Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 233
"Kill..." Seeing that the soldiers of the new army were still pure infantry, and dared to stand in front of the cavalry without even shields and spears, even the enemy's Guanning cavalry had to admire the courage of the soldiers of the new army.

However, this also increased their killing intent.

"Kill, kill..." The soldiers of the new army roared fiercely, holding the flintlock guns in their hands tightly, and stabbing forward non-stop.

The gleaming bayonet on the tip of the spear gave off a cold light.

Seeing so many sharp bayonets stabbing towards him, some war horses unconsciously slowed down, and still dared not bump into these sharp things.

The two sides finally touched each other. Except for a few horses charging non-stop and knocking down a few soldiers from the new army, the other horses slowed down as they approached.

The war horse that bumped into it head-on hit the bayonet first, and the war horse immediately fell down with a hiss.

"Kill..." At this time, the soldiers of the new army swarmed up, and the flintlock gun in their hand was stabbed forward fiercely as a spear, then pulled out quickly, and stabbed again.

First stab the horse. After the horse is stabbed down, the cavalry on the horse will be unstable, or even fall directly, and then a few bayonets will greet him.

"Pu Chi Chi Chi..." The war horses were stabbed into a hornet's nest, and the cavalry was hard to beat with both fists, and was quickly stabbed to death by the soldiers of the new army who surrounded them, very helpless.

The cavalry rushing to the front did not open a breakthrough, which would inevitably affect the momentum of the cavalry behind, and the speed of the enemy cavalry would naturally drop.

At this time, it was a close-range melee. The soldiers of the new army would consciously surround an enemy cavalry, and then stabbed with their guns, bringing down the horses one by one, and stabbing the cavalrymen who fell down to death.

Some enemy cavalry saw that riding on horseback had no advantage, and the horse was still affected by the corpses on the ground, so they jumped off their horses and came to melee with the soldiers of the new army.

"Loading..." The soldiers of the new army who were originally in the third row did not rush out to engage the enemy. At this time, under the command of the commander, they immediately began to load projectiles.

"Bang bang bang..." At such a close range, the soldiers can shoot freely without giving orders.

The enemy cavalry, who had been unable to charge and slowed down, were almost live targets one by one, and were shot off their horses one by one.

It didn't take long for these less than a hundred cavalry who rushed over with great difficulty to be killed, and the corpses of horses and cavalry were everywhere.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the new army suffered less than one-third of their losses, and these losses were mainly caused by enemy archers.

In really close combat, the Guanning cavalry was almost overwhelmingly beheaded by the infantry of the new army.

But if they fight one-on-one, it is difficult for the soldiers of the new army to be the opponents of the Guan Ning army. After all, the Guan Ning army is a rare elite in the Ming army.

Even if the new army usually trains hard and strictly, but they have experienced too little real life-and-death battles. Compared with veterans like the Guan Ning Army, there must still be a gap.

But obviously, the tactics of the new army have withstood the test and have considerable advantages.

In the frontal battle just now, the soldiers of the new army performed well on the whole. Apart from some confusion when they were approached by the enemy cavalry at the beginning, they were able to quickly stabilize their positions.

The subsequent counterattack was also very good. After seeing that their tactics could effectively kill the cavalry, the morale of the soldiers of the new army also increased rapidly, and their courage became more and more courageous, and they often took the initiative to attack.

I thought that rushing into the new army camp would open a breakthrough, but I didn't expect to be defeated so quickly, and the few remaining cavalry fled back in horror.

The remaining [-] cavalry of Guan Ning's army did not dare to send out any more.

On the other side, the heavy infantry pushed forward, but still failed to change the situation. The massive casualties made the front commander finally unable to resist, and ordered to retreat in grief and indignation.

In front of the new army's formation stretching for a mile away, corpses were lying everywhere, including war horses and more soldiers. The closer to the new army's position, the denser the corpses.

There were also wounded who were not dead and were not treated, fell to the ground and wailed in pain.

Wu Sangui watched this miserable scene through the binoculars, his heart was bleeding.

It has been a long time since Guan Ning's army suffered such a disproportionate loss. Although there is no specific statistics, it is roughly estimated that in the battle just now, Guan Ning's army lost at least [-], more than half of the troops sent.

On the other hand, looking at the new army, I don't know if there was a loss of three hundred.

In the fighting career of the Guan Ning Army, there has never been such a disastrous defeat, even against the most elite Eight Banners Army, it has never been seen before.

Wu Sangui couldn't help but tremble slightly. The reason why he worked so hard in this battle was to prove his loyalty to the Qing court.

Because he felt the Qing court's distrust of him. After all, he holds the elite Guan Ning army in his hands. If he has any bad thoughts, it will deal a huge blow to the Qing court.

However, Wu Sangui himself knew that if he was not trusted by the Qing court, it would be very dangerous for him. Therefore, when he was sent to follow Azig to conquer Li Zicheng in the south, the Guan Ning army he led worked very hard, often rushing to the first place. line.

At this moment, when facing the new army, although Wu Sangui hesitated a little, he finally chose to go all out.

However, the new army was not a rushing army. After the Guan Ning army entered the pass with the Qing army, it suffered its first major defeat.

Wu Sangui personally went to Azige's tent to plead guilty. Although Azige had a fiery personality, he did not blame Wu Sangui for this, but only asked about the detailed battle process.

After listening to the detailed accounts of Wu Sangui and the frontline commanders, Azig and other generals of the Qing army were also very surprised.

"Could it be that this is a new style of warfare that Tangning trained, abandoning swords and shields, archers, and pikemen, and relying entirely on firearms..."

"However, the tactic of gunners shooting in rows has been used for decades. Why isn't it so effective?"

"Besides, the new army hasn't used magic weapons yet, so..."

Hearing these negative comments, Azig frowned, then raised his hand to make a stop gesture, and everyone's discussions stopped immediately.

"Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover. The new army has not seen any cleverness in this method of warfare. I don't believe it can't be cracked. Let's fight again tomorrow."

At around [-]:[-], Tangning agreed with the Qing army to take away the corpses and wounded in front of the formation, and the battlefield was quickly cleared.

The next day, Azig raised the Eight Mongolian Banners, all cavalry, [-] cavalry.

The Mongolian Eight Banners can be said to be the most elite team other than the Manchu Eight Banners Qing army. They have a high fighting spirit.

"Boom boom boom..."

After the enemy cavalry approached to a distance of about one and a half miles, the artillery of the new army opened fire, and the solid shells fell among the enemy troops, smashing earth and rocks.

Some cavalrymen were smashed to bloody flesh, and their horses howled and neighed when they were smashed, but this did not affect the advance speed of the Mongolian army at all.

As it gets closer, the speed becomes faster and faster.

After being baptized by grape bullets and shotgun shells, the cavalry at the front could clearly see a long row of new soldiers aiming at them with muskets.

The dense muzzles make one's scalp tingle at a glance. How could he avoid such a big target?

"Bang bang bang..." A row of blue smoke came out.

"Ahh..." cavalrymen fell from their horses one by one like gourds rolling on the ground.

(End of this chapter)