Chapter 331: Mysterious Army

Under the resistance of a group of Xuanjia iron cavalry led by Li Cunxiao, the other Xuanjia iron cavalry quickly retreated behind the Qi family's army.

If you think that the current eastern captives of the Tartars will only use cavalry to charge and fight fiercely regardless of life or death, you are very wrong.

Dai Shan is very realistic, he is also the only Eight Banners armed with firearms, and there are not only artillery but also firearms battalions under his command.

It's just that the number of red-coated cannons is limited, and when the shelling began, it was destroyed by the Ming artillery.

Without the help of the firearms battalion, his Zhenghong Banner would have been defeated by the Xuanjia Army led by Li Cunxiao.

As soon as the Eastern Cavalry chased after them, they found that a Ming army formation appeared three hundred paces in front of them.

The front row of the phalanx was all armed with Vulcan spears, and they all glared angrily at the Eastern Cavalry.

"Stop the pursuit, the archers release their arrows!"

Dai Shan gave an order, and the Eastern Cavalry immediately jumped off their horses, took off their strong bows and began to shoot arrows at Qi's army.

Suddenly, dense arrows flew quickly in front of the Qi family's army formation.

Seeing the Tartar release the arrow, Qi Jiguang gave an order:

"Come on, form a shield array."

Immediately, countless soldiers with shields stepped forward to form a shield array to block the rain of arrows in the sky.

To tell the truth, the Eastern Capture Cavalry is very good at shooting, covering shooting at a distance of nearly 200 meters.

However, the Ming army did not shoot at them, and the flintlock pistol did little damage to the Tartars at this distance, so there was no need to waste bullets.

When the Qi family army and the Tartars were fighting, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry got a good rest, and they waited for the order to attack at any time.

Seeing that the shield array of the Ming army had almost blocked all the Eastern Cavalry shots, Dai Shan couldn't help frowning.

He was now thinking about how good it would be if there was artillery, which could directly bomb the Ming army to death, but it was a pity......

"Amma, bows and arrows have no effect at all, bring in the firearms battalion!"

Seeing that the cavalry was blocked by the shield array of the Ming army, Manda Hai hurriedly suggested going to the firearms battalion.

Dai Shan nodded:

"Order, go to the firearms battalion, the infantry is in front and the cavalry is behind, once the Ming dog phalanx is torn apart, the cavalry will charge at full speed!"

"Wow, get on the firearms camp!"

Man Dahai immediately waved his hand for the firearms battalion to come forward to fight, and the firearms battalion hiding behind them quickly stepped forward.

The Eastern Capture Firearms Battalion was not all Eastern Tartars, they were all elites selected from various Han armies and a part of the Tartars.

Now the Eastern Capture can also produce firearms independently, these craftsmen are all brought by Kong Youde, although the quantity is small, but the quality is far better than the previous Ming Dynasty.

It is not that the quality of the firearms captured in the East is necessarily better than that of the Ming Dynasty, the key is that the officials of the Ming Dynasty swallowed all the funds for making firearms.

The army used almost all of its old firearms, which were either muted or blown up during battle.

Later, the Ming army did not dare to use firearms, and they all felt that it was better to use such inferior firearms than to use broadswords.

The Eastern Capture Firearms Battalion was armed with bird guns and Vulcan spears, and rushed to the front with great vigour.

Behind the firearms battalion were Han rebels with curved bows, and the Tartar cavalry followed behind the Han army, advancing towards the Ming army.

Whenever there is a Han army, they will be arranged to be cannon fodder in front.

The Lord will die in battle, and they have no intention of fighting for a long time, but under the butcher's knife of the Eastern Captivity, they dare not resist at all, so they can only continue to rush forward.

This path of treacherous betrayal of the country and compatriots was chosen by themselves and no one else can be blamed.

Because of the limited range of the birds, the Eastern Capture Firearms Battalion could only rush to a hundred paces and shoot.

As if they hadn't seen them, the Ming army never moved.

But when the Eastern Tartars and the Han army entered a distance of a hundred paces.

