"Gonna...gonna win!"

At three o'clock in the morning, when the sky on the battlefield northwest of Seoul had become quite dark, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, who was standing high in Xingzhou Mountain City and supervising the battle, had tears in his eyes.

Victory is almost within reach!

His large-depth formation, three-line arrangement of infantry and roundabout tactics of cavalry actually achieved miraculous results!

Although the power displayed by the "high sugar" Ming army in artillery and infantry coordination and position attack battles was still beyond Kangxi's expectations, they were not invincible... The Ming army had "more sugar than horses"!

Therefore, after the Ming army broke through the first line of the Qing army, they did not have enough cavalry to pursue the gap to expand the victory, so they could only risk throwing in infantry to pursue and annihilate. If the opponent's formation has enough depth, they can deploy three or even four lines.

Line formation, coupled with a large number of cavalry to launch counterattacks at any time. Then you can use the first line as bait to lure part of the Ming army into your depth and annihilate it!

The Ming army that broke into the enemy's depth was unable to receive strong fire support because it was far away from its own artillery. Also, because of the threat of the enemy's cavalry, it had to form a hollow square formation with no mobility. Even those who evacuated in time

Maybe they are all gone. We can only passively wait for the enemy to surround us...

"We win! Your Majesty, we are really going to win!"

"Your Majesty, we are going to win. The Qing Dynasty's national destiny is back!"

Gabra and Duolong both felt like crying with joy. Although the sky was very dark at the moment, they could still clearly see the general situation on the battlefield.

The eight Ming army battalion-level vertical formations that had just broken through the front line of the Qing army had now formed two hollow square formations next to each other, and were still approaching slowly, as if they wanted to huddle together to form a large rectangular formation.

But no matter how they changed their formations, they could not change their fate of being besieged by the Qing heavenly troops... because as many as twenty Qing troops' leading columns had already pressed forward from three directions!

More than 10,000 cavalrymen under the unified command of Bahai bypassed the two hollow square formations of the Ming army, isolating them from the following troops.

The follow-up troops of the Ming army, a total of eight battalion-level columns, were too scared to face the threat of more than 10,000 Eight Banners cavalry and did not dare to advance forward. Instead, they relied on the earth wall that originally belonged to the Qing army's front-line troops to launch a defense.

Moreover, the Ming army has not yet completely captured the earthen wall guarded by the Qing army, because there are eight or nine infantrymen led by the Qing army on both wings of the frontline, relying on the earthen wall to resist desperately.

Shuisedong, Yicundong, and Shangyandong, three villages that were half occupied by both the Ming and Qing Dynasties, are also currently engaged in fierce fighting.

In addition, on the northeastern edge of the battlefield, the battle on the high ground of Asto-ri Mountain is now starting, and further away, from the southern foot of Bukhan Mountain to Bukaksan Mountain, there are also vague sounds of cannons and gunshots.

It is obvious that Wang Fuchen's troops are launching a diversionary attack on the flanks of the Ming army. Although Zuduli Mountain and Beiyue Mountain cannot be captured immediately, the gains and losses of these two positions are also related to the overall situation of the entire Seoul Battle.

.So the Ming army couldn't just ignore it... This would make their already stretched troops even more nervous.

When both Gabra and Duolong thought that they were going to win this battle, Emperor Kangxi's slightly trembling voice rang out again: "Quick...quickly go to Tuhai."

, Fei Yanggu and Tong Guogang ordered them to take down the besieged rebels as soon as possible! If we take down this group of rebels, our national destiny of the Qing Dynasty can be restored!"

"嗻!"

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"Squat down, squat down, squat down... Qingyao is going to fire!"

At this time, Liu Yan was striding around in the hollow square formation that had just been combined, while shouting at the soldiers below to squat down to avoid the cannons.

In the era of "queue to be shot", it was not a good idea to ask the fusiliers to squat down to avoid the gunfire. Because it is easier to squat than to stand up!

On a battlefield where bullets and artillery shells are flying everywhere, who is willing to stand if they can squat?

