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Chapter 272 The Battle of Poyang Lake (6)

It is said that the general is in the back.But in this battle, Nikan led 8 troops, including [-] Tartars, to charge in person.There are three main reasons. One is that he knew that Zhu Yousong had already landed, and first used the bow gunfire to disperse the archers ambush him on the shore. This battle can only be won but not defeated. As the commander of the whole army, he personally Supervising the battle and charging is of course self-evident.

Second, Zhu Yousong had just abandoned the ship and landed, and his footing was not stable, which was just right for launching a full-scale attack, eating up Zhu Yousong's 1 horses in one fell swoop, and realizing his goal of capturing or beheading the false emperor alive.

In addition, a few days ago, his capable general Shang Shan led five thousand Tatars to sneak across the river to steal camps and rob the village at night. Sailor Xu Yong said that Zhu Yousong had an ace army, which was invincible. The five thousand Tatars led by Shang Shan were wiped out by this ace army, and Shang Shan himself was killed by Zhu Yousong's sword. Down.

He didn't believe that Zhu Yousong had such a great army in front of his tent, and he couldn't accept it. A little Fu Wang who only knew how to drink and act like a domineering man was helped to the throne, and he would go to the battlefield to kill the enemy himself. Kung fu masters, except for the emperor who fights the country, is unique.

Today Zhu Yousong is right in front of him. He wants to see with his own eyes whether Zhu Yousong’s rumors are rumors, and whether there is such an army around him. If so, he believes that it must be his personal guards. Therefore, Ni Kan personally led the Tatars to charge to the front, which had a more serious meaning and a more contested meaning.

It turned out that this Nikan was also a competitive and always disobedient guy.

But now when he saw that Zhu Yousong's troops were not powerful, he couldn't help laughing. Just a few broken guns and a few bows and arrows, what kind of ace is it?It is simply vulnerable.I really don't know how they defeated the five thousand generals of this king, they definitely won with more.

Thinking of this, Nikan despised Zhu Yousong's men even more. Seeing that they retreated, they threw their swords into the air to replace the military orders. The Light Firearms Battalion and the Horse Bu Battalion retreated under the order of Song.

But just after chasing 30 meters, the deafening gunfire rang again.

This is Zhu Yousong's heavy firearms battalion firing artillery, mainly tiger squatting artillery and some light Francophones.

The tiger crouching gun was originally the artillery equipped by the Qi family army.In order to facilitate shooting, the cannon is placed in a fixed posture, much like a tiger squatting, hence the name.

The tiger squatting gun is not very powerful, similar to today's mortars, it is a curved-fire artillery.This kind of portable artillery has a thin barrel and a short effective range of about one mile. It is suitable for mountain combat and is flexible. Due to the front loading, it can be fired at a high angle of elevation. It is equipped with a large number of grassroots troops for siege and field battles. This is the most commonly used firearm in Qi Jiguang's army.

Although the power of the tiger squatting cannon is not great, its deterrent power should not be underestimated. With the addition of the light Francophone, more than [-] cannons were fired at the same time, and the shells roared one after another. The flowers exploded.

Some cannonballs can blow up two or three Tartars, and some can directly blow up a Tartar with a man and a horse to the sky, and some hit a tree, and a big tree turned into a ball of fire with a bang. , and some fell on the side of the horses, and a loud bang blasted a big hole in the rocks. The horses were frightened, and the Qing army on the horse couldn't shout, so they went on a rampage.

Immediately, gunpowder smoke filled the camp where the Qing army charged, thick smoke billowed, and flames blazed everywhere.The Qing army who was bombed screamed and howled, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

In this way, the camp of the Qing army's charge was somewhat chaotic.Zhu Yousong knew that it was time to change styles, because these cannons were only useful for deterrent power, and their lethality was not great, including the lethality of the red cannon. Bursts are easy to blow up, so the duration of the artillery battalion is very limited. Such firepower is difficult to stop the desperate charge of tens of thousands of troops.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong seized the opportunity and ordered the shelling to stop, but not to withdraw the shelling, let them rest and prepare for another shelling, and then let Liu Zhaoji lead three thousand cavalry to charge forward.

In the imperial camp, the iron cavalry is the key weapon for charging into battle.After the three thousand cavalry received the order, they lined up neatly to welcome the Tartars headed by Nikan.Feeling that the distance was almost the same, he first shot down a group of Qing troops rushing forward with a bow and arrow, and then rushed into the enemy's formation. The three thousand cavalry carried all the bows and arrows on their backs, and then fell from the victory hook of the horse's bird wing ring. Take off all the Zhangwu long spears to form two long dragon-like gun walls, and then these two gun walls line up and roll over at the speed of war horses.

Thousands of long spears stab forward together, coupled with the impact of the horses rushing forward, so the sprinting force of the two gun walls should be said to be invincible.

As a result of the spearhead, countless Tartars were pierced with toads and then trampled like mud by horses.The rest of the Tartars retreated, turned around, outflanked, and turned back, but no matter what moves the Tartars made, the three thousand cavalry in Zhu Yousong's imperial camp remained unchanged and moved forward in parallel, rushing fiercely, Occasionally, when someone in the front row fell down, the one behind was picked up in time and continued to move forward, like a giant life harvester, which began to harvest life as soon as it was turned on.

Now the Tartars couldn't stand it anymore, and retreated one after another. Nikan and the others finally opened their eyes and understood why the five thousand Tartars of his commander-in-chief Shang Shan were wiped out, not because they lost to some enemy. I am a widow, and I really encountered this trump card division.

Nikan finally believed that Zhu Yousong really had an ace in front of his tent, and this ace was invincible. In comparison, their Eight Banners could only rank second.

But they were too many, five thousand Tartars were defeated, and there were more than 6 traitors behind them. Although the number of traitors in the army is large, in front of the trump card division of the imperial cavalry, it is at most a mob, and it will collapse at the first touch.

Zhu Yousong immediately ordered the imperial cavalry to stop chasing, not because he was afraid of an ambush, and Zhu Yousong had already prepared a set meal. After the imperial cavalry withdrew, Zhu Yousong's artillery barracks opened again. Adjustment, these more than 30 tiger squatting guns and light Francophones are loaded with ammunition again, the range is adjusted, and they will show off again after they are ordered.

The sound of cannons roared, and several shells exploded in the middle of the ranks of the Qing army and the Tartars. Zhu Yousong's strategy of using firearms at both ends and using ace cavalry to charge in the middle did not leave the [-] army led by Nikan within an hour. It will be completely defeated.

Zhu Yousong was about to order Liu Zhaoji to lead the imperial cavalry to chase and defeat the enemy. When the scouts came to report, He Xuanjiao's troops on the right were trapped by Qing troops several times larger, and they suffered heavy casualties and were in danger.

(End of this chapter)