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Chapter 22 The Fall (2)

A raid ran over in a panic and said hoarsely: "Military Gate, these groups of dogs are so evil. Before our people rushed to the river, they fired their guns. The slaves caught off guard and died a dozen people in one go. Later, when they stopped the ship and docked, the slaves wanted to take the opportunity to kill them, but they did not expect to fail again. If they had not retreated quickly, the military Gate would no longer see the slaves."

Tu Lai didn't believe the words of the raider. He had been dealing with the Ming army's firearms for decades. If these firearms were hidden behind the city wall, it might be threatening, but these Ming army dared to get off the ship and go ashore. Although the river beach was not as flat as the ground, facing the charge of the Qing cavalry, these Ming army was not as slaughtered like pigs and sheep.

"No, you servants must be timid. What's the fear of Minggou's firearm? Just rush over to them and you're done. You're really embarrassed by the yellow flag." Tu Lai raised his whip and slapped at the Ranger. The Ranger didn't dare to dodge, but just gritted his teeth and went next to him.

On the river beach, the Ming army had all come down, and they lined up in an orderly line against the water surface. Yang Lin and Bugalu stood at the forefront of the queue, and the Ming army and Portugal were clearly separated by the two.

"General Yang, there are 35 barbarians in total, one ten taels of silver. You must not remember it wrong." Although he saw hundreds of Qing troops coming over, Bugalu didn't care at all and kept chattering in Yang Lin's ear, for fear that Yang Lin would have lost one person. If Tu Lai heard Bugalu's speech at this time, he would definitely be angry to death.

"I know, the Tartars will charge later. You must withstand it. Remember, if anyone retreats, I will be engaged in military law." Yang Lin said seriously.

Although the Yulin Guard easily defeated a team of 100 people on the ship and left dozens of corpses, Yang Lin was still nervous when he saw the arrival of the Qing army, which was almost as close as his own, so that Bugat Road counted many Qing troops that were obviously killed by Yulin Guards on his head, and Yang Lin was unwilling to refute.

Bugalu's face turned red, as if he was greatly insulted: "General Yang, our mercenaries are very credible, and no one will escape at the last minute."

Seeing that the ranger did not dare to resist and lost interest in continuing to whip, Tu Lai squinted his eyes and looked at the Ming army's formation. The Ming army was behind it. If they wanted to defeat them, they had to attack from the front. If it were a long spear formation, Tu Lai had to consider it. These people were obviously holding a musket, and he didn't even see any Ming army igniting the fuse, and it was only a thin three-layer. Such a formation was simply broken with just a stab.

With a "Zheng." Tu Lai plucked out his long sword and pointed to the thin military formation of the Ming army on the river beach: "My sons, have you seen these Ming dogs? They are useless at all. However, dozens of warriors from Zhenghuang Banner died under the firearms in their hands. This is the shame of Zhenghuang Banner. Rush forward, kill them all, and let our military gate see if the warriors from Zhenghuang Banner will fight?"

"Kill them all! Kill them all!"

The entire river was filled with the shouts of the Qing army, and their voices were filled with excitement of killing. The rumbling sound of hooves sounded. Tu Lai rushed towards the river beach with one horse. Eight hundred Qing troops followed Tu Lai. For a moment, the horse's hooves flew over and dust flew, with only eight hundred people. However, the Qing army seemed to have the momentum of thousands of troops, and the entire river beach was shaken.

Although the bodies of dozens of companions were lying on the river beach, they did not arouse the slightest alertness of the Qing army. The decades of experience in fighting the Ming army told them that the Ming army in front of them was the worst team. Perhaps before they could rush to the front, these Ming soldiers were about to flee in all directions.

Faced with the indomitable momentum of the Qing army, there was a slight commotion in the Ming army, but when Yang Lin and Bugalu were standing straight in front, the commotion quickly subsided.

"God, these savages are so brave!" Bugalu couldn't help but sigh, as if he saw a pile of silver pounce on him.

Soon, the Qing army rushed from the hard ground to the river beach. The soft sand on the river beach slowed down the Qing army's charge. Some horse hooves even stepped into the water, causing water to splash, but the Qing army's momentum did not decrease at all. Tu Lai's guards took the opportunity to pass over the main general and protected Tu Lai behind him. Although the Ming army's firearms were not enough to be afraid, even if they were shot or two, the armor on their bodies could only be considered minor injuries, but the guards could not let the main general be exposed to the enemy's firepower.

Tu Lai did not refuse the kindness of the guards. Gradually, Tu Lai's position changed from the front to the middle. If not, he had died ten times or eight times. Not to mention that he had followed Emperor Taizong to attack Ningyuan and the Great Wall many times before, just this year, a piece of stone was a piece of stone. It was he who personally led the two yellow flags to defeat Tang Tong. Then he killed the Dashun Army, who was cut off from Shanhaiguan, and the sea of ​​blood was killed in the mountains of corpses and blood at the Wangdu army.

