Because Zhu Anmin led the Chinese cavalry to arrive in time, which greatly relieved the pressure on Zhang Guodong's infantry camp, no matter how brave the Tatars on the opposite side were, they did not dare to face the iron hooves of the galloping war horses with their flesh and blood bodies.
They also moved to both sides to get out of the way, but some of them always missed it and were knocked far away by the galloping horses, turning into a mass of flesh and blood.
Chen Dakuan also shouted loudly, leading the soldiers in the middle to chase after the cavalry, rushing towards the gap, their shields and spears cooperated with each other, protecting the front with their shields, and kept thrusting out their spears rapidly, forcing the Tatars to retreat continuously.
.
"Boom!...Boom!..."
Three cannon blasts sounded from the Chinese army's side, and Zhu Anmin, who was riding his horse at a gallop, suddenly let out a whistle, calling for the elite cavalry in the team to charge diagonally to the right.
Almost at the same time, the Ming cavalry on both wings also slowed down their horses again, and the cavalry in the front row raised their left arms to protect their heads and faces with the shields on their arms.
Just when the Tatars didn't know what this meant, the Ming army was in the rear, and a shrill swan-tone trumpet sounded, followed by a muffled sound, which gradually became a series of "Boom, Boom, Boom..." sounds that seemed endless.
Infinitely ordinary.
Cylindrical iron lumps, with a gleaming tail flame, roared towards the Tatar formation in the west.
There were nearly two hundred densely packed cylindrical iron cannons. At the same time, many rockets also soared into the sky. The flame trails left by their tail flames had the feeling of blocking out the sky and the sun.
, making the already gloomy sky even darker.
"Flying Cannon!"
Zhang Guodong raised his head and looked at the cannons flying rapidly in the sky, and shouted loudly with joy: "Brothers, form a formation. Our 'flowering cannons' are all our 'flowering cannons' in the sky."
Encouraged by the flying cannons, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu Army Infantry Battalion became more confident. They shouted one after another: "Kill... kill the Tatars... kill..."
Zhang Guodong, the leader of the Chicheng camp, suddenly raised his shield in his left hand and waved the short ax in his right hand. He shouted loudly: "For the commander-in-chief!"
The soldiers of the Chicheng camp beside him roared in unison: "Kill the Tatars!"
"Kill...kill!"
"Kill all the Tatars..."
The majestic roar rippled along the sky and the earth, forming a vast torrent of sound waves.
Zhang Guodong roared again: "The Xuanfu army will win!"
All the soldiers shouted: "We must win! We must win! We must win!..."
As the sharp swan sound spread across the battlefield time and time again, all the war drums in each battalion of the Ming army's rear line began to beat "dong dong dong" desperately.
The exciting sound of war drums, mixed with the sound of flying cannons, shook the surrounding areas, but the voice of the Tatars on the opposite side was completely suppressed!
…………
Duduo galloped forward. He was full of confidence. With the Qing warriors, would he still be afraid of the Ming dog?
Although he had seen the tenacity of the Ming army's infantry while watching the battle, Duduo insisted that the Ming army was just resisting in a corner.
In his thinking, he always believed that the Ming army would only rely on fortified city artillery to defend the city. Even if they occasionally left the city, they would mostly form a tight formation of vehicles. Once the unparalleled Qing warriors advanced to the front of the Ming army's formation, their power would be greatly reduced.
Cannons and guns must not be fired. If they lose their power, they will be completely defeated.
But just as the former army engaged Ming Qi in battle, they saw cannons roaring in the sky behind Ming Qi. However, from a distance, these cannons seemed slightly different from what they had seen before.
Although the cannons roared, Duduo didn't pay too much attention, because most of the round cannons flew towards the middle where the infantry were fighting, but there were not many cannonballs fired at the cavalry formations on the two wings.
.
However, this time Duduo made a miscalculation, a complete miscalculation!
This time the Ming army fought "flying cannons" known as explosive bombs.
This "Flying Cannon" is made of cast iron. Its barrel is one foot, four inches long, the muzzle is three inches wide, and its middle belly is slightly thicker. A two-foot-three-inch wooden handle is connected to the tail of the gun for ease of use.
Hold control.
The cannons it fires are also different from the spherical cannons fired by other artillery pieces.
The shells of the flying cannon are cylindrical, only four inches long and two and a half inches thick. The outer wall is a thin iron plate, and the inside is filled with poison, iron slag, or gravel.
The fuze is placed at the bottom of the cannonball. After the primer is ignited, the fuze will be ignited when the cannonball is ejected. After the cannonball flies into the enemy's formation, the fuze will burn out at about the same time, just in time to detonate.
