Chapter 24: The Fierce Rogue
In the first positional battle, nearly 100,000 troops were annihilated, and Zhu Youzhen was in a good mood. He also knew that the rogue would not give up, and the vicious war would start at any time, so he explained to Huang Ming:
"Huang Ming, quickly check the artillery and ammunition to see if you need supplies, and be ready for shelling at any time."
"Back to the emperor, the gunpowder and shells are sufficient, the brothers have long been ready to open fire, please rest assured that the emperor can shell the rogue army at any time."
Zhu You checked, raised the telescope again, and countless rogue armies suddenly appeared in the lens, and the quality of these soldiers was obviously higher than that of the soldiers attacking in front.
They were in a neat formation, all holding shields in one hand and weapons in the other, and the weapons and armor were fully armed, and most of the previous siege soldiers did not wear armor.
Zhu Youzhen didn't see the main force of the Liukou appear for a long time, and when he saw these troops, he immediately thought that it was the elite of the Liukou.
"Huang Ming, you see, this should be the real strength of the Liukou, the Liukou has started the second round of attacks, immediately prepare for the shelling, once they enter the firing range, give me a hard blow."
"Obedience"
Huang Ming agreed, picked up the single-barreled telescope and looked in the direction of the Liukou camp.
Sure enough, he found that a large number of rogues were flocking to the Beijing Division, and immediately ordered three hundred artillery gunners to immediately start loading shells.
Hao Shaoqi took the lead and led the old battalion soldiers to rush to the city of Jingshi, and the old battalion soldiers shouted and followed closely behind him, the momentum was quite shocking.
Seeing that the Liukou army entered the firing range, Huang Ming shouted:
"Brothers, fire and fire."
"Boom"
As soon as it hit within the range of General Shenwei, a violent artillery bombardment suddenly sounded at the head of the Jingshi City, and the old battalion soldiers were instantly knocked down, and Hao Shaoqi's big axe was lifted in the air:
"Brothers, raise the shield and charge me, as long as you take the Beijing Division, the head merit is our old battalion, and after entering the city, not only the women and silver are ours, but they can also be promoted and promoted......"
"Rush"
"Kill"
"Break through the Beijing Division, and put the ...... of Nanshan Mountain"
More than 100,000 infantry cavalry of the old battalion raised their shields to urge their horses, completely ignoring the fallen soldiers around them, and rushed to the city of Jingshi overwhelmingly, leaving Hao Shaoqi behind.
It's not that Hao Shaoqi is not as fast as them, Liu Zongmin has just died, Hao Shaoqi is not stupid, no matter how powerful and fierce he is, can he compete with the artillery, or command safety in the rear.
300 red-coated cannons bombarded in turns, the battlefield was in flames, and the old battalion soldiers had a very high fighting quality and shields in their hands.
Their experience and combat effectiveness were significantly higher than those of the new barracks soldiers, and they constantly changed their formations to avoid artillery bombardment.
No matter what formation they adopted, the personnel on the battlefield were still very dense, and this gave them a good opportunity for artillery bombardment, and Zhu Youzhen certainly would not let them go.
As the shells fell violently, soldiers were constantly blown away by artillery fire, and the sky was full of stumps, broken arms, and shield weapons.
There were also many old battalion soldiers who were blown away by shields and weapons, causing a second damage.
But none of them flinched, and they were still desperately rushing forward, once the old battalion broke through the artillery attack.
Their cavalry will be like a whirlwind to attack with all their strength, giving the Ming army a fatal blow at the fastest speed.
Zhu Youzhen's telescope has never been put down, he has been paying attention to the main force of the Liukou, judging from the current form, the absolute elite of the Liukou has not yet appeared.
Seeing that the combat effectiveness of the old battalion soldiers was very strong, Huang Chao walked to Zhu Youzhen's side and reported:
"Your Majesty, you see that the combat effectiveness of these rogues is obviously much stronger than the previous ones, although they were killed a lot, their formation is still not very chaotic."
