Chapter 22: The flintlock pistol shows its might
"Boom, boom......" The sound of artillery on Qi Jiguang's side has not stopped, and the tiger squat artillery of the new army on Sun Chengzong's side has begun to bombard.
If a rogue is spotted breaking through the artillery bombardment, the flintlock musketeers will fire a volley that will wipe them out in an instant.
After only a few charges, the Ming Dynasty troops led by Tang Tong were already crushed, and the casualties were very heavy.
As the rebels of the Ming Dynasty, they would never have imagined that one day they would face a firearm attack of this scale.
Fortunately, Tang Tong has been commanding from behind, and he has not dared to step forward to charge, otherwise he will definitely be killed, and his knowledge is not good, so he turned his horse's head and ran.
Not only was the surrender of the Ming Dynasty almost completely lost, but Liu Zongmin's new battalion followed behind the surrendered troops, and also suffered a heavy blow, with nearly 10,000 casualties.
There are still 70,000 or 80,000 rogue recruits, while the opponent only has 20,000 or 30,000, and there will always be a time when the gunpowder runs out.
As long as the Beijing division is broken, they can bear this kind of casualties, after all, the main force has not moved, and Liu Zongmin commanded the army to continue to charge.
Suddenly seeing Tang Tong Pegasus coming, Liu Zongmin hurriedly stopped him.
"Tang Tong, where are you going?"
"General Liu, my soldiers and horses have been wiped out, and there is no way to fight again."
Tang Tong said loudly to Liu Zongmin, he didn't mean to stop at all, the enemy is current, how can he escape as the main general, Liu Zongmin's eyes widened and he shouted:
"Tang Tong is back, General Ben's new barracks will transfer 20,000 soldiers and horses to your command, and you must take the Beijing Division."
However, Tang Tong ignored him at all and urged the horse to hurry, and the 60,000 Ming Dynasty troops were all gone, and Tang Tong's courage was also frightened.
When did Daming have such a powerful army, he didn't fight this battle, and surrendered to the rogue just to survive.
If he dies in battle under the Jingshi City, is it necessary for him Tang Tong to surrender to the rogue?
Even shouted a few times, Tang Tong ignored Liu Zongmin, Liu Zongmin, who had always been hot-tempered, was instantly angered by Tang Tong, and reached out to take a bow.
Looking at Tang Tong's fleeing back, Liu Zongmin stretched out his bow and arrows.
"Whoosh"
"Poof"
Liu Zongmin's archery was also very accurate, and an arrow hit Tang Tong's vest, Tang Tong screamed and fell off the back of the war horse.
Then the attacking men and horses were trampled into mud and suffered the retribution he deserved.
"Rush, if there is a retreater, there will be no forgiveness."
Liu Zongmin threw the bow and arrow to the soldiers, brandished a big knife to command the attack, this guy was very ruthless, and in the face of fierce artillery fire, Liu Zongmin did not have the slightest fear.
Tang Tong was shot by Liu Zongmin, who dared to escape, although the casualties were very large, but because of Liu Zongmin's majesty, the rogue recruits still rushed up without hesitation.
In the era of thermal weapons, it does not mean that you are not afraid of death, it is enough to be brave enough, after all, the military is flesh and blood, how can you compete with artillery.
The distance of 200 steps became a forbidden area for the rogue army, and they fell 200 steps away from Qi Jiguang and their formation.
As soon as Qi Jiguang and Sun Chengzong's artillery fire stopped, Sun Chuanting waved the command flag in his hand:
"Divine Machine Battalion, open fire"
"Boom"
There was another rumbling sound, and Liu Zongmin's tens of thousands of new recruits, after some desperate resistance, only about 20,000 horses remained, and they were all cavalry.
"Brothers, for Lao Tzu, as long as you break through the Jingshi, you will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, and the woman will choose whatever she wants after entering the city, and I will do what I say."
