"Kill the rebels...become a slave! Charge!"
With a cry from the bottom of his heart, more than a hundred cavalry from the vanguard battalion of the coated slave army gathered into a group under the watchful eye of Zhuo Butai and pounced on the four hammer-throwing squads hundreds of steps ahead.
The four hammer-throwing squads only had a total of forty-eight people, less than half the number of coated cavalry sent by Zhuobutai.
But Zhuo Butai felt a kind of nervousness that he had never felt when fighting the Ming and Nanming armies.
Even if his opponent was Li Dingguo, a two-time world champion, he was not as nervous as he was now... because Li Dingguo didn't have a sugar pill grenade hammer!
As Zhuo Butai watched, the Wu army hammer-throwers scattered in groups opposite also knew something was wrong. But these people did not panic. Instead, after the sound of the suona, they quickly moved closer and formed a square formation - each of the four teams was responsible for one side of the square formation.
Only four spearmen, two sword players and two captains and deputy captains carrying simple knives were seen lined up in a row.
Four of the eight-foot-long spears were thrust into the ground with their spearheads pointed upward, aiming at the galloping cavalry. The two sword players were half kneeling on the ground, holding their shields in one hand and raising their sabers in the other. The two captains and deputy captains stood upright, holding their swords and pointing forward.
Behind these eight people were two hammer-throwers and two musketeers. Two of the musketeers had already raised their turtle-dove-footed muskets and placed them on the shields of the two shield soldiers. The match ropes had been lit, and their muzzles were pointed at the cavalry galloping ahead.
As for the hammer-throwers... not just two, but eight, they stood in two rows inside the square, all facing the Qing cavalry galloping towards them, holding a "hammer" in one hand and a hammer in the other. Lit fire fold.
"Pa bang..."
The sound of muskets sounded!
As if they heard the order to throw the hammer, the eight hammer-throwers quickly lit the fuse of the thunder hammer in their hands, and then began to throw it outward. After the first batch of eight were thrown, another eight thunder hammers were ignited and thrown out, then eight more, and finally eight more.
In the blink of an eye, 4,832 sugar pill thunder hammers landed on the path that the coated cavalry must pass through to charge.
Damn it!
When Zhuo Butai saw this scene, he knew what was going to happen?
Those two gunshots were actually the musketeers measuring the distance for the hammer-throwers.
The sound of muskets means that if the hammer thrower throws the hammer now, there is a great possibility of hitting the enemy's cavalry. And after this possibility is magnified thirty-two times, it becomes inevitable!
"Boom boom boom..."
There was a violent explosion, and thick smoke and fire rose at the same time. Almost at the same time, the coated slave cavalry ran into a continuous fire and smoke.
At least half of the thirty-two sugar pill hammers successfully exploded, and among these half, five or six really exerted their power and exploded among the galloping Qing cavalry. The flying shrapnel and copper beads suddenly turned into the most deadly sharp blades in the world, easily breaking through cloth-covered iron armor, cutting the skin and flesh of humans and horses, even drilling in from one side, and then breaking out from the other side. Take away a large mass of flesh and blood.
All people or horses hit by these "sharp blades" immediately lost the ability to move forward, screamed and neighed, fell to the ground, let out a final roar, or lost consciousness before reaching the ground.
The charging cavalry directly opened a large gap, which was facing the phalanx of hammer-throwers. At least ten knights fell to the ground, including men and horses, in front of the small phalanx of the Wu army's hammer-throwers. Lying on the ground, there were several war horses that were frightened and perhaps injured, neighing miserably and running around uncontrollably. These dead and scurrying horses affected the charge of the coated knights behind them... The horsemanship skills of these coated knights were still incomparable to those of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers back then. Now he was frightened out of his wits by the sight of more than a dozen bombs exploding, and when the frightened horses rushed forward, there was chaos. Some coated knights were unable to dodge and collided with the scurrying horses. Some of the coated knights were even more incompetent, and the horses under their crotches were actually tripped by the fallen horses and knights!
"Ming Jin, Ming Jin quickly..."
