The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 62
The artillery positions of the Dragon Guards were in full swing.

One artilleryman brushed the gun barrels clean of debris with a wet gun brush, while the other immediately sucked up the remaining moisture with a dry brush.Then load the ammunition and adjust the gun body in one go.

In less than half a minute, an artilleryman raised his hand and shouted: "Ready!"

Seeing the herald raise the little flag, the lighter immediately lit the fuse with a long torch.

There was another loud blast of artillery, and the iron ball accurately got into the Qing infantry phalanx. The huge phalanx consisting of 6000 people is hundreds of times larger than the target of the Dragon Guard artillery shooting practice, and it is difficult to miss the target.

Before Ning Wei's phalanx moved, it began to show signs of collapse.

Most of the [-] soldiers that Jin Shenghuan allocated to Gao Jinku were bandits and mobs he recruited in Jiangxi. They were indeed ruthless when fighting with the wind, but as long as there was a slight obstacle, no one was willing to fight with their lives.

Gao Jinku was also very surprised when he heard the sound of the cannons—the cannons of the Ming army were usually used to defend the city, how could there be cannons in this wilderness? !And it seems that there are a lot of them!

Could it be that the Ming army had already laid a trap here?
He picked up the binoculars and looked again and again, confirming that there was only one battalion of the Ming army, but he was really reluctant to part with the direct troops he brought from the north, so he immediately urged Liu Bolu to speed up the cavalry to outflank the Ming army.As long as it can break through the Ming army's position, the artillery will naturally pose no threat.

Zhu Linmei saw through the binoculars that the cavalry of the Qing army had completed formation, and immediately ordered: "The artillery moves to the rear of the infantry and attacks the enemy cavalry. The cavalry is assembled on the left wing and is ready to respond."

The orderly immediately galloped to convey his order.

The [-]st and [-]nd artillery companies quickly put away their artillery, harnessed their horses, and moved to the designated position in a few minutes, and then set up their cannons again.

Liu Bolu led the cavalry in a big circle, circled to the flank of the Dragon Guards, and was about to charge, when the gunfire rang out again after a moment of silence.

This time it was aimed at him.

The artillery training volume of the Dragon Guard Army is very large, and the artillery of various functions cooperates extremely skillfully. In addition, the pre-loaded gunpowder packs are used, and the firing rate is faster than the flintlock!

Each six-pound gun can fire two shells in less than a minute. In the entire Ming Dynasty, no cannon has ever achieved such a terrifying rate of fire.

At this time, Liu Bolu barely controlled the situation thanks to the one hundred soldiers assigned to him by Gao Jinku.

In the feudal army, soldiers can usually be simply divided into two types - confidants and others.The former has high salaries, good equipment, and privileges, and belongs to the officer's community of interests, and is even the officer's servant, so their loyalty and morale are relatively high.The latter is a role like cannon fodder, most of them join the army because they don't have enough to eat, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

Liu Bolu yelled loudly to disperse the formation, and then led his own soldiers to charge up against the shells.Seeing someone taking the lead, the other Qing soldiers followed hesitantly.

Two more rounds of artillery shells passed through the Qing cavalry group, but because they were scattered more widely, the effect was far less obvious than before. The two rounds of salvos killed a total of 50 people.

As the Qing cavalry entered the range of three three-pound guns, the artillery fire became more intensive.These lighter guns have a higher rate of fire, roughly three shots per minute.

However, Liu Bolu could already see the faces of the Ming soldiers on the opposite side. He kicked the horse's belly hard and raised the saber high.

Seeing that the artillery fire had turned to the cavalry, Gao Jinku hurriedly ordered Ning Wei to advance.And let his subordinates yell loudly in the phalanx. After defeating this Ming army, the whole army will plunder Jinxi County for three days. After Linchuan is captured, they can rob again.

These Qing soldiers immediately showed greed on their faces when they heard the word "looting".Not long ago, they just robbed once in Jianchang Mansion, all of them robbed a lot of money, and they could spoil a girl from time to time, it was really fresh in my memory.

With the expectation of looting, the morale that was bombarded by the cannon just now returned to the bandits in an instant.

Ning Wei took the opportunity to order the whole army to charge quickly, regardless of the chaotic formation, and only hoped to get within the minimum range of the cannon as soon as possible.

The two wings of the Ming army gradually gathered in the middle, forming a U shape.

When the group of Qing soldiers howled and rushed seventy steps ahead of the Ming army line, the flintlocks rang.

Not only from the front, but the lead bullets from both sides became more intensive, and the momentum of the Qing army was immediately frustrated.Under the crossfire of the Ming army, six or seven hundred Qing captives were shot in an instant.

The body that fell on the ground tripped the people rushing up from behind, and Ning Weideng, who was originally hiding in the crowd, suddenly found that almost all the confidantes who were protecting him just now were shot down...

He swallowed and spit, and shouted with all his strength: "Give it to me! Defeat the Ming army, and everyone will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"

The officer of the Longwei Army issued the command "quick reload".All the soldiers quickly stuffed the fixed-load ammunition into the muzzles of their guns, but they didn't use sticks. They just knocked the butts of their guns on the ground twice to solidify the gunpowder, and then raised their guns.The whole filling process only took more than ten seconds!
"put!"

It was another round of salvo. Although the gunpowder was not compacted due to the rapid reloading, and the power of the flintlock was reduced by more than [-]%, the distance between the two armies was less than forty steps at this time, and the firepower was sufficient.

This time, the fierce cross-shooting completely stunned the Qing army, and the entire Qing army phalanx froze immediately.

Zhu Linmei saw through the binoculars that although there were still more than 4000 people in the Qing army, their morale was obviously exhausted, and they began to shrink back, and some even retreated.So he decisively gave the order for the infantry to advance.

Ning Wei hadn't recovered yet, but was surprised to see the "thin" long snake formation of the Ming army approaching him.

The Qing army, which was still aggressive just now, was shocked by the aura exuded by the neat human wall in front of them, and began to retreat continuously.These are not the weak Ming army, but a group of tigers and wolves!
The robbers who were planning to go to Jinxi to rob and prostitute themselves suddenly realized that there was no money in front of them, no women, only death!

"Bayonet ready!"

Immediately, the Ming army burst into a tidy shout, "Bayonet is ready!"

In an instant, more than 2000 shining bayonets pointed forward at the same time, and the movements were uniform.

"charge!"

There was another tidy roar, "Charge!"

The Qing army collapsed instantly as if it had received an order!

Everyone scrambled to turn around and ran back on hands and feet. The moment they reacted slowly, they were pierced by bayonets.

There was a burst of screams on the entire battlefield, but they were quickly suppressed by the burst of shouts from the Dragon Guards.

Only a moment later, Ning Wei, who had lost the cover of his entourage, was pierced through the back by a bayonet, and fell to the ground immediately.

On the other side, Liu Bolu could only hear the roar of killing in his ears, turned his head to look, and saw the Dragon Guards rushing into the sky full of gunpowder smoke like a tide.

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