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"Woo woo woo ......"

The low and solemn sound of trumpets wafted over the battlefield, and a heavily armed Qing sergeant dispersed and followed behind shield carts and giant shields.

At this moment, after the Qing army experienced the crushing defeat of the former army, the Qing troops who followed the Chinese army were more cautious, and thousands of thick wooden shields protected the sergeants hiding behind, looking like turtles moving forward.

Looking at the slow-moving Qing army's shield cart and those giant shield sergeants, Geng Jingzhong sneered: "Hehe, the Qing army has learned to be obedient so quickly. There were so many huge shields dispatched, and it seemed that they had been scared before. But now it's different. Come on, order the artillery battalion to open fire! ”

Twenty general cannons are indeed a little less, although the previous battle of twenty general cannons also caused a lot of damage to the Qing army, but it failed to produce a covering effect. Therefore, in the more than an hour that the two armies continued to deploy troops, the riverside eight miles away from here also began to unload thirty cannons before the end of the first battle, not ship-borne heavy guns, but all eight-pounder general guns, but it should be enough to deal with this battle. Just a quarter of an hour before the Qing army launched the attack, thirty cannons were also erected at the position of the artillery camp.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

With Geng Jingzhong's order, the fifty general cannons deployed in front of the camp let out an earth-shattering roar at the same time, and the fifty solid bullets almost simultaneously fired towards the Qing camp.

The solid bullet, which weighed nearly eight catties, drew a semicircle in the sky and fell into the offensive formation of the Qing army. Although most of them landed in the clearing. But there were still seven or eight solid bullets that were lucky enough to hit the two shield carts that were slowly moving forward and the giant shield.

Wrapped in top-down impact and powerful kinetic energy propelled by gunpowder. There were three solid bullets that hit the shield car heavily, making a loud "bang", and the sawdust was flying, the three shield cars shook a few times, and finally slammed apart, revealing five or six Qing archers hiding inside, although the solid bullet did not directly hit them, but the impact of the solid bullet weighing eight catties at high speed was not idle? In the midst of the huge impact and the sawdust flying everywhere. The five or six archers fell to the ground screaming, and many of them had broken wood chips stuck in their faces.

Seeing that eight out of fifty guns were hit, this is already a high hit rate. Geng Jingzhong nodded, turned his head and whispered a few words to the herald next to him.

The two heralds understood and immediately ran to the left and right sides of the phalanx. Immediately, the 'temporary cavalry' of the guard battalion, which had been waiting on both sides to serve as escorts, immediately ran outward, and ran until it was two or three miles away, and then stopped and looked coldly at the Qing army. Looking at the cavalry team that exuded coldness, Leerjin's thick and thick eyebrows immediately wrinkled, and the faces of several generals and staff leaders next to him also became ugly.

Experienced people naturally did not naively think that this cavalry was frightened by themselves and dared to escape. They all knew that cavalry could only play to their strengths if they ran, and that they would not be of much use if they stayed still. Running out into the open will look like an eagle out of a cage. They will keep a firm eye on themselves from the side, once the Qing army shows a flaw. They will pounce like hungry wolves and bite them by the neck until they die.

"Bastards, these damn rebels, they're staring at us like flies." Bactan gritted his teeth and scolded a few words, and then said to Le Erjin with some hatred; "General, my subordinates are willing to lead a thousand cavalry to kill all those rebels, please agree!"

Leerjin glanced at Bactan and said lightly; "Bhaktan, how do I teach you on weekdays, to be calm in case of trouble. Now that the two armies are in a big war, it's not just a cavalry team, you have horses and people, even if they can't beat you, won't they still run? Will you chase or not chase when the time comes? If you chase after you, won't you fall into someone's strategy, we don't bring out many cavalry this time, and we will use you to charge later! ”

"Chirp"

Bucktan, who had been reprimanded by Leer, took a few steps back and didn't dare to speak out again. Just as Leerjin was reprimanding Bhaktan, another henchman, Asza, the deputy commander of the infantry army, was commanding the army of more than 5,000 people in the three phalanxes of the Chinese army to advance towards the Mawei army with difficulty.

The artillery fire of the Mawei Army was fierce and the speed of fire was also very fast. Basically, two salvos can be fired in a minute, and each salvo can basically take dozens of lives.

Although on the surface, it seems that a large army of five or six thousand people killed or wounded dozens of people is nothing, but this kind of aggrieved situation has a very great impact on the morale and morale of the army, and even the elite soldiers of the Qing army who have been tempered on the battlefield will gradually become impatient and panicked under this kind of blow. What's more, the striking area of the Mawei Army's artillery has become wider, and the distance of more than 300 meters is a good time for the military artillery to show its might.

