"Withstand, withstand, fire, fire at full speed!"

The momentum of more than 20,000 war horses charging together was extremely amazing, and there was no sound in the whole land except the sound of horses' hooves trampling on the earth. ,!

Seeing such a scene, no one dared to underestimate them, and without Wei Jiang's order, the two guerrillas under specific command had already ordered their guns to be aimed at them.

"Fire, fire at full speed!"

Orders to open fire rang everywhere in the phalanx.

"Bang Bang Bang"

White smoke once again covered the ground, and countless lead bullets whistled forward.

"Smack"

A knight who was moving forward was hit in the chest by a sudden buckshot, and the tremendous force sent him off his horse, but before he could let out a scream, he was trampled into meat sauce by his companions who followed.

In fact, this is just a microcosm, countless knights were knocked down by the whistling buckshots, and then more knights rushed forward, their faces were hideous, not like human appearance, at this moment there was only one thought in their hearts, that is, to tear the Dahua army in front of them to pieces.

In the face of the attack of such a large number of elite Manchurian Eight Banner cavalry, the two phalanxes blocking the front line looked precarious and in danger of being crushed at any time.

Wei Jiang's face changed slightly, he didn't expect that Huang Taiji would be so crazy, as soon as they disabled the Han Eight Banners, he took out the blue and red flags, and he sent all the elites in a desperate gamble.

Wei Jiang sneered. "Hehe, Huang Taiji, this is trying to use the advantage of strength to defeat us in one fell swoop? Come on, order the two battalions in the back to also drive up, ready to increase the front two phalanxes at any time! ”

"Yes!"

The herald took the order, but after only a while, the herald returned and reported: "General Qiyu, one of our remaining two battalions has been intercepted by Lord Wang, because it is on our two flanks. The Tartars' white flag and inlaid white flag were attacking fiercely, and Lord Wang said that he would use them as a general reserve and use them at the most critical moment. ”

"What? Intercepted a battalion? Wei Jiang couldn't help but be stunned. It was immediately relieved that no matter what time it was, there must always be a reserve in hand. This is the view that Pang Gang has been instilling in the following since he formed the army.

Wei Jiang, as a general from the former Ming Dynasty, although he took refuge in Pang Gang early, his understanding of this point is not as thorough as that of a general like Wang Zhi, who grew up in a poor military household.

However, Wei Jiang didn't have time to think too long, he was just stunned for a moment and said: "Let's go one by one, hurry up and order them to step forward, ready to reinforce the front at any time!" ”

"Yes!" The herald bowed and quickly ran away

At this time, in the very center of the battlefield, the inlaid red flag commanded by Dai Shan and the inlaid blue flag commanded by Azig had replaced the Han army flag as the main force of the attack.

Countless cavalrymen charged forward with long swords and bows and arrows, and behind them, Azig and Daishan were urging their men to advance regardless of life and death.

It was different from the attack of the Han army flag just now. The speed of the cavalry was naturally much faster than that of the foot soldiers, and although they suffered heavy losses, the cavalry still quickly approached a distance of fifty or sixty paces from the two phalanxes.

Without being commanded, the Manchu cavalry in the front row consciously bent their bows and arrows and shot forward.

"Whoosh"

Rows of arrows flew forward, just for a moment. A rain of arrows flew over the phalanx.

After the rain of arrows, the riflemen in the phalanx inevitably suffered casualties, although the riflemen were wearing iron armor, but casualties were inevitable. Although the range of the Qing army's bows and arrows was not very long, only about forty or fifty paces, their arrows were heavy and heavy. The penetrating power is very strong, and the arrows have been soaked in horse manure, and in this era when there are no anti-inflammatory drugs, many people who are hit by arrows will die from wound infection.

Seeing the fallen riflemen in the front row, Wang Zhi couldn't sit still, he shouted: "Order, shield hand step forward, by the way, prepare to thunder the sky and give the Tartars a taste." ”

The Shieldbearer is a temporary new class that has only been established in the last year, and his weapon is only a heavy shield, and his task is to use the heavy shield in his hand to protect the riflemen behind him. However, since it is a temporary unit, it is generally temporarily served by baggage soldiers. However, because the heavy shield is too heavy, a heavy shield weighs at least forty or fifty pounds, so under normal circumstances, they are on standby in the back, and will only step forward when needed.

Soon, the 2,000 baggage soldiers on standby in the back carried a thousand heavy shields and quickly ran to the front, lifted the heavy shield and thrust it into the ground, and the sharp iron thorns under the heavy shield pierced into the bottom a foot deep, so that the heavy shield was easily erected.

