Chapter Ninety-Four: Collapse at the Touch of a Button
Before the development of firearms, cavalry and archers were still the elite of the battlefield, and in many cases, they were the key to the outcome of a war.
But the premise of everything is that firearms are not well developed.
When Zhu Changwu appeared, he was doomed to be useless to the archers.
Without it, the attack distances of the two sides are simply not comparable.
Not only that, but there are too many gaps between the two sides in terms of the destructive power and accuracy they cause.
"The enemy is two miles ahead, and everyone slows down and prepares to dismount."
Zhu Changwu's military command was issued, and when the distance of one mile was given, more than 200 quasi-dragon soldiers all dismounted, and began to prepare for the battle in front of the Dashun army, which was already nearly 30,000 on the opposite side.
W86 landed and began to lay the erection pole...
The Type 171 heavy machine gun began to look for the most suitable firing position and angle.
The sharpshooter squad is also checking the ammunition, ready to shoot at any moment.
The 40 fire group and the quasi-dragon soldiers holding the Type 191 assault semi-automatics are also ready, and once the battle starts, they will rush forward, and after closing the effective attack distance, they will begin to prepare for fire output.
More than two hundred quasi-dragon soldiers were busy in an orderly manner. In this regard, the Dashun army was motionless, like a fixed target, waiting for the storm to come.
It was the first time they had watched the dragon soldiers making pre-battle preparations so closely, and even many people had curious eyes in their eyes.
Of course, this is also because the quasi-dragon soldiers did not enter the range of their bows and arrows, otherwise I am afraid that this meeting will already be a scene of thousands of arrows.
"The artillery crew is ready!"
"The machine gun crew is ready!"
"The sharpshooter squad is ready..."
With a shout followed by a slap, Zhu Changwu's face also became serious, and then in the next breath, he raised his gun to shoot, more than 700 meters away, a young general of the Dashun Army who did not know how to die on a war horse was shot in the head.
The sound of a gun is an order!
When the big sniper rang out, the sound of guns and cannons came one after another, sweeping down like a raging storm.
The Dashun army, which was still waiting for the Ming army to approach, could not have imagined that at such a distance, the Ming army would open fire, and the attack was still so rapid.
The Dashun army, which fought with the dragon soldiers for the first time, was stunned in an instant. In particular, the two thousand archers standing at the front did not even have the ability to shoot arrows, so they were completely drowned in the artillery.
In later generations, in the face of artillery fire, all soldiers knew the truth of lying down and scattering, which was just the most basic common sense.
But now, how many people understand this truth?
In order to make the arrows more powerful, the 2,000 archers almost always stood next to each other, and under such a dense formation, a single cannonball could often take away a dozen or more lives.
For this kind of Dashun army that stood there and took the initiative to gather together, Zhu Changwu and Long Bing would never be polite.
On the battlefield, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, and this kind of thinking has long been instilled in the hearts of every quasi-dragon soldier.
It is conceivable that if the dragon soldiers are not left behind, what will become of the battlefield.
The sound of the ghost crying wolf...
Call for help...
The shouts of surrender were endless.
And then the egg!
There were few people who could hear such a sound, and all of them were covered by the sound of gunfire, and all that was left was the scene of people being constantly blown away, their bodies pierced, and smashed.
"Withdraw, retreat, this is not something we can stop at all." Bai Minghe, who was at the rear of the battlefield, saw all this, and then he was shocked, turned his horse's head and fled quickly.
I was still doubting that the number of the Ming army was not very large, how could the Dashun army be vulnerable and retreat.
Now that he finally saw the process, he finally knew that the Ming army on the other side was powerful and terrifying.
Bai Minghe turned around and ran, and the soldiers of the old battalion beside him also ran wildly together. Even the general has run away, who will be stupid and stay to fight?
It can be said that the war has not yet begun, it has already ended.
There was no resistance, and the nearly 30,000 Dashun troops were all turned around and ran away, except for the more than 3,000 people at the front who were severely damaged. Especially some of the Dashun soldiers who had fled here before, they seemed to be more experienced, and they didn't know where to throw their weapons for a long time, and they were obviously much faster than the others.
The soldiers of the Dashun Army are not stupid, how can they still carry them in their hands when they see that others have lost their weapons and run away?
In this way, more and more people threw their weapons on the ground, opened their legs, and came to a running race.
"Rush forward, as long as we catch up with these Ming troops, the exploits and rewards are waiting for us." After Hu Yunfeng saw this scene, he seized the opportunity to shout loudly.
More than 10,000 Ming troops began to pursue, although their numbers are relatively small, but for a large Shun army that has no morale and no weapons, even if they are small, they will basically not encounter any resistance.
Zhu Changwu and the others did not immediately pursue, but began to rest and replenish ammunition. Ten minutes later, they began to mount their horses one by one, following in the footsteps of the Ming army's pursuit.
