Chapter 392 The Final Battle (3)

Their arrangement was initially decided upon by many generals. Now it seems that blocking the front with a wooden barrier and then using bows, arrows and firearms to shoot at the rebels is completely useless and cannot stop the rebels from inflicting many arrows.

Moreover, after the rebel archers threw away their bows, they became proficient in foot combat.

Most of the archers in the army are professional archers and rarely fight on foot.

Xu Cheng believed that the wooden barrier was useless and the wall should be built directly with mud and stone. The officers and soldiers should huddle behind the wall and use the geographical location to effectively defend.

The official army numbered between five and six hundred thousand, but they were on the defensive. They were simply afraid of the rebel artillery and wanted to use layers of mud walls to consume the rebel artillery.

Xu Cheng thinks this is useful.

Just as he was providing ideas and ideas for those behind him, the rebel forces in front had already begun to change their formations.

Woo, woo--woo--woo--the trumpet sound of the rebel army seems to have something to say, one short and three long, and then the dark flag is waving.

Xu Cheng watched as the rear formation of the rebel army began to twist like waves.

The Later Jin Dynasty's carriage was two-wheeled. After the founding of the Later Jin Dynasty, the carriage was used very well. It was used in every battle regardless of whether it was a field battle or a city siege.

Tan Qing can't wait to give the order to charge. The distance is really far away. You can wait for the rebels to come forward a little while your army slowly presses forward, and then charge again at the end.

Originally, the officers and soldiers were behind the wall, but there were still some obstacles in front of them.

If he had known that the rebel army would use carriages to attack, he would definitely not have used such a formation.

"Come on, don't be afraid, the rebels don't have much use for their artillery." Tan Qing was still shouting.

Boom, boom, their large number of bowl-mouth guns began to fire.

The formation of the rebel army changed slowly. After the first row of carriages was lined up, the sound of cannons was heard immediately, and then an order came from the rear to advance.

This was the largest artillery bombardment since the rebel army was formed, and there were more artillery attacks than the last Guangxi war.

Boom, boom, boom, one hundred cannons fired continuously for more than three minutes before they finished firing.

Some people fell directly into the ditch in a hurry.

The second wave had about 50,000 troops, and knowing that the rebel army did not have many artillery, half of the troops were already arrayed outside, with more infantry and cavalry gathering behind them.

If you have a wall, I will tear down your wall. If you have a ditch, I will fill it.

The rebel troops huddled behind the carriages one after another. After a while, hundreds of carriages lined up in front of them.

The key point is that the officers and soldiers really can't stop it.

He had received the news that Xu Cheng and Jiang Shanqian had been defeated, and he became furious: "Tell them to defend the second line together with Tan Qing."

Xu Cheng and Jiang Shan went to see Zhu Di in disgrace.

During the Houjin battle, four jianqi chariots were assigned to every thirty men, also to maintain physical strength.

"Go ahead"

Zhu Gaoxu's truck has four wheels. It is usually used as a transport vehicle. During wartime, the four sides are removed and overlapped on the front side. The four pieces are combined into one and it immediately becomes a truck.

Unexpectedly, the rebel army suddenly changed their tactics and used their chariots to press forward.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides were in close combat again.

Every time you push for a while, someone will take turns behind you to maintain everyone's physical strength.

"Kill." The dense flow of people from the rebel army roared like a flood and rushed to the first wall of the army.

Less than half an hour later, Xu Cheng already felt that he could no longer hold on.

The rebels climbed over walls and ditches like ants.

The officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties from this wave of artillery. When they rushed in front of the rebels, they were faced with layers of carriages and dense rain of arrows.

The first round of gunfire was fired, and only about thirty or forty carriages were destroyed.

It is the car that was commonly used in the late Ming Dynasty and later Jin Dynasty.

The rebel troops in front were still filling ditches and pushing back walls. Within half an hour, soldiers and horses gradually entered within 500 steps of the official army.

However, the rebel army had indeed used infantry camps to attack before. Xu Cheng also thought that after firing the first artillery piece, there would be no chance of firing the second artillery piece, so the arrangement was naturally more casual.

There were about 60,000 people in both the government and the army, and they suddenly launched a countercharge across the entire front, trying to catch the rebels off guard before they had a firm foothold.

Pow-push-puff, the front of the rebel army was replaced by pikemen, who stood high and stabbed at the bottom of the wall.

Tan Qing rode on the horse, Zheng, drew his sword directly, waved the sword and shouted: "Give me, the whole army charges -"

Nearly a third was lost in the morning.

