There was no movement from the artillery on the mountainside, but the cannon fire at the foot of the mountain was very lively.
I don’t know if it was God’s will or the weather was abnormal, but the Ming army was actually in the upper wind on the battlefield. As a result, the tragedy of North Korean soldiers trapping their teammates would never happen again.
The reversal of wind direction brought more advantages to the Ming army.
It should be noted that in the cold weapon era, the effect of tailwind attacks on one's own combat power cannot be explained by common sense.
Well, he must belong to the ranks of strange powers and chaotic gods.
You can imagine how difficult it is for an archer with a blue flag who is upwind to kill a North Korean gunner with heavy arrows.
What is certain is that Liu Wei in this plane will no longer be shot into a hedgehog by Houjin Archer.
Probably because the captured Ming army artillery was still on the way or was detained by Nurhachi, Xianglan Banner did not carry any firearms this time.
Liu Zhaosun estimated that there were not even bird cannons and three-eyed cannons on the opposite side. When the North Korean gunmen fired at Bao Yi Aha, except for a few heavy arrows fired against the wind from the position with the blue flag, there was no one more than fifty steps away from the gunmen. Any other effective counterattack.
Oh, and there were also a few French cannons that fired a few shots at the Korean soldiers.
I don't know whether it was due to the poor quality of the Franco machine or the unskilled gunner, but the several shots fired were all inaccurate. One of the shells passed directly over the gunner's head and flew straight to the mountainside of Shajianzi, frightening Liu Zhaosun into a cold sweat.
If Amin takes away Liu Wei who is stationed on the mountainside...
Liu Zhaosun didn't dare to think about it.
Fortunately, because the muzzle was hot, the enemy stopped shooting after a few shots.
In this era, it takes at least half an hour for the gun barrel to dissipate heat.
When Xianglan Ban stopped fighting, the Ming army continued to fight.
Seeing that the enemy was nothing more than this, the North Korean soldiers became emboldened again and aimed again at the coats filling the trenches, treating the high-spirited Houjin minions as live targets and eliminating them at targeted locations.
After the Imjin Japanese Rebellion, advanced Japanese gun technology began to flow into North Korea, and the shooting accuracy of North Korean fire guns was greatly improved.
Just as the island nation attaches great importance to fire cannons but despises artillery, North Korea, which is short of supplies, also invests its limited military resources in training bird cannon operators.
That's why things like North Korea's gunmen assisting Liaodong happened.
Beile Amin, the second member of the Jin Kingdom, said that North Koreans only know how to eat kimchi. Well, this is still a bit biased.
It has to be said that these gunmen still have a lot of skills, and their morale is as good as the Ming army's servants when they fight with the wind.
Of course, only if they stay in a safe position and shoot calmly.
Thanks to the extraordinary performance of the North Korean gunmen, more and more Baoji Aha were shot by bird cannons. Most of the Baoji Aha were not wearing armor, so being hit by bird cannons almost always resulted in death.
At present, Nurha's red horses, powerful soldiers, and even the armor of the Zhenyi master are not enough, so they can't take care of these minions.
To say the least, even if they were wearing double-layered heavy armor, they would never be able to block the close-range shooting of bird cannons.
The Xianglan Banner's attack was quite hasty. The entire flag wanted revenge, and there was no preparation for the shield chariot or anything like that. The Jurchens in Jianzhou were said to be invincible, but their previous opponents were all weaklings like Ye Hebu. Not to mention encountering firearms, Jiannu had never even encountered serious fortifications.
Amin and several Niu Lu'erzhen agreed that Liu Wei could be dealt with in one wave of offensive.
So these coated slaves were in bad luck.
Amidst the unsettling screams, the packers moving forward at a snail's pace finally couldn't bear the huge casualties. The packers filling the trenches in front began to cower, while those behind stopped moving forward, and the entire team showed signs of collapse.
The vanguard saw the opportunity, blew the trumpet, and the soldiers took advantage of the victory to attack, rushing out of the trench with bucklers in hand, chasing the lone soldiers.
Soldiers from Huguang, Fujian and other places, stimulated by the food and military achievements, chased after Bao Yi and slashed and killed them. They were all like chicken blood.
The high-spirited fighting spirit of Baoyi Aha disappeared in an instant. A few brave Baoyi tried to turn around and resist, but were soon chopped into pieces by the Ming army that swarmed forward.
The remaining soldiers, as if they had seen the devil, regardless of their mission of liberating Liaodong, dropped their earth bags and fled towards their own positions.
Seeing that Bao Yi Aha was in chaos, the soldiers in front no longer rushed to catch up and began to snatch the heads. When one Bao Yi fell, groups of Ming soldiers rushed forward to cut off the heads.
The soldiers of the Ming army who were innocent by nature would not have known that a wrapped head could be disguised as the head of a real barbarian, and one head could be exchanged for ten taels of silver.
Despite Liu Zhaosun's three orders and five orders before the war, there are still cases of snatching and cutting off the heads of slave thieves.
Looking at the slightly chaotic Ming army array in front, Liu Zhaosun recalled the scene of the defeat of Du Song's army: competing for military honors, snatching the heads of slaves, and finally losing military discipline and being completely defeated.
He immediately summoned Pei Dahu and whispered a few words to the head servant. Soon, in front of the trench, two bloody heads were lifted high. Pei Dahu stood in front of a group of red-eyed soldiers and said hysterically:
"President Liu said, don't fight for heads. Nurhachi's silver is piled up in mountains, and it's all in Hetuala! Capture Hetuala, and I'll share the money with you! Whoever dares to grab the head again will be cut into pieces with a thousand swords!"
The soldiers put away their murderous intentions. Although military honors are easy to obtain, they only have one head. Everyone knows Liu Wei's methods. Even the North Korean marshal dares to kill them. What's more, they are a small soldier. What's more important is Liu Zhaosun's words. Everyone has to give the Thirteenth Master face.
