At any other time, the Ming army's fire cannon soldiers would have opened fire long ago, but now the two sides were only a few dozen steps away, but no one could see the other side firing.
This made Dorgon feel gloomy.
"Shoot an arrow." Dorgon decided not to wait any longer and took the initiative to shoot an arrow at the tiger-character flag soldiers on the opposite side.
At the same time, he shot the arrow in his hand first.
Soon, dozens of feather arrows were shot out by the Eight Banners soldiers.
However, because the two sides were dozens of steps away, except for sharpshooters, most archers could easily miss their arrows.
"Originally, I wanted to wait until we were closer before taking action. It seems that the slaves can't wait any longer. I'm giving the order and all teams are allowed to fire." A soldier captain ordered to fire.
boom! boom! boom!
The crackling sound of firecrackers sounded in the ranks of the Tiger Flag.
Countless iron balls and lead bullets flew towards the Eight Banners soldiers on the opposite side.
The Eight Banners soldiers in heavy armor who were walking at the front rushed towards the Tiger Flag soldiers after Dorgon ordered them to shoot arrows. As a result, the distance between the two sides was even closer.
Many of the heavily armored Eight Banners soldiers were less than thirty steps away from the Tiger Flag soldiers at the front.
At such a close distance, although the fire blunderbuss will miss the target, the hit rate is still very high when rows of fire blunderbuss are fired. However, at such a close distance, the heavy armor of the Eight Banners soldiers has almost no impact in the face of the fire blunderbuss fire. Defense.
The gun fired from the fire cannon easily tore through the heavy armor's protection and hit the Eight Banners soldiers inside.
After just two rounds of fire cannon fire, more than twenty Eight Banners soldiers in heavy armor fell to the ground.
Dorgon, who was following behind, was completely stunned.
In the past, when faced with the invincible heavy armor of the Ming army, they all died in the opponent's hands in one encounter.
"Retreat, retreat."
Dorgon did not have as rich combat experience as he would have more than ten years later, but even so, he knew that he could not continue fighting, otherwise the Eight Banners soldiers would die even more.
After calling for retreat, Jean grabbed Duduo who was still rushing forward, turned around and ran back.
The surrounding Eight Banners soldiers retreated one after another, and many Zhengbai Banner flag soldiers blocked the backs of Duduo and Dorgon, standing in the way of the Tiger Flag soldiers' advance.
boom! boom! boom!
Gunshots kept ringing out, and some of the Eight Banners soldiers blocking the front kept falling to the ground.
Although the Eight Banners soldiers fled back, they did not look like a rout. Instead, they retreated and evacuated in an orderly manner. However, some of the Eight Banners soldiers who faced the tiger-shaped flag soldiers fell down all the time.
Slowly the two sides widened the distance, but because the Tiger Banner had to maintain their formation, the pursuit speed was not fast, which also allowed more and more Eight Banners soldiers to flee.
As the distance increased, the flaw of the fire gun's low head was revealed, and gradually no more Eight Banners soldiers were hit by the fire gun.
Dorgon and Duduo on the other side mounted their horses and fled back towards Tieshan Camp with the Eight Banners soldiers and Han Aha.
"I thought the slave thieves were so powerful that they couldn't even withstand several rounds of gunfire." Xing Chaoxi was always observing the situation on the battlefield through a monocular telescope.
Seeing the Eight Banners soldiers voluntarily retreating from the battlefield, they looked disappointed.
If the two sides continue to fight, he is confident that he will completely wipe out the slave bandit in front of him.
"Yingzheng, do you want to attack the enemy's camp next?" the staff officer on the side asked.
Xing Chaoxi thought for a while and said: "Don't worry, we will transport a few cannons from the island later and it will be easier to attack the opponent's camp. Otherwise, if we let the slave thieves rely on the camp, our casualties will inevitably be many more in vain." .”
"Then I will ask the team to retreat now." The staff officer said.
Mao Wenlong raised his hand and pointed to the sea and said: "If you are asked to bring the governor's personal servants, can you stop the enemies at sea from coming ashore?"
Mao Chenglu looked towards the sea.
In order to allow him to see more clearly, Mao Wenlong handed the monocular telescope to Mao Chenglu and asked him to observe the small boats on the sea preparing to dock and land.
Mao Chenglu, who observed the sea surface for a while through the monocular telescope in his hand, said with an ugly face: "The ships are all soldiers with the Tiger Flag."
"I will give you all my soldiers, as long as you can prevent the enemy from landing." Mao Wenlong looked at Mao Chenglu in front of him expressionlessly.
Mao Chenglu knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Please rest assured, foster father, I will definitely stop the enemy at sea."
"Get up." Mao Wenlong helped Mao Chenglu up with both hands and said with concern, "No matter what the outcome is, you must come back alive for me no matter what."
As he said that, he patted Mao Chenglu hard on the shoulder.
Mao Chenglu put on his iron helmet and summoned six hundred soldiers and servants. Some of them were on horseback and most of them were on two legs. They rushed towards the Pier of Pi Island along the road under their feet.
"Why are you still standing here? Take your soldiers to assist Chenglu." Mao Wenlong looked at the other fake beside him and said unhappily.
Among the many fake sons and grandsons, the one he trusted the most was Mao Chenglu, otherwise he would not have handed over all his soldiers and servants to Mao Chenglu to control.
"Yes, my subordinates are going to assist General Mao." Mao Dusi agreed and ran away from Mao Wenlong.
At this time, the sound of cannons on the sea was much quieter, and several small boats coming from the sea were already approaching the pier of Pi Island.
People on the boat began to jump off the boat, waded through the water and rushed to the side of the dock, forming a fighting formation.
Soon, dozens of soldiers who got off the ship gathered on the shore, guarding an open space on the shore, waiting for subsequent ships to land smoothly.
"Kill with me!"
Mao Chenglu, who came from the heights of Pi Island, raised the spear in his hand, pointed forward, and took the lead on horseback to rush towards the Tiger Flag soldiers on the shore.
boom! boom! boom!
Dozens of soldiers guarding the shore fired their muskets one after another to prevent the officers and soldiers on the island from approaching.
Four or five officers and soldiers who had been shot fell from their horses to the ground.
However, Mao Chenglu and the soldiers and servants did not slow down or hesitate at all, and still maintained a charging posture towards the Tiger Flag soldiers occupying a corner of the coast.
"Fire the bayonet!"
The officer among the soldiers holding the Tiger Flag who stood on the coast shouted loudly, and at the same time he took out the bayonet from his waist and put it on the muzzle of the gun.
"Stand up the gun!"
Twenty soldiers holding fire guns in their hands squatted down, with the tail of the fire gun pressed against the ground, and the end with the bayonet tilted forward, pointing forward.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Mao Chenglu took the lead in drawing the bow and shooting arrows.
More than a dozen feather arrows were fired at the enemy's battle formation on the coast.
Several Tiger Flag soldiers were shot by arrows. One of the soldiers was hit in the face by an arrow and died on the spot.
The body was dragged away by the soldiers behind, and immediately there was a vacant position on top of the soldiers.
"Captain, my subordinates have brought all the people here, a total of 605 people." Mao Chenglu rushed back to Mao Wenlong.
The more than 600 people he mentioned were the total number of Mao Wenlong's soldiers.
His face was very ugly.
