Not to mention Yue Tuo, who was full of bitterness, Dolgon, who saw the combat style of the Yingzhou Army for the first time, was also full of sluggishness.

In the face of the attack of the artillery of the Yingzhou army, the only thing the Houjin army without artillery cover can do is to speed up, as long as it can rush to the other side, it will no longer have to endure the attack of the opponent's artillery.

Under the strict orders of the officers, a large number of auxiliaries ran to the back of the shield cart to help push the cart together, and the auxiliary soldiers with heavy shields also struggled to hold the heavy shields high and began to run forward, they all understood that the longer they stayed here, the more attacks they would receive, and the only way to survive was to rush forward as quickly as possible.

To say that the Houjin army is still very courageous, although there are whistling iron balls flying over their heads from time to time, and the terrible screams of their companions are heard around them from time to time, but the harsh military law and the shouting and scolding of the officers still force them to grit their teeth and move forward.

But their nightmare was not over, when they advanced to a distance of more than two hundred or three hundred steps in front of the Ming army's formation, as a loud shout came from the phalanx, bursts of gunfire accompanied by white smoke rang out again. Lead bullets swooped down on them like lightning.

"Bang ......"

The raindrops of lead bullets continued to fly towards the Houjin army, beating the shield car and the heavy shield to a crackling sound, although the lead bullet could not effectively penetrate the heavy shield held by the Houjin army at this distance, but the huge impact force still beat the auxiliary soldiers holding the shield to the point that many people only felt that their arms were numb. There are even some unlucky people who have no cover and are directly hit by lead bullets, and the powerful lead bullets directly beat them into a blur of flesh and blood.

It is said that Dolgon is also a long-term person among the Jurchens, and his strategy is also considered to be first-class among Nurhachi's sons, and it is not much better than Huang Taiji, which can be seen from the fact that he thought that this kind of firearm would definitely pose a threat to the Jurchens in the future after seeing the Mini-style firearm equipped by Yueyang, and his eyes were very keen.

However, although Dolgon had a certain strategic vision, he naturally had certain limitations as a person of this era, and he never imagined that once this kind of firearm was concentrated and used on a large scale, it would burst out with such great power. The offensive formations used by the Later Jin army were the result of the Jurchens' experience in decades of fighting.

Objectively speaking. The high-level of Houjin attaches more importance to artillery, which can be seen from Huang Taiji's refuge in Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others. In the past battles with the Ming army, although the Ming army was also equipped with a large number of firearms, the firearms of the Ming army were not only short in range and small in power, but also the quality of the firearms made by the manufacturing bureau was still very poor, and the firecrackers often injured themselves when they fired, so later the Ming army simply refused to use firearms, even if they reluctantly used the firearms, the firearms often closed their eyes and fought indiscriminately when they fired. Therefore, it also caused the Jurchens to look contemptuous when talking about the Ming military weapons.

As one of the more far-sighted Jurchen people, Dolgon also believed that the Mini-type firecrackers were indeed powerful and would surely shine on the battlefield in the future, but he never imagined that they would be so powerful when fired together with hundreds or thousands of firearms.

Looking at the Houjin sergeant who was constantly falling, Dolgon sighed to Yue Tuo: "I didn't expect Yingzhou's firearms to be so sharp, Yue Tuo...... You really didn't lose last year! ”

After listening to Dolgon's words, Yue Tuo did not speak, but his eyes were a little moist. Due to the failure under Hunyuan City last year, he lost thousands of elites due to the red flag, and he has been questioned by the high-level of Houjin for most of the year. If it weren't for Huang Taiji's treatment of him and his mind, he, the messenger of the Red Flag Banner, would have been killed by Huang Taiji a long time ago.

Dorgon looked at it for a moment, but his brow furrowed. At this time, although the Houjin army advanced more than a hundred steps forward with the cover of shield chariots and heavy shields, the closer the distance, the greater the power of the Ming army's firearms. Many of the heavy shields in the hands of the auxiliaries were on the verge of shattering due to the excessive amount of lead bullets in them, and even more, once the heavy shields were damaged, the Ming gunners would tear the archers and infantry armor behind them to shreds like sharks that smelled blood.

"It can't go on like this. We can't afford to fight such a battle! Dolgon's face grew more and more ugly, and he kept muttering something. In fact, it was not only him, but even Hauge, who had always been known for his fierce temperament, was like an eggplant beaten by frost at this time. The ferocity of the firepower of the Yingzhou army has been beyond their imagination, and compared with this army, the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Liaodong Elite deployed in the Shanhaiguan area, which are known as the first in the Ming Dynasty's combat power, are like a joke.

Yue Tuo also had a bitter face, originally thinking that this expedition to the Chahar tribe was a beautiful trip, after all, their leader Lin Dan Khan was dead, and the remaining group of orphans and widows were not a matter at all. It's not just him, but even the Houjin people think so, it's very rare for Huang Taiji to send three heavyweights with their own ghosts this time, which is not to say how much they attach importance to the Chahar tribe, but purely to grab credit.