For the Liukou, silver and women are very important, retreating is also death, it is better to fight to the death, 20,000 cavalry can not care about the artillery fire in front of them, urging the war horses to sprint with all their might.
"190 Steps"
"180 Steps"
Stimulated by money and beautiful women, after the 20,000 cavalry of the Liukou were bombarded and killed more than 3,000 people, the remaining more than 10,000 horses finally broke through the limit of 200 meters and approached the Ming artillery position.
At such a close distance, the tiger squat cannon has no lethal effect, and it is very likely that the cannon has not exploded yet, and the rogue cavalry has already rushed in front of him.
In the past, when fighting with the Ming army, once the local cavalry approached, whether it could hurt the enemy or not, the Ming army would shoot indiscriminately.
When the enemy army really broke through to the effective firing range, they were in a panic, and they could no longer maintain the battle formation, and the ignition of the Vulcan gun became a problem, and the final result was a crushing defeat.
The Liukou were used to this, and as long as they were close to the Ming army, their victory was in sight.
But they didn't know that what they encountered today was not the Ming army they had before, but Zhu Youzhen's summons.
Without receiving the order, the summoner will definitely not take a step back, let alone get nervous.
With flintlock pistols in their hands, they stared intently at the rogue cavalry, waiting for the order to fire.
While the 20,000 cavalry of the Liukou were charging, each of them drew their bows and arrows, and after shooting three arrows in a row, they hung up their strong bows and drew their knives to quickly impact in their hands.
"Shield formation to defend against a rain of arrows."
"Ding Ding ......"
The shields in the Ming army's array quickly gathered, forming a shield top before the arrows fell, and most of their arrows rained on the shields.
Although the Ming army was well prepared, in the face of tens of thousands of arrows, it was impossible to leak a drop of water, and hundreds of people were still hit by arrows and lost their combat effectiveness.
Qi Jiguang shouted angrily:
"Flintlock pistol preparation for the Divine Machine Battalion"
"Qi's army flintlock pistol preparation"
"Flintlock pistol preparation for the new army"
"Boom......"
Qi Jiguang, Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chuanting, the three generals, gave an order, and the sword and shield soldiers quickly helped the wounded to withdraw, and the other soldiers all raised their flintlock pistols and stared at the rogue cavalry coming from the pavement.
"130 Steps"
"100 Steps"
"Shoot"
"Bang Bang ......"
As soon as the three generals gave the order, a burst of gunfire immediately rang out, and after the soldiers in the front row fired, they crouched down to reload, and the gunfire in the back row rang out immediately.
Almost all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with flintlock pistols, and even the artillerymen carried one on their backs, and more than 40,000 flintlock pistols were fired in turn.
The muzzle of the gun spewed out tongues of fire, and the bullets shot at the rogue cavalry like ****, which was too terrifying.
The cavalry in the front row was killed instantly, and the rear was immediately hit by a bullet as soon as they rushed up.
Liu Zongmin was furious, urging the horse to dance the knife and rush towards the Ming army, and the other soldiers saw that it was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward to protect Liu Zongmin.
"Protect General Liu."
However, it was too late, and another burst of gunfire rang out, and the dense bullets instantly covered Liu Zongmin's surroundings.
Dozens of guards rushed forward, wanting to use their flesh and blood to block the bullets for Liu Zongmin, but Liu Zongmin was too late because he rushed too far forward.
"Bang Bang ......"
At a distance of 50 meters from the front of the Ming army, dozens of bullets hit Liu Zongmin's chest, and the invincible Yellow Tiger suddenly turned over and fell off his horse.
"General......
"Brothers, we must avenge General Huanghu and rush with me."
Liu Zongmin's deputy general, Liu Quan, who was also his cronies, saw Liu Zongmin's tragic death, immediately took over the command and led the remaining rogues to kill the Ming army regardless of life or death.
However, what awaited them was a more intensive rain of bullets, and the losses of this charge were even more shocking.