nanming man

Chapter 425
Four bronze cannons were dragged by war horses to the two wings of the Wei Wu army's defense line, two on each side, forming crossfire, which dealt heavy blows to the advancing Qing army and disrupted their formation.

In the large formation of the Qing army, Man Dahai once again showed a look of astonishment, frowning, "This cannon can be pulled by a horse?"

After the twenty cannons were pulled from the back of the hill to the top of the hill, the Qing army noticed that at first they did not see the process of delivery, but now they can see each one clearly.

The artillery technology of the Qing army is actually not bad, but they are better at casting heavy artillery of several thousand catties, rather than small field artillery.

For the Qing army, they felt that they were invincible in field battles, so naturally they did not have much desire to develop field artillery. Instead, they focused on the Hongyi cannon, a siege weapon, to make up for the lack of Qing army's siege capabilities. To deal with the strong city of the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Wujun is different. Because of the lack of field combat capabilities, it is necessary to work hard on field artillery.

War catalyzes the advancement of technology, and different forces, according to their own needs and genes, gradually develop in a certain direction and form advantages.

Some time ago, after seeing Gao Yihuan's improved Zhentianlei, the Qing army began to imitate it, and used it on Li Zicheng, which has already seen results.

After the Qing army mastered this sharp weapon, they didn't take Gao Yihuan seriously, but they didn't expect Gao Yihuan to come up with new tricks just after they made the thunder.

Man Dahai saw the bronze cannons of Wei Wujun firing from time to time. The iron bullets hit the front of the marching Qing army array, making pits and splashing mud and snow. became more gloomy.

He has already realized that it may be useless to attack Gao Yihuan's artillery, and Gao Yihuan's army must be defeated.

Because Wei Wujun's artillery is flexible and not as bulky as the red cannon, they can completely transfer it when they see the Qing army breaking through the line of defense.In this way, the Qing army may have fought in vain when they took down the mountain, but if the goal was to defeat Gao Yihuan's troops, the situation would be different.

Although aware of this, Man Dahai did not stop the striker's attack.

At this time, the Qing army was still being bombarded. In addition, to defeat Gao Yihuan, one had to find Gao Yihuan's flaws and see Wei Wujun's ability.

At this time, Zu Kefa, who commanded the infantry of the Qing army, couldn't help shrinking his head in the face of the artillery shells coming from the two wings of the Wei Wu army's front. He was also very surprised at the maneuverability of the Wei army's artillery.

The four cannons, amidst the roar, retreated sharply, flames spewed out from the muzzles, and then a cloud of white smoke rose.After one shot was fired, several gunners immediately stood up and started the next round of loading.

Cannonballs weighing more than three catties were shot crosswise, hitting a slash, piercing through the Qing army formation. From time to time, lumps of dirt would explode in the Qing army formation, and there was a scream from the formation, which made the Qing army soldiers' hearts beat faster.

Under the bombardment of the shells, many gaps had appeared in the front of the Qing army, and the formation was no longer in a straight line.

Amidst the sound of cannons, the Qing army panicked. Some walked fast, while others walked slowly. The front line began to twist, like an earthworm.

"General, the enemy is 150 paces closer!" A small colonel in charge of observation pointed at the approaching Qing army and hurriedly reported.

Bai Wenxuan looked at it, "Order the first line of defense, the firearms team is ready to go!"

At this time, a horn sounded from the top of the mountain, and the officer who was behind the obstacles such as rejecting the horse suddenly shouted, "Light up the fire, raise the gun!"

The whistle chief of each firearms flag team also shouted orders at the same time, ordering his subordinates to light the matchlocks and order the gunners in the first row to raise their guns.

For a moment, only the sound of a piece of flint striking fire was heard on the front line, and then the firecrackers were lifted up one after another, and nearly a thousand firecrackers were aimed at the pressing Qing infantry. The guns are all in one line, and the scene is very spectacular.

At this time, the Qing army had entered about [-] paces, and the soldiers of the Wei Wu army all raised their guns, waiting for the order to shoot, but the horn still did not sound.

Suddenly, on the front of the Qing army that was chewing like a dog on the opposite side, several gunshots erupted, and a few clouds of white gunpowder smoke rose up, and then the sound of the gunfire seemed to be infected. In the advancing Qing army line, countless flames flashed instantly. It moved, and the sound of "crackling" gunshots rang out.

The soldiers in the front row of the Wei army's line were immediately pushed forward, and more than a dozen people were shot and screamed.

At this time, several soldiers with a white cloth tied to their arms immediately stepped forward with a stretcher, and carried away the wounded soldiers who fell to the ground and howled.

The gunners in the back row swallowed a mouthful of saliva, stepped forward to fill the empty space, then raised their guns and aimed at the Qing army.

The front of the Qing army was filled with gunpowder smoke, but the soldiers of the advancing Qing army quickly walked out of the gunpowder smoke and continued to move forward.

Zu Kefa asked the soldiers around him to fire on purpose just now, hoping to induce Wei Wujun to fire and let them destroy the loaded gun pellets, but he didn't want Wei Wujun to fire. Instead, under the bombardment of the artillery, the nervous Qing army went off one after another. , let go of a gun.

At this time, the front line was already sixty paces closer to the Wei army, and the soldiers of the Qing army who were advancing could already see a row of black muzzles raised by the soldiers of the Wei Wu army.

Under the bombardment of the artillery, and seeing the Wei Wujun firecrackers ready to be fired, the Qing army in the front row felt tremendous pressure.

Everyone knew that once Wei Wujun opened fire, the Qing soldiers in the front row would be killed.

This gave many gunners of the Qing army the idea of ​​firing a gun first, and then stopping to reload.

At this moment, Zu Kefa, Qian Zong and Ba Zong of the Qing army began to shout and curse loudly, forbidding the soldiers to release their guns, and asked them to shoot three rows of dense guns after approaching, defeating and disrupting the Wei Wu army's front line, so that Let the Qing army behind have the opportunity to break through the formation quickly.

However, the Green Battalion soldiers who changed the border towns were obviously not as powerful as Zu Kefa imagined, and the fire escape was inevitable.

Under tremendous pressure, the Qing army continued to move forward, and a cloud of white smoke rose from the front line from time to time. Finally, the Qing army's forward stopped forty steps away.

For a split second, there was no sound on the field, and the gunners of the Qing army and Wei Wu army who had gathered forty paces held their breaths one after another.

At this distance, both parties can clearly see each other's figure. Wei Wujun raised his firecrackers in a straight line, and the black muzzle pointed at the Qing army, while the Qing army also raised their firecrackers, but there were many figures among them. , filling in a hurry, some people even wanted to escape.

At this time, Bai Wenxuan on the top of the hill finally waved his hand without hesitation and shouted angrily, "Let go!"

Almost at the same time, Zu Kefa also hurriedly ordered, "Let go!"

In an instant, both sides fired at the same time. In the sound of "bang bang bang", the flames ejected from the firecrackers on both sides were as brilliant as stars, like a galaxy~
(Thank you for the 10000 reward from the man who wakes me up every day, and thank you for your support. I will have an exam tomorrow morning. Let’s see when I come back. I will try my best to make more updates after the exam is over.)
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