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Chapter 158 The secret of the Ming army’s power

It was not dark.

Lijia Village.

This place is only fifteen miles away from Taipingfu City, but now it has become a temporary garrison for the Qing army.

Under the supervision of Shangfeng officers, a large number of Qing soldiers (xiangyong) were diligently digging trenches, cutting down trees, laying out wooden fences, and building village gates.

In the village, more Qing troops were lining up urgently.

Don't tell me, just looking at the formation, it really looks like that.

What's missing is the ferocity that only veterans have, the energy and energy that have seen blood that this group of people don't have.

But soon, the Qing troops in the camp began to make a noise, and a large group of figures appeared on the horizon in the distance.

The Ming army's reconnaissance cavalry, which was originally wandering outside the camp, met in the direction of the figure.

The Ming army has arrived!

The figure is just the vanguard, followed by tens of thousands of troops.

The Qing troops in the camp turned from noisy to turbulent. After all, they were just new recruits who had only been training for a month. The Qing soldiers who were digging trenches and erecting wooden fences in front and the leading officers had already retreated to the rear of the camp.

In the innermost part of the village, there is the courtyard of Mr. Li, the village landlord.

This place has now become the temporary command center of the Qing army, with a large banner with Chinese characters erected in it.

"The Puppet Ming Army has arrived, do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?" General Bao Shen was in the center, asking the Yongqian General from all the towns and the only "orthodox" lieutenant general of the Green Camp present.

Although it had been decided to form a stronghold and defend it, after all, it was an army of tens of thousands. Facing this Qing army general who had never fought before, he still couldn't help but feel confused.

The villagers below were quite speechless after hearing this. The rebels were here, what else could they do?
Is it possible that he changed his mind and went out to fight?

It was the same Township Yongqian general who spoke before and said: "Reporting to the general, although the rebel army has tens of thousands, we also have ten thousand soldiers, and the rebels have traveled a long distance. We only need to wait for work and stick to the camp. When the time is right, we will fight." You can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!”

General Bao Shen was still a little uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't explain it. After thinking about it, he nodded: "In that case, I will leave it to you, Mr. Qian. If this battle is won, I will ask you to thank Mr. Long! "

"Follow the order!"

All the generals accepted the order and quickly exited the village courtyard and went back to arrange the command.

At the time when the Qing troops in Lijiacun were gathering in formation and hurriedly setting up their defenses.

Outside Lijia Village, the Ming army soon arrived in front of the village.

Due to the hasty construction of the camp, there was no time to release water in the trench (to prevent cavalry and army charges), and there was no arrow tower.

Only the wooden fence was placed neatly.

Yang Gong did not immediately order an attack. Instead, he took out his telescope and stood at a high place to look inside carefully.

At first glance... there is no need to look at it. The array of soldiers inside is unorganized, like a mess.

"Send the order, tell the artillery battalion to fire freely, and tear down those wooden fences first!"

One command.

The artillery battalions of the First Army and the Second Army quickly began to load and fire skillfully.

"Boom boom boom..."

With the continuous sound of cannons, those wooden fences were just made of trees cut down everywhere and had no defense.

It was bombarded intensively by solid bullets and shattered into pieces in an instant.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, almost all the wooden fences deployed by the Qing army were destroyed. There were even three stray bullets that crossed the very short trench and fell into the Qing army array at the rear.

For a time, people in three places in the Qing army's formation were on their backs.

Each shell plowed several meters of blood, killing more than ten people.

There was no way. The lower-level officers of the Qing army were inexperienced, and the trenches were dug too narrow and too close, so they would not have much effect at all.

This time, the Ming army came from all over southern Anhui, bringing thousands of artillery shells with them. In addition to the red heavy artillery of the two armies, there were also many small artillery pieces, some of which were newly cast and some of which were captured.

If the Qing army insists on being a coward, the Ming army can destroy the [-] Qing troops on the opposite side even if they hit it with artillery shells.

Anyway, as long as Taiping Mansion is captured and the Yangtze River supply line is guaranteed, ammunition and supplies will be as much as possible.

Muzha was resolved, and Yang Gong ordered the artillery battalion to fire freely.

Soon, twenty red cannons loaded and fired collectively.

There were four cannons that misfired on the spot, three cannons made by the Qing Dynasty, and an old Fujian cannon from the Ordnance Bureau.

"Boom boom boom..."

