Chapter 110: The Battle of Zhangzhou (Part II)

"Squat down in the front row, raise the gun in the back row!"

Hmmm-

Before the smoke of the first salvo had cleared, the second platoon of infantry raised their rifles, their sight obscured without affecting their movements, and in the roar of the officers, the guns rang out again, and the Qing troops on the opposite side fell hundreds of people again.

Two consecutive volleys of fire dealt a severe blow to the Qing army's will to fight, and they looked in horror at the robes that had been shot and fell to the ground beside them, and even the most brave soldiers couldn't help but take a few steps back, and they were resigned.

It's horrible!

No matter how strong the shield is, no matter how thick the armor is, it can't block the inconspicuous lead bullet, and the Qing army bird gunner hiding behind the shield returns fire at the enemy in vain, and the projectile that shoots out flies halfway and falls to the ground because of loss of power.

Shang Kexi, who was sitting in the Chinese army, also looked at this scene in astonishment, and he immediately reacted with his experience, and he couldn't continue to let the Ming army shoot like this, and then, the morale of the Qing soldiers who were shaken only heard a passionate military drum behind them, and the generals and other officers in the army drew their swords and shouted: "Kill the thief!" The king of Pingnan has an order, kill one thief, and reward one or two silver! ”

"Kill—"

Before a Qing soldier could finish speaking, there was an extra bloody hole on his head, blocking the words he didn't completely say in his mouth, and the whole person fell backwards on his back.

Not only the commander of the Qing army, but also in the military formation, many of the generals and thousands of generals who stood tall and shouted were shot by projectiles, and the soldiers under his command suddenly lost their backbone, and could only charge the Ming army on the opposite side with the sound of drums indicating the attack.

Bang bang bang –

Then, another round of volleys, rushed out of the army formation of the Qing soldiers immediately fell a piece, although the vision in front of them was obscured by the smoke of gunpowder, but the Ming army officers and soldiers can still hear the fierce Qing army drums, personally commanded the Shenji battalion to fight Su Ci judged the situation, ordered the artillery company to step forward to prepare to throw grenades at the Qing soldiers, and ordered the grenadiers to prepare grenades, just waiting for the Qing army to kill, then throw forward.

At the same time, the left and right wings of the Qing soldiers also followed the Chinese army out, and the Chinese military camp and the rattan battalion guarding the two wings of the Shenji Battalion fearlessly greeted them and fought fiercely with the Qing soldiers.

Seeing this, Su Yan ordered the Xiao cavalry battalion to dispatch, bypass the battlefield on the right flank, charge the Qing army's Chaozhou soldiers and horses from the side, and cooperate with the rattan battalion to defeat the Qing army's Chaozhou soldiers first.

At the same time, at the head of Zhangzhou City, Zhu Chenggong looked at the battlefield outside with a loud shout, and knew that he could not stand idly by, so he ordered his subordinates to gather troops and horses at the West Gate, wanting to take advantage of the Qing army to fight with friendly troops to kill out of the city, and join forces with Su Yanli to attack the Qing army.

But before the Zheng army in the city was assembled, the situation on the battlefield changed dramatically!

Qing army, defeated!

The source of the rout appeared in the Chinese army.

Although it was only an attack by 240 hand mortar artillerymen, the grenade explosion still crushed the morale of the Qing soldiers who had lost the command of the junior officers, like the last straw that crushed the camel, the Qing soldiers within the range of the grenade explosion were the first to turn around and flee, and after the first person took the lead, more and more people also joined the fleeing army, Su Ci immediately made a decision, and ordered all the soldiers of the Shenji battalion except for the light infantry and the hand mortar artillery company to launch a counter-charge to pursue the defeated Qing soldiers.

Subsequently, the Qing army's Chinese army began to have a large-scale rout, this sudden change of battle situation hit Shang Kexi a surprise, he has never encountered this situation after surrendering to the Qing, so he was defenseless, after the adjutant general reminded, he hurriedly ordered the reserves that did not participate in the attack to press up, kill the fleeing soldiers, and save the defeat.

