Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 968 Bloody Battle in Cangzhou 1
Cangzhou battlefield.

The sound of rumbling cannons resounded across the earth, the sound of musket fire was as dense as bursting beans, bows and crossbows whistled continuously, cavalry rushed like a tide, and when infantry moved like mountains moving, more than [-] soldiers were desperately fighting outside this ancient city fight.

The two warring parties, one is the 3 Qing army led by Zu Zerun and De Gelei, and the other is the Ming army led by Qin Liangyu and Sun Chuanting, with more than [-] troops.As for the Qing army, the Guanning army led by Zu Zerun was the main force, and the thousands of cavalry led by De Gelei were only used as surprise soldiers. As for the Ming army, Sun Chuanting, who had mistreated the Qing army, played the role of cheerleaders. , By the way, guard the rear of the Sichuan Army.That's right, their main task is to protect the back of the Sichuan army and prevent the Qing army's heavy cavalry from going around and launching a back charge to the Sichuan army——The heavy cavalry's frontal impact on the heavily arrayed heavy infantry phalanx is suicidal, but the back charge But it can destroy heavy infantry several times more than them, this is already a blood lesson.

There are a total of 7000 people in the Sichuan Army, and almost everyone is wearing plate armor made of thick steel plates. When moving, it is like a steel wave slowly surging, which is extremely frightening. They also pale in comparison.They formed six huge phalanxes, and the entire phalanx had a width of three miles, which was extremely frightening.The Qing army used more than 22 cannons to bombard the entire phalanx. When the shells landed, stumps and broken arms flew around, and blood and flesh were thrown everywhere.However, the artillery of the Sichuan Army immediately responded. The 120 [-]mm Thunderbolt Cannons strengthened by the Heluo New Army hit them like raindrops, setting off bloody rain in the Qing army's phalanx, and the howling shrapnel shot the Qing army Soldiers mowed down in clumps.There are also a few rocket launchers. Although the rockets fired are flying all over the sky, only a small part of them actually hit a small part, but they also blow up the Qing army. "Victory! Victory! Victory!"

Watching his family's taxis being processed into piles of broken flesh by Sichuan army artillery with amazing efficiency, Zu Zerun was startled and angry, and said to De Gelei: "Minggou's artillery is too powerful, if you don't destroy them, We're going to suffer a lot!"

It seemed that he was standing on the street for what he said. As soon as the words fell, a thunderbolt shell hit a distant artillery position. , detonated the gunpowder barrel, and blasted all the artillerymen who were serving it to the sky.Dege saw his eyelids twitch, and nodded fiercely: "Yes, their artillery is too powerful. If we let them continue to bombard like this, our army will definitely be defeated!" Thick eyebrows frowned tightly: "But the damn Minggou put their artillery in the center of the phalanx, it's hard to hit!"

Zu Zerun looked helpless, this damn lightning cannon is really abominable, of course, the person who invented this cannon is even more abominable!What a miracle it is to invent this kind of curved gun that can shoot across the entire army formation and accurately hit the middle of the enemy when it is placed in the center of the army formation!These curved-fire guns may not be as powerful as the 85mm howitzers, but their firing rate is far superior, and they move very fast, and they are hidden behind copper and iron walls. way!It is precisely because of this that this kind of artillery is extremely popular with the Ming army, and at the same time it has become a nightmare for the Qing army on all fronts. They have been bombarded time and time again, but they are helpless!

If you are angry, be angry, and the battle will still be fought.With Degelei's order, thousands of Mongolian cavalry galloped out on horseback, holding strong bows and three feathered arrows, and charged straight into the Sichuan army's phalanx!These riders from the Mongolian plateau rushed towards them like a whirlwind, their bowstrings trembled, and feather arrows were thrown out like slanting rain.The Qing army, which was suppressed by the artillery fire of the Ming army, used their trump card again. First, they used cavalry archers to shoot the formation of the Sichuan army into chaos!
The Sichuan army watched these plateau knights galloping within tens of meters indifferently. They put down their iron masks and let the sharp arrows shoot at them, knocking their armor jingling.The thickness of their armor plates is generally as thick as three millimeters, which is not easy to penetrate even with firecrackers, let alone the pitifully weak riding bow.The Mongolian cavalry galloped back and forth, but the Sichuan army's phalanx stood still. On the contrary, a crossbow that broke the formation was lifted up.With the continuous trembling of the bowstring and the sharp whistling sound sweeping across the battlefield, crossbow arrows shot out like a storm, the Mongolian cavalrymen fell in groups, and the Mongolian cavalrymen who were shot into hedgehogs flew all over the sky like buns. Tragic.

Facing the infantry in heavy armor and well protected, the cavalry of the archers is useless.

Seeing this, Dege quickly recalled these poor Mongolian cavalry.

Zu Zerun sent thousands of Ming troops who had surrendered when they went south to attack the formation of the Sichuan army. He gave them the order to retreat immediately after fighting hand-to-hand with the Sichuan army. To put it bluntly, he wanted to use these cannon fodder to attract the Sichuan army to come and pursue them. If the formation is messed up, it's easy to deal with.However, these cannon fodder looked at the copper walls and iron walls that stretched for several miles, and they softened before kicking their legs.They are not the Guan Ning army, and the bonus of shaving their heads is not obvious to them. What a bad way before, and what a bad way after surrendering to the Qing army, everyone is afraid to go forward.The Qing army was furious, a group of Qing army cavalry came galloping, swiping their sabers, chopped off dozens of heads in a row before calming down the gang of bastards, they howled and launched a charge in a mess!

