Chapter 222: Battle

Erhe stared at the Ming army's horizontal formation with a pale face, and the cannonballs he watched quickly enlarged in his field of vision, smashing fiercely towards his position.

"Bang!!"

A loud explosion suddenly sounded, and Erkh stiffened and froze in place, less than five or six paces in front of him, and the shield cart in front of them had already collapsed.

The two armored soldiers standing in the front row behind the shield cart did not react, and the shells were already smashed through and killed on the spot.

A large number of wood chips flew out like a torrential rain, and in an instant, a large number of screams were heard in the military formation.

The flying pieces of wood could not kill people, but they could cause severe pain.

An unlucky Qing army guard covered his eyes in pain, knelt on the ground and wailed.

The cannonball was castrated, smashed to the ground, and after a cloud of smoke and dust, it bounced again.

Erkh gritted his teeth and trembled, he couldn't do anything as he watched the shell come straight at him.

Everything happens between lightning and fire......

Boundless fear came from all sides, and Erkh closed his eyes in despair,

"Bang!"

Erkh heard the sound of bones shattering, as if it were the dull sound of a sandbag being hammered.

Then he felt something hit his right shoulder, but surprisingly, he didn't feel any pain.

Erhe felt a sudden heat on his face and body, and the smell of blood between his mouth and nose was full.

There was chaos all around, and the terrible howls, the screams of collapse, and the shouts of the generals rang in Erhe's ears together.

Erhe opened his eyes in a trance, his hands and feet were still conscious, his heart was still beating, and he could still breathe.

Erkh looked down at his body, his armor was already blood, and the fuel that stained it red was undoubtedly human blood.

Erhe turned his head to look to the left, and everything in front of him was as terrifying as Shura's purgatory.

Where the shells passed, it was as if they had been ploughed by a plough, leaving a bloody passage.

The terrible howl he heard came from the left, and Geteb, who was from the same village as him, was lying on the ground moaning in pain, half of his shoulders were gone, and blood was gushing out of the wound like a fountain, and he was no longer alive.

The shell did not hit him, but hit Geteb, who was standing beside him, and he had just felt a blow to his left shoulder, which had occurred when Geteb's body fell backwards after being shelled.

Behind Gottb, there were several armor soldiers.

The cannonball passed through Gottb, breaking the armor behind him directly, leaving only half of his body, and he was killed on the spot.

Colorful organs flowed out of his abdominal cavity and scattered all over the ground, and fragments of filth and internal organs continued to flow out of it, and an indescribable fishy stench came out.

Rao has been on the battlefield for many years, but this scene in front of him still makes Erhe want to vomit.

"Gross-"

Erkh resisted the urge to vomit, but among the others around him, no one could hold back.

There were even timid and weak people who cried directly, frightened out of their courage.

In a short distance of 200 paces, the Ming artillery fired four rounds in a row.

The four rounds of shelling were more accurate than the last, and the damage caused by each round was greater than the other.

The ranks of the Qing army were already extremely chaotic at this time, and their morale had been shaken under the successive blows, and they had almost fallen to the bottom.

But the strange thing is that even so, there were still no soldiers in the ranks of the Qing army who collapsed and fled.

For this situation, Chen Wang did not have the slightest surprise.

Since the First Battle of Salhu, the offensive and defensive trends between the Ming and Qing dynasties have changed, and the Ming army has always been in a state of passive beating, and the large-scale field battles have hardly won again.

The decades-long defeat in the field made the Ming army in the border area afraid of the Qing army like a tiger, and the Qing army became more and more courageous and self-confidence became more and more inflated.

The sentence that the people are less than 10,000 and the 10,000 people are invincible is a strategy to attack the heart.

But after saying it for a long time, the Ming army believed it, and they also believed it.

They were not yet accustomed to losing in the field in front of the Ming army......

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

In the midst of the Qing army's large array, the drums of the Chinese army suddenly became urgent.

Chasuka's expression was hideous, the speed of the artillery should not be so fast, the artillery of the Ming army can hit hundreds of paces, which is obviously the range of the red-coated artillery.

But why, why is the rate of fire so much faster, he sees the wavering and casualties in the front.

The well-made shield carts in the army could not stop the artillery of the Ming army, there were a total of thirty shield carts in the front, and now three of them have been broken, and the soldiers behind the shield carts have also suffered great casualties because of the tight station.

He realized that the artillery of this Ming army was different from all the Ming artillery he had encountered before, and he must speed up his approach and reach forward, otherwise the army under his command would collapse before the battle was engaged.

Chasukha's heart was dripping with blood, and it was all his men, his property, and the source of his power.

According to a rough estimate, at least 200 people fell under the shelling of the Ming army.

More than 300 people were lost before the battle, and the casualties in the back are probably even greater.

Even if the followers and auxiliaries accounted for the majority, this casualty was unacceptable.

Even if you win, I am afraid that if you go back, you will be punished by the banner owner......

The future can't be saved......

"Arrive at the !!"

Chasuka's eyes were red, his eyes were about to split, and he no longer had the calmness he had before, and shouted angrily.

It took him more than ten years and several deaths and lives to climb to his current position, and he was not reconciled!

Chasuka tightly held the tiger gun in his hand and stared at the flaming red general flag in the Ming army's large array not far away.

