Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 482

The first phalanx of 4000 men of the Ming army suffered nearly half of the casualties after being thrown by the Qing army's archers and killed by the white armored soldiers. The originally thick five-layer phalanx has only three layers left.

Especially now, after witnessing the fierce attack power of the Qing army, the pikemen in the last three rows have shown signs of instability. Many soldiers panicked and trembled, their pikes trembled crookedly, and their eyes glanced around, as if they were planning to attack at any time. The appearance of running away.

At this moment, the archers on the left wing of the spear phalanx stopped to line up, and [-] swordsmen and shields circled in front of the archers, fighting with the Qing army's swords and shields.

Bows and arrows do not have the problem of firecrackers being prone to misfiring. Following the command of the archer battalion chief Qian, a thousand triangular long arrows with white feathers on their tails soared into the air, and rushed towards the big white armored soldiers following with a soft howling sound. After a while, the Qing army's armored soldiers who were advancing suddenly screamed again and again, and the Ming army's arrows rained down from the sky almost continuously. Zhong turned around and left without delay.

The 1000 long arrows shot by the Ming army's archers cleared a fault zone between the Qing army's forward and the following rear team. More than [-] Qing troops either fell to the ground or lost their combat effectiveness after being hit by the arrows.

At the same time, there were more than 2 officers and troops on the right wing of Xuanda Bing, with He Renlong and Ai Wannian's troops as the forwards, facing the left wing soldiers of the two blue flags.

According to Sun Chuanting's order, they will fight the Qing army forward, and while blocking the Qing army, make enough space for the Yongwei Battalion in the rear, so that the 4000 people of the Yongwei Battalion can flank the middle of the left-wing Qing army .

The attack launched by the archers of the Ming army suddenly relieved the pressure on the spearmen. Although the follow-up troops of the Qing army were quickly following up, they at least gave the Ming army a respite. As he turned around, he stabbed the spear in his hand vigorously at the enemy in front of him.

Although the heavy armored infantry headed by the white armored soldiers of the Qing army were brave and difficult to deal with, they were powerless in the face of several spears stabbing one person. In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred Qing soldiers, including dozens of white armored soldiers, were stabbed to the ground. More than half of the five or six hundred heavy armored infantry had been killed or injured.

At this time, several white-armored soldiers who were very close became fierce. Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army's spears were about to be collected, these white-armored soldiers threw their heavy weapons out of their hands in unanimous agreement, and then rushed forward. , everyone opened their arms and grasped the barrels of several long spears tightly. While shouting loudly, they exerted all their strength and pulled them suddenly. After letting go, dozens of long spears were snatched from the hands of these white armored soldiers abruptly, and these soldiers who lost their long spears were also led to stagger a few steps forward.

A few of the soldiers were self-reliant and clutched their spears tightly, trying to compete with the white-armored soldier on the opposite side, but when they stabbed forward, their bodies were already leaning forward, and the opponent's force was suddenly exerted, so they still had to fight. Before they could use all their strength, the person was pulled along the spear.

The white-armored soldiers on the opposite side reacted extremely quickly. Before the Ming soldiers who had been pulled over could understand, a white-armored soldier on each side moved their arms in turn, and slapped the two Ming soldiers horizontally with the guns they had snatched, and panicked for a while. Human bones shattered and howls sounded, and the soldiers of the Ming army who were drawn fell to the ground clutching their bruised wounds.

The white-armored soldier who forcibly pulled the Ming army over let go of the hands holding the spear, stepped forward suddenly and embraced the remaining Ming army, roared and exerted strength at the waist and arms at the same time, the number of the Ming army After a rib was strangled and inserted into the heart, he died of exhaustion.

Just as these white-armored soldiers killed three Ming soldiers in an instant, the heavy armored infantry of the Qing army behind and around them rushed forward, broke into the Ming army formation from this small gap, and began to rush forward and both sides , The third and fourth formations of the Ming army were quickly broken.

At this critical juncture, a long-sounding horn sounded. Although the remaining Ming troops on the third, fourth, fifth, and third floors were in extreme panic, after hearing the sound of the horn, they ignored the Qing army's hacking and killing, and subconsciously fled to both sides. Go, ten steps behind them, dozens of squatting tiger guns and gunners squatting on the ground were revealed.

"Boom! Boom!"

A dull roar sounded together.

The more than 1000 tiger-squatting cannons that were aiming at the Qing army roared indiscriminately. After forty or fifty shotguns loaded in the bore of each cannon shot out, they swept across twenty steps away in a fan pattern. For the Qing army, more than [-] high-speed flying pieces of iron, porcelain, and stones swept across the ground with huge kinetic energy like a gust of wind, blowing all the targets in front of them to the ground.

Regardless of whether it was the white-armored soldiers wearing three layers of heavy armor or the ordinary Qing soldiers wearing iron armor, they were all blasted into scum in an instant. Except for a dozen or so surviving Qing soldiers screaming, more than 200 people rushed to the ground. The most advanced and most powerful heavy-armored Qing army turned into a bloody corpse, and the dark red blood and liquids of various colors in the human body flowed like a stream.

In the midst of gunpowder smoke, the rest of the more than ten tiger squat gunners who had no enemies in front of them hurriedly pulled out the spikes wedged into the ground on the two tiger claws amidst the shouts of the Shangguan, turned the muzzles of the cannons and rushed towards the rear formation. The direction of the army, and then ignited the fuze again under the command of the Shangguan.

The muffled sound of cannons rang out again. Although a little horrified by the tragic situation in front of them, the wild and confident Qing army still rushed forward after a moment of silence. The result was the same as the front team, and the Qing army who rushed ahead was swept away again. Pour a slice.

After the gunners finished casting, they didn't even look at the results of the battle. Instead, they quickly took out the spikes and ran to both sides with the cannons. At a distance of dozens of steps behind them, the second two in the middle A large formation of thousands of musketeers, guarded by a thousand pikemen on each side, is slowly moving forward.

After fighting with the Ming sabers, shieldmen and spearmen, and then being bombarded by tiger squatting guns for two rounds, the heavy armored infantry of the front team of the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, including nearly 600 people including more than a hundred white armored soldiers. More than 100 people were killed, and the two blue flags had never suffered such a heavy injury. Seeing the scene of blood and flesh flying in front of them, the remaining hundreds of heavy armored infantry of the Qing army who had experienced many battles also had a deep feeling in their eyes. Deeply afraid.

Wukan, who was in charge of commanding the middle road, witnessed the bloody battle just now. When Wukan saw the elites in the banner fall in batches under the bombardment of the Ming army, Wukan was heartbroken, and at the same time felt a sense of pain. A little apprehensive.

The most powerful heavy-armored infantry, ten to eighty-nine, greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Qing army. Although it showed that the army suffered more casualties, the loss of the two blue flags was the foundation of survival.

The current situation can no longer allow their left wing to retreat. Once they are defeated, the flanks of the central army will face the danger of being flanked by the Ming army. At this time, the only way to fight to the end is to die.

After seeing the Ming army brigade approaching the leftmost army formation on their left wing, and another large Ming army marching towards his center from one side, Wukan had no time to think about it. In the middle, the guards around him waved the flag, and 5000 people out of the more than 6000 people in the middle turned to the east to intercept the Ming army who was about to attack, while he led the remaining more than [-] people to stay where they were, preparing to face the coming battle. The Ming army phalanx.

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