The Central Army Battalion, High Platform.

The choking smoke has not yet dissipated, the gunners have hurried back to the gun position, ready to readjust the shooting Zhu Yuan, the time is tight and the means are lacking, Wang Pu has not yet installed a buffer frame on the cannon, so after each shot, the gun position will be seriously deviated, and the shooting Zhu Yuan must be readjusted before firing again.

Before the gunners adjusted their shots, the ammo crews were already nervously reloading their ammo.

An ammunition man poured water into the gun chamber, first extinguished the remaining gunpowder residue in the gun chamber, and at the same time cooled the gun chamber, and then two strong gunners hung on the barrel to lower the gun muzzle and pour out the water in the gun chamber.

At this time, because the gunners of the Ming army filled the chamber with not bulk gunpowder, but "paper shell shells".

This paper-shelled shell shell is rolled with thick kraft paper, slightly smaller in diameter than the barrel, moderate in length, filled with pre-measured gunpowder and flowering shells, and then sealed, and coated with a thick layer of grease on the kraft paper, in which the grease is both waterproof and lubricating.

With the help of grease, gunners can easily feed paper-shelled shells into the chamber.

After pressing the paper-shell shell shell to the bottom of the chamber with a throughbar, the gunner then uses a sharp iron thorn to extend into the primer hole to first pierce the thick kraft paper, and then inserts a lead into the primer hole to connect with the gunpowder in the cartridge, so that even if the ammunition is reloaded, the gunner can readjust the shooting elements.

Compared with the Jiannu Artillery Battalion surnamed Tong Yang, the Central Army Artillery Battalion has eliminated the two most time-consuming processes, wiping water stains and filling bulk gunpowder, and the rate of fire has been increased by three times!

The Jiannu artillery battalion surnamed Tong Yang had just wiped off the remaining water stains in the barrel of the cannon and was about to fill it with gunpowder, when the second round of artillery fire from the Ming artillery battalion had been poured into their heads, this time, the preparation of the Ming artillery had been significantly improved, and twelve of the twenty shells directly hit the artillery position of Jiannu.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

With the loud sound of the earth shaking the mountains, a cloud of churning smoke suddenly rose from Jiannu's artillery position, and then two more huge explosions, that is, the gunpowder filled in the artillery position was detonated, and the entire artillery position of Jiannu fell into a sea of fire in an instant, and several of the remaining eighteen Hongyi cannons flew into the sky.

Those poor Jiannu artillerymen fell in a pool of blood, the barrage of bullets left them with no hiding place at all, and many Jiannu artillerymen were engulfed in the raging fire, and in less than a moment they were burned to charcoal, and the smell of barbecue began to waft in the air......

The hardcore Han Annihilation Tong Yang surname also died, and a sharp fragment slashed off half of his head.

Not far away, Dolgon's facial muscles began to twitch violently, the first batch of artillery fire of the Ming army covered the artillery position of Jiannu, he thought it was a coincidence, even the surname Tong Yang did not dare to imagine the artillery battle, let alone Dolgon, but the artillery fire of the Ming army covered the artillery position of Jiannu twice in a row, this is not a coincidence.

"Quick!" Dolgon yelled anxiously, "Get the artillery team surnamed Tong Yang down!" ”

"Master." Fan Wencheng behind him was surprised, and sighed, "I'm afraid it's too late, the artillery team ...... It's over! ”

Soon, the news of the death of Tong Yang came, twenty Hongyi cannons destroyed twelve of them, and the remaining eight couldn't continue to fight, Dolgon clenched his fists fiercely, and before he could say a few cruel words, the artillery of the Ming army opened fire again, this time, the twenty shells went directly to the Jiannu musket team lined up behind the Jiannu artillery position, and the dense Jiannu array was immediately splashed with earth and stones, and flesh and blood flew sideways.

Dolgon's eyes gritted his teeth with hatred, and he quickly ordered the musketeers to retreat.

By the time the musket team of the fifteen Niu Lu of Jiannu was withdrawn, at least three Niu Lu had already been lost!

As soon as the Jiannu musket team retreated, the Ming army camp suddenly sounded the fierce war drums, the closed gate suddenly opened, the high suspension bridge also fell, and countless Ming soldiers surged out like a blue torrent......

Dolgon Horan raised the monocular in his hand, he couldn't believe all this!

The Nanming barbarians only have 40,000 troops, do they dare to go out of the camp to fight against the Eight Banners? Suddenly, Dolgon's eyes had a terrifying chill.

