The sound of the cannon suddenly fell silent, replaced by earth-shattering shouts.
On the muddy battlefield, hundreds of Jinyi troops formed five columns of spearmen, marched in the rain, and rushed towards the Qing army, which was in panic due to the sudden shell bombardment. In the dusk, a cold light shone on the tip of the spear, as if it was eager to drink blood.
Ling Zongjun, who had made great contributions in the Battle of Huangpu Village, seized the opportunity to take the lead this time. With the honor of a battalion general, he commanded five spearmen to launch the first wave of Ming army's attack in this battle. Although he has been promoted to the position of camp general, he still holds a sword in one hand and a flintlock pistol in the other, rushing to the front!
The Qing army, which was beaten to pieces by five 6-pound iron cannons with shotgun shells, also burst out with unimaginable fighting spirit... They were no longer fighting for Shang Kexi or Emperor Kangxi, but He was fighting to go home and prevent his family from being killed by the angry Guangdong. So there is no way out but to fight to the death. However, their formation was in chaos, and some junior officers were killed or injured. It was too late to reorganize their formation, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet, raise their swords and guns, and shout to fight back.
When both sides shouted loudly at the same time, a collision occurred immediately!
And the winner is also decided at the same time!
The Ming army's Jinyi pro-army pikemen who maintained an orderly formation won the victory without any suspense.
Although their individual martial arts are far inferior to their opponents, their ability to fight in formation is also far inferior to their opponents. But when the two sides' battle lines collided, they still maintained their formation. The opponent had been bombarded by shotguns before, so he could only fight hastily in a scattered formation.
In addition to the advantage of formation, the spearmen of Jinyi Qinjun also have another advantage, that is, the spears they hold in their hands are relatively long!
The long spears of the Ming army were all made in Foshan from the arsenal of the Portuguese in Macau. They were of the Spanish spear standard, with a long iron head and a strong wooden shaft, more than eight feet long.
The Green Camp soldiers of the Qing Army did not have spears of this length. This was because the Zhangba spear posed too great a threat to the cavalry... and the Eight Banners soldiers were mainly composed of cavalry or mounted infantry. The Green Camp soldiers How could a spear threaten the cavalry of the Eight Banners soldiers?
Therefore, the standard green camp spear has a shaft of 1.3 feet, a head of 7 inches, and a spear of 3 inches. The length can reach 1.4 feet. But Shang Kexi was an old slave who was too loyal. He felt that the spear of four feet was still too long, so he shortened it by two feet. Therefore, the banner troops and green camp soldiers under his command only have guns worth two feet at most.
A long gun is an inch-by-inch gun... Of course, if it is too long, it will be inconvenient to use, so that's another story. But Zhangba versus Zhang2 is a deadlock. Even though most of the green battalion soldiers of the Shang Family Army were wearing armor, the horrifying sound of the spear tip piercing the human body still kept coming to mind, and occasionally there was a heart-rending scream.
It seems that the walking armor that Shang Kexi sent to the people below is not very reliable!
However, after the five-collared spearmen commanded by Ling Zongjun defeated the Qing army in front of them, their formation was also scattered.
These people were said to be undertrained and had too little actual combat experience. After overwhelming the Qing army's dead soldiers in the front line, they got a little carried away. Instead of forming a team in time to deal with the next confrontation, they were busy cutting off heads and chasing down the remaining soldiers. Just when they were happy, the sharp troops in the front line of the Qing army were already shouting and rushing through the wall of fog created by the smoke bombs and rushing towards the scattered Ming army's gun array.
While Ling Zongjun shouted for his men to raise their guns to resist, he raised his flintlock pistol and aimed a shot at an oncoming Qing army officer. The bullet entered from the junction of the man's right neck and shoulder.
The main artery on the side of the man's neck was instantly severed by the bullet, and a column of blood suddenly shot up from Laogao, spraying the Qing army spearmen around him with blood foam all over their bodies.
The Qing army officer made a gurgling sound in his throat. He covered the bleeding wound with both hands and tried his best to rush forward a few steps before falling to the ground unwillingly, as if he wanted to die closer to his family in Guangzhou.
Seeing him fall, the soldiers on both sides surged with anger at the same time. They roared loudest, raised their swords and guns, and rushed towards each other.
