Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Battle of Tushan
"I'm X!" Chen Tailema stood still and glared viciously in the direction of Tushan, the range of the Chu army's artillery far exceeded his estimate, and he suffered a small loss just after the battle.
The overseer team composed of Baya soldiers stepped forward, brandished the tiger tooth knife in their hands, and hacked to death two wounded and howling Tianyou soldiers, and quickly recovered their stability, although the Qing army was bombarded by artillery, the formation was almost immovable.
For an army of 5,000 people, the casualties of a few Tianyou soldiers are insignificant, but they have a certain impact on morale, and they can't stay here and be beaten all the time, but they can't retreat lightly, Chen Tai passed down the order to let the red-coated artillery stop the meaningless attrition and shoot and launch a direct attack on Tushan.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
The dreary drums of war sounded, and the Green Battalion Soldiers, the Heavenly Blessing Soldiers, and the Eight Banner Cavalry each came out and pressed towards the earth mountain, and in order to guard against the abominable cannon, their formation was stretched wide, and the speed of their march was only a little faster than that of normal walking, so as to save their bodies and charge at full speed in the final stage.
About 400 steps away from Tushan, the Qing army rangers scattered in front of the formation suddenly assembled, rushed towards Tushan from the oblique thorns, there were many firecrackers on the position of the Ming army, and the cavalry charge with amazing momentum lured the other party to open fire, which was the usual method of the Qing army to deal with firecrackers, and it has been fruitful.
In the rear of the Qing army, all the soldiers put on their armor and mounted their horses, slowly approaching forward, Chen Tai is the best at this tactic, when the first wave of attacks begins, the second and third waves of attacks will follow one after another, continuously launching strikes, not giving the enemy any chance to breathe and adjust, until the opponent is defeated.
"Uhhh
Suddenly, a strange horn sounded in the field. The voice was deep and low, and it seemed to come from a far away place in the wilderness, under the great influence of Chen Tai's Chinese army. A trumpeter was struggling to blow the conch horn and launch the order to charge. (The conch is the charge of the Eight Banners, and it is still in the collection of the Shenyang Palace Museum)
The modern military horn is loud and loud, the sound is sounding overhead, but the sound of the conch horn is rolling on the ground, no matter how many people are shouting, you can always feel the ground trembling under your feet. Like thunder beating on the heart like a drum, I couldn't let go of the breath in my chest, and I heard the long sound of the horn. The spirit of the Eight Banners cavalry was all lifted, and the heroic, brute courage and murderous aura hidden in the body were instantly stimulated, and they all urged the horses to swing their swords and rush towards the earth mountain with a roar......
Behind the first breastwork of Tsuchiyama. Veteran Wu kept whispering, "Don't panic. Don't panic, don't look up at the tartars, don't shoot without an order. ”
Da Guniu knew that the old soldier Wu was comforting himself, but his heart was even more flustered, the sound of the snail horn was like a ghost crying wolf, and after the cavalry of the Tartars heard it, his eyes suddenly turned red, but Da Guniu felt a little weak...... The sound of the horn. The sound of horses' hooves, the sound of war drums. A sound seemed to hit his heart, and the sound was getting closer and closer, as if filling the whole heaven and earth, and the big bull felt that he was about to take it anymore, and his body writhed uneasily, clutching the bird gun in his hand to death, and he wanted to shoot immediately.
The rangers of the Qing army lined up in a straggler line, rushing towards the Tushan position, in just a few breaths, they were already approaching within a hundred steps, there were a few inconspicuous stones on the ground, the rangers led by them gently pulled the reins of the horse, and calmly jumped over, behind them, the Green Battalion soldiers, the Heavenly Blessing Soldiers and the Eight Banners Elite also accelerated their speed and began to charge.
Why don't you fire yet! Ma Jinzhong, who was watching the battle, was very nervous, of course he knew that the closer the distance, the more accurate the firearm would be, but seeing the momentum of the cavalry of the Qing army, the Chu army was slow to shoot, and he still couldn't help but worry.
Why don't you fire yet! Chen Tai's face became more and more ugly, the first volley of the fire gun was the most powerful, and the rangers rushed too close, and the casualties were probably not small.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
When the first Qing army ranger rushed past the marker, Wang Kefan waved his hand, the herald waved the order flag, and the war drums of the Chu army also sounded.
"All of them, ignition."
Wang Yi personally served as the commander, and when he saw the flag on the top of the mountain, he immediately issued an order, and several team officers repeated his order loudly. The old soldier Wu took out the flint and lit the fire rope, then puffed out the open flame with his mouth puffed up, and then skillfully adjusted the fire rope in place.
"First row, aim!"
With the order of the team officer, Da Gu Niu took a deep breath, suddenly raised his head and raised his gun, Wu Veteran's movements were the fastest, Da Gu Niu was only a little slower than him, and the surrounding companions also raised their bird guns to their ears, and everyone maintained a posture, looking for their targets in Wangshan.
The morning sun shone down from behind, it must not be dazzling, those Tartar cavalry eyebrows, eyes and faces were clearly visible, the yellow teeth exposed from the open mouth of the howl glittered in the sun, the big bull suddenly found that his legs were no longer trembling, and the tension in his heart seemed to be swept away, he used to be very afraid of these real tartars, but when he really faced the danger, there was no time to be afraid anymore.
