Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

As a unique weapon of the Ming Dynasty-the three-eyed firecracker, it was definitely not tailor-made for Guan Ning's cavalry.It’s just that the predecessor of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, discovered that the three-eyed firecracker is particularly suitable as their main battle weapon. Therefore, holding the three-eyed firecracker has become a major feature of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

In the front team led by Wu Sangui, the top 300 people are all servants of generals at all levels in Liaodong, that is, the real Guanning iron cavalry.In order to defeat Kong Youde's rebels this time, the generals in Liaodong were willing to spend their money.

These servants and their steeds are all well dressed in armor and harness.And these armors, as long as the distance is not too close, can effectively protect against the shooting of bird guns and bows.

In the manufacture of firecrackers in the Ming Dynasty, except for Wu Shigong, who is an outlier, everyone has gone into a misunderstanding.The army and craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty pursued the range and accuracy of firecracker shooting so much that they would not hesitate to give up the power of firecracker shooting.

Therefore, the army of the Ming Dynasty believed that the barrel of an excellent firecracker should be made thin and long, so that the strange type of firecracker appeared.What is even more puzzling is that the cost of making bird guns is about twice as high as that of Wu Shigong's heavy guns. It takes a long time to manufacture and requires high craftsmanship from craftsmen.This situation can only make people sigh, probably the Ming Dynasty court has too much money.

The rebel army was equipped with a large number of "excellent" bird guns because of Sun Yuanhua's sufficient military expenditure guarantee.Therefore, Guan Ning's iron cavalry will first face the shooting of bird guns.

When the Guan Ning cavalry in the first row rushed to a place about a hundred steps away from the rebels, the gunners and archers of the rebels standing in front began to shoot for the first time.The quality of the rebel gunners and archers, both from Dongjiang Town, is indeed quite high. They all have a stable psychological quality. Facing the menacing Guan Ning cavalry, they can suppress the range and put Guan Ning cavalry into the bird's gun. Shoot again within range.

But the power of the blunderbuss and bows and arrows is indeed too small.Except for a few Guan Ning cavalry who were unlucky enough to be shot in exposed parts, the other Guan Ning cavalry were unharmed.

As soon as the musketeers and archers of the rebel army finished shooting, they immediately ran back around the infantry phalanx on the left wing of the rebel army without hesitation, trying to hide behind the infantry phalanx.The pikemen in the front row of the rebel infantry phalanx also put their pikes forward in a flower formation, ready to meet the collision of the Ming army cavalry on the opposite side.

But suddenly at this time, the rebels were surprised to hear the sound of gunfire from the charging cavalry. A group of rebel gunners and archers who were standing in the front row and had not had time to escape were caught off guard. He was killed and wounded on the ground.

Where did this firecracker shoot come from?Except for some rebels from the old Dongjiang town.The other rebels didn't even expect that this was the three-eyed firecracker in Guan Ning's iron cavalry.

This shooting actually did not cause much casualties to the rebels, but suffered an inexplicable blow, and the entire left wing of the rebels was stunned.Even the front row of rebel pikemen in a long formation.All loosened up.

But before the rebel soldiers could react, there was another burst of firecrackers firing.Now naked in the front row.Dozens of the rebel soldiers who had set up the spear array were killed and injured immediately.These successive blows made the rebels on the left wing a little turbulent.

But it wasn't over yet, followed by the third shot of the firecrackers, and the rebel spear formation, which could no longer bear the casualties and psychological blow, immediately collapsed.But at this time, the rebel soldiers standing in the front row were horrified to find that the cavalry of the Ming army had rushed in front of them.

In fact, the time for all this to happen is quite short.That is, the time for five or six inhalations.Guan Ning's iron cavalry, which rushed at high speed, rushed into the rebel formation at a distance of more than [-] steps.All that was left behind was an open space of blood and flesh.

Although the cavalry of Guan Ning's iron cavalry also lined up for wave strikes, there was nothing between their cavalry.They were not arranged very closely like the red-eye tactics of the Runing Camp.So after rushing for more than [-] steps and the horse landed quickly, Guan Ning's cavalry swung the three-eyed firecrackers in their hands, used them as iron rods and hammers, and slammed them down on the heads of the rebel soldiers around them. The rebel soldiers were beaten up like ghosts crying and wolves howling.The two infantry phalanxes of thousands of soldiers in the front row on the left wing of the rebels were suddenly broken up.

Then came the second row of Guan Ning cavalry, and the third row of Guan Ning cavalry.The entire left wing of the rebel army was in chaos.

Kong Youde's eyelids twitched when he saw the cavalry rushing towards his left flank and took out the three-eyed firecrackers to shoot.Because in the entire Ming army, only Guan Ning Tieqi used the three-eyed firecracker as his weapon.For Kong Youde, who is also from Liaodong, this situation is too familiar.

But in Kong Youde's heart, after all, he was still a little lucky. He still hoped that there might be a Ming army that he didn't know about, learning the tactics of Guan Ning's iron cavalry.

But Kong Youde's fluke mentality was soon broken.Rows of Guan Ning's iron cavalry, like hard stones driven into a snowdrift, constantly beat the left wing of the rebels and splashed in all directions.The cavalry of the Liaodong Army in the back were also divided into combat groups, and they wanted to continue to attack the left wing of the rebels.

