Yibai led most of the light armored cavalry in the fifteen Niu Lu of the Zhengbai Banner, and the main tasks were two, the first was to besiege Jinzhou first, cut off the connection between Lushun and Jinzhou, and the second was to clear the piers occupied by the surrounding Ming army, and prepare for the subsequent infantry to attack Jinzhou, but I didn't expect the guerrilla battalion to come so quickly, they blocked Jinzhou for half a day, and the guerrilla battalion was twenty miles south of Jinzhou and they were on the front.

As Ibai who followed the old Khan's southern expedition to the north, he had to fight this battle, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the domineering little Baylor after he went back, the Ming army put up this passive car formation, if he did not fight, his prestige in the flag in the future would also be reduced, the most important thing is that if he did not fight this battle, let the Ming army swagger into Jinzhou, I am afraid that the city of Jinzhou will have to fill in the flesh and blood of countless Jianzhou warriors to conquer, although there are so many reasons to fight, Yibai is still cautious, carefully assigned before making up his mind.

Several Niu Lu were a little dissatisfied with the master's caution, not only all the armored soldiers were mobilized, but even the elite white swing tooth was also gathered to prepare to charge the battle, these people naturally did not dare to refute the master's order, but they did not think so, they were all old war people, for the Ming army of thousands of turtles to defend the Ming army did not care at all, they strode out of the camp tent, all of them were expressionless, only when they looked at each other would occasionally flash a trace of essence.

Since Huang Taiji reorganized the military system, the total strength of the Eight Banners has reached nearly 90,000 people. In addition to the establishment of more than 300 people, each Niu Lu also increased the number of auxiliaries and Mongolian cavalry, and the number of armored soldiers among the 3,000 cavalry he led reached more than 2,000. Coupled with more than 400 elite white swing teeth, plus some auxiliary soldiers, etc., the strength can be regarded as very strong, not to mention a small guerrilla battalion, even if it is alone against any of the Guanning military horses, it will not be inferior, no wonder these Niu Lu, Jia Lazhangjing eyes are above the top......

These lightly armored soldiers were clad in cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves. There are thick copper nails on it, and on the top of the helmet, the red tassels stand tall. The white-toothed ladas were dressed in double iron armor and held heavy blades in their hands, despite the nonchalant expressions on their faces.

The master's meaning was to first disrupt the Ming army's formation with a light cavalry salvo, and then take the opportunity of the Ming army's chaos to find the weak point of the army's formation and attack. As for whether to get off the horse and gnaw hard. No one thought about this possibility, under the concentrated attack of three thousand invading fire-like cavalry, who else could stand on the Ming army?

Yang Bo's clairvoyant mirror aimed at the bodies of those white swing tooth horns behind the light horse, they were all double layers of heavy armor, the towering lightning rods on the bright helmets were shaking, and the armor on their bodies was painted with silver paint, shining, so this army was also called the Mercury Army. Of course, in Yang Bo's opinion. These so-called mercury troops are generous transport brigades, not only sending the first rank, but also sending equipment, and many people in the Thunder Brigade are wearing captured and transformed iron armor, which is of very good quality and saves him a lot of silver.

With a wave of Ibai's big hand, the cattle recorded up and made noise, galloped their horses, they turned the knives in their hands in circles, and from time to time put their hands in their mouths to make a very loud whistle, the contempt was indiscriminate, and the white tooth lamas behind them were even more lazy and couldn't lift their energy, three thousand cavalry against five thousand Ming troops, a big victory is not a special glory, if the opposite Ming army has more than 10,000 or tens of thousands, then it can reflect their martial arts......

After many years of fighting, the Eight Banners also have a lot of elite losses in various places, so under the strong request of Huang Taiji, the selection of the vests of each banner is slightly relaxed, despite this, a qualified vest also takes at least three years to cultivate, and a white tooth is at least five years, shooting targets at eighty paces on undulating horseback, shooting bullseyes at sixty paces, if you can't even meet the most basic requirements, the so-called vest is simply a joke.

Although they despised their opponents, these veterans who had been in a hundred battles still strictly followed the tactical requirements, what encircled three and one, what light cavalry raids, what divisions and combinations, and flanking and outflanking were all done clearly, and the cowardly Ming army was like a rabbit hiding behind the car formation, shivering, waiting for their group of tigers to pounce.

But who is the tiger and who is the rabbit? They're completely reversed......

For other Ming troops, this is a battle of disparity in strength, for Yang Bo is another sense of disparity in strength, 5,500 determined soldiers, in addition to the training time is a little too short, sophisticated equipment, fierce artillery, two to three flintlock pistols a minute, let the evenly matched to hell, the only thing they need to consider is how to kill and injure as many enemy troops as possible.

