Chapter 540: The Great War of Annihilation IV

There are more than 200,000 Jingbian troops, 90,000 musketeers, 10,000 artillerymen, 100,000 Mongolian provincial cavalry, and more than 200,000 troops on the Houjin side, including more than 120,000 Han army banners plus some Jurchen Eight Banners firecrackers, and the rest of the Jurchen, Mongolian Eight Banners, and Savage Jurchen cavalry troops, totaling more than 100,000.

Coupled with the artillery unit led by Tong Yangxing, more than 50 red-clothed cannons, it seems that the two armies still have the strength to fight.

The hot air balloon of the Jingbian Army could not be lifted into the air, and it was not tight, the nine-pounder cannon and the red-coated cannon let out an angry roar, and the hot projectile, with huge kinetic energy, flew towards the marching Houjin military formation.

Everywhere it passed, there were bursts of bloody rain, severed limbs flew sideways, fragments of internal organs were scattered all over the ground, and the iron ball was inexhaustible, and it continued to move forward, plowing blood grooves in the crowd.

Such a scene did not affect the advance of the Houjin military formation in the slightest, they only did not see it, and the gap was quickly filled by the people behind.

The Jingbian Army had artillery, the Houjin Army also had it, and the Houjin Army's artillery also sounded, no matter what the quality was, in short, it could sound, and the shells fired were equally lethal.

The cannonballs with huge kinetic energy, dragging real white smoke, roared and smashed into the phalanx of the Jingbian army, the same bones and tendons were broken, flesh and blood flew sideways, and the iron balls also ploughed out blood grooves in the crowd.

Similarly, the Jingbian Army also turned a blind eye to the scene in front of them, and the spirit of the first strong army of the Ming Dynasty was vividly reflected at this time.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and at a distance of 70 steps, the Jingbian army can actually shoot, and at this distance, the arquebus is far from catching up with the flintlock pistol in terms of lethality and accuracy.

However, Liu Renyu didn't say anything, he thought that since Jiannu wanted to play and line up to shoot, then close the fight again, and when the distance between the two sides was shortened, maybe a few rounds of volleys would go down, and the cavalry of the Mongolian province would take advantage of the situation to cover up, maybe the battle would be decided.

The infantry phalanxes on both sides, facing the fierce artillery fire, walked opposite each other, and the artillery of the Jingbian army was far more than that of the Houjin army, so the Houjin army suffered great losses, and the Jingbian army also paid a lot of casualties.

The two sides walked and walked, and they came to a distance of twenty paces.

At this distance, people with better eyesight can even see the nose hair in the nostrils of the enemy on the opposite side, and the two sides face each other expressionlessly.

"Ready."

Both sides are Chinese.

The sound of guns raised came and went.

"Put."

"Papa"

The sound of fried beans came and went, projectiles flew one after another, and forty percent of the Jingbian troops standing in the front row fell, and the people behind quickly filled up, and then the Jin army's side, the casualties reached an astonishing seventy percent.

The power of the flintlock pistol was not covered, and Liu Renyu was also surprised by the hit rate of the Houjin army.

"It seems that the arquebus is still a musket after all, and at such a close distance, it is still extremely powerful. If they shoot like this, our army will really suffer a lot of losses. ”

Liu Renyu saw that the Jurchens had all died from gunshots, and since Houjin was willing to let the Jurchens come to the front, it can be seen how decisive his heart to fight to the death has been.

Liu Renjie, Zhang Tieniu, Li Jiye, Yang Desheng, Ma Wenshan, Wang Zuohang and other generals listened to it, and they all nodded yes.

seems to be the style of the Houjin Army, in Liu Renyu's opinion, it was Huang Taiji who planned to fight against the water, so he asked the Jurchens to line up and shoot him, but Huang Taiji did not plan to do so.

He is still not completely at ease with the Han people after all, so these Jurchens, as their name is called, live and die with the Han military banner, advance and retreat together, in fact, they also have the responsibility of monitoring and supervising the war.

Huang Taiji was gambling, he believed that Liu Renyu was a warlord, and the warlord's thoughts should be the same as his, the Khan of the Great Jin Kingdom.

The enemies of the Dajin Kingdom are the Jingbian Army and the Ming Dynasty, and the enemies of Liu Renyu, the warlord, in addition to the Dajin Kingdom, also have the Daming.

