The roar of the artillery came one after another, and in Zhao Xuan's artillery array, there was already white smoke, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke filled his nose. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info.\\

After firing the cannon, the ripper nervously brushed the chamber of the cannon, listening to the sound of water vapor in each cannon.

However, now the artillery battalion uses silk medicine bags, and each of the Hongyi cannons in the artillery battalion has fired at least ten cannons each, and the cannon chamber has still not seen the heat. There is also the goose feather medicine tube, which is also very easy to use, better than the gunpowder rope, which makes Zhao Xuan very satisfied.

During the shelling, the observers of the basic salvo units, using the artillery mirrors, constantly reported the data loudly in the deafening sound of artillery, and the deputies holding the clairlooms quickly checked them. After the target is verified, the aiming men of each group shake the iron handle of the gun tail vigorously, adjust the elevation angle of the gun, and prepare to fire again!

The artillery apprentices of the artillery battalion who served as the soldiers nervously carried out the cannons and medicine bags from the ammunition trucks back and forth, and seized this rare opportunity to practice in real combat to carefully figure out how actual combat differed from the theoretical study of the past.

Zhao Xuan's artillery camp belongs to the middle camp, and on the hill of the artillery array, the sun, moon and wave flags on the golden silk side loom in the smoke.

Also looming are the artillery battalion sergeants who are constantly fighting, their movements are tense and orderly, and their every move is well-trained, showing the outside world the demeanor of the most elite artillery unit in the East.

Zhao Xuan retracted his gaze from his own position with satisfaction, and then looked at the artillery position of the Jingbian Army a few miles to the left.

In that direction, the same artillery sound was incessant, the smoke was thick, and their artillery was constantly shelling the pontoon bridge to the left, as well as the Qing cavalry reinforcements on both sides of the river at close range. They also supported the other side of the river in the left front. A cavalry infantry position of the Jingbian Army.

When the cavalry of the Jingbian Army attacked. Zhong Xiancai's right guard White Tiger Battalion, as well as the Xuanwu Battalion, the rear guard of the Han Dynasty, and thousands of first-class troops in the second battalion also attacked.

They were all mounted infantry, had horses, and were very mobile and very fast. Their task, in addition to lining up to cover the artillery barracks, also needs to seize some important areas on the opposite bank to provide an opportunity for the Ming army's current strategy.

At this time, the position on the other side of the river was Han Chao, the general of the rear battalion. Personally led the first-class soldiers in the battalion to occupy a riverside mountain range.

The south bank of the mountain range is close to the river, and a small pontoon bridge is not far to the right. Two miles further to the right, there is one of the two large pontoon bridges on the daughter river.

Occupying this mountain range can accelerate the tension and anxiety of the Qing army on the north bank, and it is believed that most of the direction of the Ming army may be moving towards Baimiaobao.

In Zhao Xuan's clairvoyant mirror, the battlefield was full of smoke and dust, and the rolling Qing cavalry was constantly impacting the mountains, and the crackling sound of birds was faintly heard here. There were also bursts of shouts and killings.

In the artillery array of the Jingbian Army on the south bank, many artillery pieces continued to shell that side, scattering the waves of Qing cavalry attacking the mountains.

However, it can be seen that batches of Qing army reinforcements continue to arrive, and the cold light of dense guns and knives seems to be visible here.

"There are too many Tartar soldiers and horses, I hope the infantry will arrive soon!"

Zhao Xuan thought with some concern.

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Although the Qing army reinforcements came in a surge, under the fierce blows of Zhao Xuan's artillery arrays, the Qing cavalry who crossed the river suffered heavy losses, and many pontoon bridges were in the river. There was flesh and blood and stumps, as well as the wounded and horses wailing intensively, and the blood flowing from the soldiers crossing the river seemed to stain the river red.

Although the beach on the bank of the river is relatively soft, many iron bullets have been smashed. But stir up some black and yellow dirt.

