Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 214 Dodo's Worries

"The new army is returning to its original position..."

After getting the news, Doduo immediately ordered Nikan to force nearly [-] prisoners to rush to the front to block the way of the new army and see how the new army would respond.

Most of the nearly 300 captives were Xu Yong's men. The new army, including the wounded, had less than [-] people.

In such a big battle, it would definitely be very troublesome to bring so many prisoners, but it was not a last resort, and Doduo didn't want to openly kill the prisoners in front of the new army, so he could only find a way to make good use of them.

In the binoculars, Huang Hairu saw the movements of the Qing army, but he was unmoved and continued to lead the team forward.

More than 800 new troops were in front, and the other teams were behind, until they stopped at a distance of about [-] feet from the Nikan army.

Now, it is the Qing army that occupies the commanding heights.

But obviously, the Qing army did not intend to make good use of this commanding height to charge directly downwards, but instead used the captives as human shields.

"Take out the mortar and give me a f*cking blow." Huang Hairu shouted in a deep voice.

Immediately, the artillery took out six 81mm mortars, and then continued to approach the Qing army's position under Huang Hairu's order.

When they were about [-] feet away, they immediately assembled the mortar and began to aim.

Skilled artillerymen can already use their thumbs to observe and aim. In order not to accidentally injure their own people, several veteran artillerymen also specially checked the aiming situation of each artillery.

When Nikan saw dozens of soldiers from the new army approaching alone, and then set up something, he felt bad.

However, before he could make an effective response, shells were sent into the barrel one by one.

"Tom tom tom..." The first wave of six shells crossed an arc, leaped over a distance of more than 600 meters, jumped over the heads of the captives, and fell directly to the rear of the Qing army camp.

"Boom boom boom..." A series of explosions sounded, and there was a burst of horse neighing and screams.

The rate of fire of the mortars was relatively fast, and only a few breaths later, the second and third waves followed.

"Boom boom boom..." There was a burst of gunpowder smoke on the small slope, and the horses rushed down the small slope uncontrollably, and the formation of the Qing army suddenly became chaotic.

Nikan's expression changed drastically. Surrounded by his personal guards, he hid in all directions. The nearest shell fell less than three feet in front of him.

Fortunately, the personal guards protected him, and the shrapnel and shock waves were blocked by the personal guards, otherwise Nikan would not have just fallen.

At this moment, someone in the captive camp yelled loudly, "Brothers, the Tartars are in chaos, run away..."

These words were like a signal, causing the people who were sitting to stand up one after another, and then quickly ran down the slope.

"Run to the left, don't run towards our army formation..."

"Run to the left, don't run to our army..." The captured soldiers of the new army still didn't forget to shout.

The Qing army who aimed at them with bows and arrows was shocked, and quickly shot arrows, and the running people fell to the ground one by one.

However, the formation of the Qing army has become chaotic, and the care of these prisoners has naturally been relaxed a lot. Now that they encounter this situation, they can't control it at all. faster.

More than a dozen Qing soldiers couldn't help but rushed down to chase after them, and the captives who were caught up were cut down to the ground one by one.

Because their hands were tied behind their backs, there was no way they could avoid it.

The soldiers equipped with 98K in the artillery immediately raised their guns to aim. With the continuous gunshots of bang bang bang, the chasing Qing troops were shot off their horses one by one, and the horses that lost their masters ran around blankly.

"Woo hum..." A long horn sounded, and the Qing army sounded the retreat horn.

"Rumbling..." The Qing army occupying Xiaopo immediately gave up their position and did not attack the new army. Instead, they rushed down Xiaopo and gathered towards Duoduo's main force.

In fact, they could have launched an attack, because there were many timid captives who rushed directly to Huang Hairu's side regardless. These people were basically captives of Xu Yong's department.

These people rushed over in such a mess, it was bound to affect the camp of the new army and provide cover for the attack of the Qing army.

But Nikan didn't seize this opportunity, not because he didn't want to seize it.

It was because his own formation had been blown up, and the new army had such fast-firing artillery, and the continuous-firing muskets had not yet been put into use.

With the current situation, he has no confidence at all that he can achieve any results, and he is afraid that he will fall into the mouth of a tiger.

At this moment, the horn for retreat sounded, and he ordered the retreat without hesitation.

"Stop shelling..."

With a single order, the artillerymen no longer put shells into the barrels.

Not long after Duoduo withdrew, Huang Hairu led people to reoccupy the small slope. While sending people to collect nearby soldiers, he quickly ordered to collect the remains of his comrades-in-arms, and then dug a hole on the other side of the slope for burial.

As for the corpses of the Qing army and war horses, they were thrown to the front and arranged in a line, which was obviously used as a defensive obstacle.

After the new army reoccupied the small slope, Duoduo led the army to retreat a certain distance, the main force retreated ten miles away, and spread the troops as far as possible.

Because he knew that the new army had brought advanced artillery, so he had to be on guard.

Just like this, even if he wanted to personally observe the situation on the new army's position, Doduo didn't dare to be blatant, and tried to hide as much as possible to prevent being targeted by the new army's artillery.

Through the binoculars, Duoduo saw the wall of flesh that had been piled up, and his face was very ugly.

These are his elites with white flags. In the previous battle, although they once occupied the position of the new army, and almost killed the new army leader Huang Hairu, they fell short in the end.

The scale of this battle, in his Duduo fighting career, can only be ranked behind, but it is one of the most tragic battles.

It has been a long time since the Eight Banners Army has suffered such a large number of casualties in a single battle. Although there are no specific statistics, it is roughly estimated that the casualties should exceed 3000.

Judging from the results of the battle, Huang Hairu paid a higher price, but Duoduo knew that the number of new troops in this battle was not large, only more than 1000 people, and the rest were Xu Yong from the former Zuo Liangyu Department.

To him, Duoduo, Xu Yong's people were just a mob.

To eliminate such a rabble, thousands or tens of thousands, he didn't feel much at all, and he didn't have much sense of accomplishment, because he had experienced too much.

Moreover, most of the casualties of the Eight Banners Army were also caused by the new army.

In other words, in the previous battle, the casualties of the Eight Banners Army were at least twice that of the New Army.

This was on the premise that the new army hadn't prepared advanced artillery. If Huang Hairu hadn't been prepared enough and was caught off guard, the result would have been different.

If both sides are fully prepared and really fight in battle, the casualties of the Eight Banners Army may be even greater.

Thinking of this, Dodo suddenly became worried.

This is just the vanguard of the new army. If Tangning personally leads the main force of the new army to go north, will the Eight Banners Army be able to go as smoothly as after entering the customs?The answer is obvious.

The only fortunate thing is that the number of real new troops is not much, less than [-], which is almost only a little more than [-]% of the elites of the Eight Banners.

Thinking of this, Duoduo became more determined to have a good confrontation with Huang Hairu.

Before the main force of the new army arrives, we must learn as much as possible about this powerful opponent of the new army through fighting.

(End of this chapter)