Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 220 Guard Cavalry, Charge!
It was at the same time that the Ming army and the Qing army fought in Shanhaiguan and Zhengdingfu.

On the battlefield east of Nanguantao Town.

There are already [-] infantrymen of the Ming army, forming a dense line of skirmishers, rushing like a red wave.

Liu Zhixie stared solemnly at the Ming army ahead.

Play more with less and take the initiative.

The confidence of the Ming army can be seen.

at this time.

Ran Tianyuan beside him said: "Heavenly King, the Ming army is here, let's gather all the Musketeers from all departments, and then send the cavalry from the left to charge them!"

The Taiping Army was not surprised by the formation of the Ming Army.

Because they all know the range of the rifled guns equipped by the Ming army, and they also know that the Ming army does not line up to shoot them anymore.

Ran Tianyuan was the most capable rebel army in the White Lotus Sect uprising in history. In history, Mingliang, Lebao, and Eredengbao all suffered a lot under his hands.

In today's words.

This Ran Tianyuan belonged to the famous genius who was born in Ye Luzi, but it was a pity that he was born at an untimely time.

"Their cuirassiers are placed on the left, and the Ming army's right is relatively empty. We can let the left attack first."

Liu Zhixie looked through the binoculars.

really.

There were no cavalry guards on the right side of the Ming army, only a few thousand infantry remained, which looked empty.

Perhaps attacking the Ming army on the right now has a good chance of winning.

But now Emperor Zhu has the title of "Famous General of the World".

It can be called contemporary Han Xin, who must win every battle and conquer every city.

Therefore, Liu Zhixie thinks that things are not that simple, and that the Ming army left the right side so empty, there must be fraud.

He frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "Let's fight with them on the left first, send a musketeer team, and then pull [-] cannons up. I think their cuirassiers only have so few people, and they don't have cannons. Might not be able to seriously damage their cuirassiers."

The front of the battlefield.

Major General of the Ming Army, Dayong Bowang of Xiangshan, was commanding the light infantry front army of the Guards Corps to advance in skirmish formations with 2000 soldiers.

This Uncle Xiangshan has never commanded any battles alone, but his identity is not simple. He studied at the military academies in France and Prussia successively for five years in Europe. , Responsible for writing, compiling, and preparing for the establishment of the Army and Navy Academy of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhao Sigao was promoted to Minister of the Army Department.

Wang Dayong took over the position of commander of the first brigade of the army again, and was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Guards before his butt was hot.

He held important positions along the way.

It can be seen how much Emperor Zhu trusted this little-known, very low-key commander-in-chief of the Ming Army Guards Corps.

If this battle can lead the Guards to a big victory.

He can be named a Marquis for his meritorious service, and his military rank can also be moved, becoming one of the few lieutenant generals in the Ming army.

The Taiping Army on the opposite side was also a commotion.

More than 8000 musketeers of the Taiping Army armed with flintlocks lined up in two neat rows, facing the frontline musketeers of the Guards Corps.

The person in charge of directing this wave of attack was a general named Luo Siju who was somewhat famous in history.

Luo Siju stared at the Ming army in front of him. If he remembered correctly, it was the first time that the Taiping army had fought such a majestic battle with the Ming army.

The [-] Musketeers around him were all old battalion soldiers. They were all ruthless men who dared to stand against the Qing army's artillery and muskets, only fired when they were fifteen steps away from the enemy, and then directly launched a hand-to-hand charge.

Although the Ming army on the opposite side was Emperor Zhu's guards, but this time, they had no trenches, no barbed wire fences, and their numbers were extremely small.

How can I stop my eight thousand elites?

When thinking about this.

The distance between the two sides has been close to three hundred steps.

Probably the distance of about 500 meters in later generations.

a mile away.

The Ming army stopped advancing suddenly, and then leveled the muzzle of their guns.

Shoot at this distance? !

Ross hesitated for a moment.

Then I saw more than 2000 muskets bursting out of flames and smoke in front of me, the next moment.

Puff puff!
The bullets passed through the flesh and blood, and the sound of blood rushing one after another.

The screams followed, and many Taiping Army musketeers in the front row suddenly crooked and fell to the ground.

The smell of blood and gunpowder filled the air.

Roth raised his brows and frowned.

He knew that the muskets of the Ming army were accurate and far.

But he still never expected to hit so accurately and so far.

Three hundred steps.

It is the Musketeers under the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that no one can reach.

Thinking of this, Luo Si immediately ordered that the artillery be pulled up and placed at the front, and the artillery should be used to shoot at the musketeers of the Ming army.

"General Town, the Taiping Army has brought the artillery up!"

Soon, a staff officer pointed to the front of the battle formation and said.

Wang Dayong nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let the former army stop advancing, and the artillery battalion will knock out those artillery pieces first!"

Following Wang Dayong's order.

The two artillery battalions equipped with the two infantry brigades of the Guards quickly dispatched 2-inch field howitzers.

This kind of artillery has a small caliber and is an important front-line support firepower for the infantry brigade of the Ming army.

soon.

The artillery battalion pulled out the cannon, leveled it, took aim, opened the rear gun port, held the orange-yellow shell in the loader, and stuffed the cannon in from behind the cannon's butt.

