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"And what?" Shao Wei couldn't help but ask. [No pop-ups]

Sun Yuan smiled slightly: "You'll know later." ”

As he spoke, Pablo's artillery continued to bombard the enemy's tents.

In this era, it was not uncommon for artillery to be used to siege cities. In particular, the artillerymen of the Liaoxi Army have summed up a set of methods for using artillery, especially Kong Youde's troops, which are even more skillful.

Jiannu was good at field warfare, and when they invaded the south before, the Ming army also knew that it was not the opponent of these Northeast barbarians. In addition, the troops are extremely thorough from top to bottom, so as soon as they encounter Jiannu, they will shrink into a big city with strong city defenses as a turtle with a shrunken head. Although Jiannu is strong, he is not good at attacking the city, so he can only look at the tower and sigh, and grab a handful outside the city before he returns in a huff. However, after Kong Youde's troops surrendered to Jiannu, the Manchus began to form firearms battalions in the army and cast cannons.

After having artillery, after having siege means, the Ming army could no longer hide in the city. Especially after the Ming army entered the customs in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, it swept the whole world. In a sense, Kong Youde's surrender to Jiannu was unprecedentedly harmful to the Ming Dynasty.

Today's Qing soldiers are no strangers to artillery, especially the kind of Hongyi cannon that weighs more than 1,000 catties, and they know that this thing is a sharp weapon for attacking fortifications. It's a pity that the Ningxiang Army used a six-pounder cannon with a much smaller head, which was similar to the later Napo wheel cannon, which was extremely powerful and very easy to move.

Seeing that the Ningxiang army lined up so many small cannons, the Qing army relaxed their vigilance, according to their past experience, the power of this kind of artillery is not worth mentioning at all, and it can't hit so far. If the Ningxiang army used the thick Hongyi cannon this time, maybe they would take the initiative to kill it, and it would not be good to hide in the camp and be beaten passively.

Of course, if Jiannu takes the initiative to kill it, Sun Yuanzheng can't ask for it. Fighting in the field, he does not scare anyone.

It is precisely because of Jiannu's misjudgment that they have really lost their effective command.

The Ningxiang Army's artillery bombardment achieved good results, and the dense solid bullets fell like raindrops. On the edge of the enemy camp, there was smoke and dust rising everywhere. The fence fell, and the hot shells pierced into the pile of people one by one, and the huge potential energy brought a bloody rain, the severed limbs and broken armor were carried all over the sky, and the blood mist that was thin before became bright and thick.

These stumps and severed arms were torn off their bodies alive by shells, and because of this, they were extremely cruel.

This is the second time Liu Yuliang has participated in the military operation of the Ningxiang Army, and this old man Liu has the heart to write a book on the art of war that surpasses Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", so he will naturally not miss such an opportunity. To be honest, the last battle of Botou Town had already given him a huge shock, and he felt that there was no army in the world as strong as the Ningxiang Army. As soon as Sun Yuanbu pulls onto the battlefield and stands there, not to mention anything else, the military formation like a mountain of spears and tofu blocks alone is enough to make people cold.

In his opinion, the spear phalanx was already the strongest in the world. But the former Sun Yuan said that this formation has many weaknesses, and a single arm is not enough to cover the world. Long-range firepower and motorized cavalry coordination are also required.

The mobile cavalry fights, and Liu Ge can't see it all the time. In the decisive battle of the cavalry, the combat method of thousands of horses on both sides colliding is too dangerous, it can be said that once the battle starts, no one is safe, even if you are the commander of an army. He Liu Yuliang is delicate and expensive, and he must not participate in such a combat operation.

However, Lao Liu Tou was extremely curious about the way artillery was used on the battlefield.

He also knew that the cannon of the Ningxiang Army was very powerful, but it was so powerful that it still made him open his mouth wide and couldn't close it anymore.

I saw that a stone projectile was about insufficient in charge at the time of shooting, or for some reason, it actually fell ten meters away from the enemy's front line.

Before Liu Ge could let out a cry of regret, the cannonball bounced on the soft ground and cut sideways into the crowd.

With a "brush", three or four arms were directly cut off by the cannonballs that seemed to be weak and had strange ballistics. Of course, the battlefield was full of Jiannu's panicked shouts, and the roar of cannons everywhere, and this "brushing" was Liu Gelao's brain supplement.

The gushing blood was more than two meters away in an instant, painting the world red. However, the Jiannu soldiers who had their arms cut off did not feel the pain for a while, and rushed forward with their mouths wide open and shouting, trying to fill the gap left by the death of their comrades.

It wasn't until the pain hit them that they fell to the ground screaming and rolled violently in the mud.

"Bang" another cannonball fell, this time smashing on a dirt fence, knocking down a wall that was not thick.

The soldier above fell with his hands and feet, and then was hit by a flying cannonball, and his brains and erosive internal organs burst open, red, white and white, extremely ferocious.

Liu Yuliang was sitting on a sedan chair, he set up the Qin Dispatch behind the Ningxiang Army, after all, he was a scholar of the East Pavilion University, and there were a lot of staff, family members, and servants around him, and there were twenty or thirty people in a mess. There are those who are responsible for clerical work, those who are responsible for communication, and those who are responsible for daily life...... These people are caught in the Ningxiang Army, and they look very different. Sun Yuan also had a headache for them, and specially sent a team of elite soldiers to protect them. Last time, Liu Ge judged people by his appearance, and personally ordered a donkey to be his own captain, so that he didn't get any military exploits. This time the donkey learned to be obedient and hid far away.

