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Chapter 172 A war without accidents

It is not surprising at all that Ming army artillery can explode.

Although the long-range heavy artillery of the Ming army were all newly cast, the Ordnance Bureau gave them enough money to make the cannons, and the Ordnance Bureau made them high-quality products.

But the problem of exploding the barrel is not due to labor, it is purely due to the steel of this era. In addition, the Ming army did not have much high-quality steel in the territory it occupied. Cannons cast with traditional clay mold cannons, Inevitably there will be many pores.

It can be said that in this era, both Eastern and Western artillery have hidden dangers of bombing from the moment they leave the factory.

Coupled with the Ming army's unscrupulous use of sugar-coated artillery shells, which seriously shortened the service life of the artillery. It was destiny to be able to use it until now before exploding the barrel.

This sudden wave of artillery explosions was something no one expected. Although it only destroyed two heavy artillery pieces, it killed and injured more than 40 people, more than half of whom were artillerymen.

Moreover, Su Wei, the battalion officer of the artillery battalion, could retire early. He was deafened by the bombing.

The battalion officer was deafened, and the heavy artillery exploded. Although there were still eight cannons intact, the Ming army seemed to dare not use them anymore.

Without the heavy artillery, it was obviously impossible to have a firepower advantage over the Qing army by relying solely on the remaining light artillery and tiger squatting artillery.

The explosion of the Ming army's artillery naturally did not hide it from the Qing army on the opposite side. The main reason was the obviously wrong explosion sound, coupled with the lack of artillery shells, there were some unusual movements in the Ming army.

The Qing army is not a fool, so how could they not see it.

The leading general of the Qing army was also a general from the Green Camp. When he saw this situation, he was overjoyed and immediately drew his sword and shouted: "God help me! If you pass on the order, the evil magic of false Ming has failed. The destiny of the Qing Dynasty is with me." "

"My sons, come to me and kill all these rebels!"

With an order, the war drums sounded.

Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Thirty thousand Chizhou Qing troops moved, and the forward troops began to quickly move closer to the Ming army on the opposite side.

Yang Gong came to attack Chizhou this time. Excluding the troops who stayed behind and contained Huizhou and Guangzhou, there were only [-] troops who actually came to attack Chizhou.

Zheng Dingrui, the commander of the Second Army, went to Jingde County to prevent the Qing army from Huizhou Prefecture from moving north.

As for going south, Huizhou is very mountainous. If the Qing army, composed of Huizhou natives, really digs into the mountains, the Second Army might not be able to eat enough even if they throw in the few men and horses.

The two armies faced each other, [-] against [-]. The Qing had the advantage!
When Yang Gong saw this, a sinister smile appeared on his face.

This is treating him as a soft persimmon!

Moreover, these Qing dogs have fought many battles with my Ming Dynasty, but they still haven’t understood that the real strength of our Ming Dynasty has never been the artillery, let alone the sugar bullets. These are actually the icing on the cake, and Or a decisive weapon.

The real strength of the Ming army lies in the entire army training system established by Emperor Zhu, including basic formation and discipline training, plus the subsequent brainwashing training.

Any new army unit that comes out of the Privy Council's new barracks may still be a new recruit when fighting on the battlefield, but the four words "orders and prohibitions" must have been deeply ingrained in their bones.

"Send the order, the entire army maintains its formation and prepares to meet the enemy!" Yang Gong ordered with his sword drawn.

Although they had just experienced the episode of bombing the barrel, the Ming army quickly adjusted its status under the rigorous training in the past.

Along with the sound of war drums in the army, there were also military orders conveyed by flag soldiers.

The entire Ming army either took the initiative, followed suit, or completely subconsciously raised their weapons, forgetting the panic in their hearts.

The fire gunners were almost relying on muscle memory to quickly reload their guns and bullets.

The spearmen in the front row were the fastest, and they lined up their spears in just ten seconds.

The forward troops of the two armies accelerated on the battlefield and moved towards the center to make contact.

Due to training issues, the Qing army had almost no formations to speak of. It was just a large group square formation that got out of shape as it ran.

The Ming army was more standard. The army used battalions as square formations to form small units, which were lined up one after another and then gathered into large military towns.

The entire army has four Dafang Towns, and they are slowly advancing forward in a one-two-one formation.

In fact, it is no longer possible for everyone to fight in such a large army battle involving more than ten thousand people.

Almost the main fighting forces of both sides are only the forward troops, and most of the key battles take place by the forward troops.

The central army and the rear army often clean up the mess and give the final push to the anxious battle situation.

Of course, if the front army is defeated, the middle army and the rear army will also be defeated...or be routed thousands of miles away.

The distance between the former troops on both sides quickly narrowed, and they soon reached the artillery range.

The heavy artillery of the Ming army was considered useless, and more than twenty experienced (some injured) veteran gunners were lost.

The Ming army's artillery battalion lost its advantage of heavy artillery and could only use light artillery, while the Qing army also had only light artillery.

The artillery battalions on both sides have become similar in terms of firepower. Although the Ming army's gunners are more experienced, it is obviously very difficult for light artillery to destroy enemy artillery.

Therefore, at this time, the artillery units of both sides basically gave up bombarding each other, and instead acted as long-range firepower for the army, carrying out firepower attacks on the enemy's forward troops.

Before the forwards of the two armies engaged in battle, they suffered casualties under the artillery fire of the two armies.

In order to achieve maximum lethality, the artillery on both sides used stone bullets, that is, shotguns.

Although all members of the Ming army wore armor, armor could basically ignore the shells.

Under the cannon, all beings are equal.

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
On the battlefield, artillery fire roared.

Since the shotguns were fired, there was no problem of accuracy. Forward soldiers of the Qing and Ming armies were constantly injured or simply killed by the shells.