The Guards Corps was the first regiment of the Ming army equipped with various advanced weapons, including weapons such as breech-loading rifled guns, and it must have been the first to be equipped on a large scale by the Guards Corps.

The lighter and faster-loading Ming army artillery took the lead in attacking.

The shells spinning out from the muzzle drew a straight trajectory.

Shoot directly at this distance, and there are no obstacles to block it.

The high hit rate of the elite gunners of the Ming army soon overwhelmed the artillery team of the Taiping army.

boom!
boom!
As the artillery of the Taiping Army's artillery team was hit one after another.

The front artillery of the Taiping Army was almost knocked out before it could even fire.

Before they retreated.

The artillery of the Ming army began to aim at the frontline Taiping army musketeers to bombard.

Under the sound of the explosion, the Taiping Army's horizontal team was blown out one after another.

at the same time,

The frontline musketeers of the Ming army also began to rush forward, and the dense muskets continued to rain bullets.

The Musketeers, composed of more than 8000 old battalion soldiers of the Taiping Army, were quickly scattered in formation.

Luo Siju stared at the infantry formation of the Ming army in a skirmish line ahead.

Suddenly he ordered loudly: "There is no need to line up! Press forward! Charge! Charge in and fight them hand-to-hand!"

Luo Siju's order stunned the officers of the Taiping Army who were struggling to control the soldiers under their command.

Do not line up?

How to fight this?
But after hesitating for a moment, he immediately and faithfully carried out Luo Siju's order.

"Kill!"

The officers of the Taiping Army took the lead, carrying the flintlock guns with bayonets on their shoulders, and suddenly pressed forward.

"It's really fierce!"

Wang Dayong praised.

Under the attack of artillery and rifled guns, the Musketeers of the Taiping Army's former army, who were already in chaos, were able to charge brazenly under such circumstances.

"The two artillery battalions moved their artillery to the left flank and fired shrapnel to support the infantry! The 1st Guards Battalion and the 2nd Battalion infantry battalion also pressed up to support the former army. Be sure to block the Taiping Army!!"

With the sound of the loud bugle.

The two infantry battalions pressed up, and the strength of the Ming army on the front line increased from two thousand to four thousand, and soon they formed two dense horizontal formations, ready for gun shooting and hand-to-hand combat.

at the same time.

The old battalion soldiers of the Taiping Army didn't care about the formation, they just rushed forward with their heads covered.

The distance of three hundred steps quickly became less than 150 steps.

"Attack the bayonet!!"

The sinking officers of the Guards Regiment gave the order to prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

The middle road must not be breached, otherwise the artillery positions behind them will be impacted.

"The opportunity is here!"

Liu Zhixie took a deep breath.

With a distance of more than 100 steps, as long as you can rush up and fight hand-to-hand, entangle your opponent.

The balance of victory will be tilted towards the Kingdom of Heaven, because they have more troops and are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat.

"The musketeers and hand-to-hand soldiers of the Chinese army pressed forward together, charged across the board, and the cavalry charged the cuirassiers on the enemy's left flank!"

Liu Zhixie almost gritted his teeth and gave the order.

Desperate!

A stud!

Up to this moment.

There was no hesitation anymore.

"Your Majesty, the Taiping Army is about to launch a general offensive!"

Beside Zhu Daohua, military advisor Tao Biquan's palms were sweating.

The Taiping army was too numerous, and so were the cavalry.

Could the cuirassier brigade stop the cavalry charge on the left?
Zhu Daohua was calm, his reserve team hadn't made a move yet, and at the same time... his artillery brigade hadn't shown its power yet.

"Order, let the rocket artillery battalion bombard the enemy's cavalry, let the four-inch howitzer battalion bombard the enemy's reinforcement infantry, and cut the opponent with artillery fire!"

Zhu Daohua immediately ordered the artillery brigade to dispatch to support the front line with heavy artillery and rockets! !
at the same time.

Li Sheng, Colonel and Brigadier of the Cuirassier Brigade of the Daming Guards Corps, has already drawn his command saber.

"Cuassier! Get on the horse!!",

wow.

Almost as soon as they got on their horses, five thousand cuirassiers formed three dense rows.

The knights are almost as dense as knees next to knees.

Shiny breastplates and helms gleamed in the sun's rays.

Colonel Li Sheng held his saber and rode past the cavalry in the front row. His saber was raised horizontally, and the blade cut across the breastplates of every cuirass knight in the front row, sending out bursts of teeth-stinging metal friction. the sound of.

"Soldiers of the Guards Cuirassier Brigade raise troops for thousands of days and use them for a while. You are the tigers of our Ming Dynasty. You have the best horses in the world, the best equipment, the strictest training, and all the preparations. It's all for today's battle!"

"In this battle, the cuirassier brigade has only one goal. Go forward! Go forward! Go forward! Crush the enemy in front of you!"

"Long live the emperor! Long live the Ming Dynasty!!"

With Li Sheng's saber raised high, he swung it forward.

The cavalry in the first row suddenly leveled their carbine and moved forward.

The sharp spear points pointing forward, like a dense forest of spears.

"Long live the emperor! Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

The war horse under his crotch took a step forward, first at a trot, and the speed gradually increased.

Then the second row, the third row
(End of this chapter)