Then their howls sounded earth-shattering - shot.The Sichuan army was not polite to these cannon fodder at all, they fired arrows at random 150 meters away, rows of strong crossbows pulled their engines at the same time, cold stars flashed randomly and merged into a metal storm, sweeping across the battlefield.The charging cannon fodder fell over layer by layer like cutting wheat, and howling screamed from their throats, heart-piercing, but no one would sympathize with them, the Ming army would not, and the Qing army would not!The crossbowmen of the Sichuan army just shot one empty arrow box, and the thousands of people collapsed, and they collapsed. The scene of the defeat of the army made the Qing army feel very unlucky.

Although luring the enemy was not successful, being able to consume the crossbow arrows of the Sichuan Army's crossbowmen was considered a victory. Zu Zerun waved his flag, and the three armies of Guan Ning's army moved together. Guan Ning's cavalry took the lead and rushed towards the Ming army's formation!At this time, the Sichuan Army's crossbowmen were loading crossbow arrows into their quivers and were unable to stop them. They could only watch the enemy troops coming like a whirlwind and retreat helplessly into the depths of the phalanx.The Sichuan infantry all let out a loud roar, and held their Changshan straight at the rushing Guan Ning cavalry. The general behind him reached over and placed the Changshan on the shoulders of the front row. A cavalryman had to face at least six or seven Changshan. The density is enough to intimidate war horses!The Guan Ning cavalry knew how powerful they were, so they did not rush forward. Instead, they took out their throwing spears from a distance of more than ten steps and threw them vigorously. Some even tied two or three captured grenades into a bundle and threw them out at such a close distance. Hand grenades can easily destroy both yourself and the enemy, but now they don't care.No matter whether it was steel-throwing spears or grenades, the Sichuan army's armor could not withstand it. Under the fierce attack of these Guan Ning cavalry, the seemingly indestructible array had gaps of varying sizes, just like being gnawed by silkworms. Like mulberry leaves.But these Sichuan barbarians are quite cruel. They just stood up and were beaten without saying a word, without even taking a step back!

Zu Zerun is also ruthless enough. After inflicting a large number of casualties on the Sichuan army by surprise, the Guanning cavalry should have retreated to supplement throwing spears and grenades for a second wave of attacks to continue weakening the Sichuan army's array. Finally, the main force of the infantry and cavalry should be dispatched to destroy it in one fell swoop. Yes, but he went in the opposite direction. As soon as the cavalry withdrew, the infantry pressed up, completely risking their lives.It's not that he doesn't want to continue to weaken the Sichuan army. There is really no other way. There is only one chance. When his cavalry replenishes their throwing spears and grenades, the Sichuan army's crossbowmen should return to the front line. In front of the Sichuan army, half of the casualties will be lost!Facing the almost invulnerable and highly disciplined Sichuan army, he had no better way but to open a few small gaps and press on with all his strength.The Sichuan army also pressed forward with all their might, and the two grudged armies collided head-on, with long spears and long spears stabbing each other. The spearman stabbed fiercely into the gap in the armor with a short knife.Some of them can be obtained, and more are smashed into a sieve on the spot.The Sichuan army quickly filled the gap, and the entire phalanx was airtight. Waves of Guan Ning's army rushed up, crashing to death on the tip of the spear, and blood flowed like rivers on the great plain!
The fight was in full swing, Qin Liangyu suddenly heard the roar of killing from behind the phalanx, turned his head and saw that De Gelei had led thousands of Manchurian cavalry to kill from behind.De Gelei is a shrewd general. He knows how terrifying the infantry phalanx of the Heluo system is. If he bites hard head-on, he will only break his own teeth, so he chooses the breakthrough point on Sun Chuanting's Qin army. Seizing the opportunity of attracting the main force of the Sichuan Army, Ze Run led four thousand cavalry to attack in a roundabout way, and rushed towards the relatively weaker Qin Army!
It was the Heluo New Army militiamen who greeted this Qing army general.There were no tricks, it was row after row that took turns to fire, and every row of them fired their guns, and the Qing cavalry would always fall down a large area, thousands of militiamen were like a meat grinder.But the Dege class also went all out, letting the volley of guns beat their troops to death and wounding them, without looking back, just rushing forward!In order to prevent the horses from stopping when they saw the bayonet and spear phalanx, the Qing army even covered the eyes of the horses with black cloth. Unless they were shot and fell down or hit the infantry array, they would never stop!
Sun Chuanting's complexion changed slightly, and he shouted: "Archers, go!" He knew that these musketeers from the militia were no match for the Heluo New Army. The soldiers of the New Army could fire four bullets a minute, while they could only fire two. The flood-like Qing soldiers gave them at most two chances to fire. He could only let the archers shoot to see if he could suppress the Qing cavalry's offensive.

The answer is no.Although the sharp arrows shot by the archers of the Qin army were denser than the heavy rain, and the Qing army, including men and horses, were shot into sea urchins under the rain of arrows, but these brave Manchu warriors still had no intention of retreating at all. On the saddle, shrinking the surface of the bullets to the minimum, staring at a pair of bloodshot eyes, piercing the horse's belly with spurs, forcing out all the potential of the horses, one by one, the horses slammed past like shells!They seem to have no tomorrow, risking their lives just for this battle!
Sun Chuanting's expression changed in horror.

(End of this chapter)