The two sides can be said to cooperate very tacitly, the dragon soldier led by Zhu Changwu is like a sharp knife, only need to penetrate into the opponent's body and start bleeding, followed by the ordinary Ming army will rush up, a long burst of biting, and eat and wipe the seemingly powerful enemy one by one.
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The main camp of the Dashun army is the big tent.
Li Zicheng sat on the main seat like a golden sword, listening to the scouts from below, saying that a certain general was approaching the Ming army with a large army, giving people the feeling that an encirclement would be formed.
"Very good, tell the generals below that you still have to speed up the march, and at the same time tie your pockets, this time, we will eat these tens of thousands of Ming troops in one bite, completely wipe out the last strength of the Ming Dynasty, and bend the backbone of the Ming Dynasty." Li Zicheng's face showed a look of satisfaction, and his tone of voice was also full of self-confidence.
Although the army did not choose to break through at night, but changed it to daytime, it really caught Li Zicheng off guard. But after all, the Dashun army occupies an absolute advantage in numbers and has a deep defense system, as long as they are given time, the advantage is still on his side.
Li Yan and the other three strategists also agreed with this very much. They also all believe that today is the time to destroy the last armed forces of the Ming Jingshi.
It's just that this point of view was quickly changed, and Liu Tichun returned.
Liu Tichun, who returned on horseback, fell to his knees on the ground as soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and then said with a sad face: "King Dashun, the battle on the front line is unfavorable, and General Liu Rukui has died." ”
"What?"
At that moment, Li Zicheng, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others were all together, and their faces were full of shocked looks that could not be concealed.
Liu Rukui has 30,000 Dashun troops in his hands, and there are many elites in the old battalion, plus he has already been on guard, unlike Wu Ruyi, who has to face a sneak attack, which really makes people wonder how he could die on the battlefield.
"What the hell is going on?" After being shocked, Li Zicheng asked with a serious face.
This is already the fourth general who died in the hands of the Ming army in front of him. Of course, he didn't know that Li You had been shot in the head by Lou Heyang and died in battle, otherwise, this would be the fifth.
"Yes." Liu Tichun didn't dare to hesitate at the moment, so he told the news he got from the scout in detail.
"I don't even know whose hand it was, and General Liu fell from his horse and died?" When the results were announced, Li Zicheng and the others were shocked.
This result is obviously not something they can accept right away if they want to.
If Liu Rukui was greedy for merit and died in the trap of the Ming army, they may be able to understand it. But someone told them that Liu Rukui was still in the army, and he was still guarded by everyone, but he still died in battle, which made people unable to figure it out and made people feel afraid.
Since the Ming army can take Liu Rukui's head among the million army, does it also mean that they can also take their own heads?
They weren't afraid of fighting, they originally came out of the sea of corpses and blood.
It's not unheard of being surrounded by people and almost dying in battle. But it would be frightening to say that the opponent has advanced firearms that can kill people invisibly.
Thinking that as long as he appeared on the battlefield, he might die without warning at any time, Li Zicheng felt that one head and two were big. If this is the case, how will this battle be fought?
"Zhongqing, is there any good plan?" After thinking about it for a long time, Li Zicheng couldn't think of a way, so he looked at Li Yan and the others, hoping that they could come up with a plan to solve the matter.
There was a silence in the main tent at first, and it was obvious that this was the first time everyone had encountered such a problem.
They knew that the Ming army had firearms, or advanced firearms, but Bai Bangzheng had said before that the Ming army did not have much gunpowder, so everyone didn't think about it so much. But now it seems that things are not as simple as they imagined.
"What? Can't you all do it? Li Zicheng watched, a long time passed, and none of the three advisers gave an idea, and Li Zicheng was face was displeased.
This is a precursor to a frenzy. Niu Xingjin thought for a while, then stood up and said: "King Dashun, it's not that there is no way to solve the matter, I'm afraid that we need to pay a lot of price." ”
"Oh, Niu Qing has some magic tricks, say it quickly." Li Zicheng asked with a smile on his face.
"King Dashun, the Ming army has advanced firearms, which is indeed a bit unexpected by our previous expectations, and looking at the current situation, I am afraid that it is not what Bai Bangzheng said, the Ming army is not good at gunpowder. It's just that no matter what kind of weapons the Ming army has, in the final analysis, it is still up to people to use it. In contrast, the shortcomings of the Ming army are the lack of troops, so as long as we mobilize all the surrounding Dashun troops at any cost, as long as the soldiers can be killed without fear of life and death, even if the Ming army has unknown firearms, it is impossible to use them indefinitely, or that as long as we continue to charge, we can also exhaust them to death, and when the time comes, we will not worry about killing them. ”