Chapter 756: Artillery Trebuchet
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The sudden roar on the battlefield seemed to be a thunderbolt, this was not a muffled thunder, but the kind of lightning that cut through the sky, and then exploded with a loud sound, like a huge thunder that shattered the earth. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Everyone in the vicinity of the artillery station knew that they had covered their ears, and those who were a little farther away had their ears buzzing, and everyone on the battlefield felt the ground tremble, and there was a slight commotion in the ranks of the Huwei infantry soldiers who were closer.
Whether it is the horses of the Ming army or the horses of the Tartars, they are all frightened, and some are screaming and jumping there, and the cavalry are struggling to pacify, not only the horses of the cavalry, but also the livestock pulling the carts in the Huwei army are also restless, and the coachmen and people are desperately pacifying and suppressing.
The people and livestock on the Huwei Army's side have some ability to adapt to the roar of firearms, but most of the horses on the Tartar side are probably experiencing it for the first time.
When the cavalry of the Huwei army on the flank arrived, many of them were overturned from their horses by their mounts, and even the Tartar cavalry themselves panicked and became a mess.
"The first regiment, the second regiment, fifty steps forward, the artillery team to follow!!"
Recovering from the shock, to be precise, Wang Tong felt that the others should recover from the shock, and immediately ordered loudly, the herald beside him was stunned, and hurriedly ran forward to order.
The battlefield was very quiet, although the manic neighing of the horses was still ringing in his ears, but the other sounds were gone, Wang Tong looked towards the position of Jizhen, the battlefield over there was stagnant, and they were all shocked by the salvo of the artillery, and when Wang Tong looked over, the sound of screaming and killing over there sounded again.
The salvo of fifteen six-pound guns was nothing more than fifteen six-pound lead bullets into the enemy's position, flying high.
In winter, the ground is hard, and the buckshot will bounce off when it hits the ground, continue to fly, and then repeat the process, jumping once, or twice before stopping.
If the muzzle angle of the six-pound cannon is appropriate, "the shell can shoot more than 600 paces, but this time the target is the dense cavalry array of the Tartars, so the muzzle is flattened."
Fifteen heavy shot put balls flew high in a dense queue of Tartar cavalry, and it was in this queue that fifteen passages of flesh and blood were made, whether horses or armored cavalry, no one could block the cannonballs at this distance, and the body was pierced or torn apart by the cannonballs.
After the thunderous roar, the cavalry formation opposite the two regiments of the Huwei Army was much more sparse, and the screams in the sparse formation could finally be heard in everyone's buzzing ears, "This kind of scream is even more desperate, because this is a dying scream, and after the stump and arm are broken, it is impossible to survive on this battlefield."
In this burst of artillery bombardment, hundreds of cavalry or even more Tatar cavalry were killed and wounded, and there were also a few lucky Tatar cavalry on the battlefield, who were at a loss there" When they reacted, they suddenly shouted there, but instead of running away, they did not go in other directions, but rushed towards the side of the Huwei army.
The noise on the battlefield finally resumed, but the cavalry on the Tartar side had no intention of coming forward to charge, and the cavalry were either busy subduing the manic mounts, or retreating to the sides, and the open space between the arrays was too frightening, and the farther away the better.
Therefore, only this lonely few Tartar cavalry rushed to the military formation, "When they approached the Ming army formation dozens of paces away, the fire rang out, and they were eliminated without accident."
"Tiger Might!! Tiger Might!! Tiger Might!! ā
The long abandoned soldiers of the Huwei Army, every time they took a step forward, they shouted, "Extremely imposing step by step, and the fire blunt soldiers followed silently on both wings."
And the fifteen guns each had more than a dozen soldiers on both sides, shouting together to push the guns forward, and the nine-pound guns were re-mounted on the gun carriage and dragged forward.
Seeing the Huwei Army's infantry array slowly moving forward, the Tartar cavalry, which had just accumulated strength, did not directly meet it, "On the contrary, there was some commotion, and the formation was a little chaotic." * ...... "Knock Knock" Cowhide Drum Beat Again, and under the Yellow Flag, more than a dozen cavalry galloped out, "Some with golden arrows in their hands, some with flags in their hands."
"Now rush forward" to pull out the artillery position of the Ming army, they can't shoot a second shot so quickly!! ā
The soldiers who gave the order immediately shouted heartbreakingly, and the centurions and commanders of the Tartars were also shouting and shouting, and they all ordered to shout, mobilizing their cavalry to step forward, and they also knew that the artillery was fierce, but as long as they rushed down this artillery array, the Ming army had no way to continue this kind of blow.
I could see the commander in armor rushing out of the queue, waving the long knife in his hand, and having the example of his own commander, the shocked and demoralized Tartar cavalry was again excited.
A group of cavalry gathered, divided into several teams, and began to rush towards the two regiments and artillery of the Huwei Army, and after fifty steps, the infantry array stopped, and the artillery team quickly caught up after more than ten paces.
