Nanming Engineer

Chapter 470 Bloodbath II
Red-yellow sparks bloomed in the tide-like sea of ​​people, and then disappeared quickly, turning into black clouds, covering the sky and the sun, filled with gunpowder smoke, and the shock waves spreading like ripples shook the ground within a radius of more than ten feet to flat ground .

Tens of kilograms of explosives exploded on the ground, and Hong Tianlei blocked the Qing army's sea offensive with a single volley, just like a sudden breakwater, slapping the windy waves on the stone.

Dozens of shield chariots were turned into fly ash, scattered wood slag shot everywhere, deepening the power of the medicine pack, and the more than 1000 Han troops rushing ahead were covered in smoke that quickly grew bigger and thicker like cotton candy on the wide front. , can no longer appear.

Ma Guangyuan was far away due to his position, but he was so shaken that he fell on his back. When he got up, blood was pouring from his nostrils. He didn't know whether it was because his nose was broken or because he had suffered internal injuries somewhere inside his body.

He moved his hands and feet, and felt that there was no serious problem, and the knife was held firmly in his hand, so he wiped a nosebleed, swung the long knife, grabbed a soldier crawling on the ground with his left hand, and shouted: "Continue to charge, go to the ground." Go ahead! Don't fucking stop!"

The soldier was thrown by him with one hand, and he staggered forward a few times. After standing firmly on his feet, his eyes were red, he picked up a spear on the ground, and shouted a cry that he didn't know the meaning of, Together with the scattered Qing soldiers who were shocked and dizzy, they ran forward regardless.

No one fled back.

Because behind them, the Jurchen Eight Banners soldiers of the brigade pressed up murderously, and followed them less than 100 feet away.

Fleeing backward is worse than dying under the sword of the Ming Dynasty.

The cavalry on both wings began to overtake the Han army brigade that had been battered by the Thunderbolt and the Shenwei Cannon, and approached the Kuizhou army on the battlefield full of corpses.Their goal is to insert them into the gap between the Kuizhou Army's infantry formation and the artillery battalion, and then randomly pick up a few hundred riders and come back to make dumplings for the artillery battalion.The large group of cavalry skimmed both sides of the infantry formation, and the rain of arrows thrown was enough to cause huge damage beyond the throwing distance of the Kuizhou infantry's captive bombs. This was the most effective weapon for the cavalry to deal with the infantry phalanx.

Ye Chen and Guozhu fell on this road, breaking off thousands of riders. This second attack was even more fierce, and the number of horses was also much larger. Dorgon threw away all his cavalry fortunes. Nearly [-] horses were galloping on the ground, squeezing the space between the two wings densely. If you look out, there are all horse legs below and human heads above, and the dark clouds cover the sun.

Hong Tianlei's second launch didn't take long. The water tank cannon didn't need to be washed, and the second shot could be fired quickly after filling the cartridge and adding some propellant, so the second wave of cartridges rolled and fell to the rapid Over the approaching Qing cavalry.

Another wave of hurricane swept by, and the horses and sharp soldiers were lifted into the sky. When the internal organs ruptured and fell down in the air, they had already turned into corpses. Rows of cavalry were blown down like cards and trampled on each other. All the people fell to the ground, lying with the horse that had stumbled, unable to get up again, and were trampled into mud by the horses that followed.

The artillery fire was roaring, the horses were neighing, and the crowd was screaming wildly. On the front of Kuizhou, which was less than five miles deep, a tragic massacre was going on. Jumping, there is blood everywhere, there are stumps everywhere, and the passages seem to be cut and closed by the passages plowed by the heavy plow in the soil of human flesh. Leather armor, cotton armor, and even iron armor are useless in this feast of flesh and blood. In the middle of the dense fog of gunpowder smoke, the charging Qing army seemed to have rushed into a huge meat grinder, and they could only enter but could not exit.

There are not many Han troops left in the first wave, and even the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners don’t know how many are left. The soldiers can’t find the generals, and the generals can’t find the soldiers. Those who were lucky enough not to die in the artillery fire were also stunned. Fortunately, the uniforms of the Ming army are clear, and the white armor can be seen in the smoke, otherwise these Qing soldiers might run in the wrong direction.

But even so, the Qing army still sounded its horns, and the war drums beat the sky. The subsequent troops followed one after another. However, the disadvantage of the Kuizhou army's lack of explosive bombs appeared. Tactics are not so handy.

When the first Qing cavalryman, who was wielding a long sword and looked a little pale, rushed out of the smoke, Li Tingyu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Exterminator bomb!" He shouted loudly, and lit the fuse of the exterminator bomb with the matchlock wrapped around his wrist: "Ready for the exterminator bomb!"

One by one, the people around them spread the word "capital-killing bombs" in all directions like a flower drum. People in the fourth row of the Kuizhou infantry formation put down their weapons, drew out and ignited their own captor-killing bombs. .

One after another, one horse after another sprang out of the smoke, and one Qing infantry followed closely behind. Although the cannons were still ringing and the explosions continued, more and more Qing soldiers broke through the artillery fire. The blockade began to come within thirty feet of the Kuizhou Army.

Faces distorted by madness and excitement appeared in front of the officers and soldiers of the Kuizhou Army. The Mongolian "Ale!", the Manchu "Evacuate the Valley!" and the Chinese "Kill!" echoed in the sky. One meaning, the first two words were not understood by people from the Kuizhou Army, but it can be seen from the expressions on the other side that they are definitely not greetings.

The Qing soldiers who ran out of the gunpowder smoke were either ashen-faced or blood-stained robes. They were extremely ferocious. Both men and horses were as fierce as Yasha Shura. Facing the jungle of kuizhou army's swords and guns, they roared and rushed.

