Although it did not happen in front of them, Abatai and Turg could see it very clearly from far away. Seeing the Qing soldiers attacking the city, it seemed that they were about to capture Jinan City. Why did they suddenly Suddenly, the situation suddenly changed, and the Qing army was beaten to a pulp and completely defeated. Moreover, the scene was simply too tragic to watch.
But this reversal happened too fast and too big, as if it just blinked and suddenly turned into another result. Abate even wondered if he was dreaming.
Turge, on the other hand, fell into deep self-blame, because Abate had never seen the power of grenades, so he was unprepared, which was understandable, but he had suffered a big loss from grenades, so why didn't he? Remind Abatai to be more careful. He was still dazzled by the Qing army's attack on the city wall just now. He thought that at this point, the Ming army was finished. But how did the Ming army attack the city wall? Were the Qing soldiers suddenly defeated? This is another puzzling question. However, there are indeed too many things about this Ming army that are puzzling.
Turge turned to Abatai and said: "Baylor, we..." He suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking. Abatai's face was pale and his eyes were staring straight in the direction of the Jinan city wall, as dumbfounded as a chicken. Turg also He couldn't help but be shocked. He pushed Abatai and said, "Baylor, what's wrong with you?"
At this moment, Abata suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood. Then he waved his hands with a sad smile and said: "I'm fine, withdraw the troops... withdraw the troops!"
In fact, without his order, the Qing army was defeated and it was impossible to continue fighting. Turg also knew this very well, so he had no objection, so he ordered people to take care of Abatai and prepared to order the withdrawal.
At this time, the gates of Jinan City suddenly opened, and countless Ming troops came out of the city gates. All of them were musketeers. After leaving the city, they immediately formed a formation in front of the city. They began to retreat towards the defeated army. The Qing soldiers fired. However, the Qing soldiers had no fighting spirit at this time and were retreating. In addition, most of the shield vehicles were destroyed. They were unable to mount an effective resistance and could only run backwards desperately.
Abatai and Turg couldn't help but be shocked. In a siege, it is most dangerous to withdraw troops after being unable to attack for a long time, because this is when one's own morale, physical strength, and military morale are at their lowest point. , it would be better if you take the initiative to withdraw your troops, and you can leave the remaining troops in advance, but now the Qing army that is attacking the city is defeated and retreats on its own, and it is most likely for the defenders to come out of the city and pursue them. Although the Qing army is now There are still more than 5,000 troops in the main formation, but if they are charged by the defeated army, the entire army may be defeated.
Abatai also knew that the current situation was critical, and hurriedly pushed away a few Bao Yi who were supporting him. Wu Qiang raised his voice and said: "Let's form a formation, prepare to fight..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard several "boom-boom-boom--" sounds from Jinan City. It turned out that the artillery of the Muling Army began to bombard again. The Qing troops, who had no shield vehicles to cover them, were immediately swept away. A large area fell, and other Qing soldiers also fled faster.
This time, Abatai was reminded, and he hurriedly said: "Where are our artillery? Fire quickly to hit the Ming army."
But at this moment, several artillery shells suddenly flew over a distance of more than 300 steps and hit the Qing army's main formation directly. Although they were all solid bullets, they also smashed the Qing army's main formation open.
In several holes, the Qing soldiers who were hit by iron bullets were all bruised and died. Among them, a solid bullet flew just a few feet away from Abatai, killing several Abatai's homes in a row.
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Abatai and Turg looked at each other, and both saw a hint of fear in each other's eyes. It turned out that the Ming army's artillery could hit so far, why didn't they do so at the beginning?
When fired from artillery, solid bullets hit the farthest, followed by blooming bullets, and shotgun shells were the closest. The firing range of medium-sized Fran cannons was generally only about 300 steps, so the main formation of the Qing army was more than 300 steps away from the city wall.
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Among the eight new European artillery pieces purchased by Shang Yi, four medium-sized artillery pieces have a longer range than the medium-sized Fran cannons manufactured by the Ming Dynasty. The range of firing solid bullets can reach 600 meters, which is more than 400 meters.
But from the last time the Qing army attacked the city, until just now, Shang Yi had always waited until the Qing army entered a distance of more than 200 steps before ordering the artillery fire, deliberately suppressing the range of the artillery. Until he started to launch a counterattack
, only then could the artillery's range be fully utilized, catching the Qing army by surprise.
In fact, solid bullets are the least powerful among artillery shells. Even if they hit the main formation of the Qing army, they would only kill dozens of soldiers. If it were in the early stages of the war, it would not have much impact on the Qing army.
But now that the troops attacking the city had retreated, and the Ming army had left the city to pursue them, the morale of the Qing army had dropped to its lowest point. At this time, the main formation was hit by artillery again, and the Qing army began to panic.
At this time, several of the wrappers around Abatai were very frightened and hurriedly said: "Master Beile, it's too dangerous here. Let's move back."
