Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The battle in the afternoon was still dominated by the Ming army.And as planned in advance, the center and left wing of the Ming army launched the attack first.

Before the two sides fought, the release of long-range weapons such as firecrackers and bows and arrows was significantly reduced.Throughout the morning, the firecrackers of both sides were fired at overload, and the rate of fire was kept so fast that many firecrackers were scrapped due to the overloaded shooting.Because at that time the raw material of the gun barrel was only wrought iron, not steel.

And archers can no longer guarantee the accuracy of their bow and archery due to long-term archery.You know, a well-trained archer can only shoot about twenty arrows in a row at most, and he won't be able to do it any more.

It's not like what is described in literary works, such as continuous arrows, archery seems to be like shooting a machine gun.This is a real war, not a fantasy novel.If you don't believe me, you can find an archery gym and draw your bow twenty times in a row.As a result, the afternoon's fight quickly turned into brutal hand-to-hand combat.

The military officers on both sides used the same method of mobilization for the soldiers standing in the front rows.There were several opened boxes full of silver ingots, and behind the soldiers in the front row stood a row of soldiers holding sharp knives to supervise the battle.Anyway, this mobilization method is completely naked.

If you can look down from the air, you can see that the formation of the Ming army in the center and left flank hit the formation of the rebel army fiercely.The first few rows of soldiers immediately crisscrossed.With the casualties of the soldiers, the formations on both sides became thinner and thinner. In the end, even the soldiers who supervised the battle were on board.Therefore, it seems that these are used to boost morale, and few soldiers can get the silver ingots in the box alive.

Then came the second formation, and the third...

The place where the battle was fought was a gentle slope.In normal times, these slopes are almost imperceptible.But now this time.The Ming army attacked from the bottom of the slope, but the rebels attacked from the top of the slope. Obviously, the rebels took advantage of it.This is also an advantage for rebels who can actively choose the battlefield.

However, the Ming army fought in the front row with military-trained soldiers, while the rebels fought in the front row with bandits and refugees recruited by Kong Youde in Denglai.One subsided and the other increased, and the Ming army also offset the advantages of the rebels, struggling to beat the rebels back step by step.But at this time, the Liaodong Army on the right wing of the Ming Army strangely stood still and remained silent.

And Wu Shigong's coalition forces also dispatched at this time.They followed behind Qiu Lei's troops in the middle.However, although there was no Ming army deliberately blocking the way, the coalition forces only advanced to about [-] steps away from the front line.It was blocked by the densely packed Ming army in front, and could no longer move forward.

"Unload the horse!" Seeing that his Runing Camp could no longer move forward, Wu Shigong ordered loudly.

The first 180 infantrymen of the mobile battalion immediately unloaded the horses from their carts under the orders of Zhou Xun and Yu Ji.Then turn the cart [-] degrees and install thick wooden boards on the rear of the cart.Then several soldiers gripped the handlebars and got ready to push the cart.This is a simple rolling cart converted from the cart used by the infantry of the mobile battalion.

And between the simple rolls.Mixed with Liang Hui's artillery team.They had loaded and loaded the guns, ten three-pounders and seven one-pounders and two-pounders which were later purchased by Runing's Battalion.

However, since the three-pound cannon has a Western-style cannon carriage developed by the Runing Battalion itself, and the remaining seven cannons have no special cannon carriages, they are only installed on seven reinforced carts after they are purchased.Thus, a three-pound gun capable of withstanding recoil was loaded with solid shells.The remaining seven cannons were filled with shotgun shells with reduced propellants.

Under Yang Rusong's order, two hundred soldiers jumped off their horses with spears and axes in their hands.Get ready for battle.

The medium-sized guns carried by the guards were handed over to the infantry.These blunderbusses, together with the heavy blunderbusses owned by the infantry themselves, will form a continuous burst of blunderbuss fire.

The auxiliary soldiers of the Runing Camp who came with the Runing Camp immediately stepped forward and took the reins of all the war horses and pack horses, trying to drag the horses to the broken Yanding Mountain troops.

Wu Shigong watched the Ming army advance step by step, almost reaching the top of the slope, but a group of rebels emerged from behind the slope, firmly blocking the Ming army's footsteps.The battle became more and more stalemate.

But at this moment, there was a loud bang of artillery in the formation of the Liaodong Army.Make people deaf.But before anyone could react, there was another loud noise.The artillery of the Ming Army hidden in the Liaodong Army finally opened fire.

In order to make a final decision, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian spent a lot of money.They mobilized 34 of the [-] large-caliber artillery pieces of the Ming army to the Liaodong army, preparing for this sudden shooting.

The commander of the artillery team of the Ming army also cleverly divided the twenty cannons into two groups, and fired two rows of shells at the right flank of the rebels in turn.

The sound of the artillery firing was a bit too violent, and the artillery was so close to the Runing Camp, and there was no preparation, so Wu Shigong and the others felt a "buzzing" in their ears, and some soldiers even temporarily He lost his balance and fell to the ground.

