On the morning of the fourth day, the sky was still overcast and gloomy, and the cold wind was still raging in the air, constantly taking away the heat from people's bodies.\\

But today's people are no longer huddled in the barracks as they were a few days ago, and in the two barracks, twenty miles apart, countless soldiers are constantly busy. After three days of dormancy, both the Manchu Qing and Dahua got the materials they wanted, and naturally they would not be silent any longer, and it was natural for the two sides to break out into conflict.

"Woo woo"

The desolate trumpet sounded on the west side of the cold plains, and with the sound of the trumpet, a group of well-dressed knights urged the horses under their crotches out of the camp, and after they left the camp, they divided into two rows, forming a goose-shaped formation.

When the cavalry of the brigade came out, they were groups of foot soldiers armed with firearms, they wore blue armor and held firearms, and followed behind the cavalry, and finally there were groups of mules and horses. I saw these mules and horses struggling forward under the whip of a famous soldier, and behind them were a heavy cannon, and the wheels sunk into the ground weighed at least thousands of pounds.

Due to the lack of copper in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, their artillery could only be cast with iron, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty casting cannon technology was not too good, so the weight and size of the artillery were very large, in order to transport the hundreds of general cannons and hundreds of small Fran machines and tiger squat cannons to the front line, Kong Youde's Han army flag has exhausted nearly a hundred mules and horses.

Kong Youde stood behind these cannons, directing the soldiers to rush to transport these cannons to the front of the military formation, but if there were careful people to observe. You will find that although Kong Youde keeps shouting in his mouth, there is an obvious dark circle around his eyes, and his eyes are also floating around, it is obvious that his attention is distracted by something.

In fact, Kong Youde's heart was still echoing the words he had said when Dolgon visited him secretly last night, "Respect the king." The emperor ordered you and me to take the lead tomorrow, and he knows what he has in mind compared to you. We don't speak darkly, so this king opens his mouth to it. You have also seen the artillery fire of the Dahua Army yesterday, if you don't want to burn all these years of hard work, you had better cooperate with this king obediently, otherwise what happened at that time, don't blame this king for not saying hello to you! ”

Dolgon's words were not soothed in the slightest. Some were just naked threats, but the bloody aura contained in them almost made Kong Youde suffocate.

After saying these threatening words to Kong Youde, Dolgon did not stop long and left his big tent, leaving Kong Youde thinking hard.

"Woo woo"

The desolate horn continued to sound in the camp, and at this time Kong Youde was no longer allowed to continue thinking, and the commands and scolding of the officers from behind were urging the soldiers to speed up, and Kong Youde could only follow the soldiers step by step towards the battlefield in front.

Today, Huang Taiji's 100,000 troops were all dispatched, and the mighty army occupied the plains within a radius of more than ten miles, and the army pressed forward like a heavy hill.

And the Dahua army on the opposite side was not to be outdone. 40,000 foot soldiers formed eight phalanxes and stood neatly in front of the barracks, and on their flanks stood more than 3,000 cavalry, Dong Guo commanded two artillery battalions, more than 300 artillery pieces and more than 1,000 gunners to rush behind the military formation.

Looking at the Qing army that was slowly approaching in front of him, Wang Zhi's excited body was trembling slightly, he had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Whether he wins or loses today's battle, he doesn't want to leave regrets.

Looking at the neatly lined phalanx in front of him, Wang Zhi shouted: "Come on, beat the drums to help!" ”

"Knock Knock"

As Wang Zhi's words fell, bursts of passionate drums also sounded.

After hearing the sound of drums, one of the guerrilla generals in the large array pulled out their scimitars at their waists and shouted: "Soldiers. Advance! ”

"Whoa, whoa, whoa"

Countless riflemen lined up, marching in unison, striding forward.

"Hurry up, keep up!"

At the back of the formation, countless sweaty artillery commanders urged the gunners to push the heavy cannons and follow behind the foot soldiers. Although these Napoleonic cannons were much lighter than the Qing army's generals' cannons, which often cost thousands of pounds, the weight of five or six hundred catties also made the gunners pushing it tired and sweaty.

When the Dahua army left the camp for more than 500 steps, they no longer continued to move forward, but stopped, and the gunners of the artillery battalion finally breathed a sigh of relief, and began to nervously and skillfully assume the artillery one by one. The sleepers of the sleepers, the muzzles of the guns raised, and the ammunition carriers did not care about fatigue to carry out the projectiles in the wooden box and the bags of explosives wrapped in oilcloth, especially the aims, and did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, otherwise a negligence would hit the projectiles into the military formation of his own army, and then he would not wait for the officers of the foot soldiers to come to him to settle accounts, Dong Guo, the commander-in-chief of the artillery, would definitely have to swallow them alive.

