Looking out from the monocular telescope in Zhu Cixiang's hand, there were blue, yellow and red cavalry in front of them, and the ground was rumbling and shaking. A model battalion that was moving towards the woods happened to be blocking their path. Seeing the cavalry rushing towards them like a flood, they quickly shrank into a hedgehog-like phalanx.
However, the Qing army's cavalry did not rush into it stupidly, but quickly divided into two groups, swept past the left and right sides of the "hedgehog formation", and threw a wave of arrows by the way. At the same time, a burst of smoke rose from both sides of the "Hedgehog Formation", which should be a volley of fire cannons.
Rain of bullets versus rain of arrows!
The lethality of lead bullets is huge, and the arrowheads are numerous. The result was that the losses on both sides were almost the same - because the hedgehog formation had four sides, only the firecrackers on the two sides fired, and some of the firecrackers did not fire. About 100 firecrackers shot out projectiles and knocked them over. The Qing army had thirty or forty cavalry.
At least 1,000 arrowheads were fired by the Qing army, and most of them landed on the heads of the "Hedgehog Formation". From Zhu Cixi's telescope, he could see that many soldiers fell forward or collapsed, and many more had arrows stuck in their bodies, but they could not move, still struggling to hold on.
The Qing cavalry did not struggle with them, but continued to rush towards Zhu Cixiang!
Zhu Cixiang put down the telescope in his hand, turned to Sun Fugui and said, "It's quite impressive... Fugui, it's all thanks to you this time!"
Sun Fugui smiled and cupped his hands: "I am the head guard, and this is all my duty!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded and whispered: "I wonder if Hauge personally charged? If he can be killed...the world will be at peace for a few years."
Sun Fugui said: "Master Chitose, there seems to be a lot of white-armored soldiers in the Tatar cavalry group, and there is also a general's flag... Hauge is probably among the team!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded slightly and said nothing more.
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"Come on, rush on..."
Hauge stood in the stirrups, watching the cavalry jumping up and down and surging forward in the eyepiece, and couldn't help shouting. He is extremely nervous now... He has probably never been this nervous since he joined the army!
"My lord, it's time to move!" Luo Tuo's nervous voice interrupted Hauge's thoughts. After Ild led the charge, he asked for orders to stay with Haug.
Haug turned around and glanced at this guy who only knew how to play with cannons, and asked angrily: "Why are you moving?"
Luo Tuo raised his hand and pointed south, "Your Majesty, there are several groups of Nanman infantry approaching us."
ah! You need to exercise...
Now is the time when the Eight Banners cavalry will walk around when they see the Ming army infantry with spears like a forest!
The spear is not scary, but when the spear and the gun are paired together and cover each other, they are very difficult to deal with.
Of course, ordinary Eight Banners warriors don’t have to be afraid... they are just dying for the country!
But what is Hauge’s identity? Not counting his body of ten thousand gold, he was still the backbone of the Qing Emperor. If he were to die... Dorgon might be about to regicide and usurp the throne!
"Then move again!" Haug breathed out, sat back in the saddle, and then galloped north.
He was followed by three to four hundred cavalry, some of whom were Baya soldiers from Zhenglan Banner, and some of whom were artillerymen and artillery guards led by Luo Tuo. Everyone had horses.
Even though there aren't many of them, it's hard to catch them wandering around on the battlefield. This is where the cavalry has the advantage. If it were replaced by infantry, Hauge would not dare to play like this.
However, Hauge and Luo Tuo misunderstood the intentions of the Ming Army Model Battalion approaching them. This battalion was running in the direction of the "Rebirth of Emperor Taizu Gao" flag and just passed by Hauge and Obai.
Now more than 2,000 Eight Banners soldiers carrying Hauge's own banner have rushed to the "Rebirth of Emperor Taizu Gao" flag. Several Ming army model camps scattered on the battlefield east of Qingliu River are all going crazy. As if rushing to rescue, who cares about hundreds of Manchurian cavalry wandering around?
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"Quick, quick, put away your carbine...Pikemen, line up!"
Wang Guoyong, who was guarding the flag of "The Reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao", roared and shouted, urging his pikemen to place the "horse-repelling guns" made of short spears and logs around his array, and then ordered the pikemen to line up. .