The generals of the Eight Banners of Jiannu who stood behind Dolgon all howled excitedly, in their eyes, the warriors of the Eight Banners of the Great Qing Kingdom were the kings of the field, and these cowardly Nanming barbarians actually dared to give up the strong camp and choose to fight with the Qing warriors in the field, it was simply looking for death!

That's right, Wang Pu really wants to fight with Jiannu!

This point, not only Jiannu did not expect it, but even Li Benshen, Li Chengdong and other commanders of the seven towns also did not think of it, Liu Ru is joining the army was also incomprehensible, she couldn't figure it out, Scarface had already gone to the ship with a musket battalion, and now there was only one musket battalion left in the big battalion, why did Wang Pu still fight?

Once the musket battalion loses the protection of the barracks, it will be completely exposed to the blades of the Jiannu iron cavalry and the Mongolian light cavalry, and it is unwise, even foolish, to defeat the more than 100,000 Jiannu elites with less than 40,000 central troops.

But Wang Pu doesn't think so!

Although Jiannu's eight-horse iron cavalry is powerful, can they break through the chariot formation of the baggage camp? Although the Mongol cavalry is powerful, can they break through the spear formation of the pike battalion? Although the musket battalion of the Central Army only had 5,000 people, the muskets in their hands had enough lethality, and a hundred meters away was enough to pierce the wild boar skin on Jiannu's body!

Without the powerful Hongyi cannon, what are the hundreds of thousands of Jiannu? What's more, in front of the dense formation of the Central Army, it is difficult to give full play to the advantage of troops, and no matter how many Jiannu people there are, it is just a dish! As for Jiannu's poor thousands of musket teams, forget it, whether it is the quality of the muskets equipped or the degree of training, these Jiannu musket teams and the musket battalions of the Central Army are not on the same level at all!

The sound of loud trumpets, chaotic footsteps, and the shouting of officers mingled into a noisy battlefield melody, and the 5,000 musketeers of the musket battalion were the first to leave the camp and set up a firing queue on the empty riverbank, and the 5,000 soldiers set up the firing queue in a very short time, and Dolgon quickly dispelled the idea of launching a surprise attack while the Ming army was not firmly established.

Not only was he worried that the surprise attack would not be effective, but Dolgon was even more worried that the Ming army would retreat, and the Ming army that retreated back to the camp was obviously more difficult to deal with.

In the eyes of all Jiannu, the Ming army's musket team was more ferocious than the most ferocious beasts, but in the wilderness, they were a herd of sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

In the sound of trumpets one after another, more Ming troops drove out of the main camp, full of three battalions of pikemen, and a baggage battalion, the three spear battalions quickly lined up in front of the musket battalion and the left and right flanks, and the baggage battalion dragged last, responsible for guarding the back of the musket battalion.

The combination of the musket battalion, the pike battalion, and the baggage battalion is a perfect war machine, his only weakness is that the formation is too dense, and once it is covered by artillery fire, it will suffer heavy casualties, but now, Jiannu's Hongyi cannon is finished, what else can threaten this huge war machine?

At the sound of Dolgon's order, two groups of Mongol cavalry came out from the left and right flanks of the Jiannu array at the same time, and launched the first attack on this huge war machine, and the two groups of Mongol cavalry combined were only 2,000 cavalry, which was only a small attack of the tentative surname.

The Mongol cavalry was just a herdsman on the steppe, not to mention any well-trained, and the only tactic they were good at was the cavalry guerrilla tactics left over from their ancestors, so they often only charged in one formation.

After the 2,000 Mongolian cavalry rushed out of the Jiannu array, they quickly spread out to the two wings, and when they were about 500 steps away from the Ming army's formation, they had already formed a "human" herringbone charging formation.

The two forks of the word "man" just cover the left and right flanks of the Ming army's formation, which is the consistent tactic of the Mongolian cavalry, they cannot make head-on contact with the Ming pikemen who are waiting for the battle, before they collide with the Ming pikemen, they will follow the "man" herringbone charging route from the Ming army's two wings, and then pour a ** arrow rain on the head of the Ming army.

Hundreds of years ago, the Mongol cavalry was able to sweep the world by relying on this simple but effective tactic.