The shield array in front of the Ming army's formation suddenly and quickly spread out to the two wings, revealing black holes behind them.

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

Hundreds of tiger squat cannons erupted in anger almost at the same time, and one after another flowering shells exploded around the Tartars and Han troops.

In an instant, hundreds of people were hit by the shotguns of the Tiger Squat Cannon, and the soldiers fell one by one.

The soldiers of the firearms battalion in front of the Eastern Capture Formation were in a panic and hurriedly began to ignite the Vulcan spear.

In the face of the bombardment of the Tiger Squat Cannon, the power of the Vulcan Gun is too small, and it has not yet entered their range.

"Boom ......"

The Ming army's tiger squatting artillery kept bombarding, and the firearms battalion and the Han army suffered countless casualties in front of the Eastern Capture Array.

"Quick, shield up, shield on......"

Dai Shan hurriedly ordered the shield to go up, and the shield quickly blocked in front of the captive soldiers.

But what's the use, the Ming army immediately began to replace it with solid bullets.

"Boom ......"

Another burst of artillery rang out, and the shield of the Eastern Capture was instantly shattered by solid bullets.

Many Han troops saw that the situation was not good, so they turned around and ran.

"Rush forward, and those who flee will be punished on the spot!"

Dai Shan's eyes widened, and immediately the Governor team raised their scimitars to slash and kill the fleeing Han army, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of people were slashed and killed by the Eastern Capture Inspector Clan.

The other Han troops did not dare to flee again, so they had to turn around and rush forward again, but the speed was much slower.

To say that these traitors are also pitiful, they were all like uncles in the Ming Dynasty, but they all became sheep in front of the Eastern Tyrants.

Under their fearless death, they finally entered a distance of about eighty steps in front of the Ming army (if they did not rush, they were also hacked to death by the Tartars)

This price is very huge, when it came, there were 20,000 Han troops, and at this time there were only 35,000 people, where was there any combat effectiveness.

Li Cunxiao saw that the Eastern Cavalry and the Han Army were bombarded by the Tiger Squat Artillery one after another, which was more efficient than their Xuanjia Iron Cavalry.

He couldn't help but shake his head, he missed his dynasty very much.

In the era of firearms, he would be invincible in the world, but now, his dignified Li Cunxiao is actually invincible to a cannon.

The tiger squat cannon kept bombarding, and the muzzle of the cannon was about to turn red, and it could not continue to shell, otherwise it might explode.

Hearing that the shelling stopped, Dai Shan immediately ordered a full speed attack, and the large army slaughtered the enemy like a tide.

"Dudu, the tiger squat cannon is overheated and can't continue to fire, what should I do now?"

After Qi Jiguang received Huang Ming's report, he immediately ordered:

"Stop shelling, flintlock shooting!"

"Bang ......"

A burst of gunfire rang out, and hundreds of Tartars and Han soldiers who rushed in front were shot and killed in an instant.

At this time, this distance has entered the firing distance of the Eastern Capture Firearms Battalion.

They stopped one after another, raised their guns and aimed at the Ming army, and then set fire to the fire.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Their arquebuses had just begun to ignite, and the bullets from the Ming army's flintlock pistols had already penetrated into their bodies.

One by one, the soldiers of the Eastern Capture Firearms Battalion fell and soon lost their combat effectiveness.

In the face of the Ming army's flintlock guns, the Eastern Capture Firearms Battalion was completely negligible.

Dai Shan and his two sons were both commanding the battle in the back, and when they saw that the Ming army's firepower was so fierce, they began to feel a little nervous

They didn't dare to get too close to the Ming army at all, and they were all worried that they would be hit by stray bullets.

If the father and son thought it would be safe to hide behind and command, they were very wrong.

On a hillside behind them, a Ming army quietly appeared at this time.

The shouts of killing and gunfire on the battlefield completely drowned out the sound they made.

The first member of the general was dressed in white robes and silver armor, holding a bright silver spear and was majestic.

He was accompanied by a general, who was also a white horse under his crotch, but he held a flintlock pistol in his hand.