A few miles away from Sun Long, Wang Huan held a clairvoyant mirror, watching the Qing army's two wings pushing the red-clothed cannon in the mud and rolling in the mud, looked at it for a while, and then moved to the direction of the big array, and looked at Dolgon, but found that the Qing soldiers were like a wave, the flag was like an ocean, and although Dolgon's royal flag was conspicuous, the people were submerged in the military array and could not be seen.

Wang Huan put down the mirror stupidly, and he couldn't give Dolgon a middle finger again, he felt very sorry.

"Is Dolgon, self-taught? Actually understand the truth that whoever occupies a favorable position first will have the upper hand when both sides have cannons? He touched his chin and said, "Judging by his actions, the Tartar Heavy Artillery Battalion also wants to take the lead in front of us, how does he know what to do?" ”

Artillery bombardment tactics were extremely important in the era of the nineteenth century infantry line up and shoot the fighting style, who could suppress the opponent's artillery, that is, basically the premise of a battle victory, of course Wang Huan from later generations knew, but it was a little surprising that Dolgon knew in this era.

Li Dingguo looked at the development of the battle ahead with a solemn face, and said casually: "The Tatars gained experience in the use of firearms when they were outside the customs, and over the years, they have some experience. ”

Wang Huan blinked and said to himself, "Really? It turns out that the wisdom of the ancients is not as simple as imagined. ”

Li Dingguo glanced at him strangely, he didn't understand, so it was inconvenient to speak.

Wang Huan laughed, pointed his hand, and said, "Dolgon knows what to do, but he can't do it!" You see, his cannon is as heavy as a thousand pounds, and the ruts are so deep that they can sink into people's calves, how can he run fast on the battlefield? ”

Li Dingguo took the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, looked at it for a while, and said: "He can't help it, the red-clothed cannon was originally the Hongyi cannon of the Ming Dynasty, and the tartar has been improved and has become much stronger, and the iron used is all high-grade iron, which is naturally heavier." In addition, the gun carriage is all made of iron and wood, in order to prevent displacement damage when firing, and it is made strong enough, the materials are afraid of less, of course, it is heavier, a cannon is added up, two thousand catties are also available, and the Tartar is really laborious to carry. ”

Wang Huan nodded: "Our Shenwei cannon, casting methods and raw materials are very different from Tartar, the gun carriage is lighter and more advanced, although it is also very heavy, but it is far easier to move than the iron lump, this battle, if Dolgon wants to play tricks with us on this, he may have miscalculated." ”

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "Nikan's defeat has a far-reaching impact on the Tartars, after all, it is a defeat that has not been encountered for many years, and the adult's tactics are novel, and the use of firearms is perfect, Dolgon wants to use his own way and return the other's body, it is normal, he probably thinks that since the adults can do this, he can naturally do it, after all, the war depends on the soldiers, and the Tartar soldiers are much stronger than the Ming official army in any aspect, and Dolgon will not admit defeat." ”

He paused and added: "But he didn't expect that our Kuizhou Army is not a Ming official army. ”

Wang Huan grabbed the clairvoyant mirror, looked forward for a while, narrowed his eyes, and said to Li Dingguo: "The Tartar cavalry is also moving, probably because they see that our artillery is fast, and they want to take the time to attack our artillery array, you lead the team to take precautions, after all, the cavalry of the Eight Banners is not afraid of death than the Mongols, and it will be troublesome if the bird gun can't stop it." ”

Li Dingguo put away his smiling face, raised his sword eyebrows, and said loudly: "The last general will obey the order!" "With a big fuss, he walked away.

On the opposite side, the two cavalry of Ye Chen and Guozhu were indeed fighting this idea.

The infantry and artillery of the Ming army basically maintained a speed in the advance, which was much faster than the slow artillery battalion that dragged down the Qing army's front army, and when the Qing army was still trekking hard, the Ming army had reached the middle of the battlefield and began to stand still and prepare for battle.

I know with my ass that in the next step, the Ming army can use the erected artillery to bombard the Qing army's large array packed into several dense squares at any time.

This way of fighting, has not been encountered before, the two armies against each other, in addition to siege warfare, has not considered the threat of large firearms to foot soldiers, the previous Ming army used those firearms in the field, such as bird guns, tiger squatting cannons, hundreds of tigers running together, etc., one to shoot very close, two to shoot slowly, fight is gone, it will take a long time to have a second fire, at this time the Qing army's foot soldiers can rush up with a knife to cut, not to mention the cavalry that comes and goes like the wind.

Therefore, Wang Huan's firearms were a subversion of the Qing army's combat methods, and Dolgon was crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Seeing that the Ming army's large array had stopped, the foot soldiers began to set up shields, the bird gunners were holding guns, the pikemen raised the hook and sickle three zhang long to reject the horse pistol, and the twenty red copper cannons on both sides were parked in position, and the gunners came and went to pick up the pack horses, carry the cannonballs, and burn the brazier, and it almost caught fire.

