Nanming Yiming

Chapter 140 Strong Collision
The momentum caused by the Qing army's attack from both sides was no less than that of a concentrated force attack.On the contrary, the psychological pressure brought to the Ming army was even greater.

Although every armored soldier has undergone rigorous training, most of them have very little actual combat experience after all.Looking at the dust flying all over the sky in the distance, and the trembling ground, some soldiers even felt a little nervous, feeling that the pressure this time was much greater than when the Mongols attacked just now.

The herald also felt this abnormality. It stands to reason that the second time facing the cavalry attack would be much better than the first time.So he said loudly: "Since the establishment of the Iron Armored Army, isn't it to deal with the Manchurian cavalry? There is nothing to be afraid of when the iron cavalry rushes into the battle. How many times have each of you experienced it? Adjust your breathing and concentrate Strength, according to the usual training."

Sure enough, the words of the herald had an effect, and soon these armored troops returned to normal.

The herald shouted: "Attention the spearmen in the back row, throw caltrops 5 meters away from the front of the formation."

Since the last "East Lake Great Victory" Shenji Battalion used infantry to ride, Qian Mo discovered that the ancient weapon of caltrops is still effective against cavalry, especially when infantry is facing cavalry in formation, these small things can often play a role. unexpected effect.

Therefore, the training of quickly throwing the caltrops was added to the subjects. The Ming army grabbed the caltrops and threw them out. It only took 20 seconds to form an obstacle area full of caltrops.Although the depth of this area is not large, it can affect the opponent's speed before the opponent's cavalry is about to hit the shield, thereby reducing the impact force.

According to the requirements of the Ming army's "three-stage strike" shooting, when the enemy enters the range of 100 steps, the musketeers must be ready and start shooting at 90 steps; the 3 teams of musketeers shoot out one by one to strike the enemy.

When the Qing army entered the 100th pace, the musketeers were ready to shoot, but the herald did not give the order to shoot at the 90th pace.

Because the Qing army used a conical phalanx with the least number of people at the head, and then increased in turn.If you shoot according to the predetermined plan, a considerable part of the firepower will be wasted.

After some struggle, the herald finally shouted when the Qing cavalry was 70 paces away: "The gunners start shooting."

"Bang, bang, bang"

As bursts of white smoke rose, the Qing troops charging on both wings began to be shot and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the Ming army was stuck at 70 steps before shooting. The eight banners rushing forward are the most elite "white armored soldiers" and "red armored soldiers". They wear triple armor, the outermost layer is iron armor, and the inner layer is cotton armor , and wore a layer of chain mail on the inside.Such protective bows and arrows are almost ineffective. Even the Lumi guns of the Ming army can hardly cause fatal injuries beyond 60 paces. If the Ming army still starts shooting at 90 paces, the lethality is estimated to be quite limited.

After three rounds of shooting, although many Manchurian Eight Banners were shot and fell, there were still some Eight Banner soldiers who were shot and continued to charge into the battle with injuries; in addition, the firepower of the Ming army of 450 people was scattered on both sides; therefore, only one side was killed The appearance of killing five or 60 people, although it had some influence, did not effectively block the rhythm of the Qing army's attack on the Ming army.

It can be explained that the army's firearm attack effect is not ideal.Qian Mo, who was watching the battle from a distance, also felt unprecedented nervousness. Is this the most elite Manchurian heavy cavalry?
Both the combat power and the tactics are much stronger than the previous Mongolian cavalry, and then we can only rely on the Iron Armored Army to head-on!
The Lumi blunderbuss of the Ming army took more than 30 seconds to reload at the fastest after one shot before firing again.

For the cavalry, this time is enough for them to rush to the front of the Ming army.

It seems that the improvement of the flintlock gun will be accelerated. At present, the workshop in Tianmu Mountain has successfully imitated the flintlock gun brought by Franco.However, the range, firing rate and durability still need to be improved. The current level is basically a war and the gun will be useless.In addition to the faster rate of fire than the Lumi blunderbuss, the overall performance may not be as good as the Lumi blunderbuss. This is also the reason why the Ming army did not have a large-scale replacement and then fired the guns.

Fortunately, the Iron Armored Army was in formation. If it was replaced by the Shenji Battalion, although the casualties to the Qing army would be much greater; but the Qing army would lose at most 500 people and would rush to the front of the Shenji Battalion, and then there would be a massacre up.The Shenji Battalion may not be able to stop these Manchurian heavy cavalry without the help of fortifications in the plains.

At this time, Bashan, who was watching the battle from the rear, also showed a smile. Nur Taiha is worthy of being a battle-tested veteran. This two-wing charge formation has indeed greatly reduced the damage of the Ming army's firearms.