Looking at the cavalry rushing in front, Wang Tong opened his mouth and ordered loudly: "The first regiment guards the artillery array, and the second regiment continues to move forward!"
The herald gave the order, and the commander of the 1st Regiment, Li Hutou, also gave the order, and the flags waved, and the trumpets and drums conveyed the order to each soldier.
The musketeers and spearmen of the first regiment turned to the right in unison, but the cavalry that was rushing from their flanks stopped in front of the artillery position, and then turned to the left to face the battlefield again.
Everyone in the Tartar cavalry knew that this was an opportunity, and attacking the flank of a troop was the most appropriate angle and time to attack, but each cavalry involuntarily slowed down his horse.
To be able to make such a formation change in such a situation, on such a tense battlefield, and so neatly, I can't see the slightest panic and confusion, what kind of army is this, when did the sheep-like army of the Ming Dynasty become like this, but it slowed down, it was still charging, and it was still within the range of the fire mirror soldiers.
"Fire!"
Even the Tartar cavalry, who could not understand Chinese, knew the meaning of the word, which represented death and killing, and the dense explosion, although not as shocking as the thunder of Fang Cai, could still kill.
A large number of corpses of men and horses lay on the ground, and the horses could not get up quickly, which was a target for batches in front of the Huwei soldiers who were skillfully loaded.
The cavalry and mounts fell and rolled on the ground with screams, but the loading of the arquebuses was cumbersome, and the density of fire was reduced after the two wings, and the Tartar cavalry still rushed to the foot of the first regiment, and the spearmen were still so determined that there was no hole to exploit.
"The brothers of the first regiment are blocking the front for us, and the brothers are hurrying up to set up cannons and loading them to really kill the enemy and attack the city, and it is up to us brothers, hurry up and let the brothers of the first regiment rest.
Mu En shouted loudly while helping to push the artillery, now the second regiment is constantly rushing forward, there is a gap between the first regiment and the second regiment, in fact, the first regiment and the artillery position, the flanks of the second regiment are exposed to the enemy's attack, but the cavalry led by Ma Sanbiao fills this gap in time.
Wang Tong of the Huwei Army's car formation didn't pay attention to it at all, the Tartars who attacked the car formation had been driven to a place two hundred steps away by the fire mirror and the three-pound cannon, and they didn't dare to move forward at all.
The battlefield is divided into two centers, one on the side of the Huwei army and the other on the side of Jizhen, the fighting is extremely fierce, both sides have a flank containment, there are feints, but they can't arrange more flanks and more directions to attack, because the strength of their army is not endless.
"Zhang Wu!! The nine-pound cannon was transferred to the direction of Jizhen, bombarding the catapult diagonally, and the horse three standard cavalry guarded!! ā
Originally, I thought that I needed to use a nine-pound cannon to pull out the return cannon in front of me, but now it seems that the six-pound cannon is enough, and the main general on the battlefield will have to make constant adjustments according to the battle situation.
The other side agreed loudly, just put the livestock in place, and before they had time to unload it, they just went to the direction of Jizhen adjacent to the Huwei army formation, and the horse team of Ma Sanbiao immediately changed formation, and a cavalry team of 400 people followed the side of the artillery team.
Many trebuchets are about to be completed, Wang Tong glanced at it, and could already see the direction opposite the Jizhen position, three have been erected, and the counterweight is being raised little by little, but it is the direction opposite the Huwei Army, maybe the fighting is too fierce or how, maybe it is the salvo of the artillery, the construction progress of the trebuchet has slowed down.
Wang Tong cursed secretly in his heart, and shouted: "The artillery team accelerates, after the first salvo, return to the left side of the artillery array!" ā
The order was conveyed, and the first platoon of firescopers stopped firing and began to return to the last first platoon, the second platoon that came up as a substitute was half-kneeling on the ground, the second platoon bowed, the fourth platoon straightened up, and all the muskets were ready to shoot.
The Tatar cavalry, having lost the shield of the fire mirrors, rushed over, heard the shouts of the commander, and then there was a dense explosion, and a salvo of six hundred muskets of the first regiment came.
Although the power is not as good as the salvo of artillery, the power is also not small, the offensive momentum that the Tartar cavalry has just recovered has been stopped, not every cavalry of the Tartars has the courage to rush to the enemy position without fear of death, to this point, the brave cadre team has been crippled a few, and the others have hesitated to fight.
Seeing the Ming infantry in front of them running away to the other side, the Tartar cavalry was still a little surprised, and then saw the artillery array behind the infantry line, although they felt that the artillery could not be loaded so quickly, but all the cavalry in the direction of the muzzle was still desperately scattered to both sides.
"Fire!!"
One cannon after another fired, and the trebuchet mounts within the range of the artillery were hit by shells and collapsed, and at this distance, the Tartars' main formation was already within range.
Directly opposite Jizhen, several completed trebuchet counterweights rose to the top and fell suddenly, and the stone projectiles at the end of the lever were thrown out by Gao and smashed into Jizhen's sideways car array............