Text Volume 3 The Road to Empire_Chapter 680 Yingkou VIII

"Who fired the shot? Who shot it! Bastard, don't you North Korean sticks want to live? You dare to fire your guns indiscriminately before I give the order..."Alin Bao took a stick and angrily whipped at these North Koreans who did not obey orders.

But in this tense moment, no one turned themselves in, and no North Korean came forward to denounce their companions, they only wailed and begged for mercy. Therefore, Alin Bao could only whip a few North Koreans indiscriminately, and then ordered them to reload the ammunition, which was considered to be a temporary revelation of the matter.

The loading of the arquebus was much more complicated than that of the flintlock musket, and a well-trained man could fire only two shots in three minutes. A skilled soldier with a flintlock musket can strike three times in one minute. Of course, both of the above are the results of peacetime training, and when soldiers are really standing on the battlefield and facing the threat of death, it is difficult for soldiers with poor psychological quality to achieve this speed.

The advance attack of the Koreans made the Ming army basically unharmed, and the Qing army's attack reassured many nervous Ming soldiers, at least they knew that they were safe for the time being until the Qing army was reloaded.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the Manchus lacked a reliable source of sulfur and were therefore extremely expensive. And the Koreans were unreliable for the Manchus, so these North Korean musketeers did not train much in Pingli.

They were still unable to reload one shot in one and a half minutes during training, and it was even more difficult to reload ammunition in a step-by-step manner on the battlefield where the Ming army was constantly approaching. Many North Korean musketeers either forgot to reload* or put an extra buckshot in the barrel.

Looking at these nervous and helpless North Koreans, Alin Bao knew that he could not count on these wastes for the time being. He had to transfer his cattle to the North Koreans so that they could complete the ammunition reloading.

Compared with these North Koreans, the Manchu people naturally performed much better. After all, driven by more than 20 veteran Eight Banners who have experienced wars many times, these young Manchurians can still maintain their basic movements without deformation.

However, under the toss of the Koreans, the Ming army had already traveled half the way, and it was less than 70 meters away from the Qing army. At this distance, the bow is already capable of striking effectively.

If Alin Bao was commanding a pure Manchurian army, he would naturally not order to attack at this distance, at least wait for the Ming army to advance another 10 or 20 meters, which is the best time to attack.

However, on his side was a group of unreliable Koreans, and behind him was the main formation that was nervously arrayed, and at this moment he was no longer pursuing effective killing, but wanted to block the advance of the Ming army in order to buy time.

And Alin Bao also knew that the closer the distance, the higher the accuracy of the opponent's musket shots. The lethality of bows and arrows is not comparable to that of lead bullets, so it is quite cost-effective to be able to trigger a musket shot from the Ming army at this distance.

With Alin Bao's order, fifty Manchurian archers began to attack the Ming army in a half-crouching position. The remaining Manchu men were in the rear supervising the loading of the Arquebus ammunition by the Koreans.

The Ming army was between 50-60 meters, and at this time, the archers could not aim flat, and they needed to raise their corners to aim, and it was difficult for non-trained archers to hit the target.

In the first blow of the Manchurians, almost all the young people were empty, and the more than 20 veterans almost half of them hit, but there were only one or two Ming soldiers who just hit the key point and lost their combat effectiveness.

Alin Bao saw that the vacancy of the Ming army that soon fell was filled by the soldiers behind, and this round of blows was like hitting the air, without causing any reaction from the Ming soldiers.

When the Manchurian second round of attacks, the Ming army had already entered within 50 meters, and this time the hit rate was much better than the last time, and there were four or five Ming soldiers who fell, and three or four people who were injured and withdrew from the array.

But the other Ming soldiers who did not hit the vital point only broke the shaft of the arrow that hindered their walking, and continued to follow the procession without showing the slightest hesitation or fleeing.

To Alin Bao's surprise, the Ming army still did not have the idea of stopping at this distance, but continued to move forward. Although this move of the Ming army gave the Qing army another chance to attack, some young archers also began to get a little nervous.

After the third round of attacks, the Ming army was almost 35 meters away from the Qing army, and the results of this attack were similar to the previous round, and the Ming army again reduced eight or nine people.

Next, Manren's side was a little panicked, after all, the fool also knew that Akito would open fire at any time. Under this kind of mental oppression, the young Manchus were finally like the Koreans just now, nervous and chaotic without aiming, this kind of chaos was basically lethal to the Ming army, Alin Bao knew that these young people were in turmoil, and he was powerless about it, and the soldiers who had not been on the battlefield several times were unreliable after all.

For the Ming army, after entering the distance of 35 meters, according to the usual training, it can already stop for a round. However, the battalion commander never gave the order to stop, but blew the whistle to continue advancing, which seemed strange to them, but the strict habit of constant training made these soldiers dare not stop and question the orders of the superior.

