Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 13
However, no matter how advanced the tactics are, they also need matching weapons to exert their due power.

For example, changing the shooting tactics requires an arquebus with outstanding performance to exert greater power, and it will not be able to exert its greatest power until the era of flintlock guns.

However, looking at the firearms held by the musketeers, Chongzhen could only scratch his head.

Because these firearms are too messy, there are three-eyed blunderbuss, four-eyed blunderbuss and Thunderbolt blunderbuss among these firearms, which account for almost half of the number, and ordinary bird blunderbusses.

In addition, there are a small number of Lumi guns.

Lumi blunderbuss is actually a bird blunderbuss, but due to its exquisite craftsmanship, its range is farther than ordinary bird blunderbusses, and its accuracy and penetration are also higher than ordinary bird blunderbusses.

And these firearms are mixed with each other.

This is obviously not conducive to exerting the power of firearms.

Immediately Chongzhen shouted sharply: "Listen."

More than three hundred musketeers looked at Chongzhen blankly.

Chongzhen said again: "The Lumi blunderbuss stands in the first team, and the rest of the blunderbuss retreat!"

More than a dozen Lumi gunners from the second team and the third team hurried forward, but more musketeers left the position of the first team, and there were less than fifty musketeers left in the first team.

Chongzhen said again: "The second team of bird guns, and the third team of other fire guns!"

The remaining musketeers stood in line again, and finally nearly a hundred musketeers holding ordinary bird guns stayed in the second team, and nearly half of the remaining 150 musketeers all stood in the third team.

Anyway, only one round of blunderbuss was fired, and there was no need to reload. Chongzhen did not adopt the large-spaced formation of the arquebus era, but put the musketeers close together to increase the density of firepower.

After reorganizing the formation, Chongzhen turned around and turned his gaze to Taniguchi.

On the Taniguchi Grassland, the cavalry of the Gongtu Department had spread out to the two wings, forming a wide cavalry formation.

There were more than two hundred cavalrymen lined up, their horses' hooves twitched and their manes flying, showing the mighty momentum of thousands of horses, and Chongzhen could not help but feel palpitations.

Looking back at the eunuchs and Jingying soldiers behind him, they were indeed flustered.

Although they won two consecutive victories after the siege, these eunuchs and Beijing soldiers were obviously far from the elites of all battles, and they were not even considered veterans.

Still just a bunch of rabble.

"Don't panic, I am with you!"

Chongzhen took a step forward and shouted sharply.

This shout made the musketeers calm down a little.

That's right, the emperor is standing in the front, why should they panic?

The cavalry from the Arched Rabbit Department slowly approached and began to sprint when the distance was about one kilometer. However, due to the terrain constraints of Taniguchi, the cavalry who were originally lined up were forced to squeeze into the middle.

Soon, the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred steps.

One hundred steps is already the effective range of a Mongolian horn bow.

[Note: 1 step = 1.6 meters in Ming Dynasty, 100 steps = 160 meters]

"Steady, don't panic!" Chongzhen pulled down his mask and raised his waist knife high, "Don't let go of the gun, hold on..."

Seeing the Mongolian cavalry pouring into the valley like mountains and seas, many musketeers retreated subconsciously, but when they looked at their companions who stayed where they were, and then at the emperor standing outside the parapet, they silently came back to start again. He raised his musket and pointed the muzzle of the black hole at the surging Mongolian cavalry ahead.

Straight ahead, the Mongolian cavalry rolled over like a tide.

After entering the hundred steps, the Mongolian cavalry drew their bows and set up arrows one after another, and began the first round of throwing.

The Mongolian horn bow is the most typical oriental recurve bow, with exquisite workmanship, long range and high lethality. A light arrow can reach a distance of a hundred steps, and a heavy arrow can penetrate armor within [-] steps.

Soon, the first wave of arrow rain poured down overwhelmingly.

Chongzhen quickly raised his right hand to cover his face with his arm guard.

This is just a subconscious reaction, which is actually a bit redundant.

Because the light arrows of the Mongolian cavalry can't shoot through the mountain armor at all, and the pockets also have face armor, which is enough to form a comprehensive protection for Chongzhen without leaving any dead ends.

But the eunuchs and Beijing soldiers behind him only wore cotton armor.

Cotton armor is worse than iron armor in protecting firearms, but it is not as good as iron armor in protecting arrows.

The sharp arrow clusters concentrated powerful potential energy at one point, and they could still easily pierce through the thick cotton armor and cause damage. If they hit the front door, it would be enough to kill them on the spot.

As the rain of arrows fell, there were continuous screams in the parapet.

At least ten musketeers fell in a pool of blood.

There are still many musketeers who were hit by arrows, but the problem is not big.

"Don't panic, hold on!" Chongzhen continued to shout loudly, "Stop, hold on..."

Chongzhen was also hit by several arrows, but they were all bounced off by Shanwenjia, and did not cause any damage to Chongzhen.

Maybe it was Chongzhen who took the lead, maybe it was the two previous victories that gave him confidence, or maybe it was because there was a five-foot-high parapet. In short, the eunuchs and Beijing soldiers lined up behind the parapet miraculously did not collapse. More than a hundred people actually stood still from the beginning to the end, standing firmly behind the parapet.

