Dominate the Country

ps: This is the first update today. The protagonist's golden finger is here.

The main force of the Chen family army was dragged behind the vanguard camp for 20 to 30 miles. The area of ​​Yancheng is located in the plain, close to the Shahe River, which is very convenient for the army to march and transport logistics. This is like the troops of Guide Town did not go straight west to Yancheng after leaving Zhoujiakou, but followed the Shahe River to Xihua first, and then to Yancheng. In the face of the traffic environment in the mid-Qing Dynasty, neither the Chen family army nor the Qing army could abandon the convenient river and choose the difficult dirt road. Just like the Qing army on the way from Guide to Chenzhou Prefecture, the taste was absolutely sour and refreshing!

Hearing that Chen Erbao's camp and the Qing army's vanguard troops arrived outside Yancheng at almost the same time, the two sides had already fought. Chen Ming's heart suddenly trembled. This sudden tightening of his heart really shocked him? What happened?

Chen Ming frowned.

Chen Erbao's camp had more than 500 people. There was no reason for him to lose when fighting against the Qing soldiers and militiamen who had less than 1,000 people on the opposite side. Where did the "fear" in his heart come from?

"Can you see a large group of Qing troops marching behind the Qing army's vanguard?"

"No large group of Qing troops were found."

Liu Wu, who was beside Chen Ming, blinked his eyes. What was going on? Why did the young master look so serious? Just as he was about to speak, he heard Chen Ming ask again: "Did the Qing army's vanguard retreat?"

"No. The Qing army's vanguard was just like Bao Ye's camp, and they went straight to the front."

Chen Ming exhaled and glanced at Liu Wu, who was also riding on a group of horses, "Tell Chen Kaishan to take the cavalry battalion and immediately support the vanguard battalion."

Liu Wu straightened his back and clasped his hands to accept the order. Chen Ming was looking at him when he said this, which meant that he had to go and pass the order in person.

"Master Shan, you have to hurry up. The young master invites you to hurry up."

Just when Liu Wu ran to Chen Kaishan to pass on the order, Chen Ming, who issued the reinforcement order, felt much less "frightened" in his heart. This made him wonder if his nerves were too tense.

Outside Yancheng City.

The sound of gunfire crackled, and the confrontation between Chen Erbao's camp and the Qing army's Chenzhou camp had not yet entered the climax. Both sides were still using firearms, and the troops were not completely mixed together.

The Chenzhou camp had nearly 400 people, but they had nearly 200 muskets, and the Chenzhou militia had 500 to 600 people and more than 100 muskets. Opposite them, Chen Erbao's camp had only 60 regular musket soldiers. Of course, everyone in Chen Erbao's personal guards was equipped with muskets or hand guns.

The quality of the muskets of the Chen family army was strong enough, and the quality of the musketeers was also higher. A hundred or so muskets were divided into three rows, and they fought against the three hundred bird guns on the opposite side. In a short period of time, they did not lose the upper hand. In terms of the exact lethality, the musketeers of the Chen family army, who always kept a distance of twenty feet from each other, had even greater lethality.

Because on the Qing side, the green camp soldiers of the Chenzhou camp were quite good at volley shooting, but the Chenzhou militia was completely useless. In addition, the latter's bird guns had quality problems, and they were already a little overwhelmed at a distance of twenty feet.

The musketeers of the Chen family army were all wearing breastplates. The battle lasted for more than a quarter of an hour. Twelve people fell here, but only three were actually sacrificed, one with a broken leg and one with a crippled arm. In this era, being hit by a lead bullet weighing only one or two pounds would cripple a person if not dead. But the remaining seven people all escaped. This is the advantage of keeping a distance of twenty feet. Even if the lead bullet deformed the breastplate and broke the ribs and sternum of the musketeer, the person would not die or become disabled.

This is the Chinese firearm of this era - the bird gun.

A scene that is impossible in the Western world appeared on Chinese firearms and in the hands of Chinese officers and soldiers.

In order to find this distance, the musketeer battalion conducted several experiments.

The Qing army had a large number of people and guns, while the Chen army had armor on them, so they were relieved. In addition, the Chen army musketeers used flintlock guns and wrapped paper bullets. Compared with the Qing army's firing rate, the Chen army was much faster.

As a result, the situation was briefly stalemate.

The Chenzhou camp garrison was very angry that they could not defeat the musketeers on the opposite side. Didn't this disrupt his plan? Before the fight, he had planned everything well. Three hundred shotguns broke the spirit of the Chen family thieves, and then the troops rushed up and entangled the main force of the Chen family thieves. When the cavalry in Yancheng County took the opportunity to rush out, wouldn't it be a sure win?

The two or three hundred cavalry in Guide Town entered Yancheng as early as yesterday evening. Yesterday evening, the Qing army's scouts and the Chen family army's scouts fought fiercely. The former lost a lot of lives, but successfully covered the whereabouts of the cavalry.

Chen Ming had little experience and didn't realize that the Qing army's scouts suddenly exerted their strength. There was a little calculation hidden behind it. The vanguard battalion of the Chen family army was not facing just the Chenzhou camp and the Chenzhou militia, but also the two or three hundred cavalry in Guide Town. Being ambushed by the cavalry when the infantry was fighting was a fatal thing.

When the Chenzhou garrison angrily ordered his men to split into two groups and attack the two wings of the Chen family army from the bottom, and asked the musketeers in the front to keep in line and continue to put pressure on the musketeers of the Chen family army on the opposite side, the battle instantly entered its climax. Everything that followed fell into the calculations of the Qing army. When the Chen family army was about to defeat the Chenzhou camp and the Chenzhou militia, the south gate of Yancheng was opened, and a cavalry rushed out of it with murderous intent and attacked Chen Erbao's camp directly.

When Chen Kaishan led the cavalry battalion to kill, Chen Erbao was so excited that he almost cried. His troops were separated by the Qing army, and he himself had no idea about the situation of the other part of the people.

Even if the Qing army's cavalry was not as good as the real cavalry, their attack power against the infantry was beyond imagination.

So the Chen family army ushered in a beautiful reversal.

In the predicament, the Chen family army relied on its own victorious spirit, powerful equipment, and the Qing army officers who were greedy for merit and did not know how to surrender, but only drove the troops to attack and kill, so they persisted with difficulty. But the Qing soldiers were different. The quality of the militia was not as good as the regular army, and the Chenzhou camp had been fighting for so long, and their physical strength was seriously consumed. The sudden change of the situation made them tremble with fear, and their morale was drained, so the Qing army completely collapsed.

When Chen Ming arrived with the right battalion of the personal guards, the battle was over. The vanguard battalion and the cavalry battalion were guarding the prisoners of war while collecting the spoils and their own wounded. Chen Erbao and Chen Kaishan reported the battle to him, and Chen Ming's hand went straight to his chest. Oh my God, if it weren't for the sudden palpitation, would Chen Erbao, the fist force of the Chen family army, the so-called first general, and his battalion be finished?

Chen Ming's heart was filled with fear and relief like the waves of the sea, which could not be stopped. He felt like he was going to collapse.

What two hundred muskets, hundreds of mules and horses, Chen Ming couldn't hear at all, fortunately, fortunately! This emotion completely overwhelmed him...