At this time, the sound of artillery sounded again, and the twelve mortars placed behind the Ming army's formation began to fire smoke bombs again - they had just thought that they could repel the Qing army's offensive because of the victory of the pikemen led by Ling Zongjun. , so he stopped firing to save ammunition.
But contrary to Su Zhanshan's expectations, the Qing soldiers attacked one after another. Before their dead soldiers in the first group retreated, the sharp soldiers in the first group rushed forward.
This time, it was the turn of the spearmen commanded by Ling Zongjun to be scattered by their opponents. However, these spearmen had a strong will to fight. They still resisted and refused to retreat.
Su Zhanshan, who was commanding from a high place, saw this scene and immediately sent out a group of ten other grenadiers led by sword players.
This time, the one who opened the way was a grenadier holding a torch in one hand and a grenade in the other - there was no sugar powder grenade hammer, but the black powder grenade hammer could still be used. These grenadiers formed a skirmish formation, lighting the fuse as they rushed, and when they rushed to the vicinity of the melee battle groups between the two sides in front, they threw grenade hammers one after another.
Of course, these grenade hammers were not thrown at the heads of the warring parties, but behind the Qing army. The purpose was to scare their rear troops and prevent them from joining the battle group.
However, the rain has not stopped yet, and quite a few of the grenade hammers did not explode because the fire lines were extinguished by raindrops or simply thrown into puddles. Moreover, the deflagration power of black powder is incomparable to that of sugar powder.
Therefore, the noise caused by the explosion of these grenade hammers was not big, and few people were killed, but it still delayed the Qing army's rear team slightly.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the reinforcements sent by Su Zhanshan promptly joined the fighting group. Because of their joining, the Ming army once again gained the upper hand and began to suppress the Qing army, which was only half their number.
However, the tenacity of the Qing army was far beyond Su Zhanshan's expectations!
Even though they were at a disadvantage, even though they were besieged by enemies twice their size, they still fought to the death. Not only did they not retreat, they actually dared to cheer!
"Look, water defeats fire, their thunder can't explode anymore... Master Zhang is right!"
"Victory, victory, victory..."
"Kill the thief! Go home! Rush!"
This is really surprising. The less powerful black powder grenade hammer thrown by the Ming army actually boosted the fighting spirit of the Qing army - they had already heard of Zhang Zhenren's "Use water to defeat fire to break the sky" "Thunder" move, so when they saw the limited power of the black powder grenade hammer explosion, they all felt that they had an "immortal" on their side, so their morale was immediately boosted.
At this moment, the rapid sound of drums and drums suddenly reminded me that this was Shang Zhixiao, who was commanding the attack, giving the order for the entire army to attack!
Four to five thousand Qing troops suddenly became excited, shouting the slogan "Kill the thieves! Go home!" and rushed towards the battle group in front.
When Su Zhanshan, who was commanding from a high place, saw this scene, his still childish face turned pale.
Why is this clear demon so difficult to defeat?
Is it impossible to defeat them without sugar and medicine weapons? This is not possible!
Thinking of this, he had no choice but to grit his teeth, took an eight-foot-long spear from the soldiers beside him, and shouted: "Brothers, come with me... go up! Kill the demon! Destroy the Shang family. !”
The ten leading infantry troops who had already been assembled at the Zuozhen position of Jinyi's pro-army all followed him and shouted: "Kill the Qingyao! Destroy the Shang family!"
Seeing that the people below were very popular, Su Zhanshan carried his spear and went down the high slope. One man took the lead, leading the thousand infantry to leave the position and join the battlefield where a group was already fighting in front!
The situation ahead is still a bit grim!
Even if all the 1,000 people Su Zhanshan brought were invested, the number of people invested on his side would only be more than 3,000, while the number of people on the other side would be as many as 4,000 or 5,000...and Su Zhanshan no longer has a reserve team. .
Seeing that a hard battle was about to begin, the loudest shout suddenly sounded from behind Su Zhanshan: "The saint is coming! The saint is coming!"
This shout was so loud that the soldiers in Jinyi who were fighting on the battlefield and those who were about to fight suddenly became excited and shouted in unison: "Saint! Saint! Saint... is coming!"
