Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 254 Daling River Elegy 2
The next day, the Ming army used the strike meal early and began to gather.Zhang Chun gave some encouragement to the soldiers of the army, encouraging them to fight the enemy bravely and serve the country. The soldiers responded to the commander's speech with loud shouts.Of course, Zhang Chun is not a nerd who is stupid about reading. He knows very well that for these Qiu Ba, loyalty to the emperor and serving the country is imaginary. Only money in his pocket and wine and meat in his mouth are the most real. At the end, he assured everyone that as long as everyone kills the enemy bravely, they will be rewarded a lot. Each general can be promoted to one level only by beheading five ranks. , if the imperial court does not give it, he will make it up for everyone at his own expense!The soldiers let out a burst of laughter and shouted: "My lord, let's forget it, who doesn't know that you have a breeze in your sleeves? Pay us to make up for it yourself? You won't be able to make up for it even if you sell it!"

Zhang Chun said: "If this battle can be won, it doesn't matter if I sell my official to make up the rewards for you!"

Regardless of whether the whole army believes that Zhang Chun will sell himself for money to make up the rewards for everyone, Zhang Chun's speech finally boosted everyone's morale.The horn player lost no time and blew the horn to march.Amid the desolate trumpets, the Ming army's chariot battalion began to slowly and firmly advance towards the first line of defense with red flags and blue flags. Musketeers, archers, and crossbowmen followed behind the chariot with their hands tightly Holding the crossbow and firecracker, he stared nervously ahead, waiting for the thunderous sound of horseshoes.The cannon carriages were also slowly moving forward. This time the Ming army dispatched a large number of artillery pieces, lined up, ready to give Hou Jin a head-on blow at any time.

Azig frowned into a knot: "In the beginning, the whole army was on top, not even the striker, Zhang Chun is crazy!"

Mang Gurtai said: "He is not crazy, he wants to concentrate the overwhelmingly superior forces and crush our defense line like an avalanche. In the words of their wise people, this is called breaking... breaking that sinking ship!"

Azig rolled his eyes: "Burn the cauldron!" He felt a little proud, look, I know this idiom!
Mang Gurtai nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, yes, yes, it's all about breaking the boat and throwing everything at it, leaving no way out for myself!"

Azig rolled his eyes again: "It's a desperate attempt!"

Mang Gurtai was a little annoyed: "I know all of this, I said this on purpose, don't keep catching my phrasal language, can you concentrate on fighting!"

Azig looked helpless, listening to this illiterate allusion is really too painful!In order not to let his ears continue to suffer, Aziger waved his flag, and hundreds of cavalrymen with red flags rushed out from behind him, like sharp arrows, roaring towards the Ming army's chariot array - after the fight, reckless Gurtai’s mouth should be shut.

Smoke and dust rose, hooves thundered, and there was a commotion in the Ming army's chariots. The soldiers in front shouted: "Jianu is here!"Zhang Chun sent an order: "Jiannu is to attack the front of our army, so that the cavalry of Wu Zongbing and Song Zongbing don't move!" What he was most worried about was that the two wings of the chariot formation would lose their cover.Once the two wings lost their cover, the entire chariot formation would turn into a tortoise with all four feet in the sky, unable to move, and could only be chopped up by others. Therefore, he would not use the cavalry on the two wings unless it was absolutely necessary.

In order to preserve these precious cavalry, Zhang Chun took great pains.However, the cruel facts proved that all his painstaking efforts were in vain.

Hundreds of cavalry with red flags roared forward, making horrible screams, coupled with the weird costumes and colorfully painted faces, like a group of wild beasts, it was creepy.The horses of these cavalry were extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed to the front of the chariot formation. The strong bows began to fire, and the sharp arrows pierced the air and screamed, pulling out beautiful arcs in the air, pouring towards the chariot formation Down there, there was only a soft sound of tuk-tuk-tuk, and there were many more feathered arrows on the cart on the ground, and the shafts of the arrows were still buzzing and shaking.This is a light arrow, which can be shot very far, but its power is not very good. It is okay to deal with unarmored soldiers, but it is useless if the target is wearing cotton armor or even iron armor.This round of arrow rain came quickly and frighteningly, but the effect was not very good, only a few people were injured.After shooting this round of light arrows, the rear golden cavalrymen bent down and hid themselves in the saddle without any shyness. They didn't expect to kill many people. This round of rapid shooting was just to lure the Ming army musketeers to fire.

The Ming army did not disappoint them. Houjindu was still out of range. Several musketeers screamed and pulled the trigger. Their equally nervous companions immediately followed. Suddenly, the front line of the car formation followed. There was an extremely dense gunfire like setting off firecrackers, gunpowder smoke and barrel flames spewed out, and bullets rained out!However, it was of no use. The Houjin Cavalry was still [-] or [-] steps away from them. After the lead hit [-] or [-] steps, who knows where it drifted to!The Houjin cavalry passed through the line of fire almost unscathed, laughing and drawing their strong bows, aiming at the musketeers who were already in chaos.For them, the next step was target practice. One shot from that piece of shit was enough for them to kill three Ming soldiers!
They seem to be laughing a little early, though.When they approached fifty steps, they heard the roar of the firecrackers again... yes, the roar!It was not the bang bang sound like a bird gun setting off firecrackers, but a heart-pounding roar. More than 300 muskets mounted on chariots spewed long tongues of fire at them!If Yang Menglong saw it, he would definitely regard this thing as a sniper cannon, because this thing is too thick and too long, and it takes two people to lift it!This thing is a carrying gun, imitating the Portuguese Franco cannon, with a caliber of 24 mm, the power of which can be imagined!Of course, this kind of powerful single-soldier artillery can't be spoiled by recruits. Those who operate these guns are all veterans who have experienced the battle of recovering the four cities in the customs. They are more calm and did not follow that Let's help the recruits to let go of their guns together, and wait until the Golden Cavalrymen get close enough to open fire. As for the effect...

