The artillery bombardment by the Eight Banners and Han troops ended quickly.
Realizing that shelling alone was ineffective, he stopped wasting ammunition.
"Attack!" Xia Longshan raised his hand and pressed forward, marking two thousand Guan Ning's troops to advance.
The two thousand Guan Ning troops were divided into ten front and rear teams. The first team was composed of swordsmen, responsible for pushing the sidecars to provide cover for the entire infantry formation. The next four teams were composed of musketeers, and the next five teams were all spearmen.
Compared with the 17th year of Chongzhen, the proportion of firearms in Guan Ning's army has also increased significantly.
However, the firearms equipped by Guan Ning's army were matchlock guns that were eliminated from the Eight Banners and Han Army, not flintlock guns.
"Ho! Ho! Ho..." Guan Ningjun shouted a neat chant as he moved forward. He soon came within a thousand steps of the Ming Army's gun platform. From this distance, it became no longer safe.
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Because he could be bombarded at any time, Xia Longshan's heart immediately rose.
The Ming army was just a bunch of native chickens and dogs, but the Hongyi cannons should not be underestimated. The sidecars of the Guan Ning army could block the lead bullets of bird cannons, but they could not block the iron bullets of the cannons!
An iron bullet from the Hongyi cannon can easily smash the sidecar. If the remaining force is not exhausted, it can even beat the limbs of Guan Ning's army hiding behind the sidecar to pieces.
It is impossible for a flesh-and-blood body to bear steel.
Sure enough, just as Xia Longshan was thinking about it, a scream ripped through the air.
Immediately afterwards, there was a dull bang bang sound of artillery shells hitting the ground, but no shells ever hit the guard panel of Guan Ningjun's sidecar. It was strange, what was going on?
At this moment, Xia Longshan poked his head slightly from behind the guard board and looked forward.
Seeing this, Xia Longshan almost laughed out loud. The performance of the Ming army's artillery was really inferior.
Looking at the length of the barrel, it is clearly a Hongyi cannon, but its range is less than 800 steps. In comparison, the Hongyi cannon built under the supervision of Tang Ruowang has increased its range to more than 1,500 steps.
The Ming Dynasty was so rotten to the core that it couldn't even make qualified guns.
Poor craftsmen have to contribute their own money to build guns and cannons for the imperial court. How can they make them well?
"Keep the formation and follow closely!" Xia Longshan felt relieved, raised his sword and shouted, "Don't be afraid, Minggou's cannon is just a pile of scrap metal. If it doesn't take a few shots, it will blow up and be scrapped.
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"Ho! Ho ho!" Two thousand Guan Ning troops shouted rhythmically and walked forward slowly.
Soon, Guan Ning's army's array came within 800 steps of the Ming army's gun platform.
Finally, a cannon hit the ground and ricocheted, hitting a sidecar.
There was only a crunching sound, and the thick wooden planks on the front of the side van instantly fell apart. Guan Ningjun, who was hiding behind the side van, was instantly hit and his limbs were broken, and he died tragically on the spot.
However, only one was killed, and not all of them were beaten to pieces.
"Don't panic, hold on tight." Xia Longshan raised his sword high and roared loudly.
"Trust me, most people will be fine. This thing just looks scary."
As a veteran, Xia Longshan knows better than anyone else that although the penetrating power of the red cannon is terrifying, its accuracy is extremely poor and it can only hit one point, so its lethality is actually not great.
"Of course, if you are really lucky and get a shot,"
"Congratulations, you have been released and can go underground to reunite with your eighteen generations of ancestors."
Hearing Xia Longshan's words, Guan Ningjun nearby laughed. Although Guan Ningjun in the distance couldn't hear clearly what Xia Longshan was talking about, when he saw others laughing, he laughed too, and the laughter shook the sky.
When Wu Sangui saw this scene, he just nodded silently.
The Guan Ning Army is still the same Guan Ning Army.
Heroes of the world!
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Dorgon, who was above the well, also saw this scene.
"The Guan Ning Army is still the familiar Guan Ning Army." Dorgon said quietly, "The reason why they performed poorly in the Hetao is not because their combat effectiveness has declined, but because they have resentment in their hearts."
Hong Chengchou then advised: "Master, I also think that it is too hasty to reorganize the Guan Ning Army and the Datong Army into the Green Camp. We can treat strong troops like the Guan Ning Army and the Datong Army differently. After all, at this stage, we have the Qing Dynasty."
Our number one enemy is Nan Ming. Before Nan Ming is destroyed, we should not engage in internal strife."
"I disagree with this matter." Fan Wencheng raised a rare objection.