Liu Yuliang's Hu had never seen such a cruel bloody battle, and they were all trembling with fright, their faces were pale, and some people were even weak, and they needed someone to help them walk. The last time Botou Town was a cold weapon war in the traditional sense. They hid behind and watched the battle, anyway, there were people everywhere in front of them, and they couldn't see it really, and they couldn't see it out of sight. This time, I saw it very really. Moreover, the lethal effect caused by hot weapons is beyond their previous understanding of war and death.

Especially after seeing Bai Huahua's brain, some people only felt a numb throat, and with a "wow" sound, they spit out breakfast.

After about a dozen rounds of cannon fire, Liu Yuliang looked back again, but saw that the barrels had turned bright red. I don't know if it's red, or it's painted with the morning glow of early spring.

The artillerymen were all feverish, and some had already stripped off their clothes, revealing shriveled chests covered with beads of sweat.

"The first wave of shelling is over, everyone listens, and the gun position moves forward three hundred paces."

At the sound of the cannon, the sound of the cannon finally stopped.

The artillerymen quickly put away their cannons, turned around, hung them on the mule-wagons, and ran forward as fast as they could.

Behind, donkey carts loaded with gunpowder and shells followed.

The infantry phalanx and cavalry of the Ningxiang Army were still moving forward slowly, slowly, but unstoppable. Seeing that he is about to contact the enemy, at this time, he must be ****, and he must guard against hurting his own people. So, the artillery had to move forward.

Basically, with the covering fire of artillery, the marching Ningxiang army was hardly blocked by the Qing army's decent long-range weapons. This is probably related to the suspension of the command center of the Qing army, which can be regarded as luck.

In front, Sun Yuan grinned and couldn't help laughing: "Artillery bombardment, infantry rush; After the infantry charged, the artillery fired. Artillery bombarded, infantry charged; After the infantry charged, the artillery fired. Something interesting! ”

Isn't this the fucking tactic of the Chinese battlefield devils in World War II?

Shao Wei beside Sun Yuan listened interestingly: "The general's sentence sums up this tactic appropriately. ”

A cavalryman couldn't help but shout: "The general is eccentric, isn't it time for our cavalry to charge after the artillery?" ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Sun Yuan said: "After the gap is opened, our army will enter the enemy camp, and it will be the program of the cavalry." In this battle, it was still the cavalry that fought the main force. ”

Hearing Sun Yuan say that this time it was the cavalry who was in the limelight again, and all the Ningxiang horsemen were smiling.

Shao Wei was greatly unhappy in his heart, and couldn't help but snort and muttered to himself, "I knew that I would lead the cavalry at the beginning, and I would ask for a cheap soup." "But that's all that is to be said. The cavalry was brought out by the Zhu family's father and daughter, and Zhu Ting and his sister were in competition. In the future, when they have children, I still have to fight for the position of the young general, so how can I be willing to come up with a face to find out if I am happy?

Sun Yuan: "Shao Wei, the musketeers are dispatched!" Take a good look at it, and the next step is the musket crossbow distance. ”

Shao Wei nodded, roared, and waved his hand forward.

Several large black flags waved in the air, and waist drums sounded "plopping".

At this time, a tall officer took the lead in stepping out of the formation, and the flag in his hand moved forward a little.

Squad after squad of musketeers came out of the ranks and followed him closely, pressing forward step by step with a neat pace.

This officer Sun Yuan was a little unfamiliar, and after looking at it a few times, he said suspiciously: "Qin Yi? ”

Shao Wei nodded: "Yes, it is the defense Qin Yi thrown by the Sichuan army." ”

Sun Yuan: "He wasn't a musketeer before, is it appropriate for him to bring musketeers?" ”

Shao Wei: "The quality that officers need is to know the soldiers, be able to get the support of the soldiers, and be able to charge forward in wartime. The last general believes that Qin Yi has done a good job in these two points. ”

Sun Yuan stopped talking, but he was still a little worried, his eyes fell to the front, and he didn't look away.

After seeing that the artillery of the Ningxiang Army stopped, Jiannu deserved to be a first-class elite division in this era, plus there were many people. It was very open, and another wave of people came over, arranging the formation, rescuing the wounded, and dragging the corpse...... A dense wall of people organized again.

There were also many Jiannu who drew their strong bows and shot forward without stopping.

Arrows rained down, splashed and fell among the musketeers. Everywhere there was the sound of feathered arrows falling on the armor, followed by the muffled grunt of the soldiers in the middle arrows. One by one, the wounded musketeers could no longer walk, and fell directly to the ground.

At a distance of several hundred meters, at least twenty soldiers who had been hit by arrows were lying on the ground, gritting their teeth and suffering hardship.

I have to say that Jiannu's bow and arrows still caused some damage to the musketeers of the Ningxiang Army. Because the musketeer has to perform a series of complex actions such as loading, aiming, and shooting, in order to speed up the fire, it is impossible to wear too thick armor like the spearman, but the defense is very low.

But the casualties of their comrades could not stop their footsteps, and no one even looked back, and they all moved forward silently. Because they know that their wounded comrades will be treated later. And all they need to do is advance in front of the enemy as quickly as possible, hold their muskets to their chests and hold fire. Because only by winning the final victory will the blood of comrades-in-arms not be shed in vain.