On January 30, 40,000 Ming troops under Hong Chengchou began to attack the Qing army camp. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Ming army made more than 500 large and small wooden shield cars and more than 1,000 wooden bridges. The 20,000 men under the command of Wang Pu, Yang Guozhu and Wu Sangui carried these tools and walked towards the trench of the Qing army camp.

Walking in front is the wooden bridge of the Ming army. There is also a wooden shield made of planks hanging under the wooden bridge, which can be used to prevent fireshots.

The range of the Qing army's firearms was only 100 meters, so those trenches were dug within 100 meters of the camp wall. However, the Qing army's light Hongyi cannon could shoot one mile. When the Ming army slowly moved with heavy siege weapons and was a hundred steps away from the trench, more than a dozen cannons in the camp opened fire.

Only the rumbling sound of artillery was heard, and the artillery of the Qing army spat out tongues of fire and shot several pounds of shells at the huge wooden bridge of the target. In just one volley, eight wooden bridges were smashed. The cannonballs smashed the circle of wooden shields under the wooden bridge to shreds and shot into the ranks of the Ming army under the wooden bridge.

Broken flesh and blood suddenly flew out, and the Ming army under the eight wooden bridges was killed dozens of people in an instant, and they were immediately frightened. More than 100 people threw off the wooden bridge and ran towards the way they came, covered in blood.

Seeing the power of the Qing army's artillery, Hong Chengchou and Yang Guozhu glanced at each other and were very surprised.

I didn't expect the Qing army's Hongyi cannon to be so sharp. Looking at it this way, if you want to build a wooden bridge over the trench, you have to pay a lot of casualties.

Compared with the Hongyi cannon of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou only had more than 30 Fulong machine guns in the army. These Furlong cannons could only hit two or three hundred meters, and were generally used to fire scattered guns, and could not be used to confront the Qing army hiding behind the gun mount.

Wang Pu was very distressed when he saw that his soldiers were hit by the artillery of the Qing army. He turned his head to look at Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, and said to Hong Chengchou: "Military Gate, let Xingguobo's artillery go up, knock out the artillery of the Qing army and then charge into battle!" ”

Hong Chengchou pinched his beard, frowned silently, and did not answer Wang Pu's request.

On the front of the battlefield, the Qing army's Hongyi artillery was still firing.

When the wooden bridge advanced to the first trench, it had already been fired three rounds by the artillery of the Qing army. At least thirty wooden bridges were broken, and hundreds of troops were crushed. The Ming army, which was not attacked, placed 300 wooden bridges on the first trench and retreated.

The wooden bridge at the back crossed the first trench and headed towards the second trench in front.

But they had only walked a dozen steps, and the artillery of the Qing army began to fire again.

This time, the Qing army used loose cannons.

The scattered cannons fired from the seventeen cannons formed a barrage and shot into the wooden bridge dozens of meters away. The wooden shields made of planks under the wooden bridge could protect against the bullets of the musketeers, but they could not protect against the projectiles of the loose cannons. The dense wooden bridge became the best target for the scattered guns, sweeping a large area.

Screams came from under dozens of wooden bridges at the same time, and at least more than 30 wooden bridges were bombarded by scattered shells. Once you are shot by a projectile from a loose cannon, you will have to lose your life in an instant. The two or three layers of soldiers in the front row of the wooden bridge were pierced in an instant and died tragically on the battlefield.

The high morale of the Ming army was hit hard, and the soldiers were terrified, and thousands of wooden bridges stopped between the first and second trenches, and they lost their ground.

Hong Chengchou looked at the battle situation in front of him, his face was very solemn. After thinking about it, he waved his hand and said, "Blow the trumpet!" ”

The Chinese army of the Ming army sounded the horn urging the soldiers to advance. The soldiers in front heard the sound of the horn and knew that they could not retreat, so they could only rush forward.

The second trench was lowered on the wooden bridge, and the Ming army behind crossed it.

The Hongyi artillery of the Qing army opened fire again.

Another piece of loose cannon swept away, and the wooden shield under the wooden bridge was torn apart by projectiles like papier-mâché. The flesh and blood of the wooden shield were exposed in front of the iron projectile, and the fragile body was pierced alive. The projectile stabbed straight through the flesh, stabbing in front and out from behind, and then rushing towards the next body.

Blood splattered out like a fountain, spewing the inside of the crowded wooden bridge with blood.

