Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 118: Blocking at every level (Thanks to book friends for the updated chapter)

Faced with the dilemma of being a bystander, the deputy governor stamped his feet and cursed Li Yangeng: "You little slave, you asked the prince to divide his troops and his strength weakened. What kind of peace of mind do you have?"

Just when the deputy commander of the Eight Banners was at a loss, the sound of gunfire rang out again on the frontal battlefield.

Facing the Han army's loose formation of filling the horse pit, Lu Mou and Li Yan had no choice but to attack them without sparing cannon ammunition.

As the artillery fire filled the air, the Han troops rushed forward, throwing bags of soil into the area where the horse pit was trapped, and then turned back to continue loading soil.

Although the filling speed was slow, the Han army continued to move forward stubbornly with the help of earth bags and their bodies, regardless of casualties.

When the last Han soldier died at the muzzle of a flintlock gun, the large area of ​​Tramping Horse Hollow was completely filled in.

Li Yangeng proudly said to Duoze: "Your Majesty, we have paid a heavy price and finally opened the way for you to charge. Your Majesty, this is your chance for you and your warriors to show off your might."

Duo Ze got on his horse and drew his sword: "Eight Banners warriors, all in the army, open a gap for the Han brothers, charge."

The Manchu Eight Banners warriors, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately urged their horses, howling, and rushed towards the charging channel paved with flesh and blood by the Han army.

This time, the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties started running. With blood-red eyes, they stepped on the passage paved by the Han army and launched a charge towards the Ming Dynasty's military formation.

The Fo Lang rapid-fire cannons began to show off their power, and the Fangzi crossbows began to bomb. Pieces of Qing soldiers were knocked down and blown up. However, the Eight Banners soldiers, who had already worked up their strength and wanted to avenge the humiliation, showed their bravery and fearlessness of death. Regardless of casualties, they passed through blood and fire, and charged one after another without hesitation.

The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty followed closely behind, howling, wanting to avenge their dead brothers, and charging as a whole.

After paying a heavy price, the Eight Banners finally reached the 200th step.

The command flag was waved, the artillery soldiers abandoned the cannon, turned around and retreated into the formation. Soldiers holding Luoyang shovels up to five meters high came forward in order. The front row squatted down and held the Luoyang shovels diagonally. The second row bowed and the Luoyang shovels were placed on the front row brothers. The shoulders of the third row were flat, and in a blink of an eye, rows of rejecting horses were formed.

The sword and shield soldiers stepped forward and raised their shields to shield the Luoyang shovel soldiers from the rain of arrows.

Behind them were tens of thousands of fusiliers. Behind the fusiliers were five-eyed machines. They put their square shields on the ground, mounted their guns on the shields, and aimed steadily at the target.

The arrows from the Eight Banners came, covering the sky and the ground like heavy rain and hail.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty just lowered their heads slightly, and their unique wide-brimmed steel helmets absorbed most of the arrow rain. The tinkling sounds are like rain hitting the banana trees.

Unfortunately, he was hit by an arrow and fell sideways. In the blink of an eye, he was pulled away by his companions behind him, and he strode to make up for it.

The enemy fired arrows. Flintlock muskets were also fired.

Rows of bullets were fired, knocking down the Qing soldiers one by one.

Their target was not a human, but a war horse with a more obvious target.

The lead plunges into the body of the war horse with scorching heat. The hot and soft lead twists, deforms and flips in the body of the horse or human, turning into a terrifying dum bomb, destroying all the flesh and blood it encounters. The network is torn, and the muscles and bones encountered are broken. When you go in, it's just a hole as big as your thumb, but when you go out, it's a hole as big as the mouth of a bowl.

If hit by such bullets, not only humans, but even war horses will die.

Flintlock muskets were scarce, and there were not enough people to perform three shots. They only had time to fire two shots, and there was no chance to reload. Squatting down and holding on to the steel spears with long triangular spines, they will work with the sword and shield soldiers to intercept and kill the fish that have slipped through the front.

