"No wonder, no wonder Brin's men were defeated by this Ming army."
On the battlefield in the center of the two armies, the corpses of Qing soldiers and horses, flags, and a few injured but not dead soldiers were lying all over the place. They struggled to crawl toward the Qing army's formation. And the Qing army
Most of the soldiers in the formation turned pale, obviously frightened by the terrifying momentum of the Muling Army's musket fire just now. No one dared to go up to rescue these injured companions.
Winktu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. This was a battle he had never seen before. In fact, the whole battle did not last too long. At most, it only took one or two sticks of incense.
Nearly half of the more than 1,300 Han troops dispatched were lost. Only a few dozen of the 400 cavalry troops were left, and more than 200 infantry troops were killed. Although the armor and equipment of the Han troops were not as good as those of the Han troops.
The Eight Banners' men and horses are not that bad. At this rate, I am afraid that even if we send all the Eight Banners' men and horses, the result will not be that good.
Moreover, Wen Ketu had never thought that using firecrackers would have such a powerful effect, but it was not like this when fighting other Ming armies in the past. It seems that there is indeed something different about this Ming army.
.It was only then that he began to believe that Brin's troops might have been completely wiped out.
However, Winktu is a man who has experienced hundreds of battles. He has never seen any scenes. Although the first attack failed miserably, it did not frighten him into retreating immediately. At the same time, according to his many years of fighting
Judging from his experience, it is probably impossible to break through the Muling Army's formation from the front. Even if he puts all the more than 5,000 people on top, it will be useless. Now he can only make a detour from the two wings and open the battle from the side.
In fact, if you follow the common sense of military use, after the infantry has formed a formation, the cavalry should not forcefully attack from the front. Unless you use heavy armored cavalry, even if you rush across the infantry formation, you will suffer heavy damage. But this is
In the past few years, in the battles between the Ming Army and the Qing Army, except for a few troops, the rest of them were basically unwilling to take a single blow. They retreated as soon as they were hit and dispersed as soon as they charged. Therefore, when the Qing Army faced off against the Ming Army again, it was very difficult.
If you look down on it, no matter how you break through the two wings or take detours, you will just hit the center and break up the Ming army in one fell swoop. This is more trouble-free.
But this does not mean that the Qing army will not use roundabout tactics. Wenketu immediately ordered the remaining six Niulu infantry of the Han army to continue attacking from the center to attract the attention of the Muling army. Three Mongolian Niulu infantry attacked
On the left wing of the Muling Army, four Niu Lu from the Manchu Eight Banners were concentrated to attack the right wing of the Muling Army as the key breakthrough direction of this attack. The cavalry of the Han Army was also assigned to the troops on both wings.
Shang Yi watched from the wooden platform, and with the help of GPS scanning, he could clearly observe the Qing army's troop movements.
This time, the Qing army was basically all men and horses, and it can be said that they went all out. However, this is exactly what Shang Yi wanted to see, because if the Qing army retreated like this and returned to defend Jinan City, then Jinan would not be able to
Good fight.
Therefore, in view of the force distribution of the Qing army's attack, Shang Yi immediately made arrangements. First, he dispatched all the remaining three hundred musketeers to the left and right wings to resist the Qing army's attack on both wings. At the same time, he sent additional troops to his right wing.
Two hundred long archers and two hundred spearmen, as well as Zhou Shaohuan, Tong Dayong, and Yang Wucheng, were also sent to the right wing to guard the right wing, because those attacking the right wing were soldiers from the Eight Banners. Brothers Cheng Jin and Cheng Gang commanded the left wing.
At the same time, Shang Yi ordered the entire formation of the Muling Army to start moving forward together and approach the main formation of the Qing Army.
The Qing army did not expect that this Ming army would dare to take the initiative to approach. If it was before the war, there would naturally be nothing to fear. But just now the Qing army saw the huge lethality of the Ming army's muskets in front of the formation, so
I couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
I saw that the musketeers of the Muling Army still maintained a neat horizontal formation, like a long wall, and the Qing army's position was advancing step by step. Although the Muling Army's advance was not fast, and
After walking for a period of time, they would stop immediately, reorganize their formation, and then continue to advance. But now the two armies are less than two hundred steps apart. With the range of the Muling Army's muskets, I'm afraid they won't be able to use them.
How long will it take to reach a shooting distance?
Wenketu also knew that he could not delay any longer. The troops in the center should have launched the attack first, attracting the attention of the Muling army, and then launched a surprise attack from both sides, but Wenketu could not care about this at this time.
Instead, he immediately ordered that the troops in the center and those on the left and right lines also attack together.
After seeing the Qing army dispatched, all the Mu Ling troops stopped. The array of musketeers in the front row quickly adjusted their formation, and the musketeers in the front row also set up their shields and knelt on the ground.
He stabilized his musket on the notch of the shield, with his finger on the trigger. He waited for the Qing army to come into range and gave the Qing army a head-on blow.
The six Han army Niulu, plus the remaining infantry from the previous attack on She, amounted to more than 2,500 infantry. Although they knew that going up would risk death, under the long-term pressure of the Qing army, the Han army did not dare to do anything.
