The cannonball roared, and a round solid iron ball came from the Qing army, and all the Tang Tong army and Ma Ke army lined up around the hills were terrified to see where the cannonball fell. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

With a loud bang, the cannonball burst into the hills, stirring up a large area of dirt. Since the cannonball landed on the slope of the hill that was inclined upward, although it bounced high and forward, after it fell, it rolled down a few times and stopped jumping.

The whole army breathed a sigh of relief, and Tang Tong and Ma Ke also exhaled.

The cannonballs were not far from their Chinese formation, and according to the arrangement of the two people's military formation, this hill was full of cavalry and cold weapons of the main barracks of the second town. The interval between a thousand and a thousand, and each thousand was very separated, and the military formation was arranged like this at that time.

An army of nearly 20,000 people, along the top and front of the hills, was lined with small phalanxes one after another, from north to south, black pressed with armor and weapons and flags. On the flat river under the hills, there are car formations, slightly arcing around the hills, guarded by gunners, gunners, and rocketeers.

At the northern end of the hill, a guerrilla guard under the jurisdiction of Tang Tong was used to block horses with chariots, and the shape was relatively flat. Of course, they can't be treated the same as the main barracks, and the cannon fodder and more dangerous tasks are naturally the first to go first, so they gather on the periphery.

The northern end of the hill may be the first to be attacked by the Qing army from the Rufeng Mountain in the north, which is considered a dangerous section, but it is guarded by the Tang Tong Department. Obviously, although Tang Tong and Ma Ke are called brothers, it is impossible for them to enjoy the same treatment, which is due to their strength.

This cannonball fell in front of the cavalry array, not a single person or horse was injured, Tang Tong and Ma Ke laughed, Ma Ke stroked his two whiskers, and said contemptuously: "Tartar's artillery, but so!" ”

Tang Tong flattered: "This is also Ma Shuai's foresight, arranging the military formation on the hills, so that the Tartars' artillery has lost its role and power!" ”

The two pursued each other again, but not long after, the Qing army was surrounded by fierce artillery fire.

The hills were as high as they were, and a large thick cloud of gunpowder smoke rose up, followed by dozens of huge solid cannonballs whistling in. The artillery of the Qing army, at this time, lowered the firing intensity, not towards the hills, but at the various car battalions arranged in front of the hills.

The big cannons with a rumbling sound landed in front of and behind the camp, and they either shot into the air and bounced without hitting the centaurs. Shoot directly at or crash into the chariots of the Second Town, smashing those chariots into sharp wooden spikes that fly sideways, causing the gunners behind them to roll and howl.

Or the cannonballs were fired into the rear of the formation, or the cold weapons of the second town camp had to run and jump on the dry and hard surface, bringing up bursts of blood mist from the stumps. For a while, there were cries and howls, and the soldiers of the car battalion in front were in chaos.

Looking at their miserable appearance, the soldiers of the Erzhen Zheng Barracks who were spread on the hills were also in a commotion, and many of them had earth-colored faces and Tartar artillery, which was too fierce.

Tang Tong was dumbfounded, his face turned pale, and then he remembered something, and shouted: "There are cannons against the Tartars, and we can also fire cannons!" ”

Ma Ke lost his previous calmness and said: "Their artillery is far away, and the Francophone of our car battalion can't hit that far. In the current Ming army, in addition to the artillery of the Shenji battalion, I am afraid that Wang Dou's artillery battalion will not be able to beat them. ”

Tang Tongru caught a life-saving straw and said: "Yes, yes, the artillery of the Shenji Battalion, let's quickly go to Hongdu to ask for help, and let the Shenji Battalion pull the artillery up." ”

Ma Ke said with pity: "General Tang forgot, the artillery of the Shenji Battalion has already supported Yang Guozhu, and Li Fuming has gone!" ”

Tang Tong said angrily: "Yang Guozhu, Li Fuming wants to support, so we don't want to support?" Could it be that the soldiers and horses in our second town were raised by the stepmother? ”…,

Ma Ke snorted coldly: "I'm afraid that in Hong Du's heart, we are raised by our stepmother!" ”

The two were still arguing, and the artillery array of the Qing army whistled again, and a large wave of cannonballs, with a terrifying screaming sound, shot over.

This wave of shells was even more violent, because the Qing army used the group.

