Before firearms were developed, cavalry and archers were still the elite on the battlefield. In many cases, they were the key to determining the outcome of a war.
But the premise of everything is that firearms are not developed.
When Zhu Changwu appeared, archers were destined to be useless to them.
Without it, the attack distances of the two sides would not be comparable at all.
Not only that, but in terms of the destructive power and accuracy, there is a huge gap between the two sides.
"The enemy is two miles ahead. Everyone slow down and prepare to dismount."
Zhu Changwu's military command was issued. When they were one mile away, more than two hundred quasi-dragon soldiers dismounted and began to prepare for the battle in front of the nearly 30,000 Dashun troops on the opposite side.
W86 landed and started laying the poles...
The Type 171 heavy machine gun began to search for the most suitable shooting position and angle.
The sharpshooter team was also checking their ammunition, ready to fire at any time.
The 40 fire group and the quasi-dragon soldiers holding the Type 191 assault semi-automatic are also ready. Once the battle begins, they will rush forward, close to the effective attack distance, and then start preparations for firepower output.
More than two hundred quasi-dragon soldiers were busy in an orderly manner. In this regard, the Dashun Army remained motionless, like a fixed target, waiting for the storm to come.
This was the first time that they watched the dragon soldiers making preparations for the battle at such a close distance, and many people even had curious eyes in their eyes.
Of course, this is because the quasi-dragon soldiers did not enter the range of their bows and arrows, otherwise it would be a scene of thousands of arrows being fired.
"The gun crew is ready!"
"The machine gun team is ready!"
"The sharpshooter team is ready..."
After shouting one strike after another, Zhu Changwu's expression became serious. Then in the next breath, he raised his gun and started shooting. More than 700 meters away, a Dashun soldier riding a war horse who did not know how to die was seen. The young general was shot in the head.
The sound of gunfire is an order!
When the big sniper sounded, the sound of gunfire followed one after another, sweeping down like a violent storm.
The Dashun army, which was still waiting for the Ming army to approach, had no idea that the Ming army would open fire at such a long distance, and the attack was still so fast.
Dashun Jun, who fought against Long Bing for the first time, was instantly stunned. Especially the two thousand archers standing at the front were unable to even shoot arrows, and they were completely submerged in the cannon.
In later generations, when faced with artillery attacks, all soldiers knew to lie down and disperse. This was just the most basic common sense.
But now, how many people understand this truth?
In order to make the arrows more powerful, almost all the two thousand archers stood next to each other. In such a dense formation, one cannonball dropped can often take away a dozen or even a dozen people. More life.
Zhu Changwu and Long Bing would never be polite to the Dashun army who stood there and gathered together on their own initiative.
On the battlefield, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. Zhu Changwu has long instilled this idea into the hearts of every quasi-dragon soldier.
One can imagine what would have happened on the battlefield if the dragon soldiers had not spared any effort.
The sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling...
Call for help...
The shouts of surrender are endless.
However, there are no eggs!
Not many people could hear such sounds. They were all covered by the sound of gunfire. What was left was just a scene of people being continuously blown away, their bodies penetrated, and beaten to pieces.
"Retreat, retreat quickly, we can't stop this at all." Bai Minghe, who was behind the battlefield, saw all this in his eyes, and then turned pale with fright, turned his horse's head and fled quickly.
I was still doubting before that the Ming army was not very large in number, how could it defeat the Dashun army and retreat steadily.
Now he finally saw the process, and he finally understood how powerful and terrifying the Ming army was.
Bai Minghe turned around and ran away, and the old battalion soldiers beside him also ran away wildly. If even the general ran away, who among the soldiers below would be foolish enough to stay and fight?
It can be said that the war has ended before it even started.
There was no resistance. Except for the more than 3,000 people at the front of the nearly 30,000 Dashun troops who were severely injured, the others turned around and ran away. Especially some of the Dashun troops who had just escaped here before seemed to be more experienced. They had already thrown their weapons somewhere, and they were obviously running much faster than the others.
The soldiers of the Dashun Army were not stupid. They saw that others had thrown away their weapons and ran away, so how could they still hold them in their hands?
In this way, more and more people threw their weapons on the ground, spread their legs, and started a running competition.
"Rush forward. As long as we catch up with these Ming troops, military exploits and rewards will be waiting for us." After seeing this scene, Hu Yunfeng seized the opportunity and shouted loudly.
More than 10,000 Ming troops began to pursue. Although their numbers were relatively small, they were still small for a Dashun army that had no military morale and even no weapons. , and basically will not encounter any resistance.
Zhu Changwu and the others did not pursue immediately, but began to rest and replenish ammunition. Ten minutes later, they began to mount their horses one by one, following the pursuit of the Ming army.