Although the gunners behind were very busy, the tens of thousands of Dahua infantry soldiers in front were already standing quietly on the spot, they had already taken off the Minnie rifle on their shoulders, and the muzzle of the black hole was coldly pointed at the sky.

"Quick, adjust the muzzle of the gun, the distance is six hundred paces, the height is four knots, and the flower shell is loaded!"

"Brothers, hurry up, if anyone doesn't speed up, don't blame Lao Tzu for kicking his ass!"

Behind the phalanx of foot soldiers, the gunners who had just stopped were busy setting up their artillery, the sighters were holding clairvoyants and carefully observing the distance from the enemy, the loaders were taking boxes of shells from the carts behind, and the rest were setting up artillery, in short, everyone was sweating and busy.

Time passed little by little, and when the gunners were finally busy, the originally fierce drumming also stopped, and for a moment the air became eerily silent, only the icy cold wind was blowing.

At this moment, a rumbling sound of horses' hooves faintly came from ahead, and the sound of thunder seemed to drown out the sound of the wind that had been floating between heaven and earth.

At this time, in Wang Zhi's clairvoyant mirror, groups of cavalry wearing white armor began to appear in his sight, but what surprised Wang Zhi was that these cavalry were only covering on both sides, and did not attack as before.

"Hey, what the hell are these Tartars going to do?"

Wang Zhi muttered in his mouth, and moved the clairvoyant mirror forward, at this time, a group of soldiers in cyan armor appeared in the frame, they were pushing a heavy shelf and moving forward, there seemed to be livestock pulling in front of the shelf, because the distance was too far, Wang Zhi could not see very clearly in the clairvoyance mirror.

After a while, those shelves were finally clearly photocopied in front of Wang Zhi's eyes. The long muzzle of the cannon, the heavy wooden frame, it was clearly the appearance of a red-clothed cannon.

"Oh no, the Tartars are going to fight hard today!"

Wang Zhi's face changed, in the past battles with the Qing soldiers, the Qing soldiers rarely used firearms, let alone artillery, because the artillery cast by the Qing army was often very heavy due to manufacturing technology, and it was very inconvenient to carry. In addition, the Qing army has always despised firearms, so it is rare to see artillery, but today there are suddenly so many artillery, which also makes Wang Zhi nervous.

After thinking about it, Wang Zhi said to the herald beside him, "Go, call Dong Guo to me." ”

Soon, Dong Guo, who was sweating profusely, appeared in front of Wang Zhi, and without waiting for Dong Guo to speak, Wang Zhi immediately said: "General Dong, have you seen the artillery of the Tartars in front?" ”

Dong Guo nodded calmly: "I saw it!" ”

Wang Zhi then asked, "Can you kill all those cannons before they are erected!" ”

Dong Guo raised the clairing mirror to test the approximate distance and then shook his head and said: "My lord, although our artillery has the advantages of accurate aiming and fast firing speed, but in terms of range, it is not much farther than the red-coated cannon of the Tartars, and now they are a full mile away from us, and our artillery is a little out of reach, even if it is reached, it will lose its accuracy." ”

When Wang Zhi heard this, his face sank, "General Dong, didn't you say that our artillery can hit as far as two miles away?" Why can't you hit a distance of only a few hundred steps! ”

Dong Guo spread his hands and said helplessly: "My lord, what you said is a thirty-two-pound large-caliber artillery, we are on a labor expedition this time, in order to be easy to carry, the artillery we bring are all sixteen-pound small guns, and we can't hit so far at all!" ”

"Bastard!"

Wang Zhi was so angry that he burst into a foul language, and he didn't know whether he was scolding Dong Guo or scolding himself for being careless.

In the end, Wang Zhi gritted his teeth and said: "So we can only fight with the Tartars' artillery?" ”

"I'm afraid so!" Dong Guo replied helplessly.

Wang Zhi frowned, "Okay, can you promise this officer, as soon as the artillery battle begins, the Tartar artillery will be destroyed as soon as possible, and they must not be allowed to wreak havoc on our military formation!" ”

Wang Zhi, who has been in battle for a long time, really knows the power of artillery too well, even if the Tartars use the most primitive solid bullets, but if they are allowed to tilt the projectiles in front of their own military formation today, then the casualties caused are not acceptable to themselves.

In the face of Wang Zhi's questioning, Dong Guo's brows furrowed, and finally gritted his teeth and replied: "Okay, don't worry, my lord, I will do my best to destroy the artillery position of the Tartars!" ”

"It's not about trying your best, it's about destroying them, otherwise this official will ask you!" Wang Zhi's eyes stared straight at Dong Guo, with a resolute expression with a hint of imperceptible pleading.

Dong Guo gritted his teeth, "Okay, the lowly position will definitely destroy all the Tartar artillery!" ”

"Okay, that's it, you go, remember your promise to this official!"

Wang Zhi didn't talk nonsense, and drove Dong Guo away with a wave of his hand. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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