In the large array of the Qing army, Chasuka rode on a white horse, looking coldly at the Ming army formation that was slowly pressing from three sides.

The Ming army's military formation was extremely tight, especially the Ming army that was attacking the front, and they still did not change much even when they were marching.

The Chinese army was divided into two formations, the front and the rear, each of which numbered about a thousand people.

The formation they lined up was also very puzzling, the whole formation was stretched very long, arranged into two wide red lines and slowly approached, and the formation showed different curves with the ups and downs of the ground between the marches.

The Ming army in the front row was armed with a weapon that looked like a spear, but it was not a spear, because Chasukha did not see the cold light that was reflected.

Most of the Ming troops in the back row carried long spears, and they were under flags and drums, like a forest of moving spears.

There seemed to be a lot of artillery in the middle of the Ming army's military formation, and the appearance of those artillery pieces was quite strange, and it was not real from a distance, but it seemed to be dragged forward by three or four pack horses.

Chasuka frowned, and the infantry of the Ming army pressed from the left and right wings seemed to be the elite of the Ming army, but it was not strange.

And the Ming army in front of him is strange from top to bottom......

He lived in Ningguta in his own life, and when the first khan was still alive, he joined the army as an officer and participated in almost all the major wars against the Ming Kingdom.

In the early years of Chongde, he was transferred to the Wenguan to do business and was given the name Bakshi.

Bakshi, a literati with knowledge, was born from a doctor of Chinese, and can be regarded as both civil and military.

If the leader of the team is an ordinary general who only knows how to fight, Chasuka once followed Huang Taiji to fight on the battlefield, and he has also read a lot of military books.

He was not blindly arrogant because of the successive victories, so at the first moment he gave the order to retreat, not to attack.

Unfortunately, the Mongol cavalry behind the palace was quickly defeated, and his plan to retreat was in vain.

Chasuka's face was cold, and the strange Ming army in front of him continued to merge with the two armies he had seen in the Battle of the Hunhe River.

From the body of this Ming army, he not only saw the shadow of the Zhejiang soldiers, but also the shadow of the white pole soldiers......

"What is there to be afraid of those Nikans, according to me, these soldiers look powerful, rotten to the roots, a bunch of decent goods."

Sele gave a contemptuous laugh, interrupting Chasuka's thoughts, who was in charge of another Jiala.

Compared with Chasukha, who was full of seriousness and waiting for him, his expression seemed much more relaxed, even disdainful and contemptuous.

These Ming troops with bright appearance and majestic appearance, they have not seen it.

When Tiancong was three years old, when they hit the city of Beijing, they encountered a Ming army, which looked fierce and majestic, but it turned out to be just a charge, and the Ming army was directly beaten by them and lost their armor.

I heard that it was the Ming army's Beijing battalion soldiers in Beijing, and the captured shiny armor was even made of paper, and there was not much protection at all.

Chasuka's expression was cold, and Sele's words only made his gaze shift slightly, but there were not many waves in his heart.

This Ming army from afar was at its peak and the army was well-organized, especially the Ming army that was oppressed from the front.

The army formation of more than 2,000 people marched in an orderly and orderly manner, marching nearly 100 paces before the whole team once, and the array was neat when marching, like a rolling wave.

Anything can deceive people, but the killing aura that comes to your face can't deceive people.

The Ming army in front of it is by no means a golden and jade, and it looks like a product in defeat.

"You don't know the ability of the Mongols to cavalry, I left more than 800 people behind the palace, and the vanguard cavalry of the Ming army scattered the cavalry formation with just a charge."

"This Ming army is obviously wrong, it is a good thing to have self-confidence, but pride is not, there is an old saying in the Ming State that is very right - arrogant soldiers will be defeated."

Chasuka's eyes were slightly sharp, and his sharp gaze swept past the surrounding generals, and his voice was cold and terrifying, like an ice fountain flowing in a glacier crevice.

"When the battle is engaged, everyone must be in good spirits and take it seriously."

"Pass on my general's order, those who underestimate the enemy and cause defeat, and those who do not respect the order, regardless of their origin or official position, will be beheaded immediately!"

Sele restrained his smile, and the generals who originally looked disdainful also looked slightly condensed.

Chasuka's military order was issued, and all the generals and colonels, including Sele, responded in unison.

