Just as more than 3,000 Qing cavalry were holding longbows and all kinds of weapons and screaming towards the Qingzhou army, a series of whistling sounds swept through the air, and round shells flew from the direction of the Ming army's camp, they crossed the head of the Qingzhou army and flew in the direction of the Qing army.

Immediately afterwards, a series of explosions sounded in the Qing cavalry that was charging at the Qingzhou army, and the huge roar frightened the Qing army's war horses into running around, and the strong shock wave accompanied by the shrapnel flying everywhere raged everywhere.

The sharp shrapnel was quickly inserted into the body of the Qing army wrapped in thick armor under the impetus of huge kinetic energy, and in the sound of explosions, many war horses fell to the ground with a sad roar, followed by the Qing soldiers rolling to the ground in all directions.

For a time, the screams of the Qing soldiers accompanied by the sorrowful roar of the war horses became the main theme on the battlefield.

"Fire ...... Cannon! ”

Watching countless warriors and war horses of the Qing Dynasty fall in the red flames, Duoduo's heart hurt as if he was being twisted by a knife, these are not the artillery fire of the Eight Banners of Mongolia or the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, but the elite of the white flags, whether it is any death or injury, Duoduo does not want to see.

This round of shelling stunned everyone on both sides, the words artillery support, artillery cover did not occur in this era, the proverb "artillery is the god of war" has not yet been proposed, and people's understanding of artillery is limited to the superficial use of it to break through strong walls or to use its loud explosions to deter the enemy's military morale.

But Pang Gang will not, from the era of the information explosion, he clearly remembers that the so-called artillery is a kind of body barrel shooting weapon that uses gunpowder, gas pressure and other energy sources to throw projectiles, and the caliber is equal to and greater than 20 mm, it is a kind of surface killing weapon, and it can be said that its appearance has changed the way of warfare.

It can usher in not only the destruction of the enemy's strong fortresses and fortresses, but also the covering infantry, yes, the covering infantry.

When Pang Gang decided to take the initiative to rescue those people, he took into account the possibility of being suddenly attacked by the Qing army, and he knew very well that since the Qing army had put on a posture of expelling the people as cannon fodder, it was naturally impossible for the Ming army to come out and rob the people, and they would definitely come out to make trouble.

How to return to the camp safely after rescuing the people, Pang Gang also thought of several methods, but none of them were suitable, and finally he decided to use artillery fire to support this method that he had never tried before.

The word artillery support is familiar to modern people, but for the soldiers in the Chongzhen period, let alone heard of it, they didn't even dare to think about it. For example, the Ming army stipulated that when firing artillery, the position of the artillery must be at the forefront of the army, in order to fear that the artillery would hurt its own people, this regulation was not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also in the Qing Dynasty, and no one ever thought of placing the artillery behind the infantry and using the artillery to give artillery support to the infantry.

But Pang Gang dared, in his opinion, it was a natural thing for artillery to support the infantry with artillery fire, and there was no doubt about it. Therefore, before setting off, Pang Gang gave an order to the artillery battalion guerrilla Dong Guo, if they encountered the pursuit of the Qing soldiers and could not get out, they would use artillery fire to support.

Dong Guo's artillery battalion guerrilla was also suppressed by Pang Gang's bold idea at that time, but this guy was also bold, although he had never used artillery to support the foot soldiers, but this was completely feasible in theory, so this happened just now.

Under the bombardment of thirty-six Napoleonic twelve-pounder guns deployed in the north, the Qing cavalry that followed closely behind the Qinghua army was hit by a sudden blow, and under this overwhelming blow, the offensive of the Qing cavalry was disintegrated, and the war horses that had never heard the sound of artillery were frightened by the huge roar and fled, and from time to time there were horses or knights who were hit by flying shrapnel and fell to the ground.

Looking at the shells that kept flying overhead, Pang Gang's palms were also full of cold sweat, if a cannonball fell next to him, it would be a lot of fun, but fortunately, Dong Guo was still fighting for him, there was no leakage, and the cannonballs still crossed their heads and fell into the camp of the Qing army one after another.

Seeing that the Qing army in front of him was in a mess, Pang Gang naturally would not let go of this good opportunity, he put the sharp whistle hanging around his neck into his mouth and blew it hard.

"Beep beep ......"

Three sharp whistles sounded suddenly, this was an order to open fire for the Qingzhou army, this whistle was so sharp that even a violent explosion could not hide its sound.

"First platoon, fire!"

"Bang ......"

The riflemen, who had already raised their guns and were on standby, immediately pulled the trigger in their hands, and a dull burst of gunfire rang out again with the white mist.

The Qing cavalry, who had rushed to a distance of more than two hundred steps from them, first ushered in a burst of artillery fire and were blown to pieces, and then a burst of projectiles flew by like raindrops, and the chaotic Qing troops fell off their horses like dumplings.

