Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Two six-pound shells did not cause much damage to the peasant rebels.One shell hit the water, stirring up waves; the other shell hit the shore, bringing only a few peasant rebels into the water.

However, under the threat of shells, the peasant rebel army crossing the river suddenly fell into chaos. The four pontoon bridges managed by Li Dingguo were better.The other seven pontoons are in chaos!People scrambled to get on the bridge, but the speed of pushing and pulling the crowded crowd became slower, and many people were even squeezed into the river.

Fortunately, there was no gun calibration for long-range bombardment in this era, and the artillerymen did not have any telescopes to observe the bombardment, so the two six-pound cannons could only estimate the firing.As for whether it will hit the pontoon?That depends on the luck of the peasant rebel army.

Compared with the threat of the six-pound artillery, the rest of the artillery showed lethality.Nearly [-] peasant rebels crowded into a river beach about three miles long and two miles wide. There were no obstacles to hide, and they could only escape to the pontoon bridge under artillery fire.

The artillery of the Runing Army is focused on shooting, wherever the peasant rebels gather together, they will shoot there.In addition to killing the peasant rebel army to the greatest extent, it is to break up all the people who are gathered together.

However, the quality of artillery manufacturing at this time determines that the number of artillery shots cannot be too many.In order to prevent the spontaneous combustion of gunpowder caused by high temperature, the Runing Army can only increase the interval between the firing times of the artillery, so that the artillery can have more time to cool down.

But that's it, after more than twenty rounds of shelling, the Runing Army still had to suspend the firing of the artillery, and by this time, the artillery had been firing for more than an hour.

It is not that there are no peasant rebels who want to pull out the artillery position of the Runing Army.But that kind of unorganized attack met the strict defense of the surrounding Runing Army, it was just moths flying into the flames, highlighting the stupid bravery of those peasant rebels.

At this time, more than 4 peasant rebels had already crossed the river.Zhang Xianzhong called King Sweeping, King Taiping and other leaders together, and asked, "Have your old battalion troops crossed the river yet?"

King Sweeper still stood there dejectedly and said nothing. King Taiping replied, "Basically, all of them have come. It's just that everything was left on the other side of the river. Now they are busy letting other soldiers cross the river!"

Zhang Xianzhong became a little anxious immediately, and he shouted: "What do those useless people care about him? First drag the things over. By this time, you still don't understand. Keep the green hills. Don't worry about running out of firewood! With our old camp More than 4 people are enough. As long as you have money and food, why can’t you afford a team?”

Then Zhang Xianzhong patted Sweeping King on the shoulder again, and said, "Brothers, don't be discouraged. We have come over many strong winds and waves. It is not uncommon for us to be hit by dozens of people. There are fewer people, but we are flexible." A lot!"

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The long-term shelling is to make the peasant rebel army crumble.Then came the cavalry.

This time the Runing Army will send all the cavalry.Except for the two cavalry regiments of the Cavalry Legion as the main force of the charge.More than 600 cavalry who had just surrendered, most of Wu Shigong's guards and cavalry totaled more than 700 cavalry, and more than 100 cavalry cameo cavalry from the artillery regiment and engineer regiment with horses temporarily installed on horses, all of which will become follow-up troops and go into battle.

By this time, all the cavalry had already prepared their horses.

Seeing Tao Xin riding a horse, Wu Shigong looked eager to try, and immediately frowned and asked, "Xiao Xinzi! Where do you want to go? Your position is to protect me!"

Of course Wu Shigong has selfish intentions.Fighting is always dangerous. If something happens to Tao Xin, then Xiaojie will die of grief, right?It's better to arrange this brat by your side and rest assured.

Unexpectedly, Tao Xin replied: "Master! It's okay! I have grown up and can fight. When I go back this time, I will ask my mother to ask you to propose marriage."

Wu Shigong almost spit out a mouthful of blood.Seeing Tao Xin's hairless mouth, Wu Shigong was so angry that he couldn't even speak.The standard kindness is regarded as the liver and lungs of a donkey.

And now that the soldiers are still around, Wu Shigong's favoritism cannot be made too obvious.So after thinking about it for a while, Wu Shigong waved his hands and said: "Go!" Then he said: "Be careful!"

The cavalry divided into two groups, left and right, and waited for the end of the last round of shelling.God also seemed to give the Runing Army an opening prize. A six-pound shell happened to hit a pontoon bridge, smashing the entire bridge in two.

People and horses on the floating bridge fell into the water one after another, screaming and calling for help one after another.And the team of the peasant rebel army crossing the river became even more chaotic, and the crowd behind swarmed up, pushing away the carts that were crossing the river, and squeezed themselves onto the bridge.

