A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 247 Who Can Steal His Edge

The densely armored pikemen of the Qing army rushed forward with shouts. Their ten-foot-long eight-banner spears and eight-foot-long tiger spears all stood up with sharp points, shining a dazzling light.These people are all thick in armor and strong in stature. They rushed so desperately that they seemed to have an unstoppable momentum.

After the Shunxiang army fired two volleys of firecrackers, the firecrackers in the first two rows retreated to the third row and reloaded.With the convenience of pre-installed paper tube ammunition in Shunxiang Fort, the harsh training of the Shunxiang Army was only a short time, and the two rows of firecrackers had already loaded their own paper tube ammunition.

The third row of firecrackers raised their firecrackers densely again, aiming at the rushing heavy armored Qing soldiers on the spot.

"put!"

There was a loud shout, and there was another deafening burst of intensive firing of firecrackers.

A large cloud of gunpowder smoke rose, and a large number of heavy armored soldiers of the Qing army with spears and halberds rolled to the ground.At a distance of seventy or eighty steps, the firecrackers of the Shunxiang Army could already break through their heavy armor. His body was so shaken that his muscles and bones were broken.

"put!"

After the platoon of musketeers finished shooting their gunpowder, they immediately backed away quickly until they were behind the pikemen.The hundreds of firecrackers in the first row raised their firecrackers densely again, aiming at the Qing army who had rushed for nearly forty or fifty steps, and pulled the trigger mercilessly.

The crackling sound of the firecrackers was endless, and each matchstick ignited the primer in his own fire gate, and flashes of fire emerged one after another, and then turned into violent fireworks from the muzzle of the gun.In the end, it merged into a deafening volley of firecrackers.

The Qing soldiers in heavy armor were emitting clouds of blood mist. At such a distance of forty or fifty steps, there was no armor that could not be broken by the Shunxiang Castle Fire Gun.A large number of Qing soldiers who were shot fell to the ground one by one. They clutched their wounds and howled in pain.

I don't know whether these heavy-armored gunmen of the Qing army were brave or stupid. After two rows of gunmen from Shunxiang Fort fired in salvo, they had already suffered hundreds of casualties, and the dense array was completely empty.However, the rest of the heavy armor of the Qing soldiers rushed forward with their guns crazily.While many people stumbled and charged, there was a long intestine under their lower abdomen.

As before, after the row of musketeers finished firing their own ammunition, they immediately backed away quickly until they reached behind the musketeers behind the pikemen, and nervously loaded their fixed paper tube ammunition.Under the order of the officers, the last row of gunfire soldiers raised their guns to aim at the Qing soldiers rushing madly a dozen steps away.

"put!"

A large puff of gunpowder smoke came out, and amidst the deafening blunderbuss, another large group of Qing army heavy armor rolled to the ground, and dozens of Qing army heavy armor with long spears and halberds were directly knocked out.Some people could no longer bear the fear in their hearts, dropped their weapons, and ran back screaming.

The rest of the people had red eyes, howled hoarsely and rushed up.

"kill!"

In the end, the row of firecrackers receded like a tide, and the densely packed spears in front of the Shunxiang army stood up, also shining a dazzling light.

The three rows of spearmen of the Shun Township Army in the formation all raised their spears, and the front row of spearmen rushed to the front and stabbed the sparse and crazy Qing soldiers with heavy armor.The sound of the gun being pierced into the flesh continued, and the muffled groans and screams of each other continued to resound.

The heavy armor of the Qing soldiers was hit by the three rows of firecrackers from the Shunxiang Army. It can be said that nearly half of them were killed and killed, and many of the rest were also wounded. There were only half of the people in front of the army commander and spearmen.

They were originally dense, and the densely packed army formation had long been out of formation.In particular, everyone's bloody courage has already been hit by more than half.

Even if the rest of the people are crazy, how can they be the opponent of the Shunxiang army?The spearmen of each Shun Township Fort are densely packed together, and they don't need to worry about their sides, they just need to stab forward.Their sharp spears stabbed out neatly, retracted quickly, and stabbed out again neatly. Every piece of spears stuck out like a forest, harvesting the lives of the heavily armored Qing army in front of them.