"Second platoon, fire!"

"Bang ......"

As the riflemen opened fire in an orderly manner, the losses of the Qing army were increasing, and after three or four rounds of shelling and two or three rounds of gunfire, the originally dense Qing cavalry had become sparse, as if combed by a comb.

"Stop shooting!"

"Stop shooting!"

The shouts of the officers rang out in the camp of the foot soldiers.

A gust of wind blew, and a bloody smell with gunpowder smoke blew into people's noses, and at the same time blew away the white gunpowder smoke wafting in front of the battle.

The corpses of the dead horses and the Qing army on the ground were presented in front of everyone's eyes, and the dead corpses all over the ground and the wounded soldiers rolling and moaning on the ground stimulated everyone's eyes in one step.

Seeing this situation, Duoduo, who was watching the battle in the back, was so heartbroken that he almost fainted, these cavalry were all elites with white flags, how could they be killed and injured in a while!

"Quick, order them all to retreat!" Duoduo couldn't care about the merit anymore, grabbed the collar of the herald next to him, and shouted hysterically.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The trumpet of the Qing army sounded again, only this time it was an order to retreat.

"Quick, everyone withdraw."

After hearing the clarion call for the Qing army to retreat, Pang Gang also hurriedly ordered all the foot soldiers to retreat to the camp, but there were seventy or eighty thousand Qing troops around him, if they continued to stay here, God knows if the commander of the Qing army would suddenly go crazy and order all the charges, in that case, they would not be able to withstand even if they had three heads and six arms.

Looking at the retreating Ming army in the distance, Dolgon's teeth were gritted, this battle just now was too bad, and in the blink of an eye, half of the three thousand elites with white flags were gone, such a blow was not heavy for the two brothers.

Dolgon didn't need to look at it, and he knew that Yue Tuo and his son Luo Luohun next to him must have laughed at him in their hearts.

He shouted with a calm face, "Come on, pass on the king's general order, and send a group of Han people over, the king won't believe it, and those Ming troops can come out to rob people again!" ”

"Scum!"

The generals behind him immediately took the order and left, and soon a group of civilians were pressed to the front.

At this time, Pang Gang had already led the infantry back to the camp of the Ming army, and was warmly welcomed by Lu Xiangsheng and the generals.

Lu Xiangsheng said happily: "Chaodong, you guys are digging well!" At once, more than a thousand Tartars were annihilated, and the Tartars' spirit was greatly frustrated. ”

Pang Gang didn't care about greetings, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, how many people did we save just now?" ”

"About 1,000 people, what's wrong?" Lu Xiangsheng asked puzzled.

Pang Gang hurriedly said: "My lord, in order to prevent the annihilation from getting mixed in, we have to gather them together and send someone to take care of them." ”

"Well, what Chao Dong said is, it really should be." Lu Xiangsheng frowned, thought about it, and agreed with Pang Gang's opinion.

At this time, Hei Tie also walked up and happily reported to Pang Gang: "My lord, more than a hundred Tartars have also been captured, although more than ten have died, but there are nearly a hundred alive!" ”

Seeing Hei Tie's look of inviting merit, Pang Gang smiled and said, "Okay, your credit is indispensable." ”

Hei Tie opened his mouth and was about to say something, when there was a commotion in front of him, and Da Zhuang hurriedly ran over and said, "My lord, the Tartars have escorted our people over again." ”

"What!"

Lu Xiangsheng, Pang Gang and others were shocked, and hurriedly ran to the camp and raised the clairvoyant mirror to see that the Qing army was escorting the Han people to the front of the Ming army, and this time the number of people was much more than last time, there were six or seven thousand people.

"Tartars are so shameless!"

Seeing this scene, everyone in the Ming army was so angry that their lungs were about to explode, and these Tartars were too despicable to do things, and they even challenged the bottom line of the Ming army again and again.

"Good...... All right! Pang Gang's nails pierced tightly into the palm of his hand, and he didn't know how to describe the hatred of Tartar in his heart, and he screamed.

"Gu Chen!"

"Here!"

An officer with a fierce expression who did not collect his outfit at night quickly stood in front of him.

Pang Gang's eyes were full of evil: "Aren't you the best at how to clean up the tartars if you don't collect them at night?" Now you're going to open the eyes of the Tartar on the other side! ”

"Humble and humble!"

Gu Chen responded hatefully, and immediately led more than a dozen Ye Bushu to pick out more than a dozen people from the nearly 100 captured Qing soldiers, and dozens of Ye Buhui quickly stripped these Qing soldiers to a fine light, and then Gu Chen asked people to bring more than a dozen wooden planks, and after breaking all the tendons and tendons of these Qing soldiers, he took out a dagger and walked away with a cruel smile, and the dagger in his hand moved very skillfully.

In an instant, a deafening scream resounded through the sky......

(To be continued)