and the Qing cavalry were attacking them fiercely, but Ding Yi immediately adjusted more than a dozen cannons to specifically attack the Qing cavalry in the north and the Qing cavalry in front of the front row of artillery.

The Qing cavalry charged quite fiercely at the beginning, and the spear and shield soldiers of the Ming army were shot and killed, and many fell down.

Dan Ding Yi's second row of guns quickly set up behind, boom, boom, boom, a cannonball fell into the Qing cavalry formation.

Aobai was also here, suddenly out of the corner of his eye, he saw a black spot falling in the sky in the distance, he just let go of his hand at this moment, and shot down a Ming army gun soldier opposite with an arrow.

Before he could react, bang, the shell fell right under his horse's feet.

Puchi, his war horse let out a mournful cry, the horse's front legs were directly interrupted, and with a bang, he fell to the ground with the horse and man.

"Roar..." Qingying screamed in surprise, and the attacks of many people around him slowed down.

People like Obai who like to take the lead, this is not good, it can easily affect the morale of the army.

Fortunately, he fell and was fine, so he stood up immediately, threw away his bow, and drew out his long knife: "Come on, don't let their cannons go forward."

The Qing soldiers went crazy again, and both sides were red-eyed.

But after Oboi finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened, and he saw that the Ming army's artillery formation at the front had already separated from the Ming army's rear, a full 200 meters away.

Many Qing cavalry from the east wing and the west wing had already passed behind them, surrounding all the people in the artillery formation.

It is equal to Qingqi dividing the Ming army into two and cutting them apart.

However, the Ming army in the front had gun shield soldiers and blunderbuss guarding the artillery array, and the Ming army artillery array in the back was also supporting, and the Qing soldiers could not attack for a while.

Aobai looked back in horror, thinking, the Ming army's cannons had moved half a mile forward, so they probably couldn't hit our cannons, right?
Boom, the cannons of the Qing soldiers fired again.

At this time, because Qingqi divided the Ming army into two, the two sides were already entangled.

The shells fell, some hit the Ming army, and some hit the Qing cavalry, both sides were killed and injured.

The Ming army still hasn't collapsed.

Obai looked at it in disbelief, and felt both hatred and fear in his heart.

If it was an ordinary Ming army, after being bombarded by them for so long, there were still elite attacks all around, and then they collapsed.

He even hated how few cannons he had in his hands. If he had forty, fifty or at most three rounds, he would be able to defeat the Ming army.

But right now.

"Boom" the front cannon of the Ming army rang.

A strange scene suddenly appeared in the front field. Whether it was the Ming army or the Qing cavalry, everyone watched the cannonball fly up and then back.

The Qing cavalry were all hoping that the cannon would not be able to hit it, and the Ming army were all hoping that the cannon would be able to hit it.

Many Qing cavalry in the front line discovered that in order to increase the angle of elevation and range, the Ming army put their artillery on the corpses of Qing soldiers on the ground.

After a shot is fired, it has to be mounted again.

After the Ming army fired the first cannon, it seemed to adjust a bit, and then, bang bang bang, more than twenty artillery pieces fired one after another, and the shells flew about two miles behind.

Everyone couldn't see what was going on two miles away, and they didn't know if they had hit or not.

But it didn't take long.

"Boom" the guns of the Qing soldiers rang again.

Hearing the sound of the cannon, Aobai looked back and almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

This time only eight shots were fired.

They have ten guns, which means two were knocked out just now?The Ming army is so accurate?
(End of this chapter)