Hundreds of cannons flew sideways, that is, the power of the cannons was large and small, and the range was front and back, but most of them were shot into the Ming army array. Countless solid iron balls split heads and covered faces, shooting indiscriminately, bulleting indiscriminately, rolling, jumping, and smashing indiscriminately, and from time to time chariots and military formations were hit, and flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and debris was flying.

The Ming army in the front of several car battalions, where the artillery fell, was already crying for father and mother, and the soldiers were running around, affecting the commotion of others.

In fact, although the Qing army's artillery was fierce, the actual casualties caused to the sergeants of the second town were not much.

Because there are nearly 20,000 people, the military formation of the two towns is lined up for several miles, and in each small formation, there is still an empty space. It's just that in this era, artillery is an irresistible force, especially when you can't fight back when you just stand as a target and can't fight back when you are beaten, that kind of horror has been magnified countless times.

The tragic situation of others is contagious, and every commotion in the military formation will affect countless people next to them, especially when the soldiers cannot strictly observe discipline and their combat effectiveness is not sharp.

And obviously, the experience of the Ming army in receiving artillery is not as rich as that of the Qing army, and this immunity is even lower.

Watching the Qing army's artillery wave after wave, the riots in their own military formations continued to increase. The generals of several car battalions in front also came desperately to ask for instructions, what should they do, did they just stand like this, waiting to be shot? If this continues, the soldiers will not be able to hold out for long.

The generals of several chariot battalions complained that the main barracks were well and spread on the hills, and the Tartar artillery did not pose much threat to them, so they suffered. If the subordinates finish fighting, how will they mix in Daming in the future? Will these two soldiers who killed a thousand knives take the opportunity to swallow up their soldiers and horses?

Some hot-tempered generals were even more unkind to Tang Tong and Ma Ke in their words.

The two were furious, but at the moment of war, it was not easy to deal with them, so they only thought in their hearts, and then settled accounts with them in the future!

Under strong pressure, both of them were like ants on a hot pot, and the generals beside them thought of one idea after another, and then they were overturned one by one, but they couldn't come up with a practical solution.

Fortunately, the Qing artillery came to an end, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but then the wails and cries of the wounded soldiers continued to come, which made people upset.

I don't know how many casualties were caused by these waves of artillery fire of the Qing army, and what is even more terrifying is that after their artillery is overheated, they will fire again. They are calm, and they are not so comfortable when they are the targets of the artillery.

The Shanhaiguan General Soldier and the Miyun General Army instructed the Chinese army to treat and carry the dead and wounded to the back of the hills. Watching the casualties come up one by one, they either broke their hands and feet, or they were shattered, and some of them were even swept in two, and their intestines and feces were full of water, and they saw their stomachs churning.

We must come up with a way, otherwise the Qing army's artillery array will open fire again, and the few car battalions in front of it will collapse and flee.

Tang Tong frowned and thought for a while, and said to Ma Ke: "Ma Shuai, the only way to do this is to let the Che battalion retreat and let them retreat to the rear of the hills!" ”

Marco shook his head and said, "What if there is no car battalion in front of the Tartars to attack the formation?" And you know the virtues of these Qiu Ba, you let them retreat, what if they take the opportunity to run away? ”

Tang Tong was right when he thought about it, without the car camp, it would be difficult for his side to block the attack of the Tartar Iron Cavalry just by relying on the main barracks. Moreover, he knew that he had all the generals in the town, and he might be able to hold on at this time, if he ordered to retreat, the breath would fall, and maybe they would collapse.

Tang Tong said in annoyance: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what should I do?" ”…,

Ma Ke stroked his two whiskers, and looked at the Qing army's formation with deep eyes: "The only way is to seize the artillery!" ”

Tang Tong was stunned: "Grab the cannon? ”

Marco said: "Yes, grab the cannon!" ”

He said: "Look at the Tartar formation on the opposite side, most of them are the two Tartars of the Han army flag, and most of them are infantry soldiers or bird guns. There are not many cavalry of the real Tartars, it seems that it will not exceed four thousand, and how many cavalry are there in our two towns combined? I'm afraid that there are eight or nine thousand, nearly ten thousand, several times more than them! ”

"As long as our cavalry rushes over quickly and rushes in front of the artillery array, can the artillery of the two Tartars stop us? At that time, he won the cannon, but it is a rare achievement! ”

Tang Tong was extremely moved for a while, yes, it is indeed a rare credit to win the cannon, it is dozens of Hongyi cannons, oh, there are dozens of Hongyi cannons. Maybe after this battle, you can upgrade a few levels in a row!

