Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 398
The gate of the Qin army's camp was wide enough. When the sound of guns rang out, dozens of Qing troops in double-layer heavy armor poured into the camp. The protective power resists the blow of the firecracker.

More than a hundred Qing army archers followed closely, trying to shoot and kill the Qin army within fifty steps of the heavy arrows.

But it turns out that such an idea is pure fantasy.

The Qing army of the former team could not gain a foothold at all, let alone create a place for the archers to gain a foothold.

Within a distance of less than fifty steps, the speed of the high-speed flying projectile reached the extreme, not to mention the double-layer mail armor, even if it was covered with a piece of iron, it would still be pierced by the huge kinetic energy of the gun.

With the screams of the front team of Qing troops splashed with blood, more than [-] Qing soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, but the remaining Qing soldiers, who were used to seeing countless lives dying in front of them, were unmoved at all and started to fight instead. Speeding up and rushing forward, the Qing army in the back team followed closely behind the front team regardless of the wailing sounds from the tribesmen on the ground.

They knew that the Ming army's guns were sharp, and they also knew that there would be more guns to shoot, but their task was to break into the Ming army's gunner camp at the expense of their lives.

As long as they fight hand-to-hand, those firecrackers are nothing more than iron rods.

The Ming army on the opposite side is indeed an elite division.

This was the subconscious reaction in the minds of many charging Qing soldiers, and this reaction became the last consciousness in their minds.

In the countless confrontations with the Ming army in the past, although the Ming army also used firecrackers as the front line, due to various reasons, they often fired the firecrackers in their hands before the Qing army rushed to the range, and then went to the front line. Will drop the firecracker and run for his life.

The Qing army always took advantage of the situation to chase and kill them with almost no damage, and dozens of Qing troops could chase thousands or even thousands of Ming troops all over the mountains and plains.

And the Ming army in front of them is obviously a well-trained and disciplined strong army. Such a Ming army must be completely strangled.

Only the enemies that are killed are the best enemies.

After the first row of [-] gunners finished shooting, they quickly squatted down and began to clean the gun chambers, reload gunpowder and gunpowder, the sharp horn sounded, and the second row of gunmen fired immediately, and another hundred bullets shot out. , A layer of barrage was formed in front of the Qing army, and the forward Qing army rolled to the ground like a high-speed bison hitting a hard rock.

Two hundred bullets wiped out the Qing army rushing to the front, and the double-layer heavy armor did not save their lives.

Puddles of bright red blood meandered and flowed on the ground, and the seriously injured Qing soldiers who had not yet died immediately screamed and rolled over their wounds, but the rapid and massive blood loss would soon take their lives.

Although I was shocked by the powerful firepower of the Ming army, a large number of Qing troops continued to charge forward.

The lives of the clansmen cannot be sacrificed in vain.

Rush over!
Crack the heads of Nikan on the opposite side with a hammer, chop off their heads with an axe, and pierce their waists and abdomen with iron spears.

We are the invincible Eight Banners soldiers, and no one can stop our charge.

This is the common thought in every Qing army's mind.

No one shouted, because that would waste energy in vain.

Only when he rushed into the formation of the Nikans and slashed vigorously, he would exhale and make a sound.

But the continuous shooting of the Ming army completely shattered the fantasy of the Qing army.

Although the sight was blocked by the thick gunpowder smoke, the firecrackers at this time were not aiming and shooting, but concentrated fire to attack an area, and the gunners just fired at the front.

Before the sixth row of musketeers finished firing, the first row of musketeers had already finished loading, and the matchlocks were blown again. They only waited for the sound of the trumpet to get up and shoot.

Behind Liu Baimin's musketeers, a hundred spearmen and a hundred sword and shield players were rushing quickly, and the two commanders who led the team rushed over immediately after seeing the red flag waving on the fort.

Except for a few firecrackers that failed to fire, the Qin army's first round of nearly [-] blunderbuss bullets killed and wounded more than [-] Qing soldiers and fell to the ground.

