The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 752 As long as we rush in, we will win the army
If he had a telescope, he would have found that the two sides were on a battlefield that stretched for more than ten miles, and the Ming army's musketeers were all concentrated in the middle, and they basically stood alone about two meters away.

There are 250 people at Yili Station and more than 2000 people at Shili Station.

On the battlefield of more than ten miles, there were about seven or eight rows of [-] Ming army musketeers fighting.

But because the Ming army shot in four rows in turn, in fact, about half of them did not join the battlefield.

Li Zicheng and Chuang Jun hadn't found the Ming army's densely packed blunderbuss until now, and half of them were waiting behind.

There were only more than 1 gunmen who really fought against them head-on.

There is no way, the battlefield on the spot is only ten miles long, less than twenty miles long, and the gunmen stand every two meters, and there are only three to 4000 people standing in a row. Ding Yi has too many soldiers and horses to stand at all.

And now his gunmen can only fire in four rows, and cannot participate in the back, otherwise such a large battlefield will easily cause chaos.

You have to fire ten bursts, which is a complete waste of time and will affect the rear shooting.

When he fought against Li in Shaanxi, he had more rounds, but at that time there were few gunmen, so he was easy to command.

Now there are too many gunmen and the battlefield is too big to shoot like this.

But at this time, the Ming army was also changing its formation. It was probably seen that the charge of the Chuang army was stagnant, and someone waved a flag.

The front four rows of Ming army musketeers put away their guns and ran back one after another, while the rear four rows ran up in small steps to replace the rounds of fire.

Even if people don't rest, their flintlocks still need to be rested, which can increase the service life.

The Ming army suddenly changed positions. In the eyes of Li Zicheng and other intruders, it was just that the blunderbuss were dead, and they were about to explode, and they had reached the limit of their use.

"Hahaha." Li Zicheng laughed loudly: "The Ming army's blunderbuss are not good, and they won't last long. Tell the brothers to charge for me. Zong Min, take your spirits and ride."

"No." Liu Zongmin was also overjoyed, and looked up at Wang Weiguo in the distance with a look of complacency in his eyes.

Wang Weiguo was the number one general under Li Zicheng before, but in the capital, it was he Liu Zongmin who got Li Zicheng more than 7000 million taels of silver, and now his status has skyrocketed.

"Brothers, come with me." Liu Zongmin turned his horse's head and ordered [-] of the most elite [-] cavalry in the Chuang army.

Ten thousand cavalry swept in like dark clouds, rolling towards Lugou Bridge.

The defender here is none other than General Xiao Yongqiu of Dongjiang.

Xiao Yongqiu's soldiers and horses had just rotated to the front four rows, and he had just arrived at his position.

The nearest Chuangjun infantry camp ahead was less than 60 meters away from them.

The opposite side started to shoot arrows, but the archers who broke into the army must be far inferior to Man Qing, not to mention that all the Ming soldiers were wearing iron armor, such a long distance would not hurt them much.

"Get ready." Xiao Yongqiu walked between the second and third columns, and said loudly as he walked: "The bandit soldiers are coming to die again, everyone, don't show mercy, defeat them, this capital city belongs to our Master Ding."

50 m.

"Call me." Xiao Yongqiu ordered.

Bang bang bang, the first row fires first, then the second row, then the third row, then the fourth row.

After the fourth row was finished, the first row was raised again, and it was ready.

All the Ming troops in his battalion had flintlocks. Although they hadn't reached the level of three-stage strikes in later generations, four-stage strikes were completely sufficient.

Hit, bang bang, round two begins.

The Chuangjun in front rushed forward frantically, and then fell down in pieces.

But there are also many intruders who use horses as shields, and sometimes the horses will not fall down after being hit by several guns.

A small number of intruders have approached within 30 meters.

Suddenly, someone on the other side seemed to shout loudly.

Beng, a wave of arrows flew in the air, there were probably hundreds of arrows.

"Bow your head, bow your head." Xiao Yongqiu and other generals shouted.