Tu Lai has made enough contributions, otherwise he would not have given up the credit for attacking Jinan City to Tan Tai. Although the two yellow flags were suppressed, Tu Lai believed that as long as he made enough contributions, even the Regent could not ignore them. Just like of course, Huang Taiji knew that Dorgon might not be loyal, he still promoted him step by step to the Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhen and Prince Heshuorui.

Now that he has achieved the limit of Gushan, the Zhenghuang Banner, there is no need to compete with his subordinates for credit. It is his delight to be able to emerge with more outstanding children in Zhenghuang Banner. Tu Lai didn't know why he suddenly thought of so many things on the battlefield. Could it be that I am old?

Tu Lai was about to laugh at herself when the sound of "bang! bang! bang!" in front sounded, and the Ming army had already fired. Although he was driving at high speed, Tu Lai still couldn't help but shake his head. The Ming army was getting weaker and weaker. The forward had at least one hundred steps. At this far, he would probably not even be able to shoot a horsehair.

The Qing army rushing in front was similar to Tulai. When they saw smoke coming out of the Ming army's gun barrel, they were about to laugh when they suddenly felt a pain in their chest. The Qing army in front fell from the horse one after another. Many people almost touched the ground and were still wondering how they would fall from the horse. However, the horse's hooves quickly stepped on their heads and their thoughts immediately fell into darkness.

The Qing army vanguards were storming up, and the Yulin Guards and Portuguese mercenaries had a total of 880 people, divided into three rows, with 293 people in the first row. In addition to the stuck muskets, at least 2450 muskets fired at the same time, forming a dense barrage of the Qing army vanguards.

This round of attack did not wake up the charge Qing army. Instead, they were even more excited. Although they didn't know why Minggou's musket could hit so far, they had no ammunition in their guns at the moment. As long as they rushed over, they could chop and kill these Minggou at will.

"shooting!"

"Bang!"

The second round of shooting of the Ming army followed one after another. This time, more Qing troops fell down. The Qing army's charge formation was disturbed by the corpses of the people and horses in front. When some cavalrymen who had no time to slow down stepped on the slippery corpse, the horse's hooves tilted. The luckless mount stood up again. The horse's hooves broke and threw the owner on his back to the ground. The Qing army, which was as powerful as the turbulent momentum, was in chaos.

"Roar! rush over!" Zhenghuangqi is worthy of being one of the three upper flags personally led by the emperor. Although the first two rounds of shooting in the Ming army were unexpected, they still arranged the team as fast as possible, bypassed the corpses of the people and horses, and launched a charge to the Ming army camp again. They understood that as long as they rushed over, these Ming army that could only fire guns from afar would become pigs and dogs that allowed them to kill.

"Shoot!" The third round of Ming army's volleys sounded, and the Qing army's vanguards who had just sorted out the team fell down like dumplings. The Qing army's eyes were red. The Ming army's three rounds of shooting killed at least one hundred people. This was an unprecedented loss for Zhenghuang Banner. In the past, even if they fought tens of thousands of people in the Ming army, only one hundred people died.

Many Qing army could see clearly that the Ming army's three-row array was fired in sequence. Although the losses were heavy, the Ming army finally had no ammunition. At present, both sides only had less than fifty steps. This distance could be reached by just closing their eyes. At that time, they would tear these Ming dogs into pieces and avenge their dead brothers.

"shooting!"

"Bang!"

The first row of Ming troops had loaded ammunition, and the smoke from the barrel of the gun in their hands shattered the Qing army's heart that the Ming army had no power to fight back and could easily win.

"shooting!"

"shooting!"

...

The Ming army's shooting continued, and the river beach greatly slowed down the speed of the Qing army's cavalry. No matter how the Qing army charged, it was not close to within thirty steps of the Ming army recently. The charging Qing army waved its sabre in vain and fell down desperately amid the gunshots. The Ming army was covered with corpses of the Qing army from about thirty steps to about one hundred steps in front of the Ming army. The Ming army remained motionless like a reef, and no matter how big the Qing army caused, it was helpless.

No one had ever thought of retreating, nor did anyone have ever thought of escaping. They could not accept the fact that they could not rush in front of these weak Ming troops. The Qing army kept rushing forward, shouting loudly while rushing, but there was no previous killing in the voice. Instead, it was full of tragic, just like the efforts made by their descendants in Baliqiao two hundred years later, tragic and useless.

"Kill! Kill the bright dog!" Tu Lai was frightened from behind. He waved his long sword a little wildly and shouted loudly. He didn't understand what was wrong with him today. Why did these bright dogs shoot round after round, instead of just shooting once like before, their firearms became fire sticks. Could it be that he offended some gods? These bright dogs became magical, and there were bullets in their guns that could never be shot.

"Military Sect, no more, retreat quickly." Several guards blocked Tulai's horse tightly, preventing Tulai from participating in the charge.
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