[239] Zuo Menggeng resisted

"Fire!"

When the shot put flew out of the cannon chamber with a whistling whistle, Zuo Menggeng's artillery team was also engrossed in preparing to move the cannon forward after the opponent's artillery was fired.

After He Yinyuan wandered outside the left camp for a day, Song Youliang led a large army to the front line of Pengze. Forty-eight new cannons were aimed at the left battalion

There are also people on the left side of the army staring at the ground, although it is judged that the range of the artillery cannot reach this side, but they also have to worry about the bounce of the lead bullet, on the ground of the river beach, the soil is relatively soft, and the damage of the ricochet will not be too large, as long as it is dodged in time, there is no big problem, at this time it can really be said that between the lightning and the flint, everyone is nervous.

But after the whistling sound approached, these non-commissioned officers of the left artillery team understood, and were immediately dumbfounded, the opponent's artillery could hit so far. From contempt to shock, the psychological change in this was only an instant, and the artillery team that broke into the camp was all huddled together, and it exploded immediately.

These forty-eight cannons fired solid bullets this time, as long as the people near the landing point ran away, there would indeed be no damage, but how could the pace of the people in the panic be so good, not to mention that there were artillery trucks and gunpowder blocking in the crowd, such an explosion, the scene suddenly became chaotic, and everyone was in a mess, pushing each other. As a result, except for the outermost left soldiers, none of the others ran away, and even in this pushing confusion, it was a moment, and the flight time of the shells in mid-air was very short. There was even a leftist soldier who accidentally knocked his own cannon and smashed a guard tower to pieces with one shot

Forty-eight wrought iron shells, none of which missed, achieved the best killing effect, and after the flesh and blood flew, there was a terrible scream, and no one in the left army thought that the artillery range of the officers and soldiers of the Northern Ming Dynasty was so far. Artillery was nothing more than an auxiliary arm for the left army, destroying the city defenses during sieges, and disrupting the enemy's formation during field battles. But in the first round of confrontation, it was so miserable by the artillery of the Northern Ming Army, Jin Shengheng still didn't expect it, and the infantry formation behind the artillery team was even more commotionous.

Michel, the artillery commander of the Northern Ming Army, stared at the left army artillery team in front of him, and saw that after the first round of bombardment by the opponent's artillery team, more than ten cannons were destroyed, and the artillery was already scattered and fled. I couldn't help but feel a little regretful in my heart, because of the speed of the march, the more powerful twenty-four-pounder cannon had not had time to pull up. If you take a twenty-four-pounder cannon, this round of salvo fire, the artillery team of the left army can directly solve it at one time.

However, the soldiers of Zuo Mengeng's army, especially those elite soldiers, are not vegetarians, let alone frightened, they are also extremely brave. Although Fang Cai's round of shooting was not small, it didn't make them all run away. Soon they were under the command of the officers and began to erect their own artillery again

However, just as the soldiers of the Left Army were re-righting the old-fashioned Hongyi cannon, they were stunned to find that the artillery of the Northern Ming Army on the opposite side had quickly cleared the chamber, loaded the ammunition, and was ready to fire for the second time

Boom, boom, boom

After the second round, before the smoke cleared, the infantry of the Northern Ming Army began to line up in a neat phalanx and quickly advance to the left army line. The left army was also led by Jin Shengheng, sending tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry to meet the battle

Lin Dong, the hundred commander of the Northern Ming Army, was a veteran who participated in the battles against Hetuala and Zhaomodo. At this moment, he unsheathed his sword, his back rested on his shoulder, and he slowly stepped forward with the brigade of firecrackers, and the general flag at the right end of each column was aimed at Lin Dong's movements.

"One hundred and fifty steps...... One hundred and twenty steps...... One hundred steps ......"

Lin Dong's mouth kept chattering, this is Lin Dong's visual estimation of the distance of the opponent's cavalry, and when he saw that he was close to one hundred and twenty steps, Lin Dong raised the knife in his hand, and the general flags of each platoon immediately shouted in unison:

"Raise the gun"

The firecrackers had already finished loading their ammunition and raised their firearms, Lin Dong's knife slashed forward very fiercely, and at the same time shouted in his mouth:

"Shoot!"

Almost at the same time, all the general flags in the first row shouted in unison:

"Shoot!"

Thousands of muskets rang out in unison, and the sound of "bang bang ~~" instantly resounded on the battlefield, and for a time the entire infantry line of the Northern Ming Army was immediately engulfed in white gunsmoke

"Phew!"

Jin Shengheng's whole person almost stood up from the horse, and it was not easy to control the frightened war horse, he wanted to see the situation on the battlefield hundreds of steps away, but the amount of smoke from the gunpowder was too great to see clearly. In addition to a white expanse, it is still a white expanse

Jin Shengheng could only hear the miserable howl of the person at this moment, the neighing of the horse, the other party dared to use a firearm to fire from such a distance, this kind of unreasonable thing made him extremely surprised, hearing this miserable howl, he knew that the shooting was very effective, and his face was even darker. Fortunately, he ordered in advance, and the front row was already far away, and when he saw that the front was wrong, he turned his horse and turned to both sides.

After the first row of muskets were fired, the power of these nearly 1,000 muskets could be imagined, and despite the smoke of gunpowder, it was still possible to roughly distinguish that the opponent was charging towards this side, and at least one-third of the targets were hit or injured at a distance of 400 meters.

