The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 635 Fierce Battle

There were a total of fifteen cannons in the Qing Dynasty, and the rest continued to push forward.

And several of them had arrived at the designated positions, and the gunners began to be busy, loading and loading gunpowder against the Ming army's cannons.

Boom, boom, boom, I probably saw that the artillery of the Qing soldiers had reached the position, and the third wave of the Ming army fired all ten artillery pieces.

Whoosh, whoosh, at least three shells hit the Qing army's position.

The shells fell and jumped again.

The Qing soldiers were flying around in front of the formation. Some people wanted to hide, but some didn't have time to hide.

Kong Youde secretly rejoiced watching from behind, what a mother, Ding Yi's cannon shot was really accurate.

Except that the first wave was a bit remote, the second wave and the third wave all hit the position, but they were unlucky, and there were not many people and cannons hit.

The Ming army's third wave of artillery was unlucky. Half of them hit the Qing army's artillery array, but missed a single cannon, but killed several gunners.

But the Qing soldiers brought hundreds of gunners, and someone stepped forward to replace them immediately.

Boom, boom, at the same time as the Ming army's fourth wave of cannons fired, there was a bang, bang, bang in front, and the Qing cavalry had rushed into the range of the Ming army.

At this time, Dorgon didn't care to look at the artillery anymore, and quickly looked forward.

As before, when the guns sounded, a large number of cavalrymen could be seen falling from their horses. The Ming army's guns were too fierce, but fortunately, their soldiers and horses were not too dense, and the casualties were not as heavy as the last time Yue Tuo charged Ding Yi.

But the Ming army had five platoons of musketeers almost continuously.

Bang, bang, bang, the striker kept falling off his horse, and a large number of horses fell to the ground.

Ding Yi's Lumi blunderbuss can't reach the speed of three-stage strike, but Ding Yi divides it into five stages, and the effect is quite good, but it will be pushed forward layer by layer by the enemy soldiers.

That is to say, the rush will be very slow, and every ten meters forward, a heavy price must be paid.

The Qing cavalry charged frantically, advancing layer by layer, and began to pile up corpses and horses from 120 meters away.

Dorgon Haoge and others were watching with blood dripping from their hearts. The warriors of the Qing Dynasty were beaten to death just like that, without even seeing the enemy's face.

Dorgon even secretly estimated that when the Ming army fired a row of guns, at least 100 or so riders would fall in front of them.

There are four hundred blunderbusses in a row in the Ming army, the Lumi blunderbuss are in the first three rows, and the bird blunderbusses are in the back two rows.

Once the four hundred pieces are fired, at least a quarter of them will hit.

Because there are too many Qingqi, tens of thousands of horses charge, some people can't hit what they want to aim, and the lead bullets fly to the back and hit the back.

The Ming army often emphasized in training that they would rather fight low than high.

If you hit it high, it will float out, but if you hit it low, because there are so many people on the battlefield, you may not hit what you want to hit, but hit other enemies in the back row.

Therefore, most of the Ming army's guns were shot towards the middle of the waist.

Only a confident musketeer would hit the head.

There are even some people who directly hit the horse instead of the person. Anyway, if they can't hit the horse in front, they have a chance to hit the horse behind.

After the Ming army finished fighting with five platoons in one round, there were almost hundreds of Qing cavalry who fell off their horses and the fallen horses. Among them, at least [-] were seriously injured and lost combat power.

Many of them were not seriously injured, but because the cavalry in front were missed, and lead bullets accidentally flew behind and hit them.

Some were even bruised, but in this era, it is easy to cause infection and die, but at the scene at that time, there was still combat power.

But this round of five rows is just the beginning.

After the fifth platoon finished fighting, they also covered a lot of distance in Qingqi's wild charge, at least 20 meters.

But the Ming army's second and third rounds also started quickly.

Every time Qingqi endured a round, he could move forward about 20 meters, but suffered hundreds of casualties.

After several consecutive rounds, finally, under the mad rush regardless of casualties, the fastest striker was within 50 meters.

Bang bang bang, another round of the Ming army started.

This time the distance was closer and the casualties were heavier.

Qingqi rushed up in rows and rows, and then fell down in rows and rows.

The nobles of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties who watched the battle at the back were all about to vomit blood.

The cavalry, swords and arrows that they were once proud of were cut mercilessly in front of the guns of the Ming people like ants.

The opponent is simply killing.

Their children can't even get close to the front of the Ming army. This is an unequal war.

In fact, Dorgon should be thankful for himself, because Wang Weizhong's soldiers and horses are not equipped for fear of fuze shells, hundreds of enemies, flintlock guns, etc., otherwise, it will be their nightmare.

At this time, Dorgon clasped his hands tightly, and he was on the horse. Because of anger, or perhaps fear, his body couldn't help shaking.

He told himself that if the nearly [-] troops cannot break through the thousands of Ming troops in front of them, then when the Qing Dynasty encounters Ding Yi's soldiers and horses, they will have to take a detour, and no one will dare to fight them again.

They must be defeated, he reminded himself desperately.

In this round, hundreds of Qingqi were killed again. Many people lost their horses and could only run forward.

Qingqi, who had just rushed to 50 meters, was hit 60 meters away by this round.

The battle horses, wounded soldiers, and corpses of the Qing soldiers were all over the battlefield, and there were endless screams and curses.

The subsequent Qing soldiers were still rushing.

But at this time, the Ming army suddenly stopped fighting, and they all shrank behind the carts, loaded their ammunition, and prepared.