However, just a little further away from the riverbank, the land has been hardened by the sun after years of drought. The elasticity of the cannonballs after firing is excellent, and the whistling cannons crash into the Qing cavalry group, which is effortlessly wading through the flesh alleys.

The cannonball smashed on the pontoon bridge, and it happened that a large wave of Qing cavalry passed by, and the effect was even more obvious.

After the artillery attack, the Qing cavalry was scattered, and after they crossed the pontoon bridges, it was the time when the queue was loose, which was the so-called best time to attack half-crossing.

Waiting for them were the cavalry of the Jingbian Army, the cavalry of Xuanfu Town, and the cavalry of Datong Town, who were waiting for them.

Every time their reinforcements had just crossed the river, and before they could form an array, the tide-like cavalry on the opposite side had already rushed in, washing them apart, or perhaps simply squeezing them directly into the river.

This situation is not a broken boat, under the repeated impact of the cavalry of the Ming army, the cavalry of all banners of Mongolia and Mongolia, a lot of people and horses drowned in the chaos, and the south bank of the daughter river, floating corpses are everywhere.

Moreover, the other side was chaotic, and the follow-up reinforcements could not rush over, or there was no point in rushing up, and the westward strategy of the Ming army achieved great results in a short period of time.

However, there are more and more reinforcements from the Qing army, they have many horses, and they are flexible, if the Ming army can't keep up quickly, at this time, the cavalry of the towns fighting on the river bank and in the wilderness will be more and more dangerous!

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On the Twin Mountains, the third-class Maile Zhangjing Weng Adai of the Manchurian Blue Banner was frightened in his heart, and the soldiers of the Blue Banner next to him were also as earth-colored.

It's too tragic, the casualties of the warriors, it's too great!

Weng Adai sighed: "I knew that if the army wants to cross the river to help, many people will die!" ”

He looked at it, the surrounding area of the Twin Mountains was already killing the sky, and Li Fuming, the chief soldier of Shanxi, personally led the cavalry in the town, and the Qing soldiers who rushed down from Rufeng Mountain, were in full swing, and it seemed that the defenders on the mountain had reacted.

Moreover, Huang Taiji's dragon is rapidly moving from the east side of Rufeng Mountain to the west side, accompanied by his banner, all the soldiers and horses of the Kabush Xianchaoha battalion.

Also, because the section of the Daughter River on the west side of Rufeng Mountain is difficult to cross, many Qing cavalry are crossing the river from the Daughter River section on the north side of Rufeng Mountain, and then rush down from the west side of the mountain to join the queue of reinforcements on the south bank.

On that side, Weng Adai could see an artillery array of the Jingbian Army, with a huge artillery group of more than 100 guns, facing the north of the Twin Mountains, and the Qing soldiers of his own side surging westward were constantly shelling.

Their fire was extremely fierce, and the artillery was fired quickly, and many Qing horsemen and horses who passed not far along the bank of the river on the side of the mountain continued to fall under their artillery fire.

Moreover, around their artillery array, some gunners and gunners were also arranged, and when the artillery array was first arranged, these armor soldiers dug trenches around the artillery array at the same time. A trench was formed. Although it is not deep, it is effective in blocking the advance of cavalry.

Not far behind these trenches, there are many small and medium-sized cannons in the Franco, long-range live ammunition, close-range shotguns, and excellent bird-fired soldiers, the fire is very fierce.

The charging cavalry, without shields and without cover, were under the swift blows of their guns. One by one, they died meaninglessly.

Weng Adai let out a long sigh, hating that artillery array to the core, and helpless. He had tried to send some men and horses down the hill to attack the artillery position, but he had not come close to it. They came in a wave of shotguns, which damaged many of their soldiers and horses, and had to retreat.

Not only that, but in the wilderness between the west of the Twin Mountains and the artillery array, there were also many cavalry formations of the Jingbian Army, and when their soldiers and horses descended the mountain and returned, they were flanked by their cavalry and lost a lot of people.

After this setback, Weng Adai no longer talked about going down the mountain. I only hope to hold the mountain, but looking to the south, the Ming army's infantry is already faintly in sight, and it seems that there is little hope.