As soon as the gun was raised and the gun fired, the Niu Lier of the Houjin Cavalry knew that someone was going to be in trouble. The honest and honest Ming Army musketeers also learned bad things and actually hid such a trick!Without bothering to remind his subordinates, he hastily lowered his body.Immediately, a shot of buckshot passed by, and the air wave caused nearly dragged him off the horse!The cavalryman following him reacted a little slower, and saw a pomegranate-sized Heigu Longdong stuff zooming in front of his eyes, and then zooming in again... Then, his head and helmet exploded into seventeen pieces. Eight yuan, blood mixed with brains splattered everywhere, it was horrible.Another man and his horse let out a wailing cry. The lead bullet first broke half of the horse's neck, and then hit his stomach, flying straight back with a piece of intestines!The power of the spear is so great that no armor can stop it. The person wearing armor will be shot, and the armor leaves will fly and blood will be splashed. The person without armor will be shot, and blood will fly everywhere! More than 300 guns raised their guns and fired a volley, and the golden cavalry fell down a dozen or twenty cavalry, and the hissing of the horses resounded across the battlefield!
Niu Lu was furious and yelled: "Damn Ming Gou!" An arrow was shot out, and an archer with a gun was hit by an arrow in the forehead and fell on his back screaming.The rear golden cavalry fired arrows one after another, screaming one after another on the front line of the chariot formation, and people kept falling down with arrows, and most of them were shot in the head and chest.The general of the Ming army, Wang Zhiku, shouted urgently: "Let the arrows, let the arrows!" The poor performance of the musketeers made the Ming army temporarily passive. The officers and soldiers of the Ming army could only stare. They had no choice but to switch to archers and crossbowmen.Following his order, the archers and crossbowmen braved the sharp arrows that flew past like locusts and stepped forward to take over the defense line of the musketeers. Aiming at the rear golden cavalry's war horse, there was a metallic trill, and the crossbow arrows roared. The rear golden war horse rushing forward fell to the ground with a wild hiss, throwing the cavalry off the horse arrow.The archers fired all their arrows, and arrows rained down on the heads of the rear golden cavalrymen. The sharp arrows collided with the iron armor and clanked.It can be seen that the arrowheads of the Ming army who cut corners and seriously cut corners are really lacking in lethality against the armored post-golden cavalry. Many post-golden cavalry have more than a dozen arrows hanging on their armor, but there is nothing wrong with them. An arrow in the neck is fine.But the war horses had no way to wear armor, and the arrows were almost biting their flesh. The horses that were shot either fell down with a cry of grief, or they jumped forward and back like crazy, knocking off the cavalry on their backs.At this time, a large cloud of gunpowder smoke spewed out from the Ming army's vehicle formation, the cannons roared, and a lead ball weighing one or two kilograms rushed out from the barrel, smashed into the middle of the Houjin Cavalry, fell to the ground, bounced up, and hit the Houjin Cavalry. Suddenly flesh and blood flew everywhere!The lethality of solid lead bullets fired from cannons is not comparable to that of grenades, but if it hits the target, the consequences will definitely be worse than being hit by shrapnel from a grenade!Solid lead bullets are so easy to hit. If they hit your arms, they will break. If they hit your legs, they will break!More than a dozen artillery pieces fired a salvo, and more than a dozen lead bullets flew out, rolling out bloody alleys among the Houjin cavalry.At this moment, the Houjin cavalry could not hold on any longer, and they threw down the dead bodies on the ground and ran away. The Ming army general Zhang Hongmo led hundreds of fine cavalry to fight out of the chariot formation, chasing the retreating Houjin cavalry and slashing them continuously. It turned over several rides.Every time one of them was brought down, the Ming cavalry would put the head on a spear and raise it high so that the soldiers behind could see it.The soldiers at the back couldn't help but cheer loudly when they saw the bloody heads being picked up, and their morale rose.

Jiannu is nothing to be afraid of, they will bleed, they will die!
After having such thoughts in mind, the Ming army's fear of the enemy was greatly offset. Some soldiers rushed out of the car formation regardless of the officer's scolding, and swung their knives at the Houjin soldiers who were hit by more than a dozen arrows and were struggling on the ground. Stabbed randomly, cut off the head after killing, grabbed the dirty braid and swung it all the way back to the car formation, the morale of the Ming army increased even more.Zhang Chun took the opportunity to order to advance at full speed, and he must break through Houjin's defense line in one fell swoop.The Ming army did not wipe out many enemies in this battle, but the effect was not bad. At least the morale was raised. The soldiers of the whole army were full of fighting spirit.

Hou Jin's rangers scattered around roared in all directions, shooting arrows at the chariot formation, trying to contain the Ming army.The cavalry on both sides of the escort formation immediately rushed out and got entangled with these rangers. Both sides galloped, throwing arrows and spears at the opponent's vital points. They walked away as soon as they touched them. They never hesitated to fight. It was a lively fight. .This kind of petty fighting obviously couldn't stop the progress of the Ming army. The Ming army was heavily guarded and advanced all the way along the Xiaoling River!
(End of this chapter)