Chapter 182: Catching a Turtle in an Urn
Seeing that his 20,000 cavalry was surrounded by the Ming army, Wu Keshan immediately broke through in three ways.
He was not afraid of the Ming army, but he did not dare to resist the red-coated cannon of the Ming army, how terrifying this thing was, he had long known that Nurhachi was killed by the red-coated cannon back then.
The Tartar cavalry on the left attacked the artillery positions of the Ming army, the cavalry on the right broke through to the rear of the Ming army, and he himself led the army to quickly break through in the direction of the Horqin Division.
The headquarters not only has Azig's red flag in the town, but also 50,000 or 60,000 tribal soldiers, as long as they return to the tribe, they can move troops to destroy the Ming army at any time.
But he never thought that the Ming army not only had red-coated cannons, but also flintlock pistols that were beyond the times, and their combat quality was equally amazing, far from the Ming army he knew before.
He sent 6,000 Tartars to attack the artillery of the Ming army, which was completely annihilated by the Ming army in a short time, and the Ming army's four-way army began to encircle.
"Kill, kill all the Tartars."
The shouts of the Ming army sounded in all directions, and Wu Keshan knew that his 20,000 people had been dumplings by the Ming army, and the only way to survive was to break through.
"Warriors, follow General Ben to break through, or all of them will be killed by the red-coated cannons."
The thousands of people around Wu Keshan are almost all elites, and their momentum is the strongest of the three-way army, and he is very confident that he can break through.
The journey was very smooth, but he didn't encounter the artillery bombardment of the Ming army, and he didn't see the shadow of the red-clothed cannon, Wu Keshan was secretly happy, and couldn't help laughing:
"It seems that the commanders of the Ming army have limited capabilities, and if they set up an ambush here and set up some red-coated cannons, we will be doomed."
Wu Keshan's laughter did not fall, and suddenly a guard pointed to the front with his hand and shouted:
"Look, General, our retreat has been sealed."
"What?"
Wu Keshan was taken aback, and along the fingers of the guards, he saw their retreat, and all of them were blocked by the Ming army.
The opponents were about the same number as them, but each of them had a fire gun in his hand, and he was full of energy, and he looked into the eyes of the tartar as if he were looking at his own prey.
didn't see the cannon, Wu Keshan's heart that was hanging just now immediately calmed down:
"They don't have artillery, first give Ming Dog a rain of arrows to cover, and then the whole army will attack."
"Chirp"
The Tartar immediately opened his bow and set up arrows, and it was covered by a rain of arrows against the Ming army.
However, the Ming army did not fall down with arrows as Wu Keshan imagined, and countless sword and shield soldiers suddenly rushed up behind them, and the arrows of the Tartars were blocked by the shields.
"Da Da Da"
As soon as the Ming army blocked the rain of arrows, the Tartars launched a fierce impact, and the horses galloped, which was quite spectacular.
Seeing that the Tartar was already about one hundred and fifty steps away from him, Huang Degong gave the order:
"Flintlock pistol ready, first row raise gun!"
"150 Steps"
"140 Steps"
"130 Steps"
The flintlock pistols in the hands of the Ming army were all aimed at the Tartars, and at 130 paces they still did not pull the trigger.
Seeing this, many Tartar cavalrymen laughed:
"Look, the Ming army was stupid by us, they didn't know the ignition at such a close distance, and they were obviously waiting for death."
"120 Steps"
"Shoot"
120 steps is the best firing distance for a flintlock pistol.
Huang Degong waved his big hand, and the trigger of the 2,000-shot flintlock pistol was immediately pulled.
"Bang Bang"
"Puff"
The flintlock muskets suddenly rang out, and the hundreds of Tartar cavalry who rushed to the front were immediately knocked off their horses.
"Second platoon, shoot."
"Bang Bang"
The first row of flintlock pistols was fired, and the second row began firing shortly thereafter.
After a burst of gunfire, the Tatar cavalry was again shot and killed more than three hundred people.