"Well, I've noticed it too, can I hit the flowering bullet at this distance? Once they're within range of the Blossom Bombs, bombard me hard. ”
"Obey the order, most of the troops have entered the range of the flowering shell, and will immediately prepare the flowering shell."
Huang Chao waved the flag in his hand a few times, and the red-clothed cannon was replaced with a flowering bullet, and a violent roar sounded, and the flowering bomb rushed towards the old battalion soldiers like raindrops.
"Boom"
"Raise your shield ......"
Seeing another round of cannonballs falling like raindrops, Hao Shaoqi shouted loudly and ordered the shields of the old battalion military bureau under his command to resist
The movements of the old battalion soldiers were very fast, the shields were raised in unison, and most of the flowering bullets fell on the shields, and they exploded in an instant, and countless lead bullets and iron sand splashed everywhere.
If the shield can block the cannonball, then the cannon is no longer called a cannon, let alone a red-coat cannon.
In a burst of intensive shelling, the shield was destroyed in an instant, and the second round of shelling came again, and another piece of flesh and blood flew on the battlefield, and the old battalion soldiers fell one by one.
Hao Shaoqi was completely dumbfounded, not only his old battalion infantry, but also their cavalry were frightened and galloped under the shelling.
"General, you can't fight like this, let's withdraw first."
"Poof, withdraw Nima, whoever dares to disturb the hearts of our army, rectify the law on the spot, rush out quickly, as long as you advance a certain distance and meet Minggou with short soldiers, the shelling will definitely stop."
Seeing that his old battalion soldiers were almost greatly damaged in the shelling, Hao Shaoqi split the soldier just now in half with an axe, and the big axe raised the order high and quickly charged.
The cavalry on their left flank, under the leadership of Yuan Zongdi, also began to charge, although the losses were great, but in order to break through the Beijing division, no one chose to retreat.
Nearly 200,000 infantry cavalry, with the loss of more than 10,000 people, finally broke through to the front of the Ming army under the city, and at the same time, the shelling of the city head also stopped.
"Shoot the Arrow"
Seeing the opposing Ming army's formation, Hao Shaoqi immediately ordered to release arrows, and the archers of the Liukou army immediately took off their bows and arrows and began to release arrows at the positions of Qi Jiguang and others.
Originally, Liukou also had red-coated cannons, but in the first round of attacks, the red-coated cannons were destroyed by Zhu Youzhen
Hao Shaoqi gave an order, and in an instant, arrows rained down, and the top of the Ming army's head was densely packed with arrows that came quickly, and the black pressure was overwhelming, similar to the dark clouds pressing on the top.
The Ming army had been prepared for this for a long time, Qi Jiguang waved the command flag in his hand, and the three phalanxes immediately erected shields, and the shields could not block the shells, but there was no problem with the prevention of bows and arrows.
"Bang Bang ......"
The sound of arrows hitting the shield sounded, and the rapidly falling arrows were blocked by the shield.
Some of the arrows that were not blocked by the shield also caused hundreds of casualties to the Ming army.
Seeing that the Ming army had erected their shields one after another, and feeling that the opportunity was coming, Hao Shaoqi and the big axe commanded in the air:
"All-army impact."
Hundreds of thousands of foot cavalry, under the command of Hao Shaoqi, poured into the Ming army's position like a tide.
"Open the gun"
However, as soon as Liukou started, Qi Jiguang gave an order, and the muzzle of a door tiger squat cannon was exposed from under the shield, and flames erupted from the muzzle of the cannon in an instant.
Under the bombardment of the tiger squat artillery, the rogues who rushed to the front fell one after another, but the ones in the back immediately began to charge.
The eyes of the old battalion soldiers were full of anger, and there was no trace of timidity.
Hao Shaoqi charged head-on, and Yuan Zongdi Tian Jianxiu led the cavalry to attack from both sides.