Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 628 Cavalry Battle
Hong Chengchou couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

What the hell is going on here?

Why are Ming's firearms so sharp?
What's even more surprising is that the speed of the update iteration is also so fast.

Only two years ago, the Ming army only had very common self-generating firecrackers, which were not much different from the self-generating firecrackers of the Qing soldiers in terms of range and lethality.

But by the time of the Battle of Hunhe, the Ming army had new self-generating firecrackers.

Although the number of this new self-generated firecracker is small, its range is doubled, and its lethality is far beyond that of ordinary self-generated firecrackers.

It is even more serious now, the Ming army actually has a new self-generating firecracker, the shooting range is twice as high as that of the new self-generating firecracker, and the lethality has also been greatly increased. How can this be achieved?

Hong Chengchou couldn't figure it out, what was going on?

Is it because Chongzhen Meishan enlightened Taoism and got the guidance of immortals?
If there were immortals who gave advice to Chongzhen, then why would the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty fight?

No matter how powerful a person is, can he still fight with a fairy?Hong Chengchou felt a first-class sense of powerlessness in his heart.

The Eight Banners Mongolia is going to fish with 200 camel cannons and plot against the cavalry of the Ming army.

"I can't see clearly." Zhu Cijiong said bitterly, "Hong Chengchou is really a treacherous traitor. If we hadn't received a secret report this time, maybe we would really suffer a big loss."

But the hollow phalanx has a minimum number of troops.

The two sides have already met each other directly, and it is impossible to temporarily dig a trap or something.

Although there have been many trainings, it is the first time to assemble in actual combat.

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The Eight Banners Mongolia had no choice but to gradually gather its troops, that is, to take back the thousand cavalry teams that had been scattered before, and merge them into several huge cavalry groups.

While the horses were moving, the Mongolian cavalry rolling forward kept pulling towards the two wings.

When the cavalry of the two sides were still [-] miles apart, an outpost battle broke out between Ye Bushou and the scout cavalry on both sides. The situation was still crushing.

Hou Fangyu didn't want to push Hong Chengchou into a hurry, so he nodded in approval immediately: "With these 200 camel cannons, it is enough for the Eight Banners Mongolia to severely damage the cavalry of the Ming army, but how to fight this battle still needs to be calculated."

Because the Ming army put up a "person" formation, the Mongolian cavalry faced each other and put up an inverted herringbone formation, that is, the "herringbone" was turned upside down, with the two sides facing forward, so that the Ming army could be wrapped through this opening.

So Hong Chengchou didn't want to squander the Qing army's only advantage easily.

For example, at this moment, the Ming army is preparing to do something that the Mongolian cavalry cannot see.

At this time, no matter what the two parties do, they are under the eyes of the other party.

After the cavalry of the Ming army dispersed, they immediately revealed the artillery positions behind them.

At this moment, Xie Yuancai is leading the officers and soldiers of the Mountain Cannon Brigade to quickly assemble the mountain cannon.

Even if it is one thousand against three thousand, the cavalry of the Ming army can also occupy a certain advantage.

I saw that 90 2.5-inch mountain guns had been lined up and loaded.

"What if it doesn't work?" Hong Chengchou hesitated.

Only the camel cannon is not only light enough to keep up with the cavalry, but also extremely simple to operate.

"Hong Butang's lesson." Hou Fangyu said, "If the Ming army's food road cannot be cut off, it will be difficult for the Qing soldiers to defeat the Ming army, so it means that the army's food road must be cut off no matter what!"

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Hu Guozhu asked with a smile: "Prince Ding, can you see the camel soldiers in the rear of Jiannu?"

The loss of 200 red-clothed cannons in the last attack on Chenguantun camp has already made Hong Chengchou regret it. If he miscalculated his opponent and lost a large number of camel cannons this time, the situation will be even worse.

The gunner of the camel gun began to adjust the firing angle and load the ammunition.

Hu Guozhu, who was riding parallel with Zhu Cijiong, suddenly turned his head, and said to Xie Yuancai, who was riding behind him on his right hand, "Thank you for your hard work."

The large formation of Ming army cavalry that was moving forward gradually slowed down.

After the Ming army cavalry found out the news, they also merged into a group.

The camel artillery on the opposite side was caught off guard and was immediately bombarded.

Xie Yuancai came over last night, along with the 2nd Brigade of Mountain Artillery.

Under normal circumstances, the cavalry cannot block the camel soldiers, but it is another matter if it is covered by smoke and dust.

But when the difference in strength between the two sides reaches five times or even ten times, it can't be smoothed out with the advantage of firearms alone, it must be smoothed out with the help of a hollow phalanx.

"God's will? The fate of the country?" Zhu Cijiong didn't take it seriously in his heart. It's not the will of God or the fate of the country. It's obviously the dark seed planted by the emperor's painstaking efforts that began to play a role.

Because with one thousand against one thousand, the cavalry of the Ming army could form a crush by taking advantage of their firearms.

A haze flashed across Hong Chengchou's eyes immediately. To be honest, he was really annoyed by the supervising army. There used to be a supervising army in Ming Dynasty, but now there is still a supervising army in Daqing.

But Hou Fangyu was still dominated by deep-seated hatred, gritted his teeth and said: "Hongbutang, Minggou's self-generated firecrackers are no more than self-generated firecrackers. My Qing soldiers also have camel cannons, Francophone cannons and red cannons. Yi Da Pao, so there is still a chance to win, so the outcome of this war of annihilating the country is still unknown!"

