The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

A group of Qing officers and soldiers on the city wall looked dumbfounded at the Eight Banners warriors who rushed out of the city gate.

Didn’t he say that we must defend the city wall and prohibit fighting outside the city?Have the orders from above changed again?

These Qing officers and soldiers did not know that Deda was going out of the city to fight without authorization at this moment. They only knew that Hu Qiyuan had changed his order.

However, watching countless neatly equipped Eight Banners cavalry go out to fight in the city, this still brought a considerable morale boost to many Qing troops defending the city who did not know the truth.

They waved their weapons and shouted strangely at the cavalry outside the city.

After all, fighting head-on is much tougher on the senses than huddled in a nest and passively defending.

Of course, the premise is that they are not among the people fighting head-on.

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Fuzhou City was built on the alluvial plain of the Minjiang River. The terrain around the city is open and there are no mountains and dangerous passes to block it, which gives both offense and defense a good view.

Therefore, even if they are far apart, both sides can roughly see the strength of the other side.

The Qing cavalry left the city at the south gate of Fuzhou City. Corresponding to this side was the First Division of the Ming Royal Guards (one brigade missing) and an artillery regiment, with a total strength of less than 8000 people. (Fuzhou seems to have 6 city gates, ignore them, just make up history)

The Qing Army's Eight Banners cavalry plus Green Camp cavalry had a total strength of more than 7000 people!

The gap between the two sides in terms of the number of soldiers was not big. In addition, all the Qing troops were cavalry. This not only made the leader Deda extremely confident, but also boosted the morale of the Qing officers and soldiers watching the battle on the wall behind.

So almost everyone believes that this battle will be won.

However, this did not include Hu Qiyuan, who was so angry that he flew into a rage.

In the Ming army camp, Su Qiyi, who was riding on a war horse, put down the telescope in his hand, with a sneer on his lips.

"Huh, cavalry? Just in time to try out the artillery's new toy."

Then he looked at a colonel not far away and said.

"Captain Li, the Qing cavalry has left the city and replaced the new artillery shells brought up by logistics. It's time to test the effect of these Tatar cavalry."

"If these dog Tatars were hiding in the city, they really wouldn't dare to use these artillery shells. Now that they are out looking for death, they can't blame us."

The middle-aged man named Captain Li immediately responded with a smile:

"Sir Su, be careful. I guarantee that the explosion will make these Tatars cry for their fathers and mothers!"

Since the mortar shells produced in the Miracle Market have long been used up, both the propellant and the inner charge of the mortars equipped by the Ming Army have been replaced with black powder. This has resulted in the loss of range and accuracy of these imitation mortars. The power has been greatly reduced.

The maximum range of the mortars currently equipped by the Ming army is only more than 900 meters. Compared with the original range of 2800 meters, it has been cut by almost two-thirds! (The explosion velocity of black powder is only about one-third of that of smokeless powder)

Therefore, the independent artillery unit of the Ming Royal Army is no longer equipped with mortars.

All artillery were replaced with two types of Type 90 field guns, and all original mortars were decentralized and used as infantry support weapons.

现在的独立炮兵部队，每个团装备有两个营的90式12磅野战炮和一个营的90式6磅野战炮，标准配置36门身管火炮。

Now the new toy Su Qiyi was talking about was shrapnel.

According to common sense, as one of the many standard ammunition types of the Napoleon cannon, shrapnel shells should have been packaged and sold with the Napoleon cannon.

However, the large and small Napoleon cannons sold in the Miracle Market are equipped with solid bullets, splitting bullets, and shotshells, but no shrapnel shells.

Fortunately, after such a long time, the military factory finally produced this type of artillery shell.

Now the first batch of artillery shells has been transported up and equipped with artillery units.

"Load shrapnel in each gun! Target enemy cavalry group!"

Following Captain Li's order, the artillerymen quickly took out mine-like shells from the ammunition boxes and stuffed them into the barrels, followed by 36 black muzzles pointing straight into the sky. (shrapnel picture)

At the same time, on the Qing army's side, Deda was riding on a war horse, hanging in front of the cavalry, making final mobilization before the battle.

"The warriors of the Qing Dynasty, the heavenly soldiers of the Eight Banners!"

"These remnants of the resurrected Ming Dynasty dared to offend the power of the Qing Dynasty after they were lucky enough to win a few battles. Now we have to let these barbarians of the former Ming Dynasty remember the power of my Qing cavalry and let these fools see how we trample on it. Shatter their ridiculous defensive formation!"

