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Chapter 191 Bloody Battle in Shigou Ningxiaping (4)

Before the Mongolian cavalry had reached the hundred paces, the Frang machine gunners on the outermost perimeter had already retreated to the inner circle of the central army.Soon, the Mongolian cavalry rushed to within a hundred steps, and the horses were extremely fast, and soon they rushed to a distance of about seventy steps.

The Mongolian cavalry rolled in, shaking the ground faintly.

The Mongolian cavalrymen who rushed to the front looked fierce, and some of them took out the riding bows on their saddles, ready to ride and shoot.Some people took out long horse ropes, preparing to pull away the artillery carts outside the army formation and the horse repelling devices inside the army formation, preparing for the attack of the brigade rushing up from behind.And the Mongolian cavalry who followed closely in the squadron and charged in waves from the rear also took out their scimitars one after another, preparing to fight later.

At this moment, the Ming Army's Central Army Headquarters sounded a long and sharp horn, which was the order to start shooting. Immediately, the Ming Army's firecrackers, who had been waiting for a long time, lined up neatly behind the car array, fired together.

On the right side of the Ming army, first of all were the [-] gunmen of the Wuzhaibao army. They had loaded the medicine early, and when they heard the order.

"Boom boom boom!"

The two hundred gunmen flicked the triggers together, there was a loud bang, the flames appeared, and the pungent white smoke filled the front of the formation.The huge recoil of the big gun made the tripod under the gun body a little unstable.

There was a lot of screams, and many Mongolian soldiers had huge blood holes on their bodies, crying and falling from their horses.In just a moment, two hundred guns raised their guns and killed or wounded at least dozens of Mongolian soldiers.Even if the person who was shot by the big gun did not die on the spot, he would not survive in the future.

Of course, this range and power are only available to the gun-carrying team in the Wuzhaibao army.In the Ming army's left formation, Magui, they didn't have bird guns and guns, so they didn't shoot there yet.However, there were still some firecrackers holding three-eyed guns. They couldn't help the panic in their hearts and fired the three-eyed guns. However, the range of the three-eyed guns was only thirty steps away, so naturally they couldn't hit a single Mongol.

After the fierce bombardment just now, and now the heavy attack by the gun-raising team, the formation of several Mongolian thousand-man teams rushing from the right position became even more chaotic.Many Mongolian cavalrymen saw the soldiers beside them falling off their horses in an unsightly death. Many people felt fear in their hearts.

After firing, the soldiers of Wuzhaibao's gun-carrying team immediately ran from both sides of the formation to the back of the formation.

After a while, it was another sixty paces, and the Central Army Headquarters sounded another long and sharp horn, and immediately the musketeers behind the Wuzhaibao gunmen opened fire again.

In Huang Laifu's deployment, there are 500 troops on the front and 800 troops on the right.Among the [-] people, half are cold weapon fighters and half are gunfire soldiers, about [-] people.In addition to the two hundred gunners forming a layer in front, there are also six hundred bird gunners divided into two layers.

After the horn of the Central Army Headquarters sounded, the birds on the first floor immediately blared.Immediately, the unique "crack, bang, bang" sound of bird guns rang out, and three hundred bird guns blared together, and immediately another puff of smoke filled the air.

As soon as the first layer of blunderbusses was fired, the Chinese army's trumpet sounded again, and immediately the blunderbusses on the second layer fired together again, and the flames of death continued to emerge from each blunderbuss barrel.

It only took a few seconds for the two layers of bird guns to be released. After the six hundred bird guns were released, blood and flesh flew across the front of the right army formation. At least 200 Mongols were beaten to death on the spot. hurt.Although the blunderbuss is not as powerful as raising a gun, it is already too powerful against the unarmored Mongolian cavalry, especially under such intensive firepower.

Looking from the sky, the scorching sun has been shining on the army formation, the sky is full of dust, and a strong smell of blood is coming.Coupled with the screams of the dead and injured Mongols, the frightened neighing of the horses, and the pungent smell of gunpowder in front of the formation, the front of the army on the right was like a scene of hell.

The Wuzhaibao army usually trained strictly. After the musketeers finished shooting, they immediately retreated to the rear and continued to form a team.Some of the gunners quickly loaded their own guns with ammunition, and some of them took out their two-handed long knives, ready to fight hand-to-hand.

And behind the firecracker formation, the Wuzhaibao cold weapon fighters are already preparing to fight.The archers are already standing in front of each squad, drawing their bows and arrows, ready to shoot.

After a few rounds of fire from the Wuzhaibao army's firearms on the right side of the army formation, the Magui troops on the left side of the army formation, at this time their weapons came in handy.Under the urging of their officers, their sergeants, archers and rocketmen came out, drew their bows and drew arrows, ready to shoot.

It's a long story, but this series of events just happened in the blink of an eye.

The Mongolian cavalry had already charged fifty paces. Huang Laifu, who was on the high platform of the central army, had been watching the situation on the battlefield closely. The human team has collapsed.

Under the severe blow of artillery fire and firecrackers, these Mongolian soldiers suffered heavy losses, especially the Mongolian soldiers who charged forward were even more frightened.Some Mongolian soldiers wanted to charge, and some Mongolian soldiers howled and wanted to slap their horses and flee back. They blocked the charge formation behind them, and they became a mess for a while.

Huang Laifu and Ma Gui could see clearly, they couldn't help laughing, they both said: "Luer is nothing more than that, it seems that our army has won a complete victory, and it is just around the corner!"

Also, among the 100 Mongolian soldiers who charged to the right of Huang Laifu, nearly 200 people were killed or injured on the spot under the intensive artillery fire from dozens of chariots here, and then [-] of them raised their guns and killed and injured dozens more. Mongolian soldiers, six hundred bird guns killed and wounded more than [-] Mongolian soldiers on the spot.