The Ming soldiers bowed their heads one after another, putting the brims of their hats in front of them.

When, when, when, the scene and the sound of rain sounded.

The shot on the iron cap basically slides away, and the shot on the body may be inserted on it.

Some people screamed, ah, they were shot in the arms, or legs and feet, but none of them were serious.

"Damn it, it hurts me to death." Someone got shot in the leg.

The iron armor of the Ming army can cover many parts of the body, but there are gaps and gaps in the legs and arms for freedom of movement, but it is unlucky to be shot in these gaps, which is really unlucky.

"Cao Feng, do you care? Can you still fight?" Xiao Yongqiu said angrily, "What a fool, you can't fight until the back to rest."

"No problem, I can fight, I can fight." Cao Feng, who was hit by the arrow, shouted quickly.

At this moment, someone in the rest of the four rows of musketeers also called out: "The first row is ready."

The first row of the four rows of musketeers turned to the back, to the river bank.

There are large carts and boxes from the auxiliary military transport here.

They opened the box and took the grenade out of it.

When Ding Yi first started to build a hundred-man enemy, it was mainly used for defending the city. At that time, it weighed three catties and had a large damage range, but it was also heavy. If it was thrown far away on flat ground, the average person could only throw it about ten to twenty meters away. He is a strong man in the army.

After the improvement in the first two years, a ten-man enemy with a wooden handle similar to the hand grenade of later generations was created. Ding Yi named it the grenade.

It weighs about a pound.

This kind of thing is easy to throw. Ordinary people can throw it over 30 meters, and those with strong strength can throw it up to 50 meters or even farther.

At this time, a Chuangjun infantry battalion had already rushed within 30 meters, and the two sides met each other enough to see each other's faces. It seemed that the two armies were about to join forces in a blink of an eye.

"Quick, quick, return to your position quickly." The Ming army kept calling.

Xiao Yongqiu was also looking at the back, which was He Xiaoche's department.

"Come here, tell He Xiaoche, don't throw it yet." It's rare to rush up to invade the army, so it's unnecessary to throw it now, it's better to throw the cavalry.

Their gunners can knock out these intruders.

He Xiaoche also sent someone to reply immediately, you know, we are getting ready first, the cavalry is about to come up.

Sure enough, at this time Liu Zongmin brought [-] fine riders and found them here.

On the entire battlefield of more than ten miles, the Chuangjun on this side rushed the closest.

He is also considered to be able to open the gap.

Liu Zongmin is full of meaning and is concentrating his troops.

"Rush over in a while." He pointed at the front with his saber at this time: "Don't get off the horse, cut off all the people and horses in front of everyone, don't affect us, and rush into the Ming army formation as fast as possible. middle."

"As long as we rush in, we will win, and the Ming army will collapse."

"No." All the generals shouted one after another.

"Brothers, come with me." Liu Zongmin saw that the assembled people were almost there, and the successors were still coming, and he clamped the horse's belly hard.

Rumbling, a large group of cavalry rushed out.

These [-] cavalrymen are all elites, and many of them are officers and soldiers of the Ming army.

They are skilled in riding and have rich experience, and they all lie on their horses almost at the same time as they rushed out.

Looking from the direction of the Ming army, you can only see the horse's head, but you can't see them.

As a result, Gunshi couldn't shoot them, but could only hit the horse.

Boom, the cannons of the Ming army rang again.

On the other side of the Ming army, free bombardment has begun.

The artillerymen fight by themselves, they don't have to follow orders, they just hit the side where the army is dense.

Whoosh, whoosh, shells flew over, fell, and exploded.

Invading the army on foot and cavalry caused heavy casualties.

Liu Zongmin's elite is also under special care.

But all the ministries went up crazily, ignoring that the companions in front of them were overturned and blown down one by one.

When Liu Zongmin's 100 fine riders rushed within 2000 meters from behind, [-] people had already been overturned.

But more Jingqi rushed up.

There were them marching in front of them blocking the way, and without saying a word, they swung their knives and slashed.

