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Two 12-pound pig iron balls flew over, flew over the Qing army formation with a rumbling whistling sound, and landed on the ground behind the Qing army's army formation, and bounced again, jumping and flying away.

Although these two shells failed to hit the Qing army's military formation, it also made Duoduo startled, obviously, the enemy's artillery had a longer range than he thought, and now they were already in the range of the enemy's artillery. However, he still pretended to be calm and smiled at the people around him, and deliberately said loudly: "Minggou's cannon is just like that, just like the cannon battle, that is, it can be heard." Their craftsmanship is so poor that they can't hit at all. ”

The rest of the people were also infected by Duoduo's smile and words, and they all laughed loudly at the artillery on the other side. Duoduo also looked at everyone laughing at the Ming army with a smile on his face, but he knew in his heart that since the Ming army's artillery could hit so far, the plan in front of him to rush forward while the Ming army was advancing again would definitely not work. They had to attack under enemy shelling.

At this time, two more shells came from the opposite side. However, these two shells did not fly over the heads of the Qing army like the first two shells, but landed about a hundred paces in front of the Qing army. One of the shells hit a small mound of dirt, and although it scattered clods of dirt, it failed to form a ricochet. Another shot also landed more than 100 paces in front of the Qing army, and it smoothly formed a ricochet. The shell jumped on the ground a few times, and then it lost its strength.

The Qing soldiers immediately burst into laughter. In their opinion, although the artillery of the Ming army hit far, but the cannon that could not hit, no matter how far it hit, what was the use? Dodor was also relieved, he heard that the real "Dutchman" was very accurate, and he always hit the target in the first round. (Actually, it's because most of the time they were shelled before were attacking the fort.) And the fortress artillery conducted test firing at nearby targets. That's why it's guaranteed that the first round of shooting is an effective shot. ）

"The two guns are a little closer. Looking at the riquiting projectile, it should be one hundred and forty or fifty paces away from the enemy. Artillery staff officer Zhang Honggen reported.

"Hmm." The other artillery officer didn't even lift it, just snorted. At the same time, holding a pencil in his hand, he was frantically calculating on a piece of paper, and after a while, he burst out a new string of numbers, and said, "This time I promise to give these Tartars a good look." ”

The model army artillery was to conduct a test fire before firing a salvo at a target that had not been measured in advance. Artillery staff officers will observe the landing point of the shell from different positions, then record the numbers, and then use the knowledge of trigonometric functions to calculate the required data, and then carry out effective shooting. Therefore, generally speaking, the first and second rounds of shooting of the model army in the field are often not necessarily much more accurate than the ordinary Ming army, but in the third and fourth rounds, their shooting accuracy will far exceed that of the ordinary army of this era.

Apparently, the Azigo side also noticed the shelling of the Ming army and immediately raised the flag. Duoduo looked at Azeco's banner and asked his men to raise it as well, and then ordered Demutu, who was in charge of the cavalry: "Demutu, you take your cavalry and go to defeat the cavalry of the Ming army for me and knock out their cannons!" ”

Demuru answered with a loud voice, and was about to turn away, but heard a series of cannons on the opposite side. The two looked towards the Ming army, but saw dozens of small black dots rising into the sky, and then fell headlong again. Landing fifty or sixty steps in front of the Qing army's military formation, it then bounced up, and plunged into the Qing army's military formation, and more than 20 artillery shells immediately opened more than 20 bloody alleys in the Qing army's military formation, directly knocking down hundreds of Qing soldiers.

Where had Demutu seen such an artillery bombardment, he was stunned for a while, and he forgot to lead the cavalry to attack. It wasn't until Dodor reacted and whipped him in the face that he came to his senses.

"Don't hurry up and carry out the military order!" Dodor roared, his face contorted with fear and anger.

"Huh!" Demuru answered, jumped on his horse, and went to the side of the caravan.

"Stay calm! Don't mess around! If there is a chaotic queue, there will be no forgiveness! "Dordor" shouted!

Dodor's guards drew their knives and slashed through several coats in quick succession before the ranks stabilized again.

By this time, Demutu had already rushed out with more than 2,000 cavalry.

There was an immediate reaction from the other side, and their light cavalry was the first to meet them, but these light cavalry did not rush directly head-on, and came to try to attack Demutu's cavalry from the flank. This would have been a rather difficult move on the battlefield, and most of the time, it was easy to be self-defeating. So at first Demutu did not pay much attention to it, he preferred to immediately rush to the enemy artillery and destroy the enemy's artillery. Because, in this short period of time, the enemy troops on the opposite side fired another volley, and basically hit the target. If this kind of shelling continues, even if the Qing army can win this battle, the losses they will have to bear will be unbearable.

