Chapter 12: The Pylon
The Tartar cavalry rushed over without waiting for the Ming chariots to approach.
When the Tartar cavalry rushed to within 300 paces, the Ming soldiers began to hide in the chariot and fired their guns at the Tartars, and a puff of black gunpowder smoke filled the carriage.
Due to the fact that the soldiers of the Ming army adopted the innovative reloading method "invented" by Moli, the firing speed of the Ming army increased significantly. I saw that one by one the soldiers of the Ming army took out the ammunition bags wrapped in oil paper, tore open a corner, poured the ammunition into the chamber of the gun and compacted it, and then ignited it.
With a dull sound, countless bullets were fired at the Tartars, occasionally hitting the Tartars' cavalry or horses.
The Ming infantry who followed closely behind the chariot also hurriedly lit their firing guns, but the infantry who lacked cover and courage were obviously not as calm as the soldiers in the chariot, and they hurriedly operated the arquebus.
The cavalry of the Tartars was very fast, although it was in the night, but under the faint moonlight, the saber raised high in the hands of the Tartars shone with a cold light, which made people feel that this was a group of powerful ghosts from the hell of Shura.
Tartar is a nation on horseback, has always been good at riding and shooting, while rushing over the horse, while stretching the bow and arrows, suddenly the arrows rained down, puff shot down in the Ming army array.
The Ming troops in the chariot were naturally unharmed, but the soldiers who followed the chariot were not so lucky, and some soldiers were still loading ammunition when they were shot by arrows, or killed or wounded.
Fast! Hurry up! Closer, closer!
With his guns in his hands, Mo Li fired at the rushing Tartars, and from time to time the Tartar cavalry fell.
Finally, the Tartar cavalry rushed to the chariot and began to fight with the Ming cavalry who were following the chariot to the left. Mo Li also hung the arquebus on his horse's back, pulled out his long knife and shouted, "Xu Ming, fire quickly!" ”
Guan Feng, Zhou Lianying, Yan Sanqing and others also swung their knives and fought with the Tartars, and pieces of sword light and cold shadows flashed, and clusters of blood flowers bloomed.
Xu Ming was the commander of the chariot in front of him, his hands were already sweating nervously, no, he was sweating all over, and when he heard the general loudly order to fire, he lit the fuse of the flamethrower with trembling hands.
Moli named the vehicle with the flamethrower mounted Pyroman, and the nozzle protruded from a newly opened hole on the left side of the vehicle.
More than ten seconds later, I saw that after the nozzle of the fire tyrannosaurus was stuck, a fire dragon more than ten meters long erupted with a bang, and rushed towards the Tartar cavalry rushing over, and the Tartar cavalry and war horses in front of him were burned and screamed, and the cavalry behind was also stunned by this scene, and they couldn't react for a while.
The other nineteen Flame Tyrannosaurs also opened fire almost at the same time as Xu Ming, as the Tartar cavalry rushed over at once, rushing in front of all the chariots. In an instant, twenty fire dragons almost opened fire in unison, and twenty domineering and ferocious fire dragons burst out, burning and wounding dozens of Tartar cavalry and war horses.
Many cavalry and war horses were instantly scorched, and the air was even filled with a disgusting smell of meat.
Mo Li was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted: "Brothers, the time has come for revenge and meritorious service!" Kill them all! ”
The Tartar cavalry was suddenly caught off guard by such an unprecedented firearm attack, and a large number of horses were frightened and burned, and they rushed into a mess.
He Kegang, Zhang Cunren and others, who were pressing the formation behind the Ming army, were also overjoyed when they saw this, so they shouted: "Brothers, the cavalry formation of the Tartars is out of order, let's hurry up and kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" ”
A large number of Ming troops rushed to the enemy under the leadership and command of various generals, and there were many battles with the Tartars in the past, when have you ever seen the Tartars have been so chaotic? The soldiers of the Ming army all held their breath and rushed forward brandishing their swords and guns.
The musketeers also lined up to fire at the Tartars on the opposite side, and the whole battlefield was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and gunpowder, and the shouts of killing and screaming were mixed.