Abatai was furious, drew his sword in his hand, and said: "You bold servant, how dare you disturb my military morale." As he said this, he raised his sword and cut down two of them. The others were so frightened that they immediately hid.
After driving a few steps, he knelt down on the ground and said, "Master Beile, please spare your life. I will never dare to do this again."
Now Abatai had no intention of paying attention to them anymore. He raised his sword in the air and said, "Soldiers, listen, no one is allowed to take a step back, otherwise I..."
Before he finished speaking, a man in charge suddenly exclaimed: "Master Beile, what is that?"
Abatai turned around and saw fire dancing in the sky. He didn't know what he was. There were dozens of them, all carrying a puff of fire, and they were flying toward the main formation of the Qing army.
"What is this?" When this thought flashed through Abatai's mind, he heard a series of explosive sounds like "Boom - Boom - Boom - Boom -".
There was a violent explosion, and countless sparks were shot out, mixed with countless pieces of iron sand and iron. Many soldiers fell down when the main formation of the Qing army was neutralized. There were also some soldiers who were on fire and were jumping around in the formation.
The array that was just about to be arranged was messed up again.
Abatai was also hit by several pieces of iron sand and iron. Fortunately, he was wearing three layers of heavy armor and was far away from the explosion site, so he was ejected. However, a piece of iron still cut a bloody line on his head.
Although the wound was not too deep, blood flowed all over his face. But now Abatai did not care about his own injury and hurriedly went to straighten the array.
The Mu Ling Army used the new flying gun manufactured by Sun Heding. Although this most primitive shoulder-fired rocket has no accuracy, the advantage is that it has an extremely long range, and the arrow shaft is filled with grease and gunpowder, so the strike range
It's very large, and it's quite effective since it's used to attack Phalanx-style enemy forces.
Long before the war started, Shang Yi had formulated a battle plan. When the Qing army concentrated its forces to attack the city, it would first use grenades to bombard the Qing army. When the Qing army retreated, it would send troops to pursue it, and use artillery, flying guns, etc.
The weapons struck the main formation of the Qing army, causing chaos in the Qing army, and then completely defeated the Qing army in one fell swoop.
This time Sun Heding brought a total of thirty new flying guns. Shang Yi used two for test firing, and the remaining twenty-eight were divided into two groups and took turns firing at the Qing army's main formation.
In fact, although the impact of flying guns on the Qing army was larger than that of artillery, it was also very limited. After the first round of fourteen flying guns were fired, only two to three hundred Qing soldiers were killed or wounded. But it brought a huge impact to the Qing army.
The psychological shock effect is far greater than the actual effect. The strange weapons of the Ming army on the opposite side are simply endless, making it difficult to guard against.
Because in the current environment of defeated siege and retreat, if the main formation was hit again, it would only make the Qing troops even more confused. At the same time, the four new artillery pieces were still bombarding the Qing troops, although the blows were not immediate.
It is not big, but it is also a terrible threat to the Qing soldiers. Who can guarantee that the next artillery shell will not fall on their head? Although Abatai and Turg tried their best to make the soldiers stabilize their position, it was not effective.
Very little.
At this moment, the second round of flying guns from the Muling Army arrived. One after another, the flaming spear-like objects roared and flew into the Qing army's formation and exploded, destroying the last efforts of Abatai and Turg.
Everything came to nothing, and the psychology of the Qing soldiers finally collapsed, because no one knew how many of these weapons the Muling Army had, and the main formation finally became completely chaotic. At the same time, the defeated troops who attacked the city were also defeated by the Muling Army.
The musketeers pursued them, but they were defeated and retreated to the main formation, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The main formation was already in chaos, and when the defeated army rushed forward, it was impossible to deal with it.
What's more, at this time, fifty or sixty steps away from the Qing army, more than 1,600 musketeers of the Muling army spread out horizontally in a three-row formation, firing more than 500 muskets at the Qing army's company row.
They fired in volley, and then advanced in turn. After each gunshot, the outermost soldiers of the Qing army would fall down in large pieces. This also caused the soldiers on the outer layer to desperately drill into the inner layer, while the soldiers on the inner layer struggled
Squeezing into the main formation, pushing and shoving each other, it finally turned into a huge rout.
And Abatai and Turg also knew that at this point, not to mention themselves, even Huang Taiji's personal visit or Nurhaci's resurrection would not be able to save their lives, so they could only follow the protection of a group of followers.
The defeated army retreated and fled together. In fact, even if the two of them didn't want to escape at this time, they couldn't, because they had been held hostage by the defeated army before. If they didn't follow along and go against the trend, they would only be killed.
The defeated army was scattered and trampled to death.
In this way, the Qing army retreated to its own camp under the pursuit of the Muling army. Fortunately, the Qing army's camp was still very strong, and before going into battle, Abatai left five soldiers in the camp.
Guarded by thousands of men and horses, they finally defeated the pursuers and stopped their defeat.
Shang Yi saw that the Qing army's camp was heavily guarded and did not attack by force. He immediately withdrew his troops and returned to Jinan City.