The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 625 War Horses Don't Need Money?
Ding Yi and other generals quickly got on their horses, ran to the entrance of the town, and found a high place to look down on them.

To the northeast of the seventh-level town, a black row of cavalry slowly approached, and with the continuous sound of horns, there were more and more cavalry.

The [-] Qing soldiers all appeared in the northeast direction soon.

"Yuetuo lost his mind?" Xiao Yongqiu exclaimed.

"Finally came to attack." Mao Xin said happily.

Ding Yi's face was serious, and he suddenly had a feeling: "I'm afraid the Qing soldiers surrounded Lu Xiangsheng."

Yue Tuo dared to take the initiative to attack, obviously to hold Ding Yi back.

At this time, Ding Yi already felt that Lu Xiangsheng was probably near Julu, but it was a pity that one of the two sides was north of Julu and the other was south of Julu, and the distance was very far.

Ding Yi has been unable to contact other Ming troops, and his sentry cavalry did not dare to move too far for fear of being ambushed by Qing soldiers.

Moreover, all of his sentry cavalry were carrying wheel-wheel guns, so they definitely couldn't be captured by the Qing soldiers. These wheel-wheel guns were completely different from the ones Yuan Gui had brought.

At the moment, Lu Xiangsheng's exact location cannot be determined, and Ding Yi can only repel the Qing soldiers in front of him first.

"Form up and prepare to meet the enemy." Following Ding Yi's order, his soldiers and horses also began to move.

This time the [-] soldiers and horses were all armored, and everyone was carrying horses. Following an order, boom, boom, amidst the sound of heavy armor, all the ministries assembled in an orderly manner, and quickly assembled and lined up.

Mao Xin and Xiao Yongqiu, the two battalions are the earliest units equipped with flintlock guns in Ding Yi's army. In addition to Shang Kexi, these three battalions are the first battalions to be fully equipped with horses.

Although the riding skills are different from the cavalry that Zhang Jing has trained for 11 years, the equestrian formation is still very fast.

From the blowing of the Qing soldiers' horns, Ding Yi's soldiers and horses were assembled at the same time in just about 10 minutes.

Zhang Jing had [-] cavalry on the two wings, [-] musketeers, and nearly [-] spear and shield soldiers lined up separately.

Another [-] or so are all artillery, and artillery positions have been frantically arranged in the back.

Ding Yi has three battalions and nine divisions, with a total of 162 artillery pieces, 6% of which are 12-pound field guns, and nearly [-]% are [-]-pound field guns. The number of cannons is small, which is also to increase the speed of movement.

His infantry battalion was assembled first, and everyone was riding on horseback, which also blocked the view. The Qing soldiers could not see the nearly [-] artillerymen behind them busy building artillery positions.

After all, in this era, Ding Yi is the unit with the most artillery. In the infantry battalion with only 9000 people, the artillery battalion accounted for 2000 people. At the same time, no artillery battalion in any country can compare with him, not even in Europe.

Ding Yi brought so many artillery for the purpose of expanding the army in the future. Only by training the artillery well in advance will there be enough artillery for the future expansion of the army.

On the opposite side, Yue Tuo stood on a high place with a heavy heart, watching the Ming army formation.

In front was the seventh-level town, and Ding Yi's soldiers and horses gathered at the east crossing of the town as quickly as possible, and lined up.

Because there are many fields over there, many of Ding Yi's horses stand in the fields.

Yue Tuo felt an uneasy premonition in his heart, because he saw that Ding Yi's soldiers gathered quickly.

They were the active attacking side, Yue Tuo had rectified a long time ago, and then came to assemble and form an offensive formation.

But the other party gathered in a hurry, and they were almost finished with them.

Ding Yi is good at training infantry, but he is also good at training cavalry?This person is really my great enemy of the Qing Dynasty.

"Master Belle, Ding Mouse's cavalry seems to be carrying blunderbuss? There are also long spears." Someone with sharp eyes has already seen that Ding Yi's soldiers and horses have blunderbuss and long spear shields.

Because they were preparing to attack, the distance had been shortened to within one mile.

"I can't see clearly, there should be guns." Du Du also said.

There is also a dense crowd on the opposite side, and you can see clearly there, but Ding Yi has a telescope on the other side, so you can see clearly here.

Yue Tuo thought for a while and said sharply, "It doesn't matter if they are cavalry or musketeers, when the order sounds, the whole army will charge."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the generals, and saw many generals showing fear or hesitation on their faces, Yue Tuo couldn't help being furious in his heart, these warriors of the Qing Dynasty were already scared by Ding Yi?

"Don't panic, everyone. Ding Yi's cavalry is not good enough. We can't beat them. Let's just withdraw." Du Du saw the hearts of the generals and comforted him quickly.

"That's right, before we were in front of them and plundered around, he could only stare blankly, hahaha, Ming general Ding Yi, that's all." He cheered again.

Yue Tuo gritted his teeth and said, "Ding Yi doesn't even know if he's on the opposite side, maybe it's just his general leading the team."