"Throw!" Li Tingyu swung his arm vigorously, and the exterminating bullet in his hand drew an arc, and landed in the pile of Qing soldiers. Following his movement, a large piece of bamboo tube flew out of the white armored soldier's head in a spinning motion, and smashed out with sparks. .

The soldiers of the Qing army were already numb. Although they didn’t recognize what the Ming army threw out, the twinkling Martian fools also knew that it must be a firearm. They had already experienced the baptism of artillery fire, and it would not be surprising to encounter another firearm. .

Some Qing soldiers were not afraid of death, and even wanted to pick up the exterminator bombs and throw them back, but the Kuizhou soldiers strangled the fuse so hard that they exploded as soon as they hit the ground. rise.

The magic of the Mielu bullet is that it has shrapnel that can kill large-scale and dense crowds. The iron nails and gravel are small and hard, and the armor-piercing effect is first-class. The distance is close, and no matter how thick the armor is, it can't protect people's security.

There were screams again, blood spattered, and the damage caused was even more shocking. A large number of people fell down, not many dead, but many injured, lying on the ground howling in pain, no one paid any attention.

However, there are endless tricks in the Kuizhou army. Just after the extermination bomb was blown up, a rain of arrows rushed into the sky from behind. Countless short arrows like locusts flew over Li Tingyu's head and headed straight for the Qing army.

The mountain-breaking crossbow is short and compact, and can be hung on the waist by anyone. Kuizhou soldiers have one in their hands and two quivers with twenty arrows, and can shoot them all in one breath.When thousands of people fire at the same time, it can be described as destroying mountains and breaking rivers.

Dorgon's face in the rear was still ashen, expressionless, and he had been sitting still and motionless for a long time.

Man Dahai was beside him, his face flushed red, he bit his lip and was about to bleed, he could see the battle ahead very clearly, his heart ached!

Now that the battle has been fought, tens of thousands of lives have been lost, but the Ming army has not even been touched. If the fight continues, even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory.

He also understood that to deal with this Ming army, there is no other way but to employ people to consume them.The firearms are so sharp that they have never been seen before. There are long-range copper cannons, short-range giant tiger squat cannons, strange bamboo tube firearms, and finally a crossbow!This kind of weapon configuration, the combination of long and short, can't even catch up with Lu Xiangsheng's army, which was known as the most powerful firearms in the world.How can it be!

At this moment, he also understood Dorgon's thoughts. Although the firearms are fierce, but with such usage, the gunpowder will be exhausted, so use it up!Let's see who can't hold it first.

Iron bullets are flying, medicine packets are exploding, bamboo tubes are thrown one after another, powerful crossbows are being fired, and all kinds of objects are flying in the air, which is dazzling. Every falling thing represents death.

The shield chariot is useless, the armor is useless, and the infantry of the Qing army have no other choice but their bodies. When it comes to the point where their lives are useless, what else can they rely on?

To Man Dahai's relief, the cavalry on the two wings, relying on their rapid breakthrough speed, paid a huge price like the infantry, but at least some people broke through the blockade of firepower and began to appear in the artillery positions on both sides of the Ming army. Very close, with a little more force, you can break into the artillery barracks.

The infantry guards of the Ming army in the two places have shrunk into groups. The bird commanders in the front row are firing violently, puffs of green smoke rise, and the flames of lead popping out of the chamber appear frequently. The spearmen in the back row are shaking their arms desperately. , Throwing captive bombs one by one, desperately trying to block the cavalry close at hand.

Seeing this, Dorgon finally showed an invisible smile on his face.

Well, that's all right, as long as one breakthrough is made, the Ming army can be detoured to both sides. To achieve this goal, so many people died are worth it!

The next second, his brows were wrinkled again, and the hand holding the binoculars trembled slightly. Although Man Dahai didn't have a mirror, he also felt Dorgon's strangeness. Looking around, he saw the cavalry of the Ming Army Brigade Raised smoke and dust.

Two groups of white-armored cavalry rushed out from the gap between the artillery battalion and the infantry formation, like two white dragons going out to sea, facing the forward of the Qing army and bumping head-on.

On the left is Li Dingguo, and on the right is Ding Guodong.

The cavalry of the Qing army were scattered by the artillery, and they were no longer in a formation. It was also because of the dispersion that they could break through the dense artillery blockade and appear in front of the artillery camp. The Kuizhou cavalry who broke the formation sharply is very bad.

The white-armored cavalry were easily inserted into the Qing army like cutting tofu.

The gunners of the Ming army turned around in time and concentrated their firepower on the frontal infantry brigade of the Qing army, leaving the work on the two wings to the cavalry and avoiding accidental injuries.

Li Dingguo had an iron face and silver armor, and all the men and horses were covered with a layer of iron. He held a long spear in his hand, and danced wildly with his tassels like wind and clouds.

Ding Guodong was wearing a heavy helmet with ox horns, a bright light armor for body protection, and his arms were bare. A big ax flew up and down, sweeping across the wilderness like huge waves.

Two people, one on the left and one on the right, led the white-armored cavalry into the Qing cavalry. Two groups of cavalry of different colors collided with each other. One was full of vigor, and the other was in disarray. Although they were brave and elite, they were gone. Concentrated power can't be stopped.

Man Dahai couldn't sit still anymore, he was secretly startled: When did the Ming army have such powerful cavalry?
Squeezing the handle of the knife, he heard Dorgon's voice: "Man Dahai, lead Gebush Xianchao Ha camp to defeat the Ming cavalry!"

(End of this chapter)