"If we cannot take this opportunity to eliminate the hidden dangers of the Guan Ning Army and the Datong Army, it will definitely become bigger over time, and by then it will be even more difficult to solve."
"Even if there is some internal friction, it will still be better than Guan Ning's army, and the Datong army will fall to Nanming."
Ning Wan and I also support Fan Wencheng: "If Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang continue to retain the independent power to lead the Guan Ning Army and the Datong Army, this possibility exists."
"This is absolutely impossible." Hong Chengchou said flatly.
"Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang don't know what fate happened to Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Gao Jie. Huang Degong made such great achievements on the Xuzhou battlefield, but he was also dismissed from military power by Chongzhen. So as long as these two people still have ambitions, they will
They will never betray the Qing Dynasty, they absolutely will not."
"Okay, three gentlemen, please stop arguing."
Dorgon said solemnly: "No matter whether Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang have ambitions or not, and no matter whether they will rebel, the adaptation of Green Camp is already a fact, and it is impossible to change it back. However, the Tenth Battalion adapted from Guan Ning Army can still
It can be put under the command of Wu Sangui, and the fifth battalion reorganized from the Datong Army can also be put under the command of Jiang Xiang."
Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan will not say anything more.
This can be regarded as a compromise solution. Neither party may be satisfied, but both parties can barely accept it.
Fulin looked at Dorgon's not-so-broad back and thought to himself, is this the compromise that E Niang said? Don't always think about perfection in life and work. You have to compromise when it's time to compromise.
When the best results cannot be achieved, unsatisfactory results are acceptable.
Thinking of this, Fulin nodded secretly, I have learned something, and it is really the right thing to follow me this time.
If he still stayed in the Forbidden City, I'm afraid he would never learn the art of controlling people like this.
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Two thousand Guan Ning's troops had already approached within 500 steps.
This distance has already entered the firing range of the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
Xia Longshan felt even more nervous. Although the range of the Crouching Tiger Cannon was far less than that of the Red Cannon, and the destructive power of the shells was even worse than that of the Red Cannon, the lethality of the Crouching Tiger Cannon to infantry was far greater than that of the Red Cannon.
Because the Crouching Tiger Cannon can eject hundreds of lead pellets at a time, which is equivalent to firing a hundred blunderbuss at the same time.
Without the protection of sidecars, the Ming army only needed a dozen squatting tiger cannons to kill their two thousand Guan Ning troops.
"Crack!" Another sidecar was hit by a Ming army artillery shell and shattered on the spot. A long string of six or seven Guan Ning troops following the sidecar also had their limbs shattered in an instant.
"Close closer, move closer to the center, and protect the integrity of the formation!"
Xia Longshan immediately signaled the sidecars on both sides to move closer to the center to fill the gap.
Although this would cause the entire formation to become crowded, it was still better than losing the protection of the sidecar and being directly exposed to the muzzle of Ming army firearms, especially the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
So far, ten sidecars have been destroyed.
The Guan Ning Army that followed later also suffered fifty or sixty casualties.
But these casualties are nothing to two thousand people.
The mood of the officers and soldiers of Guan Ning's army was also very stable and there was no chaos at all.
"Ho! Roar!" The uniform chants were louder each time.
What Xia Longshan was most worried about did not happen. The Ming army did not use the Crouching Tiger Cannon to bombard them. Even the sound of the Hongyi Cannon slowly became sparse.
It's probably because the barrel quality was so poor that it exploded.
Xia Longshan immediately urged Guan Ningjun to speed up.
Soon, two thousand Guanning troops advanced to the edge of the slope protection and were forced to stop.
Because there was a trench more than ten feet deep going forward, and Guan Ning's army did not dare to push the sidecar into the trench rashly and attack across the ditch before they knew what was going on at the bottom of the trench.
However, it doesn't matter even if you don't cross the trench.
Because Guan Ning's army is now also equipped with a large number of cannons.
Even across a trench, the Ming army on the opposite side could be suppressed.
"Musketeers, come forward, light the match rope!" Xia Longshan raised his sword.
The second group of nearly two hundred musketeers climbed onto the sidecar.
Xia Longshan also climbed onto the sidecar and looked forward through the guardrail of the sidecar. He saw that the trench was about thirty paces wide, and opposite was the fence of the Ming army's gun platform.
Xia Longshan immediately drew his sword and roared: "First team, raise the gun!"
The nearly two hundred musketeers in the first team raised their blunderbuss and aimed their guns at the wooden fence of the blunderbuss platform opposite.
Suddenly, a large number of Ming soldiers appeared from behind the wooden fence on the opposite side, wearing cotton armor, hats and face shields.
"Who are you trying to scare by pretending to be a ghost?" Xia Longshan smiled and shouted loudly: "Let's go!"