On the battlefield of this era, there is a proverb in the damage comparison of cold weapons, that is: 3 arrows are not as good as a knife, and 3 knives are not as good as a shot. As long as it is not a direct hit to the face, heart, or leg, it does not directly incapacitate a soldier.

Although the Manchurian infantry bow and arrow are stronger than the Ming bow, it cannot achieve the miracle of killing a Ming soldier with one arrow. Although the records of the Manchu war cases trumpeted the invincibility of the Manchurian cavalry, they still shyly replied that if they were in the door of the five steps, the one who would be the one would die.

There are several examples in the record of Nurhachi's deeds, the enemy soldier Orgoni Nurhachi, who was the first in the middle of the line, pulled out an arrow, and killed one of them. Rokonurhac, piercing the middle of the armor, pulling out the arrow, the blood bursting down, the bow slowly fell, drinking water several buckets, the wound was very bad, and he galloped back.

From this, it can be seen how powerful the Manchurian bow and arrow actually were. Although the Guards had removed their armor, the heavy woolen material and stronger iron helmets protected the Guards' vital points.

Of course, these Manchurian veterans slowly drew their bows and struck almost every shot at this distance, so they still gave the Ming army a lot of damage. When Li You could see the horror on the faces of the young man on the other side, he finally changed the whistle and commanded the troops to stop.

"Stand still, raise your gun in the front row... Li You waved his command knife heavily, and in this thunderous volley of guns, Alin Bao found that his entire Niu Lu fell 3 or 40 people in an instant, together with the Korean musketeers behind, the Ming army killed at least 70 people in this attack.

The Ming army's attack did not stop, and Li You, who was shrouded in white smoke from the muzzle of the gun, did not bother to check the results of this attack, and he quickly ordered his subordinates loudly: "Squat down in the front row, raise the gun in the back row... Hit. ”

The results of the second round of shooting by the Ming army were not as good as the first round, not because the hit rate was not good, but because the Qing army in front of them had begun to flee. The two rounds of the Ming army killed half of the Qing army in front of them, of course, the price they paid was also huge, and in the process of enduring the Qing army's attack, the Ming army also lost nearly a quarter of its personnel.

However, no matter how big Rao is Li You's heart is, seeing that the fifty or sixty cavalry of the Qing army finally freed their hands and circled to his right side, he also felt that this pursuit should end here.

However, before he could give the order to retreat, the Qing cavalry, which was circling his flank, suddenly turned around and retreated. He immediately looked to the rear, only to see a sharp-eyed subordinate already shouting excitedly at him: "Our reinforcements are coming, there should be no less than two companies..."

When Li You was about to send someone to contact the reinforcements, he saw a herald riding up on horseback, and before he could reach him, he had already shouted in his direction: "Division Commander Huang has an order, ordering your troops to continue to attack and hold off this Qing army, he is behind you, we will completely annihilate this Qing army..."

After hearing the military order announced by such a herald, the soldiers of the Ming army, who had been silent, suddenly became excited, and shouted one after another: "Catch up, catch up, let these Tartars taste our bullets well..."

Compared to commanders like Li You, who needed to keep an eye on the battle situation from time to time, ordinary soldiers were more likely to be confused by the scene in front of them. When the seemingly vicious Qing army was driven away by their attack, the soldiers were already convinced that victory was in their own hands.

At this time, Li You asked them to attack an enemy army that had completed the formation, and they would not hesitate to rush forward, because they firmly believed that the other party had failed, and the enemy army that stayed in place was undoubtedly waiting for death.

There is such a reinforcement behind, Li You naturally will not refuse such an order, although the Qing army's main formation at this time already has some appearance, but because of their battle just now, it also makes the hearts of those Qing soldiers in this formation float.

Turush, who went to attack the city, was defeated, and Alin Bao, who went to block the Ming, was also defeated, this battle has not been fought yet, and the Manchurian soldiers, the backbone of the battalion, have already lost a mess, do they still want to let them, the Mongols and Hans, resist such a powerful main force of the Ming army?

Seeing that the number of people who had fled back was less than two hands, Honnika finally could not hold on. Today's whole day of tossing, now they have lost two battles in a row, and the Ming army is still continuing to advance towards them, with Honnika's many years of war experience, he still does not understand that this battle has been lost, and now it depends on how many people can escape and go back.

The huge mental pressure, coupled with the injuries that he had been enduring all the time, finally broke out at this moment. Turush, who was listening to Honika's reprimand, suddenly saw his boss fall down on his back to the sky, he rushed forward quickly, and finally didn't let Honnika fall directly to the ground, but Honnika was already unconscious.

At this moment, the Qing generals present were dumbfounded, they didn't know what to do in this situation, but now even the main generals have fainted, what should they do next? The chapter content is being restored, so please visit it later.