I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 259 Lost
"Bang bang bang!"

The artillery battalion of the Ming Army took the lead in firing because the flintlock gun did not need to be ignited.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Three volleys were fired directly to the full range. Before the Qing army could engage in battle, the front line collapsed.

Even heavy armor can't stop fire guns.

"Speed ​​up!" Zhang Wenhuan hurriedly urged the order.

The Qing army under Zhang Wenhuan was temporarily gathered, and many of the troops were scattered. It was barely maintained by his commander-in-chief.

Fortunately, the Ming army on the opposite side also crossed the river and could not bring artillery. Even the cavalry had difficulty crossing the river at night.

Although the Ming army did not have any decent cavalry.

"Bang bang bang!"

After the Ming Army's artillery battalion fired three salvos, they began to change their ammunition. Whoever loaded the ammunition first would shoot directly without having to worry about the issue of salvos.

The Qing army array also had matchlocks firing sporadically.

The front lines of the two armies finally engaged, and the Ming army came well prepared and in neat formation.

There are actually some Qing soldiers in the front line of the Qing army who are not wearing heavy armor. Compared with the plate armor infantry in the front line of the Ming army, there is almost no need to fight.

Fortunately, the Qing army had more heavy infantry in the front line, and at the moment of life and death, everyone risked their lives to survive, and they were able to withstand the Ming army's offensive.

"Grenadiers ready!"

"Light it up, throw it!"

Ding Gang directly ordered that the Ming army had more than 8000 soldiers. Except for those who rode horses and rushed into the Qing army camp to create chaos, there were still more than a hundred grenadiers remaining.

Ming army grenadiers were equipped with eight grenade hammers as standard.

It's useless to bring too many. It can often last until the grenadier throws all eight grenade hammers, but almost never.

The grenadiers who threw grenade hammers everywhere to blow up the camp were a special case. They were just creating chaos.It's still late at night, so even if I double the amount, I can finish it.

More than 100 grenade hammers were thrown into the Qing army's array alternately in turns. The Ming army officers were there to direct them in which direction to throw them in the first round and in which direction to throw them in the second round to prevent the bombing areas from overlapping.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Sugar bombs exploded one after another in the Qing army's array, and the Qing army's front line was stunned on the spot.

Even Zhang Wenhuan, who was supervising the battle and commanding from behind, had a look of panic: "What is this? Do the fake rebels really know the magic method? Impossible. The emperor said that this is a new type of firearm for the rebels. This is definitely not a magic weapon. …”

Zhang Wenhuan was stunned for a moment, and instantly realized that this was the Ming army's new firearm showing its power, but it was already too late.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The second round of bombing by Ming army grenadiers has arrived.

Although the explosion damage of many grenade hammers overlapped, hundreds of grenade hammers were thrown, and the Qing army's front line could not withstand it at all, and was directly blown to pieces.

As soon as the front line collapsed, the friendly forces behind also collapsed.

It is purely because the Ming army's grenade hammer is too terrifying and cannot be stopped by manpower.

These Qing soldiers were previously willing to join Zhang Wenhuan in gathering troops to fight in order to survive.

But now, the Ming army's grenade hammer blowing up like this is more terrifying than his mother's magic. This is nothing.

The whole army collapsed.

A collapse at night would inevitably bring huge casualties.

"You are not allowed to retreat. That is not a magic weapon. It is a weapon used by rebels. Gather your troops and fight again! Fight again!" Zhang Wenhuan ordered desperately, trying to gather his troops again.

But now, who still listens to orders?

Even the Eight Banners generals in the team took the lead in escaping and tried to gather their troops in order to preserve their strength.

So what if it's not a magic spell?

The firearms of the rebels are more terrifying than the magic. Do they really want to risk their lives against the rebels with their flesh and blood?It doesn't matter if you can win, but the key point is that you obviously can't win. Who would run to die after being full.

Just to fulfill your reputation as Zhang Wenhuan, are you kidding me?
"Commander, retreat! I will protect the commander away from here. As long as the commander is still here, everything can be considered in the long term." Zhang Wenhuan's personal soldiers suddenly persuaded him at this time.

They were all former Cao troops. After being reorganized by Zhang Wenhuan, these soldiers were all outstanding personnel selected from them.

Zhang Wenhuan was good at running the army, and he treated his soldiers well, so these soldiers were willing to work hard and die for him.

"..." Zhang Wenhuan was still "hesitating".

"drive!"

But the soldiers couldn't wait any longer, so they jumped directly onto Zhang Wenhuan's BMW, tightened the reins, and ran away with Zhang Wenhuan.

The rest of the soldiers quickly followed on horseback.

Due to the dim light in the middle of the night, no one noticed that the Qing army coach had run away.

However, it doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, the Qing army has begun to collapse. Who cares whether a coach is there or not.

"Grenadiers and musketeers, come forward!"

"The whole army strikes!"

Ding Gang discovered that the Qing army on the opposite side had begun to collapse. So many torches were either extinguished in large areas or moved away quickly, obviously fleeing.

"Dudududuwuwuwu..."

The charge horn sounded, and the grenadier threw another grenade hammer, and then drew his sword.

The fire gun soldiers also put the fire gun on their backs, pulled out the sabers from their waists, and charged with the rattan soldiers and spearmen in the front line.

In fact, there were at least a thousand cavalrymen in the Qing army's formation, but these cavalrymen all belonged to the "miscellaneous army" mixed together from various departments.

There was no unified general command, and the establishment was seriously uneven. It was only under the order of Zhang Wenhuan, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, that they came together.

Now, Zhang Wenhuan was taken away by his own soldiers, and these cavalrymen no longer had unified command.

Some of the smart ones threw away their torches, pulled out their sabers, reined up their horses, turned around and ran away. Even good brothers who usually drank together would chop down anyone who stood in their way.

Most of the remaining cavalry were smashed to pieces by their own scattered infantry. Some of them were so frightened by their horses that they lost their grip and fell off their horses, and became angry on the spot.

When Ding Gang led the Ming army on a rampage and ran into these stupid Qing cavalry, they still wanted to resist.

"Bang bang bang!"

None of the rattan soldiers of the Ming army came, so the fire gun battalion directly changed their guns and fired.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

After one round of shooting, the grenadier threw the grenade hammer upwards.

The Qing cavalry was blown to pieces in an instant.

Except for a small number of horses that were reined in and ran away to nowhere, the Qing cavalry was completely wiped out.

Each one of them was either lying on the ground unable to fight, or was thrown off his horse by the frightened horse.

Those who are lucky are just there wailing, most of them have broken arms and legs, while those who are unlucky are already motionless.

It was a pity. Although most of the cavalry were left behind, the horses were either blown up or beaten to death. Many of them went crazy and ran away in the night without knowing where they were.

However, most of them should not be able to escape from the camp, because there are various horse barriers around the camp.

It would be difficult for these frightened and frantic horses to avoid these obstacles without the command of their riders.

In fact, there were not many live war horses captured by the Ming army, and they were all castrated by professionals.

Real war horses must be castrated, because if they are not castrated, the war horses will be in estrus.

War horses in estrus are not only unable to fight, they are also beyond the control of the cavalry.

Surely not.

Only stallions are not castrated.

(End of this chapter)