The ability of the Manchurian heavy cavalry to charge the battle is not comparable to those of the Mongolian light cavalry.

The Qing army was only thirty or forty steps away from the Ming army, and the Eight Banners soldiers took out their short spears, throwing axes, meteor hammers and other weapons that they carried immediately, and began to throw at the Ming army.

According to the tradition of the Eight Banners, the cavalry in the front row will use these throwing weapons to attack the enemy when the heavy cavalry rushes into the formation;In this way, a three-dimensional long-range fire attack will be formed, which will deal a great blow to the enemy.

But this time they were facing the heavy armored infantry of the Ming army. Bows and arrows should be useless. Fortunately, the Qing army gave up archery.

The weapons thrown by the Qing army attacked the Iron Armored Army densely.

The shieldhands of the armored army raised their shields high with all their strength to block these weapons; after a loud crash, most of the throwing objects were stopped by the shields of the Ming army.

However, a small number of weapons still passed the parabola and crossed the shield of the Ming army.Weapons such as throwing axes and short spears did not cause substantial damage to the armor of the Ming army; but blunt weapons such as meteor hammers did more damage, even through helmets and visors, they still caused damage to the armored army.

Some armored soldiers fell to the ground in pain due to internal injuries, and two unlucky Ming soldiers were directly pierced through their visors by meteor hammers, killing them on the spot.

Fortunately, the proportion of meteor hammers in the Qing army was not high. Only a dozen iron armored soldiers lost their combat effectiveness due to heavy blows. Although it caused a little disturbance, it had no effect on the overall formation.

At this time, the means of both sides have also been exhausted, and the Qing army's iron cavalry is already close to the armored army's shield, and a direct confrontation will soon be ushered in.

Can the armored army withstand the impact of the Eight Banners heavy cavalry?No one was sure, everyone held their breath at this moment, quietly waiting for this shocking collision.At this moment, time seemed to have stopped, passing extremely slowly.

What surprised people was that the expected violent collision between the two sides did not appear.

After the high-speed galloping horse stepped on the barbed wire, it became hideous in an instant.The sound of their rapid breathing, accompanied by hissing, resounded throughout the battlefield.And those hard caltrops, like sharp blades, were embedded in their hooves, causing them pain to the bone.

These war horses obviously couldn't bear the pain, and they fell down in pain one after another, shaking the riders on the horses, and the follow-up war horses directly trampled on these soldiers because they couldn't hold their horseshoes.

This sudden change greatly weakened the speed of the Qing army's impact, and when the Qing army cavalry hit the Ming army's shield, it lost its original impact.

Although the sound of metal impact still resounded through the sky, the cavalry who had lost their impact could not penetrate the formation of the Ming army at all.Heavy armored cavalry against heavy armored infantry, this is a collision of steel, obviously the Qing army did not give full play to the advantages of cavalry.

Soon the spearmen in the back row of the Ming army stepped forward to stab the Qing army with their spears.It is a pity that under the protection of armor, it is difficult for the spears of the Ming army to directly pierce the body of the Qing army.At the same time, although the swords and spears of the Qing army rubbed sparks on the armor of the Iron Armored Army, it was difficult to produce a one-shot killing effect.

At this time, the weakness of the Qing army without the protection of the face armor was revealed. The silver spear of the Ming army directly pierced the throat of a Qing army.The moment the Ming army drew back the spear, blood sprayed from the necks of the Qing army, which also indicated that the battle had officially entered the stage of bloody fighting.

On the other side, a burly Qing army Eight Banners was riding a horse and waving a mace at the Ming army.The extremely heavy mace seemed like a toy in his hands, flying in arcs, and every time it fell, a Ming soldier was knocked into the air by it.Although protected by iron armor, this blunt weapon was too powerful, and the Ming soldiers who were hit were all internally injured, spitting blood.

"Bang, bang, bang"

As the sound of firecrackers sounded again, the Qing soldier was punched out several blood holes in an instant. His eyes widened and he stared at the front in disbelief, as if to say: "Ming army, you don't talk about martial arts."

Soon the second and third rounds of firecrackers came as scheduled, and the Qing army on horseback fell down in an instant.This distance is too close, no matter how many layers of armor you wear, you will not be able to resist it.

Nur Taiha's heart was bleeding. Most of the people who were killed by the firecrackers just now were the most elite white armored soldiers and red armored soldiers. They were the essence of his 2000 people.

Even in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, not everyone wears triple heavy armor. Most of the people wearing heavy armor are white armored soldiers and red armored soldiers, and the total number is about [-]%.

