Duolong, the first warrior in Manchuria, was by no means a fool. He was a strategist who was familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and was very clever in battle.
While leading the charge, he was observing the movements of the Ming army's gunners in front. Seeing them quickly forming a team and reloading their ammunition quickly, I knew they couldn't charge hard.
This group of fire gun soldiers is weird inside and out. Not only can they bring their opponents closer to hit them, but they can also fight hand to hand. Their hand to hand fighting skills seem to be quite good!
Wu Sangui's Guan Ningjun may not be stronger than them, they dare to fight and fight hard! Does Guan Ningjun dare?
This group of fire gun soldiers is a bit similar to the bandits encountered by Yi Yi Shi... What's wrong is that Silly Nikan doesn't know how to be afraid of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers!
So Duolong immediately changed his strategy, instead of charging hard, he switched to riding and shooting!
The Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners were skilled with bows and horses. Not only could they charge and fight hand-to-hand, they could also enjoy mounted archery like the Mongols, and their level of mounted archery was not inferior to that of the Mongols.
So Duolong put away his spear on horseback (the carbine can be carried), replaced it with a riding bow, then pulled the reins, and started to turn forty or fifty steps in front of the Ming Army's gunnery formation, heading towards the Ming Army's formation. The right wing galloped away.
After completing the turn, Duolong took off the rein with both hands and controlled the horse with his legs. At the same time, he took out the feather arrow from the cowhide quiver, attached a horn-headed arrow (relatively light, used for long-range shooting) and shot it out. The arrowhead drew an arc in the air and fell into the ranks of the Ming army's artillery soldiers. It hit the target without hesitation.
However, the Fire Gun soldier who was shot by an arrow did not suffer any damage and still stood there fine.
This is because the fire gunners under Hao Yaoqi's command are all covered with armor. The light arrows have insufficient armor-piercing ability and are difficult to cause damage unless they directly hit a part not covered by armor.
After Duolong turned and shot the feather arrows, the Manchu cavalry following him also turned their horses around, opened their bows and fired arrows. Hundreds of feather arrows were shot out. Although the distance was far away and they were shot from horseback, they were absolutely Most of them fell into the Ming army's artillery formation, immediately causing twenty or thirty casualties.
Bang!
Hao Yaoqi also sounded the gong after discovering that the Eight Banners soldiers switched to mounted shooting. Almost a thousand firecrackers (a few hundred firecrackers were not fully loaded) were fired at the same time, and suddenly the projectiles were flying and the smoke was filling the air.
The Eight Banners soldiers also suffered casualties immediately. More than a dozen warriors were shot and fell from their horses. A similar number of war horses were hit by projectiles and fell to the ground screaming. The Eight Banners warriors riding on them also suffered bruises and swollen faces. Several warriors were trampled by horses running nearby, and they either died tragically or were seriously injured!
The first round of confrontation between fire guns and archers ended quickly. If you just look at the number of casualties, it would be difficult to tell the winner. But the "injury" of being hit by a fire blunderbuss and the "injury" of being hit by an arrowhead are completely different concepts!
The former is a serious injury with a very low probability of survival, and will most likely die due to inflammation and ulceration of the wound. As long as the latter takes out the arrowhead and cleans the wound, there is basically no danger. After a month or two, he will be a good officer and soldier of Prince Zhu again.
In addition, the time required to train a fire gunner is much shorter than making an Eight Banners warrior.
Even if you start training as a new recruit, a few months to a year is enough to train a fire gun soldier.
And it takes at least 20 years to create an Eight Banners warrior!
If the Ming army in history could correctly use turtle-dove-footed muskets and red barbarian cannons, the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers would have no chance of ruling China.
Duolong, the first warrior in Manchuria, was not shot and could continue to lead a group of Tatars produced around 1620 and began to fly around the Ming army's formation.
Hao Yaoqi's gunmen could not form a hollow square formation. Their wings had to be covered by pikemen, and their rear was covered by Hetan and the cavalry commanded by Wu Sanfu himself.
So Duolong quickly rushed to the right wing of the Ming army. Arranged here were more than 1,000 people from the Chinese Leftist Association commanded by Qu Huajie.
Qu Huajie is an old subordinate of Wu Xiang and a member of the Ningyuan Guards. His ancestors followed Xu Da in the Northern Expedition to Yan. There are thousands of families who have passed down this lineage. He himself had been fighting in the Guan Ning Army for nearly twenty years, and he didn't do well. He only got the title of Qianzong when he was thirty-four or five years old. He was obviously a master who felt weak when he saw the Tatars.
