Chapter 81: Drinking Horse Qiantang
The dense gunshots suddenly rang out.
Just like a spear forest that blocks cavalry, three thousand rifles extending from the Ming army's front spewed out flames at the same time. In the smoke of black gunpowder, three thousand lead-made bullets as thick as fingers instantly swept across the battlefield at a speed of nearly 300 meters per second, and crashed into the Qing army with the kinetic energy given by speed.
The shield cart that once blocked the bullets of the Ming army's grenade gun for more than half a century ago suddenly turned into waste. The conical lead bullet on the top was like a layer of thin paper, easily penetrated the obstacle composed of cowhide, iron sheet and wooden boards. Then, like a layer of thin paper, penetrated the two heavy armors of cotton and iron on the Qing soldiers behind. The unexhausted force penetrated their flesh and blood, rolled and raging in their bodies, and instantly took away their lives.
In the Qing army that was charging, countless people fell to the ground as if they suddenly fell, and then their companions who could not hold back were stepped over them.
The remaining Qing soldiers paused at the same time.
"Quick, they can fire a bullet!"
Zhang Yuanyi shouted at the top of his lungs.
The Ming soldiers standing in line opposite them quickly took out paper shell bullets in the rain, bit their tails and carefully aimed at the muzzle, poured the gunpowder and bullets into the gun chamber, pressed the projectile with a very small gap with his thumb and blocked the muzzle to prevent the rainwater from seeping in. The other hand quickly pulled out the push rod and pushed it to the bottom, and then pounded it again, then pulled out the push rod and inserted it back under the barrel, then quickly took out a copper fire cap and put it on. The rest was to aim at the Qing army on the opposite side and pulled the trigger.
The sound of the second round of gunfire immediately made Zhang Yuanyi's eyes turn black, and he realized that he had fallen into a carefully designed trap.
But he still has a chance.
"Order the cavalry to attack!"
He roared like a red-eyed gambler. The commander next to him hurriedly waved the command flag. Qi Zhongli, who had been waiting on the right, immediately waved his knife in his hand, and three thousand Qing cavalrymen rushed out like a flood.
At this time, the Qing army infantry in front had already begun to be defeated, because the Ming army had fired a third round of bullets in front of them. Speaking of which, the reason why these Green Camp soldiers dared to run out to fight the Ming army was nothing more than relying on Ming arms to be unable to use this fantasy to support it on rainy days. As a result, I saw that
How can this not be used?
The shell was obviously more fierce than before, and the musket was obviously more happy than before.
What cannot be used on rainy days?
Scammers are all a group of scammers.
Watching the companions around you fall down, the densely squirting flames on the opposite side, the cannons that roared
The Green Camp was not supported by some spiritual beliefs. They were nothing more than just for the sake of 15 taels of silver and three dou of rice a month. They would not even get so much military pay to make money. They did not have the courage to charge with bullets and shells. It was their principle that they turned around and ran away when they saw that something was wrong. Especially after the heavy armored soldiers at the front line understood that the shield was purely a decoration, the first thing they thought of was to leave this thing and flee. The Qing army behind them had not had time to turn around for various reasons, and the officers who had waving their waist knives and desperately tried to stop the soldiers from defeating this chaos even worsened.
Soon the entire Qing army infantry became a mess.
Their opponents are still loading, aiming, and pulling the trigger in an orderly manner, repeating one move that they have already mastered like a machine. Next to those cannons, the gunners are also repeating similar steps. Under these mechanical actions, cannons and rifles constantly spraying flames outward to create killing.
The entire Qing army's charge team suddenly turned into a bloody slaughterhouse. Explosive flowering bullets, shot bullets sprayed from four and a half kilograms, and bullets shot from infantrymen all cruelly harvested the lives of the Qing army.
"Actually, if they are braver, they might rush over!"
Looking at this scene, He Jin couldn't help but sigh.
The Ming army had too few troops on the front line. If the Qing army rushed forward regardless of the cost, even in order to maintain physical control speed, it would be enough to rush over this hundred feet in two or three minutes. During this period, the Ming army fired at most about 20,000 bullets, and the cannons fired at most five or six hundred shells. The Qing army had at least 26,000 people, and this amount of firepower could not be killed. Once they rushed in front, the result of bayonets against the big sword and spear was difficult to predict.
"Have you heard of an army that has half the casualties and injuries that have not collapsed yet?"
Marshal Yang, who had been resting with his eyes closed, said.
At this time, the Qing cavalry joined the battlefield.
But at the same time, thousands of cavalrymen on the left of the Ming army also broke out.
Cavalry vs. Cavalry.
"Kill, kill the thief and receive reward!"
