Three hundred and twentieth eight chapters victory
The cavalry in the first row were all wearing three layers of heavy armor. It is logical that the army's three-eyed guns and bird guns could not penetrate. However, the armor was as thin as a piece of paper in front of the shotgun with an initial speed of 200 meters.
The cavalry in the first row only saw a burst of white smoke from the opposite cannon, and then they felt like they were hit by a heavy hammer, and they had no idea what to do next.
When the cavalry came into contact with the shotgun, a large number of war horses and the riders were knocked down. The first batch of shotgun killed more than a thousand cavalry. When the cavalry rushed forward, they were injured and dropped off the horse, basically the same as if they were dead. The cavalry behind would not hide for you, but would only trample you into meat paste.
Jin Daoming, who was behind, saw his cavalry falling to the ground and shouted: "Dad! It's this kind of cannon! It was the one thousand personal soldiers who killed their son back then!"
Jin Shenghuan waved his whip and gave Jin Daoming a whip, cursing: "Get back for me, don't disrupt our morale here!"
After beating his son Jin Shenghuan and his personal soldiers, he said, "Send an order to order the infantry to charge! Now the cavalry is less than 500 steps away from their artillery, so I don't believe they can kill all the cavalry!"
Jin Shenghuan is right. Zhu Hongsan's artillery loading speed is one round per minute, and now the Qing cavalry is less than 400 meters away from the new army. According to the horse's sprinting speed of thirty kilometers per hour, four hundred meters can reach in just 50 seconds. Therefore, the new army's artillery can also fire a round of shotguns.
But what made Jin Shenghuan desperate was that when the cavalry rushed into two hundred meters with the second wave of shotguns, the musket on the opposite side opened fire.
The longest range of the new army's muskets is 300 meters, and 200 meters is the effective range, which can penetrate heavy armor.
At this time, the Qing cavalry had suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and at the end of their strength, they were blocked 150 meters in front of the New Army's position under the continuous shooting of four rows of muskets in the New Army.
Ma Rufeng's regiment was still a recruit. After the early panic, these recruits had already entered the state. Under the order of the platoon leader, they accurately loaded gunpowder and lead bullets, and then used a strip to compact them, waiting for the signal to shoot. These recruits can now shoot the highest rate of fire of three shots per minute.
The cavalry on the opposite side had been completely blocked. The cavalry behind saw that the front team was killed in large numbers, and they were so scared that they turned their heads and fled in scattered ways.
At this time, the Qing army's infantry behind had already entered the range of two miles, and the artillery was replaced with solid bullets and began to shoot from a long distance. The infantry platoon was in a tight formation, and each solid bullet could shoot a blood alley. In fact, if the Ming army was opposite, it would have collapsed, but Jin Shenghuan's team was all veterans after all, and they were still running forward with solid bullets.
When Ma Liang saw that the cavalry had been repelled, the infantry behind came up again and ordered: "All musketeers, follow the drum beats and advance!"
Ma Liang ordered that the drummers in each company began to beat the drums, and the musketeers followed the drums and began to walk forward neatly.
Soon the teams of both sides approached and the musketeers stopped and began to shoot.
The Qing army had 30,000 people, and the New Army had a total of 6,000 musketeers, which means that each person fired five bullets and could destroy all the Qing army. But this is an ideal situation. After all, every bullet could not hit the enemy. However, the Qing army did not have much combat power. Their horn bows ranged between fifty and sixty meters, which was completely impossible to reach the New Army, and they could only be beaten 200 meters away. In addition, such face-to-face massacre was too much for the soldiers. Zhu Hongsan's soldiers were all soldiers who were strictly trained and armed with the idea of loyalty to the emperor. The Qing army on the opposite side did not recognize the word "Qing" and was just for a meal. So after persisting for a few minutes, they began to retreat.
Originally, it was just an organized retreat, but because of the low quality of the soldiers, the superior ordered the retreat to become a great defeat immediately. In ancient China, there were not many people who died under the sword in every battle, and most of them were trampled to death after being defeated.
It was also the first time that Ma Liang participated in such a major battle of tens of thousands of people. He never expected that the Qing army on the opposite side would be defeated so quickly. You should know that the retreat was only allowed to reach more than half of the deaths in the New Army exercises. He did not expect that the Qing army could not help but fight.
The number of Qing army trampled to death by its own people during the defeat was greater than that of the defeated people. At this time, Jin Shenghuan did not expect to be defeated before entering the hand-to-hand combat stage. Now the situation is over. Jin Shenghuan knew that the camp could not go, and the next defeated army would attack his camp. The remaining 50,000 soldiers in the camp would be swept by the defeated army, and returning to the camp would be killed. Now, only by entering Ganzhou City, gathering the chaos, and relying on the tall city walls of Ganzhou can we resist the artillery of the Ming army.
Things were just as Jin Shenghuan expected. The failed Qing army ran there as many people. Now the most crowded camp is of course the camp. All 30,000 defeated soldiers rushed into the camp, and Ma Liang led 6,000 musketeers and then arrived. The generals in the camp were preparing to organize resistance, but unexpectedly, they were rushed by the chaos, and the 50,000 Qing troops in the camp also retreated. Ma Liang completely created a miracle in the history of Chinese war, chasing 80,000 people everywhere with 6,000 people.
