Chapter 961: A Tragic Battle

The powerful combat effectiveness of the battle group, especially the cluster firing of artillery, exceeded everyone's expectations and also gave the Qing army great panic.

And now it was up to Dolgon to back down. Obviously, the cluster artillery tactics adopted by the Daping Army are still in an embryonic state, and if the main force of the Daping Army is defeated in one fell swoop, then the Qing Army still has a future. If today's battle can't be won in one fell swoop, then .......

And Xue Yongli, who was watching the game, was also overjoyed. Although the Daping Army has always attached great importance to firearms, they still basically allocate artillery to various units for use. I didn't expect that today's episode would produce such a good effect, which is completely a revolution in artillery tactics.

It is conceivable that in the future, as long as the troops of the Daping Army have an artillery cluster, they will be invincible in future battles. The enemy army could not form a formation at all, and it was difficult to fight with the Daping army in the field, and the Daping army would fight how to fight.

As for the battle group that was now advancing forward, they were even more excited. The battle group kept approaching the defensive positions in the middle of the Qing army, and the covering shots in clusters again and again broke the Qing army again and again, and the feeling was really enjoyable.

The Qing army finally couldn't bear it anymore, and under the strong supervision of the generals, the Qing army divided into three routes and began to attack this battle group. However, the terrifying power covered by artillery fire was already deeply imprinted in the minds of all Qing soldiers, and they were a little shrunken. In addition, the artillery of the Daping Army still maintained cluster firing, so several charges of the Qing army were in vain.

But now Dolgon and the others are already red-eyed. They still drove the Qing army forward. At this time, the artillery of the Daping Army also fell silent. Intensive launches. It makes the barrel hot. Reloading the ammunition is likely to cause a bomb at high temperatures. Therefore, the Daping Army has no way to maintain cluster shooting.

Seeing the dumb fire of the Han army's artillery, the morale of the Qing army was immediately boosted. They could finally form an array and charge towards the protruding battle group.

However, as soon as the Qing army rushed into battle, it caused the Daping army formation behind to enter the battle. The advance of the Daping army phalanx caused other units of the Qing army to come forward to fight. The battlefield suddenly formed a situation of siege at various levels, and all the troops of the two armies were suddenly involved in a fierce battle.

The smoke on the battlefield is getting thicker and thicker, and the field of vision is no longer fifty paces. All the soldiers were no longer aware of the situation of the friendly and neighboring troops. All they knew was fighting and fighting against the enemy army in front of them.

In the beginning, the Dahei army, which had firearms, had the upper hand. However, with the smoke of gunpowder caused by firearms, the battle had to enter hand-to-hand combat. And this time. The superior strength of the Qing army was brought into play, and the tide of the battle slowly turned in favor of the Qing army.

Xue Yongli also transferred the reserves one after another. Yang Rusong's tiger roared in town, and the Chinese army escort troops went up, and they reached the most rear. Even Xue Yongli's pro-army team went up. The Daping Army has already invested every part of its forces.

The fighting situation is already unprecedentedly fierce.

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"Ahem! Assemble the team. Line up in a cone formation and follow my old horse to charge! Ma Shouying ordered his officers, "This is not much use for us here, it is better to surprise the Tartars." ”

"No!"

Seeing that the battle situation was at a disadvantage, Ma Shouying's cavalry was not willing to be beaten so passively anymore, and they formed a triangular formation of "you live and die", preparing to surprise Dolgon's Chinese army.

"Stepping on ——!". The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the triangular formation composed of more than 5,000 cavalry of the Daping Army began to accelerate. They gradually moved into high-speed sprints. Bypassing the front of the battlefield, it was diagonally inserted into the rear of the Qing army.

The Qing soldiers who were blocking the way were also knocked away, and the other Qing soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and they did not dare to stand in front of this iron hoof torrent. With a "whew", the cavalry of the Daping Army finally rushed out of the gunsmoke-filled area, and the vision of all the soldiers finally broadened.

What was quite surprising was that as soon as they regained their vision, Ma Shouying and them saw about 200 steps to the left of the triangular formation, and the Qing cavalry in the middle also formed a cavalry array, about to rush into the gunpowder area to attack the battle group of the Daping army.

And the two cavalry staggered, but did not interfere with each other. They all keep an eye on the enemy's movements, but they don't give up on their goals, as if they are waiting for someone to be impatient first.

Finally, a group of Qing cavalry took the lead in breaking away from their array and rushed towards the flank of the triangle formation of the Daping army. And the dozens of cavalry of the Daping Army at the very edge also broke away from the formation, meeting these charging Qing soldiers and preventing them from affecting their triangular formation.

The cavalry immediately became entangled and fought each other. The generals who led the two cavalry only glanced at the opposing troops, and then still stared at their charging targets, and ran forward at high speed.

Ma Shouying led his troops to successfully break through the gap opened by the artillery and rushed into the Qing army's main position. Seeing that the Qing army guarding in front of the Chinese army had set up a gun array, Ma Shouying was full of enthusiasm, and even the pain on his body could not be felt for the time being.

The rain of arrows flew from the sky, and the cavalry of the Daping Army covered their faces with their left arms, and the arrows fell on their bodies one after another, only to hear a "crackling" sound. The plate armor blocked most of the Qing army's arrows, but a dozen Daping cavalry still rolled down under their horses. Their fall to the ground also tripped over a series of cavalry scurrying behind them. However, the cavalry of the Daping Army, which had rushed through the obstacles, still gathered together, still formed a triangular formation, and slammed into the Qing army.

"Bang!" "Bang bang! "Bang Bang Bang! ......, the continuous collision hit the Qing army's gun array. After only holding out for a short time, the Qing army's gun array was knocked out of a gap, and this gap became bigger and bigger, and the entire Qing army's formation was finally shattered like an avalanche.

"Xiao cavalry battalion, forward battalion go up and block them!" When Dolgon saw the cavalry of the Great Peace Army charging towards him, he also took out his most rear-back reserves. So two battalions of more than 3,000 cavalry of the Qing army also came to hedge against the Daping army.

There were another series of collision battles, and the two sides still suffered heavy casualties. Although the cavalry of the Daping army was larger, the Qing army was a quasi-heavy cavalry, so under several collisions, the Daping army finally could not maintain the triangular formation, and the "uproar" dispersed and fought with the Qing army.

However, this time, the desperate charge of the Daping army suddenly attacked Dolgon's face. On the battlefield, many Qing troops who were fighting, seeing the danger of the Chinese army, they did not hesitate to lose casualties and left the battle, and hurriedly came to rescue the commander of the Qing army, Dorgon, who was in danger. (To be continued......)