But this time, the once glorious Mongol cavalry was destined to crash into the chopping block, because they encountered not an army of cold weapons, but an army of firearms! The effective range of the Mongolian cavalry cavalry was only fifty meters, while the effective range of the Ming Central Army musket was one hundred and fifty meters!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

When the Mongolian cavalry was still more than 500 meters away from the Ming army's formation, the twenty Hongyi cannons on the high platform opened fire one after another, and clouds of smoke rose from the wilderness, accompanied by the flying mud and ice, and from time to time the Mongolian cavalry was hit by the whistling fragments, screaming and falling off their horses.

Compared with the real killing, the Hongyi cannon brought more mental damage to these Mongolian cavalry, whistling fragments, violent explosions, churning smoke, pungent smell of gunpowder, coupled with the constant inverted comrades, the Mongolian cavalry's will to fight is undergoing an unprecedented test.

The rumbling cannon finally stopped, and the Mongolian cavalry instinctively urged the mounts under the crotch to speed up, hoping to rush through this death distance quickly, and soon, the Mongolian cavalry was only three hundred meters away from the Ming army formation, and the Mongolian cavalry was worthy of being a nation on horseback.

The formation of the Ming army has also changed accordingly.

Rows of spears that rushed straight to the clouds were put down to the ground, and there were 1,000 spear guards in each spear battalion, and the three spear battalions had a total of 3,000 spear and shield soldiers, and these 3,000 spear and shield soldiers quickly built a strong barrier in front of the battle with the shield that was more than a person high in their hands, and strictly protected the soldiers of the spear battalion and the musket battalion.

Under the protection of the pike battalion, the forces of the musket battalion were not evenly distributed on three sides.

The main of the musket battalion will make appropriate deployment of troops according to the strength of the attack on the front or both flanks to ensure that the fire suppresses the enemy, and the Mongolian cavalry at this time has not yet approached the Ming formation, and is concentrated in the front of the Ming formation, so all the 5,000 musket teams have been deployed to the front.

Fifteen hundred musketeers quickly stepped forward and put the Nanjing flintlock pistols in their hands into the reserved shooting holes on the oars......

The distance between the two armies was rapidly approaching, and in the blink of an eye, the distance between them was less than two hundred meters.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

With a burst of fierce gunfire, the Mongolian cavalry galloping on their horses suddenly turned on their backs, more than 200 cavalrymen suddenly fell to their horses, and many Mongolian cavalrymen were head-to-headed, even if they were not killed under the guns of the Ming army, they also suffocated to death because they broke their neck bones.

The Ming musketeers who had finished firing quickly retreated, and another team of musketeers made up for it, and the muzzles of countless black holes came out of the shield wall again.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Dense gunfire rang out at intervals, and the fallen Mongol cavalry was more and more numerous at a time.

After five rounds of guns, the distance between the two armies was only fifty meters, and the two thousand cavalry at the time of the attack were less than a hundred, but they finally came within the range of the Mongolian cavalry's bows and arrows, but the poor Mongolian cavalry soon found that the shield wall made of thousands of oars and shields more than one person high had completely sealed their firing angles.

The helpless Mongolian cavalry could only raise their bows and arrows into the sky and shoot the last feathered arrow in their lives, and then fell under the dense shotguns, Wang Pu had a clear requirement for the response tactics of the musket battalion when encountering cavalry, the first three rounds of guns were loaded with lead bullets, and the last three rounds of guns were loaded with shotguns.

The so-called shotgun is actually a scatter, composed of dozens of iron sand slightly larger than rice grains, and the iron sand sprayed at close range is enough to form a huge barrage, and it is impossible to have any shooting dead ends, rushing into the range of the shotgun, even a mouse is difficult to shoot through the iron sand shot.

This iron sand may not be enough to kill men and horses, but it is enough to seriously injure them and completely incapacitate them.

The offensive of the 2,000 Mongol cavalry was completely crushed, and not a single cavalryman could retreat in his entirety! But they were very effective in killing and wounding the Ming army, and only a dozen soldiers of the spear battalion were wounded by stray arrows from the sky.

The wilderness was full of the corpses of Mongolian cavalry and war horses, many Mongolian cavalry who had no breath were struggling and crawling painfully on the ground, leaving blood marks behind them, and the bleak battlefield sounded from time to time with bursts of human wails, as well as the mournful neighing of war horses, and the smoke of gunpowder accompanied by a heavy smell of blood filled the entire battlefield.

"Hoo ......"

Dorgon let out a long sigh of relief, raising his hands and swinging them forward.

The herald standing behind Dolgon raised the signal flag in his hand and waved it vigorously, and suddenly, more Mongol cavalry rushed out from the left and right flanks of the Jiannu array!

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(To be continued)