Oh, my God! What kind of weapon is that? Aren't the tanks of the Ming army mounted artillery? How did it become a real "fire" cannon? Dolgon was stunned, Huang Taiji was also stunned, and almost all the Jin troops were stunned, watching the chariots of the Ming army suddenly erupt fire dragons, burning the Eight Banners warriors crying wolves, and they couldn't react for a while.
The cavalry of the Ming army who rushed to the front line did not engage the Tartar cavalry, and they didn't even use bows and arrows, because they couldn't compare to others at all.
When there were still fifty or sixty meters away from the Tartar cavalry, the Ming cavalry hurriedly took off the black grenade from their horses, opened the fuse, and threw it at the Tartar cavalry formation, boom boom and ......boom Countless loud noises came and went, like firecrackers during the New Year, killing and injuring many Tartars in an instant.
But after all, the cavalry of the Tartars is unmatched, and the speed of the war horses is also first-class, and there are still many cavalry who have dodged the attacks of grenades and fire dragons, rushed to the front of the Ming army and slashed and killed, and engaged in close combat, the Ming army is naturally not the opponent of the Tartars, perhaps because they have been accustomed to using firearms for a long time, and the soldiers of the Ming army have become bloodless over time, because the advantage of firearms is to rely on long-range strike capabilities, rather than hand-to-hand combat.
Therefore, when the Tartar cavalry and the Ming army came into close contact, the Ming army was always basically on the side of the slaughter. If it weren't for the fact that the Tartar cavalry was killed and injured a lot by the fire tyrannosaurus and grenades, the formation began to collapse, and there were not many Tartar cavalry who rushed into the Ming army's formation, and the Ming soldiers would probably have turned around and fled.
Under the night sky, in the vast open space outside Jinzhou City, there were shouts of killing and screams, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and even heads rolling down everywhere, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.
It was the first time Mo Li had personally experienced such a tragic ancient war, and he couldn't help but want to vomit.
Although he was born in the market, fights and brawls are commonplace, and the scenes of hundreds of people shedding blood and fighting are not unseen, and there are not a few scars on his body, but at most they can only be regarded as gangsters, how can street fights be compared with this real war scene?
The tragedy of the war was completely beyond Mo Li's imagination, the last time in Daling River was only to see corpses all over the ground after the battle, but today it is really a bloody battle with the Tartars, and it will not stop dying.
Lin Guo, Guan Feng, Zhou Lianying and others followed closely by Mo Li's side, holding knives and guns in their hands and fighting with the Tartars who rushed over. Although the Ming army's fire tyrannosaur greatly surprised everyone, and the power of the grenade was not small, it made the Tartars confused for a while.
However, after a short period of panic, Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai, Yue Tuo, Dolgon and others were experienced generals in a hundred battles, and after a short panic, they immediately reacted and commanded the cavalry to give full play to the advantage of strong mobility, quickly bypassing the chariots of the Ming army, and rushing to the rear of the Ming army.
Although the fire tyrannosaur was domineering, the flexibility and mobility of the chariot were not as good as the light cavalry after all, so although it burned countless Tartars, there were still many cavalry who bypassed the chariot array and swept towards the rear of the Ming army.
This was unexpected, he didn't expect Huang Taiji and Dolgon to be able to deal with the command so calmly, he thought that as long as the Fire Tyrannosaurus appeared, the Tartars would be in chaos, and he would be able to win a big victory by taking advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, but who would have thought that the Tartars would be chaotic but not collapsed. It seems that I still take it for granted, and the plan is not careful enough.
Mo Li was directing the charioteers to change the formation and attack the Chinese army camp where Huang Taiji was located, while secretly thinking about the shortcomings of this operation, and suddenly a Tartar rushed out of the front oblique stab, it seemed that he was also a general, rushing left and right, the big knife in his hand flew up and down, and after a while, he killed six or seven Ming soldiers and rushed to him, holding a big knife and slashing at Mo Li's head.
Mo Li was taken aback, at this time, most of the soldiers around him were fighting with the Tartars, and Guan Feng and Zhou Lianying were still five or six steps behind him and were inseparable from the enemy, and no one came to rescue him for a while.