He gritted his teeth: "Starve the cowardly, support the bold, do it!" ”

But then there was a shrewd look in his eyes: "Then who is going to grab the cannon?" ”

Ma Ke looked at Tang Tong, with a look of great appreciation in his eyes: "General Tang's department is extremely brave, and every time he captures and kills many merits, this commander is extremely admired." Of course, this heavy task of seizing artillery will be handed over to General Tang, and if General Tang doesn't come out, what will he do? ”

Tang Tong showed a look of shame in his eyes: "Ma Shuai praised Tang like this, he didn't dare to be ashamed!" ”

He said: "When it comes to marching and fighting, Ma Shuai can really be regarded as experienced in planning the country and being old-fashioned!" How dare the last general rob Ma Shuai? Ma Shuai needs to be responsible, take up the heavy responsibility, and make new contributions for my Ming! ”

The two had a lot of arguing, and in the end they could only agree that the two would go together.

They urgently summoned the generals of the two towns' chariot battalions to discuss the matter, and because the cavalry of the two towns' main barracks also attacked, they also agreed.

And after analysis, capturing the cannon is much better than just standing and being beaten, and the chances of winning are also much better.

The Qing army was about to open fire, and everyone didn't care about it, so it was decided that all the cavalry of each battalion would be pulled out, with a total of more than 9,000 cavalry. It is divided into several waves and several arrays, two directions, one to attack the artillery array, and the other to prevent possible flank attacks from the Qing cavalry.

After agreement, the Tang Tong Department, led by the first general of the main barracks, led a total of 4,000 cavalry from each battalion in the town to defend against the cavalry on the side of the Qing formation.

The Ma Ke Department, led by the deputy general of the main barracks, led more than 5,000 cavalry from each battalion in the town to attack the artillery of the Qing army.

Tang Tong was displeased in his heart, this capture of artillery seemed to have a great chance of victory, and Ma Ke relied on his large number of soldiers and generals, and he could not say anything, so he took most of the credit. This is up to his troops to attack the Qing army's artillery array, and when he captures the artillery array, how many artillery will he give himself?

However, the strength was insufficient, and Tang Tong had no choice but to swallow his anger. In front of Ma Ke, he ordered his subordinates to cooperate closely to protect the flanks of the mountain navy. Prevent a possible attack by the Qing cavalry, so that the army can successfully capture the artillery and crush the enemy.

The dense cavalry was deployed in front of the hilly car battalion, of which the Mako army was in front and the Tang Tong army was in the rear.

Cavalry has always been the essence of the Ming battalions, they have outstanding combat power, armor, basically professional soldiers, full of battle formations, battlefield fighting skills are not lacking.

In particular, this battle is the cavalry of the second town barracks, and the cavalry of the remaining battalions have no complaints.

They lined up a large sea of people, the Ming army was still red, and these cavalrymen were all dressed in bright red long armor and had arms and hands. Coupled with the dense flags such as forests, spears, knives and sticks, a momentum immediately stretched.

The Qing army on the opposite side was about to open artillery, but when they saw the cavalry of the Ming army coming out, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and the artillery fire they had prepared was not fired. It was clear to be prepared to deal with the coming cavalry. …,

Ma Ke and Tang Tong both gave detailed instructions to the generals of the main barracks who were going out to fight.

A staff general and a deputy general of the second battalion, both of whom are two personal generals, patted their chests and assured that if the two commanders waited for good news, they would definitely return with meritorious service.

They rode their horses to their own cavalry array.

Ma Zhiyong, the deputy general of the Ma Ke Zheng Barracks, is also a tall and burly man of the Ma Ke clan, with a face full of scars and arrow wounds, and is obviously also a veteran general.

He let his horse gallop in front of the battle, and roared loudly: "Sons, kill slaves with me!" ”

Countless cavalrymen raised their weapons and roared: "Kill the slaves!" ”

"Take the cannon with me!" There were countless whistling voices again: "Grab the cannon!" ”

Ma Zhiyong roared, and first rode his horse and some of his family members behind him, holding high the banner.

Then came the dense cavalry, which marched slowly at first, and galloped even more as they approached a mile. The iron hooves shook violently, and thousands of mountain naval war horses converged into a galloping torrent, rolling forward!

More than two hundred paces behind them, Tang Tong's cavalry was used as a countermeasure to prevent a possible attack by the Qing cavalry.

