Hearing the horn of the Chinese army, the auxiliaries and followers of the Qing army regrouped their morale and walked forward with a howl. The battle situation www.biquge.info Pen, Fun, and Pavilion was critical, and these Qing soldiers gritted their teeth and quickened the pace of their feet, hoping to rush to the front of the trench and lay a wooden bridge as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the artillery of the Ming army only fired once for a long time, and after that round of scattered artillery was fired, the Ming army did not fire again for a long time. A row of auxiliaries and attendants under the wooden bridge walked to the front of the second trench, lowered more than a hundred wooden bridges, and then retreated with wooden shields.

Seeing that the second trench had also been paved with a wooden bridge, the Qing army breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Zhi's cannon is not so terrifying. If you only fight once in such a long time, the auxiliaries and followers will be able to rush to the front of the fourth layer of trenches!

The situation is in favor of the Qing army!

The Qing army's more than 500 wooden bridges continued to advance, slowly approaching the third trench.

Li Zhi was silent for a minute, and then one hundred and forty six-pounder guns opened fire again.

Fourteen thousand iron projectiles dominated all the space in front of the formation in an instant, destroying more than a hundred wooden bridges in the front row. The heavy wooden shields under the wooden bridge were as fragile as glass in front of the iron projectiles, and they shattered at the slightest touch. The shattered wooden block not only can no longer protect the Qing soldiers behind, but even becomes a deadly murder weapon, which will cut the skin and blood vessels of the Qing soldiers behind. Under the double attack of wooden blocks and projectiles, the auxiliaries in cotton armor and the unarmored followers were killed and wounded, and fell to the ground screaming.

It was a massacre.

The Qing soldiers holding the wooden bridge had not yet reacted from the onslaught of the shotguns, and were immediately met by the riflemen.

The Qing soldiers carrying the bridge moved slowly, as if they were stationary in the crosshairs, and the riflemen hit these Qing soldiers as if they were shooting targets. Another stream of blood flew sideways, and the six hundred riflemen killed more than four hundred auxiliaries in a single volley.

The wooden bridges in this row saw that the situation was not good, and they broke up again. In the process of the collapse of more than 2,000 Qing soldiers, Li Zhi's 600 riflemen in the back row, who were waiting in front of the formation, stepped forward to shoot again, killing hundreds of fleeing Qing troops. It was not until the routs ran behind the wooden bridge in the rear row and were stopped by the wooden shields of the rear wooden bridge that the riflemen stopped shooting them.

However, the Qing army had 70,000 people, and the Qing soldiers in the back row were still full of morale under the encouragement of the Qing army officers. The auxiliaries and followers threw down more than 1,000 lives, withstood the second round of artillery shelling by the Ming army, and continued to advance.

After Li Zhi's cannon firing for a round, it quieted down. In the interval between the reloading of artillery by the Ming army, the Qing army erected more than 100 wooden bridges on the third trench, and successfully turned the third trench into a thoroughfare.

Seeing that the third trench was paved with a wooden bridge, the Manchu and Mongolian nobles of the Qing army looked at each other for a while, and their faces were full of joy.

Hold on a little longer, and you'll be able to rush to the fourth trench.

The auxiliaries and their attendants carried the last two hundred or so wooden bridges and rushed towards the fourth trench at the rear. The Qing soldiers knew that even if the Ming army above fired another round of artillery, there would be at least more than a hundred wooden bridges that could build a fourth trench. As long as you go a dozen steps further, all the trenches will be conquered by the Qing army, and the large army of the Qing army can cross the trenches and kill the Ming army in the fortress.

The central military office of the Qing army blew the horns to boost morale and encourage the Qing soldiers who raised the bridge to rush forward.

Hearing the sound of the horn, the Qing soldiers changed their way to running, and rushed forward with all their strength, rushing towards the fourth trench.

More than a dozen steps away from the fourth trench, the artillery on the Ming army's fortress really opened fire again. Scattered artillery bombardment, followed by Ming rifle fire.

The wooden blocks that flew out after the wooden shield was broken by the shotgun were so lethal that many of the auxiliaries were cut to death by the wooden blocks wearing cotton armor. And the projectiles of the shotgun are even more deadly, and the thin cotton armor is as fragile as paper in front of these projectiles, not to mention the unarmored followers. If you are shot in the head, your skull will be broken. Being hit in the stomach is a big wound hitting the intestines.

And the shots of those riflemen were even more tricky, and they all hit the torsos of the Qing soldiers one by one.

The Qing soldiers in the first few rows were either killed or wounded.

With artillery bombardment and rifle platoon fire, more than 1,000 Qing soldiers fell on the hard ground in the early spring of North China, bleeding like a stream.

A row of wooden bridges was crushed, and thousands of Qing soldiers retreated in disarray. As they fled, rifles were being fired, chasing them along the way.

But more than a hundred wooden bridges in the rear row survived artillery fire and platoon guns, howling and rushing to the front of the fourth trench with all their might. They put the base of the wooden bridge against the side of the trench, pushed the upper part of the wooden bridge, let the wooden bridge cross the trench, and put it on the low earth wall opposite the trench with a "boom".

On the four trenches, all wooden bridges have been erected.

The Qing army's wooden bridge tactics can be said to have been successful.

In the ranks of the Qing army, there were deafening cheers.

Hauge's eyes were red with excitement, and he shouted: "Ordered to be a general, the wooden bridge has succeeded!" Rush on! ”

Abatai also shouted: "I have been ordered to general, hurry up, if Li Zhi's soldiers and horses come out to destroy the wooden bridge!" Our bridge-builders died in vain! ”

Dolgon, also excited by the success of the wooden bridge, waved his hand and shouted, "All the army charges!" ”

As soon as Dolgon gave the order, the trombone of the attack sounded in the middle of the formation. The Chinese army ordered the flag to be unfurled behind the command and convey the order to the various departments of the Manchurian and Mongolian coalition forces. The 25,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the 20,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Outer Mongolians, and the 20,000 auxiliary soldiers who had just been withdrawn from the army, a total of more than 60,000 people gathered into a boundless army and rushed towards the small fortress in front.

However, the front of the Ming army's fortress was only 500 steps long, and the Qing army could only place a few hundred people on one front. The army of more than 60,000 people dragged into a long procession, like a giant beast, rushing towards the Ming army's fortress.

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In front of the fourth trench, the Qing soldiers who had just lowered the wooden bridge retreated into the wooden shield as soon as possible, preparing to use the wooden shield to cover the rear army charging into battle.

However, they did not understand that the slow rate of fire of the Ming artillery was a trick. At this critical moment, how could Li Zhi's artillery be dumb? Let the wooden shields of these Qing soldiers get stuck on the battlefield, and the riflemen will not be able to shoot at all?

Before the Qing soldiers could fully raise the wooden shield, one hundred and forty cannons opened fire on the wooden shield.

More than 10,000 shotguns pierced the void, shattering more than 100 sets of wooden shields into pieces, and beating the tartars behind the wooden shields into blood. More than 600 Tartars were killed by the shotguns at once.

The blood was like paint, sprinkled all over the ground.

The Tartars in the back row were all beaten stupid at once. What's going on? How did this artillery fire of the Ming army come so fast? Isn't it a long time to load ammunition?

However, there was no time for them to think about this issue at this time, and one of the commanders of the battle, Pashku, jumped out and shouted: "Rush with me!" (To be continued.) )