Chapter 167 Are your people dead enough?

Chapter 166

It was actually impossible to achieve supremacy in firepower and complete suppression in the late Ming Dynasty. First of all, machine guns were not yet available, and there was still a clear gap between thunderbolts and real machine guns. Secondly, there was a breech-mounted rifled gun. Cheng Shijie only achieved half of it.

Smoothbore guns appeared, but rifled rifles did not yet appear.

What's more, there are only twenty-four artillery pieces now, which is far from hundreds or thousands of artillery pieces. In order to make up for the gap in firepower, Cheng Shijie adopted flying thunder cannons as a supplement to short-range firepower. Although flying thunder cannons

There are many shortcomings, but no one will doubt the power of the thunder cannon.

"Big money wins!"

Yue Tuo clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and the horse galloped out like the wind, rushing towards the Ming army's artillery position. As Yue Tuo roared, thousands of Jiannu cavalry roared like wild beasts, which almost shocked the audience.

The clouds in the sky dispersed, thousands of horse hooves raised and fell at the same time, and the ground rumbled and shook, like an earthquake, making people unsteady!

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "It is indeed the strongest army in East Asia. Thousands of light cavalry are coming across the wilderness, like an avalanche!"

The officers and soldiers of Guan Ning Army and Dongjiang Army couldn't help but change their expressions in shock, and the excited expressions on their faces solidified in the blink of an eye.

Sun Chengzong looked solemn and murmured: "It's like thunder, unstoppable... So strong, really strong!"

Zhao Wencai stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Commander, the last general requests to go to war!"

"No, it's just a group of horse archers who are eager to reincarnate. Let's take a rest!"

Huang Long couldn't help clenching his fists, his palms were covered in cold sweat, and murmured: "Jiannu's attack is so fierce...can you stop it?"

Yue Tuozai unexpectedly discovered that as long as their formation was dispersed enough, the killing effect of Ning Haijun's artillery would be much smaller. They rushed into the five hundred-step range of Ning Haijun's artillery.

"Continue the attack!"

This is actually the result of nitrocellulose, because as propellant, nitrocellulose has higher chamber pressure and faster muzzle velocity of the bullet, so it is more powerful.

Yue Tuo did not live up to Huang Taiji's expectations. He actually knew very well that if he retreated now, his achievements would be in vain.

When testing the Ming army's defense line, the thunder cannons fired by Ning Haijun's garrison were usually fired by a single cannon, and at most two groups were fired at the same time. Therefore, the Belles who established the slaves did not pay attention to the thunder cannons.

I think that although the power of the thunder cannon is great, its accuracy is flawed.

The few white-armored soldiers with red flags beside Yue Tuo were the first to bear the brunt. The shock wave of the explosion hit them head-on. The three-layer iron armor covered by the white-armored soldiers could ignore the stabs of swords and spears. Under normal circumstances, the Ming army wanted to kill them on the battlefield.

A white-armored soldier would suffer at least 20 to 30 times more casualties.

Huang Taiji looked at the Baylors and said, "Use your brains and think about it seriously! How many people did Ning Haijun have just more than a year ago?"

Those who were lucky enough to be uninjured were also frightened. They stood there stupidly like clay and wood sculptures, with blood raining on their heads, broken limbs and arms and organs falling on their bodies. They remained motionless, with pale faces and frightened expressions.

My eyes completely lost focus, I just felt like the sky was falling, the earth was cracking, and the end of the world was coming!

Cheng Shijie was very satisfied to see that the front line of the slave army had turned into a slaughterhouse, with minced meat everywhere, blackened and mutilated bodies, injured people with bloody flesh, and a piece of intestine hanging from their body.

The soldiers with trembling legs all proved how terrifying the thunderous strike just now was.

At this moment, Hauge suddenly struck Quarqua's head with a knife. Quarqua's voice suddenly stopped, and Dou Da's head flew out spinning with the blade, bringing with it a rain of blood.

