Zhang Cheng galloped on his horse, with Chen Zhong on the outside, one horse's head ahead of him. A group of guards used their bodies to isolate Zhang Cheng from the Qing army to protect his safety.
They held the reins tightly with their left hands, clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and raised the three-eyed cannons in their right hands. The sound exploded one after another. As the fireworks flickered, lead bullets flew out of the mouth of the cannons.
Clouds of smoke rose up, eventually converging into a large piece of smoke that slowly dispersed in the air. Zhang Cheng led his cavalry to pass by the Qing army's formation in an instant, followed by a plume of smoke that lingered for a long time.
On the front line of the Jiazhuang Foreign Propaganda Army, various cavalry teams attacked one after another. Like Zhang Cheng, they rushed forward twenty or thirty steps in front of the Qing army's array. They wielded their three-eyed muskets and bombarded them. The horses did not stop, flying away in a cloud of dust. Afterwards, they all ran back to their respective formations.
Zhang Cheng ran back to the south gate of Jiazhuang, rode his horse and looked back at the Qing army array not far away, and couldn't help but think of Xu Zhimo's poem:
“Quietly I leave, just as quietly I came;
I waved the three-eyed blunderbuss, but I didn't bring back a single blunderbuss bullet. "
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Outside Jiazhuang, the artillerymen of the Ming army's descendants in front of the Qing army's array were loading ammunition in a panic under the urging and coercion of the Qing army's archers behind the shield carts against the rockets launched by Xuan's army.
Many of them were unfamiliar with these operations. At this time, they were forced by the Qing army. In order to survive, they came to the front of the battle tremblingly. Most of them had not finished loading ammunition.
I saw smoke and dust rising from the Xuan army's defense line opposite, and groups of cavalry were rushing towards me. Their faces were full of panic. In the past few days, they had also helped the Qing army to attack the city with artillery. They had never encountered anyone who dared to attack. The Ming army is really surprised today.
At a distance of more than two hundred steps, the war horses galloped with all their strength, and they arrived in an instant. Before the artillerymen and artillerymen of the Ming army had time to react, the cavalry of the Xuan army on the opposite side had already rushed in front of them.
Twenty to thirty steps away, the cavalry of the Xuan army passed by quickly, and the three-eyed muskets exploded continuously. Most of the Ming army's artillerymen who were descended from the Ming army in front of the Qing army array were knocked down by the muskets before they could react.
There were also many muskets fired directly at the shield carts, making a series of "crackling" sounds. Many shield carts were riddled with holes, and the Qing archers hiding behind were screaming in agony.
The sudden attack of the knights of the Xuan army dealt the most fatal blow to the Ming army's artillerymen, who had already suffered heavy casualties in the attack. The Qing army generals had no choice but to send an order to them to retreat first.
After a while, the reorganized Qing army slowly approached the Xuan Army's front line again.
Outside the camp of Jia Zhuangxuan's army, the Qing army's shield chariots were densely surrounded on three sides and slowly approaching. Their shield chariots were next to each other, with only less than a foot of aisle left in between.
One hundred and fifty steps!
Suddenly, the passionate sound of war drums came from the Qing army formation, and the Qing soldiers hiding behind the shield vehicles shouted loudly, as if to cheer themselves up.
The coated Aha and the auxiliary soldiers pushed the shield car forward with a loud roar. Behind the shield car, all the flags in the Qing army's array were raised high, and it was suddenly as dark as a dark cloud.
Like a wave, the Qing soldiers from three sides surrounded and rushed toward the Xuan army camp.
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"Brothers, please stay calm. When the Tatar soldiers get close and hear my order, we will fire again!"
Cui Shijie, the sentry commander, stared at the Qing army's shield chariots hurriedly approaching outside the earthen wall, watching the flags of their chariots rushing in like an ocean. In the cold weather, he couldn't help but sweat on his head and shouted loudly.
In Xuan Dajun's defense line, the gaps in the earthen wall are equipped with No. 4 Buddha Wolf machine guns and Tiger Crouching cannons. Each gap is equipped with two to three guns. The gunners are nervously loading ammunition and fixing the artillery.