Then, one by one, the torches were also lit, and the baggage soldiers hiding behind the heavy shields also began to unwind the thunder on their bodies and put them at their feet.

By the time they had done all this, the swarming Manchu cavalry had already rushed to a distance of less than thirty paces from them.

"Thunder ready, ignition!"

"Throw!"

"Whoosh"

It was like a gust of wind blowing, and countless thunderbolts were thrown out from behind the heavy shield.

The Manchu iron cavalry who were struggling to rush forward had rushed to a distance of twenty paces from the military formation at this time, and this distance was only six or seven seconds for the cavalry, seeing that victory was just around the corner, they all involuntarily whipped the war horses under their crotch with their horse whips, and they firmly believed that the thin row of shields in front of them would not be able to stop them from these Qing iron horses.

But they were too early in their joy, and soon a group of black dots flew from behind the formation and landed at their feet.

Before they could see what it was, a series of deafening explosions sounded beneath their feet, and before many cavalrymen could react, they rushed to a huge shock wave mixed with countless shrapnel to their bodies.

Countless cavalry were overturned to the ground in bursts of explosions, and the miserable neighing of wounded horses and the screams of the cavalrymen rang out everywhere.

The violent explosion alarmed Daishan and Azig, who were directing the battle behind.

"What kind of weapon is that?"

Dai Shan asked the deputy next to him in surprise, a Baya Lama Zhangjing.

This Baya Lama Zhangjing bowed down and said, "Qi Qi Da Beile, the slave heard that the Dahua Army has a kind of melee firearm, called Thunder Thunder, which is thrown by hand, and the power is very annoying, and their lethality is indeed great within two to forty steps. ”

"I don't care what they are, I just want our warriors to rush into the enemy camp and kill all those damned Nikans!" Dai Shan's roaring voice echoed in the ears of this Baya Laja Zhangjing.

"Wow!"

Dai Shan's roar still worked, and more cavalry frantically attacked the phalanx in front, making the already unsupportable phalanx even more shaky.

At this time, the Dahua army blocked the front of only two phalanxes, each phalanx 5,000 a total of 10,000 people, after half a day of bloody battles, the loss of the phalanx is not small, now each phalanx is only about 4,000 people, but they have to bear the attack of more than 10,000 cavalry, the situation is already very critical.

Looking at the two phalanxes that were already crumbling, Wei Jiang had to divide the only battalion in his hand into two halves to support it, but due to the small number of people and the desperate attack of the Qing army, the effect was not too good, and from the current point of view, he could only barely maintain the phalanx from collapsing immediately.

"No, we can't go on like this, if we don't have support, if we continue like this, the phalanx will collapse sooner or later."

Seeing that the situation was already very critical, Wei Jiang did not hesitate to order the herald and immediately asked Wang Zhi behind him for support.

"No! There are no reinforcements now, and the only reserve of this officer must be used in the most dangerous time, and it must not be used now! Unexpectedly, Wang Zhi refused Wei Jiang's request without hesitation.

"My lord, General Wei said, even if there are no reinforcements, you can let the cavalry on standby attack, even if it is just to contain the enemy army!" The herald looked at the two phalanxes still on standby in front of Wang Zhi and the cavalry of 6,000 men, pleading bitterly.

Wang Zhi said to the herald who came to ask for help with a serious face: "You go back and tell Wei Jiang that there is no reinforcement, and Wei Jiang must not take a step back, even if all of them die, they must be firmly nailed to the same place, otherwise they will blame the ruthless military law of this official!" ”

"Yes!"

In desperation, the herald had no choice but to return to the front.

Looking at the disappointed eyes of the herald, Wang Zhi's heart couldn't help twitching, and he sighed: "General Wang, don't blame the official for being ruthless, there are still two flags around the Huang Taiji in front of him, which are waiting to give us the final blow, and the last reliance of these two battalions and the cavalry division is definitely not moving!" ”

"What? Lord Wang said that it is not time yet? ”

Wei Jiang looked at the riflemen in front of him who had suffered heavy casualties under the desperate attack of the Qing cavalry, and his heart was like a knife. But since Wang Zhi has already said everything about this, he has no choice but to prepare to fight for this old life.

Wei Jiang pulled out the Kili scimitar that Pang Gang had specially issued for the officers above the guerrilla level below, and shouted: "Listen to my orders left and right, everyone is not allowed to take half a step back, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

"Fire at full speed!"

In the face of the enemy's frantic attack, the riflemen also went berserk, and at this time they only knew how to reload, fire, reload, and fire again as if they were only instinctive, until they were stabbed by arrows or javelins, throwing knives and other weapons that flew from nowhere, and then they were carried down by dead or wounded (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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