Gunpowder in cannonballs.
In this way, the shells fired by this kind of flying cannon will explode in the enemy camp, causing iron slag and gravel to fly in random directions. The damage range is extremely wide, far beyond the comparison of those solid cannons.
Ordinary artillery fires are solid cannons. These cannons are only different in size. Their power is no more than hitting the city wall or causing ricochet to damage the enemy. Even so, they are uncontrollable.
However, the shells fired by the flying cannon are different from this. They rely on delayed fuses to ignite the gunpowder inside, causing the shells to explode and scatter the iron slag and gravel hidden inside to achieve damage.
The effect of the enemy.
But this flying cannon does have another fatal flaw, that is, the fuse on the shell is difficult to control, and the shell either explodes early or explodes late.
Even if the wooden tube fuse mentioned by Zhang Cheng is used, this problem has been alleviated slightly, but it has not reached the level of precise explosion of modern artillery shells. After all, in this era, there is no trigger fuse yet, so it is already very difficult to do so.
Advanced.
But even so, in the eyes of the Tatars, those cylindrical cannonballs do not seem to be as powerful as the large rockets flying towards them. This is a matter of cognition.
Fortunately, the Tatars' learning ability is still very strong. It is estimated that when they see such a scene in the future, they will not be as rampant as they are today.
…………
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
The roar of artillery fire continued to be heard in the Qing army's formation.
Every explosion ignited a cloud of sparks, and as the sparks scattered, a large cloud of black gunpowder smoke rose up. At the same time, iron slag and gravel flew in all directions.
There was a sound of wailing all around, and the usually ferocious Tatars all fell to the ground and kept wailing. They didn't even know why they were like this.
However, as the sound explosion rang out in the Qing army's formation, in addition to the smoke and sand flying, there was also an unpleasant smell that filled the air with the smoke.
However, at the beginning, everyone was focused on exploring the cause of the explosion and searching for relatives and friends who were separated by the bombing. How could they have the attention to distinguish the strange smell that filled the air with gunpowder smoke?
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Because Zhu Anmin led the Chinese cavalry to arrive in time, which greatly relieved the pressure on Zhang Guodong's infantry camp, no matter how brave the Tatars on the opposite side were, they did not dare to face the iron hooves of the galloping war horses with their flesh and blood bodies.
They also moved to both sides to get out of the way, but some of them always missed it and were knocked far away by the galloping horses, turning into a mass of flesh and blood.
Chen Dakuan also shouted loudly, leading the soldiers in the middle to chase after the cavalry, rushing towards the gap, their shields and spears cooperated with each other, protecting the front with their shields, and kept thrusting out their spears rapidly, forcing the Tatars to retreat continuously.
.
"Boom!...Boom!..."
Three cannon blasts sounded from the Chinese army's side, and Zhu Anmin, who was riding his horse at a gallop, suddenly let out a whistle, calling for the elite cavalry in the team to charge diagonally to the right.
Almost at the same time, the Ming cavalry on both wings also slowed down their horses again, and the cavalry in the front row raised their left arms to protect their heads and faces with the shields on their arms.
Just when the Tatars didn't know what this meant, the Ming army was in the rear, and a shrill swan-tone trumpet sounded, followed by a muffled sound, which gradually became a series of "Boom, Boom, Boom..." sounds that seemed endless.
Infinitely ordinary.
Cylindrical iron lumps, with a gleaming tail flame, roared towards the Tatar formation in the west.
There were nearly two hundred densely packed cylindrical iron cannons. At the same time, many rockets also soared into the sky. The flame trails left by their tail flames had the feeling of blocking out the sky and the sun.
, making the already gloomy sky even darker.
"Flying Cannon!"
Zhang Guodong raised his head and looked at the cannons flying rapidly in the sky, and shouted loudly with joy: "Brothers, form a formation. Our 'flowering cannons' are all our 'flowering cannons' in the sky."
Encouraged by the flying cannons, the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu Army Infantry Battalion became more confident. They shouted one after another: "Kill... kill the Tatars... kill..."
Zhang Guodong, the leader of the Chicheng camp, suddenly raised his shield in his left hand and waved the short ax in his right hand. He shouted loudly: "For the commander-in-chief!"
The soldiers of the Chicheng camp beside him roared in unison: "Kill the Tatars!"
"Kill...kill!"
"Kill all the Tatars..."
The majestic roar rippled along the sky and the earth, forming a vast torrent of sound waves.
Zhang Guodong roared again: "The Xuanfu army will win!"
All the soldiers shouted: "We must win! We must win! We must win!..."
