The attacking Eight Banners Han troops were eager to escape, so they had no choice but to abandon their sidecars.
Because the sidecars have been spliced into a whole, most of the sidecars were destroyed by mines or red cannon attacks and could no longer be moved, so they had to be abandoned.
After being attacked by three waves of mines, artillery and self-made firecrackers, the eight Niulu Eight Banners Han troops that first attacked suffered about one-third casualties.
The remaining two-thirds of the Eight Banners Han Army immediately abandoned the sidecar formation and fled back.
But without the protection of the sidecar, he was directly exposed to the Ming army's guns.
As a result, the Ming troops on both sides of the passage advanced one after another, taking turns firing cannons at the Eight Banners Han troops.
The sound of "bang bang bang" can be heard endlessly. Along with the sound of gunfire, streams of white smoke rise from the Ming army's formation, and the Eight Banners and Han troops in the passage fall to the ground like wheat.
Dorgon turned around suddenly and glared at Hou Fangyu fiercely.
What about the promised safe passage that is at least a hundred steps wide? That's it?
Hou Fangyu was also a little dumbfounded. What was going on? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be.
Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I were all hardcore traitors who were also confused. The lethality of the Ming army's self-made firecrackers had overturned their understanding of self-made firecrackers.
Can the Ming army's self-generated fire blunderbuss really penetrate cotton armor from a hundred steps away?
The Han troops under the Eight Banners only wore low-cost cotton armor, and few wore double armor.
Therefore, after losing the protection of the side carriages, the Eight Banners Han Army became a living target. The Ming Army's musketeers successively advanced and took turns firing cannons, constantly falling to the ground.
More than two thousand Eight Banners Han troops soon suffered all their casualties.
"Bang bang bang!" There was another burst of gunfire, and the last Eight Banners Han army also fell to the ground.
The entire battlefield soon fell silent, with only the severely injured and dying Eight Banners Han troops falling to the ground and wailing miserably. The few Eight Banners Han troops who could still move tried their best to crawl back.
But gradually, these Eight Banners Han troops also disappeared.
Cold weather, coupled with a large amount of blood loss, can quickly lead to shock.
Immediately, the Ming army sent out skirmishers to attack the Han army under the Eight Banners, and at the same time laid mines in the passage.
Seeing the Ming army openly laying landmines under his nose, Dorgon's face instantly became extremely embarrassed. This test attack was in vain, and 2,400 Eight Banners Han troops died in vain.
It was all for nothing, nothing valuable was exchanged for it.
Oh, no, I finally figured it out. There are traps in the four passages of the Ming army's formation.
Hou Fangyu was also embarrassed because one of his bad ideas ruined the Eight Banners Han Army.
However, Dorgon did not complain about Hou Fangyu anymore, because Hou Fangyu only provided suggestions, and it was him, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, who actually made the decision, so Hou Fangyu was not to blame for this matter.
Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "It turns out that there is indeed a trap in the passage."
Hong Chengchou said bitterly: "The Ming army is becoming more and more shameless. In the past, they would only use landmines when defending cities or guarding camps, but now they have started to use landmines even in field battles."
"Yeah, it's really hard to guard against." Fan Wencheng also agreed.
Cao Eryu suddenly said: "Such a trick is actually very easy to crack. You only need to change the battlefield and do not fight the Ming army on the battlefield chosen first. Moreover, doing so has another advantage, that is, it can force the Ming army to
By moving, their sidecar formations, antlers, and trenches will be rendered ineffective."
Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I all looked over.
Hou Fangyu sneered disdainfully, thinking that he was really a fool.
"Okay, with your little knowledge, don't be embarrassed here."
Dorgon reprimanded Cao Eryu and asked Hong Chengchou and others: "Gentlemen, besides using the camel gyro cannon to attack from the front, are there any other good strategies?"
"Master, I'm afraid there is no other good idea."
Fan Wencheng shook his head and said: "Sun Tzu said: All warriors should use the right combination to win by surprise. If they are ten, they will surround them, and if they are five, they will attack them. Now our Qing army is exactly five times that of the Ming army, so we should attack it head-on."
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"What Xian Dou said is absolutely true," Hong Chengchou said, "I second my opinion."
Ning Wanmei also agreed: "I also agree that a frontal attack is a really good strategy."
After hearing this, Dorgon also made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Pass on my decree, and send 8 more Niulu Eight Banners Han troops to attack the Ming army in the northwest corner, and 100 camels from Green Camp will be sent back to fire artillery.
Coordinated attack.”
This attack was essentially a probing attack, and Dorgon did not make a desperate move.
"Hey!" Cao Eryu quickly signaled the messenger to convey Dorgon's will.
After receiving Dorgon's order, the Eight Banners Han Army quickly sent eight more Niulu.
This is not because Dorgon is reluctant to invest more troops, but because one corner can only accommodate so many people.
It is not impossible to forcefully invest more troops, but it will overlap and cause a waste of troops.
I have to say that Dorgon's learning ability is really great. Of course, practical training also plays an important role.
These 8 Niulu Eight Banners and Han Army were equipped with 60 side carriages. However, this time, the Eight Banners and Han Army did not form a boxy carriage city, but only spliced the carriages into two walls.
