Dragon Sea Empire

The gunners and archers on the forward line of the Liaodong Army were wiped out by musket bullets from the First Division of the Chinese Army.The cavalry in the rear finally had a chance to attack.

but.Frontier cavalry belonging to different commanders.Only the cavalry of the Liaodong Army launched a charge.Through the chaotic rout of fleeing infantry.Charged towards the front line of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Chinese Army Infantry.

They don't have a formation.It was completely chaotic and gathered into a few groups to rush forward.Under the dispatch of hot air balloon observers.150 light field guns of the Chinese Army.All the fifteen heavy artillery poured their artillery fire in the direction of the cavalry of the Liaodong Army.

The frontal Chinese infantry heard a few short conch horns and drums.Immediately stand on your heels.The tactic of marching in the opposite direction to load and shoot in bursts was adopted.Flintlock musket plus paper ammunition.and long and arduous training.The firing rate of the Chinese Army's fuzzy musketeers reached 3-4 rounds per minute.They fired a continuous rain of bullets at the officer cavalry.Ten steel cannons also covered the cavalry of the Liaodong Army with shotgun shells.

Zhang Chengyin ordered the officer cavalry to charge desperately.I just want to buy time for my troops to leave the battlefield.He did not count on cavalry to stop the enemy's attack.

In the era of black powder and flintlock.Relying solely on infantry musket bullets and burst tactics.It is still difficult to stop the cavalry charge.but.The Chinese Army is assisted by powerful artillery.And half of the shells are flower shells.The cavalry of the official army has never experienced such a baptism of artillery fire and bullets... The artillery fire overturned half of the cavalry on the way to charge.There are also some war horses that turn around and run around regardless of being frightened.Some cavalry were overturned to the ground by the startled horses.Then they were trampled into meat paste.Many cavalry enjoyed the taste of flying; in the smoke and fire caused by the explosion of flowering bombs.There are many human bodies flying around.

Cavalry capable of charging the last stretch of the road.What I saw was the burst of flames from countless flintlock guns on the opponent's position.The stars are densely covered in the entire front as far as the line of sight is concerned.At this time, they are often shot several times and are dying.

Not long after the cavalry charged.The cavalry also collapsed.Only a few hundred Liaodong cavalry could rush to the front of the 60st Brigade's infantry position.As a result, he was stabbed off his horse by a Chinese soldier with a bayonet.This round of cavalry shock.The Chinese Army had only five or [-] casualties in total.The officer cavalry suffered heavy casualties.There is no longer any formation of troops.Scattered and fled.There was no longer any possibility of organizing a charge.

At this time.The cavalry of the Chinese Army has rushed to the vicinity of the Temple of Sun.It is almost about to cut off the retreat of the old Chinese army battalion of the official army.

The heavy cavalry on the right wing of the Chinese Army trampled the gunners, archers, and swordsmen who stood in the way into a pulp.With the cooperation of the Sailor Musketeers chasing after.The troops on the left wing of the official army were quickly defeated.The commander-in-chief of the frontier army fled with their own soldiers one after another.The heavy cavalry blocked the moving iron wall.Push countless officers and soldiers to the direction of the old camp of the Chinese army.

"Woooo..." The Conch blew out a long sound.The drums sounded rapidly.All the infantry soldiers of the Chinese Army yelled "Kill!" together.Raised the bayonet.All launched a bayonet charge.

The army has completely collapsed.There are fleeing Ming soldiers everywhere.There are too many of them.The pursuing Chinese army could not control so many prisoners.So as long as they automatically abandon their weapons and hide aside.It doesn't matter whether they live or die.Step forward and keep chasing.

evening.A heavy rain fell down for a while.It stopped in a blink of an eye.When the rain stops.A crescent moon shines brightly through the clouds.The Chinese Army also stopped the pursuit.

At this time.Some of the remnants of the official army hid in the Ritan in the eastern suburbs of the capital.Including Zhang Chengyin's old camp of the Chinese army.Huang Jiashan, director of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Shangshu.Zhao Xingbang, Zhang Wei and Ma Tong, the eunuchs of the Jingying Supervising Army, were also here during the military affairs praise and military affairs.now.These people no longer have the domineering attitude they had during the day.It's completely useless to be full of economics.They all sat there with pale faces.Looking at Zhang Chengyin who was pacing back and forth in the Chinese military tent.

Tens of thousands of defeated officers and soldiers gathered inside and outside the Ritan.On the periphery, the Chinese army like wolves and tigers is waiting in full battle.

They were surrounded.

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The Chinese Army's earth fortress on the south bank of the Tonghui River.Although crude.But it was built according to the Western fort method.The whole fortress is square.Build a square enemy platform at each of the four corners of the city.It protrudes outside the city on two sides.One side is connected to the city.Form a trend of "outside the city".Cannons stand on the platform.Can shoot from three sides.There are no dead ends outside the wall.Even if the enemy rushed under the wall.One crossfires with another.kill the enemy.General walled buildings.This effect cannot be achieved.As long as the enemy reaches the city.The sharp gun angle is limited.It cannot be launched.When the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion rushed to the fortress.The Chinese army's forts gathered and attacked horizontally.The fierce cross-fire caused great damage to the officers and soldiers.

The Shenji Camp was fired after a burst of firearms.Only then did they swarm under the earthen wall of the fortress.The result was not only massacred by cannons.He was also beaten into rivers of blood by the musket bullets shot from the holes in the earth wall, the thrown grenades, etc.After their first charge was repulsed.He was trying to use firearms to cover the attack.but.The cannonballs and solid bullets fired by the heavy artillery on the Chinese Army's fort smashed the artillery positions of the Shenji Battalion into a mess.Hundreds of flaming rockets detonated the gunpowder carts of the Shenji Battalion.One-third of the gunpowder of Shenjiying was reimbursed.

a whole day.The south road army led by Liu Ting was blocked by the earth wall fortress on the south bank of the Tonghui River.No progress.