As soon as this remark came out, the eyes of many people at the scene lit up, as if they didn't know how to be afraid.

Damn, Yue Tuo also scolded Han, cursing in his heart, never thought that Ding Yi's name would be so scary in the army.

"The ministries will fight according to what you said just now, try your best to break through the Ming army in one go."

"The distance between the artillery and the guns of the Ming army is relatively long. As long as we can rush in, we will win."

Yue Tuo kept encouraging everyone: "If we win, who in the whole Qing Dynasty would dare to underestimate us?"

Du Du shouted, drew his sword, and waved: "This battle must be won, kill Minggou."

"Kill the dog."

"Must Win"

At first, the generals around Yue Tuo shouted, and then the soldiers behind him shouted, and then spread out, and soon, [-] Qing cavalry in all directions shouted and roared, and the morale of the Qing soldiers reached its peak in an instant.

"Kill." Yue Tuo drew his saber and waved it in the direction of the Ming army.

"Kill" the Qing soldiers roared angrily, and gradually began to speed up.

This is really called ten thousand horses galloping, [-] Qing riders spread out in all directions on the boundless wilderness, the front line is shaped like a herringbone, and the rear line gradually increases.

The endless iron cavalry trampled the earth like a torrent of steel, stabbing at the Ming army like a sharp knife.

Ding Yi's soldiers and horses stood still, and the cavalry were gently supporting the heads of their own horses, signaling them to be quiet.

Everyone is waiting for Ding Yi's order.

Suddenly, Ding Yi ordered: "Plug your ears and get off your horse."

"Plug your ears and get off your horse."

"Plug your ears and get off your horse."

The voices of officers at all levels came and went, spreading everywhere.

Wow, all the officers and soldiers dismounted at the same time. Everyone took out cotton, plugged the horse's ears first, then plugged their own ears, and then patted the horses lightly. A large number of horses stood still.

In the seventh-level town, there are still 3000 hoarded soldiers, [-] civilian husbands, and more than [-] common people. They all looked at the Ming soldiers in surprise.

Many people climbed directly to the roof and went upstairs to see it, thinking it was very novel.

The Ming army's horses didn't move much, and the Ming soldiers also dismounted. On the opposite side, [-] Qing soldiers charged, like a torrent of steel, unstoppable.

Those peasant husbands and common people trembled and were very frightened.

The hoarders are very curious, wanting to see how they are victorious in all battles.

400 m.

300 m.

200 m.

The forward charge was very fast, and the forward in the 'herringbone' shape was less than 200 meters away from Ding Yi's soldiers and horses, and the speed of the horses was getting faster and faster.

The Qing soldiers who rushed to the battle could see that Ding Yi's soldiers had dismounted. Many Qing soldiers looked strange. Did the Ming army dismount properly?

Some people have guessed that the Ming army may be infantry riding horses, not cavalry.

It is a bit of a luxury for every infantry to bring a horse.

But right now is definitely not the time to think about this, the distance between the two sides has shortened to 150 meters in an instant.

But because the Qing soldiers charged in a 'herringbone' shape, only the forwards entered 150 meters, and the rear brigade was still 300 meters away, or even 500 meters away.

"Get ready." The voice of the artillery commander behind Ding Yi has already sounded loudly.

The artillerymen all had serious expressions. The shells had been loaded long ago and everything was ready.

"Test the cannon." There was a loud shout.

Boom, the first shell went out.

Whoosh, a six-pound gun flew out first, and when it flew to about 220 meters, it plopped and fell into the middle of the Qing soldiers.

The [-] cavalry of the Qing soldiers were densely packed, even denser than the Eight-Power Allied Forces of the later Seng Gelinqin.

When the cannon hits in, the people in the formation are turned on their backs in an instant, all kinds of screams, jumping shells, tearing their horses, tearing their armor, smashing their bones, and piercing their chests.

Ding Yi knocked down the bow and arrow with artillery.

Use civilization to teach barbarism.

No, for Ding Yi, these barbarians can only be taught in a more barbaric way.

"Call me." Ding Yi roared.

Boom, boom, boom, the six-pound guns fired out continuously.

Then the 12-pound guns also fired.

Hundreds of artillery salvoes were fired, and the sky was full of shells.

The deafening sound of the guns knocked many hoarders who were hanging from the trees to watch the battle and fell from the trees.

Whoosh, the sky was dark, and shells flew past like rain.

"Damn Ding Mouse." Du Du and Yue Le were in the rear and did not rush to the front. When they looked up, they were shocked.

I didn't expect Ding Yi to carry so many cannons.

Before they could react, whoosh whoosh, those shells had already landed in the Qing army.

At the same time, bang, bang, bang, the Ming army in front blared loudly.

Three thousand flintlock guns and one thousand Lumi guns also started fighting.

Because the striker of the Qing soldiers had rushed within 100 meters.

Ding Yi's blunderbuss formed four shapes, one thousand and one rows.