In addition to the light cavalry, the heavy cavalry and infantry of the Model Army also began to move. The heavy cavalry got on their horses and began to slowly urge their horses forward, and in the process, more than 300 heavy cavalry unfolded, forming a thin cavalry wall, and behind these more than 300 heavy cavalry, more than 100 light cavalry followed in a group of three horsemen to prepare to mend their swords.

At the same time, the infantry of a nearby battalion also began to move in a column to more than ten paces behind the artillery.

"Damn, how can these Ming artillery's cannons hit so fast and accurately!" Duoduo gritted his teeth as he looked at the advancing infantry ranks. Now his infantry is advancing, and the Ming army is constantly shooting shells into his ranks. It's all his people, they're all his minions, and every death is his loss! Every salvo fired by the Ming artillery could cause nearly 100 casualties, and almost all of them were hit by the artillery.

"Why hasn't Demutu rushed up yet!" Duoduo even resented Demuru.

However, Duoduo actually knew that at such a long distance, De Mutu could not always let the war horse rush at the fastest speed, he had to press the speed a little now, and only let the war horse trot forward, so as to leave a little more physical strength for the war horse, and only speed up when it was closer. Of course, the natural result of this was to expose the infantry to more shelling.

At this time, the light cavalry of the Ming army had already relied on the advantage of speed to outflank Demutu, and in general, such a means of combat was difficult to play, because the opposing cavalry would also turn. But at this time, Demutu did not dare to turn his cavalry, because his aim was the enemy's artillery, and the enemy's artillery was still firing at the infantry. And their shelling was very accurate, which brought a lot of damage to the infantry. If he turns the cavalry, he will become entangled with the enemy's cavalry, so that no matter what the final result of the cavalry battle is, the task of destroying the opponent's artillery and protecting his own infantry will not be completed. Judging from the damage caused by the artillery of the Ming army today, if such a situation really occurs, Duoduo will definitely cut off his head.

So he can only resist the opponent's blow from the side. Fortunately, the opponents were small in number, and although the flank attack method allowed them to take advantage of a lot of advantages, they only had three or four hundred horses in total, which was not enough to stop their charge.

"Let's take advantage of you first, and when we kill your artillery, we will get it back with profit." Thinking so, Demuru shouted, "Ignore it and move on!" The guards around him shouted as well.

But on the battlefield, their shouts could not be heard far. Seeing the enemy rushing from the flank, many Mongol cavalry began to unconsciously turn to avoid or meet the attack. As a result, Demurtu's already loose formation was even more scattered.

The light cavalry of the 400 Model Army rushed straight from the flank, like a sharp knife plunging into Demutu's cavalry from the flank. Relying on the advantage of speed and position, coupled with the tactics of cavalry formation, in this round of attack, the light cavalry achieved considerable success, and the four hundred light cavalry killed at least more than a hundred Mongol cavalry with limited losses of their own.

The flank attack of the hussars had just ended, and in the front of the Demutu, the heavy cavalry of the Model Army also began to accelerate. The distance between the two sides is getting closer. Compared to the light cavalry rushing from the flank, the heavy cavalry of the Model Army was much more deterrent. Although there were only three hundred horsemen, Demutu definitely did not dare to ignore this team. Because this team is so dazzling.

These horsemen rode on tall horses they had never seen before, or even dreamed of, and both men and horses were draped in glittering armor. These armors shone dazzlingly in the sunlight. These armors were all forged from mild steel, because heavy cavalry were not cavalry for reconnaissance and ambushes, they were used for frontal combat. So they don't need to disguise, on the contrary, the more dazzling their outfits, the better the deterrent. Therefore, Zheng Sen even wrapped their armor with a layer of gold. Well, in the words of some TV shopping guides in later generations, it is: "Everywhere you can touch it, it's 24k pure gold!" (Because gold can be forged into very thin sheets, it is not particularly expensive to coat armor with gold.) In addition to the glittering armor, the tops of their helmets were adorned with long strips dyed bright red, and these fluttering tassels in the wind set off the strength of these heavy cavalry.

These cavalrymen in golden helmets and armor, holding spears eight feet long, began to accelerate. Yu Xin rushed to the front as usual, his armor was no different from others, but his helmet was different from others. The helmets of the general heavy cavalry are bright red, and the helmets of the squad leader are slightly longer, as for the squadron leader, the helmet is colored brocade tail feathers, and Yu Xin, as the commander-in-chief of the heavy cavalry, his helmet is snow-white white peacock tail feathers, these white peacock tail feathers are erected high, so that the surrounding cavalry can see.

In addition to the tassel on his helmet, the spear in his hand is also different, and his spear has a small red pennant on it because it is used for command.

"Speed One!" Yu Xin shouted loudly, and at the same time raised his spear with a red pennant upward, and the whole team began to gradually accelerate.