Chapter 244: The Battle to the Death
If this battle broke out in Lütingyi at the beginning, but now it has expanded to a radius of dozens of miles, full of Qing army and Fu Han army fighting positions, tens of thousands of people facing each other are fighting to the death, and the 15,000 people of Pingjun Wang Nersu are also ready to attack.
"With the king of Heshuoping County, Nersu Governor led the cavalry to rush the enemy's ..... with a decisive heart" A Qing army sentry was out of breath, he was already tired and dying, so he passed the order over, in fact, before him, dozens of sentry spies had fallen on the road.
Nersu's heart chuckled, and he subconsciously felt that the battlefield might already be very unfavorable, otherwise he would not have advanced so long, so he ordered him to attack Chu Wei to the death. After all, behind the current Fuhan Army, there is a third division still staring, and it is difficult for the impact to play the greatest role now.
At this time, Nersu really heard the sound of guns and cannons on both sides on the battlefield, and in general, the voice of the Qing army became smaller and smaller, while the voice of the Fu Han army continued, which was not good news. It is very likely that the point is that the Qing army on the front is completely unable to defeat.
"Congratulations, my lord, this opportunity has come, and under the onslaught of our army, we can immediately reap the full success."
Fu Shan, the commander of the Manchurian Yellow Flag Xiao Cavalry Battalion, thought of the wealth that was about to arrive, and his face couldn't help but show a little joy, he had always been arrogant and indulgent, and he had always thought that the Han people were incompetent, and now he couldn't beat it because other people were also incompetent.
Nersu was noncommittal, he also had some of his own little Jiujiu in his heart, and now there was a roar of artillery fire in front of the battle, and the dust was flying, thinking that it was where the artillery group of the Fu Han Army was...... If he can lead the army to attack the artillery group, then Chu Wei will have nothing to worry about, and the great achievement will naturally be in hand.
This idea is not surprising, Kangxi also instructed Nersu to shock the artillery group in the order, in everyone's opinion, without the artillery group, the Fu Han army, not to mention vulnerable, at least can not suppress the Qing army as it is now.
"All on board! Get ready to attack! Kill Chu Shun's ordinary soldiers, and reward fifty taels of silver! Kill the general of Chu Rebellion, the official will be promoted to the fifth level, and the reward will be 10,000 taels of silver! ”
The soldiers of the Eight Banners Cavalry Battalion are overjoyed, turn over their horses, and already fantasize about how much silver they can get in this battle, these soldiers of the Eight Banners Cavalry Battalion, there is still a gap with other Eight Banners soldiers, although they are not like the Mongolian cavalry, living on horseback every day, but the amount of training is still very high, so in the current Qing army, still maintain a good combat effectiveness.
Tens of thousands of cavalry began to slowly press towards the battlefield, in fact, the cavalry's ability to act is not too strong, and they will not run when marching normally, so as to preserve the physical strength of the horse, often only when the distance from the enemy is only about one mile, they will start to sprint, so as to achieve the greatest results.
Not to mention the side of Nersu, Kangxi's hand holding the clairvoyant mirror has begun to sweat, he really didn't expect that the artillery fire of the Fu Han army was so powerful, and it was mixed with many mortars, and a large number of flowering shells were fired, and the Qing army almost fell in rows.
On the contrary, the Qing army's own artillery was really poor, not to mention that many artillery pieces had been knocked out, and the sound of artillery in the back gradually thinned out, and only fired back from time to time, which made Tong Fahai really annoyed.
"A bunch of waste, and now my army artillery is so fearful of the enemy! Keep beating me hard! ”
The people in charge of the artillery armor are all in front of this newly promoted military department secretary, and they are usually more submissive, but now they have to whisper: "Lord Qiyu, this artillery of my army has been fighting for an hour, but this cannon body is a little unbearable.... If you continue to fight, I'm afraid it will explode. ”
To tell the truth, the artillery technology of the Qing Dynasty is declining year by year, and the quality of the guns produced is relatively poor, especially the explosion rate is quite high.
It's just that when these words came out, to the layman Lord Tong, how could it sound like a prevarication, and he said angrily: "Hmph, then tell me, why hasn't the artillery on the other side stopped until now?" ”
"This ......."
When Dutong heard this, he wanted to die, so how could he answer when he asked this? Because the artillery on the opposite side is well built? So you can keep fighting for an hour without exploding?
But these words can't be said to Tong Fahai, otherwise this layman is likely to directly cut off the head of the capital commander on the grounds of shaking the morale of the army.
In desperation, the commander had no choice but to force the artillery to continue to discharge the medicine, but this time it was the gunners' turn to quit, they felt that the cannon was already about to turn red, and if it continued to fight, it would definitely explode.
"Whoever comes, who doesn't open fire, will be killed immediately!"
Tong Fahai said gloomily, his personal guards had already stood up and pulled out their bright knives.
The gunners had no choice but to continue to load the bullets, but everyone also knew that the loaded ammunition had been reduced to sixty percent or even fifty percent, so that although the probability of exploding the chamber could be reduced, the biggest problem was that it could not be shot far, and there was no lethality. Of course, it's enough to fool Tong Fahai.
"Boom—"
Even if the gunners have put very little ammunition, but after all, they have been used for too long, and a cannon exploded on the spot, turning into several pieces of cannon body flying in the air, and at the same time, there were human stumps, and they flew into the sky together.
With a hint of helplessness on his face, he pointed to the Fu Han army on the opposite side who were still firing artillery, and sighed: "Their cannons are all made of fine iron, which is more heat-resistant, so they won't blow up so easily.....
Tong Fahai had no choice but to go back to Kangxi and tell Kangxi the truth very euphemistically, that is, the quality of the Qing army's artillery was not as good as that of the other side, and if it was fought again, it would all be blown up, and there would be no play in the future.
"Hey, our firearms are lost to Chu Zhiyuan..... Fortunately, Prince Yong used a new method of making cannons in the Jingshi Firearms Battalion, which is said to be also an iron cannon, with the assistance of Westerners, maybe a few points stronger than Chu Wei's cannon, but at the moment, far water can't save the near fire. ”
Kangxi smacked his lips, looking at the still rumbling artillery array of the Fu Han Army, his heart was a little sour, when the fourth child gave him advice, Kangxi just regarded it as a lie, but now in the end, he finally suffered this loss.
But in the current battle, Kangxi also knew in his heart that all the cards he could play had been played, and in the end, he could only go to the Xiao Cavalry Battalion in Nersu to see if he could establish a miracle.