Almost all of them attacked a Qing soldier's long spear in front of them with a few long spears. Even if someone fell down beside him, someone behind him immediately made up. The densely packed spearmen in the front row always remained the same.

The spearmen kept shouting in unison, and poked each other with their spears. The bodies of the stabbed soldiers on both sides fell limply, and hot blood flowed out, moistening the dry and cold ground.

The cruel and bloody battle didn't last long. In the blink of an eye, those Qing soldiers in heavy armor lost nearly half of their casualties. Looking at the still steadfast Ming soldiers in front of them, the spear points in their hands dripped blood from their brothers from time to time. , the madness in the eyes of the remaining Qing soldiers dissipated, and then everyone showed extremely terrified eyes.

The forest of guns in front of him was still densely packed, and more than half of the warriors in the banner had already suffered casualties, and they still couldn't break their formation a little bit.Many people could no longer restrain the fear in their hearts, and ran away screaming.Some people rushed forward screaming, and then they were stabbed to the ground one by one by the gunmen of the Shun Township Army.

Wang Dou was standing at the position of the central army, and through the smoke from the firecrackers that had not been blown away by the cold wind, he could see that many Qing soldiers had been beaten up, some of them were running around with their heads in their arms, and some were throwing away their weapons and sharpened their heads. Screaming and fleeing back, the rest of the people were dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

Wang Dou sneered: "The slaves are defeated!"

The strength of the Qing army's heavy armor was beyond Wang Dou's expectations, and it lasted until more than half of the casualties collapsed.Or maybe it's their habitual thinking, they didn't react right away, and it was too late when they did.

Wang Dou snorted coldly: "Send the order, march in formation!"

The drums of the Chinese army sounded, and immediately all the Shunxiang soldiers stood up straight again.They held guns in the front row and blunderbusses in the back row. There was a forest of long guns and blunderbusses. With the beat of marching drums, the entire array began to move slowly, like a moving castle.

"go ahead!"

Shunxiang's army marched in formation, approaching like a wall. The Qing soldiers in front of them all retreated, and no one dared to step forward to fight, and was slightly frustrated.

"go ahead!"

The momentum of the Shunxiang army was unstoppable. All their soldiers were holding guns and holding blunderbuss, with proud expressions on their faces.In this world, there is no one who can stop their progress, not the Qing soldiers with red flags, nor the white flags, and the rest of the Eight Banners soldiers, the same cannot be done!

……

"Defeated?..."

Seeing the soldiers in the banner retreating like a tidal wave of wolves rushing forward, Duoduo, who was under the dragon's banner in the Qing army's formation, was devastated.He couldn't believe that the heavy-armored warriors and strong archers in his white flag were no match for King Ming's fighting department in a head-to-head confrontation.

He could see very clearly that the battle just now was no longer a battle, it was a one-sided massacre, but on the contrary, the target of the massacre today was himself.Since the news came from Du Du, there was also the battle of Dingzhou Bridge yesterday. Du Duo also knew that Wang Dou was very strong, but he didn't expect to be so strong.

Their gunners were indeed very powerful. The archers in their banner were no match for their gunners, they were just standing and being beaten.Not only that, but their spearmen were also very powerful. Their heavy armored warriors braved the rain of bullets and rushed to the front and back, but in the end they were killed and scattered.

why?Duoduo didn't understand, he only knew that it was over for him to inlay the white flag.The elite of the Banners destroyed most of them in the battle just now, and after returning to the territory of the Qing Dynasty by themselves, do the Eight Banners still have their say?
It's ridiculous that I was still full of confidence just now, and laughed at Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Dou for not knowing soldiers. It seems that I was the one who was stupid.His hot tears flowed down uncontrollably, and he choked up and said, "Seventh brother, I regret not listening to what you said yesterday!"

