Urgent commands were frequently heard in the ranks, mixed with the faint sound of guns and artillery in the distance. The East Route Army camp, which had long been ready to go, abandoned all the baggage without hesitation after receiving the order to set off.
, the whole army attacked.
There was no scattered attack, no outflanking, and in the prepared countermeasures, the entire East Route Army did not leave any chance for the opponent to defeat each other. Instead, the army gathered together and ran directly towards the original distance with extremely swift speed.
Not far away from the pioneer camp.
The entire Eastern Route Army camp was almost abandoned. If a Tartar cavalry attacked the camp at this time, the entire camp would be easily accessible.
Such an opportunity does not occur every day, just as the opportunity for the vanguard camp to attract the Tartar brigade does not occur every day.
Whether it was the Ming army or the Jin army, almost from the beginning, they were all-or-nothing - either you die or I die.
The soldiers and horses of both sides soon collided fiercely between the two camps. The marching Ming army and the Tartar cavalry almost instantly found that they had crossed paths with the enemy troops, and the sound of fighting could be heard in an instant.
It resounded throughout the sky.
The crescent moon in the sky poked its head out from time to time, probably because it didn't want to see such a bloody scene under the moonlight. After a quick glance, it retracted into the clouds, returning the earth to darkness.
The firelight of the vanguard camp in the distance could be faintly seen, like a burning cloud on the horizon. However, for the two sides fighting, this light was almost nonexistent.
The only way for both sides to identify ourselves and the enemy is to see if the other party is riding a horse. For the Ming army, as long as the person is riding a horse, it is the enemy. Just use the weapon in your hand to greet them. For the Tartar cavalry,
, all the people standing with their feet on the ground at this moment are murderable people.
Killing cries and screams were heard one after another on the battlefield, but the iconic sound of firecrackers of the Ming army did not sound, not to mention the sound of cannons that had left enough psychological shadow on the Tartar cavalry these days.
There was no sound.
Except for a few dull loud noises from the vanguard camp in the distance from time to time, there was almost no firelight from any firearms on this battlefield.
The war seemed to have returned to the kind of war that the Tartars were familiar with. Although the sudden encounter prevented their horses from galloping freely and broke the bones and tendons of the Ming troops who stood underground to resist them.
However, being able to stand in the same environment as the Ming army and no longer have to worry about the Ming army cheating and using their sharp firearms, these Tartar cavalry are already very satisfied.
Except for the disadvantage of not being able to use bows and arrows.
However, thinking that the Ming army was also prohibited from using firearms, the Tartars felt balanced again and decided to rely on their own bravery to decide the outcome.
The reason why the Tartars cannot use bows and arrows is the same as the Ming army cannot use firearms. At this moment in the dark night, the two armies collided almost unexpectedly. I am among you, and you are among me, whether it is a firecracker or a blunderbuss.
Bows and arrows, while capable of killing the enemy, are also bound to kill one's own people, not to mention cannons. In such a short period of time, the Ming army came out in full force, and it was almost impossible for them to send those heavy cannons far away.
Come everywhere.
The Ming army's artillery team was still at the back of the queue, moving slowly.
Abate was worthy of being an experienced veteran. After he learned for the first time that the Ming army was out in force and encountered his own troops, he immediately realized that this was his only chance to defeat the Ming army with dignity.
The darkness of night and the mixture of the enemy and ourselves turned the Ming army's firearms into waste, but his army could easily break through the Ming army, which had no formation, no firearms, and was not even ready for a decisive battle.
A large number of cavalry besieging the vanguard camp changed their direction in the night and rushed towards the Ming army brigade in the distance. They no longer cared about horsepower or tactics. They just followed Abatai's order and attacked from all directions.
Join the large group of enemies and ourselves, rush in, kill the Ming army, or be killed by the Ming army.
Be sure to stick with the Ming army!
This is Abate's death order. He will not give the Ming army a chance to use firearms. As for face-to-face fighting without firearms, he has enough confidence that these brave men under him will face these Ming troops.
, you can fight one against two, one against five, or even one against ten!
He was very sure: the Ming army would be defeated in this battle!