But at this moment, the Xiao cavalry battalion had already appeared and bypassed the battlefield, and the Qing cavalry wandering around the battlefield was outnumbered and easily defeated by the Xiao cavalry battalion, and then the more than 1,500 cavalry raised their sabers and launched a huge charge against the Qing army in Chaozhou.

In the face of the strong charge of the cavalry of the Ming army, the Chaozhou soldiers were defeated before the battle, and without hesitation, they abandoned the robe that was still fighting with the enemy in front, turned around and retreated, and the Chaozhou Qing soldiers who did not have a formation to meet the enemy were easily killed by the cavalry battalion, the war horses neighed, the shouts shook the sky, and the three thousand Chaozhou soldiers were completely defeated, and the general soldier Hao Shangjiu saw that the situation was not good, and fled the battlefield directly with his own soldiers.

After defeating the right-wing Chaozhou soldiers, the Xiao cavalry battalion continued to rush and continue to kill towards the battlefield of the Chinese army.

The fear of the infantry in the face of the cavalry charge is rooted in the bones, seeing the Ming cavalry roaring, the Qing soldiers didn't want to think about it, turned around and continued to escape, but there was a reserve team that also served as a supervising team, and the enemy cavalry was like a wolf and a tiger, in order to survive, these fierce ** from the southeast of Liao directly pulled out their knives and slashed at the robe that was blocking the front, and the Qing army actually fought in this situation.

This gave the cavalry a chance to extend their victory, and they slammed headlong into the chaotic crowd with the force of a great victory, knocking down all the Qing soldiers who dared to stand in their way, or swept under the hooves of their horses, trampling into pools of flesh and steel and unknown objects.

Or he was directly hit by the war horse, and the whole person flew out several meters away, fell heavily to the ground, spit blood, and couldn't survive.

The furious charge of more than 1,500 cavalry was unable to resist even the reserves on top, and the fear of cavalry made them turn and flee directly before engaging the enemy, exposing their fragile backs to the enemy's blades.

"Lord Wang, defeated! Our army is defeated! ”

Shang Kexi watched the scene of his old unit being broken by the cavalry of the Ming army, and his eyes were torn apart, and when he heard the report of the defeated and retreated in front of him, his blood surged up all of a sudden, and a mouthful of blood spit out directly, and fell backwards, and the personal soldiers beside him quickly supported him.

Then, Shang Kexi's lieutenant gritted his teeth, took over the banner of command, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, withdraw to the camp first, and rely on the camp to resist this strange Ming army.

After the drums of retreat sounded, the only Qing troops on the left flank who were still resisting on the battlefield also began to waver, and they were able to maintain order at first and cover each other's retreat, but after the commander of the army was sniped by the light infantry who roamed the battlefield looking for targets, the Qing troops on the left flank also fell into a rout.

The battlefield was full of Qing troops who had withdrawn from the queen, and in order to make their escape faster, many people threw their weapons and armor on the ground while running, completely deducing a drama of throwing away their armor and abandoning their armor.

At the same time, seeing that the defeat of the army was like a mountain, the Qing artillery could not take care of those heavy artillery, and also joined the ranks of the rout, most of the Qing soldiers were still barely able to keep their senses, and retreated into the camp from the wide open camp gate, but there were still many Qing soldiers who panicked and ran to both sides, and were finally caught up by the Ming cavalry wandering on the battlefield and surrendered on their knees.

The pace of the Ming army's pursuit was still delayed by the massive rout, until the Ming army pursued to the outside gate of the camp, and the Qing generals inside ignored the still crowded rout soldiers outside, and directly ordered the gate to be closed, keeping the rout soldiers and the Ming army out.

The routs outside the gate naturally refused, they cursed and wanted to squeeze in, but the adjutant general of the Qing army, who took over the command of Shang Kexi, directly ordered the soldiers to kill the routs who blocked them, and after dozens of people were cut down, the blood-stained gate was finally closed in the desperate eyes of the routs.