The invincible Wuzhenchao artillery battalion of the Qing army is still taking broken steps on the road.

Dolgon's gall is about to explode.

The front army of 30,000 people, 20,000 Han troops, and 10,000 Han and eight banners were so naked exposed to the guns of the Ming army.

Although the iron bullets of the Ming army could not hit the Chinese army at this distance, whether these 30,000 people could hold on to the firing of ten-pound iron bullets and artillery was a question that absolutely did not need to be considered.

They're going to collapse.

It is necessary to contain the Ming army.

So Ye Chen and Guozhu, who were on both wings, became the only choice.

Dolgon's order soon came into the hands of the two cavalry generals, the two did not hesitate, the most elite cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Manchurian Eight Banners were here, the horses were like tigers, the knights were like dragons, there was no opponent who could not be dealt with.

"Sons! Kill the enemy with me! Ye Chen and Guozhu took out the flying axe javelin behind their backs and hung it on their waists, which was a sharp weapon for close-range killing, and they held the bow in their hands and put arrows on it, and the rain of arrows was also necessary.

Behind them, the Mongols and Jurchens screamed and shouted and brandished their weapons, kicked and struck the horse's belly, and struck the horse's rump, slowly increasing the speed of their mounts.

Two puffs of gray smoke rose from the earth, like two giant dragons with teeth and claws, roaring forward, and their indomitable posture was enough to tear apart everything that came in the way.

Ye Chen and Guozhu rushed in the first column, they were very confident, the blood of the warriors was boiling in their bodies, their eyes were full of thirst for killing and victory, using the enemy's head to decorate their military exploits, and using the enemy's blood to exchange for their own future, this is the right way for the big husband to run rampant in the world and win fame!

If Nikan were here, he would find that Dolgon's tactics were the same as those he had when he had defeated the battle.

The cavalry charged the flanks and restrained the opposing artillery battalion, preferably taking it; The frontal infantry advanced, pushing sideways with an unstoppable momentum, breaking through its front army.

It's the same.

The slight difference is that this time the Ming army opened fire earlier.

Li Tingyu, as the former army commander, stared at the Qing cavalry galloping on both wings, and waved his hand fiercely.

Twenty cannons of divine might, like twenty angry dragons, spewed out twenty scorching fires, and shot twenty iron bullets that could destroy everything.

The iron bullets with the smoke of gunpowder rolled away, almost without any parabola, straight through the formation of the cavalry two miles away, and the muzzle of the Kuizhou army was very low, almost a direct shot.

Ye Chen felt a row of smoke walls rising in the distance in front of him, and he felt that he immediately felt that something was wrong, and said: "The Ming army has opened fire!" Before he could finish shouting, he felt a stream of heat pass by, and the hot sensation was like a pot of boiling water splashed on his right arm.

After the heat flowed, the eardrums felt the earth-shattering cannon, and the sound of rumbling like thunder and explosion seemed to be the sound of countless people holding gongs and ringing vigorously in his ears at the same time, almost making him faint.

Ye Chen gritted the tip of his teeth, blood gushed out, salty and painful, making him suddenly clear, and looked down to see that his right arm was fine, and the cotton armor was not damaged, it should be a scald caused by an iron bullet grazing from the right side.

His ears were still briefly deaf and he couldn't hear anything, he frowned and turned his head back to see how things were going.

His eyes widened.

A large number of men and horses fell to the ground, rolling all over the ground, flesh and blood were splashed on the ground, dead people and horses were everywhere, corpses became obstacles, and the people behind were not hit, they were tripped and fell to the ground, and the whole formation was completely chaotic.

Startled by the sound of the cannons, the horses were jumping around, the riders were turned upside down and trampled into pulp, and more riders were struggling to turn in circles, trying to appease them.

The wounded man fell to the ground, wailing in pain and being clever, desperately tumbling to avoid the horse's hooves of the latecomers, and screaming and cursing loudly.

But Ye Chen couldn't hear it.

He shook his head vigorously and rubbed his ears with one more free hand, but he still couldn't hear.

If you can't hear it, you can't hear it, Ye Chen turned his head and stared at the Ming army in the distance with hateful eyes, how far is it? More than a mile?

A few hundred paces away, rushed over and cut them! Avenge your sons!

Ye Chen's eyes were red, like a she-wolf who had been killed by a hunter with her cubs, the red bloodshot was almost about to turn into a flying arrow and shoot out, he raised his compound bow and threw out a wolf tooth arrow with all his strength, so far away, he didn't care whether he could shoot it or not, he threw down the bow and arrow, drew a flying axe in his hand, and kicked the horse's belly desperately with his legs, trying his best to speed up.

Kill Minggou!

(End of chapter)