Chapter 396: Fifth Infantry Regiment
There are still more than 40,000 people on his side, and the losses of the elite cavalry are not large. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Azig sneered in his heart: "Order, infantry attack, cavalry prepare." ”
Tens of thousands of unarmored infantry howled and rushed towards Lin Zhaolong's position, followed by thousands of Eight Banner cavalry.
Lin Zhaolong held the binoculars and waited until these Eight Banners soldiers rushed to a distance of about 80 meters before giving the order: "Fire." ”
Three thousand flintlock muskets fired, and two rounds of fire knocked down a group of Eight Bannermen.
The remaining Eight Banners did not disperse, and everyone knew that advancing was death, and retreating was death. Soon the Eight Banners advanced in front of the barbed wire, and rows of bows and arrows were fired at the positions of the independent division.
"Fire, fire, fire." Yang Tao shuttled through the trenches and kept shouting, "These Tartars, why are they so desperate." ”
"Herald." Lin Zhaolong retracted his head back into the trench, "Send a signal to the division commander and ask for reinforcements." ”
"Why reinforcements." Zhou Lei, who was beside him, asked, "The Tartars can't come." ”
"Barbed wire won't hold them back." Lin Zhaolong explained, "Their charging method is a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, and the barbed wire will soon be torn down, if their cavalry rushes over, our three regiments will not be able to stop it." ”
A puff of wolf smoke rose into the air again.
"Beiming, Lin Zhaolong came to signal and asked for reinforcements." Xu Lang saw the wolf smoke under the mountain.
Jiang Beiming shouted loudly amid the deafening sound of gunfire: "There are more than 10,000 people below, and more than 10,000 Tartars outside the mountain are rushing back, and there is no way to reinforce them." ”
"But this." Xu Lang touched his head, "Lin Zhaolong's side is 40,000 Tartars." ”
"I know." Jiang Beiming looked at the bottom of the mountain and shouted, "Han Wantao, bring two thousand fast gun teams and your fifth regiment to reinforce Lin Zhaolong." Tell him that he must hold on, we need to block the Eight Banners outside the mountain, and we can't send more reinforcements. ”
"I understand." Han Wantao replied, "There is no need for more reinforcements, now is the time for rifled guns to be powerful." ”
Three thousand guns stretched out of the trenches, and in the middle were 500 rifled guns of the 5th regiment. The Eight Banners on the opposite side had withdrawn, leaving behind hundreds of corpses, but the barbed wire had also fallen to the ground crookedly, and the makeshift barbed wire was not very strong.
Azig's waist knife was raised again: "Order, infantry in front, cavalry in rear, attack." ”
The Eight Banners were about a mile away from the position of the independent division, and more than 1,000 infantry rushed over, and about 3,000 cavalry behind them slowly raised their horse speed.
"Tartar is very smart." Lin Zhaolong said with a smile, "I want to use the infantry to consume our ammunition, and while we are loaded, the cavalry will charge." ”
"You can see that, too." Han Wantao ordered, "You are responsible for dealing with the infantry, and I will personally command the Fifth Regiment to fight his cavalry, so that they can taste the power of our secret weapon." ”
More than 2,000 flintlock muskets fired, and the unarmored infantry, who had rushed to a distance of 80 meters, fell to the ground.
"Speed up the charge!" The leader Gushan Ezhen urged the war horse under his crotch while giving orders. The guns on the opposite side had already fired four rounds, and by the time their own cavalry rushed over, it was just in time that they could no longer fight.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, and the unarmored infantry in front of them began to run to both sides, not being killed by the Ming army's firearms, let alone trampling to death by their own people.
Han Wantao didn't dare to hold it up, there were no less than 3,000 cavalry on the opposite side, and he only had more than 1,000 rifled guns. What made Han Wantao even more unhappy was that each gun was only equipped with ten rounds of mini ammunition.
The Eight Banners cavalry rushed to a place of about 300 meters, and Han Wantao's order was given: "Fifth Regiment, fire!" ”
Five hundred rifled guns rang out, and at a distance of 300 meters, dozens of cavalrymen of the Eight Banners fell off their horses, and the accuracy of rifled guns was much higher than that of flintlock guns.
"Change guns, fire!"
This time the distance was closer, and nearly a hundred cavalrymen were knocked off their horses.
The soldiers around the Fifth Regiment were dumbfounded, and Yang Tao stared at him for a long time before he said a word: "Good girl, what kind of gun is this, how can it hit so far." ”
"Change guns, fire!"
"Go back, go back." Gushan Ezhen desperately pulled the war horse. Can't rush forward anymore, his war horse didn't rush up at all, but the other party shot three rounds in a row, and more than 200 Eight Banner warriors were shot.
Azig was also stunned, what kind of weapon did the other party use, how could he fight so far.
"Lord Belle, the minions are incompetent." Gushan Ejin, who ran back, turned over and dismounted, and knelt down in front of Azig.
Knowing that now was not the time to be held accountable, Azig raised his sword in his hand: "Warriors, the valley ahead, rush out!" ”
This time it was the cavalry that took the lead, and thousands of horses kicked up the billowing smoke and dust.
"Commander, the Tartars are rushing over." The sergeant major of the artillery regiment shouted at Zhao Qi.
"Herald." Zhao Qi also saw the charge of the Eight Banners cavalry, "Turn the muzzle, shoot shots, and block the mountain pass." ”
The artillerymen pushed the heavy cannons one after another.
"Fire!"
Only a little more than 20 cannons have been fired, and the rest have either not turned around or are reloading.
The power of more than 20 6-pounder guns was also enormous, and more than 4,000 shotguns covered most of the passes.
"Charge, charge!" The soldiers of the Eight Banners all knew that the Yanmen water behind them would not be able to pass, and if they couldn't rush through this valley, they would be trapped and die here.
"Fire!"
The number of cannons fired in this salvo increased significantly, and the scattershells of more than 40 cannons covered the entire clearing in front of the pass.
Azgrad held the war horse and could not rush at all. Two rounds of artillery salvos knocked out hundreds of his own cavalry, which were all the elite of Dajin.
"Heaven die, I'm Azig!" Azig roared angrily and suddenly remembered something.
"Stop the charge and organize the defense." Azig gave an order and pulled out a bag from the innermost layer of his armor.
Azig glanced at the strip of cloth in the bag twice, and suddenly laughed: "Great Khan Shengming. ”
The surrounding Eight Banners didn't understand why Azig suddenly laughed, and they all looked at him in confusion.
Azig didn't explain anything, and waved his hand: "Bring those Nikans here." ”
Thousands of Ming civilians were driven together, Azig glanced at these people coldly, turned his head and ordered: "Come, go and inform the Ming army on the other side, Benbeile wants to talk to their generals." ”
Several Eight Banner cavalrymen came to the mountain pass with a spear tied with a white cloth, and one of the cavalrymen shouted in Chinese: "The Ming army on the mountain, tell your generals that our Lord Belle wants to talk to him." ”
"Stop shooting." Jiang Beiming, who received the report, called Ye Zhan over, "Ye Zhan, you lead people to watch the Tartars under the mountain, don't attack yet, Xu Lang and I will go to see what Azig has to say." ”
"Yes, sir."
Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang went down the mountain, and Xu Lang saw the people of Daming who were driven together at a glance: "Beiming, what we are most worried about has happened, and Azig will definitely use these people as a condition for negotiation." ”