At the sound of the horn, the Tatar cavalry swept like a large dark cloud, and the entire horizon was full of black oppression.

"Arquebus battalion, mask!" Li Dali shouted

When all the musketeers heard the order, they took off their covered helmets from their waists and put them on, which wrapped around their heads and necks, leaving only two eyes, and although their mouths were open, they were covered with iron bars in front, and when they stopped dressing, a group of medieval knights appeared in front of the large array, and no one felt awkward, and they had laughed enough during training.

"Artillery camp preparation" Lu Ruohan suppressed the excitement in his heart, and shouted majestically, for a long time, he had been praying that one day he could lead the artillery team to fight to kill the enemy, and his dream of finally coming true here, with the support of Yang Bo.

A group of gunners rushed to their positions, uncovering the oilcloth armor covering the artillery, revealing the dark barrels pointing at the front one by one.

Some guards around were on guard, but Yang Bo looked at the serious faces of the soldiers of the Thunder Brigade, presumably after this baptism of actual combat, they would grow up quickly, right? After this battle, the Thunder Brigade will rise strongly in the land of Liaodong, and no matter who it is, they will no longer dare to ignore his existence!

For Yang Bo, a traverser, the Tatar slaves are not as powerful as they are boasted in the history books, and the trick is to fight in the field, as long as they dare to fight in the field. Able to fight in the field with the Tarslaves, with relatively cheap, continuously trained firearms. The pikemen went to change the elite vests of the Tartars, and the lives of the white tooth horns were not long before the so-called invincible cowhide of the Tartars would be punctured, it was as simple as that.

The sound of the horn began to come clearly, and the observer also loudly reported the distance of the enemy, Yang Bo picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it. Because of the distance, the Tatar cavalry did not get up in speed, they only controlled the horses. The impact formation was constantly changing, and what made him happy was that the other party did not leave a backhand, and thousands of cavalry pressed towards him. It seems that the other slave chieftains are thinking the same way. Quickly crush your opponent with a thunderous blow.

As the cavalry approached, many of the soldiers began to breathe rapidly, and although their bodies were still straight, the hands holding their weapons tightly betrayed their inner tension.

At this moment, a sharp gong sounded from the opposite side, and those cavalry who were about a mile away from the circle suddenly increased their speed, and they lined up a line of skirmishers and looked from the circle formation. Except for the riverbed on the right flank, the left flank and the front were full of black-pressed cavalry. Once this kind of cavalry approached within two miles, the terrifying deterrent power was revealed, and the dull sound of horses' hooves of thousands of cavalry was like a drum beating heavily in everyone's hearts, and this kind of indomitable momentum could not be compared even tens of thousands of armored infantry.

Yikes!

A soldier could no longer stand this kind of oppression and suffering, he simply threw away the spear, turned around and fled outside the formation, this accident stunned the surrounding soldiers, and after a while several military discipline officers reacted, spread their feet and chased after them.

After a while, the soldier was tied up and knelt in the Chinese army, and after Zhang Shixiong announced the crime of desertion, he came over to ask Yang Bo.

Yang Bo nodded very simply, there was no emotion to talk about under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, even if it was a show, he had to cut it first if the calf escaped, and then he would say, at this time, any mercy would shake the determination of the other recruits.

"The commander of the company where the deserter is located has a major demerit, the commander of the platoon where the deserter is located has all been dismissed, transferred to the criminal barracks to serve, and is not allowed to be promoted within five years, the fields under the names of the family members will be confiscated, and the soldiers of the whole platoon will sit in a row, and the collective demerits will be recorded once, and half of the fields under the names of the family members will be confiscated, Shixiong, carry it out!" Yang Bo added coldly.

Zhang Shixiong nodded, a nephew stepped forward, the ghost head knife slashed, the headless body of the deserter fell, the nephew stepped forward and grabbed the head, and showed the whole brigade, under the kicking of several soldiers of the Military Discipline Department, several commanders of the platoon were tied out in frustration, and the temporary reserve officer took their waist cards and took over their command.

Seeing the corpse of the deserter, Yang Bo sighed lightly in his heart, the training time was still too short......

This accident somewhat diverted the attention of the other nervous soldiers, and when the military law was executed, the cavalry of the Tartars had already surged over like a tide, and the horse's hooves flew like thunder, and there was only one voice left in the heavens and the earth!

Lu Ruohan nervously listened to the number of observers, and at the same time estimated the appropriate firing distance in his heart, and the gunners who were standing beside the artillery also looked at the fire medium in their hands while waiting for his order.