"Someone, order the soldiers to speed up and rush to the rebel camp!" At this time, Asza finally realized the mood of Onei, who died in the battle in the morning. This kind of feeling of being beaten and not fighting back is really too aggrieved. As the Qing army slowly approached the Mawei army camp, the Mawei army's artillery accuracy became more and more accurate, and the casualties of the Qing army began to increase.

"Hurry up and reload!" Behind the partition wall of the Mawei Army camp, Zhang Wenliang, the commander of the artillery battalion, was sweating profusely and directing the gunners to speed up their firing.

At this time, there were four gunners busy next to each gun, every time after firing. One loader began to clean the chamber of the gun with a stick wrapped around it to clean the debris inside, while the other poured water on the gun to cool it down, followed by the reload, then the gun, and then quickly aimed and ignited.

These processes sound tedious, but skilled gunners can complete them in almost a few tens of seconds, after all, this is not a large general cannon like firing a redcoat cannon, and the process of loading is almost eliminated. All you need to do is stuff the gun in. Every big war. The artillery fighters of the artillery battalion would have received the same order. That is, more shells must be fired in the shortest possible time to give the enemy maximum damage.

"Tom"

Another eight-pound solid bullet with huge kinetic energy and inertia drew a graceful arc in the sky and landed on the ground, hitting a wooden shield and the Qing soldier holding the wooden shield behind. The seemingly heavy wooden shield was suddenly pierced like tissue paper, and was knocked to the ground along with the Qing soldiers behind it. The Qing soldier who raised the shield died on the spot, and the last Qing soldier was knocked off the lower half of his body by the rapid solid bullets. The strong Qing soldier did not die on the spot, he lay on the ground in pain and screamed loudly, and the terrible screams almost drowned out the roar of artillery not far away.

"Damn cannon!" Asza, who was about 150 meters away from the Qing soldier, cursed in a low voice, and he also heard the screams of the Qing soldier. Asza recognized the screaming soldier. He is a well-known soldier in their Zhenghong Banner, especially in the past two years of fighting with the Wu army, he has made a lot of achievements, but now he has been knocked off half of his body with a single shot.

"Damn cannon!" The person who made this scolding with Asza was none other than his master, Le Erjin, the general of Ningnan Jingkou. Standing at the rear of the battlefield, Le Erjin could see more clearly, although the battle had only started less than two quarters of an hour or so, the experienced Le Erjin had already seen the difference between the horsetail army on the opposite side and the Wu army that had fought with him in the past. It seems that what Guniyinbu and Bhaktan said earlier was right, the firearms of this horsetail army are indeed quite sharp!

Compared with the Wu army in previous battles, this Mawei army is more well-trained and well-equipped. This can be seen in the constant sound of artillery fire. If it is replaced by the Wu army that fought in the past. After a shot, it will take at least five or six minutes or even seven or eight minutes before it can be re-fired, how can it be so rhythmic as it is now.

See here. Le Erjin had a bottom in his heart, but he didn't jump to a conclusion, but set his sights on the battlefield again, and he had to look and observe again before making a decision.

"Swap out the bullets!"

"Swap out the bullets!"

Zhang Wenliang's order was quickly conveyed to the ears of all the gunners, and then the next guns began to be loaded with flower shells. Two more rounds of solid bullets were shot, and the flowering bullets also officially appeared.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

The sound of shells was followed by a violent explosion. Now the distance is closer, when the hit rate of fifty generals' cannons has greatly increased at the beginning of two hundred meters, and a large number of shells have fallen in the shape of the Qing army. Although it did not accurately hit the shield cart and giant shield of the Qing army, it did cause great damage to the soldiers in the Qing army.

Within this time, the Qing army has paid 1,000 casualties from this distance to this distance, but this part of the Qing army is indeed an elite soldier, although there is fear in his heart, but he still advances steadily. That is, in just over a minute, the Qing army advanced to a distance of two hundred meters.

"Brigade commander, the Qing army is almost at its position, can we start?"

Just when Leerjin was still observing, Yang Zelin, the commander of the 5th Battalion of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Brigade of the elite 2nd Division, who was anxious in the former military formation of the Mawei Army, also ran to Luo Cheng's side and hurriedly asked.

"What's the hurry!" Luo Cheng glanced at Yang Zelin with slanted eyes, and said lightly: "I tell you, wait until the Qing army comes to a distance of one hundred and fifty meters before you do it, otherwise you won't be able to achieve the expected effect." ”

"Yes!" Yang Zelin scratched his head a little anxiously, and finally had no choice but to return to his post. At this time, Yang Zelin was standing only fifteen meters and ten meters away from the front army array, and next to him were nearly fifty small trebuchets, and next to each small trebuchet stood two sergeants. This thing was also recently found in the warehouse of Jinling City, and the Qing army has been useless, and there is no chance to use it at the head of Jinling City, which is cheap for the Mawei army.