The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp lacked the courage to fight to the death.To be usually neglected training.Their firearms have short range.As a result, he suffered a big loss in the artillery battle with the Chinese army.Being named by the three heavy artillery of the Chinese Army generally destroyed a firearms position of the Chuguan Army.

The officers and soldiers still don't understand the power of these new firearms of the Chinese Army.Together without hesitation.Swarm attack.As a result, conditions were created for the bombardment and massacre of the Chinese army with flower grenades, thunderbolt rockets, and grenades.One morning.More than 1000 officers and soldiers died in front of the fort.More than 2000 people were injured.

afternoon.Although the battle on the north bank is in full swing.However, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp of the Ming army under Liu Ting were no longer willing to attack.They dared not even come within range of the cannon.

When the formation of the army on the north bank of the Tonghui River completely collapsed.Liu Ting also felt that there was no point in stalemate any longer.Decisively ordered to retreat.But he was still late. More than 1000 sailor musketeers have just defeated the Beijing camp on the north bank of the Tonghui River.Immediately cross the Tonghui River on a raft.Land on the south bank of the river three miles west of the Chinese Army Fortress.Straight into the rear of Liu Ting's Beijing battalion.

at the same time.The Chinese army in the fort also opened the gate of the fort.rushed out under the cover of cannon.The Shenji Battalion immediately collapsed.Liu Ting could only control his own soldiers from the Sichuan Army.He fought all his life.Never before has such a useless battle been fought: the face of the enemy is not seen clearly.It has already failed.He was furious.He rushed to the Chinese army with hundreds of soldiers.

Yang Liu was taken aback by him.Hurry up and order your troops to meet the enemy.The sailors are in units of hundreds of sentry teams.Form a small square matrix.The muskets fired continuously; the artillery fired with all their might.Also pushed out the heavy rainstorm gun.Meet the charge of Liu Ting's troops.

Liu Ting brandished a big knife.Do your best to get close to the enemy.He wanted to cut off a few heads to vent his anger.However, Yang Liu did not intend to cooperate with his final performance.

Ten rainstorm guns were ignited at the same time.100 rounds per vehicle.A total of 1000 rounds of bullets flew towards Liu Ting's troops within 1 minute.at the same time.There are also countless bullets from the sailors welcoming Liu Ting.

A generation of fierce general Liu Ting was finally beaten into a hornet's nest by his team.The body fell ten steps away from Yang Liu.All the 200 soldiers who followed him were killed.No one in the Chinese army was injured by his charge.

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the next day.Jun Jun, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, was harassed by the Chinese cavalry for several days.Suddenly heard the news that the imperial army was defeated.Without saying a word, he immediately led the team to retreat.Run directly to Shanhaiguan.He did so very timely.It wasn't long before his troops left.All the cavalry of the Chinese Army appeared at Juniper's original camp.half a day later.The infantry of the third regiment of the first division also arrived.But near the camp, I only met my cavalry comrades.Juniper's troops had already fled.

The imperial army was defeated.The actual casualties are relative to its strength.Not much.Only a few thousand officers and soldiers died under the shelling of the Chinese Army.It is not as large as the number of officers and soldiers who trampled each other to death during the Great Crash.

But the power of firearms combat is indeed beyond the imagination of all Ming soldiers.If this battle is replaced by the Chinese army fighting an opponent with a determined fighting will and high morale.Is not going to win so easily and quickly.However, the Ming army lacked the fighting will and morale.And the chain of command is chaotic.Troops are disorganized.The formation is out of order.Generals have no ability to make decisions when they are in battle.Troops were unable to mobilize command.Tens of thousands of people gathered together to be bombarded.Failure is inevitable.

The Chinese army surrounded the Temple of Sun at night.A shot was fired inside.He sent someone to shout: ask the officers and soldiers to disarm and surrender.

They lifted the siege before dawn.Withdrew from the Temple of Sun.Most of the officers and soldiers of the Ming army who were originally driven here surrendered at night.When Zhang Chengyin counted the number of people in the morning.There are only a few thousand officers and soldiers left inside and outside the Ritan.Most of them are his Liaodong troops.

He fled back to the capital in desperation with Huang Jiashan, the minister of the Ministry of War, who was already half-demented.

Afterwards, the court counted the number of people.But it is impossible to figure out how many people were lost in the battle in the eastern suburbs of the capital.Because many deserters have since left the ranks of the army.Moreover, many captured officers and soldiers were sent to Taiwan and Luzon.Relying on hard labor to redeem himself.After the redemption, they can live in the area ruled by the Chinese company.Many captives of the officers and soldiers settled in the area where they served hard labor.He never returned to the Ming army.

so.Official statistics of battle casualties and captured prisoners are a mess.but.10,000+ army before the war.In the end, only Shanhaiguan General Soldier Du Song maintained a complete establishment along the way.The rest of the army collapsed as a whole.Only more than 1 people returned to Jingying and Changping.More than 5000 corpses were left on the battlefield.Nearly half were trampled to death by the officers and soldiers.There are also a large number of dead horses.The water of Tonghui River turned dark red for a moment.

Huang Jiashan, Minister of the Ministry of War, returned to the capital.I got my soul back.He hurriedly went to see Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet.As soon as they met, they burst into tears and said: "The thieves are overwhelming. My lord, please move the capital."