There was a small-scale riot in the Qing army's formation, but because it was very chaotic, it was not affected much.

The formation of the Ming army was completely controlled by military discipline and the coercion of the army. Even if it wanted to be chaotic, it would not be chaotic.

"Woo~~~"

This is when the Qing army began to blow the trumpet and gave the order to charge.

All the Qing troops who heard the horn sound began to speed up and trot towards the Ming army on the opposite side.

"Bang bang bang!" The Ming army's artillery relied on experience and hand speed to launch a wave of close-range artillery fire, but this time they used solid bullets.

Although the size and weight of the artillery shells were much smaller than those of heavy artillery, they still took away many Qing soldiers in an instant.

After firing this shot, the artillery battalion began to retreat. The distance was too close and there was no time to reload and fire.

Sword and shield soldiers, fire gun soldiers and archers quickly stepped forward and covered themselves in front of the artillery camp.

Under the last round of artillery bombardment by the Ming army, the Qing army's forward formation was completely chaotic. There was no way to line up the formation anymore. Without the protection of the military formation, the archers inside did not dare to move forward at all.

The commander-in-chief of the Qing army had no choice but to blow the trumpet again and order the army to charge.

Such a chaotic charge was intended to defeat the Ming army by virtue of their superior strength.

The Qing army launched a charge, and the archers behind Lao also fired arrows, but there was no such thing as firecrackers at all.

Yang Gong was still able to deal with the chaotic charging Qing troops, and only ordered the soldiers with spears, swords and shields to deal with the Qing troops coming from two wings.

On the entire battlefield, local battle zones were only so large, with less than one-third of the troops participating in the battle. The Ming army seemed to have fewer troops than the Qing army, but it had a local advantage in strength.

Because the Ming army had a formation, the Qing army had no chance of winning.

Moreover, one third of the Qing army did not have armor.

"preparation!"

"aim!"

"ignition!"

"shot!"

boom!
boom!
boom!
Only a few dozen steps away, a three-stage volley was fired.

The Qing troops who were at the forefront fell down one row in an instant, then another round, and then another row.

After the first three rows of Ming soldiers fired their guns, they immediately stepped back to change their ammunition, without even looking to see if they had killed anyone.

The rear row quickly moved up and fired again in three stages at the battalion officer's order.

Not only the fire cannon soldiers, but also the archers spared no effort to shoot arrows in an orderly manner under the orders of the battalion officer.

The Qing army's charge formation was already chaotic enough. There was almost no formation, just a bunch of people charging forward. Now those who were charging forward were shot in turn by the Ming army's muskets, bows and arrows.

With a shortage of money and food, insufficient armor, and poor training, the troops facing the Qing army collapsed instantly. When they turned around and fled, they not only destroyed the following friendly troops, but also accidentally dispersed the Qing troops on the flanks.

Like an infection, the Qing army started locally and quickly spread to the surrounding areas.

The forward Qing army collapsed!

The Qing army in the rear didn't know what was going on, and the green battalion general who commanded the troops didn't have time to give the order.

"Boys, kill me!"

"Come on!"

The Ming army's vanguard, which only had [-] soldiers in one town, actually launched a counter-charge towards the Qing army of tens of thousands of people on the opposite side, and tried to encircle them on three sides and swallow up all the Qing troops.

The Qing army had an army of 2 people, but there were actually a small [-] troops in the rear who did not participate in the battle because they could not squeeze in. Even the tens of thousands of people in the rear did not know the fighting situation in the front.

Only when the Ming army suddenly shouted loudly and launched a counterattack did they realize that their side seemed to be defeated.

As a result, the entire army was defeated!

The green battalion general was just sent here to help the government control the Han people's military training. He had some military talents, but not much.

How can your courage be as important as your own life?

The Qing army commander led dozens of Qing soldiers, turned around and ran away.

Because they were too far behind, the Ming cavalry couldn't notice it at all. Even if they did, they couldn't take care of it at this time.

Because even the cavalry waved their sabers and joined the battle. Although these cavalry were all scouts, they were still cavalry. Against all the infantry, including many unarmored Qing troops, they were naturally like divine soldiers descending from heaven.

The [-] Qing troops in Chizhou can actually fight those who dare to fight. If they can reach [-], it will be considered good.

Not all the troops recruited and trained in all places can have combat effectiveness. There is insufficient money and food, insufficient training, and inadequate equipment. You let these Chizhou training troops take the lead in fighting the Ming army.

The Qing army general was just thrown out by the Chizhou magistrate and other officials, but when he saw the Ming army's artillery exploding, and with the smaller number of troops, he really thought of it and ran over to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army.

All [-] Chizhou training troops were abandoned on the battlefield.

On the Ming army's side, excluding the initial artillery casualties, which amounted to hundreds of people. In addition, more than a dozen people were injured by bows and arrows in the middle. When they went to the front to fight in the back, there were dozens more casualties.

The total casualties totaled less than [-], and the battle damage was less than [-]%.

All members are wearing armor, the formation is strict, the orders are strictly enforced, and the equipment is well-equipped. It is strange that there can be large-scale casualties.

The Ming army didn't even use the grenade hammer, a powerful weapon. The Tianlei battalion had no time to rush up from behind, and the battle was decided.

The Qing army general fled all the way on horseback, and fled back to Chizhou Fucheng in less than half an hour.

As soon as he returned, he quickly ordered the city gate to be closed.

After hearing the news, the magistrate of Chizhou and all the officials from the city hurried over and asked, "What's going on? Why did the general return alone?"

"This bunch of pseudo-Ming rebels are too powerful. The [-]-strong army...the [-]-strong army is finished!"

"what!"

The magistrate of Chizhou exclaimed and immediately fainted to the ground.

　Just leave it like that

　　
　
(End of this chapter)