The warlord's life is based on the army, and he can't ignore it, otherwise if Liu Renyu loses too much in the decisive battle with the Dajin Kingdom, the Ming court will inevitably not take action.

In addition, Huang Taiji also believed that the Mongols in Liu Renyu's army, who rode horses and guarded the flanks of the Jingbian army with swords, were also unstable.

Although the Mongols have all submitted to Liu Renyu, but after all, they are aliens, their loyalty, and the strength of the master is linked, if the master's strength is strong, these Mongolians will naturally wag their tails and beg for mercy, if the master's strength is weak, these Mongolians are still disobedient, it is really difficult to say.

Huang Taiji always thought that Liu Renyu did not issue flintlock pistols to the Mongolian cavalry because he did not trust the Mongol Han Chinese, so Liu Renyu was still wary of the Mongol Han Chinese.

With such a judgment, Huang Taiji decided to take the bottom of the kettle and fight for consumption, even if he used up the 120,000 firecrackers, he did not hesitate, he expected that Liu Renyu, the warlord, would definitely not be able to withstand the huge loss of his own strength. As long as Liu Renyu wavered slightly, Dajin Guo might be able to seize such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to repel Liu Renyu's Jingbian army in a battle.

Of course, Liu Renyu didn't know what Huang Taiji was thinking, if he knew, he was afraid that he would laugh out loud. All the people in Yansui are soldiers, and if the 90,000 losses here are lost, they can be replenished immediately, and they don't even need training.

As for the Mongol Han people, after two years of assimilation, they have long been tied up by Liu Renyu's pasture, and they will only be loyal to Liu Renyu, where will there be any dissent.

As for Huang Taiji's opinion, Liu Renyu was wary of the Mongols and Han Chinese, so he did not issue flintlock pistols to the Mongol Han Chinese, which was actually wrong, because Yansui had insufficient production capacity and could not supply flintlock pistols to the Mongol Han people at the same time, so that the Mongol Han people still fought with sabers.

The Mongolian cavalry should look like the Mongolian cavalry!

The dazed and ignorant Huang Taiji silently watched his firecrackers fill up and join the shooting, and the two sides went back and forth, and a large amount of white smoke from the burning of gunpowder blew along the east wind to the side of the Jingbian army, and the Jingbian army's vision was slightly hindered, and the hit rate dropped slightly.

However, fortunately, the guns of the Jingbian Army were fierce, and the casualty rate of the Houjin Army remained high, while the Houjin Army seized this opportunity and fired back more fiercely.

The arrays on both sides did not relax in the slightest, people died, and then they were made up, gradually, gradually, more and more people died, so many people, so much blood, gathered together, flowed into the nearby stream, and finally merged into the Liao River, and even the water of the Liao River changed color.

Also changed color, as well as Huang Taiji's face, he couldn't believe that Liu Renyu, a warlord, was indifferent to the huge casualties on his side.

5,000 people died, 10,000 people died, 15,000 people died, Liu Renyu's side, there was no movement at all, and on his side, the number of dead people was almost twice as many as Liu Renyu's.

If you continue to fight like this, you will have to fight out!

Huang Taiji Feng was puzzled, he was facing such a dilemma for the first time, neither advance nor retreat, if the fire soldiers were exhausted, what should he do.

Huang Taiji was very frightened, Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai, Dolgon, Duoduo, Yue Tuo, and Zierharang were all confused, how did this battle become the way it is now, the situation is not good!

If it weren't for the fact that Sheng Jing was behind them, or the Jiangshan Sheji of the Dajin Kingdom, Dai Shanhate couldn't immediately persuade Huang Taiji to withdraw from the army, but what if he returned to Shengjing?

Without unified and effective command, street fighting is impossible.

All the Jurchen relatives and nobles were blinded, and they stood there dumbfounded, watching.

The corpses on both sides were already piled up to knees, and the wide battlefield looked very strange as if a human body had been covered with a carpet.

"Forward."

The casualties on the Houjin side far exceeded the Jingbian army under the continuous blows of the Jingbian army, and the gap between the two sides was gradually widened.

When the Houjin army saw that the Jingbian army was pressing, although they did not collapse, they did not retreat, but the people in front died, and the people in the back did not make up for it.