If it weren't for the fact that the rifling problem has not been solved, with rifling, the bullets fired would be more accurate, and with collodion as the propellant, the bullets would hit farther and harder.

At this time, the Houjin light cavalry was far from entering the effective range of the cavalry bow!

I'm afraid there won't be many people left under Yue Tuo's command this time.

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "Pass this command to the commander, and the entire army will shrink and defend!"

Then……

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."

I don’t know how long it took, but the terrible gunfire finally stopped.

Twenty-four shells landed in the cavalry formation under Yue Tuo without any accident. The shells exploded, causing a large rain of blood in the cavalry formation decorated with red flags...

Of course, when Jiannu was killing the sheep and preparing to have a feast, Cheng Shijie also realized that Huang Taiji was preparing to focus on the Dongjiang Army.

Without saying a word, Hauge drew his saber and led his six thousand elite cavalry to rush down like a flash flood.

Since Ning Haijun's infantry blocked the Thunder Gunmen's firing range, Yue Tuo managed to escape, but the problem was that he attacked with more than 4,000 men and lost more than half of them.

Yue Tuo lived up to Huang Taiji's high expectations and successfully broke into within two to three hundred steps of Ning Haijun's artillery. This distance was only an instant for the high-speed charging cavalry.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Huang Taiji looked at Bao Chengxian and Sun Youguang in silence.

Huang Taiji also looked at the direction of Ning Haijun's artillery with binoculars. At this time, Ning Haijun's artillery fired a salvo. The target was no longer Jiannu's artillery unit, but instead aimed at the elite cavalry with red flags under Yue Tuo.

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However, the three layers of iron armor on their bodies were like paper in the face of the shock wave from the explosion of the thunder cannon. The shock wave tore through their armor and their bodies without any delay.

In order to turn passivity into initiative, Ning Haijun contracted across the board. On the surface, it seemed that the Ming army was afraid of the slaves. In fact, Cheng Shijie asked Ning Haijun's soldiers to plant more than 6,000 landmines.

However, what made the Jiannu cavalry desperate was that they managed to shoot down one of them. Dongjiang Army soldiers immediately added another, picked up the bloody crossbow, skillfully loaded the arrows, and aimed and shot with their surrounding companions.

In fact, there is no good way to deal with Jiannu's harassment war. The cavalry has the initiative. They can choose any point as the direction of attack at any time, while Ning Haijun can only passively defend.

After regrouping, Yue Tuo's elite cavalry with red flags formed a huge horn and crashed towards Ning Haijun's artillery position. These Jiannu cavalry straightened their backs and raised their cavalry bows. Their cavalry

The shooting range of a bow is generally between 80 and 120 meters. If a heavy arrow is used, anyone hit within 50 meters will be killed immediately.

Mang Gurtai cursed: "Father, you are the only one who is a hero on behalf of the Shan family, and we are all cowards? Sons of Zhenglan Banner, charge! Let Ming Gou know how powerful we are!"

If Cheng Shijie had not equipped the Dongjiang Army with a large number of crossbows, it would not have been easy for the Dongjiang Army to block Jiannu's attack. But the problem is that the Dongjiang Army has more than 18,000 men and is equipped with more than 8,000 weapons.

Mulberry crossbow.

However, they were disappointed. Ning Haijun's gunfire and artillery fire never stopped anyway. As Cheng Shijie, who valued firepower first and suppressed everything completely, how could he make such a low-level mistake?

As Cheng Shijie's status increased, he officially entered Huang Taiji's field of vision, and public information about Cheng Shijie was also collected in front of Huang Taiji.

One hundred and twenty meters away, hundreds of slave cavalrymen or war horses suddenly burst into a large cloud of blood mist. They screamed and hissed and fell down with a crash. Almost everyone on the front line was wiped out.

The most unscrupulous thing is that the damn Ming army actually put a lot of iron nails into the explosive bags, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced the lethality. I don’t know how many people were hit by the iron nails that were burned red by the high temperature of the explosion, wailing.