Before the charge, more than 4000 Mongols lost [-]%.You can't fight back just by being beaten, and there is a Ming army waiting in front of you. The opponent also has heavy weapons such as bows and arrows, javelins, and tiger squatting guns. How do you fight this battle?How many more people will die?No wonder it doesn't crash!
There was chaos in front of the army formation on the right. Many Mongolian soldiers charging in front wanted to slap their horses and flee back, while the Mongolian cavalry behind wanted to continue charging. They already wanted to trample on each other, without any formation.The Mongolian commanders in the back were furious, and cut down a few Mongolian soldiers who were howling and fleeing on the spot, and then sorted out the formation of the charge.

But now, the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to approach the sixty paces in front of the Wuzhaibao army formation, and the several thousand-man squadrons all circled around outside the army formation on the right.And we have to keep watching whether the gunners of the Wuzhaibao army will come forward again.This made the archers, spearmen, and sword players of the Wuzhaibao army full of regrets, and the heroes were useless.

At this time, Huang Laifu knew that the Mongols were gone, and his own army did not need to worry about it anymore. He turned his attention to the left army defended by Magui's troops. There were all white and black flags of the same color. It is clearly distinguished from the Wuzhaibao army.

There are 4000 people defending the Magui Department, 2000 artillery vehicles, and about [-] Mongols rushing into the battle.

In the gun carriage shooting just now, 200 artillery carriages fired fiercely, and nearly [-] Mongols were killed and injured on the spot. This made the Mongolian cavalry rushing into the battle panic and tended to collapse.However, after rushing through the range of the artillery, the Mongols who rushed into the battle were not hit, which made their courage come back a little.

The Mongols on the left rushed nearly [-] paces. The terrain here was potholed and there were some undulating hills, which was not conducive to the running of the cavalry. Many Mongolian soldiers rode their horses and huddled together.

Seeing the Mongolian cavalry rolling in, that kind of power made many Ming soldiers in Magui's department dry mouthed. Although Magui had previously beheaded a team to show the public because of no order, and the main guard here, Ma Kong Ying and Ma Chengzhao also tried their best to calm down their subordinates, waiting for the enemy to come within range before attacking.

However, seeing the Mongolian soldiers getting closer and closer, facing the roaring Mongolian cavalry, before waiting for the order of the Chinese army, not only many archers couldn't resist the pressure, they shot arrows one after another, even the three-eyed musketeers let loose, and the Mongolian cavalry also In less than fifty paces, half of the left army formation was filled with archers, and the musketeers had finished firing, killing and injuring very few Mongols.

Ma Kongying and Ma Chengzhao cursed for a while, and wanted to arrest some people and behead Ming Ji, but there were too many people who violated the order, and they didn't know who to arrest.

In the blink of an eye, the Mongolian cavalry rushed to fifty paces, and the Chinese army's horn sounded. In the Wuzhaibao army's position, there were no Mongols rushing into the formation, and they just wandered around from a distance.On the side of the Magui tribe, facing the surging Mongolian cavalry, the remaining hundreds of archers and rocketmen shot together.Since half of the archers had finished shooting before, when they opened their bows and shot arrows again, it was a beat slower, and the suppressed arrow rain was not heavy.

Many of the Mongolian soldiers rushing to the front had their bows drawn and arrows ready to ride and shoot, and many others were shaking the horse ropes in their hands, ready to tear apart the artillery carts and horse repelling devices in front of them.The Mongolian soldiers at the front didn't hold shields in their hands because they were going to do these things, so under the rain of arrows, dozens of people fell down, and many horses were shot into hedgehogs. jumping.

After the archers of the Ming army finished shooting, they quickly retreated, and the shieldmen stepped forward to protect everyone.

Soon these Mongolian cavalrymen charged again, almost thirty paces away. At this time, hundreds of three-eyed guns in front of the army formation on the left fired at the same time, and a curtain of smoke rose, and the choking smell of gunpowder spread into each place from time to time. in the population.Within this range, the three-eyed gun is very powerful, and because it has three barrels, it can be fired in succession.There is very little danger of bombing, which has always been favored by the Ming army.

It's just that it's not so easy to reload the three-eyed gun. In the past, nearly half of the gunners couldn't help firing. At this time, they were just loading the sub-powder in a hurry, but the more anxious they were, the worse things were. .

Those who can't help but fire the gun first are cowards.At the moment of battle, at the critical moment of life and death, these people's faces were yellow and their mouths were dry, their hearts flustered and their hands trembled.When they reloaded the medicine, they either put the lead in first, or forgot to put the lead in, or twisted the medicine thread to prevent it from entering, or twisted it with the guide, or extinguished the fire thread...for a while, all kinds of fatal actions appear frequently.

After finally waiting for these people to shoot again, they are already gone.The whole shooting of the gunner on the left was chaos.Due to the large barrel of the three-eyed blunderbuss, the flight of the projectiles is scattered, not as far and accurate as the bird blunderbuss, just like the smoothbore guns of later generations, without forming a dense formation, it cannot form lethality.

It is obvious that this burst of gunfire did not cause much damage to the Mongolian cavalry. Some Mongolian cavalry fell off their horses, but most of the rest continued to roll in. Many Mongolian cavalry were already drawing their bows and arrows.

Seeing this, the gunners of the Ming army became even more flustered. Some of them ran back without even letting go of the guns. Gain the protection of the shield hand.

In the blink of an eye, the Mongolian cavalry had charged [-] steps, and the horses rushed forward, with a whistling sound and a large rain of arrows, shooting at the Ming army in front of the formation.

(End of this chapter)