Chapter 197(1/2)
War is cruel.
Some of Kong Youde's Han army were predecessors of the Dengzhou camp of the Ming army.
So at the beginning of the battle, we knew to borrow the power of artillery. The Han army's musketeers were not in a hurry to attack, and they advanced slowly with shield chariots.
There are archers behind the shield chariot. When the two armies enter the range, they can shoot in large quantities to cover the front line.
In addition, there were thousands of Manchu and Han cavalry waiting to charge in Kong Youde's formation.
In this way, this is almost a large army that can push the grassland.
But the Eight Banners Han Army during this period only took its initial scale.
When attacking North Korea, Kong Youde had only 10,000 troops. Now, of the 20,000 people are either Han slaves or Han troops who were first incorporated into the camp.
From this point of view, the Manchu Han army is somewhat similar to the newly formed Tianwu army.
"Heavy artillery team, launch!"
Liu Qingfeng also discovered this.
During the attack over the past month, Kong Youde took great care of the firearms and soldiers of the old camp. He advanced and retreated properly during combat and would never fight rashly.
But at this time, the first round of shells fired directly passed through the shield chariot in front and entered the firecrackers of the Han army.
Before the Han army could react, the second round of shells fell down again.
boom!
Suddenly, a loud noise was heard, and a cannon was hit by chance.
The gunner who was approaching was blown away by huge force, and the explosive iron blocks flew into the body of the Han army in the distance.
Screams and wails continued.
At this time, behind the Tianwu Army, the senior artillery man adjusted the angle again.
In fact, it is impossible to accurately observe the distance between two miles and two miles away.
But the Tianwu Army had a star-watching mirror, and all the reactions of the Han Army were exposed to their vision.
"Crossing back, and tilting right ten steps!"
At the command of the main gunner, a row of artillery soldiers pushed the gun mount again, and waited to the designated position to adjust the angle uniformly using the torque.
This time, the targeting of the Han army's positions was even more accurate.
The cannon fired again, and as the flames spewed out, accompanied by a loud bang.
The shells threw arcs over the air and poured into the Han army's artillery positions.
Kong Youde soon discovered that the advantage on the side was that the artillery range was longer and it was more accurate than the Western artillery they imitated.
So he simply concentrated all his firepower in front of the formation, and attacked the infantry in front, covering the pace of the front army's attack.
In this process, it also caused damage to the Tianwu Army. Fortunately, there were iron chariots in front as cover, and the military doctors behind had the spare time to continue running around the battlefield to treat the wounded.
The people in the border Han army camp died much more tragic.
At this time, the two armies were close.
The Tianwu Army's fighting style has always made the Han army confused, and at this critical moment, it actually began to shrink again?
Kong Youde naturally could not stop his troops. According to his usual war style, he should take advantage of his morale to destroy it.
The number of Han soldiers was twice that of the other party.
As the hand-to-hand combat was about to begin, the Tianwu Army certainly would not give the Han Army this opportunity.
Five hundred rifled gunmen are the main firepower, and there is a 2,000 musketeers behind them.
The Han army, who had no way out, rushed up together.
"A traitor actually drove the Han people ahead!"
Liu Tiezhu, who had just picked up the gun, suddenly noticed something strange in front of him.
Those who came out to fight with swords were all auxiliary soldiers, and many of them seemed to be Han slaves who joined the army.
Kong Youde left the elite soldiers behind.
Liu Qingfeng, who was born in the martial arts world, couldn't take care of so many things, so he directly ordered the use of a tiger squat cannon to solve the problem.
This is a cruel method.
A large number of Han troops fell in front and died in an inexplicable way on the grassland.
"For my Qing Dynasty, kill the enemy!"
A Han army soldier with a flag on his waist shouted, trying to boost morale around him.
But suddenly a bullet passed by and fell into his mouth.
When it emerges from the back of the head, a cluster of blood flowers is brought up by the bullet tip.
"Kill slaves, kill traitors!"
At this time, the Tianwu Army's slogans started.
I don’t know where the word traitor came from.
Kong Youde was upset when he heard this and decided to lead the cavalry to charge, but there was a commotion coming from the back.
"Prince! It's reinforcements from Guihua City, but Guihua City has rebelled!"
A young man came to report and pointed to the turbulent flag behind him.
"Nihuacheng? Not the one who transports grain?"
Kong Youde's face turned pale and he hurriedly asked his side.
"It's someone from Guihua City.
Under the banner of delivering food, eight hundred people are all internal responses, disrupting the wings!
Ning Wan, I'm back!"
"I'm rebelling?"
Kong Youde on the horse's back is incredible. How could I rebel?
But the current situation is in front of us.
The sound of fighting is getting closer and closer.
"Kill the traitor!"
Ge Sandao roared.
Many Han soldiers who had no time to react died under the blade.
"Catch up the elite troops first!"
Kong Youde decisively ordered that as a Han army, he was not qualified to retreat.
But compared to having nothing to fight until the end, Kong Youde knew that such an end would make him die even worse!
After all, after Ajige's defeat, there was no suspense in this expedition to the north of the desert.
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Tianwu City.
Lu Zhou and his subordinates were studying the deployment of troops on the sand table.
The Dragon and Tiger Army had just returned, and everyone was considering whether to divide their troops to the shore of Beihaier Lake first or to pacify the south of the desert in one fell swoop.
Strategically, most people think that the Russians in the west don’t have to worry about it for the time being.
Because a new round of natural disasters began within the Ming Dynasty, and the bandits were in chaos and refugees were everywhere.
It will be of great benefit to the inflow of population earlier.
Moreover, last year, the entire Tianwu City accepted nearly 10,000 Han people, and this was still in the face of environmental turmoil.
If most of the grassland can be controlled, then relying on the current relationship with the Ming Dynasty, the population will have a qualitative leap this year.
At that time, no matter whether it is Liaodong or the vast land to the west, there will be infinite possibilities.
"The messenger is back!"
At this time, someone sent an order outside the door.
A messenger passed through the many guards and handed the urgent message to Lu Zhou.
"Kong Youde's remnants fled to the south of the desert.
Guihua City is in charge of the plan, and now there is no one stopping the steps in the south and north of the desert!"
The messenger knelt on one knee.
When Lu Zhou heard this, he opened the secret letter to check it out. Liu Qingfeng really won the war in Monan.
This war ended much faster than Lu Zhou expected.
To be continued...