A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 352 The First Battle

At the end of February in the 20th year of Wuxing, both sides were ready.

Lu Xiangsheng led the army to set off and marched into Nanjing.

Qu Yuanju's Seventh Army has entered Nanzhi, and Yan Yinghui has also resigned from the frontline commander's position and returned to Ningbo Prefecture.

After all, he is the head of the family, the nominal supreme controller, and he cannot stay on the front line for long.

Before the official battle, the two sides had tried many times. The forward sentries strangled each other where they met, causing casualties on each other.

In early March, the Ming army arrived in Nanjing.

Qu Yuanju, on the other hand, led his troops in formation in an open space on the outskirts of the city, showing no fear at all.

Although it was 30,000 vs. 80,000, which meant he was at a numerical disadvantage, he was used to pitting the few against the many. When they conquered the Nanyang Islands, the Luzon Army fought with fewer troops and more troops in almost every battle. No, to be precise, no enemy had the ability to force them to dispatch the same number of troops.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the neat troops on the opposite side with a solemn expression.

Just looking at the formation and discipline, one can tell that this is a strong army. At least among the troops under his command, only his direct lineage Tianxiong Army can compare with it.

Before he came, he specifically found Zuo Liangyu and learned the reason for his defeat, so he decided to use this to fight. During this period, he was building this weapon.

The speed of the carriages increased a lot, the musketeers fired back, and the archers also took their bows and arrows in their hands, ready to shoot.

The sound of gunshots shook the sky, and gunpowder smoke filled the air. However, when the wind blew away the light smoke, we saw that the carriage on the opposite side, although there were a few more holes, was still moving forward steadily.

However, Qu Yuanju couldn't help but frowned when he saw this scene with a telescope.

The Ming army was also quite proficient in the use of tanks, and Lu Xiangsheng could naturally think of such a "heavy tank" to resist the opponent's sophisticated firearms.

From the Ming army's formation, hundreds of carts slowly exited, wrapped in brown leather items.

With the sound of drums, the carriages began to advance, followed by the archers and infantry of the Ming Army, and the Seventh Army also began the first round of volleys.

Cart!

In the original time and space, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties relied on this kind of carriage to defeat the Ming army many times. During the Battle of Daling River, the Ming army was "laden like hail and arrows like rain." However, the Manchus were still approached by the Qing Dynasty relying on their carriages. The archers who followed behind them "shot like rain" and defeated the Ming army. The army's elite firearms unit.

The front of the cart is a defensive "shield", and behind it is a stepped platform. On the upper level are musketeers, who rely on crenel-shaped concavities to shoot. Behind them are soldiers pushing the cart, and these soldiers are also double-handed. Armor has extremely strong defensive power.

Fortunately, the distance was still far, the accuracy was not enough, and there was green armor protection, so there were no casualties.

This kind of weapon is made of thick wooden boards wrapped with iron sheets, and then wrapped with several layers of thick cowhide, which can have an amazing defensive effect.

This kind of carriage is not afraid of being burned by bows and arrows, let alone flintlock guns. Small cannons such as the Crouching Tiger Cannon cannot break it.

The morale of the Ming army was suddenly lifted - it worked!

You must know that Zuo Liangyu's defeat cast a big shadow on them. The opponent's sharp firearms also faintly spread into the army, making all the officers and men frightened. Now that the other party's firearms are useless, they are naturally very excited and their fear is much less.

With the sound of drums, the battle officially kicked off, with the Ming army attacking first.

But he wasn't completely unprepared.

However, he did not panic, but calmly ordered:

No one fell.

"Let the artillery position, adjust the angle, and prepare to fire."

Although he has never seen this kind of tank, he also knows that his own artillery can blast a hole in the city wall. Although the Type 5 cannon is not as powerful as the latter two cannons, it is not a small cannon.

The fact is indeed true. Although this kind of car is sharp, it is also afraid of medium and heavy artillery. "Every time a Western gun is used, the car is like a wreck" is no joke. It cannot stop heavy artillery like Hongyi, and it can't stop it. Can't stop Type 5 cannon. However, just as the artillerymen were busy, the clatter of horse hooves suddenly sounded.

The banner with the word "Cao" was fluttering. Cao Wenzhao led more than 5,000 Liao cavalry, bypassed the line of infantry, and rushed toward the artillery position. As long as the artillery could be destroyed and the Ming army could engage the enemy in close combat, the Ming army would You can win!

These 80,000 people are all elites and have experienced battles of blood and fire. There is no reason why they should lose to a group of new recruits! In Lu Xiangsheng's view, even though these soldiers may be well-trained and well-equipped, they were all local warriors before the uprising. Except for the few thousand people who belonged to Lin Xiao, the rest should have never killed anyone. !

As long as you fight in close combat, there is no reason why you will lose!

Cao Wenzhao roared angrily and issued the order to attack, and the four thousand infantrymen protecting the artillery quickly surrounded the artillery in the center of the formation, forming a hollow formation.

Liao Qi fired a round of three-eyed blunderbuss, and then rushed directly into the formation. At this time, it was too late to use any tactics and harassment, and he had to break the formation quickly!

The infantry on the other side pushed out the infantry cannon and combined with the muskets, formed a powerful firepower network.

The infantry artillery, accompanied by the roar of muskets, was like the scythe of death. When the Liao cavalry finally rushed a hundred steps in front of the Luzon army, their casualties had reached more than 2,000 people.

A hundred steps away is like a divine punishment.

At this time, the roar of artillery resounded throughout the world, but they still failed to break through the position and block this bombardment.

Cao Wenzhao lamented. Beside him, the Liao cavalry, who had suffered more than half of their casualties, had begun to retreat.

With more than half of the casualties, the soldiers were unwilling to fight anymore.

He turned his horse's head and saw that a large group of cavalry had come up from behind, with a total strength of more than 5,000.

"kill!"

He roared, trying to break out.

"boom!"

The cavalry on the opposite side fired with carbines, and there was another volley from the rear.

The Liao cavalry scattered and fled.

……

On the other side, artillery support arrived as expected.

Lu Xiangsheng saw the artillery fire coming from the sky and knew that Cao Wenzhao had failed. He couldn't help but lamented and clenched his fists.

He could already foresee the ending.

Smoke filled the air, flesh and blood flew everywhere, the carriage that had blocked countless bullets was blown to pieces, and the equipment with high hopes was reduced to ashes.

No matter how good the armor is, it cannot block artillery.

Thousands of soldiers in the front row were instantly shrouded in smoke and dust, and as the carriage collapsed, bullets from the opposite side that had just paused rained down.

Ming Jin's voice came from behind the formation, and the Ming army hurriedly took off their armor and armor, dropped their weapons, and fled to the rear crazily.

The gap is too big. Even though Qu Yuanju's command level is far inferior to Lu Xiangsheng's, he can still win easily.

In the first battle, the Ming army lost more than 4,000 elite men, all 200 carriages were destroyed, and countless materials and equipment were discarded.

Of the 5,000 Liao cavalry, only more than 400 escaped, and the rest, including the general Cao Wenzhao, were trapped in the formation.

But the partial division he sent to attack from the waterway never showed up, and he also guessed their outcome.

(End of this chapter)