Chapter 197: Gunpowder
Only a few hundred casualties had little impact on Zhao Qingjun, and under the encouragement of promotion, wealth, and women, the morale of the Ming army was high, and only "thieves" were left in their red eyes, and their minds were full of "killing, killing, killing".
Soon, the second round of shells fell, killing and wounding hundreds of Ming soldiers, and when the distance between the two armies on the frontal battlefield was less than 100 zhang, the musketeers in Gao Wei's army opened fire!
Suddenly, three hundred and sixty lead bullets were fired into the Ming army's array, and the hundreds of Ming soldiers who rushed to the front only felt a pain in their bodies, and after running forward one or two steps by inertia, they fell to the ground weakly.
This was not the end, on the frontal battlefield, two regiments of more than 2,000 musketeers stood directly in six horizontal rows, each horizontal row of at least 360 people, one row of musketeers shot lead bullets, and immediately the second row of musketeers ran to the front, raised their guns, and opened fire.
The first row of musketeers, who had already shot out the lead projectiles, reloaded their Tiger Head Guns directly on the spot, and the process of loading ammunition was also very different from before.
In the past, when loading ammunition, gunpowder was packed in a small bamboo tube, and there was a small spoon in the small bamboo tube, and the small spoon was used to dig out the quantitative gunpowder and load it into the tiger head gun.
Now the musketeer took out a small paper bag made of oiled paper directly from his pocket, bit the paper bag open with his teeth, and poured the quantitative gunpowder in the paper bag into the tiger head gun, which was very convenient, and the time to reload ammunition was shorter than before, and the result was an increase in the frequency of firing.
In just a dozen seconds, six rows of musketeers shot more than 2,000 lead bullets, bringing more than 1,500 casualties to the Ming army on the frontal battlefield.
Almost after the second round of musketeers fired on the frontal battlefield, the musketeers on the left and right battlefields successively wielded their might, and in just over 20 seconds, the number of Ming soldiers killed and wounded exceeded 3,000.
Zhao Qing, who personally led the Middle Route Army, was directly shocked by the changes in the battlefield, and the two armies had not yet come into contact, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties at such a distance, which was obviously caused by the enemy's firecrackers.
As a general of the Ming army, Zhao Qing knew very well that the enemy's firecrackers were the enemy's elite troops, and there had been an amazing record of less than 1,000 firecrackers repelling 30,000 Ming troops.
Zhao Qing's army only had a total of 36,000 people, and on this frontal battlefield alone, Zhao Qing felt that the number of the enemy's firearms exceeded 1,000.
"The thieves' firecrackers are all here, and this thief army is the main force of the thieves? Hit the trick? Suddenly, various thoughts appeared in Zhao Qing's mind, and even Zhao Qing already had the idea of withdrawing the army.
"No, you can't withdraw the army, the enemy has more than 20,000 people, even if there are more than 1,000 musketeers, as long as the left and right sides successfully break through, I can take down this thief army, and after the war, my merit will definitely be the greatest."
Thinking of this, Zhao Qing shouted directly to the surrounding Ming soldiers: "Brothers, rush me, directly destroy the thieves, and have everything you need to be promoted to become rich." ”
After Zhao Qing finished shouting, his guards and other officers shouted similar words, encouraging the soldiers to charge forward.
The Ming army, which had almost stopped advancing under the attack of the People's Army's firearms troops, regained their courage and continued to charge forward, but what was waiting for them in front was wave after wave of life-harvesting lead bullets!
Under the attack of the firearms unit of the People's Army, the Ming army could barely advance a few steps, but the People's Army was advancing, and with the advance of the musketeers, the other troops were advancing, and the distance between the two sides was less than fifty zhang.
At a distance of fifty zhang, it has reached the range of the Ming army's firearms, but under the attack of the people's army's firearms troops, the Ming army's firearms are almost dead.
Sensing that the Ming army in front of him was not far from being defeated, Gao Wei directly ordered the other troops to charge from both flanks of the firearms unit.
The musketeers continued to shoot lead bullets representing death, and rows of Ming sergeants were harvested.
In the face of death, what kind of woman who is promoted and rich, the Ming soldiers and soldiers don't care anymore, how can a woman who is promoted and rich have her own small life as important, only if she lives can she think about that, and if she dies, there is nothing.
There were no Ming soldiers to charge, they threw away their weapons and fled frantically behind them, trying to use the bodies of their colleagues to fend off the lead bullets coming from behind.
Looking at the front army that had collapsed, looking at the enemy who had already launched a charge, and getting the news that the left and right flanks were also attacked by the enemy's musketeers, Zhao Qingqiang, who was pale, calmed down and immediately gave the order to retreat.
"Mingjin retreats! Evacuate! ”
The chaos has spread among the Ming army, Zhao Qing is no longer able to send a certain force to break the queen, Zhao Qing figured it out, what he is facing is the main force of the People's Army, don't think about resisting the enemy in front of him, he can't stop it at all, all he can do now is to escape, and how many people can escape is counted.
Under the protection of dozens of guards, Zhao Qing rode a horse and fled quickly behind him, and a few guards took Zhao Qing's password and headed towards Mei Yousong's army, sending the news that Zhao Qing's army had suffered a defeat from the main force of thieves.
Under the attack of Gao Wei's army, Zhao Qing's army was routed on the left and right roads in the middle, and the musketeers were still firing, shooting the rows of fleeing Ming soldiers, and the first troops, grenadier troops, and cold weapons troops rushed up from both sides of the firearms troops, avoiding the trajectory of the tiger head guns, and pursuing the defeated enemy.
The Ming army ran farther and farther, and the firearms troops gradually ceased fire, following the other troops in pursuit of the Ming army.
In pursuit warfare, what the People's Army is good at is pursuit warfare, and the Ming Army will not conduct any long-distance marching training, but marching training is a training task that all units of the People's Army have to carry out every day in peacetime.
Sufficient food ensures that the soldiers of the People's Army train at a high intensity, and the only thing lacking is meat, and there is not much meat, so they can only eat more food.
Originally, Zhao Qingjun and Gao Weijun fought directly after marching for more than ten miles, and even threw away their weapons to run away from the Ming soldiers, but they were slowly caught up by the People's Army.
"Lay down your arms, and those who descend will not be killed!" A KPA fighter shouted.
"Lay down your arms, and those who descend will not be killed!" A group of KPA soldiers shouted.
Seeing the soldiers of the People's Army who had caught up, the soldiers of the Ming Army, who felt that they couldn't run away, knelt directly on the ground, their heads pressed against the ground, and they hated so much that they could bury their whole bodies in the soil, and their bodies trembled, afraid that the soldiers of the People's Army would come at them with a knife.
For the Ming soldiers who were kneeling on the ground, the soldiers of the People's Army who rushed up passed directly and continued to pursue forward, and there would be troops behind them to collect these surrendered Ming troops.
The strength is limited, Gao Wei did not plan to leave too many people to collect the prisoners, the main task of Gao Wei's army has not been completed, and now Gao Wei's army is pursuing the prisoners while advancing to the west, if the prisoners go to the north and the latter flee to the south, and run away, there will be no KPA soldiers chasing after them.