Just before those battle groups were about to charge, the entire Liaodong Army cheered, and their general flags were finally raised.Looking at the familiar surnames on the general flag, Kong Youde's heart sank. He knew that he had been tricked, and this Ming army was exactly the fake Guan Ning cavalry.

The cavalry battle group of the Liaodong Army also began to charge. They attacked the left wing soldiers of the rebels who were still resisting one by one, regardless of the rebels who fled in all directions, and wanted to completely defeat the left wing of the rebels.

Seeing that his army on the left wing had been corrupted, and that the collapse was about to spread to his central army, Kong Youde gave Li Yingyuan an expressionless order: "This battle has been defeated. Hurry up and take all our old Liao army away." Come back, some of the others can be withdrawn.”

"Uncle Kong, you won't be able to escape a lot if you just walk like this!" Li Yingyuan persuaded, "Our central army and right wing are still strong, so we can move our troops to fight that official army."

The whole battle lasted quite a short time, before half an hour, the two sides had fought for one round.So Li Yingyuan, who is young and energetic, is a little unwilling.

"It's useless. That army is Guan Ning cavalry!" Kong Youde said.Although there is a deep hatred with Guan Ning's cavalry, among the generals in Dongjiang Town, there is also a strong fear of Guan Ning's cavalry, "If you don't leave, even we can't leave. Look at the Ming army on the right It's time to move, they also have a fierce cavalry."

"This time we suffered a loss because we didn't know that the opponent was the Guanning iron cavalry. Now that we know it, it's no big deal. When we go back, we will gather all the old Liao troops, as well as cavalry, chariots and artillery. Next time We still don’t know who will win when we meet.”

Then, Kong Youde called a few of his own soldiers, telling them to report to Li Jiuzheng, who presided over the siege of Laizhou City, to quickly withdraw the rebels and artillery that had besieged Laizhou City.

After arranging everything, Kong Youde took the lead and retreated to the rear.

The appearance of Guan Ning's iron cavalry not only surprised Kong Youde, but also stunned the military military officer who watched the battle.But after reacting, he realized that he was about to win a big victory today, and the coalition forces also let out deafening cheers.

But Wu Shigong, the officers of the Runing Battalion, couldn't laugh in their hearts.The performance of Guan Ning's iron cavalry today shocked them too much.

Due to successive victories, the Runing Battalion inevitably felt very proud.They all thought that their Runing Battalion was already the most powerful army in the world.

However, after seeing the performance of the Guan Ning Cavalry today, the officers of the Runing Battalion had to admit that the strongest Ming army like the Guan Ning Cavalry was on the same level as the Runing Battalion.

However, the number of Guanning iron cavalry far exceeds that of the Runing Battalion. Compared with the overall strength, the Runing Battalion must be far inferior.There are also techniques and tactics. Today, Guan Ning's iron cavalry's use of the three-eyed firecracker completely broke the common sense of the Runing camp.

In the current Runing camp, there are also the ten three-eyed firecrackers that Xue Lian gave Wu Shigong at the beginning.However, because of the bulkiness of the three-eyed firecracker, the Runing Battalion used it in the defense of the fort as a supplement to artillery, and did not pay too much attention to the three-eyed firecracker.

And what the Runing Battalion showed in the red-eye tactics, the tactic of dropping the firecracker and riding a spear after shooting the blunderbuss, everyone in the Runing Battalion thought it was their own innovation.But after seeing Guan Ning's cavalry's use of the three-eyed firecracker today, I found that this tactic was left behind by Guan Ning's cavalry long ago.I am really watching the sky from a well!I don't know how many good tactics there are, which are not known to the Runing Camp who only know how to build cars behind closed doors!

In addition, the Guanning iron cavalry was repeatedly defeated by the Hou Jin army in Liaodong.So how strong will the real strength of the Houjin Army be?The officers of the Runing Battalion couldn't help but feel a chill run down their backs.Wu Shigong couldn't help thinking: "I used to underestimate the heroes of the world."

The formation of the entire rebel army is actually very long, with more than 8000 people lined up for a distance of more than a mile.Therefore, most of the soldiers in the center of the rebel army and the right wing in the same row cannot see the real situation on their left wing.

However, with Kong Youde's retreat, the commander's flag also retreated, which immediately caused the rebels' morale to shake.

"It's the Guanning iron cavalry!" This is the cry of some old Liao soldiers.

"We have been defeated!" This is the cry of the soldiers who saw Kong Youde's handsome flag retreating.

"Let's run!"

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As a result, the soldiers of the rebel army did not obey the orders of their respective officers at all, and scrambled to retreat to the rear.

But seeing the approach of his own coalition forces, the rebel right-wing soldiers on the opposite side were in chaos, and Liu Zeqing was a little undecided. "Brother Changjing. Don't be in a daze! What should we do?" Liu Zeqing asked Wu Shigong again habitually.

Wu Shigong also came to his senses from the reflection, and he said with a smile, "Of course I went forward to fight! In front of us are heads and military achievements, all of which are worthless money!"

"That's right!" Chen Zhongzhi echoed from the side.

"Okay! The whole army goes out!" (To be continued...)