Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 22
"Boom..." Before Qi Jiguang's cannons stopped, Sun Chengzong's new army's tiger squatting guns began to bombard them.

If any rogues break through the bombardment of the artillery and rush up, the fusiliers will fire a volley to wipe them out immediately.

After only a few charges, the troops of the Ming Dynasty led by Tang Tong were routed and suffered heavy casualties.

As Ming's rebels, they would never have imagined that one day they would face such a large-scale firearm attack.

Fortunately, Tang Tong had been commanding from behind, and he had never dared to charge forward, otherwise he would definitely be killed. His knowledge was not good, so he turned his horse's head and ran away.

Not only were the surrendered troops of the Ming Dynasty almost completely lost, but Liu Zongmin's new barracks followed the surrendered troops and suffered heavy blows, with nearly [-] casualties.

No matter how you say it, there are 3 to [-] ruffian recruits, while the opponent has only [-] to [-]. There will always be a time when the gunpowder runs out.

As long as they break through the capital, they can bear this kind of casualties. After all, the main force has not yet moved, and Liu Zongmin commanded the army to continue charging.

Suddenly seeing Tang Tong coming on a flying horse, Liu Zongmin hurriedly called him to stop.

"Tang Tong, where are you going?"

"General Liu, my entire army has been wiped out, and there is no way to fight again."

Tang Tong said something loudly to Liu Zongmin, without any intention of stopping at all, how could he escape as the main general when the enemy is in front of him, Liu Zongmin glared and shouted:
"Tang Tong came back, the general's new barracks sent [-] soldiers and horses to your command, and we must take down the capital."

However, Tang Tong ignored him at all and urged his horse to hurry. The [-] Ming soldiers were all wiped out, and Tang Tong's courage was also frightened.

When did Ming Dynasty have such a powerful army, he stopped fighting this battle, and surrendered to the bandits just to survive.

If he died in battle under the capital city, would it be necessary for Tang Tong to surrender to the bandits?

After shouting several times, Tang Tong ignored Liu Zongmin. Liu Zongmin, who was always hot-tempered, was instantly enraged by Tang Tong, and he reached out to take a bow.

Looking at Tang Tong's fleeing back, Liu Zongmin opened his bow and set an arrow.

"whoosh"

"puff"

Liu Zongmin's arrow skills were also very accurate, and one arrow hit Tang Tong's vest. Tang Tong screamed and fell from the horse's back.

Then the people who were attacked were trampled into mud and suffered the retribution he deserved.

"Chong, if there are retreaters, kill them without mercy."

Liu Zongmin threw bows and arrows to the soldiers fiercely, and brandished a broadsword to direct the attack. This guy was very ruthless, facing the fierce artillery fire, Liu Zongmin did not have the slightest fear.

Tang Tong was shot and killed by Liu Zongmin, who dared to escape, although the casualties were heavy, but because of Liu Zongmin's majesty, the recruits rushed forward without hesitation.

In the era of hot weapons, it does not mean that you are not afraid of death, just enough to be brave enough. After all, soldiers are flesh and blood, how can they compete with cannons.

The distance of 200 steps became a restricted area for the army of rogues, and they all fell down 200 steps away from Qi Jiguang and the others.

Qi Jiguang and Sun Chengzong's artillery had just stopped, and Sun Chuanting waved the command flag:
"Shenji Battalion, fire the guns"

"Boom"

There was another loud bang, Liu Zongmin's tens of thousands of recruits, after a desperate resistance, there were only about 2 horses left, and they were all cavalry.

"Brothers, fight for me. As long as you break through the capital, you will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver. After entering the city, you can choose any woman. I will do what I say."

For the rogues, money and women are very important, retreating is death, it is better to fight to the death, [-] cavalry ignore the artillery fire in front of them, and urge their horses to sprint with all their strength.

"190 steps"

"180 steps"

Stimulated by money and beauties, after the 3000 cavalrymen of the rogues were bombed and killed more than 1 people, the remaining 200 cavalry finally broke through the [-]-meter limit and approached the artillery positions of the Ming Dynasty.

At such a short distance, the tiger squatting cannon has no lethal effect. It is very likely that the rogue cavalry has already rushed in front of the cannon before it exploded.

When fighting the Ming army in the past, once the local cavalry approached, no matter whether they could hurt the enemy or not, the Ming army would shoot indiscriminately.

When the enemy really broke through to the effective range, they were in a panic and could no longer maintain their battle formation. The ignition of the Vulcan gun became a problem, and the final result was a disastrous defeat.

The rogues are already used to this, as long as they get close to the Ming army, their victory is in sight.

But they didn't know that what they encountered today was not the Ming army of the past, but Zhu Youjian's summoning soldiers.

Without receiving an order, the summoner would never take a step back, let alone get nervous.

With flintlock guns in their hands, they stared intently at the rogue cavalry, waiting for the order to fire at any time.

While the rogue [-] cavalry were charging, each of them drew their bows and arrows. After shooting three arrows in a row, they hung up their strong bows and drew their knives in their hands to charge quickly.

"Shield array to defend against arrow rain."

"Ding ding..."

The shields in the Ming army gathered quickly, forming a shield top before the arrows fell. Most of their arrows rained on the shields.

Although the Ming army took precautions in a timely manner, it was impossible to be watertight in the face of tens of thousands of arrows, and hundreds of people still lost their combat effectiveness after being hit by arrows.

Qi Jiguang glared and shouted:
"Preparation for the Fusiliers of the Shenji Camp"

"Qi's Army Flintlock Ready"

"New Army Flintlock Ready"

"Shhhh..."

The three generals, Qi Jiguang, Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chuanting, gave an order, and the sword and shield soldiers quickly helped the wounded to retreat.

"130 steps"

"100 steps"

"shot"

"Bang bang..."

As soon as the three generals gave an order, there was a burst of gunshots. After the soldiers in the front line fired, they squatted down to reload, and the gunshots in the back row immediately rang out.

Almost all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with flintlock guns, and even the artillerymen each carried one on their backs, and more than 4 flintlock guns fired in turn.

Tongues of fire spewed out from the muzzle of the gun, and the bullets shot at the rogue cavalry like a storm. This kind of firepower was really terrifying.

The cavalry in the front row was killed in an instant, and they were hit by bullets as soon as they rushed up. In half a stick of incense time, more than half of the casualties were caused by the bandits.

Liu Zongmin was furious, and rushed towards the Ming army with horses and knives. The other soldiers saw it badly, and hurried forward to protect Liu Zongmin.

"Hurry up and protect General Liu."

However, it was too late, another burst of gunshots rang out, and dense bullets instantly covered Liu Zongmin's surroundings.

Dozens of personal guards rushed up, trying to block the bullets for Liu Zongmin with their own flesh and blood, but because Liu Zongmin rushed too far, it was too late.

"Boom bang..."

At a distance of 50 meters from the front of the Ming army, dozens of bullets hit Liu Zongmin's chest, and the mighty Huang Hu turned over and fell off his horse.

"General..."

"Brothers, we must avenge General Huang Hu and follow me."

Liu Zongmin's lieutenant general, Liu Quan, was also a confidant he single-handedly selected. Seeing Liu Zongmin's tragic death, he immediately took over the command and led the remaining bandits to attack the Ming army's phalanx regardless of life or death.

However, what awaited them was a rain of more intensive bullets, and the loss of this charge was even more shocking.

(End of this chapter)