Cui Shijie's sentry was also arranged in this way, and the musketry soldiers also maintained their respective positions. A musket was poked out from behind the earth wall, aiming at the Qing army approaching from the opposite side.
There are three flat passages on the defense line of the left post of the right wing camp of Xuanzhen. One is left on the far left, one is left on the far right facing the south gate of Jiazhuang, and there is another in the middle. The rest are built with earthen walls, and there are more in front. It's a series of trenches.
The passages between these earthen walls are guarded by artillery, with musketry soldiers behind each earthen wall assisting in guarding. There are also teams of shield soldiers and spearmen responsible for close combat.
Tian Mingyu is the team leader of Team C of Zuo Senjia. He left Huang An's Third Class A. The first Class A is led by Gou Changsheng, and the Second Class A is led by Zheng Youjin.
Behind the earthen wall, Captain Tian Ming met his two armored musketry soldiers who were waiting in full formation. They set up their muskets on the earthen wall and nervously watched the Qing army's shield vehicles approaching.
Cui Shijie's left sentry has a total of one hundred gunmen, who are distributed behind the earthen walls. They are responsible for attacking the enemy from a distance. There are also fifty sword and shield soldiers and spearmen, who are responsible for engaging the enemy in close combat.
There is another group of gunners. They have finished loading and are just waiting for the order to fire. The Tiger Crouching Cannon is loaded with shotgun shells, while the Folan Machine is loaded with a large shell and a bunch of small shells, mixed, with the big shell in front and the shot shells in the back. back.
Cui Shijie, the sentry commander, looked at the power of the Qing army on the other side of the earth wall and broke out in a cold sweat. He inhaled and shouted back and forth: "Boys, don't panic, stay calm for me, wait until the Tatars are close." Now, if you hear the order and fire the gun again, whoever fires the gun first will be beheaded, don’t be afraid, stay calm!"
In the blink of an eye, the densely packed shield vehicles of the Qing army rushed closer to more than a hundred steps in front of the Xuan Army's earthen wall defense line. The trenches blocked the progress of the shield vehicles. Some of the shield vehicles even advanced too fast and failed to stop in time. Into the trench.
Fortunately, the distance was not enough to shoot, so Xuan Dajun did not fire cannons and cannons. This also surprised the attacking Qing army. According to their experience, at this distance, other Ming troops had already fired cannons and cannons.
Why is it so quiet on the other side? Aren't the artillery and rockets just fierce?
The sound of war drums from behind the Qing army's formation came again. The shield vehicles at the passage continued to advance, while those blocked in front of the trench stopped there.
Behind the shield chariot, the Qing army archers spread out in formation, and under the orders of Bo Shiku, they opened their bows and set arrows. The sound of "...swish...swish..." immediately rang out.
A hundred steps away, the bows and arrows can be thrown to almost cover the Xuan army's defense line. The arrows that cover the sky and the sun are shot into the air, and then fall down in unison.
The advantage of projectile is that it can shoot very far, its power is amazing, and it has a very powerful deterrent effect, but its lethality is much worse. The arrow is shot diagonally into the air ahead. After exhaustion, it falls diagonally from the air, and its lethality is The force is generated by the force of falling.
Even if it hits each person's body, it is difficult to penetrate deeply and most of them will not be fatal. Moreover, almost all the soldiers of the Xuan Army have helmets. Therefore, although the arrows thrown by the Qing army are numerous and powerful, the sergeants on the Xuan Army's defense line are not. Don't look flustered.
The guards held up their shields to block the arrows thrown by the Qing army for Cui Shijie. He looked at the Qing army's shield car advancing from the reserved passage and shouted loudly: "Artillery team, go tell the gunner that the Tatars are nearly eighty Just give me a shot at his shield chariot..."
He turned his head and shouted: "Listen, all gunners, the cannons are ringing, fire muskets are fired, let's fight the Tatars!"
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The stitches were removed today, but I still need to rest.
Try to add another chapter tonight!
