Nanming Engineer

Chapter 290 Cavalry Charge
Zhentianlei, this title existed in the Song Dynasty, and it generally refers to throwing firearms with gunpowder inside and iron sheets on the outside.After the Ming Dynasty, it was carried forward. During the Battle of Baihegou in the Jianwen period, the Southern Army had used it in actual combat, but at this time it had evolved into a firearm that was buried underground and ignited with a fuse. The Minister of the Ministry of War in the Jiajing Dynasty once When Governor Sanbian and Qi Jiguang were guarding Jizhen, they both used a large number of thunderbolts and buried them in the main roads and dangerous places, which played an excellent role.

Li Maozu had served as a soldier in the Ming Dynasty, and the people around him were of course familiar with the Ming army's firearms, so when they saw the explosives released by the Kuizhou army, they yelled out reflexively.

"Tiantianlei?" Li Maozu was horrified, and tried his best to control the frightened mount under him, and his mind turned instantly: "Tiantianlei is an extremely powerful firearm. It has always been only made by the Beijing Bingzhan Bureau. It is unique to Shenjiying. Equipment, after the intruders occupied Beijing and the entire Shenji Battalion was annihilated, Zhentianlei was never seen in the Ming army again, where did the Ming army find them?"

Time did not allow him to think too much. In just a few breaths, more than a dozen explosive packages flew into the sky, and with a dull whistling sound, they fell to the ground one after another. Near and far away, some flew away and landed far away from the Qing army's phalanx, and some flew closer, and fell to the ground after shooting more than ten steps away. Those who went out really fell into the Qing army's formation, but there were only three or four.

that's enough.

The explosive package with sparks on the fuse rolled in the crowd. The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were all from the Ming army, so they naturally knew that this was definitely not something fun. With the shocking explosion effect of the first explosive package, everyone used it Toes knew everything, as long as these bedrolls exploded, no one would survive.

Some people yelled sharply to disperse the crowd, some people rushed forward desperately, trying to step on the fire head with their feet, more people, under great fear, instinctively avoided the falling explosive package, you squeeze me and me Push your mess into a mess.

One explosive package was trampled out, and the rest exploded shortly after landing.

The ground shook violently in an instant, and it could be felt within a few miles. The black gunpowder smoke mixed with gray dust spiraled upwards, forming huge mushroom clouds one by one, which rose up in the wave-like shock waves. Under Huacheng.

Iron nails and rubble flew across, penetrating armor and flesh and blood, cutting people's blood vessels and dismembering human organs. Qing soldiers who were close to the explosion point were directly blasted into countless pieces of meat, and those who were a little further away were missing. Those with arms and legs were blown up into the air and then fell heavily. If they were a little further away, they would vomit blood and die under the strong shock wave.

Few people could hear the explosions that sounded one after another, because almost all the Qing soldiers had their eardrums shattered by the first explosion, and fell into a state of deafness, unable to hear any sounds.

The large formation of 5000 people was wrapped in gunpowder smoke, like a city engulfed by a sandstorm. It collapsed quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Li Maozu in the rear, Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin on the two wings, and the Kuizhou army at the base of the Xinhua city wall all opened their mouths wide, looking at everything in front of them with fear and surprise, almost unbelievable.

A large formation of 5000 people, even if they stand still and are bombarded with red cannons, will not collapse so quickly. The solid iron bumps shot by the cannons are no bigger than a dozen lines, and will not produce such a large-scale killing effect.

In the center of the entire battlefield, the sky was filled with smoke. The smoke rose into the sky and blocked the scorching sun. The sun's rays seemed to be swallowed up by the explosion, which added endless panic to the killing.

There was a sound of "呵呵" gasping for air-conditioning in the Kuizhou army formation. Even though he was on his side and far away, he could still feel the extremely strong shock wave and the intense shock wave that was still in his ears. With the explosion and the blast of air, everyone felt cold sweat breaking out on their bodies. They were thankful that they were following the right person.

Just looking at more than 100 steps away, those human tissues tumbling into the air and the blood splashing all over the sky, already made these bloodthirsty veterans who have experienced the battlefield feel heart palpitations. His awe-inspiring eyes turned to the instigator of all this, the chief general of the Kuizhou Army, Great Ming Pingliang Bo Wang Huan.

Even Li Dingguo is no exception.

Regardless of his slightly aching eardrums, the admiration and submission in his eyes was already close to madness.

But Wang Huan was still smacking his lips, his hands covering his ears were swayed by the shaking head, and he couldn't help talking to himself: "The accuracy of the head is too bad. It seems that the method of directly digging holes in the ground to replace the launch tube is too primitive, that is, it cannot be launched." Controlling the range can’t guarantee the accuracy, and it’s a waste of gunpowder. When I go back in the future, I need to improve it.”

He grinned at the corner of his mouth again, looking at the collapsed Qing army's central army and Li Maozu's rear army in a sluggish state, he said with a contemptuous smile: "Thousands of catties of black powder are enough to blow up a city, and you guys can't be killed." Erpilian?"

The wind in the wilderness blew gently, dissipating some smoke, and at this time, some stumbling people ran out from inside, crying and howling. Like flies in a mess, scurrying in all directions, some people were dazed, unable to distinguish things, and even ran towards the direction of the Kuizhou army.

The supervisors in the back formation were also stunned by the vision in front of them. They even forgot to perform their own duties, and just froze in place, letting the scattered soldiers flee back. It was not as strict as before.

The 5000-strong Chinese army, excluding those who were killed and those who fled in all directions, returned to Li Maozu's rear. There were more than 2000 people in the army. However, these 2000 people were like frightened birds.

