Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 125 Huang Taiji's Final Blow

In the morning of the next day, the main force of Huang Taiji's Eight Banners was ready to attack again, and this was his final attack.

This time, he did not let the Han and Mongolian cavalry such as Li Yongfang and Mongolian Khalkha be the main attack, but directly dispatched all the elites of the Eight Banners, including his own Zhenghuang Banner.

Huang Taiji did not intend to think about preserving his own strength or achieving the least casualties in the Eight Banners of Manchuria by sacrificing the Han and Mongolian cavalry.

The imperial guards in front of him were not as easy to deal with as the previous Ming army. It was only at this moment that Huang Taiji realized that the Ming army commanded by Zhu Youxiao had the characteristics that no other army had, that is, obedience and not fearing death. It is rushing to the forefront.

His Eight Banners cavalry did not have this point either. In the Eight Banners, the Shangguan is the master who rules you, everything to you, and can even kill you at any time.

A total of more than [-] Eight Banners elites rushed towards the position of Zhu Youxiao's imperial guards. These money rattailed Tartars still had their nostrils upturned, arrogant and domineering.

The soldiers of the various battalions of the Imperial Guard stood motionless in their positions, quietly watching the stream of iron.

Some soldiers' palms were even more sweaty, but after several days of actual combat, they had calmed down a lot. When they were waiting to enter the range, Daming Pao still adjusted its position in an orderly manner, waiting for Fu Dahai's command.

The shells flew across the sky like meteors, and exploded among the elites of the Eight Banners rushing forward.

Some of the skilled Eight Banners soldiers dodged quietly, turning the horse's head vigorously and dodging, but after running a few steps, the fierce horse still fell to the ground.

Only then did the Eight Banners soldiers discover that the iron shell was not a simple solid ball, but could be exploded. According to the conservation of momentum, the speed at which the iron shell exploded was enough to pierce the horse's stomach. Running can definitely bleed to death in a short period of time.

The same is true for people. No matter how brave the Eight Banners soldiers are, they are still living beings, and they will die after having huge wounds.

However, Huang Taiji and the Eight Banners Tartars did not stop moving forward. Amid the sound of rumbling artillery fire, they all rushed forward without fear of death.

The third infantry battalion had already raised their flintlock guns and started shooting at the same time as the Tartars drew their bows.

The intensive artillery fire and bullets harvested the lives of a large number of Eight Banners Tartars, but these Tartars still charged forward. They always naively thought that the firearms of the Ming army would not keep attacking like this.

However, the continuous shooting of the Imperial Guard brought them back to reality, just like yesterday they naively thought that the Ming army's weapons would be scrapped when it rained.

The Eight Banners soldiers were brave but not really fearless of death. They entered the customs with the intention of making a fortune. Once the casualties increased, they were unwilling to fight again, because it was useless.

But now due to Huang Taiji's restraint and insistence on attacking, they had no choice but to continue to attack desperately.

Once people's will to die is gone, and when they meet more and more difficult opponents, they will relax and their combat effectiveness will decline. Although Huang Taiji used the supervising team, these Eight Banners soldiers are obviously not as strong as they used to fight against the frontier soldiers of the Ming army. fighting spirit.

Seeing a cannon pointing at them, they changed their attack formation. Sometimes it was not people who wanted to change, but horses who wanted to change direction.

Horses that also have biological characteristics, that is, conditioned reflexes, their nervous systems have instinctively produced a reflex arc to avoid harm when they see the muzzle and gun muzzle, and they do not naturally change the direction of attack.

The cavalry attack formation has changed, and the threat posed has also been greatly reduced.

However, the Praetorian Guards also had difficulties at this time. Although they rested overnight, many soldiers were already exhausted due to consecutive days of fighting.

Firearms demand a lot of attention from a soldier, and as fatigue increases, accuracy decreases.

This is not the most serious problem. The most serious problem is the massive consumption of gunpowder. In addition to the rain yesterday, they have to face the most powerful attacking force today.

Gunpowder was already running low, and Qin Botong even went to the battlefield to let Chang Yanling and Fu Dahai save a little.

As a result, Chang Yanling, who was in the middle of a battle with the Tartars and had hundreds of people killed by the Tartars, swears for the first time and quarreled with Qin Botong.

In the end, it was Zhu Youxiao who stood up and ordered the imperial guards to suspend the use of gunpowder before the Tartars made the next attack, and let the supply battalion engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Tartars.

The engineer battalion continues to be reserved as a reserve team, and the cavalry battalion, artillery battalion, and infantry battalion take a temporary rest.

Qin Botong was not afraid because his supply battalion was going to fight the most powerful Tartars, he and his supply battalion soldiers held their breath all the time.

Since the training, it seems that everyone thinks that the supply battalion is not a main battle force, but an auxiliary soldier serving in front of the infantry and artillery cavalry.

And now it will be time for Qin Botong and the supply camp to prove themselves. Last night's surprise attack by the Tartars was basically due to the engineering soldiers, and the Tartars withdrew too quickly to be considered an honor.

But this time it's different, the main force of the Eight Banners in armor is standing in front of them, these cavalry who will scare the crap out of anyone who hears it now.

"Brothers, in the next battle, we will face the Tartars that everyone fears. I will ask you if you are afraid!"

"Not afraid!"

"Okay! Let those infantry and artillery battalion guys see that the spears of our supply battalion can kill Tartars!"

The equipment of the baggage battalion was the worst. There were no more than a hundred flintlock guns in the whole battalion, and the rest were all matchlock guns. Seeing this, Qin Botong simply consulted the information in the book preview of the Imperial Guards and came up with a way to organize an array against the cavalry with long spears.

Zhu Youxiao did not object to his approach. It stands to reason that the spears did have a certain resistance to the cavalry, but the effect was not very good. After all, in the face of a strong impact, people are easy to collapse, and once the cavalry maneuvers to attack the flanks, you There is no way to immediately change the direction of attack, not to mention that the spear formation has no way to attack except for self-protection.

"Array!"

After Qin Botong gave an order, the supply camp immediately formed an array of long guns on the outside, matchlock guns on the inside, and flintlock guns inside.

"go ahead!"

Under the leadership of Qin Botong, the supply battalion walked towards the main force of the Eight Banners of Huang Taiji in a neat step.

The Eight Banners Tartars also rushed over at this time, and some Eight Banners soldiers who turned their horses' heads before it was too late ran into them directly, and some soldiers of the supply battalion were directly knocked back to the ground.

But at this time, the soldier holding the musket was indifferent. He was so stunned by the scene in front of him that he forgot the drills he usually trained.

Fortunately, after a short period of stagnation, muskets began to shoot one after another, and several pikemen also began to stab the intruding Eight Banners Tartars.

The soldiers in the supply battalion were really not afraid of death. They had to block the galloping horses even when they fell in a pool of blood. When they saw a comrade-in-arms fall, they could quickly replace them.

No one knew what Qin Botong had done to them, perhaps when a person desperately wanted to prove himself, he would become extremely crazy.

(End of this chapter)