But General Liu Da has nothing to do now. His artillery is still behind and has not moved up! He only has some battalion small mortars and iron fists issued to the pikemen, and the ammunition of the small mortars and the number of iron fists are

They are all limited, so use them sparingly.

The Qing army not only has the Weiyuan General Cannon, but also the Bronze General Cannon that can fire five kilograms of solid bullets. Although there are not many in number, these guns have a very long range and are very powerful. They are no less a threat to the hollow phalanx.

Explosive shells fired by the Weiyuan Cannon.

Fortunately, Liu Yan still had some small mortars that could fire high-caliber ammunition, which could prevent the Qing army from pushing the general's artillery into the shotgun range.

Sixteen Weiyuan general cannons and eight general cannons have been pulled up by the Qing army!

Among them, sixteen Weiyuan general cannons were deployed on the two wings, and eight general cannons were placed in the middle. In the afterglow of the setting sun, the twenty-four cannons showed their muzzles, and the gunners were busy loading bags of gunpowder.

, the cannonballs were stuffed into the barrel one by one. Then the fuses were ignited, and tongues of flame spewed out from each muzzle!

These artillery pieces of the Qing army were very close to the Ming army's positions, with a direct range of no more than 300 steps. The opponent's muskets and small mortars were no threat at this distance. However, the Weiyuan artillery and general artillery of the Qing army could fire

Pretty good accuracy. Although the shells fired by the Qing army's general cannons all passed over the heads of the crouching Ming army and did not cause any damage. However, the shells fired by the sixteen Weiyuan general cannons hit the Ming army's position.

It exploded.

Of course, not every bomb exploded. The fuses of these days' blooming bombs were not that good. About half of the blooming bombs in the Ming army failed to explode, while 60 to two-thirds of the blooming bombs in the Qing army failed to explode.

The misfire rate... But for Liu Yan and his men, more than one-third of the shells exploded, and the damage caused was enough.

I could only see clouds of smoke rising from the Ming army's position, and fireballs exploding. Although they were not particularly dense, these shells were filled with powerful sugar pills! As long as they landed on the Ming army infantry

A gap will be blown out in the line immediately!

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the gap, there are soldiers who were killed and injured by the explosion!

Fortunately, it was already very dark now. The Qing army was not willing to "line up and shoot" at night, so their artillery fire lasted less than two quarters of an hour and only fired less than 200 candies.

The bombs exploded and the bombardment stopped abruptly. The infantry led by seven generals had formed three large horizontal teams. Under the supervision of Tong Guogang, Tu Hai and Fei Yanggu, they took advantage of the sky before it completely darkened.

At that time, the first wave of attacks was launched towards the Ming army's position.

In the hollow phalanx of the Ming army, the heart of the commander-in-chief Liu Yan was twitching... The feeling of being bombarded was really unpleasant!

He, a veteran with a martial arts background and a long history of battles, was scared to death just now, not to mention the people below... I wonder how many people can stand up and fire?

Thinking of this, he immediately struggled to get up from the mud, took a deep breath of cold air filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke, and shouted: "Blow the suona...get ready to shoot!"

Following a burst of harsh suona sounds, Korean curses could be heard from all over the hollow square array of the Ming army.

"Damn it, stand up...if you want to be a double shifter, stand up!"

"Asshole, what are you still squatting for? The king is waiting for our victory! As long as we win, the king will let you work in double shift!"

"Pick up your gun...stand up and call double shift!"

"Stand up and work double shift!"

Being a yangban... What could be more exciting to a 17th century Korean commoner, slave or Chinese than being a yangban?

In the 17th century, North Korea was in a state of chaos. It had no industry, underdeveloped agriculture, and a large population. It was also caught up in the Little Ice Age. If you couldn't work two shifts, you would definitely starve!

The desire for the two squads finally defeated the fear. As the shouts of "two squads, two squads" rang out in the Ming army formation, all the squatting North Korean recruits stood up!

Although most of them were trembling with fear, their minds were blank except for "two shifts". But two or three months of high-intensity training could still enable them to habitually raise their rifles at the officer's command.
Chapter completed!