There is a horse in front of it, so cut it down directly.

There were cries and curses everywhere on the battlefield, as well as various screams.

But all the sounds were covered by the sound of cannons, gunshots, and galloping horses.

At this time, the most difficult part of the battlefield is the distance from 150 meters to 80 meters from the Ming army.

Because this distance has the most casualties, there are many corpses and wounded on the ground, and there are many fallen horses, it is not easy for the horses of Liu Zongmin's department to pass.

It took a lot of time for Liu Zongmin's Jingqi to cross this section of the road, and more than 2000 people were killed or injured.

After passing this section of the road, the road ahead will be easier to walk.

"Chong Chong Chong." Liu Zongmin was overjoyed when he saw that the road behind was easy to go, and swung his knife wildly.

Booming, thousands of fine riders rushed forward.

"Okay." Li Zicheng, who was watching the battle from a distance, was heartbroken. He was my general.

Liu Zongmin's cavalry also became the closest cavalry on the entire battlefield.

This momentum immediately aroused the morale of other nearby invaders.

But this battlefield is more than ten miles long, and the Chuangjun farther away cannot be seen.

"Hoo!" There was a sudden exclamation near Hongren Bridge.

Those who broke into the infantry camp in front turned their heads and ran away.

Chuangjun's left army couldn't attack for a long time, and finally collapsed under the bombardment and artillery bombardment of the Ming army.

Hongren Bridge is seven or eight miles away from Lugou Bridge, no matter how close Liu Zongmin is to that side, he can't see it from here.

Li Zicheng, who was standing on a high horse, saw the collapse on the left side, anxious and angry, he turned to look at Wang Weiguo: "Wang Weiguo, you lead people to the top, you can't retreat."

Now he is counting on Liu Zongmin to rush in. As long as he rushes in, the Ming army will collapse, and by then, it may spread to the entire Ming army.

But at the same time, he couldn't let the collapse on his left spread to his entire formation.

"Order the rear army not to retreat in front, whoever retreats will be killed."

Li Zicheng gave orders one after another.

Wang Weiguo hesitated, ordered a group of elite cavalry, [-] of Li Zicheng's best cavalry of [-] cavalry, and headed to the left.

He rode slowly on the road, watching the whole battlefield from time to time.

At this time, the two sides fought for nearly half an hour.

The formation of the Ming army remained motionless, let alone flustered, while the Chuang army suffered numerous casualties. In many places, infantry battalions were beaten so hard that they dared not step forward, and just lay on the ground.

Seeing such a scene, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he met Ding Yi back then.

"You go to the west to seek refuge with a man named Gao Yingxiang. He has a nephew named Li Zicheng. Gao Yingxiang won't live for a few years. Li Zicheng will take over from him in the future."

"You have to support Li Zicheng and follow him all the time."

"This person will have a great future, and there will be some encounters."

At that time, Wang Weiguo listened respectfully. At that time, he was also very afraid of Ding Yi.

"I've been following him all this time?" After Ding Yi finished speaking, he also asked.

"Well, you follow him first." Ding Yi glanced at him meaningfully at this moment, then patted him on the shoulder, and said slowly: "Time can test everything."

"What I say now is superfluous. In the future, you may have another chance."

Wang Weiguo was shocked, and quickly knelt down: "I swear to the sky, I will be loyal to Daming."

His cousin Wang Weizhong was also present at the time, and immediately reminded him: "It's loyalty to Lord Ding."

Wang Weiguo was stunned for a moment, then immediately changed his words: "I will always be loyal to Master Ding."

"If you break your oath and don't use Mr. Ding to step in, I will kill you." Wang Weizhong said viciously at that time.

Wang Weiguo kowtowed heavily, and wanted to swear a few poisonous oaths.

Ding Yi smiled and shook his head, signaling him not to swear.

"Time will test everything, go ahead, I wish you the best of luck."

Boom, a sudden loud noise woke Wang Weiguo from the past.

(End of this chapter)