They fell to the ground and rolled, and some even had their eyes smashed!

The Dongjiang Army also received supplies, including more than 4,000 spare spears, more than 2,000 shields, and the key to crossbows, and 30,000 pots were sent up in one go.

According to Huang Taiji's habit, the Han army and the Mongolian servant army attacked next. Quarqua led his troops to seek refuge with Nurhachi because he wanted to live a good life with Huang Taiji, but instead followed Jiannu to death.

But Cheng Shijie was relatively relaxed. He roasted a few sweet potatoes in a small red clay stove. As the sweet potatoes ripened, they gave off a sweet aroma.

However, everyone learned in the war, especially Yue Tuo. After this attack, he learned two tricks: spreading the attack to reduce casualties. Climbing on the ground, the Ming army's musketeers had nothing to do with them.

The heavy arrows fired by the Hou Jin cavalry also did little damage to Ning Haijun. The main casualties occurred on the right wing, on the Dongjiang Army's defense line. People kept falling after being hit by arrows.

Huang Taiji also clenched his fists tightly: "We must rush forward!"

Everyone was stunned.

"Big money wins!"

Quarqua is Nurhachi's son-in-law and Huang Taiji's third brother-in-law, so he dares to speak in front of Huang Taiji. Of course, the butt determines the head. Now this attack is the Xianghongqi attack. Xianghongqi suffered heavy losses, but did not inflict heavy losses on the Ming army.

cause any casualties.

But the problem is, when thirty-six thunder cannons fired in volley, accuracy really didn't matter. With a round of thunder bombardment, Jiannu's war horses were roaring wildly, and people were crying and running around.

It was so lively. The phalanx of more than 4,000 cavalry under Yue Tuo was already in a bit of chaos. If the Ming army continued to fire, the battle would be impossible to fight!

Huang Taiji's fingers had already penetrated into the flesh of his palm, and he was very nervous: "Charge forward, don't stop!"

Especially the Thunderbolt gunman, who easily pressed the bullets while bragging nonsense. As for the crossbowman, the crossbow arrows were not used up yet, and dozens of carriages came from behind, unloading bundles of crossbow arrows from the four-wheeled carriages.

Continuously replenish it into the hands of every crossbowman.

"Jian Nu is coming!"

Sun Chengzong was nervous, his palms were sweating, and he held a cup of tea for half a quarter of an hour without taking a sip.

Fate played a terrible joke on them. At this time, the Jin Dynasty was booming, and the Ming Dynasty met its real opponent when it was dying.

The cavalrymen with red flags mounted their horses one after another. The cavalry soldiers with red flags had red eyes and rushed forward, howling and screaming.

Yue Tuo almost fell off his horse: "Damn it, the Ming army's fire cannons actually hit so far and so accurately?"

"Spread out, spread out, and launch a skirmish line attack!"

"A year ago, how many people did Ning Haijun have, and what equipment did they use? In just over a year, they have grown several times, and they even have extremely powerful cannons!"

"They can't get through!"

If it were in the past, Huang Taiji would not have fought such a tough battle, especially using cavalry to attack the solid defense line of the Ming army. But the problem is that he has no choice now. In the fourth year of Chongzhen's establishment of the slaves, there was a snowstorm. In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign,

He did not regain his strength. What made Huang Taiji even more uncomfortable was that he originally wanted to extort some food from North Korea.

Regarding Guan Ningjun, his old rival, Huang Taiji knew very well that this was an army that specialized in cheating his teammates, and the key to his victory also rested on Guan Ningjun.

Ning Haijun soldiers jumped out of the formation and started to harvest heads. At this time, Yue Tuo took the opportunity to pat the war horse, and the war horse jumped up...

Thirty-two millimeter thunderbolts and more than 800 gunmen spewed tongues of fire at the same time, and the sound of gunfire was like thunder, causing severe pain in people's eardrums.

Bao Chengxian bowed helplessly and said: "Master, this slave leads the Han army flag!"
To be continued...