The first three columns are flintlock guns, and the last column is Lumi guns.

This is the real metal storm, and the dense lead bullets blow towards the Qing soldiers like a storm.

The rushing Qingqi seemed to hit a steel wall, plopping, the forwards fell in pieces, and countless war horses screamed.

At such a distance, the hit rate of Ding Yi's gunmen is not too high.

But because of the intensive charge of the Qing soldiers, they hardly need to aim. As long as they don't hit high, they can float to the back if they don't hit the front, so they also deal strong damage.

After a round of [-] guns, at least nearly [-] cavalry fell on the opposite side.

On average, about four guns can knock down a horse. Of course, because many people may have been hit by floating bullets, the injuries were not serious, and some horses were knocked down, but they were not seriously injured. The loss of horses must have had a huge impact.

As soon as a wave of charge started, they were knocked down by the Ming army by nearly a thousand. Yue Tuo and Du Du's faces turned green.

But what is even more terrifying is the artillery of the Ming army.

More than 100 shells fell into the cavalry group one after another, and the shells fell like rain, hitting nearly two hundred cavalry.

But soon someone noticed that something was wrong, the shells were smoking.

We've never seen a smoking shell before.

Not long after the shells were fired, Ding Yi had just finished his first round.

Boom, there was a sudden huge explosion in Qingqi, and then, boom, boom, there were explosions.

It turned out that Ding Yiquan had changed the fuzed shells.

Fuze shells in this era have a delay, and Ding Yi sees that the opponent has many cavalry and the depth is long, so the time is also long.

The shells that fell on the ground exploded suddenly.

This is a catastrophic level. Although Ding Yi's fuzed shells have a very low explosion rate, only one out of five shells explodes on average.

But he fired [-] or [-] shells in one round, and [-] or [-] shells exploded.

Bang, bang, bang, there were explosions all over the field, and there were a bunch of them when they exploded.

The strong shock wave can overturn cavalry farther away.

The scene was lit up everywhere, and in an instant, another two or three hundred riders were overturned by the explosion.

At this time, Ding Yi's round of shelling and gunshots caused the casualties of Qingqi to reach more than 1000 cavalry.

The forwards of the Qing cavalry were almost wiped out by the flintlock guns. The battlefield was full of deserted horses and crying wounded soldiers. Many horses fell to the ground and even affected the charge behind.

The surrounding area of ​​the explosion was even more chaotic. Some horses turned their heads in fright and ran in the opposite direction.

Many of the cavalry behind had to slow down. Fortunately, there were more cavalry in Qing, with [-] cavalry, and the [-] or [-] explosion points were basically concentrated on the front line, and the chaos was also the most chaotic at the front.

Some Qing cavalry with superb riding skills can rush out of the chaotic scene, and the rest after a short period of chaos, also slowly step over the wounded on the ground, bypassing the unmanned horses and rushing forward.

But at this moment, the Ming army did something that stunned everyone.

I saw the Ming soldiers who had been standing beside the horses and fired guns got up one after another, turned around and ran away, leaving the horses where they were.

The Qing cavalry were dumbfounded.

This formed a scene of more than 4000 war horses crowded together in front of the Ming army's position.

The Qing soldiers suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when they rushed forward, they directly bumped into the Ming army's horse.

"What kind of cavalry is this?" Qing Qi wanted to vomit blood.

That cavalryman doesn't love his horse?

The Ming people didn't even want horses. They ran to the back and let thousands of war horses stand in front of them. When they rushed up with Qingqi, they directly bumped into these horses.

The forward Qingqi slowed down one after another, because there were densely packed Ming army horses in front.

And they also saw rows of carts behind the horses.

The carts were joined together one by one, and all the retreating Ming troops hid behind the carts.

In this way, there are two rows of horses and carts in front of the Ming army. In theory, it is impossible for Qing cavalry to rush in.

"Ming Jin." Yue Tuo looked at the situation in the distance, 1000 riders lost more than [-] in one charge, and he was vomiting blood in his heart.

"Stop fighting?" Du Du waited in disbelief.

"If you can't make it, don't die in vain." Yue Tuo said in a deep voice, "If the Ming army's blunderbuss and cannon fire again, our Qing warriors will all die."

He had already seen the tactics of the Ming army. The Ming army did not fire the guns fiercely in front of them, and withdrew in one round, and then retreated to the back of the cart.

The front is blocked by thousands of war horses.

The distance between the war horse and the Ming army cart was about 70 meters, and the Ming army hid behind the cart.

If the Qing soldiers rushed forward, there would be all horses in front of them, and they would have no way to get through. They would have to come down and walk through, or drive the horses, which would consume a lot of time.

This is the time for the Ming army to harvest their lives freely.

Sure enough, at this time, more than 300 riders in the vanguard had been blocked by the Ming army's horses. They searched for space from left to right, and drove the horses in front with their knives.

Everyone was blocked 80 meters away from the Ming army carriage.

(End of this chapter)