Ming Empire

Chapter 123 tragic battlefield

Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting at the top of the city both found the Jiannu cavalry attacking from the flank. They were prepared for this, and immediately ordered the musketeers of the second battalion to enter behind the chariot formation and prepare to shoot.

Half of the Spark Battalion of the third battalion also left the city, ready to join the battle group, and the Long Spear Battalion on standby also rushed out of the west gate, ready to fight.

Cao Yue continued to mobilize troops from other sects, preparing to go out of the city to respond.At the same time, he also asked Wei Daben and other officials of Datong Mansion to urgently mobilize the young and middle-aged people among the people, preparing to let the young and strong people join the army of the city defenders.

One thing that reassures Cao Yue is that in Datong City today, gunpowder and food are still sufficient. Judging from the current situation, the food can last for several months, and the ammunition can be used continuously by two and a half musket battalions. It can also be used for at least a day.

The amount used in a day does not seem to be much, but the actual amount is quite a lot.The muskets were fired continuously for a day, and the amount of consumption was astonishing. According to Cao Yue's thinking, if the gunpowder was not used up, the muskets would have been scrapped.

If this is the case, the musketeers can only be turned into infantry, and they will use the big swords in their waists to fight Jian Nu desperately.

The battle outside the city became more and more intense. The Jiannu who were attacking from the front did not flinch because of the huge casualties. They stepped on the corpses of their companions and attacked wave after wave.But unfortunately, their attack was still in vain. The soldiers of the First Musketeer Battalion used the muskets in their hands to build an insurmountable death line. Few of the slave soldiers could rush within the range of their bows and arrows.

The arrows fired by the few sergeants who were lucky enough to rush within the range of their bows and arrows did not pose much threat to the Datong Army.

The more than two hundred mercenaries led by Konstantin were not sent out of the city by Cao Yue this time. They stayed by Cao Yue's side as a mobile force.

This made Constin very dissatisfied, thinking that this was underestimating their combat effectiveness, but he had no choice but to obey Cao Yue's arrangement in the end.

On the position outside the city, a large number of vehicles formed a vehicle formation at the front to block the attack of Jiannu cavalry.

In front of the chariot formation, there are still a large number of repelling horses, and some gadgets that are very effective against cavalry, such as the tripod iron developed by Cao Yue.Even if the fire from the Musketeer Battalion could not completely stop Jiannu's attack, Jiannu would have to pay a high price if he wanted to rush to the Musketeer Battalion's position.

The outflanking of Jiannu's two wings was very fast, but just as they were rushing forward, the formation of the Datong Army changed again.

The cavalry who had been on standby quickly stepped aside and approached in the direction of the same city.

Where they left, a large number of muskets were mounted on the vehicle formation, and the musketeers of the second and third battalions were ready to start fighting.However, Jiannu, who rushed over quickly, did not notice this situation in time. They thought that the cavalry of the Datong Army, like the previous Ming army, began to fear the fierce attack of the Qing army and retreated from their positions.

In the north direction, lead the army to charge at the front of the scorpion, and rush to the front, ready to rush to the front of the Ming army at the fastest speed, disrupt the Ming army's musket formation, and then massacre.

Chebai was a powerful general, and anyone who was familiar with the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty knew this character. Later, he almost mastered the general affairs of the Qing court, and was finally wiped out by Kangxi.At this time, the status of Chew worship was not very high, far lower than that of Dorgon, Duoduo, Haoge and others.However, Chewbai is very brave in battle, very strong, and outstanding in martial arts, and ordinary people are not his opponents.

The soldiers under Chewbae are also brave men.He believed that as long as he rushed into the formation of the Ming army, he would be able to kill the Ming army to pieces.

But just when Chebai was about to rush to the front of the Ming army formation, a puff of black smoke suddenly burst out from the Ming army formation in this direction. And his sergeants flew over.

Chebai reacted very quickly, and immediately leaned down and hid on the side of the horse. In this way, he escaped the bullets, but his horse was hit by a row of shotguns, and the pace of the impact was immediately disrupted. Jump up.

Seeing the unfavorable claw worship, he immediately jumped off the horse, snatched another horse that was shot down by his own soldiers, and continued to charge forward.

Chee worshiped the soldiers around him, and several of them were knocked down, their impact speed suddenly slowed down.Unexpectedly, there were musketeers from the Ming army in this direction, so they didn't dare to be careless, and they didn't dare to charge recklessly, so they slowed down involuntarily.At this time, other Jurchen cavalrymen who charged at high speed had already crossed the position of Zhebai and rushed forward. Fortunately, Zhebai was blocked by someone to block the musket bullets for him.

In the south direction, the troops commanded by Azig, but Azig was not as impulsive as Xiebai, and the few Jurchen elite cavalry rushed to the front, but the Mongolian soldiers who made Zhu Xili, as well as Kong Youde and Shang Kexi The Han army in the front line rushed to the front.

They were also greeted by ammunition from the Musket Battalion of the Datong Army, and a large area fell down before they rushed to the Musket Battalion's position.However, the Mongolian soldiers and the Han army did not back down, but continued to charge and kill while stepping on the corpses of their companions.

In the front direction, the Sonamu tribe, which was the first to rush to kill, had already suffered extremely heavy losses. Nearly [-] Mongolian soldiers fell in front of the Ming army's musket formation. At least [-] people fell. and died.

Sonamu, who has never experienced this kind of war, has been dominated by grief and anger. His strong revenge made him lose his mind. revenge.

I was also injured by Sonamu. When I saw that the charge was defeated again, and countless Mongolian warriors were shot dead by the artillery and muskets of the Ming army before they could shoot the arrow of revenge, they went crazy in grief and indignation. Spit blood. "Batulu, follow me, kill, kill all the Nanming barbarians," Sonamu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, held up his saber, and shouted at the soldiers beside him and those soldiers who had finally retreated, " Follow this king and kill all the barbarians in Nanming. Anyone who dares to back down will be killed without mercy!"

Amidst the shouting, Sonamu had already urged the mount under him, and rushed forward to the Ming army who could no longer see the formation amidst the gunpowder smoke.

In the early morning, there was wind outside Datong City, but the wind occasionally blew quickly.

After the guns and artillery are fired, a lot of black smoke will be produced, which affects the vision of both parties.However, the Ming army, who were shooting continuously, used the same shooting angle and shooting in the same direction. The Jiannu who wanted to break through the Ming army's musket array basically came from the same direction. It can also basically hit Jiannu who are not far away.

But after Jiannu piled up a large number of corpses in front of the formation, he had to divert his attack.

Fortunately, a gust of wind blew from time to time to temporarily disperse the black smoke, which allowed Cao Jie and others who commanded the battle to discover the situation in time.

Cao Yue, commanding from the top of the city, used binoculars and a position far higher than the terrain outside the city to see Jiannu's attack more clearly and convey the situation to the commanders outside the city.

The charge led by Sonamu himself changed the direction of the attack, but the direction of the attack of his men and horses was quickly passed on to Cao Jie and Cao Jie immediately adjusted the shooting angle.

Amidst a violent roar, Sonamu and his most elite soldiers fell in rows under the muskets of the Ming army.

A bomb shot from the top of the city landed right next to Sonamu's horse. Sonamu, together with his beloved BMW, was blown into the air and turned into a pile of limbs and broken arms!
(End of this chapter)