As the Mongols retreated, the people in the first wave ran backwards as hard as they could, directly rushing into chaos the people in the second wave.
Under the command of the excited Man Gui, the fifth army camp had 20,000 veterans in the front line, and 30,000 new recruits followed in pursuit.
The entire army abandoned their camp and rushed out. Especially the new recruits. These rookies, who had never fought before, were all excited at this time.
The new recruits are like this. After winning a battle, they will be so excited that they can't control it at all. Once they lose a battle, they will be so scared that they only wish they had lost two legs. When they run away, they won't even bother to pick up their helmets if they fall off.
Chongzhen was at the Shenji camp, looking at the Han army flags, which were like a tidal wave, coming down again and again. Outside the entire city wall, there were piles of corpses. Blood was flowing like a stream. He was excited and frightened at the same time.
.I still feel like vomiting.
This first visit to the battlefield made his calves tremble with fear, and at the same time he felt an inexplicable excitement.
He is a person who suppresses himself very much. He found that this kind of bloody battlefield can greatly relieve his stress.
At this time, the battle for the city wall had become fierce, and the Beijing camp also began to suffer heavy casualties.
As the firearms troops entered, a large number of Han military flags began to approach the city at a distance of more than ten meters under the cover of shield soldiers, and fired at the city wall with three-eyed muskets.
They also have a lot of muskets in their hands. Although the varieties are mixed, they can basically be used. These firearms have caused damage to plate armor. Plate armor can block cold weapons, but its defense against muskets is not good.
As they pushed more than a hundred small cannons up, Zhou Yuji finally began to pay attention.
He has kept his trump card until now just to deal with these artillery pieces.
These small cannons, which weighed from one pound to three or four pounds, were a great threat to soldiers wearing plate armor or steel city walls.
This time, Li Yongfang put all the chips on the table, and the Han army flags regrouped again, and all the troops that could attack were pressed forward.
The Fran machine gun stopped three hundred meters away, and then began to shell the city wall under the cover of the terrain.
Boom boom boom! Bursts of smoke and fire surged up, and the solid spherical bullet hit the steel plate of the city wall. The three-millimeter steel plate was directly penetrated. The Lumi gunner and the loader behind were beaten to pieces.
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The shells penetrated the city wall and entered the camp, causing many casualties.
A large number of bird gunners, a dozen of them gathered in a group, concentrated fire on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were wearing half plate armor and fighting with the Han army flag. The lead bullets penetrated through the distance of forty to fifty meters without any suspense.
Plate.
One after another, the defenders were shot and knocked down. The Lumi gunmen hiding behind the three-millimeter steel plates were killed one after another.
Under the concentrated fire of the cannons, these steel plates that could block cold weapons could not stop the muskets. The steel plates were full of small holes, and the Lumi gunmen behind them suffered a lot of casualties.
Zhou Yuji picked up the red flag and waved it. Then the flag message spread throughout the gun carriage.
Now the battle on the battlefield has reached a fever pitch. The Han military flag has been pressed forward by the entire army. Li Youfang went straight to the challenge this time. He was determined to use all his strength to capture Shenji Camp today.
Seeing the situation reverse, the Shenji Battalion began to experience a steep increase in casualties. When Li Youfang's eyes finally showed joy, the situation reversed again.
He was shocked to find something unusual.
Windows were opened one after another on the buttocks of those iron-clad four-wheeled carriages.
Then, artillery pieces were pushed out one after another. The sight of the thick muzzles made Li Yongfang's scalp numb.
He was horrified to find that his fist-sized cannon, in front of these big guys, was like a seven-year-old child wielding a small fist against an adult.
"The copper-haired cannon is at least five hundred pounds." He muttered to himself blankly.
Zhou Yuji, that bastard, actually saved his trump card until the end.
At this time, Li Yongfang no longer counted how many cannons there were. On the side he faced, there were at least a hundred densely packed cannons. The key was that these heavy cannons were not toys like his small smashing cannons.
This is the heavy artillery second only to the red cannon!
At this time, it's too late to say anything. All the soldiers have already gone up and can't retreat. And the other side won't give you time to retreat.
Following Zhou Yuji's order, there was a carriage and a heavy cannon every ten meters.
These golden gun barrels violently spewed out flames and thick smoke. They were loaded with five hundred rounds of shotguns and fired from all directions. Zhou Yuji did not care about conserving his strength at this time. He was desperate and simply opened fire.
Boom boom boom! The artillery fire was fired violently.
If you look down from the sky, you will find that 125 heavy cannons on each side of the entire camp are firing at the same time. The sound is like thunder, resounding between heaven and earth.
The periphery of the vehicle camp was surrounded by a circle of gunpowder smoke. When the cannon was fired, it was like a line of fire, flashing past one after another.
Each shotshell contains three thousand steel balls, which are sprayed out in a fan shape at an angle of thirty degrees.
The distance between each cannon was only ten meters, which resulted in a sweeping sweep of the city.
For a time, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the thunder rumbled so loudly that it almost deafened the ears.
The Shenji Battalion suddenly launched heavy artillery, and even the officers and soldiers of Huang Taiji and the Eight Banners saw it. The weather was sunny today, with a breeze. The cannon was located halfway up the mountain, and the gun metal was very pure and golden.
Therefore, as soon as these artillery pieces were rolled out, they were all visible under the reflection of the sunlight.
Huang Taiji was so shocked that he stood up from his chair. The reason why he was shocked was that there were too many artillery pieces.
Up to now, there are only more than 20 such heavy artillery in the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Just like this, Huang Taiji was watching over them like eyes. No one was allowed to touch these red cannons without his will.
But now, with the side of Shenji Camp facing him, he saw more than a hundred gates. Is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty so arrogant? He felt deeply humbled by this one.
After all, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty. Even if it is in decline now, it cannot be compared to his Manchuria.
He knew that Li Yongfang was defeated, and defeated miserably. At least half of them would be killed or injured.
With such intensive artillery bombardment, even the Eight Banners would be finished if they went up.
Waves of shotgun shells hit the wall, pushing the people and livestock in front of them. The dense crowd surrounding the city wall was instantly submerged in gunfire and gunpowder smoke.
The huge smoke directly covered the outside of the city wall. Although he couldn't see the situation at the front, Huang Taiji felt chilled in his heart. It's over, it's over.
The Han military flags are like wheat in a strong wind. Whichever way the wind blows, they will fall.
Pieces were cleared by artillery fire. The front seemed to be gnawed by dogs, and semicircular gaps appeared one after another in the dense crowd.
By now, the Han army flag had collapsed. With a bang, they themselves exploded. Suddenly they turned around and ran back. They even threw away their weapons, intending to escape as soon as possible.
The officers even took off their armor and threw it away while running, just to speed up.
However, the artillerymen of the car camp did not let them go. They chased them, raised the angle of the muzzle, continued to fire shotgun shells, and chased and bombarded them. When they ran far away, they switched to spherical solid bullets.
One shot created a bloody alley.
The shells kept ricocheting on the hard winter ground, plowing through the crowd over and over again.