Unfortunately, he forgot one thing. Although the Ming army in front of him had sharp firearms and rogue fighting methods, not everyone in this Ming army used firearms. The goal of Jiang Wan's army firearms construction was to
Soldiers who use firearms have increased from a quarter or even a fifth of the army to 30 to 50 percent.
The East Route Army is considered a combat corps. This ratio is higher than that of the West Route Army and the Central Route Army. However, the proportion of firearms arms is still less than 30%, and this 30% also includes artillery battalions.
In other words, in fact, the number of firearms soldiers in the East Route Army is less than 2,000 in the entire East Route Army. Among them, after excluding the artillery team of nearly 500 people, the remaining more than 1,000
Talents are soldiers who use firecrackers.
At this moment, there are more than 5,000 Eastern Route Army soldiers on the battlefield, and most of them are not Fire Soldiers.
They are spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, simple swordsmen, and even heavy infantry wearing heavy armor. In Liaodong Dusi's tactics, these arms are almost always used as auxiliary firearms. However, this does not mean that
Just because they have no combat power does not mean that without the output of firearms, they cannot kill the enemy.
The strict training in daily life has made the obedience of these Ming army soldiers almost engraved in their bones. As long as someone gives an order, those who hear the order will move closer to the person who gave the order without hesitation and act in accordance with the order.
No matter how dark the night is, no matter how chaotic the troops and horses are, there will always be commands rang out in the crowd, and then the Ming soldiers, who seem to be confused, quickly move towards the place of orders, no matter who is giving the orders.
Not their direct supervisor.
It seemed that the entire Ming army was in chaos, but almost at the same time, teams of more than ten or dozens of people quickly gathered together, and this kind of super
The biggest impact of the unexpected reaction of the Tartars on the Tartars was that at any time, the Tartar cavalry felt that they were facing a group of people that far outnumbered their Ming army.
At any time, deadly weapons are handed out from the darkness from all directions.
They were picked off their horses with spears, and his legs were cut off with simple knives. Riding on horses not only did not give them a condescending advantage, but instead made them living targets.
The Tartars were also fighting hard, and the long swords and spears in their hands also took away the lives of the Ming army. But while they were harvesting each other's lives, the other side was also harvesting their lives.
In the darkness, everyone is fair, life and death are also fair.
More than a thousand fire gunmen were in the middle of the army, but there was no room for them to use them at this moment. They were waiting silently for orders from above. Unlike usual, the front of every fire gun in their hands was
A bright short blade has been installed.
Countless people don't understand why the fire gun soldiers are equipped with this kind of short blade that can be installed on the fire gun. At this moment, this incomprehension has finally come to prove their value. For Li Zicheng, these more than a thousand fire guns at this moment
The soldiers are not only the musketeers who rely on intensive firepower to kill the enemy's cavalry, but also more than a thousand long swordsmen and short spearmen who can fight the enemy hand-to-hand at any time.
It's just that until the last moment, he won't use these treasures as ordinary swordsmen and short spearmen.
Li Zicheng personally led these gunmen. The chaos and darkness on the battlefield had almost cut off the possibility of orderly command of the entire army. Li Zicheng did not try to regain control of his own troops. He believed in his generals and believed in Li Zicheng.
Dare, Xu Jian, to believe in Gao Jin and the others, just like Jiang Wan believed in him, Li Zicheng.
What he is thinking about now is when to put the thousand men in his hands into the battlefield, whether in the form of fire gun soldiers or other types of troops. Now he and these fire gun soldiers are the core of the entire army.
In the reserve team, he will be waiting here for the time to decide the outcome of the battle.
In the vanguard camp, Li Guo pushed away a soldier lying on a three-pounder and shouted loudly to the soldiers beside him: "Load, load!"
Of the four three-pound cannons, only this one can fire now. The soldiers of the other three cannons have all been killed. A quarter of an hour ago, a wave of heavy arrows from the Tartars fell from the sky, almost covering this small artillery formation.
Not a single thing was missed. By the time Li Guo rushed back to take a look, there were only three people alive in the artillery array.
"The cannon can't stop!"
