Ming Empire

Chapter 264 Still One-sided

Such intensive artillery fire was beyond the surprise of all Jiannu, and Dorgon was also unexpected.

Seeing that he was shrouded in gunpowder smoke in the direction of the camp, Dorgon couldn't help feeling ominous.The Ming army was obviously fully prepared. With so many artillery guns slowly approaching, there must be more unexpected moves next.It's just that Dorgon, who feels wrong, has no way to change his decision. Now it is necessary to counterattack across the board, otherwise he will definitely be attacked by the Ming army.

Dorgon ordered again that everyone would launch a counterattack against the Ming army from several directions, and at any cost, they would eliminate the tens of thousands of Ming army musketeers who dared to take the initiative to attack.

Following Dorgon's order, nearly 12 Jiannu launched an intensive charge against the several Ming guards in front of them from several directions.

The Ming army reacted very quickly. After they stopped advancing, they immediately used the accompanying vehicles to form a car formation in front of the formation. The Musketeers in the first row used the car formation as support and cover.The train array, which was often used in the Ming army's previous battles, is a very effective means to resist the rapid attack of Jiannu cavalry.Cars can help transport supplies and are easy to carry. This time the Ming army took the initiative to attack and also brought a large number of cars.

Although the cannons were quite powerful, there were only a small number of Jiannu who fell under the blast of the artillery. Most of the Jiannu rushed past the place where the shells exploded, and continued to rush towards the front of the Ming army.

"Start shooting!" Cao Bianjiao, who was on the front line in person, saw Jiannu immediately enter the range of the musket, and gave the order very calmly.

Following Cao Bianjiao's order, the muskets in the hands of the two thousand sergeants in the first platoon let out a huge roar, and immediately rushed to the front, a large group of slave cavalry fell down like felled wheat.Following the firing of the first row of musketeers, more intensive gunfire sounded in the Ming army formation, and more Jiannu fell from their horses as if they had been grabbed by something.

The Jiannu who counterattacked head-on suddenly fell into chaos. The people and horses who fell to the ground immediately became stumbling blocks for the people behind. He threw his head on the ground, was injured or died, and once again became a stumbling block for his companions behind.

Jiannu's counterattack formation is still in the shape of a "herringbone", and correspondingly, the musketeers of the Ming army are in a slightly concave shape, so that not only the frontal musketeers can shoot at the enemy, but also the musketeers on the two wings Effective against enemy flanking.The firing of at least [-] muskets in a row was so powerful that the fallen Jiannu were like cutting straw.

At this time, tens of thousands of musketeers from the two guard divisions of the Second Guard Army also lined up on the two wings of the First Guard Army, which was attacking from the front, to meet the Jurchen elite cavalry who were desperately counterattacking.

Two guards and four guard divisions with 8 to [-] horses form a contract with each other, completely blocking the attack angle of Jiannu attacking from several directions.With the more and more intensive firing of the artillery, rows of musket bullets crazily shot at Jian Nu who was rushing towards him.Before Jiannu rushed into the range of the bow and arrow, the Ming army could unilaterally kill Jiannu, and Jiannu could only be beaten.

Dorgon had a musketeer battalion, and the army also had artillery, but the thousands of musketeers in Dorgon's hands who were equipped with the oldest muskets did not dare to confront the Ming army head-on.Most of Jiannu's cannons were destroyed by the Ming army in previous battles, and this battle also did not work, because the Ming army has not yet entered the range of Jiannu's hidden artillery in the camp.

The current Jiannu can only use their flesh and blood to counter the active attack of the Ming army.

Compared with yesterday's war, there is no fundamental difference in nature, the only difference is that the Ming army did not continue to hide in the trenches.

The battlefield is full of gunpowder smoke, and Cao Yue and Dorgon, who commanded the battle, have no way to see the situation on the battlefield.The two commanders could only order their subordinates to attack with all their strength to prevent their opponents from taking the lead.

Cao Yue didn't worry at all that tens of thousands of musketeers would be defeated. During this period, more than [-] muskets were added, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the first and second guards. The two guards were almost [-]. The Musketeers on the left and right can definitely create a human tragedy for Jian Nu.Dorgon thought that the fighting power of the Ming army would drop when it left the trenches, so let him see how the Ming army's active attack will end this time.

Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong, who commanded the battle at the front, could not fully see the situation on the battlefield, nor could they clearly see the casualties of Jiannu.But after several rounds of musket fire, none of the Jiannu could rush to the front of the Ming army. This scene well explained the battle situation. Despite the heavy losses, Jiannu still couldn't reach the front of the Ming army.

As expected by Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong, Jiannu's frontal and two-wing counterattacks did not make effective progress. Jiannu, who was desperately attacking, basically had no way to break through the area covered by the firearms of the Ming army.The fierce shooting of tens of thousands of muskets and the roar of hundreds of cannons silenced all the sounds on the battlefield and at the same time brought disaster to Jiannu.

The entire battlefield is a hell on earth. It is difficult for the Jiannu who charge forward and charge one after another to escape such dense fire from muskets.

The Jiannu and their horses who were hit by the muskets were not necessarily killed, but the wounded and fallen people and horses would greatly affect the charge of the people behind.The cavalry's charge depends on speed, and breaking through the coverage of the Ming army's muskets also requires speed. When the speed drops, Jiannu's attack power also decreases.

Under the all-out attack of Jiannu from several directions, in the end only a few Jiannu managed to escape the musket fire and rushed to the front of the Ming army.But what greeted them was still a solid formation of vehicles, and someone from the Ming army in the first row blocked their arrows.

When Jiannu found that there was a musketeer shooting, rushed forward, and shot with a bow, the scull shield soldiers who had nothing to do at first raised the shields they had prepared a long time ago to block the arrows for the musketeers.A small number of Jiannu rushed through the musketeer shooting area, and did not cause any major damage to the Ming army. The arrows they shot did not cause any more trouble except for shooting hundreds of Ming army musketeers.

And these Jiannu who were lucky enough to rush to the front of the Ming army were eventually killed or killed by the bullets of the Musketeers or the grenades thrown by them.

The Ming army, equipped with a large number of muskets, basically abandoned the mode of using swords and guns to solve battles, and never used guns to solve battles with guns or explosives.Within the range of Jiannu's bow and arrow, it is also within the range that Ming soldiers can throw grenades, and the power of grenades is far beyond that of bows and arrows.

The war is still one-sided.

(End of this chapter)