As the gunners in the first row got up and fired another round, the Qing army who had already rushed within forty steps was shot down by nearly 30 people again.

Faced with the Ming army's seemingly endless gunfire, the Qing army, which could only be beaten but unable to fight back, finally couldn't hold on. The Qing army rushing forward began to try to turn around and flee back.

With the contagion of panic, the former Qing army either consciously or hesitantly began to retreat reflexively.

Although Jia Lazhangjing, who led the charge, was extremely brave, he was shot and killed by a blunderbuss bullet before he had time to display his abilities. He couldn't withstand the Ming army's blunderbuss attack, and the Qing army, which lost its command, was defeated.

The archers of the Qing army had not yet entered the effective range of the camp gate, and had to stop their advance.

Jialazhangjing Udabu, who led [-] Qing troops in the rear, led his team into the Ming army camp. Due to the blocking of his sight, he only heard the continuous sound of gunfire, and he began to feel suspicious.

In less than a hundred breaths of time, the front team that rushed into the Ming army camp became chaotic, and the forward and retreating Qing troops became entangled.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Dabu, who had been in battle for a long time, immediately ordered to blow the horn to withdraw troops. Before the horn sounded, the spearmen and sword shieldmen of the Ming army chased them down.

The Qing army, which had always faced the enemy head-on, finally tasted what it was like being hacked and killed by the Ming army from behind.

Under the stabbing and stabbing of two rows of spearmen of the Qin army in a hedgehog-like formation, and the shielding and hacking of the sword and shield hands protecting the wings of the spearmen, although many Qing troops who had already been in a mess turned around to face the enemy, Qin Jun's hands The spears that were more than ten feet long didn't give them a chance at all.

This kind of gun head, which resembles an armor-piercing cone, directly ignored the heavy armor of the Qing army. Every time a sharp and sharp gun head swallowed, it would bring up a cloud of bright red blood, causing dozens of Qing army casualties in an instant. .

It is also fortunate that the Qing army was in the formation of skirmishers, otherwise there would be more casualties.

Niu Luezhen, led by the archers of the Qing army, reacted very quickly, and immediately commanded the archers to retreat more than ten steps to the spearmen of the Qin army to shoot several rounds of lobs.

Following the waving of the black flag on the fort, Li Sanwa led three hundred musketeers around the low wall to meet them.After being shot down by dozens of people, the spearmen and sword-shieldmen withdrew to both sides of the camp gate.

More than a hundred Qing troops rushed into the camp again, trying to take the opportunity to chase down the retreating Ming troops, but they were met by three hundred Qin soldiers who knelt on one knee in the first row, bowed in the second row, and stood upright in the third row. The military used the three-stage strike method to strike again.

As dozens of Qing troops were knocked to the ground, the remaining Qing troops of the first team finally broke up and fled in all directions.

Under Li Sanwa's loud orders, dozens of casualties from the Qin army were quickly carried away by the sword and shield hands, and the gunmen also retreated from both sides to the back of the low wall.Only the dead and wounded of the Qing army remained in the open space inside and outside the camp gate.

This small-scale fierce battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and it came to an end with the complete victory of the Qin army.

Wu Dabu watched the retreating Qing army pass by with his head bowed, and his heart couldn't help but become extremely heavy.

Yue Tuo, who was standing on the earthen platform behind the artillery formation of the Qing army, looked extremely gloomy, and Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others beside him also had ugly expressions.

Although they didn't see clearly how the Qing army was defeated when they rushed into the camp, the continuous sound of gunfire and the smoke floating in the sky have explained the whole process.

This is very similar to Yue Tuo's encounters with his troops at Songshan, Daxing Fort, Xingping Fort and other castles last year.

"Come here, call Uda back, leave a thousand cavalry to monitor the Ming army, and summon generals above Jialazhangjing to discuss matters in the king's tent!"

　Thanks to the book friends, the princes, for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)