At this moment there was a basin-like thing in the head of the trebuchet, and in it was placed something like a square cloth bag, and a fire rope was protruding from it. It's obvious. This is the explosive bag used by the Mawei Army to blow open the city gates. Each weighs up to five pounds. It has to be thrown by a trebuchet, but it can't go far, and a small trebuchet can only throw it to a distance of about 150 meters. The explosion of this explosive pack is much more powerful than the flowering bomb, once it explodes, basically no one within a radius of fifteen meters will survive, but it is terrifying.

After another two minutes, under the command of Asza, the Qing army finally rushed to a distance of about one hundred and forty meters from the Mawei army's main formation after paying the price of seven or eight hundred men again. Then. Many Qing sergeants began to push away the horses placed in front of the Mawei Army, and some Qing sergeants began to use brooms to remove the thistles scattered over this distance under the cover of shield bearers.

Yang Zelin, who was a little impatient waiting, finally saw the order issued by the flag soldiers beside Luo Cheng to allow the launch. He couldn't wait for a long time, and immediately shouted in a sharp voice: "His grandmother's, put it for Lao Tzu!" ”

"Put!"

"Put!"

With the sound of the order, the soldier with the torch lit the arquebus, and as the fiery rope "sizzled", another soldier immediately flipped the switch.

With a "hula" sound, the trebuchet projected the four-pound 10,000-strong enemy, crossed a beautiful arc in the air, and landed at a place S one hundred and forty meters away from the front of the camp

"Knock"

One by one, white stone-like things fell, and the volume of this thing was more than ten times the size of the flowering bullet, and the target was too obvious. And the speed of the fall was not fast, so the first reaction of the Qing soldiers was to dodge. The queue, which had been fairly neat, suddenly became chaotic.

Although the surrounding Qing army sergeants didn't know what it was, they were sure that the thing sent by the Mawei Army on the opposite side would never be a good thing. Even if it fell to the ground, the first reaction was quite far away. And just as they were about to leave this thing, this thing exploded.

"Boom"

A violent explosion was accompanied by thick black smoke rising into the sky, and after the explosion of gunpowder weighing five catties, it exploded and the broken iron pieces, marbles and other objects wrapped in it and exploded in an instant, and these inconspicuous things became deadly things in an instant.

They spread beyond the speed of the sound and spread around, blowing up five or six heavily armored Qing soldiers around them.

"Boom Boom"

Immediately afterward, a series of explosions continued to sound in the ranks of Qing sergeants. The shield carts and the Qing soldiers who rushed forward were immediately struck, and the things thrown by these trebuchets were much more powerful than the solid bullets. In the sound of explosions, 40 shield carts and giant shields rushed to the front, and more than 500 Qing army sergeants behind were blown up, and for a time the distance between the two armies more than 100 meters away was shrouded in a thick layer of green smoke.

When the green smoke slowly cleared, it was a miserable scene in front of everyone's eyes. At a distance of about 140 meters in front of the camp, there were not many sergeants who could stand, and the shield carts that had been blown apart, the sergeants with bloody flesh and blood, and the severed limbs everywhere all told the people what a brutal massacre had been experienced here just now.

"Hiss ......" Seeing this scene, even the soldiers of the Mawei Army who were about to shoot with guns in their hands were also dumbfounded.

"Grass, this is too cruel." Yang Zelin, whose faces were blackened by smoke and fire on both sides, looked at the front of the enemy army that was still crowded just now, but it had become empty at the moment, and his mouth unconsciously let out an exclamation.

The party that started the game was stunned, and as the party with heavy losses, it naturally felt more profound. When Asza in the back saw that more than 500 Qing warriors who had finally rushed to the front of the Mawei Army camp were blown up in a burst of explosions without doing anything, he was so excited that he almost fell off his horse.

Biting his lower lip, drops of blood dripped from his lips, but Asza didn't realize it, at this time he only felt that his heart had been lit on fire, burning his chest like a heart-piercing pain. "These damn rebels, I'm going to kill them all!" At this time, he had already lost his mind a little, he raised his long knife high and hissed and shouted with all his might: "Everyone obey the order, rush up for me, and kill all the rebels!" ”

Biting his lower lip, drops of blood dripped from his lips, but Asza didn't realize it, at this time he only felt that his heart had been lit on fire, burning his chest like a heart-piercing pain. "These damn rebels, I'm going to kill them all!" At this time, he had already lost his mind a little, he raised his long knife high and hissed and shouted with all his might: "Everyone obey the order, rush up for me, and kill all the rebels!" ”

A hoarse, distorted voice echoed through the air. And the soldiers around Asza were red-eyed.

"Attention in the first row, the target ...... Qing soldiers ahead, aiming for ...... Preparation...... Fire! ”

"Bang ......"

"Bang ......"

"Bang ......"

A crisp and dense gunfire rang out like fried beans, accompanied by firelight and white smoke, and dozens of Qing soldiers who were trying to run forward were suddenly shot and fell to the ground. (To be continued......)