And the horses were even worse.Some of the horses even broke free from the reins held by the auxiliary soldiers, and started to charge around in fright.Fortunately, there were so many people here, and the crowd was so crowded that the horses couldn't run fast.Therefore, with the joint efforts of everyone, the frightened horses were quickly controlled, and only a few auxiliary soldiers were injured.

But the close-up shooting effect of the Ming army's artillery is too good.The artillery of the Ming army fired obliquely.Those cannonballs jumped, and successively pulled out twenty flesh and blood roads diagonally in the formation of the left flank of the rebels, and finally even penetrated into the middle formation of the rebels.

This sudden blow made the battlefield seem to have come to a standstill.But then the Liaodong Army suddenly moved like a rabbit, and flew towards the left wing of the rebels.

At this time, the well-trained Runing Battalion is reflected.After a short period of confusion, under Wu Shigong's order, the soldiers of the Runing Battalion pushed simple carts, squeezed away the Ming army who was still in chaos ahead, and moved forward.

There are about a hundred of those simple rolling carts, and they are divided into two rows.A cross-section with a width of about 150 steps was formed, and it advanced about [-] steps at once.And the coalition forces in the rear also closely followed in the footsteps of the Runing Battalion, forming a group and rushing forward.

Anyone can see that the artillery fire has dealt a fatal blow to the rebels. If they don't go up to take advantage of it at this time, it will be struck by lightning.

The infantry in the front row of the Liaodong Army rushed like a tiger to a place about [-] steps away from the formation on the left flank of the rebels, and fired a volley of firecrackers, which made the rebels on the left wing even more chaotic.

Without stopping, Guan Ning's iron cavalry behind the infantry was dispatched.It was still after three rows of firecrackers fired.The sprinting horse crashed into the formation of the rebels.

Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, who were watching the battle upstairs at the back, couldn't help but patted the wooden railing in front of them heavily, and shouted: "Okay!"

It seemed that the scene of the Battle of Shahe had reappeared, and the left wing of the rebels was on the verge of collapse.The morale-boosting Ming army's central and left-wing troops also struggled forward to fight.The formation of the rebels was pushed back a lot.

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, the rebel army immediately rang the sound of gold.And heard the sound of Mingjin.The fighting soldiers of the rebel army immediately turned and fled.And the three troops of the Ming army rushed over the top of the slope and rushed down the slope.

But as soon as they crossed the top of the slope, the troops on the left wing of the Ming army immediately faced a rebel army, and the two troops fought together again.However, the Ming army's middle and right-wing troops advanced quite smoothly. They chased the rebels and killed them.

However, the running routes of those fleeing rebels were very strange.They all ran along both sides, exposing the chariot behind the rebels at once.

In fact, the rebels have already set up a trap here.They set up the chariot convoy in a half circle and ambushed behind this gentle slope. The troops of the Ming army could not find the chariot behind the slope.And when the Ming army rushed over the top of the slope.The prepared rebel chariot showed its fangs at this time.

There are more than 450 chariots of the rebels, and these chariots are divided into three types:

One is the gun carriage with reserved shooting holes.This gun carriage is almost the prototype of modern tanks and armored vehicles.Soldiers hide in the carriages to avoid the enemy's bows and arrows, and there are shooting holes in the carriages, which can fire guns and Chinese unique firearms-rockets (arrows boosted by gunpowder, which can fire multiple arrows at a time or continuously. It is the so-called "Zhuge crossbow". The "swarm of bees" that appeared in the previous article is also a kind of rocket weapon).

One is a two-wheeler.There is also a grain truck called a multi-purpose vehicle.

During combat, use grain carts to block the enemy's charge, use two-wheeled carts to form a circular defensive position, and mount artillery on the carts. The enemy cannot approach.The artillery cart uses firecrackers and rockets to output the maximum firepower, inflicting maximum damage on the enemy.

Each chariot soldier is also equipped with a sharp katana sword.If the enemy breaks through the line of fire and enters the car formation, the soldiers can draw out their swords to fight the enemy in close combat, and the sharpness and ferocity of Japanese swords and sword techniques are well known.And the horses that usually pull the carts are equipped with saddles, and they become war horses, so that infantry can become cavalry.

At that time, Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua planned to set up such a chariot battalion.They plan to have 4000 people per battalion, including 2000 combat troops and 2000 logistics personnel (also combat troops when the battle is fierce), equipped with 120 two-wheeled vehicles, 120 artillery vehicles, and 60 grain vehicles, a total of 300 vehicles.The weapons and equipment include: 16 Western cannons, 80 medium cannons, 100 eagle guns, and 1200 bird guns. The gunners are also equipped with hand guns, so that the firearms almost reach one.

Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua believed that such troops do not need to be many. If the fourth or fifth battalions are completed, there is no need to worry about the safety inside the pass; The problem of lost ground.But these rich inheritances are now all inherited by Kong Youde's rebels.

Although due to Kong Youde's rebellion, the reform of Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua's firearms units was not completely successful, and the equipment of the chariot units was not complete.Especially those western cannons were also misappropriated to the troops attacking Laizhou City, and they are not equipped in the chariot troops now.

However, this chariot unit is still powerful, and the Ming army will face such a monster, which was armed by the Ming Dynasty itself at a huge expense. (To be continued..)