It can be said that the two sides cooperated very well. The dragon soldiers led by Zhu Changwu were like sharp knives. They only needed to pierce into the opponent's body and start bleeding. The ordinary Ming soldiers would rush up and bite for a while. Eating up a seemingly powerful enemy.
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The main camp of Dashun Army is the big tent.
Li Zicheng sat on the main seat like a golden sword, and listened to the reports from the scouts below, saying that a certain general was approaching the Ming army with a large army. It gave people the feeling that an encirclement was about to take shape.
"Very good, tell the generals below that we still have to speed up the march and tie our pockets at the same time. This time, we are going to eat these tens of thousands of Ming troops in one bite, completely wipe out the last strength of Ming Dynasty, and bend Ming Dynasty's backbone. "Li Zicheng had a look of satisfaction on his face, and his tone of voice was full of confidence.
Although the Ming Dynasty army did not choose to break out at night, but changed to during the day, it did catch Li Zicheng by surprise. But after all, the Dashun Army had an absolute advantage in numbers and a deep defense system. As long as they were given time, the advantage would still be on his side.
Li Yan and three other counselors also agreed with this point. They all believed that today was the time to destroy the last armed forces of the Ming Dynasty.
But this view soon changed, and Liu Tichun came back.
Liu Tichun, who was returning from riding a horse, fell to his knees on the ground as soon as he entered the Chinese army's tent, and then said with a sad face: "King Dashun, the battle on the front line is not going well. General Liu Rukui was killed in battle."
"What?"
In that moment, Li Zicheng, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others all stood up together, with unconcealed looks of shock on their faces.
Liu Rukui has 30,000 troops, including some elites from the old camp. In addition, he has been on guard for a long time. Unlike Wu Ruyi, who has to face a sneak attack, it is really hard to understand how he could possibly Will die in battle.
"What's going on?" After being shocked, Li Zicheng asked seriously.
This must be the fourth general who died in the hands of the Ming army in front of him. Of course, he still doesn't know that Li You has been shot in the head by Lou Heyang and died in the battle, otherwise, this would be the fifth place.
"Yes." Liu Tichun did not dare to hesitate at that moment, and told him in detail the information he had learned from the scouts.
"General Liu fell from his horse and died without even knowing who had done it?" When the result was revealed, Li Zicheng and others looked shocked.
This result is obviously not something they can accept immediately if they want to.
If Liu Rukui was greedy for merit and fell into the Ming army's trap and died, they might still understand. But someone told them that Liu Rukui was still in the army and was still being defended by everyone, but he still died in the battle. This was hard to understand and made people feel scared.
Since the Ming army could take Liu Rukui's head out of a million troops, does that mean that they could also take his own head?
They are not afraid of fighting. They have come out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Even if he was surrounded by people, it was not uncommon for him to almost die in battle. But if the opponent possesses advanced firearms that can kill people invisible, that would be scary.
Thinking that as long as he appeared on the battlefield, he might die at any time without any warning, Li Zicheng felt a big difference. If this is really the case, how will this battle be fought?
"My lords, do you have any good ideas?" After thinking for a long time, Li Zicheng couldn't think of a way, so he looked at Li Yan and others, hoping that they could come up with a solution to the problem.
There was a period of silence in the main tent. It was obviously the first time for everyone to encounter such a problem.
They knew that the Ming army had firearms, and they were advanced firearms, but Bai Bangzheng had said before that the Ming army did not have much gunpowder, so no one thought about it that much. But now it seems that things are not as simple as they imagined.
"What? There's nothing you can do?" Li Zicheng watched. After a while, no one of the three advisers gave an idea. Li Zicheng showed displeasure on his face.
This is a sign of going crazy. Niu Xingjin thought for a while, then stood up and said: "King Dashun, it's not that there is no way to solve the problem, I'm afraid we have to pay a big price."
"Oh, what's Niu Qing's magic trick? Tell me quickly." Li Zicheng asked with a happy face.
"King Dashun, the Ming army has advanced firearms, which is indeed beyond our previous expectations. Looking at the current situation, I am afraid it is not what Bai Bangzheng said. The Ming army's gunpowder is in a state of inadequacy. It's just that no matter what the Ming army has, What kind of weapons, in the final analysis, still have to be used by people. In contrast, the shortcoming of the Ming army is the lack of troops. So as long as we mobilize all the surrounding Dashun troops at any cost, then only the soldiers will be able to use them. We can charge and kill without fear of life and death. Even if the Ming army has unknown firearms, it is impossible to use them indefinitely. In other words, as long as we continue to charge, we can tire them to death even if we are tired. When the time comes, there will be no worries. I won’t be able to kill them all.”