"Warriors, follow me to attack! Crush them!"

Then Deda issued the order to attack, and thousands of cavalry began to move forward quickly.

In order to ensure a quick victory and to prevent any accidents, Deda pressed all of the more than 7000 cavalrymen at once.

Amidst the rumble of horse hooves, the earth trembled and smoke filled the air.

Because the two armies were far apart, and to preserve the strength of the horses in order to preserve the strength of the front row of heavy cavalry, the Qing cavalry did not immediately launch a full-speed charge. Now they were just driving the horses forward at a trot.

They will not charge until they have advanced to a certain distance.

But the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had no time to watch their military parade.

"The orders don't stop, the bombardment doesn't stop, each gun fires freely!"

When the Qing cavalry team was still nearly 2000 meters away from the Ming army's formation, the artillery regiment commander Li Yunlong gave the order to fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

As soon as he finished speaking, 36 field artillery fire flashed, black clouds rolled, and the fired shells flew towards the heads of the Qing cavalry at high speed.

Compared with shotgun shells, which can only be effective in close combat, the shooting distance of shrapnel shells is the same as that of ordinary solid bullets.

And because of its large killing range, there is no need to consider the accuracy of its shelling. Just aim in the general direction and hit the enemy's head with the shell.

When dealing with enemies without fortifications, this shrapnel can be said to be the most lethal of all types of ammunition currently equipped by the Ming army. Even the original 82mm mortar shell cannot compare.

However, when encountering complete defenses, especially civil fortifications, this shrapnel is completely useless.

But then again, will the Qing army dig trenches now?

When the first round of 36 artillery shells flew over the heads of the Qing cavalry with a whistling sound, the timer fuse blew, and the explosive charge at the bottom was ignited. The extremely expanding high-temperature gas instantly pushed countless bullets in the shell to break through the outer thin steel shell. Densely packed projectiles were sprayed towards the Qing cavalry team below.

Some Qing cavalrymen were still looking up because of the whistling sound coming from above their heads.

Then, they saw dozens of black clouds explode in the sky, and the next moment, a dense rain of bullets hit their heads.

This is a real rain of bullets. Finger-thick lead and antimony ball projectiles are hitting from the top of the head. Isn't it just a rain of bullets? (Strictly speaking, not the top of the head, the marble is tilted downward)

"Puff puff puff..."

In an instant, countless thick sounds of flesh and blood were heard in the Qing cavalry ranks.

The horses neighed and the cavalry screamed. Faced with the bullets fired from above their heads, the Qing cavalry had no ability to parry. Thousands of Qing cavalry were quickly driven away.

A few seconds after the first round of attacks ended, Deda was awakened by the screams one after another around him.

He looked blankly at the dead and wounded soldiers and horses around him, and then at the black smoke that had not yet dissipated in the air.

"God damn it?"

Considering the sins that the Tatars committed against the people of the Ming Dynasty, it is not unusual for them to be punished by God, but God's punishment is not as terrifying as the lethality of shrapnel.

Just as the Qing cavalry was in mourning, the Ming artillerymen on the opposite side quickly emptied the barrel and stuffed a new shell into it, and then.

"Boom boom boom..."

Amidst the deafening roar of artillery fire, dozens more artillery shells hit the Qing army!

"Quick! Break up the formation and charge at full speed!"

At this time, Deda, no matter how stupid he was, should have reacted, and he immediately shouted loudly and urgently.

Now he has no time to care about horsepower. A shelling by the Ming army and the strange shells killed and injured hundreds of people. If it happens a few more times, the thousands of Eight Banners cavalry he led will all be accounted for here.

But as soon as he shouted the order, the shrapnel above his head exploded again, and countless lead and antimony balls were shot into the crowd with high-speed sound of breaking through the air.

"Puff puff puff..."

Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and people fell on their backs.

Unfortunately, several signal soldiers were all killed under the dense rain of bullets.

Due to a problem in the order transmission process, Deda took the lead in launching the charge. The rest of the Qing cavalry did not receive the order to disperse, so they also launched the charge.

However, this allowed Deda to directly become the forward of the cone charging formation.

Normally, this position is filled by dead soldiers wearing heavy armor.

Deda, wearing a gorgeous brocade armor with yellow flags, rushed to the front of the team and instantly became the most dazzling boy on the battlefield.

So, with Captain Li's intentional attention, three 12-pound field guns were aimed in his direction.

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