Such a one-sided slaughter battle greatly tested the psychological quality of the attacking side. Without iron-blooded military discipline, it would not have been able to withstand such heavy casualties.

After two rounds of scattered artillery bombardment, Wang Pu's soldiers and horses were the first to collapse.

The morale of the officers and soldiers of Datong Town who was high because of the arrival of Xingguo Bo was exhausted. Xing Guobo came to the Ming army to win the battle and grab the merits of the war, why did the scene become like this, rushing up and being slaughtered by artillery? This cannon rang out once, that is, more than 100 people died in front of the artillery fire, this is a war?

The 10,000 bridge soldiers in Datong Town threw down the wooden bridge and ran back and forth, just wanting to stay away from this terrible Qing army camp. The Qing troops in the camp got this opportunity and aimed at the fleeing Ming soldiers and began to shoot. Crackling gunfire rang out, and countless fleeing Ming troops fell under the gunfire.

The Ming army, who was still alive, was even more panicked, howling loudly as they fled.

"Defeated, run away!"

"The Tartars are out, run away!"

The Ming army, which was holding a wooden bridge and pushing a wooden shield cart behind, saw that the Ming army in front of them had collapsed, and they also dropped their siege equipment and fled backwards with the defeated army. The rout of 10,000 people in Datong Town soon led to the collapse of the entire team. The Ming army in Xuanfu Town and Ningyuan Town also became a rout, fleeing towards the Chinese army to the south.

30,000 people rushed in front of the camp, and the army was defeated.

Seeing the defeat of the Ming army, the Qing army sent 500 cavalry to rush out and intimidate the Ming army in the back.

Hong Chengchou looked at the defeated Ming army, his face turned pale. Unexpectedly, the 30,000 attacking Ming army collapsed after only a few hundred people were killed. The hundreds of wooden bridges erected over the two trenches were expected to be destroyed by the Tartars soon. These hundreds of people died in vain.

With such a rout, it would take a lot of effort just to collect it, how could it attack the camp of the Qing army?

It was the soldiers of Datong Town who were bombed without fighting and sacrificed more than 100 people, which led to the rout of the whole army. How did this Wang Pu lead the troops, and the soldiers and horses brought out were so unbearable? Hong Chengchou glanced at Wang Pu coldly, eager to whip him.

Wang Pu felt Hong Chengchou's dissatisfaction, swallowed his saliva, looked at the rout in front of him, and was speechless.

The fleeing Ming army rushed towards the way they came, and finally rushed towards the Chinese army where the generals were.

When the defeated soldiers saw the five hundred Tartar iron horsemen behind them, they panicked even more and shouted loudly: "Defeated! ”

"The Tartars are out!"

"Run!"

Wu Sangui's face turned grim and shouted: "Military Gate!" These routs are rushing towards the Chinese army, so don't let them bring the Chinese army down. ”

Only then did Hong Chengchou realize that the 30,000 routs attacking the village would bring down the 10,000 Chinese troops if they rushed straight forward like this. At this time, the vanguard rout army was unstable, and the soldiers of the Chinese army were small. If the Chinese soldiers were rushed and shouted by a large number of routs, they were very likely to feel that the battle was defeated and unwon, and they would disperse with the rout.

If the Chinese army also collapsed, then these 40,000 defeated soldiers would really be chased and killed by the Qing cavalry for dozens of miles, and I don't know how many people would be killed or wounded.

Hong Chengchou's face turned white, and he shouted loudly: "Blow the horn and boost morale." ”

Wang Pu said in a panic: "Junmen, what's the use of blowing the horn at this time, the rout army is about to rush over." ”

Hong Chengchou glared at Wang Pu angrily, so angry that he couldn't speak.

Yang Guozhu quickly led Hong Chengchou's military horse and ran over, and said loudly: "Junmen, you ride your horse away first to avoid it, don't be taken advantage of by the Qing cavalry." When the rout is closed, the military gate will come back to take the town! ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Yang Guozhu and trembled. He really couldn't have imagined that this battle would be like this. Such a rout was chased and killed by five hundred Qing cavalry for a while, how many people would die? Two thousand? Three thousand? Even if the rout can be collected by then, the morale will be completely lost.

How did this battle come to this? This Qing army is so strong in the camp defended by firearms?

At the critical moment, Li Zhi, who had been silent on the side, finally spoke.

"Junmen, retreat the Chinese army and let my tiger division go up."