Chapter 450: Who's Going to Die? (4th Update)

Looking out of the monocular in Zhu Cihong's hand, there were blue, yellow, and red cavalry in front of him, and the ground rumbled and shook. An exemplary battalion that was moving in the direction of the woods was just in the way of their advance, and when they saw the cavalry rushing like a flood, they quickly shrank into a phalanx like a hedgehog.

However, the cavalry of the Qing army did not crash into it stupidly, but quickly divided into two groups, swept through the left and right of the "hedgehog array", and threw a wave of arrows by the way. At the same time, there was also a burst of smoke rising on both sides of the "hedgehog array", which should have been a volley of fire.

The rain of bullets is a rain of arrows!

Buckshot is hugely lethal, while arrows are numerous. As a result, the losses on both sides were about the same - because the hedgehog array was on four sides, and only the firecrackers on the two sides fired, and some of the firecrackers did not fire, and about 100 firecrackers fired projectiles, knocking over thirty or forty horsemen of the Qing army.

And the Qing army shot at least 1,000 arrows, most of which fell on the head of the "hedgehog array". From Zhu Cihong's binoculars, you can see that many soldiers fell forward or went limp, and many more people were stuck with arrows in their bodies, but they didn't move, and they were still struggling to persevere.

The cavalry of the Qing army did not entangle with them, but continued to rush towards Zhu Cihong's side!

Zhu Cihong put down the telescope in his hand, turned his head and said to Sun Fugui beside him: "The momentum is not small...... Fugui, thanks to you this time! ”

Sun Fugui smiled and arched his hand: "The minister is the foreman and guard, and it is all within his duty!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said in a low voice: "I don't know if Haoge personally charged?" If you can beat him to death...... There will always be a few years when the world is peaceful. ”

Sun Fugui said: "Master Chitose, there seem to be a lot of white-armored soldiers in the Tartar cavalry group, and there is also a great general's banner...... Hauge is most likely on the line! ”

Zhu Cihong nodded lightly and didn't say anything more.

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"Rushed up, rushed up......"

Hauge stood on the stirrup and watched the cavalry leap up and down in the eyepiece, surging forward, and couldn't help but shout. He was in a tense mood right now...... Since he joined the army, he probably hasn't been so nervous!

"Lord Wang, it's time to move!" Rotto's nervous voice interrupted Hauge's thoughts. After Ilde led the charge, he asked for orders to stay with Hauge.

Hauge glanced back at this guy who could only play with cannons, and asked angrily, "What are you moving?" ”

Luo Tuo raised his hand and pointed south, "Lord Wang, there are several groups of infantry of the Southern Barbarians approaching us. ”

Yes! You have to exercise......

Now is the time when the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry sees the Ming infantry with long spears and wants to go around!

The spear is not terrible, but when the spear and the firearm are paired together and cover each other for battle, it is not easy for him to deal with.

Of course, the average Eight Banners warrior doesn't need to be afraid..... It is nothing more than sacrificing one's life for the country!

But what is Hauge's identity? The body of ten thousand gold is not counted, it is still the support of the Qing Emperor Taishan, and he is going to be gone...... Dolgon may be about to kill the king and usurp the throne!

"Then move it again!" Hauge exhaled, sat back in the saddle, and rode north.

He was accompanied by three or four hundred horsemen, some of whom were the Bayala soldiers of the Blue Banner, and some of whom were gunners and artillery guards led by Roto, and all of them had horses.

Don't look at them, there are not many of them, but they are difficult to catch when they are dangling on the battlefield. This is where the cavalry has the advantage, and if it is replaced by infantry, Hauge will not dare to play like this.

However, Haoge and Luo Tuo misunderstood the intentions of the model battalion of the Ming army approaching them, and this battalion was running in the direction of the "Reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao" banner, just passing near Haoge and Aobai.

Now the more than 2,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners with the banner of Haoge himself have rushed to the vicinity of the "Reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao" flag, and several model battalions of the Ming army scattered on the battlefield east of Qingliuxi have rushed to the rescue like crazy, who cares about the hundreds of Manchurian cavalry wandering blindly?

......

