The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 385
Liu Lin at the foot of the mountain was in the Korean formation. After comparing the distance, he was watching his soldiers, horses and ants approaching him.

He has [-] soldiers and horses on his side. According to the size of the terrain in front of him, he organized [-] soldiers and horses as the first wave.

Leaning himself behind a huge rock, he soon saw the Ming army in formation.

When the Ming army lined up, he was dumbfounded.

Because the Ming army lined up very quickly, and the lineup was very neat.

Obviously, there was a hillside in front of him, and the slope was uneven, but from his perspective, the Ming army was actually standing in straight lines, which was very orderly.

This Ming army was an elite force, and Liu Lin herself was leading a firearms unit, so she felt it immediately.

But at this time, the distance between the two sides is still far away, their bird gun soldiers are far behind, and the front is full of sword and shield soldiers.

Is this distance Mingren going to fight?
Just when he was full of doubts.

Bang, bang, Mingren's guns rang out one after another.

Sure enough, he saw that the troops on his side were not seriously injured. Although some people turned their backs on their backs and screamed, but hundreds of gunmen from the Ming army fought over, and fewer than a few dozen people were injured and fell down.

It's just because it's climbing, so some people just roll down, which is ugly on the scene.

"Hahaha" Liu Lin laughed suddenly, and said to the generals beside her, "Mingren's blunderbuss are really bad, no wonder they were defeated by Hou Jin."

He himself claims to be the No.1 firearm used in North Korea, so he naturally knows that the firecracker must be fired at the best distance.

Now the Korean soldiers and the Ming army opened fire at a distance of more than 100 meters, and the casualties were really not worth mentioning.

Moreover, many people were knocked down by the Ming army in the first round, and some Korean soldiers may have been frightened by the dense sound of gunfire.

Later, the Ming army hit fewer and fewer people in the second, third, and fourth rounds.

After the four platoons of the Ming army finished fighting, less than 200 Korean soldiers were knocked down.

This is acceptable among the soldiers and horses of five thousand ants.

"I see that the Ming army had almost two thousand guns, all of them were killed and we had more than 100 casualties. This hit rate is really, haha." Lieutenant General Liu Lin also looked down on the Ming army with contempt.

Before the attack, everyone was still afraid. They didn't expect that although the Ming army had many weapons, they used them poorly.

At this time Liu Lin said again: "But I heard that the Ming army's artillery is sharp. When they attacked Jianghua Island, the artillery sounded continuously. I hope our brothers can withstand the artillery and charge up."

Everyone nodded.

Right now they don't pay much attention to the Ming army's firecrackers, they are only afraid of the Ming army's artillery.

As the so-called fear of what to come.

They had just finished speaking.

Boom, Mingren's cannons fired at this area.

Ding Yi had set up divisions for this area before, and all the artillerymen had adjusted and tested the angles, so there would be little error in hitting the third area.

The Koreans attacked the Ming army from their backs, and the shells rarely jumped forward when they hit the Ming army. Sometimes they hit the mountains, and sometimes they didn't jump far.

But Ding Yi's cannon was condescending, puffing, and after hitting the crowd, the cannonball bounced and rolled down.

"Ah!" North Korean soldiers and horses screamed along the way, and often a shell would take away a line.

Liu Lin looked very anxious, and immediately ordered: "Let the whole army speed up, don't crawl slowly."

Climb slowly and become a target.

"Rush out of that area, rush up." Many officers were calling.

On the North Korean side, the soldiers danced wildly and rushed forward.

The vanguard finally began to accelerate, and all the North Korean soldiers accelerated to climb the mountain.

After Liu Lin gave the order, she called for her own soldiers: "Let the artillery move forward and concentrate their firepower to see if they can hit the artillery formation of the Ming army."

The soldiers went down quickly, but came back after a while: "There is not enough gunpowder."

Not enough range either.

The heavy artillery is fixed at a high place, and the light artillery cannot hit so far. .

"..." Liu Lin.

In the past few years, North Korea has relied on the Ming Dynasty to provide most of the gunpowder.

In the original history, the Ming Dynasty sold them three thousand catties of nitrate and sulfur every year. (Note, it is for sale, not for free.)
Because of Kong Youde, the Ming Dynasty cut off the business.

Therefore, there is a serious shortage of gunpowder in North Korea right now.

Liu Lin brought more cannons this time, hundreds of them, but she only fought for a while, and there was no gunpowder left.

So now North Korea’s artillery does not fire salvos. In order to let our own people know that we also have artillery, we fire them every once in a while, symbolically.

From the start of the artillery to the present, they have fired at least three rounds, which is equivalent to firing thousands of cannons. How much gunpowder is there?

Liu Lin shook her head, dissatisfied in her heart. He felt that his ability to use cannons must be better than that of the Ming army on the other side, but it was just because there was not enough gunpowder.

And they have poor sightlines at the foot of the mountain. Once they decide to attack the mountain, they must fire artillery. One is to support the infantry, and the other is to give the infantry confidence and prove that we also have artillery.

"When will the follow-on luggage arrive?" Liu Lin quickly called the military logistics officer.

The official said cautiously: "According to the strategy in Seoul, we should arrive here three days later."

Liu Lin's entire army brought food for five days, and asked for the first delivery in the next three days.

Calculate the time, should be able to arrive tomorrow.

But even if they come, there will be more rice and less gunpowder.

Otherwise, call again tomorrow?
Liu Lin had such an idea, but immediately shook her head.

Right now, the [-] army has just rushed up, and they have just ordered to speed up. If they suddenly call for gold, it may seriously damage their morale.

Ming people didn’t have a lot of gunpowder. They came from thousands of miles away, and they wanted to bring food and gunpowder to the mountains?
Thinking about it this way, Liu Lin quickly felt relieved that even if it was filled with human life, it would consume them all.

"Order the ministries to speed up the mountain."

North Korea's military order was quickly conveyed to all ministries, and North Korean soldiers in three directions were asked to speed up the mountain.

But he didn't think that this would be on flat ground, and the superiority in numbers would still be obvious, so he would fight for casualties, or charge forward.

Just like when Ding Yi attacked the Japanese, he set up his position at the foot of the mountain, and the Japanese army rushed to their front several times due to their large number of people.

But right now they are attacking from the top of the mountain, and the quality of the North Korean soldiers is beyond words.

Especially after 60 meters of Xinling Mountain, it is very steep, and it takes time to climb up normally, let alone rush up.

When many North Korean soldiers climbed to 70 meters, they wanted to sit down and rest before climbing. They were too tired.

Ding Yi's soldiers and horses stood on the mountain easily, hitting the bottom one after another.

At this time, the distance was a little closer, and the officers finally spoke.

"Hit slowly, don't hit too hard, take a rest."

All the soldiers were dumbfounded, they were fighting well, why should they rest after entering the effective range?

"Boom" At this moment, the Ming army's artillery rang again, plopping into the North Korean barracks, and the shells from top to bottom kept beating and rolling.

There were countless screams in the North Korean formation.

This wave of artillery hit a bit fiercely, and there were a lot of shells.

Suddenly, someone among the North Korean soldiers screamed strangely, turned around and ran away.

Then a chain reaction was caused, and the North Korean soldiers attacking the mountain in the west collapsed first.

The rest of the North Korean soldiers on all sides saw it and hurried down the mountain one after another.

The Ming army burst into cheers, and the musketeers were very upset. They hadn't enjoyed the fight yet, and they didn't kill a few Korean soldiers. They fired too far.

The face of Liu Lin at the foot of the mountain was red with pain, ashamed and angry.

Within half an hour of the first attack, the entire North Korean army collapsed.

(End of this chapter)