Zhu Di asked them not to retreat until half of them were killed, but the officers and soldiers were completely unable to resist, and the defense line of more than 10,000 people was broken down in the morning.

For ordinary people, it is not easy to penetrate the first line of defense. It is estimated that it will be like this again, with walls and ditches.

At this time, behind them, the second wave of soldiers led by Tan Qing was ready, with square formations spread out for several miles.

Zhu Di was far behind because he was afraid of cannons.

Unexpectedly, the second wave of officers and soldiers were ready to catch them off guard.

It can be said that without strict discipline and determination to fight to the death, no army can resist.

But he did not hesitate, and when the rebel army entered the range of the Wankou cannon, he immediately gave the order.

The interval between each round is about one and a half minutes, and the firing times of the same round are also different, forming a continuous cycle.

As soon as their cannon fire was over, they asked the rebels to speed up and push the carriage forward as hard as they could.

At first, only the officers and soldiers on a section of the line retreated, and then the entire line retreated. Many people jumped directly into the ditch, and then waited in the ditch to surrender.

No matter how many walls and trenches you have, it will be useless if you can't stop the ants in the camp from joining in melee combat.

But I didn't expect that the rebel army didn't use artillery at all, and the infantry directly pressed forward and fought hand-to-hand.

However, the rebel army pushed their carts very slowly, unlike the previous troops who rushed forward on foot.

At this time, he felt a little depressed, because it took a long time to fire the second shot with the bowl-mouth gun.

Now that the rebel army has finally arrived, they charge forward immediately.

Whoosh, a black cannonball flew over from behind the rebel formation.

So Xu Cheng, Jiang Shan and others organized their troops, lined up among Tan Qing's troops, and waited quietly.

The officers and soldiers were retreating steadily, losing ground everywhere.

The shouts of killing were loud, and they were all the voices of the rebels. Only the screams and wails of the officers and soldiers were echoed.

Hitting the lintel car cannot completely break the lintel board composed of four thick plates, especially if it is fifty steps away, the power will be even less.

Because the fighting between Zhu Gaoxu's soldiers and horses was a bit similar to that of Hou Jin in later generations. The front row was fighting hand-to-hand, the back row was still using heavy arrows, and there were intermittent artillery fire at the middle and rear formations of the official army.

In terms of Zhu Di's command and arrangement, it's pretty good.

The two sides fought for every wall and ditch, and the officers and soldiers retreated steadily, losing positions one after another.

The people behind were still throwing shots into the army formation from time to time.

The rebels either climbed over the earthen wall or knocked down the earthen wall, and then either pushed the wall down into the ditch, or took down the pallets from the cart and laid them on the ditch.

They didn't dare to charge until the rebel army came over completely.

The rebel army, which had finally defeated the first line of defense, was also gathering in a hurry and gathering in place.

Behind is a pit with a springboard above it, so you can only run back one by one.

The launch time of each door is also different.

Zhu Di's idea was to organize layers of defense, gradually consume the artillery of the rebel army, and finally use the superiority of troops to fight a decisive battle.

After a while, the officers and soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and ran back one after another.

Some rebels directly pushed the corpses and wounded soldiers into the ditch.

The officers and soldiers were a little at a loss when faced with such a 'weapon', and Xu Cheng was also surprised.

In the last battle in Guangxi, in order to maintain continuous bombardment, Zhu Gaoxu divided more than 200 artillery pieces into seven or eight rounds, with only a few dozen cannons firing in each round, considering the long rate of fire in this era.

After Xu Cheng finally collected the defeated troops on the second line of defense, the three guards had 15,000 or 6,000 soldiers and horses, and only less than 10,000 were able to retreat.

Boom, a cannon shot sounded from the horizon.

Boom, boom, boom, the next moment, the continuous sound of cannons was heard.

Be prepared to launch a counter-charge against the rebels later.

Unexpectedly, the rebel army jumped onto the chariot and immediately became condescending.

But to be honest, five hundred steps is really not close. You usually have to take a good breath even if you run five hundred steps.

These carriages had been prepared in the middle of the rebel formation. They were originally used to prevent the front from rushing into trouble. Unexpectedly, the wooden barriers of the army were demolished in front of them. Now after seeing the mud walls and firearms,

, just replaced it.

It is equal to three-dimensional attacks on the army from three directions.

I saw a mighty army of officers and soldiers rushing past, just over 350 steps away.
To be continued...