Chapter 111: Storming the Camp
Seeing that the escape gate was closed, the Qing army that was locked outside the camp could only surrender to the Ming army that was catching up behind them.
Su Ci, who was responsible for leading the attack, while collecting the rout, ordered to prepare for the attack, just waiting for the artillery behind to push to the front line and blast the Qing army camp out of a few gaps, so that he could attack the camp in one go.
The front line, Su Yan looked at the corpses all over the ground, and commanded the artillery to push the artillery to the front with an expressionless face, and when he came to the front line with the artillery, he found that the Ming army had completed the encirclement of the Qing army camp, and the rout soldiers were also concentrated in the back to guard, and the soldiers of the Shenji battalion had completed the loading of weapons.
"Master, why are you here?"
Su Ci saw Su Yan coming, saluted him, and asked.
"I want to see with my own eyes how our army has completely annihilated the Shang Ke Xi army." Su Yan said with a smile, he didn't expect the Qing army to pull his hips like this, and it seems that the back hand he made before is not needed, and only these 6,000 troops can completely annihilate the Qing army on the north bank of Jiulong Creek.
Hearing Su Yan say this, Su Ci couldn't help grinning, he was happy, and said: "Master Inspector, you can add another piece to the report you wrote to the imperial court, a rough count, the Qing army was killed more than 2,000 people, and nearly 3,000 people were captured, and those who fled back to the camp were only panicked dogs, so there is nothing to worry about." ”
"In the first battle, a third of the Qing army was killed, which is really a remarkable achievement." Su Yan nodded, and appreciated the performance of the soldiers under his command.
In his opinion, the most outstanding of them are the Shenji Battalion and the Xiaocai Battalion, the Shenji Battalion was the first to defeat the Qing army's central army through platoon gun salvos and grenade bombing, so that the Xiaocai Battalion that broke up the right flank of the Qing army could drive straight into the sky and break through the Qing army reserves on top.
Although the Qing reserves were not to be worried, it was only a matter of time before they were routed under the salvo of the line infantry that had already formed a scale.
Now Su Yan is already quite fledgling, and the line infantry that has formed a scale is not afraid of any enemy at all, even if the Qing army's ace Manchurian Eight Banners are beaten, he has the confidence to shake the Qing army.
Just when Su Yan was thinking, the Ming artillery had already placed the 12-pounder infantry gun, Hongyi cannon, Franco machine gun and tiger squat cannon in front of the formation, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at the Qing army camp, which made the Qing army in the camp even more panicked by the morale of the people who had been killed.
At this time, Shang Kexi finally woke up leisurely, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw several subordinates with gloomy faces surrounding him, and he couldn't help sighing.
Looking at their expressions, Shang Kexi couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart.
When he looked again, he realized that he had been lying in the tent of the camp at some point.
"Ben Wang...... How did this come back? He swallowed with some difficulty, looked at the few generals beside him, and asked.
"Back to the prince, our army was defeated, losing more than 5,000 people, Chaozhou general soldier Hao Shangjiu escaped from the battle, resulting in the rout of the right flank, and the Ming cavalry took advantage of the situation to enter, Gushan Ezhen led the army to withdraw into the camp, relying on the camp to defend." General Sheng Dengke lowered his head and replied.
Looking at the others, they were also depressed and silent.
"Where's the volume?" Shang Kexi asked in that hoarse voice.
"General Erong is patrolling outside, commanding the foot soldiers......"
Before the man could finish his words, he suddenly heard several cannons outside, and the movement of the cannons made everyone feel as if the ground was beginning to shake.
Shang Kexi jumped up from the bed almost reflexively, and the next second, there was another noise outside, which was also mixed with the screams of many soldiers.
"The Ming army has opened fire!"
"Stay out of the way! Be careful to dodge! ”
"Don't panic! Don't panic! ”
In the chaos of the army, Gushan Ezhen roared loudly, he grabbed a young Han soldier who ran in front of him, the Han army's face was still with a thick color of fear, and Erong kicked the Han army to the ground, shouting and scolding: "Don't run without permission, stick to your position!" If anyone dares to disturb the hearts of our army, they will be killed on the spot! ”
The shouts of Erong were soon drowned out in the cacophony of sounds, and the projectiles fired by the Ming artillery easily pierced the wooden wall surrounding the Qing army camp, smashing the flesh of the foot soldiers hiding behind the wooden wall to pieces, or crossed the wooden wall and smashed into the camp, destroying the camp tents one by one.
Under the intensive bombardment of the Ming artillery, the wooden wall was soon blown down into multiple gaps, exposing the messy camp inside to the sight of the Ming soldiers.
"Stop shelling!"
The herald holding the command flag shouted loudly, and the artillerymen in front of the position immediately stopped loading, leaving the battlefield to the robes of the Shenji Battalion.
"Master Overseer, the Shenji Battalion is ready to attack, please instruct!"
Su Ci saluted Su Yan again and said.
"You don't have to ask me, you are in charge of this battle." Su Yan waved his hand and said.
"Yes!"
Su Ci received the order, then turned to face the battlefield, and shouted: "The artillery company and grenadiers of the hand mortar come forward, first blow up the enemy's defense line with grenades and grenades, and then launch an attack!" ”
"Attack!"
240 artillery men and 360 grenadiers marched in orderly steps, taking the lead towards several gaps, the line infantry followed closely behind them, and the Qing troops in the camp also relieved themselves under the seat of Erong, and forced the fear of the Ming army in their hearts, and lined up behind the gaps.
The Qing saber and shield men stood their shields in front of them, curled up behind their shields, leaving their shooting horizons to the archers and bird gunners behind them, and only waited for the Ming army to launch a charge before shooting at the enemy, but unfortunately, some of them could not wait for this time.
"Stop moving! Raise your mortar and get ready to shoot! ”
Hmmm-
At a distance of 100 paces, the gunners raised the cannon, which was as large as a bowl and had a short length, pulled the trigger, and sent the grenade into the air.
With the sound of a different gunshot, the grenade shot out of the muzzle, and after crossing the amplitude in mid-air, it crackled in front of the Qing army, and some foot soldiers in the queue who had seen the grenade explosion looked at the round things, and quickly remembered the scene on the battlefield not long ago, and before they could react, those grenades exploded, and the fragments from the explosion splashed around, directly blowing up the queue on their backs.
Then, the line infantry behind them quickly ran forward for some distance, and only after running to a distance of about thirty paces did they stop, raise their rifles, and fire three consecutive volleys behind the gap!
Thirty steps, three rounds of salvo, directly shot down a piece of the Qing army behind the gap, this is the British lobster soldiers' method of breaking the enemy, no army in this world can resist a thunderous salvo within thirty steps!
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Qing army was defeated!
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