Thousands of horses ran, shells whistled, the Qing army kept firing artillery, and when it was two miles away, the forty Hongyi heavy artillery guns continued to bombard.

The dense solid iron ball, like lightning, swept by, constantly hitting the Ming cavalry impact array, making a crackling sound, and one after another the men and horses of the Ming army were smashed into a blood mist.

The screams of people and the mournful screams of horses continued to sound, but the Ming army continued to advance, especially when it entered a mile, and the cavalry charged faster.

If you charge with all your strength, the cavalry will not have much time to rush through a mile, and you can run ten meters in a second, and it will take less than a minute to travel a mile!

By this time, the artillery array of the Qing army, in addition to the forty Hongyi heavy artillery on the hills, there were also dozens of Hongyi cannons distributed in front of the hills, and they fired three or five catties of artillery.

The artillery roared, and under the intertwined bombardment of the Qing artillery, the charging Ming cavalry suffered heavy casualties.

However, the Ming army was still shouting and charging, and Ma Zhiyong held his horse lance and always rushed to the front.

Cannons, large and small, swept past him from time to time.

The iron hooves rolled, the smoke and dust soared into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, a large force of Ming cavalry was about to rush to the front of the Qing formation.

It can be seen that their formation is also in a commotion.

When he was about to enter the hundredth pace, the cannon roared so loudly that it seemed that everything was masked in the deafening sound of the cannonball.

A large stream of fierce gunpowder smoke and fire rose, and in front of the Han army's banner array, all the Hongyi cannons in front of the shield car fired shotguns, and dense projectiles shot forward, covering a range of more than 100 meters in front and a range of one or two thousand meters to the left and right.

Countless men and horses neighed, and I don't know how many Ming cavalry rushed in, and blood arrows shot out from them, as well as the horses below. Many people were hit by too many projectiles, and they were blown apart.

Ma Zhiyong, who took the lead in the charge, and some of the family members behind him, were killed by those shotguns on the spot.

The many Ming cavalry beside him also fell down in large pieces, and in the neighing of the war horses, many cavalry soldiers were covered in blood. Or at a loss, or by the roar of the huge artillery, the eyes straightened, and the horses stood in a daze.

Immediately following the sound of artillery, the sound of the platoon sounded, and on the dense shield cart, one bird gun after another stretched out, and the bird gun fired from the front layer reached 2,000 shots.

In front of the shield car, after all the Hongyi cannons fired shotguns, those gunners hurriedly hid in the military formation, and the guns of the Han army's flags were fired immediately.

Another thick white smoke rose again, two thousand bird guns fired a volley, and many bewildered Ming cavalry in front of them fell, at this time they no longer had the momentum to charge, and became a big target for the Han army's bird soldiers.

After the three-layer shooting, I don't know how many Ming soldiers and horses fell, and the cavalry behind them no longer had the courage to advance! …,

They thought that the Qing Iron Cavalry was a nightmare in the past, and now they found that their artillery and bird guns were even more nightmares!

Many of the Ming cavalry shouted loudly, pulled their horses and fled, just wanting to stay away from the cannons and birds of the Tartars.

Seeing the cavalry of the Mako Army in front of them fleeing, the cavalry of the Tang Tong Department behind also fled back in a panic.

For a time, the Ming army's vigorous artillery seizure action was declared a failure!

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And in the rear, watching the countless cavalry screaming back, it seemed that their expressions were broken, and Ma Ke and Tang Tong on the hills were dumbfounded, this ...... What's going on?

Ma Ke actually saw it clearly, and the battle ahead was basically in his eyes, and the Tartar artillery and bird guns were beyond his expectations, and they were really unimaginably powerful.

In this artillery seizure operation, our own side failed, completely failed, and this time the artillery capture, the main force was still the cavalry in their own town. Under the blow of the other party, how much is the loss of the department! These are the cavalry in his town, and most of them are still cavalry from his own barracks.

Without these cavalry, what are you? Is it still a town commander-in-chief?

In particular, his own general, the clansman Ma Zhiyong, seemed to have died on the spot, how could he explain to his relatives?

Mako's face trembled violently, no longer as calm as before, and his hands stroking the whiskers of rat whiskers trembled even more.

Suddenly, he screamed, cried with his chest, and his tears rained down: "There is no reason, the Tartar cannon is more powerful than my Daming, it is really God's eyesless, woo hoo lament!" (To be continued.) This article was updated by

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