Although Sele, like Chasuka, is Jialazhangjing and is a staff leader, but this time when he went south, the banner owner designated that Chasuka should lead the army.

In normal times, the two are equal and can communicate on an equal footing.

But on the battle array, as long as Chasuka raised the order flag and issued the military order, he was the chief general of the first army.

The Qing army was highly hierarchical, more stringent than any army of the same period, and because of this, the combat power of the Qing army was also extremely terrifying.

Even after scattering and plundering, he was able to reassemble according to the set time with the plundered gold, silver, property, and livestock population, without falling behind or being late.

Even after the rout, they ran back to the rear and gathered.

This is almost a fantasy for the average army.

In Europe at the same time, during the wars between them, they would also send troops to plunder the local territory.

Despite various countermeasures, many soldiers took advantage of the opportunity to escape and slip away.

And after the rout, it is almost impossible to gather again.

The reason why the Qing army was able to do this was because of the pride caused by its almost invincible mentality, and on the other hand, because of its military system at the grassroots level.

The Qing state, which Huang Taiji has now established, has studied the Ming Dynasty in many places, and on the surface it seems to be a feudal empire similar to the Ming Dynasty.

Later, after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, it was said that the Qing Dynasty inherited the Ming system, so that many times in later generations, some people threw the problems of the late Qing Dynasty to the system of the Ming Dynasty.

It is believed that it is precisely because the Qing Dynasty inherited too many systems from the Ming Dynasty that it caused the decline of modern China.

But in fact, there is a world of difference between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The Ming Dynasty was a feudal state, and the Qing State at this time was actually a semi-slave structure under the command of military clans.

The Eight Banners system originally originated from the Jurchen hunting organization, and the hunting activities carried out together required unified command due to the increase in the number of people, and its commander was called Niu Lu Ezhen, and this multi-person collective was called Niu Lu.

During the Nurhachi period, the Jurchens were still in a tribal system.

After the death of Li Chengliang and Li Rusong, the Ming army in Liaodong began to decline, and Nurhachi, who was originally his subordinate, seized this excellent opportunity and took the opportunity to raise troops with seven hatreds.

It took Nurhachi a long time to complete the unification of the various tribes and clans and establish a so-called state when the Ming army in Liaodong was at its weakest.

At that time, Houjin was actually just a tribal alliance dressed in the skin of the state, and it was actually extremely scattered.

Nurhachi took all of them under his command with iron-blooded means.

For these things, Huang Taiji is very clear, not only clear about the appearance, but also clear about the internal response.

Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he promoted Hanchen a large number of times in order to change this situation.

After some disguise, the Qing Dynasty in the north is now beginning to resemble the centralized regime of China, the so-called feudal society.

But in any case, he could not truly and completely replace the Ming Dynasty......

However, although they could not replace the Ming Dynasty, it was precisely because of the nature of the military clan and the semi-slave structure that their combat power was so strong.

Chasukha's eyes narrowed, and he didn't know why he always had a bad premonition.

At this time, he finally noticed that the whole team of the Ming army seemed to be longer than the previous times.

"The Ming army stopped......"

……

"Three hundred steps away, the whole team of each round!"

"Woo————"

The low sound of the horn sounded again, and the sound of the high-spirited step drums slowed down at this time.

With the waving of the Chinese army's flag, the soldiers of each bureau stopped one after another, and then began to rapidly form their teams under the command of generals and colonels at all levels.

"Whoa—" "Whoa—"

The rapid whistle sounded in the front lines of the bureaus, and as the flag waved down, the sound of the order also sounded in the bureaus.

"The artillery team is coming forward!"

The hundred generals of each bureau had already dispersed the military formations in advance to make way for the artillery carriages to travel.

"The artillery team is coming!!"

The artillerymen repeated the officer's order loudly and moved forward.

The horses pulling the artillery were driven by the grooms and quickly arrived at the front of the main formation.

The artillerymen who followed behind all stepped forward, each performing their duties, some unloading the ammunition box, some unleashing the leash, some pushing the gun cart, and some pulling the horses.

After becoming artillerymen, they have practiced these actions countless times, so now there is not the slightest mistake.

Now the artillery of the Hanzhong Army is basically trained by Bo Jue, and at the beginning, Chen Wang's original plan was to recruit a few Portuguese or Spanish and Dutch gunners in Macao, that is, in the trench mirror.