The peasant rebel army who maintained order hurriedly stopped them, but the red-eyed crowd refused to give an inch. When a soldier raised a knife to intimidate these people, those who wanted to cross the bridge would not hesitate to use the knife in their hands to chop In the past, the scene suddenly got out of control.

"Don't worry about it! Let's cross the river first!" A leader who maintained order shouted.

The other soldiers who maintained order also responded.Now it is no longer a question of whether the carts loaded with belongings can cross the river, but whether they can escape the river in time.The sky and the earth are big, but his own life is the biggest.So there is no need to say anything, let's kill a bloody road first.Fighting broke out immediately at the bridgeheads of the various pontoons.

The two cavalry groups of the Runing Army moved horizontally towards the two wings, and then lined up in rows. Everyone could clearly see that the Runing Army was about to launch a general attack.

Not surprisingly, the [-] or [-] peasant rebels who stayed here and hadn't crossed the river began to flock to the pontoon bridge.

This is the result of herd mentality and herd effect.Only a small number of peasant rebels who saw that they could not get on the bridge fled to the upper and lower reaches of the river.On the contrary, these people were temporarily kept safe.

The cavalry on both wings of the Runing Army began to drive away at a fast pace.The two thousand-man phalanx in the middle also began to press forward, followed by the Chinese army of more than 1000 men led by Wu Shigong himself.The Engineer Regiment remained in place to guard the Artillery Regiment.

Amidst the whistle, the cavalry began to sprint, and they smashed into the crowd of peasant rebels like two sledgehammers.

After the cavalry in the first row finished smashing, they immediately evaded to the sides, followed by the second row and the third row.The continuous collision even squeezed some peasant rebels to the direction of the Runing Army's thousand-man phalanx.

The phalanx of thousands of people who just arrived immediately fired bursts of firecrackers, and the dense bullets pushed back the squeezed peasant rebels.

The entire peasant rebel army was peeled off layer by layer like an onion.After more than a dozen rounds of slashing and killing, the peasant rebel army has been squeezed to the point of crowding.

After more than a dozen rows of cavalry collided, under the command of the cavalry on both wings, the cavalry regrouped again, and the entire battlefield suddenly came to a standstill.But those peasant rebels looked in horror at the Runing Army approaching from three sides, waiting for their next round of massacre.Many people couldn't help crying bitterly.

You know, most of these peasant rebels who have not crossed the river are old and weak women and children.Those young men had either crossed the river as members of the old battalion, or had died in the battle with the Runing army just now.

But the Runing Army will never show mercy.The second round of collision began again.But this time it only lasted seven or eight rounds, and the cavalry of the Runing Army shouted excitedly: "It's cleared! It's cleared!"

The cavalry of the Runing Army had rushed to the Huaihe River, and the two pontoon bridges on the far side of the Peasant Rebel Army had been controlled by the Runing Army.

Except for some peasant rebels who desperately crossed the river during this period of time and some peasant rebels who escaped from the cracks of the Runing Army formation, the remaining more than 4 people were completely surrounded by the Runing Army.

Seeing that his main force had completely controlled the situation, Xiong Zhengen also led [-] artillery pieces to support him.This time the distance was so close that it could be seen visually, the first target of those artillery shots was the pontoon bridge on the Huai River.

And after the cavalry of the Runing Army took control of the two pontoon bridges on both sides, they immediately poured tung oil on the bridges, ignited and cut off the pontoon bridges.Seeing their way of life being cut off one by one, the remaining peasant rebels became even more flustered.

Some peasant rebels jumped into the river in a panic and fled.However, in such a cold day, people who jumped into the river were cramped and frozen after a few steps. After all, not everyone has the physique for winter swimming.

Today's battle went quite smoothly, and almost every step was carried out in accordance with the Runing Army's pre-war plan.So until now, it can be said that the morale of the Runing Army has been completely raised.

This Runing army has been fighting since November last year, and has gained the upper hand in battles with the peasant rebel army several times, but in the end it always falls short due to various reasons.

On the contrary, the Runing Army was mobilized by the peasant rebel army to fight fires everywhere, and even the Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion suffered great losses. This made the Runing Army full of anger?

But now, the tens of thousands of peasant rebels have finally been surrounded, and the Runing army is ready to vent their anger on the enemy in front of them.So now the soldiers of the Runing Army are like snarling tigers, hovering around this group of prey, ready to pounce on them at any time to enjoy this delicious meal.

Of course, Wu Shigong would satisfy the urgency of the beasts under him, and he ordered: "Attack!" Then the Chinese army's command banner was waved immediately. (To be continued..)