Li Maozu's main formation, where the rear army pressed the formation, also had two thousand personal barracks. Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin on both wings had three thousand soldiers each. In terms of numbers, the Qing army still had an overwhelming advantage.

Wang Huan took out the cotton stuffed in his ears, clapped his hands, motioned the people around him to do the same, and then issued an order: "Send the order, blow the trumpet, and all the soldiers will come out!"

Beside him, there were four personal guards with large horns on their backs. They followed Wang Huan and took out the cotton in their ears, then turned the huge horns on their backs to his body, took a deep breath, puffed up their cheeks and blew hard. .

"Woo~~~!!"

The unique low-pitched sound of the Horn resounds into the sky, and the vast expanse is like waves entering the sea, arousing echoes.

Li Dingguo urged his horse forward and stood a few steps away from Wang Huan. Ma Wannian tacitly followed with more than ten personal guards and surrounded Wang Huan.

Li Dingguo's expression was stern, his face was as sinking as water, his shining eyes exuded a frightening cold light, and his cold expression showed his ruthless state of mind before the fight.

He slowly raised an iron spear in his hand high, the red tassel on the tip of the spear fluttered in the wind, like a raging fire, so eye-catching in the chilling air.

The officers and soldiers of the Kuizhou Army rode their horses closer to the center, forming a tighter horizontal formation, holding their spears horizontally, holding the gun in one hand and reining in the other, keeping at the same level as Li Dingguo, quietly waiting for the moment to charge.

"The Kuizhou army, all victorious!" Li Dingguo let out a roar from the depths of his throat, using all his strength, and at the same time pushed his horse forward slowly with his feet hard.

"Ten thousand victories!" Countless responses came out from the mouths of every soldier of the Kuizhou Army. Following Li Dingguo's pace, they moved forward in order from the middle to both sides, forming a "human" shaped impact array.

Wang Huan pulled down the iron nose guard on the eight-petal iron helmet, took a deep breath, squeezed the spear tightly in his hand, and followed behind Li Dingguo, maintaining the same speed as him, blending into the formation and urging the horse forward.

Li Dingguo's horse ran at the front, and his speed controlled the speed of the entire array. He could be seen staring at the Qing army's rear array looming in the smoke in front. He controlled the reins with one hand and the horse with both legs, slowly speeding up. The speed of the horse changed from walking slowly to speeding up.

The Qing army on the two wings immediately noticed the change of the Kuizhou army, and immediately understood that the Ming army was going to attack Li Maozu's rear line head-on.

But so what?Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin were both infantry. The original task for them was to guard the flanks, not to give the Ming army any room to escape, and there was no plan for them to take the initiative to attack. Now that the situation is imminent, they can't run with two legs no matter what. four-legged.

The white armor of the Kuizhou army turned into a flood dragon in the black smoke, piercing through the clouds and fog, smashing directly at the yellow dragon, passing through the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood formed by the explosion of the explosive package, and heading straight for Li Maozu!

Thousands of war horses flew with all four hooves, hooves rumbling and horns piercing the sky, like a sharp sword, cutting towards the rear of the Qing army.

Li Maozu had recovered by this time, and of course he saw the movements of the Ming army. His eyes were blood red, full of dissatisfaction.

"Ben Fu is both civil and military, victorious in every battle, how can he be defeated by an unknown group of miscellaneous soldiers!" Li Maozu gritted his teeth, kept waving the sword in his hand, and told the soldiers around him not to panic, and lined up to defend against the enemy.

"What about your cavalry? I am an elite soldier. As long as the formation stays together, you won't be able to eat me. When the reinforcements from the two wings gather, there will be several times more people than you, let alone me." Li Maozu thought in his heart. He secretly said bitterly: "Although I can't catch up with you now, but wait for the Benfu cavalry at the north gate to come over and attack twice, forgive this group of Ming troops for not being able to escape!"

Under his supervision, his personal barracks turned out to be brave and brave, facing the thunderous sound of horse hooves without fear, and arranged themselves neatly into a square formation as if they were ready to die, with the spearmen in front and the archers behind, waiting patiently. The Kuizhou army rushed over.

Li Maozu was in the middle, staring at the advancing Kuizhou army under heavy protection, clenching his teeth. He had already lost the upper hand in this battle and suffered heavy losses. If he couldn't win, everything would be over.

He didn't think about any horses anymore, and the only thought in his mind was to slaughter these goddamn Ming soldiers and sacrifice their souls for the lost five thousand elite soldiers.

The Ming army's horse speed gradually increased, and the distance of hundreds of steps was enough to accelerate to the speed of the horse galloping at full speed, and it could also maximize the advantage of the huge impact of the cavalry.

In the formation of the Qing army, the archers had already aimed at the approaching Ming army, and raised their short bows obliquely, preparing to throw a wave.

At this moment, the ground on the other side of the Qing army's rear also trembled.

It was an earthquake caused by thousands of horses stepping on the ground.

Li Maozu turned his head back in surprise, his pupils immediately reflected a puff of soaring smoke and a row of black cavalry lines.

"Behind, there are also Ming army cavalry behind!" Some Qing soldiers had already exclaimed loudly, which immediately made the soldiers in the entire phalanx panic, and turned their heads to look back.

Right behind the rear of the Qing army, a group of Baijia Ming troops emerged from a forest. Almost at the same time as the horn sounded, they charged at the same time as the Ming army under Xinhua City, because the attention of the Qing army was blocked by the front Ming troops. The army was attracted, but no one noticed that the Ming army was also showing up behind them. It was not until the horses picked up speed and the momentum was huge that they were surprised.

Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin on the two wings watched helplessly as the back formation was flanked by two groups of Ming cavalry, one in front and one in the back. They looked pale and at a loss, and it was too late for them to help.

(End of this chapter)