Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 56

The hollow shells fired by the short and thick barrel of the mortar directly hit the top of the city wall!
This kind of curved weapon is used in siege operations, and the purpose to be achieved is not to destroy the city wall at all, but to kill the living forces on the city wall.When the hollow flower bomb exploded, a large number of fragments splashed everywhere, directly sweeping down a section of people on the city wall.Since it exploded above the city wall, these Qing soldiers had no chance of dodging at all!

"Father-in-law, retreat quickly!" Hu Guozhu hurriedly dragged Wu Sangui down the city wall to escape.

Wu Sangui originally stood on the wall and observed the movements of the Ming army, but the Qing army did not expect that the Ming army's artillery was so powerful, blasting the walls of Kunming City to the point of collapse, and even used weapons such as explosive bombs.

The Qing army at the top of the wall suffered heavy losses for a while, and they didn't even dare to continue to use artillery on the wall to counterattack.

Jin Tongwu also said with emotion beside Li Dingguo: "The prince said before that if the artillery is used well, it is more powerful than the infantry's platoon. Seeing it today, this statement is true."

Seeing that the bombardment was almost done, Li Dingguo waved his hand and said, "That's it for today. Let's withdraw first. We will continue the bombardment tomorrow."

The messenger immediately conveyed Li Dingguo's order, and the artillery at the front began to retreat.At this time, the city gate of Kunming City opened, and groups of cavalry rushed out of the city gate, immediately heading towards the artillery of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army.

Seeing this scene, Li Dingguo couldn't help sneering slightly, and said, "Old thief Wu is not stupid. He knows that our artillery is the greatest threat to him, so he did not hesitate to send elite cavalry out of the city to fight, and also to destroy our artillery."

On the side of the Ming army, Li Dingguo, Jin Tongwu and other officers did not have any fear. The cavalry of the Qing army went out of the city to attack the artillery of the Ming army. Of course, it is impossible for the artillery of the Ming army to be left outside alone. The artillery must be protected by layers of the Ming army.

Li Dingguo placed infantry guards on both sides and rear of the artillery. Not far from the artillery position, he also sent cavalry to guard its flanks from a distance.

The artillery commander of the Ming army responded immediately. Originally, his men and horses had packed up and turned around, but when the Qing army left the city to fight, the artillery immediately deployed again, aiming their muzzles at the cavalry rushing forward. This time they were ready to fire shotguns .

The artillery training of the Ming army was excellent, and when they retreated, they had already considered related issues.Among their artillery, heavy artillery such as mortars and original naval guns are not suitable for continued use in field battles.But they also have 120mm field guns.

The Napoleon gun was originally lighter and more convenient than contemporary artillery, and its gun carriage was designed to facilitate faster combat.

When a large number of Qing cavalry came out, the Ming artillery was ready, lining up the 120mm artillery and firing deadly shotguns at the Qing army.

The accuracy of shotguns is not high, but it is considered a range attack in itself.A large number of scattered projectiles were fired, directly knocking down a group of Qing cavalry who were charging forward. The Qing cavalry was still charging, but the speed had slowed down and became hesitant.

The artillery stopped firing once they fired a shot, because the Ming cavalry on both sides of them who were responsible for protecting their work also appeared on the stage.Since the Ming Fuguo Army on the Burmese side still lacked weapons such as carbines, although some cavalry were equipped with three-eyed blunderbusses and god blunderbusses, these cavalrymen under Li Dingguo's command were basically cuirassiers.

They wore relatively simple but protective armor, fought with sabers or spears, and paid special attention to the formation when charging and maneuvering.

Artillery no longer fires, just to prevent accidental injury to friendly troops.

The cavalry of the Ming army rushed up like a whirlwind, and directly collided with the cavalry of the Qing army.Wu Sangui didn't have any bannermen under his command, they were all Han soldiers. Many of the cavalry in this battalion were veterans from Wu Sangui from Liaodong to today.

After training in a new way, accepting Bai Mingxiu's ideological education, coupled with various spiritual inspirations and calls for interests, the soldiers of the Great Ming Restoration Army have evolved from the old-fashioned troops with little combat effectiveness to today's A real master of tigers and wolves.

Wu Sangui's cavalry could even see clearly that when they rushed towards them, the faces of the Ming army cavalry opposite showed calm perseverance and fiery murderous intent.Such a face was something they had never seen before. Even the elites of the Eight Banners had a sense of bravery, but there was no such chilling and unshakable power that made people feel like hundreds of thousands of people were connected into one.

Like a sledgehammer smashing into the cavalry formation of the Qing army, or the Qing army was like a piece of tofu hitting a hard wall, the cavalry of the Great Ming Fuguo Army brandished their knives and guns, constantly smashing Wu Jun The cavalry killed.Although Wu Sangui's cavalry has been used to fighting for so many years, many of the Ming army's cavalry are novice cavalry.But in the training center of the Ming army in Ava, it used the cavalry skills summed up for hundreds of years in later generations, and focused on some technical and tactical movements, so the Ming army cavalry was more skilled in their movements.

On the contrary, after a panic, the cavalry of the Wu army was defeated by the cavalry of the Ming army with higher morale and more discipline.

The fighting between the two cavalry only lasted for 10 minutes, and the Wu cavalry was completely defeated. They cried and wanted to retreat into Kunming City, but the Qing army guarding the city had already closed the city gate. These cavalry wanted to enter the city, but were blocked by the people on the city. A group of Qing army defenders rushed back with bows and arrows.

At this time, Wu Sangui absolutely did not dare to open the city gate. The cavalry of the Ming army were too fierce. If they rushed into the city, I am afraid that they would really be able to break out a situation. As long as they occupy this city gate, the Ming army is still superior in strength. They will continue to enter the city, and Wu Sangui's old life will really be over.

"Many of them are brothers who followed the king from Shanhaiguan back then!" Wu Sangui was heartbroken, but he still closed the gate of the city tightly and did not do any rescue.

The defeated cavalry did not dare to turn back to deal with the Ming army, so they could only flee in all directions. Some were smart enough to throw away their weapons and flee, or dismounted and surrendered.

After the Ming army finished clearing up the situation, more than 300 elites in Wu Sangui's hands were killed, more than 200 surrendered, and hundreds of others fled directly.All the soldiers of the Qing army who were watching this scene on the city wall were heartbroken.

"Is this kind of army still the Ming army?" Many people couldn't help but ask this question in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)