He looked numbly at the bottom of the mountain, and at this time, on the north side of the mountain, and the area between the daughter river, another wave of reinforcements was directly bombarded by the artillery of the Jingbian army.

Then nearly a thousand cavalry of the Jingbian Army, who were waiting in battle, rushed into them with a bang, only one in the blink of an eye. These scattered Qing cavalry were routed by the cavalry of the Jingbian Army.

Some people were even driven into the river in a panic, and it is conceivable that the fate of these landlubbers awaited.

Look around. This is the case for many Qing riders who crossed the pontoon bridge, on the north bank of the Daughter River. It seems to have become a slaughterhouse for Ming cavalry to slaughter Qing cavalry, full of corpses of people and horses and wounded. Weng Adai was speechless, and the brave and invincible Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry ended up like this, which was really helpless.

And for so long, many reinforcements have not occupied a single stronghold on the north bank.

Although more reinforcements are still rolling in, in the hurry, compared with the Ming cavalry, it is not yet advantageous. Waiting for them to arrive, especially when the artillery of the Ming Kingdom Shenji Battalion came, after they used that terrifying poison bullet ash bomb, their Twin Mountains, wanting to defend it, was just a dream.

Speechless and asked the queen of the sky, Weng Adai looked at the Jingbian army artillery array in the wilderness under the mountain, and for a long time, he only held back one sentence: "Why does their artillery not stop ringing for so long?" Won't it blow up, it's weird! ”

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At the right time (eight o'clock in the morning), Zhao Xuan was in the clairvoyant mirror, and finally saw that in the wilderness to the south, the general's huge, pole-high two-zhang Daxu flag appeared in his eyes, and behind the flag, it was a pole fluttering, passionate like the sun, moon and wave flag.

One by one, the neat military formations marched resolutely towards this direction, and from a distance, it seemed that their heavy footsteps could be heard.

Zhao Xuan relaxed, although his artillery array effectively blocked the Qing cavalry from crossing the river, but the pressure was still huge, and the cavalry of the towns on the south bank of the river were also in a bitter battle with the Qing cavalry, and the general's infantry was good.

After the infantry of the Jingbian Army arrived, presumably the Xuanzhen Army and the infantry of the Datong Army would also arrive one after another.

Of course, he didn't dare to expect the rest of the army to arrive with the infantry of the Jingbian Army, they didn't have the ability to march, and neither could Yang Guozhu's new army.

At the same time, he was proud in his heart, from the west of the Loess Ridge to the daughter river, the distance reached more than 20 miles, his own army, set off at the beginning of the hour, in the case of wearing armor, rapid marching, half an hour, he walked these distances, the first strong army of the Ming Dynasty, worthy of the name.

He turned to look across the river, and at the end of the sky, waves of black water were still pouring in from the wilderness on the other side of the river. On the pontoon bridge in front of the right, it was crowded with Qing soldiers who came to help, all of them with white armor and flags inlaid with red edges, and it seemed that they were soldiers and horses with white flags inlaid with Tartars.

It's either the Eight Banners or the Eight Banners, it's definitely not the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, they don't have so many cavalry.

Zhao Xuan put down the clairvoyant mirror and shouted loudly: "Sons, give the tartars on the bridge, come and be ruthless!" ”

Although the gunners of the Jingbian Army in the artillery array were tired, they still heard strange noises, and their morale was high.

Zhao Xuan was satisfied, and then he shouted: "Armor artillery group, salvo preparation!" ”

Immediately, the Qian Zong who was in charge of that side shouted: "Prepare for a salvo!" ”

Immediately, the gunners under his command all turned their guns quickly, and the twenty Hongyi six-pounder guns, with their black muzzles, were all facing the pontoon bridge.

A salvo is not only fired at the same time as the artillery, but also the landing point of the shell, which falls in the same range, and the error cannot be very large.

It is difficult for the idle gunners to meet the requirements, but they are accustomed to the artillerymen of the Jingbian Army who have been trained with huge artillery... )