The five-eyed machine fired. This thing fired five bullets in a volley, one hit at a time. Three rounds of shooting knocked down the Qing soldiers, who were fearless of life and death, layer by layer, forming a death chasm within a hundred steps.

Eventually, a fish slipped through the net and rushed in front of Juma. The squad leader yelled at the brothers beside him: "Calm down, don't move, hold on, hold on—"

A new soldier became timid when faced with the enemy cavalry that was rushing towards him and pressing like a mountain. He wanted to stand up and run away, but the Luoyang shovel pressing on his shoulders held him down: "Don't move, the one who runs away will die."

Just as a Luoyang shovel soldier behind him was about to turn around, the long three-edged thorn of the flintlock gun pierced his back without hesitation.

As soon as a fusilier stood up to run away, a five-eyed machine hit him on the head without hesitation.

Boom, a galloping war horse collided with the long Luoyang shovel. The Luoyang shovel broke and the horse neighed sadly. The second Luoyang shovel pierced the chest of the war horse without hesitation.

The third Luoyang shovel stretches out like a poisonous snake and pierces the enemy on horseback.

The five-eyed machine fired continuously, knocking over the enemies who rushed in front of Juma one by one.

A war horse leaped into the formation and knocked over two Ming soldiers. But before he could use his sword to expand the victory, several three-edged thorns and a sword stabbed him into a sieve.

The surviving cavalry who crossed the line of fire, after paying a heavy price, still opened a gap for the following infantry to charge.

But it is a pity that the Eight Banners were divided and their strength was weak. When they passed through the sea of ​​​​fire, there were not many left. In the sea of ​​​​people close to 100,000 Ming troops, not even a splash of water was made.

The infantrymen wanted to rush in through the gap. What greeted them was a batch of small explosive packets thrown out by the soldiers who had abandoned their Luoyang shovels and became grenadiers.

A kilogram of explosives exploded into a sea of ​​flames in front of them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, these Luoyang shovel soldiers who had completed their mission immediately took off the shields on their backs and drew out the broadswords on their backs. In a blink of an eye, they turned into sword and shield soldiers. Together with the fusiliers with bayonets, they blocked the enemy. Before looking at the five-eyed machine, no enemy is allowed to attack the three-stage shooting formation.

The five-eye machine is overheated and cannot be reloaded. The five-eyed machine was raised high, roared, and rushed into the enemy group, and the real hand-to-hand combat began.

But the outcome of this battle is already clear.

The enemy began to wipe out 8,000 people, and divided the troops and took away 10,000. Now the 10,000 strong Manchu and Qing Eight Banners are watching the fire from the other side.

The Han army lost no less than 5,000 men in filling up the horse pit, and the Eight Banners lost no less than 6,000 men in the charge. The Han army lost no more than 15,000 men, and the 70,000 troops that Duoshan had brought with him were now less than 30,000.

In the previous battle, due to the immense power of the Ming army's firearms, he lost less than five thousand.

Eighty-five thousand pairs are less than thirty thousand in a melee. As long as the Ming army no longer collapses like the original armies, it will be difficult to win.

In the sea of ​​​​people, those cavalry who were lucky enough to rush in have been tightly wrapped, and their horses no longer have the impact.

The combat effectiveness of cavalry without the impact of war horses is not as good as that of infantry.

A Qing cavalryman was surrounded by countless Ming troops and was unable to move. He was tired of dealing with the weapons around him. At this time, a long Luoyang shovel directly smashed his head.

A cavalryman was struggling, but the horse neighed sadly and his head was smashed by a five-eyed machine.

Facing the Han army, especially the yellow belts of the Fifth Army, they showed why they loved the five-eyed machine.

The yellow belts of the Fifth Army yelled at the brothers from other armies: "Other brothers, watch and learn how we killed the enemy."

(End of this chapter)