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A total of 60 sidecars were eventually spliced into two sidecar walls.
There are 30 sidecars on each car wall, and the total width is about 60 paces.
This width will be able to cover the front of the Ming Army's hollow phalanx.
Because the five hollow square formations of the Ming army were almost seventy paces wide in front.
It only took less than half an hour for the Eight Banners Han Army to prepare for the attack.
Immediately, horns and war drums sounded, and two sidecar walls protected 8 Niulu 2,400 Eight Banners Han troops. They were divided into two routes, approaching the Ming army formation in the northwest corner from due north and due west.
In addition, each of the two Eight Banners Han armies was accompanied by dozens of camels.
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"What kind of strategy is this?"
Now it was Xu Yingwei's turn to be confused.
Why are there camels accompanying them? I have never seen this formation before.
Xu Yingwei vaguely felt that the camels accompanying the slave formation were definitely not simple, but what exactly these camels were used for, he couldn't figure out.
You can’t blame Xu Yingwei for this.
Because the camel swivel gun is a new thing.
Not to mention Xu Yingwei, even Zuo Maodi, who had stayed in Xi'an for so long, had no idea that the Camel Rotary Cannon was a revolutionary artillery weapon that could change the battlefield ecology.
Zuo Maodi did not even think about reporting to Nanjing.
Because in his opinion, the power of the Camel Swivel Cannon was completely incomparable to that of the Hongyi Cannon.
As for the camel swivel gun, which can be mounted on the back of a camel for easy transfer and rapid maneuverability, Zuo Maodi ignored it. He never thought that this was an advantage, and it was an unparalleled advantage.
Therefore, Xu Yingwei could not imagine the use of these camels at all.
However, Xu Yingwei had already thought of one thing, that is, Jiannu was going to attack head-on.
At that moment, Xu Yingwei also gave an order to the field artillery: "Order the field artillery commanders to fire at the units according to the calibration and launch artillery bombardment at the calibrated location outside the northwest corner of the phalanx."
The messengers conveyed the orders through semaphores.
The 100 4-inch field guns on the central artillery position quickly adjusted their direction.
The shooting elements are measured before the war begins. The pitch angle and the yaw angle are set at what position and distance. They have all been measured and marked.
When used, artillery can respond quickly.
Therefore, with Xu Yingwei's order, 100 4-inch field guns from 10 field artillery corps quickly changed direction under the guidance of the artillery, and then fixed the gun mounts with iron drills, and they were quickly ready for bombardment.
When the two groups of Jiannu managed to get within a thousand steps, the Ming army's artillery began to bombard them.
In fact, the maximum range of the 4-inch field gun is more than 1,500 steps, but the accuracy is too poor at this distance.
"Boom! Boom boom boom boom!" Accompanied by continuous loud noises, iron bullets weighing 16 kilograms roared out from the muzzles of the field guns, shooting towards the attacking Jiannu like lightning.
Soldier formation.
The iron bullets flew through the air, making a sharp whistle as the air was torn apart.
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"Ho! Ho! Ho!"
Huang Deheng shouted slogans while pushing the sidecar with all his strength.
The sidecars of the Qing army basically followed the dimensions of the sidecars of the Ming army. They were about one foot and three feet long, one foot wide and seven feet high. The basic version weighed about three hundred kilograms.
The enhanced version of the sidecar can weigh up to 600 kilograms or even a thousand kilograms.
A sidecar weighs 300 kilograms, and the wall made up of 30 sidecars weighs a full 9,000 kilograms. It requires the combined efforts of hundreds or even hundreds of people to push it.
Huang Deheng is a coolie.
Who asked him to raise the flag later?
As I was pushing the wall of the sidecar forward, a shrieking sound suddenly came from the air in front of me. It was a very harsh sound that seemed to tear the air apart.
The Eight Banners and Han troops covered their ears one after another.
Huang Deheng also subconsciously covered his ears.
At this moment, a loud "bang" suddenly sounded in my ears.
Looking carefully, I saw that the front fender of a sidecar next to me had been violently shattered from the middle, and a blurry black shadow roared in from it.
The next moment, the black shadow had hit the head of an Eight Banners Han soldier.
Then there was a soft pop sound, and the head of the Eight Banners Han Army and his bowl instantly shattered, and the red and white stuff splashed on the face of the Eight Banners Han Army next to him. Huang Deheng was far away, but a few drops were splashed.
After continuously crashing through the front guard panel of the sidecar and a head, the black shadow still had its remaining strength.
Then it hit the bodies of the six Eight Banners Han troops behind them, and then finally rolled to the ground exhausted, but it was a black iron bullet that looked bigger than a fist.
One shot penetrated seven Eight Banners Han troops.
Five of the Eight Banners Han troops were killed instantly.
The remaining two only have half a breath left,
He fell to the ground and let out a shrill wail.
The fear of death instantly enveloped Huang Deheng.
But Huang Deheng did not stop. He was just stunned for a moment, and then followed the sound of horns and drums, and pushed the sidecar forward with all his strength: Ho! Ho! Ho!
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