Chapter 229: Bombardment of the Qing Army's Camp (2)
"Boom, boom, boom" The third round of shelling in Xuzhou City once again bombarded the Qing army camp.
The huge power of the cannonball lifted the bodies of some Qing soldiers directly into the sky, and only three rounds of artillery bombardment caused the death of nearly 1,000 Qing soldiers.
At this moment, nearly 100,000 Ying Long troops were about to arrive at the camp, and Dolgon didn't have time to think about why the Ming army could have such a range and powerful cannon, so a large number of soldiers gathered around him to meet the battle urgently!
Because of the fact that Dord's right arm was blown off and he was seriously injured, Dorgon's heart was full of rage, and he only wanted to baptize with the blood of the soldiers of the Ying Long Army.
"Red-clothed cannons, giant crossbows, give this king all aimed at the Ming army!" Dorgon roared loudly.
The Qing soldiers urgently adjusted the position of the red-coated cannons, and hundreds of giant crossbows were also moved to the front to face the Ying Long army.
The powerful bowstring of the giant crossbow was pulled apart, loaded with giant arrows, and only waited for the dragon army to enter the range of the giant crossbow within 300 meters, and then fired!
"Stop, all the troops are arrayed!" Nearly 100,000 Ying Long troops lined up at a distance of 500 meters from the Qing army's camp.
The five armies of Yinglong's army, divided into five army formations, were commanded and commanded by their respective army commanders, except for Yan Yingyuan's fourth army, which was less than 20,000 people, the other four armies were all 20,000 people with full strength.
"Quick, bring the cannon down!" Forty Xiaoweiyuan cannons were all mounted on the board cart, and each one was only more than 900 catties.
"One, two, three, lift!" Several long sticks passed through some rings on the cannon's body, and eight Hercules worked together to lift the small Weiyuan cannon on the board cart to the ground.
"Bang!" After the forty Xiao Weiyuan cannons were lifted to the ground, the gunner next to him urgently adjusted the muzzles.
Although the Xiaoweiyuan cannon is not as good as the red-coated cannon, because it is a new cannon forged from new alloy steel, the firing range is also more than 1,000 meters away, and the power is at least two-thirds of that of the red-coated cannon.
"The Ming army was able to transport dozens of cannons outside the city so quickly, and it was really premeditated." Dolgon stared at the forty Xiao Weiyuan cannons behind the nearly 100,000 Ying Long Army, gritting his teeth.
The Ming army not only had cannons with better range and power than the red-coated cannons, but also another kind of cannon that could be transported out of the city as quickly as coarse, although the cannon body of Xiao Weiyuan's cannon was better than the old general's cannon, but Dolgon did not dare to underestimate their power at all.
"Newspaper"
"The redcoat cannon is loaded!" After the Qing army's 300 red-coated cannons and hundreds of old-fashioned general cannons were all loaded, a gunner came to report to Dolgon.
"Fire, bombard the Ming army!" Dorgon coldly ordered.
"Wow!" After receiving the order, the Qing gunner immediately ran towards the artillery position.
It seems that the threat of Qing artillery is very clear, and after the twenty super Weiyuan cannons in Xuzhou City bombarded the area around the big tent of the Chinese army of Dolgon three rounds, regardless of whether Dolgon was killed or not, the muzzle of the cannon had already been readjusted, this time it was to bombard the artillery position of the Qing army.
"Boom, boom, boom", twenty super Weiyuan cannons were the first to fire.
Twenty huge shells smashed on the red-coated artillery position of the Qing army camp, because this time it was for the purpose of destroying the Qing army's artillery, and these twenty shells were all solid shells.
"Bang" The shell of a super mighty cannon smashed into the body of a Qing army red-coated cannon, and with a huge sound, the red-coated cannon was fiercely swept away nearly ten meters, and nearly ten Qing army gunners next to them were affected, either dead or disabled.
There were also shells that hit one of the redcoat cannons and then hit one after another.
The artillery position placed by the Qing army is very large, more than 400 cannons of all kinds are gathered here, and almost every solid cannonball fired by the super mighty cannon can destroy a Qing cannon, just this round of shelling, the Qing army has damaged more than 20 cannons.
At this time, the artillery of the Qing army also began to fire.
More than 400 shells were all smashed into Ying Long's army, which caused more than 3,000 casualties to Ying Long's army.
Ji Feng, Zhang Kuishan and the other commanders of the Ying Long Army were bleeding in their hearts, and they knew that they couldn't wait.