Zhuo Butai, who was watching the battle from the rear, already knew how powerful the "Wu Family Formation" was, and quickly ordered the gold medal to withdraw the already chaotic cavalry. The Wu military formation did not pursue them, but took advantage of the chaos of the coated knights to retreat and knocked down several more with muskets and bows.
In this round of battle, the Wu army had few casualties, while the Qing army left behind a dozen corpses and three or four wounded soldiers still rolling and screaming on the ground.
Seeing this scene, Zhuo Butai's heart felt a little cold.
However, when Zhuobutai arrived at his newly deployed army with the coated knights who had just suffered a defeat, his spirit was already soaring again. Seeing Bahai, Shuotuo, Tong Guoyao, Leerjin and others who were worried, he laughed and said to them: "Hahaha, Wu Ni is nothing more than that, I already have a way to defeat the enemy!"
"I wonder what your lord has to offer?"
Bahai, who is tall, has a rectangular face and looks fierce, is a real person. He also knew that Zhuo Butai had come back after a defeat, so he couldn't figure out what clever tricks this "high imitation Obai" had, so he asked questions angrily.
"Line up a strong formation, with shotguns, bows and arrows, general cannons, and Weiyuan general cannons in the front, the infantry in the middle, and the cavalry in the rear. This way you will be safe."
Zhuo Butai really had a way, and he immediately came up with a "positioning" formation to get beaten.
After all, Wu Sangui's hammer-throwing soldiers rely on their arms as throwing tools, so the attack range is limited. The long-range firepower of the Qing army is not weak. They not only have shotguns, bows and arrows, but also a large-caliber Weiyuan general cannon!
This kind of Weiyuan General Cannon is very powerful. It is a large-caliber mortar that can fire explosive shells. It was just cast by Nan Huairen and the others not long ago. Because the mortar is relatively short, it is not heavy and is easy to transport.
And the blooming bullets they fire are powerful sugar powder bullets!
Although the sugar gunpowder of the Qing army was much inferior to that of the Ming and Wu armies, and due to the need for confidentiality, they did not make hand-thrown mines and distributed them to the infantry. They only used trebuchets and large-caliber mortars. emission. But no matter who it is, it will be enough to encounter the sugar-powder bullets fired by the Weiyuan General Cannon with a caliber of about six inches!
Zhuo Butai said with a smile: "With shotguns, bows and arrows, and General Weiyuan's cannon, Wu Ni's men can't attack them. Even if they can charge up, they have already been scattered. It is not difficult to repel them."
In this way, we can be invincible first, and then wait for King Yu to succeed in Hunan. Wu Sangui will not be able to stay in Jingzhou. When the time comes, we will follow and pursue, and we will definitely win a complete victory! "
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"Commander Father, Qinglu seems to be on the defensive to fight!"
When the Wu and Qing troops began to form formations, Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingqi saw Zhuo Butai's intention and galloped towards Wu Sangui's central army.
At this time, Wu Sangui had already boarded the vantage point of a van and was raised to a high place. He was holding a telescope to observe the formation of the Qing army.
Hearing his son's voice, he knew that the boy had returned from reconnaissance of the enemy's position. He had already seen enough, so he put away the telescope and asked the people below to put down their gaze.
When the fight began to slowly decline, Wu Sangui said to Wu Yingqi: "Zhuo Butai is so cunning after all... He knew that he couldn't win with an attack, so he started on the defensive. If his father guessed correctly, he must have There is also a backup plan. If we can’t win quickly, it will be a bit troublesome.”
"Commander Father," Wu Yingqi said with a smile, "then dispatch the armored hammer-throwing artillery! This is our real trump card!"
Armored grenadier... you'll know it's awesome as soon as you hear it!
Wu Sangui, the old thief Wu, laughed evilly and said to his son: "I originally planned to keep this trump card to deal with the person named Zhu, but now I have to use it to let the little pockmarked Kangxi know how powerful we are."
As he spoke, Wu Sangui waved his hand, "Then let my grandson Shicong attack!"
