Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 816
Mercedes-Benz Zhongqing General Xu Degong was in a cold sweat, but he knew that this was just time-consuming. As a Han army flag who was good at using firearms, he knew the Ming army's firearms well. After four rounds, it will immediately slow down.

Sure enough, within a few moments, the Ming army finished four rounds. The formation of the Qing cavalry charging into the formation was scattered after the shelling, but the artillery of the Ming army also became thinner.

This made the cavalry charging on their horses heave a sigh of relief, and the Ming army spearmen who were squatting on the ground also relaxed a little. After all, hundreds of iron bullets passed over their heads non-stop, blowing formations A gust of wind is not a particularly good experience either.

However, if they can choose, they still hope that the artillery will not stop, and it is best to overturn all the rushing Qingqi, so that they can avoid the Qingqi who is shaking the ground and shaking the momentum.

"Two hundred steps! Light the fire!" Qingqi continued to gallop amidst the sparse artillery fire. The forward had already rushed within two hundred, and the general commanding the gunmen immediately shouted orders.

Thousands of musketeers picked up flints and struck them, and the sound of "ding ding bang bang" sounded in the formation. When the soldiers ignited the matchlocks and fixed them on the matchlock clips, the Qing cavalry had already killed 150 people with overwhelming power. step.

To command thousands of musketeers, to fire in bursts in an orderly manner, relying on shouting or ordering flags is not enough, and soldiers cannot always turn their heads to watch the general wave the flag, and the battle drum in the army bears the responsibility of commanding the troops. The firearms team of the army formed an independent command.

With two suona sounds of "da da", the first row of blunderbussmen who ignited the match immediately raised their blunderbusses horizontally, and then the suona players in the line continued to blow out a high-pitched long sound, and the first row of blunderbussmen immediately pulled the trigger, The lid of the priming pot was opened, the burning match fell down, and a series of "bang bang bang" sounded immediately.

In the formation of the Ming army, the gunpowder smoke that filled the air became thicker. From a distance, the Ming army seemed to be flying through the clouds.

At this time, the cavalry of the Qing army had rushed to within 150 paces. They were thinning out for the artillery of the Ming army. Fortunately, dense lead bullets rushed towards their faces. Many Qing soldiers trembled after being beaten, but they did not The horse did not fall, obviously the distance was too far, and the Qing army was dressed thickly, so the firecrackers could not break through the armor.

In front of the Ming army formation, the soldiers were slightly agitated when they saw this. The general, with a ferocious face unique to the battlefield, roared like a tiger: "Let go again!"

The suona players never stopped playing, and the musketeers distinguished commands according to the rhythm and sound, so that thousands of people could be in uniform, and three rows of musketeers fired in turn without appearing chaotic at all.

The gunpowder smoke rising from the front of the battle blurred the gunner's sight, but he didn't care about it. The accuracy of the gunshots was worse than that of a bow and arrow. Whether they hit or not was entirely dependent on luck. The soldiers didn't need to aim because they relied on With the strength of the collective, the entire row of musketeers fired at the same time, like throwing beans, splashing a rain of bullets to cause damage.

The soldiers had no time to observe the battlefield. After firing a blunderbuss, they had to retreat immediately according to the sound of suona and trumpets.

These musketeers all had a belt hanging obliquely on their bodies, on which were hung all kinds of objects, two small iron pots, one for priming powder, one for projectiles, more than a dozen small white pottery pots, which contained the contents of each shot. This is to prevent the soldiers from being nervous when fighting, and to put more or less gunpowder, resulting in insufficient power, or causing the bomb to explode.

The retreating soldiers should first clean up the fire hole and the pot for firing the fire, so as not to block the fire hole with residue, then pour the powder into the pot and close the lid of the pot, then unscrew the small bottle containing the propellant, and put the propellant Pour from the muzzle, and then load the projectiles pre-contained in the mouth from the muzzle.

The masters of firearms in the Ming Dynasty did not approve of soldiers holding bullets in their mouths. They were afraid that soldiers would accidentally swallow bullets into their stomachs because of nervousness during the war. Such a thing will not happen, and shouting into the mouth can indeed simplify the complicated loading steps of the bird gun and increase the rate of fire.

The soldiers loaded the gunpowder and projectiles, pulled out the cleaning rod from under the barrel, tamped the projectiles and propellant, and finally checked whether the matchlock was extinguished, fixed the matchlock, and waited for the order to shoot again.

The dense rain of bullets came in waves. As the cavalry of the Qing army got closer, the power of the firecrackers became more and more powerful. When they approached a hundred steps, the cavalry in front began to fall down one by one. The horses stumbled one after another, throwing the soldiers above them out.

Although the Qing army used cotton armor to temporarily make a vest for the war horse, it was not a special vest after all. As the distance got closer, the power of firearms also appeared, and even heavy armor could be broken, let alone cotton armor.

Watching the cavalry of the Qing army fall to the ground one after another, the soldiers of the Ming army did not relax, but instead looked dignified, because the collision was about to begin.

Hao Yaoqi of the Chinese army has been staring at the galloping Qing cavalry, watching the attrition of the Qing cavalry, but now the damage caused by the Ming army to the Qing cavalry is obviously lower, which makes him frown.

"The enemy is fifty steps closer!" Baihu, who was observing the distance from the watchtower, cried out urgently.

The Ming army marched forward, and as the cavalry was about to rush forward, the ground shook more violently, and this was especially felt by the spearmen squatting on the ground.

This scene, the sound of thousands of hooves trampling the ground, was like an earthquake. Many soldiers saw this terrible scene, their palms were sweating, and some even trembled directly.

"Raise the gun! Raise the gun!" Dong Cunming, who came to the front, screamed.

The drums of the Chinese army were beating rapidly, and the spearmen suddenly woke up. One by one, they put the tails of their guns on the ground and stabbed them forward obliquely.

"Mountain, mountain, mountain, don't move like a mountain!" Forest-like spears pierced obliquely, with cold light on the tip of the spear, like a forest of steel. Same, can't be shaken.

Gun Lin was ready to attack the Qing cavalry, but what they faced first was not the Qing cavalry, but a rain of black arrows that suddenly fell from the sky.

The Qing army used diamond-shaped armor-piercing heavy arrows. After they were thrown into the air, the arrows fell rapidly, which can usually tear the cotton armor of the Ming army. However, in the winter, the Ming army also wore double-layer cotton armor this time. Yafei landed and stuck on the ground. The tail and wings of the arrow kept vibrating and made a buzzing sound, but when it hit the Ming army, it did not cause too much damage. Only some soldiers fell down wailing from the arrow.

Fifty steps away from the formation, the cavalry of the Qing army was divided into two parts, the front and the back. The front 2000 cavalry held their lances and rammed directly into the formation, while the rear 4000 cavalrymen opened the way for the cavalry who rushed to the formation after bending their bows and throwing arrow rain. Immediately divided into two parts, turning to the left and right, preparing to form the second wave and the third wave of continuous impact.

With a loud "boom", Qingqi, who was wearing a bloated armor and only had two small front legs missing from the front of the horse, slammed into the Ming army's spear array. It pierced through, and stabbed the Qingqi above to death, and the huge impact force pushed the squatting Ming army gunman, rubbing the ground for a distance of three feet, hitting the ground with the tail of the gun, leaving a long line on the ground. Long grooves.

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