Regardless of the thought of resisting, they could only bite the bullet and advance towards the formation of the Muling Army together.
Soon the Qing army entered the shooting range. Luo Yuanbin picked up a musket and fired first. Then two hundred muskets were fired together, and with a huge roar, the bullets flew towards the Qing army again.
The soldiers walking in the front row immediately let out a series of screams. Their armor was penetrated, their shields were penetrated, and those who were shot fell to the ground and died, joining their companions who were originally lying on the ground. Even if they did not hit a vital part,
A fist-sized hole will also appear on the ground where the bullet was hit, and the whole person will immediately lose all combat effectiveness. He can only scream in pain and roll on the ground.
Even though they suffered a heavy blow, the Qing army did not dare to retreat. They could only brave the rain of bullets created by the Muling army, gritted their teeth, and moved forward step by step. Only after they were shot and fell down
So far. Moreover, the shooting of the Muling Army was continuous without any interruption. Under this continuous blow, after each round of gunshots, the Qing Army's middle men and horses fell almost in rows.
Down, it was almost impossible to move forward one step further.
Seeing that they were blocking the Qing army, the musketeers of the Muling Army were unwilling to stand still and wait for the Qing army to attack, and began to advance again. When the Yiling Army advanced, the musketeers were not there.
Change the gun and shoot, and after the firing is completed, refill the ammunition on the spot, while the musketeers behind you who have already filled the ammunition rush to the front and shoot. This cycle repeats, shooting and advancing at the same time.
Winktu was also secretly anxious as he watched in the main formation, but now he had no other way. He could only hope that the troops on the left and right wings could defeat the two wings of Muling's army before the center collapsed, and then come to support the troops in the center.
However, just as the Qing army's troops in the middle were hit hard by the Muling army, the troops on the left and right wings of the Qing army finally arrived and launched an attack on the left and right sides of the Muling army.
However, the Mongolian army has always focused on preserving its own strength. They will attack when they see an advantage and give in when they see a tough battle. This time is naturally no exception. They pushed the 300 Han cavalry in front to attack, and all the Mongolian troops hid.
Behind the Han army, as soon as they saw that the momentum was not right, they would immediately retreat. On the left wing of the Muling army, 150 musketeers, 200 sword and shield soldiers and 200 cavalry were deployed, which could completely block the Mongolian army.
attack.
Shang Yi's main concern was on the right road, which was led by Niu Lu from the four Manchu Banners. There were a total of 380 Banners armored soldiers, auxiliary cavalry, and 200 horse-riding followers.
There were also hundreds of Han army cavalry, with a total of more than 900 cavalry, and more than 800 infantry. Moreover, the cavalry ran at full speed from the beginning, regardless of horsepower, and rushed towards the right wing of the Muling army.
However, the war situation has developed to this point, and Shang Yi has a better idea. He can only let the troops on the right fight against the Qin army for a while, hoping that the troops on the right can hold on until the center wins.
However, at this time, the right wing of Muling's army, organized by Zhou Shaohuan and Tong Dayong, was ready to fight. The 150 musketeers and 500 longbowmen were all ready.
Just wait for the Qing army to arrive. The attack was first initiated by the longbowmen. Because these 150 musketeers used blunderbuss, they had to wait until the Qing army entered about sixty steps before they could start shooting.
Longbowmen can attack first.
Although the penetrating power of bows and arrows is not as good as that of blunderbuss and has little damage to two layers of armor, the victory lies in their large numbers. Five hundred sharp arrows came out of the strings and shot towards the heads of the Qing army. There will always be one
All the arrows hit. Moreover, bows and arrows still have a certain lethality against war horses that are only protected by a layer of cotton armor or have no armor. Therefore, many Qing troops were still shot off their horses, but most of them were followed by horseback riders.
The cavalry of the Manchu Eight Banners, as they were armored soldiers, did not cause much damage.
But soon the Qing army entered the range of the fire cannons. The fifty fire cannons in the front row of the Muling army immediately started shooting together, followed by the second round and the third round. Under the powerful firepower, even
Even the Manchu Eight Banners cavalry wearing two or three layers of heavy armor were not immune. One by one, the powerful projectiles penetrated the heavy armor, penetrated into the body, and then fell off the horse. No matter whether they were dead or alive, they would be followed.
The cavalry that came up were swallowed up.
However, the Qing army that attacked the right wing of the Muling Army also knew that their performance would determine the outcome of the entire battlefield, so they also behaved very tenaciously. Braving the rain of arrows and bullets from the Muling Army, they still sprinted forward desperately. And the front
The platoon of Qing soldiers also fired back at the Muling army with bows and arrows.
The distance of fifty or sixty steps is only a matter of ten or twenty seconds for a war horse galloping at full speed. Even if it is fiercely blocked by the Muling Army, it is only a slight delay, so it is very difficult.
Soon the Qing army rushed to a distance of more than 20 steps from the Muling army, while the Qing army still had about 500 men and horses left.
Therefore, after the musketeers of the Muling Army finished shooting, they no longer continued to reload bullets, but mounted their bayonets and prepared to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army.