He followed Zhu Cixiang in Beijing together with Sun Fugui, Yuan Cong from Yuan Zhong! He and Sun Fugui are the same age, both 18 years old, and they attended the Nanjing Martial Arts School together for three months. They were both trained as generals.
However, his official career has been somewhat poor, and now he is just an ordinary model battalion commander.
Facing the Qing cavalry coming like a tide, his battalion did not set up a "hedgehog formation", but a hollow square formation - this was not the hollow formation played by line infantry later, but the spearmen A formation used to protect important targets and characters. It looks similar to the hollow formation of the line infantry. It is also a hollow square, with a circle of horse rifles placed outside, and there are fire rifles inside the hollow formation. A circle of yellow cloth was drawn inside the hollow square formation, which was probably where Zhu Cixiang's central army was!
Wang Guoyong's pikemen had just finished lining up, and the Qing army's cavalry had already arrived three to four hundred paces away. In front of them were the Baya soldiers from the Zhenglan Banner. There were dozens of them in white armor, and the rest were all in red armor. They Everyone had bows and arrows in hand. When they rushed about 200 steps away in front of the Ming army's hollow phalanx, they suddenly split into two and seemed to be detouring from the left and right sides of the phalanx.
"Pikemen squat down! Raise the gun!" Wang Guoyong knew as soon as he fired that the opponent wanted to weaken him with mounted fire, so he immediately ordered the pikemen to squat down and raise the spear at the same time.
Each of his pikemen also has good armor and an eight-petal iron cap, which shrinks into a ball after squatting, which can reduce the area unprotected by armor. As for their spears, one end was pressed against the mud, and the barrel was resting on the wooden pole of the horse rifle.
Facing the rolling cavalry, Wang Guoyong and his infantry seemed a little nervous, but they still persisted.
"The fire gun soldiers are ready!" Wang Guoyong shouted again.
His 240 musketeers had already lit match ropes and were divided into four rows, standing behind the pikemen.
The Baya soldiers of the Qing army dispersed their formation and began to fly around the hollow square formation. They deliberately controlled the distance from the hollow square formation, not too far, not too close, always within thirty or forty steps. look like.
At this distance, the turtle dove's musket is enough to kill them, but the bird musket is not necessarily the case. The cotton armor and chain armor on their bodies are still very strong!
Boom boom boom boom…
There was a sound of bowstrings, and the Qing army's Baya soldiers shot arrowheads. Because of the distance, they did not have much lethality.
But Wang Guoyong still couldn't help but give the order to fire. As the piercing sound of the suona sounded, all the muskets were fired.
And this is the opportunity that Ild, who took over the command in place of Hauge, was waiting for!
While the Baya soldiers were running around the hollow phalanx, Idel had already led the remaining cavalry to form a large phalanx. Just over a hundred steps away from the hollow phalanx, they were waiting for the Ming army to fire the empty muskets. Attack launched!
Seeing the opportunity coming, he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Eight Banners men, follow me and rush!"
As he spoke, he raised his carbine and was the first to rush forward.
The Eight Banners soldiers who followed him were also unambiguous. They all raised their guns and rushed forward without hesitation towards the hollow phalanx of the Ming army.
This was not a reckless act, but a decision made by Ild after careful observation. Because he found that the hollow square formation of the Ming army was very large, and the strength was too thin. There were only two rows of pikemen and one row of horse rifles.
The cavalry lance is too short and seems to be made of a javelin. It may be able to hurt the horse, but its lethality against the cavalry is limited...
Ild tried hard to control the horse, running slower and slower, letting his warriors rush ahead, while he himself stared straight ahead.
Suddenly, the squatting spearmen of the Ming army all stood up, turned around and ran away, while the gunmen behind them also ran back together... Are they afraid? Ild was overjoyed. Will the young prince of the Zhu family be in the formation?
If you rush in, it will be an unparalleled achievement!
At this moment, he found that the yellow cloth pulled behind the back of the Ming army's artillery soldier suddenly fell down. Behind the yellow cloth, there were several 3-pound cannons with black holes in their muzzles!