Abatai sighed heavily, he also saw the battle just now, the thousand heavy armored warriors in the banner were gone, that was the essence of the whole banner.The casualties of the two thousand archers were not small, and they no longer had the will to fight. When they saw the banner of the Ming King's Doubu in the future, these people might run away.Fortunately, the [-] heavy cavalry warriors in the banner and the [-] Ba Yala soldiers sent up did not participate in the battle, otherwise the loss would be even greater.

Just now, a large number of archers in the banner spread out to the rear of the two wings, blocking the attack route of these heavy armors, and Dodo was furious. At this time, he was glad that the most elite warriors in these banners were not sent up, and some of them were more or less reserved. Bloodline seeds.

He seemed a little panicked, and asked Abate blankly: "Brother Seven, what should we do now?"

Abatai glanced at Duo Duo and said, "Ming Jin withdraws troops, let the warriors retreat quickly!"

He sighed, the Ming army has more cavalry, will they miss this good opportunity to pursue?I am afraid that after today's battle, many of the defeated warriors will fall under the sabers and spears of the Ming cavalry.

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In the battle formation of the Ming army, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, was defending the left flank. The officers and soldiers of the Zhengzheng Barracks in Xuanzhen Town watched the battle scene just now, and all of them opened their mouths and couldn't close their expressions.Yang Guozhu's Chinese army general, Guo Yingxian, muttered to himself: "Fucking Wang Dou, really...really..."

He has been "really" for a long time, but he still can't find an appropriate word to describe his mood.Yang Guozhu also watched with mixed feelings that the Shun Township Army was still marching in formation, constantly reaping the lives of the enemy. He sighed heavily: "Wang Dou's firearms are sharp, and the battle formation is strict. Dare to steal its edge."

While he sighed, he was also thinking about how he should treat Wang Dou when he returned to Xuanfu Town after this battle.

On the right wing of the army formation, Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, also exhaled slowly, and sighed: "What a brave Wang Dou, Lao Yang is blessed."

In the army of the Chinese army, everyone was either dumbfounded or full of incredulity, while Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, couldn't help but breathe.Lu Xiangsheng stood on the Yuanrong chariot, he saw everything just now, his eyes were full of tears, and he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Bravely crowning the three armies, bravely crowning the three armies, with Wang Dou here, I am so blessed!"

His face sank, the Qing troops in front were routing like a tide, Lu Xiangsheng naturally would not let go of this good opportunity, he shouted: "Give me the general's order, all the cavalry on the two wings and the Chinese army, pursue!"

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On the 11th day of November in the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the Xiangbai Banner army was defeated. After Duoduo led the rest of his troops and fled back to the camp, he stuck to the camp and dared not go out.Before dawn on the second day, he led the army and quietly left Dingzhou, and the whole division headed for Gaoyang.Most of the luggage in the army, as well as the looted population and wealth, were all abandoned.

After Duoduo arrived in Gaoyang, Dorgon was taken aback seeing his younger brother's distressed appearance. After understanding the situation of the Dingzhou battle, he first became furious and whipped Duduo for a while, and then listened to his cry. Dagon pondered for a long time: "Rao Yu Baylor is right. In the future, when you meet the Ming King's Fighting Department, don't confront them head-on. You need to use my knight's strengths."

On the [-]th, after hearing that Lu Xiangsheng led an army, Dorgon took the initiative to lead the army and left Gaoyang City.

On the twelfth, a knight rushed into the Yongding Gate of the capital. Along the way, the knight waved a victory report in his hand and shouted hoarsely: "Great victory, great victory, Lu Shangshu's great victory in Dingzhou, beheading more than 790 slaves... "

He rushed all the way, and immediately the whole city was a sensation, the good news was sent from the inner city all the way to the imperial city, and then into the palace city.When the eunuch Wang Dehua, the chief inspector of ceremonies, cheered and delivered the Jiewen, Emperor Chongzhen trembled, but he felt that this thin piece of paper was as heavy as a thousand catties, and he almost couldn't grasp it.

(End of this chapter)