However, those who went to Macao found that most of the gunners also relied on their senses to aim, and there was no way to aim at all, and the language was difficult to understand, so they were not recruited at all.

This situation is actually very normal, because most of the people who come to Macao at this time are outlaws and businessmen, and they don't need to know so much.

And those Europeans who can use artillery, who earn a lot of money, why should they leave Macau with a group of unknown people?

The fact that gunners who were not recruited to Europe as instructors was not too important.

The gunners of the Ming army also had methods and tricks for firing artillery with cannons, and even when the artillery appeared, they would calculate the landing point and angle.

They have their own way of doing it, but it's just that it's not scientific enough from the perspective of later generations.

And the arrival of Bo Jue also solved this problem, Bo Jue has read some European classics, about the use of artillery.

And he also has his own opinions, and he is integrating them and combining many of his advantages.

Under Chen Wang's instructions, Bo Jue compiled a set of drill manuals for training artillery.

The training time of all the artillery is not short, at least they have three months of experience in use, and they are basically familiar with the range and landing point of the artillery.

With the sound of rolling wheels, 20 three-pound guns and four five-pound guns were quickly erected.

The artillerymen who operated the guns were all engrossed, quickly adjusting the angle of the barrels.

With the help of instruments, the observer in charge of observation measured the approximate distance from the Qing army's main array, and constantly reported the data obtained.

……

"Red Cannon?!"

Chasuka chuckled in his heart, he saw a lot of war horses suddenly rushing out of the array of the Ming army, and saw those Ming troops who were busy.

The Ming army stopped at a distance of three hundred paces, which was within the range of the red-coated cannons.

Those things in front of the Ming army looked like artillery from a distance.

But the red-coated cannons are basically very heavy, this Ming army obviously came from afar, and they came all the way in a hurry, how could they come with the red-coated cannons?

Chasuka's expression was solemn, and what was happening in front of him made the uneasiness in his heart worsen by a few points again.

"Zhang Jing ......"

At Chasukha's side, an adjutant general hesitated, wanting to admonish.

But before he could finish speaking, Chasuka's attention was already drawn to the military formation of the Ming army directly in front of him for a moment.

Chasuka saw a large cloud of white gunsmoke, rising from the front of the Ming army, and the orange fire looked extremely strange under the reflection of the setting sun.

Two seconds later, a loud roar had reached Chasukha's ears.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!!"

That's the sound of artillery!

Chasuka's heart was cold, like falling into an ice cave.

In the next moment, Chasuka's eyes were almost split.

He watched as a large amount of blood mist and flying limbs suddenly exploded in front of him, and a terrible wail resounded in the big array in an instant.

The nearest shell even landed right in front of him.

Chasukha watched as the cannonball smashed into the array of armor soldiers in front of him, the speed of the cannonball was so fast that it could not be seen in the air at all, and only when it smashed into the crowd could he see one or two.

The cannonball smashed diagonally into the formation, like a giant hammer, almost smashing half of the upper body of the vested soldier standing at the front of the line.

Then, like a sharp blade, he directly cut off the thigh of one of the vest soldiers standing behind him, and then cut off the calf of another armor soldier without pause.

After the cannonball hit the ground, it bounced again, forming a ricochet, and the low trajectory made its killing range expand again, and smashed the two armored soldiers behind it to the ground.

Severed limbs, stump arms, and fragments of shields and weapons flew around for a while, smashing the originally tight military formation into chaos for a while.

After smashing and wounding nearly seven or eight Qing soldiers in a row, the potential energy of the cannonballs finally decreased, and the flesh and blood of several armor soldiers finally rolled weakly on the grass.

The artillery bombardment came too suddenly, from the Ming army's war horses out of the battle, to the erection of artillery, to the opening of artillery, the time was terrible.

No one in the Qing army thought of such a situation, nor did anyone expect such a situation in advance.

When the Hanzhong army opened fire, the Qing army was still lined up in a tight formation used for hand-to-hand combat.

"Blow the trumpet and go forward! Kill these Nikans! ”

Chasukha's face contorted and he roared, and at this moment, he really felt the threat of death.

Now in the army, they have artillery that can fire a maximum of 130 paces.

At present, they are three hundred paces away from the Ming army, and above this distance, they can only be beaten passively.

The artillery of the Ming army can hit 300 paces of artillery, and there are nearly 20 guns just by listening to the sound!

Sitting still, there is only one way to die!

(End of chapter)