This wave of firepower of the Ming army directly took away 150 people, which was too hurt.

If facing an ordinary infantry formation, the cavalry's shock wave does not overwhelm the enemy's formation, it must retreat temporarily, and then launch the second wave of charge.

But in the face of the firecrackers of the Ming army, if he retreated and charged again, at least hundreds of people would die.

At this time, he made an astonishing decision and shouted: "All the warriors of the Eight Banners who fought against the Ming army in the front row dismounted and fought on foot. .”

Qian Mo was also taken aback when he saw the Qing army dismounting.

At this time, he can be described as mixed joy and sorrow.The joy is that the Qing army took the initiative to dismount, and now there is no need to worry about these Manchurian Eight Banners escaping, and there is a chance to wipe out these Manchurian Eight Banners; the worry is that after the Qing army dismounts, the two sides will fight hand-to-hand, and the Ming army's firearms will hardly cause the Qing army to inflict damage. Injury, the Iron Armored Army can only forcefully defeat these Manchurian Eight Banners through hand-to-hand combat.

The 500 Qing troops who were relatively far behind quickly drew their bows and set up arrows to shoot at the Ming army's musketeers, and soon the Qing army's arrows rained over.The arrows in the hands of many Ming army guns were injured, which directly affected the rhythm of the Ming army's loading of Lumi guns.

At this time, the shooting angle of the firecrackers has been completely blocked by the soldiers on both sides fighting in front of the formation, but the archers of the Qing army can take advantage of the parabola of the bow and arrow to lob the firecrackers of the Ming army behind.

Seeing this, Hong Fugui hurriedly shouted: "The musketeers retreat and get out of the range of the Qing army."

This means that the Iron Armored Army must face a larger number of Qing troops alone.

Although being flanked by the Qing army on both sides, the formation of the Ming army was not messy.The large shield soldiers stood in front desperately, and the spearmen behind them stabbed out their spears rhythmically.

Although these Manchurian Eight Banners may have higher personal military strength than the Ming army's Iron Armored Army, but in the face of such a large battle formation, their personal martial arts advantages cannot be reflected at all.

The two sides were in a state of anxiety. Since they were all wearing heavy armor, although the fighting was in full swing, not many people were actually killed.

Here, about 350 people were killed in one round of bombardment and two encounters with the "three-stage attack" of the Ming army; 50 people were trampled to death by their own people when they stepped on the barbed wire, and 100 people were killed by the Ming army in front of the battle. 500 people.

The Iron Armored Army here was thrown by the Qing army with blunt weapons and killed in front of the battle, and 100 people were also reduced.

The gunmen of the Ming army were shot and killed 30 people by the bows and arrows of the Qing army.

In fact, the casualties caused by the actual hand-to-hand combat between the two sides were only 200 people, basically each lost 100 people, which was a 1:1 exchange.

The current situation on the battlefield is that 1500 Manchurian Eight Banners are fighting against 900 Ming army armored soldiers.

Nur Taiha's face was full of worry. He knew very well that on the surface it seemed that the Qing army had the upper hand, but in fact the pressure was entirely on him.Most of his losses were elite troops. Once the elite troops were exhausted, the scale of victory would immediately tilt towards the Ming army!

Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins, and Nurtaiha is determined to break the deadlock, so he personally swung the mace and took the remaining Eight Banners into the fight.

With the addition of more Eight Banners, the Iron Armored Army also obviously felt the pressure here. They were at a disadvantage in numbers and were besieged by the Qing army from two directions. Once the battle formation became loose, they were in danger of collapsing at any time.

Hong Fugui understood that the time for the decisive battle had arrived.Shouted: "War horses and swordsmen go out!"

In the past, the armored army mainly relied on the cooperation of shieldmen and spearmen to stop the Qing army, and the most core horse swordsmen were not on standby in the formation.

At this moment, the Qing army has all rushed forward, so the Iron Armored Army will naturally go all out, and the decisive battle has begun!

Suddenly, some gaps appeared in the shield formation of the Ming army, which was like a copper wall and an iron wall, and a large number of armored soldiers armed with sabers rushed out of the formation.

This is Qian Mo's Zhanma Dao specially made for the Iron Armored Army, referring to the Mo Dao of the previous Tang Dynasty.It can also be called a machete. It is seven feet long, three feet long with a blade, four feet long with a handle, and weighs 15 catties.

The power of a knife is astonishing, it can directly cut off people and horses together.

It was discovered that the Ming army had taken the initiative to attack, and the white armored soldiers and red armored soldiers who were the backbone of the Qing army also immediately went up to meet them. The elites of both sides are about to start a peak duel!
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