There is only one thought in his mind now, that is, to rush over, step through the military formation of the Ming army, and cut off the head of the general of the Ming army, so as to eliminate the hatred in his heart!

……

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

The drums of the attack sounded in the Chinese army, and the sudden sound of the drums made the minds of the Qing troops in the front who were in chaos clear.

"Stand up for Lao Tzu!"

There was a sudden loud shout in his ears, and Erhe was shocked in his heart, and followed the voice.

Making a sound is exactly what they have to share in the Ox Record.

"A few rounds of artillery scared you out?!"

"If you lose to the southern soldiers, I can spare you, can the banner master spare you?!"

Nadeshku raised a knife and directly slit the throat of the armored soldier who was sitting on the ground crying, and then raised his eyes and looked around at the group of armored soldiers.

"The southern soldiers are just a bunch of waste, as long as they rush forward, they will collapse!"

"Bring back the artillery of the southern soldiers to the master, and then it will be a great achievement, gold and silver, women, whatever you want!"

Erhe's dull eyes slowly condensed, and then slowly became fierce again.

The surrounding armor soldiers were also like Erhe, and the words of the Dividing Shku encouraged them and brought them back to their senses.

The firearms of the Ming army are indeed powerful, and they have encountered many times over the years that the Ming army has come up with new firearms.

But the firearms were useless, and every time they rushed up and joined the battle, the Ming army would quickly retreat.

"Arrive forward and kill all those southern barbarians!"

After a brief period of confusion, the Qing army in the front re-stabilized the military formation.

Most of the Qing army are veterans, and they are very aware of the current situation, the artillery of the Ming army can fight more than 300 steps, and they will have to suffer from the artillery bombardment of the Ming army if they flee now.

And outside, there are also brigades of Ming cavalry eyeing each other, and they can't run far at all.

Not to mention the strict military law among the tribes, once they retreat without receiving an order, they will become deserters when they escape, and it will not be as simple as death.

"Kill all the Southern Barbarians!"

Erkh re-clenched the bow and arrow in his hand, and followed the rest of the people in Niu Lu to rearrange their formation.

The shield cart in front of their array was destroyed, but there were shield carts around it that could be used as shelter.

According to past experience, at such a close distance, the artillery of the Ming army will definitely exchange scattered shells.

Live ammunition can penetrate the shield car, but the bullet is a scattered bullet but cannot penetrate the shield car.

Moreover, this time, the first row behind the shield cart was no longer the dead soldiers and horse armor soldiers in heavy armor, but the auxiliary soldiers in the army......

In front of the Hanzhong army, all the artillerymen looked nervous and pale.

As the Qing army approached, they made more and more mistakes.

Chen Wang rode on a war horse, and he was guarded by a group of guards in the center, standing on the high slope behind the formation.

This is the position he has chosen, from here you can look at the entire battlefield, see your own array, and every move of the Qing army's array.

As the Qing army approached, he also saw the panic in the artillery positions ahead.

"Muzzle !! Raised"

A gunner shook the handle of the gun, and the muzzle of the gun was slowly lifted as a thick threaded iron rod was lowered under the gun.

The original military order was to lower the angle, but because of the pressure brought by the Qing army's charge, many gunners lowered the angle too low, so the order to raise the muzzle of the gun was issued.

Not only did the gunner who adjusted the angle have problems, but also the artillerymen who carry the shells and the artillerymen who are responsible for cleaning the chambers have problems, and there have been incidents where the shells have been dropped on the ground while they have been transported.

"Let all the artillery come back."

Chen Wang did not hesitate at all, and directly issued a military order to retreat.

"The gunners advanced ten paces, ready to take the battle, and the pikemen pressed back, and lined up to meet the enemy."

The artillery in the front line is completely out of order, the battlefield is no better than the training ground, and the pressure on the soldiers will make them make all kinds of mistakes.

"———— Cymbal"

The shrill cymbals resounded in the military formation, and the artillery in the front line was like a pardon, and they pushed the sports car with all their might, and quickly retreated to the rear.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

As soon as the sound of cymbals fell, the rapid sound of the marching drums was already in the front line of the Hanzhong army.

A group of soldiers who had already been waiting for the battle suddenly raised the sea oath in their hands at the moment when the drums sounded.

With the sound of drums, a group of soldiers of the Hanzhong Army carried the sea oath on their shoulders, and they all moved forward.

They swept past the artillerymen, who were pushing heavy artillery and were retreating, and looked ahead, step by step, forward.

More than 1,000 soldiers of the Hanzhong Army lined up in four horizontal formations, and the entire front was compressed to a length of only more than 100 steps.

The Qing army's array was quite long, about 300 paces, more than twice as long as theirs.

However, this will not be a big problem, because the two battalions of the superintendent under Sun Chuanting have already completed the assembly on the two flanks of the Hanzhong army.

Further behind, the Ming infantry of the brigade was rapidly coming under the command of Sun Chuanting.

The Qing army launched an attack, how could Sun Chuanting not make any moves.

Chen Wang turned his head and looked behind him, less than a hundred steps behind, and the fiery red daxue that belonged to Sun Chuanting had already caught his eye.

Countless red flags were pouring in his direction like a tide.

At the same time, the elite cavalry of the Ming army was also under Sun Chuanting's order, roaring and galloping from all directions.

(End of chapter)