The Qing army camp was built on Ganzhou City and Gongshui. A large number of Qing troops ran around like headless flies. Some wanted to dive and escape, and they were drowned in the river. A large number of Qing soldiers wanted to enter the city, but the city gate was narrow, which could accommodate tens of thousands of people in and out at the same time. A total of more than 30,000 people were concentrated outside the south gate of Ganzhou Town. Even if they could enter, they could not go out.
At this time, the artillery company behind us arrived. First, there were twenty artillery guns under the city of Ganzhou. They began to fire solid bullets one mile outside the south gate of Zhennan. You should know that there are now people outside the south gate of Zhennan. These twenty solid bullets caused thousands of deaths. In fact, the artillery company of the new army was less than 200. With tens of thousands of troops outside the city, if someone organized a new army, it would be possible to turn around and eat the new army of these 200 people. However, the Qing army was scared by the artillery, so they dared to turn back and fight back and surrendered one after another. The artillery company captured nearly 20,000 people with 200 people.
Finally, Ma Liang saw that he was too close to Ganzhou City and was afraid of being attacked by artillery on the city, so he stopped chasing one mile away from the city wall. The battle outside Ganzhou City was officially over. At the cost of less than 100 casualties, the new army wiped out nearly 100,000 troops outside the Qing army, captured 50,000 people, and more than 10,000 people jumped into the river and drowned. Less than 3,000 people swam across the river to escape. More than 30,000 people fled into Ganzhou City and continued to breathe.
Many people may think that there should not be such a huge battle. You can check the Baliqiao Battle in the Second Raven War. Senggelinqin led 40,000 troops, including 10,000 brave and warlike Mongolian horses, and the 6,000 war between the British and French Allied Forces outside Beijing. As a result, all 40,000 Qing troops were killed in battle, while only 12 British and French Allied Forces died, and two died of diarrhea. The Battle of Baliqiao was a classic battle between the modern army and the feudal army. The British and French allied forces had already experienced the test of the Napoleonic War at that time. The soldiers were compulsory military service system and professional officers. They were equipped with a front-buckle flint equipped with bayonets.
Guns and smoothbore cannons use the tactics of hollow square arrays and three-row arrays. The Eight Banners Army is a mixed army of infantry and cavalry mainly equipped with cold weapons. It has a generational difference with the British and French coalition forces. In the 19th century, modern European troops fought against feudal armies around the world, rarely had overwhelming victory. At the Battle of Baliqiao, more than 40,000 Qing troops were killed, while only 12 British and French coalition forces with 6,000 people were killed. What does it mean to "be beaten if you fall behind"? This is "be beaten if you fall behind"! Zhu Hongsan's new army equipment and training numbers are still above the British and French coalition forces, so there is nothing unreliable to achieve such great results.
Zhang Jiayu, who was watching the battle behind, was almost scared to death at first. Ten thousand cavalry rushing forward was still very amazing. When the distance was close, you could feel the ground trembling. The next battle surprised Zhang Jiayu even more. The battle was completely one-sided. Unexpectedly, the majestic cavalry was completely beaten by artillery soldiers. Ma Liang dared to lead thousands of people to chase the Qing army with tens of thousands and won. In the end, when Ma Liang occupied the Qing army camp, Zhang Jiayu was speechless. There was no record of 6,000 or 100,000 in history books, only in storytelling.
After seeing the victory, Zhang Jiayu quickly brought people over to help Ma Liang collect the prisoners. This time, he made a great contribution and captured more than 50,000 people.
The Qing army's camp happened to be still there, so it was used to detain prisoners of war. After all, Zhang Jiayu saw Ma Liang and Ma Rufeng.
"Haha! The two generals have made extraordinary achievements! I must report this good news to His Majesty the Emperor!"
Ma Liang was also very happy. He knew that his new army had a very strong combat power, but he did not expect that he could defeat 100,000 Qing troops like this. Although these Qing troops were all Ming troops a few years ago, Ma Liang believed that one of his regiments should be fine against 10,000 Eight Banners of Manchus.
"My lord has been too rewarded. The credits I have made for my subordinates are well-instructed. The two of them are just obedient to their orders!" Ma Rufeng said modestly. Ma Liang was surprised to hear Ma Rufeng say this. What is wrong with Zhang Jiayu?
Ma Rufeng gently touched Ma Liang with his feet, interrupting Ma Liang's question. Ma Rufeng is not a martial artist like Ma Liang. He has seen many bad things around Ma Jiyuan. If anything goes to their hands, good can turn bad and bad can turn bad. This time, it is nothing to give half of the credit to Zhang Jiayu, as long as Zhang Jiayu says a few good words in front of the emperor, then everything will be included.
In fact, Ma Rufeng underestimated Zhu Hongsan too much. Zhu Hongsan was also a founding monarch. He naturally had his own secret intelligence channels in the army. The situation here would be transmitted to Guangzhou by the secret spies of the Jinyiwei among the soldiers.
However, Zhang Jiayu loves to listen to this very much. Now he is in a very good mood. Now, the two people in front of him have no longer had their previous noble attitude. They are very kind of respectful and polite. At least he himself thinks he is a respectful and polite.
"General Ma has a great reputation. We have all the great achievements this time, and the entire army has their share! Haha!!!"
Chapter completed!