As Wu Shicong pulled the trigger and fired the turtle-dove-foot musket in his hand with a match rope, a fierce battle involving queuing and shooting and collective mine-throwing began immediately.
The Qing army had more people and more muskets. There were tens of thousands of green soldiers and coated soldiers sent to the battlefield by Zhuo Butai, more than 30% of them were equipped with shotguns, and they were all at the forefront of their respective battle formations. Now The number of green battalion shotgun soldiers who happened to be receiving the fire from Wu Jun exceeded 2,500.
Because the battlefield was filled with gunpowder smoke and everyone's morale was too high, everyone scrambled to push forward, so they formed a dense shoulder-to-shoulder formation. Moreover, these Qing army musketeers were well trained. Although they were huddled together, they could still separate into three rows at the front, middle and back to carry out "three-stage attacks". Just because the formation was too dense, from time to time the muskets that had not been aimed at the front were fired early due to sparks drifting into the fire door, thus greatly reducing the shooting efficiency.
However, the lead bullets were still fired at Wu Shicong's spearmen and shield soldiers one after another, causing heavy casualties to them. After several rounds of shooting, the southern position of the Wu Army's hammer-throwing phalanx was littered with corpses.
The firepower of Wu Jun's hammer-throwing soldiers was a bit weak, so they suffered a big loss in the confrontation. When Wu Sangui and others designed tactics for the hammer-throwing soldiers, they gave the highest priority to anti-cavalry.
Therefore, a squad of hammer throwers has four spears and two captains and deputy captains equipped with long-handled swords. There are only four musketeers and archers combined. The firepower is certainly not as good as that of ordinary Qing troops.
However, these Wu army hammer-throwing soldiers are also the best among the best, and now they are in a "desperate situation". If they don't fight, they will all die. Therefore, they became fierce. Team after team took the hammer-throwing squad as a unit, using the cover of smoke to launch a "hammer-throwing assault" against the Qing army's musket array - that is, rushing up to throw grenade hammers!
Because the formation of the Qing army was too dense, not only the musketeers were crowded together, but the archers, spearmen, and sword players behind were also crowded together, forming a dense square formation that was not too square. So once the grenade hammer explodes, a piece will fall down.
After being bombed several times, the Qing army also knew how powerful it was. When they saw Wu Jun throwing smoke bombs, they knew that their hammer-throwing soldiers were about to attack, so they fired arrows at the smoke desperately!
As for Wu Jun, at this time, military skills are as high as a mountain and rewards are as high as the sea. So these hammer-throwing squads also rushed forward, charging in waves!
After a while, the place where the two armies exchanged fiercest fire was already littered with corpses.
But both sides were red-eyed, and no one was willing to take a step back. Even some hammer-throwing soldiers of the Wu army who had been hit by bullets still gritted their teeth and crawled forward, climbed to the position of the Qing army's musketeers and threw deadly grenade hammers, blowing up the Qing army.
You can actually crawl and launch an attack!
Someone on both sides of the war soon discovered this unheard-of new method of warfare!
Immediately, the "study" hammer-throwing soldiers of the Wu army "climbed fiercely" on the smoke-filled battlefield.
Now the Qing army was in dire straits. The battlefield was full of gunpowder smoke and dead bodies were everywhere on the ground... Who could tell whether the dead bodies were really dead or crawling slowly? Moreover, there was no way to take cover when queuing up to be shot, but it was different when crawling on the ground. The ground was uneven, full of potholes, tall grass, and dead people to use as a barrier. So it is not easy to be hit.
As more and more Wu army hammer-throwing soldiers began to use the "climbing attack method" to launch attacks, the Qing army became a little unable to withstand it.
But you have to stand up even if you can’t stand it!
Because behind the green camp soldiers are the knives of the coated slave soldiers, and behind the coated slave soldiers are the knives of the Eight Banners heavenly soldiers. Behind the Eight Banners heavenly soldiers are the ministers of the guards of the Qing Dynasty, the minister in charge of the coated slave army, and the first-class male Guarja Ba. The knife of the sea!
This Bahai is a great man. Even though he stayed in Ningguta for more than ten years, hanging out with a bunch of rough guys from outside the customs all day long, he is not only a strong man with well-developed limbs, but also a Manchu scholar who is good at learning. In the ninth year of Shunzhi In the imperial examination, it was called "Tianhua Lang" at that time.
