The final blow of the Crouching Tiger Cannon completely defeated the cavalry's momentum.
The entire cavalry line was in chaos. There were corpses of men and horses everywhere, stacked on top of each other, broken limbs and armor, and blood flowing across them, creating a terrifying scene like a Shura battlefield.
Countless injured people were struggling and rolling in a pool of blood.
"Blow the drums, a thousand shield soldiers will cover, and a thousand three-eyed gunmen will follow. Then three thousand jumping soldiers and hook-scythe gunmen will rush out." Seeing the opportunity, Heiyunlong immediately ordered.
Dong Dong Dong! Twelve large drums beat deafeningly.
The Ming army pushed aside the grain carts that were lying sideways to provide cover, and rushed out with shouts.
At a distance of twenty meters, they were facing each other in an instant.
The one thousand three-eyed gunman placed the three-eyed gunman on the shoulder of the first row of sword and shield soldiers and quickly lit the fuse.
Seeing the Ming army rushing out, the Mongolian soldiers on horseback and those who were still able to fight immediately raised their scimitars. When they were about to meet them, they saw a burst of fire and smoke filling the shields in front of them.
Bang bang bang! Intensive gunshots sounded like exploding beans. They hit the Mongolian cavalry in a chaotic mess.
Although they were heavily armored cavalry, whether it was quill armor or ring armor, the interior was lined with fur in winter. But within ten meters, the gunfire was fierce and accurate, and a burst of blood spurted out. The knights were in pieces.
of falling.
Three thousand lead bullets killed more than 500 cavalrymen on the ground and on horseback, and injured more than 300 others.
As soon as the three bullets were fired, a sword and shield soldier and a fire gun soldier carrying a three-eyed gun used as a hammer immediately charged into the remaining cavalry group. The jumping soldiers behind were carrying flails, and the spearmen were holding hooks and sickles.
The gun surged forward.
The shield blocked the chop of the cavalry on the horse. The three-eyed gunman swung the heavy three-eyed gun and slammed it against the horse's leg. With a click, the horse's leg broke in response, and the war horse fell down with a scream, throwing the heavy armored knight down.
Get off your horse.
Before the knight could get up, the jumping soldiers behind him suddenly hit his head with a flail, causing his brains to burst. Even though they rarely wore iron helmets, it was of no use.
The flail is very sharp against heavy armor. It will kill you in one move.
On the battlefield, if you are stabbed by a sharp weapon, you will not necessarily die immediately, and there is still a chance of rescue. But if you are hit by a mace, flail, bolas, axe, iron whip, iron mace and other heavy weapons, you will definitely die immediately.
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If you miss the vital point, your bones will be broken even if you don't die. Then you will lose your fighting ability and be slaughtered by others.
At this time, the hooks and sickles also came up. They used the barbs of the spears to hook the armor plates of the heavy armored knights and tore them off their horses. Then, before they could get up, the three-eyed muskets and flails were thrown at them.
The limbs were broken, and they were hit on the torso and vomited blood. When they were hit on the head, the brains burst.
Because the cavalry charged so fast, the 30,000 dismounted infantrymen behind the Mongols opened a large distance. They saw the cavalry being slaughtered before their eyes. Suddenly, they became furious and charged forward with howls.
"Ming Jin withdraws his troops and retreats behind the grain truck." Hei Yunlong saw the dark group of infantry coming up and immediately ordered the withdrawal. A good man will not suffer the immediate loss, eight thousand against thirty thousand, unless he is crazy.
The clang of gongs sounded, and the eight thousand people immediately ran back. The sword and shield soldiers were responsible for holding back, with their shields facing the enemy. They retreated backwards.
Su Bu was so angry that his orifices were filled with smoke. He saw three thousand heavy cavalry being eaten by Hei Yunlong right under his nose. He immediately waved his hand to signal for the release of arrows.
Buzz! There was another huge sound of bowstrings. Twenty thousand archers immediately began to throw light arrows into the sky. The Ming army running back was covered by a shower of arrows, and four to five hundred people screamed and were shot.
The people pulled and carried them back. No one cared about the dead ones.
When 30,000 infantrymen rushed forward, the Ming army had already retreated behind the grain carts, and the two sides started fighting across the grain carts.
Because both sides used long weapons such as spears. Both sides stabbed each other across the grain carts.
Hei Yunlong ordered the shield soldiers to guard the connection between the two carts. He asked the three-eyed gunman to squat behind the grain cart, load gunpowder and lead bullets. Then he got under the cart and fired while lying down.
Bang bang bang! Under the grain truck, the lead bullets fired from a prone position hit the dense Mongolian infantry outside. There was no need to aim at all. There were dangling legs everywhere, and you could hit them with your eyes closed.
The Mongols were so angry that these cunning Han people actually hid under the car and fired. They tried to stab these Ming soldiers to death with their spears. However, they found that these Ming soldiers were actually lying down at the other end of the car. Unless they were also lying down,
Otherwise it will be difficult to stab them.
On the other hand, the hook-and-scythe gunners changed their tactics. They held the barrels of their guns and slapped the Mongols downwards. Because at this distance, the lengths of the barrels of both sides were almost the same, and it was a basic skill to deflect each other's spears, which caused everyone to
It's hard to hit the opponent.
The hook under the hook and sickle gun can just hit the enemy. It can also pass over the Mongolian swordsman holding a round shield and hit their head.
"Use the mortar, hurry up, push the cannon up and fire." Hei Yunlong shouted immediately when he saw that they were already stalemate in front, and soldiers from both sides were fighting hard with weapons.
More than a dozen mortars were pushed up. These mortars were all large-caliber, short-barreled mortars. The tube walls were very thick and contained a large amount of powder. The Ming Dynasty's explosive shells were all fired from this type of artillery.
This type of sky cannon is about 0.8 to 0.9 meters long and weighs about 375 kilograms. It uses explosive bombs weighing about 15 to 17.5 kilograms (about 33 to 38.5 pounds). Each gun is equipped with a European-style four-wheeled gun carriage, which can tilt the gun body
up, forming an angle of 60° to 80° with the ground.
Zuo Zongtang sent troops to Xinjiang, and the explosive shells from the Ming army's beacon forts unearthed in Shaanxi were used in this kind of cannon.
These mortars are all high-trajectory mortars. They are mainly used in siege warfare. The solid iron balls can smash the crenellations of the city wall and hit the enemies hiding behind the wall. This is the same principle as the mortars of later generations.
It has a terminal trajectory and can even fall almost vertically.
It is very effective against enemies in trenches and behind ridgelines.
It's just that the bombs of this period were stuffed with too many inexplicable ingredients.
What's arsenic, what's wolfsbane powder, what's mercury. In short, if it doesn't kill you by bombing, I'll poison you, or at least make you unable to open your eyes, cough, and have difficulty breathing.
Boom boom boom! Ten explosive bombs exploded among the Mongolian crowd. At the explosion site, the infantrymen fell to the ground one after another, and shrapnel swept across a large area. Then, poisonous smoke rose up with the explosion and burning.
For a moment, the sea of people was filled with smoke. People around were coughing violently.
The Ming army had already covered their mouths and noses with wet wipes. They took advantage of the chaos and violently assassinated the Mongols. For a time, a large number of Mongolians were stabbed and fell to the ground screaming.