Immediately after the third batch of flintlock muskets rang out again, and hundreds more Tartar cavalry were killed.
When the third platoon of Ming soldiers fired, the first platoon of Ming troops had already loaded their ammunition and fired again.
In this way, 6,000 flintlock muskets were fired in turns, and 120 paces seemed like a short distance, but it became a red line that the Tartars could not cross.
No matter how they hit, they will end up falling 120 steps away, and it can be said that it is difficult to advance an inch.
Wu Keshan watched the rows under his command fall, and he was never able to get close to the Ming army, and he suddenly remembered to change the formation:
"Order, immediately change the formation, advance in a long snake formation, you must rush over."
"Chirp"
The Tartar cavalry quickly changed formations, leaving more than 4,000 cavalry to form ten long snake formations, and one long snake formation of 1,000 cavalry began to attack the 120 paces distance between them and the Ming army.
Huang Degong doesn't look badly, if the Tartars are so impactful, it is very likely that they will break out of the encirclement.
Because they could only kill ten cavalry in front of them at one time, and the Tartars behind them would pull in the distance from the Ming army, Huang Degong hurriedly ordered:
"Sword and shield soldiers, light the flower bomb and throw it out, don't let the Tartars come near me."
"Yes"
The two thousand sword and shield soldiers immediately put down their swords and shields, and they all lit the flowering bombs, and when the Tartar Long Snake Formation had just formed, they had already begun to throw flowering bombs.
"Boom"
At a distance of 120 paces, no one had the ability to throw the flowering bombs over, and as a result, the flowering bullets exploded in front of the Tartar array.
In this way, although they can't blow up the Tartars, they also make their war horses dare not attack with all their might. They raised their voices and hoarse.
Wu Keshan knew at a glance that the Ming army was now starting to get nervous, and hurriedly gave the order:
"Quick, full impact."
"Da Da Da"
In order to survive, the Tartars also fought hard, and this time after losing more than 500 people, they finally broke through the rain of bullets and bullets of the Ming army, and soon approached a distance of 50 steps.
Huang Degong shook his head, he didn't expect the Tartars to be so desperate, it seems that he is going to fight with the Tartars in a short fight, and ordered:
"The cavalry is ready, once the Tartars break through the distance of 30 paces, the other arms will quickly withdraw from the battlefield, the sword and shield soldiers only need to protect the firearms battalion, and all the battlefields behind will be handed over to the cavalry."
However, the sword and shield soldiers suddenly disobeyed Huang Degong's order this time:
"Governor, we don't retreat, the Tartars are obviously desperate, our cavalry is insufficient, and the sword and shield soldiers must fight together with the cavalry."
Time is urgent, and Huang Degong doesn't want to talk nonsense:
"Okay, you stay, the firearms battalion will withdraw immediately, this is not negotiable, withdraw quickly."
The firearms battalion knew that they didn't have the strength to fight hand-to-hand, and they all nodded.
But the flintlock pistol in his hand did not stop firing, and the Tartars were close to their thirty paces, which was the limit distance that Huang Degong left for the firearms battalion to retreat.
Huang Degong's big sword commanded in one fell swoop:
"The firearms battalion retreated, the sword and shield soldiers covered, and the cavalry followed the Pontus to kill the Tartars, rush!"
"Bang Bang"
"Rush, kill all the dog Tartars"
At the most critical moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out behind the Tartars, and after the gunfire stopped, the Ming troops in all directions hurriedly moved closer to Huang Degong's department.
Feeling a violent vibration on the ground behind him, Huang Degong looked back, and when he was relieved, it turned out that Jin Shengheng led two thousand cavalry to kill.
And in the rear and to the left and right of the Tartars, thousands of cavalry also appeared at this time, and the number was already several times as many as them.
One of the white-robed generals, the white dragon horse under his crotch held the Liquan Divine Spear, and killed Wu Keshan in the Tartar array like lightning.