Nearly two hundred musketeers decisively pulled the trigger of the snake rod, and with the sound of "bang bang bang", hundreds of lead bullets hit the wooden fence on the opposite side and the Ming army, making a crackling sound.
Many Ming soldiers fell back in response, but soon another Ming army took their place.
But what confused Xia Longshan was that the Ming army on the opposite side did not fight back.
But even so, Xia Longshan would not be lenient. He raised his sword again and roared: "Second team, fight!"
The second team of musketeers stepped forward and pulled the triggers one after another, and then there was a continuous sound of gunfire. This time there was an accident on Guan Ning's side. Two birdguns exploded in the chamber, and the matchlock of one birdgun was caught.
He threw it out and ignited the gunpowder jar on the musketeer next to him. It exploded and turned into a burning man.
Xia Longshan was unmoved at all, which was inevitable for Bird Gun.
"Third team, fight and release!" Xia Longshan raised his sword high and gave the order again.
There was another continuous sound of gunfire, and many Ming troops on the opposite side fell again, at least thirty.
At a distance of about thirty steps, the accuracy and lethality of the bird gun are still extremely impressive.
And this time, after the Ming army guarding behind the fence fell, no other Ming army came to replace it. Obviously, either the number of Ming troops behind the fence in front was insufficient, or the Ming army was frightened.
"Team 4, fight and release!" Xia Longshan once again gave the order coldly.
A huge gunshot was heard, and many Ming troops behind the fence on the opposite side fell again.
When the smoke dispersed slightly, Xia Longshan looked forward again and saw that the Ming troops still guarding behind the fence had become as sparse as the teeth of an eighty-year-old woman.
"What a bunch of rubbish, haha."
Xia Longshan laughed twice, raised his sword and shouted: "Attack!"
Seeing Xia Longshan's gesture, the five spearmen who had been waiting for a long time climbed onto the side car one after another, climbed over the guard plate of the side car and jumped onto the slope protection, and then jumped into the ditch in front like dumplings.
No problem, there are no caltrops or the like under the trench.
In the blink of an eye, two teams of four hundred spearmen had jumped into the ditch.
However, at this moment, another group of Ming troops suddenly appeared from behind the fence in front.
Xia Longshan immediately paused in his heart, vaguely feeling that something was not right.
The Ming army that emerged this time seems a little different from the Ming army that they "defeated" just now?
When he thought about it, Xia Longshan vaguely saw from the corner of his eye that the dozens of remaining "Ming troops" were pushed away by the newly emerged Ming troops and fell straight back.
Seeing this scene, Xia Longshan reacted immediately.
"Damn it, dummy!" Xia Longshan's soul was frightened.
"The one just now was a dummy. The thief was fooled. Come back quickly!"
However, it was already too late. Before Xia Longshan could finish his words, a huge gunshot sounded again.
This time it was the Ming army on the opposite side who fired the guns. Xia Longshan could clearly see the white smoke coming out of the Ming army's guns. How could the Ming army's musketeers be so close and so dense?
The next moment, the spearmen of the third team who were about to jump fell down like wheat.
In the blink of an eye, almost all of the nearly two hundred spearmen fell into a pool of blood. Some were killed on the spot, but more were just injured and lay on the ground wailing loudly.
Seeing this scene, some of the people who had already jumped into the trench, and some who were clinging to the parapet of the sidecars were preparing to jump down. Nearly 600 spearmen immediately stood there, stunned by the sudden blow.
The Ming army on the opposite side did not show mercy at all. After firing the muskets, the musketeers retreated and the second group of musketeers took their place.
There was another intensive sound of gunfire, and nearly two hundred spearmen of the Guan Ning Army riding on the guardrail of the sidecar fell down like wheat again, and the wailing sound echoed through the sky.
At this time, the nearly 400 Guan Ning soldiers who were stunned in the trench finally reacted.
With a shout, the more than 300 Guan Ning troops turned around and started to climb up the slope protection.
However, the slope protection was originally elevated, and the trench was nearly a foot deep. How could one climb up in such a hurry?
The Ming Army musketeers behind the fence on the opposite side came up one team at a time and fired two more rows of muskets. The nearly 400 Guan Ning Army spearmen who jumped into the ditch also lay down.
Even those spearmen who were not shot were all lying down.
Only a fool would stand and wait to be shot by a Ming Army musketeer?
In just a few moments, Guan Ningjun had seven or eight hundred men lying down.
"Damn you, you despicable villain!" Xia Longshan was so angry that his back teeth almost broke.
"Musketeers, take turns firing muskets!" Xia Longshan raised his sword again and roared fiercely.
These damn bright dogs, you guys have musketeers, don’t we, the Guan Ning Army, have them?