After Xie Yuan finished speaking, he slowed down his horse and hid behind the cavalry formation.

After Yan Yingyuan learned of this, he urgently ordered Xie Yuancai to lead the 2nd Brigade of Mountain Artillery to rush to help.

The distance between the two cavalry was less than a thousand steps, and the Mongolian cavalry finally separated completely, revealing the two hundred camels following behind the cavalry. As soon as the two hundred camels appeared, they were lying on the ground under the control of the camel hands. Divided into front and back rows, the Persian carpet on the camel's back was also uncovered, revealing the camel cannon underneath.

But it's not a big problem, there must be enough time.

Even so, Yebushou of Eight Banners Mongolia did not back down in the slightest this time.

However, at this moment, the cavalry of the Ming army suddenly spread out to the two wings.

Then the two cavalry began to approach slowly, posing for a decisive battle.

Among them, 200 camel cannons were left by Dorgon to defend the city in Beijing.

Seeing this, the Eight Banners Mongolia on the opposite side simply merged into a cluster.

Because the intuition of leading the army for many years told him that the key factor in this war of annihilating the country was neither the red cannon nor the tiger crouching cannon, nor the small number of Franc cannons, but the thousand camel cannons!

"It's all for the great Ming Dynasty, so why bother to talk about it."

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "What do you mean, let the green battalion carry camel guns to follow the cavalry?"

Can't you let him let go of his hands and feet and fight as fast as he wants?
However, reality is reality after all, and the opinion of the supervising army must be respected.

The 90 gunners immediately inserted the ignition rods into the fire door, and the next moment, the 90 mountain guns roared at the same time.

The remaining 1000 guns were given to Hong Chengchou. This is also because the camel cannon is highly mobile and has little effect on defending the city. Only when it is used in field battles can it give full play to the advantages of mobility.

"Hong Butang is a clear lesson." Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "The lower officials think so too."

Therefore, the officers and soldiers are inevitably a little nervous, and the speed is not as fast as in usual training.

Just as soon as the Ming cavalry dispersed, Xie Yuan decisively gave the order to fire the cannon.

Of course, even under the nose, sometimes you can deceive the enemy.

So in the end, the Ming cavalry also gathered into two clusters.

That is, the strength of at least one brigade, four thousand!

After a while, the cavalry of the Ming army stopped in the wilderness, and set up a strange cavalry formation with the word "person", and it was the Mongolian cavalry who came to kill with the tip of the character "person" facing forward, and then the cavalry on both sides of the character "person" With the cover of the formation, Xie Yuancai quickly dismounted with two thousand horsemen to work.

Seeing the Eight Banners Mongolia gather troops, the Ming army also gathered troops.

While the two were talking, the Eight Banners Mongolia also began to change their formation.

It was not until the cavalry groups of the two sides were ten miles apart that the cavalry line of the other side could be seen on the horizon from a distance, and the scout cavalry and Yebushou finally withdrew each other.

In front of the cavalry of the Ming army.

A camel is bigger than a war horse and much taller than a war horse.

Hou Fangyu immediately asked Hong Chengchou: "But, what if it happens?"

The reason why Xie Yuancai came here was because the Ming army had already received a secret report.

Because Hong Chengchou has foreseen that if the two sides are forced to fight in the field, the comparison of the number of artillery will become a decisive factor. At least so far, the Qing army still has an advantage in the number of artillery.

At that moment, Hong Chengchou asked Hou Fangyu in a deliberative tone, "Then transfer 200 camel cannons to the Eight Banners Mongolia for a try?"

"This is God's will." Hu Guozhu said with a smile, "The fate of the country is in the Ming Dynasty, and this is what we are talking about."

……

Hong Chengchou regarded the 1000 camel cannons as treasures.

Accompanied by a huge roar, 90 solid bullets weighing 4 catties suddenly screamed as if they were about to tear the air, and shot towards the camel artillery in front like lightning.

The artillerymen of the Ming army had already calculated their trajectory. When the solid iron bullet hit about [-] steps, it was almost three feet off the ground. This height just hit the torso of the camel and the crotch of the artilleryman.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou is not willing to take risks with camel cannons.

"That's true." Kong Youde echoed, "No matter how sharp the self-generated firecracker is, it can't defeat all kinds of cannons. Even the tiger squat cannon with the shortest range and the least power can crush the self-generated firecracker."

The red-clothed cannon and Frang cannon are very heavy, obviously unable to fight with the cavalry. Although the tiger crouching cannon is light in weight, its operation is cumbersome and complicated, and it can't deal with the cavalry either.

So far, Bingzhan Bureau has built a total of 1200 camel cannons.

In the next three days, the cavalry of the Ming army continued to attack in an all-round way.

What's more unfortunate is that the formation of the camel artillery is still very dense. Although there are gaps between the camels in each row, there are almost no gaps after the two rows of camels are superimposed.

Because at this time, there is no need to block the battlefield.

Hong Chengchou's heart skipped a beat and he said, "You can imitate the Ming army and catch fish once."

Of the 90 solid iron rounds in total, about half missed the target.

The remaining half of the solid iron bullets hit the predetermined area.

In an instant, Jiannu's camel artillery positions were filled with blood and flesh.

At least 30 camels were fatally wounded, others were also severely frightened, and the entire artillery position fell into chaos in an instant.

(End of this chapter)