Chapter 495: Kill the enemy's main general
What worried Cheng Mingjiu was that after the No. 4 artillery truck crashed headlong, the wall of the Qing army camp still shook a few times, and it was still in front of the infantry battalion of the Three Guards. At this time, the Qing army had also discovered the artillery carriages of the Three Guards, such a behemoth was shrouded in the night, and it looked extremely hideous against the shadow of the torches. This made the Qing army who tried to break out of the wall to stop the Three Guards was a little discouraged, and the people of the time were in awe of ghosts and gods, such huge monsters that could be driven by themselves without animal power, in their eyes were tantamount to a monster with a little evil.
The morale of the Qing army was instantly blocked to win time for the three guards, although the No. 5 sports car was half a beat slower, but after all, it caught up, carrying a huge impact force and crashed head-on, the wall of the Qing army camp tilted violently, and the momentum fell, but in the light of light, the wall that was already about to collapse stopped obliquely, and never fell down again.
The Qing soldiers in the Qing army camp could not see the purpose of the Three Guards, and when they saw that the wall was safe and sound, they immediately burst into cheers. But in the dark night, they couldn't figure out the details of the behemoth monsters of the Three Guards, and they didn't dare to rush forward. It's just that even the bow and arrow have lost their usefulness at such a close distance, and for a while, the two sides have a stalemate. Cheng Mingjiu was really red-eyed, and immediately stopped drinking: "I'm still stunned, rush up and knock down the Tartar wall!" ”
The soldiers of the infantry camp of the Three Guards woke up like a dream, shouted and rushed up, hitting the wall like a tide. The Qing army also woke up like a dream at this time, and no longer cared about any behemoth monsters, if they were knocked down by the three guards, they would face a bloody battle that night, and at that time they would not know how many people would lose their lives.
As a result, the Qing soldiers in the camp have used all kinds of tools they can pick up around them to stabilize the walled wall that has been tilted, although the walled wall is made of 10,000 thick logs, but it has been hit like this, maybe it may collapse when it is washed by the crowd.
Seeing that the two sides were gradually becoming stalemate, Cheng Mingjiu's eyes were split, and he roared angrily, forcing the army to destroy the wall of the Qing army with a surging crowd, otherwise tonight's battle would really be in vain.
But the reality is cruel, the situation finally stalemate little by little, no matter how strong the tide of the Three Guards is, it has not been able to break down the wall that the Qing army has tilted, the two sides can only scold each other, occasionally or a few cold arrows but there is no way to take each other. It's just that Cheng Mingjiu knows in his heart that if he continues to consume like this, it will be more and more unfavorable to the Three Guards, once the sky is bright, the main force of the Tartars will no longer have any scruples about the unknown enemy situation in the dark night, and they will rush to help, even if Bei Kuo'er and Lu Jiu can fight well, after all, there are only 2,000 people, how can they stop the army of tens of thousands of Tartars?
Cheng Mingjiu, who was distraught, couldn't wait to rush into the Qing army camp immediately, even if it was a hand-to-hand fight, but he knew that this was an extremely unrealistic idea, if it continued like this, the best choice was to withdraw the troops.
Suddenly, the soldier behind him shouted, "No. 3 artillery carriage, No. 3 artillery carriage!" ”
Cheng Ming said in his heart, the No. 3 artillery car has long been broken down and stuck in the middle of the road, what is the use of mentioning it? But in an instant, as if he had suddenly realized, he turned around, and when he saw the vision clearly, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
However, I saw that the No. 3 artillery cart had already recovered its majesty at some point, and was speeding all the way, seeing that it was only twenty paces away. Everywhere they passed, the three guards spread out a road, watching the artillery carriage back from the dead with excitement and excitement.
Cheng Mingjiu's heart rekindled the blazing flame of hope, he prayed silently in his heart, poured all his hopes on the No. 3 artillery car mountain, only hoped that he would not live up to the hard work of the general, and not to live up to the hope of all the three guards.
The entire battlefield seemed to freeze at this moment, and even the Qing troops in the camp felt that there was something strange outside and craned their necks to look outside, but the three guards did not raise fire, and they couldn't see what was happening at all, so they could only wait quietly, waiting for the unknown result.
The No. 3 artillery carriage is like a belated hero, and in Cheng Mingjiu's eyes, it is no longer an ugly steel monster, and it slammed into the wall of the Qing army that had already tilted with a sassy heroic posture. With a clear crunchy sound, Cheng Mingjiu subconsciously felt that the load-bearing log of the walled wall was broken. Sure enough, I saw that the walled wall shook weakly twice, and then fell down violently, and even the walled wall on a hundred paces away was brought down.
Those Qing soldiers who were located within the walled walls were stoned to death before they had time to dodge. Then the five gun wagons started in unison, and the huge iron wheels crushed the wooden wall that had fallen to the ground, crushing it to pieces wherever it went.