"500 Steps"

"Four hundred and fifty steps"

"Four hundred steps!"

Lu Ruohan suddenly raised his hand: "Six-pounder cannon ready!" ”

One by one, the loaders responded: "Six-pounder gun ready!" ”

"Three Hundred Steps"

The shrill voice of the observer hand was heard clearly in the ears of every soldier, and they were almost out of breath with extreme nervousness.

"Two hundred and eighty steps!"

"Two hundred and fifty steps!"

Lu Ruohan waved his hand fiercely and shouted hoarsely: "Fire!" Fire! ”

Hiss!

The artillery in front and on the left flank began to smoke from the gunpowder, and the eyes of all the soldiers were consciously or unconsciously attracted by the burning fuse, as the fuse burned quickly, after a very short silence, countless artillery mounts suddenly slammed into the back, and the huge roars converged, and countless gunpowder smoke rose up, wrapping most of the semicircular array, and the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, the short silence of the artillery just now seemed to be as long as a century......

Countless scattered bullets roared towards the Tartar cavalry, and those vests who were staring at the Ming army's large array of charges suddenly saw countless fires rising in front of the formation, and a thick fog rose, and then in the corner of their eyes, those companions who were originally on a par with them fell neatly as if they had been cut wheat!

The screams and neighing of the horses suddenly became loud, and no one knew why......

The Thunder Brigade was armed with such a six-pounder cannon with a caliber of eighty-five millimeters. The iron used to fire live ammunition was three catties, and three catties of gunpowder were used to shoot four hundred paces away. Because the service life of the cannon barrel by the iron mold pouring method is limited, it basically does not shoot live ammunition, and the scattered bullets can hit 250 paces, and the flying fan can reach about 50 degrees, together with the gun carriage, a total of 320 catties, which is an absolute weapon against cavalry.

On the front and left flank, Lu Ruohan arranged thirty six-pounder guns. Thirty cannons fired a salvo at once, and hundreds of iron pieces whistled out of the barrels, shattering bones and intestines along the way. Whether it hits a person or a horse, it will hit a huge blood hole, and Da Luo Jinxian can't save it, even if it bounces off the hard ground. I don't die at the time. The injuries caused were also horrific.

Countless war horses fell to the ground without saying a word, without even struggling, and the knights on their bodies were either thrown out hard, and then knocked away by the cavalry that followed, or they were crushed under the horses and trampled into pulp.

An iron bolt in the head of a commanding division was struck by a huge force that nearly tore his neck bone, and the iron pierced through the iron helmet. Flew out with most of the back of his head, throwing white and red things along the way. The castration continued, and it struck the face of one of the vests behind him, which did not even react, and his head flew out, and the headless corpse was still lying on the horse's back, and finally, the two horses collided with each other, splashing dust, and the knight on horseback was already dead.

For a while, the cavalry line that was rushing was in chaos, many horses that were running fell to the ground with weak legs, people on horseback flew out, and a few stiff vests just got up, but they were ruthlessly washed to the ground by the horses behind them.

"Good!"

"Well played!"

"Brothers of the artillery team, one more shot!"

In the circle, the soldiers burst into cheers, and when the recruits saw this, their hearts were relieved, and the artillery cover shooting scene depicted by the veterans of the battalion to them, the rookies, was so real and believable......

The loader and gunner were busy non-stop, and the military law was strict, they didn't even dare to get up to check the results just now, they just cared about burying their heads in preparing for the next round of launches, Lu Ruohan was sweating profusely, while checking the enemy in front of him, while listening to the observer's report.

"The cavalry is two hundred paces away!"

"The reloader is complete, and the gunner is in place!"

"The six-pounder cannon is fully loaded, please instruct!"

Lu Ruohan shouted loudly: "Adjust the elevation angle, press down one degree!" ”

The gunner immediately cooperated with the loader, lowered the gun carriage by a scale, and the swarthy muzzle of the gun was once again aimed at the galloping cavalry......

"One hundred and eighty steps!"

Lu Ruohan raised his hand again, not caring about the sweat covering his eyes, he waved his hand violently: "Open the cannon!" ”

Sweat flew out with a violent gesture and fell to eight petals on the ground......

Under the expectant gaze of all the soldiers, all the six-pounder guns slammed backwards, and the muzzles of the guns violently spewed out large clouds of smoke and fire, and another round of scattered bullets burst out, whistling towards the cavalry.