Huang Taiji sent Haoge to come purely to gild this time, he himself came to atone for his sins, and Dolgon came to rob the merits, after all, no one would think that the thousands of remnants led by a few widows could have much combat effectiveness. But the reality slapped the three of them hard, and no one expected that Ying Zhoujun would appear here and fight them with an unprecedented domineering attitude.

In front of the Ming army, Zhao Yongxin, the commander of the artillery battalion, stood straight, walked around with a saber in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and clean up the cannon chamber and load the ammunition!" ”

With Zhao Yongxin's order, the gunners also began to get busy, one gunner held a long rod wrapped around the front of the cloth into the barrel and vigorously cleaned the gun chamber back and forth, after cleaning up, the other two loaders also ran over, one of them took the gunpowder bag and tore it open, poured the gunpowder into the barrel and then used a wooden stick to build it, and then the other loader held a six-pound projectile and put it into the barrel, and finally drew out a fire rope, and then there were reports of the completion of the load.

Seeing that the more than 20 Hongyi artillery pieces around him had been loaded, Zhao Yongxin raised his saber and shouted: "Open the cannon!" ”

One gunner lit the arquebus with a torch, and then several gunners quickly retreated more than ten paces behind the gun.

"Boom ......"

With a loud bang, smoke filled the air, and the heavy cannon soared into the sky before falling down with a heavy fall, and immediately a gunner ran towards the gun and re-aimed it and fixed it on the gun mount.

Watching the projectiles whizzing through the air and falling towards the Houjin Army, Zhao Yongxin had a satisfied smile on his face. Zhao Yongxin was originally an artillery commander in the border army, but he became a deserter because he was dissatisfied with many bad habits in the Ming army, and was later recruited by Yue Yang to still do his old job.

After coming to Yue Yan's army, Zhao Yongxin was very pleased that the artillery equipped with Yueyang was more advanced than the artillery in the Ming army at this time.

Originally, the best material for casting artillery should have been bronze, but bronze was too expensive, and most of the guns used in the general army were cast in iron. However, the iron-cast artillery has some obvious shortcomings, because the cast cannon at this time mostly uses pig iron, so there are many honeycomb astringencies in the barrel, which is difficult to shovel and grind, and the shells are cast slowly. What's even worse is that the weight of the pig iron cast cannon is very heavy, for example, the Hongyi twelve-pounder cannon of the Ming Dynasty at this time, the weight of the cannon has reached an astonishing 4,000 catties, which is very cumbersome and difficult to walk, and it is difficult to move with the army. Even the Hongyi six-pounder cannon used by some Ming troops weighed 3,000 catties, which was a heavy burden for the Ming army in urgent need of artillery support.

But Zhao Yongxin actually saw the artillery in the Yingzhou army was made of wrought iron, a six-pound Hongyi artillery was only less than 800 catties, and after putting it on the gun carriage, the two horses could easily drag it to march, which was naturally a big surprise for Zhao Yongxin, who was used to seeing artillery weighing thousands of catties at every turn. This kind of wrought iron cannon not only has a thin body and a wide chamber, so there is no worry about exploding, but also the loaded shells can also be large and the firing range is longer.

"Hurry up and reload and get ready to shoot!"

Zhao Yongxin and his gunners desperately shot shells at the Houjin army, and the Houjin army in front naturally fell into bad luck, one after another soldier projectiles turned into blood mist after being hit, and one after another shield carts were smashed into tatters, and the heavy losses made Dolgon and Yue Tuo feel distressed and their hearts were dripping blood.

Several times Dolgon wanted to order the withdrawal of his troops, but when he saw the Houjin warriors who were getting closer and closer to the front of the Ming army, he swallowed back the order to retreat.

"It's good to rush in front of the enemy formation, and then the warriors can use their strong bows to teach the cowardly Han people a hard lesson." Dorgon couldn't help but comfort himself.

In the end, time passed little by little, and when the tenacious Houjin soldiers finally advanced to a distance of about seventy paces in front of the Ming army at the risk of heavy casualties, even a calm person like Dolgon couldn't help but smile. Finally, we can teach those damned Ming soldiers a lesson.

At this distance, the shield carts that risked the danger and finally advanced to the front of the Ming army also stopped, at this time there were about 30 shield cars that could reach the front of the Ming army, when the shield car stopped, countless archers with strong bows jumped down from behind the shield carts, and they bent their bows and arrows to prepare to give those Ming troops a cruel lesson.

But the unfolding of the matter was beyond the expectations of the Jurchens, and when these archers were about to bend their bows and shoot arrows, a black thing flew out of the Ming army formation and rained down on the Houjin offensive formation.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

A violent explosion sounded in the Houjin army, accompanied by bursts of black smoke and explosions, countless shrapnel of various shapes flew everywhere under the impetus of powerful kinetic energy, and they lightly tore through the cotton armor on the archers' bodies, tearing their fragile flesh to pieces. (To be continued......)

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