The swarming and retreating coated Aha suddenly stopped, like the ebbing sea water blocked by rocks.
The people fleeing in front screamed and fled in all directions like horses exploding in a herd.
Behind the queue of Bao Yiha, a group of short and stocky white-armored soldiers holding thick shields were slashing with their swords, slashing hard at the Bao Yi who were escaping at the front. Kill them all regardless of howling and begging for mercy!
"Those who retreat will die! The family will be sent to Ning Guta and the armored men will be slaves!"
Niulu Ezhen shouted loudly from behind, and the Zhenyi masters held bows, arrows and knives, forcing Baoyi to shoot through the dense fire and gunfire, and continued to fill the trench with their lives.
When Bao Yi saw the master of the white-armored soldiers slashing people with a knife, he remembered his mission. Everyone quickly picked up the earth bags on the ground, filled them with sand and soil, and rushed towards the Ming army's trench.
The firecrackers crackled, and there was another brutal massacre.
After two rounds of charging like this, there were more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 500 casualties. Fortunately, half of the Ming army's trenches on the opposite side were filled and it was barely passable.
A sad conch trumpet sounded, and the people who filled the trenches in front seemed to be amnesty. The surviving people threw their bags of soil on the roadside and scrambled back.
Behind Baoyi, the black mass of dead soldiers beat their shields, crossed the trench, pushed away their horses, and marched towards the Ming army's position.
They held shun knives and had throwing weapons such as throwing axes and iron bones on their waists. Twenty people lined up, advancing step by step with unstoppable momentum.
Compared with the neat military appearance of the dead soldiers of Jiannu, the momentum of the Ming army's soldiers was obviously inferior.
Fortunately, the weapons used by both sides are basically the same. There are very few firearms and they are all sophisticated short-hand soldiers. If both sides fight to the death, no one will take advantage.
Nurhachi's other identity is General Longhu of the Ming Dynasty, who was personally conferred by Emperor Wanli.
Before the rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, the training of the Eight Banners Army imitated the Ming Army in many places.
The only difference is that compared to the decaying Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi's Jurchen tribe is in a period of rising power.
At this point, the Jin army will crush the Ming army.
When the two sides were still fifty steps away, both sides stopped at the same time. The dead soldiers took off their bows and arrows and began to shoot at the Ming army with heavy arrows.
The front row of Ming soldiers were shot down, and the queue became chaotic.
Some soldiers who were good at archery took down their bows and arrows and fired back at Jiannu.
Heavy arrows flew back and forth between the two armies, cruelly exchanging lives.
Within this distance, bows and arrows have terrifying lethality and can easily penetrate chainmail.
The targets on both sides are very large, so there is no need to aim very hard. Every time they are launched, one or several lives will be taken away.
Although these Ming army guest soldiers have extraordinary combat power, not much worse than Liu Wei's servants, they are still guest soldiers outside, and they have no determination to die in their hearts. In the face of the unrelenting attack of Jiannu's dead soldiers, their momentum gradually weakens, and a big situation arises. After the massive casualties, everyone became frightened and seemed to be faintly collapsing.
The situation began to develop in a direction that was unfavorable to the Ming army. Liu Zhaosun saw it in his eyes, and it was completely expected that the soldiers would fight like this.
Nurhachi had been planning for a long time, and these dead soldiers were fearless of death. Without a devastating blow, it would be difficult to completely destroy the will of the dead soldiers to fight.
A thousand dead Jiannu soldiers were blown through the wheat fields like a strong wind, and more and more corpses of Ming army soldiers were lying around. Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers behind them knew that they would only die if they stepped forward, so they retreated one after another.
At this time, I suddenly heard an earth-shattering shout from behind:
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"
"Those who backslide, die!"
The Ming soldiers in the last row were stabbed to death by their own spears. The spears continued to kill the soldiers in the penultimate row.
The soldiers saw that the situation was not good. They were no match for the pikemen. They cursed and rushed to the enemy soldiers again. They wielded swords and big sticks and slashed and killed, fighting for their lives.
The densely packed sharp spear heads pierced the sky diagonally, and the sound of armor scales shaking could be heard everywhere, like a summer rainstorm, sweeping across the entire battlefield.
The spearmen of the Ming Army marched to the beat of drums and approached step by step like puppets.
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"
The battle formation of the dead soldiers with the blue flag was attacked by the wave of Ming army soldiers just now. It was already a bit messy. After the Ming army was defeated, the dead soldiers wore heavy armor and ran all the way to catch up. They were a little exhausted and completely lost their formation. Just when they thought a wave of When the Ming army could be completely defeated by cover-up and killing, this powerful army with strict array and strict orders appeared in front of them.
The Jiannu dead soldiers were a little panicked.
At this time, they were more than 300 steps away from their own position. Without the cover of the blue-flag archers, they were completely exposed to the Ming army's attack.
This strange Ming army armed with bamboo guns reminded them of the horrific scene of the night attack the day before.
A mere five hundred spearmen blocked the siege of thousands of warriors from the Xianglan Banner. For an entire hour, they fought without retreating and continued to kill, causing serious damage to the Xianglan Banner.
After the war, various statistics showed that more than 500 of the blue-flag warriors were killed and wounded by this group of spearmen during the night attack.
You know, a few days ago in Jiefan, Xianghuang Banner and Zhenghuang Banner destroyed 30,000 to 40,000 Junjun troops, while the casualties of our own bannermen were only 800.
The dead soldiers were furious. They were attacked by the Nanmanzi the day before yesterday and suffered heavy casualties. They were punished by Er Baile. Now they were facing each other openly and they must kill all these cunning and cowardly Nanmanzi.