"First row, squat"

At the right end of the first row the general flag was shouted, and the soldiers of the first row were immediately on the ground with muskets, their bodies half-crouched, and their sharp bayonets pointed diagonally upward. The general flag of the second row after hearing the shouts of the first row. Just counting the time. According to the Ming Army's "Infantry Drill Code", after hearing the order, if the soldiers in the front row do not carry out the order within five numbers, that is, squatting, it is a violation of military law. The queue training day after day gave these soldiers of the Northern Ming Army a mechanical conditioned reflex to the password. After the soldiers in the first row gave the order, those who could hear it squatted down, and those who did not hear it because the sound was too loud saw their companions squatting down, and they themselves hurriedly squatted down

"Second row ~ raise the gun ~~ shoot!"

The general manager of the second row shouted at the top of his voice, and the muskets in the second row also fired together, and the hot Mine bullets whistled out and rushed towards the left army on the opposite side. Those left soldiers are also veterans who have fought with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zihe for many years. It was really brave and abnormal, after being hit head-on, they didn't run away, they still formed up their formation and continued to rush up, but they knew that the opponent's firearms were so strong, if they ran away with their backs, they were afraid that the casualties would be greater. The only way to do this is to keep charging, as there will be a gap in the reload after the opponent's firebolt has been fired. As long as you can take advantage of this opportunity to rush to hand-to-hand combat, then there is still a chance

"Second row~~ Squat!"

"Third Row ~ Raise Guns, Shoot ~"

Immediately after the second row of soldiers who had just squatted, the firearms of the third faction of the Northern Ming Army fired one after another

"Third row ~ squat!"

The first three rows of soldiers crouched down, their bayonets pointed diagonally ahead, and the firecrackers in the back who did not fire raised their firearms and waited for orders.

Because the gunpowder smoke emitted was too large and the interval between firing was very short, after three rounds of continuous firing, it was impossible to see anything on the opposite side, and the general banners and Lin Dong at all levels listened to the movement calmly. The musketeers were ready with muskets in their hands

Jin Shengheng, who was opposite the Northern Ming Army, hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Each team is on guard in place, and must not walk around, and those who violate the order will be killed, and each will return to their own team and wait for the order!!"

"Order!" The generals all obeyed the order and dispersed towards their respective teams

Jin Shengheng's lieutenant cautiously suggested: "General, why don't we press up and hit these puppies with bows, arrows and firearms?" ”

"Fuck you, blind eyes? Don't you see that this Northern Soldier's firearm is powerful?" Jin Shengheng scolded angrily

The adjutant general's face was a little red when he was scolded by Jin Shengheng, but he still said a little unwillingly: "The firearms of the northern soldiers can reach us, but our firearms can't reach them." If it goes on like this, we can't move, so we can only let these northern soldiers beat us in a different way, isn't this a loss in vain?"

When Jin Shengheng heard this, he didn't scold, stared at the deputy general, and then shouted at the herald behind him: "The first, second, and third teams of Hanzhong soldiers attack the left flank; The third and fourth teams of the Hubei soldiers and the fifth team attacked the front; The sixth, seventh, and eighth teams of the Henan soldiers were separated by a hundred steps, and then followed! "Zuo Liangyu formed an army of 300,000, known as 800,000. Many of them are people who have come from Lazhuang Ding along the way, and there is no official number of troops yet. So much so that some of the generals of the Left Army could not distinguish between themselves, and could only be numbered by the name of the region for identification.

Jin Shengheng turned his head and saw that the deputy general who was scolded by himself saw that the main general adopted his opinion, and his face was flushed with excitement for a while, so he said coldly: "Your idea~~ You go and do it." If you win, you will be promoted, and if you lose, you will not come back! ”

This deputy is eager to die headlong, when did he say that he would attack like this? But he could only force a smile and respond loudly: "General, the small one is willing to lead the troops into battle and break the enemy soldiers!" ”

Jin Shengheng's expression was still very serious, ordering the brigade to fight, the big drum in the army had already begun to beat, the officers at all levels shouted loudly, and the soldiers also began to move forward slowly.

Suddenly, the drum beat of the left army was disrupted by a louder drum beat, and I saw that the cowhide drum of the Northern Ming army on the opposite side also began to beat, and the sixteen squares of the Northern Ming army lined up from north to south slowly moved forward. The musketeers were now in the gap between the phalanx of spears. The spearmen of the Northern Ming Army all stood with spears erected, carried on their shoulders, lined up in a neat formation, and marched forward with neat and high-frequency small steps. The spears were like a forest, almost all of them were erected, and each square seemed to be a huge cuboid, pressed over like a man.

"Shoot the arrows!" The officer of the Left Army shouted

Whoosh~~Whoosh

"Dodge the arrows!" The spearmen at the front of the Northern Ming Army's front shouted loudly when they saw the flying feather arrows

Immediately, the spearmen stood still, and each of them began to swing their spears in their hands. The spear shaft of more than ten feet shook, and the bottom was quite stable, but the shaking amplitude of the upper part was very large, and the range of the long arrows shot by the big bow was an advantage, and the speed was not too fast, and the spears of the infantry phalanx were shaking, and almost eighty percent of the arrows shot were knocked out. Counting those who shot into the air, there were not many arrows that entered the formation, and the iron helmets on the heads of the soldiers and the felt robes on their bodies had a good protective effect on bows and arrows

However, this round of arrow rain, more than 30 soldiers fell in the infantry phalanx of the Northern Ming Army, the soldiers screamed and fell, his companions around him ignored it, just dodged the fallen spear, silently straddled the body of his companions, and continued to move forward.

Seeing that the archery is ineffective, the only thing left is hand-to-hand combat, since it is a charge, whether it is a knife mountain or a sea of fire, it is necessary to rush over, rush to the enemy and crush the enemy, the soldiers of the left army know that the firearms of the Northern Ming Army are powerful, but they still rush forward indomitably, if they want to survive, they must first seek from death.

"Shoot continuously!"

Seeing the infantry of the left army rushing up, the general manager of the Northern Ming Army immediately shouted loudly

Woohoo

In an instant, the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke again......