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As a result, the less than 20,000 soldiers left around the main general, like wolves smelling blood, pounced fiercely on the tiger and leopard army that was building a camp outside the city.

In less than half an hour, more than 4,000 soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army were surrounded by 17,000 Houjin troops on a high ground that had not even been dug a trench, and became a piece of fat on the mouth of the Houjin army.

Facing the position of the Tiger and Leopard Army, which did not even have a chest wall in the encirclement, the commander of the Houjin Army did not hesitate at all and directly issued the order to attack. Taking advantage of the fact that the defense line of the Haw Par Army had not yet been formed, they entered the position of the Haw Par Army in one fell swoop and fought together with the Haw Par Army, so that the firearms held by the Haw Par Army became ornaments and lost their effect.

As a result, the remaining more than ten red-coated cannons of the Houjin Army were directly carried up.

In the eyes of the Tartar generals, as long as the Houjin army is not equipped with heavy artillery, the dozen or so red-coated cannons in front of them are the real masters of the entire battlefield. However, it backfired......

Maybe the Tartar gunners are not as good as others, or maybe the Tartar generals are too arrogant. More than a dozen red-coated cannons with a range of more than two miles were directly placed by him less than a mile away from the position of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

And this position is exactly at the longest range of the Hawba Army's medium mortars, and at the best range of heavy mortars,

So, the arrogant Houjin Tartars, as soon as they fired a round of flowering shells, more than fifty mortar shells, with a sharp whistling sound, from different directions. Smash into the Tartar artillery positions.

When the intense escape was accompanied by the explosion of flowering bombs on the battlefield. More than a dozen red-coated cannons were still clearly visible just now. Directly there are seven doors shrouded by leisure.

In the face of the attack, the Tartars, who regarded the red-coated cannon as more important than their lives, stopped the shelling after only a brief moment of stunnedness and began to transfer the red-coated cannon, which was still intact.

However, the red-coated cannon, which weighs several thousand catties, is it so easy to transfer. Besides, no matter how fast they can transfer. It's not as fast as the projectile is flying, it's not as fast as the mortar is firing.

Therefore, a dozen or so red-coated cannons on the Tartar artillery positions became quiet after only four rounds of flowering shells from the Tiger and Par Army.

The more than 4,000 soldiers who were surrounded by the Tartars were only attacked by six flowering shells in the first round of artillery shelling of the Houjin army.

In the face of the sudden changes on the battlefield, the facial expression of the Tartar general, who was still full of confidence just now, was directly replaced by gloom at this moment.

However, he had a gloomy face. I was not intimidated by the strong artillery strength displayed by this tiger and leopard army. He was still confident in the attack in front of him.

Glancing around, because the artillery team was wiped out. After the subordinates began to show a worried expression on their faces. The main general hurriedly opened his mouth and encouraged: "Warriors, although the artillery of the Tiger and Par Army is powerful, its number is limited after all. As long as we attack the Hawpan-Pär from all sides, their limited artillery is unlikely to inflict much damage on us. ”

"In this way, the final victory still belongs to our ......"

Speaking of this, the chief general with a gloomy face directly opened his mouth and ordered: "This general ordered, in four directions, to dispatch a thousand people of the Han Eight Banners and a thousand cavalry teams. The 1,000-man Han Eight Banners were responsible for the frontal attack, and the 1,000-man cavalry team covered and pressed the formation, and immediately launched an attack on the Tiger and Leopard Army in the encirclement, destroying them, and clearing the last obstacle for our burning, killing and looting in Shanxi. ”

Under the order of the main general full of temptation, more than 10,000 Houjin troops directly let out deafening cheers.

Subsequently, the 4,000 Han musketeers of the 4,000-man Han Eight Banners advanced step by step towards the position of the Tiger and Par Army, under the supervision of the remaining female Tartar Iron Cavalry.

In the huge circle formation of the Tiger and Leopard Army, they faced the Tartars who were overwhelming from all directions. The expression on the face of the division commander Xie Hui was also quickly covered by Yan Sù. In a heavy tone, he muttered to himself, "The Tartars are becoming more and more cunning. Knowing that we are short of troops, they have launched attacks on us from all sides to disperse our already limited forces. ”

However, as an old subordinate who has been following Wei Zheng and has been discovered from dozens of people to more than 100,000 people now. Xie Hui's head was still very sober and was not affected by his facial expressions.

As the Houjin army got closer and closer to him, a series of orders also shouted out from Xie Hui's mouth.

"Soldiers, our task is to drag these Houjin troops to the death by our side and buy time for the encirclement of the main force. Therefore, no matter how many enemies we face, we cannot retreat a single step and give the Houjin army an opportunity. ”

"I order, one regiment with three musket battalions and two regiments and one battalion, to defend the four directions of the circle. In addition to the light mortar companies that each of you is equipped with, I will reinforce each of your battalions with a medium mortar company. The remaining two battalions and artillery are countermeasures in the play, and where there is danger, reinforcements will be made there......"

