The hordes of people charging towards hell.
Tragedy like autumn, death like fallen leaves.
The Tatar cavalry risked their lives and tried to rush into the Ming army's camp, charging fiercely from four directions: east, west, north and south.
But a quarter of an hour after the battle started, the Tatar cavalry did not come into contact with the Ming army. The former army suffered heavy losses and corpses were scattered in the fields. The desperate wails became the soundtrack of the firearms, which was very sad.
Aershan looked back at the hillside. Arutai had not issued an order to retreat, and it was impossible to say anything about retreat now.
Fight to the death!
Either they die or we die, there is no way out!
war!
Aershan shouted and led the sergeant to charge in person.
The role of generals is very obvious, and morale is immediately boosted. At the same time, the Ming army's gunpowder soldiers seemed to have consumed all their gunpowder and lead bullets, and actually began to retreat, replaced by a group of archers and crossbowmen.
Seeing this opportunity, Aershan shouted: "It's a matter of life and death for the tribe. How long will it take to fight to the death? Kill!"
The loud shouts of killing gathered into a wave and rushed towards the Ming army.
Black iron shelves were placed one after another, looking like large buckets, except that there were holes in the front of the buckets. There were seventy-two holes as big as a little finger.
At the back end of the bucket, there is a thick and long lead hanging, which regularly connects each medicine chamber in series.
Zhou Dazhi pushed away a sergeant, put his hand on the shelf in front of him, and stroked the pure iron object. In order to bring this thing over, he had to trouble the sergeant a lot.
Now facing the Tatar cavalry group, it is naturally time to test its power.
This is a new firearm from the Second Artillery Bureau, called Big Honeycomb.
It must be said that Tao Zengguang is extremely talented in firearms, and he is good at combining and reusing some things. Honeycomb fire guns existed during the Hongwu period, but not many people used them because of their clumsiness.
Now, thanks to the transformation of Tao Zengguang and the officers of the Second Artillery Bureau, the Big Beehive finally appeared and was equipped for the Beijing army.
A large number of cavalry entered within a hundred steps, and arrows began to cover the front of the Ming army. Shields were used to protect them. The archers and crossbowmen did not take action, as if they were waiting for something.
When the Tatar cavalry crossed sixty steps, Zhou Dazhi stretched the flaming fire stick to the fuse, and the shout of firing spread.
The big honeycomb shuddered suddenly, and the lead shot flew out, killing a cavalryman. Then it shuddered again, and lead shots were sprayed out one after another. There was no need to load gunpowder or lead shots, achieving a continuous fire. ..
This kind of large honeycomb is somewhat similar to the machine guns of later generations. Although it is much bloated, its power cannot be underestimated.
Zhou Dazhi held the big beehive, grabbed the ears on both sides, turned slightly, and fired lead bullets at the cavalry on the side! Seeing such fun, Zhou Dazhi made an astonishing move.
Zhou Dazhi shouted loudly, lifted the big beehive from the shelf, placed it directly on his chest, and rushed forward like a giant, charging towards the Tatar cavalry!
"Crazy!"
Xu Huizu couldn't help but break into a cold sweat when he saw this scene.
Zhou Dazhi didn't care about this, just let the gunpowder smoke hit his chest and float to his mouth, and started shooting with the big honeycomb. The general was like this, and the other sergeants who controlled the big beehive naturally followed suit, and actually picked up the big beehive and started sweeping it!
When the archers and crossbowmen saw this, they could hardly believe that firearms could still be used like this, but most of the cavalry were close and they could no longer remain stunned.
The bow is full of the moon, and the arrows are like rain.
Arshan's eyes turned red. The Ming Army's firearm was so powerful. It didn't even need to be reloaded, so it just killed people?
There were quite a few cavalrymen who died under the big nest.
After the big nest was used up, less than 800 of the more than 2,000 cavalry in the van were left. As the Ming army was covered with arrows, another batch of cavalry was taken away!
"I can't kill you!"
Lieutenant General Tao Ruge looked at Aershan with a ferocious look on his face.
Aershan was in great pain, and all the sacrifices were made
Elites are the backbone of the Tatar tribe! If the fight continues like this, all of these people will die!
"Can't stop, rush me!"
How could Arshan not know the loss? There was his own brother among the group of sergeants just now, but he was already dead and his body was still lying there!
Tao Ruge angrily pointed at the tyrannical Ming army and shouted: "Can't you see clearly that the Ming army has not exerted its full strength yet? It's just the firecrackers, just the archers, just the front team, and it has already defeated us. The damage exceeds 30%! If the Ming army commits its main force, how can we survive? This is an unwinnable war!"
Arshan gritted his teeth: "You have to fight even if you can't win, and you have to die on the battlefield! If you lose, the Tatar tribe will follow in the footsteps of Uliangha!"
Tao Ruge didn't know what the meaning of this kind of battle was to send the sergeant to death!
If we lose, we can still withdraw and move!
Ming Dynasty cannot stay on the grassland forever. We can just come back after they withdraw their army.
Arshan seemed to have seen through Tao Ruge's retreat and thoughts, and reminded: "You should still remember how the Loop was lost, right?"
Tao Ruge took a deep breath, looked at the mountainous camp of the Ming army, and shouted, "I will lead the charge!"
How did the Loop get lost?
Hetao has always been Tatar territory, and the Ming army could not defend it. But now the situation is different. The Ming army has mastered new city-building technology and can build a city on the plains in just a few months!
Although this kind of simple city is nothing, the Ming army with the city cannot easily defeat it with the help of firearms!
Since the Ming army was able to build several cities in the Hetao and actually occupy the Hetao, the Ming army could also build cities on this grassland and truly occupy the grassland!
By then, this place will no longer be an endless grassland, but as far as the eye can see, Ming cities will appear one after another, and Ming herdsmen will appear one after another!
Tatars really have no way out, unless they abandon the grassland where their ancestors lived, abandon this place, leave here with tears, and never come back.
Otherwise, we must fight to the death!
Tao Ruge organized two thousand cavalry and looked at the center of the Ming army's forward. He found that the sergeants there were the fewest and the defenses were weakest, so he called on the sergeants to charge forward.
No matter how many cavalry were taken away by arrows or how many cavalry were killed by firearms, Tao Ruge no longer paid attention. In his eyes, there was only the Ming army!
As soon as Taoruge organized the charge, the sergeant on the hot air balloon had already noticed the changes and reported the news to Xu Huizu.
After Xu Huizu received the information, he looked at Zhao Yu and said, "Prepare to use the Crouching Tiger Cannon, and send someone to report to the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army to prepare for a counterattack."
Zhao Yu readily agreed.
There are rows of tiger crouching cannons, like fierce tigers crouching, heads raised and silent.
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Thanks to Bing Wu Chang Shi and Shui Wu Chang Xing for the reward, and Jing Xue is very grateful!