"Hurry up, put away the rejecting pistol...... Spearmen, in line! ”

Wang Guoyong, who guarded the banner of "The Reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao", roared and shouted, urging his pikemen to place the "horse rejection pistols" made of short spears and logs around their array, and then ordered the pikemen to line up.

He followed Zhu Cihong in Beijing City with Sun Fugui, the Yuan Cong of the Yuan Cong! He and Sun Fugui are the same year, both are 18 years old, and they have studied together for three months in the Nanjing Martial Arts School, and they are all cultivated as generals.

However, the official luck is slightly worse, and now he is just an ordinary model battalion commander.

In the face of the Qing cavalry that poured in like a tide, his battalion did not put up a "hedgehog array", but a hollow phalanxβ€”this was not a hollow formation played by the line infantry later, but a formation used by pikemen to protect important targets and characters. It looks similar to the hollow array of line infantry, it is also a hollow square, and there is a circle of repelling rifles outside, and there are firecrackers in the hollow array. The hollow phalanx was surrounded by a circle of yellow cloth, which was probably where Zhu Cihong's Chinese army was!

Wang Guoyong's pikemen have just finished the formation, the cavalry of the Qing army has reached three or four hundred steps away, and the head is the Baya soldiers of the blue banner, there are dozens of white armor, and the rest are red armor, they all have bows and arrows in hand, and when they rushed to the Ming army's hollow phalanx about 200 steps away, they suddenly split into two, and seemed to detour from the left and right sides of the phalanx.

"Lancers crouch! Raise your gun! As soon as Wang Guoyong opened, he knew that the other party wanted to weaken himself with cavalry shooting, and immediately ordered the pikemen to crouch down and hold up the spear at the same time.

His pikemen were also well-armoured, and he had an eight-petal tin hat that shrunk into a ball when crouched, reducing the area without armor. Their spears, on the other hand, were pressed against the mud, and the body of the spear rested on the wooden pole of the repelling rifle.

In the face of the rolling cavalry, Wang Guoyong and his infantry looked a little nervous, but they still held on.

"Prepare for the firecrackers!" Wang Guoyong yelled again.

His 240 musketeers had lit their arquebuses and stood in four rows behind the pikemen.

The Baya soldiers of the Qing army scattered their formations and began to gallop around the hollow phalanx, they deliberately controlled the distance from the hollow phalanx, not too far, not too close, always in thirty or forty steps.

At this distance, the turtledove's foot gun is enough to kill them, but the bird gun is not necessarily, the cotton armor and chain mail on their body are still very strong!

Boom Boom Boom ......

There was a sound of bowstrings, and the Bayala soldiers of the Qing army shot arrows, but because of the long distance, they did not have much lethality.

But Wang Guoyong still couldn't help but give the order to fire, and with the piercing suona sound, all the fire guns were fired.

And this is exactly the opportunity that Ilde, who commanded instead of Hauge, was waiting for!

Just when the Bayala soldiers were running around the hollow phalanx, Idel had already led the rest of the cavalry to form a large phalanx, just more than a hundred steps away from the hollow phalanx, just waiting for the Ming army to shoot the empty firearms, and they were about to attack!

Seeing the opportunity coming, he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Eight Banners, follow me!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his carbine, and the first one rushed forward.

The Eight Banners who followed him were not ambiguous, they all raised their guns and rushed towards the hollow phalanx of the Ming army without hesitation.

This was not a reckless reckless act, but a decision made by Ilder after careful observation. Because he found that this hollow phalanx of the Ming army was very large, and the strength was too thin, only two rows of pikemen and one row of rejecting rifles.

The repulsion rifle was too short, as if it was made of javelins, which might have injured the horses, but its lethality to the cavalry was limited......

Ilder struggled to steer his horse, running slower and slower, allowing his warriors to rush ahead while he himself stared ahead.

Suddenly, the pikemen of the Ming army, who had been squatting, stood up, turned around and ran, and the musketeers behind them also ran back...... Is this scared? Ilde is overjoyed, will the little prince of the Zhu family be in the array?

This is going to rush in, it's an immortal achievement!

At this moment, he found that the yellow cloth pulled behind the Ming army in front of him suddenly fell, and behind the yellow cloth, there were several 3-pounder cannons with their muzzles looking at the black hole!