Under the shouting of the Qing army, they even forgot to block the Three Guards who broke through the wall. In fact, they couldn't resist the crushing monsters. Several brave Qing soldiers tried to block in front of the sports car, but they were knocked to the ground and ruthlessly crushed over, and they immediately became a piece of broken flesh and bones, and everyone present was shocked when they saw it.
Cheng Mingjiu was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "All artillery trucks immediately fire!" ”
At the same time, the five artillery wagons opened fire one after another, and the huge cannon sound and the instantaneous light of the fire caught the Qing troops gathered off guard. Thousands of lead shots swept through the hot air and rained down on them like hail.
After a salvo, the Qing army suffered hundreds of casualties, which was indeed taking advantage of the dense and disorderly gathering of the Qing army, but in the final analysis, the Qing army could not have imagined that this behemoth monster still had such a trick.
It was too late for the Qing army commander to understand that it was too late, as early as after the hundred-pace-wide wall collapsed, the infantry battalion of the Three Guards Army quickly assembled in a phalanx, and the musketeers were ready to join the battle at any time. After the salvo of five artillery wagons was fired, the Qing army immediately fell into a mess, countless people were hit by lead bullets, people were crazy and jumped wildly, and even the armor soldiers who supervised the battle could not control the situation. It was under these circumstances that the musketeers of the Three Guards, a hundred paces wide, opened fire.
Almost instantly, the smoke filled the entire battlefield, making the battlefield already covered in night like a fog and difficult to see. Unlike the fierce salvos of artillery, the line of musketeers was distinguished by continuous fire strikes. As soon as each platoon of musketeers has fired, the entire platoon is pushed to the rear of the line and reloaded. The horizontal team in the back went further, made up for it, raised its guns and aimed for a volley. Thousands of musket projectiles rained down on the already chaotic Qing army.
Several rounds of volleys went down, but seeing that the corpses were already piled up between the two armies, the chaotic Qing army finally stabilized their positions after retreating, and prepared to fight to the death with the Three Guards in horror. A military general in red clothes and cloth armor shouted loudly in Manchu, obviously not low, and he was also surrounded by armor soldiers with the same armor, which was obviously different.
Cheng Mingjiu did not hesitate anymore, and resolutely ordered: "All charge, completely defeat the Tartars!" ”
After the military order was issued, the pikemen, who had been hiding behind the musketeers, rose to the front between the gaps in the line, and the spears shouted and shouted in bursts, and the momentum was like a rainbow. The musketeers, with their reloaded muskets, followed closely behind, ready to respond to any unexpected situation on the battlefield.
What frightened the Qing troops was not the military formation of the Three Guards advancing with a roar, but the five pitch-black behemoths that rushed to the forefront, and just before they could start, the forward muzzles fired another volley. The range and power of the four-inch artillery were far from being comparable to that of the muskets, and the scattered lead bullets fanned out, and there was a lot of erosion within a hundred paces in front, and the Qing troops could not dodge and fell in a large area.
However, in an instant, several or three firepower strikes have already caused thousands of casualties to the Qing army, and the heavy blow to its morale can be imagined, and it is extremely commendable that the other side did not collapse immediately, let alone organize a counteroffensive.
Therefore, the charge of the Three Guards almost became a one-sided massacre, and the commander of the Red Armor Qing Army, who had just maintained order, was hit in the abdomen by the volley of lead bullets just now, fell under his horse, and was pierced through by the pikemen of the Three Guards who took the opportunity to arrive. The red-clad warriors beside him were far behind, but they still slammed into the tip of the spear as desperately, and even if they didn't want to die, it seemed that they would snatch their master back.
To the surprise of the pikemen, these red-armored soldiers were obviously different from the ordinary Tartars, in addition to being more deadly, they were also extremely powerful. In the face of the spear's sudden stabbing, he didn't care, pulled out the steel knife at his waist, and rolled forward as if the short body rolled forward, straight into the gun.
The pikemen were not good at close combat, and when they were caught off guard, they were actually succeeded by more than a dozen red-armored soldiers. There was a brief confusion in the pikemen's formation, but they were soon controlled by the musketeers who joined the battle group with Yanling knives, and killed and expelled the red-clothed soldiers who broke into the pikemen's formation.
The lord was beheaded, and the morale of the Qing army fell again and again, seeing that the camp was not protected, the army collapsed, and the soldiers scattered and fled. Cheng Mingjiu ordered again to kill all the Tartars in front of him.
Next, there was another one-sided massacre, the Ming army slaughtered the authentic soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners had no power to fight back, which is probably unique in decades. The goose feather knife slashed until it curled its blade, and the pikemen were so tired that their arms were numb......
Suddenly, Cheng Mingjiu heard the intermittent sound of horns coming from Jinzhou City behind him, and the communication soldier was stunned and said: "General, give an order, order the troops to return to the city!" ”