In the 17th year of Shunzhi, he led his troops to fight against the Rakshasa Cossacks in Heilongjiang, beheading more than sixty people, and also grabbed the Rakshasa people's boats and firearms. Although his losses were not small, he was still quite capable of fighting.
But such a "minibus Tanhua" who is quite capable of fighting is a little unable to hold back when looking at the wounded wounded who were carried down and covered with blood.
The casualties are too tragic!
If this continues, all the green battalion soldiers who are used as cannon fodder will be exhausted. Once the green battalion soldiers are exhausted, it will be the turn of the coated slave soldiers and the Eight Banners soldiers to go to the front line. Bahai knew very well that neither the coated slave soldiers nor the Eight Banners soldiers were actually as effective as the Green Camp soldiers.
The Eight Banners soldiers were just ordinary people in Beijing, while the coated slave soldiers were originally serfs from the bannermen's farms. How could they compare with the elite green battalions drawn from various places?
At this time, one of his men, Zhao Liangdong, who was officially the commander-in-chief of Tianjin, also had several Green Camp soldiers carry him down. Bahai hurried forward to take a look and found that Zhao Liangdong's body was covered in blood, and his head was wrapped in gauze. The cloth was also covered with blood. He looked like he was about to become "loyal".
However, this "senior" General Zhao, who was in his fifties, was still showing off. When he was carried to Ba Hai, he was still shouting: "I'm fine, I just have a few bruises... Take me back quickly." , I want to chop that desperate rebel a few more times!"
Bahai's face turned black and he asked Zhao Liangdong's Geshiha, "What's going on? Why is General Zhao so injured? Why are you on duty?"
One of the Goshiha cried at that time, "Mr. Ba, we didn't expect that that group of rebels were so fierce... Even after being knocked down by muskets, they still crawled to die with us!"
"Crawling to death together?" Bahai was stunned, "What kind of strategy is this?"
Zhao Liangdong trembled at this time, struggled to raise his head, and looked at Ba Hai with tears in his eyes, "Master Ba... some rebels were injured and crawled to our army's formation with explosives, click on The thunder exploded and we all perished together! One of the most desperate people actually crawled to the end of the general. If it weren’t for the brothers’ desperate protection, the end of the general would have been killed by the explosion!”
"Ah... so cruel!" Bahai was stunned.
After suffering a gunshot wound, he didn't wait obediently to die from his injuries, but crawled to die with the heavenly soldiers. How could he defeat such an enemy?
The Qing Dynasty...is about to end!
At this time, Zhao Liangdong was already crying: "Sir, the two thousand brothers under the general's command are all good, but now nearly half of them are dead and injured... Please go back and beg the emperor to give them the status of slaves." !”
"Okay," Bahai nodded repeatedly, "I will take care of this matter. Those who died in the battle must ask the emperor to carry them into the flag, and those who survived must be clothed... They just want to be slaves. , or else..."
He didn't say this anymore because he couldn't say it anymore... If they weren't allowed to be slaves, they might just go away with Prince Wu Sangui and Zhu San! When the time comes, crawl over with the thunder on your back and die together with the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers!
"Long live the President...Long live the President! Long live the President...!"
Just when Bahai was thinking about asking for a slave or a slave status for the green battalion soldiers below, another cheering sound came from his right side.
Bahai quickly stood up on the stirrups and looked towards the place where the cheers started.
I saw only densely packed Wu Jiajun officers and soldiers, holding muskets, carrying long spears, and holding swords and cards, like a tide, shouting slogans and rushing forward.
Behind them, there was a huge bright yellow flag with four big characters on it - President Wu!
Wu Sangui came up in person!
Although the situation on the battlefield is still a bit anxious now, Wu Jun's advantage is already obvious.
The Qing army spent a lot of effort to besiege Wu Shicong's thousands of armored hammer-throwing artillerymen, but ended up with a bloody blow. Now they are still being beaten by the Wu army's hammer-throwing artillerymen who are crawling to attack, suffering heavy losses and retreating steadily.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Wu army on the battlefield were already excited. Wu Sangui happened to go into battle in person to supervise the battle at this time. This was like a raging fire cooking oil!
The Wu army's fierce attack across the entire front began, and the Qing army's retreat seemed to be right in front of them!
Victory is in sight, don’t run away, Mazi!