The charging Qing soldiers didn't know what happened, but the sudden ceasefire in front was a good thing for them. Countless cavalry continued to charge forward with strange screams, and some soldiers without horses also charged forward.

40 m.

30 m.

In almost an instant, the fastest one was already within 30 meters of the Ming army.

Many Qingqi have already started to slow down. The Ming army blocked the front with carts and obstacles, and if they rushed forward foolishly, they would definitely hit them head-on.

And at this time, many Qing cavalry in the front row had already seen clearly. After the white smoke from the gunmen dissipated, they saw that the Ming army sharpened many thin branches, or inserted them into the wheels, or inserted them between the carriage and the wheels. There are also extra long guns inserted in the middle of the wheels as well.

The front is densely packed, full of spikes.

"Work next." You Qingqi yelled and had to slow down.

"Fire." Wang Weizhong gave an order at this moment.

Ten shotguns shot out from the same direction with a bang.

Chi la, a large number of iron horn fragments swept out, and the Qing cavalry within 30 meters in front were almost wiped out in an instant.

Countless war horses wailed, then fell down, and countless Qing cavalry were beaten to the ground.

These are the ten cannons that Wang Weizhong asked to keep. Thirty of his forty cannons can be fired continuously, but these ten cannons must be kept until the cavalry rushes in.

Because if your forty cannons are firing continuously, what if the cavalry stands up, you are all in the cooldown period, and you haven't loaded the shells yet?
This wave of shotgun hit Qingqi suffered heavy casualties, at least two or three hundred cavalry were shot down.

The front row was completely wiped out, and all of them were severely injured, making it almost impossible to survive.

Just entered 30 meters, was pulled 40 meters away.

The point is that their front row was just slowing down, which made the rear row also slow down.

After this wave of cannon fire, the follow-up scene was in chaos. Some cavalry dared not charge forward, and some wanted to continue charging, but there were fallen Qing soldiers and fallen horses everywhere in front.

Under the yelling and urging of the back row, after falling into a short period of chaos, the Qing soldiers rushed forward again.

Many people jumped off their horses and rushed forward on foot because they were blocked by horses in front of them.

Others began to shoot arrows into the Ming army formation.

Originally, the Qing soldiers fought with Ding Yi's soldiers and horses, and they were unwilling to shoot at them, because the shooting had to stop in place, giving Ding Yi's soldiers and horses time to reload.

But this time, considering that Ding Yi had relatively few troops, they let some of them continue to charge, and some of them fired at Ding Yi's blunderbuss to consume the opponent's blunderbuss.

Bang, bang, bang, at this moment, the gunmen of the Ming army fought again.

Some fight cavalry, some fight archers.

The two sides fell into a bloody confrontation.

The Qing army had horses as cover, and the Ming army had carts and large shields as cover, and the shooting effect of both sides was not good.

But the effect of the Ming army fighting cavalry was still very good.

The cavalry in the front row fell off their horses again.

After the Ming army had fired a round of five rows of guns, the 40 meters in front were full of horses and corpses of Qing soldiers and wounded, almost stacked with those that had been hit by the artillery just now.

But the Qing soldiers still rushed forward crazily, because there were so many of them, and the successor soldiers were still moving forward.

At this time, the nearest Qing soldiers were less than 40 meters away from the Ming army, and they were within dozens of meters behind them.

Collapse, suddenly there was a muffled sound in the air.

A mass of black arrows pierced through the air.

In this wave of shooters, there are Mongolian cavalry, Qing cavalry, and Han army.

"Prepare to bow your head!" Wang Weizhong shouted one after another.

The gunmen lowered their heads one after another, and the pikemen all raised their shields. If there were gunmen around them, they would help to cover them. If there were no gunmen around, how could they protect themselves.

Because they knew that they were going to fight against the Qing soldiers, the gunmen were all in iron armor and chain armor.

Almost all of them stood still and continued to shoot their guns. When they saw the feathered arrows smashing through the air from the corner of their eyes, everyone lowered their heads and used their helmets to block them.

Dang, dang, dang, soon the Ming army was in front of the formation and it was raining, and there were clanging sounds everywhere.

"Ah..." There were also people who didn't have time to bow their heads, or were unlucky, and were shot in the face, hands and other vital parts, screaming and falling down.

There were too many Qing soldiers, and they rushed up continuously, regardless of casualties. There were at least three or four hundred archers in this wave, and the Ming soldiers who shot were all arrows in front of the formation.

Dorgon's charge was better than that of Yuetuo's charge against Ding Yi that day, mainly because Ding Yi used a large number of horses to block Yuetuo's charge that day, so he could not form a continuous charge and lacked follow-up troops.

Now Dorgon's archers rushed forward, of course they seized the opportunity to shoot forward desperately, seeing that the Ming army's blunderbuss formation was slightly stagnated by the rain of arrows.

The morale of the Qing soldiers was greatly boosted.

Sudden.

Boom, Wang Weizhong's cannon, the second wave of ten cannons, all shot again.

Whoops, a group of Qing soldiers who had just crossed within 40 meters were leveled again in an instant.

Then, boom, boom, ten more shells shot into the formation of Qing soldiers behind.

The shells kept beating, tearing their cavalry formation, and a large number of archers screamed, their bodies were pierced.

Countless Qing soldiers showed horror on their faces, and some archers jumped off their horses, trying to hide behind the horses and use their bodies to block the shells.

In the blink of an eye, the morale of the two sides changed. The morale of the Qing soldiers was frustrated, but the Ming soldiers immediately recovered.

(End of this chapter)