Qi Zhongfeng waved his ox horn bow and shouted, "Three hippos under his crotch are the first, and the Qi-shaped flag is flying in the hands of the personal soldiers behind him. The three thousand iron cavalry and geese wings spread out on both sides of the flag. With their commander as the core, they violently crashed into the Ming cavalry. Soon the two sides were only ten feet apart. The Qing cavalry one by one pulled their bows and took arrows to aim at the target in the bumps of the war horses.
However, their opponent raised his rifle.
With the dense sound of thousands of horse rifles, the Qing army charging, like a drop of water falling from a small tree after the rain, fell all over the ground in an instant, and then was stepped into meat paste by the running horses behind.
As soon as Deputy General Qi was about to shoot the arrow in his hand, he saw a flash of fire on his opposite side. Before he could react, he seemed to have been punched heavily on his left shoulder. A severe pain immediately came, and his hand holding the bow immediately lost his strength. The brave Deputy General Qi took a casual look at the blood gushing out of his shoulders, and quickly pulled out his waist knife with his moving right hand, and roared and rushed towards a Ming cavalry less than ten feet away in front.
Soon the distance between the two was so close that it could be seen clearly that the young Ming cavalry was slightly panicked. Deputy General Qi, who had grown up on a horse's back, waved his waist knife and twisted his body to slash. However, at this moment, he saw the cavalry's left hand raise, and the flames suddenly shine in his hand.
The next moment, the poor Deputy General Qi's face was lost.
The young cavalry inserted his short gun into the holster beside him as fast as possible, and then pulled out the second short gun and aimed at another Qing cavalry not far away to pull the trigger. It was not until the latter took off his horse and pulled out his sabre. However, there were not many cavalry in the Qing army at this time.
Four thousand Ming cavalry against three thousand Qing cavalry.
The latter was completely defeated.
Ten feet away from the Ming cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's volleys scored one-fifth of the hit rate.
Then everyone threw down the rifle at the fastest speed and pulled out the short gun and opened the hammer.
So the short gun had another volley of less than three feet away and achieved a half hit rate.
When they pulled out the second short gun, the Qing cavalry who had not yet fought behind him were so scared that they turned around and fled. Deputy General Qi was the one who rushed too far forward.
As for the losses of the Ming cavalry, less than a hundred people were injured, but none of them were killed. The arrows that the Qing cavalry rushed out at a distance of ten feet, and none of them actually shot through the breastplate of the Ming army. All those injured were limbs. However, from this point of view, the quality of the Qing cavalry at this time was far stronger than that at Bali Bridge.
"Ma, this battle is fought!"
The commander of the Cavalry Brigade, Lu Yi, looked at the more than a thousand Qing cavalry who were running away speechlessly and said.
"Secretary of the First Battalion! Come with me!"
Then he shouted, and the cavalry who were busy loading guns immediately turned their heads, and their targets were Qing infantry soldiers.
"I'm going to bed. Don't bother me if there is no bad news!"
Yang Dashuai stood up and said.
In fact, there is no bad news. Before the Ming cavalry arrived, the Qing army's infantry also began to be defeated on the whole line. As for their commander, Zhang Yunyi, the second-class Jingni Hou, finally disappeared in the defeat, and he was not seen in death. However, considering the mutual trampling caused by the collapse of more than 20,000 people on the battlefield, many people were also like this, so he was very likely to become a ball of rotten flesh.
In the end, less than 7,000 people fled back to the barracks. Except for less than 10,000 people who died in battle, the rest surrendered to the pursuing Ming army while running away.
Xiong Jing, who was staying in the military camp, made his choice as quickly as possible after learning that Zhang Yunyi had almost been wiped out.
Well, he didn't tell anyone. He brought a few confidants to pack all the gold and silver that could be pulled, and then quietly disappeared into the vast crowd. From then on, there was no movement. After he abandoned the army and fled, other Qing army officers also fled one after another. Because he did not expect these guys to be so decisive, Yang Dashen took a slow action. When the Ming army led by him and the Second Brigade completed the encirclement of the Qing army camp, only a group of green camp soldiers waiting to surrender were left inside. After seeing the Ming army's flag, several veterans immediately hung up white flags in the military camp according to the rules they learned when they were captives last time.
As for the two Qing troops in Fenghua and Xikou, after learning the news, they also retreated as quickly as possible.
Yang Dashui, who had solved the problem of the Qing army on the northern front, did not stop at all. He then personally led three brigades along Yaojiang. He slapped several stubborn regiments to kill them and easily occupied Yuyao. Then he continued to go west. After fighting several battles like a few flies, he easily occupied Shangyu. As for the next Shaoxing and other places, the ones did not even fight. The local officials and gentry simply fled and directly pulled their property and crossed the Qiantang River and hid in Hangzhou. Even a small number of Qing troops on the south bank of the Qiantang River retreated by themselves. Yang Dashui directly rode his big white horse and led his soldiers to Shaoxing in line. When early rice harvesting began in eastern Zhejiang, he could already drink Qiantang River.
Chapter completed!