Li Guo roared loudly, every cannonball flying out may kill a lot of Tatars, but it is meaningless to him how many Tatars are killed at this moment, but the loud noise fired by the cannon can be
The reinforcements from the camp behind pointed the way. The tents in the camp were burning with fire, which could not last long. Once the fire went out, it would be dark here!
And Li Guo also knew that once the fire went out, all the defenses in his camp would no longer be of use. The ubiquitous Tartars would rush into his small camp from all directions.
If you don't, then you can only live and die with your destiny and wealth in heaven!
The sound of fire cannons in front has become much sparser. It was a wave of Tatars that had just rushed in. They rushed directly into the array of fire cannon soldiers, causing heavy losses to the fire cannon soldiers. Fortunately, his people blocked the gap in time.
, giving his camp this little chance to breathe.
"Bang!"
The cannon was finally loaded, he lit the match, and there was a loud bang in his ears. He looked at the flames spraying from the muzzle, and suddenly felt that the world between heaven and earth became quiet.
The gunners around me looked at me, and I looked at you, lowered their hands from their ears, and opened and closed their mouths as if they were saying something.
Li Guo felt that his ears were deafened. He opened his mouth and rubbed his ears. He was about to speak loudly when he felt a burst of noise.
"My lord, my lord, the Tartars have retreated, the Tartars have retreated!"
Several cannons looked ahead with disbelief. He followed their gaze and saw that in the darkness in the distance, there were no more Tartar horses emerging. In front of the camp, the remaining gunmen were
direction, the bright lights emitted by the dots of firecrackers no longer flickered.
"Am I going to decide the world with one shot?"
He grinned. If he didn't die today, he would have to go back and give it a good blow.
The cheers of the Ming army all around began to sound low, and then the cheers became more and more louder and louder. Everyone who believed in the situation in front of them, and those who did not believe in the situation in front of them, all involuntarily joined in the cheers.
.
"Count the soldiers and rescue the wounded!"
Li Guo shouted loudly: "What are you calling me for? We haven't finished the fight yet. The firecrackers are checking the ammunition and firecrackers. Where are the people in the artillery team? If there is anyone alive, please pull them down and see if they are alive."
You guys, keep loading this cannon and keep fighting!"
"Sir, where should we hit?"
"I don't care where you hit, as long as you make a sound!" Li Guo glared at the guy fiercely: "Don't relax, it's Tatar rule to be careful, so stay alert!"
The cheers in the camp gradually died down, but after a while of venting, it was obvious that the pressure brought by this hard battle on everyone was released a lot. Under the shouts and command of the officers, soon, the dead comrades died.
The bodies were removed, the injured comrades were moved together, and various weapons were repaired and inspected. In a very short period of time, the vanguard battalion, which had suffered huge losses, was once again ready for battle.
But while doing all this, almost everyone would turn their heads to look in the direction of the camp. By this time, the reinforcements from the camp should have already set off.
Everyone was a little confused. Even if the reinforcements were still some distance away, they could still hear the earth-shattering sound of firecrackers and cannons at this moment.
If the sound of fighting had covered up the sound of gunfire in the distance before, now, you should be able to hear it!
"Sir, reinforcements will come soon!"
A general with a bruised body on his shoulder staggered to Li Guo's side: "If you don't come, your brothers will die in vain!"
"Bullshit!" Li Guo glared at his henchmen fiercely: "The Tartars retreated, not because they thought they couldn't defeat us. With the battle just now, how long do you think we can hold on!?"
"Then why hasn't there been any movement yet?" Boss Ba curled his lips: "If this continues, if the Tatars come again, we're afraid we'll all end up here!"
"You ask me, who am I going to ask!" Li Guo looked at the dark horizon in the distance and said angrily: "The reinforcements will definitely come back, you kid, don't shake the morale of the army, don't force me to go to the army to punish you!"
"Do you want to put this thing away?" The general manager turned over his backhand and pulled out a firework. It was the one Li Guo had put in his hand as a spare: "It's useless anyway, so why not let it go! What if it's reinforcements?
Do you know where we are?"
Li Guo glanced at him and nodded fiercely: "Let go!"