The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 200
Tulai's men and horses pushed the chariots in front of the formation, and ran towards the infantry line of the Dragon Guards at the fastest speed.

However, because Azig was eager to fight the Ming army, there were not many chariots prepared, and more than half of them were destroyed by artillery just now. At this time, there were only about 800 chariots left, which could only provide shelter for [-] people.

The captive soldiers who did not get behind the chariot could only grit their teeth and charge against the dense lead bullets of the Ming army.

Although the distance was only about seventy steps, at the speed of the Dragon Guards' platoon, they would have to take at least six or seven rounds of flintlocks before they could get close.

However, the Qing army had one idea at this time—the Ming army had never been good at hand-to-hand combat, as long as they survived the last short distance, they would be massacred one-sidedly.

"Change the shotgun. Aim at the Jiannu chariot!" Chen Xiongfei immediately ordered to the artillery.

At the rear of the Dragon Guard infantry line, the hunters also began to raise their guns and shoot.

In the battle of tens of thousands of people, no one cares about these hundreds of rounds of lead bullets.But unlike ordinary smoothbore shots, more than [-]% of the more than a hundred rounds of violently rotating bullets hit the target.

In an instant, more than 30 flag soldiers and more than a dozen lower-level officers were killed in the Jianlu army that was running wildly.

As dozens of flags fell, more than a thousand captive soldiers froze in place. With the communication level of this era, following the flags when a large number of people attacked in groups was the only way to effectively prevent them from getting scattered.Therefore, soldiers are told to follow the banner at all times from the first day they join the army.

At this time the flag fell, and they immediately didn't know what to do.

The Jianlu flag guards reacted quickly, and quickly separated one person to carry the flag and continue forward.But before they went far, dozens of flag bearers were accurately killed.

With the loss of banners and the fact that many low-level officers were shot and killed by the Dragon Guard hunters, more than a dozen Qing army phalanxes fell into chaos in a short while.Some people still rushed forward according to inertia, but more stood there blankly, thinking about who to obey.

But the Dragon Guard is like a precision machine, constantly shooting at the fastest speed, retreating, reloading, and shooting again...

Every ten seconds or so, a row of lead bullets roared out, shooting Jianlu, who was at the front, to the ground.Under such continuous shooting, the Qing army only rushed thirty or forty steps away, leaving behind nearly a thousand corpses.

At the same time, more than ten phalanxes of the Polu camp finally moved to the Tulai flank.Following Gu Yanwu's order, more than 400 musketeers in the front row began to shoot at the Baiyindai Department covering Tulai's flank.

Unlike the Tulai Division, which was in charge of the main attack, Bai Yindai was only on a cover mission, so there were no vehicles at all.And more than half of its army are followers, the rest are mostly ordinary soldiers, and there are less than 400 elite infantrymen.

The so-called slave service refers to the slave status of the soldiers of the Eight Banners, and there are many Han Chinese.They are poorly equipped, and usually follow behind their masters to cut off heads, and their combat effectiveness is very average.

With such a lineup, it is still possible to fight against the ordinary Ming army, but facing the Polu battalion that uses the Morris phalanx and is equipped with a large number of advanced bird guns, they appear to be powerless.

Sure enough, as soon as the two sides exchanged fire, Bai Yindai's tribe fell into a disadvantage.

This is also inevitable. The Qing army had less than [-]% of the gunners, and half of the soldiers in the Polu camp were gunners.In addition, the three-coin bird guns of the Qing army are even more incomparable with the six-coin or even eleven-coin bird guns of the Poluying.

As for the armor rate, only [-]% of the ordinary Eight Banners soldiers wear armor, while the follow-up soldiers have no armor at all.In comparison, although less than [-]% of the soldiers in the Polu camp were wearing armor, they were far stronger than these second-line soldiers.

Therefore, after only five or six rounds of guns were fired, Bai Yindai's formation was already in chaos.He turned around and saw that Tulai's troops were fighting with the Ming army, so he simply followed Tulai's example and ordered the infantry to rush to the Polu camp for hand-to-hand combat.

Immediately, more than 4000 sword-shieldmen and spearmen under him raised their weapons and rushed towards the Polu camp with shouts.

The elite infantry with excellent equipment and high morale rushed to the front.In previous battles with the Ming army, the cotton armor they wore could rarely be penetrated at a long distance. When the guns were within thirty steps, they began to release arrows, and the rain of arrows suppressed the Ming army's gunners.When they came to the front, the Ming army had no power to fight back against their steel knives.

But today the situation is very different.At a distance of sixty paces, the lead bullets fired from the Polu camp easily penetrated their cotton armor, and a large spray of blood burst out in front of the camp.

There was even an eleven-coin heavy bird gun that shot the Qing infantry soldiers through, and even killed the soldiers behind them.

After finally rushing to the effective killing distance of the bow and arrow, Bai Yindai's only [-] elite infantry were all dead.The rest of the captive soldiers guessed that the distance was about the same, so they hurriedly drew their bows and fired arrows.

At this moment, Gu Yanwu's soldiers around him raised their command flags one after another, and with the sound of horseshoes, a group of cavalry rushed out from behind the square formation of the barracks. The leader with the spear was Tie Dake.

With the terrible impact of the Lancers and the unpreparedness of the captives, Tie Dake's cavalry smashed a bloody path from the people who worshiped Yin Dai almost without hindrance.The light cavalry who followed closely swung their sabers and slashed left and right to expand the results of the battle.

By the time the cavalry galloped past the Jianlu camp, the musketeers of the Polu battalion had already finished loading, and soon there was a salvo.

Thousands of lead bullets completely suppressed the captive soldiers, and soon some people began to shrink back.And the masters of the flag soldiers in the rear team were killed one after another before they met with the soldiers, and they retreated without hesitation...

After Tulai's troops lost more than [-] armors, the striker finally rushed within ten steps of the Dragon Guards.Except for those who were still in a daze after losing their commanders, there were less than [-] infantrymen who rushed to the front of the Dragon Guards.This is also because there are more than a dozen undestroyed chariots covering it, otherwise hundreds of people will die.

These captive soldiers rushed through the hail of guns and bullets. Seeing the Ming army in front of them, their eyes were red, imagining that these Ming troops would be like before, and they would be defeated in hand-to-hand combat.

In this way, the adventure they had just put their lives on the line was worth it. After beheading a few Nikan heads and going back, what awaits them is a lot of rewards, and maybe they can be promoted or something.

But suddenly, the Dragon Guards shouted in unison, "Bayonet is ready!" which woke them up from their dreams.

Immediately, the Ming army on the opposite side lowered the guns in unison, pointing the two-foot-long dagger at the muzzle straight forward.

Jian Lujun was a little surprised, and subconsciously glanced at the single sword in his hand. Could it be that the Ming army wanted to fight melee with the short sword hanging on the bird gun?
Are these southern barbarians stupid?Lubing laughed in his heart, this thing looks awkward, how could it be an opponent with single-handed swords and long spears?

The Dragon Guards shouted loudly again, "Charge!"

The Qing army was stunned for a moment—the Ming army took the initiative to charge for hand-to-hand combat? !This is not a dream, is it?
But the next moment, nearly [-] Dragon Guard infantry pounced on like hungry tigers. They moved in unison, stabbing Jianlu on the opposite side at the same time with the seemingly awkward bayonets in their hands.

(End of this chapter)