Between breaths, there was already an enemy in the Wangshan Mountain, a low-level officer wearing a carved iron helmet, Da Gu Niu had mixed in the green camp, and he knew by looking at his uniform that he was a "generation", that is to say, these rangers were all Aliha Chaoha soldiers. That generation charged forward in the bright sunshine, the armor and weapons flashed dazzling light, the expression on his face was stern and indifferent, at first glance, he was a veteran of a hundred battles, but his eyes narrowed slightly under the direct sunlight, and he seemed to be a little uncomfortable......
"First platoon, fire!"
The big bull pulled the trigger, bowed his head and retreated to the back row with the recoil from his shoulder, giving up the firing position to his comrades in the back row.
"Second row, step forward, aim!"
Following the command of the team officer, the companions in the back row stepped forward and raised their bird guns and aimed at the Qing troops in front of the position.
The fire guns of the Chu army fired a volley, more than a dozen Qing army rangers crackled and planted their horses, and more people and war horses were injured, but relying on the protection of armor and the strength of the horse, Chen Tai behind the Qing army was distressed for a while, if he had known that this would be the case, he would rather let the green battalion soldiers act as cannon fodder than take the precious Eight Banners cavalry to take the lead.
If you are wrong, you will be wrong, and since you have paid the price, you must get compensation!
The sound of war drums became more rapid, the conch horn sounded like a sound, the Eight Banners cavalry was on the left, the Green Battalion soldiers and the Tianyou soldiers were on the right, and at the same time launched a charge against Tushan.
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”
Head-on is another rain of bullets, and the three-stage shooting continues!
Wang Yi has been mastering the rhythm of shooting, and when the third row fires, the first row where Da Guniu is located has been loaded, and immediately returned to the firing position, he wants to see the results after three rounds of shooting, but the smoke in front of him is getting bigger and bigger, and he can only see the vague figure of the Qing army.
Aim, shoot, it's a new cycle, and when Da Gu Niu turned around and returned to the back row, he saw two thousand thunder cannons slowly raising their muzzles.
"Fire!"
Chen Shangwu is accustomed to issuing orders with a saber, he was born in a wealthy merchant family in Guangzhou, and has many dealings with Hu merchants who sell Western goods, the saber is a delicate Uzi treasure knife, which is a grade higher than Wang Kefan's, with the snow bright knife light, more than ten Franc machine guns on the top of the mountain and two thousand thunder cannons on the slope of the mountain fired at the same time, and under the effect of recoil, it spewed fire.
The Franc cannon used solid bullets, so as not to injure the friendly troops in the middle of the hill, and the Qianzi thunder cannon used shotguns, which were the most powerful when they were in close combat, and under the bombardment of cannons and birds, the Qing army continued to fall like a crop that had been cut, and the formation gradually thinned out and dispersed, but the second wave of the Qing army rushed up in time, and those scattered stragglers had the backbone again, and rushed up the hillside with the Qing army.
When Da Guniu walked to the front row for the third time, the Qing army had already rushed to the front of the horse gun and the antler array.
The Chu army temporarily set up a position on the dirt mountain, only had time to dig a trench more than four feet wide and more than three feet deep, the infantry had to jump off the trench and climb up, but the cavalry could jump over, but in front of the trench more than a zhang away, there was a barricade composed of antlers and horse rejecting guns, after the Eight Banners cavalry jumped over the trench, but could not pass through the roadblock, the old force was exhausted, the new force was not born, there was no way forward, there was no way back, and they could only be beaten passively.
The Qing army raised their shields and rushed to the barricade, trying to move away from the horse pistols and antlers, but the banner suddenly waved on the hillside behind the barricade, shooting countless feather arrows and leads, and the three hundred Portuguese fan soldiers had been enduring for a long time, and the archers had been ready to go, and when the large army of the Qing army rushed up, they finally unscrupulously vented their desire to fight.
According to the regulations of the Chu army, both archers and musketeers must fire a salvo under the command of an officer to form a fire coverage and cause maximum damage, and each salvo will make rows of Qing troops fall, especially the green battalion soldiers and rangers at the front have suffered the most casualties. The drums and trumpets of the Qing army became more and more rapid, and the speed of the soldiers' charge also accelerated, destroying the antlers and horse rejection pistols layer by layer, and after carrying two rounds of artillery bombardment, they finally killed the Chu army's position and started a fierce battle with the pikemen in the front row.
In front of the archers and firecrackers of the Chu army, the spear array is the last barrier, but it is also the most reliable barrier, the layers of pikemen are condescending, constantly using the spears in their hands to stab back and forth, the Qing soldiers who rushed to the front continue to fall, the casualties are so large that the brave Eight Banners soldiers can not accept, they are forced to retreat, brave the attack of bows and arrows and firearms to continue to clear the barricades, in order to gather troops to charge the battle.
The Qing army was in the rear, Chen Tai's face was expressionless, the resistance of the Chu army was beyond his expectations, but he had experienced countless fierce battles, and he didn't care about the tragic scene in front of him, he still had the stamina to use it.
With the waving of the flag, the third wave of Qing attacking troops rushed up the hillside. (To be continued......)