However, he still has very rich combat experience, so he has already seen that Duolong and the others are "fake Tatars" - they must be the Tatar Han army, otherwise how could they be so weak? The cavalry was beaten to a pulp by the gunmen. How could they be real Tatars?
So when he saw the first warrior of Manchuria roaring in with his cavalry, Qu Huajie, who was fat, black and thick, and looked like a big bear, didn't panic at all and started laughing.
"They are fake Tatars! Brothers, don't be afraid, they are all fake Tatars! They are the dogs of the Third Mine! They are all eggless cowards..."
The backbone of the association he commanded were all the cavalry of the Guan Ning Army brought by Wu Guoyong. They had fought with the Qing soldiers for a long time. Naturally, they knew that there were real and fake Tatars. Among them, the real Tatars from Manchuria were the most powerful, and the Mongolian Tatars were worse. A lot, the traitors and fake Tatars are even weaker, and can't compare to the elite Guan Ning.
But the group of Tatars in front of them were beaten violently by the fire rifle soldiers who were born as rogues, so Fatty Qu was right, they were obviously fake Tatars!
Since he is a fake Tatar, there is nothing to be afraid of!
"Emperor Taizu Gao is reincarnated!"
Immediately some officials started shouting loudly.
"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng..."
Then the soldiers responded in unison.
As the slogans rang out, the murderous intent also soared. More than a thousand spearmen, sword soldiers, and archers were all so murderous that they shocked the first warrior in Manchuria.
Are these people really Nikans? Why are you not afraid of the Manchu warriors anymore? Is it possible that Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was not reincarnated alone, but brought with him the powerful iron army of the early Ming Dynasty?
Although he was frightened, the Manchurian warrior still had the courage to play horseback shooting - Manchuria's number one warrior, he couldn't let Nikan scare him away!
But the Manchu warriors' cavalry and shooting skills were not cheap to Fatty Qu. The cavalrymen under Fatty Qu who were born in Ningyuan are all elites who are "equipped with three battles", that is, warriors who master the three combat skills of spear, sword, and bow and arrow at the same time. Now that they saw the fake Tatars playing horseback shooting, they immediately made adjustments and stepped forward with their swords. Some of the pikemen with bows and arrows dropped their spears, took out their bows and arrows and started shooting with the archers.
As long as the warriors who shoot on foot really know how to shoot, there is no disadvantage for shooting on foot versus mounted archery. The arrows from both sides came and went, knocking down twenty or thirty people. Compared with the exchange, Fatty Qu didn't suffer at all!
He is indeed a fake Tatar!
Nikan here is not normal...
When the first warrior of Manchuria and his cavalry had just rushed to the bank of the Wei River, there were suddenly several roars in his ears that shook the mountains.
Boom boom boom boom...
Immediately afterwards there was a burst of neighing - this was the whine of an injured or frightened war horse!
Hongyi cannon! The shot was so accurate...
Duolong looked forward along the place where the roar was heard, and immediately understood what was going on - there were two large ships with their prows facing him stranded on the tidal flats of the Wei River. The two big ships must be equipped with Hongyi cannons!
"Withdraw! Withdraw..." Duolong knew that he had lost the battle for a while. He had suffered dozens of casualties before being bombarded. He didn't know how many warriors had been shot down by the enemy's artillery just now? I'm afraid there won't be less than ten people, right?
This time we lost the battle and we had to go back and regroup.
"Emperor Taizu Gao is reincarnated... Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"
Seeing the Tatar cavalry retreating, cheers sounded like a tsunami in front of the Ming army's formation. Then, the entire formation began to move forward slowly.
Seeing this scene, Geng Zhongming and his Zhenghuang Banner Han army were almost frightened to death. They knew that Dolon was carrying real Tatars! The two attacks resulted in more than 400 casualties! The battlefield was full of lying Tatar soldiers and war horses, while the Ming army's losses were minimal... Such an exchange ratio has never appeared since the rise of Nurhachi!
What does this mean? This shows that "the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao" is probably true!
It must be that stupid emperor in Chongzhen who was such a bastard that he was so angry that Zhu Yuanzhang was reincarnated and became the Ming Prince...
These traitors from Zhenghuang Banner were not very powerful to begin with, so they had to rely on the real Manchurian pressure to have the courage to charge into the battle. Now that Manchuria is really dead, what courage do they have? Everyone was trembling there.
At this moment, the west gate of Dagukou City was suddenly opened, and then a large group of Ming troops were seen lining up from inside, and everyone was eager to try!
Tartar heads are worth a lot of money! If you really can't kill it with a chop, can you still kill it if you fake it? Now, these things outside Dagukou City are not Tatars. They are clearly money, farmsteads in the south of the Yangtze River, and official hats!
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