Sixteen rounds of artillery were fired, bringing out sixteen solid bullets. The Qing army array was once again bombarded by the cannon, and the people were turned upside down.

At this time, the Qing army finally lost control.

A village yongqianzong pulled out his sword and shouted with his eyes splitting: "Brothers, listen to my orders, charge for me, and kill all these rebels!"

Just now a cannonball flew one meter away from him. Although it did not kill him, it killed his nephew and his own soldier.

One of the troops charged first. Seeing this, the other troops had no choice but to follow.They didn't even need them to lead the charge. There were already some Xiangyong Qing soldiers in the front row of their own team who couldn't help but charge first.

In an instant, the Yongqing troops from tens of thousands of villages were disorganized and in disorganized formation, and they launched a charge.

The Ming army remained motionless.

Yang Gong and Zheng Dingrui ordered at the same time: "Line up to meet the enemy!"

The main reason is that there is really nothing to arrange.

The artillery battalion in the rear had changed from long-range heavy artillery to light artillery. Shells were quickly fired one after another. The shells fell into the Qing army's formation. Almost every shot could take away the lives of one or several Qing soldiers.

General Youqian realized that his army had been passively being beaten, and immediately ordered his artillery to counterattack.

But to no avail.

The artillery pieces of the Qing army were all newly cast. Not only were they few in number, but their caliber was also insufficient.

The gunners inside are all newbies.

They had just fired one round, but the distance was not enough, and all the shells were empty.

The next second, these novice artillerymen were taken care of by the Ming army's long-range artillery and artillery veterans.

After two rounds, all the Qing gunners were finished, and several artillery pieces were scrapped.

But the artillery battle did not affect the charge of the Qing infantry at all.

These local warriors are all well paid and well fed. Even if they are not well trained, they still dare to fight hard.

This can be seen from the fact that the previous scouts did not dare to go out after losing more than half of them.

A large number of Xiangyong were armed with weapons, and their formations no longer existed. Even their Chief Qian took the lead in the charge.

Soon, the front armies of the two armies engaged.

At such a close range, artillery is useless.

The Ming army did not panic, and the firecrackers of the front army began to show their power.

"preparation!"

"aim!"

"ignition!"

"shooting!"

"Bang bang bang..."

Under three-stage shooting, a large area of ​​the charging Qing army fell instantly.

But what followed was still the charge forward without fear of death. The musketeers who had already fired retreated to the rear to reload the gun powder, while the musketeers in the rear stepped forward to take aim and shoot. There were also many archers who also bent their bows and shot arrows on both wings. .

shhhhh~~
Qing troops continued to fall on the charge.

But after all, the Qing army numbered tens of thousands, and the Ming army only had a few muskets and archers, so it was naturally impossible to kill too many.

The forwards of the Qing army quickly rushed to the front of the Ming army. Just as they were about to kill them with their swords, the spearmen in the front row of the Ming army stabbed forward in unison under the orders of the officers.

A row of Qing soldiers were directly stabbed to the core, but the Qing soldiers behind them immediately stepped on the corpses of friendly soldiers and slashed at those Ming army spearmen who had no time to draw their guns.

Several Ming army spearmen were hacked to death, and their blood even splashed on the body of Paoze who was not hacked next to him.

But these surviving spearmen seemed not to have seen it at all. Their formation was not disordered at all. They even drew out their spears under the command of the officer and continued to stab the next target mechanically.

what happened?

Aren't these rebels afraid of death?

The Qing Jun Qian who had lost his nephew earlier was a little confused.

No, they were indeed afraid. The anti-thief spearman who had just been killed by him with a knife clearly showed fear on his face, but his steps did not move at all.

For a moment, the Qing Army General Qian seemed to have thought of something.

'Could this be the secret behind why the rebels are so powerful? '

Unfortunately, before he could speak, the battalion officer of the Ming Army's Changqian Battalion discovered them.

"Get ready, stab!"

Several spears came over quickly, and several of his soldiers died on the spot.

President Qian and the Qing soldiers immediately killed those Ming army spearmen who had no time to draw their guns, but the other Ming army soldiers were not afraid at all, or in other words, they all raised their guns in fear and anger.

No, this battle can't be fought.

Must retreat!

　Strict military discipline is the key to the modern army’s complete defeat of the ancient army╮(╯▽╰)╭

　　
　
(End of this chapter)