The first to strike back at the Tartars was undoubtedly a medium mortar with a range ......of more than a mile.

Nine mortars in each defensive direction, sounds like a lot. However, when a round of nine flowering shells is evenly dispersed on a battlefield with a width of more than one mile, it is like dropping a stone into the sea, which is very insignificant.

Therefore, the nine flowering bombs that exploded violently were full of calculations, and only then did they cause more than 10 casualties to the scattered Houjin army.

As for the other three defensive directions, there is basically not much difference in the results and the battle situation.

Under such circumstances, Han Baqi, who was still panicked just now, seemed to have taken stimulants in an instant, and without the urging of the Tatar cavalry behind him, he held a musket in his hand and rushed towards the position of the Tiger and Leopard Army with a roar.

Soon, the distance between the two armies was shortened from one mile to the current two hundred paces. The results achieved by each medium mortar company of the Haw Par Army were only more than 100 people at full strength, and even the fur of the Houjin offensive troops was not injured.

"The enemy is too cunning, our mortars, in the middle of their scattered formations, have not achieved the desired effect at all......" Xie Hui, the division commander whose face was becoming more and more solemn, muttered to himself in a heavy tone.

The deputy division commander beside him. Then he directly asked with an anxious face: "Commander." Do you already have a good idea? ”

Xie Hui shook his head and replied, "The strength and strength of the Tartars are there. Nothing is fake. The only thing we can do is carry it hard. Orders: medium mortars, open fire at the Tartar cavalry at once, light mortars, at the musketeers, open fire at once...... Battalion musketeers, prepare for battle......"

The addition of dozens of light mortars, although it did not stop the pace of the Tartar offensive and changed the situation of the battle. But. As the enemy got closer to the Tiger and Leopard Army, the accuracy of the mortars became better and better, and the price paid by the Houjin Tartars became greater and greater.

When they managed to rush to the range of the muskets.

The attacking forces in each direction lost almost two hundred musketeers, a hundred Tatar cavalry.

At this time, without the division commander Xie Hui issuing a military order, the four directions of the circular formation, under the command of their respective battalion commanders, sounded like gunshots.

Under Xie Hui's gaze. Shots from his own direction had just sounded, more than a hundred lead bullets. With the breath of death, he threw himself at the opponent one hundred and fifty paces away.

Before the dozen or so musketeers on the opposite side of the musket array could react, their whole bodies were hit by the whistling lead bullets, and blood was bubbling out. Then, with a face full of unwillingness, he fell heavily on the way to the charge

The breath of death brought by the first round of lead bullet has not yet dissipated, and the second round, and even the third round of lead bullet, have already followed and flown towards the Tartar.

Although each round of gunfire can take the lives of more than a dozen enemies. However, such losses can definitely be called insignificant for the Tartars, who have two thousand offensive troops.

Therefore, the musketeers who were attacked not only did not have the slightest intention of retreating and fearing. Instead, driven by the Tartars behind him, he launched an attack on the Tiger and Par Army at an increasing speed.

Obviously, in the eyes of these Han musketeers, the threat posed to them by the Tartars behind them was far greater than that of themselves.

One hundred and twenty paces, the mighty Tartars and musketeers had just rushed here with lead bullets, and the anxious voice of the deputy division commander reached Xie Hui's ears again.

"Commander, you can't fight like this again...... The enemy is too scattered, and our firearms are too scattered. On average, fifteen lead bullets can kill an enemy, and the hit rate is really low. We had to find a way to concentrate the enemy, at the very least, our scattered musketeers. Only in this way can the firearms in our hands be truly powerful. ”

"Otherwise, we will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the surrounding Tartars......"

Hearing this, a fine light flashed directly on Xie Hui's solemn face.

replied with a look of approval: "You are right, but, we have so many troops, how to concentrate firepower, could it be that in the first attack of the Tartars, we exposed all the troops in our hands...... Unless ......"

"Unless what?" The deputy division commander seemed to suddenly grasp a life-saving straw in despair, and asked Xie Hui with an expectant face.

Xie Hui did not hesitate and replied directly: "Unless we shrink the line of defense...... Our current defensive line was built according to the size of the barracks required for 5,000 men in order to fool the Tartars. Actually, we don't need such a big position at all. ”

"As long as we shrink the line and reduce our circle. Our limited musketeers can be concentrated. If this is not the case, the Tartar attacking troops will also become denser and denser as the offensive continues to advance......"

"It's just that, in this way, we lose room to maneuver. Our forces in the circle will also be very dense. If the Tartars still have a red-coated cannon in their hands that we don't know about, one shot can take away several of our lives? ”

The deputy division commander directly ignored Xie Hui's concerns.

Then, he said to Xie Hui: "Commander, we can't manage so much now...... Let's get over this difficult time first. I think we should shrink our lines right away. (The novel "My Career at the End of the Ming Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)