As the sharp swan sound spread across the battlefield time and time again, all the war drums in each battalion of the Ming army's rear line began to beat "dong dong dong" desperately.
The exciting sound of war drums, mixed with the sound of flying cannons, shook the surrounding areas, but the voice of the Tatars on the opposite side was completely suppressed!
…………
Duduo galloped forward. He was full of confidence. With the Qing warriors, would he still be afraid of the Ming dog?
Although he had seen the tenacity of the Ming army's infantry while watching the battle, Duduo insisted that the Ming army was just resisting in a corner.
In his thinking, he always believed that the Ming army would only rely on fortified city artillery to defend the city. Even if they occasionally left the city, they would mostly form a tight formation of vehicles. Once the unparalleled Qing warriors advanced to the front of the Ming army's formation, their power would be greatly reduced.
Cannons and guns must not be fired. If they lose their power, they will be completely defeated.
But just as the former army engaged Ming Qi in battle, they saw cannons roaring in the sky behind Ming Qi. However, from a distance, these cannons seemed slightly different from what they had seen before.
Although the cannons roared, Duduo didn't pay too much attention, because most of the round cannons flew towards the middle where the infantry were fighting, but there were not many cannonballs fired at the cavalry formations on the two wings.
.
However, this time Duduo made a miscalculation, a complete miscalculation!
This time the Ming army fought "flying cannons" known as explosive bombs.
This "Flying Cannon" is made of cast iron. Its barrel is one foot, four inches long, the muzzle is three inches wide, and its middle belly is slightly thicker. A two-foot-three-inch wooden handle is connected to the tail of the gun for ease of use.
Hold control.
The cannons it fires are also different from the spherical cannons fired by other artillery pieces.
The shells of the flying cannon are cylindrical, only four inches long and two and a half inches thick. The outer wall is a thin iron plate, and the inside is filled with poison, iron slag, or gravel.
The fuze is placed at the bottom of the cannonball. After the primer is ignited, the fuze will be ignited when the cannonball is ejected. After the cannonball flies into the enemy's formation, the fuze will burn out at about the same time, just in time to detonate.
Gunpowder in cannonballs.
In this way, the shells fired by this kind of flying cannon will explode in the enemy camp, causing iron slag and gravel to fly in random directions. The damage range is extremely wide, far beyond the comparison of those solid cannons.
Ordinary artillery fires are solid cannons. These cannons are only different in size. Their power is no more than hitting the city wall or causing ricochet to damage the enemy. Even so, they are uncontrollable.
However, the shells fired by the flying cannon are different from this. They rely on delayed fuses to ignite the gunpowder inside, causing the shells to explode and scatter the iron slag and gravel hidden inside to achieve damage.
The effect of the enemy.
But this flying cannon does have another fatal flaw, that is, the fuse on the shell is difficult to control, and the shell either explodes early or explodes late.
Even if the wooden tube fuse mentioned by Zhang Cheng is used, this problem has been alleviated slightly, but it has not reached the level of precise explosion of modern artillery shells. After all, in this era, there is no trigger fuse yet, so it is already very difficult to do so.
Advanced.
But even so, in the eyes of the Tatars, those cylindrical cannonballs do not seem to be as powerful as the large rockets flying towards them. This is a matter of cognition.
Fortunately, the Tatars' learning ability is still very strong. It is estimated that when they see such a scene in the future, they will not be as rampant as they are today.
…………
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
The roar of artillery fire continued to be heard in the Qing army's formation.
Every explosion ignited a cloud of sparks, and as the sparks scattered, a large cloud of black gunpowder smoke rose up. At the same time, iron slag and gravel flew in all directions.
There was a sound of wailing all around, and the usually ferocious Tatars all fell to the ground and kept wailing. They didn't even know why they were like this.
However, as the sound explosion rang out in the Qing army's formation, in addition to the smoke and sand flying, there was also an unpleasant smell that filled the air with the smoke.
However, at the beginning, everyone was focused on exploring the cause of the explosion and searching for relatives and friends who were separated by the bombing. How could they have the attention to distinguish the strange smell that filled the air with gunpowder smoke?
There was a sound of wailing all around, and the usually ferocious Tatars all fell to the ground and kept wailing. They didn't even know why they were like this.
However, as the sound explosion rang out in the Qing army's formation, in addition to the smoke and sand flying, there was also an unpleasant smell that filled the air with the smoke.
However, at the beginning, everyone was focused on exploring the cause of the explosion and searching for relatives and friends who were separated by the bombing. How could they have the attention to distinguish the strange smell that filled the air with gunpowder smoke?