Such a scene greatly shocked the civilian officials watching the battle on the mountainside.

In the woods halfway up the mountain, Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng, etc. looked at Chongzhen's back, a little dazed. Is this really the mean, ungrateful and suspicious emperor they knew?

Why do you feel a little strange?
The Imperial Academy's review of Wang Wei was even more erratic and said: "You said, when Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu Wen led the army to fight in the battlefield, is it the same as the emperor today?"

Meng Zhaoxiang and others instinctively rejected him, comparing the present to Gaozu and Chengzu?pass.

But if you think about it carefully, even if you are not as good as Gaozu and Chengzu today, you should be no less than Xuanzong.

As a result, almost all civil servants couldn't help thinking that if they had known this before, they should have been sent by the emperor himself during the Songshan War, and he should have been sent by the emperor himself to hunt down the thieves.

If that's the case, maybe the world will be peaceful sooner.

While the civil servants were stunned, the Mongolian cavalry had already shot two waves of arrows.

After shooting two waves of arrow rain, the Mongolian cavalry had approached thirty steps away, and they replaced their heavy arrows one after another.

Now Chongzhen did not dare to be careless anymore, because within thirty steps, Shan Wenjia might be pierced by a heavy arrow. Immediately Chongzhen raised his waist knife forward and shouted sharply: "First team, let go!"

Accompanied by Chongzhen's roar, more than forty musketeers in the first team pulled the triggers of the snake rods one after another. The musketeers in the first team all used Lumi blunderbuss with high accuracy.

"Bah bah bah!" Accompanied by continuous loud noises,
The Mongolian cavalry in the front row who were about to launch heavy arrows immediately turned their backs. At least ten or more Mongolian cavalry fell off their horses, with a hit rate of almost [-]%.

Thirty steps away, the matchlock gun is almost the hit rate.

"The second team!" Chongzhen raised his sword again and howled, "Get ready... let it go!"

In less than two seconds, the second team of musketeers also stepped forward to line up and pulled the snake trigger.

Although the ordinary bird guns used by the musketeers of the second team are not as accurate as the Lumi guns, they are more numerous.

With the continuous bang bang, more than [-] Mongolian cavalry fell down, and the formation became more chaotic, but the remaining Mongolian cavalry approached within [-] steps.

The distance is close enough to see the blood smeared on the face of the Mongolian cavalry.

"Swish, swish!" Several heavy arrows shot towards Chongzhen at the same time.

Chongzhen subconsciously blocked with his waist knife, and blocked some of the heavy arrows, but there was still a heavy arrow that squeaked through the gap on the right side of his visor, and the arrow brushed against his cheek.

Chongzhen suddenly felt a burning pain on his cheek.

Enduring the excruciating pain, Chongzhen continued to snarl: "The third team, let go!"

The third team of musketeers used three-eyed guns, four-eyed guns, and thunder guns. These firearms are less accurate, and there is no snake lever trigger. They need to use disconnected shooting that first ignites and then aims, and the shooting accuracy is even worse. , once the distance exceeds twenty steps, its hit rate will become horrible.

But now the distance is less than twenty paces.

Moreover, multi-barreled guns also have their own advantages, that is, large quantities.

Because each gun can hold two to three lead bullets, the sum of the three guns is eight or nine.

More than one hundred and fifty three-eyed guns, four-eyed guns and thunder guns are more than a thousand pieces!
Thousands of lead bullets were fired intensively, and at this time the Mongolian cavalry had approached within [-] steps, their hit rate and lethality can only be described in two words, that is - ferocious!
Accompanied by the loud sound of firing guns, dozens of Mongolian cavalry rushing forward fell to the ground in an instant. Not only the cavalry on horseback, but also the horses were bloody and bloody. So far, the cavalry formation of the Gongtu Department finally fell into complete chaos, and could no longer charge up.

In fact, the cavalry of Gongtu's department had no courage to charge again.

Because of the loud sound of gunfire, the gunpowder smoke filling the entire mountain pass, and the bloody corpses of their companions, the psychological defense of each Gongtu tribe cavalry has been destroyed.

They think it's a trap.

These Han people are so cunning that they are always hard to guard against.

So this battle can no longer be fought, and we must leave this valley as soon as possible.

One of the Mongolian cavalry fell in front of Chongzhen and got up to run.

But it was too late, Chongzhen caught up with one stride, and cut him down with a waist knife.

The sharp blade brushed lightly across the Mongolian cavalry's neck, and there was a squeak, blood splashed, and the Mongolian cavalry clutched his throat and collapsed in a pool of blood, twitching non-stop.

Chongzhen had fought battles and seen blood.

So there is no psychological discomfort in seeing this scene.

After killing the Mongolian cavalry with one blow, Chongzhen said again: "Blow the trumpet, the whole army will attack!"

"There is a decree from the Holy Spirit, blow the trumpet, and the whole army will attack!" Accompanied by Wang Chengen's sharp shout, the resounding swan voice also sounded in the valley, and the next moment, there was a tidal wave of shouts of killing from the woods on both sides of the valley.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of Ming cavalry rushed out from both sides.

(End of this chapter)