Yang Bo took his hand to check the firing of the artillery, and nodded secretly in his heart, Lu Ruohan is really a talent, those gunners have coordinated a lot of movements under his training, and even the accuracy has been greatly improved, for example, using silk instead of cotton cloth to wrap the projectile, which greatly reduces the problem of residues in the barrel, which is nothing, Huang Erman can also do this degree, the key is that in this era, he is already keenly aware that artillery will be the god of war in the future, this kind of advanced vision coincides with Yang Bo, a traverser, After a long time of discussion and calculation, and many difficulties were solved together, this led to the birth of the six-pounder gun, and there will be more powerful heavy guns in the future!

Two shelling, the cavalry only ran a hundred paces closer, but the six-pounder cannon is different from the mortar cannon, the heating problem is difficult to solve, Yang Bo estimates that at most two more rounds will be fired, but at that distance, the mortar cannon and the second run of the Furlong machine will continue to fire, it can be said that the Thunder Brigade already has the ability to strike in the medium and long distance!

Lu Ruohan shouted again: "The six-pounder cannon is adjusted to one hundred and eighty steps, and the mortar cannon and the No. 2 cannon are in place!" ”

"Mortar in place!"

"Gun No. 2 is already in place!"

"The six-pounder scale has been adjusted!"

The soldiers who had been waiting for the running position for a long time raised their hands in turn.

Lu Ruohan nodded with satisfaction, the two salvos of the six-pounder cannon just now caused at least hundreds of casualties to the frontal and left wing cavalry, although it was not too much for three thousand cavalry, but the morale blow to those cavalry was very serious, and the next round of salvo fire will be even more spectacular, all the artillery will all open fire!

"Fire! Fire! Lu Ruohan waved his hand again, he couldn't wait to see the results.

Boom Boom!

On the entire Ming army position, countless clusters of gunpowder smoke rose again, like mushroom clouds, a gust of wind blew, fused these gunpowder smoke together, and slowly moved towards the rear of the circle.

Two rounds of artillery salvo brought serious casualties to the rushing white flag forwards, but the long-trained light armored cavalry was nothing, they adjusted the speed and the distance between the left and right companions under the command of their respective assignments, bypassed the obstacles on the ground, stared at the busy figures in the Ming army's large array with hateful eyes, and wanted to grow their wings and rush in early to kill these Han dogs, but when they were about to pick up the bow sideways, countless fires and gunpowder smoke came out of the opposite array, and the difference from the last two times was that This time, there were countless black iron bullets that drew parabolas and swirled towards them! The people lined up in front of them subconsciously shrank their necks, but the speed of the horses approaching ten meters per second made them have no time to react, and directly met the whistling cannonballs......

A horse armor desperately closed his eyes on the horse's back, and there was a loud sound of horses rolling upside down, and the mixed screams reached his ears, the horse armor opened his eyes, he was already less than a hundred steps away from the Ming army's array, and in the corner of his eyes, the companions who were originally on a par with him were still rolling and falling to the ground, and the horse armor didn't care about the screams and cries of his companions, and reached out to touch the quiver on the saddle......

however

Ma Jia was stunned for a moment, his right hand did not obey the command of the brain!

"Where's the hand? What about my hands!! ”

He was heartbroken to find that his right hand had been broken at some point, and a large ball of blood was flying backwards with the ups and downs of his body, and at this time the vest felt a sharp pain, and his eyes were dark, and he fell headlong from the horse, and in the last afterglow, the iron hooves of his companions behind him were getting bigger and bigger in front of his eyes.

The horse whose head was trampled into a watermelon did not know that his death had caused more damage to his companions, first the horse on him broke his feet, the knight on horseback flew out, and then several horses crashed into it at high speed, and for a time there was great confusion.

The iron ball shot by Fran Ji No. 2 rushed all the way, and everything that stood in front of him was beaten into powder, and some of the iron hit the ground and bounced up, shattering countless horse bones, or directly drilling into the horse's belly and passing out, leaving a terrifying blood hole......

No matter how difficult it was, they couldn't raise their heads by the artillery, and the vests who were holding back their anger finally rushed to the front of the Ming army, looking at it from afar, these Ming troops were still busy in an orderly manner, and they didn't seem to care about their collision, the Ming army could still be so calm at a distance of 100 steps to make them stunned, but it didn't matter, as long as they rushed a few dozen steps, all the accounts would be counted back harder, and at that time, it was time for them to kill and vent to their heart's content, and many vests were already imagining, How to use the most cruel and vicious means to take revenge on this Ming army!

A loud swan sound came from the army in the round formation, and Li Dali pointed forward with a long knife and shouted: "Fire Gun Soldier Ready"

At the same time, a sharp number of voices also came: "The distance to the enemy, eighty steps!" Seventy steps! ”

"Fire!" Li Dali's long knife slashed down...... (To be continued......)