Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Seeing that the phalanx of the Daping Army was getting closer, the Qing army immediately made preparations for battle.It has been so long to confront the Daping Army, no matter what, the Qing Army has learned something from the Daping Army.So they also put the scull carts and carts in the front row, and set up artillery such as Flang machine guns and tiger squat guns, and also transferred the musketeers and archers to the front row, waiting for the Daping army to attack. .

Moreover, the Qing troops in the front row were all Han troops. They were originally the former Ming troops who surrendered to the Manchu Qing.If we talk about field battles, maybe these former Ming troops are not very good at it.But when it comes to this kind of positional defense, these former Ming troops "practice makes perfect".So it didn't take long for the Qing army to set up layers of troops in front of the formation, waiting for the Daping army to hit up.

When the Daping army saw that the Qing army had set up their formation, they also hesitated and dared not move forward.Because the officers in the front row issued inconsistent orders to "stop advancing", it even caused several phalanxes to move forward a few steps, making the front row of the phalanx somewhat irregular.

The phalanx attack does have limitations.If the enemy is focused on defending, it will be difficult to attack.Especially like the Qing army is now, the front is full of obstacles, and it is impossible for the Daping army to overturn the cart in a phalanx!

So the officers of the Daping Army at the front began to command separately.Some officers asked the artillery from behind to come up quickly to blast away the obstacles of the Qing army; some officers asked the ax and gunmen to come forward and prepare small teams for hand-to-hand combat. Anyway, there was no unified command.

This is also a major drawback in ancient warfare.According to the communication conditions at that time, the coach commanded at most [-] to [-] soldiers and horses.And this kind of command is also a simple order.Therefore, in battle, if an emergency occurs, it depends on the free play of the front-line officers.

And now the two armies each have more than [-] troops.This makes it even more difficult for the coach to command.In particular, the Daping army had been defending for the past few days, but today it suddenly attacked, and now it suddenly encountered the Qing army's staunch defense, which caused some confusion in the command of the front-line officers.

For the same reason, some confusion occurred in the command of the Qing army.Seeing some artillery from the Daping Army pushing up, some Qing army generals would let the cavalry step forward to annihilate these protruding artillery; while some Qing army generals ordered to "fire".Shooting at the artillery and phalanx of the Taiping Army.

At this time, the distance between the two armies was only about [-] steps, and the two responses of the Qing army were not wrong.But no matter how fast a horse runs, it cannot beat the speed of a cannonball.As the Qing army artillery "rumbling" sounded.The first few rows of soldiers in the Daping Army's phalanx were knocked down one after another, and within a short while, the Daping Army was at a disadvantage.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the officers on the front line of the Daping Army immediately issued an order.Let the phalanx retreat out of the range of the artillery.So the phalanx turned backwards.They all ran back at a trot.The only few artillery pieces pushed up by the Daping army also retreated after a battle with the Qing army.Seeing the retreat of the Daping army, the Qing army burst into cheers immediately.

"What are you doing? Without firearms, there will be no war?" Xue Yongli was quite dissatisfied with the anticlimactic attack when he saw that the troops in front had retreated like this. Ax and gunmen rush forward. Don't be afraid of casualties! Without the word 'courage', is that still a warrior?"

I saw more than a dozen messengers running forward.Shumo at the side suggested: "Master Li! Shouldn't it be time to send a signal? Tell the troops who surrendered yesterday to turn their backs first, and we can take advantage of the chaos to attack."

Xue Yongli frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "The time has not come." But then he still ordered: "Go and tell the old horse again, let him be ready at all times, as long as the Tartars are in chaos, be ready at any time." Charge."

"Yes!"

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Seeing that the Daping army's attack had been repulsed, Dorgon shook his head, a little dissatisfied.Although the Qing army was not damaged in this shelling, the Daping army suffered some casualties.But the effect of shelling is not good after all.The Qing army did not put the Daping army within the effective range, and fired three-dimensional artillery, firecrackers, bows and arrows at the Daping army.Therefore, the shelling by the Qing army was a bit early.

So Dorgon also ordered: "Speak to the front, put the Han army within a hundred steps to fight. If the Han army pushes up the artillery, let the cavalry go up. Don't be afraid of the fierce firearms of the Han army. What we want in the Qing Dynasty is warrior."

And Tuberi on the side also suggested: "Master! The artillery team has come to report, and their artillery is ready. Should they wait until the Han dog comes forward next time, and then they will shoot?"

Dorgon also frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "We'll talk about it later, we must wait for my king's order."

"twitter!"

Before the start of the war, Dorgon and others had already estimated that today's Daping Army would attack, so when they came out of the camp, the Qing army's artillery team had already stepped up to set up long-range, The powerful General Cannon and Grand General Cannon.This is also a trump card prepared by Dorgon for today's decisive battle.

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The coaches of the two armies were a little dissatisfied with the setback of the Daping Army's first attack, and both asked their troops to take positive actions.But on the other hand, the two coaches were unwilling to reveal their cards immediately, showing a calm look.

After receiving Xue Yongli's order, the first ten phalanxes of the Daping Army were immediately divided into two teams.The front phalanx consisted of [-] ax and gunmen, followed by the spear phalanx.As the attack drum sounded again, the ax and gun phalanx moved forward again under the cover of the front row of musketeers, while the phalanx composed of pikemen dragged back by about fifty steps.

Seeing the Daping army's attack again, the Qing army also watched the Daping army's approach nervously, waiting for them to enter within a hundred steps.The cavalry of the Qing army also gathered together, preparing to deal with the sudden advance of the Daping army's artillery.

Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps... the atmosphere on the battlefield seemed to freeze.Two hundred steps, 150 steps, when there were still a few steps away from one hundred steps, the deputy heads of the ax and spear team blew their copper whistles at the same time, and the ax and spear soldiers immediately dispersed and headed towards the Qing army at high speed. Run forward.

This sudden dispersal of formation stunned the cavalry of the Qing army, and they all hesitated whether to charge forward.The Qing army's artillery, firecrackers, and bows and arrows were fully fired, which left the Qing army cavalry with no choice. Under the hail of bullets from their own troops, they couldn't just charge like this.

For the firecrackers, bows and arrows of the Qing army, the ax gunners in plate armor were not very afraid.The firecrackers of the Qing army were too weak to penetrate plate armor, not to mention the less powerful bows and arrows, which bounced off plate armor one after another.The only threat is the artillery.Since the ax and gunmen ran in spread, the damage caused by the artillery was not very large.

It wasn't until they ran thirty steps that the casualties of the Daping Army began to increase.At this time, the battle began to enter the **. (To be continued..)