"The whole army is attacking and marching!" More than 90,000 Ying Long troops formed five military formations and pressed towards the Qing army camp 500 meters away.
"Giant crossbow aim!" As Ying Long's army continued to advance, a Qing army general commanding hundreds of giant crossbows roared.
Although the threat of the giant crossbow to the dragon army is not as good as that of the cannon, hundreds of guns fired together will also cause heavy casualties to the Ying dragon army.
"Bombard the Qing Army's giant crossbow!" Forty Xiao Weiyuan cannons have also been adjusted.
With an order, forty Xiao Weiyuan cannons opened fire together, and forty shells smashed on the Qing army's giant crossbow position.
"Boom, boom, boom", all the 40 Xiao Weiyuan cannons are flowering shells.
Sawdust flew everywhere, scattered shrapnel destroyed the wooden giant crossbows of the Qing army, and more than 100 giant crossbows of the Qing army were destroyed.
"Crossbow Battalion, up!" When the main force was about to enter the range of the giant crossbow, hundreds of soldiers of the Ying Long Army in each army formation quickly broke away and rushed towards the giant crossbow of the Qing army.
"Shoot!" The remaining 300 Qing army giant crossbows were fired.
Since the main force of the Ying Long Army had not yet entered the range of the giant crossbow, more than 300 giant crossbow arrows were aimed at the thousands of soldiers of the crossbow battalion who rushed towards the giant crossbow at high speed.
Hundreds of soldiers of the crossbow battalion were pierced by the Qing army's giant crossbow arrows, but this did not stop the advance of the crossbow battalion.
"Protect the Greatbow!" Dorgon ordered.
Immediately, thousands of Qing soldiers stood in front of the giant crossbow, desperately killing towards the crossbow camp, as if they were planning to use their bodies to resist the lead bullets of the crossbow camp.
"Fire!" Thousands of soldiers from the crossbow battalion formed a formation on the spot and opened fire on the Qing soldiers who were killed.
"Bang Bang Bang"
Buckshot swept through, and pieces of Qing soldiers fell.
At this time, the main force of the Ying Long army also approached the Qing army, and at two hundred and fifty meters, the Qing army's giant crossbow was fired again, this time because the main force entered the firing range, it caused thousands of casualties in the Ying Long army.
"Boom, boom, boom" Twenty super Weiyuan cannons in Xuzhou City bombarded the artillery positions of the Qing army in a round of artillery bombardment.
Similarly, more than twenty Qing artillery pieces were destroyed.
The Qing army's artillery was also loaded at this time, but they encountered an embarrassment, because Ying Long's army moved forward, and the position where the cannon was aimed just now no longer existed in Yinglong's army, and the cannon had to be readjusted.
The Qing gunners immediately urgently adjusted the muzzle of the gun.
Forty Xiao Weiyuan cannons were also fired again, not only destroying hundreds of Qing army crossbows again, but also killing and wounding hundreds of Qing soldiers by the way.
Two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters.
"Bang bang bang" Ying Long's army began to open fire, and the Qing army was completely engaged.
"Kill" The Qing army erupted with an earth-shattering shout of killing, Jin Ge iron horses, war horses galloping, and killed towards the Ying Long army.
"Bang bang bang" faced the muzzle of Ying Long's army, and the Qing soldiers fell in pieces.
Dolgon gasped, although he had always known that Ying Longjun's firearms were powerful, but he hadn't really seen it on the battlefield, and when he saw this scene at this moment, his heart immediately jerked!
As the Ying Long army continued to press forward, more than 90,000 soldiers showed a powerful offensive, and the flesh and blood of the Qing army were not difficult to resist at all.
"Shield!" There were Qing troops holding shields, intending to block the lead bullets of Ying Long's army.
However, these shields are just a layer of iron wrapped in wood, and they can still block lead bullets from a distance of 100 meters, but within 100 meters, the strong penetration of lead bullets can penetrate the shields of the Qing army, and it is impossible for the Qing army to engage the Ying Long army at close range.
The Qing army is retreating!
The twenty super Weiyuan cannons in Xuzhou City, and the forty Xiaoweiyuan cannons pulled outside the city still continued to bombard the Qing army, and the Qing army's artillery also returned fire, but as the Ying Long army continued to move and engage with its own army, the Qing army's artillery gradually responded to the failure of the dragon army, and turned to start an artillery battle with the forty Xiaowei Yuan cannons!
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